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Henry Heymann Theatre

Professional Theater in Residence at the University of Pittsburgh

September 8 - October 1, 2011

By David Mamet

illustration by Michael McParlane

by David Mamet

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Race

*member of Actors’ Equity Association, theUnion of Professional Actors and Stage

Managers in the United States.

This production runs approximately ninety minutes,with no intermission

directed by Andrew S. Paul

Original Broadway production produced byJeffrey Richards Jerry Frankel Jam Theatricals

JK Productions Peggy Hill & Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz Scott M. DelmanTerry Allen Kramer/James L. Nederlander Swinsky Deitch

Bat-Barry Productions Ronald Frankel James Fuld Jr.Kathleen K. Johnson Terry Schnuck The Weinsten Company

Marc Frankel Jay & Cindy Gutterman/Stewart Mercer

Henry Brown

Charles Strickland

Jack Lawson

Susan

Alan Bomar Jones*

Michael Fuller*

John DeMita*

Casiha Felt

Lighting DesignAllen Hahn

Production ManagerGianni Downs

Assistant StageManager

Emily K. Lewis

Scenic DesignGianni Downs

Sound DesignErik T. Lawson

Technical DirectorPaul Bistrican

Costume DesignRachel S. Parent

Production StageManager

Joanna Obuzor*

PropertiesCory F. Goddard

RACE is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Sound Engineer & Board Operator: Samuel LevyMaster Electrician: J.R. ShawScenic Charge Artist: Lori Lynn BollingerCarpenter: Jesse Poole Van SwolElectricians: Alex GreenBox Office: Helen RadkoffInterns: Clare Graziano, Jennifer Reinwald, AlexanderRighetti

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John DeMita (Jack Lawson). John’s recent acting credits include LosAngeles’ Andak Stage Company’s world premiere of Liberty Inn (Gar-land Award for Outstanding Performance in a Musical), King Lear atAntaeus, and South Pacific at The Hollywood Bowl, as well as pro-ductions at the Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, Intiman, Or-egon Shakespeare Festival, and the American Conservatory Theatre.As a director, John has helmed 30 shows, including The ElephantMan, Betrayal (Garland Award for Best Direction, Nominated for BestRevival, L.A. Weekly), and The Misanthrope (Backstage West Awardfor Best Direction, Nominated for Best Adaptation, L.A. Drama Critics

Circle), and this spring he will direct Equus at the 900 seat Santa Clarita Performing ArtsCenter. His many television credits include 4 seasons on JAG, and guest-starring roles onMedium, Dirt, Without a Trace, and CSI, among others. As a voice actor, he has worked onhundreds of productions of all types – this fall he will be heard as Pete Fitzgerald in theanimated film Dwegons, the narrator of the audio book Act of Deceit, and as multiple char-acters in the video games Dragon’s Dogma, Final Fantasy, Steel Battalion, and BinaryDomain (which also features his motion capture performance, recorded last summer in

Tokyo).

Casiha Felt (Susan) is excited for her first appearance at PICT. As anactor she has been seen in Doubt, The Front Page, Knock me a Kiss,and in the title role of Marisol. She has a passion for new works andhas performed in Kendeda winner David Mitchell Robinson’s Olym-pic Village and Kendeda finalist Dana Lynn Formby’s Small of HerBack. Most recently she was featured in the film The Passageway.Casiha is a recent graduate of Ohio University where she received herMFA, and is currently teaching acting at Marietta College.

Michael Fuller (Charles Strickland) works as a professional actor,teacher, and filmmaker in the Pittsburgh area. He has enjoyed workingwith PICT on a number of productions, including: Pride and Preju-dice, Beautiful Dreamers, and most recently he played Barry Love inHouse and Garden. Prior to that, he appeared in Hunter Gathererswith Bricolage; the world premiere of Umbrella Man at Point ParkUniversity’s professional company, The Rep; Moss in Glengarry GlenRoss with Barebones productions and Jean Francios Millet in DavidIves’ re-working of Mark Twain’s only play, Is He Dead at St. VincentSummer Theatre. He teaches acting and improvisation at Pittsburgh’sCAPA High School and Point Park University.

Alan Bomar Jones (Henry Brown) is from the home of aviation, Day-ton, Ohio. This professional international actor is a resident artist withthe Human Race Theatre Company, a resident artist with AmericanStage Theatre Company, and Artistic Director for Playhouse South.Alan has appeared in over sixty professional theatrical shows, includ-ing To Kill a Mockingbird, Jitney, Fences, King Hedley II, and Gem ofthe Ocean. At the Pittsburgh Playwright’s Theatre, his performances

in Seven Guitars and The Piano Lesson earned him two Onyx Awards for Best Equity Actorfrom AACTA. His first international performance occurred in the summer of 2010 where heappeared in Driving Miss Daisy in Sterling, Ontario Canada. Alan has an in-home audiostudio where he produces audio books on CD. Visit his website at alanbomarjones.com tosee his list of audio books and more. He would like to thank his lovely musical theatre actresswife Becky Barrett-Jones for her support and love.

Gianni Downs (Production Manager, Scenic Designer) is pleased to be returning to PICTfor his sixth season to design House and Garden, Race, and The Mask of Moriarty. While inPittsburgh, he has designed over 16 plays for PICT, including Pinter Celebration, Crime andPunishment, History Boys, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and Playboy of the Western World.Regionally, he has had the pleasure of designing for: The Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis,Merrimack Repertory Theatre, The City Theatre, Prime Stage Theatre, The Stoneham The-atre, and The Point Park Playhouse among others. Gianni’s work has been nominated for aKevin Klein Award in Excellence in Scenic Design for Crime and Punishment and The Lieu-tenant of Inishmore, as well as a nomination for an Independent Reviewers of New EnglandAward for Stoneham Theatre’s The Dazzle. Academically, Gianni received an MFA fromBrandeis University, taught at Point Park University and The University of Pittsburgh, servedas a member of the Special Faculty in Scenic Design at the Carnegie Mellon UniversitySchool of Drama, and most recently was an Assistant Professor of Theatre at WestminsterCollege in New Wilmington, PA. His portfolio can be viewed online at www.giannidesigns.net.

Cory F. Goddard (Properties) is in his seventh season with PICT. A graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College in Cleveland, he loves being back, working in Pittsburgh. Cleveland areacredits include: Parade, The Laramie Project, The 24 Hour Theatre Project, GreyGardens,and the non-equity premieres of Brooklyn, Phantom of the Opera, and [title of show]. InPittsburgh; Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom (Bricolage), Someone Who”ll WatchOver Me (Phase 3). Past PICT credits include: Garden, Antony & Cleopatra, Pinter Celebra-tion, Othello, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Jane Eyre, The History Boys, Stones in hisPockets, Private Lives, Stuff Happens, Boston Marriage, Synge Cycle, and Salome. Hewould like to thank Gianni, Nikia, La Femme, Philliam, Alicia, and Jesse.

Allen Hahn (Lighting Designer) makes his PICT debut with Race. Locally, Allen has de-signed productions of The Lady with All the Answers at Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Flightfor Pittsburgh Opera Center, Candide for Quantum and several productions at City Theatre.Elsewhere in the US, he has designed for New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, GlimmerglassOpera, the Spoleto Festival USA and internationally for opera companies and festivals inSouth America and Asia and several European countries. He has also worked with artistTony Oursler on installations at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City andAarhus, Denmark.

Erik T. Lawson (Sound Designer) is delighted to design his third PICT production. Hisprevious designs at PICT include Hobson’s Choice and The Importance of Being Earnest. Hehas over fifteen years of experience as a theatre sound designer, and is currently a SoundDesign MFA candidate at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama. His CarnegieMellon sound designs include The Alice Project, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ThérèseRaquin, The Inspector General, and Medea. At the Tony Award winning Cincinnati Play-house in the Park, he designed The Laramie Project, The Maiden’s Prayer, Old Times, and

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The Mystery of Irma Vep. Prior to moving to Pittsburgh, Erik taught theatre sound designand recording techniques at Lehigh University where he designed over 25 productions. Asa live sound engineer Erik provided sound mixing for hundreds of artists including LaurieAnderson, Barbara Cook, Olympia Dukakis, Marilyn Horn, Garrison Keillor, and Lily Tomlin.Erik’s sound design for Medea was accepted for exhibition at the 2011 Prague Quadrennial,the International Exhibition of Scenography and Theatre Architecture.

Emily K. Lewis (Assistant Stage Manager) is so happy to re-join PICT for her first season,after interning for the company in 2009. Previous PICT credits include Doubt, Antony andCleopatra, House & Garden, and The Importance of Being Earnest. She also served asthe Education Intern for Pittsburgh Public Theater, and helped to organize and manage the2011 Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest. Emily is a proud graduate of AlleghenyCollege.

Joanna Obuzor (Production Stage Manager) is happy to join PICT for her first season. Shehas stage managed for several theatres including City Theatre, Carnegie Mellon Univer-sity, Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Prime Stage Theatre, AttackTheatre, Tuesday Musical Club, South Park Theatre and the Kennedy Center AmericanTheatre Festival. Some favorite credits include The 39 Steps (City Theatre), Camino(Hiawatha Project), Porgy and Bess (Opera Theater), Mary Shelley and her Frankenstein(Tuesday Musical Club), See How They Run (Ms. Skillon), and her time with The Pitts-burgh Tap Ensemble. Joanna has also toured internationally to France, Belgium, and Mexicowith Crutch Productions. Joanna is a graduate of the Community College of AlleghenyCounty and a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Rachel S Parent (Costume Designer) is in her final year at Carnegie Mellon, soon toreceive her MFA in costume design. Previous designs include The 25th Annual PutnamCounty Spelling Bee (CMU), The Fantasticks, Miss Julie, Swamp Baby (Phase 3 Produc-tions), Wizard of Oz, CATS, Beauty and the Beast, Rocky Horror Picture Show (StageRight!), Anything Goes (Kalamazoo Civic Theatre), The Maids (Ashland University). Thisis Rachel’s first design at for PICT. Next up: Suor Angelica at CMU. Thank you forsupporting Pittsburgh theatre

Andrew S. Paul (Director) is the co-founder and artistic director of PICT. Under his lead-ership, PICT has produced sixty-three main-stage productions, Festivals devoted to theplays of Samuel Beckett, John Millington Synge, and Harold Pinter, and two successfulinternational tours. His directing credits for PICT include this year’s production of AlanAyckbourn’s House, last year’s productions of Othello, No Man’s Land, and Hobson’sChoice, and the 2009 productions of The History Boys and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Other PICTdirecting credits include Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Henry IV, and Julius Caesar; the worldpremiere of Thomas Kilroy’s Henry (after Pirandello); Chekhov’s The Seagull and UncleVanya; Friel’s Faith Healer and Aristocrats; and David Hare’s Stuff Happens and ViaDolorosa. In 2008, Paul directed and collaborated with Playwright Hare on the non-Englishlanguage premiere of Stuff Happens at the Slaski Teatr in Katowice, Poland. He has taughtacting at Duquesne University and directing at Carnegie Mellon University, has served asa panelist for Theatre Communications Group and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts,and is a proud board member of Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre. Last fall, Andrew was afeatured speaker at the World Theatre Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. He remains commit-ted to making art here in Pittsburgh.

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David Mamet (Playwright). Pulitzer prize-winning playwright David Mametwas born in Chicago in 1947. Best known as a playwright, Mamet has alsoauthored several books and screenplays, and is a director. Mamet (along withactor William H. Macy) founded the Atlantic Theater Company, an ensemble-based off-Broadway theater that has produced more than 120 plays, includingTony Award-winning productions. Mamet’s best-known works include GlengarryGlen Ross (for which he won the Pulitzer), American Buffalo, Oleanna, Bos-ton Marriage, and Speed-the-Plow. He was nominated for an Academy Awardfor his screenplay, The Verdict. Other screenplays include The Postman Al-ways Rings Twice, About Last Night…(based on his play Sexual Perversityin Chicago), and Wag the Dog. Mamet’s distinctive style of writing dialoguehas become known as “Mamet speak,” and is characterized by gritty language,characters’ frequent interruptions of one another, sentences trailing off, and over-lapping dialogue.

theory of the unseen hand—it becomes apparent that the play endorses the free marketsystem of capitalism. American Buffalo promotes the necessity of a free economic system,a system that utilizes the power of greed to the advantage of the community. Within theplay, the character of Teach subtly defends the foundational tenets of capitalism, while theother characters portray the necessity of the capitalist economic system. Mamet inadvert-ently demonstrates the dangers of monopolies and financial dependence, and he shows theinescapable nature of and advantages of greed. When analyzing this play with a fullerunderstanding of the cooperation required in competitive capitalism, and shifting Teachfrom the play’s antagonist to the role of protagonist, Mamet’s intended anti-capitalismbegins to deteriorate, and an argument in favor of capitalism emerges. By applying Smith’stheory of the unseen hand to Mamet’s text, American Buffalo actually demonstrates howpersonal greed can be channeled to benefit society.

Oleanna embodies the first conscious moment in Mamet’s playwriting career where hispersonal disillusionment with liberalism becomes evident in his theatrical work. In OleannaMamet explores a dystopian world born from utopian aspirations. By focusing on theagendas and theories of John and Carol—the play’s only two characters that appear onstage—it becomes clear that Mamet created two characters who avidly strive to bring tofruition their abstract desires, and who view themselves as the true savior of the oppressed.John, a university professor, works to rescue individuals from the oppressive educationsystem, and Carol, one of his students, strives to rescue others from the oppression ofpatriarchy. By identifying how Mamet roots John and Carol’s eventual ruin within theirpolitical theories Oleanna foreshadows Mamet’s eventual departure from liberalism.

By placing two like-minded individuals in opposition, Mamet illustrates the harmful natureof their theories, the hypocrisy of their principles, and how attempts to alleviate oppressionoften lead to enabling different forms of oppression. The utopian-based desires at the heartof John and Carol’s agendas never come to fruition; rather, John and Carol create a dystopiathat encompasses their own demise. When viewing John and Carol as victims of oppres-sion while at the same time as activists against it, it becomes clear that their demise andfailures to communicate derive from their social agendas. Mamet’s negative views regard-ing politically liberal theories become apparent by the dystopia John and Carol createthrough their own actions.

Mamet’s political comedy November satirizes a failing president in the days leading up toan election. The play centers on the fictional Charles Smith, an unpopular president whomore closely resembles a con-man than the leader of the free world. November chroniclesSmith and his top aide, Archer, the days before an election as they frantically attempt tosecure four more years in the White House by any means necessary. Mamet’s satire initiallyseems absent of political commentary and appears to avoid a serious examination of anytopical issues. The script refrains from specifically satirizing Republicans or Democrats,and in fact, neither the two parties, nor the classification of “conservative,” appear in thetext.3 However, November indirectly portrays a need for conservatism in American politicsby depicting an unsuccessful president whose actions demonstrate a lack of adherence toconservative principles, which inevitably leads to an ineffective and oppressive govern-ment. Utilizing Russell Kirk’s six canons of conservatism4 to distinguish the basic doctrineof American conservatism aids in identifying November’s endorsement of conservative

In 2008 playwright David Mamet made the declaration that he no longer considers himselfa “Brain-Dead Liberal,” claiming that his political and philosophical views were alignedmuch more closely with conservatism than with the contemporary definition of liberalism.In his Village Voice editorial, “Why I am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’ An election-season essay,” Mamet predominantly chronicles the path which led to this ideologicalrealization. Specifically, he began to reexamine his views pertaining to the Constitution,economics, the role of the military, and the basic principles of human nature. Mamet notonly reveals his new stance on political issues, but also discusses how he began to rethinkhis opinions regarding the economic philosophies at the root of capitalism. Mamet nowconsiders himself a strong advocate of limited government intervention in markets be-cause, as he says, somehow ordinary people manage to work things out. He still believesthat people are “greedy, lustful, duplicitous, corrupt, inspired—in short human,” but real-izes that “people in general seem to get from day to day; and that we in the United States getfrom day to day under rather wonderful and privileged circumstances.” Additionally, Mametclaims that “a free market understanding of the world meshes more perfectly with my expe-rience than that idealistic vision I called liberalism.”1

This drastic declaration of new-found conservatism begs the question: were favorableopinions of conservatism evident throughout Mamet’s playwriting career, a career thatspans more than four decades, from his first play Lakeboat (1970), to his most recent play,Race (2009)? By focusing on three of his plays from various stages of his career—Ameri-can Buffalo (1975), Oleanna (1992), and November (2008)—perennial support of conserva-tism becomes evident throughout his theatrical canon. These three plays indirectly tacklepolitical issues which support the core tenets of contemporary American conservatism. It isimportant to note that, in his “Brain Dead Liberal” essay, Mamet stresses that he did notabruptly change his political and philosophical principles. Rather, he gradually becameaware that his true political beliefs failed to align with those defined by his political affilia-tion. Generally, Mamet’s work would not fall under the classification of political theatre. Hisplays are not overtly political pieces, nor are they outwardly driven by political topics; byin large his plays stay clear of discussing contemporary political issues. However, many ofhis plays subtly address the basic principles of political theory.

Throughout his long and prolific career David Mamet consistently viewed American busi-ness as an ugly and brutal industry. Mamet dramatized this disgust and his view of capital-ism as exploitation in what critics routinely classify as his Business Trilogy: AmericanBuffalo (1975), Glengarry Glen Ross (1984), and Speed the Plow (1988). After reexaminingAmerican Buffalo, with Mamet’s newfound conservatism in the forefront, the play appearsto stray from the originally perceived indictment of capitalism, and rather advocates stronglyfor the necessity of capitalism.

American Buffalo, depicts three amateur criminals planning a robbery. Critics usually inter-pret the play as representing the negative aspects of the American business system basedon capitalism. However, when viewing the play through the economic theories and defini-tions of capitalism put forth by Milton Friedman and Adam Smith2—specifically Smith’s

Conservative Thought in Plays of David Mamet

by Scott Nyitray

principles. As Mamet distances his president’s actions and policies from the conservativeideology throughout the course of the play, President Smith’s political failure appearsincreasingly inescapable.

As with the three previously discussed plays, Race serves as gateway into Mamet’s con-servative philosophical views. In many respects, Race parallels the dialectic structure ofOleanna where the legality of the characters guilt or innocence embodies a subsidiaryposition to the unraveling of their failed ideological framework. Mamet’s conservativeviews on the disastrous ideology at the root of racial politics—from affirmative action topolitical correctness—comes out not simply in the foreground of the case on trial, butpredominantly in the philosophical debates between the onstage characters. Althoughthese plays represent only a small sampling of David Mamet’s theatrical canon, they collec-tively illustrate an evolving departure from liberalism leading up to his current politicalidentification with contemporary American conservatism.

1 David Mamet, “Why I am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’ An election-season essay,” VillageVoice, March 11, 2008.2 Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (University Park:Penn State Electronic Classics, 2005).Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982).3 In Mamet’s “Brain-Dead Liberal Article” he refers to President Smith as “the conservativepresident in the piece” Although Mamet assigns a political identification to him in this essay,nowhere in the text is Smith explicitly described as a conservative.4 Russell Kirk, The Conservative Mind (New York, NY: BN Publishing, 1953).

Scott Nyitray is currently studying at Baylor University in the Masters in PublicPolicy and Administration program. Prior to attending Baylor he earned hisB.A. at Marietta College and an M.A. in Theatre at the University of Kentucky.His research primarily focuses on the interplay between politics and theatre,primarily American conservatism.

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Sarah NicholsRobert T. Norman & Liane E. NormanMarianne NovyGertrude O’BrienPatrick O’DonnellFritz OkieKristen L. OlsonEllen OrmondArmand & Carol PansonRichard & Suzanne PaulMarla PerlmanJan Pearson & Joe WisterCynthia Pennington & C. Liam DonohueCarmen Perez & Jorge VasquezCliff & Theresa PinsentPat & Bill PohlmanKim & Bill PopeDavid & Marilyn PosnerMark E. Puda & Carol S. JohnstonAnn & John RayneKathryn Rector & Bruce SchrammNancy ReeseCarrie & Joe RegensteinMarvin & Ruth ReidbordMr. & Mrs. ReifMadelyn A. Reilly & Robin GirdharJim Reitz & Mary HeathDaniel & Lauren ResnickDr. Tor RichterMargaret A. RisoStephanie Riso & Richard GoodwaldRonald & Harriette RoadmanJean RobinsonPeter RobinsonShoshana & Jerry RosenbergMrs. Louisa RosenthalChristine & James RuppMona Rush & Sam RushElaine SadowskiJoan SaroffThomas & Sheila SavitsKaren ScansaroliMiriam SchaffelVirginia W. SchatzHagen Schempf & Noellette Conway- SchempfRobert & Carolyn SchumacherSharon & Robert SclabassiDavid P. & Elizabeth T. Segel

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Mary Lib MyersDee Jay Oshry & Bart RackDonna & Lewis PattersonKaren S. PetersonDeborah & Martin PowellK. Oliver ReaDonald & Sylvia Robinson Family FoundationMerilee SalmonGeorge & Karen SchnakenbergPamela SchoemerAmanda SerraSilberman Family Fund of The Pittsburgh FoundationLee & Myrna SilvermanPreston & Annette ShimerDavid Solosko & Sandra KniessJudy & Jerry StarrRobert SwendsenJanie & Harry ThompsonHelen ThorntonChuck & Janet VukotichLouis & Mary WagnerDonal & Mary WardeRamona Baker WingateRobert & Mary Ann WittigJudy & John Woffington

Brian Friel($100-$249)AnonymousTies & Jorunn AllersmaDr. Albert & Ellen B. AmshelJonathan AracJane C. ArkusNorma S. ArtmanSusan BarclayDr. & Mrs. Walter BartynskiMichelle BelanVange & Nick BeldecosCarole Beeghly BencichDr. & Mrs. Thomas BenedekElizabeth BennettAya Betensky & Robert KrautSusan BonelloDavid & Carol BostickRobert BoulwarePaul & Andrea BowmanKathy & Walter BoykowyczMary BriscoeDonald & Becky BrophyLaurie & Frank BrunsFrank & Diane BurkeJay & Linda Bush

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Mary Jane KanyokJoan KaplanSusan Kelly & Bill CullenPaul KennedyTom & Ann KeoghMarge & Dennis KerrJack KingGloria & Al KleinJeffry & Catharine KossMonica KolasaHanita & Ram KossowskyBetsy & James KrisherKudas Industries, Inc.Dennis & Steffanie LabateCarol & Howard LangAlan & Fran LefkowitzSylvia & Peter LeoLinda LevineFrank Lieberman & Beverly BarkonJackie & Larry LoblJim & Pat LynnNorma Sue MaddenJoyce MagillSusan Manzi & Joseph AhernEric MarchbeinDemetria MarshDavid MaxwellEleanor MayfieldBruce & Stephanie McConachieAnn & David McFaddenDonald & Meredith McGrawMaureen McHugh & Fran BarretJohn McSorleyKelly & David MeadeGerald & Denise MedwickRichard & Christine MichaelsJane MillerRev. Robert J. MillerSusan MillerJoseph P. MoffittMondo ItalianoLewis & Vivian MorseDaniela & Marcello MoschellaSamuel & Scilene MrazClifford MullJohn Nagle & Stephanie Tristam-NagleRosalind & Michael NatelsenAnita NewellDee & Bob NovakDr. Enrico NovelliNancy Noyes

Maxine NunnPeter Oanes & Lorraine StarskyJack & Phyllis OchsJames OlszewskiCatherine O’RoukousMarilyn PainterThomas Pandeleon & Faith SchantzRusty PetroSusan D. PettigrewTerese PiccoliDouglas & Shirley PickensJoel PlattLinda Jordan PlattSuzanne PowellDennis Rea & Joan ButterfieldMartin ReganDorothy RescherBarbara D. RichmanR.C. RidgwaySean RollyDeborah RosenKristen RossDan RossiAnna RothJoyce Rothermal & Michael DrohanSelma RyaveSylvia SachsDavid Salgarolo & Frances SavoiaHarold & Marla Sue ScheinmanVirginia A. SchickDr. Elizabeth A. SchlenkSandy & Steve SchmerinJolie SchroederWilliam H. & Kathleen M. SearleJoseph & Elizabeth SeamansJoyce SerratoreGeorge & Joan ShamesLucian SikorskyjFrancis B. SimkoGregory SimonProfessor Daniel SleatorChester & Anita SmolenskiStella Smetanka & Kemal Alexander MericliShirley & Sidney Stark, Jr.Casey & Rosemary SteinerBarbara StoryChristina StraubRichard StrojanPeter Teneyck

Patricia Ulbrich & Claus MakowkaStephen VargoNancy VogeleyRandy VollenCarrie L. WashingtonPhillip & Josie WedemeyerRichard WellsIrving Wender & Jean GershonBarbara WiddoesRev. E. Phillip WilsonSara WinokurWilliam & Laurie WinslowAllen Wolfert & Adrienne YoungTerry & Janet WoodcockJoel Woller & Patti DunmireBarbara WrightCharles & Barbara WrightMark & Barb YacovoneMarlene & John Yokim

James C. Chaplin IV, in honorof Anne Burnham

The Fougnies Family inmemory of Catherine & LeonFougnies

Jean Robinson in honor ofMarjorie Greenberger

Milton & Lois Michaels inhonor of Andrew S. Paul

Margaret Mima in memory ofJoseph Mima

Mona Rush in honor of thebirth of Benjamin Rush

Jamini Vincent Davies in honorof Carol & Sean Hughes andMona Rush

In Memory of Leon Fougnies:

Dr. R.G. & Phyllis Caneva,James Collins, Jr., Barbara &Ralph Danna, Linda Ehrlich,W.E. & Mary Ann Griffin, AliceKoger, Maxine Nunn, Nikola &Phil Webb

Richard Devlin rememberingRita Devlin

Corby Caffrey-Dobosh inmemory of Tom Caffrey

*in-kind

Robin J. Bernstein & Herbert SeigleMorton & Rita SeltmanSusan & Brian SesackPaul ShepardJay Silberblatt & Lori SissonBill & Kathleen SimpsonJen Ann Skiles & Melvin MillerDr. & Mrs. Leon SkolnickHenry & Adelaide SmithWallace & Patricia SmithWil SnyderDavid Sogg & Lisa ParkerSusan and Holly SpharRobert SquiresJudith & James StalderStuart & Mary StaleyTerence & Joanne StarzAlexander Stavrides, MDWilliam & Joan StengerMona StrassburgerChristiane StewersBeverly SullivanDonald SuttonJudith SuttonRachel & Lowell SwartsPatricia L. SwedlowJack & Dorothy SwissIrene & Aron SzulmanMary Ann & Lee TempletonNancy B. ThompsonJohn & Nancy TrainaDr. & Mrs. Albert TregerJeanne M. VallasDarletne VeghtsKurt R. WaldoJames Walker & Ellen ViakleyJohn WallDavid WaltonPhil & Nikola WebbMarvin & Dot WedeenSandra B. WelshMary & Larry WernerRay & Susan WernerDavid & Naomi WhalenKellie WildMerlyn & Jim WilliamsSandra D. WilliamsonFlorence & Harvey ZeveRuth Ann Zupan

Martin McDonagh($50-$99)AnonymousDiane & Christopher AbellSally Adkins

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Steven DoerflerAnn DucanisJoseph & Joellen DuckettAida & Barry DuganJoe & Helen EatonJohn C. EskridgeAnnette FerrieriLinda & Mark FialkovichMartin FleishmanGina FleitmanAlva FlemingKaren FordLeslie Pope ForneyAlan & Kathleen FowlerCyril & Jane FoxAnne FranksDorothy FrayerJoan B. FriedbergWarren & Linda GaliffaTeresa & Anthony GaliseMary B. GallagherMartha GarveyAndy & Debbie GespassArlyn GilboaMr. Elliott GillBernard Goldstein & Russellyn CaruthElizabeth Good & Mark WeaklandJohn GoodenoughEleanor GrainyJames & Noreen GreenoPeter GreerMartha & Francis GrollStewart GrossmanAl & Arlene GrubbsMarah Gubar & Kieran SetiyaEllie & Brian HallMary Jane & David HallJerome & Diane HalpernMatthew HamptonKathleen & Fred HannRuth & Harold HansenAngela & Charles HardwickAlayne & Jerry HarrisJane HaskellRaymond & Anne HasleyStuart & Eileen HastingsRonald HellerDena HofkoshStephany M. HollandMarianne HookerLynne HuberSteven HustedA.E. Jennings, Jr.Jay & Annabelle JosephPerry L. JubelirerKevin & Irene Kane