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www.bluezoom.bz SEASON SPONSORS A TREASURED CLASSIC by Carson McCullers Oct. 19 – Nov. 9, 2014 232 SOUTH ELM STREET, DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA WWW.TRIADSTAGE.ORG / 336.272.0160 / TOLL-FREE 866.579.TIXX

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This treasured classic from Carson McCullers is playing at The Pyrle Theater in downtown Greensboro, NC, from Oct. 19 - Nov. 9, 2015.

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S E A S O NS P O N S O R S

A TREASURED CLASSIC

by Carson McCullers

Oct. 19 – Nov. 9, 2014

232 SOUTH ELM STREET, DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINAWWW.TRIADSTAGE.ORG / 336.272.0160 / TOLL-FREE 866.579.TIXX

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SEASON FOURTEEN

10 Plays. Two Cities. One Triad Stage.

Fresh off our Lucky 13th Season, Triad Stage is thrilled with the future’s possibilities. We have never been the kind of people to settle for the way things are, so we’re taking bigger chances, making better theater and daring aspirationally to bring together great stories, bold design and world-class acting with TEN PLAYS, TWO CITIES and ONE TRIAD STAGE.

The journey from our very first opening night to the beginning of our teenage years today has been an incredible adventure. Triad Stage plays a starring role in revitalizing our historic city centers, creating jobs and bringing artists and audiences to Greensboro and Winston-Salem to witness firsthand the Triad we are proud to call home.

Because of you — your continued support and encouragement — Triad Stage is here to stay. Whether you are a donor, a Season Passholder, or a single ticket buyer, we thank you for being a part of our Triad-wide family.

Preston Lane Rich Whittington Kathy ManningArtistic Director Managing Director Board of TrusteesCo-Founder Co-Founder Chair

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2 .................................... Welcome 4 ....................... Director’s Note5 ........................ The Production 6 ............................. The Company 12 ........................ Program Notes19 ................................. Our Story 21 ............................. Core Values23 ............................ House Rules23 ................ The Pyrle Theater36 ............................. SUPPORTERS37 ............................ Annual Fund 43 ........................ Board & Staff45 .............. Advertisers Listing

SEASONFOURTEEN

NEXT UP AT THE PYRLE THEATer_____________________ G R E E N S B O R O_____________________

SNOW QUEEN a Winter adventure

NOV 28 - Dec 21, 2014written by Preston lane

original music by Laurelyn Dossett

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From the Director: Preston Lane

This past July, I found myself standing outside 1519 Stark Avenue in Columbus, Georgia. It was a Thursday afternoon and everything was going haywire in Greensboro and New York — an actor had dropped out of our first show four days from 1st rehearsal, and I had spent my Georgia morning on the phone problem solving and planning. But this 1920’s bungalow was the reason for my journey to Columbus, and for the next hour, I wanted nothing to disturb me. So I silenced the phone, walked up to the door and knocked.

I had come to Columbus to tour a house that was not unlike any number of houses nearby. I had come with recent re-readings of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and, of course, the novel and dramatization of The Member of the Wedding. I had come to Columbus to get a sense of the city and the world that had shaped Carson McCullers.

But nothing prepared me for the thrill of crossing the threshold. This was not Frankie’s house. It was Carson’s. And it had not been McCullers’ home for 70 years. And yet it was possible to imagine both Carson McCullers and Frankie Addams running through the foyer. The kitchen table and the side door to the driveway seemed to hold the ghost of Berenice. The grape arbor was gone, but it seemed as if the memories of John Henry playing beneath it were vivid even though they were fiction, not fact.

Perhaps it is my overactive imagination, but these houses of the famous seem to be haunted. An energy or a presence seems to remain. I have felt it many times in my pursuit of understanding the world of a favorite writer. But this time, I felt as if the energy went with me back to the streets of Columbus. I realized that the world of McCullers was not as simple as a home. She had been shaped, molded and forged by the South, by this particular Southern city. If Carson McCullers and Frankie Addams were at Stark Ave., they were also on Broadway downtown and by the abandoned mills by the Chattahoochee River. They were in the mystique of the “old South,” in the dividing lines between white and black, in the rigid gender roles of conservative society.

And as I continued to follow McCullers’ trail to Charlotte and Fayetteville, to Manhattan and Brooklyn, to Saratoga Springs and Nyack, I realized the spirit of Carson McCullers was Southern in essence but far bigger than a house, a street, a city. She was, perhaps, the greatest American explorer of the solitary heart. She peeled back human skin both black and white to expose the longings and failings of particular people in particular places. Her words were too powerful to be limited to just one particular region. Berenice, Honey, Frankie were in Columbus, yes. But they were in New York. They were in France, in China, in anywhere where people yearned to belong

Carson McCullers and this odd and wonderful play remind me why I am committed to ensuring Triad Stage fosters a unique Southern voice. I believe she is one of the finest of all Southern writers. But I also believe her one of the finest of all 20th century writers. Her stories are rooted in region but are never merely provincial. Like all great literature, The Member of the Wedding is more than a story, it is a key to understanding our human hearts.

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by Carson McCullers

directed by Preston Lane

Preston LaneArtistic Director

Richard WhittingtonManaging Director

presents

Production Sponsor:Bernard Robinson and Company, LLP

The Member of the Wedding is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.

Nicotine-free cigarettes provided by Bravo® Smokes

Scenic Design byHoward C. Jones◉

Lighting Design byMasha Tsimring

Casting DirectorCindi Rush Casting

Costume Design byBill Brewer◉

Sound Design byGabriel Clausen◉

Stage ManagerEmily J. Mails*

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SETTING

Time ............................................................................................................................... August, 1945

Place ........................................................................................................... A small Southern town

Act One .............................................................................................. A late afternoon in August

Act Two ................................................................................................ Afternoon of the next day

Act Three, Scene One ........................... The wedding day — afternoon of the next day

Act Three, Scene Two ............................................................. 4 a.m. the following morning

Act Three, Scene Three .............................. Late afternoon, in the following November

CAST (in alphabetical order)

John Henry West .............................................................................................. Aidan Armstrong

Jarvis ....................................................................................................................... Tyler Barnhardt◊

Janice ........................................................................................................................ Brooke Bradley◊

Helen ..................................................................................................................... Mary Brown

T. T. Williams ............................................................................................................... Junious Leak

Barney MacKean ................................................................................................. Ethan McKinney

Linda ............................................................................................................................... Kayla Rafkin

Mrs. West ....................................................................................................................... Julie Robles◊

Mr. Addams ....................................................................................................................... Tim Rush*

Frankie Addams ....................................................................................................... Erin Schmidt*

Honey Camden Brown ...................................................................................... DeSean Stokes*

Berenice Sadie Brown .................................................................. Cassandra Lowe Williams*

Sis Laura ...................................................................................................... Sallie Hayes-Williams

Doris ........................................................................................................................... Kimmie Yokley

Stage Manager ................................................................................................ Emily J. Mails*

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States◊ Student or Faculty Member with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Theatre Department ◉ Student or Faculty Member with the School of Drama at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts

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Aidan Armstrong (John Henry West) is a nine-year-old 3rd grader at Children’s House Montessori in Burlington. He is thrilled to be making his Triad Stage debut. Community Theatre of Greensboro: Beauty and the Beast Jr. (Ensemble), The Wizard of Oz Jr. (Lollipop Guild). Other: Aidan holds a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do, swims competitively with Swim GSA, and plays the piano, earning Superior ratings in the 2013/2014 NC Music Federation competitions. His favorite color is pink.

Tyler Barnhardt◊ (Jarvis) Triad Stage: All’s Well that Ends Well. Regional/Local: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Pippin (Theatre Charlotte); Spamalot, Pride and Prejudice (UNCG). Education: Senior BFA actor at UNCG.

Brooke Bradley◊ (Janice) Triad Stage debut. Regional/Local: Oklahoma! (Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre); The Bungler, Spamalot, Charlotte’s Web, Flannel Shorts, Man and Superman (UNCG). Education: BFA Acting, UNCG Class of 2015.

Mary Brown (Helen) Triad Stage debut. Local credits: Mrs. Sowerberry in Oliver!; U/S Ariel, Seagull in The Little Mermaid; Rabbit, Pawn in Through the Looking Glass; Charlie in Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Education: Greensboro Day School.

Junious Leak (T. T. Williams) Triad Stage: A Christmas Carol (2010-2012), Beautiful Star (2006-2009), The Matchmaker, “Master Harold”…and the boys, North Star. Regional: Paul Robeson (National Black Theatre Festival); Tuesdays with Morrie, The Fantasticks (Open Space Café Theater); Fences, Zooman and the Sign (Kennedy Center); The Piano Lesson (Troy State University); And Still I Rise (Maya Angelou Productions). Film/TV: The Color Purple, The Patron Saint of Liars (CBS), Shift (PBS),

Animation voiceover for Morehead Planetarium and Educational Video for Figure Eight Films/TV. Education: BA, NC A&T State University.

Ethan McKinney (Barney MacKean) Triad Stage debut. Ethan is a thirteen-year-old 8th grader at Canterbury School. Canterbury School productions: This is a Test, High Stakes (one acts); Curly in Oklahoma! Community Theatre of Greensboro: Brad/Corny’s Council in Hairspray Jr.

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Kayla Rafkin (Linda) is twelve years old and in the 7th grade at the Greensboro Day School. She loves to act, sing, and play piano. She has been in numerous theatrical productions at Greensboro Day School and Community Theater of Greensboro. Her favorite roles include an orphan/pickpocket in Oliver!, Ruthless Rachel in Peter Pan, and King (Queen) Louie in The Jungle Book Kids. She is thrilled to be making her debut

performance with Triad Stage and is so excited to be working with such a talented group of people!

Julie Robles◊ (Mrs. West) Triad Stage debut. Regional: Hamlet (Ophelia) and The Comedy of Errors (Dromio of Ephesus) with The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Off-Off Broadway: Out At Sea (La MaMa E.T.C.), The Conduct of Life (La MaMa E.T.C.), Coriolanus (Under St. Marks), Spring Awakening (Schimmel Center), Hard Times (directed by Robert Kalfin). Film/TV: Bleeped Up Brain, When Harry Tries to Marry. Education: BFA,

Pace University/Pace School of Performing Arts; current MFA candidate at The University of North Carolina Greensboro. www.julierobles.com

Tim Rush* (Mr. Addams) Triad Stage: The Little Foxes. Other credits include: A Christmas Carol (Virginia Stage); God of Carnage (White Heron); Or (Shaker Bridge Theater); Time Stands Still (Shaker Bridge); The Things They Carried (Barrington Stage); As You Like It (Weston Stage). Film/TV: Law and Order CSI; Law and Order SVU; A Gifted Man; Boardwalk Empire; 30 Rock. Education/Other: MFA from A.C.T; Tim is a

member of The Actors Center (NYC).

Erin Schmidt* (Frankie Addams) Triad Stage debut. Regional: A Thousand Cranes (Syracuse Stage Children’s Tour); Anne Frank: My Secret Life (Syracuse Stage Backstory Tour). Education: BFA, Syracuse University. Other: Co-Founder of Diverging Elements Theatre Company.

DeSean Stokes* (Honey Camden Brown) Triad Stage debut. National Tour: Freedom Train. New York: The Time of Your Life (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ); Easter, To Damascus, Part 1 (August Strindberg Repertory); An Evening with Langston Hughes (Hadley Players); The Old Settler (Morningside Players); Next Broadway Sensation (NYMF); Mercy Street (Ars Nova). TV/Radio: MTV; Voice of America. Training: UNC-Chapel

Hill. Thank you Meg Pantera, The Agency, the cast, crew, creative team, and my Brown-Gibbs-Stokes family.

Cassandra Lowe Williams* (Berenice Sadie Brown) Triad Stage: Trouble in Mind, The America Play, A Christmas Carol (2010-2012), Ethel Waters: His Eye Is on the Sparrow, From the Mississippi Delta, North Star, A Lesson Before Dying (understudy to Ms. Irma P. Hall). Regional/Local: Blue, Crowns (Actors’ Theatre of Charlotte); Mahalia: Queen of Gospel, Black

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Nativity (NC Black Repertory); The Life and Times of Fannie Lou Hamer (Touring Theatre of North Carolina); A Raisin in the Sun (UNCG); The Color Purple (Barn Dinner Theatre). Guest artist: NC A&TSU, Bennett College. Film/TV: February 1: Greensboro Sit-Ins. Education: BA, UNCG. Fellowship, Northwestern University. Other: Retired theatre teacher, minister.

Sallie Hayes-Williams (Sis Laura) Triad Stage debut. Regional/Local: The Maid in God’s Favorite, multiple female roles in Who’s on First (Houston, Texas); Christmas Yet to Come in Son of a Christmas Carol (Greensboro, North Carolina). Film/TV: Dancer in Where the Day Takes You, Waitress in The Party Machine. Education/Other: TV/Journalism BS from Texas Southern University; Artistic Director for Poetry Alive!

Kimmie Yokley (Doris) Triad Stage debut. 12 years old. High Point Community Theater: Seussical, Jr. (Cat in the Hat), Camp Rock the Musical (Tess), Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Imogene), We Are Monsters, Disney’s Aristocats kids, Cinderella, Sleepy Hollow. Community Theatre of Greensboro: Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Alice), Once on This Island. Other: All County Chorus 2014, Davidson County.

Preston Lane (Director / Triad Stage Artistic Director & Co-Founder) is in his 14th season at Triad Stage where he has directed over 40 productions. Preston is the recipient of an NC Arts Council Playwright Fellowship, the Betty Cone Medal of the arts and is the Artistic Partner for Theatre for An Appalachian Summer Festival. Other productions include the US premiere of Inexpressible Island (Dallas Observer Best of Dallas Awards: Best Director, Best Production) and The Night of the Iguana (Dallas

Morning News: 2002 Top Ten Theatre List). As a playwright, Preston’s plays and adaptations have been produced at Triad Stageand other theaters and universities. His work with musician Laurelyn Dossett includes Brother Wolf, Beautiful Star, Bloody Blackbeard, Providence Gap and Snow Queen. Preston has taught at UNCG, NC A&T, UNCSA, Greensboro College, SMU, and the Professional Actors Workshop at the Dallas Theater Center. He is an alumnus of the Drama League of New York’s Director’s Project. A native of Boone, NC, Preston received his BFA from UNCSA and his MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

Howard C. Jones◉ (Scenic Designer) Triad Stage: Brother Wolf (2014), Snow Queen, My Fair Lady, New Music trilogy, A Christmas Carol, Around the World in 80 Days, Ghosts, Picnic, The Night of the Iguana, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Tobacco Road, Hedda Gabler (recipient of a World Stage Design 2005 honor), August Snow, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Matchmaker and A Streetcar Named Desire. Regional: Starlight Theatre, Goodspeed Opera, Missouri Repertory Theatre, North Shore Music Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, American Heartland Theatre, Royal New Zealand Ballet and NC Shakespeare Festival. UNC School of the Arts faculty member since 1996. Prior to that, founder and owner of Cobalt Studios, an apprentice scene painting studio in upstate New York.

Bill Brewer◉ (Costume Designer) Bill designs for theatre, ballet, opera, film and television across the country and abroad. Recently at Triad Stage: All’s Well that Ends Well, Snow Queen, Wait Until Dark, Kingdom of Earth, Trouble in Mind, The Illusion, Ain’t Misbehavin’: The “Fats”

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Waller Musical Show, the New Music trilogy. United States: Berkeley Rep; Minnesota Rep; Pioneer Theatre Company; Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre; American Stage; Lucas Film; Sweeney Todd, starring Jean Stapleton; Peter Pan, starring Cathy Rigby. Abroad: ballet, contemporary dance and film in Paris; ballet in Milan; designs featured in World Stage Design and Prague Quadrennial exhibits. As a director and producer, Bill’s award-winning production of Side by Side by Sondheim, ran in San Francisco for two years. Bill teaches costume design at UNCSA and is a member of United Scenic Artists 829.

Masha Tsimring (Lighting Designer) Masha is a Brooklyn based lighting designer for theatre, opera, and dance. Selected credits include: American Night: The Ballad of Juan Jose (Yale Repertory Theatre); 4000 Miles (Hangar Theatre); Antigonick (Summerfest Toronto); So Long Willy, Let’s Go Home (I Am A Boys Choir); Full.Still.Hungry (Contra-Tiempo); Last Days of Mankind (Bard College); Echo in Camera (LaMama), Chorus of All Souls (Experiments in Opera), My Friend’s Story (Int. Festival of Arts & Ideas) Good Goods, Drip (Crowded Fire); Fireworks Festival (Berkeley Repertory Theatre); The Norman Conquests, Skylight (Shotgun Players); Once in A Lifetime (ACT Conservatory). Masha is the resident lighting designer for LA based dance company CONTRA-TIEMPO, as well as a founding member of Guilty by Association. MFA from Yale School of Drama. www.mashald.com

Gabriel Clausen◉ (Sound Designer) Triad Stage: The 39 Steps. Gabriel is a third year MFA candidate in Sound Design at UNCSA. Coming from a musician and studio production background, “G” has just recently been introduced to theater, designing sound for Paper Lantern’s Time Stands Still and was the Musical Director, Composer, and Sound Designer for UNCSA’s The Winter’s Tale. His studio credits include producing for Pandemonium, Phoenix Lei, QDL, and the upcoming short film series, “December 7th: The Rock Opera.”

Jeremy A. McCamish◉ (Automation Designer) Triad Stage debut. UNCSA: Romeo and Juliet. Automation crew for UNCSA: The Nutcracker, The Tale of Hoffman, and La Finta Giardiniera. Education: BA, George Fox University; MFA, currently second year Graduate Student at University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Robin Carr (Voice and Dialect Coach)Triad Stage debut. Associate Professor of Voice and Acting, University of Southern Mississippi. USM includes: Dancing at Lughnasa, Hitchock Blonde, The Firebugs, Pride and Prejudice, Waiting for the Parade. Southern Arena Theatre: One Man, Two Guvnors, Taking Steps, The 13th of Paris, Candida. UNO: Our Country’s Good. Master Voice and Speech Workshops: CenterStage; Curious Theatre; CoreTheatre Ensemble; Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Theatre; The Gaiety School for Acting; The National Theatre School of Ireland in Dublin; The National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia; Theatre Actors Guild in Manila, Philippines; University of Rijeka in Croatia. Certified Lessac Kinesensic Voice and Body Trainer and President-Elect for the Lessac Institute. Education: MFA, University of Connecticut and Shakespeare Acting Certificate, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Denise Gabriel◊ (Movement Director) Triad Stage: Brother Wolf (2014), Wait Until Dark, Tennessee Playboy, Kingdom of Earth, The Illusion, A Doll House, Masquerade, The Glass Menagerie, Providence Gap. Previous regional theatre credits include Resident Movement Director at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, The Old Globe, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park,

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ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATIONActors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension

plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

Clarence Brown and Working Theatre, NY. International credits: Shanghai Theatre Academy, Salzburg Austria at Schloss Leopoldskron and Artscape Theatre Center and Dance for All (Cape Town, South Africa). Ms. Gabriel is a Founding Board Member of American Theatre for Movement Educators and theatre faculty member at UNCG.

Jim Wren◊ (Fight Director) has staged the violence for over a dozen Triad Stage productions, including the battles in Bloody Blackbeard, the fantastical fights in Brother Wolf (2006 and 2014), and the general behavior of the Lesters in Tobacco Road. Education: MFA, University of Florida. Jim is Performance Program Coordinator for the UNCG Department of Theatre, and is a two-time recipient of the Kennedy Center Gold Medallion for Excellence.

Bryan Conger (Dramaturg) is the Artistic Associate at Triad Stage. Triad Stage directing credits include: Pump Boys and Dinettes, A Christmas Carol (2011, 2012, 2013); My Fair Lady; tick, tick . . . BOOM!; The Mystery of Irma Vep (2011); Billy Bishop Goes to War; Associate Director for New Music (2011); Assistant Director for A Christmas Carol (2010); Around the World in 80 Days and Ghosts. UNCG: Sister Mary Ignatius . . . (THTR 232); Oklahoma!; Balm in Gilead and Blind Date. Education: MFA, UNCG.

Cindi Rush, C.S.A. (Casting Director) New York: Silence! The Musical, My Mother’s Jewish Lesbian Wiccan Wedding (NYMF Winner 2010), Jay Alan Zimmerman’s Incredibly Deaf Musical, Bonnie and Clyde, Rooms, Jacques Brel, Six Dance Lessons, The Thing About Men, Urinetown, The Hurricane Katrina Comedy Festival. Regional: Penguin Rep, Triad Stage, Act II Playhouse, Arena Stage, Goodman, Humanafest. Film: Ghoul, The Woman (Top 9 Sundance 2011), In the Family, Offspring, Jack Ketchum’s The Girl Next Door, Headspace. Tours: “Barney,” “Curious George,” “Kidz Bop.”

Emily J. Mails* (Stage Manager) Triad Stage: The 39 Steps, All’s Well that Ends Well, Pump Boys and Dinettes, Anna Christie, Snow Queen, The Mountaintop, Wait Until Dark, Tennessee Playboy, My Fair Lady, Kingdom of Earth, A Christmas Carol (2012), Shipwrecked!, Trouble in Mind, The Illusion, Ain’t Misbehavin’, The Mystery of Irma Vep (2011). Regional: A Thousand Cranes (North Carolina Shakespeare Festival); Rigoletto (Greensboro Opera); Crime and Punishment, Merry Wives of Windsor, Into the Woods (Orlando Shakespeare Festival). Education: BFA in Technical Production, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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“the human heart is a

LoneLy hunter — but the

search For us southerners

is more anguisheD...”

— carson mccuLLers

Program Notes by Bryan Conger, Dramaturg:

home is where the heart is. It’s a phrase that — though heard often — rings particularly true for Southern writers. Home is the place they return to time and time again in their stories to illuminate truths of the lonely outcast and exorcise demons of the past. A classic Southern writer, Carson McCullers both loved her homeland and battled with it throughout her body of work.

Born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus, Georgia, in 1917, she showed signs of being a storyteller from an early age. Though a sickly child, she had a healthy imagination and strong artistic and musical talents. The Smith household was one filled with stories, and Carson — like young Frankie in The Member of the Wedding — would produce plays for her family. She transformed the archway between two sitting rooms into her stage and made sliding pocket doors her curtain. Her adoring mother pushed her to be a concert pianist, but Carson ultimately left music behind to pursue her storytelling instincts as a writer.

Photos (top): Carson McCullers; Reeves & Carson McCullers

Photos (bottom): The Smith family home and parlor, taken by Preston Lane

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In 1934, she left home for New York and studied writing at Columbia and Washington State University — but persistent illness continued to bring her back home. During that time, she met the man with whom she would begin a tumultuous 16-year relationship: a soldier stationed at nearby Fort Benning, Reeves McCullers. Their marriage was a cycle of disastrous fights and passionate reconciliations — finally culminating in Reeves begging Carson to make a suicide pact with him. She fled, refusing to join him and leaving him to die alone from an overdose of sleeping pills.

During an early separation from Reeves in 1936, Carson settled into a Brooklyn brownstone that became a community for intellectuals and artists. It was here among the likes of George Davis, W.H. Auden, and Gypsy Rose Lee that McCullers got the inspiration for The Member of the Wedding — a story she had been trying to write for years. One afternoon she and Lee ran outside together upon hearing sirens blaring in the streets; while sprinting down the sidewalk, McCullers stopped and said, "Frankie is in love with her brother and the bride, and wants to become a member of the wedding!" The story was published in 1946, and her good friend Tennessee Williams encouraged her to adapt it into a play in 1951.

Some scholars call it her most autobiographical work. Its themes of isolation, loneliness, and searching for a place to belong reflect struggles she dealt with throughout her short life (she died of a stroke in 1967 at age 50). Some of her other most famous works include The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Ballad of a Sad Café, and Reflections in a Golden Eye. Despite traveling the world and gaining critical acceptance as a writer, McCullers never truly escaped her small town Southern roots or her personal insecurities. In her heart, mind, and work, she always returned to stories of the South and longing.

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Triad Stage began as a dream...

Co-founders Preston Lane and Richard Whittington forged their artistic partnership as graduate students at the Yale School of Drama. After managing a theater in Connecticut for two years, they undertook the three-year task of opening their own theater in the heart of historic Greensboro.

In September 1999, Triad Stage purchased the former Montgomery Ward building, which had been built in 1936 and sat vacant for almost 40 years. Renovations transformed the five-story building into a world-class theater center now called The Pyrle Theater, complete with a 300-seat theater and thrust stage, rehearsal hall, offices, two spacious lobbies and other audience amenities.

The Grand Opening took place in January 2002 with Tennessee Williams’ modern classic Suddenly Last Summer.

In 2008, Triad Stage finished a second round of renovations to The Pyrle. A scene shop annex was added in the basement. The top floor underwent major construction to create the 90-seat UpStage Cabaret performance space, the Sloan Rehearsal Hall, and the studio and office facilities of WUNC Public Radio’s new Greensboro Bureau.

In 2011, Triad Stage purchased a 30,000 square foot building near the Greensboro Coliseum Complex to serve as the theater’s new production facility, relocating its scene, costume and properties shops as well as its warehouse.

In 2013, with significant support from The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, Triad Stage announced a major expansion of programming to be produced at the Hanesbrands Theatre in downtown Winston-Salem.

Now in its 14th season, Triad Stage has over 3,000 Season Passholders and more than 400 annual donors. The company has received accolades on national, state and local levels, including being named “One of the 10 Most Promising Emerging Theatre Companies” by the American Theatre Wing and “One of the Best Regional Theaters in America” by the Drama League of New York. Triad Stage has been voted the Triad’s “Best Live Theater” by the readers of the News & Record’s GoTriad ten years in a row and named “Professional Theatre of the Year” by the North Carolina Theatre Conference in 2003 and 2011. Its production of Tobacco Road was listed among the “Best of 2007” by The Wall Street Journal, its production of The Glass Menagerie was named “Best North Carolina Production of 2010” by Triangle Arts & Entertainment, and 2012’s production of Reynolds Price’s New Music trilogy was named among the “Best Productions” of the year in Triangle Theatre by Independent Weekly.

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Triad Stage is guided by core values that inspire all aspects of our operations. These core values are a daily reminder to our entire company of why and how we produce theater for our community.

EXCELLENCEWe strive for bold, daring excellence in all of our endeavors as we seek to create professional theater with

regional and national impact.

ARTISTIC RISKStriving to constantly challenge ourselves, we reserve the right to take artistic risks

and make mistakes.

INCLUSIONOur community’s varied diversity must not only reflect itself in Triad Stage’s casting

and staffing, but also in the selection of the stories we choose to tell.

COLLABORATIONWe celebrate and encourage an artistic

process rooted in collaboration. We seek to mirror this process in all aspects of our operations and actively seek partnerships

with other organizations to benefit the well-being of our communities.

REJUVENATIONWe are committed to revitalizing our historic

downtowns by greatly enhancing the cultural life of the Piedmont Triad through

entertainment and by providing an economic impact benefiting other area businesses.

IMAGINATIONTriad Stage delights in the imaginative

process. We uphold freedom of expression as indispensable to the power

of imagination.

A SOUTHERN VOICEBy placing the best of Southern writing

in juxtaposition with classic and contemporary world drama, we foster a unique Southern voice, allowing our audience the pride of

saying, “This theater is ours.”

NORTH CAROLINAWe seek to play a leading role in the North

Carolina arts community. We actively work to create an artistic home for artists with North Carolina connections and to provide a bridge

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experience of the theatrical event, strangers become friends, common ground

is discovered, and dialogue begins. In imagining the lives of others, our capacity

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House Rules and Other Helpful Information

• Food and beverages purchased at the lobby bar are allowed inside the theater, but we ask that you are respectful of your fellow audience members and enjoy them quietly.

• Smoking is strictly prohibited throughout the building.

• Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the House Manager.

• Personal electronic devices, including cellular phones, must be turned off prior to the performance.

• Listening assistance devices are available at the Box Office.

• Photographing or sound recording of the performance is expressly prohibited by law. So, no cameras or recorders, please. Your cooperation is appreciated.

• For the enjoyment of all audience members, every attendee must have a ticket and sit in his or her own seat (no “babes in arms” or children in laps).

Thank you for respecting all Triad Stage facilities. If you have any questions, please ask the bartender, House Manager or a Box Office Associate for clarification.

Triad Stage is very proud of the name of our theater building — The Pyrle Theater — made possible by a generous donation by Tobee and Leonard Kaplan in honor of Tobee’s mother, Pyrle Gibson.

Pyrle Gibson (1909-2000) was a woman with a great sense of humor, who found goodness in all people and beauty in the world around her. Her family always came first in her life and with them she shared her love of theater, music and the thrill of sports. The theater is named for her in loving memory by the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the Kaplan family with whom she shared her love, wisdom and joy of life.

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Institutional Supporters ________________________________________Triad Stage wishes to thank the following corporations, foundations and organizations that have contributed generously to our 2014-2015 Season.

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Annual Campaign Contributors________________________________________Please consider joining the following individuals, corporations and foundations who have contributed generously to Triad Stage’s 2014 Annual Campaign.

Annual Campaign contributors as of September 15, 2014

PRODUCERS CIRCLE ($10,000+)Vanessa & Roy CarrollClem & Hayes Clement Kyle Jackson, MDKathy Manning & Randall KaplanLinda & Tom SloanPam & David SprinkleBetty & Bob StricklandThe Schubert Arts Foundation The Winston-Salem FoundationSusan & Eric WisemanThe Honorable Aldona Wos & Mr. Louis DeJoy

CENTER STAGE ($5,000–$9,999)AnonymousLindsey & Frank AumanSteve & Jackie BellBrandon BensleyJoseph M. Bryan, Jr.Pat & Pete CrossRob DaVanzoHaynes & Ginger GriffinMaureen & Bob IhrieTobee & Leonard KaplanJ.A. KingSylvia & Norman SametBill SolesHarrison & Martha Turner

FRONT ROW ($2,500–$4,999)Mary Katherine & Durant BellJoanne BluethenthalLouise & Jim BradyDr. Helen BrooksJeb BrooksLisa & Willie BullockLinda & Jim CarlisleKristin & Craig CarlockJoann & Bill Cassell

FRONT ROW continued Holly Chambers & Richard SteedleRebecca & Rick CraigJean & Ralph DavisonHoppy & Bill HerveyChristine & Chris HobsonLaura & Alan IrvinJoia JohnsonRon Johnson & Bill RoaneBarbara KretzerErnest & Shelby LaneCarol & Seymour LevinDonna & Bob NewtonMindy & Chad OakleyJulie OlinMargaret & Brad PennDebby L. ReynoldsThe Roberts Family FoundationDabney & Walker SandersKay SternRuthie & Alan TutterowJane & Jonathan Ward

STAGE HAND ($1,000–$2,499)Anonymous (2)Kate R. BarrettBetty & Dennis BarryThe Bennett Family Trust Joe & Betty BrantleyCarol & Jeff BurgessSally & Alan ConeCarol & David DeVriesRusty & Van GunterBeth HarringtonTomasita & Sam JacubowitzDavid & Emily JohnstonPreston LaneMike & Kathy LewisSue & Neil LutinsKellie Melinda

STAGE HAND continued Cissy & Bill ParhamRichard A. ParkerTodd & Kim RangelTim & Carolynn RiceJohn RileyLynn Wooten & Paul Russ Pat & Gordon SoenksenAmy SpeasMary & Will TruslowThe Thomas Ralph Wear III FamilyLen & Judy WhiteCourtney & Richard WhittingtonJudy & Bob WickerT. Henry & Dell B. Wilson Family FundWoodruff Family Law Group

GALLERY ($500–$999)Mr. & Mrs. Bruce M. BabcockPhil BarrineauAnnette BensonBill & Gay BowmanNancy & Jim BryanLori & Murray ClaytonSherry Dickstein & Kurt Lauenstein Mary Dubuisson & Jeff White Bob HansenSusan Ireton & Valerie LeschberMaggie Jeffus & Ted ThompsonAmy & John Kelly Ray & Doris KiszelyHarriette & Bob KnoxGreg & Barb LaskowMimi LevinRob & Karen MelhemJane & Dan MoorePeg & Skip Moore Rod & Linda MortensonJane & Ron NorwoodApril & David Parker

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GALLERY continued Lloyd & Jane PetersonMeredith & Gary PiattDavid & Claudia ReichKelly Sigle & George MarpleIn Honor of Tom & Linda SloanKim & Bassam SmirCynthia Soemita & Tony Hooimeijer Jim & Linda StarmerBonnie StewartTom & Maggie StyersErnestine & Stuart TaylorWillie TaylorShirley & Jeff VestalJack & Karen WhitesideCarmen & Robert Wood

PATRON ($250–$499)Dee & Wes BartlettFrank & Mary BiggerstaffBarbara & Tony BlakeLouise & Jerry BoothbyDora & Bruce BrodiePatrick & Elizabeth BurnsMr. & Mrs. David ChristensonLynda Brown CliffordSallie & Jim ClotfelterHarvey ColchamiroBetty ConeDoug & Jean CopelandJerry Cunningham & Terry BrownJanet Ward Black & Gerard DavidsonPhyllis H. DunningNancy & Richard EvansBert & Debbie FieldsJim & Dana FisherMr. & Mrs. Kirk FryePatti & Douglass GilbertDionis GriffinKay & Chip HaganMelinda HamrickSherry & Bob HarrisCindi & Dave HewittRobert & Donna HoekstraAnne & Sam Hummel Carroll JohnsonRandall T. JohnsonMr. & Mrs. Orton JonesGinger & Ken Karb

PATRON continued Carole KeelerMXIII, LLC - Milton KernDiana KnoxLouise & Bill LattureSandra & Francis LoNanoNancy Y. MaddenDavid & Kathy MazzolaBonnie & Dan McAlisterAmanda McGeheeEberhard Mueller-HeubachAl & Linda MunnsMarion O’BrienLynne & Glenn OgdenWilliam OsborneSusan & Jerry SchwartzMatthew Sergio & Steve StonecypherDonna & Mark ShapiroPhyllis ShavitzMisa & Alex ShufordKathleen SmithMelanie R. SolesMichiko StavertSuzanne & Tom TilleyBryan & Billie ToneyB.J. Weatherby & Verne NielsenDavid Westfall & Barbara Ann PetersW. Fred WilliamsCarol & Tom Wood

FRIEND ($100–$249)Anonymous (2)Rose & Victor AckermannSophie & Eric AdamsonHattie & John AderholdtMargaret & Howard ArbuckleJane AriailR.B. and Kay ArthurLed & Sally AustinDeborah Bartz & James PattersonLaverne M. BassClark & Beth BellAnna & Robert BerdahlCatherine & Peter BergstromArnette E. Beverly, PhDJudy BlakeLou Bouvier & Denny KellyTreana A. BowlingAlex & Maureen Burns

FRIEND continued Nancy CameronJulia Smith CaponeMyrna CarlockIHO Linda CarlisleKathy & Bill CissnaPat Shore ClarkLouann ClarkBenita & Ron ColeFaye & Michael CollinsDiane ConradPat W. CopelandMr. & Mrs. David CraftCatherine CrowderDebra DykesNancy & Jim EdwardsGerald FreedmanLarry FrenchDr. Deborah FriedmanSilvia & Thomas GahmMyra & John GebbieBetty GodwinDr. & Mrs. David L. GuttermanDeb & Jay GyureBarbara H. HallSusan HanksAnne & Bill HardinKaryn Harrell & Cindy Kimbrell, DVMsJerry & Melissa HarrelsonJudith & Cyril HarveyAngela HaysDr. & Mrs. Joseph R. HedgpethPat HesterWes & Rose HoodDavid & Rodna HurewitzSallie & Hoke HussMs. Judith HymanHeather & Jay JahnesChristina & Kenneth JohnsonSue & Jim KennedyEleanor KetchamMartha & Charles KirkmanBonnie & John KnabDavid & Virginia KnoxDerek Krueger & Gene RogersCarolyn C. LesterMichele & Pat LevyGrey Lineweaver

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To learn about supporting Triad Stage

through donations or sponsorship, please contact:

CEDRIC BLUE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT

[email protected] 336.274.0067 ext. 214

Triad Stage is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profitorganization,

with donations tax-deductible to the extent

provided by law.

SUPPORT TRIAD STAGE

FRIEND continued Annabel LinkAnn Lynch & Russell WilliamsSamantha MagillJack & Judy MacDowallBarbara & Dennis MachugaGustav & Mary MagrinatBud & Reba MaxsonTom & Marilou MayDonald & Eleanor McCrickardAngus & Wynn McGregorCarol H. MelvinBenedicte & Christian MengelGary & Nancy MillerDiane P. MonnierAgnes & David M. Moore IIDan & Ninevah MurrayJ.T. ( Judith) NebenzahlFloyd & Joann NesbittKarol & John NeufeldMargaret & Vernon NewlinZack & Nancy OsborneJill A. PainterCaroline PanzerMargaret Y. PriceEleanor ProctonJesse PughKathy RamsayPeter ReyherGeorge & Bobbie RobertsWilliam & Beverly RogersCary RootThe Rose FamilyDebbie & Eugene RussellDr. Cindy Wall SarwiBill & Jayne SatterfieldBeatrice SchallSandra & Wayne ShugartKathryn & R. C. SmithSusan L. SmithBeverly & Lawrence SnivelyLaurey SolomonSuci SorensenDonna SpeasGlenn & Marylou StrohlJanice & John SullivanJoan Sullivan in loving memory of John L. Sullivan

FRIEND continued St. Matthews UMC First Fruits MinistryFrieda TaylorMrs. Lee TempletonVanderVeen PhotographersDave & Carol VanSchoickCheryl A. Viglione & John T. CurnesDean & Kate WahlbergRobert C. WalkerLeon & Peggy WesselAndrea WestMary & Robert WoodrowKay & Charlie Zimmerman

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René Barbera asTonio

www.GreensboroOpera.org

in Donizetti'sThe Daughter of the Regiment

January 9, 2015 at 8:00 pmJanuary 11, 2015 at 2:00 pm

Aycock Auditorium

Greensboro Opera is proud to present

Linda Carlisle as Duchess of Krakenthorp

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Board of Trustees__________________OfficersKathy Manning, Chair Mindy Oakley, Vice ChairSusan Schwartz, Vice ChairTom Styers, TreasurerAmy Speas, SecretaryAlan Tutterow, Past ChairLinda Sloan, Founding ChairPreston Lane, Artistic DirectorRichard Whittington, Managing Director

Members at LargeKate Barrett, Jeb Brooks, Pearl Burris-Floyd,Linda Carlisle, Craig Carlock, Karen Dyer, Drew Hancock, Chris Hobson, Tomasita Jacubowitz, Christina Johnson, Frankie Jones, John Kelly, Samantha Magill, Dan McAlister, Donna Newton, Cissy Parham, Margaret Penn, Todd Rangel, Debby L. Reynolds, Paul Russ, Dabney Sanders, Tom Sloan, Kathleen Smith, David Sullivan, Ernestine Taylor

Winston-Salem Advisory CouncilLinda Carlisle, ChairWendy Brenner, Mary Walker Fry, Sue Henderson, Joia Johnson, Carroll Leggett, Susan Little, Cathleen McKinney, Angie Murphrey, Tog Newman, Randi Palmer, Gordon Peterson, Nancy Peterson, Keith Vaughan, Lydia Vaughan, Sue Wall, Jason Wenker

Greensboro Advisory Council Holly Chambers, Judy Wicker, Co-ChairsHayes Clement, Ralph Davison, Danny Gatling, Sandra Hughes, Lesley Hunt, Ron Johnson, Tobee Kaplan, Ancella Livers, Dennis Quaintance, Sylvia Samet, Joy Shavitz, Ralph Shelton, Harrison Turner

Triad Stage Staff__________________ArtisticPreston Lane, Artistic DirectorBryan Conger, Artistic Associate Tamera Izlar, Artistic Associate Haylee Pittenger, Dramaturgy Intern

Triad Stage Staff continued___________________AdministrativeRichard Whittington, Managing DirectorJason Bogden, General ManagerCedric Blue II, Development AssistantJessie Alexander Gulley, Company ManagerJames Pardue, Bookkeeper

Marketing & CommunicationsMegan Mabry, Marketing & Social Media ManagerAinsley Johnston, Sales Manager Kim Doty, Marketing AssistantAnna Lowe, Marketing Intern Dana Merk, Marketing Intern

Audience ServicesSherry Barr, Director of Audience ServicesJustin Nichols, Box Office Manager Rachel Rutz, Assistant Box Office ManagerAnna Lowe, Bonnie Pachasa, Ainsley Patterson, Alysa Rambo, Joseph Rollins, Box Office AssociatesAlysa Rambo, Joseph Rollins, House ManagersJanita Colbert, Jessie Alexander Gulley, Carrie Miller, Lobby Bar Associates

ProductionLiza Vest, Production Manager Chris Simpson, Technical DirectorEmily J. Mails, Resident Stage ManagerKathleen Ludwig, Costume Shop ManagerJennifer Stanley, Costume Shop AssistantMary Beth Pazdernik, First HandAndy Cutler, Wardrobe Supervisor & Rentals CoordinatorLiz Stewart, Master ElectricianGabriel Clausen, Sound SupervisorEric Hart, Props MasterLisa Bledsoe, Props Assistant Jason Korff, Lead CarpenterSkip Johnson, CarpenterJessica Holcombe, Scenic Artist

For "The Member of the Wedding"___________________Chris Anderson, Light Board OperatorMatthew Gulley, Sound Board OperatorMegan Lampron, Assistant Stage Manager

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