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David Coffee Christina Austin Lopez Christie Vela Zachary J. Willis and understudies

Camilla Frontain Alex Organ Molly Searcy Sally Nystuen Vahle

scenic/projection design

John Slausoncostume, hair, wig & make-up design

Micheal Heath Waidlighting design

Nicole Iannacconesound design Kyle Jensenstage manager Emily Burkeassistant stage manager Leah Fitzgerald director of production Bryan Anthony Whiteproduction manager Andrew J. Brownartistic producer Sarahbeth Grossmancasting Eisenberg/Beans Casting Ally Beans, CSA Daryl Eisenberg, CSA

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Based on the book Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by

CHERYL STRAYED

Adapted for the stage by NIA VARDALOSCo-Conceived by MARSHALL HEYMANN,

THOMAS KAIL, and NIA VARDALOSDirected by JOEL FERRELL

Original New York Production by The Public Theater Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director Patrick Willingham, Executive Director

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Christina Austin Lopez, Zachary J. Willis, David Coffee and Christie Vela in the rehearsal hall. photo: imani thomas

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I am always flabbergasted when a fellow human shares something deeply private and personal. There is a feeling of responsibility, maybe a little anxiety too, over knowing something that few others, if any, know. It tends to “free” me to share something I have perceived as a shocking truth about me, something that might drive others away from me, or disappoint friends and family, or worse, reveal me to be a flawed, deeply vulnerable person. You know, just like everyone else.

In her book, Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed manages to disarm her readers, both loyal and skeptical, by laying bare what she has experienced in her remarkable and unremarkable life.

I was one of the skeptical readers. When Kevin Moriarty was gracious

enough to offer me this production, an offer that came well before the global pandemic known as COVID-19, I jumped at the job, mainly because I love to direct, and I needed the work. But, I have always winced (if not grimaced) at anything that smells of a “Dr. Phil/Oprah’s couch” kind of vibe, not to mention the newspaper advice columns of my youth. However, I was going to need to read the book as part of my research.

So I did. I read it twice.

I read it once at the start of the pandemic shutdown, and then as an audio book as I drove to Creede, Colorado with my dog for a “COVID escape” in August of 2020.

Regardless of any global or personal crisis, it was very obviously a great read. All my snobbish, but sometimes reasonable skepticism vanished, and I found myself feeling more and more connected to every other human on the planet, and to all the natural world (I highly recommend reading the book on a long drive into the mountains of Colorado). By the time I was reading the book the second time, I was pretty sure the DTC production would never happen. The pandemic

had shut down all live theater, and although I was willing, I really did not want to direct this work as a live stream or radio play. Don’t get me wrong, it would be wonderful as either, but I longed to get people in a space together and explore this deeply personal writing with actors and audience in person. Isolation and solitude, not to mention unemployment, had proven how much we needed to tell our stories to one another.

So now here we are. I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited to share a piece of collaborative work. From a book to a stage adaptation, through two years of planning and design, to a rehearsal room with two gifted stage managers and four extraordinary actors, we have arrived at our destination: humans gathered in a space sharing beautifully private, personal stories about what it is to struggle through, no matter what.

I know I will be flabbergasted all over again. I hope that will result in my never taking for granted; my life, my work, my people, or any of the tiny beautiful things.

-Joel

CREATIVE SUPPORT, CREWAssistant Lighting Designer ........................................... RYAN BURKLE

Stage Manager ........................................................... EMILY BURKE*

Assistant Stage Manager ....................................LEAH FITZGERALD*

Stage Operations Manager .........................................SQUEAK HENDERSON

Deck Crew .......................................................................................... CRAIG ELAM

Deck Electrician ................................................................... CAROLINE HODGE

Stitcher .....................................................................................ASHELY PEISHER

Wardrobe Supervisor..................................................REBECCA HOLT

Dresser .............................................................. EMILY NEWCOMB

Hair & Make-up Supervisor .................................................... NICOLE ALVAREZ

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Light Board Programmer ............................................MEIKE SCHMIDT

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David Coffee

David’s Dallas Theater Center credits include: Hairspray; Electra; The Great Society; Fly By Night; Cabaret; A Christmas Carol; My Fair Lady. Since David’s theatrical debut in 1968 as Portly Otter in Casa Manana’s The Wind In The Willows, he has built a career that encompasses all fields of entertainment (with the exceptions of Grand Opera and the Circus); and audiences have welcomed him from Portland, Oregon to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In addition to his long association with Casa (90 productions), he has become known as a New England Tradition and the G.O.A.T. for his portrayal of Scrooge at Massachusetts’ North Shore Music Theatre (where the greenroom is named in his honor). He is also the recipient of the Elston Brooks Lifetime Achievement Award from the Live Theatre League of Tarrant County.

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Christina is thrilled be returning to DTC, where she last appeared as a member of the Ensemble for In the Heights. Other credits include: The Music Man (Marian, Theatre3), 72 Miles to Go (Eva, Alley All New), West Side Story (Rosalia, A.D. Players), Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley and The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley (Lydia, Main Street Theatre), Rapture Blister Burn (Avery, 4th Wall Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Shopkeeper Stiltz/Ensemble, Zach Theatre), In the Heights (Ensemble, North Carolina Theatre). Education: BFA Baylor Theatre (Fiddler on the Roof, Crazy for you, Mr. Burns A Post Electric Play, Spring Awakening). Many thanks to DTC and Joel for this amazing opportunity! christinaaustinlopez.com TikTok: @xtina_lopez Luke 1:37

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Christie Vela

Christie is the Associate Artistic Director of Theatre3. She is also a former member of Dallas Theater Center’s Brierley Resident Acting Company, where her acting credits include Steel Magnolias; Inherit the Wind; Deferred Action; Romeo and Juliet; Sense and Sensibility; Medea; The Book Club Play; A Christmas Carol; Les Misérables; Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure; King Lear; God of Carnage; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat; The Beauty Plays; and In the Beginning. Her Dallas Theater Center directing credits include Real Women Have Curves; Fade; Gloria; and A Christmas Carol 2015. Christie is also a member of Kitchen Dog Theater Company where her credits include Paper Flowers; The Turn of the Screw; Boom; and The Pillowman. Other credits include: director of Revolt! She Said Revolt Again! and Straight White Men, cast member of The Necessities at Second Thought Theatre; director of Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare Dallas; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Theatre 3; Don’t Dress for Dinner at Stage West and Native Gardens at Trinity Repertory Company.

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Zachary J. Willis

Zachary is so pumped to be making his DTC debut as a new member of the Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company. Zach was most recently seen in Theatre3’s touring production of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man. Zach studied Musical Theatre at Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, TX. Other stage credits include Spring Awakening (TUTS & Uptown Players); Annie, Grease, The Wizard of Oz, The Big Bad Musical (Casa Mañana); A 3D Adventure (Circle Theatre); Xanadu, Panto Wonderful Wizard, Panto Snow Queen: Unfrozen (Stages Repertory Theatre); The First Noel (Jubilee Theatre, Irma P. Hall Black Theatre Award Recipient). zacharyjwillis.com @zacharyjwillis

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ZACHARY J. WILLIS

Alex is a member of DTC’s Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company where his credits include: Cake Ladies; Working: A Musical; In the Bleak Midwinter: A Christmas Carol for Our Time; Little Women; White Rabbit Red Rabbit; Twelfth Night; Public Works Dallas’ As You Like It; The Trials of Sam Houston; Frankenstein; Miller, Mississippi; Inherit the Wind; Electra; Public Works Dallas’ The Tempest; Constellations; Dreamgirls; All the Way; A Christmas Carol; Sense and Sensibility; The Rocky Horror Show; Les Misérables; The Fortress of Solitude; and Fly By Night. Local/Regional: Alley Theatre; Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park; Undermain Theatre; Second Thought Theatre; Theatre Three; Trinity Shakespeare. Alex served as Artistic Director of Second Thought Theatre for six seasons and holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

Camilla is a member of SMU’s MFA Acting class of 2022. She’s grateful to be joining the DTC theatre community for Tiny Beautiful Things as an understudy. Some of Camilla’s favorite credits include John Colton Sumner in Jaclyn Backhaus’s Men on Boats (SMU), Hannah in Elizabeth Golden’s world premiere of The Rapture Happens at Midnight (An Other Theatre Co.), Nora in Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House (BYU-I), and Gavroche in Les Misérables (Playmill Theatre). Outside of the theatre, Camilla enjoys spending time with her plants, baking banana muffins, and running her photography business for actors and artists.

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SALLY NYSTUEN VAHLE

MOLLY SEARCY

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Understudy, Sugar

Sally is a member of Dallas Theater Center’s Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company. For the past 28 years, Sally has been fortunate to act in a wide range of roles at Dallas Theater Center, including: Cake Ladies; Working: A Musical; Something Grim(m); In the Bleak Midwinter: A Christmas Carol for Our Time (Mrs. Fezziwig); Little Women (Hannah, Aunt March); Sweat (Tracey); Steel Magnolias (Ouiser Boudreaux); White Rabbit Red Rabbit; Paulina in Public Works Dallas’ The Winter’s Tale; Mildred in Miller, Mississippi; Scrooge in A Christmas Carol; Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman; Fraulein Kost in Cabaret; Annette in God of Carnage; Bev/Kathy in Clybourne Park; Medea in Medea; and Clytemnestra in Electra. She is a 2011 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Award recipient, co-founder of Dallas’ Kitchen Dog Theater, and she works extensively in broadcast/voice over. Sally is proud to serve the University of North Texas Department of Theater as Associate Professor of Acting and Voice. She is represented by The Mary Collins Agency. sallyvahle.com

Molly is a proud graduate of the SMU MFA Acting class of 2020. She is excited to have joined DTC’s Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company last fall, where she has appeared in: Cake Ladies; Working: A Musical; Something Grim(m); In the Bleak Midwinter: A Christmas Carol for Our Time; The Wolves; A Christmas Carol; and Frankenstein. Some of her favorite roles include: Faye in Theresa Rebeck’s world premiere of Enlightened (Alley Theatre All-New Festival), Sarah in Gordon Dahlquist’s world premiere of Red Chariot (Undermain Theatre), #11 in The Wolves (DTC), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, Eurydice in Eurydice (SMU), Charlotte Corday in The Revolutionists (Main Street Theater), Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Laurie/Millicent in Stage Kiss (4th Wall Theatre Co.), and The Eternal Feminine in Wittenberg (Stages Repertory Theatre). Molly is also a voice actor for Sentai Filmworks, FUNimation ,and Sound Cadence Studios. She is best known as the voice of Akame in Akame ga Kill! on Cartoon Network and Netflix; Isuzu Sento in Amagi Brilliant Park, Mako Reizei in Girls und Panzer and Hilda in Saint Seiya (Netflix). Molly is a native Houstonian, with a background in ballet and a deep love for animals.

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CHERYL STRAYED (Author) Cheryl Strayed is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir Wild, the New York Times bestsellers Tiny Beautiful Things and Brave Enough, and the novel Torch. Wild was chosen by Oprah Winfrey as her first selection for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0. Strayed’s books have been translated into nearly forty languages around the world and have been adapted for both the screen and the stage. The Oscar-nominated movie adaptation of Wild stars Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl and Laura Dern as Cheryl’s mother, Bobbi. Tiny Beautiful Things was adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, who also starred in the role of Sugar/Cheryl. The play was directed by Thomas Kail and debuted at The Public Theater in New York City. Strayed is the host of the New York Times hit podcast, “Sugar Calling” and also “Dear Sugars”, which she co-hosted with Steve Almond. Her essays have been published in The Best American Essays, the New York Times, the Washington Post Magazine, Vogue, Salon, The Sun, Tin House, The New York Times Book Review, and elsewhere. Strayed holds an MFA in fiction writing from Syracuse University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota. She lives in Portland, Oregon. cherylstrayed.com

NIA VARDALOS (Playwright) wrote and starred in My Big Fat Greek Wedding, which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and an Independent Spirit Award and People’s Choice Award. Stage credits include originating the role of Sugar in The Public Theater’s Tiny Beautiful Things, directed by Thomas Kail, Jennie in Theatre20’s Company, directed by Gary Griffin, and writer and actor of twelve The Second City’s revues (Chicago’s Jeff Award winner, Best Actress). Writing, acting, film and television credits include: Helicopter Mom; My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2; Larry Crowne; Connie and Carla; I Hate Valentine’s Day; My Life in Ruins; Jane the Virgin; Law and Order: SVU; and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Vardalos is the New York Times-bestselling author of Instant Mom, the story of adopting her daughter via foster care, and all proceeds are donated to adoption groups.

JOEL FERRELL (Director) Directing/choreography credits include: The Rocky Horror Show; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat; Cabaret; A Christmas Carol (2005-2009, 2011, 2012). Dallas Theater Center directing credits include: Steel Magnolias; Hairspray; Frankenstein; The Christians; Dreamgirls; Romeo and Juliet; Clybourne Park; Red; God of Carnage; Dividing the Estate; reasons to be pretty; The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later; and Cotton Patch Gospel (starring its creator Tom Key). Dallas Theater Center choreography credits include: It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Who’s Tommy; and My Fair Lady. DFW credits: Gruesome Playground Injuries (Second Thought Theatre); Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Baltimore Waltz (Stage West); the premiere of Huck Finn (Classical Acting Company). Mr. Ferrell is the former Associate Artistic Director of Dallas Theater Center (2011-2019) and a former Artistic Director of Casa Mañana Musicals Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas (1996 to 2001). Mr. Ferrell has also directed and choreographed extensively around the country for Denver Center Theater, Portland Center Stage, North Shore Music Theater, and many more.

JOHN SLAUSON (Scenic and Projection Design) is a proud graduate of the SUNY Oswego theater program, where he got his Degree in Theatre with an emphasis on Lighting Design. John has been working for Dallas Theater Center since he left California in 2010. In California John was the Prop Master at South Coast Repertory Theater for eleven years. Before that he had worked all over the country, including: many summers at the Merry-Go-round Playhouse, two years as the Prop Master at LSU, and two years freelancing in Louisville, Ky. During one of those many summers at the Merry-Go-Round John met his wife,Tammy. He/Him/His

MICHEAL HEATH WAID (Costume, Hair, Wig & Make-Up Design) is a Costume Designer and Theatremaker with a career spanning more than twenty years. Prior to joining DTC, he worked as the Resident Costume Designer for the Midland Community Theatre, the second largest community theatre in the United States boasting a base of 500+ volunteers. Micheal is also an entrepreneur with his husband, James, having offered custom sewing and hand-dye work. Micheal holds a M.F.A. from the University of Alabama in Costume Design & Technology and a B.A. from Jacksonville State University where he studied Theatre, English, and Vocal Performance.

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NICOLE IANNACCONE (Lighting Design) is the Head of Lighting for the Dallas Theater Center and has been with the company for nearly 6 years. She holds a BA in Technical Theater from the College of Santa Fe and is an ETCP certified Entertainment Electrician. #dtcproduction

KYLE JENSEN (Sound Design) is an award-winning sound designer and audio engineer. Currently, he is the Assistant Head of Audio & Video for DTC. Kyle graduated from American University with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Audio Production, and has since had the privilege of working on several regional- and world-premiere plays and musicals. Notable design credits include Something Grim(m) and Cake Ladies (world premieres, DTC); the regional premieres of Tuck Everlasting and Bright Star, (Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute, Hilton Head, SC); and How to Succeed in Business... (American University, Washington, DC). Notable engineer credits include the world premieres of The Magician’s Daughter and Revival: The Resurrection of Son House, Once, and The Royale (GEVA Theatre Center, Rochester NY). He is a professional member of the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA), as well as an associate member of the Association of Sound Designers (ASD).

EMILY BURKE (Stage Manager) DTC: Working: A Musical; Something Grim(m); In the Bleak Midwinter; Little Women; In The Heights; A Christmas Carol (2016 - 2019); Public Works Dallas (2018 - 2019) Real Women Have Curves; Sweat; Steel Magnolias; White Rabbit Red Rabbit; Frankenstein; Hair; Hood; Electra; The Christians; Constellations. Second Thought Theatre: Drunk Enough to Say I Love You / Here We Go.

LEAH FITZGERALD (Assistant Stage Manager) graduated from St. Edward’s University in 2019, with a degree in Theater Management with a concentration in stage management. She is happy to return to Dallas Theater Center after the extended break, in her first Assistant Stage Manager role here. Previously Leah has worked as a Production Assistant on Something Grim(m), A Christmas Carol 2019, and Public Works Dallas’ As You Like It. She has also worked as a production assistant at Dallas Summer Musicals and as an Assistant Stage Manager at WaterTower Theatre on Harvey. Leah would like to thank her friends and family for their endless support and guidance.

BRYAN ANTHONY WHITE (Director of Production) Bryan joined DTC as Director of Production after spending the last several years leading creative development, programming and production management for cutting-edge theatrical and live entertainment offerings in the Cruise industry. A Production Stage Manager by training, Bryan began his career in eastern North Carolina, serving as Stage Manager, Production Manager and Assistant Director for various educational and regional theatre projects. He spent the next several years overseeing show and production operations in the theme park industry, where he collaborated with numerous Tony® and Drama Desk award-winning designers to deliver world class productions. Bryan brings over a decade of corporate entertainment leadership experience to DTC to continue to grow the Production department’s focus on leadership, management and communication. he/him/his

ANDREW J. BROWN (Production Manager) has been with Dallas Theater Center since March of 2020. Previously Andrew worked with Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, the Huntington Theatre Company, and the Cape Playhouse. He has an MFA in Production Management from Boston University and a BFA in Scene Design from the University of Oklahoma. he/him/his

SARAHBETH GROSSMAN (Artistic Producer) is a Tony Award®-nominated and Olivier Award-winning producer. Her credits include Broadway: Indecent; An American in Paris (B-way, West End National Tour); Come From Away (West End); Dames At Sea; Ann and Stick Fly. Off-Broadway: The Irish Curse. A graduate of the Commercial Theater Institute, Sarahbeth holds an MFA in Theater Management from the Yale School of Drama where she served as Associate Managing Director of Yale Rep. She is a proud member of the Broadway League, Theater Communications Group, National Alliance for Musical Theatre and Producer’s Guild of America.

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PLAYWRIGHT’S NOTE

The letters are real… I thought, as I read Cheryl Strayed’s incredibly moving book, Tiny Beautiful Things.

People wrote these letters.

A few years ago, author Cheryl Strayed gave advice as Sugar for the literary website, The Rumpus, and later collected the letters into a book. Journalist Marshall Heyman gave his friend, director Thomas Kail, the book and Tommy gave it to me suggesting it could become a play. As I read the letters exchanged, I wept, smiled, and was astonished by the raw and extraordinary candor.

Sugar and the writers of the letters reveal themselves and we find ourselves in their conundrums and sorrows, in their lives lived and roads traveled. I yearned to be as bold, audacious and willful. As I adapted the book into a play, I found the words so illuminating that I grieved and moved on from certain events of my own.

Still, if I had one letter to write, it would be:

Dear Sugar, I hope to be as brave as the writers of the letters and as open as Cheryl Strayed.

– Nia Vardalos

Cheryl Strayed, aka “Sugar”.

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STEEL $1,000-$2,499Linda and Robert AppelVictor and Stephanie Aves Ida Jane and Doug BaileyCarolyn and Ken BarthEleanor and John BirchJohn R. BlackCharlotte and Mel BoothCarl BuckTroy Cobb, D.V.M.Liz and Bill CookSusan and Robert CroninLynn and Andrew Derman Susan and Michael FortinClifford GinsbergBette and Stephen GoldmannKristi HardyKim and Greg HextJo Heinz Staffelbach and Andre Staffelbach Christine Ho and Anil KogantiMark Hupert and Mark LombardSandra and Rick IllesDebbie and David JohnsonMelinda and James JohnsonYon Yoon JordenAnna and John KoepkeBob Ladd Lori and William LittleKim and Janet Macpherson Gwyn and Wilson Mason Jane and Jim McCarthyScott McCartney

Judy Meagher Barbara and Jim MillerKim and Tom MillerKate and Keith NewmanPam and Brent NicholsonKarol OmlorRenita and Mark PartinJeff and Annette PattersonSheryl and John PaulStephen PenroseDenise and Larry PollisMarie and Charles RosenfeldRavi SarodePeter Silberman Rosalyn and Steve Sills Aimee Spoerlein Mary Ann StaabKay StephensonCatherine StoneShari and Jay TobinElizabeht WahlquistCrystal and Chris WilliamsWheelice WilsonEllen and Don Winspear

Members as of 8/9/21.

Thank you for all gifts received after the print deadline.

*Founding Member •Chair, Benefactors Committee^�Member, Gay and Lesbian

Fund for Dallas

DEVOTED DONORS Recognizes the continuous support of our contributors for three or more consecutive years. We are deeply grateful for their ongoing commitment.

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PATRON PREMIERE$500-$999Dennis AbramsFonda and Jay ArbetterJane ArringtonDelia Banchs John and Dee BertJohn BirknerCindy BlueDenise and Gregory BoydstonCarol and Edward BurgerVeronica CameauJohn T. CarloEric M. CernyPatricia and Larry ChristianWilliam ClarkLee CullumFlorence CoxLynn and Derek DickinsonSally and Thomas DunningNina Cortell and Bob FineTerri and Alan GreenspanDiana and Tony GrindlJack and Susan HawkinsKathy and John HerringMark HeymannJean and Ted IngersollSusan and Donald JarzemskyForrest Johnson and Gil JesusChristine KoskiVeletta Forsythe-Lill and John LillBarbara and Franklin LloydGail and Guillermo MarmolNancy and Tom MasonLorraine Sear and John McCaffertyMurry and Alyce McKenzieStacy and Phil MeadowsJill and David MellingerJim and Louisa MeyerLinda Muckerheide, Our Theater LoverRebecca OrdinarioSharon Fancher and Betsy Orton^Pat and John PriestEvelyn and William RaeckeDonna and Richard RoseMarie and Charles RosenfeldBrad ShamSandy SingerSona SolbrookJoAnn and Robert TobeyJennifer and J.R. VazquezLarry WaisanenLinda and James Willson

PATRON PRIME$200-$499AnonymousAnn AbernathyAnne AllredRhonda BlackburnKathy and Charles BoortzNancy and Randy BradenBrenda F. BrandKimberly BurkeShirley CaesarAnthony CampagnaEmily CassadyGloria CastilloSteven Happel and William CearlockLaura ChurchillCynthia and Steve ClampettConnie and Edward CopleyNicole DampmanCharlotte DarrahSusan and Douglas DavisClare and Larry DeBoeverIna and George DerrRobert FornerAnne and Stewart FrenchGreg FoxDon Croll and Jan GartenbergW. John GlancyDebbie and Howard HaileStephanie ad Robert HaleyCathey and Randy HallLiz and Tom HalseyRue and Tuck HenryBertha and Narciso HinojosaMary Louise and David HopsonIrene HosfordRobert HowellSue and Phillip JohnEllen and Charlie JohnstonCorinne and David KarpEllen KeyRichard KinlerChuck KramerSarah and Doug KubehlJoyce Sanders and Robert LebovitzLily LinChristopher MabileSara and David MartineauCaroline and Mike MassadTerri and Randy McClellenJesse McClellenAndrunette and Ron McCollumBecky and James McCulley

Linda and John McFarlandPaul and Max MeggsJoyce and Harvey MitchellMal NooneDeborah and Jim NugentTom O’ConnorSamuel OsteenErika PickensJody and Melvin PlattArlene and Bill PressAnu Ravipati and Devesh RamnathAmber ReeceSally and Steve RichardsonAlberto Galue and Rusty RippamontiAnn and Duane RobertsJonathan RollinsJan RollowTerry and Bert RombergPatricia SabinMary and Patrick SculleySherry and Bob StewartMary SuhmLaurie SutorJohn SwopeDaniel TontzWalker TriggUte and Klaus TruemperMarjorie Boeck and Perrin WhiteAnne and Paul WhitemanBuddy WhittenburgMargaret and Herschel WilonskyCarol WinkelmannKatie WordenMine and Adnan YucelJoEllen ZabelJeff Heald and Michael Zerbach Members

as of 9/1/21

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^��Member, Gay and Lesbian Fund for Dallas

Devoted Donors Recognizes the continuous support of our contributors for three or more consecutive years.

We are deeply grateful for their ongoing commitment.

CORPORATE SUPPORT

SEASON SPONSORS

CORPORATE CONTRIBUTORS support for artistic, educational and engagement programs

$50,000+Lexus Pioneer Natural Resources Sidley Austin LLPTexas Instruments and Texas Instruments Foundation

$30,000HALL Arts Residences and HALL Arts Hotel Kimberly-Clark Corporation PNC

$20,000 UNISYS Official Technology Partner

$15,000 Theatre Forward

$10,000Deloitte Haynes and Boone, LLPHolland & Knight Husch BlackwellKatten Muchin Rosenman LLPLuther King Capital Management Munck Wilson Mandala, LLPPwC

$5,000 Central MarketNCH Corporation $2,500 Ben E. Keith Company

IN-KIND & MEDIA DONORS

Arts+Culture TexasAWAREBDO USA, LLP Choice TechnologiesDallas Voice

La Cave WarehouseNeiman MarcusSalum The ARTISANThe Dallas Morning News

THEATRE EXECUTIVES ($50,000-$99,000)AT&T The Hearst FoundationsThe Schloss FoundationJames S. & Lynne P. Turley

BENEFACTORS ($25,000-$49,999)The Augustine FoundationStephanie ScottWells Fargo

PACESETTERS ($15,000-$24,999)The Music Man FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsLisa OrbergSouthwest Airlines†TD Charitable Foundation

DONORS ($10,000-$14,999)EverGreene Architectural ArtsWestlake Reed Leskosky

† Includes in-kind supportTheatre Forward supporters are former supporters of Na-tional Corporate Theatre Fund and Impact Creativity. For a complete list of funders visit theatreforward.org

Theatre Forward advances the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to the country's leading non-profit theatres. Theatre Forward and our theatres are most grateful to the following Educating Through Theatre funders:

Current Funders as of May 2018

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INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT, ENDOWMENT

INSTITUTIONAL CONTRIBUTORS

$300,000The Hersh FoundationThe Moody Foundation

$200,000Embrey Family Foundation

$100,000The Shubert Foundation, Inc. TurningPoint Foundation

$50,000City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture Harold Simmons Foundation

$20,000David M. Crowley FoundationCarl B. & Florence E. King Foundation National Endowment for the Arts The Sapphire Foundation, Inc.Southern Methodist University

$10,000The Stemmons FoundationTACA Texas Commission on the Arts

$5,000The Theodore and Beulah Beasley Foundation, Inc. Better Together Fund The Bruning FoundationDallas Shakespeare Club Harry S. Moss Foundation

$1,000Louise W. Kahn Endowment Fund of The Dallas Foundation

ENDOWMENT FUND

ARTISTIC

The Charles Peter Bock FundThe G. B. Dealey FundDeedie Rose

EDUCATION & OUTREACH PROGRAMSWilliam Randolph Hearst FundMeadows Foundation

GENERALAnonymous FundSara Birge FundDiane and Hal Brierley FundThe Roberta Coke Camp FundJoan and Coley Clark FundMr. and Mrs. William A. Custard FundArlene J. and John W. Dayton FundThe Dallas Theater Center Guild FundBess and Ted Enloe FundHamon FundHeldt FundMr. and Mrs. Richard C. Johnson FundLuther King Capital ManagementCarol and John Levy Family FundLyndhurst FoundationEugene McDermott FoundationSusan and Bill MontgomeryMoody FoundationThe Paul Raigorodsky FundMr. and Mrs. Robert C. Stack FundThe Waldo E. Stewart FundTheater Support FundSarah and Don Warnecke The Wyly Fund for Administrative Excellence

SCHOLARSHIPWinifred D. Caldwell Scholarship FundThe Dr. Anson L. Clark Memorial Scholarship FundJohnny George Scholarship FundPreston Jones Scholarship FundCarl B. and Florence E. King Scholarship FundThe Zelma Naylor Scholarship FundThe Edythe W. and Henry X. Salzberger Scholarship FundDora and Robert D. Stecker Scholarship Fund

OTHER The Frank Nick Scholarship for Creative GreatnessThe Alan M. May Fund

Dallas Theater Center is supported, in part, by the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, TACA, the Texas Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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COMPANY

LEADERSHIPEnloe / Rose Artistic Director, Kevin MoriartyManaging Director, Jeffrey Woodward

ADMINISTRATIONGeneral Manager, Theresa ZicolelloCompany Manager, Gabriela LeodiouOffice and IT Manager, Lori JonesFacilities Manager, Albert GonzalesDirector of People Operations, COVID-19 Compliance Officer Andrea SomersComputer Consultants, Choice Technologies

ARTISTICArtistic Producer, Sarahbeth GrossmanCasting, Eisenberg/Beans Casting

Ally Beans, CSA Daryl Eisenberg, CSA

Playwright-in-Residence, Jonathan Norton Producing and Education Fellow, Harrison Epstein

DIANE AND HAL BRIERLEY RESIDENT ACTING COMPANYTiana Kaye Blair, Blake Hackler, Liz Mikel, Alex Organ, Christopher Llewyn Ramirez, Molly Searcy, Tiffany Solano, Sally Nystuen Vahle, Zachary J. Willis

DEVELOPMENT Director of Development, Robin PlataManager of Foundation and Government Relations, Dionne DavisManager of Individual Giving, Mercedes BrownManager of Donor Stewardship, Salomona Mendoza Underwritten by a generous grant from the Hersh Foundation

FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING Director of Finance, Stacy MeadowsAccounts Payable / Payroll Coordinator, Sherene EnglishIndependent Audit Firm, BDO USA, LLP

MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONSDirector of Marketing and Communications, Brittani WilkinsManager of Ticketing Services, Traci McKinneyDigital Marketing Manager, Ray AlvaDigital Media Manager, Imani ThomasCommunications and PR Manager, Paula PaggiInterim Manager of Box Office Services, Jared VazquezBox Office Associates, Augusta Abene, Blake

Seabourn, Juliana Zepeda Web Developer, Chris Koller / Idealgrowth

PRODUCTIONDirector of Production, Bryan Anthony White Production Manager, Andrew J. BrownProduction Coordinator, Ni LiTechnical Director, Matt NormanAssociate Technical Director, Danny ColoskyCarpenters, James Aronson, George Meek,

Bruce NuttallStage Operations Manager, Squeak HendersonAssistant Stage Manager, Emily BurkeCostume Director, Micheal Heath WaidAssociate Costume Director, Chris SpencerDraper, Amanda HendricksonInterim Draper, Olivia KennedyWardrobe Supervisor, Rebecca HoltAssistant Wardrobe Supervisor, Emily NewcombHair and Make-Up Supervisor, Nicole AlvarezHead of Props, John SlausonAssistant Head of Props, Nicole GaignatProperties Carpenter, Matt DuvallCharge Scenic Artist, Sergey ChernomoretsHead of Lighting, Nicole IannacconeAssistant Head of Lighting, Meike SchmidtStaff Electrician, Christopher King RollinsHead of Audio and Video, Brandon WalkerAssistant Head of Audio and Video, Kyle Jensen PUBLIC WORKS DALLASDirector, Stephanie Cleghorn Jasso Associate Producer, Brandi GilesCoordinator, María CalderónCommunity Liaison, Asher Ross

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TIFFANY SOLANO

MOLLYSEARCY

CHRISTOPHER LLEWYN RAMIREZ

LIZ MIKEL

TIFFANY SOLANO

BLAKEHACKLER

ZACHARY J. WILLIS

In 2009, with the generous support of Diane and Hal

Brierley, Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty reinstated

Dallas Theater Center’s resident acting company. His

intent was to develop and nurture professional actors

within the North Texas community and enable them

to make Dallas their artistic home. At the same time,

he sought to enhance Dallas Theater Center’s artistic

profile and create ongoing collaborative relationships.

The nine-member Diane and Hal Brierley Resident

Acting Company has since become a signature

component of Dallas Theater Center’s presence in the

Dallas Arts District.

DallasTheaterCenter.org

DIANE and HAL BRIERLEY

GREAT ACTING IS AT THE CENTER OF ALL GREAT THEATER.

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SALLY NYSTUEN VAHLE

TIANA KAYE BLAIR

ALEX ORGAN

$1,000,000 - $3,000,000Diane and Hal BrierleyLinda and Bill CustardDeedie RoseThe Hersh Foundation

$500,000 - $999,999The Eugene McDermott FoundationThe Moody Foundation

$250,000 - $499,999Molly ByrneNancy and Clint CarlsonRusty and John JaggersSusan and William MontgomeryKatherine and Bob PennThe Hillcrest FoundationRobert Tonti

$100,000 - $249,999Jennifer and Peter AltabefRebecca and Barron FletcherEmbrey Family FoundationFanchon and Howard HallamPilar and Jay HenryAnn and Lee HobsonCarol and John LevyCatherine and Will Rose

$50,000 - $99,999Stephanie and Todd AndersonTina and John BarryRandy BrownClaudia and Scott DavisSusie and Curt FitzGeraldGraue Family FoundationCraig HaynesTeri and John ShafferThe Donna Wilhelm Family Fund

$25,000 - $49,999Mickie and Jeff BragaloneJennifer and Matt HickeyAngela and John HowellEric Bing and Randall KenderShari and Karl Nelson Deborah McMurray and Glen DavisonJuli and Lawrence MandalaPaula and Scott OrrHelen and Frank RischGiles Davidson and Daniel Waldmann

$10,000 - $24,999Purvi Patel Albers and Bill AlbersBarbara Clay and Kenneth BernsteinDallas Theater Center GuildCarol and Don GlendenningSuzan KedronTracy M. PrestonStephanie and David RussakovAndy Smith and Paul von WupperfeldFrances and James WatersSarah and Donald Warnecke

THE NEXT ACT CAMPAIGN Elevating Dallas Theater Center from an Organization to an Institution. THANK YOU to our campaign donors who have advanced the mission of Dallas Theater Center by making investments in the organization’s sustainability.

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Cast members of In The Heights, photo by Karen Almond