Directed by Alan Stanford - PICT Pittsburgh's Classic Theatre · PICT Classic Theatre. presents. For the Tree to Drop. A world premiere. by . Lissa Brennan. Directed by . Alan Stanford

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Directed by Alan Stanford

World Premiere

February 19 - 28

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PICT Classic Theatrepresents

For the Tree to DropA world premiere

by Lissa BrennanDirected by Alan Stanford

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

Karen Baum*Siovhan Christensen

Linda Haston*Justin Lonesome*

David Whalen*

For the Tree to Drop was developed with support from the “In the Raw Festival” at Bricolage Production Company, Pittsburgh, PA.

Scenic DesignerAlan Stanford

Sound DesignerSteve Shapiro

Stage ManagerCory F. Goddard*

Lighting DesignerMike Papinchak

Production Manager / Technical Director

George DeShetler, Jr.

Assistant Stage ManagerPaige Barnes

Scenic ArtistJennifer Kirkpatrick

Costume DesignerJoan Markert

Props MasterJames Thome

Projection DesignJessi Sedon-Essad

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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.

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.

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

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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 de-grading 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


Production Team

Director/ Scenic Designer .............................................. Alan StanfordCostume Designer .......................................................... Joan MarkertLighting Designer .......................................................... Mike PapinchakSound Designer .............................................................. Steve ShapiroProjection Designer ....................................................... Jessi Sedon-EssadProps Master ................................................................... James ThomeProduction Manager/ Technical Director ....................... George DeShetler, Jr.Stage Manager ................................................................ Cory F. Goddard *Assistant Stage Manager ................................................ Paige BarnesScenic Charge Artist ....................................................... Jennifer KirkpatrickWardrobe ........................................................................ Rikkilee RoseSound Board Operator ................................................... Kristopher BuggeyLight Board Operator ..................................................... Antonio ColaruotoloCarpenter ........................................................................ Drew PalajsaCarpenter ........................................................................ Frank Noll

Pittsburgh Cultural TrustThe 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 cata-lytic 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


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.

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.

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. Civiliza-tion 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.

Alan Stanford

Sébastien Norblin “Antigone et Polynice” Licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons (continued on page 9)


“’Pedeapsa robilor’ (‘Foaia duminecii’, ca. 1830) ILR 252” by Unknown. Licensed under

Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Director’s Note

Whole cultures, entire econo-mies 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 gal-axies colliding or people fighting for freedom. Chaos is the method by which change occurs and just as order controls chaos, chaos can and does destroy order. One of

James Larkin

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 Monar-chy 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 oppres-sion, 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.

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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 produc-tion. 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.

Who’s Who in the Cast


Justin Lonesome (Henry) is thrilled to be making his first appear-ance 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.

For tickets and more information, visit www.quantumtheatre.com

or call 412-362-1713

The Quat’z Arts Q Ball

Quantum Theatre’s Annual Benefit

March 7, 2015EIC 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, archi-tecture, 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.


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 tempo-rary 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.



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.



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: Meno-pause 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.

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

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PICT Board of DirectorsBoard OfficersCharles Moellenberg, President Erin Shannon-Auel, Vice President Diane Lazzaris, Secretary Michael Burns, TreasurerDirectorsJoseph AuriaAlan S. BaumCynthia BergerEileen ClancySteven CudenDina J. FulmerGail Gerono

Kevin R. GiederMargaret HynesJoseph KarasJustin KraussRichard MillerFabian O’ConnorEugene O’SullivanRichard E. RauhChuck ReynoldsPeter SmerdPauline Taylor-RaiffAdvisory BoardD.L. “Larry” BrophyPaul HomickJames Lamb

Robert LevinRichard MillerKristen Olson, PhDGene O’SullivanAlberta Sbragia, PhDWanda WilsonHonorary BoardCongressman Mike DoyleCharles GrayThomas KilroyDavid Norris–Seanad EireannBingo O’MalleyStephanie Riso

PICT StaffAlan Stanford Artistic & Executive DirectorStephanie Riso Managing DirectorRyan Ferrebee Development ManagerGeorge DeShetler, Jr. Production ManagerKatie Wagner Marketing & Communications CoordinatorCarolyn Ludwig Customer Relations Director & Sales ManagerCassidy Adkins Company Manager & Production Coordinator

Jennifer Trehar Fundraising & Event CoordinatorAndrew Huntley Call Center Coordinator & Sales AssistantElisa Ogot Ticketing & Office AssistantRebecca Covert Operations and Ticketing AssistantClaire Sabatine Customer Relations & Sales AssociateCaitlin Young Marketing & Promotions InternMinfeng Zhang Marketing Intern

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Phone: 412-561-6000, Fax: 412-561-6686PICT is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre, and a member of Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and BoardsWork!

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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 NorthupThis 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 RasmussenThe 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, EditorThese 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 StoweWritten 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 JohnsonThis 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 MorrisonToni 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 KrauthamerA stunning collection of photographs complements the story of what freedom really looked like in the years following the Civil War.

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Mu�ic�l�Monday, March 2, 2015 at 7:15 pm

Cabaret at Theater Square 655 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222

Free and Open to the PublicFeaturing songs by member writers, composers and lyricists developing full musical theatre works, along with a spattering of stand-alone songs

and work by guest artists with ties to Pittsburgh. Meet and greet reception with artists and performers will follow the showcase. Visit http://mtap.weebly.com for more information.

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PICT Annual Fund DonorsWe extend our deepest appreciation to the following donors who support

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PICT Annual Fund DonorsHelen CaseyBonnie CoyneTodd & Michelle DominickPeter DonovanJeanne & Robert DrennanMark A. EckFederated Investors Foundation, Inc.Harriet FranklinDr. John & Therese GallagherGail A. GeronoRachel Givelber & Michael MathierAnne & Raymond HasleyMaryanne Hugo & Patrick HastingsJim Keller & Mary Ellen HoyPeggi Kelley & Joel BiggerKatherine & Lewis LobdellDavid MarchMoni McIntyreMichael & Ellen McLeanDonald MillerMel Miller & Greg SilvusJane Campbell Moriarty, J.D.Dr. Sean NolanWilliam ORourkeBeth PearsonAnnette R. & Preston ShimerLee & Myrna SilvermanVirginia S. & Andrew StarrJanie & Harry ThompsonRobert TrombettaDennis UnkovicWinthrop Watson HouseholdKathleen & Brian White

Oscar Wilde ($250-$499)Sally & John AdkinsPatricia AhlbrandtThe Alan L. & Barbara B. Ackerman FoundationAnonymous Gift.Nancy BarkmanBeverly Barkon & Frank LiebermanJohn D. BauerleinMarian & Bruce Block

BNY Mellon Community PartnershipKenneth BrandWilliam R. CadwellSusan B. Campbell & Patrick CurryBarbara & John CarlinJ. Stanton CarsonMary Ann CelioBill & Susan S. CerconeNelson & Carol CraigeCarol & David DalcantonMargaret DegnanDeanna DellavedovaDr. Barbara DeRiso & Mr. Donald NewmanRichard Dixon & Harvette Tipton DixonDollar BankJames & Sara DonnellCynthia D. DriscollAida & Barry DuganFred Fargotstein HouseholdCraig FiedlerJoseph FineSuzanne FloodMark FreemanGary & Joanne GarvinKarin & Greye GlassH Edwin Haller IVMeg & Ron HannanAudrey & Fred HeidenreichMr. & Mrs. Henry L. HillmanAndrew & Dorothy HrishenkoMargaret HynesK&L GatesNancy & Tom KellySharon KimbleGeorge KontosKatherine Leech & Randall VollenRolf & Magdalena LoeberRobert & Laura MarinJanet & Robert McCartneyDavid & Christina MichelmoreMelvin & Jean Anne MillerJudith OlsonVidyahar Patil & Sharon Brady-PatilJacqueline Pereira

Angela PetersenPoint Park UniversityKyle ReynoldsJames & Idamae RichLarry & Sandy RosenMichael & Linda RosenbaumMrs. Louisa S. RosenthalMerrilee H. SalmonPamela SchoemerSean & Carol Hughes of The Pittsburgh FoundationAnne ShearonSteve & Lynn SilbermanMr. & Mrs. William J. SimpsonLeon & Irene SkolnickDavid Soloski & Sandra KniessSusan & Holly SpharJanet & Robert SquiresRon Stone & Linda HaddadMary Ann & Lee TempletonHelen R. ThorntonEdward & Melanie TurkCharles & Janet VukotichLouis & Mary WagnerAnnie & Larry WeidmanNancy WernerBurns WhiteNorm WienBruce WilderWilliam & Laurie WinslowJudy & John Woffington

Brian Friel ($100-$249)A Theater LoverHoward Aikens & Christine WolfeBill & Colleen AllisonAnonymousAnonymous DonorJoan Frank AptTucker ArensbergJane C. ArkusDonald ArnheimNorma S. ArtmanSpillman Thomas BattleLynn BeckstromVange & Nick BeldecosDr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Benedek


PICT Annual Fund Donors

Martha Y. BermanRobin J. BernsteinAya Betensky & Robert KrautBNY MellonBNY MellonKenneth BoldenCarlos BorzutzkyPeter BowerWilliam BradleyEarl & Rita BrinkFrank & Laurie BrunsJay & Linda BushChristopher & Nancy CaldwellChristopher CapolupoMaria CirbusDan & Laverne CollinsCarole & Norbert ConnorsRene ConradLynn Conroy & Bernie BrownDr. Noelette Conway & Dr. Hagen SchempfCornelius & Joan CosgroveJoyce E. CostaRobert Dutch CreelyAlan & Susan CrittendenBob & Judy CunninghamJohn & Kathleen DeBlassioLila DeckerAnna DeForestVictor & Delia DiCarloDickie, McCamey & Chilcote, PCMary Ellen DrollDuquesne UniversityHelen EatonJanet & Theodore EckDr. & Mrs. Terry EvansHenry & Mary EwaltDona EwellMarvin Fein & Beezie FennimoreHeidi B. FentonRichard & Marilyn FinbergMoses & Laryn FinderMarian FinegoldJune & Bernard FinemanAnn FischerBarbara & Henry Folb

Tom & Malgorzata FortCyril & Jane FoxCarl B. FrankelMark GasparovicKathleen Gavigan & William DixonEdward GerguoyWilliam D. & Margaret Sawyer GhristCathy & Ken GlickCarol Gluck & Albert WeinerBernard Goldstein & Russellyn CaruthRoslyn GoorinAnne W. GordonNancy & David GreenStephanie & Rick GreenJames W. GrubbsMark & Helen GupConroy D. GuyerDr. & Mrs. Adam W. HahnVan & Paula HallHaider HamoudiDr. Jeanne M. Hanchett & Dr. Phillips P. WedemeyerHarold & Ruth HansenHoward & Paula HarrisJonathan HarrisJanice HarrisonSanford W. Harvey, Jr.HDH Group, Inc.Eleanor HeasleyCatherine HebertAlan Helgerman & Sandra LaPietraElaine Herald & John JordanJean & James HigginsBill & Rosette HillgroveFonda HollenbaughLori & Alan HornellFrank & Courtney HorriganChristine HortyRita HostetterVaughn & Eleanor IrwinThe Jack Buncher FoundationLois JacobEric Johnson & Richard AlterLynne JohnsonThomas & Leslie Joyce

Patricia KellyTom & Bunny KerrEllen G. KightMilton KimuraJack & Debra KingRonald & Starlit KosharDonald & Susan KosyJustin & Valentina KraussElizabeth & James KrisherDr. & Mrs. Lewis KullerWilliam Lafe & Carol HochmanSylvia & Peter LeoSally LevinWilliam LindgrenRandy & Charlotte LottRichard & Joyce MageePhyllis MajeskyMartha MalinzakEric MarchbeinDavid & Kathia MarksKenneth Mason & Marilyn RobertsAngela MazzaJanet McCallKimberly McCartney & Tom GallagherJason McCuneBrigid McDevittRaymond & Constance McKeeverTom & Alice McKennaGerald & Denise MedwickBrian & Karen MerrittMintzer, Sarowitz, Zeris, Ledva and Meyers, LLPPatricia Mooney & Alan SteinbergCynthia MooreRobert & Mary Pat MooreheadSusan MoranRichard MunschDawn Nelson & Donald HartEleanor & Ed NemethKay NeuhausenAnita NewellOsher Lifelong Learning InstituteRobert PalmerDonna & Lewis A. Patterson

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PICT Annual Fund DonorsJanine Pearson & Joseph WisterCynthia Pennington & C. Liam DonohueTheresa & Cliff PinsentDennis PittmanJack & Jill PrestonMark Puda & Sue JohnstonMartin ReganJim Reitz & Mary HeathBonnie ResinskiDaniel & Lauren ResnickMargaret A. RisoStephanie Riso & Rich GoodwaldShoshana & Jerry RosenbergRochelle RudoyHelena Ruoti & Sam SimoneDominic RupprechtMona & Sam RushAudrey RussoDr. James R. SahoveyDavid Salgarolo & Francesca SavoiaJoan M. SaroffMiriam SchaffelKaren & George SchnakenbergUrban SchusterMorton & Rita SeltmanSusan & Brian SesackSteve ShapiroCynthia SheehanRhoda SikovJay Silberblatt & Lori SissonDaniel SimpsonHenry & Mary SnyderThalia SnyderHenry & Mary SnyderStuart & Mary StaleyKatie StanichJudith A. StarrMona StrassburgerWade & Barbara StullRachel & Lowell SwartsPatricia L. SwedlowBeverly TaylorJay & Linda ThierRichard Thomas & Adel FougniesNancy B. Thompson

Maria TobiasDr. & Mrs. Albert TregerMeyer UnkovicEllen Viakley & James WalkerPaul VincentJohn & Irene WallDr. Donal & Mary WardeMarvin & Dot WedeenMichaelene WeimerSandra WelshNaomi & David WhalenStanley WinikoffScott WirtzmanAllen Wolfert & Adrienne YoungSusan YoheFlorence & Harvey Zeve

Martin McDonagh ($50-$99)Andrew AdeAnonymousDr. Nancy & Christopher BakerLinda L. BambergSusan BanksSusan T. BarclayHerbert BarnettMrs. Rosalind Kaliden-Barry & Mr. Robert BarryJay BarryFrank BelczykEdith BellRichard & Elizabeth BelloliElizabeth BennettHenry & Anne BentRichard BeranMark BlatterAlvin & Gloria BodekSue BonelloJoe & Janet BonkDr. Klaus & Lois BronCatherine BroskyKatherine Brownlee & James AndersonJean W. BurnsCiaran ByrneMikey & Ruth CaseyRosemary K. CoffeyComputer Associates

Kent & Merle CulleyAnne Curtis & Timothy ClarkBrian & Barbara CynamonKrissy & George DeShetler Jr.Robert & Janet DiltsDennis & Mary DoubledayKathleen DowneyBruce DowningJoe & Joellen DuckettJames & Amy EkmannKaren Engro & Jules LobelJanet FelmethRobert FergusonAnita FineKaren A. FordSusanne FoxChristopher FulmerDr. & Mrs. Robert G. GastBarbara E. Gengler & Randy S. WeinbergPeggy & Ben GesslerJerry GindeleJoan Morse GordonMary Ann GrossArlene & Alfred GrubbsRobin GusseyJohn L. Haer & Joni RabinowitzJerome & Diane HalpernPatricia HalversonJudith & Gerard HamillStuart & Eileen HastingsMarlene & Charles HausDan & Dawn HeilmanMr. Mark Heine & Ms. Helene BenderRobert & Linda HeithoffRonald HellerRichard & Carol HeppnerJanet HilderbrandCindy Judd HillDrs. Elissa Hoffman & Werner PluharPatrick IrwinGeorge KasichWard KelseyNancy KennyFlo & Bob KennyGloria & Al KleinHanita & Ram Kossowsky

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PICT Annual Fund Donors

Don & June KudasTimothy Lambert & Bernadette HarrisBernadette & Tom LandonAlan & Vivian LawskyJackie & Larry LoblCorinn M. LyonJoyce MagillRita MartinDavid MaxwellEleanor MayfieldLouise MayoCarol & Fred McCulloughPatricia McElligottHeather McElweeRichard & Christine MichaelsJoseph P. MoffittDonald & Janet MoritzEvelyn MurrinBarbara MyersCharles & Eloise NeissPatricia Nichols

Dr. Enrico NovelliJack & Phyllis OchsC. Prentiss OrrCatherine ParhamMaggie PattersonJohn F. PetersCharlotte & Norbert PilewskiCheryl & Thomas PotanceKathryn PowellDennis Rea & Joan ButterfieldPaul & Dorothy ReiberAnne J. RobbJanet RobertsRocky Raco PhotographyDante & Sarah RomitoDeborah RosenJim & Louisa RudolphElaine SadowskiAdrienne & Larry SavitzColleen ScanlonVirginia W. SchatzTony SciulloRoz ShermanFrancis B. Simko, Jr.

David Slesnick & Gerri SperlingAnita D. & Chester P. SmolenskiKeith Somers & Deborah MossJames & Roberta SosaLorraine StarskySterling EventsTimothy & Christine StivesBarbara StoryMargie & William StraitDick StrojanThomas & Carolyn TaylorMark Conway ThompsonTodd TomasicJennifer TreharMary & Michael UsnickShannon & Andrew WebberPeggy & Fred WhelanBarbara WiddoesMerlyn & Jim WilliamsRev. Philip WilsonTerry & Janet WoodcockPatricia A. YeagerSandra ZaharoffWilliam Zeiger

SPECIAL GIFTSAnchor Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation, in honor of Cindy Berger and Larry GreenGrambrindi Davies Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation, in honor of Carol and Sean HughesGene 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. MimaIn Honor of Erin Shannon-AuelJohn 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 un-folds, 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 CladdaghSaturday, 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 FifthThursday, July 9, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.

Join PICT Artists at the elegant Mansions on Fifth for an inside look at Sharon’s Grave before it hits the theatre! You ticket includes cash bar, passed hors d’oeuvres, plated dinner, wine pour, and after-dinner conversation.

Tickets: Call or Email Ryan Ferrebee, Development Manager at 412-561-6000 x204 or [email protected] for more information.

Directed by Alan StanfordMusic 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.org412.561.6000

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