Chance Theater proudly presents theOrange County premiere of

Good Peopleby David Lindsay-AbaireDirected by Jocelyn A. Brown*

Scenic Design by Christopher Scott MurilloLighting Design by Jeff BrewerSound Design by Darryl B. Hovis*Costume Design by Bruce GoodrichProps Master Megan HillStage Manager Wade Williamson*Dramaturgs Katie Dumas and Lena RomanoDialect Coach Glenda Morgan Brown

CAST

Margaret ...................................................... Amanda Zarr Stevie ........................................................... Alec KenneyDottie ........................................................... Karen Webster*Jean ............................................................. Bridgette CampbellMike ............................................................. Robert Foran*Kate ............................................................. Taj Johnson

Setting: South Boston, March 2008Running Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes. There will be one 15-minute intermission.

GOOD PEOPLE is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New YorkOriginally commissioned by the Manhattan Theater Club. Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer; with funds provided by Bank of America and received its world premiere there on February 8, 2011.

* Chance Theater Resident Artist

Season ProducersBETTE & WYLIE AITKEN

Execut ive ProducersRACHELLE MENAKER & EDDIE SCHULLER

Associate Season ProducerLAURIE SMITS STAUDE

VoiceoversVoice of Priest Robin WaltonBingo Lady Elizabeth JonesDaughter Alexis Valencia Catalano

Additional Production CreditsAsst Stage Manager KC Read-FisherBooth Operator Wade Williamson*Master Carpenter Teodora Ramos*Load-In Crew Karalyn Knupp, Aaron McGee, Kimberly Mix, Chris Powers,

Marc Sanford*, Heather Young Scenic Painters Atefeh Madi, Michael Maruca, Danthi Tran

Special ThanksFrome Enterprises, The City of Anaheim, Bob West, Roger Pullis and Felix Lighting, and, of course, Jim Book.

The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

* Chance Theater Resident Artist

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A comedy that breaks “the sound of silence” on the long-standing feud between this entirely fictional musical duo. Can they build a “bridge over troubled water” and reunite?

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OTR STAGED READING

Poverty and Perseverance: David Lindsay-Abaire and “Getting Out”by Director, Jocelyn A. Brown and Dramaturgs, Katie Dumas and Lena Romano

David Lindsay-Abaire grew up in a working-class family in South Boston, much like those depicted in Good People. His father sold fruit out of the back of an old van and his mother worked on a circuit-board assembly line. Through his inspired stories and poems which he wrote for the Boys and Girls Club newspaper, Lindsay-Abaire earned a scholarship to Milton Academy at age eleven. Although only seven miles away in the suburbs, taking the bus ride every day to this elite school introduced him to a completely different world of affluence and opportunity. Lindsay-Abaire said he felt like an outsider in both environments, consciously keeping “his head down and not putting on airs,” while simultaneously trying to blend in at school, not wanting anyone to know he was from the poor neighborhood. With a foot in both worlds, Lindsay-Abaire lived class differences every day and it shaped his identity, even as his new opportunities provided him the opportunity to “get out” of Southie. It can be incredibly difficult to “get out,” to escape the cycle of poverty into which poor families stay impoverished for generations. Living paycheck to paycheck, most people lack the resources necessary to get out of poverty. Lindsay-Abaire waited to write Good People until he felt his writing was mature enough to do justice to the textured people, history and culture of his home. While not autobiographical, the traits and situations of the characters in Good People stem from Lindsay-Abaire’s own memories. The play expertly reveals the gamut of challenges that the people of South Boston were born into -- high rates of single mother families, joblessness, low quality education and much more. Often, once an impoverished individual has just enough resources saved away, they are once again held back by limited time and unreliable connections. Lindsay-Abaire said he didn’t set out to write a play that deals explicitly with poverty and class. “I thought,” he said. “Let me write about the people I know and love and class will bubble up inevitably.” Good People asks us to question and wrestle with what it means to be a good person, or “good people” in Southie, and how we determine success in our lives. By delving into the lives and perspectives of both the “haves” and the “have-nots,” which rarely intersect in such an authentic and balanced way, Good People brings us together to explore the complexities of poverty, success, and the validity of the American Dream. In David Lindsay-Abaire’s own words, “We have this myth that if you work hard, you can accomplish anything. It’s not a very American thing to say, but I don’t think that’s true. It’s true for a lot of people, but you need other things to succeed. You need luck, you need opportunity, and you need the life skills to recognize what an opportunity is.”

Amanda Zarr (Margaret) professional actor, director and adjunct theatre professor. She earned her BFA from Chapman University, her MFA from the prestigious PATP program at the University of Washington and worked

with Shakespeare Orange County as a company member for over 10 years. Notable roles with SOC include Juliet, Ophelia, and Lady Anne in Richard III.Amanda has also been a guest artist with Ophelia’s Jump, Pensacola Shakespeare Company, American Coast Theater Company, Need Theater of Los Angeles and Santa Fe University of Art and Design where she worked with Jon Jory and Robert Benedetti. Last year she was in the Hollywood Fringe production Quantum Entanglement which received an Encore Producers’ Award. She is thrilled this year to be back at Chance Theater after in a word. So far this year she has directed with Earbud Podcasts and Elephant’s Graveyard at CSASG. She teaches at Chapman University, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and the California School of the Arts-San Gabriel.Sponsored by David & Judy Joss

Alec Kenney (Stevie) is a professional actor, screenwriter, and director. Alec grew up in Grand Haven, Michigan and joined the military after high school. In the military, he served as an underwater

welder in the Engineer Corps. He competed and won Soldier of the Year in 2011 and qualified for the Bataan Death March placing 3rd while in South Korea. Near the end of his service he was asked to be an extra on the set of Investigation Discoveries: Deadly Affairs. It was there when he caught the acting bug. Once out of the military in 2014 he decided to move to California and attended Santa Ana College with a Theatre major and minor in Screenwriting. After a few semesters, he decided he wanted to devote more time to his craft and transferred to The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute (LA) and studied The Method. He completed the one year program and has been working on various film and theatre projects ever since. Some of his notable roles are Red (Ken), The Glass Menagerie (The Gentleman Caller) and A Night Must Fall (Dan). This is his debut with the Chance Theater.

Karen Webster (Dottie) became involved with the Chance in 2001, and became a Resident Artist in 2003. Past Chance Theater credits include Little Women, Trail of Tears, Spring’s Awakening, A Midsummer

Night’s Dream, Love’s Hollow, The Cherry Orchard, The Diary of Anne Frank (Back Stage West’s Critic’s Pick; OC Register’s Best Ensembles of 2005), A Christmas Story, Hot N Throbbing (Garland Award

Honorable Mention- Best Ensemble), Coyote On A Fence (Back Stage West’s Critic’s Pick; Chancie Award- Best Supporting Actress), Frozen (Garland Award Honorable Mention- Best Performance in a straight play), Variations On A Theme- The Best, Rabbit Hole (Back Stage West’s Critic’s Pick, Garland Award Honorable Mention-Best Ensemble), the 2009 production of Jesus Hates Me (Outstanding Achievement by a Featured Actress, LA Stage Scene), The Seagull, the 2010 re-mounting of Jesus Hates Me (at SCR), Welcome Home Jenny Sutter, The Goat or Who is Sylvia (L.A. Times Critic’s Choice, Back Stage West’s Critic’s Pick), Superheroine Monologues, Reborning (Back Stage West’s Critic’s Pick), Passion Play, After The Revolution, Hairspray, The Big Meal, and Middletown.Sponsored by David & Danice Limberg

Bridgette Campbell (Jean) is a theatre and voice-over actor based in Los Angeles. She is honored to be making her debut at Chance Theater. Most recently, she can be heard as the voice of Boost Mobile,

Johnny Walker and Facebook and seen onstage as Egeus and Starveling in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Clover in Animal Farm at Theatricum Botanicum in Topanga. Bridgette has best actress nominations from Hollywood Fringe Festival and her Alma Mater, American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She would like to thank the Chance family for this opportunity and her husband Christopher for his constant love and support and her baby girl for her daily inspiration.

Robert Foran (Mike) got a late start and didn’t begin studying acting until 1994 at Saddleback College. This led to being accepted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. Upon graduating from

the Academy in 1998, Rob and 21 other Academy students started their own theater company in Hollywood. They experienced some initial success and were nominated for two LA Weekly Theater Awards for Susan Yankowitz’s Terminal. Rob worked on a couple of student films and showcases, but devoted most of the next 13 years to being a husband and father. In 2013, Rob auditioned for The Laramie Project Cycle at Chance Theater. This began an intense and rewarding relationship with the Chance. Rob has done several readings as well as worked on The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Passion Play, and After The Revolution. He is a proud Resident Artist at the Chance. Rob considers himself fortunate to have found a group of focused and passionate artists, and looks forward to future seasons.Sponsored by David & Danice Limberg

Artist Biographies

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Taj Johnson (Kate) is so thankful to be making her Chance Theater debut! She hails from Ohio and trained at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (LA). Her favorite credits are Rabbit Hole

(Izzy), The Wedding Singer (Linda), Cinderella (Cinderella), The Wiz (Dorothy), and A Little Princess (Aljana). She works in entertainment at Disneyland and has spent the last 3 years playing Wanda on the Teatro Martini stage. She writes and directs and has starred in over 25 productions. In 2017, she started a YouTube series called A Song For My Love. One of her proudest moments was sharing the stage with Tony winner Wilson Jermaine Heredia from Rent. She owes everything to god, her mom, family, and Hubby Lamont!

David Linday-Abaire (Playwright) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, lyricist and librettist. His play Good People premiered on Broadway and was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award

for Best Play, The Horton Foote Prize, The Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, and two Tony nominations. His play Rabbit Hole received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, five Tony nominations, and

the Spirit of America Award. David also wrote the book and lyrics for Shrek the Musical, which was nominated for eight Tonys, four Oliviers, a Grammy, and earned David the Ed Kleban Award as America’s most promising musical theatre lyricist. David’s other plays include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World and A Devil Inside, among others. In addition to his work in theatre, David’s screen credits include his film adaptation of Rabbit Hole, Dreamworks’ Rise of the Guardians, and Family Fang, starring Nicole Kidman, Christopher Walken and Jason Bateman.

Jocelyn A. Brown (Director/Associate Artistic Director) has been a resident artist since 2001 and Associate Artistic Director since 2011. Chance directing highlights include: in a word (Best in OC by The Orange Curtain Review),

The Big Meal, various new works through Chance’s On The Radar series, Evita (Chancie Award for Best Production), Never In My Lifetime (Back Stage Critic’s Pick), The Cherry Orchard (OC Weekly nomination for Best Direction), and Big Love. Chance acting highlights include: writing and performing in A Celtic Holiday with Craic in the Stone (Best Special Event by Examiner.com), Reggie Fluty and Dave O’Malley in The Laramie Project and Ten Years Later (Ovation Recommended), Blitzen in The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, the Witch in Into the Woods (Back Stage Critic’s Pick, Chancie Award for Best Actress), Cathy in The Last 5 Years (Back Stage Garland Award Nominee: Musical Performance), Nancy in Closer Than Ever (L.A. Times Critic’s Choice), Ann in Goodnight Children Everywhere (OC Weekly Theater Award Winner: Best Actress), and Woman in Bash. Jocelyn received an Outstanding Individual Artist nomination in 2003 by Arts Orange County. Outside of the Chance, Jocelyn teaches at Laguna Hills High School where she was an honoree for the California League of High Schools “Teacher of the Year” in 2012 for OC as well as sings Celtic and folk music at venues such as the Sawdust Festival. Jocelyn double majored in Theatre and Biology at the Univ. of Cal. San Diego, further studied at the Univ. of East Anglia in England, and earned a Masters in Education from Vanguard Univ.

Christopher Scott Murillo (Scenic Designer) Selected recent credits include: at Chance Theater: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Who’s Tommy, Merrily We Roll Along, Hair. At East West Players: Steel

Magnolias. At Theatre of Note: Sheet Cake Slinding. At Playwright’s Arena: Dallas Non Stop, The Anatomy of Gazellas. At UCSD: Titus Andronics, In the Red and Brown Water, and Spring Awakening. Christopher holds an MFA (’13) from the UCSD Department of Theatre and Dance and a BA (’07) from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and TV.

Bette & Wylie Aitken Bette (Season Producers) Bette is a community, civic and arts leader, recently featured in the Orange County Business Journal’s Giving Guide as one

of the Top Philanthropists in Orange County. Bette first happened upon Chance Theater a few years ago and has been at the forefront of its growth and expansion ever since and now is serving on its board. In January of 2014, Chance Theater became part of the Bette Aitken theater arts Center. Wylie, better known as Bette’s husband, is a nationally recognized civil trial lawyer and founding partner of the firm Aitken Aitken Cohn in Santa Ana, representing individuals and companies harmed by the bad conduct of others. An avid supporter of the arts, he was a past chairman of the State of California’s Arts Council and serves on various theater and film boards. By supporting the 2018 season, Anaheim residents Wylie and Bette joined by their daughter Ashleigh Aitken are excited to contribute to the growing impact Chance Theater makes in the community at large both in Anaheim and all over Southern California. Good People joins a long list of great productions and the 20th season will be the five-star year at every level.

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Jeff Brewer (Lighting Designer) designed the lighting for Tribes, Samsara, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, Nerve, Assassins, and Inventing Van Gogh, among others. Jeff has also worked for some

companies in LA’s 99 seat theatre scene, as well as theaters from Boston to LA. Jeff has also worked extensively in events and corporate shows, where his clients have included Mattel, Universal Studios, CNBC, NBC Sports, MLB Network, and the 2012 Inauguration in Washington D.C. Jeff additionally teaches Lighting Design at California Polytechnic University, Pomona. When not working, he likes to spend as much time as he can in the mountains.

Darryl B. Hovis (Sound Designer/TYA Producing Associate) earned his M.A. in Theatre Production at Central Washington University and studied acting at the Professional Conservatory at UCSD, under Anna

Shapiro (Steppenwolf), and South Coast Repertory, under Karen Hensel. He is the co-founder and artistic director of the Culver City Academy of Visual and Performing Arts, where he developed an intensive arts program for high school students in theatre, film, music, and art. He has gone on to develop theatre programs at other Southern California high schools, as well as Theatre International at Leysin American School in Leysin, Switzerland. TYA productions include Alice in Wonderland, The Legend(s) of Sleepy Hollow, and The Boy at the Edge of Everything. Other favorites include Therese Raquin (Chance Theater), Rent and

The Threepenny Opera (Samohi Theatre), Machinal and Resurrecting Antigone (UniTheatre), The Miracle Worker and Treehouses (AVPA).

Bruce Goodrich (Costume Designer) most recently designed the scenery for Recorded in Hollywood, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, Seminar at Chance Theater, directed by Elina DeSantos, and

Fallen Angels and Chapter Two at Ensemble Theatre Co. Santa Barbara, directed by Andy Barnicle. New York and regional venues include Primary Stages Co. (original and Off Broadway productions of David Ives’ All in the Timing), Ensemble Studio Theatre, American Stage Co. Playwrights Theatre of NJ, Arena Stage, Fords Theatre, The Colony, The Falcon, The Rubicon, The Odyssey (Broadway Bound, directed by Jason Alexander), El Portal, McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Laguna Playhouse, The Human Race (Dayton), Skylight Opera Theatre (Milwaukee) and many others. Stage Raw, LA Drama Critics and Ovation nominations. Past acting credits include Christopher in Nina Raine’s Tribes, Clov in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame, Pirelli in Sweeney Todd, The Captain & Hennessy in Dames at Sea, Jeremy in Laura Wade’s Posh, Trinculo in The Tempest, Bobby in The Boyfriend (long ago!), Zauberkonig in Odon Von Horvath’s Tales From the Vienna Woods, among others. BFA -University of Wisconsin, MFA – Carnegie-Mellon School of Drama, Professor of Design, CSU, Fullerton, Department of Theatre and Dance.

Megan Hill (Props Master) is thrilled to be working with everyone at Chance Theater and has truly enjoyed being a part of this project. Megan’s past design credits include The Little Prince, The Stinky Cheese Man and

Fancy Nancy at Chance Theater, SMASH, Beyond Walls, and Six Locks at CSU Fullerton. Co-designer on Loch Ness at Chance Theater. Assistant Set Designer of Amadeus and Looped at The New Vic in Santa Barbara, Annual Dinner at South Coast Repertory, Claudio Quest and Passion Play at Chance Theater, Sans Merci at The Garage Theatre, Long Beach, Is He Dead? At CSU Fullerton, and Paloma at LATC.

Katie Dumas (Dramaturg) is making her Chance debut as Dramaturg and couldn’t be happier to be working on a play with so much significance to her home state of Massachusetts. After leaving Chapman University last year

with experience in Theatre Studies and Educational Studies, she is currently working in arts administration at Segerstrom Center for the Arts as the Assistant of Education Partnerships and Residencies. Her greatest loves are theatrical research and audience engagement, and marrying the two through her work at the Chance has been great fun!

Rachelle Menaker & Eddie Schuller (Executive Producers) The relevant bio is simple: we love theater, and after nearly 9 years of membership, we are well into an extreme love affair

with the Chance, and rejoice in being part of the Chance family. Rachelle has served on the Board since 2015, and just started her 2nd year as “Chair of Vice.” (She hopes not to be kicked off for advocating too many vices.) Good People gives us the delightful opportunity to bask again in the talents of an amazing Director, Jocelyn Brown, with whom we previously had the same joy for in a word, and same for Chris Murillo as set designer, Bruce Goodrich as costume designer, and Darryl Hovis on sound. These lovely people (to paraphrase Bebe!) and a host of other shockingly talented team members and a wonderfully strong cast also join in for the theatrical adventure of Good People. Please indulge us these superlatives, and enjoy the show!

Lena Romano (Dramaturg) is thrilled to be working at the Chance for the first time. Lena graduated from Chapman University in 2017 with degrees in Theatre Studies and Sociology. She currently works at

South Coast Repertory as the Literary Intern, and in the box office. She has worked on shows in and out of school as both a dramaturg and director/assistant director, including Curve of Departure by Rachel Bonds (SCR), Picnic by William Inge (Chapman), and Trifles by Susan Glaspell (Chapman).

Wade Williamson (Stage Manager) recently appointed Resident Artist as Stage Manager, has been active in the local Orange County theater scene for the past 30 years. He has stage managed the staged

“singing” of L.A. Vida and the mainstage productions of Seminar, Tribes, and Violet at Chance Theater. A graduate of Cal State Fullerton’s acclaimed School of the Arts Department of Theatre & Dance, he has served as an actor, stage manager, director, technician, designer, producer, and even artistic director. In 2017, he directed both Beyond Therapy and Barefoot in the Park at Modjeska Playhouse in Lake Forest. Recent acting credits at Chance Theater include various roles in The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Michael Novak in God of Carnage (Modjeska Playhouse), Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing and Oliver in As You Like It (Alchemy Theatre Company-Huntington Beach), Robert Lee in The North Plan & various roles in The Twilight Zone (STAGESTheatre), Agent Polk in The Sting (Maverick Theater), Security Guard in The Rothko & Clark in Spoken Allowed (Chapman University’s OC-Centric New Play Festival).

KC Read-Fisher (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be a part of her first production at Chance Theater! KC graduated from Scripps College with degrees in Theatre and Media Studies with an emphasis in Film and

Video production. She has worked on professional and collegiate productions as both a stage manager and actor; some of her favorites include Macbeth (The Vagrancy), Normal (The Vagrancy), In Love and Warcraft (Pomona College), and Urinetown (Pomona College). She would like to thank her dog, Sadie.

Glenda Morgan Brown (Dialect Coach) is excited to be working at the Chance again. Last fall, she worked on Tribes and The Secret Garden, and some of her previous work here includes Molly Sweeney, Porcelain,

and Cabaret. In addition, she dialect coaches frequently for The Group Rep Theatre in North Hollywood (A Streetcar Named Desire, Lombardi, Calendar Girls, Lost in Yonkers, among others) and just finished coaching a middle school production of Guys and Dolls. As an actress, you may have seen her on television on Scandal, The Bold and the Beautiful, and many more. She’s also the lead in the indie thriller At Granny’s House, which you can catch on Amazon. Glenda resides in Van Nuys with her husband, stage director David Colwell.

Oanh Nguyen (Executive Artistic Director) has been serving as Chance Theater’s founding Artistic Director since 1999. Oanh is a recipient of TCG’s New Generations Grant and the TCG Nathan Cummings Young

Leaders of Color Fellowship. He was awarded the Outstanding Artist Award by Arts Orange County, profiled in Orange County Register’s “Most Influential People” series and OC Weekly’s People Issue, inducted into Anaheim High School’s Hall of Fame and was a commencement speaker for Chapman University College of Performing Arts. Oanh was Producing Associate at South Coast Repertory for four years. He also served on the advisory board of the Anaheim High School Performing Arts Conservatory, the board of Network of Ensemble Theatres, LA’s 99-seat Transitional Committee and OC Theatre Guild, multiple committees for the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and grant panels for the likes of the National Endowment for the Arts and Theatre Communications Group. Oanh is a proud member of SDC and SAG-AFTRA. His directing credits include productions at Chance Theater, East West Players, the J. Paul Getty Museum, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, and South Coast Repertory, and served as the Associate Director for the international tour of David Henry Hwang’s Chinglish (Berkeley Repertory, South Coast Repertory, Hong Kong Arts Festival). His selected film credits include Two Brothers directed by

Laurie Smits Staude (Associate Season Producer) I am thrilled to have the opportunity, this 2018 Season, to be Associate Season Producer. Chance Theater is

unique in the quality of its productions, in its many outreach programs to the community, and in its choice of themes that the plays convey. Serving for a fifth year on the Chance’s Board and being Trustee Emeritus at South Coast Rep, I know the Chance’s plays are a gift to the world of theater and to the Orange County Community. The Chance is like a family. Can I entice you to becoming more involved? We have great fun here. Please bring your family and your friends. Will you consider becoming a “Member”? “Membership” has many benefits. Please enjoy with me Chance’s 20th season of provocative and entertaining theater.

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Jean-Jacques Annaude, Rush Hour 3 directed by Brett Ratner, and Lonely Boy directed by Dale Fabrigar (Best First Feature Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Louisiana International Film Festival and Audience Award Winner at the 2013 BolderLife Festival).

Casey Long (Managing Director) is proud to be a Chance Resident Artist and co-founder. Past directing credits at the Chance include Anne of Green Gables and Little Women - The Broadway Musical. Recent

Chance acting credits include Theresa Rebeck’s Seminar, Samuel Hunter’s A Bright New Boise, the OC Premiere of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play, Southern California Premiere of Reborning, and the West Coast Premiere of Nerve. Casey is a graduate of the Leadership Anaheim program, Annenberg Foundation’s Alchemy training, and the Fieldstone Foundation Leadership program. He would like to thank you all for being here to support local artists and the Chance’s mission. For Dork.

Erika C. Miller (Development Director) is a Chance Founding Artist alongside husband, Oanh Nguyen. She is a graduate of the Fieldstone Foundation’s Emerging Leaders Group, a recipient of the

Annie Anaheim Accolades Award for her service to the community, and was a member of the Anaheim Arts Council Board of Directors from 2007-2012 (where she served as president for two years). She began singing professionally with The Los Angeles Children’s Chorus where she was privileged to perform with Peabo Bryson, Barry Manilow, Andre Previn, Yo-yo Ma, Doc Severinsen, Luther Vandross, among others. She can be heard on the soundtracks of “Hero”, “The Dark Half” and “Merry Christmas from Doc Severinsen and The Tonight Show Orchestra”. Opera credits: Die Frau Ohnne Schatten and El Gato Montez with Placido Domingo at The Music Center, Carmina Burana at the Hollywood Bowl, and The Magic Flute at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Ragtime soloist at Steamers Jazz Club, Old Town Music Hall, and the Muckenthaler Cultural Center. For two years, she was a backup singer for local Celtic band Craic in the Stone, and featured on their first two albums. Favorite Chance roles include: She Loves Me (LA Times Critic’s Choice), Little Women (remounted at La Mirada Theatre in 2013), The Laramie Project Cycle, Jerry Springer: The Opera (Ovation Award for Best Musical, LA Times Critic’s Choice), title role in Evita, Into the Woods (Back Stage Critic’s Pick and Garland Award nominee), Cabaret (Garland Award nominee: Best Actress), Closer Than Ever (LA Times Critic’s Choice), and Lee Miller: The Angel and The Fiend (OC Weekly Award). Erika is also the resident costume designer and has been nominated for two Ovation Awards for The Who’s Tommy and Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock

Musical. In August of 2016, Erika and Oanh became the proud parents of twins. Life will never be the same for them again!

Masako Tobaru (Technical Director) has been with the Chance since 2003, and also serves as the Technical Director, a resident stage manager and lighting designer. Her Chance Theater credits include Little Women,

Anne of Green Gables, Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, and Evita, among others. Her credits outside the Chance include Ganga…Life as a River, Much Ado About Nothing, Cabaret, Medea, Patient A and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Masako received her BA in Theater and Communications from Concordia University, Irvine.

Bebe Herrera (Production Manager) is delighted to be working with Chance Theater. Some previous stage management credits include Chance’s Maple and Vine, the world premiere of Pat McGowan’s

FILM, regional premiere Holy Ghost by Jon Tuttle, B. Walker Sampson’s Alceste, and The Pity of Things, an evening of one-act plays. Hailing from the South Bay, she has worked with theatre companies from Hollywood to Anaheim and back including Rangeview Productions, the University Players, Movimiento Estudiantil de Teatro y Artes and Moveable Piece. She would like to thank Chance Theater for making every time working with them such memorable experiences.

Teodora Ramos (Master Carpenter) is an architect of imaginary places; her hands realize dreams. When she first held lumber up to her ears, she heard the forest .... Teodora Ramos earned a BA in Theater - Technical

Production & Design from Cal State University, Fullerton and has worked as a freelance carpenter for multiple theatrical venues in Orange County. Outside of theater, she constructs custom pieces for local high profile events. Her work has taken her to Utah, Texas, New York, and Alaska. Special thanks to Mr. Neubauer, Mrs. Seeley, multiple guys named John, Masako, Oanh, and everyone and everyone else that has letad her to this point. Lastly, thanks to Calvin, professional dreamer and wordifier, who writes stories . . . and edits bios.

Jeff Hellebrand (Box Office Associate) co-founded Chance Theater in 1999 in his native Orange County. He received his degree from Cal State Fullerton and additional training at Cal State Chico and The

Professional Actors Conservatory. He has worked on both sides of the curtain in venues throughout

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California. He currently sits on the Stagecraft Technology advisory committee for North Orange County Regional Occupational Program. Chance Theater acting credits include Anne of Green Gables, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (Back Stage Critic’s Pick), The Stroop Report, Therese Raquin, The Diary of Anne Frank (O.C. Register Best Ensembles), Memories on the Wind and the O.C. entry in 365 Days/365 Plays by Suzan Lori-Parks. Script writing credits dear to his heart are Is Pepperoni a Vegetable? And Other Mysteries of Love, But I Don’t FEEL Grown Up, and The Beach... Without Leo.

Jennifer Ruckman (Literary Manager) is proud to be a Resident Artist at Chance Theater. As Literary Manager, she has assisted in the selection of the subscription seasons and the On the Radar (OTR) New

Works Program seasons. Additionally, she helped create the Resident Playwright program and has been the OTR Producing Associate since 2014. Performances at the Chance include The Big Meal, Samsara, Maple and Vine (OC Weekly Best Of Award), Time Stands Still, Reborning (Back Stage Critic’s Pick), Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter (Ovation Recommended), Jesus Hates Me, Rabbit Hole (Back Stage Critic’s Pick) and Frozen. Additionally, she has performed at The Oval Theatre in London and in the remounting of Jesus Hates Me at South Coast Repertory. She is also thrilled to be a member of Sword Fights, Inc. in Los Angeles. She lives with her husband, Ken, who makes all things possible.

James McHale (Interim Literary Manager) is a Resident Artist and Artistic Council Member of Chance Theater where he recently performed as John Dodge in the SoCal Premiere of Middletown, and as the titular

character in The Little Prince. He has appeared in many other Chance productions including Dogfight (LA/OC Premiere), Samsara (West Coast Premiere), Maple and Vine (OC Weekly’s Best Play of the Year), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Ovation Recommended; LA Times Critic’s Choice), and The Laramie Project & Laramie Project: 10 Years Later (LA Stage Times’ Top 10 of 2013). Recently, he played Hamlet in Hamlet and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead in repertory at American Coast Theater Company where his theater credits also include All My Sons, and the West Coast Premiere of The Hiding Place. James received his B.A. in Theater Arts Performance from CSU Long Beach, and has studied with the Michael Chekhov Association and The Actor’s Center (NYC). James also works as a director and teaching artist. His recent directing credits include the World Premiere of Comedy of ERRORS (ACTC), and The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Chance Theater). He has taught and directed for local middle-schools,

Musical Theater Playground, and for Chance Theater’s Speak Up youth program.

Karen O’Hanlon (Education Director) is delighted to be a Chance Resident Artist who previously appeared on the Chance Stage in The Laramie Project & Laramie Project: 10 years later (LA Stage Times’ Top Ten of

2013) , Passion Play (Orange County Premiere) and The Eight: Reindeer Monologues. As the Education Director, she is incredibly proud of her work with Veterans in the Veterans Initiative Program and Chance Theater’s Youth and Teen programs that focus on empowering artists through creative expression while building empathy. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Theater from East Stroudsburg University. She would like to thank her husband Nick for his endless support.

Sarah DuVal (House Manager) Ten years ago my good friend Heather invited me to her theater to see I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Before the show even started, the actors started mingling and interacting

with the audience. Not entirely sure that it was part of the show, slightly panicked, I turned to Heather and asked if they were supposed to be doing that. She laughed and said yes. Two years later, I became a sustaining member and started helping building sets and hanging lights, which continued into 2014 when we opened our current space. Little did I know, at that time, that I had met a group of people that would soon become a second family. Ten years later, I’m super excited and proud to say that I’m the House Manger here at the Chance. Previous experience includes working in the ticketing department at SCFTA and working in the Chance office.

Courtny Greenough (Company Manager) is a Resident Artist and Company Manager of Chance Theater. Previous shows with the Chance: James and the Giant Peach, Claudio Quest, Dogfight, Hairspray,

In the Heights, Lysistrata Jones, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Laramie Project & The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, West Side Story, Reborning (Back Stage Critic’s Pick), Jerry Springer: The Opera (Ovation Award - Best Musical, Intimate Theater), Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter (So Cal Premiere), HAIR: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical (Stage Manager, five Ovation nominations, and six LADCC Award nominations), the West Coast premiere of The Girl, The Grouch and The Goat (Rehearsal Stage Manager).

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Marc Sanford (Associate House Manager) is very happy to be a Chance Theater Resident Artist. In 1994, Marc did a production of Little Shop of Horrors at Rancho Santiago College (now known as Santa Ana

College), where he met future Chance founders Oanh Nguyen and Jeff Hellebrand. Marc first performed at the Chance in A History of the American Film as Mickey (plus 4 other characters) and soon became a Resident Artist. In 2004, Marc had to drop out of the company due to the discovery of a tumor about the size of a ping-pong ball on his optic nerve. His surgery was successful, but he moved up to the Seattle area to stay with family to recuperate. While he was up there,he attended the Seattle Film Institute where he received a Filmmaking Certificate. Marc has been a Resident Artist since June 2008.

Monika Peña (Marketing Associate) is a Chance Resident Artist and CPP Zoology graduate. Previous Chance roles include the titular role in Violet (LA Times Critic’s Choice, Ovation

Recommended), the butt-kicking Princess Fish in Claudio Quest (West Coast Premiere), The Eight: Reindeer Monologues (Dancer), Fancy Nancy: the Musical (Rhonda; 2016 & 2017), A Chorus Line (LA Times Critic’s Choice), Dogfight, Hairspray, and In the Heights (Ovation Recommended). Other favorite credits include Spring Awakening (Ilse), Beauty & the Beast (Babette), …Forum (Philia), Fiddler on the Roof (Chava), and Anything Goes (Angel Virtue). She sends a huge thank you to her generous friends & family for all the loving support they give from near and far. www.monikapena.wixsite.com/info

Ramiro Leal (Marketing Associate) moved to Los Angeles after graduating form Santa Fe University of Art and Design as a BFA Actor with a self discipline in Graphic Design and Marketing. Born and raised in

Mexico, his background and extensive cross cultural knowledge has shaped him into a strong open minded and aware individual. Ramiro has a hard work ethic, strong visual sensibility, and the ability to tackle detail while seeing the big picture. He has worked as Lead Graphic Designer/Art Director for the Greer Garson Theater Company and is now thrilled to be working at the Chance while still pursuing his acting career in the Los Angeles area. More info: www.ramirohleal.com

Chance Theater is proud to be one of the leading ensemble-driven theater companies in Southern California. Recently, we’ve received a National Theatre Company grant from American Theatre Wing, won six Ovation Awards, including two for Best Production of a Musical – Intimate Theater for our West Coast premiere of Triassic Parq – The Musical and Southern California premiere of Jerry Springer – The Opera, as well as four LADCC Awards, including the Polly Warfield Award for Outstanding Season. The Anaheim City Council named Chance Theater “the official resident theater company of Anaheim,” and Arts Orange County has twice named the Chance as “Outstanding Arts Organization.” Known for using bold and personal storytelling to promote dialogue and connection within the Southern California theatrical landscape, the Chance is committed to contributing to a more compassionate, connected and creative community. As a constituent member of Theatre Communications Group, Network of Ensemble Theaters, and the LA Stage Alliance, Chance Theater continues to bring national attention to the Southern California and Orange County theater scenes.

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ANGEL CIRCLE

$2,500-$3,499

Rachel Oliveros Catalano & Tim CatalanoAlisa & Jason DuffeyGregory Heiertz & Carollyn LobellRachel Knapp

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Nancy JohnsonAndy & Judith LambDavid & Danice LimbergRobert & Doreen Marshall Fund for Dramatic Arts & Classical MusicRoger Pullis and Felix LightingJennifer Ruckman & Ken Favell

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Atlassian Community License ProgramThe Boeing CompanySusan Bowman & Freddie GreenfieldScott & Sandra GrahamElizabeth JonesScott & Georgia Well

$25,000-$39,999

Mary Kay Fyda-Mar$15,000-$24,999

Steve BrownSophie & Larry CripeGuy W. MarrRachelle Menaker & Eddie SchullerLaurie Smits Staude

$40,000+

Bette & Wylie AitkenRobert Berman & Robin Preiss GlasserLinda and Tod White Charitable Fund

BENEFACTORS ($600 - $1,199)

Jean AbdallaDiane & Chimo ArnoldJesse & Amy BagleyJocelyn & Kirk BrownAlex BuenoVictor & Marnie CeporiusEloise CoopersmithLewis & Marty CrouseRobert DaileyJoseph Dale & Judy FlindtFrank Deptola & Associates Charitable Giving FundDeutsche Bank Americas FoundationErnie & Gail DoePaula Tomei & David EmmesThe Fischbein Family

Anaheim Council Member Stephen & Susan FaesselJoyce GivensElaine & Nathan GochmanRon & Susan HornKris Huston and Huston School of MusicDamien & Yvonne JordanLisa KeatingKiwanis Club of Greater AnaheimMichelle KnightenAnaheim Council Member Lucille KringCathy & Tom KroopfDoris LongmeadPamela LorenzRobyn Manion

Tyler MarshallMark & Liza MaughanElizabeth & Keith McDonaldChristi & James McHaleCharles & Lindy MichaelisOanh Nguyen & Erika C. MillerRey O’DaySpeak Up VeteransMichael & Carol PennCrystal & Steve PhillipsMJ PoptanichErik PrzytulskiMichael SalimbeniTerry & Michelle SchomburgRobin WaltonKC Wilkerson & Robert HahnHeather Young

ADVOCATES ($300 - $599)Brent & Jeanne AdamsAdvanced Smile DesignPhyliss AlexanderAnaheim Community FoundationAnonymousAshley Wagner ArtsAna & Debbie BomgaarsSue & Susan CrowsonBarbara DelgadoSarah DuValNeil & Sharon EdlinBahram & Kathy EsfahaniClint FoleyRobert & Jennifer ForanBryan & Nancy FosterGallileo Innovation Camps

for KidsCamille GouletRobert Dailey & Veronica GrayCourtny GreenoughCharlie Harfouch & David MerrellLaura Hathaway & Matt TakahashiJeff HellebrandSusan K. HoriSam Joslin & Max EspinozaBobi KeenanRob KirbyKohl’s Department Stores, IncKroger Company

Lerner Family TrustLorin LiesyAnna Miles & Jonathan FisherMargi & John MurrayNetwork for GoodMichael R. OppenheimMonika PeñaAndrew PuenteKameel RennerReynolds Family FoundationFran & Leonard RichMichael & Monika SargentJoanne & Walter ShaferSue & William ShapiroMichael & Peggy Sloan

Stephen & Kathy Coyle SmithSodaro Estate WinerySojourn CellarsBill & Rosalynn StronginAnaheim Mayor Tom Tait & Julie TaitTotal Wine & MoreAnaheim Council Member James VanderbiltIn Memory of May WongHoward & Jane YataYoga Sol StudioLaura & Will Young

SUPPORTERS ($150 - $299)3-D TheatricalsRay & Jan AkinAmazon SmileRandi ArgenbrightMelanie Atmadja - In memory of Mary Kay Fyda-MarBarbara & Don BarkemeyerBilha & Michael BenderJoanna & Rob BlaneyBrea Improv Comedy ClubCleopatra HeppeKristianne ClarkeLois ClarkeSherry DomeregoDr. Robert E. Downs, O.D.David & Kerry DrakeDr. John Mosher & Diana Esch Mosher

Festival Ballet TheatreJann FisherMary Jane FosterCecily GishJune GlennJanet GreenThe Hannaway FamilyWilliam HansenLeslie HaymanHirschl School Of Dance ArtsDarryl B. HovisSara HunnelJon HyrkasDina JabajiOlivia JohnsonWilliam JordanJonathan Josephson & Katy Muzikar

Joanne & Dennis KeithGlenn KoppelErin KruseSunjay KumarJohn LaneAlan LawsonLux SalonBrendan MahoneyJames MarkoskiPooja Menon - In memory of Mary Kay Fyda-MarFred Kinney & Lori MonnierThe Old GlobeArt PartridgeJody, Sarah, and Sammy PierceTeodora RamosMario Romero - Healing Hands

Marc SanfordSCATS GymnasticsJeremy & Nicole SchlittDoug & Hannah SchroederMeghan ShigoRobin ShorterSix Flags Magic MountainKaren Smits - In honor of Laurie StaudeJudy Todd & Dan KeeMichael VuRobert WaltersKaren WebsterBruce WilkinsonWade WilliamsonJ. L. Zlaket

PATRONS ($1,200-$2,499)

Ashleigh Aitken & Michael PennAnaheim Arts CouncilAssistance League of AnaheimMcLeod BensonRyan Brodkin & Bebe HerreraCaplin FoundationSusie DittmarChelle FriedmanRoger FriedmanDr & Mrs Rob and Audrey GreenfieldChristi GuardiolaCarol Hellebrand & Patti HowardDavid & Judy Joss

Brad KayeDeirdre Kelly & Howard PrivetteKings MMAJolynn & Patrick MahoneyBill & Kathie MalcombJolene PerezPRP Wine InternationalFrances RiggsStarbucks Coffee CompanyTaylor Stephenson & Katie CanavanDr. Danielle & Dr. Chris WeilerLisa & Tom Zaradich

List as of April 9, 2018

Producer’s Circle

Susan Bowman & Freddie GreenfieldRachelle Menaker & Eddie Schuller

Robert BermanSteve BrownSophie & Larry CripeMary Kay Fyda-MarElizabeth JonesGuy W. MarrRachelle Menaker & Eddie Schuller Scott & Georgia WellTod & Linda White

SEASON PRODUCERS Bette & Wylie Aitken

ASSOCIATE

PRODUCERS

EXECUTIVEPRODUCERS

Linda & Tod WhiteLINDA & TOD WHITE ARTIST FUND

In memory of Bill Apsey The Boeing CompanyErnie & Gail Doe

Frank Deptola & Associates Charitable Giving FundChristi Guardiola

David & Judy JossAndy & Judith LambLaurie Smits Staude

Martin & Wendy BensonSteve BrownScott & Sandra GrahamMary Kay Fyda-Mar

Elizabeth Jones Diane & Chimo Arnold

Anaheim Arts CouncilAshleigh Aitken & Michael Penn

Kiwanis Club of Greater Anaheim

Jolynn & Patrick MahoneyLinda & Tod White

Bryan & Katheryn BakerMary Kay Fyda-MarOrange County Community Foundation, Robert & Doreen Marshall Fund for Dramatic Arts & Classical Music

Anaheim Community FoundationErnie & Gail Doe

AnonymousMaddy & Tommy Long

Deirdre Kelly & Howard PrivetteIn Memory of May Wong

Bryan & Nancy Foster Frances Riggs Laurie Smits Staude

Martin & Wendy BensonSophie & Larry CripeDramatists Guild FundBruce Goodrich

Veronica GrayCarol Hellebrand & Patti HowardGuy W. Marr

Capital Group Companies Charitable FoundationMary Kay Fyda-Mar

Frances Riggs Laurie Smits Staude

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ENDOWMENT FUND DONORSThe endowment fund ensures the future of the Chance for years to come.

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Thank you to all ourCapital Campaign Donors

Naming Donor ($285,000)

Bette & Wylie Aitken Naming Donor ($100,000) Naming Donor ($87,500)

Sophie & Larry Cripe Linda & Tod White

Naming Donor ($70,000) Naming Donor ($25,000)

Mary Kay Fyda-Mar Yvonne & Damien Jordan

Naming Donor ($20,000)

Naming Donors ($10,000-$19,999)

Premium Chair Donors ($5,000)

Founding ArtistsChance Resident Artists

Dr. Michael & Jean AbdallaRobert Berman & Robin Preiss Glasser

Lily M. FanFoundationAC

Camille GouletBradley Kaye

David & Danice LimbergSammy Pierce

Eddie Schuller & Rachelle MenakerScott & Georgia Well

AJIS LambChapman University

Susan Carol CarpenterSusie Dittmar

Kathy & Bahram EsfahaniStephen & Susan Faessel

Michael Garcia & Burt VosburghThe Hamman Family

Jeffrey HellebrandPatti Howard & Carol Hellebrand

Nancy JohnsonElizabeth Jones

Dan Kee & Judy ToddJoanne & Dennis Keith

In Honor of Don Laffoon & Grace Songolo

James & Marsha Lindsey (2)Casey Long

Tommy & Madeleine Long (2)Jolynn & Pat Mahoney

Christina MarIn Memory of Judy Martin

Marc MastersonBryan McCormick & Gary Kuwahara (2)

In memory of David McCormick Bill & Jane McDonald

Drs. Pauline Merry & John GoodmanDr. and Mrs. Eberhard S. Neutz

Oanh Nguyen & Erika C. Miller (2)Pacific Western Bank (2)

Muriel Pollia Foundation (2)Ron & Marilyn Rice

Michelle & Terry SchomburgLeonard & Susan Silberman (2)

Karen SmitsTom & Julie TaitThe Well Family

In Memory of Howard WellTod & Linda White (2)

Lisa C. & Thomas E. ZaradichContributors ($150-$2,499)

Argyros Family FoundationMartin & Wendy BensonVictor & Marnie Ceporius

David Emmes & Paula TomeiGail & Ernie Doe

Lynn Gold & Karen “Jade” MartnerWendy Hooper

Fred KinneyPamela J. Lorenz, CFPManny & Betsy Porto

Frances RiggsEddie Schuller & Rachelle Menaker

Laurie Smits StaudeZeinab H. Dabbah &

Daniel Temianka

AnonymousAT&T Pioneers

The Boeing Company

Alan & Theresa CorcoranJohn Lane

Guy W. Marr

Irina MorrisJohn & Margi Murray

Rey O’Day

Marshall Pailet & Kellie SpillHerb & Jan Parks

Fran & Leonard Rich

In-Kind DonorsCity of Anaheim John Dominguez Roger Parkman Ken & Kristi Wilcox KC Wilkerson

Scott & Sandra Graham

Priority Chair Donors ($2,500)

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STAFF

Oanh Nguyen, Executive Artistic DirectorCasey Long, Managing DirectorErika C. Miller, Development DirectorMasako Tobaru, Technical DirectorBebe Herrera, Production ManagerTeodora Ramos, Master CarpenterJeff Hellebrand, Box Office AssociateJocelyn A. Brown, Associate Artistic DirectorJennifer Ruckman, Literary Manager Karen O’Hanlon, Education DirectorDarryl B. Hovis, TYA Producing AssociateSarah DuVal, House ManagerCourtny Greenough, Company ManagerMarc Sanford, Assoc. House ManagerMonika Peña, Marketing AssociateRamiro Leal, Marketing Associate

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Larry Cripe, ChairRachelle Menaker, Vice-ChairSusie Dittmar, TreasurerElizabeth Jones, SecretaryScott B. Well, Immediate Past Chair

Jocelyn A. Brown, councilAlex Bueno, councilCourtny Greenough, councilLaura M. Hathaway, councilJeff Hellebrand, councilBebe Herrera, councilCasey Long, councilErika C. Miller, councilOanh Nguyen, councilKaren O’Hanlon, council Teodora Ramos, council

Jennifer Ruckman, councilMarc Sanford, councilBill Strongin, councilMasako Tobaru, councilKaren Webster, councilJames McHale, council Jocelyn L. BucknerSherry DomeregoRobert ForanDarryl B. HovisRobyn Manion

Rachel Oliveros CatalanoMonika PeñaAndrew PuenteNicole SchlittWade WilliamsonDavid McCormick, member emeritusMyrna Niles, member emeritus

RESIDENT ARTISTS

Bette AitkenMartin BensonRobert BermanSusan BowmanBruce GoodrichAndy Lamb Casey Long

M I S S I O N Chance Theater seeks to create exciting theatrical experiences that will engage, surprise and unite our audiences, our artists, and our community.The mission of the Chance is to contribute to a more connected, compassionate, and creative community.

We accomplish our mission by:• producing powerful, socially-conscious, provocative, intimate theater experiences• generating participation and dialogue between our diverse communities• nurturing and supporting local artists• inspiring and empowering creative young minds

R E C E N T H O N O R S / A W A R D SNamed official “Resident Theater of Anaheim”Winner of 6 Ovation Awards, including 2 for Best Musical (Triassic Parq and Jerry Springer: The Opera) Winner of 5 LADCC Awards, including the Polly Warfield Award for Excellence for Outstanding SeasonOC Weekly’s Best of OC 2017 - Best Musical (Parade)OC Weekly’s Best of OC 2015 - Best Musical (Loch Ness, a new musical) and Best Play (Maple and Vine)30 Ovation Award nominations15 LADCC Award nominationsWinner of Robby Award for Best Choreography (Lysistrata Jones), plus 5 more nominationsRecipient of American Theatre Wing’s 2016 National Theatre Company GrantRecipient of National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) Grant Two “Outstanding Arts Organization” Awards from Arts Orange County

Guy W. Marr Oanh NguyenTerry SchomburgLaurie Smits StaudeGeorgia WellMary Kay Fyda-Mar, member emeritus