Eccentricities of a Nightingale

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Eccentricities of a Nightingale
The American Century Theater
Presents
Tennessee Williams’
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
April 4 - 26, 2008
Gunston Theatre II
2700 S. Lang Street
Arlington, Virginia
A Doppelganger.................................................................................. Mary Millben
Reverend Winemiller.............................................................................Mick Tinder
Mrs. Winemiller............................................................................... Carol Randolph
John Buchanan..............................................................................Michael Sherman
Alma Winemiller.........................................................................Vanessa Bradchulis
Vernon............................................................................................ Daniel Steinberg
Rosemary............................................................................................ Mary Millben
Mrs. Buchanan......................................................................... Mary-Anne Sullivan
Roger Doremus.....................................................................................Scott Zeigler
Mrs. Bassett................................................................................... Anne Paine West
Porter.............................................................................................. Daniel Steinberg
Traveling Salesman........................................................................ Brandon Ferraro
Production Staff
Director
Steven Scott Mazzola
Producer
Karen Currie
Original Music
Mariano Vales
Set Designer
Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden*
Lighting Designer
Ayun Fedorcha*
Costume Designer
Jennifer Tardiff
Sound Designer
Matt Otto
Props Designer
Suzanne Maloney
Technical Director
Steven Cosby
Stage Manager
Joan A. S. Lada
Cast (In order of appearance)
Scenic Artist
Elizabeth Baldwin
The Setting:
Glorious Hill, Mississippi, 1915
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale will be presented
with one 15-minute intermission
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale is presented by special arrangement
with Dramatists Play Service on behalf of
The University of the South, Sewanne, Tennessee.
* Member, United Scenic Artists, Local 829
Director...................................................................................Steven Scott Mazzola
Composer........................................................................................... Mariano Vales
Stage Manager................................................................................. Joan A. S. Lada
Producer............................................................................................... Karen Currie
Set Designer................................................................ Elizabeth Jenkins McFadden
Lighting Designer............................................................................. Ayun Fedorcha
Sound Designer......................................................................................... Matt Otto
Costume Designer............................................................................ Jennifer Tardiff
Props Designer............................................................................. Suzanne Maloney
Technical Director............................................................................... Steven Cosby
Scenic Artist................................................................................ Elizabeth Baldwin
Fight Director.......................................................................................... Steve Lada
Costume Assistant........................................................................ Anna St. Germain
Board Operator..............................................................................Christine Millette
Master Electrician.................................................................... AnnMarie Castrigno
Electricians....................................................................... Don Slater, Ted Madison,
Nathan Devonshyre, Jude Fitzmorris, John Master
Lighting Technician....................................................................... Daniel Steinberg
Photographer.......................................................................................... Micah Hutz
Program.........................................................................................Michael Sherman
Program Logo........................................................ Karen Currie, Michael Sherman
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Supported in part by the Virginia Commission of the Arts and
The Arlington County Department of Parks, Recreation and
Community Services, Cultural Affairs Division
Rick Albani, Kathryn Cocroft, Joseph Cronin, Michael Currie, Ellen Dempsey,
Lurita Doan, Joseph Henderson, Michael Kahn, Brooke Marshall, Katherine
Mielke, Lynn Ritland, Peter Rosenstein, Bill Wisniewski, the cast and crew of
Happy Birthday, Wanda June, and all others whose names were not available as
this program went to press.
PLEASE NOTE:
The use of recording equipment and/or the taking of photographs
during the performance is strictly prohibited.
TACT is funded in part by Arlington County through the Cultural Affairs
Division of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources and
the Arlington Commission for the Arts; the Virginia Commission for the Arts;
numerous foundations; and many generous donors.
Artistic Director’s Notes: The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
by Tennessee Williams
Walt Whitman kept revising Leaves of Grass until his death. Harry
Truman went back years after he published his autobiography and changed
that, too. But for a major playwright to do a major rewrite of a hit play
after it has conquered Broadway is extremely rare indeed. Even rarer is
the rewrite that exceeds the popularity of the original. In fact, it’s never
happened.
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale is Tennessee Williams’ improvement
on Summer and Smoke, one of his best regarded plays, which opened on
Broadway in 1947 to mixed reviews. So certain was Williams that his play
needed revising that he brought his reworked script to London in the hope
that it could be used in the West End production of Summer and Smoke.
He found that the play was already too deep in rehearsals…at least, that’s
what the producer and director told him. It undoubtedly seemed to be a
kinder response than, “Are you nuts?” For no theater company is going to
want to make major alterations in a play that has already found favor with
critics and the public, no matter how strongly the playwright believes he
has made it better…even if the playwright is the great Tennessee Williams.
The same fate has befallen Merrily We Roll Along and The Frogs. In
Hollywood, some film makers have returned to the scene of their former
triumphs and had success with new versions of previous hits. The all-time
champion at this may have been Howard Hawks, who rewrote and filmed
essentially the same western, “Rio Bravo,” three times, and with the same
star, John Wayne. (When Hawks called up Wayne to do the third and
final version, “Rio Lobo,” the Duke reportedly asked, “Do I get to be the
drunk this time?”) But even in movies, familiarity and reputation are hard
to overcome. “Rio Bravo” is regarded as a classic, and still can easily be
found playing on various cable channels. Its two “rewrites,” good as they
are (well, “El Dorado” is good) have never caught up, and never will. This
is almost certainly the fate of The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, whether
Tennessee was right about his favorite version of Summer and Smoke, or
not.
Jack Marshall,
Artistic Director
The American Century Theater
“I think The Eccentricities of a Nightingale is a substantially different
play from Summer and Smoke, and I prefer it,” wrote Williams “It is less
conventional and melodramatic.” But he had a difficult time persuading
anyone to produce the play once Summer and Smoke acquired the
reputation of being a major work. Finally, in 1964, The Eccentricities of a
Nightingale got its shot, though not in the way Williams would have liked.
It was an Off-Broadway production, and occurred at a time when Williams
was widely seen as a declining playwright in artistic free-fall. And perhaps
he was: Williams never had another Broadway success.
Whether Eccentricities is superior to Summer and Smoke is impossible
to say. Given a choice, all but the most daring and perverse theater
companies (perhaps you can think of one!) will choose to produce the play
that has name recognition and a reputation; the playwright’s preference
doesn’t pay the bills. William Inge, another major playwright from
Williams’ era, never liked the ultimate form of his biggest hit, Picnic, and
wrote an alternative version of the play called Summer Brave. He had no
more luck than Williams persuading producers to put his improvement on
stage.
Promising plays and especially musicals that didn’t succeed on
Broadway—now that’s another matter entirely. Stephen Sondheim’s cult
musical Follies has been significantly revised more than once, though
none of the revisions have achieved more success than the original.
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THE COMPANY
VANESSA BRADCHULIS (Alma Winemiller) is proud to be making her debut
with The American Century Theater. She is a graduate of The National Conservatory
of Dramatic Arts and The Actors Repertory Theatre (ART). Vanessa has been seen in
Antigone (Antigone); The Real Inspector Hound (Cynthia); Twelfth Night (Olivia);
and the world premiere of Thirteen Beers and a Power Bar (Lynette) as a member
of ART. Regional credits include The Glass Menagerie (Amanda) and Spoon
River Anthology (Pauline/Ensemble). International credits include The Shadow
Box (Agnes) and a world tour of The Farley Family Reunion (Arvilla/Ensemble).
Vanessa served with distinction as a combat medic in the US Army during which
time she was temporarily attached to BRAVO! Army Theatre Touring Company as
an actor and medic on two world theatre tours. She is currently pursuing an MFA
in film and electronic media at The American University.
BRANDON FERRARO (Traveling Salesman) The Jeweler’s Shop (Andrew);
Rashomon (The Commoner, Playbill Café); Nutshell (Miles u/s, 2007 Fringe
Festival); Oedipus Rex (Oedipus); Proof (Hal); All My Sons (Chris Keller).
MARY MILLBEN (Doppelganger/Rosemary) From Oklahoma City, Mary holds
a BFA from the A. Max Weitzenhoffer Department of Musical Theatre at the
University of Oklahoma and a minor in Political Science. Credits include: Pirates of
Penzance (Kate, Washington Savoyards); Hellzapoppin’ (Lucia Frennetti Calzone,
The American Century Theater); Patience (Patience, Georgetown Gilbert &
Sullivan Society); The Proverbs (Sheila, Lyric Opera House). Mary was a featured
soloist for the White House, Queen Noor, Dr. Maya Angelou, Rudolph Giuliani,
David McCullough, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and U.S. Senator John McCain.
CAROL RANDOLPH (Mrs. Winemiller) was last seen as another ‘crazy’
mother in Flowers for Algernon with Landless Theatre Co. Other professional
credits include The Front Page (Mrs. Grant, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company);
Dorothy Meets Alice (Queen of Hearts, Adventure Theatre); and The Women of
Lockerbie (Madeline, Maryland Ensemble Theatre) in addition to local film and
industrial work. Other productions include The Women (Countess de Lage); Diary
of Anne Frank (Mrs. Van Daan); Lend Me a Tenor (Maria); Lady Windermere’s
Fan (Duchess of Berwick); and Oliver! (Widow Corney).
MICHAEL SHERMAN (John Buchanan) has appeared at The American
Century Theater in Moby Dick Rehearsed (1997 and 2005) and Porgy (coroner/
policeman). Other professional roles include The Royal Hunt of the Sun (Pedro de
Candia, Washington Shakespeare Company); Suddenly Last Summer/Portrait of a
Madonna (George Holly/the doctor, The Keegan Theater). He has also been seen
in The Iceman Cometh (Rocky); Art (Yvon); Henry V (Nym/Michael Williams);
The Grapes of Wrath (Al Joad); I Hate Hamlet (Andrew Rally) and Blood Brothers
(Sammy Johnston). Michael has been the graphic artist for The American Century
Theater for the past 3 years.
DANIEL STEINBERG (Vernon/Porter) is a recent graduate of the National
Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Actors Repertory Theatre where he appeared
in Antigone (Teiresias); The Real Inspector Hound (Birdboot); Twelfth Night
(Sebastian); and Thirteen Beers and a Power Bar (Reverend Joe). Most recently
Daniel was seen in Keegan Theatre’s The Hostage (Gank) and The Wakeness
Monster (Troubador) for Charter Theatre’s Children Series.
MARY-ANNE SULLIVAN (Mrs. Buchanan) was last seen onstage as Mary Beth
in an original one-act Fragile X. She has also appeared in The Glass Menagerie
(Amanda); Dracula (Renfield); Moon Over Buffalo (Charlotte Hay); Sylvia
(Sylvia); and Veronica’s Room (The Woman). Film credits include leads in two FBI
Informant Training Videos, a speaking role as another FBI Agent/Supervisor in the
film Homeland with Safe Tree Productions and a bi-lingual (Spanish) speaking role
in the Indy film Winter Wheat with Vigilant Cinema Productions. She received her
BFA in acting at Virginia Commonwealth University and is currently a teaching
artist for Adventure Theater.
MICK TINDER (Rev. Winemiller) Pleased to be making his first appearance with
The American Century Theater, Mick was seen last year in 1776 (John Adams)
and Faith Healer (Teddy) at the Keegan Theatre. Mick has, over several decades,
played many roles including Finbar Mack, Nathan Detroit, Deputy Governor
Danforth, Jack Mullen, Paul Bratter, Sagot and has served as director, producer
and/or stage manager at various other theatres in the Washington area.
ANNE PAINE WEST (Mrs. Bassett) Favorite past roles include Marsha Norman’s
Third and Oak (Alberta); The Laundromat; Plaza Suite (Norma); Come Back to
the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (Mona); The David Dance (June
Handly, Trumpet Vine Theatre Company); Gore Vidal’s Visit to a Small Planet
(Reba); and The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Beulah Levy).
SCOTT ZEIGLER (Roger Doremus) received a BS degree in Theater
Performance at Greensboro College. After college he worked as a Barter Player
for the Barter Theater. His latest performance was in Nothing Sacred (Victor
Sitnikov) with Firebelly Theater. Some of his favorite performances include
Mother Courage (Swiss Cheese); The Taming of the Shrew (Pertrucio); and The
Odyssey (Odysseus).
PRODUCTION STAFF
STEVEN SCOTT MAZZOLA (Director) The American Century Theater: Drama
Under the Influence: Celebrating Women Playwrights of the Prohibition Era, The
Autumn Garden, Tea and Sympathy, A Flag is Born, The Second Man, Picnic, Hotel
Universe; Katherine McCann in Return to Me at Playbill Café; Adventure Theatre:
The Stinky Cheese Man; The Little Theatre of Alexandria: The Philadelphia Story;
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington: The Wizard of Oz; Imagination Stage: The
Village Fable; Madcap Players: Readers Committee, Director, Right is the Hand;
The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts: Director, Twelfth Night, Our Lady
of Sandwich, North Shore Fish, Tantalus; The Shakespeare Theatre Company:
Assistant Director, Love’s Labor’s Lost at the Royal Shakespeare Company
in Stratford, England, Re-Discovery Series: Director, Escape, The South East
Project: Director, Untitled; The Washington Shakespeare Company: Director,
The Royal Hunt of the Sun, In the Summerhouse, Assistant Director: Strange
Interlude, The Winter’s Tale, Marat/Sade; Cherry Red Productions: Director, I
Hate Anton Dudley; The Andrew Keegan Theatre: Director, A Streetcar Named
Desire (USA and Ireland productions), Assistant Director: Translations; Source
Theatre: Director, The Interrogation Room, Little Hero, Assistant Director: The
Most Fabulous Story Ever Told; Autonomy Productions, Director: Scars + Stripes;
Selected readings include Boston Marriage and Work Song for The Smithsonian
Renwick Gallery, A Form of Hope for Theatre J; The Early Miracle for Charter
Theatre, Ghosts of Summer for Ganymede Arts, Lion in the Streets for Theatre
Lab and Free Radio America for Theatre Alliance; Actor’s Theatre of Washington,
Fred Hill in Pigmaleon; St. Mark’s Players, Trent in Six Degrees of Separation;
Teaching: The University of Maryland-University College, Woolly Mammoth
Theatre Company and the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
JOAN A. S. LADA (Stage Manager) is stage managing her first production for
The American Century Theater. Previous stage management gigs include A Chorus
Line, The Secret Garden, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Hello
Dolly, Kiss Me Kate, The Full Monty, Love*Valour* Compassion, Side Show, The
Wild Party, The Who’s Tommy, Into the Woods, Footloose and The Philadelphia
Story. By day, she works as the accounting manager for Arena Stage.
MARIANO VALES (Composer) is an Argentine composer and conductor.
Locally, he wrote music for Washington Shakespeare Company’s The Royal Hunt
of the Sun, also directed by Steven Mazzola, and is in the process of writing a
musical for Gala Theater to open in June of 2009. Mr. Vales is also the Artistic
and Music Director of the Camerata Interamericana, a chamber ensemble devoted
to showcase the music of the Americas, of the Junior Philharmonic with the DC
Youth Orchestra Program, and of the Washington International Chorus, at the
Organization of American States.
ELIZABETH JENKINS MCFADDEN (Set Designer) is pleased to have
the opportunity to design for the first time for The American Century Theater.
Elizabeth serves as Resident Scenic Designer for the Washington Savoyards and
is the Designer-in-Residence for the theatre department at Montgomery College
– Rockville. Recent designs include Pirates of Penzance, Kiss Me Kate, and Merry
Widow for the Savoyards; Urinetown, Thoroughly Modern Mille, Ragtime, and
Chicago at Montgomery College; Candide and Romeo and Juliet at Catholic
University; Your Molotov Kisses, Stripping Don Juan, Blind Date, and Real
Women Have Curves at Gala Theatre; New Kid, Snow Angel, The Grid and Capture
the Moon at Imagination Stage; and Hothouse for LongAcre Lea Productions. An
active designer throughout the DC area since 1989, her design work has been seen
often at Round House Theatre, Washington Jewish Theatre, Gallaudet University,
Washington Revels, Adventure Theatre, American University, Theatre J, Discovery
Theatre, and many others. She is a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829.
AYUN FEDORCHA (Lighting Designer) is delighted to be returning to The
American Century Theater, with director Steven Mazzola for their fifth show
together. Most recently Ayun designed Steven’s production of The Stinky Cheese
Man and Other Fair(l)y Stoopid Tales at Adventure Theatre. Their other shows
include The Autumn Garden (The American Century Theater); The Royal Hunt of
the Sun (Washington Shakespeare Company); and A Village Fable (Imagination
Stage). She previously has lit MacBird!, It Had to Be You and Dear World for The
American Century Theater. Ms. Fedorcha is a member of United Scenic Artists
Local 829.
JENNIFER TARDIFF (Costume Designer) Local credits include Constellation
Theatre, The Madeira School, Phoenix Theatre DC, Adventure Theatre, The
American Century Theater, Imagination Stage, Scena Theatre, Washington
Shakespeare Company, The Hatchery Festival, Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia,
The Domingo Cafritz Young Artist Program of the Washington National Opera and
the Carver Center. Jennifer has a MFA in Costume Design from Penn State and
has designed for Penn State, Clarion University Summer Musical Theatre and The
Weathervane Playhouse. Currently, she is an Assistant Costume Coordinator for
The Washington National Opera.
MATT OTTO (Sound Designer) recently designed K of D at Woolly Mammoth
Theatre Company, Kafka’s Dick and House of Yes for Washington Shakespeare
Company, Five Flights for the Theatre Lab Honors Conservatory Alumni Class
of 2007, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the University of
Mary Washington, Olney Theatre’s production of Godspell, Adventure Theatre’s
Stuart Little; and Ah, Wilderness!, Hellzapoppin’, That Championship Season,
and MacBird! for The American Century Theater. Some of Matt’s assistant credits
include Ambition Facing West, In On It and Insurrection: Holding History for
Theatre Alliance; Current Nobody, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, and Vigils for Woolly
Mammoth Theatre Company; Either Or at Theatre J and The Tempest for The
Folger Shakespeare Library. Matt received his degree in Sound Design from Boston
University. For more details of Matt’s work please go to www.mattottosound.
com.
SUZANNE MALONEY (Props Designer) loves her work as a dramaturg and prop
designer in the Washington area. Recent projects include serving as dramaturg for
Round House Theater’s production of The Director: The Third Act of Elia Kazan
and for Last Days of the Killone Players at New Island Theater Project/Keegan.
She is the Assistant Dramaturg at Theater of the First Amendment. Her next project
is Mariela in the Desert at TFA.
CHRISTINE MILLETTE (Board Operator) last worked with The American
Century Theater as sound board operator for Drama Under the Influence. Since then
she has worked around DC, as a military consultant for Washington Shakespeare
Company’s Edward III and Open Circle Theatre’s Songs for a New World, assistant
stage manager for Forum Theatre & Dance’s Valparaiso and Callie Kimball’s
Nutshell. She recently closed her inaugural DC stage management job with Active
Cultures Theater’s Photograph 51.
DONORS
GROUP THEATER GOERS- $5000+
Arlington Commission for the Arts Virginia Commission for the Arts
Bob & Wendy Kenney
PROVINCETOWN PLAYERS $2,500 - $4,999
Ann Marie Plubell
David & Willa Siegel
THEATER GUILDERS $1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous
Arlington Community Foundation
Rebecca & Gene Christy
Robert G. DuBois
Peri Mahaley
Jack & Eleanor Marshall
Constance McAdam
Robert McElwaine
Steve Cohen & Mary McGowan
Loren Platzman
Sheldon Wallerstein
Janet Reingold & Philip Yasinski
MERCURY THEATER BACKERS $500 - $999
Ellen Maland & Donald Adams
Mr. & Mrs. Alan Branigan
Joya B. Cox
Francis Cunningham
John Dawson
Gloria Dugan
Allison & Craig Fields
Michael Kahn
LIVING THEATER LOVERS $250 - $499 John Acton
Rick Albani
Peter & Cherry Baumbusch
Barney Black
Marvin & Ellen Cantor
Brian Crane
Thomas & June Hoya
Vivian & Art Kallen
Louis Kriser
Katherine & Robert Krubsack
THE PLAYERS $100 - $249
Deborah Taylor Ashford
Steven & Candice Barrigar
Tom & Loretta Beaumont
Jon Blackman
Ron Brandt
Boris & Earlene Cherney
Sally & Charles Cooper
Savtanter Dillon
William Kolodrubetz
Jacqueline Manger
Jim & Marjie Mayer
Harriet McGuire
Mary Patricia Michel
Adam S. Posen & Jennifer A. Sosin
William Bunting & Virginia Tarris
Geraldine Kuryla
Margaret Mulcahy
Carl E. Nash
Suzy Platt
Mr. & Mrs. A. A. Raizen
Bill & Connie Scruggs
Alan P. Simon
Frontis Wiggins
Bonnie Williams
Annette Zimin
Coralie Farlee
Timothy Farris
Donna Feirtag
Tracy Fisher
Marian Flynn
Sharon Galm
Jean Getlein
Gabriel Goldberg
THE PLAYERS $100 - $249 (cont’d)
William C. Hamilton
Adriana Hardy
Virginia Harris
Alan Herman
Robert Honeygosky
Roger & Katharine Hood
Elaine Howell
Angela Hughes
Sharon Judge
Nancy Kassner
Alan King
Philip & Patricia Larson
Mary Ann Lawler
Barbara & Wilber Leventer
Wesley MacAdam
Winnie Macfarlan
John B. Marston
Judith & David McGarvey
Thomas McGovern
George & Thene Martin Mernick
Doreen Mueller
THE FEDERAL THEATER FUNDERS $10 - $99
Harry Bacas
Richard & Jean Barton
Patricia Chapla
Diane Clark
Ronald Cogan
Walt & Sue Duka
Jim & Laura Farrand
Renee Fischman
Cathleen Garman
James & Maria Gentle
Lois Goodman
Margaret Gough
Madi Green
Bob Griffin
Jack Hahn
Sally & Robert Hoffman
Marta Hopmann
William Kelleher
Peter Kellogg
Charles Kennedy
Robert Kimmins
Ronald Lafferty
Mark Linton
Donn B. Murphy
Dennis Nollette
Dennis O’Connor
Sherman & Anastasia Pratt
Mr. & Mrs. Henry Raduazo
Morton Rubenstein
Charline Rugen
Sharon Schoumacher
Carole Shifrin
Joe & Elizabeth Silversmith
Jennie Sinsabaugh
Jean V. Smith
Pat Spenser Smith
James & Patricia Snyder
Kathryn Tatko
Helen Trilling
Jane W. Vanneman
George & KayWagner
Heathcote W. Wales
George Krumbhaar & Lee Zahnow
Gudrun Luchsinger
Terri Lynch
Angus MacInnes
Phoebe K. Masson
Barbara & Kenneth McLean
Anne Meagher
Mitch & Marnie Metzman
Sam & Lynn Miller
Carol Mudrak
Carol Parowski
Sheila Hess & Suzanne Perry
Mr. & Mrs. Cecil Richardson
Glory Sabatier
Henry Shields
Bertha Shostak
Robert L. Spatz
Bernita Starks
Sharman Stephens
Peter & Erika Streng
Sue Swift
Marjorie Townsend
Col. William Wright
There’s Still Time ...
TACT’s 2007-2008 Season continues
Stunt Girl
A Staged Concert Reading of a New Musical
by Tony-Nominated Playwright/Lyricist Peter Kellogg
June 27 at 8:00 PM
June 29 at 2:30 PM
in Gunston Theater I
The Titans
by Robert McElwaine
July 18 - August 16, 2008
in the Gunston II Black Box Theater
THE AMERICAN CENTURY THEATER
STAFF AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair: Wendy Kenney
Board: Rebecca Christy, Peter Kellogg, Jack Marshall,
Steven Scott Mazzola, David Siegel, Peri Mahaley,
Ann Marie Plubell, Loren Platzman.
Jack Marshall, CEO and Artistic Director
Rhonda Hill, Executive Producer
Steven Scott Mazzola, Associate Artistic Director
Brian Crane, Artistic Associate
Ellen Dempsey, Artistic Associate
Rip Claassen, Artistic Associate
Jason Beagle, Artistic Associate
William Aitken, Artistic Associate
Ed Bishop, Artistic Associate
Tom Fuller, General Counsel
Becky Hunger, Director of Operations
Jeff Bell, Photographer
Robert McElwaine, Resident Playwright
Michael Sherman, Graphic Artist & Program Design