Cleveland’s Classic Companyat the Hanna Theatrepresents

as you like itApril 4–19, 2014

Cleveland’s Classic Companyat the Hanna Theatrepresents

as you like itApril 4–19, 2014

INFORMED CONSENT

MAURICE HINES IS

TAPPIN’ thru LIFE

written by DEboRAH ZoE LAUfER directed by SEAN DANIELS co-produced with GEvA THEATRE

written by and starring MAURICE HINES directed by JEff CALHoUN co-produced with ALLIANCE THEATRE & ARENA STAGE

APR 23 - MAY 18 SECOND STAGE

Extended show dates!MAY 30 - JUN 29 ALLEN THEATRE

Scientific breakthroughs allow us to know more about ourselves than ever before. But how much do we want to know — and who gets to decide how that information is used? Based on a true story, Informed Consent takes us into the personal and national debate about science vs. belief and whether our DNA is our destiny.

Tap dance legend Maurice Hines stars in this explosive world premiere production. Featuring contemporary tap icons The Manzari Brothers and backed by a sizzling orchestra, this celebration of Mr. Hines’ life and showbiz forerunners — including Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, and Nat King Cole — will have you tappin’ through the night.

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About Great Lakes Theater ...................................................................................................................4

Trustees ................................................................................................................................................5

Donor Spotlight ....................................................................................................................................6

As You LIke It ......................................................................................................................................15

The Cast .............................................................................................................................................16

Background: About the Play ...............................................................................................................17

A Message from the Producing Artistic Director ................................................................................18

Our Sponsors ......................................................................................................................................19

Who’s Who: The Artistic Company ......................................................................................................20

Staff: Great Lakes Theater ................................................................................................................29

PlayhouseSquare Guest Services ........................................................................................................30

April/May at PlayhouseSquare ............................................................................................................31

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AbouT Great Lakes Theater

The mission of Great Lakes Theater, through its main

stage productions and its edu-cation programs, is to bring the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience.

Since the company’s incep-tion in 1962, programming has been rooted in Shakespeare, but Great Lakes commitment to great plays spans the breadth of all cultures, forms of theater and time periods –– including the 20th century –– and pro-vides for the occasional mount-ing of new works that comple-ment the classical repertoire.

Classic theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, revel in eloquent language, preserve the traditions of diverse cultures and generate communal spirit. On its main stage and through its education pro-grams, GLT seeks to create visceral, immediate experiences for participants, asserting theater’s historic role as a vehicle for advancing the com-mon good and helping people make the joyful and meaningful connections between classic plays and their own lives.

The company’s commitment to classic theater is magnified in the educational programs that surround its productions. Since its inception, GLT has had a strong presence in area schools, bringing students to the theater for matinee per-formances and sending specially trained actor-teachers to the schools for weeklong residencies developed to explore classic drama from a theatri-cal point of view. GLT is equally dedicated to enhancing the theater experience for adult audi-ences through Surround, a series of community programs that explore the themes of a main stage production. To this end, Great Lakes Theater regularly serves as the catalyst for community events and programs in the arts and humanities that illuminate the plays on its stage.

Great Lakes Theater is one of only a handful of American theaters that have stayed the course as

a classic theater. As Great Lakes moves into a new era with a permanent home in the Hanna Theatre, the company reaffirms its belief in the power of partnership, its determination to make this com-munity a better place in which to live, and its commitment to ensure the legacy of classic the-ater in Cleveland.

Great Lakes Theater’s 2014 production of Deathtrap. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni)

Great Lakes Theater’s fall 2013 production of Sweeney Todd. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni)

1501 Euclid Ave., Suite 300Cleveland, OH 44115P: (216) 241-5490F: (216) 241-6315W: www.greatlakestheater.org

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TrusTees Great Lakes Theater

ChairThomas G. Stafford*†

PresidentSamuel Hartwell*

SecretarySusan Hastings*

TreasurerWalter Avdey*

Trustees

Michelle ArendtDalia BakerRobyn BarrieViia R. BeechlerDavid L. BialoskyKim F. Bixenstine*Mitchell G. Blair*William Caster*Barbara CerconeBeverly J. CoenGail L. CudakCarolyn Dickson†

Leslie DicksonWilliam B. Doggett† Carol Dolan*Edward Donnelly Timothy J. Downing*Natalie Epstein*†Dianne V. FoleyRudolph H. Garfield †Stephen H. GariepyHenry G. GrendellElizabeth A. GroveWilliam W. Jacobs*†John E. Katzenmeyer† Denise Horstman KeenJonathan LeikenWilliam E. MacDonald III†Ellen Stirn Mavec† Mary J. MayerJohn E. McGrath Leslie H. MoellerJanet E. Neary*†Robert D. Neary† Pamela G. Noble*Laura Passerallo

Michael J. Peterman†Thomas A. Piraino Jr.Timothy K. Pistell† David P. Porter† Deborah Ratner Georgianna T. Roberts†Rudolph K. SchmellerJohn D. Schubert†Peter Shimrak† Laura Siegal†Mark C. Siegel*Sally J. Staley*Robert L. StarkDiana W. StrombergGerald F. UngerJohn V. Van Hulle Donna WalshThomas D. Warren Paul L. Wellener IVKevin M. WhitePatrick Zohn

* Executive Committee† Life Trustee

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IndividualsBette Bonder & Patrick BrayMike & Carole BrownBeverly & Bruce CameronTim & Cindy CarrMegan CasserlieMr. & Mrs. Richard L. ChernusJudy Comeau-HartRonald & Patricia CramerMs. Christie R. CutarelliEleanor DavidsonMr. & Mrs. Bernard DohertyJanice EvansAnn & Harry FarmerMary Ann & Joseph FischerMr. & Ms. Patrick F. GallagherGary & Katie GeoffrionSarah GilbertDavid Goodman & Barbara Hawley

Denis M. GriesmerMrs. Robin H. HatchMs. Eleanor W. HelperMark & Lynn HofflundMr. James J. JaggersMr. & Mrs. Douglas JahnMr. & Mrs. Ronald KahnMr. Karl KellerMary Jo KlementsStewart & Donna KohlDonna M. & Alex I. KolerRonald G. KollarDr. & Mrs. Eric KonickiCharles KrugerJohn & Joann LaneMr.& Mrs. Brian LawlerStephen & Lillian LevineEva & Rudolf LinnebachTed & Mary LomacMr. & Mrs. Douglas McGregor

Mr. David McKissockHelen & Harry MercerMs. Brenda NortonMr. & Mrs. Patrick W. O’ ConnorMs. Diana R. PackerLaura PasseralloMr. & Mrs. Robert J. PatalonMary PerkinsMr. & Mrs. Harold I. Pittaway IIIAndrew & Brenda PongraczMaria PoulosFrank RauscheCarole & Charles B. RosenblattBob & Kathy RutterMrs. Kathy SalemDavid & Lois SchneiderKim SherwinDr. Dave & Faye SholitonDr. Howard SimonLloyd Snyder & Margaret Terry

Anita K. StollMs. Rochelle R. StraffonCarrie TangenbergMr. & Mrs. Edward J. TatmanUarda TaylorRaymond VoelkerNancy-Anne WargoMrs. Carole R. WarrenMr. John Wiedemann &Ms. Pamela SchnellingerMargaret & Loyal WilsonDr. C. Russell & Cynthia Zachem

CorporationsCleveland IndiansThe J.M. Smucker Company

IndividualsAnonymous (2)Nancy L. AdamsLori AdlerWalt & Laura AvdeyDalia & Robert BakerRandy & Pam BallardCarol BarnakRobyn & David BarrieMr. & Mrs. Benham S. BatesWilliam & Viia BeechlerFred & Mary BehmDonna BeleticMr. James J. Benedict, Jr.Mr. Joseph M. BennettJohn & Jeannene BertosaJohn & Laura BertschDavid & Carolyn BialoskyRoger BielefeldTom & Dorothy BierKim & Bart BixenstineMr. & Mrs. David F. BlackmanMitch & Liz BlairDr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser

Gary & Kay BluhmSusan BobeyMr. & Mrs. Roger A. BoehnleinMs. Dorothy F. BorerMr. D. Stephen Botorff &Ms. Patricia J. MoyerMs. Robin Herrington BowenJoanne R. BratushRichard & Mary Ann BrockettJulia & Ben BrouhardV. Elizabeth BrownMrs. Nancy H. BurchamH.F. & J.C. BurkhardtJack & Janice CampbellLarry & Andi CarliniBill & Judie CasterMr. & Mrs. Frank CerconeMr. & Mrs. Robert B. CharlickMarcia G. ChristianJohn & Donna CliffordStan & Lisa CorwinDoug & Mary CourtJudith DarusLowell & Carole Davis

Rebecca ZutiAudrey DeClementMarilyn P. DemeterDaniel DivisCarol Dolan & Greggory HillLarry & Eva Haas DolanDaniel & Joyce DyerMr. & Mrs. Robert EikenburgDr. & Mrs. Michael EppigHoward P. ErlichmanGene & Patricia EwaldMr. & Mrs. Frank L. FieldSusan L. FikeDianne V. FoleyKatherine A. GanzMr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield, Jr.

Mrs. Barbara J. GarrisThomas GilbrideDr. & Mrs. Norman W. GoldstonMs. Roe GreenJohn GreeneHenry G. GrendellMs. Elizabeth A. Grove

Jean E. GubbinsLee & Peter HaasHazel HaffnerTom & Kirsten HagesfeldJohn & Virginia HansenMr. & Mrs. Samuel HartwellSusan C. & Jeffery A. HastingsJean HellerCurt & Karen HenkleFrank & Gerry HoffertMr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.Clyde A. HornJames & Gale JacobsohnSusan JanneyMr. & Mrs. Robert L. JansonAmy & Jeff JohnsonLauren KawentelPaul R. & Denise Horstman Keen

Mr. Gilbert P. KenehanSamuel C. KennellMr. & Mrs. Donald KimmelBob & Nanci KirkpatrickMs. Judith A. Kish

Welcome! The following individuals made their first gift or returned as active donors to Great Lakes Theater during the period July 1, 2013 through February 14, 2014. The Great Lakes Theater family welcomes you!

Scene Changers! The following donors increased their Annual Fund giving by at least 10% during the period July 1, 2013 – February 14, 2014. THANK YOU for increasing your support of Cleveland’s Classic Company!

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Stuart & Anne KleinMichael & Lynn KleinmanDavid & Sue KlepacJacob Kronenberg &Barbara BelovichPat Murphy & Mike KupiecEleanor & Stephen KushnickChris & Laura LarsonGregory LeachGregory & Vickie LeyesMs. Carla LicastroMorton & Lola LittMr. & Mrs. Devere E. LoganKen & Mary LoparoAnne R. & Kenneth E. LoveThomas & Sheryl LoveBrian & Renee LoweryRonald & Elizabeth ManolioMr. & Mrs. Donald J. MayerJack McGrathRita C. McLaughlinRichard & Karen MiddaughNan MillerMr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller

Frances Stewart & David Mook

Roy & Cindy MooreToni & Linda MooreJanet & Bob NearyTom & Mary NeffKen NoetzelJoan M. OravecLou M. PapesZachary & Deborah ParisPeggy & Michael PartingtonNicholas & Sue PeayDr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast

Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer M. PiperMr. & Mrs. Louis PongraczDavid P. Porter &Margaret K. PoutasseJohn & Norine PrimLarry & Susan RakowThomas & Helen RathburnThe Reinker FamilyMr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. RuhlMichael RussellJim & Joan SchaeferMr. & Mrs. Rudolph K. Schmeller

Mr. & Mrs. Tom SchockDonna SchuergerKim SherwinPatricia J. ShookMr. & Mrs. Mark SiegelJohn & Susan SiegfriedMary SlakDavid & Rita SmithSusan St. JohnKathlyn & Harry StenzelAlbert StrattonMr. & Mrs. Timothy L. SullivanFrank & Vicki TitasGerald F. UngerRobert & Marti VagiJohn & Catherine Van HulleChristine & Daniel VentoDonna & Richard WalshMary C. Warren

Mrs. Betty S. WeissGordon & Virginia WepferMr. & Mrs. Kevin M. WhiteSharon & Yoash WienerRobert & Emily WilliamsJames & Sandra WoodMs. Jennifer B. Schwartz Wright

Brian Wynne & Patrick Cozzens

Mr. Lee C. ZeiszlerMs. Margaret E. Zellmer

CorporationsSquire SandersUniversity Hospitals

Scene Changers! Continued

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Donors Great Lakes Theater

The trustees, staff and artistic company of Great Lakes Theater express our deepest gratitude to the hun-dreds of supporters of “Cleveland’s Classic Company.” The donors listed below made generous gifts between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. “Thanks, thanks, and ever thanks.” Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene iii

Make a Contribution

Great Lakes Theater served over 100,000 students and adults last year through its Hanna and Ohio Theatre mainstage productions and education programs throughout northeast Ohio. This would not have been possible without the annual support of hundreds of the generous donors listed below. Please join the Great Lakes Theater family by making a tax-deductible contribution to support Cleveland ‘s Classic Company. Visit the “Support Us” section of our website (www.greatlakestheater.org) or call us at (216) 453-4442 to learn more about our membership and donation programs.

The Cleveland Foundation*** Cuyahoga Arts and Culture**

Company Sponsors$100,000 and above

The George Gund Foundation***John P. Murphy Foundation*

David and Inez Myers Foundation***

Ohio Arts Council***Parker Hannifin Corporation*

The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation***

Lead Sponsors$50,000 to $99,999

Eaton Corporation***GAR Foundation***

Martha Holden Jennings Foundation***PNC Foundation***

The Reinberger FoundationJohn & Barbara Schubert***

The Sherwick Fund

Sponsors$25,000 to $49,999

The Abington Foundation*Paul S. Brentlinger**

The Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation***

The Community Foundation of Lorain County***

Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer***The Lubrizol Foundation***

Janet & Bob Neary***The Nord Family Foundation***William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill

Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pistell***Mrs. James O. Roberts***

The Schubert Foundation***Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford***

Avon Circle$10,000 to $24,999

Sponsors

The Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater

*3 – 5 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor**6 – 9 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor

***10 or more consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor

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Stratford Circle ($5,000 to $9,999)AnonymousBridgewater Associates**The Alton F. & Carrie S. Davis Fund

Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill*Mr. & Mrs. Morton G. Epstein***The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Foundation***

The Giant Eagle Foundation*Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen**

Leonard Krieger Fund of The Cleveland Foundation*

Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust***

Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller**David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse***

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Ratner*Laura & Alvin SiegalBrit & Kate Stenson***The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust*

Globe Circle ($2,500 to $4,999)Anonymous (2)Chuck & Bonnie Abbey*Walt & Laura Avdey**Robyn & David Barrie***David & Carolyn BialoskyMitch & Liz Blair**Glenn & Jenny Brown***The Carmel Family Foundation***Bill & Judie Caster*Mr. & Mrs. Homer D. W. Chisholm***

The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation***

Gail Cudak & Thomas Young***Barry & Suzanne Doggett***Larry & Eva Haas Dolan*Richard & Evelyn Dolejs*Dominion Foundation***Edward Donnelly & Mary Kay DeGrandis

Charles, Lidia & Alexa Fee**Steve Gariepy & Nancy Sin***William R. Gustaferro***Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell***Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings**William W. Jacobs***Anthony LaPlaca*The Laub Foundation***Lincoln Electric Company*The Mersol Family***Donald W. Morrison***Nordson Corporation Foundation*Nicholas & Sue Peay***

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Peterman***

Thomas A. Piraino & Barbara C. McWilliams*

Shawn M. Riley & Christine Sommer Riley**

Prof. Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Betty Willis Ruben

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ruhl***Dr. & Mrs. Gerard Seltzer*Sally J. Staley**Paul & Pamela Teel*John & Catherine Van HulleDonna & Richard Walsh***

Folio Circle ($1,000 to $2,499)Anonymous (3)Michelle R. Arendt**Dalia & Robert Baker***Kim & Bart BixenstineH.F. & J.C. Burkhardt***Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cercone***Christopher & Nancy Coburn*Beverly J. Coen*Ms. Leslie C. Dickson*Carolyn & Charles Dickson***Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press**

Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield, Jr.***

The Gries Family Foundation***Ms. Elizabeth A. GroveJohn & Virginia Hansen***Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

Kenneth Karosy**Mr. Jonathan Leiken & Ms. Erika Friedman*

Dr. Lawrence E. Lohman & Mrs. Mary J. Lohman**

Ken & Mary Loparo***Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer**Jack McGrath***Stephen & Donna Miller***Mr. & Mrs. William Mitchell**Mr. & Mrs. John C. Morley***Pamela G. Noble & E. Macke Bentley IV*

Mr. & Mrs. William Osborne, Jr.***

Dr. & Mrs. Donald Palmer***Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast***

Mr. & Mrs. John S. Piety***Donna & James Reid**Linda Schlageter***Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph K. SchmellerDiana & Eugene Stromberg***TargetMr. Robert A. Tschannen***

Gerald F. Unger***Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Warren**Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Wellener IV***Patrick M. Zohn***

Sustainers ($500 to $999)Anonymous (2)Mr. David C. BorsaniMr. Jonathan M. Boylan & Mrs. Marianne Ludwig**

Jack & Janice Campbell***Jean McQuillan & Richard Christ***

Prof. & Mrs. George W. DentJames Eschmeyer***Janet & Patricia Glaeser***Gary & Joanna Graeff***Robert & Linda Jenkins**R. Robert Koch Trust*The Lampl Family Foundation***Rosa and Samuel Lobe Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation***

Thomas & Sheryl Love**Lynda & Charlie Mayer**Mr. & Mrs. John F. McClatcheyFrancis & Viola McDowell**The Music and Drama Club*John & Norine Prim***

Dr. & Mrs. Bradford J. Richmond*Mr. & Mrs. Mark Siegel**Naomi G. & Edwin Z. Singer Family Fund*

Karl & Carol TheilMr. & Mrs. Roger S. VailMr. & Mrs. James D. Vail*Carol Lee Vella***Mary C. Warren**Mr. Warren I. Williamson & Ms. Lael A. Kilpatrick

Women’s Committee of Great Lakes Theater***

Brian Wynne & Patrick CozzensJohn & Jane Zuzek***

Patrons ($250 to $499)Anonymous (3)Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc.**Mrs. Al A. ArchambaultMr. & Mrs. Dennis BarrieMr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates***Fred & Mary Behm**Mr. & Mrs. Donald BercuJohn & Laura BertschElizabeth A. Billings*Gary & Kay Bluhm*Bernice A. Bolek***Marilyn A. Callaly**The Rev. Dr. Joan CampbellDavid & Carole Carr

Our Region’s StudentsEach year, over 40,000 students throughout Northeast Ohio participate in a main stage, classroom or community program produced by Great Lakes Theater. Donors help under-write student tickets and programming fees to make it possible for many to experience first-hand “the world’s greatest plays.”

Learn more and help us change lives at GreatLakesTheater.org.

Donors educate

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Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. CooperChad & Andrea Deal*Pete & Margaret Dobbins***Donna Douglas***Bob & Ginny EckardtDr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig***Jeanne S. Epstein**Mr. & Mrs. L. William ErbJon & Mary Fancher**Iris & Tom Harvie***Debra & Tom Hayes*Tom & Luz Higgason*Kathy & Jamie Hogg**Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.***Ron & Joanne Hulec**Bernie & Nancy Karr***Charles King & Catherine KeatingBob & Nanci Kirkpatrick**Glenn & Jean KnightMr. Robert KocianRonald G. Kollar**Chris & Laura Larson**Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. LinickMorton & Lola Litt***Frederick C. LuckayMr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Lynch***Ms. Nancy Clay MarstellerHerm & Carol McCreary*John J. MeiburgerSteven & Dolly Minter***David & Leslee Miraldi***Mary & Steve Mitchell***Frances Stewart & David Mook*Brian & Cindy Murphy**Deborah L. Neale***Mr. Jason OblanderBarbara J. Burke*Mr. & Mrs. Robert Oshinsky**Mr. & Mrs. James M. PetrasThomas & Helen Rathburn*Dr. Edward J. Rockwood***Mrs. Sharon M. Rogers**Michael RussellDr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Smith**Carole & George SniderMrs. Edward R. Stell*Dalma & Lajos Takacs***The Edward & Katherine Thomas Family

Frank & Vicki Titas*Dr. & Mrs. Ken Tomecki***Kathleen Turner***Robert & Marti Vagi***Dr. & Mrs. Gregory A. WattsMr. David A. ZagoreMr. Lee C. Zeiszler

Associates ($125 to $249)Anonymous (6)Lori AdlerThomas & Joann Adler**’Joel & Teresa AndreaniJohn & Kathy BakerRandy & Pam BallardMargret Beekel*Mr. James J. Benedict, Jr.Mr. Joseph M. BennettClurie Bennis

Mr. Jesse BergerJohn & Jeannene Bertosa*Roger Bielefeld*Denise Blanda*Paul & Heather BlonskySusan Bobey*Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. BoehnleinJohn Bolton**Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton***Mr. D. Stephen Botorff & Ms. Patricia J. Moyer*

Ms. Robin Herrington Bowen**Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. Brandt*Mr. Stanley C. Brandt & Ms. Mary K. Whitmer***

Ms. Emily Holdge BrasfieldJoanne R. Bratush**Carol Brenneman***Richard & Mary Ann BrockettDr. David L. BronsonMs. Paula B. BrothersJulia & Ben BrouhardV. Elizabeth Brown*Mrs. Nancy H. Burcham***Larry & &i Carlini*Mr. & Mrs. Lucien H. Case**Ms. Alana ClampittJohn & Donna CliffordRobert J. ConradRollin & Anne Conway*Tom & Anita Cook***Kathleen M. Cooper*Stan & Lisa Corwin*David & Gayle Cratty**Bruce & Maryellen Cudney**Ms. Jean Seitter CumminsShirley B. DawsonSean M. Decatur*

Audrey DeClement***Chris & Mary Ann Deibel***Marilyn P. Demeter***Mr. Alex Derkaschenko**Carolyn J. Buller & Bill Doll***Janice G. Downing*Rita & Dennis Dura**Daniel & Joyce Dyer*Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg***The Eldridge Family***Ms. Eloise ElikoferMr. & Mrs. Oliver F. Emerson**Deena & Richard Epstein**Howard P. Erlichman*Gene & Patricia EwaldDouglas D. FarlingSusan L. Fike***Mary Eileen Fogarty***David V. Foos**Joy M. Freda***Eleanor & J. Gilbert FreyMr. & Mrs. Lou Galizio***Mrs. Barbara J. Garris*Deborah A. Geier***Mr. & Mrs. Gregory GeorgieffGreg & Gail Gibson***Larry & Jean GilbertThomas Gilbride*Ilona K. GramMr. & Mrs. Richard S. GrayLainie Hadden***Hazel Haffner***Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld**Jack & Joyce HallMichael & Suzanne HarrisCurt & Karen Henkle*Steven & Liz Hass-Hill*Clyde A. Horn***

James & Gale JacobsohnMr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson*Mr. & Mrs. Edwin T. JefferyMarilyn & Howard Karfeld***Lauren Kawentel*Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Kelley***Jack & Kim Kellogg*Ms. Joylen J. KentWilliam & Marion KetteringMr. & Mrs. Donald Kimmel*David & Sue Klepac**Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Kozel***Jacob Kronenberg & Barbara Belovich**

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory G. KruszkaPat Murphy & Mike KupiecEleanor & Stephen Kushnick***Fred & Joann Lafferty**Stefanie LaneseMr. & Mrs. Robert LarsonMs. Carla LicastroMr. & Mrs. Devere E. Logan*Anne R. & Kenneth E. Love*Brian & Renee Lowery*Ronald & Elizabeth Manolio***Paul & Georgia MartocciaCathy J. McCall***Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McDonald***

Ms. Linda McGintyNancy MeachamRev. Edward E. MehokMrs. Ruth P. MennellRichard & Karen Middaugh*Kevin & Kim MillerAntoinette Miller**Ms. Amanda MockbeeMontessori High School, University Circle

Audiences and ArtistsDid you know that ticket revenue covers only half of the cost of creating a Great Lakes Theater production? Generous donors ensure that our productions of timeless classics, “re-imagined” for contemporary audiences, are of the highest quality. Thanks to donors like you, we’ve connected over four million people to the classics over the last five decades!

Learn more about how you can play a part at GreatLakesTheater.org.

Donors support

THE LEGACY SOCIETY

Marilyn* and Paul BrentlingerWillard and Donna Carmel

Mary* and Leigh CarterNatalie and Morton Epstein

Edward S. GodleskiMary Anne* and Jack McGrath

Janet and Bob NearyJames A. Nelson*

Donald and Anne PalmerLynn and Tim Pistell

Professor Alan Miles Ruben and Judge Betty Willis Ruben

George* and Marjorie* SpringerThomas G. and Ruth M. Staff ord

Audrey* and Dick Watts

LEAVE A LEGACY!

Great Lakes Theater’s Legacy Society honors individuals, families, foundations and other generous donors that make gifts to Great Lakes Theater’s Endowment Fund

or have made a provision for Great Lakes Theater through their estate plans.

Please consider becoming a member of the growing list of generous Great Lakes Theater Legacy Society supporters and help ensure that classic theater endures for

future generations in northeast Ohio by designating Great Lakes Theater a benefi ciary in your will, trust, or other estate plans.

“Evermore thanks.” Richard II, Act II, Scene iii

*Deceased: The legacy of these generous donors lives on for future generations.

For more information regarding planned gifts, please contact Bob Taylor, Great Lakes Theater’s Executive Director.

(216) 453-4440 · btaylor@greatlakestheater.org.

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Roy & Cindy Moore**Toni & Linda Moore**Ms. Karen Nemec*Rosemary Nosetic***Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. O’NeilLou M. Papes*Zachary & Deborah Paris*Lee & Maria Parks***Dr. George ParrasPeggy & Michael Partington**Brian Perry & Ka Pi Hoh***Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer M. Piper***James & Susan PrinceAnn Pinkerton RanneyJudy & Clifford Reeves**Sue Reusser***Ms. Jacqueline Y. RhodesJudith Wolfe & Robin Richmond***

Barbara S. RobinsonKeith & Margaret RobinsonReinhold & Ginny Roedig***Otmar & Rota Sackerlotzky***Mr. & Mrs. James A. Saks*Mr. Mark J. Salling & Ms. Cindie Carroll Pankhurst**

Jim & Joan SchaeferDina & Richard Schoonmaker***Steve & Kathy SchultzRandall & Sara Shaner**Donna Sheridan**John & Susan SiegfriedMr. & Mrs. Thomas Slavin**Connie L. SmithKent & Judy SmithPatrick A. SmithDavid & Rita SmithWilliam E. Spatz*Susan St. John*Darwin L. Steele***Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel***Albert StrattonMr. & Mrs. Timothy L. SullivanLorraine S. Szabo*Holly & Bruce TomaschElizabeth Twohig**Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard*

James L. Wagner*Mrs. Richard C. Weiss*Ronald WittmaackMr. Larry M. WolfMs. Jennifer B. Schwartz WrightMr. & Mrs. James Xinakes***Robert & Kathleen Young*John & Dianne Young**Ms. Margaret E. ZellmerRuth & Sidney Zilber***Arthur & Deborah Zinn**Rebecca Zuti*

Friends ($75 to $125)Anonymous (3)Nancy L. Adams**Daniel & Ellen ArbeznikLynne M. Bajec*Janis Baker*Ms. Pamela BensonTom & Dorothy Bier**Dr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser***Christopher BrandleMr. William D. BroadhurstVince & Carolyn CheverineDonald & Annamarie Chick***Marcia G. Christian*Doug & Mary Court**Samuel Cowling*Judith Darus*Lowell & Carole Davis***Ralph & Madeleine Deter*Mr. & Mrs. John Dettelbach*Thomas & Jane Donovan*Ms. Linda U. ElliottMr. & Mrs. Frank L. Field***Jeffrey FordMs. Belinda B. FoutsGerald R. Frei*Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Frey*Mr.& Mrs. James GianelosJeffrey P. Gluvna & Barbara A. Blake***

Dr. & Mrs. Norman W. Goldston***

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Cleveland’s Classic Companyat the Hanna Theatrepresents...

An Uproarious Battle of the Sexes

the merry wives of windsorSeptember 26 - November 2, 2014 / Hanna TheatreBy William Shakespeare

A New Production of BOUBLIL and SCHÖNBERG’S

Les MisérablesOctober 3 - November 9, 2014 / Hanna TheatreBased on a novel by Victor Hugo

Northeast Ohio’s Favorite Holiday Tradition

a christmas carolNovember 29 - December 23, 2014 / Ohio TheatreBy Charles Dickens / Adapted and Directed by Gerald Freedman

An Unforgettable Classic Thriller

Dial “M” for MurderFebruary 27 - March 22, 2015 / Hanna TheatreBy Frederick Knott

The Bard’s Final Glorious Gift to the Theater

April 10 - 26, 2015 / Hanna Theatrethe tempestBy William Shakespeare

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Hanna TheatreApril 4-19, 2014

J. Todd Adams*Aled Davies*

Jodi Dominick*Tom Ford*

Atlie Gilbert

Torsten Johnson*Patrick John KiernanJuan Rivera Lebron*

Dougfred Miller*Betsy Mugavero*

David Anthony Smith*

Eric Damon Smith*M.A. Taylor*

Dustin Tucker* Andrew Voss

Christine Weber*

Company

Charles FeeProducing Artistic Director

By William SHakeSpeare Directed by eDWarD morgan

As You Like It presents

Scenic DesignerRussell Metheny

Costume DesignerKim Krumm Sorenson

Lighting DesignerRick Martin

Sound DesignerJoe Court

ChoreographerMartín Céspedes

Fight Choreographer Ken Merckx

Music Director Nathan Motta

Stage ManagerTim Kinzel*

With generous support fromlynn & Tim pistell

andThe Business alliance of great lakes Theater

There will be one 15 minute intermission.

Great Lakes Theater’s production of As You Like It is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

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

Special Student matinee Series support was generously provided by pnC.

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The cAsT As You Like It

Dramatis Personae (In order of appearance)

The PrologueJaques, a melancholy gentleman....................................................................................David Anthony Smith *

The TownOrlando, a young gentleman ................................................................................................... Torsten Johnson *Adam, a family servant ...................................................................................................................Aled Davies *Oliver, brother to Orlando ......................................................................................................... J. Todd Adams *Denise, his cook ............................................................................................................................ Jodi Dominick *Charles, a wrestler ..........................................................................................................................Andrew Voss

The CourtCelia, daughter to Duke Frederick ..........................................................................................Christine Weber *Rosalind, daughter to the banished Duke ...............................................................................Betsy Mugavero *Touchstone, the Court Fool .........................................................................................................Dustin Tucker *Le Beau, a courtier .......................................................................................................................... M.A. Taylor *Duke Frederick.......................................................................................................................... Dougfred Miller *Officer 1 .................................................................................................................................Juan Rivera Lebron *Officer 2 ..............................................................................................................................Patrick John Kiernan

The ExilesDuke Senior, brother to Duke Frederick ................................................................................ Dougfred Miller *Amiens, a Lord ......................................................................................................................Eric Damon Smith *Lord 1 ......................................................................................................................................................Tom Ford *Lord 2 ..................................................................................................................................Patrick John KiernanLord 3 ................................................................................................................................................Andrew Voss

Inhabitants of The ForestCorin, an old shepherd ....................................................................................................................Aled Davies *Silvius, a young shepherd ...................................................................................................Juan Rivera Lebron *Audrey, a young goat-herd ............................................................................................................. Atlie GilbertSir Oliver Martext, a local vicar .....................................................................................................M. A. Taylor *Phoebe, a shepherdess ................................................................................................................. Jodi Dominick *William, a woodcutter ....................................................................................................................Andrew Voss

Also:Workers, Officers, Lords, Singers ..............................................................................................The Ensemble

The Scene

New England, not long after the start of the 20th century

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

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bAckGrounD About the play

Directors Note

on the surface, this play is a lyrical tale of exile and romance. The plot is simple: a young gentleman

and two young noblewomen are driven from their homes. They flee into the forest where the rightful Duke and his followers have already been exiled. But instead of an empty wilderness, they encounter silly shepherds, wandering nobles, philosophers, hermits, deer, lions and snakes – a population Shakespeare borrows from the tales of Robin Hood, English pas-torals, Italian romances and Greek poetry. This is the fabled Forest of Arden.

Orlando, Rosalind and Celia arrive in Arden and their dangers dissipate as if the forest itself has cast a benevolent spell around them. The wood becomes a haven and a playground wherein they take on new identities in life and love. Meanwhile, the exiled Duke and his followers explore and contemplate the natural state of man, and the country-folk mingle with their visitors. All of these threads are interwoven through language as elegant as any Shakespeare ever wrote, flowing scene to scene like a sunlit brook through dappled glades.

Yet beneath its sparkling surface, As You Like It is not merely froth. It juxtaposes civilized corruption with the life-giving force of the natural world. It gazes on mortality and the virtue of redemption. It mocks how urban and rural people view each other. It does gymnastics with gender roles and sashays with sexual ambivalence. And finally, it celebrates the threshold of a new era of individuality. With themes so strikingly modern, it’s astonishing to remember that this play premiered 415 years ago.

So what have we done with our production? We’ve set it in New England in the midst of the

second Industrial Revolution, not long after the start of the 20th century. We’ve placed the Forest of Arden in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. The villains are greedy, thriving Industrialists. The exiled Duke is a follower of Emerson, a would-be Thoreau. Rosalind and Orlando are the new Americans. Fiercely democratic, they succeed by merit - not privilege - as they forge a new world-view and sense of equality. Indeed, in this context, the delightful, ever-resourceful Rosalind becomes a kind of metaphor for American womanhood, advancing from 19th century servitude through Gibson Girl glamor to the courageous insistence of the Suffragette, and beyond. And finally, since the true pulse of an era resounds in its music, we’ve replaced the Elizabethan songs with tunes that echo these themes through Yankee sentiment and synco-pation.

It’s been fun transplanting this brilliant play to American soil. It’s given the text new resonance for us. We hope it does the same for you, and that our version is as you like it.

— Edward Morgan Director, As You Like It

Synopsis

Duke Senior has been forced into exile from the court by his brother, the usurping Duke Frederick. He

takes refuge in the Forest of Arden with a band of faith-ful lords. Rosalind, his daughter, is kept uneasily at court as a companion to her cousin Celia, Frederick’s daughter. Mean while, Orlando, the youngest son of the late Sir Rowland de Boys, has been kept in poverty by his brother Oliver since their father’s death. Orlando decides to wrestle for his fortune at Frederick’s court, where he meets Rosalind and they fall in love.

The Duke banishes Rosalind, fearing that she is a threat to his rule. Celia, refusing to be parted from her cousin, goes with Rosalind to seek Duke Senior in the Forest. For safety, they disguise themselves - Rosalind as a boy named Ganymede and Celia as his sister Aliena - and they persuade the fool Touchstone to accompany them.

Orlando returns from the court and learns of a plot by his brother to kill him. He flees with a loyal servant to the Forest and takes refuge with the exiled Duke. Still thinking on Rosalind, he begins posting love lyrics through the forest. Before long, he encounters her, but she is disguised as Ganymede. She proceeds to coach Orlando on how to woo his Rosalind, often playing the part of Rosalind herself. 

Elsewhere in the Forest, Touchstone pursues Audrey, a goat-herd, and the shepherd Silvius dotes on his neighbor Phoebe, who has fallen for Ganymede (Rosalind in disguise). Meanwhile, Oliver has been sent to hunt down his brother and arrives in the Forest, where Orlando saves his life from a lion. Oliver repents his past abuse of Orlando and promptly falls in love with Aliena (Celia in disguise).

As Ganymede, Rosalind promises to satisfy Orlando’s longing and to resolve all of the love plots in one flourish. She does so, forsaking her disguise, reuniting with her father and joining at last with young Orlando. Then news arrives that Duke Frederick has had a conversion and renounced the Dukedom, so the exiles can return to civilization and their former lives. Only the melancholy Jaques will stay behind in the Forest.

— Royal Shakespeare Company (edited/updated by Edward Morgan)

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weLcome Producing Artistic Director

Dear Friends,

on behalf of our artists, staff, and Board of Trustees, welcome to the final offering of Great Lakes Theater’s 52nd season! Our mission, “to bring the

pleasure, power, and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience,” guides our mainstage productions as well as our educational programming, in the belief that theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, and provide our student audiences a glimpse of a broader world and the wellspring of learning made possible through the arts.

For the finale of our 2013-14 season in the re-imagined Hanna Theatre, we are thrilled to bring Shakespeare’s beautiful, boy-meets-girl as girl-playing-boy, romantic comedy, As You Like It, to the Parker Hannifin Stage (playing through April 19). Throughout this season you have seen many familiar names and faces from our astonishing core company of artists, educators, and technicians joined by artists making their Great Lakes debut. I am especially happy to welcome Edward Morgan, making his directorial debut with Great Lakes Theater at the helm of As You Like It. Ed comes to Cleveland with an extensive background in Shakespeare and the classics as well as contemporary work and musical theater, having served for nearly a decade as Associate Artistic Director of Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and working across the country from Santa Cruz Shakespeare Festival to Virginia Stage Company. His experience as a musician as well as a writer of musicals informs his work on As You Like It – one of Shakespeare’s most musical of comedies!

I hope you will join us in extending our deep gratitude to the Sponsors of As You Like It, Lynn & Tim Pistell and the Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater, along with our Student Matinee Sponsor, PNC! We are proud to announce that As You Like It is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. But we could not produce our work without the tireless efforts of our talented administrative staff, dedicated board of trustees, and the tremendous generosity of this community! As you look around the theater you will see the names of many friends, partners, corporations and foundations whose support makes all of this possible.

We hope you will join us June 14 for “HANNApalooza,” a fundraising-celebration of our first five years in the Hanna Theatre, we promise a wildly entertaining evening with the friends of Great Lakes Theater!

Above all, thank you for your continued support. No one is more important to Great Lakes Theater than our loyal and dedicated audience. We look forward to a future filled with ever more collaboration and creativity.

With gratitude and appreciation,

Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director Great Lakes Theater

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our sponsors Thank You

Student Matinee Series Production Sponsors: support provided by:

lynn & Tim pistellThe Business alliance of great lakes Theater

Season Sponsors: Season Media Sponsors:

Special Production Support:

The National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest presents Shakespeare for a New Generation. Great Lakes Theater is one of 40 professional theater companies selected to participate in Shakespeare for a New Generation, bringing the finest productions of Shakespeare to middle- and high-school students in communities across the United States. This is the tenth year of Shakespeare for a New Generation, the largest tour of Shakespeare in American history.

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who’s who The Artistic Company

J. Todd Adams*Oliver/Ensemble, As You Like It; Father/Bob Crachit/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol and Clarence/Catesby, Richard IIIThree seasons at Great Lakes Theater

Great Lakes Theater: Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), The Imaginary Invalid (Bonnefoi) and The Winter’s Tale (Cleomenes). Regional: Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, The Imaginary Invalid and The Winter’s Tale at Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Henry IV pt. 1 (Hotspur), The Three Musketeers (Aramis), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Costard) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck) at Shakespeare Santa Cruz; The Importance of Being Earnest (Jack) and The Real Thing (Billy) at PCPA; Drawer Boy, Lonesome West, Entertaining Mister Sloane and Cyrano de Bergerac (South Coast Repertory); Gross Indecency (Mark Taper Forum); King Lear (San Diego Repertory); Much Ado About Nothing (Arizona Theatre Company); I Pagliacci (Kennedy Center, directed by Franco Zeffirelli); and productions at A Noise Within and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Film/Television: Gilmore Girls, The West Wing, Flyboys and Warriors of Virtue. Mr. Adams holds an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater.

Aled Davies*Adam/Corin/Ensemble, As You Like It; Porter Milgrim, Deathtrap and Scrooge/Samuels, A Christmas CarolThirteen seasons at Great Lakes Theater

Previously for GLT: Scrooge/Samuels in A Christmas Carol, Arvide Abernathy in Guys and Dolls, Dr. Bradman in Blithe Spirit, Camillo in The Winter’s Tale, Monsieur Diafoirus in The Imaginary Invalid, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Major Metcalf in The Mousetrap, Vincentio in The Taming of the Shrew, Duke of Milan in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Brabantio in Othello, The Earl of Caversham in An Ideal Husband, Sheriff Reynolds in Bat Boy: The Musical, Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Your Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood,

Sea Captain/Priest in Twelfth Night, Solinus/Dr. Pinch in The Comedy of Errors, Dorn in The Seagull, Duncan/Old Siward in Macbeth, Deputy Governor Danforth in The Crucible, King of France in All’s Well That Ends Well, Mr. Witherspoon in Arsenic and Old Lace, Escalus in Measure for Measure, Prospero in The Tempest, David Bliss in Hay Fever, Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Boyet in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar, Claudius in Hamlet, Cleante in Tartuffe, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Buckingham in Richard III and Topper in A Christmas Carol. Aled has been a proud and appreciative member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1984.

Jodi Dominick*Denise/Phoebe/Ensemble, As You Like It; Jane/Mrs. Cratchit/Charwoman/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol; Prince Edward, Richard III and Beggar Woman, Sweeney Todd

Seven seasons at Great Lakes TheaterJodi’s previous roles include Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, Prince Edward/Ensemble in Richard III, Mollie Ralston in The Mousetrap, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Lady MacDuff in Macbeth, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Helena Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Lady Chiltern in An Ideal Husband, Bianca in Othello, Ivana/Tailor in The Taming of the Shrew, Samson in Romeo and Juliet, Lucetta/Outlaw in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Louison in The Imaginary Invalid, Emilia in The Winter’s Tale and Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. Six seasons at Idaho Shakespeare Festival include Sweeney Todd, Richard III, Into the Woods, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Twelfth Night, An Ideal Husband, Othello, Two Gentleman of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, Cabaret, The Mousetrap, The Winter’s Tale and The Imaginary Invalid. Other credits include Diana in I Love You Because at 14th Street Theater in PlayhouseSquare; Miss Gardner in Carrie the Musical, Clara in Passion and Helen in The Break Up Notebook at Beck Center. Other theaters: New World Stages,

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in the “Re-Imagined” Hanna TheatreDinner • Auctions • Special Musical Performance

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Hudson Backstage Theater, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Hayworth Theatre, Dobama and The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Jodi is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music.

Tom Ford*Lord 1/Ensemble, As You Like It; Sidney Bruhl, Deathtrap; Lord Hastings/Sir James Tyrrel, Richard III and Sweeney Todd, Sweeney ToddEight seasons at Great Lakes

TheaterGreat Lakes Theater: Sweeney in Sweeney Todd, Hastings/Tyrrel in Richard III, Argan in The Imaginary Invalid, Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, Mr. Paravicini in The Mousetrap, the Baker in Into the Woods, Ross in Macbeth, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the King of Navarre in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Casca in Julius Caesar, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Nicola in Arms and the Man and Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Idaho Shakespeare Festival: Sweeney Todd, Richard III, The Imaginary Invalid, The Winter’s Tale, The Mousetrap, Into the Woods, Macbeth, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew, Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Touchstone in As You Like It, Julius Caesar, the title role in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and Hucklebee in The Fantasticks. Boise Contemporary Theater: This Wonderful Life, Truman Capote in Tru, I Am My Own Wife (co-produced with ISF). Portland Stage Company: Greater Tuna, The Snow Queen, Schott in Bach at Leipzig, Lady Enid, et al in The Mystery of Irma Vep, I Am My Own Wife, Billy in Iron Kisses, Kipps in The Woman in Black, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Mr. Manningham in Gaslight and Yvan in Art. Broadway: Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s By Jeeves at the Helen Hayes Theater. New London Barn Playhouse: Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Man in the Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey, Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, Sipos in She Loves Me and Max in The Producers. Other performances: Dromio of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors at

Pittsburgh Public Theater, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, Once Around the City at New York Stage and Film, Rutherford and Son at the Mint Theater, Salvador Dali in Hysteria at Florida Studio Theater, Johnny in Maurice Sendak’s production of Really Rosie and Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at McCarter Theater. tomfordactor.com

Atlie Gilbert Audrey, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater DebutAtlie is thrilled to make her debut with GLT; which brings her back to her roots in the Cleveland-area! Now a Chicago-

based actor, improviser, and teaching artist, she has had the privilege of working on several stages throughout the country. Atlie was recently seen in the world premiere of Ryan Scott Oliver’s new musical The Frog Prince Continued as Auntie Beatrice (Emerald City Theatre), as Marilyn Monroe in The Interview: JFK (Civil Rights Opera Project), and as Phoebe in As You Like It (Muse of Fire). Other recent Chicago-theatre credits include: Metropolis, Porchlight, Redmoon, and Clock Productions. She is also a proud ensemble member of The Murder Mystery Company, which frequently takes her around town, and often out of state with sketch and improv-based comedy shows. Love to the creative staff, family and friends!

Torsten Johnson*Orlando, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debutRegional theater credits include Richard III and a tour of Much Ado About Nothing at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival; A

Christmas Carol and Hay Fever at The Guthrie; The Royal Family, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida and The Admirable Crichton at American Players Theatre; Cinephilia with 7th House Theater Collective; Equivocation, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya and Antony and Cleopatra at the University of Minnesota; and Hamlet and Twelfth Night at the Interlochen Shakespeare Festival. Torsten holds his BFA from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program.

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Patrick John KiernanOfficer 1/Lord 2/Ensemble, As You Like It and Ghost of Christmas Past/Ghost of Christmas Future/Street Singer, A Christmas CarolOne season at Great Lakes

TheaterPatrick is honored to return to Great Lakes Theater after appearing in A Christmas Carol this past winter. He has spent the last two summers working as an audio engineer with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and is thrilled to return to his other passion: performance. Patrick is a New York native, currently working with an ensemble of performers and designers in New York City and Ann Arbor, Michigan on creating a multimedia adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s poem, The Hunting of the Snark. He has worked regionally in New York City, upstate New York, and Vermont. Favorite credits include: Ben Fowles in Farragut North, Cliff in Cabaret, Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Erysichthon in Metamorphoses, Chicklet in Psycho Beach Party, Barfee in Spelling Bee, and the Rejected Chorus Girl in The Producers. Visit him at www.patrickjohnkiernan.com

Juan Rivera Lebron*Officer 1/Silvius/Ensemble, As You Like ItTwo seasons at Great Lakes TheaterPreviously at GLT: Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, Clown

in The Winter’s Tale and Cleante in The Imaginary Invalid. Other Credits include: Florizel in The Winter’s Tale and Ru in Merrily We Roll Along at The Guthrie Theater, Young Man in Gum at The Women’s Project, NYC; Roberto in Working at The Signature Theater. Seven Seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, selected credits include: Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Sylvio in Servant of Two Masters, Rodolfo in A View from the Bridge, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Bicycle Pants in Lorca in a Green Dress. BFA, Carnegie Mellon University. U.S. delegation to the Unesco/ITI World Congress in Madrid, Spain 2008. Recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship funded by the William & Eva Fox Foundation and administered by the Theater

Communications Group. Member of AEA. Dedicated to C, O, B, A for their love and support. Like or follow @ facebook/juanriveralebron, twitter/juanlebron.

Dougfred Miller*Duke Fredrick/Duke Senior, As You Like It and Topper/Man 3/Miner, A Christmas CarolNine seasons at Great Lakes TheaterApart from his widely acclaimed

portrayal of Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Doug’s previous appearances for Great Lakes Theater include the title role in Macbeth, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Jonathan in Arsenic and Old Lace, Cassius in Julius Caesar, Jacques in As You Like It and Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest. Last summer, he was seen in the Beck Center’s production of Spamalot, playing King Arthur opposite his real-life Lady of the Lake, Jessica Cope. In several seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, his roles include Cusins in Major Barbara, Holofernes in Love’s Labor’s Lost, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Horatio in Hamlet, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, several Dukes, an Emperor in Amadeus, and Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2. He has played Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Versati in The Underpants at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Jim Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Coach House Theatre, Lysander in a Vietnamese/English production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Central Dramatic Theatre Company in Hanoi, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Portland Center Stage, Richard in Richard III and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company, and with the Texas Shakespeare Festival, Prospero in The Tempest and the Duke in Measure for Measure. Doug is a graduate of the PTTP at the University of Delaware, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Betsy Mugavero*Rosalind, As You Like ItThree seasons at Great Lakes TheaterPreviously at GLT: Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Much Ado About Nothing (Hero). Other favorite

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credits include the regional premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher (Molly), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia), Henry V (the Boy), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Jaquenetta) among others at the Utah Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) and Noises Off ! (Brooke), Idaho Shakespeare Festival; The Tempest (Miranda), Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. M.F.A., University of California, Irvine. Betsy is thrilled to be back in Cleveland and to explore Arden with such talented friends. Much love and thanks to her family, friends, Quinn and Henry.

David Anthony Smith*Jacques, As You Like It; Muggeridge/The Ghost of Christmas Present/Debtor/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol and Duke of Buckingham, Richard III

Eleven seasons at Great Lakes TheaterIn eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater, audiences have seen him as Iago in Othello, Duke of Buckingham in Richard III, Viscount Goring in An Ideal Husband, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Macduff in Macbeth, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Sergius in Arms and the Man, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Marc Antony in Julius Caesar and Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost. He has performed at the Tony-Award-winning Old Globe Theater in San Diego, South Coast Repertory, 13 seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival (title role in Henry V), at Laguna Playhouse, Sierra Rep, Madison Rep and the Shakespeare festivals of Utah, Colorado, Garden Grove, Rhode Island and Nevada. Forever and a day — Natalia.

Eric Damon Smith*Amiens/Ensemble, As You Like It; The Bishop of Ely/Murderer, Richard III and Bird Seller/Ensemble, Sweeney ToddTwo seasons at Great Lakes Theater

A Chicago-based actor and director, Eric happily returns to Great Lakes Theater. Previously this season, Eric appeared in Sweeney Todd and Richard III (2nd murderer and Bishop of Ely) and last season as Charles in Blithe Spirit and

Balthasar/Friar Francis in Much Ado About Nothing. Recently, Eric was seen as Bud in Gutenberg! The Musical at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre; Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice and Oliver in As You Like It at Riverside Theatre in the Park in Iowa City. Other Chicago credits include his Jeff-Award nominated turn as Flaminio Scala in the Midwest premiere of The Glorious Ones with Boho and at Theatre on the Lake. Also Jacques in As You Like It at Muse of Fire, Mosca in Volpone, directed by Sheldon Patinkin at City Lit Theatre and Jamie in Long Day’s Journey into Night at Polarity. He has also worked with Remy Bumppo and Northlight Theatre. Eric trained at Hofstra University.

M. A. Taylor*Le Beau/Sir Oliver Martext/Ensemble, As You Like It; Charity Man/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Lord Rivers, Richard III and The Beadle, Sweeney Todd

Eleven seasons at Great Lakes TheaterMark Anthony (aka M.A.) is glad to return to the banks of Lake Erie and revisit this pastoral Shakespearean classic. Previous roles at Great Lakes Theater include: Charity Man/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Beadle, Sweeney Todd; Lord Rivers, Richard III; Verges, Much Ado About Nothing; Old Shepherd, The Winter’s Tale; Guy, The Imaginary Invalid; Peter, Romeo and Juliet; Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew; Speed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Actor 3, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged); Gratiano, Othello; Phipps, An Ideal Husband; Flute/Fairy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Durdles, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; and Fabian, Twelfth Night. Also among his credits: Candy in Of Mice and Men (directed by Adrian Hall) for PTTP/Rep, Dracula for Boise Contemporary Theater in the title role, Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Gravedigger/Player King in Hamlet for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and Crave & Fully Committed for Tooth & Nail Theater in Salt Lake City. Other productions include Arsenic and Old Lace, The Crucible, Tooth of Crime, Translations, An Ideal Husband, All the King’s Men, The Effects of Tobacco and Swan Song. He holds an MFA from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP). He wishes to thank his

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Dustin Tucker* Touchstone, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debut Dustin is so honored to be making his Great Lakes Theater debut with this delightful play and company. His recent credits

include Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, directed by Mr. Charlie Fee; as well as Vigil by Morris Panych and his sixth season of The Santaland Diaries (BroadwayWorld.com Best Actor) both with Portland Stage Company. Broadway: The Rainmaker (Roundabout). Off-Broadway credits include: SoHo Rep, Dicapo Opera, Primary Stages, Culture Project and Edge. Dustin currently resides in Portland, Maine, where he is an Affiliate Artist with Portland Stage Company and has appeared in Fully Committed, The 39 Steps, Greater Tuna (with As You Like It cast mate, Tom Ford) and Bach at Leipzig, among others. His other regional credits include: Williamstown, Sierra Rep, Festival Stage of Winston-Salem and The Theater at Monmouth. Dustin is a proud and blessed member of Actors’ Equity Association. www.dustintucker.com.

Andrew VossCharles/William/Lord 3/Ensemble, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debutAndrew is thrilled to be making his Great Lakes Theater debut. He spent last summer at the

Illinois Shakespeare Festival, playing The Bloody Sergeant/Doctor in Macbeth, The 2nd Merchant in The Comedy of Errors, and Pal the Dog/Ensemble in Failure a Love Story. He earned his BFA in Acting at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Some MKE Credits include: Ferdinand in The Tempest, Antonio in Twelfth Night, and Macduff in Macbeth, with Optimist Theatre. Also, Hal in Picnic, and Walley in Broken and Entered, with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. He is a founding member of Youngblood Theater Company, credits include; Savage in Limbo, Red Light Winter, Drive Me to Arson, Freakshow,

Minnesota Moon, Cartoon, and Dying City. He is a proud Milwaukeean and will dearly miss his home. He would like to thank his family for their steadfast love and support, and his best friend Megan for everything else.

Christine Weber*Celia/Ensemble, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debutChristine is thrilled to be joining Great Lakes Theater for her first season with As You Like It. Hailing from Minnesota, her

Guthrie Theater credits include Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Belle and Fred’s Wife in A Christmas Carol, Perdita in The Winter’s Tale, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, Nancy Holmes in When We Are Married, and Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (a co-production and national tour with The Acting Company), and Dasha in the world premiere of When I Was A Ghost... (directed by Lear deBessonet). Other credits include: Children’s Theater Company (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Cabaret, Company, The Wizard of Oz, Snow Queen), Theatre L’Homme Dieu (Alice in You Can’t Take it With You, and Daisy in Biloxi Blues), Walking Shadow Theater Company (Amazons and Their Men), Workhaus Collective (The Sense of What Should Be), and others. Christine has also directed Striking 12 for two seasons with the Bloomington Civic Theater, as well as assistant directed for productions, including Freud’s Last Session (dir. Rob Melrose, Guthrie Theater), the regional premiere of 36 Views (dir. John Heimbuch, Walking Shadow Theater Company), and as the directing intern for the American premiere of Conor McPherson’s The Birds (dir. Henry Wishcamper, Guthrie Theater). Christine is a graduate of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie B.F.A. Actor Training Program, and has been a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2009. Love to J, A, O and B. www.christinemweber.com

Understudies

Luke Brett, Joey C. Corradi, Keri Rene Fuller, Roderick O’Toole, Kelly Elizabeth Smith, Hanna-Jo Weisberg

Directors

Charles FeeProducing Artistic Director and Director, Deathtrap Twelve seasons at Great Lakes TheaterDirecting credits at GLT: Blithe Spirit, Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, Hay Fever, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arms and the Man and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Charles holds a unique position in the American theater as producing artistic director of three independently operated, professional theater companies: Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland, Ohio (since 2002), Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho (since 1991) and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival in Lake Tahoe, Nevada (since 2010). His appointments have resulted in a dynamic and groundbreaking producing model for the companies, in which more than 50 plays have been shared since 2002.

In 2009, Charles was honored to receive recognition for his leadership by the Cleveland Arts Prize as a recipient of the Martha Joseph Award. Other awards include The Mayor’s and Governor’s awards for Excellence in the Arts, in Boise, Idaho. From 1988 to 1992, he held the position of artistic director at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in California. He has also worked with The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, the Milwaukee and Missouri repertory theaters, Actor’s Theatre of Phoenix and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival.

In addition to his work with the companies in Ohio, Idaho and Nevada, Charles is active within the community. He has served as a member of the strategic planning committee for the Morrison Center, as producer of the FUNDSY Award Gala

(’96, ’98 and 2000), and as producer of the 1996 Idaho Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Charles has served on the board of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Downtown Rotary Club. He received his B.A. from the University of the Pacific and Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego.

Along with his wife, Lidia, and 18-year-old daughter, Alexa, Charles resides in Boise, Cleveland and Lake Tahoe — a feat that is only possible because of the incredible love and support of his family, and the generous communities he serves!

Edward MorganDirector, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debutMr. Morgan is delighted to direct for Great Lakes Theater. Some of his other credits include the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Stage Company, Merrimack Rep, Hindu MetroPlus Theatre Festival (India), Teatro 1887 (Costa Rica), The Kennedy Center, The Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre and Milwaukee Rep, where he was Associate Artistic Director for six years. Mr. Morgan has also taught and directed at numerous universities, in the USA and abroad. This past year, Mr. Morgan directed The Taming of the Shrew for Shakespeare Santa Cruz, David Mamet’s Race for Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee, and joined the rehearsal process for the premiere of Twenty Seven, his adaptation of a Faulkner novella, at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Morgan and his work have been honored with Washington’s Helen Hayes Awards and nominations, by the Drama League of NY, and with several writing commissions. He’s a casting partner for Cirque du Soleil and on the roster of Fulbright senior specialists. He is based in NY and his website is: www.edward-morgan.com.

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Nathan Motta Music Director, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debutNathan is artistic director at Dobama Theatre where he’s directed A Bright New Boise, The Lyons, Time Stands Still, and The Aliens. At Cleveland Play House Motta has acted as assistant director on Life of Galileo and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, a collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra. Other recent music credits include: Bell, Book, and Candle and A Carol for Cleveland at Cleveland Play House and Smokey Joe’s Café at Cain Park. Other conductor credits include work with Opera Cleveland, Mercury Opera Rochester, Ohio Light Opera, and Civic Light Opera (Pittsburgh). He served as assistant conductor to Robert Page and Marvin Hamlisch for A Tribute to Richard Rodgers (Pittsburgh Symphony Pops). His recording of Der Vogelhändler with the Ohio Light Opera was released by Albany Records in 2008. Nathan has composed two original musicals, Little White Gloves and Midsummer. He is director of music and arts at University Circle UMC and holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon and the Eastman School of Music.

Designers

Martín CéspedesChoreographer, As You Like ItFour seasons at Great Lakes TheaterMartín is happy to return to Great Lakes Theater and to be working with Ed Morgan for the first time. At Great Lakes, he has choreographed The Comedy of Errors, Into the Woods, Bat Boy: The Musical, and Much Ado About Nothing. He most recently staged the critically acclaimed Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson and Xanadu for Beck Cen-ter for the Arts. Favorite productions include Nine The Musical; Equus; Smokey Joe’s Café; Five Guys Named Moe; Ain’t Misbehavin’ and My Way (the Music of Frank Sinatra). He has appeared in several Broadway national tours, including Man of La Mancha with Jack Jones and Ron Holgate; The King and I with Hayley Mills, Marie Osmond, Maureen McGovern and Faith Prince; South Pacific with Robert Goulet; and West Side Story with Bebe Neu-wirth. In New York, Martín staged choreography for the off-off-Broadway production of Scrooge and Marley. He choreographed the opening acts for Earth, Wind, and Fire and the Bee Gees, and has appeared on TV’s Dance Fever and NBC’s Weekday Fever. His most recent opera credit was the lavish PBS production of Le Cid with Placido Domingo

and the Washington Opera live from Kennedy Center, He is an alumnus of Jacque d’Amboise’s National Dance Institute at New York City’s PS 161. Martín has won numerous awards some including the 2011 Broadwayworld Award. 2013 Cleveland Critics Circle award for best choreography. And was nominated for the Zelda Fichander Award which recognizes an outstanding director of chore-ographer who is making a unique and exceptional contribution in regional theater. Upcoming shows include The Frogs (Cain Park), Young Frankenstein (Beck Center), and Director/Choreographer for the opening of the Cleveland Foundation’s 100th anniversary Gala at the Palace Theatre.

Joe Court Sound Designer, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debutJoe is excited to design for Great Lakes Theater for the first time. Joe is a professional sound designer who has been based out of Chicago since 2006. He is a company member with Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company. He has designed more than 80 shows since moving to Chicago with many different theater companies including: Mary-Arrchie, A Red Orchid, The Inconvenience, TUTA, Emerald City, The Raven, Seanachai, Theatre Seven, Backstage, Boho, Lifeline, Pine Box, The Gift, Step Up, University of Chicago, The Clarence Brown Theatre (Knoxville, TN.) and The Illinois Shakespeare Festival. From 2008 until 2012 Joe served as sound engineer for the Chicago production of the Tony Award winning musical Million Dollar Quartet. Joe also serves as adjunct faculty in sound design at Ball State University. He received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination in 2009 for his design for The Unseen with A Red Orchid Theatre.

Rick MartinLighting Designer, Deathtrap and As You Like ItTwelve seasons at Great Lakes TheaterMany productions with GLT and ISF. Other theater: US premiere of Kurt Weil’s Marie Galante (Opèra Français de NY); Hekabe, The Illiad and The Rage of Achilles with Music-Theatre Group (New York and Santa Fe); and The Bitter Tears of Petra van Kant (Henry Miller Theatre, New York). Opera: Le Diable dans le beffroi, La Chute de la Maison Usher (Opéra national de Paris – scenery and lighting), Castor et Pollux, Pellèas et Mèllisande and To Be Sung (Opéra Français de NY), Dialogues des Carmèlites, Cenerentola (Opéra de Toulon) and Romèo et Juliette (Spoleto Festival USA). Concerts:

Harawi (Opèra Comique, Paris – scenery and lighting), Le martyre de Saint Sèbastien (Citè de la Musique, Paris and Arsenal, Metz), Orchestre national de Lyon and the Orchestre de Champs Élysées (Lyon, Poitiers, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, São Paulo). Coming up: US tour of Harawi, 2014.

Ken MerckxFight Choreographer, As You Like It, Deathtrap and Richard IIINine seasons at Great Lakes TheaterPrevious shows include Romeo & Juliet, Othello, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Crucible, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Tartuffe. Mr. Merckx has taught and choreographed stage combat all over the country, as the resident fight choreographer for A Noise Within (Los Angeles), Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Ken is on the faculty of California State, Fullerton as theatrical combat instructor. Mr. Merckx received his B.A. from the University of Washington and MFA from the University of Illinois, and received a 2013 Ovation Award for his Fight Choreography in Cymbeline at A Noise Within.

Russell MethenyScenic Designer, Deathtrap and As You Like ItNine seasons at Great Lakes TheaterFor Great Lakes Theater, Russell has designed Blithe Spirit, The Mousetrap, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors, Measure For Measure, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Arsenic and Old Lace, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Merry Wives of Windsor. For Idaho Shakespeare Festival, he has designed The 39 Steps, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Woman In Black, Othello, A Tuna Christmas, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors, Greater Tuna, Measure for Measure, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Tempest, Love’s Labor’s Lost, King Lear and Julius Caesar. Recent productions include A Little Night Music, 4000 Miles, 1776, The House That Jack Built, Jekyll and Hyde, My Fair Lady, Betrayal, Twelve Angry Men and Superior Donuts. Regionally, Russell has also designed for ACT San Francisco, Asolo Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Missouri Rep, Indiana Rep, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre, Weston Playhouse, The Studio Theatre (D.C.), Portland Stage, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Goodspeed Musicals and Geffen Playhouse. Upcoming productions: Philadelphia, Here I Come for Asolo

Theatre, Kurt Vonnegut One Acts and The Game’s Afoot for Indiana Rep. and As You Like It for Great Lakes Theatre/Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Lake Tahoe. Mr. Metheny has received three Helen Hayes awards for outstanding scenic design.

Kim Krumm SorensonCostume Designer, As You Like ItTen seasons at Great Lakes TheaterKim is pleased to be spending her tenth season with Great Lakes Theater, where she most recently designed Blithe Spirit. Past designs include The Mousetrap, Othello, The Seagull, The Crucible, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, Much Ado About Nothing and Tartuffe. She is a frequent designer for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, as well as The Juilliard School, where she designs both theater and opera. Her work has also been seen at Delaware Theatre Company, TACT, Playmakers Repertory Company, Hartford Stage Company, Guthrie Theatre, Intiman Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, The Acting Company, Indiana Repertory Theater and Portland Stage Company. Kim holds an MFA from Southern Methodist University and is a member of USA 829. She lives in New York with her husband, Scott, and their two beautiful daughters, Carly and Gemma.

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Tim Kinzel*Stage Manager, Richard III; A Christmas Carol; Deathtrap and As You Like ItFive seasons at Great Lakes TheaterPrevious stage manager credits for Great Lakes Theater include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, An Ideal Husband, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo & Juliet, The Imaginary Invalid, Blithe Spirit, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, A Christmas Carol and Deathtrap. Assistant stage manager credit for Great Lakes Theater includes The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Tim has multiple stage management credits from the following companies: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizon, Cherry Lane Theater NYC and Houston’s Stages Repertory Theatre. He also holds multiple production assistant and intern credits with Alley Theater, Houston Grand Opera and Stages Repertory Theater. Love to his family, friends and Cleveland who have supported him and the arts over the years. Let’s Go Tribe!

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2013–14 ARTISTIC COMPANYRichard III, Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol, Deathtrap, As You Like It

DIRECTORS

Sara Bruner, Victoria Bussert, Charles Fee, Joseph Hanreddy, Edward Morgan, Nathan Motta, Matthew Webb

DESIGNERS

Michael Bodeen, Linda Buchanan, Martín Céspedes, Michael Chybowski, Joe Court, Mary Jo Dondlinger, John Ezell, Gene Emerson Friedman, Martha Hally, Jeff Herrmann, Richard B. Ingraham, Alex Jaeger, Stan Kozak, Tom Mardikes, Rick Martin, Ken Merckx, Russell Metheny, Rob Milburn, Ann Price, James Scott, David Shimotakahara, Kim Krumm Sorenson, Cynthia Stillings, Robert Waldman, Charlotte Yetman

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J. Todd Adams*, Zach Adkins, Lynn Allison*, Lucy Anders, Laura Welsh Berg*, Lynn Robert Berg*, Laurie Birmingham*, Sara M. Bruner*, Jessica L. Cope*, Chris Cowan, Elaine Daiber, Aled Davies*, Jodi Dominick*, Mackenzie Dale Durken, Clare Howes Eisentrout*, Tom Ford*, Atlie Gilbert, Paul Hurley*, Mark G. Hawbecker*, Morgan August Isabella, Torsten Johnson, Genna Paige Kanago, Patrick John Kiernan, Mia Knight, Juan Rivera Lebron*, Darryl Lewis*, Darren Matthias*, David McCann*, Dougfred Miller*, Betsy Magavero*, Lisa Nazelli, Carly Marie Nelson, Cassidy Josephine Nelson, Bennett Palmer, Tracee Patterson*, Chris Richards*, Catcher Andrew Sawyer, Louisiana Audrey Sawyer, David Anthony Smith*, Eric Damon Smith*, Lenne Snively*, Nick Steen*, Alex Syiek*, M. A. Taylor*, Dustin Tucker*, Andrew Voss, Christine Weber*, Chase Christopher Zadd

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Director of Development...............................................Don BernardoArtistic Associate ............................................................. Sara BrunerProduction Manager .....................................Christopher D. FlinchumDirector of Educational Services .......................Kelly Schaffer FlorianMarketing & Public Relations Director ..................Todd S. KrispinskyDirector of Educational Programming .............................Lisa Ortenzi

EDUCATION

Education Outreach Associate ...................................... David HansenActor-Teachers School Residency Program ...Chennelle Bryant-Harris,

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Audience Engagement Manager .................................. Chris FornadelAssistant Production Manager ................................... Corrie PurdumFinance Associate ..................................................... Stephanie ReedDevelopment Assistant ................................................... Jill RobinsonTrinity High School Interns ................Hannah Maier, Chloe OppermanOffice Volunteers ....... Janice Campbell, Barb Cercone, Janet Glaeser

PRODUCTION

Stage Manager ................................................................. Tim Kinzel*Production Assistant .............................................. Kristen BoehnleinProduction Associate ............................................... Jessica B. LucasTechnical Director ........................................................... Mark CytronAssistant Technical Director ................................William LangenhopMaster Electrician .........................................................Tammy TaylorMaster Carpenter ........................................................... Lindsay LoarCarpenter/Welder ....................................................Richard HaberlenCarpenters ............................Patrick Evans, Paul Miller, Gary ZsigraiProperties Master ............................................................Terry MartinAssistant to the Properties Master ....................Alexandra HaubrichCharge Scenic Artist .......................................................... Angi GrowScenic Artist ............................................................. Christine DuganCostume Shop Manager .......................................Esther M. HaberlenAssistant Shop Manager/Draper .........................................Leah LoarCraft Artisan / Design Assistant ............................ Krista TomorowitzDraper ........................................................................... Grace KeenanFirst Hand ........................................ Christine Krejsa, Alaina VendittiStitchers................ Kristine Davies, Stephanie Fisher, Michelle MetroWardrobe Supervisor ........................................................ Kate ShareWardrobe Crew .......... Stephanie Fisher, Zach Hickle, Alaina VendittiAudio Supervisor ...............................................Richard B. IngrahamRun Crew ................................................. Greg Falcione, Gary, ZsigraiHanna Theatre Crew ..................................Thomas Boddy, Chris Guy,

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About Great Lakes Theater ...................................................................................................................4

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Donor Spotlight ....................................................................................................................................6

As You LIke It ......................................................................................................................................15

The Cast .............................................................................................................................................16

Background: About the Play ...............................................................................................................17

A Message from the Producing Artistic Director ................................................................................18

Our Sponsors ......................................................................................................................................19

Who’s Who: The Artistic Company ......................................................................................................20

Staff: Great Lakes Theater ................................................................................................................29

PlayhouseSquare Guest Services ........................................................................................................30

April/May at PlayhouseSquare ............................................................................................................31

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ABOUT Great Lakes Theater

The mission of Great Lakes Theater, through its main

stage productions and its edu-cation programs, is to bring the pleasure, power and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience.

Since the company’s incep-tion in 1962, programming has been rooted in Shakespeare, but Great Lakes commitment to great plays spans the breadth of all cultures, forms of theater and time periods –– including the 20th century –– and pro-vides for the occasional mount-ing of new works that comple-ment the classical repertoire.

Classic theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, revel in eloquent language, preserve the traditions of diverse cultures and generate communal spirit. On its main stage and through its education pro-grams, GLT seeks to create visceral, immediate experiences for participants, asserting theater’s historic role as a vehicle for advancing the com-mon good and helping people make the joyful and meaningful connections between classic plays and their own lives.

The company’s commitment to classic theater is magnified in the educational programs that surround its productions. Since its inception, GLT has had a strong presence in area schools, bringing students to the theater for matinee per-formances and sending specially trained actor-teachers to the schools for weeklong residencies developed to explore classic drama from a theatri-cal point of view. GLT is equally dedicated to enhancing the theater experience for adult audi-ences through Surround, a series of community programs that explore the themes of a main stage production. To this end, Great Lakes Theater regularly serves as the catalyst for community events and programs in the arts and humanities that illuminate the plays on its stage.

Great Lakes Theater is one of only a handful of American theaters that have stayed the course as

a classic theater. As Great Lakes moves into a new era with a permanent home in the Hanna Theatre, the company reaffirms its belief in the power of partnership, its determination to make this com-munity a better place in which to live, and its commitment to ensure the legacy of classic the-ater in Cleveland.

Great Lakes Theater’s 2014 production of Deathtrap. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni)

Great Lakes Theater’s fall 2013 production of Sweeney Todd. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni)

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TRUSTEES Great Lakes Theater

ChairThomas G. Stafford*†

PresidentSamuel Hartwell*

SecretarySusan Hastings*

TreasurerWalter Avdey*

Trustees

Michelle ArendtDalia BakerRobyn BarrieViia R. BeechlerDavid L. BialoskyKim F. Bixenstine*Mitchell G. Blair*William Caster*Barbara CerconeBeverly J. CoenGail L. CudakCarolyn Dickson†

Leslie DicksonWilliam B. Doggett† Carol Dolan*Edward Donnelly Timothy J. Downing*Natalie Epstein*†Dianne V. FoleyRudolph H. Garfield †Stephen H. GariepyHenry G. GrendellElizabeth A. GroveWilliam W. Jacobs*†John E. Katzenmeyer† Denise Horstman KeenJonathan LeikenWilliam E. MacDonald III†Ellen Stirn Mavec† Mary J. MayerJohn E. McGrath Leslie H. MoellerJanet E. Neary*†Robert D. Neary† Pamela G. Noble*Laura Passerallo

Michael J. Peterman†Thomas A. Piraino Jr.Timothy K. Pistell† David P. Porter† Deborah Ratner Georgianna T. Roberts†Rudolph K. SchmellerJohn D. Schubert†Peter Shimrak† Laura Siegal†Mark C. Siegel*Sally J. Staley*Robert L. StarkDiana W. StrombergGerald F. UngerJohn V. Van Hulle Donna WalshThomas D. Warren Paul L. Wellener IVKevin M. WhitePatrick Zohn

* Executive Committee† Life Trustee

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IndividualsBette Bonder & Patrick BrayMike & Carole BrownBeverly & Bruce CameronTim & Cindy CarrMegan CasserlieMr. & Mrs. Richard L. ChernusJudy Comeau-HartRonald & Patricia CramerMs. Christie R. CutarelliEleanor DavidsonMr. & Mrs. Bernard DohertyJanice EvansAnn & Harry FarmerMary Ann & Joseph FischerMr. & Ms. Patrick F. GallagherGary & Katie GeoffrionSarah GilbertDavid Goodman & Barbara Hawley

Denis M. GriesmerMrs. Robin H. HatchMs. Eleanor W. HelperMark & Lynn HofflundMr. James J. JaggersMr. & Mrs. Douglas JahnMr. & Mrs. Ronald KahnMr. Karl KellerMary Jo KlementsStewart & Donna KohlDonna M. & Alex I. KolerRonald G. KollarDr. & Mrs. Eric KonickiCharles KrugerJohn & Joann LaneMr.& Mrs. Brian LawlerStephen & Lillian LevineEva & Rudolf LinnebachTed & Mary LomacMr. & Mrs. Douglas McGregor

Mr. David McKissockHelen & Harry MercerMs. Brenda NortonMr. & Mrs. Patrick W. O’ ConnorMs. Diana R. PackerLaura PasseralloMr. & Mrs. Robert J. PatalonMary PerkinsMr. & Mrs. Harold I. Pittaway IIIAndrew & Brenda PongraczMaria PoulosFrank RauscheCarole & Charles B. RosenblattBob & Kathy RutterMrs. Kathy SalemDavid & Lois SchneiderKim SherwinDr. Dave & Faye SholitonDr. Howard SimonLloyd Snyder & Margaret Terry

Anita K. StollMs. Rochelle R. StraffonCarrie TangenbergMr. & Mrs. Edward J. TatmanUarda TaylorRaymond VoelkerNancy-Anne WargoMrs. Carole R. WarrenMr. John Wiedemann &Ms. Pamela SchnellingerMargaret & Loyal WilsonDr. C. Russell & Cynthia Zachem

CorporationsCleveland IndiansThe J.M. Smucker Company

IndividualsAnonymous (2)Nancy L. AdamsLori AdlerWalt & Laura AvdeyDalia & Robert BakerRandy & Pam BallardCarol BarnakRobyn & David BarrieMr. & Mrs. Benham S. BatesWilliam & Viia BeechlerFred & Mary BehmDonna BeleticMr. James J. Benedict, Jr.Mr. Joseph M. BennettJohn & Jeannene BertosaJohn & Laura BertschDavid & Carolyn BialoskyRoger BielefeldTom & Dorothy BierKim & Bart BixenstineMr. & Mrs. David F. BlackmanMitch & Liz BlairDr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser

Gary & Kay BluhmSusan BobeyMr. & Mrs. Roger A. BoehnleinMs. Dorothy F. BorerMr. D. Stephen Botorff &Ms. Patricia J. MoyerMs. Robin Herrington BowenJoanne R. BratushRichard & Mary Ann BrockettJulia & Ben BrouhardV. Elizabeth BrownMrs. Nancy H. BurchamH.F. & J.C. BurkhardtJack & Janice CampbellLarry & Andi CarliniBill & Judie CasterMr. & Mrs. Frank CerconeMr. & Mrs. Robert B. CharlickMarcia G. ChristianJohn & Donna CliffordStan & Lisa CorwinDoug & Mary CourtJudith DarusLowell & Carole Davis

Rebecca ZutiAudrey DeClementMarilyn P. DemeterDaniel DivisCarol Dolan & Greggory HillLarry & Eva Haas DolanDaniel & Joyce DyerMr. & Mrs. Robert EikenburgDr. & Mrs. Michael EppigHoward P. ErlichmanGene & Patricia EwaldMr. & Mrs. Frank L. FieldSusan L. FikeDianne V. FoleyKatherine A. GanzMr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield, Jr.

Mrs. Barbara J. GarrisThomas GilbrideDr. & Mrs. Norman W. GoldstonMs. Roe GreenJohn GreeneHenry G. GrendellMs. Elizabeth A. Grove

Jean E. GubbinsLee & Peter HaasHazel HaffnerTom & Kirsten HagesfeldJohn & Virginia HansenMr. & Mrs. Samuel HartwellSusan C. & Jeffery A. HastingsJean HellerCurt & Karen HenkleFrank & Gerry HoffertMr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.Clyde A. HornJames & Gale JacobsohnSusan JanneyMr. & Mrs. Robert L. JansonAmy & Jeff JohnsonLauren KawentelPaul R. & Denise Horstman Keen

Mr. Gilbert P. KenehanSamuel C. KennellMr. & Mrs. Donald KimmelBob & Nanci KirkpatrickMs. Judith A. Kish

Welcome! The following individuals made their first gift or returned as active donors to Great Lakes Theater during the period July 1, 2013 through February 14, 2014. The Great Lakes Theater family welcomes you!

Scene Changers! The following donors increased their Annual Fund giving by at least 10% during the period July 1, 2013 – February 14, 2014. THANK YOU for increasing your support of Cleveland’s Classic Company!

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Stuart & Anne KleinMichael & Lynn KleinmanDavid & Sue KlepacJacob Kronenberg &Barbara BelovichPat Murphy & Mike KupiecEleanor & Stephen KushnickChris & Laura LarsonGregory LeachGregory & Vickie LeyesMs. Carla LicastroMorton & Lola LittMr. & Mrs. Devere E. LoganKen & Mary LoparoAnne R. & Kenneth E. LoveThomas & Sheryl LoveBrian & Renee LoweryRonald & Elizabeth ManolioMr. & Mrs. Donald J. MayerJack McGrathRita C. McLaughlinRichard & Karen MiddaughNan MillerMr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller

Frances Stewart & David Mook

Roy & Cindy MooreToni & Linda MooreJanet & Bob NearyTom & Mary NeffKen NoetzelJoan M. OravecLou M. PapesZachary & Deborah ParisPeggy & Michael PartingtonNicholas & Sue PeayDr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast

Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer M. PiperMr. & Mrs. Louis PongraczDavid P. Porter &Margaret K. PoutasseJohn & Norine PrimLarry & Susan RakowThomas & Helen RathburnThe Reinker FamilyMr. & Mrs. Gerald P. Rencehausen

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. RuhlMichael RussellJim & Joan SchaeferMr. & Mrs. Rudolph K. Schmeller

Mr. & Mrs. Tom SchockDonna SchuergerKim SherwinPatricia J. ShookMr. & Mrs. Mark SiegelJohn & Susan SiegfriedMary SlakDavid & Rita SmithSusan St. JohnKathlyn & Harry StenzelAlbert StrattonMr. & Mrs. Timothy L. SullivanFrank & Vicki TitasGerald F. UngerRobert & Marti VagiJohn & Catherine Van HulleChristine & Daniel VentoDonna & Richard WalshMary C. Warren

Mrs. Betty S. WeissGordon & Virginia WepferMr. & Mrs. Kevin M. WhiteSharon & Yoash WienerRobert & Emily WilliamsJames & Sandra WoodMs. Jennifer B. Schwartz Wright

Brian Wynne & Patrick Cozzens

Mr. Lee C. ZeiszlerMs. Margaret E. Zellmer

CorporationsSquire SandersUniversity Hospitals

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DONORS Great Lakes Theater

The trustees, staff and artistic company of Great Lakes Theater express our deepest gratitude to the hun-dreds of supporters of “Cleveland’s Classic Company.” The donors listed below made generous gifts between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. “Thanks, thanks, and ever thanks.” Twelfth Night, Act III, Scene iii

Make a Contribution

Great Lakes Theater served over 100,000 students and adults last year through its Hanna and Ohio Theatre mainstage productions and education programs throughout northeast Ohio. This would not have been possible without the annual support of hundreds of the generous donors listed below. Please join the Great Lakes Theater family by making a tax-deductible contribution to support Cleveland ‘s Classic Company. Visit the “Support Us” section of our website (www.greatlakestheater.org) or call us at (216) 453-4442 to learn more about our membership and donation programs.

The Cleveland Foundation*** Cuyahoga Arts and Culture**

Company Sponsors$100,000 and above

The George Gund Foundation***John P. Murphy Foundation*

David and Inez Myers Foundation***

Ohio Arts Council***Parker Hannifin Corporation*

The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation***

Lead Sponsors$50,000 to $99,999

Eaton Corporation***GAR Foundation***

Martha Holden Jennings Foundation***PNC Foundation***

The Reinberger FoundationJohn & Barbara Schubert***

The Sherwick Fund

Sponsors$25,000 to $49,999

The Abington Foundation*Paul S. Brentlinger**

The Eva L. & Joseph M. Bruening Foundation***

The Community Foundation of Lorain County***

Jack & Mary Ann Katzenmeyer***The Lubrizol Foundation***

Janet & Bob Neary***The Nord Family Foundation***William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill

Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Pistell***Mrs. James O. Roberts***

The Schubert Foundation***Thomas G. & Ruth M. Stafford***

Avon Circle$10,000 to $24,999

Sponsors

The Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater

*3 – 5 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor**6 – 9 consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor

***10 or more consecutive years as an Annual Fund donor

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Stratford Circle ($5,000 to $9,999)AnonymousBridgewater Associates**The Alton F. & Carrie S. Davis Fund

Carol Dolan & Greggory Hill*Mr. & Mrs. Morton G. Epstein***The Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Foundation***

The Giant Eagle Foundation*Paul R. & Denise Horstman Keen**

Leonard Krieger Fund of The Cleveland Foundation*

Victor C. Laughlin, M.D. Memorial Foundation Trust***

Mr. & Mrs. Leslie H. Moeller**David P. Porter & Margaret K. Poutasse***

Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Ratner*Laura & Alvin SiegalBrit & Kate Stenson***The Thomas H. White Foundation, a KeyBank Trust*

Globe Circle ($2,500 to $4,999)Anonymous (2)Chuck & Bonnie Abbey*Walt & Laura Avdey**Robyn & David Barrie***David & Carolyn BialoskyMitch & Liz Blair**Glenn & Jenny Brown***The Carmel Family Foundation***Bill & Judie Caster*Mr. & Mrs. Homer D. W. Chisholm***

The George W. Codrington Charitable Foundation***

Gail Cudak & Thomas Young***Barry & Suzanne Doggett***Larry & Eva Haas Dolan*Richard & Evelyn Dolejs*Dominion Foundation***Edward Donnelly & Mary Kay DeGrandis

Charles, Lidia & Alexa Fee**Steve Gariepy & Nancy Sin***William R. Gustaferro***Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Hartwell***Susan C. & Jeffery A. Hastings**William W. Jacobs***Anthony LaPlaca*The Laub Foundation***Lincoln Electric Company*The Mersol Family***Donald W. Morrison***Nordson Corporation Foundation*Nicholas & Sue Peay***

Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Peterman***

Thomas A. Piraino & Barbara C. McWilliams*

Shawn M. Riley & Christine Sommer Riley**

Prof. Alan Miles Ruben & Judge Betty Willis Ruben

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Ruhl***Dr. & Mrs. Gerard Seltzer*Sally J. Staley**Paul & Pamela Teel*John & Catherine Van HulleDonna & Richard Walsh***

Folio Circle ($1,000 to $2,499)Anonymous (3)Michelle R. Arendt**Dalia & Robert Baker***Kim & Bart BixenstineH.F. & J.C. Burkhardt***Mr. & Mrs. Frank Cercone***Christopher & Nancy Coburn*Beverly J. Coen*Ms. Leslie C. Dickson*Carolyn & Charles Dickson***Timothy J. Downing & Ken Press**

Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph H. Garfield, Jr.***

The Gries Family Foundation***Ms. Elizabeth A. GroveJohn & Virginia Hansen***Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

Kenneth Karosy**Mr. Jonathan Leiken & Ms. Erika Friedman*

Dr. Lawrence E. Lohman & Mrs. Mary J. Lohman**

Ken & Mary Loparo***Mr. & Mrs. Donald J. Mayer**Jack McGrath***Stephen & Donna Miller***Mr. & Mrs. William Mitchell**Mr. & Mrs. John C. Morley***Pamela G. Noble & E. Macke Bentley IV*

Mr. & Mrs. William Osborne, Jr.***

Dr. & Mrs. Donald Palmer***Dr. Scott & Mrs. Judy Pendergast***

Mr. & Mrs. John S. Piety***Donna & James Reid**Linda Schlageter***Mr. & Mrs. Rudolph K. SchmellerDiana & Eugene Stromberg***TargetMr. Robert A. Tschannen***

Gerald F. Unger***Mr. & Mrs. Thomas D. Warren**Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Wellener IV***Patrick M. Zohn***

Sustainers ($500 to $999)Anonymous (2)Mr. David C. BorsaniMr. Jonathan M. Boylan & Mrs. Marianne Ludwig**

Jack & Janice Campbell***Jean McQuillan & Richard Christ***

Prof. & Mrs. George W. DentJames Eschmeyer***Janet & Patricia Glaeser***Gary & Joanna Graeff***Robert & Linda Jenkins**R. Robert Koch Trust*The Lampl Family Foundation***Rosa and Samuel Lobe Memorial Fund of the Jewish Federation***

Thomas & Sheryl Love**Lynda & Charlie Mayer**Mr. & Mrs. John F. McClatcheyFrancis & Viola McDowell**The Music and Drama Club*John & Norine Prim***

Dr. & Mrs. Bradford J. Richmond*Mr. & Mrs. Mark Siegel**Naomi G. & Edwin Z. Singer Family Fund*

Karl & Carol TheilMr. & Mrs. Roger S. VailMr. & Mrs. James D. Vail*Carol Lee Vella***Mary C. Warren**Mr. Warren I. Williamson & Ms. Lael A. Kilpatrick

Women’s Committee of Great Lakes Theater***

Brian Wynne & Patrick CozzensJohn & Jane Zuzek***

Patrons ($250 to $499)Anonymous (3)Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc.**Mrs. Al A. ArchambaultMr. & Mrs. Dennis BarrieMr. & Mrs. Benham S. Bates***Fred & Mary Behm**Mr. & Mrs. Donald BercuJohn & Laura BertschElizabeth A. Billings*Gary & Kay Bluhm*Bernice A. Bolek***Marilyn A. Callaly**The Rev. Dr. Joan CampbellDavid & Carole Carr

Our Region’s StudentsEach year, over 40,000 students throughout Northeast Ohio participate in a main stage, classroom or community program produced by Great Lakes Theater. Donors help under-write student tickets and programming fees to make it possible for many to experience first-hand “the world’s greatest plays.”

Learn more and help us change lives at GreatLakesTheater.org.

Donors educate

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Dr. & Mrs. Kevin D. CooperChad & Andrea Deal*Pete & Margaret Dobbins***Donna Douglas***Bob & Ginny EckardtDr. & Mrs. Michael Eppig***Jeanne S. Epstein**Mr. & Mrs. L. William ErbJon & Mary Fancher**Iris & Tom Harvie***Debra & Tom Hayes*Tom & Luz Higgason*Kathy & Jamie Hogg**Mr. Herbert J. Hoppe, Jr.***Ron & Joanne Hulec**Bernie & Nancy Karr***Charles King & Catherine KeatingBob & Nanci Kirkpatrick**Glenn & Jean KnightMr. Robert KocianRonald G. Kollar**Chris & Laura Larson**Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth A. LinickMorton & Lola Litt***Frederick C. LuckayMr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Lynch***Ms. Nancy Clay MarstellerHerm & Carol McCreary*John J. MeiburgerSteven & Dolly Minter***David & Leslee Miraldi***Mary & Steve Mitchell***Frances Stewart & David Mook*Brian & Cindy Murphy**Deborah L. Neale***Mr. Jason OblanderBarbara J. Burke*Mr. & Mrs. Robert Oshinsky**Mr. & Mrs. James M. PetrasThomas & Helen Rathburn*Dr. Edward J. Rockwood***Mrs. Sharon M. Rogers**Michael RussellDr. & Mrs. Lynn A. Smith**Carole & George SniderMrs. Edward R. Stell*Dalma & Lajos Takacs***The Edward & Katherine Thomas Family

Frank & Vicki Titas*Dr. & Mrs. Ken Tomecki***Kathleen Turner***Robert & Marti Vagi***Dr. & Mrs. Gregory A. WattsMr. David A. ZagoreMr. Lee C. Zeiszler

Associates ($125 to $249)Anonymous (6)Lori AdlerThomas & Joann Adler**’Joel & Teresa AndreaniJohn & Kathy BakerRandy & Pam BallardMargret Beekel*Mr. James J. Benedict, Jr.Mr. Joseph M. BennettClurie Bennis

Mr. Jesse BergerJohn & Jeannene Bertosa*Roger Bielefeld*Denise Blanda*Paul & Heather BlonskySusan Bobey*Mr. & Mrs. Roger A. BoehnleinJohn Bolton**Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Bolton***Mr. D. Stephen Botorff & Ms. Patricia J. Moyer*

Ms. Robin Herrington Bowen**Mr. & Mrs. Mark H. Brandt*Mr. Stanley C. Brandt & Ms. Mary K. Whitmer***

Ms. Emily Holdge BrasfieldJoanne R. Bratush**Carol Brenneman***Richard & Mary Ann BrockettDr. David L. BronsonMs. Paula B. BrothersJulia & Ben BrouhardV. Elizabeth Brown*Mrs. Nancy H. Burcham***Larry & &i Carlini*Mr. & Mrs. Lucien H. Case**Ms. Alana ClampittJohn & Donna CliffordRobert J. ConradRollin & Anne Conway*Tom & Anita Cook***Kathleen M. Cooper*Stan & Lisa Corwin*David & Gayle Cratty**Bruce & Maryellen Cudney**Ms. Jean Seitter CumminsShirley B. DawsonSean M. Decatur*

Audrey DeClement***Chris & Mary Ann Deibel***Marilyn P. Demeter***Mr. Alex Derkaschenko**Carolyn J. Buller & Bill Doll***Janice G. Downing*Rita & Dennis Dura**Daniel & Joyce Dyer*Mr. & Mrs. Robert Eikenburg***The Eldridge Family***Ms. Eloise ElikoferMr. & Mrs. Oliver F. Emerson**Deena & Richard Epstein**Howard P. Erlichman*Gene & Patricia EwaldDouglas D. FarlingSusan L. Fike***Mary Eileen Fogarty***David V. Foos**Joy M. Freda***Eleanor & J. Gilbert FreyMr. & Mrs. Lou Galizio***Mrs. Barbara J. Garris*Deborah A. Geier***Mr. & Mrs. Gregory GeorgieffGreg & Gail Gibson***Larry & Jean GilbertThomas Gilbride*Ilona K. GramMr. & Mrs. Richard S. GrayLainie Hadden***Hazel Haffner***Tom & Kirsten Hagesfeld**Jack & Joyce HallMichael & Suzanne HarrisCurt & Karen Henkle*Steven & Liz Hass-Hill*Clyde A. Horn***

James & Gale JacobsohnMr. & Mrs. Robert L. Janson*Mr. & Mrs. Edwin T. JefferyMarilyn & Howard Karfeld***Lauren Kawentel*Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Kelley***Jack & Kim Kellogg*Ms. Joylen J. KentWilliam & Marion KetteringMr. & Mrs. Donald Kimmel*David & Sue Klepac**Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Kozel***Jacob Kronenberg & Barbara Belovich**

Mr. & Mrs. Gregory G. KruszkaPat Murphy & Mike KupiecEleanor & Stephen Kushnick***Fred & Joann Lafferty**Stefanie LaneseMr. & Mrs. Robert LarsonMs. Carla LicastroMr. & Mrs. Devere E. Logan*Anne R. & Kenneth E. Love*Brian & Renee Lowery*Ronald & Elizabeth Manolio***Paul & Georgia MartocciaCathy J. McCall***Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. McDonald***

Ms. Linda McGintyNancy MeachamRev. Edward E. MehokMrs. Ruth P. MennellRichard & Karen Middaugh*Kevin & Kim MillerAntoinette Miller**Ms. Amanda MockbeeMontessori High School, University Circle

Audiences and ArtistsDid you know that ticket revenue covers only half of the cost of creating a Great Lakes Theater production? Generous donors ensure that our productions of timeless classics, “re-imagined” for contemporary audiences, are of the highest quality. Thanks to donors like you, we’ve connected over four million people to the classics over the last five decades!

Learn more about how you can play a part at GreatLakesTheater.org.

Donors support

THE LEGACY SOCIETY

Marilyn* and Paul BrentlingerWillard and Donna Carmel

Mary* and Leigh CarterNatalie and Morton Epstein

Edward S. GodleskiMary Anne* and Jack McGrath

Janet and Bob NearyJames A. Nelson*

Donald and Anne PalmerLynn and Tim Pistell

Professor Alan Miles Ruben and Judge Betty Willis Ruben

George* and Marjorie* SpringerThomas G. and Ruth M. Staff ord

Audrey* and Dick Watts

LEAVE A LEGACY!

Great Lakes Theater’s Legacy Society honors individuals, families, foundations and other generous donors that make gifts to Great Lakes Theater’s Endowment Fund

or have made a provision for Great Lakes Theater through their estate plans.

Please consider becoming a member of the growing list of generous Great Lakes Theater Legacy Society supporters and help ensure that classic theater endures for

future generations in northeast Ohio by designating Great Lakes Theater a benefi ciary in your will, trust, or other estate plans.

“Evermore thanks.” Richard II, Act II, Scene iii

*Deceased: The legacy of these generous donors lives on for future generations.

For more information regarding planned gifts, please contact Bob Taylor, Great Lakes Theater’s Executive Director.

(216) 453-4440 · btaylor@greatlakestheater.org.

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Roy & Cindy Moore**Toni & Linda Moore**Ms. Karen Nemec*Rosemary Nosetic***Mr. & Mrs. Michael F. O’NeilLou M. Papes*Zachary & Deborah Paris*Lee & Maria Parks***Dr. George ParrasPeggy & Michael Partington**Brian Perry & Ka Pi Hoh***Mr. & Mrs. Wilmer M. Piper***James & Susan PrinceAnn Pinkerton RanneyJudy & Clifford Reeves**Sue Reusser***Ms. Jacqueline Y. RhodesJudith Wolfe & Robin Richmond***

Barbara S. RobinsonKeith & Margaret RobinsonReinhold & Ginny Roedig***Otmar & Rota Sackerlotzky***Mr. & Mrs. James A. Saks*Mr. Mark J. Salling & Ms. Cindie Carroll Pankhurst**

Jim & Joan SchaeferDina & Richard Schoonmaker***Steve & Kathy SchultzRandall & Sara Shaner**Donna Sheridan**John & Susan SiegfriedMr. & Mrs. Thomas Slavin**Connie L. SmithKent & Judy SmithPatrick A. SmithDavid & Rita SmithWilliam E. Spatz*Susan St. John*Darwin L. Steele***Kathlyn & Harry Stenzel***Albert StrattonMr. & Mrs. Timothy L. SullivanLorraine S. Szabo*Holly & Bruce TomaschElizabeth Twohig**Anne Unverzagt & Richard Goddard*

James L. Wagner*Mrs. Richard C. Weiss*Ronald WittmaackMr. Larry M. WolfMs. Jennifer B. Schwartz WrightMr. & Mrs. James Xinakes***Robert & Kathleen Young*John & Dianne Young**Ms. Margaret E. ZellmerRuth & Sidney Zilber***Arthur & Deborah Zinn**Rebecca Zuti*

Friends ($75 to $125)Anonymous (3)Nancy L. Adams**Daniel & Ellen ArbeznikLynne M. Bajec*Janis Baker*Ms. Pamela BensonTom & Dorothy Bier**Dr. & Mrs. Dieter F. Bloser***Christopher BrandleMr. William D. BroadhurstVince & Carolyn CheverineDonald & Annamarie Chick***Marcia G. Christian*Doug & Mary Court**Samuel Cowling*Judith Darus*Lowell & Carole Davis***Ralph & Madeleine Deter*Mr. & Mrs. John Dettelbach*Thomas & Jane Donovan*Ms. Linda U. ElliottMr. & Mrs. Frank L. Field***Jeffrey FordMs. Belinda B. FoutsGerald R. Frei*Mr. & Mrs. Ralph C. Frey*Mr.& Mrs. James GianelosJeffrey P. Gluvna & Barbara A. Blake***

Dr. & Mrs. Norman W. Goldston***

Mr. Bernard J. Golias, Jr.Jean E. Gubbins*Lee & Peter HaasMr. & Mrs. Kenneth G. Hahn, Jr.Nancy Y. HammondMarian Hancy*Arlene & William Hazlett*Frank & Gerry Hoffert*Roger & Madelon Horvath*Dr. Randal N. HuffSusan Janney*Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas R. JonesMr. Thomas A. KamisDennis Kelly***Mr. Gilbert P. KenehanSamuel C. KennellLarry & Janet Kilgore**Mr. & Mrs. Albert KirbyMs. Judith A. KishStuart & Anne KleinRobert & Nancy Klein**Michael & Lynn KleinmanHersch & Maxine Koblenz*Mr. Martin F. Kohn & Mrs. Marcia R. Silver

Sharon Kraber*Mr. & Mrs. Stephen LaceyStephen & Arlene Lawson**Gregory LeachGregory & Vickie Leyes

Mr. & Mrs. John S. LupoWalt & Molly Maciejewski**Stephen & Mary Ann MahoneyMr. James L. Marsey & Mrs. Ellen Palmer Marsey

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Hanna TheatreApril 4-19, 2014

J. Todd Adams*Aled Davies*

Jodi Dominick*Tom Ford*

Atlie Gilbert

Torsten Johnson*Patrick John KiernanJuan Rivera Lebron*

Dougfred Miller*Betsy Mugavero*

David Anthony Smith*

Eric Damon Smith*M.A. Taylor*

Dustin Tucker* Andrew Voss

Christine Weber*

Company

Charles FeeProducing Artistic Director

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Directed by EDWARD MORGAN

As You Like It presents

Scenic DesignerRussell Metheny

Costume DesignerKim Krumm Sorenson

Lighting DesignerRick Martin

Sound DesignerJoe Court

ChoreographerMartín Céspedes

Fight Choreographer Ken Merckx

Music Director Nathan Motta

Stage ManagerTim Kinzel*

With generous support fromLynn & Tim Pistell

andThe Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater

There will be one 15 minute intermission.

Great Lakes Theater’s production of As You Like It is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.

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

Special Student Matinee Series support was generously provided by PNC.

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THE CAST As You Like It

Dramatis Personae (In order of appearance)

The PrologueJaques, a melancholy gentleman....................................................................................David Anthony Smith *

The TownOrlando, a young gentleman ................................................................................................... Torsten Johnson *Adam, a family servant ...................................................................................................................Aled Davies *Oliver, brother to Orlando ......................................................................................................... J. Todd Adams *Denise, his cook ............................................................................................................................ Jodi Dominick *Charles, a wrestler ..........................................................................................................................Andrew Voss

The CourtCelia, daughter to Duke Frederick ..........................................................................................Christine Weber *Rosalind, daughter to the banished Duke ...............................................................................Betsy Mugavero *Touchstone, the Court Fool .........................................................................................................Dustin Tucker *Le Beau, a courtier .......................................................................................................................... M.A. Taylor *Duke Frederick.......................................................................................................................... Dougfred Miller *Officer 1 .................................................................................................................................Juan Rivera Lebron *Officer 2 ..............................................................................................................................Patrick John Kiernan

The ExilesDuke Senior, brother to Duke Frederick ................................................................................ Dougfred Miller *Amiens, a Lord ......................................................................................................................Eric Damon Smith *Lord 1 ......................................................................................................................................................Tom Ford *Lord 2 ..................................................................................................................................Patrick John KiernanLord 3 ................................................................................................................................................Andrew Voss

Inhabitants of The ForestCorin, an old shepherd ....................................................................................................................Aled Davies *Silvius, a young shepherd ...................................................................................................Juan Rivera Lebron *Audrey, a young goat-herd ............................................................................................................. Atlie GilbertSir Oliver Martext, a local vicar .....................................................................................................M. A. Taylor *Phoebe, a shepherdess ................................................................................................................. Jodi Dominick *William, a woodcutter ....................................................................................................................Andrew Voss

Also:Workers, Officers, Lords, Singers ..............................................................................................The Ensemble

The Scene

New England, not long after the start of the 20th century

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

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BACKGROUND About the play

Directors Note

On the surface, this play is a lyrical tale of exile and romance. The plot is simple: a young gentleman

and two young noblewomen are driven from their homes. They flee into the forest where the rightful Duke and his followers have already been exiled. But instead of an empty wilderness, they encounter silly shepherds, wandering nobles, philosophers, hermits, deer, lions and snakes – a population Shakespeare borrows from the tales of Robin Hood, English pas-torals, Italian romances and Greek poetry. This is the fabled Forest of Arden.

Orlando, Rosalind and Celia arrive in Arden and their dangers dissipate as if the forest itself has cast a benevolent spell around them. The wood becomes a haven and a playground wherein they take on new identities in life and love. Meanwhile, the exiled Duke and his followers explore and contemplate the natural state of man, and the country-folk mingle with their visitors. All of these threads are interwoven through language as elegant as any Shakespeare ever wrote, flowing scene to scene like a sunlit brook through dappled glades.

Yet beneath its sparkling surface, As You Like It is not merely froth. It juxtaposes civilized corruption with the life-giving force of the natural world. It gazes on mortality and the virtue of redemption. It mocks how urban and rural people view each other. It does gymnastics with gender roles and sashays with sexual ambivalence. And finally, it celebrates the threshold of a new era of individuality. With themes so strikingly modern, it’s astonishing to remember that this play premiered 415 years ago.

So what have we done with our production? We’ve set it in New England in the midst of the

second Industrial Revolution, not long after the start of the 20th century. We’ve placed the Forest of Arden in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains. The villains are greedy, thriving Industrialists. The exiled Duke is a follower of Emerson, a would-be Thoreau. Rosalind and Orlando are the new Americans. Fiercely democratic, they succeed by merit - not privilege - as they forge a new world-view and sense of equality. Indeed, in this context, the delightful, ever-resourceful Rosalind becomes a kind of metaphor for American womanhood, advancing from 19th century servitude through Gibson Girl glamor to the courageous insistence of the Suffragette, and beyond. And finally, since the true pulse of an era resounds in its music, we’ve replaced the Elizabethan songs with tunes that echo these themes through Yankee sentiment and synco-pation.

It’s been fun transplanting this brilliant play to American soil. It’s given the text new resonance for us. We hope it does the same for you, and that our version is as you like it.

— Edward Morgan Director, As You Like It

Synopsis

Duke Senior has been forced into exile from the court by his brother, the usurping Duke Frederick. He

takes refuge in the Forest of Arden with a band of faith-ful lords. Rosalind, his daughter, is kept uneasily at court as a companion to her cousin Celia, Frederick’s daughter. Mean while, Orlando, the youngest son of the late Sir Rowland de Boys, has been kept in poverty by his brother Oliver since their father’s death. Orlando decides to wrestle for his fortune at Frederick’s court, where he meets Rosalind and they fall in love.

The Duke banishes Rosalind, fearing that she is a threat to his rule. Celia, refusing to be parted from her cousin, goes with Rosalind to seek Duke Senior in the Forest. For safety, they disguise themselves - Rosalind as a boy named Ganymede and Celia as his sister Aliena - and they persuade the fool Touchstone to accompany them.

Orlando returns from the court and learns of a plot by his brother to kill him. He flees with a loyal servant to the Forest and takes refuge with the exiled Duke. Still thinking on Rosalind, he begins posting love lyrics through the forest. Before long, he encounters her, but she is disguised as Ganymede. She proceeds to coach Orlando on how to woo his Rosalind, often playing the part of Rosalind herself. 

Elsewhere in the Forest, Touchstone pursues Audrey, a goat-herd, and the shepherd Silvius dotes on his neighbor Phoebe, who has fallen for Ganymede (Rosalind in disguise). Meanwhile, Oliver has been sent to hunt down his brother and arrives in the Forest, where Orlando saves his life from a lion. Oliver repents his past abuse of Orlando and promptly falls in love with Aliena (Celia in disguise).

As Ganymede, Rosalind promises to satisfy Orlando’s longing and to resolve all of the love plots in one flourish. She does so, forsaking her disguise, reuniting with her father and joining at last with young Orlando. Then news arrives that Duke Frederick has had a conversion and renounced the Dukedom, so the exiles can return to civilization and their former lives. Only the melancholy Jaques will stay behind in the Forest.

— Royal Shakespeare Company (edited/updated by Edward Morgan)

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WELCOME Producing Artistic Director

Dear Friends,

On behalf of our artists, staff, and Board of Trustees, welcome to the final offering of Great Lakes Theater’s 52nd season! Our mission, “to bring the

pleasure, power, and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience,” guides our mainstage productions as well as our educational programming, in the belief that theater holds the capacity to illuminate truth and enduring values, celebrate and challenge human nature and actions, and provide our student audiences a glimpse of a broader world and the wellspring of learning made possible through the arts.

For the finale of our 2013-14 season in the re-imagined Hanna Theatre, we are thrilled to bring Shakespeare’s beautiful, boy-meets-girl as girl-playing-boy, romantic comedy, As You Like It, to the Parker Hannifin Stage (playing through April 19). Throughout this season you have seen many familiar names and faces from our astonishing core company of artists, educators, and technicians joined by artists making their Great Lakes debut. I am especially happy to welcome Edward Morgan, making his directorial debut with Great Lakes Theater at the helm of As You Like It. Ed comes to Cleveland with an extensive background in Shakespeare and the classics as well as contemporary work and musical theater, having served for nearly a decade as Associate Artistic Director of Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, and working across the country from Santa Cruz Shakespeare Festival to Virginia Stage Company. His experience as a musician as well as a writer of musicals informs his work on As You Like It – one of Shakespeare’s most musical of comedies!

I hope you will join us in extending our deep gratitude to the Sponsors of As You Like It, Lynn & Tim Pistell and the Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater, along with our Student Matinee Sponsor, PNC! We are proud to announce that As You Like It is part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. But we could not produce our work without the tireless efforts of our talented administrative staff, dedicated board of trustees, and the tremendous generosity of this community! As you look around the theater you will see the names of many friends, partners, corporations and foundations whose support makes all of this possible.

We hope you will join us June 14 for “HANNApalooza,” a fundraising-celebration of our first five years in the Hanna Theatre, we promise a wildly entertaining evening with the friends of Great Lakes Theater!

Above all, thank you for your continued support. No one is more important to Great Lakes Theater than our loyal and dedicated audience. We look forward to a future filled with ever more collaboration and creativity.

With gratitude and appreciation,

Charles Fee, Producing Artistic Director Great Lakes Theater

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OUR SPONSORS Thank You

Student Matinee Series Production Sponsors: support provided by:

Lynn & Tim PistellThe Business Alliance of Great Lakes Theater

Season Sponsors: Season Media Sponsors:

Special Production Support:

The National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest presents Shakespeare for a New Generation. Great Lakes Theater is one of 40 professional theater companies selected to participate in Shakespeare for a New Generation, bringing the finest productions of Shakespeare to middle- and high-school students in communities across the United States. This is the tenth year of Shakespeare for a New Generation, the largest tour of Shakespeare in American history.

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WHO’S WHO The Artistic Company

J. Todd Adams*Oliver/Ensemble, As You Like It; Father/Bob Crachit/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol and Clarence/Catesby, Richard IIIThree seasons at Great Lakes Theater

Great Lakes Theater: Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick), Romeo and Juliet (Mercutio), The Imaginary Invalid (Bonnefoi) and The Winter’s Tale (Cleomenes). Regional: Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, The Imaginary Invalid and The Winter’s Tale at Idaho Shakespeare Festival; Henry IV pt. 1 (Hotspur), The Three Musketeers (Aramis), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Costard) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck) at Shakespeare Santa Cruz; The Importance of Being Earnest (Jack) and The Real Thing (Billy) at PCPA; Drawer Boy, Lonesome West, Entertaining Mister Sloane and Cyrano de Bergerac (South Coast Repertory); Gross Indecency (Mark Taper Forum); King Lear (San Diego Repertory); Much Ado About Nothing (Arizona Theatre Company); I Pagliacci (Kennedy Center, directed by Franco Zeffirelli); and productions at A Noise Within and the Utah Shakespeare Festival. Film/Television: Gilmore Girls, The West Wing, Flyboys and Warriors of Virtue. Mr. Adams holds an MFA from the American Conservatory Theater.

Aled Davies*Adam/Corin/Ensemble, As You Like It; Porter Milgrim, Deathtrap and Scrooge/Samuels, A Christmas CarolThirteen seasons at Great Lakes Theater

Previously for GLT: Scrooge/Samuels in A Christmas Carol, Arvide Abernathy in Guys and Dolls, Dr. Bradman in Blithe Spirit, Camillo in The Winter’s Tale, Monsieur Diafoirus in The Imaginary Invalid, Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, Major Metcalf in The Mousetrap, Vincentio in The Taming of the Shrew, Duke of Milan in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Brabantio in Othello, The Earl of Caversham in An Ideal Husband, Sheriff Reynolds in Bat Boy: The Musical, Oberon/Theseus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Your Chairman in The Mystery of Edwin Drood,

Sea Captain/Priest in Twelfth Night, Solinus/Dr. Pinch in The Comedy of Errors, Dorn in The Seagull, Duncan/Old Siward in Macbeth, Deputy Governor Danforth in The Crucible, King of France in All’s Well That Ends Well, Mr. Witherspoon in Arsenic and Old Lace, Escalus in Measure for Measure, Prospero in The Tempest, David Bliss in Hay Fever, Senex in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Boyet in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, Julius Caesar in Julius Caesar, Claudius in Hamlet, Cleante in Tartuffe, Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing, Buckingham in Richard III and Topper in A Christmas Carol. Aled has been a proud and appreciative member of Actors’ Equity Association since 1984.

Jodi Dominick*Denise/Phoebe/Ensemble, As You Like It; Jane/Mrs. Cratchit/Charwoman/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol; Prince Edward, Richard III and Beggar Woman, Sweeney Todd

Seven seasons at Great Lakes TheaterJodi’s previous roles include Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd, Prince Edward/Ensemble in Richard III, Mollie Ralston in The Mousetrap, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, The Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Lady MacDuff in Macbeth, Olivia in Twelfth Night, Helena Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Lady Chiltern in An Ideal Husband, Bianca in Othello, Ivana/Tailor in The Taming of the Shrew, Samson in Romeo and Juliet, Lucetta/Outlaw in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Louison in The Imaginary Invalid, Emilia in The Winter’s Tale and Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol. Six seasons at Idaho Shakespeare Festival include Sweeney Todd, Richard III, Into the Woods, Macbeth, The Comedy of Errors, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Twelfth Night, An Ideal Husband, Othello, Two Gentleman of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, Cabaret, The Mousetrap, The Winter’s Tale and The Imaginary Invalid. Other credits include Diana in I Love You Because at 14th Street Theater in PlayhouseSquare; Miss Gardner in Carrie the Musical, Clara in Passion and Helen in The Break Up Notebook at Beck Center. Other theaters: New World Stages,

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Hudson Backstage Theater, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Hayworth Theatre, Dobama and The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Jodi is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music.

Tom Ford*Lord 1/Ensemble, As You Like It; Sidney Bruhl, Deathtrap; Lord Hastings/Sir James Tyrrel, Richard III and Sweeney Todd, Sweeney ToddEight seasons at Great Lakes

TheaterGreat Lakes Theater: Sweeney in Sweeney Todd, Hastings/Tyrrel in Richard III, Argan in The Imaginary Invalid, Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, Mr. Paravicini in The Mousetrap, the Baker in Into the Woods, Ross in Macbeth, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, the King of Navarre in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Casca in Julius Caesar, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Nicola in Arms and the Man and Peter Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Idaho Shakespeare Festival: Sweeney Todd, Richard III, The Imaginary Invalid, The Winter’s Tale, The Mousetrap, Into the Woods, Macbeth, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour’s Lost, Gremio in The Taming of the Shrew, Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Touchstone in As You Like It, Julius Caesar, the title role in You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown and Hucklebee in The Fantasticks. Boise Contemporary Theater: This Wonderful Life, Truman Capote in Tru, I Am My Own Wife (co-produced with ISF). Portland Stage Company: Greater Tuna, The Snow Queen, Schott in Bach at Leipzig, Lady Enid, et al in The Mystery of Irma Vep, I Am My Own Wife, Billy in Iron Kisses, Kipps in The Woman in Black, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Mr. Manningham in Gaslight and Yvan in Art. Broadway: Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s By Jeeves at the Helen Hayes Theater. New London Barn Playhouse: Sheridan Whiteside in The Man Who Came to Dinner, The Man in the Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone, Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey, Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, Sipos in She Loves Me and Max in The Producers. Other performances: Dromio of Ephesus in The Comedy of Errors at

Pittsburgh Public Theater, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, Once Around the City at New York Stage and Film, Rutherford and Son at the Mint Theater, Salvador Dali in Hysteria at Florida Studio Theater, Johnny in Maurice Sendak’s production of Really Rosie and Hysterium in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at McCarter Theater. tomfordactor.com

Atlie Gilbert Audrey, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater DebutAtlie is thrilled to make her debut with GLT; which brings her back to her roots in the Cleveland-area! Now a Chicago-

based actor, improviser, and teaching artist, she has had the privilege of working on several stages throughout the country. Atlie was recently seen in the world premiere of Ryan Scott Oliver’s new musical The Frog Prince Continued as Auntie Beatrice (Emerald City Theatre), as Marilyn Monroe in The Interview: JFK (Civil Rights Opera Project), and as Phoebe in As You Like It (Muse of Fire). Other recent Chicago-theatre credits include: Metropolis, Porchlight, Redmoon, and Clock Productions. She is also a proud ensemble member of The Murder Mystery Company, which frequently takes her around town, and often out of state with sketch and improv-based comedy shows. Love to the creative staff, family and friends!

Torsten Johnson*Orlando, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debutRegional theater credits include Richard III and a tour of Much Ado About Nothing at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival; A

Christmas Carol and Hay Fever at The Guthrie; The Royal Family, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida and The Admirable Crichton at American Players Theatre; Cinephilia with 7th House Theater Collective; Equivocation, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya and Antony and Cleopatra at the University of Minnesota; and Hamlet and Twelfth Night at the Interlochen Shakespeare Festival. Torsten holds his BFA from the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program.

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Patrick John KiernanOfficer 1/Lord 2/Ensemble, As You Like It and Ghost of Christmas Past/Ghost of Christmas Future/Street Singer, A Christmas CarolOne season at Great Lakes

TheaterPatrick is honored to return to Great Lakes Theater after appearing in A Christmas Carol this past winter. He has spent the last two summers working as an audio engineer with the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and is thrilled to return to his other passion: performance. Patrick is a New York native, currently working with an ensemble of performers and designers in New York City and Ann Arbor, Michigan on creating a multimedia adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s poem, The Hunting of the Snark. He has worked regionally in New York City, upstate New York, and Vermont. Favorite credits include: Ben Fowles in Farragut North, Cliff in Cabaret, Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Erysichthon in Metamorphoses, Chicklet in Psycho Beach Party, Barfee in Spelling Bee, and the Rejected Chorus Girl in The Producers. Visit him at www.patrickjohnkiernan.com

Juan Rivera Lebron*Officer 1/Silvius/Ensemble, As You Like ItTwo seasons at Great Lakes TheaterPreviously at GLT: Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, Clown

in The Winter’s Tale and Cleante in The Imaginary Invalid. Other Credits include: Florizel in The Winter’s Tale and Ru in Merrily We Roll Along at The Guthrie Theater, Young Man in Gum at The Women’s Project, NYC; Roberto in Working at The Signature Theater. Seven Seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, selected credits include: Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing, Sylvio in Servant of Two Masters, Rodolfo in A View from the Bridge, Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet, Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Bicycle Pants in Lorca in a Green Dress. BFA, Carnegie Mellon University. U.S. delegation to the Unesco/ITI World Congress in Madrid, Spain 2008. Recipient of the Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowship funded by the William & Eva Fox Foundation and administered by the Theater

Communications Group. Member of AEA. Dedicated to C, O, B, A for their love and support. Like or follow @ facebook/juanriveralebron, twitter/juanlebron.

Dougfred Miller*Duke Fredrick/Duke Senior, As You Like It and Topper/Man 3/Miner, A Christmas CarolNine seasons at Great Lakes TheaterApart from his widely acclaimed

portrayal of Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing, Doug’s previous appearances for Great Lakes Theater include the title role in Macbeth, Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Jonathan in Arsenic and Old Lace, Cassius in Julius Caesar, Jacques in As You Like It and Jack in The Importance of Being Earnest. Last summer, he was seen in the Beck Center’s production of Spamalot, playing King Arthur opposite his real-life Lady of the Lake, Jessica Cope. In several seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, his roles include Cusins in Major Barbara, Holofernes in Love’s Labor’s Lost, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Horatio in Hamlet, Don Pedro in Much Ado About Nothing, several Dukes, an Emperor in Amadeus, and Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2. He has played Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Versati in The Underpants at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Jim Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Coach House Theatre, Lysander in a Vietnamese/English production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream with the Central Dramatic Theatre Company in Hanoi, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol at Portland Center Stage, Richard in Richard III and Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing at Tygres Heart Shakespeare Company, and with the Texas Shakespeare Festival, Prospero in The Tempest and the Duke in Measure for Measure. Doug is a graduate of the PTTP at the University of Delaware, and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Betsy Mugavero*Rosalind, As You Like ItThree seasons at Great Lakes TheaterPreviously at GLT: Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Much Ado About Nothing (Hero). Other favorite

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credits include the regional premiere of Peter and the Starcatcher (Molly), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia), Henry V (the Boy), Love’s Labour’s Lost (Jaquenetta) among others at the Utah Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet) and Noises Off ! (Brooke), Idaho Shakespeare Festival; The Tempest (Miranda), Philadelphia Shakespeare Festival; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. M.F.A., University of California, Irvine. Betsy is thrilled to be back in Cleveland and to explore Arden with such talented friends. Much love and thanks to her family, friends, Quinn and Henry.

David Anthony Smith*Jacques, As You Like It; Muggeridge/The Ghost of Christmas Present/Debtor/Ensemble, A Christmas Carol and Duke of Buckingham, Richard III

Eleven seasons at Great Lakes TheaterIn eleven seasons at Great Lakes Theater, audiences have seen him as Iago in Othello, Duke of Buckingham in Richard III, Viscount Goring in An Ideal Husband, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Macduff in Macbeth, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Sergius in Arms and the Man, Algernon in The Importance of Being Earnest, Marc Antony in Julius Caesar and Berowne in Love’s Labour’s Lost. He has performed at the Tony-Award-winning Old Globe Theater in San Diego, South Coast Repertory, 13 seasons with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival (title role in Henry V), at Laguna Playhouse, Sierra Rep, Madison Rep and the Shakespeare festivals of Utah, Colorado, Garden Grove, Rhode Island and Nevada. Forever and a day — Natalia.

Eric Damon Smith*Amiens/Ensemble, As You Like It; The Bishop of Ely/Murderer, Richard III and Bird Seller/Ensemble, Sweeney ToddTwo seasons at Great Lakes Theater

A Chicago-based actor and director, Eric happily returns to Great Lakes Theater. Previously this season, Eric appeared in Sweeney Todd and Richard III (2nd murderer and Bishop of Ely) and last season as Charles in Blithe Spirit and

Balthasar/Friar Francis in Much Ado About Nothing. Recently, Eric was seen as Bud in Gutenberg! The Musical at Milwaukee Repertory Theatre; Bassanio in The Merchant of Venice and Oliver in As You Like It at Riverside Theatre in the Park in Iowa City. Other Chicago credits include his Jeff-Award nominated turn as Flaminio Scala in the Midwest premiere of The Glorious Ones with Boho and at Theatre on the Lake. Also Jacques in As You Like It at Muse of Fire, Mosca in Volpone, directed by Sheldon Patinkin at City Lit Theatre and Jamie in Long Day’s Journey into Night at Polarity. He has also worked with Remy Bumppo and Northlight Theatre. Eric trained at Hofstra University.

M. A. Taylor*Le Beau/Sir Oliver Martext/Ensemble, As You Like It; Charity Man/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Lord Rivers, Richard III and The Beadle, Sweeney Todd

Eleven seasons at Great Lakes TheaterMark Anthony (aka M.A.) is glad to return to the banks of Lake Erie and revisit this pastoral Shakespearean classic. Previous roles at Great Lakes Theater include: Charity Man/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Beadle, Sweeney Todd; Lord Rivers, Richard III; Verges, Much Ado About Nothing; Old Shepherd, The Winter’s Tale; Guy, The Imaginary Invalid; Peter, Romeo and Juliet; Grumio, The Taming of the Shrew; Speed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Actor 3, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged); Gratiano, Othello; Phipps, An Ideal Husband; Flute/Fairy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Durdles, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; and Fabian, Twelfth Night. Also among his credits: Candy in Of Mice and Men (directed by Adrian Hall) for PTTP/Rep, Dracula for Boise Contemporary Theater in the title role, Launce in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Gravedigger/Player King in Hamlet for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and Crave & Fully Committed for Tooth & Nail Theater in Salt Lake City. Other productions include Arsenic and Old Lace, The Crucible, Tooth of Crime, Translations, An Ideal Husband, All the King’s Men, The Effects of Tobacco and Swan Song. He holds an MFA from the University of Delaware’s Professional Theatre Training Program (PTTP). He wishes to thank his

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Families (Genetic & Professional) without who, I would n’er be able to do what I love. Looking forward to green grass and the crack of the bat… Go Tribe!

Dustin Tucker* Touchstone, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debut Dustin is so honored to be making his Great Lakes Theater debut with this delightful play and company. His recent credits

include Quince in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, directed by Mr. Charlie Fee; as well as Vigil by Morris Panych and his sixth season of The Santaland Diaries (BroadwayWorld.com Best Actor) both with Portland Stage Company. Broadway: The Rainmaker (Roundabout). Off-Broadway credits include: SoHo Rep, Dicapo Opera, Primary Stages, Culture Project and Edge. Dustin currently resides in Portland, Maine, where he is an Affiliate Artist with Portland Stage Company and has appeared in Fully Committed, The 39 Steps, Greater Tuna (with As You Like It cast mate, Tom Ford) and Bach at Leipzig, among others. His other regional credits include: Williamstown, Sierra Rep, Festival Stage of Winston-Salem and The Theater at Monmouth. Dustin is a proud and blessed member of Actors’ Equity Association. www.dustintucker.com.

Andrew VossCharles/William/Lord 3/Ensemble, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debutAndrew is thrilled to be making his Great Lakes Theater debut. He spent last summer at the

Illinois Shakespeare Festival, playing The Bloody Sergeant/Doctor in Macbeth, The 2nd Merchant in The Comedy of Errors, and Pal the Dog/Ensemble in Failure a Love Story. He earned his BFA in Acting at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Some MKE Credits include: Ferdinand in The Tempest, Antonio in Twelfth Night, and Macduff in Macbeth, with Optimist Theatre. Also, Hal in Picnic, and Walley in Broken and Entered, with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre. He is a founding member of Youngblood Theater Company, credits include; Savage in Limbo, Red Light Winter, Drive Me to Arson, Freakshow,

Minnesota Moon, Cartoon, and Dying City. He is a proud Milwaukeean and will dearly miss his home. He would like to thank his family for their steadfast love and support, and his best friend Megan for everything else.

Christine Weber*Celia/Ensemble, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debutChristine is thrilled to be joining Great Lakes Theater for her first season with As You Like It. Hailing from Minnesota, her

Guthrie Theater credits include Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Belle and Fred’s Wife in A Christmas Carol, Perdita in The Winter’s Tale, Jessica in The Merchant of Venice, Nancy Holmes in When We Are Married, and Lady Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (a co-production and national tour with The Acting Company), and Dasha in the world premiere of When I Was A Ghost... (directed by Lear deBessonet). Other credits include: Children’s Theater Company (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Cabaret, Company, The Wizard of Oz, Snow Queen), Theatre L’Homme Dieu (Alice in You Can’t Take it With You, and Daisy in Biloxi Blues), Walking Shadow Theater Company (Amazons and Their Men), Workhaus Collective (The Sense of What Should Be), and others. Christine has also directed Striking 12 for two seasons with the Bloomington Civic Theater, as well as assistant directed for productions, including Freud’s Last Session (dir. Rob Melrose, Guthrie Theater), the regional premiere of 36 Views (dir. John Heimbuch, Walking Shadow Theater Company), and as the directing intern for the American premiere of Conor McPherson’s The Birds (dir. Henry Wishcamper, Guthrie Theater). Christine is a graduate of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie B.F.A. Actor Training Program, and has been a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association since 2009. Love to J, A, O and B. www.christinemweber.com

Understudies

Luke Brett, Joey C. Corradi, Keri Rene Fuller, Roderick O’Toole, Kelly Elizabeth Smith, Hanna-Jo Weisberg

Directors

Charles FeeProducing Artistic Director and Director, Deathtrap Twelve seasons at Great Lakes TheaterDirecting credits at GLT: Blithe Spirit, Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, Hamlet, Hay Fever, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arms and the Man and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged). Charles holds a unique position in the American theater as producing artistic director of three independently operated, professional theater companies: Great Lakes Theater in Cleveland, Ohio (since 2002), Idaho Shakespeare Festival in Boise, Idaho (since 1991) and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival in Lake Tahoe, Nevada (since 2010). His appointments have resulted in a dynamic and groundbreaking producing model for the companies, in which more than 50 plays have been shared since 2002.

In 2009, Charles was honored to receive recognition for his leadership by the Cleveland Arts Prize as a recipient of the Martha Joseph Award. Other awards include The Mayor’s and Governor’s awards for Excellence in the Arts, in Boise, Idaho. From 1988 to 1992, he held the position of artistic director at the Sierra Repertory Theatre in California. He has also worked with The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, the Milwaukee and Missouri repertory theaters, Actor’s Theatre of Phoenix and the Los Angeles Shakespeare Festival.

In addition to his work with the companies in Ohio, Idaho and Nevada, Charles is active within the community. He has served as a member of the strategic planning committee for the Morrison Center, as producer of the FUNDSY Award Gala

(’96, ’98 and 2000), and as producer of the 1996 Idaho Governor’s Awards in the Arts. Charles has served on the board of the Boise Metro Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Downtown Rotary Club. He received his B.A. from the University of the Pacific and Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego.

Along with his wife, Lidia, and 18-year-old daughter, Alexa, Charles resides in Boise, Cleveland and Lake Tahoe — a feat that is only possible because of the incredible love and support of his family, and the generous communities he serves!

Edward MorganDirector, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debutMr. Morgan is delighted to direct for Great Lakes Theater. Some of his other credits include the Utah Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Stage Company, Merrimack Rep, Hindu MetroPlus Theatre Festival (India), Teatro 1887 (Costa Rica), The Kennedy Center, The Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre and Milwaukee Rep, where he was Associate Artistic Director for six years. Mr. Morgan has also taught and directed at numerous universities, in the USA and abroad. This past year, Mr. Morgan directed The Taming of the Shrew for Shakespeare Santa Cruz, David Mamet’s Race for Next Act Theatre in Milwaukee, and joined the rehearsal process for the premiere of Twenty Seven, his adaptation of a Faulkner novella, at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Mr. Morgan and his work have been honored with Washington’s Helen Hayes Awards and nominations, by the Drama League of NY, and with several writing commissions. He’s a casting partner for Cirque du Soleil and on the roster of Fulbright senior specialists. He is based in NY and his website is: www.edward-morgan.com.

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Nathan Motta Music Director, As You Like It Great Lakes Theater debutNathan is artistic director at Dobama Theatre where he’s directed A Bright New Boise, The Lyons, Time Stands Still, and The Aliens. At Cleveland Play House Motta has acted as assistant director on Life of Galileo and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, a collaboration with the Cleveland Orchestra. Other recent music credits include: Bell, Book, and Candle and A Carol for Cleveland at Cleveland Play House and Smokey Joe’s Café at Cain Park. Other conductor credits include work with Opera Cleveland, Mercury Opera Rochester, Ohio Light Opera, and Civic Light Opera (Pittsburgh). He served as assistant conductor to Robert Page and Marvin Hamlisch for A Tribute to Richard Rodgers (Pittsburgh Symphony Pops). His recording of Der Vogelhändler with the Ohio Light Opera was released by Albany Records in 2008. Nathan has composed two original musicals, Little White Gloves and Midsummer. He is director of music and arts at University Circle UMC and holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon and the Eastman School of Music.

Designers

Martín CéspedesChoreographer, As You Like ItFour seasons at Great Lakes TheaterMartín is happy to return to Great Lakes Theater and to be working with Ed Morgan for the first time. At Great Lakes, he has choreographed The Comedy of Errors, Into the Woods, Bat Boy: The Musical, and Much Ado About Nothing. He most recently staged the critically acclaimed Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson and Xanadu for Beck Cen-ter for the Arts. Favorite productions include Nine The Musical; Equus; Smokey Joe’s Café; Five Guys Named Moe; Ain’t Misbehavin’ and My Way (the Music of Frank Sinatra). He has appeared in several Broadway national tours, including Man of La Mancha with Jack Jones and Ron Holgate; The King and I with Hayley Mills, Marie Osmond, Maureen McGovern and Faith Prince; South Pacific with Robert Goulet; and West Side Story with Bebe Neu-wirth. In New York, Martín staged choreography for the off-off-Broadway production of Scrooge and Marley. He choreographed the opening acts for Earth, Wind, and Fire and the Bee Gees, and has appeared on TV’s Dance Fever and NBC’s Weekday Fever. His most recent opera credit was the lavish PBS production of Le Cid with Placido Domingo

and the Washington Opera live from Kennedy Center, He is an alumnus of Jacque d’Amboise’s National Dance Institute at New York City’s PS 161. Martín has won numerous awards some including the 2011 Broadwayworld Award. 2013 Cleveland Critics Circle award for best choreography. And was nominated for the Zelda Fichander Award which recognizes an outstanding director of chore-ographer who is making a unique and exceptional contribution in regional theater. Upcoming shows include The Frogs (Cain Park), Young Frankenstein (Beck Center), and Director/Choreographer for the opening of the Cleveland Foundation’s 100th anniversary Gala at the Palace Theatre.

Joe Court Sound Designer, As You Like ItGreat Lakes Theater debutJoe is excited to design for Great Lakes Theater for the first time. Joe is a professional sound designer who has been based out of Chicago since 2006. He is a company member with Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company. He has designed more than 80 shows since moving to Chicago with many different theater companies including: Mary-Arrchie, A Red Orchid, The Inconvenience, TUTA, Emerald City, The Raven, Seanachai, Theatre Seven, Backstage, Boho, Lifeline, Pine Box, The Gift, Step Up, University of Chicago, The Clarence Brown Theatre (Knoxville, TN.) and The Illinois Shakespeare Festival. From 2008 until 2012 Joe served as sound engineer for the Chicago production of the Tony Award winning musical Million Dollar Quartet. Joe also serves as adjunct faculty in sound design at Ball State University. He received a Joseph Jefferson Award nomination in 2009 for his design for The Unseen with A Red Orchid Theatre.

Rick MartinLighting Designer, Deathtrap and As You Like ItTwelve seasons at Great Lakes TheaterMany productions with GLT and ISF. Other theater: US premiere of Kurt Weil’s Marie Galante (Opèra Français de NY); Hekabe, The Illiad and The Rage of Achilles with Music-Theatre Group (New York and Santa Fe); and The Bitter Tears of Petra van Kant (Henry Miller Theatre, New York). Opera: Le Diable dans le beffroi, La Chute de la Maison Usher (Opéra national de Paris – scenery and lighting), Castor et Pollux, Pellèas et Mèllisande and To Be Sung (Opéra Français de NY), Dialogues des Carmèlites, Cenerentola (Opéra de Toulon) and Romèo et Juliette (Spoleto Festival USA). Concerts:

Harawi (Opèra Comique, Paris – scenery and lighting), Le martyre de Saint Sèbastien (Citè de la Musique, Paris and Arsenal, Metz), Orchestre national de Lyon and the Orchestre de Champs Élysées (Lyon, Poitiers, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, São Paulo). Coming up: US tour of Harawi, 2014.

Ken MerckxFight Choreographer, As You Like It, Deathtrap and Richard IIINine seasons at Great Lakes TheaterPrevious shows include Romeo & Juliet, Othello, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Crucible, Measure for Measure, Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Tartuffe. Mr. Merckx has taught and choreographed stage combat all over the country, as the resident fight choreographer for A Noise Within (Los Angeles), Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival and the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Ken is on the faculty of California State, Fullerton as theatrical combat instructor. Mr. Merckx received his B.A. from the University of Washington and MFA from the University of Illinois, and received a 2013 Ovation Award for his Fight Choreography in Cymbeline at A Noise Within.

Russell MethenyScenic Designer, Deathtrap and As You Like ItNine seasons at Great Lakes TheaterFor Great Lakes Theater, Russell has designed Blithe Spirit, The Mousetrap, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Othello, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors, Measure For Measure, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, Arsenic and Old Lace, Love’s Labour’s Lost and The Merry Wives of Windsor. For Idaho Shakespeare Festival, he has designed The 39 Steps, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Woman In Black, Othello, A Tuna Christmas, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors, Greater Tuna, Measure for Measure, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Tempest, Love’s Labor’s Lost, King Lear and Julius Caesar. Recent productions include A Little Night Music, 4000 Miles, 1776, The House That Jack Built, Jekyll and Hyde, My Fair Lady, Betrayal, Twelve Angry Men and Superior Donuts. Regionally, Russell has also designed for ACT San Francisco, Asolo Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Missouri Rep, Indiana Rep, Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre, Weston Playhouse, The Studio Theatre (D.C.), Portland Stage, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Goodspeed Musicals and Geffen Playhouse. Upcoming productions: Philadelphia, Here I Come for Asolo

Theatre, Kurt Vonnegut One Acts and The Game’s Afoot for Indiana Rep. and As You Like It for Great Lakes Theatre/Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Lake Tahoe. Mr. Metheny has received three Helen Hayes awards for outstanding scenic design.

Kim Krumm SorensonCostume Designer, As You Like ItTen seasons at Great Lakes TheaterKim is pleased to be spending her tenth season with Great Lakes Theater, where she most recently designed Blithe Spirit. Past designs include The Mousetrap, Othello, The Seagull, The Crucible, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, The Importance of Being Earnest, Much Ado About Nothing and Tartuffe. She is a frequent designer for the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, as well as The Juilliard School, where she designs both theater and opera. Her work has also been seen at Delaware Theatre Company, TACT, Playmakers Repertory Company, Hartford Stage Company, Guthrie Theatre, Intiman Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Walnut Street Theatre, The Acting Company, Indiana Repertory Theater and Portland Stage Company. Kim holds an MFA from Southern Methodist University and is a member of USA 829. She lives in New York with her husband, Scott, and their two beautiful daughters, Carly and Gemma.

Stage Management

Tim Kinzel*Stage Manager, Richard III; A Christmas Carol; Deathtrap and As You Like ItFive seasons at Great Lakes TheaterPrevious stage manager credits for Great Lakes Theater include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, An Ideal Husband, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo & Juliet, The Imaginary Invalid, Blithe Spirit, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, A Christmas Carol and Deathtrap. Assistant stage manager credit for Great Lakes Theater includes The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Tim has multiple stage management credits from the following companies: Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizon, Cherry Lane Theater NYC and Houston’s Stages Repertory Theatre. He also holds multiple production assistant and intern credits with Alley Theater, Houston Grand Opera and Stages Repertory Theater. Love to his family, friends and Cleveland who have supported him and the arts over the years. Let’s Go Tribe!

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2013–14 ARTISTIC COMPANYRichard III, Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol, Deathtrap, As You Like It

DIRECTORS

Sara Bruner, Victoria Bussert, Charles Fee, Joseph Hanreddy, Edward Morgan, Nathan Motta, Matthew Webb

DESIGNERS

Michael Bodeen, Linda Buchanan, Martín Céspedes, Michael Chybowski, Joe Court, Mary Jo Dondlinger, John Ezell, Gene Emerson Friedman, Martha Hally, Jeff Herrmann, Richard B. Ingraham, Alex Jaeger, Stan Kozak, Tom Mardikes, Rick Martin, Ken Merckx, Russell Metheny, Rob Milburn, Ann Price, James Scott, David Shimotakahara, Kim Krumm Sorenson, Cynthia Stillings, Robert Waldman, Charlotte Yetman

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J. Todd Adams*, Zach Adkins, Lynn Allison*, Lucy Anders, Laura Welsh Berg*, Lynn Robert Berg*, Laurie Birmingham*, Sara M. Bruner*, Jessica L. Cope*, Chris Cowan, Elaine Daiber, Aled Davies*, Jodi Dominick*, Mackenzie Dale Durken, Clare Howes Eisentrout*, Tom Ford*, Atlie Gilbert, Paul Hurley*, Mark G. Hawbecker*, Morgan August Isabella, Torsten Johnson, Genna Paige Kanago, Patrick John Kiernan, Mia Knight, Juan Rivera Lebron*, Darryl Lewis*, Darren Matthias*, David McCann*, Dougfred Miller*, Betsy Magavero*, Lisa Nazelli, Carly Marie Nelson, Cassidy Josephine Nelson, Bennett Palmer, Tracee Patterson*, Chris Richards*, Catcher Andrew Sawyer, Louisiana Audrey Sawyer, David Anthony Smith*, Eric Damon Smith*, Lenne Snively*, Nick Steen*, Alex Syiek*, M. A. Taylor*, Dustin Tucker*, Andrew Voss, Christine Weber*, Chase Christopher Zadd

MANAGEMENT TEAM

Director of Development...............................................Don BernardoArtistic Associate ............................................................. Sara BrunerProduction Manager .....................................Christopher D. FlinchumDirector of Educational Services .......................Kelly Schaffer FlorianMarketing & Public Relations Director ..................Todd S. KrispinskyDirector of Educational Programming .............................Lisa Ortenzi

EDUCATION

Education Outreach Associate ...................................... David HansenActor-Teachers School Residency Program ...Chennelle Bryant-Harris,

Katelyn Cornelius, Andrew Gombas, Khaki Hermann, Tim Keo, Brett Radke, Michael Silverstein, Hillary Wheelock

ADMINISTRATION

Audience Engagement Manager .................................. Chris FornadelAssistant Production Manager ................................... Corrie PurdumFinance Associate ..................................................... Stephanie ReedDevelopment Assistant ................................................... Jill RobinsonTrinity High School Interns ................Hannah Maier, Chloe OppermanOffice Volunteers ....... Janice Campbell, Barb Cercone, Janet Glaeser

PRODUCTION

Stage Manager ................................................................. Tim Kinzel*Production Assistant .............................................. Kristen BoehnleinProduction Associate ............................................... Jessica B. LucasTechnical Director ........................................................... Mark CytronAssistant Technical Director ................................William LangenhopMaster Electrician .........................................................Tammy TaylorMaster Carpenter ........................................................... Lindsay LoarCarpenter/Welder ....................................................Richard HaberlenCarpenters ............................Patrick Evans, Paul Miller, Gary ZsigraiProperties Master ............................................................Terry MartinAssistant to the Properties Master ....................Alexandra HaubrichCharge Scenic Artist .......................................................... Angi GrowScenic Artist ............................................................. Christine DuganCostume Shop Manager .......................................Esther M. HaberlenAssistant Shop Manager/Draper .........................................Leah LoarCraft Artisan / Design Assistant ............................ Krista TomorowitzDraper ........................................................................... Grace KeenanFirst Hand ........................................ Christine Krejsa, Alaina VendittiStitchers................ Kristine Davies, Stephanie Fisher, Michelle MetroWardrobe Supervisor ........................................................ Kate ShareWardrobe Crew .......... Stephanie Fisher, Zach Hickle, Alaina VendittiAudio Supervisor ...............................................Richard B. IngrahamRun Crew ................................................. Greg Falcione, Gary, ZsigraiHanna Theatre Crew ..................................Thomas Boddy, Chris Guy,

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