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Pierce Studio inside the Trust Art Education Center
Directed by Alan Stanford
World Premiere
February 19 - 28
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NEVER UNDERESTIMATE
THE POWER OF A GREAT
PERFORMANCE.
Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,
UPMC is ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
PICT Classic Theatre
presents
For the Tree to Drop
A world premiere
by Lissa Brennan
Directed by Alan Stanford
Karen Baum*
Siovhan Christensen
Linda Haston*
Justin Lonesome*
David Whalen*
Scenic Designer
Alan Stanford
Mike Papinchak
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Sound Designer
Production Manager /
Technical Director
James Thome
Steve Shapiro
Stage Manager
Cory F. Goddard*
George DeShetler, Jr.
Assistant Stage Manager
Paige Barnes
Joan Markert
Props Master
Projection Design
Jessi Sedon-Essad
Scenic Artist
Jennifer Kirkpatrick
For the Tree to Drop was developed with support from the
“In the Raw Festival” at Bricolage Production Company, Pittsburgh, PA.
*Member of the Actor’s Equity Association, the Union of Professional
Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Cast
Henry A slave. He is dead.......... Justin Lonesome*
Estella His sister. A slave............ Siovhan Christensen
Theenie A slave.......................... Linda Haston*
Edgar A Plantation owner.......... David Whalen*
Clarinda His wife....................... Karen Baum*
Setting: A Southern Plantation in the 1860’s
FOR THE TREE TO DROP WILL BE PERFORMED IN
SIXTY-FIVE MINUTES WITHOUT AN 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.
Special Thanks: Mona Rush, Sara Steelman, CMU Drama
Department, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Point Park University,
Vincent Lighting, Tracy Edmunds & The Trust Arts Education
Center, Ateret Reisner and Flyspace
The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of
photographs, either with or without flash, are strictly prohibited. Please
turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches.
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From the Board President
Dear Friends,
Some themes are universal, and some messages cannot be said too often. Tonight’s
play captures such a theme: discrimination in any fashion is intolerable and is degrading to the society in which it is permitted. We regrettably live in a world where
hatred, in the name of race, religion, national origin, or gender, is rising. While we
would like to believe that slavery has disappeared, it has not; human trafficking is
flourishing. Modern communications permit no escape from graphic evidence of the
atrocities.
PICT Classic Theatre is privileged to present a world premiere by a gifted Pittsburgh
artist. It is a moving story, beautifully portrayed, of finding hope among misery and
despair.
This season PICT Classic Theatre will focus on the human spirit and its propensity
for good and at times evil. Good people can be misled. Antebellum slave owners did
not believe that they were sinners. Why so?
Our season will offer plays that entertain, provoke, and inspire, and through our art
and our education program, PICT Classic Theatre aims to better the community
in which we live. We know that you have come to expect more – to take home a
message from each play, along with some laughs and tears. The message is personal
for you to determine. In the end, it is not a matter of whether there are more saints
than sinners, but whether each of us more often than not puts our more saintly side
forward.
Sincerely,
Chuck Moellenberg
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Production Team
Director/ Scenic Designer............................................... Alan Stanford
Costume Designer........................................................... Joan Markert
Lighting Designer........................................................... Mike Papinchak
Sound Designer............................................................... Steve Shapiro
Projection Designer ........................................................ Jessi Sedon-Essad
Props Master.................................................................... James Thome
Production Manager/ Technical Director........................ George DeShetler, Jr.
Stage Manager................................................................. Cory F. Goddard *
Assistant Stage Manager................................................. Paige Barnes
Scenic Charge Artist........................................................ Jennifer Kirkpatrick
Wardrobe......................................................................... Rikkilee Rose
Sound Board Operator.................................................... Kristopher Buggey
Light Board Operator...................................................... Antonio Colaruotolo
Carpenter......................................................................... Drew Palajsa
Carpenter......................................................................... Frank Noll
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has overseen one of Pittsburgh’s most historic transformations:
turning a seedy red-light district into a magnet destination for arts lovers, residents, visitors,
and business owners. Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts
organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and
entertainment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The District is one of the
country’s largest land masses “curated” by a single nonprofit arts organization. A major catalytic force in the city, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a unique model of how public-private
partnerships can reinvent a city with authenticity, innovation and creativity. Using the arts as
an economic catalyst, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has holistically created a world-renowned
Cultural District that is revitalizing the city, improving the regional economy and enhancing
Pittsburgh’s quality of life. Thanks to the support of foundations, corporations, government
agencies and thousands of private citizens, the Trust stands as a national model of urban
redevelopment through the arts. www.TrustArts.org
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Director’s Note
I have always supposed that it is reasonable to argue that
all of the plots for theatre, operas, novels, and ballet, were
basically conceived over two and a half thousand years ago
by the Greek poets and playwrights. Since then, most
writers, struggling to create new stories and new adventures
in the chaos of human existence, have found themselves
simply re-examining the same basic plot-lines which are
inextricably linked to the same basic human emotions;
emotions that strangely seem very much akin to the famous
(or possibly infamous) seven deadly sins, or more hopefully
the seven cardinal virtues.
Alan Stanford
Fear, hate, love, lust, compassion, trust, truth: all these are to be found in the earliest
of writing for the theater and have continued to be the driving force behind creative
imagination ever since. So I think it not unreasonable to assume that these have been
the driving forces of humanity since we were developed enough to call ourselves
humans.
The play Antigone, written by Sophocles two and a half millennia ago, examined,
amongst other things, the power we hold over others and the human desire for
respect and freedom— The freedom to be who we are and believe what we want. The
freedom to honor ourselves and each other.
Sébastien Norblin “Antigone et Polynice” Licensed
under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
PICT – For the Tree to Drop But it also put into question the
right to ensure order— The need
for a social structure. The desire for
stability. Laws are man-made, and
they are put into place to create
that order. We live in a chaotic
world, a chaotic universe. Civilization is, in that sense, nature’s way
of putting order onto the natural
chaos of things. From the dawn of
what we call “civilization,” slavery
was a part of the man-made order.
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Director’s Note
(continued from page 7)
Whole cultures, entire economies depended on the balance
of slave and master. Even Plato’s
utopian Republic did not remove
the concept of slavery. The feudal
system of governance that shaped
Europe for over two thousand
years depended on a process of
serfdom that survived into the
19th Century and still exists in
parts of the world today.
And that is order. And it never
changes while order rules. Chaos
is the process of change, be it galaxies colliding or people fighting
“’Pedeapsa robilor’ (‘Foaia duminecii’, ca. 1830)
for freedom. Chaos is the method
ILR 252” by Unknown. Licensed under
by which change occurs and just
Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
as order controls chaos, chaos can
and does destroy order. One of
the great truths is that change rarely occurs without revolution, and revolution is chaos.
This nation was born of revolution and from the chaos that such revolution brings.
And the result of that chaos was the birth of a different order, based not on Monarchy and the power of one, but on democracy and the power of all… or most. Slavery
still remained, and it took a new chaos, four score and ten years later to resolve it.
The great Irish Labor leader, James Larkin, put it most
succinctly. “The great are only great because we are on
our knees. Let us arise.”
The desire for and the winning of the democratic
process, which frees the masses from chains of oppression, is the same desire that can free the individual from
the chains of slavery. When individuals arise and cause
chaos in the system, then freedom can follow. It may not
be freedom of the body, but it is most definitely freedom
of the soul.
James Larkin
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Who’s Who in the Cast
Karen Baum (Clarinda) is honored to join PICT’s 2015 season.
PICT credits: Mrs. Joe/Biddy in Great Expectations, Hecate in
Macbeth, Scarecrow in Woman and Scarecrow, Edith in Blithe Spirit,
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 B.F.A. 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.
Siovhan Christensen (Estella) is thrilled to be making her debut
with PICT and honored to tell this vital story. Pittsburgh credits:
A Streetcar Named Desire (Barebones Productions) and 2014 Young
Playwrights Festival (City Theatre). Other credits: Ruth in Noel
Coward’s Blithe Spirit and pantomime Cinderella. A Pittsburgh
native, Siovhan journeyed to Chicago to obtain a BFA degree in
Acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. After living
and working in Chicago, Los Angeles and Europe, she is happy
to be back home to this dynamic theater community. Siovhan
dedicates her performances to her brothers Urie, Philemon, and
Nehemiah.
Linda Haston (Theenie) is excited to be in her first PICT production. As a professional (AEA) actress, singer, dancer and director,
Linda has resided in New York City for 10 years, where she has
performed her own cabaret act, done National and Regional
tours, from musicals, dinner theatre to outdoor drama. Pittsburgh
credits: Irene Page in Bubbling Brown Sugar (starring Vivian Reed),
Lily Ann Green in Lynn Nottage’s Crumbs from the Table of Joy,
Jeannette in Crowns (City Theatre’s 2005-2006 Season opener),
Tituba in The Crucible (Quantum Theatre), Mrs. Dickson in Lynn
Nottage’s Intimate Apparel (City Theatre), Henry in The Club (on
National Tour as well as in Pittsburgh), Addie in The Little Foxes
and a Citizen in Our Town (Pittsburgh Public Theater). Directing
credits: Seasons Greetings (by David Sedaris), How I Learned to Drive, Four Dogs & a Bone,
The Club and Baby Makes Seven (Off the Wall). Linda will be directing The Whale in May 2015
at Off the Wall. She also serves as an advisory board member at Off the Wall, and Assistant
Artistic & Education Director at Prime Stage Theatre.
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Who’s Who in the Cast
Justin Lonesome (Henry) is thrilled to be making his first appearance with PICT. Justin has appeared as Berry Belson in the first
national tour of Jersey Boys, Sgt. T. Williams in the world premiere
of A Soliders Heart (Pittsburgh Playhouse), Jim Conley in Parade
(Front Porch Theatricals), B.U.S. (Bricolage), and several summer
seasons at the Pittsburgh CLO. Point Park Conservatory Credits:
Antigone, Evita, Parade, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and No Place to
Be Somebody. Justin just wrapped filming on “Let it Snow” starring
Olivia Wilde, Amada Seyfried, and John Goodman. Justin would
like to thank Alan Stanford for his wisdom, and Cassidy Adkins
for being Cassidy Adkins. Next up Justin is excited to join PICT
again for Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.
David Whalen (Edgar) is in his tenth season & twenty-third
production for PICT, where he was recently seen as Jaggers in
Great Expectations and the title role in Macbeth. Other Pittsburgh
credits: Pittsburgh Public Theater (7 productions), City Theatre
(6 productions), The Rep (recently played Of Mice & Men), Kinetic
Theatre (recently played Romance), Quantum Theatre, Barebones
Productions (played Joey in A Steady Rain and directed Take Me
Out). New York credits: The Roundabout. Regional credits: South
Coast Rep (10 productions), Alley Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre
Company, Arden Theatre, Hartford Stage, The Folger Theatre,
Everyman Theatre, The Roundhouse, Center Stage, Huntington
Theatre, Laguna Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, Syracuse Stage,
Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Peoples Light & Theatre, Venice’s Biennale Festival, and
Playmakers Rep. Film & TV credits: Southpaw, The Fault in Our Stars, The Last Witch Hunter,
The Last Samaritan, The First Seal, Jack Reacher, 61*, Paper Umbrellas, The Christmas Tree, Black
Dahlia, My Bloody Valentine, True Blue, Indictment: The McMartin Trial, Without Warning, Three
Rivers, Pensacola, Silk Stalkings, Diagnosis: Murder, All My Children, and The Guiding Light.
Awards: 2007 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Performer of the Year, Barrymore Awards for Take Me
Out and OPUS, Helen Hayes Award for Hamlet, Kevin Kline Award for The Lieutenant of
Inishmore. Next up, OTHELLO at Pittsburgh Public Theatre. Please visit:
davidwhalenactor.com.
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The Quat’z Arts
Q Ball
Quantum Theatre’s Annual Benefit
March 7, 2015
EIC Building, 1435 Bedford Avenue
What color is your dream?
Join us for The Quat’z Arts Q Ball, where
Quantum’s outside-the-box artists will riff on the
famous surrealist parties of 20th century Paris
celebrating the arts of painting, sculpture, architecture, and printmaking.
Clocks will melt, nudes will descend staircases,
tuning forks will be of satin, and no pipe will be
a pipe, as we celebrate the breadth, impact, and
diversity of Pittsburgh’s scene… and raise
money for one of its enfant terribles.
For tickets and more information,
visit www.quantumtheatre.com
or call 412-362-1713
Who’s Who in Production
Paige Barnes (Assistant Stage Manager) is making her PICT debut. A recent graduate from
Ohio University, her favorite academic stage management projects were Rashomon, Crooked,
Metamorphoses and Mr. Marmalade. This past summer Paige worked with Cirque du Soleil
on The Beatles LOVE for twelve weeks. Her other work includes a summer internship with
The Quantum Theater on their production of Mnemonic and, more recently, interning with
the PPT on My Fair Lady. Paige has also enjoyed working with dance groups such as Boxcar
Burlesque and Factory Street Dance.
Lissa Brennan (Playwright) is a playwright, director, and actor
who is based in Pittsburgh and who has studied and performed
around the world. Previous work as an actor with PICT has
included Blithe Spirit, Don Juan Comes Back From The War, The
Vibrator Play, Beckett Fest, and Salome. Other favorite area onstage
appearances have been with barebones productions (Killer Joe,
Bug), Quantum Theater (Dogface, The Dark of the Moon, Kill the
Old, Torture Their Young) and Unseam’d Shakespeare (Coriolanus,
Measure For Measure, Othello, The Libertine). She is the Artistic
Director of Dog & Pony Show Theatricals, most recently
producing Grist From The Mill, a storytelling performance and
colloboration with James Beard Award winning chef Kevin Sousa.
She looks forward to developing future works with PICT, and again appearing on their stages.
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.
Cory F. Goddard (Resident Stage Manager) is in his 11th season with PICT. Favorite PICT
Credits include: 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.
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Who’s Who in Production
Jennifer Kirkpatrick (Scenic Artist) is in her third season at PICT. PICT credits: 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.
Joan Markert (Costume Designer) is in her eighth season at PICT. PICT credits: Great
Expectations, Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme, Blithe Spirit, A School for
Scandal, An Ideal Husband, Othello, Hobson’s Choice, The Mask of Moriarty, A School for Lies, Lady
Windermere’s Fan, Sherlock Holmes & The Crucifer of Blood, and The Importance of Being Earnest
(remounted from the Abbey Theater production). Other credits: All four Pittsburgh Playhouse
companies, including International Summer Dance, Jewish Theatre of Pittsburgh and Prime
Stage. In her spare time, Joan grows orchids, enjoys her cats and is working on programs for
inventorying and tracking costumes and props cryptically titled CODpiece (costumes) and
WIMP (Where Is My Prop). Joan graduated from CMU with an MFA in costume design.
Mike Papinchak (Lighting Designer) is excited to make his professional design debut with
PICT. He studied Lighting Design and Theater at Point Park University as well as Automated
lighting at Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh Playhouse design credits: The Alchemist
Lab. Assistant/automated lighting programmer credits include Urinetown and Bloody Bloody
Andrew Jackson. In addition to his design credits, he is a production specialist for Vincent
Lighting Systems working on projects including weddings, corporate shows, architecture, and
theatrical productions.
Jessi Sedon-Essad (Projection Design) has been a multi-media designer for theatre, dance,
and installation in Pittsburgh for the past ten years. Previous PICT credits: The Kreutzer
Sonata, The Pitmen Painters, The History Boys and Rock ‘N’ Roll. Jessi is currently the resident
projection designer for The Pittsburgh Playhouse and a few of her recent credits include As You
Like It, By the Way Meet Vera Stark, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and Soldier’s Heart. She has
also had the pleasure of designing for Pittsburgh CLO, The National Aviary, The Aspen Opera
Theater, Bricolage Theatre, Off the Wall Productions, Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra,
and Squonk Opera, among others. Selected excerpts of her work can be seen at jsedesign.net.
She would like to dedicate this design to her brother, Nathan. Wish you were here, kiddo.
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Who’s Who in Production
Steve Shapiro (Sound Designer) returns to PICT after acting as Sound Designer for Great
Expectations and Lady Windermere’s Fan. He currently serves as resident sound designer and
engineer for The Pittsburgh Playhouse at Point Park University, where he has designed almost
every production since his arrival in 2010, including The School for Scandal, directed by Alan
Stanford. Other credits: Over 85 productions with the Coconut Grove Playhouse in south
Florida, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Syracuse Stage, The 92nd Street Y in NYC, The Cleveland
Playhouse, The Caldwell Theater, and The George Street Playhouse. National Tours: Menopause The Musical from 2006 to 2010, he also toured with The Ramones, The Replacements,
and Pia Zadora. International credits: Russian language premiere of The Skin of Our Teeth in
Novosibirsk, Russia, and the 1995 South American Tour of Phantom of The Opera. He also
created the score composition and sound design of Alan Ginsburg’s only play, Plutonian Ode.
Alan Stanford (Director/ Scenic Designer) 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 will be taken to Hong Kong
in February 2015. He founded Ireland’s Second Age Theatre Company. PICT credits: 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.
James Thome (Props Master) is in his first full season at PICT, although he was the assistant
prop master for Sherlock Holmes and The Crucifer of Blood and a Carpenter for Great
Expectations. Lately, he has been freelance working for Artistic Adventures (Orlando, FL),
Dallas Baptist University’s Phantom of the Opera (Dallas, TX), Heritage Theater Festival
(Charlottesville, VA), 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 theater season.
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Shakespeare Gets Justice!
PICT UnCommon Pleas
March 19, 2015 at The Duquesne Club
In Support of PICT and PICT’s Educational Outreach Programming.
Make plans now to join PICT Classic Theatre at its
2nd Annual Shakespearean Legal Romp.
A Taste of the Tempest. Dinner. Open Bar.
Crimes against Man, Nature, and Humanity.
Argued with wit before local Federal and State judges.
A great evening out for clients, friends of the Bar,
Friends of the Bard, and all friends of PICT.
Make your Memories with PICT Classic Theatre.
Call 412.561.6000 for more details. PICTTheatre.org
PICT Board of Directors
Kevin R. Gieder
Margaret Hynes
Joseph Karas
Justin Krauss
Richard Miller
Fabian O’Connor
Eugene O’Sullivan
Richard E. Rauh
Chuck Reynolds
Peter Smerd
Pauline Taylor-Raiff
Board Officers
Charles Moellenberg,
President
Erin Shannon-Auel,
Vice President
Diane Lazzaris, Secretary
Michael Burns, Treasurer
Directors
Joseph Auria
Alan S. Baum
Cynthia Berger
Eileen Clancy
Steven Cuden
Dina J. Fulmer
Gail Gerono
Advisory Board
D.L. “Larry” Brophy
Paul Homick
James Lamb
Robert Levin
Richard Miller
Kristen Olson, PhD
Gene O’Sullivan
Alberta Sbragia, PhD
Wanda Wilson
Honorary Board
Congressman Mike Doyle
Charles Gray
Thomas Kilroy
David Norris–Seanad Eireann
Bingo O’Malley
Stephanie Riso
PICT Staff
Alan Stanford
Artistic & Executive Director
Stephanie Riso
Managing Director
Ryan Ferrebee
Development Manager
George DeShetler, Jr.
Production Manager
Katie Wagner
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Carolyn Ludwig
Customer Relations Director & Sales Manager
Cassidy Adkins
Company Manager & Production Coordinator
Jennifer Trehar
Fundraising & Event Coordinator
Andrew Huntley
Call Center Coordinator & Sales Assistant
Elisa Ogot
Ticketing & Office Assistant
Rebecca Covert
Operations and Ticketing Assistant
Claire Sabatine
Customer Relations & Sales Associate
Caitlin Young
Marketing & Promotions Intern
Minfeng Zhang
Marketing Intern
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Phone: 412-561-6000, Fax: 412-561-6686
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Carnegie Library Notes
PICT Classic Theatre and The Carnegie
Library of Pittsburgh work together to provide
our patrons with the best materials to enhance
your enjoyment of the show.
Come learn more about the history of slavery in America by visiting the Carnegie Library of
Pittsburgh. Reserve your copies now at www.carnegielibrary.org.
12 Years a Slave: A Memoir of Kidnap, Slavery and Liberation (book, book on CD, DVD,
Blu-ray). Solomon Northup
This extraordinary memoir recounts the life of Solomon Northup, a free black man who was
kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841 and eventually reunited with his family.
American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt. Daniel Rasmussen
The largest slave uprising in American history occurred in New Orleans and ended in defeat
for its participants, but gave hope to thousands of others in the years leading up to the
Civil War.
The Long Walk to Freedom: Runaway Slave Narratives. Donald Weise, Editor and
Devon W. Carbado, Editor
These first-person narratives tell the inspiring stories of people who risked everything to
escape slavery. Included is the story by Henry “Box” Brown who shipped himself – in a box –
to freedom.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Written in 1852, this is the famous story of slaves Eliza, Uncle Tom, and Eva – and the evil
Simon Legree. This novel fueled discussions about abolition and set the country on the path
to war.
Soul by Soul: Life Inside the Antebellum Slave Market. Walter Johnson
This book offers a thoroughly-researched, often chilling description of the way African slaves
were treated as commodities in the open markets in New Orleans.
Beloved (book, book on CD, DVD). Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison’s magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is the story of Sethe, a slave who
makes the choice to sacrifice her child rather than return her to slavery.
Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery. Deborah Willis and
Barbara Krauthamer
A stunning collection of photographs complements the story of what freedom really looked
like in the years following the Civil War.
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Season Sponsor:
Philip Chosky Charitable & Educational Foundation
Season Media Sponsors:
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Opening Night Sponsors:
UPMC & Odato Marketing Group
Education and Enrichment Program Sponsors:
ARAD, First National Bank of Pennsylvania, Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of the Buhl
Foundation, The Grable Foundation, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Levin Furniture,
Maher Duessel, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Ryan Memorial Foundation, United
Concordia Companies, Inc., UPMC Health Plan, American Eagle Outfitters Foundation.
For information on the benefits of sponsorship, please contact Ryan Ferrebee, Development Manager,
at 412-561-6000 or email rferrebee@picttheatre.org.
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Monday, March 2, 2015 at 7:15 pm
Cabaret at Theater Square
655 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222
Free and Open to the Public
Featuring songs by member writers, composers and lyricists developing
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and work by guest artists with ties to Pittsburgh. Meet and greet reception
with artists and performers will follow the showcase.
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MTAP event presented in cooperation with Pittsburgh CLO
Reservations encouraged
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PICT Annual Fund Donors
We extend our deepest appreciation to the following donors who support
PICT programs on the stage and in the community.
William Shakespeare
($25,000+)
Philip Chosky Charitable & Educational Foundation
Grambrindi Davies Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation in honor of Carol and Sean Hughes
The Heinz Endowments
McCune Foundation
Richard E. Rauh
William Butler Yeats
($2,500-$4,999)
James Joyce
($10,000-$24,999)
The Fine Foundation
Highmark Blue Cross
Blue Shield
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Brian Friel
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George Kasich
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Hanita & Ram Kossowsky
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($50-$99) continued
Don & June Kudas
Timothy Lambert &
Bernadette Harris
Bernadette & Tom Landon
Alan & Vivian Lawsky
Jackie & Larry Lobl
Corinn M. Lyon
Joyce Magill
Rita Martin
David Maxwell
Eleanor Mayfield
Louise Mayo
Carol & Fred McCullough
Patricia McElligott
Heather McElwee
Richard & Christine Michaels
Joseph P. Moffitt
Donald & Janet Moritz
Evelyn Murrin
Barbara Myers
Charles & Eloise Neiss
Patricia Nichols
Dr. Enrico Novelli
Jack & Phyllis Ochs
C. Prentiss Orr
Catherine Parham
Maggie Patterson
John F. Peters
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Janet Roberts
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Peggy & Fred Whelan
Barbara Widdoes
Merlyn & Jim Williams
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Terry & Janet Woodcock
Patricia A. Yeager
Sandra Zaharoff
William Zeiger
SPECIAL GIFTS
Anchor Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation, in honor of Cindy Berger and Larry Green
Grambrindi Davies Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation, in honor of Carol and Sean Hughes
Gene O’Sullivan and Dina J. Fulmer, in honor of your inspiring work as an advocate of the arts
and as a role model for many.
Margaret Mima, in memory of Joseph A. Mima
In Honor of Erin Shannon-Auel
John Cook in memory of Paula Cook
PICT ANNUAL FUND DONORS
Many thanks to the following companies for supporting PICT by matching their
employee’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 Crop., PNC Foundation,
PPG Industries, INC., UBS.
Contibutions from from January 1, 2014 through February 6, 2015. For corrections or information
about making a tax-deductible gift to PICT, call Ryan Ferrebee at 412-561-6000. Dont forget to see
if your employer has a gift-matching program.
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Save the Dates
Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 6 p.m.
The Duquesne Club
An open bar and divine dinner await as The Tempest’s fury unfolds, when Prospero clashes with Caliban in support of
PICT Classic Theatre and its education initiatives.
PICT is also pleased to announce that the Honorable Tom
Corbett will play the key role of Prospero! Be one of the first to
see him perform.
Call 412-516-6000 or visit picttheatre.org for tickets.
Full Irish Breakfast at The Claddagh
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 The Mansions on Fifth
Thursday, 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 rferrebee@picttheatre.org for more information.
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PICT – For the Tree to Drop
Directed by
Alan Stanford
Music Direction by
Doug Levine
April 29 May 9
Featuring Daina Michelle Griffith and Caroline Nicolian.
Don’t miss the poignant, passionate and
profound tunes of Jacques Brel in this
stunning musical revue!
PICTTheatre.org
412.561.6000