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Cosi fan tuttesponsored by

Music By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

English Libretto by Dimitri Toscas

March 18, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30 and April 1, 2, 3

Stage Director: Dimitri Toscas

Music Director: Pasquale Laurino

Assistant Music Director: Ruben Piirainen

Set Designer: Ken Goldstein*

Costume Designer: Carol J. Blanchard*

Lighting Designer: Annmarie Duggan

Production Stage Manager: Kimberly Ann McCann

Assistant Stage Manager: Lillian Tillson

*Member of the United Scenic Artists

This production was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE STAGE D IRECTOR – D IM ITR I TOSCAS

A MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC D IRECTOR – B ILL THE ISEN

I feel like I lived in 1959, even though I was still 6 years a-coming. I know it sounds weird…but I feel like I lived then because of all the endless pages of research I plowed through when I worked with my friend, screenwriter John Hoffman, on his script about the life of Hugh Hefner. The music. The clothes. The lifestyle. The women. All part of my everyday life for over THREE YEARS. No wonder I feel like I was alive then. That’s why I decided to set this take of Cosi fan tutte in that very period – as a kind of

catharsis – or a kind of homage… to a film that might never see the light of day – but more importantly, an homage to a period in time that I have grown to adore.

The excitement of it! On the brink of something remarkable. Mere moments before the sexual revolution… when a woman wore hose and would never think to take it upon herself to propose. Where men with bryl-creamed hair went to the office to crunch numbers but ended up lighting up a Pall Mall and having a highball before the day was done. A time when everyone – man and woman alike – was kinda’ forced to live in a box. Toe the line. Follow the status quo.

This is a world that these new characters are about to turn on its head!

What will start as a practical joke, will end up changing their lives for the better – making a new reality that will question the puritanical society of the 1950’s and move our characters into the horizon of a new future, where they can make their own choices and happily live with the ramifications, both good and bad. They will embrace a new understanding of LOVE, because at the end of the work day they will each realize a powerful lesson: “we are all just the same.”

It is always exciting to bring a Mozart opera to the Cabot stage, but especially so when we take a fresh look at a classic like Cosi. Though it was written in 1790, the themes of Cosi are just as relevant today- but in the hands of stage director and librettist Dimitri Toscas this retelling of the Mozart masterpiece breathes new life into the work. Setting the piece in Chicago in the late 1950’s makes the characters and relationships much more accessible to a modern audience while still being true to Mozart’s

original intention. Though you will be hearing that wonderful music that many of us have loved for years, you will be experiencing Cosi fan tutte as you never have before.

Also exciting…..very, VERY exciting is our 2011/2012 Skylight season. The world premiere opera The Rivals, one of Broadway’s biggest hits The Music Man, the incredible Leslie Fitzwater in Edith Piaf Onstage, the world premiere musical Daddy Long Legs and Sondheim’s masterpiece Sunday in the Park With George. All five of these extraordinary productions have never before been seen on the Cabot stage. Add to that, our two studio theatre productions, Beyond the Ingénue and Things That Go Ding! and you have a 7-show season filled with bold, life-affirming, meaningful stories coming alive onstage in superbly crafted productions.

Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to seeing you this spring for Adding Machine The Musical, the final show in our current season. Celebrating composer Joshua Schmidt, who grew up in the Milwaukee area and spent endless hours in the orchestra pit here at Skylight, we are incredibly proud to present the Wisconsin premiere of his critically acclaimed new work. The New York Times called Adding Machine “a brilliant musical.” Adding Machine The Musical is a show that is not to be missed.


A MESSAGE FROM THE M ANAGING DIRECTOR – A MY S. JENSEN

We are so blessed to have such tremendous and affordable arts and culture right here in Milwaukee. You don’t have to travel to Chicago or New York to experience an amazing night of theatre, dance or music – it’s all right here in your own hometown. It makes me very proud of our performers, designers and staff every time some tells me that they’ve seen a particular show multiple times before (often on Broadway) and thought that Skylight’s production was one of the best they had ever seen. It

is, happily, a comment I hear time and time again.

The United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) will be kicking off their 2011 Campaign on March 29, 2011 right here at the Broadway Theatre Center. UPAF is our largest donor and we are extremely grateful for the annual operating support it provides to us and to all of the groups it supports. It is, in large part, because of the long-time support of UPAF that we have such outstanding performing arts in our community. Skylight is proud to be included in the list of UPAF member and affiliate organizations.

We are also very pleased to have been a part of a recent joint effort between three UPAF member companies to provide an opportunity to enjoy not only Skylight’s Cosi fan tutte, but also Florentine Opera’s An Italian Girl in Algiers directed by Skylight’s Artistic Director Bill Theisen and Next Act Theatre’s A Sleeping Country. It was a wonderfully positive effort and we’ve been pleased with the response. We hope to find more collaborative opportunities such as this in the future.

We hope you enjoy Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte and thank you for being a part of our season. If you aren’t already a subscriber, please consider a subscription to our exciting 2011-2012 season – it’s one you won’t want to miss!

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COSI FAN TUT TE — SYNOPSIS

Place- ChicagoTime- 1959

ACT ITwo sisters, Flora and Dora dress for work. At the same time, their boyfriends, Elmer and Randall, ride the elevated train, downtown. At work the men chat about how in love they are with their ladies. Their boss, Al Fonzarello, who can’t take any more of their love sick blather, interrupts them and makes a bet with the men that their girlfriends don’t love them as much as they think they do. The men take him up on the bet.

Later, in the hall outside the men’s office, we find Flora and Dora gazing through the hall window, enjoying the view of their handsome boyfriends as they work. Fonzarello announces that the men have been transferred to New York and must go immediately. The couples say a sad goodbye, promising to keep in touch.

In the office break room, the women are devastated. Miss Desi, the head of the secretarial pool, urges them to get back to work. Her dislike of the girls is a bit obvious. Dora is beyond consoling. She wails, “Why did I wait for him? Now I’ll die a virgin!” Miss Desi can’t believe her ears. Life has jaded her, a single mom whose man left her for his career. True love doesn’t exist for Desi and she thinks the women are silly to expect it.

Desi now wants to teach these women a lesson, so she joins Fonzarello in his silly bet, and tells them that Desi has two friends the women should meet. Elmer and Randall return, disguised as beatniks. They try their best to be cool, but Flora and Dora are onto them. The sisters play along, thinking this is some romantic game. They feign hard-to-get and say they would never cheat on their boyfriends. They send the beatniks away.

The men think they’ve won the bet, but Fonzarello won’t give up that easily. He has 24 hours to prove his point and they make a deal to play along. Fonzarello makes the men hide in the storage closet until he comes up with the second part of his plan.

It’s lunchtime, and the sisters steal away to their secret spot on the roof, but Fonzarello’s plan interrupts their peaceful lunch. The men rush to the roof and threaten to kill themselves by drinking poison, pretending to be dying. Desi enters as a doctor and tries to save their lives. In a ridiculous turn, the women decide to teach their men a lesson. They pretend to be attracted by the other sister’s man. The men suddenly feel insecure. Everything is upside down now and the sisters need a break to figure things out, but they’ll soon find that they’re in this joke too deep to turn back now.

There will be a 20-minute intermission between acts I and II.

ACT IIMiss Desi explains the Women’s Guide to Love.

Back in the sisters’ bedroom, the sisters sadly finish embroidering their “engagement panties” with their boyfriends’ names on them. They try to figure out why their perfect boyfriends would do something so stupid! Then they come up with a plan to really teach them a lesson. They decide to play along and act like they fell in love with these beatniks. Just then, the men call from downstairs. They are on the corner and want to take the girls out.


COSI FAN TUT TE — SYNOPSIS

In a hip, smoky club, the “wrong” couples are on their first dates. Flora and Randall decide to go for a walk and leave Dora to act on the secret plans. In a hot and heavy flirt, Dora convinces Elmer that she’s moved on. She doesn’t love Randall anymore! To prove it, she offers Elmer a token of her love.

On the Michigan Avenue Bridge, Flora is not as successful. She can’t bring herself to even lie about leaving Elmer. She recites e.e. cummings to the moon and wishes things were the way they used to be. Randall is thrilled! He thinks they’ve won the bet!

The next morning, the men are on the train headed to the office, still in disguise. Each shares their stories about their very different experiences. Randall is proud to say they won the bet, but Elmer has bad news. Dora seems to have fallen in love with him. The men are crushed.

Elmer expresses a Man’s Guide to Love. Even though they don’t show it, men have feelings too!

Back in the office, the men blame Fonzarello for their pain. This bet has gone too far.

In the secretarial pool, the women now manipulate Miss Desi into believing that they want to marry their new lovers, tonight! Desi was right. They refuse to die old maids. Desi buys their lie and reports to the men. The sisters giggle at how easy it is to pull this joke off. The sisters find the men hiding in the closet and express their “true love” for their new boyfriends, just so their rotten boyfriends can hear every word.

Later, Fonzarello finds the men, in an emotional heap. He tells them not to beat themselves up. The women can’t help it. They’re just like men…we’re all just the same.

On the roof, it’s time for the final blow: the mock wedding. Miss Desi is disguised as an Orthodox Priest and the “wedding” goes off without a hitch. The women sign the marriage certificate. The men are crushed. The sisters can’t contain themselves any longer. They erupt with laughter. They turn the joke against their men and teach them a lesson.

Flora and Dora get down on their knees and propose to their real boyfriends. The couples are happily reunited.


CAST

Flora ............................................................................................................................... Kathy PyeattElmer .......................................................................................................................... Mark WomackDora ......................................................................................................................... Lindsey FaldutoRandall ......................................................................................................................Brandon WoodFonzarello ........................................................................................................................ Peter ClarkDespina ...................................................................................................Danielle Hermon Wood

ORCHESTR A

Violin I ..............................................................................Alexander Mandl, Pamela Simmons, Gerald Loughney, Catherine Bush

Violin II ............................................................................................ Pamela Foard, Kris HurlebusViola..............................................................................................Olga Tuzhilkov, Amanda KochCello ...................................................................................................... Scott Cook, Trischa LoeblBass ...............................................................................................................................Charles GroszTimpani/Percussion ............................................................................................ Michael LorenzPiano .......................................................................................................................Ruben Piirainen

WHO’S WHO

Kathy Pyeatt (Flora) – Kathy is happy to be back at Skylight where she was previously seen as an elegant debutante

(Constanza, The Abduction from the Seraglio), frustrated mom (Mother, Hansel and Gretel), frumpy old maid (Berta, The Barber of Seville) and a young peasant (Gianetta, The Elixir of Love). Upcoming, she portrays Tosca with the Springfield Symphony in Missouri and debuts with the Asheville Lyric Opera. Recent performances include: Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) with St. Petersburg Opera, First Lady (The Magic Flute) Florentine Opera, Micaela (Carmen) Fox Valley Symphony, and Annelies a new work based on the Diary of Anne Frank with the Key Chorale in Sarasota, Florida. Kathy is the director for the Wisconsin District MET Auditions, which she has won and in which she was a two-time recipient of the Skylight Opera Theatre Award.

Mark Womack (Elmer) – Hailed by Opera News as “strikingly warm, gracefully honey-toned,” Mark Womack’s 2010-2011

season includes Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Knoxville Opera, Frank Chambers in The Postman Always Rings Twice with the Sacramento Opera, Marcello in La Boheme with the Amherst Symphony Orchestra, baritone soloist in the Faure and Durufle Requiems at Carnegie Hall, and a return to the Utah Festival Opera in the summer of 2011 for the title role in Don Giovanni and Joe Cable in South Pacific. Mark’s versatility as a performer has lead to an array of unique projects such as Baz Luhrmann’s highly acclaimed production of La Boheme, in which he made his Broadway debut as Marcello. Engagements in 2009-2010 included Friedrich Bhaer in Little Women with Syracuse Opera, Marcello in La Boheme with Chattanooga Symphony and Opera and Escamillo in Carmen with Utah Festival Opera. In previous


WHO’S WHO (c o n t.)

seasons, Mark has performed Sharpless in Madama Butterfly with Sarasota Opera, the title role in Don Giovanni with Anchorage Opera, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro with Mississippi Opera, Mercutio in Romeo et Juliette with Opera North, Lescaut in Manon Lescaut with Dicapo Opera Theater and Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor with Chattanooga Symphony and Opera. Mark has also made appearances with Connecticut Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, El Paso Opera, and Des Moines Metro Opera.

Lindsey Falduto (Dora) – A mezzo-soprano, Lindsey is quickly gaining attention and critical acclaim among many regional opera

companies across the United States. Highlights from her career include Dido, Dido and Aeneas and Consuelo, West Side Story, Central City Opera; Polly, The Beggar’s Opera and Rosina, Il Barbiere di Siviglia with DuPage Opera Theatre; Dinah, Trouble in Tahiti and Paquette, Candide, Pine Mountain Music Festival and Featured Soloist, Today’s Tonys, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Ms. Falduto is excited to make her role and house debut as Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte with Skylight Opera Theatre. She has been honored to win the District Level of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Ken Killer Williams Award at Central City Opera. Lindsey is a proud member of AEA and received her Bachelors and Masters Degrees from the distinguished Jacob’s School of Music at Indiana University.

Brandon Wood (Randall) – A native of Hampton, Virginia, Brandon began his career as an apprentice in the Virginia Opera

Spectrum Artist program. Brandon was also a four-time Regional finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions. He was twice an apprentice artist with the prestigious Santa Fe Opera where he sang under the batons of Alan Gilbert and Evelino Pido. While singing with Santa Fe Opera, Brandon was given the Katherine Mayer Award and was engaged by New York City Opera. He was also chosen to cover both leading tenor roles in the world premiere of Charles Wuorinen’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories, based on a novel by Salman Rushdie. Brandon has appeared in concert with John Moriarty and was twice invited to Osaka, Japan to perform in a month-long series of Christmas concerts for Universal Studios Japan. He returned to his native Virginia to create the role of Captain John Smith in the world premiere of Lind Tutas-Haugen’s Pocahontas celebrating the 400th anniversary of Jamestown for the Virginia Arts Festival. Brandon has also returned to Virginia in recital and as a part of Virginia Opera’s Lucia di Lammermoor. He is thrilled to return to Skylight and to once again share the stage with his wife Danielle and an amazing company. This time though, the Wood family has brought along their newest addition, Sydney, who will be celebrating her first birthday in Milwaukee.

Peter Clark (Fonzarello) – Peter last appeared at Skylight in the 2008-2009 season as the Pirate King in Pirates of

Penzance. A distinguished interpreter of contemporary opera and musical theater as well as standard opera and concert works, he recently sang the Count for Chelsea Opera’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Donner in Liederkranz Opera’s Das Rheingold, both in his hometown of New York City. With Elysium he was Edwin in the Italian



premiere of Ernst Krenek’s What Price Confidence? at the Teatro dell’ opera di Roma and Ezzelin in the world premiere of Egon Lustgarten’s Dante im Exil at Carnegie’s Weill Hall. In past seasons he has also appeared at Ashlawn Opera as Frank Butler, Henry Higgins, and King Arthur in Camelot. Recent concert work in NYC includes Schubert’s Winterreise at the Bechstein Salon and Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem with Grace and Spiritus. He has been singled out in the New York Times as a “rascally and irrepressible Top” in Bronx Opera’s The Tender Land and as “stentorian and stylish” in the role of Jehovah in the world premiere of Marc Blitzstein’s Cain.

Danielle Hermon Wood (Despina) –Danielle is excited to be back at Skylight after performing here as Musetta in Skylight’s production

of La Boheme and Dorine in Tartuffe. Throughout her career, Ms. Wood has been involved in many different arenas of the entertainment world. She has performed as a back up singer for Sting in his New York City XM Radio Concert, as a soprano soloist in Universal Studios Japan Christmas Concerts, in commercials for Sprint/Nextel, concert engagements as the soprano soloist with the Singapore Symphony in Handel’s Messiah as a soloist with Pittsburgh’s River City Brass Band. Other notable performances include Lucy in Opera Omaha’s production of Threepenny Opera, Narrator in the world premiere of Gershon Kingley’s Raoul at the Goethe Institute, NYC and Belle in Thea Musgrave’s A Christmas Carol with Virginia Opera. She has performed with the Santa Fe Opera in their apprentice scenes and has spent four summers with The Utah Festival Opera Company in such roles as The Baker’s Wife in Into The Woods, Electra in Gypsy, Susan in Desert Song, and Lizette in Naughty Marietta. Ms. Wood received her Bachelor of Fine Arts

from Carnegie Mellon University where she was the winner of the Concerto Competition. She went on to receive her Masters of Music from The Manhattan School of Music where she was awarded the Richard F. Gold Career Grant.

Dimitri Toscas (Stage Director) – Dimitri is thrilled to be returning to Skylight (where he wrote and directed the new libretto for Verdi’s La Traviata and performed the role of the Padre in Man of LaMancha.) Toscas’ recent directing credits include: Plaid Tidings, Seussical, two productions of Sweeney Todd (one assistant directing at Cleveland Opera for Skylight’s own Bill Theisen); a critically-acclaimed La Boheme at Piedmont Opera; and two productions of H.M.S. Pinafore (one of which starred Kathy Pyeatt, whom you will see this evening live on stage!), as well as several other opera and musical theatre productions. Toscas garnered recognition for writing, directing and designing family productions at the Falcon Theatre in Burbank, CA, including: original musical adaptations of Cinderella! (based on the opera La Cenerentola), The Magic Flute (based on Mozart’s comedic opera, which starred Paul Vogt of MADtv and Broadway’s Hairspray) and an original musical version of The Little Mermaid, all commissioned and produced by celebrated film director Gary Marshall (Pretty Woman, Princess Diaries, Valentine’s Day). Toscas also served on an Entertainment Task Force that developed new shows for Walt Disney World’s EPCOT. Recent screenwriting credits include: Playboy (the Hugh Hefner bio-pic by writer John Hoffman for Universal Pictures), “American Envy” (a television pilot for Showtime) and the animated feature film Igor for MGM. Currently, Toscas is a freelance writer for the Development Department of Aardman Feature Animation in London, and is a founding member of the L.A.-based performance group Acousa. (Hear them at www.acousalive.com)



Pasquale Laurino (Music Director) –Pasquale is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his career in music this season with conducting engagements throughout the Midwest including the world premiere of the Milwaukee Ballet’s critically acclaimed Peter Pan. Recently named artistic director and conductor of the Racine Symphony, his guest conducting appearances this season include the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, the Elmhurst Choral Union, the Sheboygan Symphony and the Skokie Valley Symphony. He served as the artistic director for five years of the chamber orchestra Sinfonia Concertante where he led concerts from the concertmaster position. He was appointed conductor and artistic director of the Concord Chamber Orchestra from 1987-1992. Maestro Laurino’s artistic home for over two decades has been Skylight, where he has conducted everything from the bel canto masterworks, LaCenerentola to Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Don Pasquale, The Abduction from the Seraglio and Lucia di Lammermoor to La Boheme and The King and I. In 2002, the Copland Opera, The Tender Land appeared on PBS with Maestro Laurino conducting and providing commentary during the intermission feature. In 2004 he conducted the premiere production of Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince directed by Francesca Zambello. Mr. Laurino is the associate conductor of the Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra and regularly conducts the popular Nutcracker productions. He has been on the faculty of Carroll College, the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music and the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley as conductor, violin/viola teacher and as a chamber music coach. Maestro Laurino currently resides in Chicago where his is a conductor with L’Opera Piccola and guest conductor of Light Opera Works. Mr. Laurino has participated in numerous festivals in Europe and the States including the Macerata Opera and Festivale della Valle d’Itria in Italy and the Gent Opera

Festival in Belgium. In 2005 he joined the faculty of the Rocky Ridge Music Festival as conductor and violinist.

Ruben Piirainen (Assistant Music Director) – Ruben is thrilled to be back at Skylight after making his debut with H.M.S. Pinafore. He holds degrees in piano performance from Lawrence University and Bowling Green State University. He has worked with numerous local groups including Sunset Playhouse, Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, Present Music, Festival City Symphony, Waukesha Civic Theatre, Music by the Lake, and many top high school theatre programs. Singers around the world use his extensive recordings for Hal Leonard’s Singer’s Musical Theatre Anthology and Disney Songs series. He has performed in over 100 recitals across the country and made his international debut at the 2003 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Ken Goldstein (Set Designer)* – Ken is delighted to return to Skylight (truly one of his favorite places) having designed past productions of Animal Crackers, Smokey Joe’s Café, and Blues in the Night. Ken is the Assistant Professor of Set Design at SUNY New Paltz, and Resident Set Designer at Northern Stage. He has also designed at Capital Rep, Barrington Stage Company, Orlando Rep, The New York Theatre Institute and Seaside Music Theater. New York includes numerous NYMF shows including this season’s POP Art, Trojan Women: A Love Story, Orestes by Chuck Mee, The Lady Next Door. MFA in Set Design from Brandeis University, member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829.

Carol J. Blanchard (Costume Designer)* – Carol is delighted to be returning to Skylight where her work was last seen in The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. She has designed for companies such as Cleveland Symphony’s Blossom Opera (Falstaff), New York’s Hillman Opera

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(Hansel and Gretel), Shakespeare in the Park (Much Ado About Nothing, A Winter’s Tale), First Stage Children’s Theatre (Seussical, The Sleeping Beauty), Karamu Theatre (Devil Mas, Hamlet Jones), and the Champlain Shakespeare Festival (Love’s Labours Lost, The Importance of Being Earnest). Her Chicago credits include Goodman Theatre/Silk Road Theatre (Yohen), Drury Lane (Barefoot in the Park, Of Thee I Sing), Victory Gardens Theatre (The Boys Room, Love Person, Jacob and Jack, A Guide for the Perplexed), Porchlight Music Theatre (Sweeney Todd, Pacific Overtures, Once on This Island), Appletree Theatre (Wings, Match), and the Silk Road Theatre Project (Scorched, Merchant On Venice, Pangs of the Messiah). Her work for PTAP includes RIGHT, Einstein’s Dreams, The Quiltmaker’s Gift and 7 Doors. She has been honored with a Joseph Jefferson Award for Costume Design and an After Dark Award for her collaboration in the Silk Road Theatre’s Golden Child. She is a Professor Emeritus of Design at The State University of New York.

Annmarie Duggan (Lighting Designer) – Ms. Duggan is excited to return to Skylight, having last designed Blues In the Night. Current Project: Panther and Crane, Ibex Puppetry, Orlando, FL. Off-Broadway: Jolson & Co. (Century Center) Syria America (Greenwich Street Theatre), Clue The Musical (Players Theatre). Regional: American Girl Place Theatre, Chicago, LA, and New York, Orlando Repertory Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, Foothills Theatre, Northern Stage, Wachusett Theatre, Seaside Music Theatre, Cumberland County Playhouse, Utah Musical Theatre, Lycian Centre, Florida Rep. Opera: The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Manhattan School of Music). Dance: Navidad Flamenca (NJPAC) and Mujeres y Hombres (New Victory Theatre). Ms. Duggan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, teaching Lighting Design and Stage Management.

Kimberly Ann McCann (Production Stage Manager) – Kimberly is excited to be returning for her third show at Skylight after doing Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and Dames at Sea. Her regional credits include: A Civil War Christmas at Northlight Theatre (Chicago), Million Dollar Quartet (Chicago). Broadway credits: Curtains. Off-Broadway credits include: Bill W. and Dr. Bob, How to Save the World, John Ferguson. Other credits include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (San Francisco); Door Shakespeare’s The Rivals, Much Ado About Nothing; Illinois Shakespeare Festival’s Titus Andronicus; four productions at Colorado Shakespeare Festival; toured with ArtsPower National Touring Theatre and numerous productions at The Juilliard School. Kimberly is a graduate of Illinois State University and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity.

Lillian Tillson (Assistant Stage Manager) – Lillian is happy to be joining Skylight for her second season as Assistant Stage Manager. Past Skylight credits include: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris; H.M.S. Pinafore; An Evening with Gilbert & Sullivan; Barber of Seville; The Marriage of Figaro; Plaid Tidings and A Day in Hollywood /A Night in the Ukraine. Lillian has also had the pleasure of working with some other wonderful local companies such as Milwaukee Shakespeare Company, Youngblood and Renaissance Theaterworks. She received her BFA in Stage Management from UW-Milwaukee. Thank you for supporting Skylight and enjoy the show!

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PRODUCTION STAFF

Director of Production ...............................................................................................Mark TurnerTechnical Director .................................................................................................Robert WagnerAssistant Technical Director ...........................................................................Steve GillinghamTechnical Assistant ......................................................................................... Alexander MoliereScenic Carpenters ...............................................................................Adam Held, John DanishProduction Stage Manager .................................................................Kimberly Ann McCannAssistant Stage Manager ....................................................................................... Lillian TillsonProperties Director................................................................................................ Lisa SchlenkerProperties Carpenter ............................................................................................ Jennifer LyonsProperties Artist ....................................................................................................... Ana McHenryProperties Apprentice.................................................................................................. Nikki KulasScenic Charge ...................................................................................................................Carri DahlScenic Artists ..........................................................................Daniel Schuchart, Jason SchultzScenic Artist Apprentice ...................................................................................Brooklyn HenkeCostume Director ..................................................................................................... Shima OransCostume Shop Manager ...............................................................................................Barry LinkStage Supervisor .................................................................................................. Andrew BooherRun Crew ......................................................................................................................... Adam HeldLead Props ................................................................................................................. Nicole WalterWig Master, Hair stylist, Wardrobe ........................................................................Justin DeehrWardrobe ............................................................................................................................Barry LinkWig Design..................................................................................................................... Lara DalbeyMilliner ..................................................................................................... Aliceson Hackett-RubelStitchers .....................................................................................Carie Bronson, Jeanne SchrankTailor ..................................................................................................................................Jef OuwensDirecting Intern .......................................................................................Meghan Mary FolkertsStage Management Intern ...................................................................................... Allison HuntArtistic Intern ................................................................................................................Aaron DavisAV Supervisor ......................................................................................................................Gary EllisMaster Electrician ..................................................................................................Ryan BertelsonElectricians ............................................................................. Andrew Booher, Kevin Connolly,

Jason Schultz, Katie Whittaker, Doug VanceLight Board Operator ...........................................................................................Kevin ConnollySpot Operators ..........................................................................Terry Valdovinos, Doug Vance

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SK YLIGHT OPER A THEATRE BOARDS

2010-2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORSJohn Stollenwerk, President

BOARD OF ADVOCATESJohn Shannon, Chair

Betty ArndtF. Tessa Escamilla Bartels

Marta BianchiniRick Bliss

Christine BukowskiMichael Bula

Jamie DelgadilloStorm Elser

Laura EmoryJohn Flanagan

Byron FosterSusan Godfrey

Lindsay Holbrook HammererDavid HarveyMark Huber

Valerie JohnsonTracey Klein

Terrance KurtenbachChristopher Layden

Michael Lueder

Michelle MattsonHoward Miller

James PlunkettMary Ann RenzCurtis SawyerPaul Sweeney

F. Colin Cabot (Honorary Director)

Polly BealDorothy Biwer

Mary EmorySuzy Foster

Harry FrankeSue Frautschi

Timothy FrautschiLloyd GerlachRoy GrommeSue GrommeKatie Harding

Grace Johnson

Syd JohnsonWilliam Johnson

Kipp KoesterPam KrigerBill LeFeber

Arthur F. Lubke, Jr.Zabelle Malkasian

Sally ManegoldSteve Mech

Susan MontgomerySusan Nichols

Jeff Nohl

Jane O’ConnellNick Owen

Mary PollockGreg ReiterBlaine RiekeLinda RiekeJulia Taylor

Teri ViceDavid B. Williams

Nick WilsonHerbert Zien

SKYLIGHTERS BOARDJamie Delgadillo, President

PAST PRESIDENTS

Heather A. DunnKarissa Feller

Sherry JohnsonAmy Schmidt JonesRebecca Lawnicki

Christopher Layden

Karen LemmerSamantha Moldonado

Kate MannSara Miller

Anne NimkeFarand Pawlak

Bobbi PolacheckMary Jo Trotter

Kay ValcqBritt Waller

Stephanie Wesselowski

Mary EmoryMatt Flynn

Byron FosterSue Frautschi

Timothy Frautschi

Jack GardnerSuzanne HeftyHoward Miller

Jeff NohlNick Owen

Mary PollockLarry Salustro

Richard Wright

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Kris Klein; Klein’s Piano Workshop; Sandra Strawn; UWM Department of Theatre; Milwaukee Repertory Theatre Prop Shop


William Florescu, General Director

www.FlorentineOpera.org

Florentine Opera Company2010-2011 Season

a lush Baroque double-bill

May 13, 14, 15,18, 19, 21 & 22, 2011

for tickets call414-291-5700 ext. 224

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Production Sponsored by Nita Soref

SK YLIGHT OPER A THEATRE STAFF

AMY S. JENSEN, MANAGING DIRECTORBILL THEISEN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Diana Alioto, Director of Artistic OperationsCindy Haas, Finance Director

Jim Farrell, Development DirectorRay Jivoff, Associate Artistic Director

Jennifer Samuelson, Marketing DirectorMark Turner, Director of Production and Facilities

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Kelley Arlt ...................................................................................................... Box Office ManagerLee Caracci .............................................................................................................House ManagerHeather Cocking ...........................................................................Marketing Project ManagerMadeline Cope .......................................... Special Events and Donor Relations ManagerCorinne Gilbert ....................................................................................Education AdministratorKristin Hansen .......................................................................................................Grants ManagerNoel T. Henebury-Farmer ..................................................................Company AdministratorPaul Kaishian ................................................................................................................... CustodianBecca Nielsen ................................................................................................ Education ManagerJinnene Ross ............................................... Finance Assistant and Benefits AdministratorSara Marie von Hemert-Dachelet .......................................................... Campaign ManagerJennifer Stanislowski ...............................................................................Box Office SupervisorRenae Bastar, Bashir Nuruddin .......................................Weekend Box Office SupervisorsGustavo Chaviano, Jess Jante, Jean Vogel, Gwen Zupan ....................... Box Office StaffCarol Komassa, Cara McMullin, Laura Russart ................... Assistant House Manangers

PRODUCTION STAFF

Ryan Bertelson ................................................................................................. Master ElectricianAndrew Booher ..................................................................................................Stage SupervisorCarri Dahl .................................................................................................................. Scenic ChargeJohn Danish .........................................................................................................Scenic CarpenterGary Ellis ................................................................. Audio Visual Supervisor and IT ManagerSteve Gillingham ..........................................................................Assistant Technical DirectorAdam Held ..........................................................................................................Scenic CarpenterBrooklyn Henke .............................................................................................. Scenic ApprenticeNikki Kulas ..................................................................................................Properties ApprenticeBarry Link .............................................................................................. Costume Shop ManagerMichael Lorenz ...........................................................................................Orchestra ContractorJennifer Lyons .............................................................................................Properties CarpenterAlexander Moliere .........................................................................................Technical AssistantShima Orans ..................................................................................................... Costume DirectorRuben Piirainen ...................................................................................Associate Music DirectorLisa Schlenker ................................. Properties Director & Assistant Director of FacilitiesKimberly Ann McCann .................................................................Production Stage ManagerLillian Tillson ......................................................ASM and Production and Facility AssistantRob Wagner .......................................................................................................Technical Director


SK YLIGHT OPER A THEATRE C IRCLE OF DONORS

Skylight recognizes and honors, with our deepest gratitude, the following individuals, foundations, organizations, businesses and government agencies who provided support to our Annual Campaign and helped us to deliver high quality music theatre productions to the Greater Milwaukee community. A special thanks to the members of the Clarion Society, who have made multi-year commitments of pledging $5,000 or more for the Annual Campaign (these members are listed as bold). Our thanks, too, for the many donors of $249 and under whose gifts are vital to the Skylight’s continuing success, we regret there is not space to list them all. (This list is current as of March 9, 2011.)

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE -$25,000+AnonymousAssurant HealthThe Lynde & Harry Bradley

FoundationF. Colin & Paula CabotJoe & Gwenn GraboyesDavid & Margarete HarveyThe Richard & Ethel Herzfeld

FoundationSkylighters of WisconsinDaniel M. Soref Charitable

TrustStollenwerk Family

Charitable FoundationUnited Performing Arts

Fund

STAR CIRCLE - $10,000-$24,999Anonymous (2)Robert W. Baird & CompanyBarbara & Don BuzardChaseGreater Milwaukee

Foundation Halbert and Alice

Kadish Fund Mary L. Nohl Fund Pain FundJohnson BankTerry & Kristie KurtenbachMidwest AirlinesHoward & Sara MillerNorthwestern Mutual

FoundationVerne & Marion ReadBert L. & Patricia S.

Steigleder Charitable Trust

David & Julia Uihlein Charitable Foundation

US BankThe Windhover Foundation

SPONSOR CIRCLE -$5,000-$9,999AnonymousPolly & Robert BealAlvin & Marion Birnschein

FoundationRick & Wendy BlissBriggs & Stratton

Corporation FoundationMichael &

Anne Marie BulaRichard Carsey & Jurg

OggenfussMae E. Demmer Charitable

TrustJohn & Mary EmoryRalph Evinrude FoundationByron & Suzy FosterMarie-Christine &

Stephen FoxLili & Rick FriedmanMary Ann & Lloyd GerlachGreater Milwaukee

Foundation Burns-Schrader Fund Asher & Susan Nichols

Family FundBill & Sandy HaackJohn E. Holland &

Konrad K. KuchenbachFreida & William Hunt

Memorial TrustDorothy Inbusch

Foundation, Inc.Marie Kohler &

Brian ManiKrause Family FoundationNancy & Arthur LaskinPhoebe & Jack LewisAnne & Ormand

MacDougaldMaihaugen FoundationMarcus CorporationMarshall & Ilsley FoundationNonprofit Management

FundIldy & Skip Poliner

Meyer & Norma Ragir Foundation

Adriana & Robert RagirGreg & Mary Ann RenzLinda & Blaine RiekeRockwell AutomationWayne RoperCharles & Patricia RoyCurtis & Candace SawyerCarol & Kevin SchueleSempercor Foundation John Shannon & Jan SerrPerry & Vivian StuckeyWE EnergiesHerb Zien & Liz Levins

PRODUCER CIRCLE -$2,500-$4,999AnonymousNancy H. BalcerLisa Berman & Larry DaltonChris & Storm ElserJohn Flanagan & Deborah

SchwartzGreater Milwaukee

Foundation’s Luedke-Smith FundSusan GodfreyLindsay & Peter HammererMark & Nari HuberCarol JensenJohnson Controls

FoundationTracey & Rick KleinRuth De Young KohlerPam KrigerChris & Emilia LaydenMichael Best & FriedrichSusan NicholsGordana & Milan RacicRenaissance TheaterworksMatthew Sirinek &

Michelle MattsonSigma-Aldrich FoundationDr. Marcia J.S. Richards and

Mr. Donald R. WhitakerNick & Stoney Wilson


SK YLIGHT OPER A THEATRE C IRCLE OF DONORS (c o n t.)

DIRECTOR CIRCLE -$1,000-$2,499Richard AdamekTom & Betty ArndtLee A. BerthselsenRichard & Kay BiblerMr. & Mrs. William D. BiersachMr. & Mrs. Gregg BoltGary BriggleJohn & Olive BrysonChristine & Robert BukowskiKathryn & John BuonoH.H. Camp FoundationDoris Hersh ChortekCarolyn & Dan DoedensEdward DoemlandLaura & John Emory, Jr.Mary Lou FindleyLeona FitzsimondsGardner FoundationGreater Milwaukee

Foundation: Lois & Donald Cottrell

Fund B Dr. Carl W. Eberbach

& Elizabeth Falk Eberbach Fund

Margaret Hemingway Wells Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Wayne K. HaderCharles & Margaret HarperJohn & Sara HeinEvan & Marion Helfaer

FoundationTerry HuenekeHelen & Ronald JacobsAmy S. JensenDiane Lane & Jamie JohnsO.K. Johnson, Jr.William R. &

Charlotte S. JohnsonWilliam Stark Jones

FoundationGary & Judy JorgensenKipp & Mary KoesterKPMG LLPJohn E. & Nancy LarsonWilliam & Susan LeFeberJames & Camilla LevinFranklin Loo & Sally LongArt Lubke & Gloria TracyTonya & Michael LuederZabelle MalkasianGeorge & Colleen MichelNorman Moses &

Carrie HitchcockMr. & Mrs. George A. Mosher

The Charles D. Ortgiesen Foundation

Robert D. Parrish & Richard E. Steele

Clare M. Peters Charitable Trust

James G. & Gwen PlunkettMary S. PollockPPC FoundationMolly Rhode &

Chase StoegerDaniel Schley &

Barbara HaigService Club of MilwaukeeNita SorefPaula Suozzi &

Jonathan WestPaul & Lisa SweeneyTarget StoresBrian & Joan WakeDick & Diane Wright

DESIGNER CIRCLE - $500-$999David & Patricia AndersonMarilyn AuerF. Tessa & Richard BartelsJane & Jim BellDr. & Mrs. Michael BeschCarolee C. BeutlerWilliam & Karen BoydJames Cauley &

Breanda AndrewsMargaret &

B. Lauren CharousThomas & Belle ChattonJohn & Kay CrichtonMichael DillonKaren DuffyMr. & Mrs. Walter DusoldAlbert J. &

Flora H. Ellinger Foundation

Suzy B. EttingerDavid FloresKristen & Alec FraserSue & Tim FrautschiGardner L.R. &

Karen FriedlanderScott & Lyn GeboyDouglas GeorgePeter Glowacki &

Charmaine GeorgeMary Jane GraltonDale & Mary GravesGreater Milwaukee

Association of Realtors Youth Foundation

Greater Milwaukee Foundation:

Donald & Barbara Abert Fund

Werner M. & Susan W. Krause Family Fund

Bill & Gwen Werner Fund

Roy & Sue Gromme In honor of the work of Ray Jivoff & Richard Carsey

Donald Haack & Karen Smith

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Handrich

Arlene HansenRalph & Susan HarkinsCheryl & Roy HauswirthEd & Priscilla HeineckeBurton & Lynn HoffmanGeorge & Angela JacobiDwayne JohnsonSydney & Grace JohnsonRichard & Diane KaneWarren & Sally KreunenJeanne C. KuelthauDale & Sandra LandgrenJohn R. & Coleen E. MarshallJohn McGivernAnne Grace NimkeJeffrey & Mary NohlDr. Mark & Kristine O’MearaDr. Nick & Mary OwenDavid ParisAnthony Petullo

Foundation, Inc.Fred Pike & Cecilia TaylorJack & Martha PrinceSteve & Janet RhodeMickey RippMargery J. SennRobert SpencerEdwin & Jean StoneRobert & Lenore SwobodaCalvin & Pauline VerbruggeVJS Construction ServicesSargit WarrinerDiane WieseCarlton & Leslie WiningerAllan & JeanAnn Wirth

CHOREOGRAPHER CIRCLE -$250-$499Acme Sales, Inc.Robert & Rebecca AdlamSara AlterAnonymous (5)Richard & Sara Aster


SK YLIGHT OPER A THEATRE C IRCLE OF DONORS (c o n t.)

L.B. & J.K.Diane Bacha & John KoetheRichard & Carol Bayerlein

Foundation LTDRobert BjerkeAndrew & Anita BoydMatthew BrantleyJill & Frits BroekhuizenDrs. Christine Bryke &

Anthony GarberJim ColemanDonald A. CressPhil & Pat CrumpBob & Belle DanforthMrs. Ross H. DeanBill & Shirley DentingerJoan Dimow &

John MoulderHarry & Barbara DrakeDon & Nora DreskeTom & Bette DroughtBrian & Heather DunnJoAnn DurrettWilliam EasthamJohn & Polly EdgarMr. & Mrs. David EggebrechtDawna & Emil EllisJoseph EngmanMarianne Holtz EpsteinRachel E. FingerDaniel & Katherine FlahertyMark & Virginia GennisBurton GoodmanGreater Milwaukee

Foundation’s Spear Arts Education

FundKatherine GroganPauline HaackGeorge B. HaaslerKenneth & Elaine HerroRose J. HillEdward M. HipkeLenore & Reginald HorsmanAnn & Fred HorwitzIronwood FoundationRon Jacquart &

Mike McCarthyJoseph JensenRay JivoffAndrew & Amy JonesSuzette J. KappesBruce & Sally KehlTim KitzkeJohn & Patricia KonkelRobert & Patricia KraftSybil La Budde

Charles LenzLaura LindnerJohn & Marty LubingWayne & Kris LuedersJohn & Audrey MakowskiLee MarquardtRoseMary &

Frank MatusinecChristine McGeeBarry McNultyNancy Weiss-McQuide &

Mark McQuideRetta & Jeff MeserJequitta K. MolotJerry MosesJohn & Lucia MurtaughJane S. O’ConnellLincoln & Mary OroLarry & Bonnie PaplhamJudith Perkins & David KeenMr. & Mrs. James PetrieBruce & Candy PindyckLarry & Bobbi PolacheckJill PonasikJonas & Sylvia PrisingGreg ReiterRoger RitzowCurtis & Patty RobinsonBibi & Greg RosnerJerold &

Lee Dougherty RossDr. Emily SchlenkerRobert & Sally SchmidtMarsha Ruth SehlerMark & Karen SostarichAnnette Stoddard-FreemanBrian & Debra StarkBarbara &

Christian SteinmetzEdwin & Jean StoneAudrey StrnadRudolph &

Theresa SundbergRandal SwiggumAlan W. ThompsonL. Jean TurnerMargery UihleinKay ValcqMichael Van HandelJoan & Gary WeidaPeggy & David WellsSue WellsMaggie WhiteMr. & Mrs. David B. Williams

The Skylight receivessupport from the following governmentagencies:City of Milwaukee Arts

BoardMilwaukee County CAMPACNational Endowment for

the ArtsWisconsin Arts Board

Thank you to those thathave supported theSkylight with an in-kindgift:Assurant HealthDigiCOPYDryit Carpet Dry Cleaning Inc.EntechDale & Mary GravesNOVA Systems Inc.Dr. Marcia J.S. Richards &

Mr. Donald R. Whitaker

A special thank you to thefollowing corporations formatching employee gifts:Alliant EnergyAmerican Transmission

CompanyAptarGroupAssurant HealthDominion FoundationEaton CorporationGE FoundationJohnson ControlsQuad/Graphics, Inc.RexnordRockwell Automation

InternationalSPX FoundationWE EnergiesWell Point

We make every effort to ensure that our donors are recognized properly. If we have made an error, please accept our sincere apologies and contact us at (414) 299-4953 so that we may correct it.


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THE SK YL IGHT STARS

The Skylight Stars was established in 1998 to recognize those special donors who have designated The Skylight in a bequest, trust or other planned gift for organization, artistic, capital and endowment initiatives. Thank you very much for your generous support.

Christopher Seton AbeleAnonymous (8)Dennis & Mary BerschThe Lynde & Harry

Bradley FoundationAunt Teckie BrumderBarbara & Don BuzardAnne Perkins CabotF. Colin & Paula CabotJohn DahlbergMae E. Demmer

Charitable TrustHugh & Mary DenisonElizabeth Elser Doolittle

Charitable TrustsJohn & Mary EmoryMarianne Holtz EpsteinByron & Suzy FosterLloyd &

Mary Ann GerlachJoseph &

Gwenn GraboyesRoy & Sue GrommeDavid &

Margarete HarveyTom & Suzanne Hefty

Jane E. HeinemannRichard & Ethel Herzfeld

FoundationJohn E. HollandRobert F. & Jean E. HoltzGrace & Sydney JohnsonWilliam &

Charlotte JohnsonWilliam Stark JonesHalbert &

Alice Kadish FundJack & Ginny KopischkeKonrad K. KuchenbachClarice LaubenheimerMr. & Mrs. Edward

MalkasianRobert & Sally ManegoldDorothea C. MayerHoward & Sara MillerSusan & Asher NicholsAsher & Susan Nichols

Family FoundationNorthwestern Mutual

FoundationJane B. Pettit Foundation

James G. & Gwen Plunkett

Mr. & Mrs. George William Pollock, Jr.

Verne & Marion ReadBlaine & Linda RiekeEsther Leah RitzRockwell AutomationWayne & Jean RoperCharles & Patricia RoyLarry and Susan SalustroJohn Shannon & Jan SerrVince & Joanne ShielyL.B. & Lucy SmithDale L. Sorden FamilyDaniel M. Soref

Charitable TrustJohn &

Jo Ellen Stollenwerk Art Lubke & Gloria TracyDavid & Julia Uihlein

Charitable FoundationJon & Teri ViceAudrey WegnerRobert & Joyce WeissNora & Jude Werra

COM MUNIT Y PARTNERS

Mae E. DemmerCharitable Trust

Maihaugen Foundation

Daniel M. SorefCharitable Trust


TO THE AUDIENCE

Audience Guide…A free audience guide is generated by Enlighten, Skylight’s education program, with the help of volunteer Justine Leonard. It is meant to provide in-depth background information about the show, including information on the composer and author, source material, historical perspective on the setting, and information about the Skylight directors, designers and performers. The guide is available on our website and in the lobby of the theatre.

Bad Weather Policy...Skylight does not cancel or reschedule performances due to inclement weather, nor can we offer refunds.

Johnson Bank Cabaret Series...Friday and Saturday evening performances in the Cabot Theatre are followed by a free, 45-minute cabaret show in the Skylight Bar & Bistro. There is not a cabaret performance on opening night.

Emergency Contact…If you need to be contacted during the performance, an emergency number is available for your convenience: (414) 908-6645. This extension is a message center for the house manager. Please leave your seat location so we may contact you.

Food and Drink...Skylight Bar & Bistro, located on the second floor of the Broadway Theatre Center, is a full-service bar with a pre-theatre dinner menu open two hours before Cabot Theatre performances, at intermission and after performances with the exception of Sunday evenings. For reservations, call Kafevino at (414) 224-4900.

Group Discounts...Groups of 10 or more are eligible for our group discount. Make your event unique and ask about our rental spaces for a pre- or post-show reception with cocktails, hors d’ oeuvres, dinner or dessert. Please contact Heather Cocking at (414) 299-4951 for more information or to reserve group tickets.

Lost and Found...Leave a message with the House Manager at (414) 908-6645 to check if lost articles have been found.

Parking...Convenient, free or low-cost parking is available in several locations. Metered street parking throughout the Historic Third Ward is free after 6:00 p.m. and on Sundays. The Italian Community Center parking lot, three blocks east of the theatre at Jackson and Menomonee streets, is free after 6:00 p.m. and on Sundays; daytime parking is also available for a small fee. Structure parking is available for a small fee in the Third Ward parking structures located at Chicago and Milwaukee streets (two blocks east) and Chicago and Water streets (two blocks west).

Recording Equipment & Cameras...The use of recording devices and/or photography is strictly prohibited in the theatre during a performance.

Skylight’s Annual Campaign...Consists of individuals, corporations and foundations whose generous gifts allow Skylight to achieve fiscal soundness and artistic excellence. To become a donor, please contact Sara von Hemert-Dachelet, Campaign Manager, at (414) 299-4953.

Skylight Insights…Join us for an opportunity to learn more about Skylight Opera Theatre productions. Associate Artistic Director Ray Jivoff will lead pre-performance talks one hour before curtain for every Wednesday and Sunday performance.

Special Patron Services... A limited number of infrared hearing systems are available on a first come, first served basis. Audio description, sign language interpretation and wheelchair seating are available and can be arranged in advance by calling (414) 291-7800.

Tours...With advance notice, tours of the Broadway Theatre Center and Skylight’s production shops are available throughout the year. Call (414) 299-4972 for reservations.


BOX OFF ICE INFOR M ATION

Skylight Opera Theatre’s Box Office is located in the Broadway Theatre Center at158 North Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Phone: (414) 291-7800

Hours...Monday through Saturday noon to 6:00 p.m. and two hours prior to allperformances. Skylight tickets are available for purchase online atwww.skylightopera.com — 24 hours a day/7 days a week!

Ticket Exchanges… Season tickets may be exchanged for tickets to anotherperformance of the same production by mail, fax, or in person, up to 48 hours inadvance of a performance. Reservations for ticket exchanges may not be madeless than 48 hours in advance of the original performance date. Subscribers andsingle ticket holders who lose their tickets may contact the box office forduplicates; seating locations are on record. All sales are final.

Ticket Donations...Ticket holders who are unable to use their tickets may donatethem for resale and receive a receipt for a tax-deductible contribution. Just ask thebox office for a contribution receipt. Tickets are not refundable, nor may the ticketvalue be applied to future ticket sales or outstanding pledges.

VOLUNTEER INFOR M ATION

The Skylighters... The Skylighters are involved in a variety of activities and specialevents in support of Skylight. For event or membership information, contact Madeline Cope, Donor Services and Special Events Manager, at (414) 299-4972.

Ushers...Sign up for any show at www.skylightopera.volunteerhub.com or emailour House Manager, Lee Caracci, at [email protected]

Volunteer for the Skylight… For over 50 years, Skylight Opera Theatre as been providing fun on and off the stage! To learn more, email volunteer@ skylightopera.com

GENER AL INFOR M ATION

Skylight Opera TheatreBroadway Theatre Center

158 North BroadwayMilwaukee, WI 53202

Administrative Office: (414) 291-7811Box Office: (414) 291-7800www.skylightopera.com

Skylight Opera Theatre is a cornerstone member of the United Performing ArtsFund (UPAF), member of OPERA America, Theatre Wisconsin, Visit Milwaukee, the Historic Third Ward Association, and Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee, and is a cultural partner of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Arts in Community Education (ACE) Program


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