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August 9, 10, 11& 16, 17, 18

directed byD A N I E L L E DW Y E R , c j

A MIDSUMMERNIGHT’S DREAM

SHAKESPEARE’S

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2 S T O R Y I M A G I N A T I O N A U T H E N T I C I T Y

A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Dear Friends,

Welcome to A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

What new is there to say about this beloved play? Well, we have set the story you are about to see in modern day New York City. Shakespeare follows a tradition of many classical writers that set his characters in two places, the court and the country. The court and its business, represent the law and hierarchy of society, while the country offers a respite from the tension of the court—its treachery, and, at times, its danger.

Such is the case in this play. Hermia, along with her friends, flee the court to preserve her life. Bottom retreats to the wood with his fellow cast mates to rehearse a play for the Duke, lest they be spied on in town. The fairy world is at war in the wood where the lovers and Bottom have come, and unwittingly they enter a zone of danger and deception which they thought they had left behind. They are now subject to forces and events outside of their own control. I wonder—are they able to be part of these events because of unmet desires and dreams yet to be realized?

I would suggest that Shakespeare reveals to us in the wood (Central Park, in our case) that we take with ourselves all that we are and all that we may become. It is in the test of danger, the hope of a dream, the chance to be an ass and revel in that state, that we discover new courage to face what we have fled.

It is a simple analogy, but a profound one.

Puck, watching the floundering of those under Oberon’s magic in the wood has this to say,

Shall we their fond pageant see?Lord, what fools these mortals be!

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A MIDSUMMERNIGHT’S DREAM

THE CAST(in order of appearance)

Theseus, Duke of Athens Brad Lussier Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus Ellen Ortolani Philostrate, Master of the Revels to Theseus Kate Shannon Egea, mother to Hermia Rachel McKendree Hermia, daughter to Egea, in love with Lysander Lindsey Kanaga Lysander, in love with Hermia Kyle Norman Demetrius, in love with Hermia Jeremy Haig Helena, in love with Demetrius Sarah Hale Peter Quince, a carpenter Rachel McKendree Snug, a joiner Sr. Phoenix Catlin Bottom, a weaver Br. Stephen Velie Flute, a bellows-mender Peter Haig Snout, a tinker Stephanie Haig Oberon, King of the Fairies Brad Lussier Titania, Queen of the Fairies Ellen Ortolani

Changeling Boy Oliver Ortolani Puck, or Robin Goodfellow Kate ShannonMoonshine’s Dog Chipper

THE PLACE: New York City A private apartment Central Park

There will be a 15 minute intermission between Acts I and II.

There will be flashing lights throughout this production.

Please turn off all cell phones, pagers,

and alarms.

In order to protect the professional integrity of Elements Theatre Company,

no photography or recording of this performance is allowed.


STAFF FOR

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

Director Sr. Danielle Dwyer

Assistant & Technical Director Chris Kanaga

Stage Manager Sr. Mercy Minor

Costume Designers Amy Mitchell, Mary French, Gail Gibson

Costume Construction Anne Swidrak, Michelle Rich, Gail Gibson, Suzanne Inomata, Jackie Hempel, Sr. Tabitha Taylor, Sr. Anne Furst, Wendy Saran, Sr. Evangeline Ingwersen, Renee Andre, Sr. Alicia Mitman, Ann Kanaga, Jill Minster, Roberta Velie, Betsy Sorensen, Mary Shannon, Cori Shannon, Sharon Tingley, Heather Norman, Sr. Bobbie Pfarrer, Sr. Phoenix Catlin, Cathy Haig, Jenny Lynch

Make-up/Hair Amy Mitchell, Sandy Spatzeck-Olsen, Sheryle Snure, Blair Tingley, Charity Olsen, Katie Tingley

Properties Karlene Albro

Lighting Consultant Greg Norgeot

Lighting Technician Tom Lynch

Lighting Crew Sr. Victoria MacNeil, Br. Levi Edmonson, Br. Stephen Velie, Ellen Ortolani, Sarah Hale, Lindsey Kanaga, Jeremy Haig, Sr. Rosemary Ingwersen, Sr. Constance Ayers, Jonathan Hale, Br. Matthew Gillis, Amy Mitchell, Sr. Phoenix Catlin, Josh Kanaga, Kyle Norman, Chris Vought

Sound Br. Timothy Pehta

Set Design Sarah Andre, Sr. Sarah Allen

Set Construction Steve Minster, David Bushnell, Wayne Schuman, Paul Moore, Jesse Haig, Brad Lussier, Peter Haig, Jeremy Haig, Jonathan Hale, Dave Minster, Jill Minster, Br. Dan Parnell


Set Painters Lexa Hale, Sr. Sarah Allen, Sr. Faith Riccio, Sr. Martina Albro, Hans Olsen, Roger Snure, Br. Mark Bushnell, Br. Richard Cragg, Jonathan Hale, Shelly Haig, Br. Dan Parnell

Music Sr. Phoenix Catlin, Stephanie Haig

Venue Master Br. Joel Sweet

Stage Crew Br. Matthew Gillis, Jesse Haig, Sr. Seana Shannon, Sr. Sarah Allen

ELEMENTS THEATRE COMPANY ADMINISTRATION

Artistic Director Sr. Danielle DwyerAssistant Director Chris KanagaDramaturg Brad LussierBooking Agent Laura McKendree

We acknowledge musical excerpts from:

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Felix MendelssohnStreichquartett Nr. 1 Es-dur, MendelssohnPuck, Edvard GriegConcerto in B-flat Major, K 238, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWaltz #6 in D Flat, Op. 64/1, “Minute”, Frederic ChopinSimple Symphony, Op. 4: III. Playful Pizzicato, IV. Frolicsome Finale, Benjamin BrittenLe Tombeau De Couperin, Maurice RavelPavanne, Morton GouldFire of Ada, Tin Hat TripSymphony #8 in F, Op. 93, Allegretto Scherzando, Ludwig van BeethovenPiano Trios No. 1 & 2, MendelssohnThe Birds, Ottorino RespighiL’Arlesienne Suite #1, Georges BizetQuartet N. 4 in E minor, Op. 44 No. 2, MendelssohnSymphony No. 6, Op. 68: Peasants’ merry-making, BeethovenLa Capricieuse, Op. 17, Edward ElgarCapriol Suite: V/ Pied-en-l’air, Peter WarlockThe Weasley Stomp from Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, Nicholas Hopper

All excerpts used with permission from BMI and ASCAP.


We would like to thank the following companies for kindly donating items towards this production:

Yarde Metals, Southington, CTTitebond, Columbus, OH

Alcone Company, Long Island City, NYHarborlite Distribution Corp, Hillsborough, NJ

Rosco, Stamford, CTFXI, Media, PA


ABOUT THE COMPANY

Elements Theatre CompanySince primitive man uttered his first “ugh,” humans have asked: who am I,

how did I get here, and where am I going. Some have tried to answer or explore those questions through a particular brand of storytelling called “theatre.” We, at Elements Theatre Company explore those answers, and render the literature of the theatre with imagination and integrity. Elements is a resident ensemble dedicated to exploring the vitality of the word and the deepest truths present in the text. Through dramatic storytelling and imaginative stagecraft, Elements approaches both classic and modern works with honesty and authenticity. The transformative work to become the text—to inhabit another world and live another’s life—is both our pleasure and privilege. We believe in the vitality of the word, and the community born between playwright, actor, and audience. We seek to be available to that divine moment when inspiration, faithfulness, hard work, and love merge, and transport us beyond the familiar into something new.

Members of Elements Theatre Company have trained with teachers from Shakespeare & Company, Central School of Speech and Drama, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Shakespeare’s Globe, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and London’s National Theatre.

The company has studied with Patsy Rodenberg, Joanna Weir-Ouston, Glynn MacDonald, and Sue Lefton, and their voice training holds specific emphasis in the Linklater method. The company spent February 2009 in New York City studying voice, improvisation, Shakespeare, and the Michael Chekhov technique with Louis Colaianni, Jane Nichols, Daniela Varon, and Lenard Petit. In August of 2012, Elements traveled to Chicago to study stage combat, improvisation, voice, Feldenkrais, and Henrik Ibsen with Christine Adaire, Patrice Eggleston, Kestutis Nakas, Nick Sandys-Pullin, and Rachel Slavick.

Founded in 1992, Elements Theatre Company performs year-round at Paraclete House, and in the Church of the Transfiguration on Cape Cod in Orleans, Massachusetts. They tour regularly, presenting workshops and performing at conferences, schools, and churches.


Danielle Dwyer, CJ • Artistic Director Co-Founder of Elements Theatre CompanyA founding member of Elements Theatre Company, Sr. Danielle Dwyer has either directed or performed in nearly 60 productions since the company’s inception in 1992. Classically trained but also skilled in contemporary drama, Sr. Danielle earned her Master of Arts Degree from England’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the University of London. She also studied voice, acting, and writing with Joanna Weir at Central School of Speech and Drama (London, England); David Male of Cambridge University (Cambridge, England); and Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA); and studied Shakespeare at the Stella Adler Studio in New York City. Sr. Danielle’s directorial experience ranges from the timeless humanity of Shakespeare (Twelfth Night) and Chekov (The Cherry Orchard) to the biting comedy of Neil Simon (Rumors) and Oscar Wilde (Lady Windemere’s Fan). She has also co-directed the world premiere of A Quest for Honor: The Wind Opera, and the opera Pilgrim’s Progress by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Of the latter The Boston Globe hailed, “One seldom sees an operatic production as powerful in conception and polished in execution as this.” As an actress, Sr. Danielle has received comparable critical acclaim. Recent roles include Pillars of the Community, Lona Hessel; Twelfth Night, Malvolio; The Cherry Orchard, Ranevskaya; Rumors, Chris Gorman; Lady Windermere’s Fan, Mrs.

Erlynne; The Lion in Winter, Eleanor; Doctor Faustus, Mephistopheles; Richard III, Queen Elizabeth; Everyman, Everyman; and Lettice and Lovage, Lettice Douffet. Sr. Danielle is also the author of several performance pieces, including short stories and plays, video scripts, poetic monologues, and narratives for worship and meditation. Christopher Kanaga • Assistant Director, Technical DirectorChristopher Kanaga has been a member of Elements Theatre Company since 2002. He is both a performer and technical director, and his experiences with Elements—and with the Spirit of America Band—have taken him from the Elements stage at Paraclete House to opera houses in South Korea and South Africa to football fields across Massachusetts. Chris studied liturgical art and architecture for four


years throughout Western Europe. He has also managed and coordinated international artists and artisans in completing major architectural art installations of frescos, mosaics, and bronze and stone sculptures. At Elements Chris applies these skills and experiences to the performing arts, designing and constructing theatrical sets that are both evocative and highly functional. His work on the Elements production of the opera Pilgrim’s Progress by Vaughan Williams was highly praised. Since becoming the technical director for Spirit of America Band in 2006, Chris’s work has included the world-premiere of A Quest for Honor: the Wind Opera in South Korea; Exploration! in the U.S. and South Africa; and most recently the world-premiere of the Instrumental Theatre: in motion production The Fall and Rise of the Phoenix in South Africa. As an actor, Chris has recently performed the following roles: Pillars of the Communty, Karsten Bernick; The Lion in Winter, Henry II; Twelfth Night, Feste the Clown; The Cherry Orchard, Lopakhin; Lady Windermere’s Fan, Lord Windemere; and Richard III, Lord Rivers.

Brad Lussier • DramaturgAs the resident dramaturg at Elements Theatre Company, Brad Lussier serves as literary and historical advisor. He oversees the accurate interpretation of a play’s language and sub-text. Brad earned his AB in English and American Literature from Brown University. He also studied Creative Dramatics for Children at Roger Williams University. In addition, Brad conducted extensive studies in psychology, earning a Doctorate in Pastoral Counseling from Boston University. All of this knowledge and experience comes into play in his role as Dramaturg. A member of Elements Theatre Company since 2001, Brad has also performed as an actor in numerous productions. Most notable roles include A Christmas Carol, Scrooge; The Cherry Orchard, Leonid Andreyevich Gayez; Rumors, Lenny Ganz; The Trial of Jesus, Judas; Lady Windemere’s Fan, Lord Darlington; The Lion in Winter, Geoffrey of Anjou; Everyman, Everyman; The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, Faustus; The Comedy of Errors, Dromio of Ephesus; Richard III, Clarence; and The Winter’s Tale, Old Shepherd. Brad also leads workshops and master classes whenever Elements Theatre Company tours to colleges and universities across the country.


ABOUT A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, probably composed in 1595 or 1596 and one of Shakespeare’s early comedies, is the most often produced among Shakespeare’s plays and, clearly for audiences, is one of the most accessible. So successful is the play that it has spawned numerous book and stage adaptations, a number of musical versions by such noted conductors as Henry Purcell, Felix Mendelssohn, Ralph Vaughn Williams, and Benjamin Britten, as well operas, ballets, and over twelve feature film adaptations. The British astronomer William Herschel even named the two moons he discovered orbiting Uranus in 1787 for Oberon and Titania. No other Shakespearean play has known such wide regard.

One reason for its popularity is that A Midsummer Night’s Dream spans four different and distinct worlds—the world of the court where Duke Theseus is the authority and administers the Athenian law; the world of the lovers, full of youth, passion, and danger; the magical world of the Fairies where Oberon and Titania rule and where Nature is in rebellion as a result of their disputes; and, finally, the world of the common man, that of the Mechanicals. Few members of any audience fail to identify with the denizens of at least one of those worlds, nor can many deny that we would enjoy the opportunity to escape to a world other than our own from time to time. Here is where Shakespeare rewards those of us who embrace these aspirations. The four worlds do not stay separate for long, because Shakespeare chose to let the conflicts which drive the play arise directly from the collision of these separate and very different domains. Starting in Act I, Scene 1, the desires of the lovers directly oppose the law and customs of the Athenian court. A short while later the lovers and the Mechanicals enter the wood ruled by the fairies and find themselves at the mercy of Puck’s other-worldly pranks. Because Bottom temporarily leaves the mortal world to rehearse in the enchanted grove, Titania wakes to encounter him and is tricked into loving an ass. In each case, the collision of two worlds drives the action of the play.

The cause of each of these collisions always involves the passionate desire of the characters. Lovers seek their beloved, a duke wants to be left


in peace to marry his conquered bride, common workmen seek fame, and a fairy king and queen both want the same changeling boy. All of these passions could lead to violent conflicts, were it not for the underlying love with which Shakespeare imbues his characters. Yes, Theseus is a conqueror, but from the beginning his love for Hippolyta is obvious and overwhelming. The love of Hermia and Lysander drives them to challenge one of the most sacred conventions of their society, even though death could be the result. Oberon and Titania are so locked in dispute that all of nature lives in jeopardy, but Oberon softens so easily and Titania returns to him so readily that we can’t fail to recognize the love beneath their conflict. And, who could doubt the love the Mechanicals have for their craft and each other? Reserving nothing, they throw themselves into their roles with an enthusiasm and dedication few audiences since 1596 have been able to resist.

The impossibility of present circumstances and the desire for change—for something new or something different—are the things of which dreams are made. Part of the popularity of this play has to be attributed to the possibilities it offers for change, but those possibilities present themselves only when one enters the world of dreams. Until they enter the dream world of the enchanted forest, the lovers face nothing but the status quo and disappointment; once there, however, they realize their hearts’ desires. While in the court, Theseus is bound to administer harsh, unbending laws, but in the enchanted wood he is able to overrule an unjust parent’s demand. In Athens, Hippolyta is bound to marry a man she knows only as a conqueror, but in the grove she grows to love a man of warmth and empathy. The Mechanicals, though dedicated and so sincere at home, are doomed to remain unknown and unappreciated until they are emboldened in fairy land to become so much more. To every character who will, Shakespeare offers change, but only after they begin to dream—to dare to imagine change and hope that something new and wonderful could yet lie before them.

A treat to be enjoyed throughout the play is the structure of Shakespeare’s language. From blank verse and rhymed couplets, to intense shared lines, prose, and the incomplete trochaic tetrameter which often defines “fairy talk,” Shakespeare uses every literary device to tickle the ear to artfully accompany


the action he portrays on the stage—relationships straining, striving and breaking, then turning, mending and eventually changing.

Samuel Pepys, no stranger to the language, music, arts, and literature of his time saw a production of the play in 1662. Unmoved by Shakespeare’s art in verse and plot (in contrast to those who have enjoyed this play more often than any other Shakespearean play since 1596), he wrote in his diary, “To the King’s Theatre where we saw Midsummer Night’s Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life.” Ridiculous? It would be hard to argue that it is not. Nonetheless, A Midsummer Night’s Dream remains a delight, it remains complex, and it remains a joy—certainly to all of those who love and are loved—but more especially to all of those who yet dare to dream.

William ShakespeareScholars believe that William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-

upon-Avon on April 23, 1564. Church records from Holy Trinity Church indicate that he was baptized there on April 26, 1564. His parents were John Shakespeare, a glover and leather merchant, and Mary Arden, a landed local heiress. John Shakespeare found success as a merchant, alderman, and high bailiff of Stratford during William’s early childhood.

It is believed that Shakespeare attended the free grammar school in Stratford, which had a reputation rivaling that of Eton. It is not known how long William attended the school, but it is certain that he did not attend university.

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582. William was 18 at the time, and Anne was 26 and expecting their first daughter, Susanna, who was born on May 26, 1583. Two years later their twins, Hamnet and Judith, were born on February 2, 1585, and later christened at Holy Trinity.

Scholars believe that Shakespeare arrived in London around 1588 and began to establish himself as an actor and playwright. Shakespeare knew early success, evident by the critical attack of Robert Greene, a London playwright, who, in 1592, called Shakespeare, “. . . an upstart crow.” By


1594, Shakespeare was acting and writing for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later called the King’s Men after the ascension of James I in 1603.

Shakespeare’s success as an actor and playwright were unparalleled in his day, making his company the most successful in London. It is believed that Shakespeare died on his birthday, April 23, 1616. Although the date may be more myth than fact, Shakespeare was interred at Holy Trinity in Stratford on April 25, leaving a final piece of verse as his epitaph:

Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbeareTo dig the dust enclosed here.Blessed be the man that spares these stones,And cursed be he that moves my bones.

Plot SummaryTheseus, duke of Athens, is preparing for his marriage to Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, in four days’ time. Egea, an Athenian woman of the court, bursts into Theseus’ court with her daughter, Hermia, and two young men, Demetrius and Lysander. Egea wishes Hermia to marry Demetrius (who loves Hermia), but Hermia pleads her love for Lysander. Egea asks Theseus to administer the penalty of death on Hermia if she refuses to marry Demetrius. Theseus gives Hermia until his wedding day to consider her options, warning her that disobeying her mother’s wishes could result in her execution or banishment to a convent to live out her days as a nun. Once alone, Hermia and Lysander plot to escape Athens the following night and marry in the house of Lysander’s aunt, well away from the city. Before they leave, they inform Helena (Hermia’s closest friend and one who was once engaged to Demetrius) of their plans. Hoping to regain his love, Helena tells Demetrius of the plans that Hermia and Lysander have made. Helena and Demetrius follow Hermia and Lysander into the wood.

These woods are home to a band of fairies, including Oberon, the fairy king, and Titania, his queen. The fairy king and queen are at odds over a changeling boy whom Oberon is requiring of Titania as a page in his court, but Titania willfully refuses to give him up. Seeking his revenge, Oberon sends his servant, Puck, to acquire a charmed flower, whose juice spread over


a sleeping person’s eyes makes that person fall in love with the next live thing he or she sees upon waking. After Oberon tells Puck of his plan to spread its juice on Titania’s eyelids, he also sends Puck to anoint Demetrius’ eyes (whom he has seen acting cruelly toward Helena) so that Demetrius will love Helena as she already loves him. However, Puck encounters Lysander and Hermia, and sure that Lysander is the Athenian that Oberon intended, Puck uses the love potion on him. The first person Lysander sees upon waking is Helena, and he falls deeply in love with her, abandoning Hermia. Both Lysander and Demetrius end up in love with Helena, who believes that they are mocking her. Hermia becomes so jealous that she challenges Helena to fight. Demetrius and Lysander abandon both young women to fight for Helena’s love, but Puck confuses them by leading them astray in the forest until they are lost.

When Titania wakes, the first creature she sees is Bottom, one of the mechanicals whose head Puck has transformed into that of an ass. Titania madly dotes on the weaver-turned-ass until Oberon convinces her to give him the Indian boy (Changeling boy) and removes the charm from her eyes. As daylight approaches, Puck removes the ass head from Bottom. Next Puck spreads the love potion on Lysander’s eyelids, and his love returns to Hermia. The next morning Theseus and Hippolyta discover the sleeping lovers in the forest and all return to Athens to be married—Demetrius now loves Helena, and Lysander now loves Hermia. After the group wedding, the lovers watch Bottom and his fellow craftsmen perform their play, a fumbling version of the story of Pyramus and Thisby. When the play is completed, the players dance, the lovers go off to bed, and only Puck remains to ask the audience for both its forgiveness and its approval, and to urge all to remember the play as a dream.

About the MusicThe music chosen for this production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a study of contrasts: the royal world, regal in character and the fairy world, full of lightness and busyness. The composer most representing the fairy world is Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847). It is known that there was an underlying joy in Mendelssohn’s personality and he expressed it in his


numerous orchestral and vocal works. Richard Strauss, the late-Romantic composer of huge orchestral and opera scores, once described the way to play his own works: “Play them like fairy music, like Mendelssohn.” One of Mendelssohn’s most famous works was composed when he was 17: the Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. One hears the fairies dancing and the donkey braying (!) in his imaginative scoring. Interestingly, it was many years later that he added a number of movements to this overture and this now became incidental music (to be performed in the play), which was premiered in 1842. In addition, we hear two scherzo movements from the piano trios of Mendelssohn, masterpieces of chamber music and written with a light, sure touch.

This year we celebrate the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), one of England’s finest composers. While he wrote his own operatic version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, it is movements from his Simple Symphony that we hear to illuminate the play. This was composed when Britten was 20 and highlights the classic structure of the symphony with music of great delight and immediacy.

One will notice the abundance of “scherzo” movements used in our incidental music. The scherzo literally means “joke” in Italian, and while the term was used before the Classical era, it was Beethoven who solidified the genre as a substitute for the minuet in symphonic scores and sonatas. We hear the scherzo from his next to last symphony as well as a movement from his “Pastoral” symphony, both playful pieces, so greatly reflecting the fairy world of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

To represent the royal side of things, we hear Maurice Ravel’s Rigaudon. This is a stately dance, originally from the Renaissance that is given a modern flavor here. It has a slightly tongue-in-cheek spirit about it, which makes it entirely appropriate for the play presented tonight.


PAST PRODUCTIONS

2012:•The Dining Room, A.R.Gurney•Pillars of the Community, HenrikIbsen

2011:•Twelfth Night, WilliamShakespeare•A Christmas Carol, CharlesDickens,adapted byJohnMortimer

2010: •The Cherry Orchard, AntonChekhov•The Doorway, PhyllisTickle

•Shakespeare’s Own: Vicious or Virtuous?, WilliamShakespeare

2009:•Trial of Jesus, (reader’stheatre), JohnMasefield•Rumors, NeilSimon

2008:•From Whence We Come:

Shakespeare Scenes on the Ups and Downs of Family•Lady Windermere’s Fan, OscarWilde

2007:•The Just Vengeance

(reader’stheatre), DorothySayers•The Lion in Winter, JamesGoldman


2006:•A Heart to Love:Scenes,

Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare•Everyman,Anonymous2005:•The Rock, T.S.Eliot

2004:•Everyman,Anonymous•Lettice and Lovage, PeterShaffer•The Comedy of Errors, WilliamShakespeare

2003:•The Tragical History

of Doctor Faustus, ChristopherMarlowe•Richard III, WilliamShakespeare•Murder in the Cathedral, T.S.Eliot

2002:•The Winter’s Tale, WilliamShakespeare•Christ in the Concrete City,PhilipTurner

2001:•Figs and Fury, PhyllisTickle

2000:•God’s Favorite,NeilSimon


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Ms. Ann KanagaMr. and Mrs. Howard KauffmannLand Ho!The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Bradford LussierMr. and Mrs. Archie MarkMcDonnell Mechanical Services, Inc.Ms. Kathleen McNeilMr. and Mrs. James S. MeyerMid Atlantic MillworkFr. and Mrs. Gordon MintzMrs. Karen MooreMr. and Mrs. John MurphyMrs. Bett y MurrayNauset Lantern ShopNew York Salisbury HotelNine Quarter Circle RanchMr. and Mrs. G. L. NormanMr. and Mrs. Kyle NormanOrleans Inn and RestaurantParaclete PressRemoDr. and Mrs. Robert RichMr. and Mrs. John H. ShackelfordCapt. John ShakliksMr. John J. ShaughnessyMrs. Florence ShortThe Rev. Dr. and Mrs. William ShowalterMrs. Virginia SmithSouth African AirwaysMr. and Mrs. Soren Spatzeck-OlsenMr. and Mrs. Phil StambaughSumas Mountain PotteryTeal’s ExpressThe BreakersThe Kent FoundationThomas Meloy FoundationMrs. Dee TingleyMr. and Mrs. James F. TrainorTurtle Hill VillasDr. and Mrs. William M. VelieVilla Le BaroneCapt. Don WalwerWorld Wood TradingMs. Joanne WuschkeYamahaZildjian

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Southwest AirlinesMr. and Mrs. Hans Spatzeck-OlsenSt. Aubin NurseryMr. and Mrs. Noel StookeyThe Wildflower InnMr. and Mrs. Paul TingleyMr. and Mrs. Charles D. Towers, Jr.US Gypsum via Drywall MasonryThe Rev. and Mrs. Paul V. VargaWendy’s Restaurants of Orleans/ Hyannis/DennisMrs. Treva Whichard

FRIEND - ($100.00 + )264 The GrillAbba RestaurantAcademy Ocean GrilleDr. Dale AdelmannDr. Samuel Adler and Ms. Emily F. BrownAlcanAlconeMr. and Mrs. John AmooreMs. Louise ArchambaultArdeo RestaurantArtful Hand GalleryMr. and Mrs. John S. BainMr. Nelson BardenBelfry Inne and BistroBeth BishopMrs. Herbert H. BierkanMs. Carol BishopBNY Mellon Communit y PartnershipMs. Josephine BonomoMrs. Al BonugliMrs. Sharon BooneMs. Emily BostBramble InnBrazilian GrillMr. and Mrs. Warren BreckenridgeMs. Gail BriereMr. and Mrs. Fred BudreskiBuffalo Concrete AccessoriesMr. John C. BurnhamCabot Cheese Farmers Co-opCafe Alfresco

California PaintCape Cod 5 Cents Savings BankCape Cod ExpressCape Escape Adventure GolfMr. Joseph CarditoMr. and Mrs. William K. ChristopherMr. and Mrs. David ClarendonMr. Bruce Cleverly and Ms. Carolyn

MacDonaldMr. and Mrs. Jeff ColeCompany CDr. Mercedes ConcepcionMs. Lucille T. CookCourtyard by MarriotMr. and Mrs. Brian CowanCP Lauman Company, Inc.DatelMr. and Mrs. Brian DavidsonMrs. Peggy DenningMr. and Mrs. Fredy DiMecoDockside Guest QuartersMr. David DunfordMr. and Mrs. E. Bruce DunnE.C. BartonEdward H. Larson Living TrustMrs. Mary Lou EhrgottEncore WireExxon Mobil FoundationMr. and Mrs. Donald FarnsworthFerguson EnterprisesFiberweb GroupMr. John and The Rev. Joan FittzMr. and Mrs. Tom FitzpatrickFlowers by MaryFluorolite PlasticsFrancis Malbone HouseFriends of Gloriæ Dei ArtesFriends’ MarketplaceMr. and Mrs. Samuel M. FrohlichFuller’s Package StoreMs. Karin GilbertMr. and Mrs. William L. GladstoneMr. Howard Goldstein and Mrs. Helen Reardon-GoldsteinMr. and Mrs. Hugh GrantSr. Bridget Haase, O.S.U.


Ms. Carol HackettMr. and Mrs. Bud HaleMr. and Mrs. Michael J. HaleMr. and Mrs. John E. HamersmaHandcraft HouseMr. and Mrs. Clyde HanyenMr. and Mrs. John HartHeaven Scent YouHeavenly NailsThe Rev. and Mrs. John HendersonMr. and Mrs. Steven HertzMr. and Mrs. Paul W. HigginsHillman GroupHohmann & BarnardHolcimHyannis Ear Nose & ThroatHy-Line CruisesIBM CorporationIBM International FoundationIf The Shoe FitsIngersoll-RandMr. and Mrs. John IngwersenThe Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Anthony IsolaITW-TACCJavelina CantinaMr. Arjun KadamKI ConcertsKid & KaboodleMr. and Mrs. John King, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David KnowlesMr. David and Dr. Rebecca KoniecznyMr. Matthew KulewiczLa Fonda Hotel RestaurantLandsea Tours and AdventuresMr. and Mrs. Richard LarajaMr. and Mrs. David LarkinMr. and Mrs. B.Z. LeeLower Cape Dental AssociatesMr. and Mrs. Kenneth MacPheeMrs. Josephine MahnkenMahoney’s Atlantic Bar and GrillMr. and Mrs. William J. MaloneyMrs. Barbara ManuelMarino WareMarshside RestaurantMr. Steven R. Masker

Mrs. Shirley McAuliffeMrs. Thomas P. McDermottThe Rev. and Mrs. Allan McDowellMr. and Mrs. Michael V. McKayMr. and Mrs. Charles A. McKendreeMr. and Mrs. Tim McKendreeDr. and Mrs. Ken McKusickDr. and Mrs. Brandon MeierMr. and Mrs. Franklyn MenserMr. and Dr. Andrew MiaoMillbrook Vineyards and WineryMr. and Mrs. Harry L. MirickMrs. Anna MitchellThe Rev. and Mrs. Edward MooreChaplain Henry MoreauN. Y. Hair Co. & SpaNarragansett Brewing CompanyNational PaintNational Vinyl ProductsNauset Kennels, Inc.New Penn Motor Newport RestorationNewport VineyardsMr. and Mrs. Robert NordborgOakcreek Country ClubMr. and Mrs. Francis J. O’Brien and Mrs.

Alice O’BrienMs. Leslie OgdenOld Colony Holding Company, Inc.Mr. Wayne OliverOlympia SportsDr. and Mrs. Silvio J. OnestiMr. and Mrs. Daniel OrtolaniPackard Forest ProductsPapillon HelicoptorsMr. and Mrs. Raymond PartridgePatricia Clare McGuire FoundationMrs. J. K. PattersonDr. John PautienisMr. and Mrs. Richard PearsPhilips LightolierPitt Ohio ExpressPizzotti BrothersPony Riders Horse CampPotted GeraniumPreservation Societ y of Newport


Ms. Martha PrieskornPuritan of Cape CodQualit y FabricatorsRagg TimeMr. and Mrs. Y. B. RaoReal VolleyballMs. Dorothy RichardsonRoberts Brothers LumberMs. Carol RobertsMr. and Mrs. Joseph RugnettaSamuel Michael SalonSara’s HairMs. Nancy Belinda SchmittMr. Kevin ScullySears Hometown StoreSeko LogisticsThe Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Martin ShannonMr. Tim Showalter and Ms. Natalya

BagrovaMr. Warren SillcocksThe Rev. and Mrs. Charles L. Smith Jr.Mrs. Dean SmithMs. Macy SmithMr. and Mrs. Stanley SnowMr. and Mrs. Manny SnydermanMr. William T. SorensenSouth Shore Generator Service, Inc.Ms. Debbie SpangSpang Framing CenterStonewall Jackson Hotel & Conference

CenterStrad ViolinSuvawear, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph SweeneySweeney TransportationMr. Charles SweetMrs. Joan C. SweetMr. Malcolm SweetTallulah on ThamesTerri’s Hair Affair

The Beacon Room RestaurantThe Cape Sea GrilleThe Dan’l Webster InnThe Frame Center, Inc.The Left Bank GalleryThe Lobster ClawThe Wild Goose TavernThe Wiley FoundationMr. and Mrs. William E. TherrienMs. Elaine G. ThompsonHaskell and Kay ThomsonTo Dye For SalonTop of the Hub RestaurantMrs. Jeanne TownsendMs. Lucy TownsendTrue Value HardwareUnderground Art GalleryUSF HollandVerifoneVilla VignamaggioVisiting AngelsMs. Susan WangermanThe Rev. Arthur WarnerWatson’s Men’s StoreMr. Peter WellsMr. Thomas H. WellsMr. and Mrs. James WestcottDr. David Ashley WhiteMr. and Mrs. William WierzbinskiMs. Deborah E. WileyMs. Bonnie WilkesMrs. Mary June WilkinsonWill Charles SalonMs. Kimberley WilliamsWindmill Liquor & Fine WinesMrs. Janette M. WrayYork Harbor InnDr. Joyce YoungMr. and Mrs. David S. Zemanek


CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Harborside Teasat Bethany Retreat House overlooking

Rock HarborFriday, August 16 & 23

3:00 pm

X

Brown Bag Organ Concertsat the Church of the Transfiguration

Thursday, August 15, 22 & 2912 noon

X

Gloriæ Dei Cantores Concertat the Church of the TransfigurationFriday and Saturday, September 27 & 28

Dinner 5:30 pm

Pre-concert Lecture 7:15 pm

Concert 8:00 pm

For reservations call

508-240-2400


P.O. Box 2831, Orleans, MA 02653

Phone: 508-255-3999

Reservations: 508-240-2400

Fax: 508-240-1989

Email: [email protected]

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