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Our Lady of 121st Street

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The University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance Department of Theatre & Drama presents

Our Lady of 121st Street

by Stephen Adly Guirgis Director Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Wig & Makeup Design Vocal and Dialect Coach Stage Manager

John Neville-Andrews Gary Decker Liz Moore Jennifer Gazdecki Kathryn Edwards Brandalyn Fulton Annette Masson Cassandra Flowers

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Victor.....................................................................................................John Samela Balthazar..................................................................................................Sharif Nasr Rooftop..................................................................................................Corey Dorris Father Lux......................................................................................J. Patrick Rourke Flip......................................................................................... Jonathan Christopher Gail.........................................................................................................John Jarboe Inez.......................................................................................................Kelli Rasmus Norca................................................................................................. Katie Johnston Edwin................................................................................................. Mckean Scheu Pinky....................................................................................................... Seth Moore Marcia........................................................................................... Brittany Connors Sonia...............................................................................................Tiffany Williams

About the Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis (Playwright) is a longtime member of NYC’s LAByrinth Theater Company. His plays have been produced on five continents and throughout the United States. They include: the extended, sold out run of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Our Lady of 121st Street (10 best plays of 2003; Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Best Play Nominations), Jesus Hopped The A Train (Edinburgh Fringe First Award, Olivier Nomination as London’s Best New Play, Barrymore Award, Detroit Free Press Best Play Award), and In Arabia We’d All Be Kings (10 Best of ‘99, TimeOut New York, critics pick, TimeOut London). All four plays were originally produced by LAByrinth, directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Stephen was awarded a 2004 TCG fellowship, attended the 2004 Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab, was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmaker Magazine, and appeared in Entertainment Weekly’s 2005 Summer Must List. He has received new play commissions from Manhattan Theater Club and South Coast Rep, is a member of New Dramatists and the MCC Playwright’s Coalition, and is a regular contributor to Esopus Magazine. Television writing credits include “NYPD Blue”, “The Sopranos”, David Milch’s CBS drama “Big Apple”, and Shane Salerno’s NBC drama “UC: Undercover”. As an actor, he has appeared in Brett C. Leonard’s Guinea Pig Solo produced at the Public Theatre in New York, and played leading roles in two recent films: Todd Solondz’s Palindromes, and Brett C. Leonard’s award winning Jailbait opposite Michael Pitt. Currently, he is developing a project with Mos Def and HBO, and is writing his first feature film for Scott Rudin Productions, to be directed by George C. Wolfe.

Director’s Notes These biographical studies were compiled by the cast as a part of their characterization work for this play. Certain people congregating for this funeral have lived lives that were, sometimes, significantly affected by Sister Rose (known as Our Lady of 121st Street); others not so much. We list their biographical data here for your interest. VICTOR Victor Trantiano is a regional sales manager for new and used Toyotas in Staten Island.  He has come to Harlem to attend the funeral of Sister Rose.  He and Rose had known each other since they were children.  When Victor was twelve, his father died suddenly of a heart attack, leaving Victor’s mother to make ends meet working in a local plastics factory.  With no real adults at home, Victor’s grades began to slip; it would be Rose who helped keep Victor from flunking out of middle and high school.  During these years, Victor and Rose became close friends. Though Victor fell in love with her, Rose never let their friendship become anything more than a friendship.  Throughout the years, Victor has gone through a string of broken relationships including two failed marriages.  In the end, he would always compare each woman to Rose, whom he has always felt he had lost to God since the day she had become a nun. Now that she has passed, he has come to her funeral in the hopes of giving Rose’s memory the love he could not give her in life. BALTHAZAR Balthazar Ordonez was born May 2nd, 1967 in Harlem Health Center in NYC. Born to a single mother, he never knew his dad. He always thought his dad left them or was off in prison, but fearing the truth, he never looked up what really happened. Balthazar started at Our Lady in kindergarten and that is where he first met his best friend, Walter “Rooftop” Desmond. After high school Balthazar went into the police academy and after graduation accepted a job work for the NYPD in Harlem where he was a detective. He was placed in the narcotics investigation team where he was a lead officer in undercover “buy and bust.” While on the force he met his wife and had his son, Juan Jose. Balthazar was more than a devoted father, Juan Jose was his life. He was the type of father who would show off baby pictures anytime he talked with anyone. Juan Jose was a very smart child, getting it from his father. Balthazar is the lead detective on the disappearance of Sister Rose’s body, if he can conquer his alcoholism, and maybe he can find out who took the body. ROOFTOP The boys started callin’ me Rooftop when I was in junior high. I hated Walter Desmond and it had to go! One day we was passin’ around a joint and decided to come up with nick names for each other. I think Balthazar spat out Rooftop because I was always the

Director’s Notes one lookin’ out for folks — the stupid ones, the smart ones, the young ones and the older ones. My dad died when I was in grade school, so I became the man of the house and I had to grow up fast. He got shot by a random drive-by when he was leaving to go to work one morning, or at least that’s what the 5-0 said. If you ask me, they just didn’t want to investigate. It was a drug related incident—somethin’ you’d think that would keep me away from drugs. But naw, the only thing that became better to me than crack and a joint was women. And sometimes they didn’t even do the trick! Then Inez came along. That girl could make a man do things he never thought he could do. When she walked into a room she was the center of my attention. We dated all throughout high school and got married after graduation. When my radio joint started gettin’ recognition, I started to stray a little bit. Soon, Inez divorced me, but that’s alright ‘cause women were flocking to me like flies on...well, you know. FATHER LUX Father Lux was born Timothy Edward Lux in the small industrial town of Fitchburg, MA. He served in the Korean War for 3 years and has been serving as a priest for 46 years. Father Lux has moved throughout the northeast, serving many different parishes.  Lux has faced many trials and tribulations throughout his life’s journey, continually looking to God for support. Though Father Lux has seen some of the churches darker days, he pushes forward in his efforts find meaning in his life of worship. Flip Sister Rose’s death gives Robert “Flip” Johnson an opportunity to unite his past and present. He lost touch with all of his friends and relatives in Harlem when he took a Greyhound bus to Madison, Wisconsin, the day after his high school graduation. He went to university there, and is now living a seemingly comfortable life practicing law and supporting his partner of two years, Gail Saunders. Sister Rose once told Flip “God will lead you in the right direction if you have faith in Him.” Which is the right direction for Flip: ruining his reputation in Harlem by telling his friends he’s gay, or ruining an already awkward relationship with Gail, whilst remaining closeted to the assumingly homophobic Harlemites? GAIL My name is Gail Saunders. I am thirty-seven years old. I live in Kohler, Wisconsin, and I am an actor. I am versed in all styles of acting, from Ibsen to children’s theatre, and my favorite actress is Shelly Winters. I came out to my parents when I was twenty-five. My parents said, “Oh,” and stared at me for a long time; then, they said something like, “We still love you,” and went on eating their cereal. Only after this ordeal did I start to have a series of failed relationships with the three other gay men, all under forty-five, in Kohler, Wisconsin. I generally like to focus on my acting career, but, occasionally, I have to work in other fields. While doing a temp job at a local law firm,

Director’s Notes I met my current partner Robert. He and I have been partners for almost two years now, and we currently live together. I am hoping that this trip to New York will prove to Robert that we are ready for the next step in our relationship. INEZ I grew up in New York (Bed-Stuy), and if you know Bed-Stuy then, well, you can imagine growing up. At the age of fifteen I was very promiscuous, for lack of a raunchier word.  Men were my forte.  Sometimes I seduced them for a little change and sometimes just for the hell, or well attention.  Sister Rose, the lady who practically was the only religious figure in my life was always there for me.  Sister Rose knew what I was up to in the streets and told that a woman has to keep something special for herself. I had one friend: Norca. Norca was so many things.  She was an ignorant, loud-mouth, defensive, selfish whore, but she was my best friend. We did everything together and almost everybody. Roaming the streets was a 7-day job.  There was only one man in my life who had my vulnerability on lock: Walter. Walter had me hooked. He was tall and funny, and on top of that he had swagger.  We grew up together and when we weren’t together I carried his spirit around.  Our relationship was bittersweet. He got the sweet end of the deal and I’m just bitter. I can’t stand the bastard. Now I live with my new husband, a man who genuinely loves me. I have a great job I just wish I could enjoy life and him. I’m here at the funeral first to pay respect to Sister Rose.  And most importantly to allow Rooftop to see what a good women he ruined. NORCA My name is Norca Janisa Torres-Vidal. I was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but grew up in the South Bronx with my mother Adelaida, my Obuela Lucia, my brother Carlos and all my sisters. All of my family is messed up and crazy. I was with my grandmother Lucia at Creedmore right until she died, when none of my other sisters was around, and my mother was too messed up and fat to give a s**t.  I got some kids, and my little Marco is a really smart boy. Vinnie’s a screwed-up already, but that’s his own damn fault. I tried to get custody of Marco but that *itch at the Secretary States says I can’t get my license renewed so I can’t have my kid. So I f***in bit her, because this is a goddamned free country so don’t tell me I can’t have my own damn kid. When the cops came they found I was carrying marijuana and some other pills. That’s why I’m still working through this parole crap. I’m not too excited about this funeral. Everybody likes that Sister Rose, but I don’t know what she ever did that was good for me. Now I gotta see all those people who I useta know, and who pissed me off, and f***ed me over, and didn’t stick up for me when I was bein kicked outa school, didn’t help me out when I couldn’t make rent and had to turn to the streets, but I got a f***in job now, and I don’t need them anyway. So I’m gonna go see them bitches, and say an Ave Maria for Sister Rose, and see if they still got good blow on 121st St.

Director’s Notes EDWIN In school and life, Sister Rose would not let me get away with anything.  In class she would always say, “Edwin Velasquez, have you lost your mind daydreaming again? Pray to Saint Anthony that you get it back so that you can answer the question on the board please.”  Now as I look back, years later, I am glad she never let up. With both my parents no longer with us, my brother Pinky to watch over, and an apartment complex to supervise, I thank God everyday for Sister Rose, for she taught me to stand on my two feet and face each day as is comes.  When asked if I would give the eulogy for Sister Rose’s funeral I said yes right away with no hesitation. I may not be the smartest guy on the block or the best speech giver, but I think I speak for all of us who grew up around 121st when sayin, “We pray to Saint Anthony, Saint of lost things, to help our Sister Rose to find her way back to us.  May her soul forever rest in peace, here, on 121st Street.” PINKY Hello. My name is Stephan Roberto Velasquez. I am almost thirty years old. My mom called me Stephan and my dad called me Roberto. Edwin is my favorite brother. He calls me by my real name which is Pinky. Which is what everybody calls me. Edwin says that he calls me Pinky because when I was born I wasn’t no bigger than his small fingers. When my dad died when I was fifteen and three quarters Edwin said that I would have to go to a special school if I didn’t learn fast and become smart like the other kids. So I went to the church everyday after school and Sister Rose showed me how to write good and do math better and how to act polite to girls. Sister Rose would watch me when Edwin would go to dates with girls. Which was a lot, so I got to know her very well. She was a nice lady an’ would give me cookies and bread and butter. An’ when I was old, she would give me little sips of her scotch. An’ she told me I wasn’t dumb an’ I didn’t go to no special school, so I guess she fixed me. But now she’s dead like mom and dad, which means that she won’t come round no more and won’t breath. Edwin pretends that I don’t know what it means. But I know. I am sad that she’s gone because she loved me and because I loved her an’ she taught me how to be a man when my mom couldn’t. An’ because she helped Edwin be nice to me. MARCIA We’ve got a tradition in my family. The men are all pigs, but the women have hearts like lions. My Mom and Aunt were Gods … demi-gods or something. In my eyes they were tall, and beautiful, and gentle, but strong too. I was 12 when Mom died. Sister Rose took me in. We weren’t a dynamic trio any more. Just a sad little duo that couldn’t even sing. It was easier to just pretend that I secretly hated her ever since then. Its been easier to pretend that I hate everyone since then.

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Director’s Notes SONIA My name is Sonia Montgomery. I was born in a small town in Connecticut, and live there currently in an apartment a few blocks from my parents’ house. My father Charles Montgomery is a prominent lawyer and because of his success I have been lucky enough to live a very indulgent lifestyle. When I was growing up my father worked a lot, but still made sure that he had time for his family. He used to take my mom and I somewhere special every weekend. Sometimes we would go to Florida when the weather was cold, but most often we would go to New York City and see the sights. Because I was with my parents every weekend, I didn’t have that many friends. At school I would sit by myself at lunch and watch the other kids. I think it’s fascinating to watch people. Surprisingly I didn’t mind eating alone. I still don’t. As long as there are other people around that I can watch while I eat I’m happy. When I left for college though, I decided to try to make some actual friends. Unfortunately I do get rather overwhelmed in social situations and I tend to say things that I shouldn’t, or do things that I shouldn’t. It’s strange. Even though I consider myself a very friendly person I always seem to end up alone. Because of my social shortcomings I mainly just spent time with my roommate, Marcia. Even though Marcia comes from a different background and sometimes is a little intense she is a dear friend of mine. When she told me that her aunt died I told her I would meet up with her in Harlem and go with her to the funeral. I am a little apprehensive about going to Harlem, but I think it’s important to support Marcia. I just hope I don’t get too overwhelmed.

Two by Fassbinder: Katzelmacher and Pre-Paradise Sorry Now By Rainer Werner Fassbinder Directed by Malcolm Tulip

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Two chilling and darkly humorous one-act plays by the prodigious German film director For mature audiences only.

An exalting testament to the power of love and the endurance of the human spirit

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About the Cast Jonathan Christopher (Flip) sophomore, BFA Performance/junior, BM Vocal Performance, Winchester, MA Brittany Connors (Marcia) junior, BFA Performance, Ann Arbor, MI Corey Dorris (Rooftop) sophomore, BFA Performance/BA African American Studies, Ypsilanti, MI John Jarboe (Gail) senior, BFA Performance/BA English, Montague, MI Katie Johnston (Norca) senior, BFA Performance, Rochester, MI Seth Moore (Pinky) junior, BFA Performance, Larchmont, NY Sharif Nasr (Balthazar) senior, BFA Performance, Bay City, MI Kelli Rasmus (Inez) sophomore, BFA Performance, Houston, TX J. Patrick Rourke (Father Lux) senior, BFA Performance, Port Huron, MI John Samela (Victor) sophomore, BFA Performance, Winsted, CT Mckean Scheu (Edwin) sophomore, BFA Performance, Lawton, MI Tiffany Williams (Sonia) sophomore, BFA Performance, Largo, MD The performers in this production are undergraduate students in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. The designers are faculty, students, and guests in the Department of Theatre & Drama. Scenery, costumes, properties, sound, and lighting were realized by the students and staff of University Productions, the producing unit of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.

About the Artists Gary Decker (Scenic Designer) has designed more than 100 productions. In Michigan, he has worked at the Gem, Attic, Birmingham, Boarshead, and Purple Rose Theatres. Recent designs include the national tours of The Sunshine Boys and Same Time, Next Year. His scenic design for Fully Committed at The Century Theatre earned the Detroit Free Press 2002 Theatre Design Excellence Award. He has designed interiors or lighting for commercial projects including: The Elwood Grill in Detroit, The Fashion Cafe in New York, and The Arndale Centre in Manchester, UK. He has been a member of the Theatre Department faculty since 1984. Kathryn Edwards (Sound Designer) is a junior BFA candidate in the Dept. of Theatre & Drama studying directing. UM: Asst. Director, She Stoops to Conquer. Basement Arts: Icarus’s Mother, Playfest 2006 & 2007; Asst. Director, Mother Courage & Her Children. Regional Theatre: Asst. Director, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.

About the Artists Cassandra Flowers (Stage Manager) is a junior design and production major focusing on stage management. UM: First ASM, The Bartered Bride, The Pajama Game; ASM, Seussical. Basement Arts: Stage Manager: Reefer Madness, Bat Boy the Musical. Regional Theatre: Production and music services apprentice for the Santa Fe Opera 2007 Summer Season. Jennifer Gazdecki (Lighting Designer) is a senior BFA student in design and production. She has worked on many of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance productions in various capacities. New York City: Teale-Edwards Productions, Chicago City Limits. Regional Theatre: Williamstown Theatre Festival. Liz Moore (Costume Designer) is a costume coordinator and the head designer for Meadow Brook Theatre. Regional Theatre: Recent designs include The Elephant Man and Amadeus for the Hilberry Theatre; assistant costume designer at the Michigan Shakespeare Festival since 2005. Other: BA Theatre, Michigan State University; MFA Costume Design, Wayne State University. John Neville-Andrews (Director) Professor and head of performance, Dept. of Theatre & Drama. UM: Director: She Stoops to Conquer, A Flea in Her Ear, In Arabia We’d All Be Kings, The Nutcracker, Don’t Dress for Dinner, The Secret Rapture, Measure for Measure, Escape from Happiness, Volpone, Henry V, Mina and Colossos, Sherlock Holmes. Acting: The Tempest, The Male Animal, Major Barbara. Regional Theatre: Currently Artistic Producer, Michigan Shakespeare Festival; former Artistic Producer, The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C.; has directed for numerous regional theatres and Shakespeare Festivals.

Acknowledgments Natural Herb Cough Drops courtesy of Ricola USA, Inc. This production is entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KC/ACTF). The aims of this national theater education program are to identify and promote quality in college-level theater productions. To this end, each production entered is eligible for a response by a regional KC/ACTF representative, and certain students are selected to participate in KC/ACTF programs involving awards, scholarships, and special grants for actors, playwrights, designers, and critics at both the regional and national levels.

Staff for Our Lady of 121st Street SCHOOL OF MUSIC, Theatre & Dance Dean............................................................ Christopher Kendall department of theatre & drama Chair...........................................................................Greg Poggi Department Administrator........................... Bonnie Kerschbaum Student Services............................................... Becky Seauvageau Admin. Assistant....................................................Lauren Atkins Performance...................... Erik Fredricksen, Sarah-Jane Gwillim, Philip Kerr, Annette Masson, Janet Maylie, John Neville-Andrews, Jerry Schwiebert, Malcolm Tulip Arts Management.... Jeffrey Kuras, Greg Poggi, Kerianne M. Tupac Design/Production....................... Toni Y. Auletti, George Bacon, Mark Allen Berg, Gary Decker, Doug Edwards, Jessica Hahn, Richard W. Lindsay, Jr., Vincent Mountain, Rob Murphy, Christianne Myers, Henry Reynolds, Arthur Ridley, Nancy Uffner Theatre Studies/Playwriting.............................Glenda Dickerson, Mbala Nkanga, OyamO, E.J. Westlake, Leigh Woods Professors Emeriti............................Jack E. Bender, Alan Billings, John Russell Brown, Peter W. Ferran, Zelma Weisfeld UNIVERSITY PRODUCTIONS Director................................................................... Jeffrey Kuras Department Administrator................................. Fatima Abdullah Office Assistant III.................................................. Shelda Smith Marketing & Communications Dir................Kerianne M. Tupac Information Systems Manager.............................Henry Reynolds Facilities Manager................................................... Shannon Rice House Manager................................................Dianne Widzinski Graphic Design.......................................Don Hammond Design Photographer........................................Peter Smith Photography Office Assistants...................................................Chelsea LaBrie, Stephanie Shechter, Valerie Weber PRODUCTION STAFF Production Manager........................................ Amanda Mengden Production Stage Manager......................................Nancy Uffner Technical Director (Power)................................Douglas Edwards Master Carpenter (Power)........................................ Ken Armour Carpenter (Power).............................................Brandon Carruth Technical Director (Walgreen).................. Richard W. Lindsay, Jr. Carpenter (Walgreen)...........................................Robert Michael Charge Scenic Artist.............................................. Toni Y. Auletti Asst. Scenic Artist................................................ Beth Sandmaier Interim Scenic Artist...............................................Sarah Whaley Properties Master................................................... Arthur Ridley

Asst. Properties Master........................................... Patrick Drone Properties Artisan.................................................Michelle Bisbee Master Electrician.............................................. Mark Allen Berg Costume Shop Manager ......................................Lynn Holbrook Assoc. Costume Shop Manager.............................. George Bacon Cutter/Drapers.............................................. Virginia R. Luedke, Lea M. Morello, T J Williamson Crafts Artisan.............................................. Elizabeth Gunderson Costume Stock Administrator................... Renae Pedersen Skoog Sound Engineers ......................... Roger Arnett, Henry Reynolds Senior Backstage Operations Mgr............................. Barry LaRue Backstage Operations Mgrs...........................Donald C. Watkins, Mark Gordon, Kurt Thoma Office Assistants.................................Bianca Lee, Lindsey Parrot, Isaac Pickell, Joe Schlenke PRODUCTION CREW First Asst. Stage Manager....................................... Andrés Holder Asst. Stage Managers..............................Yael Kiken, Laura Przybysz Asst. Director..............................................................Alex Bisker Asst. Master Electrician............................................. Betsy Lynch Scenery...................................... Edward Hanlon, Carolyn Lusch, Heather Maricle, Kelley Maricle, Bethany Rickwald, Pauline Shammami, Daniel Silverman, Rebecca Whatley, students of Theatre 250 Paint............. Joon-Young Chung, John Copley, Kathryn Gifford, Rachel Jahn, Janell Koreniowski, Adam Moskal, Laura Przybysz, Laura Riggins, Angela Sarb, Laura Strowe, students of Theatre 250 Props....................Christina Carter, Catherine Keys, Rachel Jahn, Louis King, Kevin Munhall, Matthew Noellert, Nick Riley, Dina Vovsi, students of Theatre 250 Professional Stitchers............................................Laurie Kantner, Taran Muller, Suzanne Young Costumes...................Joshua Beurer, Nathan Lehmann-Ziebarth, Jessica McKinley, Desiree Oakley, Tammy Ram, Kathryn Shattock, Jose Sepulveda, Maia Wertenberger, Torrey Wigfield, students of Theatre 250 Sound...................................................................... Kyle Kramer Lighting.... Michelle Bryan, Cassandra Flowers, Geoffrey Gilbert, Lauren Hood, Craig Kidwell, Elizabeth Lynch, Justin Lang, Amanda Rutishauser, Stephanie Shechter, Daniel Silverman, Kristen Tornga, Joe Walls, students of Theatre 250 RUNNING CREW The running crew for Our Lady of 121st Street consists of students of Theatre 251.

The 2007-2008 Power Series UM School of Music, Theatre & Dance La Bohème

By Giacomo Puccini One of the most touching romances ever imagined paired with a spirited and poignant score. Sung in Italian with projected English translations. November 8 - 11, 2007 University Opera Theatre

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Choreography by guest artists Rennie Harris, Daniel Gwirtzman and Ginger Thatcher, and faculty Amy Chavasse and Jessica Fogel An evening of modern dance set to new compositions inspired by the works of Igor Stravinsky. January 31 - February 3, 2008 University Dance Company

Carousel

by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II “The Best Musical of the 20th Century” - Time Magazine April 10 - 13, 2008 Department of Musical Theatre

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Theatre Associates Annual Gifts from July 1, 2006 - September 13, 2007 Gifts provide scholarship support, bring in guest artists, and create important performance opportunities for students. ARCHANGEL Gifts of $1,000 & above James Adams & Naz Edwards P. LaMont & JoAnn King Okey Gregory & Allison Poggi Judith & Donald Rumelhart Harry A. & Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Howard Paul Travis ANGEL Gifts of $500-$999 Mona & Richard Alonzo Herb & Carol Amster Ralph P. Beebe H. D. Cameron Anne & Jim Duderstadt John & Gretchen Neal Jackson Alan & Jean Krisch Albert V. Lapps P & G Fund Prue & Ami Rosenthal Stuart Erwin Sacks Marina & Bob Whitman Michael Shoemaker Wright III PRODUCER Gifts of $250-$499 William & Ilene Birge Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Bouwsma

Erik & Janet Fredricksen Janet & David Fritsch Timothy & Jo Wies Johnson Herbert E. Katz Lockheed Martin Corporation Robert & Pearson Macek Dr. & Mrs. James McNamara, Jr. Jack & Jerry Weidenbach DIRECTOR Gifts of $150-$249 Jill Chukerman Test & Thomas Test Mary Hunter Dobson Charlotte Hanson Kathryn Louise Long G. Elizabeth Ong Marilyn Kuperman Scott Clifford G. & Ingrid B. Sheldon William W. Taylor Zelma H. Weisfeld Royal & Donna R. Ward STAR - Gifts of $100-$149 Tim & Leah Adams American International Group Robert E. Ankrom Barbara & Daniel Balbach Eric & Doris Billes Kathleen F. Conlin

Marie E. Deem Phyllis & Phillip Fellin Susan Gratch & Patrick Gleason Sondra Moore Gunn Norman G. & Deborah S. Herbert Al & Jolene Hermalin Mary & Chandler Matthews Mike & Pam McCarthy James J. Piper Henrietta & James Randolph Charlotte B. Sundelson Priscilla M. Travis Brent Wagner Joseph C. Walters Janet Weaver James & Mary White J. Norman & Dorothy Wilkinson Edgar & Zella Willis Phyllis B. Wright CAST MEMBER Gifts of $50-$99 John D. & Nancy Webb Babington Dr. & Mrs. Reeve M. Bailey Frank & Valerie Bernacki Jonathan W. & Gertrude Bulkley Richard & Ann Burke

Marylee Dalton Elizabeth B. Dexter Lillian G. Drury Eaton Charitable Fund Dr. & Mrs. James E. Frounfelter Janice R. Geddes Robert A. Green, M.D. Don P. Haefner Sarah H. Hauck Adeline Hirschfeld-Medalia Erich J. Jungwirth Bonnie S. Kerschbaum Janet & John Knapp Sandy & William Lang Jerold & Judith Lax Paul & Brigitte Maassen Cheryl & Josef Miller

Donald & Mabelle Murray Colin & Nancy Oatley John E. Rhinehart John Romani & Barbara Anderson Roberta Raider Sloan Virginia O. Vass Joseph & Alice W. Vining Sr. Judith Marie Zynda UNDERSTUDY Gifts under $50 William & Anne Best Elizabeth S. Bishop Eunice L. Burns Hodges Dental Laboratory Mary A. & John Knox

Max Lepler & Rex L. Dotson Katherine Mendeloff & Jeffrey Curtis Maureen Schafer & David Klerkx Dennis & Rosemary Spatafora Kenneth R. Stanley Jennifer Lee & Jeffery Steger Dr. & Mrs. Clarence E. Stephenson Dr. & Mrs. Jeoffrey K. Stross

I want to support the Dept. of Theatre & Drama with a gift to the: ❏ Theatre Associates (364139) ❏ Theatre Associates Endowment (796749) In the amount of: ❏ $1,000 ❏ $500 ❏ $250 ❏ $100 ❏ Other Name __________________________________________________________________ Address __________________________________________________________________ Home Phone: (

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❏ Enclosed is my employer (or my spouse’s) matching gift form. ❏ My check is made payable to the University of Michigan. ❏ Charge my gift to ❏ VISA ❏ Master Card ❏ Discover

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