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ETC’s 40th season is living up to our promise of taking you to times and places you could not experience on your own.

Our opening production of The School for Lies took you back to 1666 Paris, thanks to David Ives’ adaption of Moliere’s Le Misanthrope. And, let’s admit it right now. How many of you anticipated the pure joy there would be in watching the professional growth of a failed Elvis impersonator become a very successful drag queen in The Legend of Georgia McBride? Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, our third production of the season, reminded us of how much has changed – and how much has stayed the same - in middle America between 1949 and 2019.

And today, thanks to Jonathan Safran Foer, Simon Block, Jonathan Fox and a talented cast and production team, you’re headed to Ukraine by way of Everything is Illuminated. You’ll

meet a wonderful collection of quirky characters who will give you insights into Ukraine’s history, culture, and sensibilities. Once you’ve seen this play, I predict that you’ll be unable to ignore any news article with “Ukraine” in the headline between now and April 22nd. That’s because there are 39 candidates running in the Ukrainian presidential race and the front-runner is Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian who stars in a television series about a man who accidentally becomes president. The first round of voting resulted in Zekenskiy being the top vote getter and he will compete in a run-off election on April 21st. After seeing today’s performance, you’ll undoubtedly understand how that could happen in Ukraine. Enjoy the show!

Welcome to ETC!

In 2002, my mother handed me a copy of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel Everything is Illuminated, saying “I think you’ll like this one.” That was an understatement. Foer’s inventiveness with form and language, and in no small part his hilarious wit, made me a rabid fan of his work. He’s one of the few writers (T.C. Boyle being another) whose New Yorker short stories I’ll read as soon as they appear.

It’s because of Foer’s novels’ ambitious experimentation, offbeat humor, and juxtaposition of several time strains that make adapting them so tricky, and why I find their film adaptations to be disappointing, missing the depth of his works as well as their tone. So I was skeptical when I received the stage adaptation of the novel, which had been presented at only two theaters in the U.S. I was impressed with the way the stage version captured

the essence of the novel – and much of its humor – while managing to create a dramatic arc and tension. Because the adaptation, written by a writer who works mostly in film and television, is quite cinematic, it presented challenges for a stage production. We endeavored to create a landscape that is more imaginative than realistic in an effort to embody the world of the novel; part road trip, part ghost story, refracted through the lens of magic realism.

Since we announced this production of Everything is Illuminated, I discovered that the novel has a cult following. We hope you enjoy it and thank you for being a part of ETC.

GRANDFATHER/YANKEL ....................................................ADRIAN SPARKS*

ALEX/SOFIOWKA ..........................................................................MATT WOLPE*

WAITRESS/BROD/HOTEL OWNER/ LABORER/PETROL ATTENDANT/ANNA .........................EMILY GOGLIA*

JONATHAN ......................................................................................JEREMY KAHN*

OLD WOMAN .............................................................................ANNE GEE BYRD*

Ukraine, late 1990s

Everything is Illuminated will be performed with one 20-minute intermission.

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Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara is a professional regional theater employing members of the Actors’ Equity Association and is a constituent member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theater.

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A NOTE FROM THE DRAMATURGIn the summer of 1999, novelist Jonathan Safran Foer traveled to Ukraine armed with the photograph of a woman who allegedly saved his grandfather from the Nazis. In his own words, “I found nothing but nothing, and in that nothing—a landscape of completely realized absence—nothing was to be found.” The novel that followed, Everything is Illuminated, was his attempt to satiate his own hunger for knowledge after the disappointment of his trip. Foer, taking fragments of information where he could, reimagined the journey through the eyes of a fictional version of himself, and through his comically inept Ukrainian translator, Alex. The novel was an instant success, propelling Foer into a literary career at age twenty-three.

Early in the novel, Foer constructs a fictional history of Trachimbrod, the shtetl of his ancestors. A group of villagers discover the wreckage of Trachim B (the shtetl founder)’s double-axle wagon in the Brod River. As they gather, various items from the wagon—a velvet glove, strands of white string, bits of broken glass—float to the surface. Observing these fragments, villagers try to piece together the sequence of events that led to Trachim B’s death. Shortly thereafter, the debate comes to an abrupt end when the daughter of the local rabbi discovers a newborn baby floating in the river amongst the wreckage.

Trachim B’s death and the child’s discovery could be read as an allegory for postmemory. Foer’s grandfather died before he met him, but the weight of his grandfather’s experience rested heavily upon Foer’s shoulders. Like the newborn, Foer was born into the memory of a trauma he had not experienced personally, but one that defined much of his life; like the villagers, he was left with fragments of a life to project upon, hoping perhaps futilely to find some larger meaning in the surviving pieces. Without historical fact or record to fill in the gaps of his grandfather’s life in Trachimbrod, Foer mediated his desire to know through imagined investment, projection, and creation. He invented a life.

The novel is rich with poetic language, detailed images, and a sort of historical ambiguity that at once challenges historicity and recognizes the past as a collection of stories we tell in the present.

“What has been is what will be,” it gently offers, and invites readers to speculate for themselves what it means to remember, to sojourn, and to love irrespective of time, space, and distance.

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Anne Gee Byrd (Old Woman) played Halie in ETC’s Buried Child (2009). Other theaters: Mark Taper Forum, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, La Mirada, American Conservatory Theater, Seattle Repertory, Old Globe, McCarter Theater, Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Connecticut, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, among others. Anne is active in waiver theater and a member of the Antaeus Theater Company. Film: Wild, And Then There Was Eve, Zero Charisma, A Good Thing and others. TV: “Murder in the First,” “How to Get Away with Murder,” “Rake,” “Philly” and many others.

Emily Goglia (Waitress/Brod/Hotel Owner/Laborer/Petrol Attendant/Anna) played Sam in ETC’s 2017 production of Husbands and Wives. She is an actor, singer, dancer and comedian residing in Los Angeles. She recently sang with Christina Aguilera in her “MasterClass” online video, and you may have also caught her in Fox’s “Grease, Live!” or on NBC’s “The Sing Off” leading the fierce female powerhouse group ELEMENT. Other favorite roles include Maureen in Rent, Baker’s Wife in Into the Woods, Carrie in Carousel, and Sam in Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives. Emily’s one-woman show, “STAGES” has been performed to sold-out crowds at New York’s hottest supper clubs, Feinstein’s/54 Below, The Metropolitan

Room, LA’s Rockwell Table & Stage, and most recently at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, where she was nominated for Best Solo Performance and won the Encore Award. Throughout the year, Emily travels the world with the USO Show Troupe, performing for the military and their families. USC grad, Fight On! www.emilygoglia.com @emilygoglia

Jeremy Kahn (Jonathan) is thrilled to make his ETC debut and revisit Everything is Illuminated after appearing in the West Coast premiere last year at Aurora Theatre Company. His other theater work includes: Office Hour (Berkeley Rep and Long Wharf Theatre), Dry Powder, Wittenberg (Aurora Theatre Company), peerless (Marin Theatre Company), Bad Jews (Capital Stage), Peter and the Starcatcher (Theatreworks), Tortilla Curtain (San Diego Rep), The Liar, Baskerville, It Shoulda Been You (Center Rep), Another Way Home (Magic Theatre), 1 2 3, Tigers Be Still, The Fantasticks (San Francisco Playhouse), Red

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Velvet (Jewel Theatre Company), and The Rover (Shotgun Players). TV and film: “Looking” (HBO), “Unleashed” (Netflix), The Etruscan Smile, and Dirt. He holds a BFA from The Theatre School at DePaul University.

Adrian Sparks (Grandfather/Yankel) was born in the UK and raised in the US. He is an award-winning veteran actor of the national and international stage. He has played leading roles at some of the most prestigious theaters in the country, including The Guthrie Theater, Seattle Repertory, Long Wharf, and the Shakespeare Theater Company in Washington, D.C. His 2005 Los Angeles performance of Ernest Hemingway in the one-man play Papa by Pulitzer Prize-winning author John deGroot garnered Adrian an Ovation Award nomination for Best Actor. In 2009, he received an Acclaim Award for Best Leading Actor, as well as a CEA Award for Best Actor, for his portrayal of Sharky in The Seafarer at the Ensemble Theater in Cincinnati.

Beginning in 2010, he spent multiple seasons at The Old Globe in San Diego as a leading member of the Shakespeare Festival Company. The range of his roles at The Globe includes Stephano in The Tempest, Kent in King Lear, Uncle Ben in Death of a Salesman, and Leanato in Much Ado About Nothing. During his final season at The Globe, his portrayal of Matthew Harrison Brady in the highly acclaimed production of Inherit the Wind led to a nomination for a Craig Noel Award as Best Actor. Adrian has appeared in more than 75 film, television, and commercial productions. Most notable is his starring portrayal of Ernest Hemingway in the 2015 film Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, written by Denne Bart Petitclerc and directed by Bob Yari. The film won Best Picture Awards in Boston Film Festival, Key West Film Festival, and Sonoma Film Festival (now available for viewing on Amazon and other pay-per-view outlets).

Matt Wolpe (Alex/Sofiowka) This marks Wolpe’s 5th show with ETC; he is overjoyed to be back in Santa Barbara. His past ETC credits include Phillante in The School for Lies, Matt in The Fantasticks, Cliton in The Liar, and Matt/Gene in Striking 12. Broadway: Finding Neverland. National Tours: Once, Finding Neverland. Off-Broadway: Hell’s Bells. Regional: Laguna Playhouse, Kirk Douglas, Pasadena Playhouse, Weston Playhouse, The Blank, The Engeman, La Mirada, NoHo Arts Center, Boston Theatre Works, and Sacramento Music Circus. He is the former Bumble Bee Tuna spokesman and has graced your small screens in various other commercials and formats. An LA native currently residing in NYC, Matt is also an award-

winning songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with five records out. Endless thanks

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and love to Mom, Pops, BRS-GAGE, Amy Lieberman, Jonathan Fox and the entire ETC family. More info and music at MattWolpe.com. Proud member of Actors Equity @MattWolpe.

Jonathan Safran Foer (Author) is the author of three award-winning and internationally best-selling novels: Everything Is Illuminated, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Here I Am as well as two works of nonfiction: Eating Animals and The New American Haggadah. He won The Guardian Book Prize for his debut novel, and his books are published in over 30 languages. His next book, We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast, will be published in September 2019.

Simon Block (Playwright) is a playwright and screenwriter. His work for theater includes Not a Game for Boys (Royal Court Theatre, 1995), Chimps (Hampstead Theatre, 1997, Everything Standard Theatre Awards “Most Promising Playwright” nomination; Writers’ Guild “New Writer of the Year” nomination), No Exp. Req’d (Hampstead Theatre, 1999), A Place at the Table (Bush Theatre, 2000), 1/25th of the National Theatre Chain Play (National Theatre, 2001), Hand in Hand (Hampstead Theatre, 2002), Everything is Illuminated (adaption of Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Hampstead Theatre, 2006), The Knowledge (adaptation of Jack Rosenthal’s TV movie, Charing Cross Theatre, 2017). His work for television includes “Home Fires”(original series for ITV, 2015), “The Eichmann Show” (Feelgood Fiction / BBC - starring Martin Freeman, 2015), “The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall” (100-minute film Channel 4, 2008), which was nominated for the BAFTA 2009 “Best Writer & Best Television Film Award,” “Trust” original series (6x1 hour, BBC1, 2003).

Jonathan Fox (Director/Artistic Director) joined ETC in 2006. His most recent ETC production was The School for Lies. He adapted and directed ETC’s 2017 production of Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives. Other ETC productions include Porgy and Bess, Macbeth, Sweeney Todd, Woyzeck, Amadeus, A Little Night Music, The Liar, Crime and Punishment, and a dozen others. He directed Opera Santa Barbara’s 2019 production of Eugene Onegin and 2014 production of The Consul. He collaborated with the Santa Barbara Symphony on their Shakespeare and Valentine’s Day concerts, and recently directed their production of The Soldier’s Tale. His ETC productions of The Invisible Hand in 2018 and Bad Jews in 2016 both traveled to Frankfurt. Other European productions include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, A Streetcar Named Desire, Visiting Mr. Green, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at The English Theatre Frankfurt, and Old Wicked Songs, Crimes of the Heart, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Vienna English Theatre. Before joining ETC, Mr. Fox spent 12 years with Two River Theater Company in New Jersey, which he helped establish in 1994. He served as Managing Director of the company from 1994-99, and subsequently became its Artistic Director. For Two River, he directed their 2016 world premiere production of Lives of Reason. His production of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg was profiled in American Theatre Magazine, as was his festival of work by Samuel Beckett. His directing work has been seen in New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Cologne, and has received critical acclaim in The New York Times, Variety, the LA Times, and other publications. He received his MFA from Columbia

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University, and is a recipient of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship. He has served as an adjunct faculty member in theater departments at UCSB, Columbia University, University of Utah, and Monmouth University.

Randall Robert Tico (Composer and Sound Designer) This is Randall’s sixth score and/or sound design for ETC, the others being The Invisible Hand, Macbeth, and Husbands & Wives, directed by Jonathan Fox, and The Legend of Georgia McBride and Baby Doll, directed by Jenny Sullivan. Also with Sullivan are Jackie Unveiled at the Wallis and The Baby Dance: Mixed at Rubicon Theatre Company. Other recent works include Anna Karenina for DCPA and Astoria Part One & Two for Portland Center Stage (PCS), directed by Chris Coleman. More with Coleman and PCS are Othello, Anna Karenina, Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline, The Imaginary Invalid, and Snow Falling on Cedars. With director Nancy Keystone and Critical Mass Performance Ensemble are Apollo at the Kirk Douglas Theatre (Garland Award and an Ovation Award nomination), Ameryka (2016 Ovation nomination), Suzan- Lori Parks’ The America Play (Theatre @ Boston Court), Antigone (Portland Center Stage for which he won a Drammy Award), The Ahkmatova Project, Dr. Faustus, The Rover, and Measure for Measure. Further works include Hamlet, The Winter’s Tale, the vocal score for David Hare’s version of Mother Courage, and music and sound design for The Glass Menagerie, all directed by Jessica Kubzansky, original music for Magic Fruit (Cornerstone), Shishir Kurup director, and composer/sound designer for the 2014-16 Launch Pad program at UCSB with director Risa Brainin.

François-Pierre Couture (Scenic Designer) is happy to return to ETC for an eighth production. Originally from Montreal, he has had the privilege of working in Los Angeles and the United States for the last decade as a scenic, lighting and projection designer. He has been teaching at East Los Angeles College since 2009 and is currently ELAC’s scenic, lighting and projection faculty, and production manager. He has also taught at UCLA, LMU, California State Northridge, California State Long Beach and Pepperdine University. He has received multiple Ovation, LADCC, and LA Weekly awards & nominations, and the Hilton Worldwide Award for outstanding Scenic Design at KCACTF 2014. Some of his professional designs include: Metamorphoses, Woyzeck, Husbands and Wives at ETC; Everything that Never Happened, With Love and Major Organ at Boston Court Theatre; Destiny of Desire at Shakespeare Oregon Festival, Arena Stage Theatre, South Coast Repertory and the Goodman Theatre; Sense and Sensibility at South Coast Repertory; Jackie Unveiled at the Wallis Theatre; The Mexican Trilogy, an American History at Los Angeles Theatre Center; Médée and Teseo at Chicago Opera Theatre; A Picasso at Geffen Playhouse. http://www.fpcouture.com

Dianne K. Graebner (Costume Designer) received her MFA in Costume/Set Design from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. She has designed and created costumes nationwide in theatre, film and television. Off Broadway- Church & State at New World Stages, and internationally for The English Theatre, Frankfurt, Germany/ETCSB- Invisible Hand and Bad Jews. Many shows for Ensemble Theatre Co. Santa Barbara, including Death of a Salesman, Syncopation,

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Miss Bennett, Husbands and Wives, Chapter Two, Macbeth, Fallen Angels, Venus in Fur, Amadeus, Intimate Apparel, and Red, among others. A member of Circle X Theatre Co., she designed many productions and was nominated for an Ovation Award for The Brothers Karamazov and a L.A. Weekly award for Battle Hymn. A few of her recent credits include: Ay, Carmela! At the Hudson working with Frank Gehry and Gustavo Dudamel, Breath and Imagination at Virginia Stage Co, Paradise- Austin Playhouse/Ruskin Theatre. Best of Enemies, Breath & Imagination (NAACP nomination), and others at the Colony Theatre, Dogeaters and Clay at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, A Delicate Balance at The Odyssey Theatre, The Happiest Song Plays Last, and Bright Light City at LATC, opening and closing weeks of 365 Days/365 Plays at Center Theatre Group, Dying City (Ovation Winner- Production of the Year) Oppenheimer, Mexican Day at Rogue Machine Theatre Co., the original L.A. production of Philosophy of the World, The Shaggs, and she has originated the costumes for many new works/world premieres. She is a member of United Scenic Artists Local-829. www.diannegraebner.com

Pablo Santiago (Lighting Designer) is originally from Chiapas, México and designs for theater, opera, dance and gallery work. After 15 years in the film industry, he obtained an MFA in Lighting Design from UCLA and transitioned into live stage design. He has four Ovation Awards nominations and is the winner of the Richard Sherwood Award 2017 and Stage Raw Award. His work has been seen at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Goodman Theater, Arena Stage, BAM , Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theater, Paramount Theater in Boston, Skirball Center in NY, Davies Hall in SF, Soundbox, Disney Hall, The Annenberg Space for Photography, Summer Happenings at the Broad Museum, REDCAT, Su Teatro in Denver, Teatro Brava, Getty Museum, “Distant Vision”- Live Cinema directed by Francis Ford Coppola; and for companies such as: Los Angeles Opera, LA Phil, San Francisco Symphony, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Opera Omaha, Prototype Festival, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, The Industry Los Angeles, Latino Theater Co. and Opera Santa Barbara, among others. Recent highlights include: Mother Road and Destiny of Desire at OSF, Prism at LA Opera and Prototype Festival, Proving Up at Opera Omaha and Miller Theater, Three Penny Opera and Schoenberg in Hollywood at Boston Lyric Opera, War of the Worlds (Opera) with LA Phil and The Industry, Breaking The Waves at Opera Philadelphia and Prototype Festival, Zoot Suit at the Mark Taper Forum. Upcoming projects include Macbeth at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Madame Butterfly at Opera Omaha, and Destiny of Desire at The Guthrie. Ken Merckx (Fight Choreographer) recently choreographed fights in ETC’s Death of a Salesman, and has choreographed fights and taught actors theatrical combat for film, television, theater and universities all across the country. He is the resident fight choreographer for the Idaho and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festivals, A Noise Within (Los Angeles) and Great Lakes Theater (Cleveland). He is proud to have staged violence for the world premieres of Steven Dietz’s Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (Pasadena Playhouse), Jeffery Hatcher’s Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (a San Jose Repertory) and The Suicide Club (Arizona Theatre Company), Octavio Solis’s

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Cloudlands (South Coast Repertory), Jane Martin’s Somebody/Nobody directed by Jon Jory (Arizona Theatre Company) and the theatrical adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner (San Jose Repertory). Mr. Merckx received his M.F.A. in Acting from the University of Illinois and his B.A. in Theater Studies from the University of Washington.

Adrian Centeno (Dramaturg) is the literary manager of Playwrights’ Arena. He’s worked as a dramaturg for Childsplay Theatre Co., Playwrights’ Arena, Company of Angels, USC School of Dramatic Arts, UC Santa Cruz Theater Arts, and the Jewel Theatre Company. As an associate producer, Adrian has supported new plays commissioned by UCLA’s Clark Library, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, and Humanitas Play LA Workshop. As an arts educator, Adrian has worked with the Road Theatre Company, Barnstorm Theatre Company, UCLA Department of Theater, and the Los Angeles Unified School District. He was recently named one of American Theatre’s Six Theatre Workers You Should Know.

Amy Lieberman, CSA (Casting Director) Six-time Artios Award winner. Broadway (The Dinner Party, Flower Drum Song, Big River). Center Theatre Group (Mark Taper, Ahmanson, Kirk Douglas) 1982–1990 and 1999–2006. Ongoing: Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara (12 seasons). Other: Garry Marshall Theatre (Falcon Theatre), La Jolla Playhouse, Manhattan Theatre Club, Reprise Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, ACT, Denver Center, Berkeley Rep, Seattle Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, Rubicon, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Actors Theatre of Phoenix, Actors Theatre of Louisville, L.A. Theatre Works’ The Play’s the Thing series, North Coast Repertory and more. Film and TV throughout the 90’s. Associate Professor at UCLA’s MFA program 2007-2013.

Michael Friedlander (Production Stage Manager) is excited and thrilled for his first show at ETC. A recent transplant to LA, hailing from NYC for the last six years and originally from Kansas City. Selected credits from Michael’s career from over 30 theatrical productions ranging from Off-Broadway to regional theaters to national tours include: The Magic Castle (Academy of Magical Arts), The Stone Witch (Brierpatch Productions), Cagney the Musical (El Portal Theatre), Rock of Ages (Center Rep), First Noel (Apollo Theater), Saturday Night Fever (Ogunquit Playhouse), Tail! Spin! (DRTM), Hello Dolly (Big League Productions), Romeo n Juliet (Classical Theatre of Harlem), The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin (Roundabout Theatre), Blood Brothers (APAC), and Lost in Yonkers (TACT). Numerous events for the Actors Fund, Vineyard Theatre, Dramatists Guild, and GMCLA. Michael would like to thank his friends and family for supporting him in such a rewarding career.

Ensemble Theatre Company began as the Ensemble Theatre Project in 1978 under the direction of Joseph Hanreddy. For the first three years, plays were performed at Trinity Episcopal Church. In 1981, ETC made the 140-seat Alhecama Theatre its home for more than 25 years. Beginning in 2009, ETC undertook a $12.6 million renovation of the Victoria Hall Theater. It opened its new 300-seat home, the New Vic, in 2013. The New Vic has become a venue for dance, music, film, and

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lectures. After Joseph Hanreddy left Santa Barbara in 1985, Robert Grande Weiss became Artistic Director, a position he held until his retirement in 2006. Jonathan Fox assumed the position of Executive Artistic Director in September 2006 and saw the company through great expansion. Jill Seltzer joined ETC as its Managing Director in 2016. ETC, which became an Equity theater in 1989, is Santa Barbara’s sole professional theater company. The company, which presents five or six plays per season, has produced several American and West Coast premieres and has garnered numerous awards over the years.

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 45,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theaters across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theater as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

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Thank YouTHE NEW VIC CAMPAIGN

— OUR CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DONORS —

The New Vic Campaign successfully raised $12.6 million from more than 275 individuals, corporations, foundations and organizations. The commitment of these steadfast supporters of Ensemble Theatre Company made it possible to renovate the 92-year-old Victoria Community Hall, transforming it into the New Vic. This state-of-the-art, 294-seat theater, unmatched on California’s Central Coast, opened in November 2013.

We are deeply grateful to these supporters’ extraordinary investment in the New Vic, which serves as the permanent home of Ensemble Theatre Company and has become the venue of choice for a wide range of Santa Barbara organizations and corporations.

An Honor Roll of Donors to the New Vic Campaign hangs in the New Vic lobby and is maintained on ETC’s website at etcsb.org/about/vic_donors.

Thank you to the following supporters who have generously opened their homes and provided housing for our theater artists

over the past year:Lisa Reich and Bob JohnsonJohn and Ruth Matuszeski

Marlin and Ginger MillerBarbara and Sam Toumayan

Laura and Geof Wyatt

Help us open the curtain all the way!

Only 40% of our income comes from ticket sales. The rest comes from donations!

Ways to give By Mail. Send a check by mail

Online. Visit etcsb.org/donate

By phone. Call our Development Office 805-965-5400 x104

With stock. Please call our Development office for instructions

Recommend a gift through your Donor Advised Fund

ANNUAL DONORSJOIN OUR SUPPORTING CAST!ETC depends on gifts from the community throughout the year to help subsidize ticket prices, fund education outreach programs, and support artistic quality. Your tax-deductible donation makes a tremendous impact on the theater. Ticket sales account for only 40% of what it takes to create these productions. Every gift makes a difference.

As a donor to Ensemble Theatre Company, you can enjoy experiences designed to give you an insider’s perspective to the art form.

Highlights of some of our giving levels include:

SUNDAY SOIREEDonors of $5,000 and above enjoy an intimate artistic experience with featured theatrical artists at private receptions in beautiful homes.

THE SALON Donors of $2,000 and above are invited to a stimulating behind-the-scenes look into the artistic process.

DONOR CONCIERGE SERVICEDonors at the $1,000 level receive concierge services for tickets and events throughout the year.

VISIONARY CIRCLE $100,000+ Leatrice LuriaDana White

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CIRCLE $25,000 - $99,999The Stephen and Carla HahnHutton Parker FoundationHelene Segal and George

KonstantinowSara Miller McCuneMr. John C. Mithun and Ms.

Mercedes MillingtonMr. and Mrs. Michael E. PulitzerBob and Ruth ReingoldHugh VosZegar Family Foundation

PRODUCER CIRCLE $10,000- $24,999Gwen and Henry BakerEve BernsteinGail Johnson BeustThomas C. and

Paula Yurkanis BruiceKandy Luria-Budgor and

Aaron BudgorMr. and Mrs. Daniel P. BurnhamCalifornia Arts CouncilChris and Dori CarterClaude and Susan CaseElaine and Mike GrayDonna and Daniel HoneAnn Jackson

Family Foundation

Ellen and Peter O. JohnsonElaine and Herbert KendallElinor and James LangerMontecito Bank & TrustThe Nichols Foundation,

a Donor Advised FundDoug and Nancy NorbergDeb and Ken PontifexRobert and Joan RechnitzSybil RosenJill and Scott SeltzerMissy and Chuck SheldonThe Shubert FoundationDebby and Peter StalkerMr. and Mrs. Sam ToumayanThe Towbes FoundationCarol Vernon and Bob TurbinKathy WeberParm and Frank Williams

DIRECTOR CIRCLE $5,000- $9,999Mr. and Mrs. Fred AnsonMeredith BaxterMs. Ginny BrushBunnin Chevrolet CadillacDaniel and Robin CerfCity National BankCandace Dauphinot and

Richard BrummRoger H. and

Nancy D. DavidsonMr. and Mrs.

Raymond B. DingmanCorwin D. Denney Foundation,

Through Andy and Jo Gifford

Nancy and Frederic Golden

Alan and Ruth HeegerMike and Dale NissensonMrs. Lisa Reich and

Mr. Bob JohnsonJerry and Joan RoccoJean RogersRick and Regina RoneyElizabeth RossGeoffrey and Joan RutkowskiSanta Barbara FoundationThe Stone Family FoundationBob and Leah TemkinTheater League’s Broadway

at the Granada SeriesCarrie Towbes and John LewisEd and Nadia Van WingerdenThe Whimsie FundSimon and Euzetta Williams

DESIGNER CIRCLE $3,500- $4,999Betsy HannafordMr. and Mrs. Douglas MorganBarbara and Owen PatotzkaSanta Barbara

Education FoundationRoger and Sarah Chrisman,

Schlinger Chrisman Foundation

ARTIST CIRCLE $2,000-$3,499Arthur and Ann AyresArnie and Jill BelloweKeith C. BerryRon and Marlys BoehmMr. Titus Brenninkmeijer

Donations received over the past 12 months as of March 21, 2019. We are grateful as well for all donations under $50. We apologize for any errors or omissions. Please call Christine Hollinger at 805-965-5400 x104 with any corrections.

ANNUAL DONORSTom CaesarHelen Caldwell, Ph.D.Mary DorraRon and Ellie FreeseBetty FussellGiles Family FoundationJoseph and Jami HanreddyValerie HarrisonDiane and Ray HesterHUB International

Insurance ServicesJackie InskeepJon Kechejian and

Sandy SchoolfieldMaryAnn Lange

in memory of Professor Frederick F. Lange

John and Ruth MatuszeskiFrank McGinityDuncan and

Suzanne MellichampPeter MelnickMarlin and Ginger MillerTim Cardy and Ronnie MorrisRussell MuellerMel and Lynn PearlEllen RobinsonJ. William and Elizabeth S.

Robinson FoundationClaude and Bette SaksHoward ScarJean K. SchuylerMichael and Nancy SheldonMartin and Angela TannerTomchin Family FoundationDr. and Mrs.

Robert R. UrquhartMort and Judy WeismanDerek and Beth WestenCarol Wilburn and

Charles McClintockGeorge and Judy WriterGeof and Laura WyattPhilip and Carolyn WyattAlex and Gina Ziegler

PATRONS $1,000-$1,999Susan D. Bowey

in honor of Mike GrayMichele and Arnold BrustinDiana and Steven CharlesLinda Olson Clough in honor

of Carole MacElhennyDoris and Tom EverhartVasanti and Joel FithianWendy Foster

Jonathan Fox and Dr. Gregory Roper

Fred and Linda GluckVic Cole and Pat GreenTom Harriman and

Fran KennettBetsy and Larry HendricksonJoan and Robert HollmanJerry Isenberg and

Caroline MacDougallDiane and Don JacksonKen James in memory of

Jenna JamesChristine JenkinsGlenn Jordan and

Michael StubbsDiana KatsenesMr. and Mrs. Richard KennellyBill and Linda KitchenBeth LeddyChris and Mark LevineJudith LittleSteve and Cindy LyonsSusan and Terry NorthropJan and Don O’DowdMs. Jane C. RieffelMr. and Mrs. Stefan RiesenfeldTimothy and Pamela RodgersSusan RoseMartha RosenbergNancy SchlosserJack and Anitra SheenBruice StraitsMarc and Pauline SylvainAnne S. TowbesGlenn and Claire VanBlaricum

BENEFACTORS $500-$999Rebecca and Peter AdamsSusan BowerRachel and Douglas BurbankElliott and Linda DellMichael DillonBridget DobrowskiConnie FrankColeen Richardson and

Ted FriedelDorothy and John GardnerDavid and Anne GershRichard and Katherine GodfreyJanet and Mark GoldensonNancy GunzbergLorna S. HedgesCecia and Milt HessPam and Bob HylandJoseph and Gina Jannotta

Douglas and Sherry Bebitch Jeffe

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen KompMr. and Mrs. Bob MangerSusan MatsumotoLucille MayerMr. Kurt R. MeyerHarriet MossonRichard and Linda RingMrs. Lila ScherPeter Schuyler and

Lisa StrattonSusan E. ShankWayne and Barbara SmithDeborah SteffenCarol and Joseph SullivanSusan SullivanMary ThompsonRobert and Elaine ToledoBicky Townsend and

Bill GoldsmithDr. Paula von SimsonPeggy Dodds and

Marty WalkerClaudia and Alec WebsterThe Willfong-Singh FamilyLinda and Doug Wood

CONTRIBUTORS $250-$499Andrew BarnicleYvonne and David BazinetBritten W. Beauvoix in

memory of Robert L. WellsDr. George and Mrs. BifanoHenry Bowis and

Maureen Doherty BowisBarbara H. BurgerJim and Kathy BybokasFelicia CarrollThe Cerf BoysJohn and Joanne ChereDr. and Mrs.

Howard CoopermanDale and Nathalie

Gensac DeweyJeffrey and Kathryn DinkinNancy Even and Joel OhlgrenDr. and Mrs. Heinrich FalkRobert and Pat FulmerVirginia GardnerMarilyn Gilbert and

Nathan RundlettArlyn Goldsby

in honor of Lee LuriaMark GrossStanley and Betty HatchTodd and Sharyn Hellwig

ANNUAL DONORSSharon Landecker and

Glen A. Holden Jr.Sandra HowardKent and Holly JenningsPeter and Gerd JordanoElliott and Donnalyn KarpelesMark and Janice KaspersenPatricia and George KrikesThomas LivingstonSheila LodgeRobert and Siri MarshallDouglas McAvoyPenny Mast McCallEsther McKinleyMr. Robert Meghreblian and

Mrs. Margaret GordonMeister Family FoundationBarbara Meister

in honor of Jonathan FoxPeggy MerizaldeBarbara and David MizesMichael MorrisJoan and William MurdochMary Myers Kauppila

in honor of Sybil RosenNatalie S. MyersonCharles and Elizabeth NewmanRose Marie Otey in memory

of Charles R. OteyGerald and Claire ParentJanice L PlattPatricia Reilly StarkSteve and Marlayn RileyCathy RoseAdele Rosen and

Barry HowardMarilyn RyanHazan SamaiegoRichard and Wendy Shelton

in memory of Ethel KayJoan and Steven SiegelGene Sinser and Patty

DeDeominicJames A. SmithLinda Stafford BurrowsDale Griffiths Stamos and

Gregory StamosEd and Carol VanceJulie WeinerRoger Whalen

FRIENDS $100-$249Herb and

Bernadine AldwinckleHal Altman and Deb AndersArne Anderson and

Nita Whaley

Linda Andrews in memory of Sandy Smith

Julie AntelmanJames and Linda ArmstrongSheila AronSally AustinMission Wealth in memory of

Thomas C BruiceBob BakerLillian BallGary BaneKatherine Bart

in memory of Ellen AllredJeri BeckTom BelandRobert and Ann BenhamAlan and Melinda BlinkenMelanie Brainard in Memory of

David and Chris BrainardSusan BredhoffLouise BricknerMichael BrinkenhoffJohn and Susan BurkKaren BushnellPatricia Lee CaloiaJean CampbellTed and Shandra CampbellSusan CappielloMaggy CaraStephen CarlanThierry H. CassanReno and Joan ChackelSteb and MC ChandorChris and David ChernofBurt and Wilma ChortkoffMaryAnn CohenMr. and Mrs. Wayne ColeBrent CollierChris CornettAmelia L. Dallenbach

in memory of Walter C. Dallenbach

Lisa G. Daniels in memory of Professor Thomas C. Bruice

Michael and Kathryn DeanMs. Linda DiamantVictoria DillonSarah DobbsMichael K. DunnMargaret EastonIsabel GaddisJudith and John GainorJoseph and Elaine GaynorSharon Genung

in honor of Jack R. ButcherCarol L. GeorgeDawn George

Elisabeth GeraghtyScott and Kimberly GraftonBarbara Hadley

in memory of Dwight CoffinJulia HamannGeorge Handler and

Lila TrachtenbergLorraine HansenKarl HauckMarlene HazenBarbara Bocher Henry

in memory of George Balanchine

Jean HimmelsteinChristine HollingerGeoffrey HornbyDavid and Julieanne HybertGay InfantiLisa and Dave IrwinHannah-Beth Jackson and

George Eskin, Eskin and Jackson Family Trust

Rose Jaffe in memory of Norman W. Jaffe

Laura JensenDon JeskeRobert Gibson Johnson Jr.

and Zoe IversonColin and Joanie JonesStephen JoyceSusan KadnerLois KaplanJean KeelyMs. Sherry KeigherEmmy and Fred KellerLeonard Kelly-YoungJim and Diana KennettJoan KidderRonald and Carolyn KoeglerMara KohnAnna and Petar KokotovicR.J. Kuhn FamilyGeorge and Anne LeisMichael LewellenRichard J. LewisDr. and Mrs. Fima LifshitzMorgan and Christie LloydJacob and Linda Locker

in honor of Rose Locker and Robert Sandak

Denise LockhartCynthia Brown and

Arthur LudwigDeborah and Martin LynchDr. Loy LytleMacFarlane, Faletti & Co.Gertrude MarsiIrene Marsi

Richard and Penny MartinDavid MasonDr. and Mrs James McKittrickFredda Meisel in memory of

Dr. Harris MeiselJohn Melack and

Sally MacIntyreBernard and Nancy MelekianCheri MerseyLori Kraft MeschlerEllicott MillionBruce MilnerAugust MinkeSusan MontpasJudith Muller in memory of

David McEachenMr. and Mrs. Don MurrayDr. David Nipper and

Ms. Lenore PalmerLisa and Michael O’ConnellJanice OlivasStuart Orenstein and

Joanne SchoenfeldOwen Patmor and

Doris PhinneyMs. Pauline J. PaulinMr. and Mrs. Francis Peters, JrDolores and William PollockMichael and Lorie PorterBruce ReuterMargie RhinesteinMargery RicardsStaci Richard and David LeaMarlene and Bob RifkinMona RoseDr. Sonia RosenbaumJill Ross BeresJim SchellingDeborah Schwartz and

Hap ZieglerCarol SchwyzerColin and Heather ShaferWilla and William ShapiroRobert and Linda ShortSusan SilverLee and Amy SilvermanDaniel & Annie Simon in

memory of Wilma ChortkoffDonald SimonsRichard Solomon and

Jana ZimmerTana Sommer-BelinAlice and Peter SoraccoMs. Anne Sprecher in memory

of Harris A. SprecherMarsha St. ClairJulie and Richard Steckel

Frank and Kay StevensAdrianne SturmanDori and Dan SuchmanJenny Sullivan

in honor of Jonathan FoxJohn and Margaret TempletonJack Tiethof and Anita SyDianne TrowerMaggie Moss-Tucker and

Paul TuckerBarbara TzurTom and Nancy UptonKathryn UtterbackAlice Elliott Van De WaterJudith Villa and

Nicholas ArnoldThomas and Deanne ViolichDr. Alex Weinstein and

Dr. Betty HeltonTim Whitcomb and

Alison DanielsJennifer WilsonLeslie and Carla WilsonJohn H. WurzelSteve and Monica ZiemerSteve and Diane ZippersteinSeyburn Zorthian

DONORS $50-$99Paula Burnham JohnsonTom and Donna CarveyPamela Cary

in memory of Renee CaryBarbara ClarkPeter and Karen CooperJeannine DanielAngela DelfinoDave DennistonDr. and Mrs. Thomas L. DentShirley DettmannPatricia Dixon and Howard

Jay Smith in memory of Thomas C. Bruice

Judith DromgooleDrs. Frank and Amanda FrostRobert and Andrea GainesGreg Gorga and Tam TrinhSandra Grasso-BoydMark and Barbara HackenMary Harris

in honor of Will SzobodyFred Haynes and

Heidemarie LundbladMurray and

Marilyn HochhauserJody Dolan and

Tom HolehouseKenneth and Nancy Knight

Robert LinguaJames and Ella MarkhamJ. Sears and Marni McGeeAmanda McIntyreKenneth and Janis MillettMarianne MossPaul Dyer NayWade NicholsMichael and Elizabeth NolingJerry Yukio OgawaSusan Van Abel and

Eric OltmannLanette R. PerryPhilip and Nola PincusJudith Pochini

in memory of Eric BoehmPenny and Joseph PompilioThomas M. PutnamDeedee Rescher BallEve and Lee RothfarbMurray and Beth RubenLauren SaltmanMurray and Jean ScheibeMarion B SchlingerBilly Schulte Memorial FundLane StalbirdBruce W. StarkLinda StuermerRandall SundayYannick TanguyEngin and Jeanne TekinceCassandra ThomsenCarlos VeraJo WagnerJeff WaxmanRoberta WeissglassDolores White in memory of

Dr. Gerald R. WhiteJoann Younger

ANNUAL DONORS

Ensemble Theatre Company has established the Legacy Society for friends who would like to make gifts to ETC through trusts, estates or other planned giving vehicles. These gifts enable us to continue to provide the highest-quality theater and youth education programs in the years to come.

Thank you to the following supporters who have provided a lasting legacy by including Ensemble Theatre Company in their wills and other planned giving vehicles:

Leave a legacy of support and fulfill a lifetime’s philanthropic goals. A planned gift to ETC is a unique and personally meaningful way to support ETC and all of its programs. For more information about planned giving through ETC’s Legacy Society, please contact Managing Director Jill Seltzer at 805-880-1995 or jseltzer@etcsb.org.

The ETC Foundation is a permanently endowed supporting organization created for the sole purpose of providing the financial resources needed to ensure the vitality of Ensemble Theatre Company for future generations. The ETC Endowment earnings will help us keep admission prices affordable, ensure maintenance of the New Vic, subsidize young audience programs, expand our educational outreach efforts and uphold ETC’s long-term financial strength.

We are honored to recognize the following individuals who have contributed to the ETC Foundation:

Please consider making a gift to the ETC Foundation. For more information about endowment gifts to the ETC Foundation, please contact Managing Director Jill Seltzer at 805-880-1995 or jseltzer@etcsb.org.

Anonymous (2)American Riviera BankMr. and Mrs. Fred AnsonGwen and Henry BakerEve BernsteinSarah P. BoyajianThomas C. and

Paula Yurkanis BruiceGinny BrushHelen CaldwellDwight CoffinDrs. Sue and JW ColinNancy and Roger DavidsonJudy and Rob EgenolfJonathan Fox and

Dr. Gregory RoperElaine and Michael GrayMark GrossDiane and Ray Hester

Christine and Michael HollandDonna and Daniel HoneEllen and Peter O. JohnsonGlenn JordanElaine and Herbert KendallLinda and Bill KitchenElinor and James LangerSheila LodgePaul LonganbachCarole MacElhennyJohn and Ruth MatuszeskiJeff McFarlandMarlin and Ginger MillerMr. John C. Mithun and

Ms. Mercedes MillingtonAgnes and David MurdochDoug and Nancy NorbergSusan and Terry NorthropDonald and Jan O’Dowd

Lisa A. Reich and L. Robert Johnson

Robert and Joan RechnitzSybil RosenGeoffrey and Joan RutkowskiSanta Barbara FoundationMaryan SchallHelene Segal and

George KonstantinowJill and Scott SeltzerJack and Anitra SheenMissy and Chuck SheldonPeter and Debby StalkerSusie and Hugh VosCarol Wilburn and

Charles McClintockParm and Frank WilliamsCarolyn and Philip WyattAlex and Gina Ziegler

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Altman

Gail BeustSarah P. BoyajianRoger H. and

Nancy D. Davidson

Mr. Kim L. Hunter and Paulo P. Lima, PhD

Rose and Norman Jaffe

Glenn Jordan and Michael Stubbs

Bill and Linda KitchenLisa ReichSybil RosenHelene Segal

and George Konstantinow

Bob and Leah TemkinDerek and

Beth WestenDana WhiteFrank and

Parm Williams

ENDOWMENT DONORS

LEGACY SOCIETY

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Howard Jay Smith

Jonathan FoxBlas and Mary GarzaCarol George

Dan and Donna HoneMission WealthETC Staff

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BOARD OF DIRECTORSMichael GrayPresident

Robert TurbinVice President

Lisa ReichTreasurer

Kathy WeberSecretary

Gwen Baker

Meredith Baxter

Eve Bernstein

Paula Yurkanis Bruice

Ginny Brush

Chris Carter

Susan Case

Nancy Davidson

Daniel Hone

Peter O. Johnson

George Konstantinow

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STAFF

Production ManagerRichard Croy

Technical DirectorSean McGarry

Lighting and Sound SupervisorJoseph Lorenzen

Costume SupervisorTatiana Johnson

Stylist AssociateSarah Flores

Properties MasterIlana Molina

Scenic ArtistIngrid Luna

Master CarpenterDavid Struven

CarpentersDylan WillsRyan Brackin

ElectriciansSarah FloresDylan Wills

Hair StylistBrandon Cory

Stage CrewErin Von BeckAlexandra Raya

ADMINISTRATIONGeneral ManagerAlexander Berger

Director of Education and OutreachBrian McDonald

Director of Marketing and Public RelationsSylvia Xiaomeng Zhang

Community Development ManagerChristine Hollinger

BookkeeperYvonne Bazinet

Assistant BookkeeperCandyce Torrez

Administrative AssociateAdrianna Perez

Customer Relations/ Box Office ManagerWilliam Szobody

Box Office AssociatesBrittany MeyerAdrianna Perez

House ManagerRichard Leal

Concessions ManagerLuke Rosedahl

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