1. Art and Diseño

FORWARD THEATER COMPANY
presents
The Other Place
By Sharr White
Directed by Brenda DeVita
Set Designer
Keith Pitts**
Costume Designer
Properties Designer
Monica Butler
Dana Fralick
Lighting Designer
Jason Fassl**
Composer
Joe Cerqua**
Stage Manager
Kimberly Patch*
The Other Place is generously sponsored by:
This play was supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from
the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts, and by Dane Arts with
additional funds from The Evjue Foundation, Inc., the charitable arm of The Capital Times.
Season sponsors:
Distillery Design, The Evjue Foundation, Inc., The Madison Concourse Hotel,
Vanta Commercial Properties, The Shubert Foundation, WPR, WPT
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association,
the union of professional actors and stage managers.
** Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829
The Other Place was originally developed in association with Matt Olin, and originally
produced by MCC Theatre (Robert Lupone, Bernard Telsey, William Cantler, Artistic
Directors; Blake West, Executive Director) in association with Marc Platt.
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F O R WA R D T H E AT E R C O M PA N Y S TA F F
ARTISTIC
Artistic Director..........................................................................................................Jennifer Uphoff Gray
Artistic Associate.................................................................................................................... Karen Moeller
ADMINISTRATIVE
General Manager........................................................................................................................ Sarah Marty
Communications Director.......................................................................................................Scott Haden
Director of Development.....................................................................................................Julia Nicholas
Company Manager.................................................................................................................. Celia A. Klehr
Business Manager.................................................................................................................... Alex Moskoff
Interns................................................................... Christine Chang, Hannah Ripp-Dieter, Cody Kour
PRODUCTION
Production Manager................................................................................................................. Sarah Marty
Assistant Production Manager.......................................................................................... Monica Butler
Technical Director........................................................................................................................ Doug Dion
Stage Manager.................................................................................................................... Kimberly Patch*
Assistant Stage Manager.......................................................................................................Olivia Bedard
Deck Chief/Run Crew.................................................................................................................. Doug Dion
Scenic Painter..............................................................................................................................Carla Ramos
Master Electrician.................................................................................................................... Brian Hatfield
Sound Technician....................................................................................................................James Uphoff
Sound Board Operator.......................................................................................................... Brian Hatfield
Wardrobe Supervisor.......................................................................................................Shannon Heibler
Light Board Op/IATSE..........................................................................................................Brad Toberman
Videographer...............................................................................................................................Jack Whaley
Assistant to Joe Cerqua..................................................................................................... Zach Berinstein
Assistant to Jason Fassl...................................................................................................Aaron Siegmann
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F O R WA R D T H E AT E R C O M PA N Y B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S
Chad Bartell, Springs Window Fashions
Jane Elder, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters
Ellen Foley, WPS
Dr. Charles Ford, UW Division of Otolaryngology
Jon Furlow, Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP
Gail Kohl, GMK Associates, LLC
Shana Lewis, Davis & Kuelthau, s.c.
Erika Monroe-Kane, Firecracker Consulting, LLC/Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Kathie Nichols, Forward Community Investments
Carol “Orange” Schroeder, Orange Tree Imports
Steve Suleski, CUNA Mutual Group
Joseph Shumow, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c.
Brent Wagner, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause
F O R WA R D T H E AT E R C O M PA N Y A DV I S O R Y C O M PA N Y
Jim Buske
William Bolz
Monica Butler
Sarah Day
Dennis Dorn
Richard Ganoung
Michael Herold
Maureen Janson
Georgina McKee
Frank Schneeberger
Michele Traband
Sam White
Kimberly Megna Yarnall
FORWARD THEATER COMPANY FORMER BOARD AND ADVISORY COMPANY MEMBERS
Forward Theater would like to thank the former Board and
Advisory Company members that contributed to our success:
Advisory Company
Ann Archbold
Colleen Burns
John Frautschy
Jessica Lanius
Casey Martin
Gwen Rice
Kirk Stantis
Charles Jennings Trieloff, II
Jack Forbes Wilson
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Forward Theater Company
Board of Directors
Rebecca Baumbach
Donna Beestman
Burt DeHaven
Marta Gialamas
John Russell
Karen Saunders
Joe Shapiro
Scott Thornton
Erin Wenzel
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F R O M T H E D I R E C TO R ... B R E N DA D E V I TA
This play is difficult to talk about. On purpose.
So I will just say…
It takes a great deal of listening and patience to truly understand another person. It
requires of ourselves our humanity. Some people can make the old adage, “Walk a mile in
my shoes” a very difficult journey. But these people, perhaps more than any, deserve our
compassion also.
Thanks to Jen and the whole Forward family.
It has been a gift to work on this story.
Brenda DeVita
F R O M T H E B OA R D O F D I R E C TO R S ... K AT H I E N I C H O L S
Make yourself comfortable, and prepare to savor Forward Theater Company’s sixth
season. Once again, we have three fabulous plays in our line up, and we will also host a
Monologue Festival. You have so many opportunities to experience great theater!
I have had the privilege of serving on Forward’s Board of Directors since the very
beginning. What a challenge it has been, and what a source of joy! It seems improbable
that we have moved from having $50 in a checking account to where we are now,
with a strong balance sheet that includes a reasonable reserve. Any healthy nonprofit
organization needs reserves to cushion unexpected blows (what if there’s a blizzard
during our winter run, and the Overture Center has to close?). They are also there to help
us plan for future growth. Our present financial health is due to a lot of hard work and
dogged determination (fueled by passion for what we’re doing). But it is also due to your
support: you have filled the seats, subscribed to our seasons, and generously donated
your time, talent and treasure. This season is the latest culmination of those efforts and
activities, and we know you’re in for a treat.
It is with great pleasure that I share the financial success of Forward Theater. You, our
fellow theater-lovers, deserve to know that we take our fiscal health very seriously.
But what I REALLY want to say in this little space allotted to me is that I’m so excited to
experience the magic of theater again this year. It is in those moments when I gasp in
surprise, or when a tear rolls down my cheek unbidden, or when an entire audience
erupts in laughter that I know that I’m in that indescribable place where time stands still,
and nothing else seems to matter, and my spirit moves. Live theater (by its very nature)
can never be the same twice; it is always unique. And our responses are personal.
But that magic, and our response to it, is what connects us in a shared experience. We
become the theater. Enjoy the show.
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F R O M T H E A DV I S O R Y C O M PA N Y... J I M B U S K E
Hello and welcome to The Forward Theater Company’s 2014-15 season! The FTC Advisory
Company is very excited about this season, our sixth, and we think we have selected a trio
of plays that has something for everybody.
Bette Midler’s first album included the song “Friends” with this phrase – “You got to have
friends.” As I look back at five seasons of Forward Theater productions, that phrase keeps
coming back to me. The remarkable success of those first five seasons is due – in large part
– to friends, old and new. Many different friends offering many types of help and support.
FTC was founded by a group of friends. Some of us had known each other for 30 years or
more. Some of us met for the first time around a table when FTC was just a dream. But
we were all friends or friends of friends. And we all knew that we were going to start a
professional theater.
Soon new theater friends were added. Actors, directors, designers, technicians and many
other theater professionals joined us in making something special happen here in Madison.
These new friends have now become part of the FTC family. And new friends are being
added all the time as word of the success of FTC spreads.
And, of course, we have met and embraced an entire new group of friends that includes
sponsors, donors and, most especially, our audience members. It has truly been a pleasure
for the members of the FTC Advisory Company to meet and greet our audience before
every performance. I know that, personally, I enjoy the nights that I get to talk and laugh
with the wonderful folks who attend our shows. So many good friendships have been
formed with many more to come.
As you sit in your seats, take a moment to look around you. See if you can spot any old
friends in the audience or onstage. Then, maybe, strike up a conversation with a stranger
who may become a new friend. That’s what Forward Theater is all about. Enjoy our 7th
season!
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American Family Insurance funds FTC’s
partnership with the Boys and Girls Club
Michael Johnson’s first introduction to Forward Theater was at last year’s
production of Good People. He found it to be such a profoundly moving
experience that he brought his staff back to see it the following week. His
enthusiasm inspired our partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Dane County
(BGC) this season around FTC’s fall 2014 production of Liz Flahive’s From Up
Here. With its contemporary take on the difficulties one teen faces at school and
at home, Artistic Director Jennifer Uphoff Gray said, “it seemed like the perfect
opportunity to get students engaged and talking about issues in their own lives.”
As part of its efforts to strengthen our community, long-time sponsor American
Family Insurance graciously provided funding for 25 BGC students to attend
FTC’s performance at Overture Center as well as to have a teaching artist spend
time with them both before and after the production. In the session with actor
Sam White following the show, it was clear the show’s energy, themes, and trials
facing the main character resonated with them on a very personal level.
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Forward Theater Company
celebrates
Ten Years of
Great Performances
Ten years ago, Pleasant T. Rowland
challenged our community to build
permanent endowments to support
the arts in Madison. Since then,
the Great Performance Funds have
provided over $12.1 million to
support inspirational, world class
productions for all ages.
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Madison Community Foundation is honored to steward these
endowments - ensuring that great art is present in Madison next year,
in another ten years, and for generations to come.
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DREAM BIG DREAMS
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8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16
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The Other Place
By Sharr White
CAST
Juliana......................................................................................................................Tracy Michelle Arnold*
Ian..................................................................................................................................... Steven M. Koehler*
The Woman........................................................................................................................ Georgina McKee
The Man........................................................................................................................................William Bolz
Please Note: The audience is asked to silence cell phones and refrain from using electronic
devices in any way during the performance. The video and/or audio recording of this
performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited.
*Performers appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional
actors and stage managers in the United States.
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ARTIST BIOGR APHIES
Tracy Michelle Arnold
(Juliana) is pleased to
make her Forward debut
alongside Brenda DeVita,
who directs her for a
third time, having
previously put her
through her artistic paces with Anne
Hathaway in Shakespeare’s Will and
Madame de Merteuil in Les Liasons
Dangereuses at American Players
Theatre. Since 1999, Tracy has appeared in
over forty APT productions and is proud to
call it her artistic home. She has also
worked in Milwaukee (Milwaukee Chamber
Theatre, Renaissance Theatreworks, Next
Act and Milwaukee Rep), Madison
(Madison Rep and Madison Opera) and
Chicago (Goodman, Steppenwolf,
Northlight, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre
and Writers Theatre), garnering two Jeff
Award Nominations for Mrs. Erlynne in
Lady Windermere’s Fan at Northlight
Theatre and Amanda in Private Lives at
Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. Tracy is
happily married to fellow APT actor and
all-around nice guy, Marcus Truschinski.
William Bolz (The Man)
is a member of Forward’s
Advisory Company, and
is proud to be a part of
bringing high quality
theater to Madison. With
Forward, he was last seen
in The Farnsworth Invention, while working
on his MFA at the UW. He’s been active in
local theater for years, appearing with
Madison Rep, APT, CTM, Strollers, Broom
Street, Mercury, and Madison Theater
Guild. Most recently, William played Jacob
Marley in CTM’s A Christmas Carol.
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Steve Koehler (Ian) is
pleased to be making his
Forward Theater debut in
The Other Place. Best known
as “Lloyd” from Guys on Ice,
Steve recently played Fred/
Petruchio in Four Seasons’
Kiss Me Kate at the Memorial Union Theatre.
Other credits include: The Sound of Music
(Georg Von Trapp) and The Spitfire Grill (Caleb)
with Skylight Music Theatre; Lend Me a Tenor
(Tito) and Rabbit Hole (Howie) with Milwaukee
Chamber Theatre; and Victory Farm
(Wolfgang) with American Folklore Theatre.
Guys on Ice was recently filmed by Wisconsin
Public Television. Watch for it this coming
March! Steve teaches physics and acting at
Milwaukee High School of the Arts. He and
his wife Julie-Honey have been blessed with
two boys—Alexander Steven (19) and Austin
Max (17).
Georgina McKee (The
Woman) is delighted to be
back on stage with her
favorite theater company,
where she was previously
seen in A Thousand Words
and 44 Plays for 44
Presidents! She is a Madison native and a
proud member of Forward Theater’s Advisory
Company. Her other recent credits include:
Venus In Fur and Handle With Care
(Stageworks Theatre, Tampa FL), Jackie & Me
(First Stage Children’s Theatre), Sunday In The
Park With George (Skylight Music Theatre),
Crimes of the Heart (Chamber Theatre), Sylvia
and Mary’s Wedding (Next Act Theatre),
Reasons To Be Pretty (Renaissance
Theaterworks), A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee
Rep). Other regional credits include
productions with American Players Theatre,
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Fireside
Dinner Theatre. Georgina holds a BFA in
Acting from Southern Oregon University in
Ashland OR. Thank you to her amazing family
for all their immeasurable support.
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TECHNICAL ARTIST BIOGR APHIES
Olivia Bedard (Assistant Stage Manager) is
ecstatic to be working on her second
season with Forward Theater Company.
Past credits with FTC include Red, Or, and
From Up Here. A recent graduate from
Northern Arizona University with a degree
in Theatre Design and Technology, she
hasn’t wasted any time getting into the
theatre scene. For the past three summers
she has been the Stage Management
Intern at American Players Theatre, and
this summer worked as an ASM on Much
Ado About Nothing and The Seagull. Olivia
is very happy to be back for a full season
at Forward, and would like to thank her
companion here, Kim Patch, and of course
her family, for without them she wouldn’t
be here today.
Monica Butler (Costume Designer)
Monica’s previous costume designs for
Forward Theater include 44 Plays for 44
Presidents and Sons of the Prophet. She is
also a member of FTC’s Advisory Company.
Elsewhere in Madison, she has designed for
Children’s Theatre of Madison (A Wonderful
Life, A Christmas Carol, Bunnicula, Lord of
the Flies, Too Many Frogs, Aladdin), Four
Seasons Theatre (South Pacific) and she has
created costumes for Madison Opera and
Madison Ballet. Prior to settling here, she
was a Costume Production Supervisor for
the Los Angeles Opera, working on over
twenty productions including three world
premieres.
Joe Cerqua (Composition/Sound Design)
is a freelance composer, producer, vocalist
and sound designer. He is thrilled to be
working with Forward Theater again
where he has previously composed and
designed sound for From Up Here, Or,
Red, Sons of the Prophet, Good People,
44 Plays for 44 Presidents, Love Stories, In
the Next Room…, Going to St. Ives, Why
Torture is Wrong…, and The Farnsworth
Invention. He has composed music and/or
designed sound for over 200 productions
in Chicago, nationally, and internationally.
Recent projects include original music and
sound design for Amelia at Renaissance
Theatreworks, Venus in Fur at Milwaukee
Rep, Tom Jones at Actors Theatre of
Louisville, for American Buffalo, The Sea
Gull, Two Gentlemen from Verona and The
Royal Family at American Players Theatre,
Sense and Sensibility at Actors Theatre
of Louisville, The Repertory Theatre of
St Louis and Northlight Theatre, and El
Nogalar at the Goodman Theatre. Joe is the
Producing Director/Composer in residence
for the Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, a
critically acclaimed 13-piece jazz orchestra
and 10-member dance company. He is
the Director of Production for the Music
Department at Columbia College Chicago.
Future projects include concerts with
Cerqua Rivera, original music and sound
designs for Private Lives at American Players
Theatre, Good People at Milwaukee Rep, and
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at
Forward Theater.
Brenda DeVita (Director) is honored
to have been asked to direct this
extraordinary play for Forward Theater
Company. Having previously directed Ms.
Arnold in Shakespeare’s Will, Les Liaisons
Dangereuses at American Players Theatre,
she is ecstatic that her dear friend and
colleague, agreed to take this thrilling
journey with her as well. Brenda studied
theater at both University of Northern
Iowa and the Professional Theatre Training
Program at the University of Delaware.
She trained with Tadashi Suzuki in Japan
and spent eight years as a professional
actress - some of her favorite roles in this
very Playhouse. The 2014 season marked
the beginning of Brenda’s tenure as Artistic
Director of American Players Theatre after
20 years of performing a variety of different
responsibilities, her most recent being
the director of A Year of Magical Thinking,
with the lovely Forward Theater company
member, Sarah Day. Brenda lives in Spring
Green with her husband, Jimmy, and their
two children, Gale and Sophia.
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TECHNICAL ARTIST BIOS
c o n t.
Doug Dion (Technical Director/Run Crew)
It has been a busy fall, but it’s been nothing
but uplifting for Doug. After having just
moved to the area, he would like to thank
everyone who has been keeping him so
busy between From Up Here (Forward
Theater), Assassins (Four Seasons Theatre),
A Christmas Carol (Children’s Theatre
of Madison), and now The Other Place.
Before coming to Madison, Doug worked
at Emporia State University as the Scene
Shop Manager/Technical Director. He has
also worked extensively with The Montana
Repertory Theater, and Fort Peck Summer
Theater. Doug studied Technical Theatre
at the University of Montana, learning
from Mike Monsos, Jason McDaniel, and
the late Bill Raoul. He would like to thank
his parents Bob and Barbara for always
supporting him and this evening’s patrons
for supporting live theater.
Jason Fassl (Lighting Designer) is thrilled
to return to the Forward Theater Company
for his fifth production, having designed
Red last season, and collaborating on Good
People, Going To St. Ives and A Thousand
Words. For over the last decade, Jason
has designed lighting for more than 300
theatrical productions across this great
state of cheese. He is an artistic associate
for First Stage Children’s Theater and
resident lighting designer for The Fireside
Dinner Theatre. He has consumed mass
quantities of electricity at The Milwaukee
Ballet, The Milwaukee Repertory Theater,
Skylight Music Theatre, Peninsula Players,
American Players Theatre, Renaissance
Theaterworks, Next Act Theatre, Milwaukee
Chamber Theatre, Lawrence University,
Youngblood Theatre Company, and many
others. Jason is a proud member of United
Scenic Artists Local 829 and IATSE#18.
Dana Fralick (Properties Master) is a
freelance set and prop designer, technical
director/scenic carpenter based in
Milwaukee. Current work includes Joseph
And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at
Sunset Playhouse. Richard III, The Odyssey
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c o n t.
and Helen for University Theatre as well
as the opera Albert Herring for the UW
music department. He served as technical
director for Don’t Drink The Water, Tally’s
Folly and The Cemetary Club at Delafield’s
Summerstage. He was the production
coordinator/prop designer for Chamber
Theatre’s Master Class and prop master
for James and the Giant Peach, and just
completed A Christmas Carol for Children’s
Theatre of Madison. This is his first show
with Forward Theater.
Kimberly Patch* (Stage Manager)
received her BFA in Stage Management
from the University of Southern California.
This is her twelfth production with Forward
Theater Company, sixth as Stage Manager.
She recently completed her first season
with Utah Shakespeare Festival. Previously,
she spent four seasons as an Assistant
Stage Manager for American Players
Theatre. Kim became a proud AEA member
in January 2013. Keith Pitts (Scenic Designer) is happy
to be designing with Forward Theatre
once again. Keith has been designing
professionally since 2001 through out the
Midwest, and his work has been seen on
many stages throughout Milwaukee and
Chicago. Keith holds an MFA in Costume
and Scenic Design from Northwestern
University, and is an Assistant Professor
of Theatre Arts at Lawrence University. Member of USAA Local 829. www.kpitts.com.
Sharr White (Playwright) Sharr White’s
plays have been developed or produced at
theatres across the country, including MCC
Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Actors
Theatre of Louisville, Oregon Shakespeare
Festival, Marin Theatre Company, Lincoln
Center Theater’s Directors Lab, Key West
Theatre Festival, and more. He has been
honored with a Dr. Henry and Lillian
Nesburn Award as part of the Julie Harris
Award in Playwriting (The Escape Velocity
of Savages); a New York Foundation for the
Arts Fellowship (Six Years); and the 2009
Skye Cooper New American Play Prize
(Sunlight). The Other Place received the
2010 Playwrights First Award, the 2011
Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation’s
Theatre Visions Fund Award, and was an
Outer Critics Circle award nominee for
Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play.
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C O R P O R AT I O N , F O U N DAT I O N A N D G OV E R N M E N T S U P P O R T
We thank you for your commitment to bringing exceptional locally
produced professional theater to Madison area audiences.
$75,000+
The Pleasant Rowland Great Performance
Fund for Theater, a component fund of the
Madison Community Foundation
Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren
US Bank
Wisconsin Arts Board
WPS Health Insurance
$10,000+
Beyond the Page Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
UW Health
$2,500 - $4,999
American Family Insurance
Baker Tilly
Madison Arts Commission
$5,000 - $9,999
CUNA Mutual Group
Custer Financial Services
Dane Arts
The Evjue Foundation, Inc., the charitable
arm of The Capital Times
Johnson Bank
Madison Gas & Electric
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
$1,000 - $2,499
Davis & Kuelthau
Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation
Steve Brown Apartments
$500 - $999
Park Bank
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COLLEEN BURNS MEMORIAL FUND
Unfortunately, one of our original collaborators is no longer with us – the inimitable
Colleen Burns. A professional actress for more than 30 years, Colleen first graced Madison
stages at the Rep in 1974. Over the decades she performed in many plays and musicals
there, including Nunsense, Baby, Consumer Affairs (which she co-authored with longtime
musical partner Jack Forbes Wilson), and the record breaking A...My Name is Alice.
Colleen not only helped create Forward Theater Company in 2009, she played the lead
in our first production, the radio play All About Eve. In the following season, she directed
and performed in another radio drama, The 39 Steps. Colleen’s enormous talent, her
professionalism, her laughter, and her dedication to her art will be the legacy that lives on
in all our hearts. FTC has created a special fund to underwrite the salary for one actress per
season as a tribute to Colleen, who brought so much joy to Madison audiences.
Tracy Michelle Arnold was chosen as the 2014-2015 Colleen Burns Fund honoree.
10,000+
Pleasant T. Rowland
Foundation
$1,000 - $2,499
Martin Densch
$500 - $999
Sarah Day
Jon & Brenda Furlow
John & Karen Icke
$250 - $499
Linda Fenton
$100 - $249
Phyllis Lefcowitz & Al
Goldstein
Rona Malofsky
Norma & Elliott Sober
Gerald & Vicki Stewart
Thanks to the Colleen Burns Fund Committee - Sarah Day, Celia Klehr, Phyllis Lefcowitz,
and especially Vicki Stewart.
I N D I V I D UA L G I V I N G
Your gift plays an important role in the success of Forward Theater Company. Even with
our growing audiences and frequent full houses, ticket revenue covers less than 50%
of our total operating costs. Annual fund donors bridge the gap and enable Forward
Theater to fulfill its mission of creating a home base for Wisconsin theater professionals
and audiences that expands the cultural and economic life of the greater Madison area.
Our heartfelt appreciation goes out to the following donors who made a donation in
support of our 2014-2015 season between March 1, 2014 and December 29, 2014.
To make a tax-deductible donation to Forward Theater or learn about donor benefits,
please visit our website at forwardtheater.com.
If you notice any errors in acknowledgement or have any questions about donations,
please contact Julia Nicholas at 234-5001 or [email protected].
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F O R WA R D L E A D E R S
Forward Leaders show a strong personal commitment to Forward Theater’s
mission by making annual gifts of $500 or more.
10,000+
Susan Horwitz & Tom Reps
Don Tubesing &
Nancy Loving Tubesing
$5,000 - $9,999
Nancy Ciezki &
Diane Kostecke
Efrat Livny in honor of her
parents
$2,500 - $4,999
W. Jerome Frautschi
Jon & Brenda Furlow
David & Paula Kraemer
Kathie Nichols
Terry & Jean Prahl
$1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous
Merry Anderson
Dean & Nancy
Baumgardner
Charles N. Ford &
Sharon L. James
Dolores & Paul Gohdes
Walter & Betty Gray
Kathleen Harker
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Bob Hodgson & Dot Steele
Roth & Lynne Judd
Robert & Marcia Kasieta
Susan & Jonathan Lipp
Lovers of the Arts
John & Jane Norman
Harry & Sylvia Peterson
Joan Pulver
Ken & Nancy Ragland
Lynda Sharpe
Tim & Pat Size
Bud & Lisa Smith
Jeffrey Steele &
Jocelyn Riley
Steve & Jacqui Suleski
Patrick & Deborah Turski
David & Jane Villa
$500 - $999
Kristine & Paul Ashe
Donna & George Beestman
Robert & Diane Bless
Peggy & Christopher Bugg
Dan & Pat Cornwell
Jim & Evey Fleming
Jay & Mary Gallagher
Roger & Naomi Gordon
Peter Gray &
Jennifer Uphoff Gray
Tammy Greco & Jon Fliegel
JoAnn Gruber-Hagen &
Doug Hagen
Terry L. Haller
Marie Kohler & Brian Mani
Jennifer Kraemer
Shana Lewis &
Rob Magasano
Peter & Jill Lundberg
Don & Mary Metz
Dan & Joyce Muxfeld
Julia & Tom Nicholas
Jason & Sarah Rasmusen
Susan A. Riedel
James & Carol Ruhly
Joe & Jeanne Silverberg
David & Suad Stratton
Jane Taves
Brent & Sara Wagner
Lee & Mary Waldhart
William John Wartmann
Christine Weigt
Ledell Zellers &
Simon Anderson
Janet Zimmerman
A N N UA L F U N D
Benefactors ($250 - $499)
Julius & Hilde Adler
Michael & Rima Apple
James & Marilou Angevine
Rose Barroilhet
Richard & Janneke Baske
Dan & Karen Baumann
Larry Bechler & Patty Struck
Holly Berkenstadt
Philip & Helen Bradbury
Don & Carola Breckbill
Clayton & Belle Frink
John & Elizabeth Heiner
Miriam Kerndt
Joan Larson
Mark & Elaine Lazar
Arthur & Susan Lloyd
Ronald S. Luskin &
M. Therese Ruzicka
Gary Lyons & Jayne Squirrell
Dan & Mari McCarty
Joe & LuAnn Meyers
Allan & Karen Moore
Chad & Jolen Neumann
Pamela Oliver &
John Lemke
Constance Pernitz
Judith Pierotti
DeeDee & Bing Rikkers
Paul & Ann Rutecki
Willa Schlecht
Howard & Diane Schuck
Diane Seder & Bruce Rosen
Philip Shultz &
Marsha Van Domelen
Joseph Shumow
Charles Snowdon &
Ann Lindsey
Thomas & Sheila Spear
Scott Thornton
Daniel & Selma Van Eyck
Rick & Heidi Vierstra
Ann Wallace
Daphne Webb
Beth Weber &
Duane Beckett
William White
Theodora Zehner
Patrons ($100 - $249)
Anonymous (3)
George Affeldt
Ray Aldag & Deb Douglas
Beth Ament &
Steve Pudloski
Jack & Donna Anderson
Rozan & Brian Anderson
Craig Aswegan
Jean Bahr
Linda Baldwin &
Vince O’Hern
Nancy Barklage &
Teresa Welch
Chad & Julie Bartell
Jeff & Angela Bartell
Carousel Bayrd &
Tim Sobota
Robert Beilman M.D.
Norlin & Cynthia Benevenga
Susan & George Benton
Mark & Julie Berggren
Norman Berven & Barbara
Mittelstaedt Berven
Maurice & Sybil Better
Rabbis Jonathan Biatch &
Bonnie Margulis
Frances Bicknell
Anna Biermeier &
Roger Hanson
Andy & Debbie Bissonnette
Catherine Bloomer
Beth Bovis &
David Feldstein
S.A. Bowman
Patricia Brady &
Robert Smith
Edmund & Lois Brick
Suzanne Buchko
John Chosy &
Tamara Bryant
Lynn Christensen
Jeff & Sue Clark
David Cloninger &
Mary Gillham
Constance & William Clune
Carol Cohen
Jim Cole & Lauri Morris
Jane Coleman
Mike & Cindy Collins
Joan Collins
Courtney & Guy Comer
James & Jane Corkery
Wendy Crabb &
David Watson
Susan Curtis
Nora Cusack &
Brent Nicastro
Betsy Curtis D’Angelo
Ian & Marta Davies
Dr. Frederick Davis
Ted & Gail DeDee
Eve & Carl Degen
Ann Denu
Nancy Depcik
Wendy & Lane Dohl
Jane Ellen Donovan
Dennis & Kathy Dorn
Alexandra & William Dove
Jane Doyle
Carla Draper & Peg Carlson
Susan & Joe Drennan
Jean Druckenmiller
Maxine & Patrick Ducey
John & Deidre Dunn
Jane & Tony Earl
Edward & Rosanne Ehrlich
Susan Eichhorn
Jim & Jean Elvekrog
Oliver Eng
Kristine Euclide &
Doug Steege
Ann Falconer
Michael & Jenny
Fehrenbach
Ted Finman &
Jean Azemove
George & Virginia Francis
Marla & Larry Frank
Gerald & Betty Fuller
Eve Galanter
Jan Garske
Deirdre Garton
James Giesen
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Gobel
Valy Goepfrich
Paul Goldschmidt &
Kriss Hamilton
Robert & Georgia Graves
Dianne Greenley
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c o n t.
Gwen Grogan
Jane Grogan & Bob Blitzke
Kristin Groth & Ed Jepsen
Eileen Hanneman
Janice Hansen
Ernest & Diane Hanson
Patricia & Paul Heiser
Donald & Karen Hester
Rachel & Gil Hillman
Cynthia S. Hiteman
Carol Holtsapple
Grace Homb
Mark & Kathleen Hoover
Douglas Horejsh &
Manuela Grassi
Melissa Huggins &
Jack Opel
Ed Hughes & Ann Brickson
Chuck & Marnie Hulan
Hickory Hurie
BJ Ihlenfeldt
Rod & Jean Jacobson
Monica Jaehnig
Jacqueline & Jeffrey Jahnke
Julann Jatczak & Mike Davis
Janice & LeRoy Johnson
Clark Johnson &
Martha Pernokas
Stan & Leann Johnson
Amanda & Seth Jovaag
Martin & Rita Kades
Mary & Tim Kamp
Dan & Leslie Kemp
Milka & Ivan Knezevic
Ruth & Jim Knutson
Philip Koenig
Gail & Tim Kohl
Amy & Dan Kohls
Steve & Lorene Kowalsky
Ed & Donna Krausman
David & Debbie Kretchmar
Andrew Krikelas
James Krikelas
Kleo Kritz & Thomas Hurst
Anne Kroeger
Frederick & Kathleen Kruger
John Kruse &
Ginny Moore Kruse
Kathy Kuntz &
Henry Huemmer
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David Lawver
Roger & Sheryl Lepage
Patricia & Peter Lipton
Diane & Bill Littman
Janet & Jay Loewi
Juan Losada & Maria Ruiz
Alan Lozier & Ann Schwede
Michael & Patricia Lucey
Helen Madsen
Mary & Eileen Maher
Karin Mahony
Maija Maki-Laurila
Ruth Martin
Salli Martyniak
Sally Mather
Mary Ann McBride
Jody McCann
Susan McDonald
Deven & Katie McGlenn
Bev & Chan McKelvey
William & Carolyn McKinney
Ron Mensink
Joe & LuAnn Meyers
David & Linda Michael
Sven Midelfort
Jack & Bonnie Mitchell
Robert & Judie Moeller
Erika & Charles
Monroe-Kane
Lynn Montgomery
Paul Moriarty
Robert Mutton & Vera Ames
Sharon Nellis
John & Mary Neumann
Mary Nick
Marilyn Oberst
James O’Brien
Deborah & David Olien
Tom Rudy &
Jennifer Ondrejka
Elayne Orr
Bonnie Orvick
Tad Ottman
Rex & Lynette Owens
Jane Pearlmutter &
Steve Scheibel
Debi Peters
Reynold Peterson
Tamara Peyton
Susan & Hans Pigorsch
Evan & Jane Pizer
Sharon & Ken Poniewaz
Barb & Mike Pratzel
Robert & Carol Prugh
Timothy Radelet
Dr. Arthur &
Ursula Rathburn
Sherry Reames
Voula Kodoyianni &
Tom Record
Don Reeder
Don & Toni Richards
Kathryn Richardson
Susan & Gordon Ridley
Nicholas & Farrah Rifelj
Susan Rogers
Jim & Sarah Rose
Jules Rosenthal
Steve & Lennie Saffian
Jenny Saffran & Seth Pollak
Barbara Samuel
Bela & Ruth Sandor
John & Sarah Schaffer
Susan & Michael Schall
Linda Schilling
David & JoAnn Schoengold
Lynn & Ed Schten
Patrick Semple
John & Liz Senseman
Claire A. Shaffer
David Sharpe
Diana & Ron Shaw
Sonjia Short
Linda Shriberg
Dr. Beverly S. Simone
Maureen Skelton
Bryan & Ann Smith
Melissa Smith
Matthew & Jessica Smith
Louis & Elsbeth Solomon
Grant Sovern
Phil & Jane Stark
Ray & Harriet Statz
Michael Stebbins
Joe & Phyllis Stertz
Gerald & Vicki Stewart
Prudence Stewart
Anne Stoelting
Mary Stoffel &
Rich Novotney
A N N UA L F U N D
c o n t.
Karl Stoll
Artace & Dennis Stone
Charles & Diane Stumpf
Steve & Jacqui Suleski
Julie Swedarsky
Suzanne & Mike Swift
Cheri Teal
Ann Thering
Ardith Thomas
Don & Joanna Thompson
Susan Tikalsky &
Albert Friedman
Karen Timberlake
Carol Toussaint
Thomas & Carol Trapp
Mary Trotter
Wendy Tupper
Elizabeth Tuttle
Marjorie Van Handel
Susan Van Sicklen
Teri Venker
Sarah Jane &
Michael Voichick
Jan Von Haden
Peter & Alice Waldron
Ellis Waller
Joseph Warnemuende
John & Nancy Webster
Elizabeth Wegener
Jared & Pamela Wentz
Ann F. Wenzel
Heidi Wilde &
Kennedy Gilchrist
Eve Wilkie & James Clum
David & Ann Wilson
Bob & Ida Wrenn
Alexandra Wright
Erik & Marcia Wright
Michael Wright
Nicole Wyrembeck
William Zarwell &
Robin Chapman
Friends ($25 - $99)
Robert & Paula Alt
The Underground Players
Gillian Anderson
Marge & Bruce Anderson
Rita & Leon Applebaum
Patricia Arndorfer
Howard Barden
Marja Barger & Barry Carlsen
Ellen Barnard &
Myrtle Wilhite
Barbara Bolan
Lewis Bosworth
Jim & Libby Bradley
Malcolm & Penny Brett
Bill Brooks & Jane Dennis
Leslie Brunsell
Jennifer & Jeffrey Burkel
Jim & Stephanie Buske
Michael Cain &
Anita Sprenger
Patricia Cameron
Elizabeth Campbell
Hoagland H. Carmichael
Carol & Peter Carstensen
Louis & Shirley Chosy
Charlie & Joyce Clark
Anita & Mark Consigny
Louis Sampson Cornelius &
Priscilla Ann Boroniec
Bruce & Samantha
Crownover
L. Beth Cummings
Wade DallaGranna &
Chris Antonuzzo
Nancy Daly
John & Mary Dammann
Cheryl Daniels &
Michael Rosenberg
Geke de Vries
Tom & Greta DeCoster
Gene & Bea Dewey
Susan Dopp
Rosemary Dorney
Robert & Nancy Dott
Marc & Sherree Drezner
Allan, Feliz, & Vicki Duhr
John & Deidre Dunn
Jim Eggler & Barb Rex
Rich Eggleston & Anita Clark
Jane Elder and Bill Davis
Gay Eliason
Avis Elson
Adam Erdmann
Edith First
Peter Fisher &
Cyndy Galloway
David & Maureen Flanagan
Aaron Friedman &
Sarah Jones
Ryan Friese
L. Garrity
Elizabeth Garvey
Derrick & Janet Gee
Chet & Barbara Gerlach
Paul Gibler
Mary Gillham
Sue Gleason &
Mark Hottmann
Karen Godshall
Michael Goldsberry
David Griffeath &
Cathy Loeb
Tom & Jeri Grogg
Kristine Guderyon
Camille Haney
James & Myrna Hanson
Heather Harris
John & Sally Helgeson
Peter & Rose Helmberger
Tom & Margaret Henzler
Diane Highsmith
Ann Jablonski
Nona Hill & Clark Johnson
Susan Holec
Judy Howard & Amy Scarr
Jim Hudson & Diane Martin
Margaret & Paul Irwin
Tanya Iverson
Megan Jackson
Joan Jacobsen
Toni Jakovec
Robert & Louise Jeanne
Phylis Johnson
Brian & Claire Johnson
Scott Johnson
Craig Johnson &
Christina Tenuta
Erin Juedes
Lois Karn
Tom & Heather Keating
Richard Kiley & Victoria King
Suzanne & Steve Kilkus
Greg Kissel & Jean Bae
Mary Klehr
Carol Klukaczewski
Larry M. Kneeland
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A N N UA L F U N D
c o n t.
Kurt Kobelt
Amy & Brian Kobishop
Voula Kodoyianni &
Tom Record
Penny & Jerry Koerner
Tim & Marlisa Kopenski
Condon
Ken & Carol Koscik
Heidi Kramer
Kenneth & Sharon Krebs
Terry & Jean Kringle
Ann Lacy
Jessica Lanius & Brad Kose
Kate LaRocque
Tim & Gillian Lechmaier
Jeanne Leep
Joanne & Bob Lenburg
Mil Lieberthal
Ellen Lindgren
Lynn Lubkeman
Connie Ludlum
Judith Lyons
Jim & Susie Madden
Jill Maidenberg &
Richard Thal
Daniel & Linda Marquardt
Ann Martin
Carl J. Martin &
Ann Smart Martin
Sally Mather
Paul Matteoni
Vada Mayfield
Janet McChesney
D. Bruce &
Beverly A. McCulloch
Peggy McEvilly
Sondra & Eugene McLinn
Ken Mericle
Linda Merrill
Janet Mertz &
Jonathan Kane
Nancy & Paul Miller
Dwight & Mary Mueller
Tess Mulrooney
Biss & Rup Nitschke
Van Nutt
Robert O’Connell &
Inga Velten
William O’Connor &
Krista Roys
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Casey & Eric Oelkers
Dan O’Brien
Colleen O’Hara
Darlene & Burt Olson
Marjon Ornstein
Jim Ostrander
Ellen Paul
Jane Pearson
Ernest J Peterson
Cathy Prescott
Katherine Proctor
Beth Puleo
Ed & Mary Lou Reisch
Anne Rhyme
Margi Rice
Dean Richards
Jane Richardson
Ken & Joan Riggs
Annette Ringdahl
Lorene & Norm Ritland
H. Robbins
Sara Roberts
Lynne & Jamie Robertson
Teri & Craig Robida
David & Jodie Rohrer
David Ronis
Karen & Harry Roth
Sue Salter
Karin Sandvik
James & Suzanne
Scheuerman
Gary & Barbara Schultz
Clare Schulz
Andrew & Mary Sewell
Dee & George Seyfarth
Claire Shaffer
Sean & Emilie Shields
Judy & Ben Sidran
Suzannah Sisler
Dan & Marcia Smith
Ted & Ina Smolker
Jussi & Rosey Snellman
Bill & Roberta Sonzogni
Jon Sorenson
Robert Sparks
June Spencer
Susan Sprague
Douglas & Sharon Steckel
Sylvia Stein
Becky Steinhoff
William & Wendy Stewart
Mary Struckmeyer &
Larry LaMar
Dawn Stucki
David & Judy Suchman
Fred & Beth Swanson
Keith & Stacey Symonds
Myron & Margaret Talcott
Mary Ann Test
Gerald & Priscilla Thain
Darryl Topinka &
Julie Overman
Tony Trout & Karen Moeller
Angela Tullar
Tom & Sue Ullsvik
Karen Updike
Andree Valley
Betty Volquardsen
Kate Walker
Julie & Thomas Walsh
Lorette Wambach
Peter R. Weiler
Nick & Jenny White
Barbara White
Christine White
Elizabeth Whitesel
Margaret Whitting
Fred A. Wileman
Jenifer Winiger
Jessica Jane Witham
Curtis Wittwer
Megan Yockey &
Nicole Miller
Nancy & Edward Young
Paul & Deborah Zdinak
Barbara Zellmer &
Mike Heffernan
Lonna Zeman
Karen & Doug Zweizig
IN HONOR
Michael K. Bridgeman
in honor of Mike Shaneyfelt
Lynda Sharpe
in memory of Jen Trieloff
IN KIND DONORS
Brava Magazine
Distillery Marketing
Footlights
Gordon Flesch Company
Isthmus
The Madison Concourse Hotel
Madison Magazine
Our Lives Magazine
Scott Thornton
Vanta Commercial Properties
Wegner CPAs
Wisconsin Public Radio
Wisconsin Public Television
WORT
Zane Williams Photography
Janet Zimmerman
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T H A N K S TO O U R F R I E N D S O F F O R WA R D T H E AT E R VO L U N T E E R S
Volunteers help Forward Theater by staffing events, papering the town with posters and postcards,
making food for our hungry cast and production staff, helping with mailings, and other office
support. If you’d like more information, please visit our website at ForwardTheater.com
or call company manager Celia Klehr at 608-234-5001.
Tiffany Bachmann
Michele Brucker
Jo Chalhoub
Melissa Cheeks
Bob Craig
Elly Craig
Polly Craig
Carla Di Iorio
Michael Di Iorio
Jane Ellen Donovan
Avis Elson
Kathleen Harker
Kathryn Lederhause
Franne Lee
Bev McCulloch
Catie O’Donnell
Karen Saari
Karla Schulte
Lynda Sharpe
Daryl Sherman
Barb Sanford
Katelyn Studener
Vicki Lynn Tobias
Myrna Williamson
A special thank you to Gloria Butler, the Girl in the Yellow Bikini.
Forward Theater Company would like to thank the APT Apartments, Celia Klehr and
Sam White, and The Concourse Hotel for their assistance with the housing needs
of the cast and crew of The Other Place
Forward Theater Company is a member of the Madison Arts Production Center (MAPC), which
provides high quality, functional, affordable production space, equipment, and theatrical inventory
for Madison area artists and arts organizations. For information on rentals and membership options
go to ctmtheater.org or contact Mike Lawler at 255-2080.
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