Cox Building Playhouse, Plano January 22 - February 14, 2009

The Star-Spangled Girl

by Neil Simon directed by Carol M. Rice

presents

Rover Dramawerks Season Sponsors

Plano Arts & Cultural Endowment, Inc.

ArtCentre of Plano Jenifer Balch City of Richardson City of Plano Robin Coulonge Curran Tomko Tarski, LLP eRecycle Online Ron Eubanks

Frisco Community Theatre Haggard Property Group, Ltd. Garland Civic Theatre Lloyd and Sara Jones

Bill Justus David McLorren Plano Arts & Cultural Endowment Plano Community Charity

Plano Stages Staff Michael Rathbun Truman Rice Jim & Patsy Sadowski

Barry Schneider Texas Commission on the Arts A Toast to Texas Rick Tuman

Valarie Walsh

Special Thanks

The Star-Spangled Girl would not have been possible without the generous contributions of the following:

Our wonderful donors, season sponsors, and purchasers of program ads. Please visit those businesses whose ads you see here

and let them know you appreciate their support of the arts!

YOU, for being in our audience - with an extra special thanks to our growing number of season ticket holders!

The Rover Board of Directors

Jenifer Balch, President Ron Eubanks, VP of Business Management

Jason Rice, VP of Production Mary Millholland, Secretary

Charisse McLorren, Treasurer Carol M. Rice, Artistic Director

Alejandro de la Costa, Lisa Devine, Terrie W. Justus, Martha Kosel Michael Rathbun, Barry Schneider, Rick Tuman

Rover Dramawerks Donors

This list represents donations received since January of 2007. If we have failed to include you, please accept our sincere apology and let us know so we can rectify the situation.

Thank you ALL for your generous support!

Crusader - $10,000 and above Anonymous City of Plano Haggard Property Group

Plano Arts & Cultural Endowment

Trailblazer - $5000 to $9999 Gay, McCall, Isaacks, Gordon & Roberts, P.C. Caitlin Schraufnagel

Pioneer - $2500 to $4999

Anonymous Jason & Carol Rice

Explorer - $1000 to $2499 Jenifer Balch Bankruptcy Services, Inc. City of Richardson

Curran Tomko Tarski LLP Premier Wines Texas Commission on the Arts

Adventurer - $500 to $999 Anonymous Tim & Jane Birkhead Einstein Bros. Bagels

Ron Eubanks Margo Lynn Hablutzel

Guide - $200 to $499 Albertsons AlphaGraphics Burke Asher BJs Restaurant

Rebecca Bremer Booth Lea Courington Home Depot Chris & Martha Kosel Charisse McLorren Mary Millholland

James & Patricia Mitchell Tom Thumb John & Lee Ida Wacker

Outrider - $100 to $199 Bud & Bonnie Barlow Mr. & Mrs. Keith Blandford CiCis Pizza Dan & Claudia Gray Tracy Hurd Laurie Johnson Trish Jones

Gerald & Gladys Justus Kirk & Leslie Justus Kroger Brian McCall Denise Merkle Mark Oristano Joe Parkinson Lynne Richardson

Genevieve Rice David & Lisa Rosenstein Matthew & Paula Rosenstein Celeste Rosenthal Mark-Brian Sonna Tru-Blast Corporation

Wal-Mart WellPoint Foundation Richard Wills

Scout - $50 to $99 Anonymous Laura Y. Burford Central Market John & Twylia Church Nancy Corley & Barry Schneider Debra Davis Matthew J. Edwards Goodsearch.com Victoria Irvine Charlotte Kolls Debbie Marshall

Graciela Montani Bill Mercer Dana Riley Marc Rouse John & Betty Silander Kim Wickware Jill & Scott Wilkinson

First Watch - $20 to $49

Amazon.com Anonymous (3) Alejandro de la Costa eBay Kegs & Barrels Krispy Kreme Donuts Edith Dulles Lawlis

Lennys Subs Sasha McGonnell Donald McLaughlin Plano Community Charity Kelley E. Skidmore Rick Tuman Verizon

Invest in Rover! As we continue our 2008-09 Season, Rover Dramawerks continues to experience incredible growth! We are in our ninth year of production, presenting six exciting full length mainstage shows (our next one a World Premiere in the Courtyard Theater!) and two One Day Only 24-hour play festivals, not to mention all of our classes (for kids and adults). However, with growth comes more expense, and we need your help. Ticket sales cover only a small part of the cost of a production. Wont you consider making a tax deductible donation to Rover Dramawerks? We will be forever in your debt. Rover is also looking for people who want to help get the word out about Rover to sponsors, philanthropists, and organizations throughout Plano and the surrounding communities. Please contact Artistic Director Carol M. Rice at carol@roverdramawerks.com for more information. (Feel free to send email to Ms. Rice with kudos, questions, or concerns about anything Rover related, too!) Or if you just want to enjoy the show, that's great! We need and appreciate your support and hope to see you in our audience again soon. Be sure to buy your season tickets! And please join us on Thursday, January 29 after the show at the ArtCentre of Plano (just down the street) for a reception with the cast, director, and designers, as well as many of the Rover Board. Wed love to get to know you! These receptions are every Second Thursday of each show, so mark your calendars now!

The Cast Andy Hobart............................................................................Joey Folsom Norman Cornell......................................................................Joe Cucinotti Sophie Rauschmeyer...........................................................Marla Jo Kelly

The Production Staff Director...................................Carol M. Rice Assistant Director/Stage Manager................Tiffany Hillan Producer....................Jenifer Balch Scenic Design..............................Bill Parr Costume Design......................Paul McKenzie Properties Design..............Terrie W. Justus Lighting Design.....................Bill Parr Sound Design..........................................................Jason Rice Fight Choreography........................................................Sasha McGonnell Light and Sound Board Operation.................Pamela J. Schamberger Set Construction and Painting..........................Daniel Balch, Jenifer Balch Debbie Cheng, Maddie Cheng, Joe Cucinotti Alejandro de la Costa, Lisa Devine, Ron Eubanks Joey Folsom, Tiffany Hillan, Michelle Hoekstra Rebecca Jordan, Bill Justus, Terrie W. Justus Marla Jo Kelly, Chris Kosel, Martha Kosel, Paul McKenzie David A. Miller, Bill Parr, Sarah Quiroz, Carol M. Rice Jason Rice, Scott Rice, Stephen Rice, Alexa Rosenstein Barry Schneider, Ricky Thompsen, Rick Tuman Program...........................Carol M. Rice Publicity.............................................................................Barry Schneider Box Office..Rebecca Jordan, Kim Wickware

The action takes place in an apartment in San Francisco in 1966.

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

Please turn off all pagers, cellular phones, wristwatch alarms,

and other noise-making devices. Thank you!

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Services.

Rover's Mission Searching for treasures, new and rediscovered,

for theatre "off the beaten path."

Rover Dramawerks produces lost or forgotten works of well-known authors, revives excellent scripts that have suffered from lack of exposure,

and discovers unknown gems of the stage.

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Who's Who Jenifer Balch is proud to be serving as the newly elected President of the Board for Rover Dramawerks. By day, Jenifer assists clients with legal needs arising in a variety of contexts with the firm of Curran Tomko Taski LLP. While Jenifer has no desire to be on stage, she has developed an unexpected passion for producing; this is her second show as a producer. As producer, Jenifer is able to utilize her full geekness in organization! Jenifer is thankful for the personal support of her Rover friends as well as that of her son Daniel and her friend Michelle. Joe Cucinotti (pronounced KOO-CHIN-NAUGHTY...YEAH BABY!) returns for his third show with Rover. He was last seen working as the AD/SM for An Infinite Ache directed by Lisa Devine. Some of Joes previous roles include his award-winning portrayal of Eddie McCuen in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 for Allen High School. There was also his chilling depiction of Eddie McCuen in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 for Garland Civic Theatre. And let us not forget his whimsical work as Eddie McCuen in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 for Rover Dramawerks. (Can you say "diversity"?) Every weeknight for the past nine years, Mr. Cucinotti has been heard on Mix 102.9 where he worked under the name Joe Kelly. He has recently finished writing his first stage musical entitled The Rise and Fall of Radio Through the Eyes of Rose Kelly, which he will be self-producing/directing later this year. He sends a very warm thanks to his friends and family for their unwavering support. And a special thanks to his fellow cast and crew for such a killer time. Joey Folsom is pursuing a BA in Theater Performance at the University of North Texas and is delighted to be working with Rover. Hes been seen on stage as Johnny Pat in The Cripple of Inishmaan, Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream for Stolen Shakespeare Guild, Georgie in Jesus Hates Me at Kitchen Dog, Eddie in Fool for Love and most recently as Donner in The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, bo