letter from the board president - PICT Pittsburgh`s Classic Theatre

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Alexandre Brito spends a lot of time on the road. So he needs a health plan that covers
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you _ you’re better with Blue.
PICT Classic Theatre
presents
BLITHE SPIRIT
AN IMPROBABLE FARCE IN THREE ACTS
by Noël Coward
Directed by Alan Stanford
Real Member
Alexandre Brito
with Mary Rawson* as Madame Arcati
Karen Baum*
Lissa Brennan
James FitzGerald*
Daina Michelle Griffith*
Dan Rodden*
Vera Varlamov
Sound Designer
Angela Baughman
Production Manager
George DeShetler, Jr.
Lighting Designer
Christopher Popowich
Scenic Designer/
Props Master
Johnmichael Bohach
Stage Manager
Cory F. Goddard*
Assistant Stage Manager
Andrew Swackhamer
Scenic Charge Artist
Jennifer Kirkpatrick
Technical Director
Louis P. Taylor
Costume Designer
Joan Markert
Master Electrician
Keith A. Traux
Dramaturg
Tyler Crumrine
"Always"
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Copyright 1925 by Irving Berlin. Copyright renewed. International copyright secured.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Used by special arrangement with Irving Berlin Music Company
1633 Broadway, Suite 3801, New York, NY 10019
Blithe Spirit is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. 45 West 25 Street,
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*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional
Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
LETTER FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT
CAST
Edith..................................................................... Karen Baum*
Mrs. Bradman...................................................... Lissa Brennan
Doctor Bradman................................................... Jim FitzGerald*
Ruth...................................................................... Daina Michelle Griffith*
Madame Arcati..................................................... Mary Rawson*
Charles................................................................. Dan Rodden*
Elvira.................................................................... Vera Varlamov
PLACE: Kent, England
TIME: World War II
BLITHE SPIRIT WILL BE PERFORMED IN 2 HOURS AND
30 MINUTES WITH ONE 15 MINUTE INTERMISSION
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Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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To our guests,
We all see ghosts from our past; some are more welcome than others. In conjuring
up the ghosts of my past, I recall the many nights when my parents forced my
brother and I as young kids to dress up in a jacket and tie – aka noose – to go
to the Toledo Symphony for a concert. We would much prefer watching sports
on TV, even practicing the piano, to putting on a tie to go to a classical music
concert. Undoubtedly kids around Pittsburgh would say the same today (though
ties are no longer required).
Yet, I have to admit that our parents gave us a gift, as under-appreciated as it was
at the time. The Peristyle in the Toledo Art Museum, home to the Symphony, was
like sitting in a beautiful outdoor Greek amphitheatre under starry skies. More
than that, the Symphony exposed us to the wonders of music, to the creative
genius of the masters who still inspire the soul today. The result: I go to the
symphony and art museums and love all kinds of music, dance, and theatre.
Theater is music to the ears. Good writing is lyrical; you can hear the music in
the styling and rhythm of the words. Actors deliver those words like artists; they
make the words sing through their inflection and expressions.
The point is simple: bring your children to the theater. It is live action; it is real
people; it is imagination; it is up close and personal. It touches and inspires for
a lifetime.
PICT has many family-friendly shows this year, because we believe that theater
should be a family experience. We are expanding our educational programs to
reach out to more children who would not otherwise be able to attend. Please
help PICT and our community by bringing your families and by donating to our
educational programs. Then our future will have a gentler, kinder spirit, too.
Sincerely,
Chuck Moellenberg
CREW
Sound Designer.................................................... Angela Baughman
Scenic Designer/ Props Master............................ Johnmichael Bohach
Dramaturg............................................................ Tyler Crumrine
Production Manager............................................. George DeShetler, Jr.
Resident Stage Manager...................................... Cory F. Goddard
Scenic Charge Artist............................................ Jennifer Kirkpatrick
Costume Designer................................................ Joan Markert
Lighting Designer................................................ Christopher Popowich
Director................................................................ Alan Stanford
Assistant Stage Manager...................................... Andrew Swackhamer
Technical Director................................................ Louis P. Taylor
Master Electrician................................................ Keith A. Traux
Sound Board Operator......................................... Tim Reid
Light Board Operator........................................... Matt Shearer
Props Artisan........................................................ Casey Wilczak
Wardrobe.............................................................. Ali Roush
SPECIAL THANKS: Scott Wirtzman, Suellen Fitzsimmons, Pittsburgh
Musical Theater, Ben Blazer, C. Todd Brown, Philip Rheinheimer, Ben
Vigman, Jon Ward, Mat Ciaccia, Carnegie Mellon School of Drama,
Pittsburgh Opera, Nick Wright, The Pittsburgh Playhouse, University of
Pittsburgh Stages, Josephine Bell, Sara Steelman and Stefania Rizzo
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WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
Karen Baum is honored to return to PICT as a featured artist for
the 2014 Season. PICT credits: Don Juan Comes Back from the
War, King Lear, Boston Marriage and The Shaugraun. Other
Pittsburgh credits: Saint Vincent Summer Theatre, Pittsburgh
Public Theater, Playhouse REP, Off the Wall, UnSeam'd
Shakespeare, NoName Players, Bricolage, Squonk Opera, Pitt's
Shakespeare in the Schools and CMU Interactive. Regional
credits: Crimes of the Heart (Public Theater of KY), Theatre54
NYC and many Chicago venues. Film and Television credits:
Promised Land, The Road, My Bloody Valentine 3D, KillPoint,
The War That Made America, the TV pilot series Ghosthunters, PSI and A Fancy Piece
of Homicide (2014). Karen is a Point Park BFA graduate and she teaches for PICT, the
Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Civic Light Opera and Hope Academy. Thanks to this inspiring
team of artists, and to family.
Lissa Brennan has performed at PICT in Don Juan Comes Back
from the War, In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play, Beckettfest
and Salome. Other Pittsburgh credits: Bug and Killer Joe
(barebones productions), DogFace and The Dark of the Moon
(Quantum Theatre), Measure for Measure, Othello, The Libertine
and Women Beware Women (Unseam'd Shakespeare). She is the
Artistic Director of Dog & Pony Show, and with that company
will be producing an original, steel mill-centered performance
piece this fall.
James FitzGerald is a featured artist for the 2014 Season and is
in his twelfth production for PICT. 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 16 seasons with Chicago
Shakespeare Theater. Regional credits: Cape May Stage,
Milwaukee Rep, the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival
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 is in her fourth season with PICT.
PICT credits: Octavia/Iras in Anthony and Cleopatra, various
women in Martin Giles's Beautiful Dreamers and Greta in
James Joyce's The Dead. Regional Credits: Pittsburgh Public
Theater, Kansas City Starlight, Human Race Theater, Gateway
Playhouse, heXtc and NYC International Fringe. Other
Pittsburgh credits: Quantum Theatre, City Theatre, The REP,
Off the Wall, barebones, NoName Players, Bricolage, Pittsburgh
Musical Theater, Carnivale Theatrics, Pittsburgh CLO and Prime
Stage. Film: Civilians, Love and Other Drugs, The Dark Knight
Rises (Foley's wife), and Hollidaysburg (Angela). Awards: 2013 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
Mary Rawson has appeared in previous PICT seasons as Izzie in
House & Garden, Mrs. Marchmont in An Ideal Husband, Margrethe
in Copenhagen and Pauline in Thomas Kilroy's adaptation of
Chekhov's The Seagull. Other Pittsburgh credits: Mrs. Young in
Honus and Me (City Theatre), Micheleine in Splendour and Elizabeth
in When the Rain Stops Falling (Quantum Theatre) and Mom in True
West (Pittsburgh Public Theater). World premieres: Amy Hartman's
Chicken Snake and Tammy Ryan's In the Shape of a Woman and FBI
Girl (Playhouse Rep). Television: Cousin Mary on Mister Rogers'
Neighborhood (her favorite role). Awards: 2012 Pittsburgh PostGazette Performer of the Year for her role as Violet in August: Osage County (Playhouse Rep).
Dan Rodden is making his PICT debut. Chicago credits: Felix in
The Odd Couple (Drury Lane Oakbrook), Antipholus of Syracuse
in The Comedy of Errors (Oak Park Festival Theatre), Dr. Adams
in Marrying Terry (Nightingale Group), Mortimer in Arsenic and
Old Lace (New American Theater) and The Shakespeare Project
of Chicago. Other Credits: Hannay in The 39 Steps (Nebraska
Repertory Theatre), Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird
(Cardinal Stage Company) and Don Quixote in Man of LaMancha
(Normandale College). Dan is grateful for the continued tolerance
of his talented wife, actress Gail Rastorfer.
Vera Varlamov is in her third season at PICT. PICT credits:
Rachelka/Marianna in Our Class, Irina in Three Sisters and
Natalia in The Proposal. Other credits: Myra in Hay Fever
(Theatre Downtown Orlando), Ophelia in Hamlet (Strollers
Theater) and Julia in The Birds (Mosaic Theatre). She holds
an MFA from Rutgers. Awards: 2012 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Breakout Performer of the Year. Many thanks to her family, dear
friend and mentor Alan Stanford, and to all of you sitting out there
right now— enjoy the show!
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WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
Angela Baughman (Sound Designer) is in her first season at PICT. 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,
Farenheit 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 & engineering.
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Johnmichael Bohach (Scenic Designer/Props Master) is in his second year at PICT
after propping last year's season and also designing Sherlock Holmes & The Crucifer
of Blood. Other design credits: The Importance of Being Earnest, Turn of the Screw,
The Great Gatsby, The Elephant Man, The Glass Menagerie and Tuesdays with Morrie
(Prime Stage), Riders to the Sea, Lizbeth, Three Decembers (Microscopic Opera), Dido
and Aeneas (Renaissance City Choirs), 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.
Tyler Crumrine (Dramaturg) is in his first season at PICT. He is a Pittsburgh-based
dramaturg and the editor of Plays Inverse Press, a small press publishing company for
dramatic literature. His writing on Irish playwright Martin McDonagh has been recognized
nationally by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where he has also
studied as New Play Dramaturgy Intensive fellow. His most recent work has appeared in the
education and accessibility materials for Pittsburgh's City Theatre.
George DeShetler, Jr. (Production Manager) is in his third 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 Temp Staff 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 tenth season with PICT.
PICT credits include: Heartbreak House, Stuff Happens, Lieutenant of Inishmore, House
& Garden, Salome, In the Next Room and the Beckett, Synge, Pinter and Chekhov Festivals.
Other Pittsburgh credits: Quantum Theatre, Bricolage, Kelly Strayhorn Theater and The
REP. 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, Vicky, Phill, Alicia,
Liz, the Wetness and Randy & Rita.
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WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST
WHO'S WHO IN THE CREW
Jennifer Kirkpatrick (Scenic Charge Artist) is in her second season at PICT. PICT
credits: 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 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 & technology.
Keith A. Truax (Master Electrician) is in his first season with PICT. Credits: Production
Manager for Buyer and Cellar (OffBroadway), Production Manager/Lighting Designer
(LaGuardia High School of Music & Arts), Production Manager for Chix 6 (Queens Theatre),
Production Design/ Production Manager for My Sinatra (Sofia’s Downstairs Theatre),
Lighting Design/ Production Manager for Time Step (New Victory Theatre) and Lighting
and Sound Design for Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Asbury Park).
Joan Markert (Costume Designer) is in her sixth season at PICT. PICT credits: A School
for Scandal, An Ideal Husband, Othello, Hobson's Choice, The Mask of Moriarty, A School
for Lies, Lady Windermere's Fan, 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 (33 seasons), 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.
Christopher Popowich (Lighting Designer) is in his sixth season at PICT. PICT credits: A
Skull in Connemara, Julius Caesar, End Game and the Beckett Festival and Empire Series.
Regional credits: Madame Butterfly (Columbus Opera), Wagner's Ring Cycle (Opera
Theater of Pittsburgh) and Henry V on a Trapeze (Burning Coal Theater Company). Other
Projects: The Randy Pausch Bridge & The Hunt Library (CMU) and The Gulf Tower.
Awards: 2010 Electric League Award (for the Randy Pausch Bridge) and 2012 Electric
League Award (for the Hunt Library).
Alan Stanford (Director/Artistic & Executive Director) is in his sixth year 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. He founded
Ireland's Second Age Theatre Company. PICT Credits: 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.
Andrew Swackhamer (Assistant Stage Manager) is in his first season at PICT. Acting
Credits: Mr. Carter in Our Town (Pittsburgh Public), Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance
of Being Earnest and Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby (Prime Stage), Dancin’ Eddie
Danson in Viva Los Bastarditos! (No- Name Players), Jim-Jim in The Truth About Santa and
Andrew Swackhamer's Toy Story. Look for him as Ed in Evil Dead at Off the Wall, also with
No Name Players, in June!
Louis P. Taylor (Technical Director) has worked behind the scenes at PICT on Travesties,
The Dead, The Pillowman and Uncle Vanya. Other credits: Squonk Opera, Pittsburgh Public
Theater, Long Wharf Theater and University of Pittsburgh Department of Theater Arts.
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PICT STAFF & BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Board Officers
Charles H. Moellenberg, President
Erin Shannon-Auel, Vice President
Directors
Alan S. Baum
Cynthia Berger
Eileen Clancy
Steven Cuden
Gail Gerono
Kevin R. Gieder
Joseph Karas
Justin Krauss
Diane Lazzaris
Richard Miller
Fabian O’Connor
Eugene O’Sullivan
Richard E. Rauh
Chuck Reynolds
Pauline Taylor-Raiff
Dina J. Fulmer, Secretary
Michael Burns, Treasurer
Advisory Board
D.L. “Larry” Brophy
Paul Homick
Robert Levin
Kristen Olson, PhD
Alberta Sbragia, PhD
John Sotirakis
Wanda Wilson
Honorary Board
Congressman Mike Doyle
Charles Gray
Thomas Kilroy
David Norris–Seanad Eireann
Bingo O’Malley
Stephanie Riso
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and its 2014 season.
PICT Staff
Alan Stanford, Artistic & Executive Director
Stephanie Riso, Managing Director
Ryan Ferrebee, Development Manager
Michelle Belan, Marketing & Communications Director
George DeShetler, Jr., Production Manager
Carolyn Ludwig, Customer Relations Director & Sales Manager
Katie Wagner, Operations Assistant
Jennifer Trehar, Development Associate
Cassidy Adkins, Production & Sales Assistant
Matthew Colecchia, Customer Relations & Sales Representative
Tim Hibbard, Customer Relations & Sales Representative
Kim McCartney, Customer Relations & Sales Representative
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NOTES FROM THE DRAMATURG: TYLER CRUMRINE
The year is 1941 and British morale is under fire. The German Blitz is in full
swing, and every day reports of wartime casualties are on the rise. Noël Coward,
having returned from two years abroad lobbying on the war’s behalf, is tasked
with writing a play to help raise his countrymen’s spirits. And he does, writing
Blithe Spirit in a mere five days. What he chooses to write about, however, is the
very thing everyone fears most: death.
Coward was no stranger to death, having lost both his younger brothers before
their time—one to illness and one to the First World War. Upon seeing London’s
war-torn landscape, however, he was more impressed by those who maintained
a casual and cheerful indifference towards doom than those who cloistered
themselves against it.
Shortly before writing Blithe Spirit, Coward witnessed a hotel dining room carry
on, without pause, as bombs fell directly outside its walls. Doors blasted open and
walls bulged, but the diners remained unperturbed, even singing songs around the
piano. He wrote in his journal after: “People's behaviour absolutely magnificent.
Much better than gallant [. . .] Would not have missed this experience for anything.”
To Coward, a “blithe spirit” towards death was exactly what Britain needed during
the war—for citizens to uphold the British virtue of self-discipline and, in Kipling’s
words, “keep your head when all about you are losing theirs.”
In Blithe Spirit, death is quick, comical, and completely out of one’s control. The
most anyone can do is to keep a stiff upper lip and not let death get the best of them.
Indeed, Blithe Spirit’s happiest and most fulfilled character is Madame Arcati,
who, despite whether a séance is successful, still finds joy in birds, bicycles, beer,
and beetles. It’s only when characters succumb to the stress of their situations that
things get the better of them.
Coward calls on audiences to live life to the fullest, even when actually surrounded
by death. To laugh at their attempts to overcome death and realize, as echoed in
our next production, Waiting for Godot, that the present is all there is and the past
and future are not worth worrying about. To enjoy living rather than just surviving
their lives, and, in his own words, “to walk across planks laid over the rubble
caused by a recent air raid to see a light comedy about death.”
MADAME ARCATI—AN ICONIC ROLE
By Sara Steelman
Blithe Spirit is often described as one of Noël Coward’s three masterpieces, the
other two being Private Lives and Hay Fever, and the role of Madame Arcati is
one of the great examples of Coward’s ability to write roles that actresses love
to play. Although the surprisingly effective medium who arrives for a séance on
her bicycle is described as a supporting role, skilled actresses have frequently
demonstrated their ability to make Madame Arcati the focus of the audience’s
attention and the most memorable character in the play.
One example of an actress making both the character and the play her own is,
of course, Angela Lansbury. Her current incarnation as Madame Arcati at the
Gielgud Theatre in London follows a Tony winning performance as Madame
Arcati on Broadway in 2009; the enthusiastic Broadway reviews and high London
expectations resulted in a publicity campaign that suggests that Madame Arcati is
in fact the main character in the play. Although this would certainly have surprised
Noël Coward, perhaps it shouldn’t.
Similarly, a well-known Pittsburgh actress garnered enthusiastic reviews in two
separate productions of Blithe Spirit. Helen Wayne Rauh, one of the most popular
and busiest actresses in Pittsburgh for more than 40 years, first performed the role
for the Pittsburgh Playhouse in 1945. At that point, she was only 33, but although
Madame Arcati is typically described as 45-65 (and Angela Lansbury is in her late
80s), she had no difficulty convincing the audience of the reality of her character.
Reviewers praised her energy and skill – one called her performance “just this side
of a comedy masterpiece” – and clearly considered her the most important element
in the play. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s columnist “Connie” named her “Woman
of the Week” for her “beautifully balanced life” including her acting career, her
philanthropic projects, and the “inspiration of her son, Richard E. Rauh,” who
himself became both an actor and a philanthropist. In 1971, she reappeared at the
Playhouse with a different cast, again to favorable reviews.
Helen Wayne Rauh in Blithe Spirit
In our production, Mary Rawson, another well-known Pittsburgh actress, will
create the part of Madame Arcati. Rawson has been seen in productions ranging
from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood (Cousin Mary Owl) to August:Osage County
(Violet Weston) and was named a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette performer of the year
for the latter role. Her vision of this amazing character will add another striking
element to Coward’s “improbable farce.”
Helen Wayne Rauh as Madame Arcati
TO A SKYLARK by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
HAIL to thee, blithe spirit!
Bird thou never wert—
That from heaven or near it
Pourest thy full heart
In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.
Higher still and higher
From the earth thou springest,
Like a cloud of fire;
The blue deep thou wingest,
And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest.
In the golden light'ning
Of the sunken sun,
O'er which clouds are bright'ning,
Thou dost float and run,
Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun.
The pale purple even
Melts around thy flight;
Like a star of heaven,
In the broad daylight
Thou art unseen, but yet I hear thy shrill delight—
Keen as are the arrows
Of that silver sphere
Whose intense lamp narrows
In the white dawn clear,
Until we hardly see, we feel that it is there.
All the earth and air
With thy voice is loud,
As when night is bare,
From one lonely cloud
The moon rains out her beams, and heaven is overflow'd.
What thou art we know not;
What is most like thee?
From rainbow clouds there flow not
Drops so bright to see,
As from thy presence showers a rain of melody:—
Like a poet hidden
In the light of thought,
Singing hymns unbidden,
Till the world is wrought
To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not:
Like a high-born maiden
In a palace tower,
Soothing her love-laden
Soul in secret hour
With music sweet as love, which overflows her bower:
Like a glow-worm golden
In a dell of dew,
Scattering unbeholden
Its aërial hue
Among the flowers and grass which
screen it from the view:
Like a rose embower'd
In its own green leaves,
By warm winds deflower'd,
Till the scent it gives
Makes faint with too much sweet
those heavy-wingèd thieves.
Sound of vernal showers
On the twinkling grass,
Rain-awaken'd flowers—
All that ever was
Joyous and clear and fresh—thy music doth surpass.
Teach us, sprite or bird,
What sweet thoughts are thine:
I have never heard
Praise of love or wine
That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Chorus hymeneal,
Or triumphal chant,
Match'd with thine would be all
But an empty vaunt—
A thin wherein we feel there is some hidden want.
What objects are the fountains
Of thy happy strain?
What fields, or waves, or mountains?
What shapes of sky or plain?
What love of thine own kind? what ignorance of pain?
With thy clear keen joyance
Languor cannot be:
Shadow of annoyance
Never came near thee:
Thou lovest, but ne'er knew love's sad satiety
Waking or asleep,
Thou of death must deem
Things more true and deep
Than we mortals dream,
Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream?
We look before and after,
And pine for what is not:
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught;
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Yet, if we could scorn
Hate and pride and fear,
If we were things born
Not to shed a tear,
I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.
Better than all measures
Of delightful sound,
Better than all treasures
That in books are found,
Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground!
Teach me half the gladness
That thy brain must know;
Such harmonious madness
From my lips would flow,
The world should listen then, as I am listening now.
Left to Right: Judges Jeffrey A. Manning, Judith Ference Olson, Maurice B. Cohill
Jr., Christine A. Ward, Dwayne R. Woodruff and Nora Barry Fischer
Thank you
to everyone who sponsored, participated in and
attended PICT UnCommon Pleas.
With your help, it was an uncommon success and an entertaining evening!
We look forward to seeing all of you next year.
Karen and Chuck Moellenberg
2014 PICT SPONSORS
SEASON SPONSOR:
Philip Chosky Charitable & Educational Foundation
PRODUCTION SPONSOR:
Richard E. Rauh
SEASON MEDIA SPONSORS:
WESA Radio 90.5 FM and WYEP 91.3 FM
OPENING NIGHT SPONSOR FOR BLITHE SPIRIT:
Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Education and Enrichment Program Sponsors:
ARAD, First National Bank of Pennsylvania, Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of
the Buhl Foundation, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Levin Furniture, Maher
Duessel, McKinney Charitable Foundation through the PNC Charitable Trust Grant
Review Committee, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, PPG Foundation, Ryan
Memorial Foundation, United Concordia Companies, Inc., UPMC Health Plan.
For information on the benefits of sponsorship, please contact Ryan Ferrebee,
Development Manager, at 412.561.6000 or email rferrebee@picttheatre.org
Wish List
The items in the list on the left will make
behind-the-scenes run more smoothly.
Please contact us at 412-561-6000 if you
would like to donate any of the following:
Maher Duessel Is
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the Non-Profit Sector.
Pursuing the Profession While
Promoting the Public Good®
LCD monitors
Computers (Intel i5 or higher)
Portable scanner
Webcams
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Corded & cordless drills
Drill press
Band saw
Portable air compressor
Pneumatic tools
Home Depot & Lowes giftcards
Tool storage cabinets
Hand tools
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Macbook Pro (Intel i7)
3pin XLR cables
USB cables
100' cat5e cables
Serger (sewing machine)
Industrial sewing machine
Steamers
Office supply cabinets
Office chairs
Folding chairs
Light weight folding tables
Executive desk
Drawer storage cabinets
LCD TVs
Conference table speaker
PICT Classic Theatre 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 +)
Donna & Lewis A. Patterson
James M. & Lucy K.
Schoonmaker Foundation
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Foundation
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Vivian Sue Molina &
Donna Harsch
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Maurice B. Cohill
Laurence Green
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Mark Browne
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the Pittsburgh Foundation The Elliott Group
in honor of Carol and Sean United Concordia Companies, Inc., a Highmark Company
Hughes
Robert Levin & Kerry Bron
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Chuck &
Karen Moellenberg
John Millington Synge
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of Levin Furniture
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Steve Cuden
The Pittsburgh
Terri Gould
Foundation
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through the PNC Charitable Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.
Trust Grant Review
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Committee.
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Special Gifts:
Anonymous, in honor of
Anne Mullaney
Maurice B. Cohill, in memory of
my wife, Anne D. Mullaney
Mary Davitt, in memory of my
father, J. Alan Davitt
Harvette & Richard Dixon, in
honor of Richard Miller
Francine George, for Clara &
Donald
Jeffrey & Rachel Lowden, in
honor of Robert Levin
Margaret Mima, in memory of
Joseph Mima
Thomas Pandaleon & Faith
Schantz, in memory of
Lila Schantz
Jeffrey Pollock, in honor of former PICT Board member,
Mark Clayton Southers
Mona Rush, in memory of Renee
Huff-Moody: A mother who never gave up hope that her lost son
would one day be found
Elaine Sadowski, in honor of
Eric Nelson
Anchor Fund of The Pittsburgh
Foundation
in honor of Cynthia Berger
Ellen Wilson and Fredric V. Price M.D, In honor of
Alan Baum
Grambrindi Davies Fund of
the Pittsburgh Foundation, in honor of Carol &
Sean Hughes
Michelle and Frank Domeisen, in Honor of
Erin Shannon-Auel
Contributions from January 1, 2013–April 1, 2014. 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.
Many thanks to the following companies for supporting PICT by matching their employees’
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.
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Call 412-561-6000 to buy tickets for any of the following events.
Tastefully PICT
Join PICT as we celebrate the Sweet Taste of Success!
Enjoy a sumptuous six-course meal with
selected wines to compliment each course!
ELEVEN CONTEMPORARY KITCHEN
Monday, May 12 at 6:30 p.m.
Witches &
Wizards
Sunday, October 26, 2014
A scene from PICT Plays... with Mystery & Mayem (2013 Gala). From Left to Right: James FitzGerald,
David Whalen, Karen Baum, Alan Stanford, special guest Jack Gleeson and Gayle Pazerski.
Dear Friends,
Building Intelligently
Saving Energy
As PICT Classic Theatre’s new Development Manager, it is my pleasure to welcome you and thank
you for attending today’s production. It is so fulfilling to be doing work that allows me to combine
my passions—people, theatre, and advancing the arts. What’s more, it is wonderful learning why
you, our patrons and supporters, love PICT Classic Theatre. If we haven’t had a chance yet, I look
forward to engaging with you soon. Feel free to stop me and say hello!
I am confident that under the leadership of our energetic and passionate Board of Directors, Artistic
& Executive Director Alan Stanford, and Managing Director Stephanie Riso, the future of PICT
Classic Theatre as a world-class arts institution with roots right here in Pittsburgh is bright. Now
is the time to join us!
PICT Classic Theatre is launching three new giving initiatives that, with your support, will assist
us in spring-boarding to the next level. They are:
•October Shakespeare Underwriting: As we commit to producing one production by The Bard
every fall, opportunities are available to underwrite production necessities, including costumes,
actors, props, and anything else you can imagine. We love producing Shakespeare, and we know
you’ll love the opportunity to see it on our stage every year, knowing that you made it happen.
•The Matching Gift Pool: With a strong group of core supporters at $1,000 and up, the matching gift
pool allows PICT to leverage the kindness of our donors to secure more donations in the community
through special campaigns throughout the year. Think of it as a gift with the potential to double or
triple in value!
•Featured Artist Underwriting: The artists we use are the soul of PICT Classic Theatre, which is
why we’ve committed to utilizing the talents of two featured artists each season. Underwriting our
featured artists at the $5,000 level ensures that PICT always has the best talent on our stages and in
our schools, representing the very best PICT has to offer.
These are just three of the many ways you can help PICT Classic Theatre retain and enhance its
reputation as one of the best theatres in town! Every gift is deeply appreciated and goes directly to
the advancement and creation of the very best Irish and Classic theatre we can offer.
If you are interested in making a contribution to these or any other PICT giving programs, I am
here to make the process easy and rewarding. Gift envelopes are available inside each program for
your convenience, and I’m always available to schedule a meeting if you’d like to learn more about
our giving options. Again, thank you for being a part of our family, and I hope you enjoy the show!
Very Truly Yours,
Ryan Ferrebee, Development Manager
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Up next at PICT...
Waiting
for Godot
By Samuel Beckett
June 5–21
starring:
Martin Giles as Estragon
James FitzGerald as Vladimir
Ken Bolden as Lucky
Alan Stanford as Pozzo
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