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Artistic & Production StaffElizabeth Atkinson (Music Director & Sound Composer) is delighted to return toPittsburgh to design for PICT. She previously designed PICT’s Our Class, The School forLies, Chekhov Celebration, Pinter Celebration, Synge Cycle and BeckettFest, as well asHistory Boys, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and Julius Caesar, among others. Locally, she hasdesigned for City Theatre as resident sound designer, including productions of The Seafarer,Mother Teresa is Dead, Intimate Apparel, Missionary Position, The Good Body, and Pyretown.Other favorite soundscapes include The Goat, Chicken Snake, One Flea Spare, The Visit,and Floyd Collins for the Pittsburgh Playhouse REP and Breakfast with Mugabe, ThereseRaquin, and After Mrs. Rochester for Quantum Theatre. Additional regional theatre creditsinclude THEATREWORKS, Hartford Stage, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, MerrimackRepertory Theatre, and Emelin Theatre. Liz also had the honor of exhibiting at the 2011Prague Quadrennial.Johnmichael Bohach (Props Master) is on staff at the University of Pittsburgh as PittRepertory Theatre’s prop shop supervisor as well as the props coordinator at the PittsburghOpera. He also works locally with Prime Stage Theatre, Microscopic Opera, Pittsburgh CLO,Carnegie Mellon’s School of Music and Drama, Renaissance City Choirs, and StagedoorManor of Loch Sheldrake, NY in capacities ranging from scenic design, props, and scenicpainting. Select design credits include: The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451, The Elephant Man, TheGlass Menagerie (Prime Stage); Riders to the Sea, Lizbeth, Three Decembers (Microscopic Opera),and Dido and Aeneas (Renaissance City Choirs). Johnmichael is a graduate of the Universityof Pittsburgh with BAs in theatre arts and architectural studies. www.jmbsetdesigns.comAaron Bollinger (Technical Director) is also the head of technical theatre at Point ParkUniversity in Pittsburgh. He is an MFA graduate of Yale School of Drama’s technical designand production department. Previously, Aaron was assistant professor of technical productionat FSU’s School of Theatre. His research focuses on efficiency of use and design of dynamicscenery, both projected and automated. His research and work has given him the opportunityto hold many unique positions: database designer for Spiderman-Turn off the Dark’s immenseautomated scenic design on Broadway, draftsman as a subcontractor for The Lion King’s PrideRock built by Hudson Scenic, production manager and technical director for PennsylvaniaShakespeare Festival, illustrator for the books Control Systems for Live Entertainment: Thirdedition and Show Networks and Control Systems by John Huntington, video/media supervisorfor the Arts + Ideas Festival in New Haven, CT, assistant technical director at Elon University,Maine State Music Theatre, and Orlando Shakespeare Festival, and many other positions.He would like to thank his wife, son, and future daughter for their support and patience.Lori Lynn Bollinger (Scenic Charge Artist) is in her third season at PICT. Previous PICTcredits include scenic charge artist for House & Garden, Race, The Mask of Moriarty, In theNext Room or the vibrator play, The Pitmen Painters, the Chekhov Celebration, The School ForLies, and Our Class. Born and raised in New York state, Lori holds a BFA in art and designfrom Alfred University. Over the last twelve years, Lori has served as scenic artist/paintshop manager and adjunct instructor for Florida State University, scenic charge artist forGlimmerglass Opera, staff scenic artist for Yale Repertory Theatre/Yale School of Drama andscenic charge artist for the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Regional theatre experienceand local credits include shows at Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public Theater, PittsburghOpera, CMU, Huntington Theatre Company, Syracuse Stage, Goodspeed Musicals, andGet real Provider Ratings from real Highmark members,before you decide where to get care. Explore this and otherpowerful new tools built to save you time and money.Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Subject to the terms of your benefit plan.13-02712 City Theatre 6x9_B&W_GYM.indd 1 3/20/13 4:25 PM

Artistic & Production StaffMaine State Music Theatre. When she isn’t painting scenery, Lori is an “iQ smartparentfeatured blogger” for WQED and writes about her adventures in pregnancy and parentingat icangrowpeopleblog.com. Lori is currently expecting a baby girl any day now and wouldlike to thank the PICT family for being so supportive during the last nine months. Shealso sends her love to her husband Aaron and her son Porter.John-Michael Breen (Assistant Director) was most recently seen as Snake in The SchoolFor Scandal at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, directed by Alan Stanford. In the fall, he willbe a senior BFA musical theatre major in the Conservatory of Performing Arts at PointPark University. Other Pittsburgh credits include The Rising of the Moon (Raymond LaineMemorial One-Act Festival), Twenty Eighty-Four (The Pillow Project), the regional premiereof The Burnt Part Boys (The BALD Theatre Co.,) and, as a director, Spring Awakening forPinnacle Productions at Point Park University. Endless thanks to Alan and Martin for allof the lessons along the way.Scott Conklin (Master Electrician) This is Scott’s second season with PICT. When heisn’t working for PICT, you can usually find him working for the University of PittsburghTheatre Arts Department in a similar capacity. Scott has also worked and, time permitting,continues to work for local groups such as Pittsburgh Musical Theater, Robert MorrisUniversity, Opera Theatre of Pittsburgh, Squonk Opera, South Park Community Theatre,Guiding Star Dance Foundation, and Shadyside Academy’s Hillman Center for PerformingArts, along with many others. Scott is pleased and excited to be back for another greatseason with PICT!Gianni Downs (Production Manager/Resident Scenic Designer) is pleased to be returningto PICT for his eighth season to design Our Class, The Kreutzer Sonata, and A Skull inConnemara. While in Pittsburgh, he has designed over 45 plays for PICT, including House& Garden, Race, Pinter Celebration, Crime & Punishment, History Boys, The Lieutenant ofInishmore, Playboy of the Western World, and The Mask of Moriarty. Regionally, he has hadthe pleasure of designing for The Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis, Merrimack RepertoryTheatre, City Theatre, Prime Stage Theatre, The Stoneham Theatre, and the Point ParkPlayhouse REP among others. Gianni is the recipient of a Kevin Kline Award in Excellencein Scenic Design for In the Next Room or the vibrator play and has been nominated for Crime& Punishment and The Lieutenant of Inishmore, as well as a nomination for an IndependentReviewers of New England Award for Stoneham Theatre’s The Dazzle. Academically,Gianni received an MFA from Brandeis University, taught at Point Park University, servedas a member of the Special Faculty in scenic design at the Carnegie Mellon UniversitySchool of Drama, was an assistant professor of theatre at Westminster College, and will bejoining the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh in the fall. His portfolio can be viewedonline at www.giannidesigns.net.Jim French (Lighting Designer) Previous designs for PICT: The Pitmen Painters, TheImportance of Being Earnest, Pinter Celebration (Celebration,The Hothouse, No Man’sLand, The Room), Crime And Punishment, History Boys, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Synge Cycle,Playboy of the Western World, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Additional credits include:A Picasso and Blackbird (City Theatre). Dance: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, RichmondBallet, Twyla Tharp Dance, Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Jennifer Muller/The Works, ChetWalker/8&ah1, Chitresh Das, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Adele Myers and Dancers.www.jimfrenchld.comConnecting People’s Resources with People’s NeedsBy the end of 2011, 146 countries have been receivedaid from the various programs of BBF. Over 94,500 tonsof medical supplies and equipment, pharmaceuticals,textbooks and humanitarian relief have been shipped vialand, sea and air to those in need.1200 Galveston Avenue,Pittsburgh PA, 15233www.brothersbrother.orgPhone: 412-321-3160Fax: 412-321-3325mail@brothersbrother.org

Artistic/Production StaffCory F. Goddard* (Production Stage Manager) is in his ninth season with PICT. Agraduate of Baldwin-Wallace College in Cleveland, he is happy to call Pittsburgh his homenow. Cleveland area stage management credits include Parade, The Laramie Project, The 24Hour Theatre Project, Grey Gardens, and the non-Equity premieres of Brooklyn, Phantom ofthe Opera, and [title of show]. In Pittsburgh: Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom for Bricolage,A Child’s Guide to Heresy and August Osage County for The REP. Past PICT credits include:BeckettFest, Synge Cycle, Pinter Celebration, Chekhov Celebration, Heartbreak House,Othello, House & Garden, Antony & Cleopatra, Beautiful Dreamers, The Lieutenant of Inishmore,Jane Eyre, The History Boys, Doubt, What the Butler Saw, In the Next Room or the vibrator play,The Pitmen Painters, Stones in his Pockets, Private Lives, Stuff Happens, Boston Marriage, andSalome. He would like to thank Alan, Rebekah, Vicky, Jo, Alicia, Phill, Liz, Gianni, and Marty.Heather Helinsky (Dramaturg) was the dramaturg for PICT’s Our Class and the 2012Chekhov Celebration. Other Pittsburgh credits include resident dramaturg for the PittsburghPublic Theatre in 2008-2009. Nationally, her dramaturgy has been seen at American RepertoryTheatre, Arizona Repertory Theatre, Borderlands Theatre Company, Philadelphia TheatreCompany, Miracle Theatre, the Moscow Art Theatre’s American Studio Theatre, Great PlainsTheatre Conference, Phoenix Theatre, Salt Lake Acting Company, Sundance Theatre Lab,Telluride Playwrights Festival, and The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Heather holdsan M.F.A. in dramaturgy from A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theatre Training atHarvard. www.helinskydramaturgy.comLisa Leibering (Costume Design) is designing her first show for PICT, but she has severallocal design credits, including work for the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Shakespearein the Park, Squonk Opera, and the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum. Beyond Pittsburgh, herdiverse portfolio includes designing and building costumes, puppets, and props for a widevariety of clients from professional sports teams to regional theatres to international cruiseships.Rebecca Leone (Assistant Stage Manager) Rebecca’s regional credits include The Schoolfor Lies (PICT); Walk Two Moons, The Great Gatsby, Fahrenheit 451 (Prime Stage Theatre);International Choreography Competition ( Jazz Dance World Congress 2012); Next to Normal(Carrnivale Theatrics); M.I.A. (The REP); Funny Girl, The Unexpected Guest, A Little NightMusic (Gretna Theatre); A Year with Frog & Toad, Barefoot in Athens, All’s Well That Ends Well(Gamut Theatre Group). Amateur/university: Yo, Vikings!, Illyria (Point Park University);Wiley and the Hairy Man (HACC Theatre for Young People); You’re a Good Man, CharlieBrown (Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg); and Jungle Book: Kids (Carlisle Theatre Company).Jessi Sedon-Essad (Projection Designer) has been a projection designer for theatre, dance,and installation in Pittsburgh for the past nine years. Her previous PICT credits include ThePitmen Painters, The History Boys, and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Jessi is currently the resident projectiondesigner for The Pittsburgh Playhouse and a few of her recent credits include Antarktikos,Chess, and The Producers. She has had the pleasure of working with The Aspen OperaTheater, The National Aviary, Pittsburgh CLO, Bricolage Theatre, Off the Wall Productions,tripWIRE, The Pillow Project, Attack Theatre, Hiawatha Project, and Squonk Opera. Someexcerpts of her work can be seen at www.shinealightdesigns.com and www.squonkopera.org.She would like to dedicate this design to Nate Sedon; wish you were here.Artistic/Production StaffAlan Stanford (Director) was for the past 30 years a principal director and leading actor withthe renowned Gate Theatre Dublin in Ireland. He founded Ireland’s Second Age Theatre.For the past five years, Alan has been a part of the PICT family, and moved to Pittsburghpermanently two years ago. He most recently directed The School for Scandal for Point ParkConservatory, and his previous directing credits include works by Shakespeare, Molière, NoelCoward, Oscar Wilde, Shaw, and Brecht. He directed PICT’s record-breaking production ofthe Sherlock Holmes’ mystery The Mask of Moriarty in 2011, and will direct Sherlock Holmes& the Crucifer of Blood this December. Next, he will direct his adaptation of Oscar Wilde’sLady Windermere’s Fan in July, and Don Juan Comes Back from the War in August.All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love.-- Leo TolstoyArchitect Fred M FargotsteinFine Residential Architecture & Landscape DesignPreserving the character of older homes through well-crafted andstylistically appropriate restorations, renovations, and additions.www.fmf-architect.com*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Notes from the Dramaturg: Heather Helinsky“We shall know no unhappiness, if you will love me as I love you.”--- Leo Tolstoy to his wifeAdultery: a subject we take forgranted in all forms of art, but in thenineteenth-century novel, it did morethan raise a few eyebrows. The early1800s were steeped in romanticism,the changing aesthetics to realismand works that critiqued society. TheFrench novel Madame Bovary (1857),with its critique of the bourgeoisieand Emma’s rebellion from acceptablebehavior of women, certainly becamea huge turning point in European literature.Leo Tolstoy, who was twentyninewhen Madame Bovary created ascandal, was on his first trip abroad in Paris and still single.Perhaps another assumption one could make about tales of affairs in the nineteenthcenturynovel is that the two lovers meet in some exotic location outside the home. Takethe example of last summer’s production of Yalta Game, based on Anton Chekhov’s shortstory “The Lady with the Little Lapdog.” In the short story, the character of Anna (oftenseen as Chekhov tipping his hat to Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina), is a young, unhappy wifeon a seaside vacation. She meets a worldly man. Their affair is awkward and tempestuousfrom the beginning. Then, as lovers part and return to their domestic partners, they findthat their summer romance drives them to find each other and upset their “normal lives.”The setting of Tolstoy’s Kreutzer Sonata, then, is unusual. The short story begins on a train:strangers meeting on a journey. Arguments break out about the new trend in Europeof divorce and if one should marry for love or return to the traditional way of arrangedmarriages. With the rhythm of the train increasing in speed creating the underscore forthe scene, a woman that Tolstoy describes as “plain, no longer young, smoker, a harassedlook” and wearing “mannish cloths” gets into several debates with the men on the train,including a backwoods tradesman and a lawyer, about ‘true love’. “Everyone knows whatlove is,” the woman dismisses. However, as the night deepens, a quiet, nervous mandrinking a “strong tea” opens up and questions these basic social assumptions about loveand marriage. It is Pozdynyshev, who then tells the young lawyer of how he came to killhis wife at home.The domestic setting that Tolstoy then depicts was unusual for such an affair. Instead ofthe affair occurring in an exotic location like Chekhov’s seaside resort of Yalta, Tolstoyportrays the interior life of the home, the intimate, private spaces of the personal life.It’s not the exotic, heightened fantasy but Tolstoy’s setting of the home which makes thestory so dangerous. Perhaps it is not surprising that the first response to Tolstoy’s storywas to ban it, as Tolstoy does not romanticize the complicated morality tale of a jealoushusband and his accomplished wife.NEVER UNDERESTIMATETHE POWER OF AGREAT PERFORMANCE.We are proud to support thePittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre.Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine,UPMC is ranked among the nation’s top 10 hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

Notes from the Dramaturg: Heather HelinskyMuch like the central character of Pozdynyshev, Tolstoy’s early life certainly followedthe socially acceptable path for men to first encounter women through a lifestyle of heavydrinking, gambling, and prostitution. Tolstoy lived without a maternal figure as his mother,Princess Marya Volkonskaya, died when Tolstoy was two years old. He dropped out ofuniversity after failing his examinations and inherited his family estate of Yasnaya Polyanaat the age of nineteen. When he traveled to Moscow and St. Petersburg, the young Tolstoydid more than “sow his wild oats” to blow off some steam from his responsibilities. In hisstation as a count with a hereditary title, these were acceptable social behaviors, and hecontinued on the path of a noble Russian as he followed his older brother into militaryservice. It wasn’t until he was thirty-four when he fell in love with the daughter of a childhoodfriend, Sofya Behrs, who was sixteen years his junior and gave him thirteen children.While Tolstoy’s marriage began with great romance in their letters, over the course oftheir forty-eight years, Tolstoy began to drift apart from his wife when he reformed hislife, rejected the excesses of Russian society, and turned to religion and mysticism. Theepigraph to The Kreutzer Sonata begins: “But I say unto you, that everyone that looketh ona woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.” (Matthew5:28) Tolstoy’s judgment on Russian society’s original sin comes not from the actionsof encouraging young men to have their first sexual encounters with prostitutes, but thatRussia lacked the deeper spiritual principle. Tolstoy looked to philosophers like Rousseauas “misunderstood visionaries” that Russians should embrace for a better, healthierlifestyle. Later in life, Tolstoy would be excommunicated for these radical ideas. The moralissues raised in The Kreutzer Sonata may sound extreme, but they were a part of a verypublic debate occurring in Russia about pre-marital and marital relations and the ‘counterliterature’that argued the opposite of Tolstoy’s point of view. And responses to the novellawere not without their parodies, as one writer ridiculed the situation of total abstinencefrom food. An English comic version of Tolstoy’s story twisted the ending where Mrs.Pozdynyshev did not die, but became an inmate in a Catholic nunnery!Yet in his own marriage, Tolstoy’s relationship with Sofya grew strained. In Tolstoy’s beliefsystem, the primary role of a woman was to raise children. Once his children were grown,Tolstoy found reasons to separate himself, even leaving them in Moscow so he couldreturn by himself to his country estate of Yasnaya Polyana. “My presence in Moscow, withthe family, is well-nigh useless; the conditions of that life have a paralyzing effect on me,while the life itself is very repulsive to me---again owing to my general view of life, whichI cannot change---and would greatly hinder my work.”Tolstoy’s final act at the end of his life was a brutal parting. “I could not compel you tochange your mode of life, the habits which I myself had fostered in you nor could I leaveyou before now, fearing to deprive the children while young of what slight influence Imight have over them…Hence I have decided to do what I have long wished to do: togo away.” In 1910, Tolstoy abandoned his wife, admonishing her not to follow him, anddied alone at the Astapovo railway station. Under these dramatic circumstances, one canconclude that while Tolstoy’s genius was as a writer and spiritual reformer, it did not makefor a happy married life.Special thanks to Professor Dawn Secklers at the University of Pittsburgh for heradvice and resources.Bravo!UPMC Health Plan is proud to support thePittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre.

Scandal in Pittsburgh: 1892 - Suicide or Murder? Scandal in Pittsburgh: 1892 - Suicide or Murder?CRIME FOUND.SUICIDE OR MURDER?’TIS A MYSTERIOUS HANGING.A HUSBAND’S ARREST.The Pittsburgh headlines on July 28, 1892, gave the public something to talk about.The Dispatch, The Post, the Times, The Commercial Gazette, and The Chronicle Telegraph allprinted a story on Max Cutkisky, who was arrested the previous day for murdering hiswife and making it look like a suicide. Three of the papers provided lengthy articles, andthe Times even gave the story front-page billing. All over Pittsburgh, people were readingabout Bessie Cutkisky (née Lieberman), who was pronounced dead on July 23. Shewas found in the Cutkisky home at 2834 Penn Avenue by her husband, who immediatelyreported the news to his neighbors and the police. However, in the days following theapparent suicide, Cutkisky’s suspicious actions earned him unwanted attention and,ultimately, an arrest.Bessie and Max married on June 26, just one month before Bessie’s death. The state oftheir short-lived marital life is unclear, as reports are contradictory. The Dispatch claimedthat neighbors said Cutkisky abused his wife and even threatened her, while The Post saidneighbors believed the couple “lived peaceably and acted almost like young lovers.” Evenwhen citing her brother’s words, the newspapers were at odds. The Gazette quoted JosephLieberman: “We are sure that Bessie was murdered. Max never treated her right…” YetThe Times read that Lieberman “said they seemed to live happily together.”Whether the marriage was happy and healthy or not, the Lieberman family found theapparent suicide questionable. Bessie’s brother Joseph made the formal charge of murderagainst Cutkisky. His suspicions were aroused by Cutkisky’s nervousness following thedeath and the insistence that Bessie’s body not be examined. The Lieberman familyhired attorney James K. Wallace to pursue the case for murder. Additional testimonialsonly added to the evidence against Cutkisky. The women who prepared and dressedBessie’s corpse for burial reported evidence of knife wounds on the body, and a police officerattested he overheard a damning conversation in which Cutkisky and an unnamedAfrican-American woman plotted to kill Bessie. Several papers produced variations onthe following conversation:“You were mine first! You must be mine now and last! Get that womanout of the way or there’ll be trouble.”“All right,” answered the man.“Now you meet me here at 12 o’clock tomorrow night, and you bet by ---I’ll be there.”(Pittsburgh Post, 1892)The woman was suspected of being an earlier love interest of Cutkisky’s; her role inhis life was reported as ranging from wife to mother of his children to mistress to exgirlfriend,according to differing sources. The police released a warrant for this woman’sarrest as well, but there is no evidence she was ever apprehended.When the police came to find Cutkisky on July 27, he sealed his own fate by immediatelyasking if he was being arrested on a charge of murder. His conscience betrayed him inhis daily nervousness and his apparent assumption of guilt. He was committed to prisonby Alderman McMasters. The Cutkisky family, according to The Gazette, were wealthyPittsburghers willing to pay thousands to free Max Cutkisky, but the judge refused toset bail and ordered Cutkisky to be held until his trial.Not everyone believed in Cutkisky’s guilt. The Post questioned whether the arrest mightnot be a mistake, citing neighbors’ arguments that Bessie’s melancholy provided a reasonablemotive for suicide. Most newspapers, however, and the court, determined thatMax Cutkisky was in fact guilty of spousal homicide. The murder case was significantenough that The Dispatch listed it in the December 31 wrap-up, in which the importantevents of the year were set on one page. “July 27,” it reads, “Max Cutkisky arrested forthe murder of his wife.”Emily Anne Gibson is a rising senior at Carnegie Mellon University, where she studieshistory, English, and dramaturgy. She is currently a new work dramaturg with Pittsburghplaywright Maureen McGranaghan, and next season at Carnegie Mellon shewill be working on You Can’t Take It With You.WHO’SYOUR MAMA?FOR RESERVATIONS: (412) 621.SAUCEunder the clock at Forbes & Oakland

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Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre Annual Fund DonorsWe extend our deepest appreciation to the following donors who supportPICT programs on the stage and in the community.William Shakespeare($25,000 +)Allegheny Regional AssetDistrictAnonymousThe Heinz EndowmentsPhilip Chosky Charitable &Educational FoundationRichard E. RauhJames Joyce($10,000-$24,999)AnonymousBNY MellonThe Fine FoundationHans & Leslie FleischnerFund of The PittsburghFoundationHighmark Blue CrossBlue ShieldThe Laurel FoundationSandy & Gene O’SullivanPennsylvania Councilon the ArtsThe Shubert FoundationSamuel Beckett($5,000-$9,999)AnonymousCynthia Berger &Laurence GreenEden Hall FoundationFirst National Bank ofPennsylvaniaHenry C. FrickEducational Fund ofthe Buhl FoundationDina & Jerry FulmerTerri GouldMcKinney CharitableFoundation throughthe PNC CharitableTrust GrantReview CommitteeVivian Sue Molina &Richard W. 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Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre Annual Fund DonorsPittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre Annual Fund DonorsWilliam CornellCornelius & Joan CosgroveJoyce E. CostaJames A. CraftNelson & Carol CraigeDavid & Mary Ann CreamerDutch CreelyAlan & Susan CrittendenDeidre CrowleyRichard CurriePamela CurtisPatricia & Walter DamianMarion DamickEllen & Gilbert DeBenedettiMatthew DeCaroLila DeckerAnn DeKlerkDeanna Della VedovaBarbara DeRiso &Donald NewmanMaurice DeulVictor & Delia DiCarloBill Dixon & Kay GaviganAntoine DouaihyDennis & Mary DoubledayMary Ellen DrollJames DwyerHelen EatonJanet & Theodore EckJohn & Barbara EdelmanDr. & Mrs. Terry L. EvansDona EwellHeidi B. FentonVelma & Harry FerrariDr. & Mrs. Robert E. FidotenJune & Bernard FinemanLee FogartyHenry A. & Barbara L. FolbMark & Lynne FrankCarl B. FrankelMark FreemanM.B. GallagherWarren & Linda GaliffaConnie GarrisonMartha H. GarveyMark GasparovicWilliam D. &Margaret Sawyer GhristMr. Elliott GillTom & Lynn GilleyCathy & Kenneth GlickCarol Gluck & Albert WeinerJoan Morse GordonJohn & Suzanne GrafLaurie GrahamDavid & Nancy GreenMarjorie GreenbergerConroy D. GuyerVan & Paula HallMeg & Ron HannanDonald HarringtonKen & Nancy HarrisJonathan HarrisPaula & Howard HarrisJanice HarrisonStuart & Eileen HastingsMarlene & Jeffrey HausEleanor HeasleyCatherine HebertDawn & Dan HeilmanMark Heine & Helene BenderElaine Herald & John JordanH.J. Heinz Co. FoundationWilliam & Rosette HillgroveDena HofkoshLori & Alan HornellRita HostetterFrancine HydeIBMVaughn & Evelyn IrwinLois JacobLynn JohnsonPaul Johnson & Janet MooreJudy Johnston &Linda CordiscoSue Johnson & Mark PudaJay & Annabelle JosephMr. & Mrs. Thomas JoyceTakeo & Yukiko KanadeJudi & Richard KasdanSophia K. KatsafanasJay KeenanPatricia KellySusan Kelly & William CullenNancy KennySharon KimbleDebra & Jack KingDonald & Susan KosyTimothy KotzmanRalph & Maureen KrichbaumDr. & Mrs. Lewis KullerCarolyn Kyler &Jocelyn SheppardEmily LapisardiAlan & Vivian LawskyKathryn LeahyLarry & Lynn LebowitzJohn LenkeySylvia & Peter LeoSally LevinClaire & Larry LevineWilliam LindgrenJackie & Larry LoblDr. & Mrs. Robert M. LumishRichard & Joyce MageePhyllis MajewskySusan ManziDavid MarchEric MarchbeinJoan MarkertWilliam & Debera MarraCarol MarsiglioLorraine MattaTom & Susan McCaffreyBruce & StephanieMcConachieCarol & Fred McCulloughDavid & Margaret McKewonJohn McSorley, M.D.Gerald & Denise MedwickMercer Inc.Stella Smetanka & KemalAlexander MericliRachel & Karl MeyersTom MichaelMilton & Lois MichaelsMicrosoft Corp.Donald MillerMichael MillerMargaret MimaValerie Monaco &Deborah PolkWindle & Kathleen MookPatricia Mooney &Alan SteinbergBarbara & Lee MyersJohn Nagle &Stephanie Tristam-NagleEleanor & Ed NemethSam Newbury &Jan Myers-NewburyJoseph M. NewcomerAnita NewellMaeve NolanDr. Sean NolanMarianne NovyPatrick & Ellen O’DonnellChristine O’Lare &Ian LindsayFritz OkieMilton OstrofskyRichard & Suzanne PaulElizabeth PearsonJanine Pearson &Joseph WisterMarla PerlmanJohn PetersCliff & Theresa PinsentDavid & Marilyn PosnerDeborah & Martin PowellMadelyn A. Reilly &Robin GirdharBillie Jo ReinhartJim Reitz & Mary HeathDr. Tor RichterMargaret A. RisoRonald & Harriette RoadmanBurton RobertsJean RobinsonDavid & Jane RodesDaina RomualdiShoshana & Jerry RosenbergMrs. Louisa RosenthalTom RyanElaine SadowskiDr. James R. SahoveyJoan M. SaroffThomas & Sheila SavitsMiriam SchaffelGeorge &Karen SchnakenbergAndy & Mary Lou SchrefflerJolie SchroederRobert & Rosemarie SchulerCarolyn & Robert SchumacherUrban SchusterMorton & Rita SeltmanSusan & Brian SesackAnn & Joe ShumanJocelyn Sheppard &Carolyn KylerDavid E. Simon IIHelena Ruoti SimoneJen Ann Skiles &Melvin MillerThelma SnyderDavid Sogg & Lisa ParkerSusan and Holly SpharCarrie & Tim StannyJudy StarrTerence & Joanne StarzFred SteinbergJohn StemberMarina StockdaleMona StrassburgerPatricia L. SwedlowJack & Dorothy SwissIrene & Aron SzulmanBeverly Loy TaylorMary Ann & Lee TempletonNancy ThompsonDr. & Mrs. Albert TregerNancy VogeleyJames Walker & Ellen ViakleyJacqueline WalkerJohn & Irene WallDonal & Mary WardeDrs. Phillips Wedemeyer &Jean HanchettDavid & Naomi WhalenBrian & Kathy WhiteBill & Laurie WinslowDrs. Allen Wolfert &Adrienne YoungMarlene & John YokimZulema ZawtoniMichael & Susan ZimeckiMartin McDonagh($50-$99)Carolyn AckerJoan AptDavid BagdyChristopher & Nancy BakerBank of AmericaSusan T. BarclayAllen & Liz BaumEdith BellElizabeth BennettRichard A. BeranDavid BielewiczSusan BlairCharles &Marianne BlumenscheinSusan BonelloThomas BoyleChuck & Carol BradleyColleen BrinerEarl & Rita BrinkCarrie & Larry BrooksRobert & Maria BrooksDavid Brosky & Nancy CramerKimberly BrownJames Anderson &Katherine BrownleeKevin BursleyPatricia ButterfieldDr. Anthony &Phyllis CaggiulaJudy CaplanYvonne CarrollMichael & Ruth CaseySusan Chagnon &Eric PedersenFlorence & Toby ChapmanEdward ChurchillRosemary K. CoffeyFrances CohenComputer AssociatesBetty & Paul ConnellyKathleen ConnorsAnn CrissClaire DaehnickBarbara Daly DankoRichard & Suzanne DanksBonnie & Steve DakeRia DavidMary Davitt & Mitchell TublinMarylyn F. DevlinBob & Gene DickmanSteven DoerflerFr. Garrett DorseyGianni DownsRuth & Sy DrescherChristine L. DrgonAnne K. DucanisJoe & Joellen DuckettJames & Amy EkmannLuanne FabryMaura FarrellJanet FelmethLinda & Mark FialkovichAnita FineLois & Ron FolinoMarjorie & Richard FondLeslie Pope ForneyAnne FranksGeorge & Mary Lou FrostCarlos FunesCarla GarfieldMartha GarveyDr. & Mrs. Robert G. GastClement A. GeorgeFrancine GeorgeAndy & Debbie GespassMimi GirouxBernard Goldstein &Russellyn CaruthBruce GoldsteinJohn GoodenoughRoslyn GoorinMichele Gray-ShafferDana & Richard GreenMarjorie GreenbergerWendy GrimmNaomi GrodinMary Ann GrossConnie & JimGuggenheimerRobin GusseyMary Jane & David HallJerome & Diane HalpernPatricia HalversonJudith & Gerard HamillKathleen & Fred HannJane Haskell* in-kind

Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre Annual Fund DonorsJana & Fil HearnLinda & Robert HeithoffRonald HellerRichard & Carol HeppnerCarol Hochman &William LafeAllyson Holtz & Brian KoskiMarianne HookerPatrick Hughes &Wanda WilsonLinda & Orlando JardiniKenneth & Leota JonesPerry L. JubelirerRosalind KalidenMary Jane KanyokJohn KargLorna & Kevin KearnsJ. Crilley KellyMary KennyDennis & Marge KerrEllen KightMichael KirlinGloria & Al KleinMarcia & Glenn KlepacJeffry & Catharine KlossHanita & Ram KossowskyCorinne KrauseElizabeth & James KrisherKudas IndustriesSteffanie & Dennis LabatePatty & Stan LevineFrank Lieberman &Beverly BarkonKatherine & Lewis LobdellPeter Longini &Marget LubetJeffrey & Rachel LowdenJudith LydonDonna MacsugaNorma Sue MaddenJoyce MagillMartha MalinzakWilliam & Doris MalterLou MartinageKenneth Mason &Marilyn RobertsDavid MaxwellEleanor MayfieldMichelle McClendonChristine McClureDavid & Ann McFaddenMaureen McHugh &Fran BarretRobert & Christiana MendozaBrian & Karen MerrittChari MitchellDaniela &Marcello MoschellaDeborah MossEarl MountsSamuel & Scilene MrazGregory MurmanSharon MurphyNancy NoyesPeter Oanes &Lorraine StarskyJack & Phyllis OchsMartha OliverKristen L. Olson, Ph.DScott O’NealRochelle PackardMarilyn PainterTimothy PaluckaThomas Pandaleon &Faith SchantzElizabeth & Todd PascuzziCynthia Pennington &C. Liam DonohueJoel PlattJeffrey PollockCheryl & Thomas PotanceJack & Jill PrestonRocky & Barbara RacoMartin ReganDouglas & Terri ReissKenny ResinskiChuck & Julia ReynoldsRobert RichardsonAnne RobbDonald & Kathleen RobertsJanet RobertsDeborah RobinsonDeborah RosenMichael &Linda RosenbaumDonald Rosenthal &Linda Tuite-RosenthalReva RossmanChristine & James RuppRuth & Russell SaccoMs. Sylvia SachsBeatrice Salazar &Luis MotlesDavid Salgarolo &Frances SavoiaVirginia SchatzDr. &Mrs. Harold ScheinmanVirginia SchickMichael SchneiderJudy & Tony SchryerBelinda & Dave ShlapakJo ShoresFrancis B. Simko, Jr.Joan SmithWilbur SnyderJames & Roberta SosaStuart & Mary StaleyBarbara StoryBill & Margie StraitDick StrojanPeter Ten EyckTodd TomasicPatricia Ulbrich &Claus MakowkaBarbara Van FossenMargaret &Christopher VincentMark Weakland &Beth GoodAndrew WebberMarvin & Dot WedeenAnnie & Larry WeidmanRichard Weinberg &Christine MillerSusan WeinzierlIrving Wender &Jean GershonBarbara L. WiddoesPhil & Sarah WildenhainRev. Phillip WilsonMerlyn & Jim WilliamsHerbert & Sharyn WolfsonTerry & Janet WoodcockMark & Barb YacovonePatricia YeagerBarbara & Marc YerginMr. & Mrs. Michael Zawoyskiand Molly SinclairWilliam ZeigerPICT Theatre and TheCarnegie Library of Pittsburghwork together to provide ourpatrons with the best materialsto enhance your enjoyment ofthe show. Visit our website formore information.Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre Annual Fund DonorsSpecial Gifts:Anonymous, in honor of Anne MullaneyMaurice B. Cohill, in memory of my wife, Anne D. MullaneyJamini Vincent Davies in honor of Andrew Paul & Gale McGloinMary Davitt, in memory of my father, J. Alan DavittHarvette & Richard Dixon, in honor of Richard MillerFrancine George, for Clara & DonaldJeffrey & Rachel Lowden, in honor of Robert LevinMilton & Lois Michaels, in honor of Andrew S. PaulMargaret Mima, in memory of Joseph MimaThomas Pandaleon & Faith Schantz, in memory of Lila SchantzJeffrey Pollock, in honor of former PICT Board member, Mark Clayton SouthersMona Rush, in memory of Renee Huff-Moody: A mother who never gave up hope that her lost sonwould one day be foundElaine Sadowski, in honor of Eric NelsonAnchor Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation in honor of Cynthia BergerContributions from January 1, 2012 -May 2, 2013. For corrections or information about makinga tax-deductible gift to PICT, call Terry Moss at 412-561-6000. Don’t forget to see if youremployer has a gift-matching program.Many thanks to the following companies for supporting PICT by matchingtheir employees’ contributions: Bank of America, BNY Mellon, The BuhlFoundation, Chevron, Computer Associates Inc., Gap Stores, Google,HJ Heinz Co. Foundation, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, IBM, Macy’sFoundation, Microsoft Corp., PNC Foundation, PPG Industries, Inc., UBS.“All happy families resemble one another. Each unhappy family is unhappy in itsown way.”-- Leo Tolstoy

PICT Board of DirectorsEugene O’Sullivan, PresidentKevin R. Gieder, Vice-PresidentCynthia Berger, SecretaryV. Sue Molina, TreasurerINTRODUCINGAlan BaumMichael BurnsSteve CudenDina FulmerJoseph KarasJustin KraussRichard MillerCharles MoellenbergFabian O’ConnorRichard E. RauhErin Shannon-AuelAdvisory Board MembersD.L. “Larry” Brophy, E. Bruce Hill, Paul Homick,Robert Levin, Kristen Olson, PhD., Alberta Sbragia,John Sotirakis, Wanda WilsonHonorary Board MembersU.S. Representative Mike Doyle, Charles Gray, Thomas Kilroy,David Norris–Seanad Eireann, Bingo O’Malley, Stephanie RisoPICT StaffAlan Stanford, Interim Producing Artistic DirectorStephanie Riso, Operations DirectorTherese Dillman Moss, Director of RevenueMichelle Belan, Sales & Marketing DirectorGianni Downs, Production Manager & Resident Scenic DesignerCarolyn Ludwig, Office AdministratorTegan McCune, Office AssistantJess MacFeater, Telesales Campaign ManagerKatie Wagner, Marketing AssistantMany thanks to our Phone Representatives for all their hard work!Eric Anderson • Matthew Colecchia • Tim Hibbard • Jess MacFeaterKim McCartney • Leslie McCartney • Kathleen Plummer • Matthew VoyerThank you to all of our patrons who speak kindly to them when they call you.oAkLand’s Most uNiQue dInIng dEsTinAtIontheporChat scHenley.coMPittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Inc.PO Box 7964, Pittsburgh, PA 15216Tel: 412-561-6000, Fax: 412-561-6686PICT is a Constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG),the national organization for the American theatre.To order tickets:VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.picttheatre.orgOR CALL 412-561-6000 x. 207Need help? Email tickethelp@picttheatre.orgAll photography by Laura Petrilla. www.misslphotography.comThePorchAtSchenley.com

It’s Wilde at the MansionsIMMERSE YOURSELF IN LANGUAGE AND LUXURY.Exploring the Words of WildeTHEATRE IMMERSION - JULY 14-17, 2013Indulge in a deeper experience of Oscar Wilde’s workwith our own Wilde expert Alan Stanford.Enjoy a four night stay at the Mansions on Fifth Hotelincluding Sunday night cocktails, workshop activitiesand tickets to PICT’s Lady Windermere’s Fan.412.381.5105 | MansionsonFifth.com | PICTTheatre.org