987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive, Suite D, Solana Beach, CA 92075

April 13th - May 8th, 2011

n o r t h c o a s t r e p e r t o r y t h e a t r e

p r o u d l y p r e s e n t s . . .

by Tom Dudzick

King King O’ the O’ the MoonMoon

Call 858.481.1055 or visit www.northcoastrep.org

by Aaron Posner adapted from the novel by Chaim Potok directed by and featuring David Ellenstein

Previews June 1 - 3, 2011June 4 - 26, 2011

Beauty, truth, ambition and tradition. Based on the acclaimed novel by Chaim Potok, My Name is Asher Lev tells the story of a young Hasidic artist torn between his observant Jewish community and his need to create. Diffi cult choices between art and faith, passion and family, course through this stirring adaptation of a modern classic, bringing to life the heartbreak and triumph of what it means to be an artist.

“A truly beautiful theatrical experience.” -TALKIN’ BROADWAY

Welcome!Welcome!to the North Coast Repertory Theatre!

As the newest member of the North Coast Rep staff, I am honored to have the opportunity to welcome you to our theatre. Whether this is your fi rst visit or you have been a subscriber for 29 years, you inspire us to create top quality productions such as the one you are about to enjoy.

My chief responsibility to North Coast Rep is to strengthen our fi nancial capacity to support our mission to create a platform where artist and audience thrive through the intimacy of live theatre. In addition, I take seriously my role in acknowledging our patrons, sponsors, and donors. Their generosity provides crucial support of our mission.

Please take time to look at the lists of our Legacy Circle members, our corporate sponsors and our individual donors and consider adding your name to our growing list of benefactors.

We hope that tonight expands your love of theatre, especially North Coast Rep. It is very important to everyone connected with this performance that your experience here is truly satisfying so that you encourage your friends to attend and come back to see us very soon yourself!

Warm regards,

Toni TschannDevelopment Director

Warm regards,

There’s an old axiom: write what you know. Well, Tom Dudzick has done just that.

It’s 1969 and the country is changing. The innocence of the 1950’s has given way to the reality of the Vietnam War. The kids you saw in Over the Tavern are all grown up and they all have very adult problems. King ‘O the Moon is the second chapter in Dudzick’s semi-autobiographical trilogy that follows the Pazinski family. And what a joy it is to be able to revisit some old friends and to fi nd some new ones along the way!

Dudzick’s affective style of writing touches us in a way in which we remember our own past, but at the same time points to the future. His characters are as human, real, and true as the situations that he puts them in.

Having acted in Over the Tavern, here at North Coast Rep a few seasons ago, it seemed like a natural progression to take the directing helm this time around. My fantastic cast and incredible design team have made for one of my most memorable and exhilarating theatrical experiences.

We hope you enjoy. And thank you for joining us.

All the best,

Matt Thompson

Director’sNotes King O’ the Moon

Sequel to “Over the Tavern”

by Tom Dudzickdirected by Matt Thompson

N O R T H C O A S T R E P E R T O R Y T H E A T R EDavid EllensteinArtistic Director

presents

Gaidi FinnieManaging Director

CAST

Ellen .............................................................Kandis Chappell*

Georgie .............................................................Julian Conrad

Rudy .......................................................Kevin Koppman-Gue

Eddie ................................................................. Ross Hellwig*

Walter ................................................................ John Herzog*

Maureen .............................................................. Sunny Smith

Annie ................................................................ Kyrsten Hafso

Place: A working class neighborhood on the East side of

Buffalo, New York. Time: July, 1969

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

Resident Scenic Designer: Marty Burnett

Assistant Director:Tina Polzin

Light Design: Matt Novotny

Sound Design:Chris Luessmann

Costume Design:Valerie Henderson

Scenic Artist:John Finkbiner

Props & Set Dressing:Annie Bornhurst

Stage Manager:Christopher M. Williams*

Production Assistant:Cindy Khoury

Production Manager:Aaron Rumley

*The actor or stage manager appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States

This Production Made Possible By The Generosity Of:

Dr. Maurice & Ree Miller

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 45,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefi ts, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affi liated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org

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Tom Dudzick (Playwright) Tom Dudzick is one of the few playwrights who makes a living at it.

His fi rst New York venture took place at the John Houseman Theatre with his Christmas play, Greetings! which starred Greg Edelman and the late stage and screen veteran, Darren McGavin. Clive Barnes called it “a comic jewel of a play” and it is fast becoming a happy alternative to A Christmas Carol, appearing annually in theatres all over the country.

Dudzick went on to create what Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune called, “one of the biggest grass-roots successes in American regional theatre of the last few years.” Jones was referring to Dudzick’s Over the Tavern Trilogy, a semi-fi ctional trio of comedies based on his early family years in Buffalo, NY. The fi rst of the trilogy, Over the Tavern, has broken box offi ce records all over the country, ran for over a year in Chicago and garnered critical praise such as: “Utterly charming!” from Hedy Weiss of the Chicago Sun-Times, and “Absolutely enchanting...a little bit of heaven!” from Richard Christiansen of the Chicago Tribune. Hail Mary! was Dudzick’s next play, about a 21st century parochial school novice who jeopardizes her future as a nun by daring to take religion into her own hands and teach the children her personal, unorthodox views of God. It premiered at Buffalo’s Studio Arena Theatre and is currently being produced at several regional theatres. His next play, a backstage comedy called, Don’t Talk to the Actors, has received both East and West Coast premieres and garnered such accolades as “drop-dead, scream-out-loud, tear-wrenchingly funny,” (Buffalo News) ...“unstoppable laughter,” (Cypress Chronicle) and “hilarious show-biz farce.” (Event News, Cal.)Tom’s most recent play, Miracle on South Division Street premiered at Upstate New York’s Penguin Repertory Theatre in 2009 and, once more, broke a box offi ce record. Peter Kramer of the Journal News called it, “A rollicking comedy where one revelation builds on another to an unexpected and thoroughly satisfying conclusion. Best to order tickets before it sells out.” TAVERN GOES INTERNATIONAL: Over the Tavern was recently given the Irish treatment, being adapted for Irish audiences. It premiered at Cork Arts Theatre in 2009 and has been remounted twice since, being the largest box offi ce draw in that theatre’s history. HONORS: A memorial plaque has been imbedded in front of Dudzick’s boyhood home in Buffalo, commemorating his father’s tavern and the play it inspired. An even greater honor -- Tom Dudzick was once a question on Jeopardy! Tom Dudzick lives in Nyack, NY with his wife and two children, and can be reached through his agent Jack Tantleff at the Paradigm Talent Agency (JTantleff@paradigmagency.com).

Profi les Profi lesMatt Thompson (Director) At North Coast Rep: Mistletoe, Music & Mayhem!, A Christmas Carol, The Hobbit, Hansel & Gretel, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and My Big Fat Greek Divorce. Elsewhere: If the Shoe Fits, A Roman Holiday (Coronado Playhouse); My Life as a Geek, Opera of the Oasis, The Triangle Tragedy (Compass Theatre); Sylvia, The Odd Couple, Situation Comedy, Beau Jest, Fully Committed, Blind Date, All in the Timing, Bedroom Suite, A Short History of Dating, Maybe Baby It’s You (Tennessee Actor’s Theatre), Hamlet (Ocean View Shakespeare Festival),

West Bend, Oleanna, Chesa and Lessa (Stepping Stone Theatre), Apemantus, The Intermission (The Road Theatre). His published plays include : If the Shoe Fits, The Audition (Dramatic Publishing), Beatrice the Butterfl y, Nobody’s Perfect, Taking Flight, Don’t Play Games With Me, The High School Drama, Who’s on Alpha?, The Smell of Success, My Big Fat Greek Divorce, Return to Sender, Tough as Nails, The Holiday Icon Monologues, (Heuer Publishing), A Roman Holiday (Norman Maine Publishing). Underwritten by The San Diego Hall of Champions Museum and commissioned by David Ellenstein, Matt’s newest one-person play Ted Williams: A Tip of the Cap will be presented as part of NCR’s New Works Program June 20-21, 2011. Don’t miss it! Also an actor, he has performed at North Coast Rep in Don’t Dress for Dinner, Over the Tavern, Dracula, Leading Ladies, A Thousand Clowns, Julius Caesar, The Comedy of Errors. Elsewhere: Cold Comfort Farm (Lamb’s Players), Shear Madness (Miracle Productions), Terra Nova (Inukshuk Productions), Angel City (Sledgehammer Theatre), Rapunzal (Falcon Theatre), Moonlight and Magnolias (Sierra Rep), The Tempest (Kingsmen Shakespeare), Hitler’s Head (The Road Theatre). He has his Master’s degree in Theatre from San Diego State University. Currently Matt serves as the artistic associate and theatre school director here at North Coast Rep.

Kandis Chappell* (Ellen) Kandis Chappell was last seen at North Coast Rep in Donald Margulies’ Collected Stories. She is an Associate Artist of the Old Globe, where she has appeared in more than 30 productions. Ms. Chappell has worked extensively at South Coast Rep in Costa Mesa, and performed at theatres across the country, including Lincoln Center, Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and on Broadway.

Julian Conrad (Georgie) North Coast Rep: debut. Other theatre credits include Carbon Black (Native Voices at the Autry), A Midsummer Nights Dream, Antony & Cleopatra (Shakespeare by the Sea), As You Like It (director), The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare at UCLA) and 12 Angry Men (Starving Artists Productions). He also stars in the upcoming Bros: A Webseries and was featured on the BBC’s documentary series Our World: Hollywood or Bust. Julian recently graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in History and a minor in English.

Kevin Koppman-Gue (Rudy) Kevin Koppman-Gue is excited to return to North Coast Repertory Theatre. CREDITS: The Drawer Boy; Mistletoe, Music and Mayhem; Becky’s New Car (North Coast Rep), Deathtrap (Scripps Ranch Theatre), Speech and Debate, Moscow (Diversionary Theatre), Into the Woods (SDSU Theatre), Romeo, Romeo & Juliet (Vox Nova Theatre Company), The History Boys (Cygnet Theatre, Patté Award), How I Learned to Drive, Everything Will Be Different (Lynx Performance) and The Winslow Boy (Lamb’s Players Theatre, Craig Noel and Patté Award). STAGED READINGS:

Relatively Speaking, Time of My Life (Cygnet Theatre), Rebels (Old Globe), Spring’s Awakening (AASD). Kevin has also performed with ion theatre company, 6th @ Penn, Fritz Theatre, Starlight Musical Theatre, and Sledgehammer: Currently an Undergraduate in Theatre Arts at SDSU and will be studying abroad this summer with the British American Drama Academy at Oxford. He wishes to dedicate this performance to the memory of his Grandfather Galen Gue.

Ross Hellwig* (Eddie) NORTH COAST: Debut. SAN DIEGO: Vincent in Brixton, Macbeth, Don Juan, Antony & Cleopatra, The Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It (Old Globe). EUROPE: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Vienna’s English Theatre). NATIONAL TOUR: RFK: The Journey to Justice (LA Theatre Works). LOS ANGELES: The Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale, All’s Well That Ends Well, Macbeth (Kingsmen Shakespeare); The Tempest, Crimes of the Heart (Rubicon Theatre); Photograph 51 (Fountain Theatre); The Rainmaker (A Noise Within); Troilus

& Cressida, The Rover (Antaeus). ELSEWHERE: Pittsburgh Public, Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Mill Mountain, Theatreworks/USA. TELEVISION: Numb3rs, Law & Order: SVU, Guiding Light. EDUCATION: MFA – Old Globe; BFA – University of Arizona.

John Herzog* (Walter) NCRT: Manders in Ghosts, Stephano in The Tempest, Kelekian in Wit, Duncan in Leading Ladies. BROADWAY and NATIONAL TOURS: Hair, Crimes of the Heart. REGIONAL: Laguna Playhouse, Fullerton Civic Light Opera, Portland Stage Co., Indiana Repertory Theatre, Delaware Theatre Co., Arizona Theatre Co., Mark Taper Forum-New Works, Los Angeles Repertory Co. and more. Roles: Prospero in The Tempest, Petruchio in ‘Shrew, Malter in The Chosen, Marc in Art, Macheath in Threepenny Opera, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Ben Stark in Rocket to the Moon and

dozens more. Visit his website for a full resume at www.johnherzog.com. Actors’ Equity since 1969 also serving on its National Council. By far his most proud production is his daughter Molly.

Profi les Profi lesSunny Smith (Maureen) is excited to be back at NCRT. Theatre credits: Wit, Dracula, Hansel & Gretel, Julius Caesar (NCRT), Heidi Chronicles and Into the Woods (NVA), Not Now Darling (SRT), Miss Electricity (La Jolla Playhouse), Frozen (Ion Theatre), HMS Pinafore and Daughter of the Regiment (SD Lyric Opera), The Triangle Tragedy (Compass Theatre). Other credits: Short History of Dating, SUDS, Smokey Joe’s Café, Enigma Variations, Opera of the Oasis, Blithe Spirit, Curious Savage, Jesus Christ Superstar, Absence of a Cello. She is currently attending SDSU for a Theatre Performance

Degree with Anthropology Minor, is co-owner of Jabronie Pictures and is a teacher/actor mentor at NCRT’s Theatre School.

Kyrsten Hafso (Annie) Kyrsten is excited to be making her North Coast Repertory Theatre debut! San Diego credits: Rebels (Old Globe), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Welk Resort Theatre), A Class Act (SDSU Theatre), Into the Woods (SDSU Theatre), Birds of Paradise (SDSU Theatre). Kyrsten has her MFA in Theatre Arts from San Diego State University and a BA in Music from Whitworth University.

Creative TeamMarty Burnett (Scenic Design) Designs for North Coast Rep are the last 131 shows. Mr. Burnett has designed sets for the Union Plaza, Sahara, and Hacienda Hotels and Casinos in Las Vegas; Harrahs Lake Tahoe; The Claridge Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, NJ; The Grand Hotel in Anaheim; and The Drury Lane in Chicago. Mr. Burnett is the resident designer and technical director at North Coast Rep.

Matt Novotny (Light Design) Matthew recently designed the lighting for Ghosts, Glorious, I Love You Because, Old Wicked Songs, Rabbit Hole, Shipwrecked!, The Dresser, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Mornings at Seven, Baby and Rashomon at North Coast Rep. He’s currently the Director of Production for Lyric Opera San Diego. Lighting designs include: Iolanthe, The Merry Widow, The King and I, Countess Maritza, and The Mikado. San Diego: Das Barbecu, The Wiz, West Side Story and Rumors. Regional: Yankee Doodle Dandy (Seattle), Noises Off! (Boston), The Game, (Washington DC) and Primal Twang, a guitar concert featuring six Grammy-winning artists. Matthew holds a BA in Technical Theatre from San Diego State University, and an MFA from Boston University.

Chris Luessmann (Sound Engineer) Chris’ favorite NCR designs include: Dracula and A Christmas Carol, for which he won Patté Awards, Gee’s Bend, Over the Tavern, Jacques Brel..., The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and Voice of the Prairie. Off-Broadway: The Third Story. Miracle Theatre Productions: Das Barbecu, Too Old for the Chorus, and Forbidden Broadway SVU. Moonlight Stage Productions: Les Miserables, Little Shop of Horrors, The Magic Fire, Moon Over

Buffalo. La Jolla Playhouse: Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays. Scripps Ranch Theatre: Red Herring. UCSD: Angels in America, Full Circle, Eurydice, Labyrinth of Desire, Cabaret, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, and The Skin of Our Teeth. Chris holds a BA in Theatre from UCLA, and an MFA in Theatre from UC San Diego.

Valerie Henderson (Costume Design) Valerie has designed several plays in San Diego County including: Drawer Boy, Mistletoe, Music and Mayhem and Gee’s Bend at North Coast Repertory Theatre, Or at Moxie Theatre and Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins at Diversionary Theatre. Some of her other favorite designs include: Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2010) and Hotel Cassiopeia by Charles Mee (2008) at San Diego State University. Valerie has also designed several modern dance pieces in San Diego with such companies as Joe Alter Dance Group, Malashock Dance Co. and Little Known Dance Company. In 2009 she was the costume designer for the American Dance Festival in North Carolina. She has recently fi nished her M.F.A. in Costume Design and Technology at San Diego State University and received her B.A. from the University of Northern Iowa in 2007.

John Finkbiner (Scenic Artist) John has been a member of the NCR staff for nearly two years. His favorite shows are Halpern and Johnson, SHIPWRECKED!, The Dresser and Jacques Brel. John received his BA degree at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television in 1991. John is also an accomplished singer/songwriter and performs with his band, The Stereotypes. His music has been featured on Showtime’s Californication, Fox’s Bones and NBC’s Knight Rider, among others. John lives with his wife Judi and his son John Gibson in Leucadia, plus Ilene and Jerry (the NCR mascots). www.johnfi nkbiner.com

Annie Bornhurst (Props and Set Dressing) North Coast Repertory Theatre: King O’ the Moon, The Drawer Boy, Gee’s Bend, Becky’s New Car, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Voice of the Prairie, Ghosts, Little Women, Glorious!, A Christmas Carol, Talley’s Folley, I Love You Because, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Over the Tavern, Old Wicked Songs, Rabbit Hole. Actors Circle Theatre: The View from Here. The Sanford Meisner Center: Frankie and Johnny, Babes and Brides.

Christopher M. Williams* (Stage Manager) NCRT credits: Stage Manager: The Smell of the Kill, Tuesdays with Morrie, Dinah Washington. Assistant Director: Talley’s Folly; Co-Director: Glorious; and upcoming My Name is Asher Lev. Actor: The Chosen (Danny), The Tempest (Ariel), Don’t Dress for Dinner (Robert), A Shayna Maidel (Duvid), Dracula (Seward), The Nerd (Axel),The Uneasy Chair (Darlington). Other theatres: Arizona Theatre Company, Actor’s Theatre, Phoenix Theatre, Southwest Shakespeare Company, AZ Jewish Theatre, New Village Arts, Theatre League. Next Season: Directing Visiting Mr. Green for NCRT.

Tina Polzin (Assistant Director) has been a director for almost twenty years, starting her own summer theater workshop for teens when in college. After UC Irvine, she directed and designed lights in Paris at the Divan du Monde and the MC93 International Theater. In New York, she worked with LAByrinth Theater Company and Manhattan Theater Source. She produced Fusion Film Festival at NYU and The Estrogenius Theater Festival at MTS. Last summer she directed Androcles and The Lion at the Palo Alto Children’s Theater and attended the Director’s Lab West. Last winter, Run For

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Your Wife, which she directed at the Morgan Wixson, received outstanding reviews and had a sold out run (www.johnsmithcheats.com for reviews, photos and trailers). She last directed the sequel, Caught in the Net, at the Morgan Wixson Theater. She instructs theater at South Coast Repertory, playwriting with Playwrights Project and works with North Coast Repertory in the casting and literary departments. Tina is a member of Moving Arts Theater Company and has done improv with The Upright Citizen’s Brigade. She writes sketch comedy as well plays for children, which have been performed in NYC, Colorado and LA and Orange County. She recently moved to San Diego and feels blessed to have found a place in the amazing ensemble that is North Coast Rep.

Cindy Khoury (Production Assistant) Credits: Snapshots (Pico Playhouse), Bye Bye Birdie (San Diego Musical Theater) A Streetcar Named Desire, Wole Soyinka’s Samarkand, Conference of the Birds (Moscow Art Theater), Damn Yankees (Reprise), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Cry Havoc. UC Irvine Credits: Cyrano deBergerac, The Laramie Project, Into the Woods, Physical Graffi ti, Dance Escape, Trial By Jury. Cindy holds a B.A. in Theater from Loyola Marymount University and an M.F.A from UC Irvine.

Aaron Rumley (Production Manager) North Coast Repertory Theatre: The Drawer Boy, Gee’s Bend, Becky’s New Car, The Voice of the Prairie, Ghosts, Glorious!, Talley’s Folly, Over the Tavern, Rabbit Hole, The Dresser, Don’t Dress for Dinner, Madagascar, Mornings at Seven, String of Pearls, Dracula, Rashomon, Wit, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Leading Ladies, Collected Stories, Halpern & Johnson, Romeo and Juliet, The Bungler, The Chosen, A Life in the Theatre and The Rainmaker. North Carolina Theatre: Talley’s Folly, Picnic, The Miser and On Golden Pond. Aaron received a B.A. in Theatre from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Aaron is a Member of Actors’ Equity

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North Coast Rep StaffDavid EllensteinArtistic Director

Gaidi FinnieManaging Director

Toni TschannDirector of Development

Sandra SchwarzmannMarketing Director

Marty BurnettTechnical Director

Matt ThompsonDirector of Theatre School and Educational Outreach

Jeff NeedhamPatron Services Director

Aaron RumleyProduction Manager

Kathryn ByrdDevelopment Offi cer

Jen MariscalHouse Manager Supervisor/Volunteer Coordinator

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North Coast Repertory Theatre is one of San Diego’s preeminent performing arts organizations offering award-winning theatre in an intimate setting. First established by Tom & Olive Blakistone of Solana Beach, North Coast Rep now touches a wide array of communities across the county with our mainstage productions, The Theatre School @ North Coast Rep educational and outreach programs, New Works @ North Coast Rep readings, and special event presentations. North Coast Rep is currently in our 29th production season. Governed by a Board of Trustees and led by Artistic Director David Ellenstein and Managing Director Gaidi Finnie, we invite you to continue to experience the magic on our stage and grow with us during this exciting time in the theatre’s history.

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David Ellenstein A R T I S T I C D I R E C T O R

Born into a theatrical family, David has worked in theatres across the country. Before joining North Coast Rep in 2003 he served as Artistic Director for the Los Angeles Repertory Company and the Arizona Jewish Theatre Company (AJTC). A veteran of over 200 theatrical productions, directorial favorites include: North Coast Rep – The Drawer Boy, Becky’s New Car, Ghosts, The Tempest, Talley’s Folly, Over the Tavern, Old Wicked Songs, The Dresser, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Madagascar, A Shayna Maidel, The Honky Tonk Angels, Rashomon, A Moon for the Misbegotten; Tuesdays With Morrie; Collected Stories; Halpern and Johnson; Romeo and Juliet; Amy’s View; Einstein Comes Through (also co-author); The Chosen; A Life in the Theatre; Story Theatre and Charley’s Aunt. Coconut Grove Playhouse - Sonia Flew starring Lucy Arnaz; Halpern and Johnson starring Hal Linden and Brian Murray. Papermill Playhouse - The Chosen starring Theodore Bikel and John Lloyd Young. Renaissance Theatre - Long Day’s Journey Into Night. Actor’s Theatre of Phoenix - Rabbit Hole. Alabama Shakespeare Festival - Rocket City (world premiere) and Honky Tonk Angels. Laguna Playhouse - Alexandros (world premiere). Southwest Shakespeare Company - Cyrano de Bergerac. AJTC - Awake and Sing. Meadow Brook Theatre - A Christmas Carol. Pirate Playhouse - Old Wicked Songs and Talley’s Folly. Kingsmen Shakespeare - Hamlet. Portland Rep - Conversations With My Father and Gaslamp Quarter Theatre - A Shayna Maidel Favorite roles as an actor include title roles in Hamlet at Los Angeles Theatre Center and Los Angeles Repertory Company; Richard III at California Shakespeare Festival; Einstein in Picasso at the Lapin Agile at Laguna Playhouse; Calisto in The Illusion and Harker in Dracula at the Arizona Theatre Company; Jonathan in Sight Unseen at North Coast Rep and Portland Repertory Theatre.

Film and television credits include over three dozen roles including Star Trek IV, The Practice, Foul Play, Christine Cromwell, Renegade, Eight is Enough, and General Hospital. David has also been guest faculty for numerous universities including California State Northridge, Cal Arts, and Shakespeare workshops privately. David lives with his beautiful wife Denise and their amazing sons Jamie and Will.

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Pauline Forman in Memory of Sid Forman

Geraldine Lamkin in memory of Sandra Ellis-Troy

In memory Of R. Ellenstein- J & K Rennie

Hannah & Gene Step in honor of David Ellenstein in memory of his father

Robert Ellenstein

Joyce R. & Edward M. Strauss in honor of Dr. Allen Moffson

If you like what North Coast Rep does, and want to join others in making gifts, please contact Toni Tschann, Director of Development, at 858-481-2155 x10 or toni@northcoastrep.org.

Irving Applebaum*Sam De LucaHenny EagleArthur EckerDavid Ellenstein and Denise YoungGlenn H. and Ruth E. Evans*Punky and Anne FristromTom and Donna GolichJohn Christopher Guth*Bea HerbertElaine and Leonard HirschBob JacobsHarv KauffmanGeraldine LamkinAlbert and Jorie MarkMaurice and Ree Miller Eva TriegerMartha Witz*

*Deceased

We thank our special benefactors who have made a commitment to North Coast Rep through their estate. We appreciate their desire to provide a lasting legacy with gifts in perpetuity. Their generosity will provide audiences with live theatre here in North County for decades to come. Legacy Circle members demonstrate a faith in North Coast Rep that is an inspiration to others and especially meaningful to the artists who create the magic on the stage.

Designating North Coast Rep as a beneficiary through a will, a trust or an insurance policy is simple to do and can have significant tax benefits now or at the death of the benefactor. We encourage you to think about making a gift now that will create a future legacy for North Coast Rep. You can help the theatre prepare for a strong future.

OUR LEGACY CIRCLE MEMBERS

These theatre lovers of all ages have included North Coast Rep in their estate plan to ensure the success and growth of this theatre.

The Tedesco Family in Memory of Marilyn Checkletts and her support and love of theatre

Richard & Susan Ulevitch in memory of Robert EllensteinIn memory of Ted Jones and Harle Montgomery,

long time friends and patrons of the North Coast Rep.

Honoring the memory and patronage of Marian Kresch.

In honor of Allen Moffson

In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Gene & Hannah Step

In Honor of Eva Trieger From Mom & Dad

All donations listed from February 28, 2010 through March 29, 2011.

Thank youOther supporting roles

¬North Coast Repertory Theatre thanks the following individuals and organizations for supporting our mission to consistently deliver high quality professional theatre to our audiences in North County. These leadership donors make that commitment possible. Consider joining our family of arts benefactors with a gift of your own at whatever level is appropriate.

Benefactor’s Circle ($100,000+)Dr. Allen & Judy Moffson

President’s Circle ($25,000+)Jenny CraigThe Dodson Family TrustThe Jeffrey & Sheila Lipinsky Family FoundationJere & Joyce OrenThe Step Family FoundationChuck & Judy Wheatley

Producer’s Circle ($10,000+)Anonymous Stella BologCarol Childs & Peter HouseSam De LucaDavid Ellenstein & Denise YoungNoddy & Ira EpsteinLee & Frank GoldbergElaine & Leonard HirschNancy & Roger MooreJay & Julie SarnoMandell Weiss Charitable TrustThe Sheryl & Harvey White Foundation

Playwright’s Circle ($5,000+)AnonymousJenie L. AltrudaArthur Brody & Phyllis CohnSteve Flynn & Kathleen Bell FlynnHeidi & David HodgesHolly Smith JonesMarilyn & Lou TedescoDavid Welborn & Ann Hunter Welborn

Director’s Circle ($2,500+)Todd & Debby BuchholzD’Augustine Family FoundationMartin & Dr. Cynthia DavisDevora & Ron EisenbergRobert & Adrianne FeldnerGaidi & Naima Finnie

Jerry & Jill HallRichard Leib & Sharon Rosen Leib Family Fund

of the Jewish Community FoundationDr. Stuart & Lisa LiptonTom & Pat NickolsDori PattersonAdam & Marti RosenbergTeresa C. SchiappaMiriam SummCaroline ThompsonNorm & Leslie Zwail

Designer’s Circle ($1,000+)AnonymousKen BacaDr. Stephen & Carol BairdAndy & Sally Buffi ngtonSteve ChapmanDenia & John ChaseCarol & Jack ClarkThe Valerie & Harry Cooper Fund at The San

Diego Foundation Sherry DentonBarbara FishbeinHerman & Jean Gordon Fund of the Jewish

Community FoundationWalter & Lola Green Georgia Griffi thsHunter Survivor’s TrustBarry & Katherine JohnsonPhil JohnsonHon. Joe & Mary KellejianEdward T. KochGeraldine Lamkin Robin J. LipmanJames & Lydia MartinMary Lou MatthewsDr. Marianne McDonaldPhil M. RameyJoe & Keren RamsdellAaron RumleyMarge & Lee SarokinNancy & Jim Saw

Support and Gifts to NCR

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Thank youStephen & Jill SeagrenDr. Dee SilverStuart & Carol SmithMr. & Mrs. Avery StoneBill & Shelby StrongFred WallaceBruce WeismanDr. & Mrs. Jack & Beth WeissMary Lynn & Larry WeitzenOmar & Carol WinterBeryl Young

Star ($250+)AnonymousDavid & Annette AlpertVincent AndrunasDr. Susan E. Baer & Bruce ThornburgKaren BeginMichal Bledsoe McKeeChuck & Marilyn BohleJack & Miriam BreyerSusan BuxbaumJanet CaulkShelia & Carlos ChueCoop & Patti CoopriderSamuel Dolnick Tom & Berit DurlerJack R. FilancDr. & Mrs. Anne FujiokaWayne & Patti GermainTom & Donna GolichMs. Delores GordonDana GreeneLouis C. & Celia K. Grossberg FoundationDavid & Susan HagstromJamie Henson & Robert HouskeeperK. William HessDea & Osborn HurstonPelham JollySue & Ara KaloustianArnie KatzHarv KauffmanMaya Binun & Mark LaffoonEric & Suellen LodgeAthina Markou & Mark GeyerLinda & Frederick MilesSusan MuhaDr. Richard & Laura RappaportDave Roberts & Family

Al & Ann SchlegelDonald ShepherdTina & Marvin SimnerJerome & Sharon SteinJeanette StevensThe Stiker FamilyJudy StrickKaren & Stuart TanzEva TriegerArthur & Molli WagnerLinda WattsAlvin & Geraldine Baileys FoundationMary Kay West

Actor’s Circle ($500+)Anonymous (2)Andrew Barnicle & Sara BarnicleDavid BittarSteve & Cindy BlumkinLaverne & Blaine BriggsFrank & Nanette CaldararoDaniel, Deborah, Michael, & David CarnickDr. & Mrs. Jeffrey ChangDiane ColyearLinda & Dennis CostelloJohn & Sarah CoxGigi CramerChuck Cuccaro & Ana Maria GraceDebbie DyeEdward & Jacquelyn EgintonLois EllensteinDick & Barbara EnbergJudy & Lou FerreroHelen & Alexander FreyPeter & Christine GaultSalah HassaneinJanette HodgesRobert HymanAnn & Stanton JonesMarjory Kaplan Fund of the Jewish

Community FoundationLuisa LarsonLee LawlessNathan & Sandra McCayStanford & Marlyn MilbergerD. Candis Paule & Robert MayMarilyn M. ReesRobinson Family TrustKen & Susan Sarno

SpecialThanks

Support and Gifts to NCR

Thank youRoof FoundationJonathan RoperRobert & Barbara SandisonManley & Linda SarnowskyWilliam & Linda SchneiderBarbara & Eugene SchwartzSue K. ScottThe Serrao Family Living TrustSteve SeaborgDon & Gayle SlateStanley & Ann SteinDavid & Jan StormoenJoyce R. & Edward M. StraussDr. & Mrs. John H. StraussDianne R. SullivanRoss & Katherine TannerEllen Thomas Fund at Coastal

Community FoundationLinda & K.C. ThompsonJ. Reed & Solange ThompsonRichard & Susan UlevitchJulie UstinNorman C. & Patricia WalkerArt WankelMr. Lloyd D. WatnikSusan K. & Stephen L. WeberMiriam, Larry & Wendy White

Cameo ($100+)Anonymous (4)Sandra Adams-CreaturaHarold & Beverly AgnewJoyce AllenMrs. Lee Ann AllmanColleen & Augusto AngelucciArleene Antin & Leonard OzerkisEva E. BarnesArthur & Darlene BauerJohn & Margot BergMimi BernierVivian BlackstoneWarner & Carol BloombergSusie BoardmanJules BorackCatherine BoyerThomas & Barbara BrothertonRobert & Zane BruckRichard BullerMarty Burnett

Nancy & James ByrneDr. Richard CallisPaul & Marie CasconeJoy CharneyGrace ClementsConnie M. CoeLarry & Eleanor CohenEric CohenJohn & Betty CollarBill ColtellaroMichelle CondeBev ConnerMike & Pam ConnollyCandace Curlee & Debra DominskiEric & Linda DanielsHelen DavisPeggy DornishBetty DowlingEdith & Ed DrcarRobert DuganVivien M. DuncanMyrna & Bill EastwoodArthur S. EckerRev. Walter EdelmanThe Ellenstein-Keeva FamilyHelen EmmersonBetty & Manny EstreicherSully & Barbara FarfelMarceline FarisMorey FeldmanJune FeldmanFred & Jacquie ForesterMara FortinThe Friedman Family

Foundation - Arthur & Barbara FriedmanLiam Gaarder-FeingoldRoy GarrettArthur & Maxine GellerJoel & Judith GerberBob & Willy GinavenMr. & Mrs. Ian Marc GittelsohnBar Giora GoldbergCathy GoldenGerald & June GottleibAlfred & Betty HaboushPaul & Nancy HackertAlice Hansen & Richard Grenfell

Bernard & June HarlandBarbara HarpellElvin & Judith HarperThe J. Hartley FamilyCarol HartmannLynne & Lawrence HenkinAnnette Winter & Joel HepnerJulie HillSusan HofmansMargaret Bond HokkanenMr. & Mrs. Gabriel HrabPatrick HurleySusan HusbandJoan & Bill HusenLiz HymaBronson JacowayDr. Gwendolyn JansmaBette JohnsonBonnie JohnstonJoe JulianoTrina & Ted KaplanMrs. Louise D. KaschRoberta Kaufman-FredericksBarbara KentKaren KenyonFraeda KopmanConstance KornMary Ellen KrutBarbara KubarychFrances & Jack KyteDr. Joan Forrest & Dr. Michael LatzJulie LaymonHarry LeibowitzRhoda LemleinWilliam M. Eiffert & Leslie HodgeDavid & Estelle LevyJeffrey & Hillary LiberDiane R. LidmanAnna E. LillianArthur & Anni LipperJames MastroganyHarold & Marjory MattlyLaura MayerMarguerite V McBrideRobert & Jan McMillanDan McPhersonPaula MendellMr. & Mrs. Steven Mendell

Thank youSpecialThanks

Dave MitchellSteven & Ellen MitgangRena C. MongeDr. & Mrs. Richard A. MooreMarjorie MossBonny MowerBridget A. MurphyMary NakayamaJames & Kathalyn NelsonBob & Sue NortonDr. David & Marlene NourokHal & Honey SankeyRhonda R. OhnesorgeSteve & Carole PapadopoulosRobin C. ParskyPeter & Jane PolgarJenni & Kim PriskSusie RantzowMargie ReevesElmer & Lorraine ReichFreda & Joseph ReidMr. & Mrs. Jason RennieTeri RodriguezSue B. RoeschDiane RolandGino RoncelliMason P. RosenthalDonald & Nancy RossLorna Ross

Lou & Diana SaengerDevora SafranDiane SalyerJennifer SarkisianPat & Margaret SchlesingerJon & Judi SchmaussDon & Becky SciglimpagliaSalim & Francoise ShahEdie ShifrinMarguerite ShimmonsRichard & Joanne ShlemmerJill & Bert ShureRichard S. SimonsMs. Elizabeth SinclairHoward SingerJoanne Singleton Diane SinorBill & Connie SprunkKathi StanleyBob & Nancy StauberRichard & Barbara StephensRuth SternJack & Marilyn SweeneyThe Tabak Family Fund of the Jewish Community FoundationNancy J. TaylorKristin ThomasMary M. Thompson

Johanna ThompsonJustin S.R Tipp, Esq.Ann TolstoyRobert & Helga TrachingerDr. & Mrs. John TromboldRichard & Denise TverdochGrace & Samuel Van ArsdellJohn & Karlene Von SzeleskiCarey WallBarbara C. WardLinda & Ken WassermanMargaret & Charles WeigandCathy & John WeilDr. Ricki D. WeinbergerJeff & Esther WeiselLester WerlingBud & Diane WhiteJudith WhiteSally WilliamsWilliam & Norah WolffNathan WolfsteinDorothy B. WoodDr. Mary YangMr. & Mrs. Gerald YoungLeanna S. Zevely

All donations listed from February 28, 2010 through March 29, 2011.

If you are interested in seeing how you, your corporation or foundation can play a greater supporting role at North Coast Repertory Theatre, please contact Kathryn Byrd, at kathryn@northcoastrep.org or 858-481-2155x11 to set up an appointment.

Angels Needed:Do you want to get to know the actors on a more intimate level? You can!

Become an NCR Angel and give back to your actor throughout the show. Enjoy a cast dinner with the actors, crew and stage manager.

Contact Eva: evamars@sbcglobal.net

yNorth Coast Rep 2010-2011 Corporate Sponsors

Please join us in thanking the following businessesfor their support in our membership program:

President’s Circle ($25,000+)The County of San Diego at the

recommendation of Pam Slater-Price

Producer’s Circle ($10,000+)AT&T Foundation

U.S. Bank

Playwright’s Circle ($5,000+)Jimbo’s… Naturally!

Las PatronasStone Brewing

Director’s Circle ($2,500+)Carruth Cellers

EDCOHolland America LineLa Jolla Brewhouse

Union Bank, Solana Beach Branch

Designer’s Circle ($1,000+)Aries Graphics International

Brett’s BBQThe Gold Diggers

Actor’s Circle ($500+)Craftsman’s RevivalQUALCOMM, Inc.

San Diego Foundation

Star ($250+)Del Mar Thoroughbred Club

Dollars for DonationsIBM International Foundation

- Matching GrantsNational Charity League,

Lombardy Hotel San Diego Del Norte ChapterPhilanthropy Club Foundation

Theatre Communications Group

North Coast RepBoard of Trustees

Dr. Allen Moffson - PresidentJay Sarno - 1st Vice PresidentHannah Step - Vice President

Holly Smith Jones - Secretary & Treasurer

Stella BologMartin Davis

Marion DodsonDavid Ellenstein

Ira EpsteinRobert Feldner

Gaidi FinniePeter HouseLisa Lipton

Miriam SummMarilyn Tedesco

Justin Tipp

President’s Advisory CouncilKathleen Bell Flynn

Steve Flynn

FoundersTom and Olive Blakistone

intimate theatre

All donations listed from February 28, 2010 through March 29, 2011