Fences. The Three Musketeers. August Wilson s. ALSO PLAYING La Cage Aux Folles. Volume XXIV n NUMber 2 September - October 2012

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1 t h e d e n v e r c e n t e r f o r t h e p e r f o r m i n g a r t s Volume XXIV n NUMber 2 September - October 2012 ALSO PLAYING La Cage Aux Folles Clint King Photo by Kyle Malone August Wilson s Fences Drew Cortese Photo by Terry Shapiro The Three Musketeers

2 Fences AUGUST WILSON S 14 APPLAUSE August Wilson denvercenter.org FENCES BUILT TO LAST by Dan Sullivan A great play. The phrase comes to mind at once in discussing August Wilson s Fences, not to mean a terrific show or an alltime Broadway hit, but as a simple statement of fact. Fences was, in fact, a considerable hit back in 1987, partly due to James Earl Jones giant performance as Wilson s garbage-collector hero, Troy Maxson. But none of Wilson s plays have broken box-office records or inspired major Hollywood movies. In fact Hollywood turned Fences down when Wilson had insisted they give it to a black director, Lloyd Richards. Why, then, hang the Great Play tag around its neck? For many readers it could be a warning signal. Great Plays aren t they the ones the teacher made you read in high school? Well, yes, but don t be scared away. A truly great play (as distinct from a museum piece) starts with being a good story. Moreover, a durable one. This takes time to establish. Like the fence that Troy keeps trying to build (or keeps putting off building) for his hard-dirt yard, it s not clear right away how a brand new play will stand up to the elements. One or two bad winters could reduce it to a pile of sticks. The major hazard faced by an excellent-for-its-time script is change new styles, new slang, a loosening (or tightening) of moral codes, political upheavals, everything that contributes to the sense that Broadway s latest hit has become yesterday s news. Clint King Photo by Kyle Malone

3 We re told that The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) was still being performed in London as a contemporary play (in flapper dress) in the 1920s. Or change can come overnight. William Inge s plays, beloved in the 50s, each followed by a smash-hit movie, were suddenly declared old-hat at the dawn of the 60s, not through critical whim but because the national mood had changed with a new man in the White House and a new kind of theatre in the Village. Fences opened 25 years ago, but would anyone call it old hat? I call it a classic. Time-stamped, yes, in the same sense that Long Day s Journey Into Night and Death of a Salesman are, and every bit as permanent. Fences was the first of Wilson s ten-play cycle looking at African American life in the 20th century, each play representing a different decade. The year is 1957, just before the nation s racial tensions will boil over. The scene is Pittsburgh, Wilson s home town indeed his old neighborhood. The when-and-where of the story matter less than the who-and-why. Troy has a dead-end job with the city Sanitation Department, a job he s trying to upgrade with no hesitation at all, incidentally. He knows his rights. We also meet his patient wife, his rebellious son, another son from a previous relationship, his shell-shocked brother and his best friend all observed with Wilson s usual close eye and sly sense of humor. Although some characters have fewer lines than others, everybody in this neighborhood is a somebody, at least to himself. There are no white people, although Troy and his friends essentially live under white rule. But our hero s blackness (central to the trap he s in, and just as central to Wilson s concern for him) counts for less, in my view, than our fascination with him as a character. To apply an overworked term correctly, Troy Maxson is an awesome hero, several cubits above the pusillanimous Willy Loman and not far below King Lear, whom Shakespeare portrays only in his dotage. Wilson gives us Troy in full voice, always charging ahead and frequently messing up. You can see why his wife needs to be patient with him, and also why she puts up with him. I discussed Fences with director Lou Bellamy before rehearsals started on his Denver Center Theatre Company Fences opened 25 years ago, but would anyone call it old hat? I call it a classic. Time-stamped, yes, in the same sense that Long Day s Journey Into Night and Death of a Salesman are, and every bit as permanent. production. Not only has Bellamy directed the play twice on his home stage St. Paul s Penumbra Theatre he s also played Troy twice. The first time I hated him. Loathed the man, Bellamy said. I had had enough of fathers who hold their families hostage for the sake of a $50-a-week paycheck. Here s this throwback holding back his son from college. I also wasn t sure I could handle the part. or Love don t seem to be part of the equation Hate now. Bellamy has come to understand Troy s anger at having been fenced out of a chance to play major-league baseball, made worse by a foul-up of his own. The director also admires Troy s ability to take his life in hand and become a faithful husband (more or less) and a concerned father. But here s the rub. It s the 1950s. Blacks by then could make a name for themselves in big league baseball and Troy s teenage son, Cory, may have inherited Troy s power as a hitter. But Cory s starting to act up at home, starting to forget who s boss around here. It s up to Troy to bring him down to earth. No more sports. Tend to your chores. Stop dreaming. Grow up. Can I ask you a question? Cory responds. How come you ain t never liked me? Troy s reply is too penetrating to be quoted here. It s not a measly little TV homily. It s not even vaguely heartwarming. It s an icy setting forth of the biological responsibilities of a grown-up man to his un-grown-up son, so pointed that fathers in the audience may want to salt it away for real-life use. What an orator Troy Maxson could have become in another life! change comes slowly. But Wilson isn t writing about what FencesSometimes might have been. Troy s girlfriend is pregnant, and his new job on the garbage truck lacks savor. He fights for it, but he s not prepared to take it, Bellamy notes. He doesn t even have a driver s license. There s a cost to be paid for these victories. David Alan Anderson will play Troy in Denver. There are no shortcuts here, Bellamy will tell him. You have to find the fatherfigure in yourself. Is Troy trying to protect Cory because he knows how sports can set a young man up for failure or is he jealous that Cory s getting the chance Troy never got from his own father? You don t know, and that s why it s a tragedy. I asked Bellamy if Troy could be compared to Willy Loman. It s been attempted, but Willy fails from the inside, while Troy never gets that chance. I ve had Japanese people grab me and say, That s my father. That s what gives the play resonance. But the actors have to be ensconced in a black reality. A story from a particular time that speaks to us here and now. A simple story with complexities enough to challenge the most masterful actor. Those are some of the earmarks of a great play, and Fences seems to grow wiser with every passing year. n Dan Sullivan directs the O Neill Theater Center s National Critics Institute and teaches at the University of Minnesota. He has reviewed theatre and music for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and the Minneapolis Tribune. Sept 14 Oct. 14 Space Theatre Producing Partner: Tina Walls Signed & Audio Described Oct 7, 1:30pm Tickets: Toll-free: TTY: Groups (10+): denvercenter.org APPLAUSE 15

4 Denver Center Theatre Company Resident Professional Theatre Kent Thompson, Artistic Director BY August Wilson SCENIC DESIGN BY Vicki Smith COSTUME DESIGN BY David Kay Mickelsen LIGHTING DESIGN BY Don Darnutzer SOUND DESIGN BY Jason Ducat VOICE AND DIALECT COACHING BY Kathryn G. Maes, Ph.D FIGHT DIRECTION BY Gregory Hoffman Casting by Elissa Myers Casting/ Paul Fouquet, CSA PRODUCTION MANAGER Edward Lapine STAGE MANAGER Christopher C. Ewing* ASST. STAGE MANAGER A. Phoebe Sacks* FIGHT CAPTAIN James T. Alfred* PRODUCTION INTERN Katy Beth Austin PRODUCING PARTNER Tina Walls DIRECTED BY Lou Bellamy On Fences the Denver Center Theatre Company s Production Staff is responsible for costumes, wigs, lighting, props, furniture, scenic construction, scenic painting, sound and special effects. Fences is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. Originally Produced by YALE REPERTORY THEATRE Lloyd Richards, Artistic Director The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited. THE SPACE THEATRE SEPTEMBER 14 OCTOBER 14, /13 Season Sponsors

5 Fences CAST Troy Maxson...DAVID ALAN ANDERSON* Jim Bono...MARCUS NAYLOR* Rose... KIM STAUNTON* Lyons... JAMES T. ALFRED* Gabriel... JEROME PRESTON BATES* Cory...CALVIN DUTTON* Raynell...NADJA-MONET BROWN / EMMI GRACE SULLIVAN (alternating) UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of the performance. donnie l. betts* (Troy Maxson, Jim Bono, Gabriel), LAURENCE CURRY (Cory, Lyons), JADA ROBERTS* (Rose) Place & Time: Pittsburgh, 1957 There will be one 15-minute intermission. *Members of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

6 KENT THOMPSON (Artistic Director) is in his eighth season as Artistic Director of the Denver Center Theatre Company. In Denver he directed productions of The Taming of the Shrew, The Liar, A Midsummer Night s Dream, Othello, Eventide, Plainsong, Irving Berlin s White Christmas, Amadeus, King Lear and Measure for Measure. Prior to moving to Denver he was Producing Artistic Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival for 16 years. His production of Macbeth was selected by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to tour 13 US military bases in the fall of In 1991 Kent created the Southern Writers Project (SWP), designed to commission and develop new plays that presented 16 world premieres during his tenure. Two of Kent s major accomplishments since moving to Denver have been the Colorado New Play Summit, a premier national festival for new American plays, and the establishment of the Women s Voices Fund, an endowment that supports the development of new plays by women. He served for eight years on the Board of Directors for Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and as its president for three years. He has served on peer review panels for the NEA (also chair), TCG, The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Fulbright Scholars Program, The Wallace Funds, The Doris Duke Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. BRUCE K. SEVY (Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Play Development) has directed such memorable Denver Center productions as Heartbreak House, Mariela in the Desert, The Voysey Inheritance, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Doubt, All My Sons, Master Class, Mrs. Warren s Profession, A Christmas Carol, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof, The Little Foxes, Molly Sweeney, Amy s View, Valley Song, Pierre, Dinner With Friends, and The Cripple of Inishmaan. As Director of New Play Development, he oversees both the artistic and practical components of DCTC s successful Colorado New Play Summit, including commissions from outstanding American playwrights. He has directed for Arizona Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Lark Play Development Center, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Northlight Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Eugene O Neill Theater Center, Pioneer Theatre Company, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Empty Space and Intiman Theatre in Seattle, the Kimo Theatre in Albuquerque, and Utah Shakespearean Festival. His popular production of 2 Pianos, 4 Hands has been seen at more than 20 theatres nationally, including DCTC s successful 2003 production. CHARLES VARIN (Managing Director) and his team are responsible for administrative, financial and business operations related to producing DCTC s season of productions and other artistic and educational initiatives. Charles has been fortunate to work in theatre his entire career having started as a stage manager for theatre and opera before taking on management roles. EDWARD LAPINE (Production Manager) directs the company s design, shop and technical areas. His other professional work included positions in technical management at A.C.T. in San Francisco, The Metropolitan Opera, Santa Fe Opera, and South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California. Ed has worked in film production in Southern California and also worked outside of the arts as a partner in a company developing products in the nanotechnology field. He holds a BA degree from Williams College and an MFA degree in Production Management from the Yale School of Drama. Artistic staff BRYCE RUSSELL ALEXANDER (Assistant Director: The Three Center: Debut. Other Theatres: PHAMALY Theatre Company (Director - The Elephant Man, Cyrano de Bergerac), Three Leaches Theatre (Director - Under My Box Spring - Regional Premier, Sir Ronald DeMimsy), Aurora Fox Theatre (Director - Charlotte s Web), University of Colorado (Director - Orphans), Mizel Arts and Culture Center (Director - Romeo & Juliet), Colorado Shakespeare Festival (Asst. Director - Treasure Island, It s a Wonderful Life), Paragon Theatre (Asst. Director - Parlour Song). Special/Awards/ Training: Associate Artistic Director of the PHAMALY Theatre Company. Cum Laude BFA Theatre Performance and BA English Literature from the University of Colorado, Boulder (2011). LOU BELLAMY (Director: Fences). At the Denver Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Penumbra Theatre, Saint Paul (The Amen Corner, Two Trains Running, I Wish You Love, Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, Black Pearl Sings!, Radio Golf, Fences, The Piano Lesson, A Raisin in the Sun; Indiana Repertory/Cleveland Play House (Radio Golf); Signature Theatre Company, New York (Two Trains Running); Kansas City Repertory Theatre/Arizona Theatre Company (Jitney); The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (I Wish You Love and Ma Rainey s Black Bottom). Special/Awards/Training: OBIE for Best Direction, McKnight Distinguished Artist Award, IVEY Lifetime Achievement Award, Doctor of Arts Hamline University, The W. Harry Davis Foundation Award for Leadership in Afrocentric Education, Minnesota Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award, Winona Lee Fletcher Award for Outstanding Achievement and Excellence in Black Theatre. GREGORY HOFFMAN (Fight Director: Fences and The Three Center: The Taming of the Shrew. Other Theatres: The Huntington Theatre, Minneapolis Children s Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Magic Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, San Francisco Opera, Shakespeare Santa Cruz Festival, California Shakespeare, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare (over 300 productions). Special/Awards/Training: Resident Artist at American Conservatory Theatre , Founder of Dueling Arts International, True Edge Pictures and True Edge Entertainment, Dean Goodman and Bay Area Theatre Critics Award. KATHRYN G. MAES, PH.D (Voice and Dialect Coach: Fences and The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: Heartbreak House, World Premiere Great Wall Story, The Taming of the Shrew, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, To Kill a Mockingbird, Ruined, A Christmas Carol, Dracula, The 39 Steps, When Tang Met Laika, The Voysey Inheritance, Dusty and the Big Bad World, The Diary of Anne Frank, You Can t Take It With You, 1001, Season s Greetings, Amadeus, The Clean House, The Ladies of the Camellias. Other Theatres: Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal National Theatre (Arthur Miller s American Clock), Sir Peter Hall Company s summer season. Special/Awards/Training: Voice and Dialect Coach for numerous professional theatre companies in the United States, Head of Voice at the Denver Center Theatre Company and the National Theatre Conservatory 1989 to Ph.D. in Theatre Arts, University of Pittsburgh; Advanced Diploma in Voice Studies, Central School of Speech and Drama, London, England. ART MANKE (Director: The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: World Premiere Great Wall Story, The 39 Steps, The Miracle Worker. Other Theatres: Bach at Leipzig, Noises Off, Taking Steps, Wind in the Willows, Lucky Duck (South Coast Repertory); Fallen Angels, The Constant Wife, Private Lives, Star Quality (Pasadena Playhouse); Sense and Sensibility (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Laguna Playhouse, Magic Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, American Players Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, among others. TV/Film: Eve, One On One, Hannah Montana. Special/Awards/Training: Recipient of five Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards. A co-founder and former artistic director ( ) of A Noise Within. BFA from the University of Illinois and an MFA from the American Conservatory Theatre. ELISSA MYERS CASTING, Paul Fouquet, CSA just completed casting for PBS movie Souls on Fire to air in Previously cast 7 Broadway shows, including Tony-nominated Having Our Say and 25 Off-Broadway Shows. Additionally, three Movies of the Week (with

7 Tyne Daly, Claire Danes, Christopher Reeve, Ed Asner and Daniel J. Travanti), 5 pilots and 2 PBS specials by Wendy Wasserstein and Terrance McNally (with Bernadette Peters, Nathan Lane, Blythe Danner, Spike Lee and Paul Sorvino), the Peabody Award-winning mini-series Liberty as well as the Emmy Award-winning mini-series Benjamin Franklin, and John & Abigail Adams. Also cast mini-series God In America, The People v. Leo Frank, Dolley Madison and Louisa May Alcott. Some regional casting includes Denver Center, Geva Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Magic Theatre. The office has so far received 13 nominations and has won 3 Artios Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Casting. DESIGNERS CRAIG BREITENBACH (Sound Designer: The Three Center: Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, A Christmas Carol, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Midsummer Night s Dream, Dracula, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, A Raisin in the Sun, Quilters, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Richard III, Noises Off, White Christmas, Third, A Funny Thing Forum, King Lear, Amadeus, Crowns, The Clean House, Measure for Measure, A Flea in Her Ear, Fire on the Mountain, Oedipus Rex, The Misanthrope, The Three Sisters, Love s Labor s Lost, The Skin of Our Teeth, Betrayal, Spinning Into Butter, Dinner With Friends, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, The Laramie Project, The Show-Off, 1933, The Little Foxes. Other Theatres: Ma Rainey s Black Bottom (Shadow Theatre). Special/Awards/Training: 2008 Henry Award for Plainsong. TOM BUDERWITZ (Scenic Designer: The Three Center: The Miracle Worker, Arms and the Man, Crossfire. Other Theatres: South Coast Repertory, Geffen Playhouse, Intiman Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Pasadena Playhouse, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Laguna Playhouse, Arizona Theatre Company, Antaeus Company, Boston Court, A Noise Within, P.C.P.A. Theatrefest, Reprise Theatre Company, Rubicon Theatre Company, Deaf West Theatre. Television: Specials and series for every major broadcast and cable network. Special/Awards/Training: 3 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, 3 LA Drama Critics Circle Awards, 3 Emmy Award nominations, Art Director s Guild nomination. Studied design at Adelphi and Brandeis Universities. DON DARNUTZER (Lighting Designer: Fences). At the Denver Center: Heartbreak House, Dracula, Mariela in the Desert, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, Quilters, Richard III, The Trip to Bountiful, Plainsong, You Can t Take It With You, A Funny Thing Forum, A Christmas Carol, Measure for Measure, September Shoes, Fire on the Mountain, Oedipus Rex, The Merchant of Venice, John Brown s Body, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands, Love s Labor s Lost, The Lonesome West, Pierre, The Immigrant, and 33 others. Other Theatres: It Ain t Nothin But the Blues (Broadway); Hank Williams: Lost Highway; Almost Heaven and The Immigrant (Off-Broadway). He also worked for the American Conservatory Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, New Orleans Opera, Arizona Theatre Company, Kansas City Repertory, Seattle Repertory Theatre. JASON DUCAT (Sound Designer: Fences). At the Denver Center: Heartbreak House, World Premiere Two Things You Don t Talk About At Dinner, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Liar, Superior Donuts, The House of the Spirits, Othello, When Tang Met Laika, Absurd Person Singular, The Voysey Inheritance, Radio Golf, Dusty and the Big Bad World, Glengarry Glen Ross. Other Theatres: Marat/Sade, Noises Off, Seven Guitars, The Winter s Tale (Purdue); Lab Coats on Clouds (Prague Quadrennial); The Princess and the Pea, The Little Mermaid (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Elemental Theatre Company); Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Hope Summer Repertory Theatre); The Importance of Being Earnest (The Simple Theatre); Tribulation and the Demolition Squad (Chicago Dance Crash); A Midsummer Night s Dream, Dancing at Lughnasa (The University of South Florida). Special/Awards/Training: MFA in Sound Design from Purdue University. CHARLES R. MACLEOD (Lighting Designer: The Three Center: (284 productions/29seasons) Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, World Premiere Two Things You Don t Talk About At Dinner, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, American Night: The Ballad of Juan José, The Liar, Superior Donuts, The 39 Steps, Othello, When Tang Met Laika, Absurd Person Singular, A Raisin in the Sun, Radio Golf, Dusty and the Big Bad World, The Miracle Worker, Noises Off, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Lydia, The Diary of Anne Frank, 1001, Season s Greetings, Gem of the Ocean, All My Sons, The Madwoman, Dirty Story, Betrayal, Jitney, Uncle Vanya, Waiting to be Invited, Gross Indecency, A Christmas Carol, The Quick-Change Room, Love, Janis, Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Master Class. Other Theatres: Girls Only, The Taffetas, My Way, Always Patsy Cline (Denver Center Attractions); Becky s New Car, 25 th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Chapter Two, A Year with Frog and Toad (Theatre Aspen). DAVID KAY MICKELSEN (Costume Designer: Fences). At the Denver Center: (54 productions/19 consecutive seasons/13 premieres) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Liar, Ruined, The 39 Steps, A Raisin in the Sun, Radio Golf, Gem of the Ocean, Madwoman, Selfish Sacrifice, Streetcar Named Desire, King Hedley II, Jitney, Pork Pie, Waiting to be Invited, Blues for an Alabama Sky, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars. Other Theatres: Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati, Geffen, Laguna, Cleveland, Pasadena, Westport (Playhouses); Seattle, Contemporary, Irish, Berkeley, Tennessee, Missouri, San Diego, New Mexico, St. Louis (Repertory Theaters); Williamstown, Sundance (Theatre festivals); Geva, Fords (Theatres); Portland, Pennsylvania (Center Stages); Oregon, Utah, Colorado, Illinois (Shakespeare festivals); Old Globe, Arizona, Northlight, Pioneer, Children s (Theatre Companies). Special/Awards/ Training: Seven AriZoni, Denver Post Ovation, Acclaim, Goldy Fishy, Jackie (Awards). From Canby, Oregon, now lives in Long Beach, California. B. MODERN (Costume Designer: The Three Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Old Globe Theaters, San Diego; Asolo Rep, Sarasota, FLA; American Players Theater, WI; Shakespeare Santa Cruz, CA; Geva Theater Center, NY; TheatreWorks, Palo Alto, CA; San Jose Rep; Indiana Rep; Repertory Theater of Saint Louis; Georgia Shakespeare Festival; Seattle Rep; The Magic Theater, SF, CA; Opera San Jose; Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. Special/Awards/Training: Associate Artist at Shakespeare Santa Cruz, CA, and Geva Theatre Center, NY. Four Drama-Logue Awards, Three Dean Goodman Choice Awards and a Bay Area Theater Critic s Circle Award. Guest lecturer at UCSC and San Francisco State Universities. Studied Art & Dramatic Arts at UC, Berkeley. RODOLFO ORTEGA (Composer: The Three Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Artist Repertory Theater s Race, No Man s Land, Seven Guitars, Circle Mirror Transformation, The Duchess of Malfi. Profile Theater Lesson Before Dying, Lips Together Teeth Apart, Zoo Story, Master Harold and the Boys. Northwest Children s Theater wrote the musicals Snow White, Pinocchio, El Zorrito. Santa Cruz Shakespeare Othello, A Midsummer Night s Dream, Julius Caesar, Man in the Iron Mask and Henry the Fourth Part Two. Special/Awards/Training: Bachelor of Music University of Arizona, Master of Music Manhattan School of Music. VICKI SMITH (Set Designer: Fences). At the Denver Center: Heartbreak House, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Dracula, Mariela in the Desert, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, Inana, Noises Off, Doubt, Plainsong, Pride and Prejudice, Mrs. Warren s Profession, A Christmas Carol, 28 others. Other Theatres: Children s Theatre Company, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Penumbra Theatre Company, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre,

8 Actors Theatre Louisville, Repertory Theatre St. Louis, Geva Theatre Center, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theatre Center, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Anchorage Opera, Minnesota Opera, Alley Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre and others. Special/Awards/ Training: Bay Area Critics Awards Kite Runner, Execution of Justice; Dramalogue Award Cyrano; Colorado Theatre Guild Award Mariela in the Desert; Ovation Awards Pierre, I m Not Rappaport; Prague Quadrennial Design Exposition MFA University of Washington. PLAYWRIGHTS LINDA ALPER (Playwright: The Three Musketeers) has performed leading roles at Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Rep, Intiman Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse, Baltimore Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Off Broadway and during 23 seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Favorite roles include Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, Dorine in Tartuffe, and Vivian Bearing in Wit, for which she won critics awards for performance. She played Milady in the OSF production of The Three Musketeers. Besides collaborations with her fabulous colleagues, Penny Metropulos and Douglas Langworthy, Linda translated Eduardo De Filippo s Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Napoli Milionaria! with Beatrice Basso. Those translations were produced by OSF with Linda playing Donna Rosa and Amalia. She also has written song lyrics, a two actor adaptation of Macbeth and many novels for young adults. She was a guest artist at the American Academy of Rome and recently taught and directed Shakespeare in China. She just completed a ten month Fulbright senior scholar grant in Taipei, Taiwan. DOUGLAS LANGWORTHY (Playwright and Dramaturg: The Three Center: Heartbreak House, World Premiere Great Wall Story, World Premiere Two Things You Don t Talk About At Dinner, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, American Night: The Ballad of Juan José, Ruined, The 39 Steps, Mariela in the Desert, Othello, When Tang Met Laika, Well, The Voysey Inheritance, Quilters, Sunsets and Margaritas, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Inana, The Miracle Worker, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Trip to Bountiful, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Lydia, The Diary of Anne Frank, You Can t Take It With You. Other Theatres: Adaptor The Three Musketeers, The Visit, Translator The Good Person of Szechuan, Book/Lyricist Tracy s Tiger (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Special/Awards/ Training: Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas 2012 Elliott Hayes Award, National Theatre Translation Fund Award, Dramaturg and Director of Play Development at McCarter Theatre, Director of Literary Development and Dramaturgy at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Dramaturg for Target Margin Theater in New York. PENNY METROPULOUS (Playwright: The Three Musketeers) has directed You Can t Take It with You, The Trip to Bountiful, and Quilters for the Denver Center Theatre Company. Ms. Metropulos was a company member with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) for 19 seasons, and served as Associate Artistic Director for 12 years. She developed The Three Musketeers with Linda Alper and Douglas Langworthy at OSF and directed the premiere production there. Representative credits for direction at OSF include Henry IV1, The Philanderer, Lorca in a Green Dress (World Premiere), Antony and Cleopatra, As You Like It, The Tempest, The Night of the Iguana, The Good Person of Szechuan, A Midsummer Night s Dream, Death of a Salesman, Cabaret Verboten, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Recently her production of The Madness of George III (with Harry Groener) at Chicago Shakespeare Theater received 5 Joseph Jefferson awards. Other regional directing credits include Red, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Up (Syracuse Stage); The Misanthrope (Arena Stage); An Iliad (Portland Center Stage); Romeo and Juliet (The Acting Company/Guthrie Theater); Missing Persons (Berkeley Repertory Theatre). Ms. Metropulos began her work in the theatre as an actress and singer. She has been a guest teacher in several universities. As a writer she co-adapted a new musical based on William Saroyan s Tracy s Tiger, a musical version of Comedy of Errors, as well as The Three Musketeers; she directed all three projects, and all were originally produced at OSF. AUGUST WILSON (Playwright Fences) (April 27, 1945 October 2, 2005) authored a decade-by-decade exploration of the heritage and experience of African Americans over the course of the 20 th century. Mr. Wilson s works garnered many awards including Pulitzer Prizes for Fences (1987) and The Piano Lesson (1990), a Tony Award for Fences, an Olivier Award for Jitney, a Grammy Award for the cast recording of Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, an Emmy Award for the screenplay adaptation of The Piano Lesson, and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars, Jitney and Radio Golf. Mr. Wilson was recognized with the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Fellowships in Playwriting, The Whiting Writers Award, Heinz Award, induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters and Theater Hall of Fame, as well as the 1999 National Humanities Medal. Additionally, Broadway renamed a theatre in his honor The August Wilson Theatre. STAGE MANAGEMENT MATTHEW CAMPBELL* (Assistant Stage Manager: The Three Center: Heartbreak House, The Taming of the Shrew, A Christmas Carol, To Kill a Mockingbird, A Midsummer Night s Dream, Dracula. Other Theatres: Arvada Center, Cleveland Play House, Hope Summer Repertory Theatre in Holland, Michigan, Colorado Festival of World Theatre, Country Dinner Playhouse, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, and the Omaha Symphony. Served as Assistant Professor of Stage Management and Technical Theater at Brooklyn College Department of Theater. Training: MFA in Stage Management from University of Iowa, BA in Design/Technology, Directing and Acting from University of Northern Colorado. CHRISTOPHER C. EWING* (Stage Manager: Fences). At the Denver Center (29 seasons) Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, A Christmas Carol, To Kill a Mockingbird, Superior Donuts, Dracula, Mama Hated Diesels, Eventide, A Raisin in the Sun, Quilters, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Noises Off, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Plainsong, Mrs. Warren s Profession, A Funny Thing Forum, A Christmas Carol, The Clean House, Gem of the Ocean, A Flea in Her Ear, Crowns, Fire on the Mountain, John Brown s Body, 2 Pianos, 4 Hands, The Skin of Our Teeth, Almost Heaven, The Immigrant, Tantalus, The Laramie Project, The Elevation of Thieves, Treasure Island, Taking Leave, The Dresser, Appalachian Strings, Peter Pan. Other Theatres: Colorado Ballet, Denver Center Attractions, Bonfils Theatre. Training: BFA in Theatre Design/ Technology from Loretto Heights College. A. PHOEBE SACKS* (Assistant Stage Manager: Fences). At the Denver Center: World Premiere Great Wall Story, The Whale, American Night: The Ballad of Juan José, Ruined, Map of Heaven, The 39 Steps, Mariela in the Desert, Eventide, Well, Sunsets and Margaritas, Inana, Glengarry Glen Ross, Gee s Bend, Lobby Hero, Visiting Mr. Green, Copenhagen, King Hedley II, The Lonesome West, Dinner With Friends, Almost Heaven, The Immigrant, Pierre, Other Theatres: Into the Woods (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center); Hats!, Menopause The Musical (New Denver Civic Theatre); Lobby Hero, The Syringa Tree (Lizard Head Theatre). Special/Awards/Training: Member of Actors Equity, BA in Technical Theatre, University of Northern Colorado. KURT VAN RADEN* (Stage Manager: The Three Center: (30+ productions) Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash, The Taming of the Shrew, A Christmas Carol, The Liar, Superior Donuts, The House of the Spirits, Othello, Eventide, A Raisin in the Sun, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Richard III, Noises Off, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Our House, Pride

9 and Prejudice, Third, Mrs. Warren s Profession, 1001, Season s Greetings, Living Out, After Ashley, Jesus Hates Me, September Shoes, The Madwoman, A Selfish Sacrifice, Dirty Story, Visiting Mr. Green, Picnic, Blue/Orange, The Three Sisters. Other Theatres: 22 productions with The O Neill Theatre Center (National Playwrights Conference, Cabaret and Performance Conference), Great River Shakespeare Festival, UCCS TheatreWorks, Janus Jazz Aspen, Aspen Dance Connection. ACTING COMPANY JAMES T. ALFRED* (Lyons in Fences). At the Denver Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Penumbra Theater, New York Public Theater, Steppenwolf Theater, Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theater, American Repertory Theater, Arizona Theater Company, Kansas City Repertory Theater, Wooly Mammoth Theater, Court Theater, Round House Theater, Congo Square Theater Company, Moscow Art Studio Theater, The Second City. TV/Film: BOSS (Starz/Lions Gate), ATF (Pilot, CBS), Prison Break (FOX). Special Awards/Training: 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award-Professional Achievement (Cardinal Stritch University), African American Arts Alliance Award-Best Leading Actor (2012), Ira Aldridge Award (Black Theater Alliance)-Best Leading Actor (2012), African American Arts Alliance Award-Special Recognition (2011). Institute for Advanced Theater Training-Harvard University 2006, Moscow Art Theater School-M.F.A BENAIAH ANDERSON (The Count de Wardes and Ensemble in The Three Center: Richard III. Other Theatres: Colorado Shakespeare Festival; Richard III (Richmond); Romeo and Juliet (Tybalt); Macbeth (Donalbain and Young Siward); Two Gentlemen of Verona (Thurio); Hamlet (Osric); The Three Musketeers (Lubin and ensemble); Treasure Island (Black Dog and Israel Hands); The Arvada Center, The Lion in Winter (King Phillip, understudy); Theatreworks, Cyrano de Bergerac (Valvert), Devil s Thumb Productions, Talk Radio (Barry). Special Awards/Training: Advanced Actor Combatant and Regional Representative of the Society of American Fight Directors. DAVID ALAN ANDERSON* (Troy Maxson in Fences). At the Denver Center: Debut. Other Theatres: A Raisin in the Sun (Guthrie, Penumbra Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Kansas City Rep); Jitney, Two Trains Running, Seven Guitars, King Hedley II (Penumbra); Looking Over the President s Shoulder, The Heavens are Hung in Black, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Searching For Eden (Indiana Repertory Theatre); Blues For An Alabama Sky, The Tempest (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Othello (Idaho Shakespeare, Pennsylvania Shakespeare, Great Lakes Theater); Radio Golf (Indiana Rep,Cleveland Playhouse); Gem of the Ocean (Indiana Rep, Geva, Syracuse Stage); Centerstage, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare. TV/Film: Prison Break, Mike Hammer, A Song for Jade, Evidence of Life. Special Awards/Training: Penumbra Theatre company member, Indiana Arts Council Creative Renewal Grant recipient, New Harmony Project. ZACHARY ANDREWS (Patrick and Ensemble in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: A Christmas Carol. Other Theatres: Leading Ladies (Backstage Theatre); Two Gentlemen of Verona, Ah! Wilderness, Romeo & Juliet, Love s Labor s Lost (Riverside Theatre Shakespeare Festival); Actor s Nightmare, Candida, More Stately Mansions (Germinal Stage Denver); Three Musketeers, Henry VIII (Colorado Shakespeare Festival). Special/Training: MFA from University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC), professional photographer and graphic designer (www. zmaphoto.com). JEROME PRESTON BATES* (Gabriel in Fences). At the Denver Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Created the role of Floyd Barton in the world premiere of Seven Guitars by August Wilson at The Goodman opposite Viola Davis and Ruben S. Hudson. Broadway: StickFly and Seven Guitars. Off Broadway: The Beckett Theatre Row, Abingdon Theatre,The Public Theatre, Circle Rep, NEC, New Federal Theatre. Regional: The Folger in King Lear also Yale Rep, Long Wharf, Wilma, Alliance, Center Stage, Hartford Stage, People s Light Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Co and Drama Guild, and American Stage Co opposite Jeffrey Wright. TV/Film: HBO s Oz as Travis Smith, All My Children as Derek Frye and Law and Order, Third Watch, Lights Out, NYPD Blue and NYUndercover. Shaft 2000 opposite Sam L. Jackson, Musical Chairs, It Runs In The Family, The Out-of-Towners, Tio Papi and We The Peeples opposite Kerry Washington. As director: The entire August Wilson Cycle for LC Laney Museum in Augusta, GA. Oedipus Rex. Author of Electric Lady, Augusta Brown, Mr. Unemployed and Jimi Hendrix (screenplay). Training: LAMDA LONDON, HB Studios, University of Tennessee and Knoxville College. The winner of 6 Audelco Awards including Herald Loomis in Joe Turner s... and Carter G. Woodson Award at NY City Hall for Theatre Excellence. donnie l. betts* (Understudy in Fences). At the Denver Center: Moby Dick Rehearsed, American Clock, Home, Joe Turner s Come and Gone. Other Theatres: Gospel at Colonus (Broadway); Warrior Ant (BAM); Driving Miss Daisy (Arvada, ATL); Sonny, Sizwe Banzi is Dead, The Island (City Stage Ensemble). TV/Film: Carolina Blue, Honeydripper, Switchback, 13 & Pearl, Perry Mason. Director Stage: Night Commander, Crumbs From The Table of Joy, K2, Emperor Jones, Slut Energy Theory. Director Film: Music Is My Life, Politics My Mistress, My Voice (Emmy) Dearfield, The Road Less Traveled, (Emmy Nomination), LaLa UnCut. ANTHONY BIANCO (Bazin, Ensemble and Understudy in The Three Center: World Premiere Two Things You Don t Talk About At Dinner, The Taming of the Shrew. Other Theatres: Twelfth Night (Arvada Center, Colorado Shakespeare); Richard III, Treasure Island (CSF); Much Ado About Nothing (Oak Park Fesival Theatre); Hamlet, Tuesdays with Morrie, Three Sisters, Metamorphoses (Krannert Center); The House of Yes (Equinox Theatre); The Chosen (Theatre Or); Books on Tape (Vintage Theatre). Training: MFA (University of Illinois at Urbana/ Champaign), BFA (Southern Oregon University). J. PAUL BOEHMER* (The Duke of Buckingham and Ensemble in The Three Center: Heartbreak House. Other Theatres: Has appeared on Broadway, in theatres around the US including The Alabama Shakespeare Festival in the premiere of IAGO, Pioneer Theatre Company in Copenhagen and Ten Little Indians and The Dallas Shakespeare Festival playing Hamlet

10 directed by Randy Moore. TV/Film: Star Trek, Frasier, House, 90210, The Forgotten, Three Rivers, and Judging Amy, and The Thomas Crown Affair and Skyline. You can listen to him on over 300 audiobooks, including Moby Dick, The Jungle, Prater Violet and many more. Training: BFA from SMU, MFA from The PTTP at The University of Delaware. NADJA-MONET BROWN (Raynell in Fences). At the Denver Center: Debut. Training: Nadja-Monet attends acting classes at the Colorado School of Acting and also plays saxophone in her school band. Nadja- Monet has always loved the arts. Since age three she has been performing and taking classes in ballet, violin, piano and voice. LAURENCE CURRY (Understudy in Fences). At the Denver Center: Streetcar Named Desire and The Madwoman, Hip Hop Jambalaya at the Jones (Director). Other theatres: Collapse (Curious Theatre), Pippin and Aida (Arvada Center), Miss Julie (Theatre Works). TV/Film: Twitch, America for Sale, Art Zone, Assassins Code, Asteroid, Strangeland. Training: BA in Theatre and Dance from the University of Northern Colorado. CALVIN DUTTON* (Cory Maxson in Fences). At the Denver Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Carter s Way (Steppenwolf); First Breeze of Summer (Court Theater); Hunchback (New Victory Theater); A Raisin in the Sun (Fleetwood-Jourdain); Measure for Measure, The Wild Duck, Across the Water, and Camino Real (NYU Grad. Acting). TV/Film: Nowheresville, Cottonmouth. Training: MFA from NYU Tisch Graduate Acting program. LOGAN ERNSTTHAL* (Understudy in The Three Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Toby Belch in Twelfth Night, Lord Stanley in Richard III, Long John Silver in Treasure Island (CSF); Lennie in Of Mice & Men (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center); Marius in The Road to Mecca, Gustav Aubin in The Ladies Man (Arvada Center for the Arts); Creede Rep (6 seasons); The Unicorn (KC); The Coterie (KC); KC Rep, Riverside Shakes, Utah Shakes, National Shakespeare Co. Training: MFA from UMKC 08. SOFIA JEAN GOMEZ* (Constance and Ensemble in The Three Musketeers). At Denver Theatre Center: Dracula. Off Broadway: Angels in America - Part 1 & 2 (Signature Theatre), Public Shakespeare Lab, Page 73/ New Georges, Manhattan Theatre Club, Lake Lucille Chekhov Project. Other Theatres: Goodman Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Berkeley Rep, Yale Rep, Portland Stage Company, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ, Arizona Theatre Company, Kansas City Rep. TV: Unforgettable (CBS Pilot). Special Awards/ Nominations/Training: Denver Post Nomination 2010, Helen Hayes Nomination-Best Supporting 2008, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Nomination-Best Female Principal Yale School of Drama, SHSU. SAM GREGORY* (Count de Rochefort in The Three Center: (37 productions) Heartbreak House, World Premiere Two Things You Don t Talk About At Dinner, American Night: The Ballad of Juan José, Ruined, A Midsummer Night s Dream, The 39 Steps, Mariela in the Desert, Eventide, The Voysey Inheritance, A Christmas Carol, Noises Off, Doubt, Plainsong, The Diary of Anne Frank, King Lear, Season s Greetings, After Ashley, Measure for Measure, A Flea in Her Ear, Hotel on Marvin Gardens, You Never Can Tell, Hedda Gabler, Tartuffe. Other Theatres: Seattle Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Milwaukee Rep, Cleveland Play House, San Jose Rep, American Players Theater, Eureka Theater, George Street Playhouse, O Neill Theater, Paragon, Alabama/ California/Colorado Shakespeare Festivals, Elijah (Chautauqua Theater Company). TV/Film: NY Undercover, One Life to Live, As the World Turns. Awards: Five Ovation Awards including the 2006 and 2009 Award for Best Year by an Actor. Westword s Best of Denver 2011 Award for Best Season for an Actor. LAWRENCE HECHT* (Captain de Tréville in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: To Kill a Mockingbird, A Midsummer Night s Dream, The House of the Spirits, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Pillowman, A Skull in Connemara. Other Theatres: Red (Curious Theatre Company); King Lear (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); How I Learned to Drive (San Diego Rep); Gross Indecency (Theatre on the Square); Shadowlands (Arizona Theatre Company); Hamlet (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Picnic (Marin Theatre Company); Sylvia (San Jose Rep); Good, A Lie of the Mind, Night and Day, Buried Child (ACT, San Francisco); My Fair Lady (PCPA); A View from the Bridge (Berkeley Rep). TV/Film: Scream. Special/Awards/Training: Denver Center Theatre Academy. JOHN HUTTON* (Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: (21 seasons) World Premiere Great Wall Story, World Premiere Two Things You Don t Talk About At Dinner, To Kill a Mockingbird, Superior Donuts, A Midsummer Night s Dream, The House of the Spirits, Othello, Eventide, Absurd Person Singular, The Voysey Inheritance, Richard III, Miracle Worker, Trip to Bountiful, Plainsong, Diary of Anne Frank, Measure for Measure, A Christmas Carol, Dirty Story, The Merchant of Venice, Blue/Orange, Copenhagen, Love s Labor s Lost, Betrayal, Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, Little Foxes, Amy s View, Side Man, Winter s Tale, Tempest, Life is a Dream, Macbeth, Treasure Island, Misalliance, Racing Demon, Galileo, Grapes of Wrath, Julius Caesar, Rose Tattoo. Other Theatres: A.C.T., The Goodman, The Old Globe, Center Stage, The Huntington, The Roundabout, The Great Lakes Theatre Fest., The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Fest., Curious Theatre, The Colorado Shakespeare Fest. TV/Film: Another World, All My Children, One Life To Live, Juncture, the upcoming Lincoln directed by Steven Spielberg. Special/Awards/Training: Trained at The American Conservatory Theatre. JAMISON JONES* (Athos in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Maple and Vine, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Angels in America (American Conservatory Theater); Elemeno Pea, Doctor Cerberus (South Coast Repertory); How the Other Half Loves (Pasadena Playhouse); The Foreigner, Lion in Winter, All My Sons, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Rainmaker (Tony-nominated La Mirada Theater); Théresè Raquin ((Ensemble Theater, Santa Barbara); Cyrano de Bergerac (A Noise Within); European premieres: Tennessee in the Summer, Purple Hearts (Edinburgh Festival, Scotland). TV/Film: Burn Notice, 24, General Hospital, Brothers & Sisters, Days of Our Lives, Terminator, CSI: NY, N.C.I.S., Crossing Jordan, Alias, JAG, That 70 s Show, 90210, Will & Grace, The Lodger, Born to Ride, He Was a Quiet Man (Christian Slater, William H. Macy), Dark Blue (Kurt Russell), Hollywood Homicide (Harrison Ford). MFA from the American Conservatory Theater.

11 GEOFFREY KENT* (Jussac and Ensemble in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: Othello, Eventide, Richard III, Hamlet. Other Theatres: Noises Off, King Lear, Three Musketeers, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo & Juliet (Colorado Shakespeare Festival); Lieutenant of Inishmore (Curious Theatre Company); Lion in Winter, Twelfth Night (Arvada Center); Cymbeline, Romeo & Juliet (Orlando Shakespeare Theater); The SantaLand Diaries (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company). Special/Awards/Training: Former President, Society of American Fight Directors, 2011 Henry Award for Achievement in Fight Direction, Best Supporting Actor in a Shakespeare Tragedy, Westword (Romeo & Juliet). RICHARD LICCARDO* (Planchet and Ensemble in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: Cult Following, A Lie of the Mind, Love s Labour s Lost, Hamlet, Betrayal, Hay Fever, Pierre, A Skull In Connemara, Inna Beginning, Much Ado About Nothing, A Christmas Carol. Other Theatres: The Rattle Stick Theatre, Famous Door, Sys Tryst, NYC Fringe. Special/Awards/Training: National Theatre Conservatory, MFA 2000 to University of Evansville, BFA 1996 to SAMANTHA LONG (Mlle. D Astree, Ensemble and Understudy in The Three Center: Colorado New Play Summit, Other Theatres: Casual Encounters and Missed Connections (Spark Theater). TV/Film: The Unit, Helix, My Happiness, The Moon and He. Training: Northwestern University, British American Dramatic Academy. KATIE MACNICHOL* (Milady, the Countess de Winter and Ensemble in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Other Theatres: The Green Bird, Two Shakespearean Actors Broadway); Cider House Rules, King John, The Food Chain (Off-Broadway); A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (Shakespeare s Globe Theatre, London); The Three Musketeers, Henry IV Part One, A Midsummer Night s Dream, She Stoops to Conquer (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); Twelfth Night, Winter s Tale, As You Like It, Merry Wives of Windsor, Comedy of Errors, Macbeth (Old Globe Theatre); and Shakespeare Theatre of N.J., Mark Taper Forum, Baltimore Center Stage, McCarter, Williamstown, Westport Country Playhouse, Yale Repertory, Dallas Theater Center. TV: Medium, Law and Order, The Practice. CHIARA MOTLEY* (Mme. Chevreuse, Dance Captain and Ensemble in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: A Christmas Carol, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Taming of the Shrew. Other Theatres: Comedy of Errors, Othello, A Midsummer Night s Dream (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Snow Falling on Cedars, Persuasion (Book-It Theatre), Uncle Vanya, Our Town, Richard III, Charlie s Aunt (National Theatre Conservatory), ACT, Seattle Public Theatre, Theatre de la Jeune Lune. TV/ Film: The voice of George in Her Interactive s Nancy Drew Video Game Series. Awards/ Training: National Theatre Conservatory (2012), Stanford University (2007). MARCUS NAYLOR* (Jim Bono in Fences). At the Denver Center: Jitney. Other Theatres: Illmatic Homage 3 (Urban Stages), Love Letters on Ripped Paper (The Joyce Theatre), Cool Blues (New Federal Theatre), Chickens Came Home to Roost (New Federal Theatre), No Dogs (Primary Stages), The Cave Dwellers ( The Pearl Theatre), True West (Lincoln Center Clark Theatre), Watin 2 End Hell (47th Street Theatre), Rats (Lee Strasberg Theatre ), Civil Sex ( NY Public Theatre workshop), Othello (Northeast Shakespeare), Julius Ceasar (Shakepeare on The Sound), Trinidad Sisters (Arena Stage), Blues for an Alabama Sky (Cincinatti Playhouse in The Park), The Meeting (Crossroads Theatre), Seven Guitars (Arizonia Theatre Company), Joe Turner s Come and Gone (Theatre Virginia), Servant of the People (Jomandi Theatre), Antigone (The Kennedy Center), A Raisin in the Sun (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Four Seasons (Cleveland Playhouse and Karamu House Alumni). TV/Film: Soliloquy, Law and Order SVU, Law and Order, Without a Trace, Only in America, The Meeting, The Reunion Miles Bird and Trane a Jazz Fantasy, Slings and Arrows, The Assassin, Day Zero. SARAH NEALIS* (Queen Anne and Ensemble in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: Heartbreak House. Other Theatres: Magic Theatre (world premiere of Theresa Rebeck s What We re Up Against), Huntington Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Cleveland Play House (world premiere of Emma), Syracuse Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, California Shakespeare Theater, San Jose Rep, Aurora Theatre Company, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare, Napa Valley Rep, Center Repertory Theatre, Word for Word. TV/Film: PBS Keeping Score: Hector Berlioz, The Lost Coast (Year Zero Pictures). Training: BA in Theatre and Performance Studies from UC Berkeley; American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, California. CHARLES PASTERNAK* (King Louis, John Felton and Ensemble in The Three Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Henry IV, Part 2; The Man in the Iron Mask (World Premiere); Henry IV, Part 1; The Three Musketeers; Romeo and Juliet; All s Well That Ends Well (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), Creditors (Ensemble Theatre, Santa Barbara), As Is; Taming of the Shrew (New American Theatre), Amadeus (Theatrical Arts International), A Shayna Maidel (International City Theatre, Long Beach), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles), The Madwoman of Chaillot; Medea (Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum), Oedipus the Tyrant (World Premiere); Hamlet (The Porters of Hellsgate). Awards: 2012 Indy Award (Creditors). JEANNE PAULSEN* (Mme. de Cocquenard and Ensemble in The Three Center: Superior Donuts, House of the Spirits, Richard III, Absurd Person Singular, The Miracle Worker, Doubt, You Can t Take It With You, Pride and Prejudice, Mrs. Warren s Profession, All My Sons, Sideman, Molly Sweeney, A Prayer for Owen Meany. Other Theatres: On Broadway: The Kentucky Cycle (with Stacy Keach), The Crucible (directed by Richard Eyre, starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney). La Jolla Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, Mark Taper Forum, San Jose Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage, A Contemporary Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, The Empty Space, Milwaukee Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Long Wharf Theatre (The Mandrake Root with Lynn Redgrave). Special Awards: 1994 Tony nomination for Featured Performance for The Kentucky Cycle, Recipient 1994 Clarence Derwent Award, LA Drama Critics Circle Award Lead Performance Holy Days. Training: BA/Theatre: University of Northern Iowa, MFA/Acting: UCSD, La Jolla.

12 LARRY PAULSEN* (M. Bonacieux, Reilly and Ensemble in The Three Center: The 39 Steps, Great Wall Story, You Can t Take It With You, Pride and Prejudice, A Prayer For Owen Meany. Off-Broadway: New York Shakespeare Festival, Classic Stage Company, Lion Theatre. Regional: The Shakespeare Theatre (Washington DC), Seattle Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Kansas City Rep, Cleveland Play House, ACT Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, Alliance Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Portland Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Two River Theatre Company, North Shore Music Theatre, and seven seasons as a company member at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. MACKENZIE PAULSEN (Understudy in The Three Center: DATE* (Off-Center), A Christmas Carol. Other Theatres: Denver: Vintage (Avenue Q), Town Hall Arts Center (Guys and Dolls and Damn Yankees), PACE (Annie). NYC: The Culture Project (The Wild Party), NYU (Such Foolish Affected Ladies, The Crucible, Evita, Sister Mary Ignatius...). Tour: Missoula Children s Theatre (The Little Mermaid). Training: BFA in Theatre from New York University (Playwrights Horizons and CAP21). ARTIE RAY (Assistant Fight Choreographer, Fight Captain and Understudy in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Acting credits: Cyrano de Bergerac, Death of a Salesman, Diary of Anne Frank, When You Comin Back, Red Ryder?, Bus Riley s Back in Town, Asterisk, The Business of Story, Smok d. Fight Choreographer credits: Xtacy, Dangerous Liaisons,True West, Angel City, Hotel Universe, Magic Time, Othello, etc. Special/Training: Am. Academy of Dramatic Arts, Society of American Fight Directors Certified, Recognized Master Actor Combatant & Associate Instructor of Dueling Arts International, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Veteran of US Marine Corps. DONNY REPSHER (Grimaud and Ensemble in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: Debut. Other Theatres: All s Well That Ends Well (Great River Shakespeare Festival); Henry IV, Pt. 1, The Three Musketeers (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); Big Love, Othello, You Never Can Tell, Eurydice, Our Town (Southern Methodist University). Special/Awards/ Training: BFA-Southern Methodist University, Greer Garson Acting Award (SMU). BEN REZENDES (Biscarrat and Ensemble in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: Debut. Other Theatres: The Workshop Theater Company, Rebellious Subjects Theater, Stella Adler Studio, Key City Public Theater (WA), The Paradise Theater School (WA). Special/ Training: Graduated from Stella Adler Studio of Acting 2010, Studied Stage Combat with Dueling Arts International and Art of Combat, Member of AoC, New York Chapter. JADA ROBERTS* (Understudy in Fences). At the Denver Center: Gem of the Ocean (u/s), Selfish Sacrifice (u/s). Other Theatres: Crumbs from the Table of Joy (Aurora Fox Theatre), Doubt (Off Square Theatre), Bee-Luther-Hatchee (Modern Muse Theatre), House With No Walls (Curious Theatre), Two Trains Running (Shadow Theatre Company), Paris on the Platte (Curious Theatre), Macbeth (Shadow Theatre Company). TV/Film: New York Undercover, Guiding Light, The Here Between. JAMIE ANN ROMERO (Kitty, Ensemble and Understudy in The Three Center: Sunsets and Margaritas. Other Theatres: Romeo & Juliet, Noises Off, Hamlet, King Lear (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), The Importance of Being Earnest, Twelfth Night (Arvada Center), The Seagull, Boeing Boeing (Theatreworks Colorado Springs), As You Like It (Modern Muse Theatre Company), The Clean House (Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company). Special/Awards/Training: Best of Westword Award (Juliet, Romeo & Juliet, Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Denver Post Ovation Award (Ophelia, Hamlet, Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Best of Westword Award (Celia, As You Like It, Modern Muse Theatre Company). B.A. in Theatre from the University of Northern Colorado. BEN ROSENBAUM* (D Artagnan in The Three Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Macbeth, Christmas Carol (The Guthrie Theater); Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors (The Acting Company); The Enemy: Time a Tennessee Williams World Premiere (Gremlin Theatre); The Count of Monte Cristo (University of Minnesota Centennial Showboat); You Can t Take It With You, Biloxi Blues (Theatre L Homme Dieu); Spring Awakening, The Winter s Tale, A Midsummer Night s Dream, The Persians, The Underpants, Present Laughter, Writer 1272 (University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater BFA Actor Training Program). TV/Film: HOPE, Distance Makes. Training: BFA, University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater Actor Training Program. MIKE RYAN* (Porthos in The Three Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Bill W. & Dr. Bob, Legacy of Light (San Jose Rep), Anatol (Aurora Theatre Company), Hello & Goodbye, Of Mice and Men, Doubt (Jewel Theatre Company), The Comedy of Errors, Othello, Love s Labour s Lost, A Year with Frog and Toad, Shipwrecked!, Bach at Leipzig, Much Ado about Nothing, The Playboy of the Western World, As You Like It (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), The Two Gentlemen of Verona, A Christmas Carol (Geva Theatre Center), Boy, The Green Bird (La Jolla Playhouse). TV/Film: Guiding Light. Special/Awards/Training: BFA, SMU 94; MFA, UCSD 97. KIM STAUNTON* (Rose in Fences). At the Denver Center: To Kill a Mockingbird, Ruined, A Raisin in the Sun, Radio Golf, Doubt, Gem of the Ocean, A Selfish Sacrifice, The Madwoman, A Streetcar Named Desire, King Hedley II, Pork Pie. Other Theatres: Center Theatre Group/Kirk Douglas Theatre, Seattle Repertory, Syracuse Stage, Berkeley Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, Virginia Stage, Pittsburgh Public, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, South Coast Repertory, Folger Theatre, Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, O Neill Theatre Center. TV/Film: First Sunday, Changing Lanes, Heat, Dragonfly, Holy Man, Glory and Honor, Deceived, Amos and Andrew, Army Wives, Eleventh Hour, The Nine, Bones, Strong Medicine, Judging Amy, Law and Order, New York Undercover. Special/Awards/Training: Denver Post Ovation

13 Award, Henry Award, Westword s Best of Denver, Ten Chimneys Foundation Lunt-Fontanne Fellow, The Juilliard School. EMMI GRACE SULLIVAN (Raynell in Fences). At the Denver Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Lemonade. TV/ Film: The Lightning Bugs. Training: Emmi has attended the Colorado School of Acting since she was 5. In addition to acting, Emmi also loves soccer and has been playing for four years. In 2nd grade, Emmi loves school and has a particular interest in science, art and photography. Emmi also has two dogs which she adores. JOHN TOURTELLOTTE (Lubin and Ensemble in The Three Musketeers). At the Denver Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Double Bind, Henry IV, Part 1, The Three Musketeers (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), Hamlet (City Lights Theatre), Babes in Arms (Berkshire Theatre Festival). Training: BFA Acting, Auburn University (2011). MARTIN YUREK* (Aramis in The Three Center: Debut. Other Theatres: Lyric Opera of Chicago, Writer s Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare, Court Theatre, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Northlight, Marriott Theatre, Illinois Theatre Center, Ravinia Festival, Victory Gardens, Chicago Dramatists, Shaw Chicago, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, Theatre at the Center, Theatre Building Chicago. Off Broadway: New Victory Theatre. Regional: Maltz Jupiter Theatre, the Utah, Illinois, and Wisconsin Shakespeare Festivals, Indiana Repertory, Madison Repertory, Kansas City Repertory, American Players Theatre, Riverfront Playhouse, five seasons with Notre Dame Summer Shakespeare in residence at the University of Notre Dame. Training: Theatre School at Depaul University. Denver Center theatre company Staff EXECUTIVE Kent Thompson, Artistic Director Bruce K. Sevy, Associate Artistic Director Charles Varin, Managing Director Edward Lapine, Production Manager ARTISTIC Douglas Langworthy, Literary Manager/Dramaturg Chad Henry, Literary Associate Emily Tarquin, Artistic Associate/New Play Coordinator Sylvie Drake, Advisor PRODUCTION Rick Noble, Assistant Production Manager Dan McNeil, Technical Director Christopher C. Ewing, Production Stage Manager Julie Brou, Production and Artistic Office Manager Scenic Design Lisa M. Orzolek, Director of Scenic Design Scenic Design Assistants: Tobias Harding, Tim Barbiaux Lighting Design Charles R. MacLeod, Director of Lighting Lighting Design Assistant: Shannon Johnson Multimedia: Charlie I. Miller, Resident Multimedia Specialist Sound Design John E. Pryor, Director of Sound Sound Designers: Craig Breitenbach, Jason Ducat, Tyler Nelson Sound Design Assistant: JR Cody Schuyler Sound Intern: Alex Brown Stage Management Christopher C. Ewing, Production Stage Manager Stage Managers: Rachel Ducat, Kurt Van Raden Assistant Stage Managers: Matthew Campbell, A. Phoebe Sacks Production Assistants: D. Lynn Reiland Stage Management Interns: Katy Beth Austin, Maxie Bilyeu Scene Shop Robert L. Orzolek, Shop Foreman Josh Prues, Assistant Technical Director Lead Technicians: Albert Stub Allison, Louis Fernandez III Scenic Technicians: Mike Hamer, Justin Hicks, Brian Marco Markiewicz, Keli Sequoia, Ross Wick Prop Shop Robin Lu Payne, Properties Director The Denver Center Theatre Company is grateful for the funds provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Special thanks also to grants from Arts & Venues Denver; the Helen G. Bonfils Foundation; and contributions from corporations, foundations and individuals. The Denver Center Theatre Company is a division of The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, a not-for-profit organization serving the public through the performing arts. The DCTC operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States; and the Society for Stage Directors and Choreographers. The DCTC also operates under an agreement with Denver Theatrical Stage Employees Union, Local No. 7 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada. The Denver Center Theatre Company is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre. Eileen Garcia, Assistant Properties Director Roo Huigen, Lead Props Artisan Props Artisans: Jamie Stewart Curl, Charles Dallas, David Hoth, Katie Webster Prop Interns: Andrea Spraycar, Jeffrey Goldberg Paint Shop Jana L. Mitchell, Charge Scenic Artist Melanie Rentschler, Lead Scenic Artist Karin Mirick, Scenic Artist Paint Intern: Samantha Bodnar Costume Shop Janet S. MacLeod, Costume Director Costume Design Associates: Meghan Anderson Doyle, Maureen Demers Drapers: Jackie Scott, Louise Powers, Carolyn Plemitscher, Karen Peterson First Hands: Cathie Gagnon, Belinda Haaland, Beth Walker Tailor: Sheila P. Morris Stitchers: Kate Butson, Kelly Jones, Teresia Larsen, Jeanne Legrand, Marilyn Langeberg, Wanda Price Costume Crafts Kevin Copenhaver, Costume Crafts Director Judy Craigo, Costume Crafts Artisan Wigs Diana Ben-Kiki, Wig Master House Crew Christopher F. Kendall*, House Foreman Stagehands: Mariah Becerra*, Andrew Hamer, Stephen D. Mazzeno*, Miles Stasica*, Doug Taylor*, Matt Wagner*, Ron White* (*IATSE Local 7 Stagehands) Colin Riebel, Production Electrician Wardrobe Brenda Lawson, Director Wig Assistants: Lisa Rokicki, Maria Y. Davis Dressers: Robin Appleton, Amber Donner, Amoreena Kissel, Tim Nelson, Alan Richards, Brooke Vlasich ADMINISTRATION Amy E. Allison, Associate Managing Director Clifford Hannon, Assistant Company Manager Cassie Brown, Business Administrator PLEASE BE ADVISED LATECOMERS are seated at designated breaks. PHOTOS & VIDEO RECORDING are prohibited. TURN OFF cell phones and alarm watches. CHILDREN UNDER 4 are not admitted. COUGH DROPS are available at Patrons Services. The Directors and Choreographers are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union. The actors and stage managers employed in these productions are members of Actors Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. Backstage and Ticket Services Employees are represented by the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States and Canada. (or I.A.T.S.E.) Scenic, Costume, Lighting and Sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE Member of the Colorado Theatre Guild

14 ART PARTNERS Spotlight on Wells Fargo Advisors Support for the communities where we work and live W Wells Fargo Advisors is committed to supporting the cultural, educational and charitable institutions that help make Denver a preferred location to reside. We understand that our firm is only as strong as the communities where we work and live. We are proud to support the ongoing excellence and diverse productions of the Denver Center Theatre Company. This summer, many of our colleagues joined us to enjoy the Denver Center s production of I Love You, You re Perfect, Now Change at our Fun Night Out event, complete with a pre-show reception of cocktails and hors d oeuvres. It s just one of several efforts we make to engage with our clients and our team members ranging from informative presentations covering market outlooks to educational seminars on Social Security and Medicare, to client appreciation events such as tickets to the Rocky Mountain Music Festival or the Denver Botanic Gardens. Join us for our next event with the Denver Center Theatre Company. Contact me to learn more about the positive experience you ll have with Wells Fargo Advisors. It s important to all of us at Wells Fargo Advisors that we make the client experience and financial advisor practice success better here than anywhere else in the industry. Whether you want to plan for tomorrow, see your retirement picture more clearly or know your advisory business is on the right track, we can help. n Marc Beshany Managing Director Market Manager Wells Fargo Advisors Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. Member SIPC APPLAUSE denvercenter.org

15 ART PARTNERS COMCAST BUILDING COMMUNICATIONS, ENTERTANMENT AND COMMUNITIES A vibrant arts community in addition to enriching lives in many important ways helps attract and sustain other thriving businesses. Comcast isn t just in the business of communications and entertainment. We re also in the business of building communities. Investing in culture is good for business. A vibrant arts community in addition to enriching lives in many important ways helps attract and sustain other thriving businesses. Comcast is committed to philanthropy and investing in community organizations as well as to delivering innovative technology services for business customers to support the overall success of our communities. Since 2001, Comcast has provided billions in cash and in-kind support to national and local nonprofit organizations. Here in Colorado, Comcast donated more than $5 million last year in cash and in-kind contributions to more than 200 community organizations. Comcast has been thrilled to support The Denver Center for the Performing Arts and its Dramatic Learning Program that enables children to learn through innovative arts programs. We know that investment in children today is an investment in our community s future. That s why Comcast recently launched Internet Essentials, a program that brings the power of the Internet to more families across our state. Families with children who receive free or reduced school lunch can enjoy fast home Internet service at an affordable price, purchase a low-cost computer, and receive free Internet training to help them advance their skills in utilizing technology. Learn more at com to help families across Colorado benefit from this program. Investing in the success of Colorado families also means engaging in community service, and Comcast employees proudly roll up their sleeves frequently to give back to our communities. Our most recent Comcast Cares Day brought together more than 7,300 volunteers Comcast employees, family members and friends to complete projects at 37 different sites across our Mile High region. Volunteers helped with construction projects, painting, park clean-ups, repairs and other needed services. It s this same base of dedicated employees that is committed to providing the fastest, most sophisticated and feature-rich suite of communications services that directly impact the success of local business customers. Comcast has quickly become the go-to company for Business Class Internet, Voice and Video services. From our quick-start website offerings to our unlimited local and long distance calling plans to the television services that keep employees entertained and informed, Colorado businesses rely on our technology to get a market advantage, save money and build their bottom lines. The Comcast commitment transcends communications. Through technology, innovation and philanthropy, Comcast is proud to help our communities reach their full potential. n On Comcast Cares Day, more than 7,300 volunteers completed 37 different projects with community partners across our Mile High region. 12 APPLAUSE denvercenter.org

16 Art Partner ENJOY COLORADO S ARTS VENUES I ve got You Covered! WWe are so lucky to live in this vibrant metropolis, rich in art and culture. Summer s over, the kids are back in school and it s a great time to experience a little of what Denver has to offer. When you want to know where to go, what to do and how to have fun, I have the scoop! Don t miss the 2013 season for both Denver Center Attractions and the Denver Center Theatre Company. They ve got everything from War Horse to Sister Act to Priscilla Queen of the Desert. n CBS4 critic-at-large Greg Moody War Horse CBS4 is proud to support The Denver Center for the Performing Arts and to showcase local arts... Photos Brinkhoff/Mögenburg 2011 London Cast Sister act Priscilla Queen of the Desert Priscilla Original Broadway Cast. Joan Marcus. WIcked A proud sponsor of 22 APPLAUSE Denver Center Theatre Company and Denver Center Attractions denvercenter.org The Original Broadway Production of Sister Act. Joan Marcus. Take advantage of Denver Arts Week that comes up November It s the sixth annual celebration of the city s arts and cultural scene featuring nine days of events focused on dance, theatre, museums and the visual arts. Take in a show, attend Night at the Museums with free admission, special programming and extended hours or buy specially priced $52.80 tickets to major performances. Watch CBS4 or visit for all the details!