LANTERN THEATER COMPANY AT ST. STEPHEN’S THEATER10th & Ludlow Streets, Philadelphia, PA 215.829.0395 www.lanterntheater.org

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BY William ShakespeareDIRECTED BY Charles McMahon

FEATURING

Jake Blouch Charlie DelMarcelle* K.O. DelMarcelle

Nicole Erb* Leonard C. Haas* Sean Lally

Kevin Meehan Ceal Phelan* Frank X*

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

LANTERN THEATER COM P ANY Charles McMahon Anne Shuff ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MANAGING DIRECTOR

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AnonymousASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Lantern Theater Company’s production of Romeo and Julietis part of Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest.

Meghan Jones Mary Folino PRODUCTION MANAGER & COSTUME DESIGNER

SCENIC DESIGNER

Shelley Hicklin Daniel Perelstein LIGHTING DESIGNER SOUND DESIGNER

J. Alex Cordaro Rebecca Smith* FIGHT DIRECTOR STAGE MANAGER

Jake Blouch Tybalt/Paris/PeterCharlie DelMarcelle* Mercutio/PrinceK.O. DelMarcelle Lady CapuletNicole Erb* JulietLeonard C. Haas* Lord Capulet/ApothecarySean Lally RomeoKevin Meehan Benvolio/Friar John/BalthasarCeal Phelan* Nurse/MontagueFrank X* Friar Laurence/Chorus

Understudy - Charles McMahon*

Setting: Verona, ItalyThere will be one twelve-minute intermission

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

THE COMPANY

Box Offi ce: During performance weeks, the Box Offi ce is open Monday & Tuesday 10am-5pm, Wednesday-Friday 10am-intermission, and Saturday & Sunday noon-intermission.

Late Seating: Due to the intimacy of the Lantern’s Mainstage theater, we are unable to seat patrons in the orchestra once a performance has begun. If you arrive late or need to use the restroom during the show, our House Manager will escort you to the fi rst available seat in the balcony to avoid disturbing the performance. Balcony seating is extremely limited, so please make every eff ort to arrive on time. Refunds will not be granted for latecomers.

Use of Electronic Devices: Out of respect for the actors and your fellow audience members, please turn OFF all cell phones, pagers, watch alarms, and text messaging devices prior to entering the theater.

Legal Warning: The use of cameras or recording devices, or the possession of such recording equipment, is strictly prohibited by law. Equipment will be confi scated and violators are subject to immediate ejection from the theater with no refunds.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. AEA seeks to advance, promote, and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. AEA negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefi ts, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affi liated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. www.actorsequity.org

Lantern Theater Company proudly participates in The Barrymore Awards for Excellence in Theatre, a program of the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia. www.theatrealliance.org

FROM THE DIRECTOR

The iconic status of some of Shakespeare’s best-known work can often be a barrier to the powerful and organic experience that the playwright intended. Shakespeare’s own audiences saw these plays without any idea what was coming next, and so would have been gripped by the complete surprise moment and the process of discovery driven by his relentlessly stimulating language. (What a wonderful thing that would be, to watch Hamlet, Othello, or Romeo and Juliet without knowing what is around the next corner!)

But our longstanding cultural familiarity with these great works can lead us into a tricky misconception. We think we know the works and are forever looking for ways to “make them relevant” to a modern audience. Directors change settings, locales, and time periods in an attempt to show their audience some fresh interpretation or new formal approach that will set the play apart from what they imagine the public has seen before. We might assume from our vantage point of familiarity that the work needs our help to speak to the present day. But the deeper we look inside, the larger and more inexplicably mysterious the plays become.

Over the years, many people have told me what they think Romeo and Juliet is about—and it is always diff erent. To make matters worse, each simple-seeming explanation begs more questions; doors leading to endless other doors. “It’s about love.” “It’s about the self-destructiveness of youth.” “It’s about violence and tribalism.” “It’s about irresponsible adults.” “It’s about bad luck.” “It’s about impatience and poor impulse control.” Well, yes, it is clearly about all of these things, but also just as clearly, it is about much more. The play captures a moment in human life that we all recognize; shows us a group of people and a set of social circumstances that we also recognize—and shows us what might happen when all of those elements are combined in just the right situation. Shakespeare set out to show his audience a world of people much like themselves. He then put into that world two young people whose ineff able hope for something better makes us care for them and root for them. Then he rips them out of the world. Their deaths are at once needless, foolish, tragic, and, fi nally, transforming, as they drive home unavoidably the terrible consequences of their families’ decisions.

A great piece of music speaks to us best when we let it speak for itself. As with music, we felt it best to approach Romeo and Juliet as something whose notes, although familiar to us, still hold the potential for subtle discoveries about the complexities of our own nature and the eternal mysteries of love.

—Charles McMahon

“Over the years, many people have told me what they think Romeo and Juliet is about—and it is always diff erent.”

Our audience enrichment series off ers an insider’s look at each production with artists and guest scholars, plus additional events designed to enhance your Lantern experience.

DIRECTORS: IN CONVERSATION (free)Friday, March 9 at 7:00pm

Get a fi rst-hand look into the design and rehearsal process in this moderated Q&A with Romeo and Juliet director Charles McMahon.

ARTISTS: IN CONVERSATION (free)Sunday, March 11, after the 2:00pm performance

This post-show discussion off ers a unique opportunity to talk with the artists who created our production of Romeo and Juliet.

OPEN CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE (free with ticket purchase)Friday, March 16 at 8:00pm

Thanks to support from Art-Reach and Independence Starts Here, we are thrilled to expand our accessibility options with this service.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: IN CONVERSATION (free)Friday, March 23 at 7:00pm

Join Artistic Director Charles McMahon and Associate Artistic Director KC MacMillan for conversations about what makes the Lantern distinctive.

LANTERN THEATER COMPANY: IN CONVERSATION

Perhaps Shakespeare’s best known and most frequently produced play, Romeo and Juliet is like many of Shakespeare’s other plays in that it is not 100% his own creation. Romeo and Juliet’s plot is based largely on an Italian story translated into verse in 1562 as The Tragi-call Historye of Romeus and Juliet, with Shakespeare expanding and adding characters to fully fl esh out his version. The play’s central plot dates back even further.In Metamorphoses, Greek playwright Ovid tells the story of Pyra-mus and Thisbe, two young lovers forbidden to wed due to a rivalry between their parents. They carry on a love aff air by speaking to one another through the crack in the wall that separates their neighbor-ing houses. They secretly decide to run away together, but Thisbe is scared from their meeting place by a lion. The lion stains her veil with blood from a recent kill, so Pyramus believes her dead and kills himself. Thisbe returns to fi nd Pyramus dead, and kills herself as well.Believed to have been written sometime between 1591 and 1595, Shakespeare drew on Pyramus and Thisbe and The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet when developing his Romeo and Juliet, and later added a nod to Pyramus and Thisbe by including it as the “play-within-a-play” in his A Midsummer Night’s Dream.Romeo and Juliet has been adapted and re-told dozens of times on both stage and screen, including multiple fi lm versions (most recently Baz Luhrman’s 1996 MTV-inspired Romeo + Juliet, starring Clare Danes and Leonardo DiCaprio), and it is the inspiration for the Broadway musical West Side Story.

ABOUT THE PLAY

SEX, SWORDS & SURPRISES IN SHAKESPEARE’S VERONAPresented in conjunction with Romeo and Juliet, this three-part series will explore the play’s striking modern-day relevance as experts in neuroscience, confl ict theory, and literature join Lantern artists for conversations about teenagers, feuds, and plot twists.

Sex: Romeo, Juliet & the Teenage BrainMonday, March 12 at 7pmPanelists Beatriz Luna (University of Pittsburgh), one of the country’s foremost researchers on the teenage brain, and Charles McMahon, Shakespeare scholar, Lantern Artistic Director, and Romeo and Juliet director, will take an in-depth look at the tragic behavior of Romeo and Juliet through the lens of recent breakthrough studies of the teenage brain. The discussion will compare Shakespeare’s surprising intuition about teen behavior, some 400 years before studies revealed that the frontal cortex of the teenage brain is still in development, and hypothesize how this may aff ect the behavior and judgment of teens.

Swords: Capulets, Montagues, and Modern FeudsMonday, March 19 at 7pmThis discussion will bring together two scholars at the top of their respective fi elds to discuss the relationship between the family feud at the heart of Romeo and Juliet and its relationship to modern political, cultural, and familial warfare. Randall Collins (University of Pennsylvania), one of the leading confl ict theorists in the United States, says, “I often refer to Romeo and Juliet in sociology classes to indicate what a patrimonial household society was like, before the rise of the state.” Adds Patricia Denison, a Literature professor at Barnard College, “Cultural and tribal, as well as generational and familial, the play invites us to explore these complicated issues. The conversation continues today as we investigate the ways in which inherited, and often unexamined, perspectives partially shape us and the world in which we live.”

Surprises: How Supporting Characters Make the PlayMonday, March 26 at 7pmNoted local Shakespearean scholar John-Paul Spiro (Villanova University) and Romeo and Juliet actors Frank X (Friar Laurence) and Charlie DelMarcelle (Mercutio) will close the series with a conversation about the important roles that supporting characters play in Romeo and Juliet. Says Spiro, “It’s crucial to understand how the play is very much about generational confl ict. From this perspective, the characters of the Friar and Mercutio are among the most important. The play espouses two diff erent views of life—Mercutio’s and the Friar’s—and one can view all the action within that dynamic.”

PRICE PER SESSION ($8 subscribers, seniors, students)

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SCHOLARS: IN CONVERSATION

JAKE BLOUCH (Tybalt/Paris/Peter) was last seen at the Lantern in New Jerusalem and A Skull in Conne-mara. Philadelphia: Superior Donuts (Arden Theatre Company), Run Mourner, Run (Flashpoint Theatre Company), The Duchess of Malfi (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective), The Importance of Being Earnest (Quintes-sence Theatre Group), A 24-Hour The Bald Soprano (Brat Productions), Pyretown (Simpatico Theatre Project), The Loudest Man on Earth (Philadelphia The-atre Workshop), Golden Age (Philadelphia Theatre

Company, understudy). New York: The Loudest Man on Earth (Manhattan Repertory Theatre). DC: Golden Age (The Kennedy Center, understudy).

CHARLIE DelMARCELLE (Mercutio/Prince) devotes much of this time to community outreach, theatre education, and theatre for young audiences. He serves as a roster artist for the PA Council on the Arts, an instructor for Summer on Stage at Delaware Theatre Company, an adjunct faculty member at both West Chester University and Albright College, and a residency leader here at the Lantern. He has performed locally with the Arden, Inis Nua, Azuka, EgoPo, White Box, Amaryllis, Delaware Theatre Co., and

Commonwealth Classic Theatre. Charlie was seen at the Lantern in Uncle Vanya and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He is very pleased to be back! Special thanks to Charlie, Alex, Beckah, and this amazing cast. KO, XO.

K.O. DelMARCELLE (Lady Capulet) returns to the Lantern after a wonderful experience playing Sibyl in Private Lives. Other recent credits include The Diary of Anne Frank (EgoPo), Gossamer (People’s Light), Hysteria (The Wilma), Hedda Gabler (Mauckingbird), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Teatro Delle Due; Italy), Barefoot in the Park (Maple’s Rep, MO). She wears many hats: Program & Development Director of Dancing With The Students (www.dancingwiththestudents.com), instructor for People’s Light and West Chester

University, a proud member of the Equity Membership Candidate Program, and she is also a returning Voter for the Barrymore Awards Program. Cheers to Charles for the opportunity to play! XO, Mercutio.

NICOLE ERB (Juliet) is thrilled to be making her Lantern debut. She is a graduate of Temple (BA) and UC-Irvine (MFA). She has worked in fi lm (Sundance/SXSW 2012 selection V/H/S), TV (Nickelodeon’s Big Time Rush), and theater (BroadwayWorld.com 2009 best actress nominee in LA and the OC for TheatreOut’s The Little Dog Laughed) to name a few. She was last in Philadel-phia for The Tempest (Act 2 Playhouse). Nicole currently lives in LA where she studies/performs with Antaeus Theatre Company (A2 company member) and Upright

Citizens Brigade. Thanks to Charles, KC, Beckah, Anne, and the entire Lantern gang! Love to Zach. www.nicoleerb.webs.com

WHO’S WHO

WHO’S WHO

LEONARD C. HAAS (Lord Capulet/Apothecary) is very happy to be returning to the Lantern, having last performed here in Private Lives and Vigil. He has performed all over town and at People’s Light, where he has appeared in over 30 productions as a member of their resident ensemble of artists. He recently concluded a short tour of Bristol Riverside Theatre’s The Little Prince, which performed at the New Victory Theater (Off -Broadway) and The Ohio Theatre in Cleveland. Other credits include two independent fi lms

(Lebanon, PA and cellar) and a Barrymore Award for portraying Henry in The Fantasticks at People’s Light. Love to Mary Lee and my family.

SEAN LALLY (Romeo) is an actor and a student in Philadelphia. He has worked on the following productions: Fat Cat Killers (Flashpoint Theatre Co.), A Moon for the Misbegotten (Arden Theatre Co.), Hell (EgoPo), and The Threepenny Opera (Arden Theatre Co.). He is also one of the original members of Found Theater, an ensemble-based company that devises their own work. He is constantly thankful for the support of his friends and family.

KEVIN MEEHAN (Benvolio/Friar John/Balthasar) is supremely pleased and grateful to be here and now. “You have a right to your actions, but never to your actions’ fruits. Act for the sake of action’s sake. And do not be attached to inaction. Self-possessed, resolute, act without any thought of results, open to success or failure.” “Do your work, then step back. The only path to serenity.”

CEAL PHELAN (Nurse/Montague) is a long-time member of the ensemble at People’s Light and Theatre Company. Last season she was seen at Lantern Theater Company in Uncle Vanya and Vigil, at the Delaware Theatre Company in Blithe Spirit, and at Hedgerow Theatre in Bernice/Butterfl y. She teaches acting at Temple University, People’s Light, and Hedgerow. She and her husband Peter DeLaurier are two of the co-founders of the Delaware Theatre Company.

FRANK X (Friar Laurence/Chorus) is delighted to be returning to the Lantern where he was last seen as Othello. Past Lantern productions include “Master Harold”... and the boys, King Lear, Much Ado About Nothing, Beyond Therapy, and Death and the King’s Horseman. Originally trained as a dancer and playwright, he has worked with such institutions as Arden Theatre Co. (The History Boys), InterAct Theatre Co. (Permanent Collection), Folger Shakespeare Theatre (The Winter’s Tale), and Seattle Rep (Twelfth Night).

Frank appeared earlier this season in Microcrisis at InterAct. Thank you, Marshall!

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (Playwright) (1564-1616) Aside from fi nancial records that indicate his father’s business as a leather merchant, there is relatively little known about Shakespeare’s youth in Stratford-upon-Avon before he married Anne Hathaway in 1582. It is believed that Shakespeare arrived in London around 1588 and established himself as an actor, playwright, and poet. By 1594, he was acting and writing for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later the King’s Men, the most successful theater company in London. As part-owner, Shakespeare became not only a famous playwright but a successful businessman, and returned to Stratford to retire comfortably in 1611. Romeo and Juliet is one of 36 plays attributed to him and is widely considered his fi rst great tragedy. Shakespeare was about 30 years old when he wrote it, inspired by a popular Italian story of the couple and Arthur Brooke’s narrative poem, The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet. It is impossible to know how many words and phrases Shakespeare contributed to the English language (some scholars estimate it around 3,000), including “bump,” “uncomfortable,” and “worn out,” all appearing for the fi rst time in Romeo and Juliet; “advertising,” “gossip,” “premeditated,” “elbow room,” “for goodness sake,” and “too much of a good thing” are also attributed to him.

CHARLES McMAHON (Director) co-founded the Lantern and serves as Artistic Director in addition to acting and directing for the company. Pre-vious roles include Heisenberg in Copenhagen, Lucky in Waiting for Go-dot, Guildenstern in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Edmund in King Lear, and Pete Seeger in Un-American. Lantern directing credits in-clude New Jerusalem, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry IV Part I, Ham-let, Othello, La Ronde (also translator/adaptor), Richard III (Barrymore Award, Outstanding Production of a Play), The Comedy of Errors (Bar-rymore nomination), King Lear, A Doll’s House, and next season’s Henry V. Charles is a graduate of NYU’s theater department where he studied act-ing and directing before returning to Philadelphia.

MEGHAN JONES (Production Manager & Scenic Designer) is delighted to join the creative team for Romeo and Juliet. This is her fi fth season designing for Lantern Theater Company. She designs throughout the Philadelphia region. Past companies include Inis Nua Theatre Company, Theatre Exile, Azuka Theatre, Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium, In-terAct Theatre Company, and People’s Light & Theatre Company. Past highlighted designs include Private Lives, The How and the Why, Hunter Gatherers, Neighborhood 3, Gagarin Way, and The Hothouse. In her co-pious down time she dabbles in fi ne painting and furniture design. She holds an MFA from Temple University. Most appreciation to Lantern staff , cast, and crew for all their support.

MARY FOLINO (Costume Designer) has been designing in the Philadelphia area for the past 10 years and is currently the Assistant Costume Shop Manager at the Walnut Street Theatre. There she recently designed The Mousetrap for their Mainstage, and has designed 18 shows for the Independence Studio on 3. Favorite designs include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Scapin (Lantern Theater Company), West Side Story, Titanic (Upper Darby Performing Arts), Hair (Prince Music

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WHO’S WHO

Theater), The Glass Menagerie and My Way (Walnut Studio 3). Many thanks to Charles, the cast, the crew, and the staff of the Lantern for all their love and support!

SHELLEY HICKLIN (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to be designing for Lantern Theater Company. Recent credits include: The Mousetrap and My Way (Walnut Street Theatre), All My Sons and Blithe Spirit (Delaware Theatre Company), Mistakes Were Made and This Is the Week That Is (1812 Productions), The Great American Trailer Park Musical (11th Hour Theatre Company), Noises Off (Drexel University), Steelworks and The Striped Hat (BalletX), HAIR and It’s a Wonderful Life (Prince Music Theater). She won the Barrymore Award for her work in Of Mice and Men (Walnut Street Theatre).

DANIEL PERELSTEIN (Sound Designer) is a freelance sound designer, composer, and musical director in Philadelphia. Previous designs at the Lantern: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Recent and upcoming designs include Wilma Theater, Arden Theatre Co., Walnut Street Theatre, Kim-mel Center, PlayPenn, Live Arts Festival, Flashpoint Theatre Co., Azuka Theatre, Theatre Horizon, Inis Nua Theatre Co., Berserker Residents, Nice People Theatre Co., Team Sunshine. He has been fortunate to work with and learn from other prominent designers and composers including Pav-el Fajt, Troy Herion, Andrew Nelson, Rob Kaplowitz, Christopher Colucci, and especially Nick Kourtides. Education: B.S. Engineering, B.A. Music, Swarthmore College. Hear samples at www.danielperelstein.com.

J. ALEX CORDARO (Fight Director) is thrilled to be working with the Lantern once again. Other Lantern productions include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A Skull in Connemara, Uncle Vanya, Henry IV Part I, Ham-let, Othello, and The Lonesome West. Alex recently restaged the fi ghts for the revival of Saturday Night Fever with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Alex is an Adjunct Faculty member at Arcadia University, a two-time Bar-rymore Award nominee, and a Certifi ed Instructor of Theatrical Violence with the Society of American Fight Directors. Big Love to Suzanne and the Lads!

REBECCA SMITH (Stage Manager) is in her fourth season at the Lantern and is happy to be working with such a wonderful cast and crew. She is a graduate of Temple University with a BA in European History and a minor in Theater. She has worked as production manager at Theatre Exile, and as stage manager at Brat Productions, Kaibutsu, and Temple University The-ater. Previous Lantern shows include The Hothouse, Sizwe Bansi Is Dead, Hamlet, Happy Days, Scapin, The Breath of Life, Henry IV, Part I, Uncle Vanya, A Skull in Connemara, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Vigil, New Jeru-salem, and Private Lives.

ANNE SHUFF (Managing Director) is in her third season as Managing Di-rector following seven years of service on the Lantern’s Board of Directors, including four years as Treasurer and three years as Personnel Committee Chair. As Managing Partner of MindLabs, she has guided online marketing strategy for theater companies across the country, and her work has been highlighted by WIRED magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia City Paper, and the design reference book Web Site Design Goodies. She previously served as Business Manager at The Wilma Theater and Assis-tant Controller & IS Manager at Walnut Street Theatre. ¡Hola, Miguelito!

ARTISTIC & ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFArtistic Director Charles McMahonManaging Director Anne Shuff Associate Artistic Director KC MacMillanDevelopment Director Jennifer Pratt JohnsonEducation Director Joshua BrownsProduction Manager Meghan JonesAudience Services Manager Ali RoyHouse Managers Terry Brennan, Katie Driscoll, Colleen Hughes, Katherine FritzBox Offi ce Manager Jonathon WelshBox Offi ce Assistants Rachel Goldberg, Lauren TuvellPress Representative Megan Wendell, Canary PromotionArtistic Associate Janet Embree

FOR THIS PRODUCTIONStage Manager Rebecca SmithTechnical Director Lance KniskernCostume Shop Manager Natalia de la TorreMaster Electrician Georgia SchlessmanElectricians Peter Escalada-Mastick, Melanie LeedsStitchers Lillian Dunham, Katherine Fritz, Jill Keys, Amanda Wolff Run Crew Rebecca Rose, Lisa Sullivan Carpenters M. Craig GettingPainters Steve Chomistek, Lance Kniskern,

Colleen Sawyer, Amy ScheideggerScenic Charge Meghan JonesProperties J. Alex Cordaro, Meghan JonesAssistant Sound Designer Toby PettitInterns Steve Chomistek, Marie Deserto, Michael

R. Fisher, Lisa Sullivan

WHO’S WHO

Anonymous, Avista Custom Theatrical Services, Joshua Browns, Nick Constan, Stacy Maria Dutton, Helen McMahon, and our community partners at St. Stephen’s Church (Dr. Charles Flood and Mark Yurkanin).

BOARD OF DIRECTORSStacy Maria Dutton, PresidentMichael H. Rosenthal, Vice PresidentGregory J. Kleiber, TreasurerFrank A. Dante, SecretaryMichael K. BrophyNicholas D. ConstanDavid S. ConwayAngela H. D’Amato

Philip HawkinsBetsy KalishKevin KleinschmidtCharles McMahonAnne Shuff Sarah F. WeinsteinRebecca Williams

SPECIAL THANKS

2011/12 Cooperating Teachers and Participating Schools Nicole Gaughan Central High SchoolFranco Fiorini Girard Academic Music Program (GAMP)

High School Kathleen Gaynor Mariana Bracetti Academy Charter School Joshua Rothstein Julia R. Masterman Middle and High SchoolJohn Hillman & Mercy Vocational High School

Christian AumentJean Curnow & Millville Senior High School

Margaret KeeferLauren Smith Multi-Cultural Academy Charter SchoolMaureen Boland Parkway Center City High School Kathryn Smith Sayre High SchoolSister Ave Armstrong West Catholic High School

Year-Round PartnersElizabeth Ruiz & Central High School

Christine MacArthurAlex Buxbaum Parkway Center City High School

Core Teaching Artists: Joshua L. Browns, Mike Dees, Charlie DelMarcelle, M. Craig Getting, and Allen RadwayAuxiliary Teaching Artists: Tom Berger, Chris Bresky, Clara Elser, Kevin Meehan, David O’Connor, Sally Ollove, Kittson O’Neill, Jane Stojak, Jennifer Vick, and Bradley K. WrennTeaching Assistant: Khamila Mayes

ILLUMINATION EDUCATION PROGRAM

Illumination is Lantern Theater Company’s award-winning education program, which engages local students in the world of theater and nurtures their artistic expression. We are thrilled to be fi ve-time participant in Shakespeare for a New Generation, a national initiative sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Arts Midwest, which allows our teaching artists to enter classrooms throughout the region and has made it possible for us to welcome hundreds of students to the Lantern to see Romeo and Juliet at no cost to the school.

For more information, please contact: Joshua L. Browns, Education Director jbrowns@lanterntheater.org215.829.9002 x104

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Lantern Theater Company gratefully acknowledges those listed in the following pages whose generous contributions provide continuing support for our artistic and education programs. Please consider joining them by making a tax deductible gift using the donor envelope included with this program. Thank you!

GOVERNMENT, CORPORATE, AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT

IN-KIND DONORSAldo Lamberti RestaurantsBarre Focus FitnessLen BlumenthalNicholas D. ConstanParker CunneenStacy Maria DuttonEastern State PenitentiaryJanet EmbreeTamara R. EnglishBetsy KalishEast End SalonThe Farmers’ CabinetFork RestaurantGayle Serle DesignGregory Kleiber & Harriet RavdinHoney’s Sit ‘n EatKevin KleinschmidtLandmark TheatersLe-Bec FinDr. Paula Liu

Mandell TheaterDr. Susana MayerMarathonCharles & Helen McMahonElise McMahonDeb Miller & Ray CostelloLynn PaulPepperoncini Restaurant & BarPhiladelphia 76ers, Eagles & PhilliesAli Roy & Griffi n SchrackAmy ScheideggerAnne Shuff & Mike CreechSmokin’ Betty’sSpring Mill CafeSquare PegStarbucksProf. Carolyn SwingerTwenty Manning GrillAdam & Sarah Weinstein

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT & IN-KIND DONORS

AnonymousTodd & Barbara AlbertTheodora Wheeler AshmeadJim & Janet AverillGene & Joann BissellLouis BluverBruce & Barbara ByrneMartha Candiello & Peter GoldNicholas ConstanDavid Conway & Helen Hashemi

ConwayAngela D’AmatoFrank A. DanteAllitia DiBernardo & Matthew BrenerNancy Hogan DuttonStacy Maria DuttonJames & Kay GatelyEduardo GlandtLinda & David GlicksteinJay & Maxine GoldbergLeonard & Mary Lee HaasPhilip Hawkins & Ronnie Kurchner-

HawkinsDonna Hill, Esq. & John R. Wilson, Jr.Al & Nancy HirsigBetsy Kalish

Harvey & Virginia KimmelGregory Kleiber & Harriet RavdinJosephine KleinKevin KleinschmidtFran & Leon L. LevyCharles McMahonCharles & Helen McMahonSeymour Millstein & John CornellMoira Mulroney & Chris HatchMichael & Ellen MulroneyDavid & Lynn OppenheimEdna PrattSuzanne RobertsMichael & Nina RosenthalNathan Schnall & Dolly Beechman

SchnallPeter & Lucy Bell SellersAnne Shuff & Mike CreechDavid & Gayle SmithRichard & Anne UmbrechtStephen & Edna VassoAdam & Sarah WeinsteinRebecca & Rhys WilliamsJune & Steve WolfsonJeanne Wrobleski

Membership in the Lantern’s Spotlight Society is extended to those making annual gifts of $1,000 or more. In appreciation for their exceptional generosity, Spotlight Society members receive customized benefi ts designed to enhance the Lantern experience.

TORCHES $500 - $999Robert Capanna & Cathryn CoateTobey & Mark DichterJaimie FieldMargaret Harris & Phil StrausElizabeth NapolitanoLynn PaulKanani Titchen & Lou SeitchikMargie & Bryan Weingarten

FLARES $250-$499AnonymousKenji AbikoSheila & Myro BassmanJoan Levy Coale

Ed, Dina & Owen DoddRon & Marianne EvansJuliet ForsterDan GannonElizabeth GemmillMichael Golden & Shelley GreenEsther HornikHal Jones & Clarisse CarnellCharles & Barbara KahnDeen KoganCarol LaBelleLucille Larkin & Paul MacdonaldDavid Lerman & Shelley WallockDavid & Carol LevinStuart & Heidi Lurie

THANKS TO OUR SPOTLIGHT SOCIETY

THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Cirel & Howard MagenKenneth & Barbara MendenhallStephen Millen & Donna Saul MillenRobert E. MortensenEarnest & Sandra PhilipsDavid Pierson & Barrie TriminghamPaul Rabe & Cheryl GunterLee A. Rosengard & Andrea R.

KramerMartin & Phyllis RosenthalDan & Barbara RottenbergLadan SchlichtingBarbara & Paul SchraederBill & Vivian SeltzerPhilip & Doris SteinbergDr. & Mrs. Jeff rey StevensDr. R.J. WallnerNancy Winkelman CANDLES $100-$249Anonymous (8)

Eileen BairdJason BatchoPeter Benoliel & Willo CareyJay & Nancy BerkowitzNancy Boykin & Dan KernBarney & Dorrie BreedJ. David BrhelJoshua BrownsMichael BuckleyPeter & Fran CarnahanLee Casper & Maureen AbramsIrene Cherkassky & Jim BurkeJoan I. CoaleJames & Sandra CorryCharles Croce & Anne CallahanJoseph & Helen D’AngeloKen DerstineNancy Ely-RaphelFrances & John FleckensteinJoanne & Ken FordHazel ForsterTerry GillenLouis & Catherine GirifalcoDeborah GlassJudith Golding-BakerKathie GoodmanDr. Janice GordonSondra GreenbergMichael Hairston & Dan RothermelJune HamentJohn & Susan Hansen-FlaschenKate Hovde & Ken KulakCarey HuntingtonDennis & Gail JackmanFred Johnson & Jennifer Pratt

JohnsonAnn KalbachMichael & Edda KatzGeraldine KindermanWilbur KipnesSandra Koffl erEric Kramer & Cheryl Williams Sarah & William LongKC & Eric MacMillan Sandra & David MarshallTony McMahonKevin & Marian McPhillipsDr. Mary Ann Meyers MJ MitchellRoss L. Mitchell

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Jane MooreRhonda & Jim MordyZofi a MularczykRalph MullerMichael L. NorrisJohn W. OberskiSusan OdesseyPatricia O’HalloranC. Stewart Patrick & Elenita BaderSteven PeitzmanTiz PowersAlex & Sulamit RadinDr. Michael A. RadinBarbara Rice & Tina PhippsDon & Lynne RosenblitAline Roy & Griffi n SchrackAdelle RubinDr. Patricia SaddierCarol & Carl SadlerRobin SchneidermanLauran SchultzNick & Jean SelchJudd & Linda SerrotaRobert & Karen SharrarMari ShawMarciarose ShestackCynthia & Jeff rey SilberCorey & Jonne SmithJohn & Susan SmithMina Smith-Segal & Morris KleinNancy & Joe SpencerJay SpivackDr. Vaclav VitekDonna WechslerSheila & Herbert WeinerBarbara & Peter WestergaardWendy S. WhiteM. Jane WilliamsRichard Woods & Dr. Barbara

Jacobsen WoodsDiane Zilka & Karen MauchRobert Zinman & Judith Stambler

SPARKS $50 - $99Anonymous (4)Abigail Adams Hillary Alger & Chris Sanchirico Alice & Joe Antonelli Kristina & John Antoniades Elizabeth A. Armour

Brad & Daryl Bank Nancy Beere Betsy Berger Rosalind & Sidney Bloom Alan & Sherry Blumenthal Judy Cohen Susan Coleman Drew J. & Cathy Dedo Cheryl L. Dobleske Daniel Drecksage & Leslie Sudock Lilly & Leendert Drukker Kass Dymecki Takeshi & Sayuri Egami Leonard & Helen Evelev Jacqueline V. Falkenheim Barbara Farrell Alan & Arlene Freedman Allan Freedman Rabbi Albert E. Gabbai Mark GarvinRonald & Nancy Gibbs Stan Gibell Roseann P. Gill Phyllis & Mary Lou Grady

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This list includes gifts received July 1, 2011 through February 23, 2012. If you notice any errors or omissions, please accept our deepest apologies and contact Jennifer Pratt Johnson at jpjohnson@lanterntheater.org or 215.829.9002 x102. Although space does not permit us to list supporters whose gifts are under $50, we gratefully acknowledge their contributions. Thank you!

Grace E. Grillet Barry & Joanna Groebel Alan & Nancy Gross Peter G. Gross MD Nancy & Alan Gross Stephen & Ona Hamilton Donald Hartz & James Shannon Bart & Denise Healy Martin & Cindy Heckscher Robert Johnson Maria & Tom Keane Neil Kleinman Nilmini Klur Andrea Knox Joseph Laird Shelley Langdale & Joseph Guiff re Ruthie Levikoff Sharon Levy Donald Maloney MD Wallace S. Martindale III Tom & Helen McNutt Eric Moore & Rachel Allender Michael Ochs Robert Peck Claire & Lud Pisapia Robin Rodriguez Robin Sampson Mark Sandberg Lauren Sankovitch Ruth Septee

Robert & Roxane Shinn Carol Spawn Irwin Stein Mr. & Mrs. Peter Stevens Mary Ann Tancredi Cecilia Tannenbaum Charles F. Tarr & Roy Ziegler Daniel Thistle Audrey Walters Bob & Eleanor Weinberg Merle Weismer Sharon & Jim Welsh Therese Willis Judy Worrell Barbara Zalkind

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BENEFACTORSStacy Maria DuttonKevin Kleinschmidt

SPONSORSMartha Candiello & Peter GoldNancy Hogan DuttonJaimie FieldLeonard & Mary Lee HaasGregory Kleiber & Harriet RavdinLynn PaulRichard & Anne Umbrecht

PATRONSRobert Capanna & Cathryn CoateLee & Susan CassanelliJoan Levy CoaleMarvin & Judith Garfi nkelMargaret Harris & Phil StrausDonna Hill, Esq. & John R. Wilson, Jr.Fran & Leon L. LevyRobert E. MortensenMichael & Ellen MulroneyLadan SchlichtingDr. R.J. WallnerRebecca Williams

FRIENDSAnonymous (2)David J. BaffoneMimi & Dick BellShelly BrownBarbara & Bruce ByrneMiffy CoonleyTom Corcoran

Frank Dante & Meredith SwartzJuliet ForsterKay & Jim GatelyMaxine & Jay GoldbergMichael Golden & Shelley GreenJudith Golding-BakerEsther & Bob HornikKathy & Mike HowleyHal Jones & Clarisse CarnellGeraldine KindermanSandra Koffl erLucille Larkin & Paul MacdonaldTy LemkldeDavid Lerman & Shelley WallockDavid & Carol LevinRobin LoweyStuart & Heidi LurieKC & Eric MacMillanHoward & Cirel MagenCharles McMahonCharles & Helen McMahonMary Ann MeyersStephen Millen & Donna Saul MillenJane MooreDavid & Eileen MurphyJohn W. OberskiPatricia O’HalloranEarnie & Sandi PhilipsFred Johnson & Jennifer Pratt JohnsonLee A. Rosengard & Andrea R. KramerMichael & Nina RosenthalMartin & Phyllis RosenthalAli RoyBarbara & Paul SchraederMarciarose Shestack

Anne ShuffAaron Smith & Andrea NastoJay SpivackNancy WinkelmanJeanne WrobleskiSamuel Switzenbaum

ARTISTSAbigail AdamsJake BlouchTara BowlerNancy Boykin & Dan KernJoshua BrownsKate CootsNatalia de la TorreCharlie & K.O. DelMarcelleJanet & Nick EmbreeNicole Erb & Luigi SottileMark Garvin & Diane MenioGrace GrilletDave Johnson & Genevieve PerrierMeghan JonesSean LallyTim MartinKevin Meehan & Tabitha AllenRose MineoCeal PhelanAmy ScheideggerGayle R. Smith & GuestBeckah SmithMegan WendellCheryl WilliamsFrank X

SILENT AUCTION PARTNERS1812 ProductionsAct II PlayhouseAldo Lamberti’s Family of RestaurantsArden Theatre CompanyBarre Focus FitnessParker CunneenCurio Theatre CompanyCurtis Institute of MusicStacy Maria DuttonBetsy KalishEast End SalonEastern State PenitentiaryThe Farmers’ CabinetFlashpoint Theatre CompanyFork RestaurantGayle Serle DesignGregory Kleiber & Harriet RavdinHoney’s Sit ‘n Eat

Inis Nua Theatre CompanyInterAct Theatre CompanyLandmark TheatersLe-Bec FinDr. Paula LiuLongwood GardensDr. Susana MayerCharles McMahonCharles & Helen McMahonElise McMahonMural Arts ProgramNational Museum of American Jewish

HistoryLynn PaulPennsylvania BalletPeople’s Light & TheatrePepperoncini Restaurant & BarPhiladelphia 76ersPhiladelphia EaglesPhiladelphia OrchestraPhiladelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia Theatre CompanyAmy ScheideggerAnne Shuff & Mike CreechSimpatico Theatre ProjectSmokin’ Betty’sSpring Mill CafeSquare PegStarbucksProf. Carolyn SwingerTheatre ExileTheatre HorizonTiny DynamiteTwenty Manning GrillThe Wilma Theater

SPECIAL THANKSNicholas D. ConstanThe Down Town ClubStacy Maria DuttonJim & Kay GatelyJay GoldbergEsther HornikBetsy KalishGregory Kleiber & Harriet RavdinLynne KopchainsCirel MagenCharles & Helen McMahonDonna Saul MillenDeb MillerMichael & Nina RosenthalAdam & Sarah WeinsteinRebecca Williams

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