Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Presents

The Cake by Bekah Brunstetter

Director Scenic Design Steve Scott‡ Michael W. Moon+ Original Music and Sound Design Costume and Make-up Design Christopher Kriz+^ Aly Amidei+^

Properties Design Lighting Design Wendy A. Huber Garrett Bell

Artistic Director Associate Artistic Director Connie Canaday Howard+* Amelia Barrett+*

CASTDella .........................................................................Connie Canaday Howard+* Tim ............................................................................................. Bryan Burke+*Jen ..................................................................................................Lisa Dawn+Macy ................................................................................................ Raina Lynn

Place: North Carolina: A Bakery; A Home Time: Now

There will be no intermission.

Presented by arrangement with Samuel French

The Cake was originally produced by the Echo Theatre Company, Los Angeles, California (Chris Fields, Artistic Director, and Jesse Cannady, Producing Director).

The Cake received a developmental reading at The Alley Theatre (Gregory Boyd, Artistic Director and Dean R. Gladden, Managing Director).

The Cake was developed at the Ojai Playwrights Conference (Robert Egan, Artistic Director/Producer).

Jan. 30 to March 1, 2020Playhouse Theatre, McAninch Arts Center

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without a flash is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices, such as cell phones and watches.

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PRODUCTION STAFFStage Manager .................................................................................................. Jennifer Aparicio*Assistant Stage Manager .......................................................................................... Anthony Urso BTE Production Manager ................................................................................... Danielle Wiseman BTE Stage Management Scholar ............................................................................. Trevor Frueh ◊Dialect Coach ......................................................................................................Amelia Barrett+*Assistant Sound Design and Additional Original Music ................................................Angela GeissScene Shop Manager and Technical Director .................................................... Michael W. Moon+Scenic and Lighting Technicians ................................... Jim Alop, Bryan Clark, Ethan Kamperman,

Phillip Laricchia, Britany Pearson, Ann Reeb, Chris Trapani, Tenleigh Wells, Christopher Yee

Running Crew ..........................................................Bryan Clark, Britany Pearson, Christopher YeeCostume Shop Manager .................................................................................... Kimberly G. MorrisAssistant Costume Shop Supervisor ...................................................................Gretchen WoodleyCostume Shop Assistants .......Dunja Cicek, Eleanor Evans, Kyle Krisch, Dale Perry, Christopher YeeDresser and Wardrobe ..................................................................................................Kyle Krisch

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble Director and Acting Shadows This is an invited opportunity for select students who are working at the level of at least Acting II and/or directing to shadow a theater professional and gain meaningful insight into developing a character.

Acting and Directing Shadows .......Derek L. Cook, Izzie Jones, Tiana Maravilla and Cassi Munguia

+ Member of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers ^ Member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829‡ Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society◊ BTE Stage Management Scholarship Recipient

Special Thank You to

UNC-Charlotte Costume Laband

Lifeline Theatre

DIRECTOR’S NOTEIn the ever-expanding world of confections, there are many choices: pies and meringues and loaded chocolate chip cookies and rich custards (frozen and otherwise). But for special occasions, it is the cake that reigns supreme. Whether it’s the moist richness of a carrot cake, the airy delight of an angel food, or the compressed delight of a flourless chocolate, the cake is the go-to treat for birthdays, retirement parties, communions—and of course weddings, where the meticulously planned, elegantly prepared and elaborately decorated pastry is the centerpiece of the celebration. Wedding cakes are much, much more than mere dessert; they are the symbols of the marital union at its happiest moment, the baked encapsulation of the joy and abundance that are the emotional core of the day. But with the rise of “nontraditional” weddings of husband to husband or wife to wife, the cake has taken on another role: as the political pawn of those who rejoice in such unions, and those who emphatically do not.

Thus it is the lowly cake that is the focal point (and title character) of Bekah Brunstetter’s wise, funny and slyly profound play. The situation is a familiar one to those who’ve read the headlines in the last couple of years: Della, a small-town master baker is asked by the daughter of a cherished friend to provide the wedding cake for her upcoming nuptials, only to demur when the baker discovers that the intended groom is actually a bride. But instead of the polarizing Facebook posts and eventual court cases of which we are all aware, Brunstetter instead offers a much more nuanced—and compassionate—view of both sides of the question, delving into the lives and beliefs of all of the concerned parties with respect, humor and refreshing candor. In the end, The Cake avoids the inflamed rhetoric of Fox and MSNBC to focus on how the opposing sides of a hot-button issue can actually talk to one another about their differing points of view, allowing us to understand and empathize with both sides, whatever our own most cherished beliefs may be.

In the end, The Cake achieves something that is unfortunately lacking in our current culture: the hope that we can actually respect those “on the other side.” There are no magic solutions in Brunstetter’s world, no easy answers that will solve the divisions that pull us apart. But there is the cake, within whose seductive richness we can find comfort, love—and connection.

~SS

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CAST PROFILESBryan Burke+* (Tim) is a member of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble. Burke’s acting credits include the Jeff-recommended productions of Defiance (Col. Littlefield), The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay) and Good People (Mike), as well as Red White and Blacklisted

(Christopher Trumbo), Leading Ladies (Leo), Moon Over Buffalo (George), Faith Healer (Frank), Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (Johnny), Italian-American Reconciliation (Huey), Sleuth (Andrew Wyke), The Melville Boys (Lee), Noises Off (Frederick Fellows/Phillip Brent) and Visiting Mr. Green. Other acting credits include The Trip to Bountiful, The Lonesome West, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Living, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Look Homeward Angel, Warrior and Hamlet. Burke also directed Frozen, Shining City, Love Song, Stones in His Pockets, The Weir and Three Days of Rain for BTE. College of DuPage directing credits include Defying Gravity, Anton in Show Business, The Laramie Project, and The House of Ramon Iglesia. Burke was also a founding member of Chicago’s Cactus Theatre Company. Acting credits with The Cactus Theatre Company include Golden Boy, Fishing, Paradise Lost and Waiting for Lefty. He also directed their productions of Hurly Burly and Valentine’s Day. Burke holds a BGS degree in Theatre from the University of Kansas. He is also a member of Actors’ Equity Association. Burke thanks Carolyn and Eric Oesterle for their sponsorship.

Connie Canaday Howard+* (Della) Managing artistic director and ensemble member, is thankful to call BTE her artistic home. Having directed numerous productions for BTE, some of Canaday Howard’s favorites include: Good

People, Time Stands Still, Noises Off, Into the Woods, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Rabbit Hole, and Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune. Favorite acting roles with the company have been Annie in The Real Thing, Harper in Angels in America, and Ruella in Communicating Doors. Canaday Howard is a member of Actors’ Equity, and is on the Artistic Team of the Jeff Committee. In addition, she is Chair of the Theatre Department at the College of DuPage, with some favorite directing projects being The Addams Family, Macbeth, Girls Like That, The Diary of Anne Frank, Grease, Rumors, Taming of the Shrew, and The Three Musketeers. Canaday Howard holds a MFA in directing, and has worked regionally with Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, City Theatre Company, Belvoir Terrace, Drama Workshop, Down River Dinner Theatre, Ingersoll Theatre, Charlie’s Showplace, and tours of both theatre and dance, as well as helping to create and perform several improvisational shows. She is the state-wide co-chair of the Theatre Panel for Illinois Articulation Initiative, and she was COD’s Outstanding Faculty for 2003–2004.

Lisa Dawn+ (Jen) is a proud company member of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, where she most recently was seen in Time Stands Still (Sarah) and the Chicago premiere of The Dingdong (Lucy/Mme. Pinchard). She has been acting/directing

for Chicagoland for more than two decades, and performed in Los Angeles as Jess in a stage adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel A Long Way Down. Theater credits include: Snoopy in YAGMCB, Poopay in Communicating Doors, Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rosalind in As You Like It, Mrs. Kendall in The Elephant Man and Annabella/Pamela/Margaret in The 39 Steps. Dawn is also an actress/instructor for Illinois Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Training, where the focus is to

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create improv role-play scenarios that educate officers to advocate for the mentally ill in our community. Next up she will be directing Falling by Deanna Jent for Habakkuk Theatre in Oak Park. When not onstage, you can find her doing professional photography, officiating weddings, bartending, teaching yoga, and recording holiday hip-hop tracks.

Doreen Dawson (Understudy—Della) is honored to be back at BTE, having previously understudied Clara in Miracle on South Division Street. Dawson was most recently seen onstage as Marlene in The Ballad of C.C. Scrooge and as Vera in the female version of

The Odd Couple, both at Steel Beam Theatre. Other recent roles include Vivian Bearing in Wit at Wheaton Drama, Mattie Fae in August Osage County at McHenry County College, Dottie in Noises Off at Theatre-on-the-Hill, and Stella in Stella and Lou at Village Theatre Guild. She received her BA in Theatre from Illinois State University.

Aaron Hogue (Understudy—Tim) This is Hogue’s second time understudying with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, after being part of Outside Mullingar in 2018. Hogue has performed in several productions for Wheaton Drama, The Riverfront Playhouse,

Bard in the Burbs and The Midsummer Theatre Troupe. Other roles he has played include Oberon (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Malvolio (Twelfth Night), Col. Brandon (Sense & Sensibility), Robert (Boeing, Boeing), Charlie (Da) and Santini (Fat Bill’s Roadside Café). Hogue most recently appeared in the title role of Macbeth for Bard of the Burbs in Lisle.

Raina Lynn (Macy) is excited to work with BTE again with this amazing cast. Lynn has performed in a variety of plays in the Chicagoland area including Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor Lost (Invictus Theatre) and Comfort Stew (ETA Theatre),

where she received a nomination for the African American Arts Alliance award for Outstanding Actress. Other credits include Jeff Recommended shows Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White (The Artistic Home), Good People (Buffalo Theatre Ensemble) and more. When not on stage, Lynn enjoys working on camera, which has led to a national TV commercial.

Koshie Mills (Understudy—Macy) is thrilled to work with BTE for the first time! Mills was recently in College of DuPage Theatre’s Macbeth (1st Witch) and her Chicago credits include The Tempest (Midsommer’s Flight) and Eclipsed (Pegasus Theatre).

Mills is a graduate of the BA Acting program at Columbia College Chicago, and her theater credits there include Piss, Shit, and the Beginning of the End and Conference of the Birds. Mills was also a recipient of BTE’s 2016 Actors Shadow and Program for Don’t Dress for Dinner. Follow @koshie_mills.

Lynda Wellhausen (Understudy—Jen) this is Wellhausen’s third time as an understudy for BTE. She has been in a variety of plays and is looking forward to being part of The Cake experience.

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CAST PROFILESSteve Scott‡ (Director) returns for his seventh production at BTE, where he most recently directed Miracle on South Division Street. For more than 30 years he served as producer at the Goodman Theatre, where he is currently an artistic associate. His directing credits there include The Santaland Diaries; Ah, Wilderness; Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike; Horton Foote’s Blind Date; the world premiere of Tom Mula’s Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol; and six editions of A Christmas Carol. Scott has directed for a wide variety of professional companies in Chicago and around the country. His most recent credits include Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them at Eclipse Theatre (where he is an ensemble member), King Lear at Redtwist Theatre (where he is a company member), The Legend of Georgia McBride at Nebraska Repertory Theatre, How to Kill a Diva for the Jefferson Parish Performing Arts Center in New Orleans, Working 2012 for the Dunes (IN) Summer Theatre and Stage Door for the Theatre Conservatory of the College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, where he has been on the faculty for more than two decades. He has also taught at Columbia College Chicago, Loyola University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Northern Illinois University and the Latin School of Chicago, and serves on the board for Season of Concern, the Chicago theater community’s effort to provide assistance for its members who are battling serious illness or injury. For his work as a director, Scott has received six Jeff nominations, an After Dark Award, and numerous Broadway World nominations. He received the 2017 Special Jeff Award for his contributions to the Chicago theater community and the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award from the League of Chicago Theatres.

Aly Amidei+ ^ (Costume and Make-up Design) Amidei is pleased to be designing costumes for Buffalo Theatre Ensemble again. Previous BTE shows include: Improbable Fiction, Leading Ladies, Tuesdays with Morrie, Irma Vep, The Faith Healer, and On Golden Pond, to name a few. She is a proud ensemble member at Lifeline Theatre, Strawdog Theatre Company and Buffalo Theatre Ensemble. Her

costume and makeup designs have been seen at Michigan Shakespeare Festival, Lakeside Shakespeare Theatre, Irish Theater of Chicago, Magick Theatre in San Antonio, Buffalo Theater Ensemble, Stage Left, Artistic Home, House Theater, Piven Workshop and Vitalist Theater. She is the assistant professor of costume design at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and her research focuses on designing for new works and re-envisioned classics. Upcoming projects include Bunny’s Book Club and Loki, The End of the World Tour at Lifeline Theatre.

Amelia Barrett +* (Dialect Coach, Associate Artistic Director) is thankful to call BTE her artistic home. She has acted in numerous BTE productions over the years, most recently playing Margie in the Jeff-recommended Good People. She has appeared with regional companies such as Idaho Repertory Theatre, internationally at the Edinburgh Festival and in Chicago venues such as City Lit and the Cactus Theatre. In addition, she directs for the company, her most recent project was The Underpants. She has served as dialect coach for multiple BTE and College productions, most recently Holmes and Watson. Barrett is professor of Theater at College of DuPage. She is a proud member of both Actors’ Equity and the Screen Actors Guild—American Federation of Film and Radio Artists. She holds a master’s degree in fine arts from the University of Texas at Austin and a Graduate Laban Certificate in Movement Analysis from Columbia College Chicago. Barrett is grateful to Ida Hagman for her continued support of BTE and her sponsorship this season.

Garrett Bell (Lighting Design) is ecstatic to be making his debut with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble. Recent Chicago lighting design credits include A Dickens Carol with Madison Street Theater, and The Madness of Edgar Allan Poe: A Love Story (Associate) with Oak Park Festival Theatre. He is in the last semester of his MFA in Theatre Lighting Design at Purdue University, where his Lighting Design work can be seen in Angels in America: Millennium Approaches in February. www.garrettmbell.com

CREATIVE PROFILES

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Angela Geiss (Assistant Sound Design and Additional Original Music) Geiss is currently studying music at College of DuPage focusing on composition, but also all things sound.

Wendy A. Huber (Properties Design) is a freelancing props designer in Chicago. Her many favored credits include Anna Karenina (Joffrey Ballet); All Childish Things *Jeff Award*, Sherlock, Women in Jeopardy (First Folio Theater/Company Member); Salvage, Peter and the Starcatcher, The 39 Steps, Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime, and Almost Maine (Peninsula Players); Pajama Game (TATC), Giggle Giggle Quack (Lifeline); and three seasons with Children’s Theatre of Madison. Huber is a proud graduate of UW-Green Bay. www.awendydesign.com

Christopher Kriz+^ (Original Music and Sound Design) is an award winning composer and sound designer based in Chicago, and is a company member of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble. Winner of five Joseph Jefferson Awards with a total of 21 nominations, Kriz’s recent BTE designs include: The 39 Steps (Jeff nomination), Defiance, Holmes and Watson, and Time Stands Still. Chicago: Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, Chicago Shakespeare, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Remy Bumppo, Victory Gardens, Timeline, The Gift Theatre, American Blues, and many others. Regional: Seattle Repertory Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival and many summer seasons at Peninsula Players. Kriz is a proud member of United Scenic Artists 829. To hear more of his work, please visit christopherkriz.com.

Michael W. Moon+ (Scenic Designer and Technical Director) has been an ensemble member since coming to the MAC in 1993. He has designed more than 50 shows for BTE in that time. His memorable designs have included Noises Off (both times), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Fuddy Meers, Lies and Legends and The Underpants. Moon thanks Peggy Connolly for her sponsorship this season.

Bekah Brunstetter (Playwright) Brunstetter is the daughter of former North Carolina Senator Peter S. Brunstetter. Her other plays include Going to a Place Where You Already Are (South Coast Repertory), The Oregon Trail (Portland Center Stage, O’Neill Playwrights Conference; Flying V) Cutie and Bear (Roundabout commission), A Long and Happy Life (Naked Angels commission), Be A Good Little Widow (Ars Nova, Collaboraction, The Old Globe), Oohrah! (Atlantic Theater Company, Steppenwolf Garage, Finborough Theater/ London), Nothing is the End of the World (Except for the End of the World) (Waterwell), House of Home (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and Miss Lilly Gets Boned (Ice Factory Festival). She is an alumna of the CTG Writers Group, Primary Stages Writers Group, Ars Nova Play Group, The Playwright’s Realm and the Women’s Project Lab. She has previously written for MTV (Underemployed and I Just Want My Pants Back), ABC Family’s Switched at Birth and the Starz series American Gods. She is a past writer and supervising producer for NBC’s This is Us.

CREATIVE PROFILESJennifer Aparicio* (Stage Manager) is excited to be working with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble for the first time. Most recently she was the assistant stage manager for White Christmas at Theatre at the Center. She has also worked with Oak Park Festival Theatre, The New Colony, UrbanTheater Company, Broken Nose Theatre, Firecat Projects, and Lifeline Theater, including the Pacific Northwest tour of their production of The One and Only Ivan. Aparicio also works as a production manager around town and has worked with Remy Bumppo, Sideshow Theatre Company, and Teatro Vista among many others. She is an artistic associate with Teatro Vista and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Anthony Urso (Assistant Stage Manager) Urso is thrilled to be working with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble again after his previous ASM experience during Holmes and Watson, also with BTE. Having understudied for previous BTE shows, Improbable Fiction (Male Understudy) and The Ding Dong or How the French Kiss (Understudy Actor #2), he is ecstatic for this opportunity to get backstage and to continue working with this talented and hardworking group of artists. Urso is a Chicago Theatre artist who has directed at The Second City (Yes And Ish and Killing Scrooge) and was featured in Semi Charmed: A 90s Love Story (Ensemble) also at The Second City and with Gorilla Tango Theatre in their new author series production of ...because I Love You (Mike/Logan).

Trevor Frueh◊ (BTE Stage Management Scholar) is ecstatic to delve into the technical side of theater and is honored to work with BTE for that purpose. He has previously participated in BTE’s Shadow Programs for Defiance and Holmes and Watson. He has also performed onstage at College of DuPage in A Christmas Carol (Bob Cratchit), 1984 (Winston Smith), and Macbeth (Macbeth).

Danielle Wiseman (Production Manager) is happy to be continuing to work with Buffalo Theatre Ensemble. A graduate of Illinois State University, Wiseman has a degree in Theatre, specializing in stage management, scenic painting and props. She is also an alumni of College of DuPage. Her past credits include Holmes and Watson (Production Manager), Miracle on South Division Street (Assistant Stage Manager/PM), Defiance (Assistant Stage Manager/PM), The Ding Dong: Or How The French Kiss (Assistant Stage Manager/ PM), Outside Mullingar (Assistant Stage Manager), Good People (Stage Manager), Don’t Dress For Dinner (Stage Manager), Noises Off (Properties Designer), Anon(ymous) (Scenic Charge Artist), Picnic (Stage Manager), A Flea in Her Ear (Assistant Stage Manager), Rock n’ Roll (Assistant Stage Manager), A Christmas Carol (Stage Manager) and Fools (Stage Manager).

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

BTE would like to acknowledge the generous support ofthe College of DuPage Board of Trustees.

BTE would like to thank the DuPage Foundation for its generous support in our continued educational outreach and operation of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble.

BTE also thanks the Norm Woodel Inspiration Fund for its assistance in the rebirth and further development of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble.

This program is partially supported by a grant through the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

Finally, BTE would like to thank Dr. Thomas R. Scott and the late Shirley Klein Scott

for their support through The College of DuPage Foundation.

Thank You!

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble2019-2020 Ensemble Sponsorships

We gratefully acknowledge a special group of Buffalo Theatre Ensemble sponsors. With a financial commitment of $500 or more, these donors help bring our stories to life by “sponsoring” an Ensemble member for the season. Sponsorship includes:

• Recognition in show program for entire season • Backstage tour for one production• Two additional complimentary tickets to the show of donor’s choice• One-on-one visit with “your artist” (at a mutually agreed upon location such as the theater,

a coffee shop)• Invitation to attend opening night post-show receptions

2019–2020 sponsors include:• Brian Allendorfer, Jr., sponsoring Norm Woodel• Carolyn and Eric Oesterle, sponsoring Bryan Burke• Cindy and Robert Wunderlich, sponsoring Robert Jordan Bailey• Don Westlake, sponsoring Loretta Hauser• Ida Hagman, sponsoring Amelia Barrett• Karen Owen, sponsoring Nick DuFloth• Kathy Wessel, sponsoring Rebecca Cox and Kelli Walker• Kristin and Peter Shulman, sponsoring Robert Jordan Bailey• Michael Boyna, sponsoring Lisa Dawn• Peggy Connolly, sponsoring Michael W. Moon and Galen G. Ramsey• Sandra Sansone Brennan, sponsoring Nick DuFloth• Shanker Valleau Wealth Advisors, sponsoring Norm Woodel• Steve Schroeder, sponsoring Lisa Dawn• Valerie Whitcomb, sponsoring Norm Woodel

Guest designers for the season sponsored by Ensemble member Amelia Barrett.Guest directors for the season sponsored by Ensemble member Connie Canaday Howard.

Note that some donors give at a “sponsorship level” but do not wish to be acknowledged as a sponsor. For all of our donors, at all levels, we share our deep gratitude. Thank you.

If you are interested in becoming an Ensemble sponsor, please call (630) 942.2100 or email ab@btechicago.com

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For more than 33 years, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE) has played a major role in the cultural community of College of DuPage and the surrounding area, through the marriage of committed permanent ensemble members, fine Chicagoland artists and great theatrical works. We gratefully acknowledge the donors who have made it possible to return for our 31st season. This list of donors reflects contributions made from July 2017 through December 2019. While we carefully prepared this listing, we recognize that errors may occur. Please accept our apology if you are not properly represented on this list and contact BTE at (630) 942-2100 so we may correct our records.

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Director’s Circle ($250-$499)Mary Bacci and Renato Bacci Jr.John E. and Suzanne R. BuntrockMarcia and Arthur BurkeRobert CappettaDr. and Mrs. Brian W. CaputoChipotle Community RootsLisa CrankRobin DyeKenneth and Debra Fulks

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BTE BOARD OF DIRECTORSBrandee Martin-Horton (President), Kathy Wessel (Vice President), Colleen Trinko (Secretary), Carolyn Oesterle (Treasurer), Robert Jordan Bailey, Amelia Barrett, Connie Canaday Howard, Rebecca Cox, Ted Donner, Diane Hicks, Richard Jarman, Michael J. McCoy, Sandra Sansone Brennan, Kelli Walker

Founding Artistic Director: Craig BergerEmeritus members: Bob Cappetta, Peggy Connolly, Ida Hagman, Joan Morrissey, Kurt Naebig, John K. Rutledge, Bonnie Wheaton, Norm Woodel, Mary Ann Zlotow

NON-BOARD COMMITTEE CHAIRSHal Temple, ArchivesColleen Trinko, Volunteers

STUDENT VOLUNTEERS Mary AhlertShannon BachelderMichael BellinoBrandon Michael BunnCaroline BroderickBenjamin CardinalCassie CollinsJack ColumboAnita ConstabileNathan CozziJacqueline DavisNathan ThomasDittemoreBrendan Flaherty

Trevor FruehEd GarzaroRyan GentileJulie GoodKyle KrischDimitris MichelisRachel Koshie MillsRenata NaomiEthan OakleyAuguste PilelyteRyan SinclairGina RobertelliRiley Skalski

Austin SlottRachel StrolleTess SundstromRebekah SzilagyiAaron TaylorBrandon TorresStephanie TurnerMarissa WarnerBrendan Matthew WeaverTenleigh WellsPatrick WoodOwen WoodardCaitlyn Woods

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2019-20 DINING PARTNERS

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The MAC is thrilled to be partnering with neighborhood restaurants in the Glen Ellyn area. For your pre-show meals or post-show bites, these establishments will provide MAC patrons with exclusive discounts and offers. All ticket orders to the MAC include coupons for our dining partners. Please present coupons prior to ordering.*

*Valid on performance days only. Must show McAninch Arts Center ticket to redeem offer.

WHERE CULTURE AND COMMUNITY CONNECT

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MAC Administrative StaffDirector of the McAninch Arts Center .................................................................................................. Diana MartinezMarketing and Donor Relations Coordinator ...........................................................................................Roland RaffelBusiness Manager ..............................................................................................................................Ellen McGowanAssistant Business Manager ................................................................................................................. Kari SchoettleCurator, Cleve Carney Museum of Art ....................................................................................................... Justin WitteMuseum Assistant ................................................................................................................................. Heidi Holmes Project Coordinator, Frida Kahlo 2020 .................................................................................................. Molly JunokasEducation and Community Engagement Coordinator ............................................................................. Janey SartherDirector of Development for Cultural Arts ...............................................................................................Janie OldfieldGraphic Design and Group Sales Coordinator .......................................................................................Kat Kazmierski Administrative Assistant ........................................................................................................................Mandy RakowClerical Assistants ...................................................................Samantha Hernandez, Maria Khye, Danielle Pawlowski

MAC Box Office and Front of House StaffBox Office Manager ...................................................................................................................................Julie ElgesAssistant Box Office Manager .......................................................................................................... Natalie WawczakBox Office Assistant ......................................................................................................... Karen Robinson, Elise WashPatron Service Manager ........................................................................................................................... Tom MurrayFront of House Manager ............................................................................................................................Rob Nardini

MAC Resident Professional EnsemblesBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Artistic Director ............................................................................Connie Canaday HowardBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Associate Artistic Director ........................................................................... Amelia BarrettBuffalo Theatre Ensemble, Business Manager ......................................................................................... Bryan BurkeNew Philharmonic, Music Director and Conductor ..................................................................................Kirk MusprattNew Philharmonic, Associate Conductor and Librarian ....................................................................... Benjamin NadelNew Philharmonic Manager ................................................................................................................... Paula Cebula

MAC Design and Technical StaffTechnical Production Coordinator .................................................................................................................Jon GanttTechnical Director ............................................................................................................................ Michael W. MoonCostume and Make-up Design Coordinator .................................................................................... Kimberly G. MorrisAssistant Costume Coordinator and Stitcher ................................................................................... Gretchen Woodley Production Manager................................................................................................................................. Joe HopperSound and Lighting Specialist ................................................................................................................Ben JohnsonLighting Production Specialist ............................................................................................................... Elias MoralesAudio Production Specialist ................................................................................................................. Fisher ParsonsProduction Specialist ..........................................................................................................................Sabrina ZeidlerStage Hands ...................................................................................................................Bobby Bryan, Caitlyn Woods

HOUSE NOTES• Mailing List: If this is your first visit to the McAninch

Arts Center, please stop by our Box Office to add your name to our mailing list or register your email at www.AtTheMAC.org.

• Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theater and are prohibited by our contracts with the artists.

• Smoking is not permitted in the theater or on campus.• For your comfort and security, all backpacks and large

bags must be checked.• Electronic pagers and patrons’ seat locations should be

given to the House Manager, who will notify you in the event of a call. Patrons wearing wristwatch alarms or carrying cellular phones are respectfully requested to turn them off while in the theater.

• Emergency phone number at College of DuPage Police Department for after-hour calls is (630) 942-2000.

• Latecomers seated at discretion of the House Manager.

• Groups of 10 or more may contact Kat Kazmierski at (630) 942-3026 or kazmierskik@cod.edu to arrange for group discounts.

• If you notice a spill in the theater, please notify an usher.• McAninch Arts Center volunteers are people

who assist the house staff in areas of ticket taking, ushering and general management during performances. To get involved, call (630) 942-3705.

• For Americans With Disabilities Act accommodations, call (630) 942-2141 (voice) or (630) 858-9692 (TDD).

• Infrared Assistive Listening Devices: For audience members who desire audio amplification of performances, headsets with individual volume controls are now available. You may check out the headsets at the Ticket Office with a credit card or driver’s license. Underwritten by a generous gift from The Knowles Foundation.