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PICT Classic Theatrepresents

How the Other Half Lovesby Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by Martin Giles

Karen Baum*

Tony Bingham*

James FitzGerald*

Daina Michelle Griffith*

Gayle Pazerski

Philip Winters*

*Member of the Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

How the Other Half Loves is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

Scenic DesignerJohnmichael Bohach

Sound DesignerAngela Baughman

Stage ManagerCory F. Goddard*

Additional Stage ManagerPamela Brusoski*

Assistant Master ElectricianBrandon Biller

Lighting DesignerKeith A. Truax

Production Manager / Technical Director

George DeShetler, Jr.

Assistant Stage ManagerRebecca Krall

Scenic ArtistJennifer Kirkpatrick

Costume DesignerLindsay Tejan

Props MasterJames Thome

Master Electrician K. Jenna Ferree

Sound EngineerKevin Rudolph

DramaturgShannon Knapp

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Cast

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Fiona Foster ............................... Daina Michelle Griffith*

Frank Foster .............................. Philip Winters*

Teresa Phillips ........................... Gayle Pazerski

Bob Phillips ............................... Tony Bingham*

Mary Detweiler ......................... Karen Baum*

William Detweiler ..................... James FitzGerald*

Setting: 1971, The living rooms of the Phillips and the Fosters

HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES WILL BE PERFORMED IN TWO HOURS AND THIRTY MINUTES INCLUDING

ONE FIFTEEN- MINUTE INTERMISSION.

*Member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

PICT Classic Theatre receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

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From the Board President

Dear Friends,

Those who I would like to read this letter the most will likely never see it. You are reading it because you are in the theater. Those who should be reading it are not.

Sir Alan Ayckbourn said in an interview last year, at the ripe young age of 75, that theater has “an air of liveness and spontaneity and excitement.” As he put it, “People are looking for something that hasn’t been decided six months ago in a studio in Hollywood.” So true. Yet, his Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough struggles like PICT to find new audiences in a world fixated by the convenience and saturation of commercial films, TV, and Netflix.

Going to live theater requires emotional commitment and the willingness to connect through emotional bonds with the actors. The audience is a part of the show itself through its interaction with the cast. Theater builds a sense of community, as those emotions are shared with others in the live audience and thoughts are communicated with others there.

Theater brings the opportunity to feel, share, and socialize with others. It is spontaneous and interactive. A farce succeeds when the audience laughs, a tragedy when the audience sheds tears. The audience participates, injecting its “liveness” and “freshness” into the performance.

So my simple request is for you to be an ambassador and tell others about the special “liveness” of theater. And bring your friends, co-workers, and family to experience the excitement of PICT Classic Theatre with you.

Sincerely,

Chuck Moellenberg


Production Team

C. Todd Brown, CAPA, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Joanna Obuzor, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Mona Rush,

Seton Hill Theatre Arts Department, Sara Steelman, Amy Wooler, Rachel Wyatt, Caitlin Roper, Pamela Brusoski,

Caitlin Young and Actors’ Equity Association

Special Thanks

Director .......................................................................... Martin Giles Scenic Designer .............................................................. Johnmichael BohachLighting Designer .......................................................... Keith A. TruaxCostume Designer .......................................................... Lindsay TejanSound Designer .............................................................. Angela BaughmanProps Master ................................................................... James ThomeProduction Manager/ Technical Director ....................... George DeShetler, Jr.Stage Manager ................................................................ Cory Goddard*Assistant Stage Manager ................................................ Rebecca KrallAdditional Stage Manager .............................................. Pamela Brusoski*Master Electrician .......................................................... K. Jenna FerreeAssistant Master Electrician ........................................... Brandon BillerScenic Charge Artist ....................................................... Jennifer KirkpatrickDramaturg ...................................................................... Abigail CadySound Engineer .............................................................. Kevin RudolphSound Board Operator ................................................... Tyler BoothbyLight Board Operator ..................................................... Caitlin YoungWardrobe ........................................................................ Alathia Joy CampbellCarpenter ........................................................................ Drew PalajsaCarpenter ........................................................................ James ThomeCarpenter ....................................................................... Kris BuggeyCarpenter ....................................................................... Aaron BollingerCarpenter ....................................................................... Vincent Lobello


A Note from the Dramaturg

By Shannon Knapp

Playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn (b. 12 April 1939) began his career as an actor at the Scarborough Library Theatre where he quickly developed a mentor-type relationship with Artistic Director Stephen Joseph. The legend goes that during rehearsal, Ayckbourn complained about the quality of the script and Joseph’s response was to commission a play written by Ayckbourn, as a sort of challenge to do it better.

Ayckbourn rose to the challenge, writing his first hit Relatively Speaking, which opened on the West End in 1967. How the Other Half Loves was his second play, which had a series

of mishaps but also earned him fame in America. Since these early works, he has had a storied career, having written and produced more than seventy full-length plays, garnering a Tony and an Olivier and becoming the second most-produced British playwright, after Shakespeare. He eventually took over as artistic director of Scarborough, renaming it the Stephen Joseph Theatre. He retired from that position in 2009 but continues to work closely with the company.

The title How the Other Half Loves is a reference to the work of Rabelais, “onehalf of the world does not know how the other half lives.” This line has come to be shorthand for the tensions between the lives of the wealthy and those of the rest of the population, particularly after the critical success of Joseph Riss’s 1890 photojournalism piece (“How the Other Half Lives”), a Sinclair-esque piece detail-ing the horrific conditions of the slums of

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Sir Alan Ayckbourn

Stephen Joseph Theatre


A Note from the Dramaturg

New York City. In a masterfully crafted way, Ayckbourn uses comedy to bring a similar issue to light, pitting boss against employee, exposing the lies that are common to every person, rich or poor.Ayckbourn also experiments wildly with the use of stage space in the unequaled din-ner party scene. The playwright remembers the original director saying “All right – I give up. How do you do the dinner scene?” It is Ayckbourn’s masterfully crafted comedy and that revolutionary use of space that places How the Other Half Loves far above its peers in the classic form of farce.

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All Dramaturgy photos licensed under public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Who’s Who in the Cast


Tony Bingham (Bob Phillips) is ecstatic to return to the PICT stage with such an astounding cast and production crew. This is Tony’s fourth season at PICT. His most recent collaboration with PICT was Observe the Sons of Ulster… Other recent roles: Bernard in Boeing Boeing (Pittsburgh CLO), Presidente in Pantigleize (Quantum Theatre), Michael Apres in Heads (The REP), and Greg in Inky (Off the Wall). Recent film roles: Frank in Franksgiv-ing, Ernie in The Gospel of Ernie, and Uncle Randy in Progression. Tony holds a BA from Point Park and an MFA from the Univer-sity of Iowa.

Karen Baum (Mary Detweiler) is honored to join PICT’s 2015 season. PICT credits: Clarinda in For the Tree to Drop, Mrs. Joe/Biddy in Great Expectations, Hecate in Macbeth, Scarecrow in Woman and Scarecrow, Edith in Blithe Spirit, various roles in Don Juan Comes Back from the War, King Lear, The Shaugraun, and Boston Marriage. Pittsburgh Credits: Pittsburgh Public Theater (most recently Poppy in Noises Off), St. Vincent Summer Theatre, Off the Wall, Playhouse REP, No Name Players, Bricolage, UnSeam’d Shakespeare, Squonk Opera, University of Pittsburgh’s Shakespeare in the Schools, and CMU Interactive. Regional credits: Public Theatre of KY, Theatre54 NY, and various Chicago venues. Film credits: Promised Land, The Road, My Bloody Valentine 3D, KillPoint (Spike TV), The War That Made America, the pilot cast for the series Ghosthunters, PSI, and A Fancy Piece of Homicide (due out 2015). As a BFA graduate of Point Park, Karen also teaches for PICT, The Public, Civic Light Opera, and Hope Academy. Karen would like to thank her team, family, and PICT audiences.

James FitzGerald (William Detweiler) is a company member and 2014 featured artist for PICT. Recent PICT credits: Wemmick in Great Expectations, Ross in Macbeth, Didi in Waiting for Godot and Dr. Bradman in Blithe Spirit. Other Pittsburgh credits: Charles Ives in Charles Ives Take Me Home (City Theatre), End of the Affair and Mouth to Mouth (Quantum Theatre), 1776, Royal Family, Born Yesterday, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Our Town (Pittsburgh Public Theater), Candide (Opera Theatre), and Heads (Pittsburgh Playhouse). Chicago credits: Marriot’s Lincolnshire Theater, Chicago’s Second City, ETC., The Royal George, Apple Tree, and other Chicago venues including sixteen seasons with Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Regional credits: Cape May Stage, Milwaukee Rep, the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, North Carolina Shakespeare Fes-tival, and Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. Off Broadway: Rose Rage, directed by Edward Hall. Awards: Recipient of two Joseph Jefferson Awards (Best Supporting Actor), a Jeff Citation (Best Actor), and an OE Award Nomination (Best Supporting Actor).

Who’s Who in the Cast


Daina Michelle Griffith (Fiona Foster) is a proud PICT Associate Artist who recently appeared in their sold out production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. This marks her fifth season with PICT, and her fourth production under the direction of Martin Giles. PICT credits: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Blithe Spirit, Antony and Cleopatra, Martin Giles’ Beautiful Dreamers, and James Joyce’s The Dead. Pittsburgh credits: Pittsburgh Public Theater, Quantum Theatre, City Theatre, Off The Wall, The REP, barebones, Front Porch Theatricals, Carrnivale Theatrics, No Name Players, Bricolage, Pittsburgh CLO, and Pittsburgh Musical Theatre. Regional/NYC credits: Human Race Theatre, Gateway Playhouse, Kansas City Starlight, NYC International Fringe, heXtc. Film credits: The Dark Knight Rises, Hollidaysburg, and Civilians. Television credits: Guiding Light, Munhall (TV pilot), Christine in the upcoming web series I’ll Call You, and Ricki, a recurring role, in the new WGN series Outsiders. Daina received the honor of being named Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s Performer of the Year in 2013. Up Next: The Baker’s Wife in Into The Woods at Saint Vincent Summer Theatre in Latrobe, PA.

Gayle Pazerski (Teresa Phillips) is honored to return for her third season with PICT. PICT credits: Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Woman in Don Juan Comes Back From the War, and Irene St. Clair in Sherlock Holmes & the Crucifer of Blood. Gayle has a BFA in Theatre from the University of Kentucky and studied in the graduate acting program at Rutgers University under William Esper. She has performed regionally in New York, Ohio, and West Virginia, and locally with Quantum Theatre, Bricolage, No Name Players, Caravan Theatre, Dog & Pony Show Theatricals, and Arcade Comedy Theater. As a playwright, Gayle’s work has been featured with Bricolage’s Midnight Radio series, No Name Players’ SWAN Day, Organic Theater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ Film Kitchen, and the Future Ten ten-minute play festival.

Philip Winters (Frank Foster) is in his fifth season at PICT. PICT credits: Old Mahon in Playboy of the Western World, Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Daldry in In the Next Room, and Christy in Lieutenant of Inishmore. Mr. Winters is an associate professor in the Conservatory of Performing Arts of Point Park University. Philip is active in local theater, television, film, and radio. He and his wife Kim are the proud parents of two sweet


Who’s Who in Production

Angela Baughman (Sound Designer) is in her second season at PICT after acting as sound designer for Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme. Other Pittsburgh credits: sound designer for Strata (Bricolage), resident sound designer for Devil ’s Arithmetic, The Importance of Being Earnest, Turn of the Screw, The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, Walk Two Moons, The Elephant Man, A Wrinkle in Time, and The Scarlet Letter (Prime Stage Theatre). Angela is a graduate of Berklee College of Music with a BM in music production and engineering.

Brandon Biller (Assistant Master Electrician) is making his PICT debut. Originally from Elkins, West Virginia, Brandon graduated from West Virginia University in 2010 with degrees in Spanish language and culture and in business administration. After graduation, he moved to the Washington, DC, metro area and began to pursue a career in event lighting production with Atmosphere, Inc. “He has also remained an active member of the Augusta Heritage Festival at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, WV, since 2008, assisting with the stage lighting and production of concerts at Harper MacNeely auditorium. As a newly recognized member of the United States Institute of Theatre Technology, Brandon has turned his focus toward theatrical lighting and has relocated to Pittsburgh to begin working with PICT Classic Theatre.

Johnmichael Bohach (Scenic Designer) is returning to PICT for his third full season and is deeply honored to be named one of PICT Classic Theatre’s Featured Artists for the 2015 Season. PICT credits: Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Blithe Spirit, and Sherlock Holmes & the Crucifer of Blood. He has also worked locally with Pittsburgh Opera, Prime Stage Theatre, Pittsburgh CLO, Kinetic Theatre, and Microscopic Opera, in capacities ranging from set design to props and scenic painting. Other design credits: The Mousetrap, The Devil ’s Arithmetic, The Importance of Being Earnest, Turn of the Screw, The Great Gatsby, The Elephant Man, The Glass Menagerie, Tuesdays with Morrie, Our Town (Prime Stage Theatre), You Can’t Take It With You (Lincoln Park Performing Art Center), Riders to the Sea, Lizbeth, Three Decembers (Microscopic Opera) Letters to Sala, Tartuffe, Bare, Jekyll & Hyde, The Wild Party, Nine, and Rent (Stagedoor Manor, Loch Sheldrake, NY). Johnmichael is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with BAs in theatre arts and architectural studies. www.jmbsetdesigns.com

Pamela Brusoski (Additional Stage Manager) returns to PICT after acting as Production Stage Manager for Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Pamela has worked on more than twenty five productions at Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City. Favorites include Dancing at Lughnasa, DA, Molly Sweeney, Freedom of the City, and The Emperor Jones. Broadway: Beauty and the Beast and Little Women. Off- Broadway: Primary Stages, New Federal Theatre, The Mint Theatre, York Theatre Company, and Carnegie Hall. Pamela earned her MFA in Directing from The City University of New York at Brooklyn College.



George DeShetler, Jr. (Production Manager / Technical Director) is in his fourth season at PICT. He began at PICT as the props master in 2012 and came on in July 2013 as production manager. Other Pittsburgh credits: Production manager at Prime Stage Theatre and temporary staff carpenter at CMU School of Drama. Regional credits: Arena Stage, Imagination Stage, Contemporary American Theater Festival, and Indiana Repertory Theatre. George graduated from Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, with a BFA in theatre design and technology.

K. Jenna Ferree (Master Electrician) is happy to be working on her first PICT production. She is presently pursuing her MFA in lighting design at Carnegie Mellon University and will graduate in 2017. Prior to moving to Pittsburgh, Jenna was the master electrician for Virginia Repertory Theatre in Richmond, Virginia for three seasons. She began her professional design career in 2005 while earning her BFA at Virginia Commonwealth University, which she received in 2009. Jenna has designed over forty professional production including Next To Normal, The Pillowman, Detroit, Say Goodnight Gracie, Steel Magnolias, Take Me Out, This Beautiful City, and The Hound of the Baskervilles.

Martin Giles (Director) is in his fourteenth season with PICT, as actor, director, and playwright. For PICT, he has directed short works of Beckett, Synge, Pinter, and Chekhov; his own musical play Beautiful Dreamers; and Martin McDonagh’s A Skull In Connemara. In recent years, he has directed four plays for Quantum Theatre: Andrew Bovell’s When The Rain Stops Falling, Graham Greene’s The End Of The Affair (adapted by Karla Boos), Henrik Ibsen’s John Gabriel Borkman, and Jez Butterworth’s Parlour Song. He also directed for Caravan Theatre of Pittsburgh, Victoria Stewart’s 800 Words: The Transmigration Of Philip K. Dick, and, most recently, for Point Park Conservatory, Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire.

Cory F. Goddard (Resident Stage Manager) is in his eleventh season with PICT. Favorite PICT Credits: Heartbreak House, Stuff Happens, Lieutenant of Inishmore, House & Garden, Salome, In the Next Room or the vibrator play, Waiting for Godot, and the Beckett, Synge, Pinter, and Chekhov festivals. Other Pittsburgh credits: Quantum Theatre, Bricolage, The REP, and Kelly Strayhorn Theatre. Cleveland Credits: Parade, The Laramie Project, Grey Gardens, and the non-equity premieres of Brooklyn, Phantom of the Opera, and [title of show]. Cory is a graduate of Baldwin Wallace College. He would like to thank Rebekah, George, Vicki, Philliam, Alicia, Gianni, Liz, and the Wetness.



Jennifer Kirkpatrick (Scenic Artist) is in her third season at PICT. PICT credits: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, For the Tree to Drop, Great Expectations, Macbeth, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Woman and Scarecrow, Waiting for Godot, Blithe Spirit, Sherlock Holmes & the Crucifer of Blood, A Skull in Connemara, Don Juan Comes Back from the War, and Lady Windermere’s Fan. Other credits: scenic artist for Il Mondo Della Luna, Seven Guitars, The Trojan Women: A Love Story, Lives of the Saints, and You Can’t Take It With You (Carnegie Mellon University) and scenic artist for Stage Door (Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center). Jennifer is a graduate of Ohio University with a BFA in production design and technology.

Shannon Knapp (Dramaturg) is a theatre artist living and working in Pittsburgh. Selected directing credits: #ViralContentGenerator (Pittsburgh Fringe Festival), Iphigenia & Other Daughters (Alarum Theatre), Crave (Alarum Theatre), Waking Dream (Between Us Productions), and Romeo & Juliet (Oakland Shakespeare Company). Thanks to Cassidy for giving her an opportunity to flex her dramaturgy muscles!

Rebecca Krall (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be working on her first PICT show! As a Point Park alum, Rebecca has worked as the company manager with City Theatre, has been a stage management intern at the Pittsburgh Public Theatre and Westport Country Playhouse and worked as a stage manager/crew for various productions with companies such as the Pittsburgh Playhouse, International Children’s Festival, Carrnivale Theatrics, Sewickley Academy, Caravan Theatre of Pittsburgh, Bakerloo Theatre Project, and CHS Theatre Department. Alan Stanford (Artistic Director) is in his eighth season at PICT. He was for more than thirty years a principal and leading actor with the renowned Gate Theatre, Dublin, where he recently directed his adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, which was taken to the Hong Kong Arts Festival in February 2015. He founded Ireland’s Second Age Theatre Company. PICT credits: Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, For the Tree to Drop, Great Expectations, Macbeth, Woman and Scarecrow, Macbeth, Pozzo in Waiting for Godot, Blithe Spirit, Don Juan Comes Back from the War, Lady Windermere’s Fan, and The Kreutzer Sonata. Other credits: The School for Scandal (Point Park Conservatory), works by Shakespeare, Molière, Noël Coward, Oscar Wilde, Shaw, Beckett, and Brecht.



Lindsay Tejan (Assistant costume design/wardrobe supervisor credits) is returning to PICT as costume designer after designing for Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Wait-ing for Godot and Woman and Scarecrow. Previous costume design credits: Tell It To the Marines (Sam Hazo Original Play) Day Room Window (New Hazlett), Importance of Being Earnest, Turn of the Screw, Walk Two Moons, and The Great Gatsby (Prime Stage Theatre), Women of Troy (Veritas Vita Collaborative), and Talk to me Like the Rain and Let me Listen, Torrent, and The Fog (Raymond Laine). Assistant Costume Design/Wardrobe Supervisor credits: Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Sherlock Holmes & the Crucifer of Blood, Our Class, The School for Lies, In the Next Room or the vibrator play, and Jane Eyre (PICT), and Room Service (Point Park).

James Thome (Props Master) is in his first full season at PICT, having acted as props master for Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and For the Tree to Drop. He also acted as the assistant props master for Sherlock Holmes & The Crucifer of Blood and a carpenter for Great Expectations for PICT. Lately, he has been freelancing, working for Artistic Adventures (Orlando, FL), Dallas Baptist University’s Phantom of the Opera (Dallas, TX), Heritage Theater Festival (Charlottesville, VA), and for Carnegie Mellon University and others within the Greater Pittsburgh Area. As a Pittsburgh local, he is excited to be working in his hometown for PICT and is looking forward to working with such talented artists to create an epic heater season.

Keith A. Truax (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to be joining the company of How The Other Half Loves. Currently Keith is a third year graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University, where he is pursuing an MFA in lighting design. Past PICT credits: Women and Scarecrow (lighting design and master electrician), Blithe Spirit, Waiting for Godot and Sons of Ulster, (master electrician). Future Projects: Sharon’s Grave and Oliver Twist for PICT Classic Theatre and Altar Boyz for Pittsburgh CLO Cabaret. Other design credits: Beggars Opera for CMU, Romance for Kinetic Theatre Ensemble, Fred Astaire Awards and Destiny Rising for NYCDA Foundation.


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Carnegie Library Notes

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If this play inspires you to host your own dinner party, visit the library for help with everything from cooking to music selection to party games! Or perhaps you’d rather read about other dinner party ‘disasters’? Either way, stop by and check these resources out. Reserve your copies now at www.carnegielibrary.org:

Dinner parties by Georgeanne Brennan CLP has many cooking and entertaining books to inspire your next dinner party.

Vegetarian dinner parties : 150 meatless meals good enough to serve to company by Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough And don’t forget your vegetarians and vegan guests with these delicious menus.

Dinner at eight [videorecording] by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The classic 1933 Hollywood film starring Jean Harlow and John Barrymore is centered around a memorable dinner party.

Dinner party disasters : true stories of culinary catastrophe by Annaliese Soros with Abigail Stokes For those unforgettable parties you would just as soon forget.

The dinner party by Judy Chicago An unusual and notable art exhibit inspired by a dinner party.

Dinner Party Classics (Favorites for an Elegant Evening) Various Artists Stream some classy music anytime for your next dinner party with your library card, courtesy of our online resource, Hoopla. Visit our e-CLP page on our website!

And for more about the playwright:

The Norman conquests [videorecording]Ayckbourn’s trilogy in a television series…the three ‘stories’ can be viewed in any order. Table Manners, Round and Round the Garden; Living Together. Contains special features of a biog-raphy of the playwright and the background on the trilogy.

By Jeeves original cast recording (CD)Anyone familiar with “Jeeves & Wooster” will delight in listening to the sound track of this musical. Book & lyrics by Alan Ayckbourn; music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. (The library has the American premier recording as well.)

Alan Ayckbourn: Grinning at the Edge: a Biography by Paul AllenRead a biography of this prolific English playwright, with more than 70 plays to his credit.

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Brother’s Brother FoundationSusan & David BrownleeAnne and Jim BurnhamMichael & Karen BurnsCaliban Book ShopCohen & Grigsby, P.C.Cecilia Rose Dickson, The Webb Law FirmFederated Investors Foundation, Inc.Kevin GiederTerri GouldGreater Pittsburgh Arts CouncilSusan Harris Smith & Philip E. SmithHoward Hanna CompanyBettyanne & James HuntingtonMargaret HynesLitigation Management, Inc.Maher DuesselJoan MarkertMatis Baum O’ConnorMeyer, Unkovic & Scott LLPCarl MoellenbergArmand PansonPNC FoundationPNC Financial ServicesThe PorchPPG Industries Foundation - GIVE ProgramPrecise, Inc.Chuck & Julia ReynoldsDr. Tor Richter & Ms. Karen E. EschSheri and Bob SclabassiRobert SwendsenJohn and Nancy TrainaDennis & Diane UnkovicWm. Keith Scannell & Associates, Inc.


PICT Annual Fund DonorsThe Patron League ($500-$999)The Alan L. & Barbara B. Ackerman FoundationAllFacilities, Inc.Steven AslchulerRamona Baker & James WingateDolores & John BarberNancy BarkmanMs. Dorothy BellhouseNancy Bernstein & Robert SchoenBernstein - Burkley, P. C.The Alan L. & Barbara B. Ackerman FoundationSally & John AdkinsAllFacilities, Inc.Steven AslchulerRamona Baker & James WingateDolores & John BarberNancy BarkmanJohn D. BauerleinMs. Dorothy BellhouseNancy Bernstein & Robert SchoenBernstein - Burkley, P. C.Tom Brown & Kathy MillerHoward & Marilyn BruschiBarbara & David BurstinWilliam R. CadwellJane Campbell Moriarty, J.D.Helen CaseyDonovan Cocas & Laura LongBonnie CoyneCynthia M. DanelRichard Dixon & Harvette Tipton DixonTodd & Michelle DominickPeter DonovanJeanne & Robert DrennanMark A. EckHunter FickeHarriet FranklinDr. John & Therese GallagherRachel Givelber & Michael MathierKarin & Greye GlassErin HamiltonAnne & Raymond HasleyHDH Group, Inc.

Sean & Carol Hughes of The Pittsburgh FoundationMaryanne Hugo & Patrick HastingsJim Keller & Mary Ellen HoyPeggi Kelley & Joel BiggerSharon KimbleKatherine Leech & Randall VollenKatherine & Lewis LobdellDavid MarchMoni McIntyreMichael & Ellen McLeanJerry & Judy MeyersDonald MillerMel Miller & Greg SilvusDr. Sean NolanWilliam ORourkeBeth PearsonAnne ShearonAnnette R. & Preston ShimerLee & Myrna SilvermanLeon & Irene SkolnickVirginia S. & Andrew StarrJanie & Harry ThompsonRobert TrombettaLouis & Mary WagnerWinthrop Watson HouseholdKathleen & Brian White

($250-$499)Patricia AhlbrandtLorrie K. AlbertAnonymous GiftJane C. ArkusBeverly Barkon & Frank LiebermanMarian & Bruce BlockBNY Mellon Community PartnershipKenneth BrandSusan B. Campbell & Patrick CurryBarbara & John CarlinJ. Stanton CarsonMary Ann CelioBill & Susan S. CerconeDavid CooganNelson & Carol CraigeAnne Curtis & Timothy Clark

Carol & David DalcantonLila DeckerMargaret DegnanDeanna DellavedovaDr. Barbara DeRiso & Mr. Donald NewmanDickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PCDollar BankJames & Sara DonnellCynthia D. DriscollAida & Barry DuganKevin EddyHenry & Mary EwaltFred Fargotstein HouseholdCraig FiedlerJoseph FineSuzanne FloodMark FreemanLauren GaileyGary & Joanne GarvinMary GibsonCathy & Ken GlickH Edwin Haller IVMeg & Ron HannanRebecca HaywoodAudrey & Fred HeidenreichAlan Helgerman & Sandra LaPietraMr. & Mrs. Henry L. HillmanAndrew & Dorothy HrishenkoK&L GatesNancy & Tom KellyGeorge KontosRolf & Magdalena LoeberRandy & Charlotte LottKevin LucasJay MangoldRobert & Laura MarinJanet & Robert McCartneyMeyer UnkovicDavid & Christina MichelmoreMelvin & Jean Anne MillerJudith OlsonVidyahar Patil & Sharon Brady-PatilJacqueline PereiraAngela PetersenPicadio Sneath Miller NortonPoint Park University

A Night Circus PICT’s Place of Saints and Sinners

A Gala in Black &WhiteBenefitting:

PICT Classic TheatreOctober 31, 2015

J. Verno Studios, 3030 Jane Street, South Side Flats

Be a part of one magical Halloween night with exciting entertainment, amazing auctions, dancing and drinks. Meet our honorees, actors and special guest. Enjoy catering by Emmy-Nominated Bob Sendall from All in Good Taste Productions

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Jim Reitz & Mary HeathKyle ReynoldsJames & Idamae RichLarry & Sandy RosenMichael & Linda RosenbaumMrs. Louisa S. RosenthalMona & Sam RushMerrilee H. SalmonJohn SchaffranekPamela SchoemerSteve & Lynn SilbermanMr. & Mrs. William J. SimpsonDavid Soloski & Sandra KniessSusan & Holly SpharJanet & Robert SquiresAlan StanfordRon Stone & Linda HaddadRachel & Lowell SwartsMary Ann & Lee TempletonHelen R. ThorntonEdward & Melanie TurkCharles & Janet VukotichAnnie & Larry WeidmanMichaelene WeimerNancy WernerBurns WhiteNorm WienBruce WilderWilliam & Laurie WinslowJudy & John Woffington

($100-$249)A Theater LoverAndrew AdeHoward Aikens & Christine WolfeBill & Colleen AllisonAnonymousAnonymous DonorJoan Frank AptDonald ArnheimNorma S. ArtmanKathryn AuelLynn BeckstromVange & Nick BeldecosEdith BellDr. & Mrs. Thomas G. BenedekMartha Y. Berman

Robin J. BernsteinAya Betensky & Robert KrautBNY MellonBNY MellonKenneth BoldenCarlos BorzutzkyPeter BowerWilliam BradleyEarl & Rita BrinkD.L. Brophy & Becky DunbarFrank & Laurie BrunsThe Jack Buncher FoundationLaura BuntingJay & Linda BushChristopher & Nancy CaldwellChristopher CapolupoMaria CirbusThomas ClintonDan & Laverne CollinsComputer AssociatesCarole & Norbert ConnorsRene ConradLynn Conroy & Bernie BrownDr. Noelette Conway & Dr. Hagen SchempfMark Conway ThompsonPaula CookPeter CookeCornelius & Joan CosgroveJoyce E. CostaRobert Dutch CreelyAlan & Susan CrittendenBob & Judy CunninghamBrian & Barbara CynamonJohn & Kathleen DeBlassioAnna DeForestBarrie DenmarkVictor & Delia DiCarloCynthia Pennington & C. Liam DonohueMary Ellen DrollDuquesne UniversityHelen EatonJanet & Theodore EckDr. & Mrs. Terry EvansDona EwellMarvin Fein & Beezie FennimoreHeidi B. FentonRichard & Marilyn Finberg

Moses & Laryn FinderMarian FinegoldJune & Bernard FinemanAnn FischerBarbara & Henry FolbTom & Malgorzata FortCyril & Jane FoxCarl B. FrankelMark GasparovicKathleen Gavigan & William DixonEdward GerguoyCarol Gluck & Albert WeinerBernard Goldstein & Russellyn CaruthRoslyn GoorinAnne W. GordonNancy & David GreenStephanie & Rick GreenJames W. GrubbsMark & Helen GupConroy D. GuyerDr. & Mrs. Adam W. HahnVan & Paula HallHaider HamoudiDr. Jeanne M. Hanchett & Dr. Phillips P. WedemeyerHarold & Ruth HansenHoward & Paula HarrisJonathan HarrisJanice HarrisonSanford W. Harvey, Jr.Eleanor HeasleyCatherine HebertElaine Herald & John JordanJean & James HigginsBill & Rosette HillgroveFonda HollenbaughLori & Alan HornellFrank & Courtney HorriganChristine HortyRita HostetterVaughn & Eleanor IrwinLois JacobEric Johnson & Richard AlterLynne JohnsonThomas & Leslie JoycePatricia KellyTom & Bunny KerrEllen G. Kight

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PICT Annual Fund Donors

Milton KimuraJack & Debra KingRonald & Starlit KosharDonald & Susan KosyJustin & Valentina KraussElizabeth & James KrisherDr. & Mrs. Lewis KullerWilliam Lafe & Carol HochmanJohn LeboldDale LeibachSylvia & Peter LeoSally LevinWilliam LindgrenJackie & Larry LoblRichard & Joyce MageePhyllis MajeskyMartha MalinzakEric MarchbeinDavid & Kathia MarksKenneth Mason & Marilyn RobertsEleanor MayfieldAngela MazzaJanet McCallKimberly McCartney & Tom GallagherJason McCuneBrigid McDevittRaymond & Constance McKeeverTom & Alice McKennaJohn McSorley, M.D.Gerald & Denise MedwickBrian & Karen MerrittMintzer, Sarowitz, Zeris, Ledva & Meyers, LLPPatricia Mooney & Alan SteinbergCynthia Moore

Robert & Mary Pat MooreheadSusan MoranJoan Morse GordonRichard MunschDawn Nelson & Donald HartEleanor & Ed NemethKay NeuhausenAnita NewellJack & Phyllis OchsOsher Lifelong Learning InstituteRobert PalmerCatherine ParhamJanine Pearson & Joseph WisterJohn F. PetersCharlotte & Norbert PilewskiTheresa & Cliff PinsentDennis PittmanJack & Jill PrestonMark Puda & Sue JohnstonMartin ReganBonnie ResinskiDaniel & Lauren ResnickMargaret A. RisoStephanie Riso & Rich GoodwaldJanet RobertsShoshana & Jerry RosenbergRochelle RudoyHelena Ruoti & Sam SimoneDominic RupprechtAudrey RussoDr. James R. SahoveyDavid Salgarolo & Francesca SavoiaJoan M. SaroffWilliam D. & Margaret Sawyer GhristMiriam SchaffelKaren & George SchnakenbergUrban Schuster

Morton & Rita SeltmanSusan & Brian SesackSteve ShapiroCynthia SheehanRhoda SikovJay Silberblatt & Lori SissonAnna Lisa SilbermanDaniel SimpsonAnita D. & Chester P. SmolenskiHenry & Mary SnyderThalia SnyderHenry & Mary SnyderStuart & Mary StaleyKatie StanichJudith A. StarrMona StrassburgerWade & Barbara StullPatricia L. SwedlowBeverly TaylorJay & Linda ThierRichard Thomas & Adel FougniesNancy B. ThompsonMaria TobiasDr. & Mrs. Albert TregerTucker ArensbergEllen Viakley & James WalkerJohn & Irene WallDr. Donal & Mary WardeShannon & Andrew WebberMarvin & Dot WedeenSandra WelshNaomi & David WhalenMerlyn & Jim WilliamsRev. Philip WilsonStanley WinikoffScott WirtzmanAllen Wolfert & Adrienne YoungSusan YoheFlorence & Harvey Zeve

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PICT Annual Fund DonorsSPECIAL GIFTS

Grambrindi Davies Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation, in honor of Carol and Sean Hughes

Anchor Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation, in honor of Cindy Berger and Larry Green

Michelle & Frank Domeisen, in honor of Erin Shannon-Auel

Ellen Wilson & Fredric V. Price M.D., in honor of Alan Baum

Kathryn Auel, in honor of Erin Shannon-Auel

William R. Shipley, in honor of Gene O’Sullivan

Stephanie Fulmer-Smentek, in honor of Dina J. Fulmer for your inspiring work as an advocate of the arts & as a role model for many.

PICT ANNUAL FUND DONORSMany thanks to the following companies for supporting PICT by matching their em-ployee’s contributions: Bank of America, BNY Mellon, The Buhl Foundation, Chevron, Computer Associates Inc., Gap Stores, Google, HJ Heinz Co. Foundation, Highmark blue Cross Blue Shield, IBM, Macy’s Foundation, Microsoft Corp., PNC Foundation, PPG Industries, Inc., UBS.

Contributions from January 1, 2014 through May 19, 2015. For corrections or information about making a tax-deductible gift to PICT, call Ryan Ferrebee at 412-561-6000. Don’t forget to see if your employer has a gift-matching program!


Save the DatesFull Irish Breakfast at Claddagh Irish Pub

Saturday, June 27 at 10:30 a.m.Get ready for Sharon’s Grave in true Irish fashion! Choose from a menu of delicious Irish breakfast food and discuss celtic folklore with Alan Stanford and Aoife Spillane-Hinks, director of Sharon’s Grave.

Call 412-561-6000 for tickets.

Dinner at Mansions on FifthThursday, July 9, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.

Join PICT Artists at the elegant Mansions on Fifth for an inside look at Sharon’s Grave before it hits the theatre! You ticket includes cash bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, plated dinner, wine pour, and after-dinner conversation. Tickets: Call or Email Ryan Ferrebee, Development Manager at 412-561-6000 x204 or [email protected] for more information.

PICT’s GalaSaturday, October 31, 2015

A Night CircusA Gala in Black and White benefiting PICT Classic TheatreJ. Verno Studios 3030 Jane Street, South SideCall 412-561-6000 or visit picttheatre.org for more information.

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