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Iphigenia

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Iphigenia at Aulis will be performed without an intermission.

Iphigenia at Aulis is presented by special arrangement with Micheline Steinberg Associates, London.

Written by EuripidesTranslated by Don Taylor

Iphigenia

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Cast of CharaCters

Agamemnon, Commander in Chief of the Greek Army ............................... Ian Johnston“Old” Man, servant of Agamemnon .........................................................Keem AvrahamMenelaus, brother of Agamemnon and husband of Helen ............................. Jordan RichAchilles .................................................................................................... Peter DonahueClytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon ................................................................ Blair PrinceIphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon ................................................ Anastasia ZavitsanosMessenger/Soldier ................................................................................... Samuel KassoverSoldiers .......................................................Kevin Corbett, Jeffrey Fox, David NewmanChorus .......................................................... Zoey Bond, Michaela Burton, Lila Hood, Sara Frost, Jackie Murray, Liz Raynes, Madeline Rouverol, Emily Shimskey, Molly Wear

euripides (Playwright), 480 or 485–406 B.C.E., Greek tragic dramatist, ranking with Aeschylus and Sophocles. Born in Attica, he lived in Athens most of his life, though he spent much time on Salamis. He died in Macedonia, at the court of King Archelaus. He wrote perhaps 92 plays (the first produced in 455); during his lifetime he won only four first prizes (the first in 441) at the competition held at the annual spring festival of Dionysus in Athens. There are 19 of his plays extant (including one that is doubtful): Cyclops (date unknown), the only complete extant Greek satyr play; Alcestis (438);

the Heraclidae (c.430?), a patriotic play inspired by the Peloponnesian War; Medea (431); Hippolytus (428); Andromache (426?); Hecuba (425?); the Suppliants and Hercules Furens (both c.420); Electra (417?); the Trojan Women (415), an indictment of war; Helena (412); Ion (c.412); Iphigenia in Tauris (date uncertain); the Phoenician Women (c.409), on the story of the Seven against Thebes; Orestes (408); Iphigenia in Aulis and The Bacchae, on the Pentheus story, both posthumously produced (405); and Rhesus, doubtfully attributed to Euripides. Provocative, concerned with problems and conflicts sometimes disturbing to his audiences, Euripides displays a rationalistic and iconoclastic attitude toward the gods and an interest in less heroic, even homely, characters. His popularity increased after his death, and his plays were revived more than those of Aeschylus or Sophocles. — The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Ed.

don taylor (Translator) was an English writer, director and producer in theatre, radio and television for over forty years (b. 1936). He is most noted for his television work, particularly in his early 1960s collaborations with playwright David Mercer. He had great success in the theatre with his own plays, including Grounds for Marriage at the Traverse, and The Roses of Eyam. Taylor was also renowned for his translations, particularly of the works of Euripides. He died in 2003. — www.bloomsbury.com

about the authors

about the play

Euripides was known for bending convention and testing the limits of the tragic genre. He embraced musical innovations scorned by more traditional thinkers. His plays are not always straightforwardly tragic, a few even have happy endings, although it is worth noting that ancient definitions of tragedy differ from the modern sense of the word. In antiquity, a drama with a happy ending could still be a tragedy. Some of his linguistic patterns show influence from comedy, and his plays show interest in alternate re-tellings of myth, philosophical and scientific thinking, marginalized voices, and the physicality of architecture and craftsmanship. Euripides has remained the most popular Ancient Greek playwright for centuries.

Iphigenia at Aulis was first performed in 405 B.C.E., the year after Euripides’ death. The play was produced in a trilogy that also included The Bacchae and was presented by Euripides’ son or nephew. The trilogy won first prize at the City Dionysia at Athens.

Prominent in Iphigenia are the intertwined themes of marriage, death, and fate: by allowing herself to be sacrificed, Iphigenia undergoes a pseudo-marriage ritual that turns out to be her funeral. The exchange of the maiden Iphigenia’s life for the adulteress Helen is a point of contention, especially for Clytemnestra, Iphigenia’s mother. Several characters justify their actions as ordained by the gods; the potency of fate is viewed differently by various characters. Even Iphigenia herself in this version of the story wrestles with the acceptance, or not, of her fate.

The famous wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the Judgment of Paris, and the rape of Helen have taken place prior to the action in Iphigenia at Aulis, and are alluded to in the play. After Helen is taken to Troy, her husband Menelaus calls upon his allies, especially his brother Agamemnon, to wage war and win her back. Menelaus has come from Sparta and Agamemnon from Argos to the port of Aulis where the Greek soldiers have gathered to head to Troy. Included in their number are many famous heroes and former suitors of Helen who swore oaths to protect Menelaus.

At the end of Iphigenia at Aulis, the Old Man re-enters to tell Clytemnestra that her child was saved by the goddess Artemis at the last moment. He states that her body was replaced by a deer on the altar while the real Iphigenia was taken to become a priestess of Artemis. This version of Iphigenia’s story is also referenced in an early Greek epic poem called the Cypria. The poem may have inspired Iphigenia among the Taurians, another play by Euripides whose narrative begins with the adult Orestes searching for his long-lost sister at the desolate sanctuary of Artemis at Tauris (modern Crimea). In Iphigenia at Aulis, however, the salvation of Iphigenia was probably not part of the original performance. Rather, most scholars believe that the “messenger ending” is an interpolation by a later editor written in order to make the two Iphigenia plays more consistent. The original ending of the play is lost and exactly what it contained is unknown.

— Christian Axelgard & Megan Wilson, dramaturgs

Clytemnestra, the daughter of Tyndareus and Leda, is the half-sister of Helen. She is married to Agamemnon with whom she bears Iphigenia and Orestes. After the events of Iphigenia at Aulis, she returns to Argos while Agamemnon continues on to Troy to continue the campaign. Upon Agamemnon’s return home, Clytemnestra kills him in revenge for his sacrifice of Iphigenia. Years later, their son Orestes will avenge his father, killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus at the behest of Apollo. As she dies, Clytemnestra invokes the Furies to plague Orestes until he can finally resolve the cycle of bloodshed.

agamemnon will survive as the commander of the victorious, ten-year Greek campaign against Troy, albeit with the blood of countless Greeks and Trojans on his hands. He returns home with a Trojan princess, Cassandra, as his prize. Both are slain at the hands of Clytemnestra and her new lover, Agamemnon’s cousin Aegisthus.

menelaus is the brother of Agamemnon and the husband of Helen. After the Trojan War, Menelaus and his fleet are made to wander around, including into Egypt, for having forgotten to sacrifice to the gods before his departure from Troy. He eventually returns home wealthy from possessions gathered on the way.

iphigenia is the eldest child of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. At the time of the play’s events, she has just reached marriageable age, probably around 14-years old for an upper-class, ancient Greek young woman. Because upper-class marriages were usually arranged by parents for strategic purposes, it is plausible that Iphigenia’s father could have betrothed her to the warrior Achilles. It is less plausible, even in antiquity, that a father would ever be willing to sacrifice his child. However, Agamemnon is depicted in Iphigenia at Aulis as acting under compulsion: between the forceful will of the army and that of the gods, he believes he has no choice.

aChilles, who was not a suitor of Helen, is a ferocious and much feared warrior at Troy. He will die before Troy falls and is buried with great honors.

orestes is the youngest child of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. He avenges Agamemnon by murdering his mother and Aegisthus. Hounded afterwards by the Furies, he seeks help from Apollo at Delphi and Athena at Athens to assuage his guilt. In some myths he must also go to his uncle Menelaus at Sparta or to Tauris on the Black Sea in order to rescue his sister Iphigenia, a priestess of Artemis.

the mythologiCal CharaCters

about the Cast

angela alvarez (Scenic Designer) is a senior BFA design & production candidate in scenic design and stage management. U-M: Marisol (SM), The Comedy of Errors (Asst. SD), Crazy For You (ASM), The Rake’s Progress (ASM). Senior Directing Theses: The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek (SD), Anna in the Tropics (SM). MUSKET: Sweeney Todd (SD), Little Shop of Horrors (SD). Regional Theatre: Steppenwolf Theatre Company (Scenic Art Intern), Fort Wayne Ballet (The Nutcracker, Scenic Artist), Arbor Opera Theater (La Bohème, Charge Scenic Artist), Wild Swan Theater (Scenic Artist), Dexter Community Players (Working in Restaurants, SM & SD).

sherry green (Stage Manager) is a junior BTA candidate with a concentration in stage management. U-M: Good Kids (ASM), Three Sisters (ASM). Student Productions: Agamemnon (ASM). MUSKET: Sweeney Todd (SM). Basement Arts: In the Next Room (ASM).

evan Klee-peregon (Sound Designer) is a senior pursuing a BS in Sound Engineering.

Kayleigh laymon (Costume Designer) is a junior BFA design and production candidate (stage management & costume design) minoring in performing arts management. U-M: Fuente Ovejuna (Asst. Costume Designer), Good Kids (SM), The Comedy of Errors (1st ASM); Ariadne auf Naxos (ASM); Student Productions: The Opportunist (SM); Chinglish (SM & CD); It’s All True (SM & CD) Regional: Shakespeare Santa Cruz: The Beard

about the Creative team

Keem avraham (Old Man) first-year, BFA Perf., Atlanta, GAzoey bond (Chorus) sophomore, BFA Perf., Glencoe, ILmiChaela burton (Chorus) sophomore, BFA Perf., Sherman Oaks, CAKevin Corbett (Soldier) first-year, BFA Perf., Okemos, MIpeter donahue (Achilles) first-year, BFA Perf., Lowell, MAJeffrey fox (Soldier) first-year, BFA Perf., West Bloomfield, MIsara frost (Chorus) sophomore, BFA Perf., New York, NYlila hood (Chorus) sophomore, BFA Perf., Mill Valley, CAian Johnston (Agamemnon) junior, BFA Perf., Mill Valley, CAsamuel Kassover (Messenger/Soldier) first-year, BFA Perf., Mill Valley, CAJaCKie murray (Chorus) sophomore, BFA Perf., Portland, MEdavid newman (Soldier) first-year, BFA Perf., McLean, VAblair prinCe (Clytemnestra) junior, BFA Perf., Royal Oak, MIliz raynes (Chorus) senior, BFA Perf., San Jose, CAJordan riCh (Menelaus) sophomore, BFA perf., Atlanta, GAmadeline rouverol (Chorus) sophomore, BFA Perf., Santa Rosa, CAemily shimsKey (Chorus) senior, BFA Perf., West Bloomfield, MImolly wear (Chorus) sophomore, BFA Perf., Austin, TXanastasia zavitsanos (Iphigenia) sophomore, BFA perf., Houston, TX

about the Creative team of Avon, Merry Wives of Windsor, As You Like It, Tom Jones, Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew (Asst. Designer), San Jose Rep: Landscape with Weapon (ASM.)

annette masson (Vocal Coach) has taught and coached actors and public speakers both nationally and abroad. She has worked on theatre productions at Harvard’s American Repertory Theater, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Western Australia Academy, Drama Studio London, and The Purple Rose Theatre. Her “public speaking techniques” have been used by political candidates, film, radio, and television personalities, as well as CEOs for Polaroid, GM, Lilly, and Pfizer.

rob murphy (Lighting Designer) is an Assoc. Professor of Design in the Dept. of Theatre & Drama. U-M: The Barber of Seville, Ariadne auf Naxos, The Full Monty, Brigadoon, Much Ado About Nothing, Into the Woods, Armide, Macbeth, Evita, Albert Herring, Ella Minnow Pea. Regional Theatre: Almost 100 LORT scenic and lighting designs: The Guthrie Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, NY Theatre Workshop; worked with directors Robert Woodruff, Anne Bogart, Bartlett Sher, Micheal Grief, and Oskar Eustis; former resident designer: Trinity Rep. Co., Missouri Rep. Theatre (now the Kansas City Rep).

henry reynolds (Sound Designer) is an Asst. Professor in the Dept. of Theatre & Drama and the sound engineer and information systems manager for Univ. Productions. U-M: Sound Designer: Fuente Ovejuna, Dead Man Walking, Good Kids, Marisol, Hay Fever, Three Sisters, Red Noses, August: Osage County, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Trumpets and Raspberries, Trafford Tanzi, Macbeth, Jonesin’, J.B., Playing for Time, The Laramie Project, The Rover, The Nutcracker, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a Mockingbird. Regional Theatre: Sound Design, Of Mice and Men, 2008 Fort Worth Opera Festival.

malColm tulip (Director) is an Assoc. Professor in the Dept. of Theatre & Drama and a graduate of L’École Jacques Lecoq. U-M: The Tempest, Romeo & Juliet, Red Noses, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Spring Awakening, Trumpets & Raspberries, Pentecost, Trafford Tanzi, All’s Well That Ends Well, Jonesin’, Tales from Ovid, You Can’t Take It with You, The Burial at Thebes. Regional Theatre: Directing: Amadeus, Retreat from Moscow, Humble Boy, Threepenny Opera, Art, Elizabeth Rex, The Caretaker, The Merry Wives of Windsor. Acting: Mnemonic, John Gabriel Borkman, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Amadeus, I Am My Own Wife, Blithe Spirit.

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DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DRAMAChair ...............................................................Priscilla LindsayDepartment Administrator ............................... Jennifer KnappStudent Services .................................................. Jillian CarreyAdministrative Asst ...................................Lindsay FrischmuthPerformance/Directing ...............Daniel Cantor, Gillian Eaton, Priscilla Lindsay, Annette Masson, Janet Maylie, Robert Najarian, John Neville-Andrews, Malcolm TulipDesign/Production ................... Toni Y. Auletti, George Bacon, Mark Allen Berg, Laura Brinker, Gary Decker, Patrick Drone, Douglas Edwards, Jessica Hahn, Richard W. Lindsay, Jr., Vincent Mountain, Rob Murphy, Christianne Myers, Henry Reynolds, Nancy UffnerTheatre Studies/Playwriting .......Enoch Brater, Anita Gonzalez, Ashley Lucas, Mbala Nkanga, E.J. Westlake, Leigh WoodsArts Mgmt. ....... Jeffrey Kuras, Greg Poggi, Kerianne M. TupacInterarts.....Holly Hughes, Priscilla Lindsay, Christianne MyersProfessors Emeriti ................Alan Billings, John Russell Brown, Peter W. Ferran, Erik Fredricksen, Philip Kerr, OyamO, Jerry Schwiebert, Zelma Weisfeld

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Master Carpenter .................................................. Paul HunterCarpenter ........................................................... Russ DunhamCharge Scenic Artist (Power) ..............................Toni Y. AulettiCharge Scenic Artist (Walgreen) .......................Beth SandmaierProperties Master ................................................Patrick DroneAssoc. Properties Master .......................................Sarah TannerProperties Artisan ................................................Dan EricksonMaster Electrician............................................Mark Allen BergSound Engineers .......................Roger Arnett, Henry ReynoldsCostume Shop Manager ......................................Laura BrinkerAssoc. Costume Shop Manager .......................... George BaconCutter/Drapers .... Corey Globke, Lea M. Morello, T J WilliamsonCrafts Artisan ...........................................Elizabeth GundersonCostume Stock Administrator .............................. Renae Skoog

PRODUCTION CREWFirst Asst. Stage Manager ..................................... Emily FischerAsst. Stage Managers ................Sarah Norton, Annie WoodruffAsst. Lighting Designer ............................................Matt DanielsHead Electrician ........................................................ Ross GreenScenery (Walgreen).............. Elyakeem Avraham, Sherry Green, Katelyn Johnson, Robert O’Brien, Maxwell Pang, Madeline Rouverol, Daniel Salera, Patrick Trasher, students of Theatre 250 & 252Paint ....Angela Alvarez, Paulina Bromberg, Breanna Gomillion, Tanner Porter, Jillian Slade, students of Theatre 250 & 252Properties .....................................Chelsea Becker, Lucy Briggs, Rachel Kaplow, Elana Lantry, Josie Patalon, Anton Volosek, students of Theatre 250 & 252Professional Stitchers ...Patty Branam, Laurie Kantner, Rene PlanteCostumes .............. Lindsay Balaka, Anneliza Canning-Skinner, Danielle Cohn, Jean-Luc Deladurantaye, Rochelle Jackson, Kayleigh Laymon, Rowan Renstrom-Richards, Grace Santamaria, Michaela Tanksley, Michayla Vantreek, students of Theatre 250 & 252Sound.........................Andrew Hintzen, Brian Kelley, Joel Lim, Alexander Miller, Christopher Schaublin, Lena SutterElectrics ..........Martijn Appelo, Jennifer Barretto, Fisher Diede, Anna Edelman, Sten Eikrem, Sarah Frank, Nicole Gellman, Ross Green, Janak Jha, Abbey Kojima, Bryan Mathison, Megan Oosthoek, Clarissa Ortiz, Nicholas Shafer, Alexander Smith, Kaiqi Zhu, students of Theatre 250 & 252

RUNNING CREWScenery .............................................................David NewmanProps ..............................................Jeffrey Fox, Sam HamashimaLight Board Operator ............................................... Kaiqi ZhuLighting ............................................................ Kevin CorbettSound...........................................................Adam KucharczykWardrobe .................... Grace Santamaria‡, Mackenzi Anthony

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Neal Kelley ’13 Director, Becket, Gene Frankel Theatre, NYC

Benjamin Endsley Klein ’02 Broadway director: Ann, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, Lincoln Center; Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, War Horse: Resident Director.

Nipper Knapp ’92 TV/Film: One & Done (2014), Grace of a Stranger (short); numerous national commercials

Pomme Koch ’11 Becket, Gene Frankel Theatre, NYC, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, San Francisco Playhouse

Katie Lantz ’14: Cover Assistant Stage Manager, Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare in the Park, Delacorte Theatre, NYC

Laura Lapidus ’10 Women Beware Women, Den Theatre, Chicago (2014); Artistic Associate, The Pavement Group

Matt Letscher ’92 Film/TV: Day out of Days (2015), Done &Done, Her (Spike Jonze, director), Scandal

Caleb Levengood ’03 Co-set designer for Travesties, Bay Street Theatre, NYC

Angela Lewis ’00 TV: The Big C; The Good Wife. Theatre: Don’t Go Gentle, Lucille Lortel Theatre; Milk Like Sugar, Playwrights Horizons, New York.

Geehoon Lim ’13 Production Mgmt. Assistant, Amazing Grace, Pre-Broadway World Premiere

Maggie Lofquist ’09 Laughter on the 23 Floor (2015) Harlequin Theatre, WA

Andrew Lott ’13 Asst. Lighting Designer, Nice Work if You Can Get It, First National Tour

Emily Lyon ’13 Director, Panic, 2014 New York International Fringe Festival, Theatro LATEA at the Clemente

Lily Marks ’12 TV: Sunny Side Up! (2015) Shawn McCulloch ‘11 Asst. Costume

Designer to Tony Award winning designer Catherine Zuber on upcoming projects including Broadway, Kennedy Center , NBC Universal and Metropolitan Opera.

Edward Morris ‘06 Set Designer, LaMaMa, Atlantic Theatre Company, The Barrow Group, Yale Opera and others

Dominique Morisseau ‘00 (Playwright) winner of Kennedy Prize for Drama for Detroit ’67

Matt Oberg ’99 Film: The Nest (2015); TV: The Mindy Project (2014)

Ryan Palmer ’97 Asst. art director, for TV and Film: The Normal Heart, The Americans, The Nest

Anika Solveig Pensiero ’05 Resident Artist, San Francisco Shakespeare Festival

Gina Rattan ’08 Broadway: Resident Director, Matilda the Musical, Soul Doctor, Associate Director, Dramaturg; Cinderella the Musical

Christina Reynolds ’03 TV Producer, Shark Tank

Joey Richter ’11 TV: Muzzled (2015); Craig the Genie, 2014.

Jon Rosen ‘03 Sports Broadcaster for Fox Sports West.

Dylan Saunders ’09 The Last Steward of Christiandom (Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles , TV: Chicago Fire

Yuri Sardarov ’10 Film: Argo; TV: Chicago PD; Chicago Fire; (series regular). Theatre: Becket, Gene Frankel Theatre, NYC

Stephanie Shechter ’09 Production electrician, The Tonight Show

Maureen Sebastian ’05 Film,TV: Revolution (series regular), Ironside; Off-Broadway: Lonely I’m Not, Second Stage.

Katie Shattock ’08 Cutter draper, The Joffrey Ballet

Miriam Shor ‘93; TV: The Younger (series regular, 2015), The Good Wife (series regular) Film: The Mysteries of Laura, Life Itself (2014)

Stephen Siercks ’07 Production Mgr. and Stage Mgr. for Universal Studios.

Kacie Smith ’11 Director: The Boxer, Athenaeum Theatre; DirectorsLabChicago participant

Stephen Sposito ‘07: Broadway: Resident Director, Wicked, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof; Assoc. Director, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Asst. Director, Promises, Promises and Shrek The Musical.

Emily Stromberg ’12 Asst. Production Manager, The Araca Project.

Aaron Tacy ’14 Asst. master electrician, Spoleto Festival and Williamston Festival

Katie Thomas ’04 TV: Actor, Writer, Teachers (2014)

Jacqueline Toboni ’14 TV: Grimm, (series regular)Brittany Uomoleale ’13 Film: Meshes of

Dusk (2014), TV: Jennifer Falls, Theatre: The Last Act of Lilka Kadison, Falcoln Theatre, LA.

Erin Whipkey ’05 Production Manager and Production Stage Manager for Opera Memphis.

James Wolk ’07 Film: The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), You Must Be Joking (2014) TV: Zoo (2015) This is Happening (2015); Mad Men; The Crazy Ones; Political Animals (all as series regular)

gifts of $500Henry & Harlene AppelmanMarlys Hamill gifts of $250-$499William & Florence DavisGordon & Elaine DidierDavid Lampe & Susan Rosegrant gifts of $100-$249Steven BolliniToni & William BrannerSusan & Oliver CameronClayton CarsonS. & Odes EldenGlenn & Carol GallerJonathan HermanCarole & Larry KatzHerbert & Jane KauferSteven & Shira KleinDavid & Lisa KoiWayne & Georgia LindstromLeslie & Susan LoomansMelvin & Daisy Jean ManisBeverly MankoJohn & Glenda MathesHerman & Bernice MerteSharyn SivyerAllan & Marcia StillwagonDavid & Karen StutzLouise TaylorMary & Joseph ToboniRebecca VanDykeBrad VincentEric WardenMelissa WasilewskiAlexander & Sarah WienerVivian Wilson

David & Carol Yodergifts under $100Daniel & Monica AtkinsDrew BarnesLenora BarnesSally BarnettSusan BarreraTyler BarronKevin BehmerSang ChenMerry ClarkKevin & Judith ComptonNorman & Anne CoxTom CzarnikManuel Del ValleJames DelheyMarilyn DicksonKathleen DiggsJean DolegaKelly & Nick DyerHelen EmmonsDouglas & Angela FullenAnn & William FurtwanglerRebecca & D. Bruce GaffneyRichard GarnerAlana GreenspanMark HaddoxRobert & Karen HahnJanelle & David HansenMargaret HarringtonBradley & Cynthia HaycockCassandra HelmerLorna Hurl & David TuckerStevo & Susan JuliusSusan & Anthony KonovalivGary & Barbara KrenzKathleen & Roger LeonardWilliam & Garland Lewis

John & Nancy LucasRosemary LutzJudith & William LynnBenjamin Marshall & Reola AvantBrigitte & Klaus MartenDeidree & Robert MathisHiroko MawatariRaven McCrory & Thorne ComptonBonnie MetzgerJohn MillsAnastasia MoroMargie Morris & Melvin HochsterAndrew Nagy & Susan SchreiberRebecca NiehusJoan O’LearMargaret & Nels OmanFred & Margaret PattersonMargaret & Fred PattersonDouglas & Carole PeckJonathan PevarnekSheryl PomeranceCharlotte Rader & Freeman AdamsSally & Bruce RichardsonCarol RundleSandra SamonsNancy & Stephen ScheweDean ShueyRalph & Janet SmithEdward SneidemanPatricia & Paul SteeleBob ThorntonEdward WeberDavid Zubl

The University of Michigan, School of Music, Theatre & Dance gratefully acknowledges the following individuals for their support of productions at the School. Gifts to U-M SMTD productions help support all aspects of productions - sets, costumes, lighting, sound, guest artists, and more - for all the School of Music, Theatre & Dance’s mainstage shows. These funds assist in providing SMTD students with practical training experience and the opportunity to network with guest professionals. Thank you.

U-M SMTD Production Support Gifts from July 1, 2013 - March 2, 2015

We apologize for any omissions or errors made in this donor listing. Please direct questions or comments to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Office of Development & External Relations at 734-763-9769.

U-M Friends of Theatre & Drama Friends of Theatre & Drama supports the SMTD Department of Theatre & Drama by providing vital discretionary support for scholarship funding to attract the most talented prospective students to the University of Michigan. Additionally, Friends’ support brings visiting artists, guest directors, agents, and other industry insiders to Ann Arbor to work with students and creates performance opportunities our students need to succeed in the competitive world of theatre, film, and television.

U-M Friends of Theatre & Drama Annual Gifts from July 1, 2013 - March 9, 2015

gift of $50,000Avi & Nancy Bernstein gifts of $25,000Reid HoffmanSwordspoint Foundation, Inc. gifts of $10,000 to $24,999Richard RosenRalph Beebe Estate gifts of $5,000 to $9,999Robert & Maria ChapelJoseph & Julie LearnerHelene Siegel-FotosStephen Zuckerman & Darlene Kaplan gifts of $ $1,000 to $4,999Richard & Mona AlonzoLinda Bennett & Robert BagramianRichard & Jill DoppeltAnne & James DuderstadtRandy & Ellen FrankPran & Debbie JhaPriscilla Lindsay & Richard Ferguson-WagstaffeCarole Caplan Lonner Family FundP. Lamont & JoAnn OkeyJudith & Donald Rumelhart

gifts of $500 to $999Melissa Berger BrennanFrank & Valerie BernackiJoan BinkowWilliam & Ilene BirgeLeslie & Robert BondJanet & David FritschJames HarrisDavid & Phyllis HerzigGretchen & John JacksonDiane KirkpatrickAlan & Jean KrischPearson & Robert MacekMary MatthewsSusan O’Hara & Alan MillerHazel & Josephine RoodJohn & Jerry WeidenbachEric WexlerDavid & Nancy WoodruffSara & Kenneth WormserRobert & Jennifer Zamora gifts of $250 to $499James Adams & Naz EdwardsVirginia BalakaKathleen & William ConlinSpencer Ford & Susan GoldsmithErik Fredricksen & Janet Maylie FredricksenRobert & Irita GriersonRose & John HendersonDavid Leichtman & Laura McGinn

John Neville-Andrews & Pamela LewisJoseph PlacekJohn Romani & Barbara AndersonStuart SacksCarole & Michael ScheinbergIngrid & Clifford SheldonDavid TurnerBrent WagnerZelma Weisfeld gifts of $100 to $249Laurie AtwoodAlan BalakaShirley & Joel BergerEric & Doris BillesJill Chukerman Test & Thomas TestGeorge Collins & Paula HenckenClifford & Laura CraigGary Decker & Shelley MacMillanPeter & Grace DurenTheodore & Susan DushaneJames Eng & Patricia RandleKaren FergusonJames & Patricia FrounfelterThomas & Barbara GelehrterSteven & Joyce GerberSusan Gratch & Patrick GleasonDon Haefner & Cynthia StewartJessica Hahn

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For online giving, visit www.giving.umich.edu, e-mail Ellen Kettler at [email protected], or call 734.763.9769School of Music, Theatre & Dance • Development Office • 2005 Baits Drive • Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2075

Erich Jungwirth & Lauren WeigelDeborah & Jonathan KarminCharles KellyShira & Steven KleinMatthew Korn & Cynthia MillerGary & Barbara KrenzJerold & Judith LaxKathryn LongMarjory LutherDaisy Jean & Melvin ManisRobert & Judith MaransAnn Martin & Russell LarsonJennifer & Howard MartinAlan Miller & Susan O’HaraWalter Mugdan & Vivienne LenkJan & M. Haskell NewmanColin & Nancy OatleyG. Elizabeth OngBarbara Petoskey & James SalayJames PiperPatricia PooleyDeborah & Lawrence RehrRobert & Denise RichterBonnie SchaferJerald & Anne Schwiebert

Kenneth SteinmanEllen & Jeoffrey StrossCharles SutherlandMary & James WhiteGladys Young gifts under $100Nancy BabingtonFrank & Gail BeaverNorman BerlingerElizabeth BishopMatthew BouseGertrude & Jonathan BulkleyRichard & Ann BurkeJohn Cederquist & Meg Kennedy ShawWilliam & Ellen ConlinMarylee Dalton & Lynn DrickamerSuzy & Niels EnglebergIlana & Ari GafniJanice GeddesJ. Martin GillespieJoseph GoldEdward & Mona GoldmanMary Sue Grant

Robert Green & Martha Sullivan GreenHansen Marketing Services Inc.I.A.T.S.E. Local 395Bonnie KerschbaumEllen & Michael KettlerMarvin KirshLawrence LaferteBrigitte MaassenAnnette MassonMarjorie & David MastieN. Harris & Margaret McClamrochChris McElroyJoanna MillerRuthette & Douglas MillsDiana & William PrattHarriet & Marvin SelinDaniel SilvermanKenneth & Carol SprangTheodore St. AntoineVirginia VassJoseph WaltersRobert & Sandra WeitzLeigh Woods & Agusta Gunnarsdottir

We apologize for any omissions or errors made in this donor listing. Please direct questions or comments to the School of Music, Theatre & Dance Office of Development & External Relations at 734.763.9769

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