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Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh

Benny McCarthyOisin McAuleyEamon Doorley

Donal ClancyMartin ONeill

Lead Vocals, Flute & Whistles

Button AccordionFiddle and Backing VocalsThe Irish BouzoukiGuitar, Lead and Backing VocalsBodhran (Irish Drum)

TRadITIOnaL MUSIC OF IRELand

Repertire ill e selected rm te llig ad acedrm te stage:

Clancys Farewell to Whiskey/An Dro des Petits Bateaux(Instrumental)Donal Clancy / Traditional / Arranged by Dan

The Highest Hill in Sligo (Instrumental)Traditional / Arranged by Dan

Cailn na nrla Donn (Song)Traditional/Arranged by Dan

Murphys Hornpipe, Lord Gordons Reel(Instrumental)

Traditional / Arranged by Dan

The Glen Cottage, John Brosnans, Peata an Mhaoir(Instrumental)Traditional / Arranged by Dan

The County Down (Song)Tommy Sands / Arranged by Dan

Barndance Set/John Doherty's/Round The House (Instrumental)Traditional / Arranged by Dan

*Program is subject to change*

~There will be an intermission~


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pROgRaM nOTESClancys Farewell to Whiskey/An Dro des Petits Bateaux

The rst tune of this piece was composed by Donal Clancy, the bandsguitarist. The second is a beautiful Breton Dance tune that we arranged as a

lullaby. We got this from a great musician called Ronan Pellen from Brittany

in France. Brittany is a Celtic region also.

The Highest Hill in SligoThe rst reel comes from Sligo and the second reel is a composition of Oisin

McAuley. We nish the set with a tune called Reichwalls Forest, a tune welearned from Jerry Holland who lives in Cape Breton in Canada.

Cailn na nrla DonnLearned from Seosaimhn N Bheaglaoch, it is a macaronic song which means

the lyrics are in two languages, in this case, Irish and English. It is often heard

in South Kerry.

Murphys Hornpipe, Lord Gordons ReelWe have been performing both this hornpipe and reel for many years. Lord

Gordons Reel is a tune often associated with the playing of the great Sligo

ddler, Michael Coleman, who recorded it in New York in 1934.

The Glen Cottage, John Brosnans, Peata an MhaoirIrish Polkas are mostly associated with the Munster region in Southern

Ireland.

The County DownThe County Down was written by Tommy Sands from Rostrevor in Country

Down. This song was voted "Best Song" at the 2004 BBC Folk Awards.

Barndance Set/John Dohertys/Round The House (Instrumental)This is great collection of different types of dance tunes; a barn dance, into a

pipe march and nish on a great reel. These have been favourites of the band

for a number of years.


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AngeLs TheATre ComPAny AndThe Lied CenTer for Performing ArTs PresenT:

whaT ThE wIndTaUghT ME

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This presentation is made possible in part with generous support from the Nebraska

Citizens Corps, Farmers Mutual of Nebraska, the Lincoln Children's Museum, theNebraska Art Council and In memory of Dr. Wallace C. Peterson.

NEBRASKA

CITIZENS CORPS


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whaT ThE wInd TaUghT MEby bECky kEy bOESEn

This play is dedicated to the memory of David Bosle

CaSTEvan Davis

Audrey Davis

Mom

The Teacher

Chip Chalooley

Chase Briggs

Awesome Doak

Dad

Carter Yost

Madeleine Miller

Sasha Dobson

Melissa Lewis

Jeff Luby

Ian McKercher

Nick Korta

Andy Dillehay

TIME:The present, past and future

PLACE:Various locations in a town a lot like Lincoln.

This is a 75 minute play with no intermission.


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Director/Dramaturge

Scenic Designer

Lighting Designer

Sound Designer

Costume Designer

Stage Manager

Technical Director

Graphic Artists

Director of Photography

Assistant to the Director

Producer

Judith K. Hart

Keith Hart

Aja Jackson

John Gibilisco

Kim Clark-Kaczmarek

Erica Weatherwax

Kyle T. LorenzMeghan StratmanKate DeCosteBecky Key BoesenAlexander Jeffery

Brian Watt

Andy Dillehay

Becky Key Boesen

CREw

FILM CaSTCarter Yost

Nick Korta

Madeleine Miller

Sasha Dobson

Quinn Boesen

Andy DillehayJeff Luby

Christopher Dobson

Rachelle Brown

Rachele Merliss

Joe Anderson

Audrey Johnson

Alex Enersen

Steve EnersenMelissa Epp

Angeline Dai

Emily Jobson

Erin Mills

Brad Boesen

Dylan Relue

Carl Santiago

Ian McKercherColin Mack

Josephine Dobson

The Nebraska Arts Council, a state agency, has supported this arts event through itsmatching grants program funded by the Nebraska Legislature, the National Endowmentfor the Arts and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment. Visit www.nebraskaartscouncil.org forinformation on how the Nebraska Arts Council can assist your organization, or how you can

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CaST & CREw bIOgRaphIESSAShA DobSon(Mom) is a Lincoln

native who received her BFA in Actingfrom Ithaca College in NY and her MFA

in Acting from UNL. After graduate

school, Sasha moved to England for

ve years where she was fortunate

to nd work as an actress with the

touring company Shakespeare To Go.

Since Sasha has returned to Lincoln

she has worked extensively as an actor,

director, acting/voice/dialect coach,

University educator and producer. She

teaches theatre and acting classes at

the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and

is also the Outreach Coordinator for

the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

Sasha serves on the board for two local

theatre companies: The Angels Theatre

Company and Flatwater Shakespeare

Company. By far, the most rewarding

roles Sasha has ever and will ever playis that of mother to her two wonderful

children, Josephine and Chase and wife

to her amazing husband Chris!

JuDy hART(Director/Dramaturge)lives her life as a performing artist,

director, producer, entrepreneur,

seamstress and coach. She is a proud

member of AEA & SAG/AFTRA. What

the Wind Taught Me is her seconddramaturgical/directorial collaboration

with Becky Boesen the rst was InMy Daughter's Name, a very personalplay about love and loss. Judy taught at

Nebraska Wesleyan, Doane College,

UNL, and 15 years with Arts Are Basic.

In the summer she teaches at Belvoir

Terrace Summer Arts Camp for Girls

in Lenox, MA. Judy directed a play a

year for the last 14 years at the OmahaCommunity Playhouse and appeared

at regional theaters in Pittsburgh, PA,

Milwaukee, WI, Albany and Buffalo, NY

as well as many years at the George

Street Playhouse, Crossroads TheatreCompany and McCarter Theaters in

NJ. Judy succeeds with the love of her

familyhusband Dan and daughters

Meghan and Katy.

IAn MCKERChER(Chase Briggs) wasborn in New York City and currently

lives in Crete, NE where he graduated

from Doane College in 2012. During

his years as a theater major, he acted

in four plays: Three Sisters, The Odyssey,Spinning into Butterand Cyrano (for whichhe received an Irene Ryan nomination).

Hes also directed three short lms and

is an aspiring screenwriter. He plans on

pursuing a career in writing and acting

because he has always had a strong

passion for artistic storytelling through

lm, television, theater. He is incrediblyhappy to have a role in What the WindTaught Me and he hopes to work withthese amazing people again in the future!

AnDy DILLEhAy(Dad) is an actor/writer/teaching artist. He spends his days

as the Education Director at the Lincoln

Community Playhouse, and his evenings

rehearsing, crafting, or clanking around

on his 1967 Smith-Corona typewriter.Andy feels very fortunate to be a part of

this experience, especially after visiting

Joplin, MO with Becky Key Boesen,

one year after the devastating tornado.

"Sometimes we have to endure a storm to

fully appreciate how beautiful life is."

CARTER yoST (Evan Davis) is atwelve year old, 6th grade student at

Pound Middle School. His rst actingrole was as a cow in the neighborhood

nativity play at the age of three. Carter

was thrilled to be selected as the Head


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Knight of Ni in the debut youth theater

production ofSpamalot and declaredeach night of the show to be the best

night of his life. Carter has been inmultiple productions at the Haymarket

Theatre and has studied tap and hip-hop

for several years. Originating the role

of Evan in What the Wind Taught Mehas been an incredible experience and

Carter is exhilarated to be here. He is in

awe of the talent of the entire cast and

crew. I just want to say how happy I am

to join this experience Carter Yost

JEff Luby(Chip Chalooley) graduatedfrom UNL in 1997 with a Bachelors of

Arts in Theater. After 15 years of living

in New York and New Jersey, Jeff has

moved back to Omaha to raise his two

kids with his wife Faith. While Jeff never

fully pursued a career in the arts, the

love of it never left his soul. Jeff feels

very privileged to be able to return to

the creative process with What the WindTaught Me. Jeff would like to thank Beckyand Judy for this wonderful opportunity

and his wife and family for their support.

AJA JACKSon(Lighting Designer) iscurrently a senior at the Johnny Carson

School of Theatre and Film. She recently

completed Candide as Assistant LightingDesigner as well as The Student Dance

Project as Lighting Designer for the pastthree years. Other credits for design

includeAgravio, Once on This IslandandBright Ideas.

KEITh hART(Scenic Designer) is afreelance designer and music director

living in Omaha. Area productions include

Mr. Roberts, Crowns, The Crucible, Violet,The Underpants (Omaha CommunityPlayhouse),Arcadia, Six Degrees ofSeparation (Blue Barn), The Foreigner(Lincoln Community Playhouse), as well

as designs for the Bellevue Little Theatre,

Nebraska Theatre Caravan, and Nebraska

Shakespeare Festival. Keith holds a

Bachelors degree in music education and

a Master of Fine Arts degree in scenedesign for the theatre. He is currently

Business/Grant Manager for THE

ARTERY, a local nonprot that brings arts

programming into area schools.

MELISSA LEwIS (The Teacher) has acareer that has carried her throughout

the United States, and includes work

for over a decade in Los Angeles and

Chicago in lm, television, and theatre.Notable performances here in the

capital city includeAntony and Cleopatra,The Homecomingand The Taming of theShrewwith the Flatwater ShakespeareCompany, several seasons with the

Nebraska Repertory Theatre in The 39Steps, Vino Veritas, Metamorphosis andThe Last 5 Years, Into the Woods at theLincoln Community Playhouse, Beehive

and Companywith TADA Productions,and Pride and Prejudice and Yoko OnosNew York Rock at the Haymarket Theatre.Angels Theatre patrons most recently

saw Melissa as "Bessie", in last years

production ofMarvins Room. Melissais humbled to be a part ofWhat theWind Taught Me and the magic that hassurrounded this production.

nICK KoRTA(Awesome Doak) Nickstarted acting as a lad at the young age of

ten, and has stuck with it ever since. He

has been in many plays, mainly from the

group S.T.A.G.E. He is now a freshman at

Pius X High School, where he performed

in the school's fall musical, Godspell. InWhat the Wind Taught Me, he plays bullyAwesome Doak and says As the oldest

of two sisters and a brother, I have had

plenty of opportunities to practice my

part. He likes long walks on the beach

and apparently kittens, too. I hope you

enjoy the show!


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KIM CLARK-KACzMAREK

(Costume Designer) possesses a B.A.in theatre from Nebraska Wesleyan

University and a Masters in Theatrefrom the University of Nebraska-

Omaha. She is very involved in the

Omaha and Lincoln theatre community

including working with the Living

Picture Project, Nebraska Shakespeare

Festival, Omaha Theatre Company

for Young People, Omaha Community

Playhouse, Nebraska Repertory

Theatre and the Great Plains Theatre

Conference. Kim is on the artist roster

for the Nebraska Arts Council Artists

in Schools program, teaches acting with

Performers Edge and a variety of other

organizations. She has costume designed

for a variety of theatres and schools in

Omaha and is honored to be a part of

this Angels Theatre project.

John GIbILISCo (Sound Designer)an Omaha native, has designed soundand lights for the Omaha Playhouse for

the past 25 years and is thrilled for the

opportunity to experience an Angels

Theater Company production. John has a

secret crush on Judy Hart.

bECKy KEy boESEn (Playwright/Producer) is a playwright, actor and

director. She makes her creative homein the Angels Theatre Company, teaches

acting and playwriting at Doane College

and also freelances as a theatre artist.

This summer she looks forward to

directing Much Ado About NothingforFlatwater Shakespeare. Becky thanks the

Lied Center for Performing Arts for this

opportunity. Thanks also to the team of

theatre professionals behind What the

Wind Taught Me, especially to Judy Hart,Petra Wahlqvist and Alexander Jeffery.

Becky would also like to thank Jim and

Donna Key who, when the wind picks

up, remind her where she comes from

and who she really is. Becky is married

to Brad Boesen and is mom to 8 year-old

Evan and 3 year-old Quinn. Together, theyspend a lot of time gazing at the stars and

talking about possibilities.

ALExAnDER JEffERy(Filmmaker)makes a delicious macaroni and cheese.

He is also totally humble. Recipient of the

"Rising Star Award in Filmmaking" from

the Canada Int'l Film Festival, Alexander

loves storytelling in its simplest form

and is incredibly fortunate to have theopportunity to work with an immensely

talented group of people on this show.

Past lm work includes Love, At Last andOne Way. Enjoy the show, and remember:anything is possible!

KyLE T. LoREnz(Technical Director)is a freelance technician who has a great

amount of experience both onstage

and backstage. As a technician, Kylehas built the scenery for King of theMoon, The Producers, Working, Into theWoods, 13, Rehab and a host of otherlocal productions. Nationally, he toured

as an electrician with The WeddingSingerand Sweeney Todd. He has servedas the Technical Director and Master

Carpenter for the Lincoln Community

Playhouse, YAAL , and the Nebraska

Repertory Theatre. Kyle also enjoysperforming- he is a member of Lincoln's

Premiere Improv Comedy Troupe, Lyp

Schtick. He has been seen around the

country in many productions, such as

Halfway There, The Producers, Picasso atthe Lapin Agile, The Mousetrap, Cannibalthe Musical, and others. Kyle recentlyperformed the title role in Pippin withOmniarts productions.

ERICA wEAThERwAx(StageManager) graduated from Doane Collegewith her Bachelor of Arts Degree in


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Theatre in 2010. She currently works

at FACTS Management Company as an

Assistant Account Manager. Ericas most

recent theatre involvement was being theAssistant Stage Manager for the musical

Rehab- A Musical Journey. Erica has alsoworked with the Beatrice Community

Playhouse stage managing for TheCemetery Club andA Funny Thing Happenedon the Way to the Forum. Erica has enjoyed

working with the cast and crew for Whatthe Wind Taught Me and hopes everyonewill enjoy the show!

MADELEInE MILLER(Audrey Davis)is a junior at Lincoln High School. She

does the International Baccalaureate

program. She is a member of Nebraska

Girls Shakespeare Company. She enjoys

theater, chocolate, and Disney princesses.

a nOTE FROM ThE pLaywRIghTMy parents live in a small retirement community on a lake in Grove, Oklahoma,

about forty miles south of Joplin, Missouri. On the late afternoon of May 22,

2011, my mom called me to tell me about a storm system brewing there.

Thirty minutes later an EF-5 tornado hit Joplin and devastated that community,

forever changing the landscape and killing 161 people.

Im from Missouri and know Joplin well. Its not unlike Lincoln, similar in size andpopulation. From so far away, I couldnt imagine the impact of a 300 mile per

hour wind. I couldnt wrap my head around it.

I was glued to the weather channel and internet, looking for updates about

Joplin, following the stories of the people there. A high school senior had been

sucked out of the sun roof of his vehicle and his family was still looking for him.

A toddler had been ripped out of his mothers arms and his lifeless body was

found in a neighboring eld. A manager at Pizza Hut died saving customers by

guiding them to a walk-in freezer and wedging himself against the door.

The stories of these people haunted me.

Two days later, I decided to go to Joplin. As I arrived with my two small

children (Evan and Quinn, who were six and one at the time) I was struck

with a feeling of fear and helplessness. What were the children of Joplin

experiencing? How, as a parent, do you comfort your children when you cant

control whats happening? How do you go forward after a tragedy of that

magnitude . . . with hope?

From this visit, the idea for a play was born. Shortly after that, I had the

opportunity to meet with William Stephan, Petra Wahlqvist and Ann Chang at

the Lied Center for Performing Arts and Judy Hart from the Angels Company.


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The result was the commission ofWhat the Wind Taught Me.

There was no script at that time, and since then, there have been over a dozen

incarnations. Its been a remarkable adventure. Ive taken friends to Joplin. Iveseen the city rebuild. Ive learned rsthand to believe in the power of the human

spirit. Thats what I hope to share.

A new play is fragile. This play was written very quickly and has changed at what

sometimes feels like the speed of light! (At one time, Nebraska historical gure

Minnie Mae Freeman made an appearance in the play and there was a poet who

had lost his voice!) Having a remarkable creative team in place and the support

of the Lied Center has kept the project moving forward and allowed us to

present this new work to you.

While the story has changed, the message remains the same: Fight for what you

love. Dont give up in the face of a storm. Never forget where you came from.

Anything is possible.

Thank you and enjoy the show.

Becky Key Boesen

a nOTE FROM ThE FILMMakER

I had the fortune of being a part of the process ofWhat the Wind Taught Me,from reading the rst draft to hearing the nal draft read by the cast in front

of the production team. It has been a very rewarding journey. Not only did

the script change over the course of pre-production, but so did the lm. The

lm became more integrated into the show with each draft of the script, and

it is so rewarding to see my two greatest passions, theatre and lm, broughttogether in such a cohesive way by playwright Becky Key Boesen. I have become

very close to the script and these characters, and I think the story relays a

wonderful message of hope and over-coming fear. It's an adventure story, but

it's mostly about a boy who wants to know more about his father . . . and that's

very human. Amidst the chaos of time travel and EF-5 tornadoes, this play is

grounded in simple human needs and truths. Most importantly, our young hero

teaches us a very important lesson: anything is possible.

Alexander Jeffery


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abOUT SpRIng CREEk aUdUbOn pRaIRIE

Much of the What the Wind Taught Me lm was shot at the Spring CreekAudubon Prairie, located in Denton, Nebraska. Spring Creek PrairieAudubon Center fosters the understanding, appreciation, and conservation of

Nebraskas tallgrass prairie ecosystem by engaging people in the sites natural

and cultural resources.

Audubon established Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center in 1998 on the site

of the former OBrien ranch approximately 20 minutes southwest of Lincoln,

Nebraska. This now 808-acre tallgrass prairie nature preserve offers over three

miles of walking trails, wetlands, wildowers, and grasses. In its midst more than

210 species of birds, 370 species of plants, and other wildlife dwell side-by-sidewith historic 19th-century wagon ruts in the lovely prairie vista. Family nature

programs, school eld trips, special events, and burgeoning attendance resulted

in the construction of our education building, which opened in 2006. Through

educating the public about the value of tallgrass prairie while introducing

thousands to its beauty and diversity, we are helping preserve this singular

and very threatened portion of the plains.

The education building blends into the natural setting of Spring Creek Prairie.

From its green design to the way its aesthetically understated appearancemirrors nature, the facility brings equal attention to both form and function

and proves that understanding is indeed the rst step toward caring responsibly

for our native land and all its resources.

Find out more at http://springcreekprairie.audubon.org/


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[email protected]

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Thank You Red Cross First Aid Team

Thank you to these licensed emergency medical responders

registered with the state of Nebraska for volunteering their timethrough the Cornhusker Chapter of the American Red Cross

to make sure their neighbors are safe at the Lied Center and

across the community.


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SUSan wERnERwITh SpECIaL gUEST TRIna haMLInMrc 20 & 22, 2013

This presentation is made possible in part with generous support from Meier's CorknBottle as well as Patron Friend sponsors Wayne & Jeani Gill.


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abOUT SUSan wERnERCalled the empress of the unexpected

by NPR, singer-songwriter Susan Wernerturns another corner in her multifaceted

musical career with her vibrant new album,

Kicking the Beehive. Its an 11-song collectionof provocative, poignant, lyrical originals

that are infused with the rustic roots of

American folk, blues and country music.

Produced by Rodney Crowell, recorded in

Nashville and featuring such all-star guests

as Vince Gill, Keb Mo and Paul Franklin,

Kicking the Beehive is a personal projectwhere Werner intuitively explores the full

impact of looking beyond the supercial

and delving into soulful honesty.

With pockets of humor, wit, heartbreak,

incisive social commentary and kick-

ass rowdiness, Kicking the Beehive is thestrongest Werner recording to date. On

it she passionately tells condensed short

stories of characters who confront suchissues as homelessness, addiction, social

alienation and disappointment. A good

song is a good window, Werner says.

All these songs can let us see outside

ourselves. And as a songwriter, the bestmoments come when I can hold the songs

up like a mirror so that people can also see

themselves.

Kicking the Beehive is Werners follow-up to her 2009 recording, Classics, acompelling pop-meets-classical album of

contemporary standards supported by the

Boston Symphony Orchestra. That was a

very conservatory project, Werner says.There were a lot of string arrangements,

and I learned a great deal about arranging

and songwriting. But after that, I wanted

to do something different. (Classics wasthe third in an ear-opening series of

innovatively themed projects, including

2008s agnostic gospel album TheGospel Truth that melded Werners owntunes written in the traditional gospel

tradition and 2004s I Cant Be Newwhereshe channeled the cabaret standard

songwriting of George Gershwin and

Cole Porter.)


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In a return to her musical roots, Werner

decided to embark on a more down-home

recording, inspired by her blues pilgrimage

in the Mississippi Delta that started inMemphis, went through Clarksdale and

led to New Orleans. An Iowan native, she

desired to follow the Mississippi River

downstream from where she had grown up.

It was perfect for me, says Werner, who is

based in Chicago. I rented a car, brought

a guitar, a pad and a ball point pen with me.

I left my computer at home. I wanted to

keep it all basic. No high technology. I was

thinking that I might have something to say.

Thats an understatement.

The simplicity of that pilgrimagefrom

going to juke joints to having encounters

with regional musiciansbore fruit. I

had to go down that river, she says.

And Im glad I went. I experienced

the music that I love rsthand, and I

participated in a tradition that spoke to

me. One experience she had was going

to Clarksdale, Mississippi, the historical

city that not only houses a fascinating

Delta blues museum but also actor

Morgan Freemans Ground Zero Blues

Club, where Werner participated in an

improvisation-steeped jam. Ive sat in a

million times in a million different settings,

but this experience exceeded all myexpectations, she says. She laughs and

adds, It was exciting and scary.

Through a series of coincidences that

Werner attributes to a mojo bag that a

voodoo shopowner in New Orleans put

together for her (I told her that I needed

a mojo bag because all the blues musicians

had one, says Werner), she found fertile

new ground. That spell not only resultedin an opportunity to sign on with legendary

Nashville manager Burt Stein, but it also

swung open the door to bring Crowell

aboard as the producer of her new

recording. In the Kicking the Beehive linernotes, Werner thanks him and engineer

Steve Marcantonio for making such abeautiful album and salutes Crowell:

Rodney, youre my hero.

Werner says that Crowell believed in

the songs she sent him and brought to the

session and encouraged her to record the

album live in the studio with a core session

band that comprised electric and acoustic

guitarist Steuart Smith, bassist Viktor

Krauss and drummer/percussionist BryanOwings. However, Werner had her doubts.

What if I screwed up on a song while

singing and playing along with the best

guys, she says. But Rodney sold me on it.

We recorded in the old-fashioned way. Ive

worked with many great producers over

the years, but Rodney was the best. Hes a

legend and he lived up to it.

Werner opens the album with the title

track, an upbeat, straight-talking number

that humorously sets the tone of her

singer-songwriter role as, what she calls, a

troublemaker, an instigator, a provocateur.

In the tune she sings about how kicking

over the beehive and playing with matches

is the best way to feel alive again. The

beehive metaphor came from the Dale

Carnegie saying, If you want to gatherhoney, dont kick over the beehive, that

her longtime road manager used when

advising her. Werner turns the adage on its

head, promoting the notion of stirring up

trouble. She opens the tune in the key of A

and moves to G in the chorus. I got that

from listening to Rodney, she says. That

makes the song have a very country-like,

Texas-like feel musically. Its a plain-spoken,

nothing-fancy song.

The blues tradition thematically informs

some of Werners tunes on the album. For


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example, the heartfelt, acoustic-guitar, foot-

tapping Doctor Doctor is about a dying

partner. The experience of illness and

mortality has always been a part of bluessongs, says Werner. Thats when personal

experiences show up.

Keb Mo guests with a killer slide

accompaniment. Werner toured with

him for a month early in 2010 and was

schooled in the blues acoustic guitar

styling by him. I had been doing my blues

homework listening to Otis Spann and

Muddy Waters, and I learned how to playa bottleneck slide by listening to Bob

Brozman, but to learn directly from Kevin

was special, says Werner. Every day he

would show me something new by telling

me how to place my hands. Sharing this

tradition with me in person made it true

for me.

The blues also plays a role in the deeply

emotional song, My Different Son, written

from a mothers point of view about an

atypical child (schools and rules were

never made for him). Its written in a

Chicago style blues form that brings to

mind classic laments from B.B. King and

Muddy Waters. Werner adds, If women

wrote the blues, they would sing about

love, of course, but theyd also sing about

family and children. And the determinedcharacter on the rocking I Know What I

Want borrows much of her phrasing from

eld hollers Werner studied as part of her

blues pilgrimage.

Featuring lap steel legend Paul Franklin,

The Last Words of Bonnie Parker is an

intimate and moving piece about loving

someone no matter the consequences.

When I started writing this, I knewsomehow this wasnt exactly me speaking,

but who was it? Werner explains. And,

almost like a painting, the song revealed

itself and the character revealed herself

to be the legendary Bonnie from Bonnie

and Clyde. I researched her a bit, found

that she had been married before thatwas interesting to me - and that she wrote

poetry, which gave me the courage to try

to write for her and hopefully with her. And

you know you got some of it right when

you feel all your guy band mates leaning in

and listening as you sing the track which

is exactly what happened in the studio. Its

probably the most gorgeous piece of music

Ive ever recorded.

Like many songwriters with a literary

bent, Werner worries that much of pop

music is a mile wide and an inch deep.

But seems to me, the best songs are

more like an inch wide and a mile deep,

she says. That comes through in the

poignant tune Manhattan, Kansas, the

story of a single woman and a difcult

decision to make. Ive always admiredJimmy Webbs songs, songs like Wichita

Lineman and Galveston, songs with towns

in the title and a story in the town, says

Werner, And I may have stumbled on

my own kind of tribute to him, with this.

He himself has been encouraging of my

songwriting, and hopefully Ive lived up

to that.

Other story songs include the smoky jazzwaltz, Botanical Greenery Blues, avored

by Tony Harrells Hammond organ, about

characters whose habit of getting high

conceals all kinds of lows; the practical and

discouraging details of homelessness in

Sleeping on a Train; and the gospel-tinged

nal song On the Other Side about a

light and a voice that Id surely like to see

for myself. Of the latter Werner says, This

is a song thats much less certain thansongs Ive written even a few years ago. This

isnt buttoned up, not at all. Maybe if you

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more real. And real life is messy, intense,

uncertainthats what makes it human.

Kicking the Beehive offers up some ofWerners signature dry wit in the bassthumping, jazzy Irrelevance, which is a

song that Werner says I just couldnt stop

myself from writing, unfortunately. She

adds, Its the unvarnished truth - there are

no bumpers on this tune, nothing to soften

the blow. Comes a time in your life where

futility hits you straight on, and you either

crumble beneath it or laugh your way

through it. Rodney brought in this greatjazz trumpeter and kept telling him to play

worse imagine that, worse. So you hear

him starting a fantastic phrase and then

failing spectacularly. Good metaphor for

ambition, seems to me.

And Kicking the Beehive also deliverssexy fun in the hot country cooker Red

Dress where such main guests as Gill

and harmonica ace Trina Hamlin as wellas Crowell on acoustic show up to join in

on the rollicking ride. This was so much

fun to play, Werner says. I even got to do

some honky-tonk piano myself. Its funny

about this song people read different

meanings into it. Is this a straight couple ortwo lesbians? Everyone brings their own

experience to the songs. And the good

news is, this song is equal opportunity fun.

Werner credits part of the success of

Kicking the Beehive to it being recordedin Nashville (Thats where the tradition

of a character speaking in a song is really

appreciated). But shes also frank about

the fact that this album, unlike her lastfew efforts, was not based on a concept.

I didnt set out to shape this album at

all, she says. I didnt herd the songs into

a corral. This is more about being out

in a eld someplace or on the plains. Its

almost like a herd of bison roaming. That

freedom gave me the opportunity to

speak more directly without artice. I

had no intention of impressing anybody.Every song on this album is one hundred

percent heartfelt and honest.

abOUT TRIna haMLIn

With a rich, powerful voice, Hamlin

reveals a rare conuence of Midwesterninnocence, contemplative focus, and raw

passion while adding a disarmingly sharp

wit in her stage banter. She seamlessly

moves from guitar to piano with self

accompaniment on harmonica leaving

many who have seen her wondering

what she cant do. Regarded as one of

the best harmonica players around, she

presents a driving, sensuous rhythm in

her performance reawakening audiencesto the art of the instrument. Trina

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sought after harmonica player and

percussionist, accompanying numerous

nationally recognized singer/songwriters

in the studio and live on stage. Havingearned a degree in professional music

from Berklee College in Boston, she

graduated to the club scene in New

York City with the band Blue Leaves,

and has gone on to write and co-

produce ve albums of her own. Trina

was chosen as one of the most wanted

new artists at the Falcon Ridge Folk

Festival and has performed to a sold

out crowd at the Newport Folk Festival

in the company of Ani Di Franco, Dar

Williams, and The Indigo Girls. Shes

performed on The Late Show with Conan

OBrien and has had her music chosenas a backdrop for the CBS TV movie

Friends at Last, as well as the WBs seriesDawsons Creek. Her songs have alsobeen featured on Bravos Tale Lights ,Lifetimes The Things We Do For Love,and MTVs Real World, as well as ABCFamilys Beautiful People. In addition,Trina has shared the stage with Taj

Majal, Charlie Musslewhite, John Hiatt

and Ricki Lee Jones, to name a few.

abOUT hanS STURM, dOUbLE baSS

Double Bassist Hans Sturm has performed

as soloist, chamber, orchestral, jazz and

improvisational musician throughout

Europe, Asia, South America, Africa, and theUnited States. Highlights of his appearances

include the Beijing International Chamber

Music Festival, the Faenza International

Chamber Festival (Italy), the Edinburgh

Fringe Festival, Encontro de Instrumenistas

(Brazil), a US State Department Tour of

Morocco, BASS2008 (Paris), BASS2010

(Berlin), and BASS2012 (Copenhagen).

He has appeared with a variety of artists

across the spectrum of jazz includingEddie Daniels, Dick Hyman, Roscoe

Mitchell, Stanley Jordan, Joseph Jarman,

Alan Dawson, Bela Fleck and many others.

Inspired by his work with international

artist-teacher Franois Rabbath, Sturm

developed, designed, and produced two

state-of-the-art DVD projects, The Art of theBow(05) and The Art of the Left Hand(10).Both DVDs employ the same advanced

technology found in lms such asAvatarand Lord of the Rings to create a pedagogicalmethod incorporating 3D biomechanics

animations with user-selectable camera

angles, live performances, interviews,

and lecture demonstrations. He is a Past

President of the International Society of

Bassists. Married to jazz vocalist Jackie

Allen, Sturm currently serves as Assistant

Professor of Double Bass and Jazz Studiesat the University of Nebraska Lincoln

and is Professor Emeritus at Ball State

University where he taught for 17 years.


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largest array of wines and spirits along with an in-store tasting room. Meier's

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in the business and it is constantly evolving, added Ken. Our goal has always

been to continually educate ourselves and keep up to date on the latest

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Ken's son Kevin is the store manager and full partner. We both love what we

do. Consulting with customers on a day to day basis brings us great satisfaction.

It never feels like work, it's something we enjoy. Off-site beverage catering is

another area of growth for Meier's. We provide everything needed for events

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Meier's has been the beverage provider at Lied Center events since the Lied's

beginning and is proud to continue the partnership with the Lied Center.

Lincoln has always been a wonderful place to live, play and work, says Ken.

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This presentation is made possible in part by a grant from the Lincoln Community

Foundation and with generous support from Chris & Art Zygielbaum and the JewishFederation of Lincoln.

The Lied CenTer for Performing ArTs AndmonKey BAA TheATre ComPAny PresenT

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hITLER'S daUghTERbaSEd On ThE nOvEL by JaCkIE FREnCh

CaST & CREaTIvESADAPTED BY

PERFORMED BY

DIRECTED BY

DESIGNED BY

LIGHTING DESIGN BY

SOUND/MUSIC BY

STAGE MANAGED BY

VOICE OF HITLER

Eva Di CesareTim McGarrySandra Eldridge

Nathan CarterGideon CordoverMikaela Martin

Kate WorsleySandra Eldridge

Imogen Ross

Luiz Pampolha

Jeremy Silver

Kelly Ukena

Sam JohnsonMarkus Weber

Thank yOU

Monkey Baa Theatre Company would like to thank Sydney Opera HouseYouth and Education Program for their assistance in the creative development

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dIRECTOR'S nOTE

This beautiful story was suggested to Tim, Eva and I by Noel Jordan from the

Sydney Opera House. We, like all whove read Hitlers Daughter, were deeplyaffected by its themes and its characters. Marks journey and Heidis story

the need for children to be heard, their frustrations to be answered. Marks

questioning "Do kids have to like their parents?" Annas comment, "Do you

believe something is right or wrong, just because your parents say?"

For me the great question in the story is Marks How do we know we

are doing the right thing? The question of racism, fascism and unaccountable

horrors being allowed to take place from fear. Im ever the optimist with

our species and I think that we do know, deep down we know. To all of thecreative team, the cast, to all who have supported this project and to Jackie,

Monkey Baa would like to give a BIG THANKS!!!

In the times that we now live it takes courage and even humor to consciously

look for the good, but its important. To place ourselves on the side of the

caring, the kind, having empathy and compassion for others. By acknowledging

our humanity we can embrace the past and thus enhance our future, not only

as individuals but also as a race, the human race. I hope you enjoy the show.

SANDRA ELDRIDGE

Director

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CaST & CREw bIOgRaphIESKATE woRSLEy(Tracey / Heidi)

A graduate ofTheatre Nepean,

Kate has most

recently performed

in a number of new

Australian works

including The Splinterby Hilary Bell for

Sydney Theatre

Company and Lei Hideawayand The Grief

Parlourwith the newly formed, ensemble-based Clockre Theatre Company. For

Monkey Baa, Kate has performed in

the national tour ofThursdays Childandthe 2010 production ofHitlers Daughter.Other theatre includesAs You Like It(Siren Theatre Co.),A Day In The Deathof Joe Egg, The Stallion of Death, TheUnscrupulous Murderer, Mademoiselle Fif

and Dont Stare Too Much (DarlinghurstTheatre). Kate has performed in anumber of award-winning short lms

including Mama Always Told Him, Cockatooand Y2GAYfor which she won bestfemale actor at Tropfest 2011. Kate is a

proud member of MEAA.

nAThAn CARTER(Ben / Dad /Frau Leib / Frau Mundt / Mrs Latter / Mr

McDonald)Nathan is a graduate of the WestAustralian Academy

of Performing Arts

(WAAPA). He has

just completed

three years in the

Australian cast

ofWicked(GFO),performing the

role of ElphabasFather throughout Australia and

Singapore, and taking over the role of

Dr Dillamond in Seoul. Other theatre

credits include Into the Woods (GFO),

My Fair Lady(OA),Jolson (Jon Nichols),Hello Again (Darlinghurst Theatre),Falsettos (New Theatre) and the originalworkshop productions ofThe Hatpinand Every Single Saturday. Nathan is nostranger to theatre for young people

having performed, directed and toured

internationally for both Echelons

Perform! Educational Musicals series and

Walt Disney Special Events. His screen

credits include Inside the Arena (Foxtel),Breakers (Nine Network), Carols in theDomain and the independent featureElixir. Nathan is excited to be once againpart ofHitlers Daughterafter havingbeen a member of the original Helpmann

Award winning production that toured

nationally in 2006. Nathan has been a

proud MEAA member since 1998.

MIKAELA MARTIn(Anna / Mum /Fraulein Gelber)Mikaela Martin is a Theatre Nepean

graduate. She has

acted in theatre

and lm in Sydney,

Melbourne, and

New York. Theatre

credits include;

Much Ado AboutNothing, TwelfthNight, Richard II,

Search and Destroy, Innocent Bystanders,Hating Alison Ashley, and Traitors. Mikaelawas part of the original award-winning

season ofHitlers Daughterin 2006. Herlm credits include The Orbit, Academy,and Mahoganyfor the 2009 IstanbulBiennale. She has made a string of short

lms and narrated numerous talkingbooks for Bolinda Audio. Her original

solo pieceAntidote earned her a 2008Greenroom nomination for best actress


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and was further selected for the Sydney

Theatre Companys 2010 Rough Drafts

program. She received a scholarship

to continue her studies at New Yorksoldest private acting studio, Michael

Howard Studios. Still based in NYC,

Mikaela is writing and producing her own

lms, and developing a childrens lm-

making program.

GIDEon CoRDoVER(Mark /Soldier)

A NIDA graduate,

Gideon has wonBest Actor at the

Grifn Theatres

24 Hour Play

Offs, performed

in The Secret of theSeven Marbles atBondi Pavilion and

Stage Fright at the New Theatre. Most

recently, Gideon has performed and

toured nationally in The Bugalugs BumThieffor Monkey Baa. His television

credits include the series 3 nale ofRescue Special Ops on Channel 9. AtNIDA, Gideon worked with esteemed

directors such as Ben Gratz, John

Sheedy, Peter Kleinert, Darren

Gilshenan, Patrick Nolan and Lee Lewis

in productions ofGift, Hamlet, TheThreepenny Opera, Accidental Death ofan Anarchist, The Hour We Knew Nothingof Each OtherandAfter Dinner. Asidefrom acting, Gideon works as theCommunications Coordinator for Dying

with Dignity NSW, campaigning for the

rights of the terminally ill. His story has

been featured on Hack (Triple J), OnePlus One (ABC 24), Stateline NSW(ABC),and Can of Worms (Channel 10). Gideonsits on the ABC Advisory Council and is

a proud member of MEAA.

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Hitlers Daughterexplores the obligations we have one to another and to ourcommunities. The Jewish Federation of Lincoln proudly supports this play

because mutual support and obligation dene our mission. We are dedicated to

tzedakaha Hebrew word meaning righteousness or justice, and encompassing

the obligation we each have to support those in need. In Judaism, tzedakah is anobligation that cannot be forsaken.

The mission of the Jewish Federation of Lincoln is to inspire generosity, to

improve lives, and to strengthen our Jewish community, building upon the

three-millennia-old framework of Jewish values. The welfare of those within and

outside our community, and the cultural and educational advancement of our

community dene our goals. The Federation funds emergency relief and social

services here at home and, in partnership with the Jewish Federations of North

America, within and beyond the Jewish communities in Israel, the FormerSoviet Union, Latin America, and elsewhere. The Federation also supports the

Lincoln Jewish Community School and youth scholarships for summer camps,

educational and service trips to Israel, and other youth activities. Please visit

www.jewishlincoln.org for more information.

Art and Chris Zygielbaum, co-sponsors of this event, are active supporters of

the Federation and involved in many other civic and community organizations

including the Lied Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Nebraska

State Museum of Natural History, Nebraska Appleseed, and Lincoln DowntownRotary. They were drawn to Lincoln from California in part by the commitment

that Nebraskans make to their communities and the strong sense among

Nebraskans that we must be ready to take care of each other. Hitlers Daughteris of especial interest to Art and Chris because Arts parents were Holocaust

survivors. His father, Joseph, fought in the Jewish underground in Poland. His

mother, Adele, was imprisoned from the ages of 16 to 19 in several slave labor

and concentration camps. Only a few members of their families survived the

Nazi death camps. As with most descendants of survivors, Art struggles with

trying to understand how so many people could have perpetrated such crueltyand why so many stood by while the tragedy took place tting questions for a

historical perspective but, sadly, still relevant today. Art and Chris are proud to

be part of the Lied Center family and the opportunity to present Hitlers Daughter.

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