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Jonathan Gillard Daly, King Lear, 2012
photo by Michal Daniel
July 24–August 2, 2013
($15 General Admission)
Each season, the Intern/Apprentice
program culminates in a performance
of its own. This year, these young actors
and theater craftspeople present
Shakespeare’s great tale about ambition,
power, murder, and the supernatural.
The front porch is where we gather to talk
with our friends, family, and neighbors.
Join us Saturday mornings from
10:30am–12:00pm. Each Front Porch
Event is $15*. Advance ticket purchase
recommended. More at grsf.org/front-porch.
Gale Childs Daly ~ June 29
FRFF film Muse of Fire ~ July 6
Shakespeare Unlocked:
Twelfth Night ~ July 13
King Henry V ~ July 20
Advance tickets are available on-line
(grsf.org/tickets) and through the
box office. Performances are held in the
WSU Dorothy B. Magnus Studio Theatre.
Peter Saccio ~ July 27
Learn more about the Apprentice Actor
Training Program at grsf.org/apprentice.
*The Sonnet Contest Reception is a free event.
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Sonnet Contest Reception* ~ August 3
Thu
26
27
7p 12th Night 7p Henry V
- Free Preview - - Free Preview -
Fri
Sat
28
6p Free Concert
7:30p 12th Night
- Opening 10p WOW Gala
– 29 –
9a Tour of Trees
4:30p WOW
10:30a Front Porch Directors Reception
12-7:15p Dixieland 7:30p Henry V
- Opening Jazz Festival
30
1p 12th Night
4p WOW Picnic/
10th Anniversary
Celebration
1
2
7p 12th Night
- $10 Tuesday -
3
1p Henry V
- Matinee -
4
1p 12th Night
- Matinee Company
Conversation
5
1p 12th Night
- Chill with Will 6p Free Concert
7:30p Henry V
– 6 –
9a Tour of Trees
6p Free Concert
10:30a Front Porch 6:30p Preshow
1p Henry V
Conversation
4p Set Change
7:30p 12th Night
7
11a Ask the
Company
1p Henry V
- Matinee -
8
9
7p Henry V
- $10 Tuesday -
10
1p 12th Night
- Matinee -
11
7p Henry V
Company
Conversation
12
1p Henry V
- Chill with Will 6p Free Concert
7:30p 12th Night
– 13 –
9a Tour of Trees
6p Free Concert
10:30a Front Porch 6:30p Preshow
1p 12th Night
Conversation
4p Set Change
7:30p Henry V
14
11a Ask the
Company
1p 12th Night
- Matinee -
15
16
7p 12th Night
- $10 Tuesday -
17
1p Henry V
- Matinee 7p SYA1
18
7p 12th Night
Company
Conversation
19
1p 12th Night
- Matinee 6p Free Concert
7:30p Henry V
– 20 –
6p Free Concert
9a Tour of Trees
10:30a Front Porch 6:30p Preshow
1p Henry V
Conversation
4p Set Change
7:30p 12th Night
21
11a Ask the
Company
1p Henry V
- Matinee -
22
23
7p Henry V
- $10 Tuesday -
24
25
7p Macbeth
1p 12th Night
- Matinee - Int./App. Show 7p Macbeth
- Opening Company
- Int./App. Show Conversation
- Free Preview -
26
1p Henry V
6p Free Concert
7:30p 12th Night
7:30p Macbeth
- Int./App. Show -
– 27 –
9a Tour of Trees
6p Free Concert
10:30a Front Porch 6:30p Preshow
1p 12th Night
7:30p Henry V
4p Set Change
7:30p Macbeth
- Int./App. Show -
28
11a Ask/Company
1p Henry V
- Matinee 1p Macbeth
- Int./App. Show -
29
30
31
1p Henry V
- Matinee 7p Macbeth
- Int./App. Show -
2
1p SYA2
6p Free Concert
7:30p 12th Night
7:30p Macbeth
- Close -
– 3 –
9a Tour of Trees
6p Free Concert
10:30a Front Porch 6:30p Preshow
1p 12th Night
7:30p Henry V
4p Set Change
- Close -
4
11a Ask/Company
1p 12th Night
- Close 3:30p Closing
Ceremony
5p Pre Show/
Picnic
7p Performance
1
7p 12th Night
7p Macbeth
Int./App. Show
Company
Conversations
Ten years.
Impossible.
But here we are, 10 years later – 12, really, if
you consider that the first-ever conversation
about starting a Shakespeare festival
somewhere in the state of Minnesota took
place on April 30, 2002.
This breathtakingly fast decade of success
is owed to so many people: Board members
and volunteers; interested, generous,
and enthusiastic Winonans; theatergoers
from near and far; and a cadre of artists,
administrators, and craftspeople who have
come to Winona during the last ten years to
dedicate themselves to this brave, ambitious
dream, and who have helped make that
dream an unexpected reality.
For this auspicious season, we’ve selected
two great plays by our namesake playwright:
King Henry V, which picks up the story of
the wastrel Prince Hal as he becomes King
of England, and which is as much a tribute
to the theatre itself as it is Shakespeare’s
story of a legendary English monarch. We've
paired Henry with our second Twelfth Night,
considered by many to be Shakespeare’s most
perfect comedy, and which we offer this
summer in a new and re-imagined production
filled with holiday-seasonal music.
Our Intern and Apprentice company members
are grappling with the tragedy of Macbeth,
which will be performed eight times during
the last two weeks of our 10th anniversary
season and ensure that our audiences get
to experience a comedy, a history, and a
tragedy during the brief, ephemeral time
we’ll be up and running. Add to the mix our
Shakespeare for Young Actors’ project work
welcome
on Romeo and Juliet (one performance only),
and this season will be a feast for the ears, the
heart, and the spirit – Shakespeare enacted by
a full gamut of performers from the novice to
the professional.
Looking back on the decade during which
I’ve helped lead the Great River Shakespeare
Festival, my gratitude is abundant and
impossible to adequately express. We
have fought and struggled, confronted
insurmountable obstacles, and soared to
unexpected heights. As a not-for-profit arts
organization in America, we’ll continue to
struggle . . . it’s simply the way of the world
for all of us who have chosen to dedicate
our lives to work in the nonprofit sector.
But the fact that we’re still here ten years
later is an indication that so much of what
we’ve accomplished in Winona is on track.
For me, the most affirming evidence of our
success is that last season’s production of
King Lear attracted nearly as many playgoers
as did our riotous and bawdy The Complete
Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged].
The appetite for these stirring, life-changing
stories that we hoped to awaken in people
when we first brought Shakespeare’s plays to
Winona has taken root and is growing. The
message I’ll carry with me into the future is a
resounding, “we’re ready – and ready to grow
right alongside you.”
Who to thank for this decade? So very, very
many. Will Kitchen, Eric Sorensen, Darrell
Krueger, Judith Ramaley, Gary Evans, Tedd
Morgan. The people who have served on our
Board of Directors; the legion of volunteers
who have stepped forward to fill in the gaps.
Our individual, business, and corporate
2013 Company
photo by Kathy Greden Christenson
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welcome continued
donors and sponsors. The hundreds of
company members who have given of
themselves and helped establish our national
reputation for excellence. The friends we have
lost along the way: Rosemary Ingham, Jack
and Sue Cornwell, John Edstrom. But I think
if there were one person I would choose to
dedicate this season to, it would have to be
Karen Fawcett, who will retire in September
as a long-standing member of the GRSF
Board of Directors.
Karen defines generosity and commitment
to the community she calls home. She is
indefatigable, and her passion — for her
family, for Winona, for her numerous causes,
and for the Great River Shakespeare Festival
— knows no bounds. Were it not for Karen,
our Friends of Will volunteer organization
would not be the vibrant, expansive force for
good it has become in these last ten years.
Karen and her husband OJ have welcomed
GRSF company members into their home
(including our annual school residency team
of artist-teachers), provided picnics on the
green for friends and family, given generously
in so many visible and invisible ways, and
epitomized what I have come to think of as
the spirit of the community that invited us to
make their home our home. It is to Karen that
I dedicate my work – and all of our work –
this season, for without Karen, and so many
people like her, there simply would be no
Great River Shakespeare Festival.
Thank you, Karen. Thank you, all. Welcome
to Season Ten!
Paul Barnes
Artistic Director
It all started with a phone call. Three people were planning to start a Shakespeare festival in a small
Minnesota town. A theatre friend said I should convince them that Winona was the place, and it seemed
like a good idea to me! After talking to lots of people, the city came together and then the magic happened.
– Will Kitchen,
Original Board Member
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twelfth night
cast/production team
character
actor
understudy
THE CAROLER
Doug Scholz-Carlson* Albert Rubio
ORSINO, Duke of Illyria
Corey Allen*
Kyle Cotton
CURIO, a gentleman
Donny Repsher
Tanner Herrmann
VALENTINE, a gentleman
John Maltese
Hunter Ringsmith
CLAUDIO/OFFICER, Orsino’s attendant
Kyle Cotton
Tanner Hermann
BALTHASAR/OFFICER, Orsino’s attendant Gerrad Alex Taylor
Albert Rubio
SEA CAPTAIN
Benjamin Boucvalt
Hunter Ringsmith
A SAILOR
Brian White
Tanner Herrmann
VIOLA
Tarah Flanagan*
Julia Valen
OLIVIA, a countess
Stephanie Lambourn Jenni McCarthy
MARIA, Olivia’s gentlewoman
Laura Jacobs
Emily Daly
MALVOLIO, Olivia’s steward
Christopher Gerson*
Tom Morin
SIR TOBY BELCH, Olivia’s uncle
Michael Fitzpatrick*
Gerrad Alex Taylor
SIR ANDREW AGUECHEEK,
a country gentleman
Chris Mixon*
Albert Rubio
FABIAN, Olivia’s footman
Brian White
Tanner Hermann
A PRIEST
Robert Montgomery
Tom Morin
FESTE, an entertainer
Jonathan Gillard Daly* Benjamin Boucvalt
SEBASTIAN, Viola’s twin brother
Jamie Dufault
Albert Rubio
ANTONIO
Peter Eli Johnson
Hunter Ringsmith
ANGELO, a gentleman
Benjamin Boucvalt
Hunter Ringsmith
PAOLO, a gentleman
Robert Montgomery
Tom Morin
URSULA, Olivia’s maid
in the prologue:
Katie Bowler
Emily Daly
YOUNG VIOLA
Eva Rose Scholz-Carlson
YOUNG SEBASTIAN
Carter Briggs
YOUNG OLIVIA
Anna Scholz-Carlson
LORENZO, Olivia’s brother
Bailey Bestul
VIOLA and SEBASTIAN’S FATHER
John Maltese
OLIVIA and LORENZO’S FATHER
Peter Eli Johnson
* Denotes membership in Actors’ Equity Association, the union of
professional stage actors and stage managers.
** Denotes membership in the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
*** Denotes membership in United Scenic Artists.
**** Denotes membership in S*P*A*M (Society of Properties Artisan Managers).
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twelfth night
notes/production team
“If music be the food of love, play on;” - Duke Orsino, Act I, scene i
before the story begins:
context:
Viola and Sebastian, twins, set sail from
Messaline, Italy. Underway, their vessel is
beset by a raging tempest, resulting in a
shipwreck that separates them on the coast of
Illyria. Believing each other to be dead, they
both set out to find their way in a strange and
unknown land. In Illyria, the Countess Olivia
is in mourning for the deaths of her father
and brother and is left to manage her estate
and household. The Countess has several
suitors, including Orsino, Duke of Illyria,
and Sir Andrew Aguecheek, a foolish country
gentleman and companion to Sir Toby Belch,
Olivia’s ne’er-do-well uncle.
Twelfth Night, or What You Will was most
likely written in 1601, around the time
Shakespeare was finishing Hamlet. The first
documented performance, 2 February 1602,
comes from the Diary of John Manningham.
“At our feast we had a play called Twelfth Night,
or What You Will, much like The Comedy of
Errors.” The play is difficult to track as records
only reveal four performances in the 17th
century. Perhaps one of the most interesting
myths surrounding the play is that on
Twelfth Night, 1601, Shakespeare’s company
performed an unknown play for Queen
Elizabeth I and a Duke Virginio Orsino. This
begs the questions: Is Twelfth Night’s Duke
Orsino based on this man? Was the play that
was performed in fact, Twelfth Night?
as the story unfolds:
The distraught Viola, seeking safety in an
unfamiliar country, disguises herself as a boy,
adopting the name Cesario. She joins Duke
Orsino’s court and quickly becomes part of
his inner circle. Lady Olivia, with whom the
Duke is madly in love, scorns his attempts
to woo her, claiming she “cannot love him.”
Having gained much faith in his new servant,
Orsino implores Cesario to bear his messages
to the Countess Olivia, hoping she may
respond to his unusually female yet boyish
disposition.
— Conner Wilson,
2013 GRSF Directing Intern
Christopher Gerson and Michael Fitzpatrick
Director
Paul Mason Barnes **
Directing Intern
Conner Wilson
Scenic Designer
R. Eric Stone ***
Costume Designer
Tim Dial
Assistant Costume Designer
Zachery Wagner
Lighting Designer
Lonnie Rafael Alcaraz ***
Assistant Lighting Designer
Kristin Neu
Sound Designer
Matthew Tibbs
Composer
Jack Forbes Wilson
Properties Director
Nikki Kulas ****
Fight Choreographer
Doug Scholz-Carlson *
Text/Vocal Coach
Leslie Brott
Production Manager
Daniel Munson
Technical Director
Megan Morey
Stage Manager
Christopher Sadler *
Stage Management Intern
Kate Ocker
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king henry v
cast
character
actor
understudy
CHORUS
Corey Allen*
Nick Narcisi
KING HENRY V
Doug Scholz-Carlson* John Maltese
Duke of EXETER
Michael Fitzpatrick*
Michael Dalberg
Earl of WESTMORLAND
Kyle Cotton
John Steele Jr.
Archbishop of CANTERBURY/
KING of France
Jonathan Gillard Daly* Michael Dalberg
Bishop of ELY/DAUPHIN of France Brian White
Peter Eli Johnson
CAMBRIDGE/MACMORRIS/BATES Donny Repsher
Michael Spegar
SCROOP/JAMY/WILLIAMS
John Maltese
Michael Spegar
GREY/FLUELLEN
Christopher Gerson*
Jake Lozano
PISTOL
Chris Mixon*
Robert Montgomery
NYM/RAMBURES/LE FER
Peter Eli Johnson
Michael Dalberg
BARDOLPH/ORLEANS
Robert Montgomery
John Steele Jr.
BOY
Jamie Dufault
Jake Lozano
HOSTESS/ISABEL,
Queen of France
Laura Jacobs
Anna Rachel Troy (Hostess)
Chelsea Anderson (Isabel)
KATHERINE, Princess of France
Stephanie Lambourn
Chelsea Anderson
ALICE, her waiting woman
Tarah Flanagan*
Anna Rachel Troy
The CONSTABLE of France
Benjamin Boucvalt
Nick Narcisi
MONTJOY, Herald of France
Gerrad Alex Taylor
Donny Repsher
* Denotes membership in Actors’ Equity Association, the union of
professional stage actors and stage managers.
** Denotes membership in the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
*** Denotes membership in United Scenic Artists.
**** Denotes membership in S*P*A*M (Society of Properties Artisan Managers).
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king henry v
notes/production team
“Let us . . . on your imaginary forces work.” - Chorus, Prologue
before the story begins:
King Henry IV is dead and England is in the
midst of the Hundred Years' War. Henry's
son, the rebellious Prince Hal, now King
Henry V, has begun his reign. The young King
is plagued by guilt inherited from his father,
who seized the crown from King Richard II,
thereby disrupting the anointed royal blood
line. Henry V seeks the means to expiate his
father’s sins and his own wastrel past, spent
at the Boar's Head Inn with the drunken Sir
John Falstaff and a band of petty thieves. In
order to restore his reputation, Henry V has
renounced the friends of his youth and now
looks across the Channel to France and the
dukedoms of Burgundy, as rightfully his to
inherit but held captive by France. The largely
untried King holds council with the clergy
and his lords to solicit their advice.
as the story unfolds:
The clergy discuss the Salic Law, a preventive
measure instilled by the French during King
Edward III’s reign to keep him from lawfully
inheriting the French crown via the female
line when their king died without an heir.
The Archbishop of Canterbury informs the
council that this law is moot as the land Salic
is in Germany, and therefore France cannot
claim this law as theirs. Henry is also urged
to war in remembrance of his great ancestors,
Edward III and the Black Prince of Wales, who
fought victorious battles in France (Crecy
Battle). As his advisors argue, Henry is visited
by the arrogant French ambassadors who
deliver to him an insulting gift. Meanwhile, at
the Boar’s Head Inn, Sir John Falstaff, recently
abandoned by King Henry, lies gravely ill.
context:
The prologue invites the audience to use its
imagination to endow the “wooden O” with
the play's forthcoming events. This famous
line has led scholars to believe the play to have
been performed by the Lord Chamberlains’
Men in their new theater, the Globe, in
1599. The play is also part of a cycle of
English history plays written by Shakespeare,
specifically following King Henry IV Part One
and Part Two. The play was printed in 1600.
sources:
Other than popular Elizabethan knowledge
of the warrior king with which Shakespeare
would have been familiar, most of the action
of King Henry V is drawn from Raphael
Holinshed’s Chronicles of England, Scotland,
and Ireland, published in 1577. Edward
Hall’s The Union of the Two Noble and Illustre
Families Lancaster and York, published
in 1550, may have also served as source
material. Shakespeare’s King Henry V bears
remarkable similarity to an anonymous play
entitled The Famous Victories of Henry the
Fifth: Containing the Honourable Battell of
Agin-court, printed in 1598.
— Tessara Morgan,
2013 GRSF Directing Intern
Director
James Edmondson **
Directing Intern
Tessara Morgan
Scenic Designer
R. Eric Stone ***
Properties Director
Nikki Kulas ****
Fight Choreographer
Doug Scholz-Carlson *
Text/Vocal Coach
Gale Childs Daly
Costume Designer
Meg Weedon
Assistant Costume Designer
Maggie Masson
Lighting Designer
Lonnie Rafael Alcaraz ***
Assistant Lighting Designer
Kristin Neu
Sound Designer
Matthew Tibbs
Text/Vocal Intern
Ted Kitterman
Production Manager
Daniel Munson
Technical Director
Megan Morey
Stage Manager
Amanda Weener *
Stage Management Intern
James Carey
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twelfth night and king henry v glossary
Think you won’t understand all the words?
Here are a few definitions that may help:
coupe le gorge: An English distortion of
the French saying to cut off one’s head.
Crispin and Crispianus: Two brothers
who escaped from the Roman Emperor
and found refuge as shoemakers in France
to continue to preach their Christian
beliefs. They were soon discovered and
martyred on Friday October 25th which
has become a celebrated Christian holiday.
Coincidentally, the battle of Agincourt was
fought on St. Crispin’s Day.
madness: Most often associated with
demonic spirits or bodily imbalance; could
also mean loss of reason or self restraint.
melancholy: A contractible disease that
“polluted both the substance and spirits of
the brain, causing it to gorge monstrous
fictions,” closely related to madness. Some
treatments: bloodletting, rhubarb, peace of
mind, drama, music, exorcism.
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puissance: Power; prowess; strength of
an army (derives from the old French
word poissant)
St. Davy’s Day and the leek: According
to Welsh legend, on the eve of a great
battle against the Saxons that was to take
place in a leek field, St. Davy (now the
patron saint of Wales) came to the soldiers
and bid them to wear leeks in their caps
in order to recognize each other whilst
fighting. The battle proved victorious
and in remembrance a leek is worn on St.
Davy’s Day, celebrated on the 1st of March.
It is also tradition that Welsh soldiers
should eat a raw leek on this day.
valiant: courageous; gallant (derives from
the old French word vaillant)
will (as in What You Will): Used to express
determination, insistence, persistence,
or desire.
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the 2013 company
Our company is really a community comprised of a vast array of people. From our Board
of Directors to our hundreds of Friends of Will volunteers and their hard-working Steering
Committee, to our Will’s Opening Weekend Committee, to our growing list of corporate,
foundation, and individual donors and supporters, and to our generous hosts (Winona State
University, Saint Mary’s University, and the City of Winona itself), the legion of collaborative
partners, businesses, institutions, organizations, and individuals that have helped make the
Great River Shakespeare Festival a reality increases every season.
GRSF’s directors, actors, designers, technicians, apprentices, and interns come to Winona
from all over the country each summer. They are led by a team of arts administrators who call
the region home, and bring to the Festival a depth and breadth of experience that informs
and enriches our onstage work and shapes our day-to-day life in this welcoming community.
What transcends our individual differences and inextricably links us is a passion for the
spoken word, for Shakespeare, and for great stories well told. All this, plus the conviction that
our lives are always changed a little for the better when people come together to share the
communal experience of live theatre.
Visit grsf.org/company for expanded biographies and more information about the 2013
company. Special thanks to Kathy Greden Christenson for our pre-season photography.
Irene ErkenBrack
Festival Leadership
Rick Barbour
Associate Artist / Director, Macbeth
Denver, CO
grsf: ’04, ’05, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’11, ’12
credits: Associate Professor and Chair,
Department of Theatre, University of Denver;
Director, All’s Well That Ends Well, King Lear,
Hamlet, Pericles, Julius Caesar (GRSF Intern/
Apprentice Company projects); Macbeth, Mad
Forest, The Admirable Crichton (National Theatre
Conservatory)
Carved 3-foot foam mushrooms in driving rain
with 102 fever for production of Peter Pan.
Paul Barnes**
Artistic Director (through 6/30/13)
Ashland, OR
grsf: ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Director, Irving Berlin’s White
Christmas (Syracuse Stage); Romeo and Juliet
(Nevada Conservatory Theatre at UNLV);
Lady Windermere’s Fan (Webster University
Conservatory of Theatre Arts); The Comedy of
Errors (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)
Director of Sales & Marketing, Associate Director
of Development
Rochester, MN
grsf: ’12
credits: Box Office Manager/Resident Acting
Company Member: Various Credits (Commonweal
Theatre Company); Outreach Faculty (Metropolis
Performing Arts Center Arlington, IL); Tour Actor/
Director (Missoula Children’s Theatre)
Getting married this September!
Daniel Munson
Interim Managing Director, Director of Production
Rushford, MN
grsf: ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Producer, Original Shorts; Playwright,
Flash; Director, East Side Story (Theatre du
Mississippi); Playwright, Ragnarok (Minnesota
Shorts Playwriting Festival)
Does voice acting for internet radio programs.
HGTV addict.
Conner Wilson and
Paul Barnes
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Doug Scholz-Carlson*
Associate Director, Education Director,
Actor/Fight Choreographer,
Artistic Director (beginning 7/1/13)
Minneapolis, MN
grsf: ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Director, The Turn of the Screw (Palm
Beach Opera); Fight Choreographer, Silent Night
(Opera Philadelphia); Director, Johnny Baseball
(Park Square Theater); Laertes, Hamlet (The
Jungle Theater)
GRSF’s premier salsa maker.
Rob Thomas
Company Manager,
Associate Director of Development
Bemidji, MN
grsf: ’11, ’12
credits: Commissioned Playwright (History
Theatre); Social Networking/Student Outreach
Consultant (Concordia University); Associate
Managing Director (Torch Theatre Company);
Company Manager/Facilities Operations Manager
(Florida Studio Theatre)
Active member of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles Aerie 1243.
Acting Company
Corey Allen*
Orsino, Twelfth Night; Chorus, Henry V
New York City, NY
grsf: ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: George Murchison, A Raisin in the Sun
(Huntington Theatre Company); Moony, Moony’s
Kid Don’t Cry (Drama League DirectorFEST, NYC);
Joshua Angel, The Fall of Heaven (Repertory
Theatre of St. Louis); Demetrius, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (North Carolina Shakespeare
Festival)
Self-professed pancake connoisseur.
Benjamin Boucvalt
Sea Captain, Feste (u/s), Twelfth Night;
Constable of France, Henry V
New Orleans, LA
grsf: Debut
credits: Mr. Flick/Sullivan, Once in a Lifetime
(Asolo Repertory Theatre); Valentine, Two
Gentlemen of Verona (Asolo Conservatory);
Hamlet, Hamlet (St. Petersburg Shakespeare);
Romeo, Romeo and Juliet (Curtain Theatre)
Ran a half marathon completely barefoot.
Kyle Cotton
First Officer, Duke Orsino (u/s), Twelfth Night;
Westmorland, Henry V
Coon Rapids, MN
grsf: Debut
credits: Jud, Oklahoma; Edward Rutledge, 1776
(Lyric Stage of Dallas); Oberon, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival);
Berowne, Love’s Labour’s Lost (University of Texas
at Austin’s Payne Theatre)
Once cornered by a bull moose and a grizzly bear.
Jonathan Gillard Daly*
Feste, Twelfth Night; Archbishop of Canterbury/
King of France, Henry V
Milwaukee, WI
grsf: ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Artistic
Associate; Playwright, The Daly News (produced
at GRSF, 2010); To The Promised Land (First Stage
Theater, Milwaukee); Past resident company
member at PCPA Theaterfest, Great Lakes Theatre
Festival, Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis
In training for his first half-marathon.
Jamie Dufault
Sebastian, Twelfth Night; Boy, Henry V
Narragansett, RI
grsf: Debut
credits: Malcolm, Macbeth; Trinculo, The
Tempest; Robin Starveling, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream; Gregory/Friar John, Romeo and Juliet
(The Colonial Theatre); Benjamin Braddock, The
Graduate (Courthouse Center for the Arts)
Accomplished photographer/videographer.
Michael Fitzpatrick*
Sir Toby Belch, Twelfth Night; Duke of Exeter,
Henry V
Los Angeles, CA
grsf: ’05, ’06, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Fezziwig, A Christmas Carol (Denver Center
Theatre Company); Antipholus of Ephesus, The
Comedy of Errors (Repertory Theatre of St Louis);
The Duke, Theadore & Co. (Musicals Tonight!
NYC); Count Von Strack, Amadeus (Geva Theatre)
Recently (and at his advanced age) won a
Charleston contest.
Benjamin Boucvalt
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Tarah Flanagan*
Viola, Twelfth Night; Alice, Henry V;
Director, Shakespeare for Young Actors II
New York, NY
grsf: ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Betsy/Lindsey, Clybourne Park (Pioneer
Theatre); Gaye, Darwin (Daisy 3 Pictures); Celia,
Portia, Arial, Puck (GRSF)
In training to run her first marathon this fall.
Christopher Gerson*
Malvolio, Twelfth Night; Grey/Fluellen, Henry V
NY
grsf: ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Nate, Goldor $ Mythica (New Georges
Theatre in NY); Bo, IN THE BOOK OF (The
Alabama Shakespeare Festival); John de
Stogumber, Saint Joan (Repertory Theatre of St.
Louis); Ugly, Ugly’s First World (Actor’s Gang, LA)
Produced and starred in a new web series called
Darwin that will premiere in September.
Laura Jacobs
Maria, Twelfth Night;
Hostess/Queen Isabel, Henry V
Kansas City, MO
grsf: Debut
credits: Kent, King Lear (University of Missouri Kansas City); Gwendolen, The Musical Importance
of Being Earnest (College of Santa Fe); Gina
Yaweth, The Dead Guy (Relevance Productions);
Ensemble, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
(New Theatre)
Ardent outdoorswoman.
Peter Eli Johnson
Antonio, Twelfth Night; Nym/Le Fer/Rambures,
Dauphin/Ely (u/s), Henry V
Chicago, IL
grsf: Debut
credits: Touchstone, As You Like It (Montana
Shakespeare in the Parks); Speed, The Two
Gentlemen of Verona (Riverside Theatre
Shakespeare Festival); Young Martin, The Royal
Hunt of the Sun; Sancho Panza, Man of La Mancha
(Texas Shakespeare Festival)
Was struck by lightning summer of 2008.
Kyle Cotton
Stephanie Lambourn
Olivia, Twelfth Night; Katherine, Henry V
Brisbane, Australia
grsf: ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Rose, A Christmas Carol (Aurora Fox/Pace
Center for the Arts); Cordelia, King Lear; Julia, The
Two Gentlemen of Verona; Hermia, A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (GRSF)
Was married in LA three days before opening day
of Season 10 at GRSF.
John Maltese
Valentine, Twelfth Night; Lord Scroop/Jamy/
Williams, Henry V (u/s), Henry V
Mission Viejo, CA
grsf: Debut
credits: Clitandre, The Learned Ladies; Valentine
Coverly, Arcadia; Romeo, Romeo and Juliet
(Nevada Conservatory Theatre); Prince John,
Henry IV, Part 1 (Shakespeare Santa Cruz)
Actually enjoys reading philosophy.
Tarah Flanagan and Michael Fitzpatrick
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Chris Mixon*
Stage Management
Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Twelfth Night; Pistol,
Henry V
Roosevelt, NJ
grsf: ’07, ’08, ’09, ’11, ’12
credits: Count Almaviva, Figaro (World Premier,
Pearl Theatre Company); Antipholus of Syracuse,
The Comedy of Errors (Repertory Theatre of St.
Louis); Sidney Hopcroft, Absurd Person Singular
(Denver Center Theatre Company); Office Boy/
Ovington/TV Host, How to Succeed in Business
Without Really Trying (Broadway National Tour)
Christopher Sadler*
Stage Manager, Twelfth Night
Hamburg, NY
grsf: ’12
credits: Associate Professor, Helmerich School
of Drama, The University of Oklahoma; Stage
Manager, Die Schöpfung (Oklahoma Festival
Ballet at the Classical Music Festival, Eisenstadt,
Austria); Production Stage Manager, Idaho
Shakespeare Festival 1999-2005
Newly minted fan of footy
(Australian rules football).
Got his stalled 1965 VW Beetle to run again using
Brut After Shave.
Doug Scholz-Carlson*
The Caroler, Twelfth Night; Henry, Henry V
(See Festival Leadership)
Gerrad Alex Taylor
Balthasar/Officer, Sir Toby Belch (u/s), Twelfth
Night; Montjoy, Henry V
Washington, D.C.
grsf: Debut
credits: Alan Strang, Equus; Mercutio, Romeo
and Juliet; Stanley Kowalski, A Streetcar Named
Desire; Hot Blades Harry, Urinetown (Nevada
Conservatory Theatre)
Is most at peace while playing guitar hero on
expert level.
Brian White
Fabian, Twelfth Night; Dauphin/Bishop of Ely;
Henry V
New York, NY
grsf: ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Vic, The Dudleys! (Alec Baldwin/Singer’s
Forum Fellowship); Mickey Finn, Flanagan’s Wake
(Flanagan’s Wake, NYC); Brian, Complete Works
of William Shakespeare [Abridged] (GRSF); Rudge,
The History Boys (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis)
Officiated at a fellow GRSF company
member’s wedding.
Gerrad Alex Taylor and Peter Eli Johnson
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Amanda Weener*
Stage Manager, Henry V
Chicago, IL
grsf: ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Assistant Stage Manager, Short
Shakespeare! Romeo and Juliet, (Chicago
Shakespeare Theater); Stage Manager, The Diary
of Anne Frank, Death of a Salesman, Cabaret,
(Milwaukee Repertory Theater)
Taking seven day backpacking trip in British
Columbia after the season closes.
Design
Lonnie Rafael Alcaraz***
Lighting Designer
Irvine, CA
grsf: ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Lighting Designer, The Federal Jazz
Project, (San Diego Repertory Theatre); White
Christmas, (Syracuse Stage); Seed: A Weird Act
of Faith, (Cornerstone Theater Company); Absurd
Person, Singular, (South Coast Repertory)
Danced on 4 episodes American Bandstand
in 1985.
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Tim Dial
Costume Designer, Twelfth Night
West Palm Beach, FL
grsf: Debut
credits: Costume Design, The Comedy of Errors;
Little Shop of Horrors; I Hate Hamlet (Utah
Shakespeare Festival); Thérèse Raquin (Florida
Atlantic University)
Specially trained and certified as an E-Learning
Instructor; “The History of Fashion and Decor”
now offered as a fully‑online course.
Maggie Masson
Assistant Costume Designer, Henry V
Baltimore, MD
grsf: ’12
credits: Assistant Costume Designer, The Beaux
Stratagem, August: Osage County (Everyman
Theatre); Costume Designer, Next to Normal
(Middlesex County College); Assistant to the
Costume Designer, The Nutcracker (Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra and The Baltimore School
for the Arts)
Chili chef.
Zachery Wagner
Assistant Costume Designer, Twelfth Night
Wayzata, MN
grsf: ’11, ’12
credits: Costume Designer, King Lear (Intern
Apprentice Proejct GRSF); Costume Designer, A
Shayna Maidel; Oliver, As You Like It; The Young
Thing, Hello Again (Illinois Wesleyan University)
Premiered an opera in Scotland.
Margaret E. Weedon
Costume Designer, Henry V
New York, NY
grsf: ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Costume Designer, Dispathes from (A)
mended America, Richard III, Hannah and Martin,
Einstein’s Gift (Epic Theatre Ensemble); Driving
Miss Daisy, Forever Plaid, Always....Patsy Cline,
Around the World in 80 Days (Utah Shakespeare
Festival)
Expert marshmellow roaster.
Direction/Text/Movement/Composition
Rick Barbour
Kristin Neu
Assistant Lighting Designer
Carlsbad, CA
grsf: Debut
credits: Lighting Designer, The Visit, New Slate
Dance Concert; Master Electrician, Spring
Awakening (University of California, Irvine);
Lighting Designer, Overlooked (Chance Theatre);
Electrics Apprentice (The Santa Fe Opera)
Avid Equestrian.
Director, Intern/Apprentice Project: Macbeth
(See Festival Leadership)
Paul Barnes**
Director, Twelfth Night
(See Festival Leadership)
Donny Repsher
R. Eric Stone***
Scenic Designer
Coralville, IA
grsf: ’12
credits: Scenic Designer, Out of the Pan Into the
Fire premiere; Lady M premiere (University of
Iowa); Stones in His Pockets (Utah Shakespeare
Festival); Associate Designer, USITT USA
Exhibitions at the Prague Quadrennial, ’07 & ’11
Saw 12 stages of the Tour de France, 2010.
Matthew Tibbs
Sound Designer
Portland, OR
grsf: ’12
credits: Resident Sound Designer, Pioneer
Theatre Company 2010-2013; The Righteous
and Very Real Housewives of Utah County
(Post Theatre of Salt Lake City); ’Tis Pity She’s a
Whore, The Adding Machine (University of Utah
Department of Theatre)
Has a taste for fine whiskeys.
I was honored to be a company member in GRSF’s inaugural season. I have never understood so clearly
the notion of ’company’ as I did that summer, surrounded by fine actors and artists guided and bonded
by the words of Shakespeare, and inspired by the committed members of the Winona community. That
camaraderie continues to this day. We worked hard and played hard and talked long into the night –
frequently engaging in ’fierce conversation!’ Theater is a collaborative art and, for me, GRSF has always
exemplified the joy of collaboration.
– Heidi Armbruster,
Actor, Seasons 1 & 2
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Leslie Brott
Text/Vocal Coach
Paradise, CA
grsf: ’08
credits: Head of Acting, Utah State University;
Queen Margaret and Queen Elizabeth, Richard
III; Volumnia, Coriolanus; Gertrude, Hamlet;
(Utah Shakespeare Festival); Beatrice, Much Ado
About Nothing; Mistress Overdone, Measure for
Measure (Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival)
Federer fan.
Gale Childs Daly
Text Coach, Henry V
Milwaukee, WI
grsf: ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Director, Love’s Labour’s Lost (University
of Wisconsin-Green Bay); Text coach, Twelfth
Night, Macbeth, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The
Merchant of Venice, and others (GRSF)
A bibliomaniac—a person who chronically
reads and acquires books.
James Edmondson**
Director, Henry V
Ashland, OR
grsf: ’10, ’12
credits: Associate Artist, Resident Actor/Director,
Oregon Shakespeare Festival; 37 seasons, 34
productions (director), 100 roles (actor); Resident
actor/director, The American Conservatory Theatre,
PCPA Theaterfest; Resident actor, The Alley Theatre,
Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Colorado Shakespeare
Festival; Guest director/actor, Utah Shakespeare
Festival; Guest director, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre,
San Jose Repertory Theatre, The Roundhouse Theatre
Taking long deferred trip to France right after
the season opens.
Jack Forbes Wilson
Composer, Musical Director
Milwaukee, WI
grsf: ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Clarence, It’s a Wonderful Life (Next Act
Theatre); Singer/pianist, Sing Me a Story (Skylight
Music Theatre); Liberace, Liberace (Milwaukee
Repertory Theatre); upcoming: George Gould
Strong, Grey Gardens (Off the Wall Theater)
Fan of the Miso Soup that can only be found at
the Bluff County Co-op in Winona.
Doug Scholz-Carlson*
Fight Choreographer
(See Festival Leadership)
Administrative Staff
Heidi Bryant
Marketing & Finance Assistant
Winona, MN
grsf: ’12
credits: BA in Music, Agnes Scott College;
Founding Member of “Flutistry,” a Winona-based
Flute Choir; community musical theater veteran
Loves to talk about her children. ALL THE TIME.
(According to Jack.)
Kathie Geiger
Development Associate
Winona, MN
grsf: ’07, ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Retired Computer Programmer; small
business owner; plays in a Harp Circle; played the
piano for The Frog Prince in elementary school
Can recite the Pledge of Allegience and "sing"
her junior high school song in Latin.
Lea Karlssen
House Manager
St. Paul, MN
grsf: ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Volunteer Usher: Guthrie, Penumbra,
Jeune Lune, Mixed Blood theaters, Mpls/St. Paul;
Volunteer Usher/Head Usher GRSF Seasons 1,3,4.
Sang live on MPRs “morning show” in the 90’s.
Caitilin McCoy
Box Office Manager; Social Media Assistant
Hartland, WI
grsf: ’12
credits: Stage Manager, How to Succeed in
Business Without Really Trying; Stage Manager,
Grey Gardens; Stage Manager, The Imaginary
Invalid (Kalamazoo Civic Theatre); Assistant
Director, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (First
Stage Theater Academy)
Had to hitchhike in Mexico at the age of 15
because her parents “accidentally” left her behind
after a day at the beach.
Up-to-date information on Plays, Events,
Educational Opportunities, and More
Robert Montgomery
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Lauren Smith
Education Coordinator
Washington, D.C.
grsf: ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Assistant Stage Manager, Pittsburgh
Opera Season ’12–’13; Production Assistant,
Tosca, Werther (Washington National Opera);
Production Assistant, The Iron Ring, Mulan, Jr.
(Children’s Theatre Company)
Learning to play the violin. This summer. Seriously.
Nicholas Throop
Development Associate
Springfield, IL
grsf: ’12
credits: Stage Manager, The Little Dog Laughed,
Spring Awakening (Millikin University); Managing
Director, 2012 Season; Musical Director, Reefer
Madness the Musical (Pipe Dreams Studio Theatre)
Political enthusiast.
Wade Tischhauser
Assistant Company Manager
Genoa, IL
grsf: Debut
credits: Director/Choreographer, The Great
American Trailer Park Musical (Pipe Dreams
Studio Theatre); Stage Manager/Assistant
Choreographer, The Wizard of Oz (Decatur
Park District); Company Management Intern,
Barrington Stage Company
Recently addicted to Survivor.
Production Staff
John Baird
Crafts Artisan
New York, NY
grsf: ’10, ’11, 12
credits: Milliner, Julie and Julia, Dora the Explorer
Pirate Adventure Live; Cutter/First Hand, Mamma Mia
(Carelli Costumes); Milliner, Mildred Pierce (HBO/
Carelli Costumes).
I am not into yoga, but I love the
taste of champagne.
Lisa Borton
Charge Artist
Hudson, MI
grsf: Debut
credits: Resident Scenic Designer, Urinetown: The
Musical The Menaechmus Brothers, The Learned
Ladies, Good People (University of Michigan –
Flint); Scenic Artist, One Night with Janis Joplin
(The Cleveland Play House); Costume Designer,
In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (University
of Iowa)
Enjoys refinishing and reupholstering furniture.
Lukas Bridgeman
Master Carpenter
New York, NY
grsf: Debut
credits: Master Carpenter, Once, Peter and
the Starcatcher (New York Theater Workshop);
Les Miserables (Utah Shakespeare Festival)
Stephanie Lambourn
Jesse Cogswell
Master Electrician
Minneapolis, MN
grsf: ’12
credits: Master Electrician/Programmer,
Something About a Bear (University of Minnesota);
Lighting Designer, Then Now Wow Exhibit
(Minnesota History Center); Falstaff (University of
Minnesota); The Imaginary Invalid (PlayMakers
Repertory Company)
Shared a scene with George Clooney on the
television show, “The Facts of Life” at the age
of two weeks.
Taylor Ely
Junior Props Artisan
San Antonio, TX
grsf: Debut
credits: Properties Supervisor, 2012 Season, Hope
Summer Repertory Theatre; Scenic Designer, The
Seagull; Assistant Scenic Designer, The Cripple
of Inishmaan; Head of Props, Hot l Baltimore
(University of Evansville)
Has a bald spot in her left eyebrow.
Marci Franklin
Costume Shop Supervisor
St. Louis, MO
grsf: Debut
credits: Costume Shop Supervisor, Repertory
Theatre of St. Louis, 2000-present; Costume
Shop Supervisor, Shakespeare Festival of St.
Louis, 2010-present; Design and Construction,
Green Screen Covers/Helmet Beanies, Ender’s
Game motion picture, 2012; Costume Designer, A
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Footloose, Once
on this Island, Crazy for You, Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Seussical, Bye
Bye Birdie! (East Central College)
Amateur weight lifter.
Accomplished amateur arm wrestler.
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Tim Gleason
Wardrobe Supervisor
Colorado Springs, CO
grsf: Debut
credits: Assistant Costume Designer, Hamlet;
Dresser, 1776, The Producers, La Cage Aux Folles,
(Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center); Arsenic &
Old Lace, Taming of the Shrew, (TheatreWorks
Colorado Springs); Stitcher, Saint Mary’s University
of Minnesota, TheatreWorks Colorado Springs
Leslie Brott
Zamboni Driver.
Nikki Kulas****
Properties Director
Milwaukee, WI
grsf: ’08, ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Properties Designer, Jeeves in Bloom,
Underneath the Lintel (Milwaukee Chamber
Theatre); Properties Artist, Sound of Music,
Avenue Q (Skylight Music Theatre)
Has a dog that’s part wolf and a bunny with an
attitude who have never met.
Laura Jacobs
Megan Morey
Technical Director
Missoula, MT
grsf: ’12
Technical Director, The Learned Ladies, Gemini,
Romeo and Juliet, The Seagull (University of
Nevada, Las Vegas); Sound Designer, The Learned
Ladies, Gemini, Arcadia, Sylvia (University of
Nevada, Las Vegas); Faculty Technical Director/
Scene Designer/Costume Designer, St. Louis
University High School (2007-2009).
Can list all fifty states in alphabetical order.
Priscilla Mullins
Stitcher
Jacksonville, FL
grsf: ’10, ’11
credits: Stitcher/ Wardrobe, Romeo and Juliet,
The Three Musketeers (Gonzaga University); King
Henry IV, Part 1; A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(GRSF)
Would love one day to open a bakery.
Daniel Munson
Director of Production
One Performance Only!
August 2 | 1pm
Laura Jacobs
(See Festival Leadership.)
DON’T MISS
our one-time only events:
Front Porch Events
Festival Saturday Mornings
Gale Childs Daly
Frozen River Film: Muse of Fire
Shakespeare Unlocked
Dr. Peter Saccio
Sonnet Contest Reception
Tickets are FREE, but seats are reserved.
Come see the culmination of GRSF’s summer
educational programming.
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Interns
Adrienne Andrus
Costume Intern
Flint, MI
grsf: Debut
credits: Assistant Costume Designer,
Kiss Me, Kate; Wardrobe Head, Ruined; Stitcher,
Communicating Doors; Costume Coordinator,
Caroline, or Change (Western Michigan University)
Avid thrifter.
Zoe Batson
Buyer/Scenic Intern
Madison, WI
grsf: Debut
credits: Scenic Carpenter, Mrs. Warren’s
Profession, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, The Real
Inspector Hound, God of Carnage, (Beloit College
Theater)
Once won a cage fight.
James Carey
Chris Mixon
Emma O’Dell
Wig, Makeup, and Wardrobe Associate
Virginia Beach, VA
grsf: Debut
credits: Hair and Makeup Designer, Harvey
(Little Theater of Virginia Beach); Assistant Wig
and Makeup Designer, Uncommon Women and
Others; Wig and Makeup Crew, Legally Blonde;
Wig and Makeup Crew, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream (Webster University Conservatory of
Theatre Arts)
Expert laugher.
Annie Rupprecht
First Hand/Draper
Fargo, ND
grsf: Debut
credits: Costume Designer, How To Succeed
In Business Without Really Trying (Florida State
University); A Fool’s Gold, Pedro Pan, The
Warrior’s Daughter (Florida State University Film
School); Spring Awakening (Act Up Theatre); The
Who’s Tommy (Moorhead High School Theatre)
Stage Management Intern, Henry V
Tacoma, WA
grsf: Debut
credits: Stage Manager, Lost and Found,
The Importance of Being Earnest, Eureka!,
(Peppercorn Children’s Theatre); Assistant Stage
Manager, The Cherry Orchard, Spring Dance,
(University of North Carolina School of the Arts)
Classical fencer.
Heather Hirvela
Costume Intern
Mishicot, WI
grsf: Debut
credits: Draper/Stitcher, King Lear, Blood
Wedding; Designer/Draper/Stitcher, Winterdances
(UW-Milwaukee Mainstage Theatre); Wardrobe,
Sound of Music (Skylight Music Theatre)
Partially ambidextrous.
Born in LaCrosse and lived in Winona for the first
six months of my life.
Isaac Sawle
Assistant Technical Director
Minneapolis, MN
grsf: ’09, ’10, ’11, ’12
credits: Technical Director, Urinetown, Dark of the
Moon (Mounds Park Academy); Technical Director,
On the Subject of Together (TRANSForm Dance
Collective)
Looks way more like Thor than people give
him credit for.
Anna Seegmiller
First Hand/Draper
Salt Lake City, UT
grsf: Debut
credits: Milliner, Marat Sade; Draper, From the
Ashes (University of Wyoming)
Amateur rock climber.
Margaret E. Weedon
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Winnie Jaworski
Box Office/Administrative Intern
Winona, MN
grsf: Debut
credits: Veruca Salt, Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory; Winnie Tate, Annie Get Your
Gun; Lydia Bennet, Pride and Prejudice (Winona
Senior High School)
Hometown enthusiast.
Aaron Johnson
Video Intern
Salem, IN
grsf: Debut
credits: Video Intern, The New Harmony
Project; Stage Manager, Middletown; House
Manager, The Heidi Chronicles; Father, Eurydice;
Johnnypatteenmike, The Cripple of Inishmaan
(University of Evansville)
Theatrical debut in Middle School as “Stunt
Double” for Jesus, in Jesus Christ Superstar.
Allie Johnson
Electrics Intern
Littleton, CO
grsf: Debut
credits: Assistant Lighting Designer, The Mystery
of Edwin Drood; Master Electrician; Eurydice; The
Rimers of Eldritch (University of Evansville)
Gold Medal Triathlete.
Ted Kitterman
Text Coach Intern
Clarksville, TN
grsf: ’12
credits: Text Coach, Will Power!; Dwight, Dead
Man’s Cell Phone (Clarence Brown Theatre);
Launcelot Gobbo, The Merchant of Venice (Roxy
Regional Theatre)
Spent the last 4 months in China.
Melissa Lindow
Box Office Intern
Marengo, IL
grsf: Debut
credits: House Manager, Kirkland Fine Arts
Center; Company Management and Box Office
intern, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre;
Business Administrative Intern, Raue Center for
the Arts; Arts Manager and Marketing Intern,
Emerald City Theatre
Certified Scuba Diver.
Savannah McIntyre
Properties Intern
Franklin, TN
grsf: Debut
credits: Properties Designer, Into the Woods,
(Oklahoma City University); Othello (Oklahoma
Shakespeare in the Park); Scenic Designer,
Julius Caesar (Oklahoma City University);
Rumpelstiltskin, (Oklahoma Children’s Theatre)
Expert at popsicle stick and macaroni style crafts.
The Great River Shakespeare Festival is one of the best things to happen to Winona since Laird Norton
opened their first sawmill. It has fostered a new era in Winona dedicated to the arts and culture.
– Mark Peterson,
Mayor, City of Winona
Apprentice Actors Jake Lozano & John Steele Jr.
with Director James Edmondson
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the 2013 company
Jennifer Oswald
Jonathan Gillard Daly
Costume Intern
Bartlett, IL
grsf: Debut
credits: Costume Designer, SINS: Faculty
Choreographed Dance Concert; Assistant
Costume Designer, A Shayna Maidel; Hair Design,
As You Like It (Illinois Wesleyan Theatre)
Can make an entire five course meal using only
the microwave.
Donny Repsher
Acting Intern
Curio, Twelfth Night; Cambridge/Macmorris/
Bates, Montjoy (u/s), Henry V
New York, NY
grsf: ’12
credits: Claudio, Much Ado About Nothing
(NYC Snapped Productions); Grimaud/Ensemble,
The Three Musketeers (Denver Center Theater
Company); First Lord Dumaine, All’s Well That
Ends Well GRSF; Michael Cassio, Othello
(Southern Methodist University)
Skilled at table tennis.
Collin Ronsonette
Sound Intern
Austin, TX
grsf: Debut
credits: Sound Engineer, The Children’s Hour,
The Pig Iron People; Mic Technician/ Audio 2,
Legally Blonde The Musical (Webster University
of Theater Arts); Footloose; The Sound of Music
(Zilker Hillside Theater)
Amateur mountain bike builder.
Robert Montgomery
Acting Intern
Priest/Ensemble, Twelfth Night; Bardolph/Duke
of Orleans, Pistol (u/s), Henry V
Chicago, IL
grsf: ’12
credits: Teddy, Matryoshka, (The Plagiarists); King
of France, All’s Well That Ends Well; Edmund
u/s, King Lear (GRSF); Macduff, Kabuki Macbeth
(University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
Brian White
Cactus enthusiast.
Tessara Morgan
Directing Intern, Henry V
Winona, MN
grsf: Debut
credits: Sound Designer, Cloud 9; Director, Stop
Kiss; Director, Orphans; Director, A Brief History
of Helen of Troy or Everything Will Be Different
(Cornell College)
Celtic music lover.
Kate Ocker
Stage Management Intern, Twelfth Night
Norman, OK
grsf: Debut
credits: Stage Manager, Othello, The Two
Gentleman of Verona (Oklahoma Shakespeare in
the Park); A Christmas Carol (Theatre OCU); The
Barber of Seville (Oklahoma City Opera & Musical
Theatre Company)
Would live off of trail mix &
peanut butter if possible.
Callithump!!!
Thump. It. Up.
July 30 | 5p preshow/picnic | 7p performance
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Elizabeth Stone
John Maltese
Scenic Carpenter Intern
Saint Paul, MN
grsf: Debut
credits: Head Carpenter, Cabaret,
Metamorphoses, Five Women Wearing the Same
Dress (Hamline University Theatre)
Hand stand expert.
Conner Wilson
Directing Intern, Twelfth Night
Houston, TX
grsf: Debut
credits: Director, Detroit, A New World Order,
Romance (University of Oklahoma); Assistant
Director, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
(University of Oklahoma)
Avid ukulele player.
Ashley Wright
Box Office Intern
Chariton, IA
grsf: Debut
credits: Student Publicity & Social Networking
Director (Department of Visual & Performing Arts,
Luther College); Education Intern (Des Moines
Community Playhouse); Administrative Intern
(Commonweal Theatre Company)
Avid sailor.
Corey Allen
Apprentice Actor Training Program
Chelsea Anderson
Lady Macduff/Gentlewoman/Apparition,
Macbeth; Katherine (u/s), Isabel (u/s), Henry V
Evansville, IN
grsf: Debut
credits: Maud/Victoria, Cloud 9 (University of
Wisconsin-Madison); Director/Playwright, The
Playground (The Vagabonds’ Bridge Theatre
Company); Ally/Director/Playwright, Confessions
of a Highway Flirt (Acting Up Productions);
Maggie, Red Herring (University of Indianapolis)
Talent Escort for Alec Baldwin for the 2012 NFL
Honors Ceremony at the Superbowl.
Michael P. Dalberg
Lennox, Macbeth; Exeter, Canterbury/Charles,
Nym/Rambures/LeFer (u/s) Henry V
Richland Center, WI
grsf: Debut
credits: Sir Andrew, Twelfth Night; Boyd
Middleton, Book of Days; George, Who’s Afraid of
Virginia Woolf? (University of Wisconsin-Parkside);
Father Jack, Dancing at Lughnasa (KC/ACTF
Region III Festival)
Amateur pool player and playwright.
The Shakespeare festival has both driven my interest in Shakespeare and shown me a unique and special
sense of community. As a high school student reading Shakespeare for the first time in 2003, it kindled
a curiosity and thirst for Shakespeare that continues. Ushering, listening to concerts on the green, going
to discussions, seeing the plays several times, and chatting with Paul Barnes in Target (thanks for doing
Lear!!!) gave me an appreciation for true involvement and community. Now, when I am thousands of miles
away, when I think of my community, I think of the Shakespeare festival.”
– Allysia Kenow,
Infamous Target checkout clerk
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Jenni McCarthy
Second Wayward Sister/Fleance/2nd MacDuff
child, Macbeth; Olivia (u/s), Twelfth Night
Downers Grove, IL
grsf: Debut
credits: Dromio of Syracuse, The Comedy of
Errors; The Actor, The Lower Depths; Audrey,
Little Shop of Horrors; Margery Pinchwife, The
Country Wife (Mill Theater at Elmhurst College)
Accomplished Sound Designer.
Tom Morin
Captain/Seyton/Apparition, Macbeth;
Malvolio, Priest, Paolo, Olivia’s Father (u/s),
Twelfth Night
New York, NY
grsf: Debut
credits: Cripple Billy, The Cripple of Inishmaan
(Centenary Stage Company); Antigonus, The
Winter’s Tale; Dr. Bartolo, The Marriage of Figaro
(Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); Ottavio,
Scapino (Monomoy Theatre)
High School prom king.
Nick Narcisi
Christopher Gerson
Emily Daly
First Wayward Sister/Messenger, Macbeth;
Maria (u/s), Twelfth Night
Milwaukee, WI
grsf: Debut
credits: Mammy, The Cripple of Inishmaan;
Sweetheart, Middletown (University of Evansville
Theatre)
Banquo/Caithness, Macbeth; Chorus, Constable
of France (u/s), Henry V
Homewood, IL
grsf: Debut
credits: Felix, The Normal Heart; Officer Alfred,
A Dream Play; Judas, The Last Days of Judas
Iscariot; John Wilkes Booth, Assassins (University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Knows all the lyrics to most Drake songs.
Made her theatrical debut as the Troll in
“The Three Billy Goat’s Gruff” in kindergarten,
directed by Jonathan Gillard Daly.
Tanner Herrmann
Macduff/Apparition, Macbeth;
Curio, Gentleman/Claudio, Sailor, Fabian, Young
Sebastian (u/s) Twelfth Night
Midland, TX
grsf: Debut
credits: Queensbury, Gross Indecency: The Three
Trials of Oscar Wilde; Anthony, The House of Yes;
Joe Pitt, Angels in America, Part One: Millenium
Approaches (Oklahoma City University)
Boxing enthusiast.
Jake Ryan Lozano
Malcolm/Apparition, Macbeth;
Grey/Fluellen, Boy (u/s), Henry V
San Antonio, TX
grsf: Debut
credits: Ernesto Roma, The Resistible Rise of
Arturo Ui; Mr. Dubey, And When We Awoke
There Was Light And Light; Talbot, Mary Stuart;
Ensemble, The Things Unsaid (University of
Oklahoma)
Japanese Anime enthusiast.
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Jamie Dufault
the 2013 company
Hunter Ringsmith
Macbeth, Macbeth; Valentine, Sea Captain,
Antonio, Angelo, Lorenzo (u/s), Twelfth Night
Orlando, FL
grsf: Debut
credits: Peter Cratchit/Dick, A Christmas Carol
(Dallas Theatre Center); Nels, I Remember Mama
(Hope Summer Repertory Theatre); TAG Pastor,
This Beautiful City; Duke/Gratiano, Othello
(Southern Methodist University)
Novice poet.
Albert Rubio
Ross/Apparition, Macbeth; The Caroler, Balthasar/
Officer, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Sebastian, Viola’s
Father (u/s), Twelfth Night
San Antonio, TX
grsf: Debut
credits: Paris, Romeo and Juliet; Orpheus,
Eurydice; Demetrius, A Midsummer Nights
Dream; Walter Gifford/Atkins, A Farnsworth
Invention (University of Evansville Theatre)
Irene ErkenBrack
American Eagle jeans expert.
Michael Spegar
Donalbain/1st Murderer/Doctor/Apparition,
Macbeth; Cambridge/Bates/MacMorris, Scropp/
Jamey/Williams (u/s), Henry V
San Antonio, TX
grsf: Debut
credits: Marty Pascal, The House of Yes; Bergetto
Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Oklahoma City University);
George Jorgenson Jr., Miss Nelson is Missing!;
Jack, Jack and the Beanstalk (Oklahoma Children’s
Theatre)
Makes bomb potato soup.
John Steele Jr.
Duncan/2nd Murderer/Menteith/Apparation,
Macbeth; Westmorland/Gower, Bardolph/Orleans,
Henry V
Stevenson Ranch, CA
grsf: Debut
credits: Barker/Actor, The Resistible Rise of Arturo
Ui (University of Oklahoma); Matt, The Fantasticks
(The Upstart Crows); Leon Czolgosz, Assassins
(The SCV Actors Group); Dwight Gottlieb, Dead
Man’s Cell Phone (Pepperdine University)
Trained ice and roller figure skater.
It’s amazing and gratifying to see how the Great River Shakespeare Festival has progressed over the past
decade. We all envisioned success, but reality is beyond our wildest dreams.
– Eric Sorensen,
Former City Manager, City of Winona
Doug Scholz-Carlson
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“First Person Seeing America”
A multi
multi--media experience with:
Musical Artists Ensemble Galilei
Actors Lily Knight and
Adrian LaTourelle
Photos from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
November 7, 2013 @ 7:30 p.m.
Winona State University
Lyceum Series
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Anna Rachel Troy
Lady Macbeth/Apparition, Macbeth;
Hostess Quickly, Alice/Soldier (u/s), Henry V
Dubuque, IA
grsf: Debut
credits: Mrs. Warren, Mrs. Warren’s Profession;
Hannah (u/s), Angels in America; Becca, Rabbit
Hole; Assistant Director, Woyzeck (Oklahoma
City University)
Knows the actual words to the chorus of
Hanson’s “MMMBop”.
Julia Valen
Third Wayward Sister/Macduff Child, Macbeth;
Viola, Young Viola (u/s), Twelfth Night
North Oaks, MN
grsf: Debut
credits: Juliet, Romeo and Juliet; Connie, A
Chorus Line; Lauren, Circle Mirror Transformation;
Antigone, Antigone (St. Olaf College Theatre
Department)
Expert ear wiggler.
Young Performers
Anna Scholz-Carlson
Young Olivia, Twelfth Night
Minneapolis, MN
grsf: Debut
credits: Anna, Great River Girls Dream video;
Phebe, As You Like It, Shakespeare For Young
Actors (GRSF); George Seacole, Much Ado About
Nothing (Southwest High School); Juliet, Romeo
and Juliet (Lake Country Montessori School)
Started a trend of wearing three winter hats at a
time in her kindergarten class.
Eva Rose Scholz-Carlson
Young Viola, Twelfth Night
Minneapolis, MN
grsf: Debut
credits: Eva, Great River Girls Dream video;
Arthur, King John, Shakespeare For Young
Actors 1; Silvius, As You Like It, Shakespeare for
Young Actors 2 (GRSF)
Has seen all of the GRSF productions except
for "Romeo and Juliet".
Resident Assistants
Bailey Bestul
Lorenzo, Twelfth Night
Lewiston, MN
grsf: Debut
Maniacal Max, Freak (Rushford-Peterson
High School)
Robert Deering
Resident Intern
Cary, IL
grsf: Debut
credits: Winona State University
Amateur chef.
Katie Bowler
Ursula, Twelfth Night
Winona, MN
grsf: ’09, ’10, ’11
credits: Alice, Alice in Wonderland (Winona
Senior High School); Rosalind, As You Like It ,
(Shakespeare for Young Actors); Casilda, The
Gondoliers (Perpich Center for Arts Education);
Chrysalis, The World We Live In–The Insect
Comedy (Perpich Center for Arts Education)
Informal karaoke superstar.
Lynae Hahn
Resident Intern
Goodhue, MN
grsf: Debut
credits: Resident Assistant, Winona State
University; Accounting Major with a minor in
Political Science
Knows how to milk a cow.
Wore a Dorothy costume to school for the first few
weeks of kindergarten.
Facilities
Carter Briggs
Facilities Assistant
Winona, MN
grsf: ’12
credits: guitar, bass and French horn player;
Minnesota All-State Orchestra member 2013-14;
guitarist & songwriter for band Steve, the Brodom
Young Sebastian, Twelfth Night
Winona, MN
grsf: Debut
credits: Dancer, Juxtapose; Russian Dancer,
Rat, Clown, Nutcracker; John Travolta, a Blues
Brother, Winter Dance Concert (Dance Repertory
Company, Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts)
Dance "tricks" expert.
Jackson Bryant
Represented Southeastern Minnesota at the
International Science and Engineering Fair, 2013.
* Denotes membership in Actors’ Equity Association, the union of
professional stage actors and stage managers.
** Denotes membership in the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
*** Denotes membership in United Scenic Artists.
**** Denotes membership in S*P*A*M (Society of Properties Artisan Managers).
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the other side of the curtain
Jim Danneker, Lisa Borton
Ashley Wright
Nikki Kulas
Zachery Wagner
Allie Johnson
Tim Gleason, Annie Rupprecht,
Jamie Dufault, Tim Dial
Collin Ronsonette
Lukas Bridgeman
Isaac Sawle
Photos courtesy of Kathy Greden Christenson
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Anna Seegmiller
2013 company roster
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DESIGN
INTERNS continued
Heather Bach
Paul Barnes**
Angus Callender
Michael Charron
Fran Edstrom
Scott Ellinghuysen
Karen Fawcett
Ray Feller
Terry Hawkings
Sue Hoodecheck
Jenna Innes
Larry Jost
Virginia Laken
Ann Lavine
Brother William Mann
Tedd Morgan
Scott R. Olson
Lonnie Rafael Alcaraz***
Tim Dial
Maggie Masson
Kristin Neu
R. Eric Stone***
Matthew Tibbs
Zachery Wagner
Margaret E. Weedon
James Carey
Heather Hirvela
Winnie Jaworski
Aaron Johnson
Allie Johnson
Ted Kitterman
Melissa Lindow
Savannah McIntyre
Robert Montgomery
Tessara Morgan
Kate Ocker
Jennifer Oswald
Donny Repsher
Collin Ronsonette
Elizabeth Stone
Conner Wilson
Ashley Wright
FESTIVAL LEADERSHIP
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Rick Barbour
Paul Barnes **
Irene ErkenBrack
Daniel Munson
Doug Scholz-Carlson*
Rob Thomas
Heidi Bryant
Kathie Geiger
Lea Karlssen
Caitilin McCoy
Lauren Smith
Nicholas Throop
Wade Tischhauser
ACTING COMPANY
DIRECTION/TEXT/
MOVEMENT/COMPOSITION
Rick Barbour
Paul Barnes**
Leslie Brott
Gale Childs Daly
James Edmondson**
Jack Forbes Wilson
Doug Scholz-Carlson*
Corey Allen*
Benjamin Boucvalt
Kyle Cotton
Jonathan Gillard Daly*
Jamie Dufault
Michael Fitzpatrick*
Tarah Flanagan*
Christopher Gerson*
Laura Jacobs
Peter Eli Johnson
Stephanie Lambourn
John Maltese
Chris Mixon*
Doug Scholz-Carlson*
Gerrad Alex Taylor
Brian White
PRODUCTION STAFF
STAGE MANAGEMENT
INTERNS
Christopher Sadler*
Amanda Weener*
Adrienne Andrus
Zoe Batson
John Brandon Baird
Lisa Borton
Lukas Bridgeman
Jesse Cogswell
Taylor Ely
Marci Franklin
Tim Gleason
Nikki Kulas****
Megan Morey
Priscilla Mullins
Daniel Munson
Emma O’Dell
Annie Rupprecht
Isaac Sawle
Anna Seegmiller
APPRENTICE ACTOR
TRAINING PROGRAM
Chelsea Anderson
Michael Dalberg
Emily Daly
Tanner Herrmann
Jake Lozano
Jenni McCarthy
Tom Morin
Nick Narcisi
Hunter Ringsmith
Albert Rubio
Michael Spegar
John Steele Jr.
Anna Rachel Troy
Julia Valen
YOUNG PERFORMERS
Bailey Bestul
Katie Bowler
Carter Briggs
Anna Scholz-Carlson
Eva Rose Scholz-Carlson
RESIDENT ASSISTANTS
Robert Deering
Lynae Hahn
FACILITIES ASSISTANT
Jackson Bryant
* Denotes membership in Actors’ Equity Association, the union of
professional stage actors and stage managers.
** Denotes membership in the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
*** Denotes membership in United Scenic Artists.
**** Denotes membership in S*P*A*M (Society of Properties Artisan Managers).
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The official hair techs for The Great River
Shakespeare Festival for ten “incredible” years!
507-452-0248 www.nostalljastudio.com
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On September 30, 2011, a new phase of
the “Setting the Stage” campaign was
introduced. The Legacy Bond Investment
Program offered supporters of the
Great River Shakespeare Festival the
opportunity to invest in the long-term
health and sustainability of the Festival.
The Great River Shakespeare
Festival sincerely appreciates
all of our Legacy Bondholders
who have made an investment
in our future.
Band & Orchestra Instruments
Guitars and P.A.
Pianos, Digital Pianos
and Keyboards
Print Music and Accessories
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Explore the Past at the
Winona County History Center
exhibits, browse the Museum Shop, delve into the
library and archives, and check our website for
summer programs and events.
Open: Weekdays 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Weekends Noon - 4 p.m.
Admission: $5 adults; $3 students; children 7 & younger, members free
160 Johnson Street, Downtown Winona 507 - 454 - 2723 www.winonahistory.org
setting the stage: campaign success!
On March 27, 2011 the Great River Shakespeare Festival
announced the Setting the Stage Campaign, an initiative for
organizational growth and longevity. Campaign members made
a three-year pledge or one-time gift of a minimum of $450 to
help the Festival increase its working capital and create an
operating reserve to keep the Festival in Winona for a long time
to come. We surpassed our $1.6 million goal at the Callithump
last July! Many thanks to our supporters and campaign members
for keeping GRSF around for years to come.
Leadership Circle
$30,000+
$3,000 - $14,999
Anonymous
O. J. & Karen Fawcett
Paul Barnes
Char & Bill Carlson
Kathy & Dave Christenson
Mary Christenson &
Neal Hamrin
Coda Composites Company
Robert & Susan Edel
John & Frances Edstrom
Ray & Laura Feller
Greg & Kathi Fischer
Michael & Joette Gostomski
Bob & Terry Hawkings
Leslie & Jo Hittner
Harro & Marianne Hohenner
Marian Hopkins
Margaret & Bruce Johnson
Larry & Anne Jost
Brother William Mann, FSC
Fred & Dianne Morgan
Tedd & Tracy Morgan
Patrick & Amaria O’Leary
Arvie & Corwin Osterloh
Ed & Gwen Paulson
Pet Medical Center
Judith A. Ramaley
Robert & Cora Scholz
Mark & Dee Seaquist
Lawrence Sinak &
Anne Black-Sinak
Ron & Diane Stevens
Cindy & Le Roy Telstad
Winona Health
Wolter & Raak Ltd.
Pete & Joyce Woodworth
$1,500 - $2,999
$750 - $1,499
Sabina Bosshard & George
Parke III
Dee & George Cipov
Jim & Jeanne Danneker
Brian Frederick
Dr. Paul Himmler
Dennis & Pat Nolan
Greg & Kathy Peterson
Betsy Sawyer
Nan & Dan Sawyer
Debbie Sheets
Chuck & Judy Shepard
Bob & Sally Sloan
John & Charlotte Speltz
Anonymous
Mary Alice & Bob Anderson
Tina & Mark Anderson
Steve & Nancy Bachler
Eric & Cathy Bartleson
Kenneth Baughman &
Leandra Sunseri
Kathy & Brad Benke
David & Susan Bratt
Tim & Mary Breza
Lynn & Charles Brown
Paul & Jan Brosnahan
Charles & Lu Ann Cagin
Gayla Clemons
Anonymous
Laurie Lucas
$15,000 - $29,999
$750 - $1,499 continued
Robert & Barbara DuFresne
Greg & Terri Evans
Jeannine & Peter Flick
Gary & Jean Hayes
Margaret Lambert
Candy & Steven Liesch
Gloria McVay
David & Ruth Marshall
Rick & Maureen Mercier
Betsy & Mark Midthun
Patricia S. Naughton
Patti & Gerry Neal
Jim Nelson
Sheri Lu & John Pappas
James & Nancy Reynolds
Jeanne Rice
Cathy & Steve Richardson
Scott & Kathy Turner
Valerie & David Williams
$450 - $749
Anonymous (4)
Acoustic Cafe
Leslie Albers & Ed Thompson
Jane Alexander
Michelle M. Alexander
Roderick S. Baker
Beier’s Ground Round Inc.
Walt & Bunny Bennick
Larry & Mary Bergin
Scott & Deb Birdsall
Lyle & Kris Blanchard
Bluff Country Co-op
Briggs Farm Adventures/
Briggs Outdoors.com
Rosemary Broughton
The Bruner Family
Roberta Bumann
Barbara Burchill
Andrew, Kate, Lyda &
Liam Carlson
Amy Carroll
Walt & Marian Carroll
Randy & Sheryl Chapman
Ruth Charles & Michael Bowler
Pauline Christensen
Gerry Cichanowski Family Fund
of the Winona Community
Foundation
Susan E. Cooper
David T. Coral
Francine Corcoran
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GRSF would like to sincerely
thank all of our volunteers, the
who are hundreds strong and
put in thousands of hours of
work each year!
This December.
An interactive Dickens
theatre experience in
historic downtown
Rochester.
JUNE 21 - 30
Gypsy wagons
Minstrels
Merriment
Freewill donation for
"groundlings." Reserved dais
seating and four course
supping for "nobility." Cookery
by Thyme Restaurant.
14 4th Street SW
Rochester
Offered: Actor-infused
dining at Sontes and
Four Daughters
Vineyard & Winery.
www.northlandwords.org
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setting the stage campaign continued
$450 - $749 continued
Moira Corcoran
Joan & H. Pat Costello
Helen & Gary Delp
Tom & Annmarie DeMarais
Gary Diomandes
Thomas Erb & Cecilia Caron
Michael J. & Janet Ebersold
Ellyn English & Brad Turner
Carolyn & Ray Felton
Tarah Flanagan &
Christopher Gerson
Laurie Flanigan-Hegge &
Jon Hegge
Eric & Sandy Frederick
Rex Gaskill
Kathie & Ken Geiger
Roberta & Dan Gelatt
James & Erynn Georgieff
Craig & Karen Groth
Sig & Jean Ann Gundersen
Rose & Jim Gurley
Cherie Hales
The Halleck Family
Julian Hamerski
Alan & Jolene Hansen
Ronald Harrington
John Heddle
Chris & Tracy Helixon
Carol Heyl
Beatrice & Thomas Hoffmann
J. Michael Homan
Bob & Sue Hoodecheck
Karl & Lori Hoppe
Don Hugdahl
Naren Hulsing
Kathy Jaszewski
Dennis & Yvonne Johnson
Wayne & Bonnie Kelly
Thom & Robyn Kieffer
Bob & Marlene Kohner
Colleen & Dan Koll
Gary Koppelberger
Jim Kramer
Virginia & Keith Laken
Ann Lavine & Kevin Possin
Celeste Lea & Sam Liesch
Libera Knapp, P.A.
Lee & Ione Loerch
Pat Mason
Charles & Anita Mettille
Linda K. Miller
Mary Elise Miller &
Richard Conner
Pat Mitchell & Elmer Pierre
Bert R. & Margaret M. Mohs
Jonelle Moore
John & Marlene Mulrooney
Jay & Pat Mutter
Barbara & Steve Nagel
Nola’s Flowers, LLC
Margaret Nuernberg
Rodney Oppriecht
Elizabeth Pellowski
Jim Pfau & Denise Kania
Martin A. Pflughoeft
Karen Robinson
Jerry & Judy Rusert
Connie Scharlau
Randy Schenkat
Marilyn A. Schneider
Joan & Paul Schoenfeld
Doug & Miriam Scholz-Carlson
John & Barbara Schutz
Joicelyn & Jeff Schwager
Cullen & Julieanne Schwemer
Jeri Sebo
Kathy Seifert & Bob Pflughoeft
Katie Skramstad
Tom & Margaret Smart
Mark & Lynn Smith
Peg & L. T. Smith
Spalon 1161
Mary H. Steinbicker
Nancy & Jeff Stevenson
Tom & Debbie Thompson
Anne Thurmer
Marilyn & Tom Utter
Anne Marie & Mark Wagner
Michael J. & Carolyn P. White
Jane & Roger Whiting
Jim & Karin Worthley
Laurie Ziliak & Todd Graff
Thank you Great River Shakespeare Festival
for 10 wonderful seasons!
The Winona Area Chamber
of Commerce invites guests of
GRSF to relax, explore and dine in
Downtown Winona and to discover
all that the greater Winona area
has to offer.
A great place to live, work, play….Winona!
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foundations/corporate sponsors/great river league
platinum level: $50,000+
gold level: $25,000-49,999
*This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating
Support grant and a Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from
the arts and cultural heritage fund.
silver level: $15,000-24,999
bronze level: $10,000-14,999
Great River League
Company Level: $5,000–$9,999
Apprentice Level: $500–$999
Understudy Level continued
Nostallja Studio
RTP Company
Winona Health
American Legion Post #9 Winona
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Winona
The Exchange Club of Winona
Great River Collegium
Hal Leonard
Midtown Foods
Minnesota Trout Fly Fishing
Red Wing Shoe Company
Foundation
Sequoia Society
Spalon 1161
WSU Foundation—
The Learning Club
Business Level: $2,500–$4,999
Coda Composites Company
Wolter & Raak Ltd.
Journeyman Level: $1,000–$2,499
Goltz Pharmacy
Walz Chevrolet-Buick-GMC
Understudy Level: Up to $499
Acoustic Cafe
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Any arts organization requires nurturing and support. We rely on businesses,
individuals, and foundations to keep our programs and productions compelling,
accessible, and affordable. Your contribution helps us make costumes; build sets;
assemble a stellar company of actors, designers, and technicians; and also supports
production, administrative, and artistic internships. Thank you for playing a role in the
continued success of the Great River Shakespeare Festival.
You can help in a number of ways:
• Donate today to our 10 Minutes to Curtain $100,000 summer campaign
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• Make an in-kind donation
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you!
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received at a later date will be published in our 2014 Playbill. We are so grateful for
the generous contributions of our patrons and sponsors and make every effort to
acknowledge our supporters according to their wishes. If we have omitted or incorrectly
listed your gift, please accept our sincerest apologies and inform us of the mistake so we
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I discovered a whole body of knowledge that I knew very little about when my wife and I experienced our
first Great River Shakespeare Festival performance. It was Season One’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
I realized that Shakespeare, performed by this acting company, was relevant, intriguing, engaging, and
compelling. We are now huge fans of GRSF. After having seen scores of performances and having read
seventeen of the plays, I am filled with appreciation for the genius of Mr. Shakespeare, the richness of his
language, and the humanity of his characters.
– Peter Flick,
Retired Principal, Winona Senior High School
Great River Shakespeare Collegium Founder
Please ask any staff member how to
donate to our summer giving campaign!
or contact us at:
507.474.9375 or [email protected]
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World Culture | Extreme Sports | Environment | Adventure
January 22 - 26, 2014
July 6, 2013
Muse of Fire Preview Screening
This unique feature documentary follows two actors as they travel
the world to find out everything they can about tackling the greatest
writer of them all.
WSU’s Science Atrium .......................................10:30 am
$15.00 (FREE with 2013 FRFF Pass)
August 23, 2013
World of Peace... and Other 4th Grade Achievements
Winner: FRFF 2013 Headwaters Juried Award.
St. Mane Theatre, Lanesboro, MN ....................7:30 pm
$5.00
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Special Thank You
To our hardworking committee members:
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Thank You to Our Sponsors
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One picture is worth many thousand words.
In our first ten years of bringing Shakespeare’s plays to Southeastern Minnesota, our
audiences have heard thousands and thousands of some of the most beautiful, delicious,
incisive, and inspiring words in the English language. The images on this page represent
all 21 productions from our first nine years of work — and speak volumes in and of
themselves, without benefit of accompanying commentary or dialogue — just as a good
photo (or painting) should!
This year, to complete our first decade of work, we return to Twelfth Night and
introduce Festival audiences to King Henry V, bringing the total number of Great River
Shakespeare Festival professional company productions to 23. If you look at these
photos and identify productions you didn’t get to see but wish you had, just imagine
what Decade Two at the Great River Shakespeare Festival will bring. You won’t want to
miss a moment of our second ten years.
photo credits – actors: Andrew Carlson, Aya Cash, Brian Frederick, Brian White, Carla Noack, Chris Mixon,
Chris Sheard, Christopher Gerson, Christopher Hirsh, Corey Allen, David Coral, Doug Scholz‑Carlson, Evan
Fuller, Jonathan Gillard Daly, Kate Fonville, Kim Martin-Cotten, Laura Coover, Marcus Truschinski, Michael
Fitzpatrick, Rob Eigenbrod, Shanara Gabrielle, Stephanie Lambourn, Tarah Flanagan, Zachary Michael Fine
plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale (2004); Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing (2005);
Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night (2006); As You Like It, Macbeth (2007), The Merchant of Venice, The
Taming of The Shrew (2008); The Tempest, Love’s Labour’s Lost (2009); Othello, The Comedy of Errors, The
Daly News (2010); Henry IV, Part 1, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Fantasticks (2011); King Lear, The Two
Gentlemen of Verona, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged] (2012) photographers:
Alec Wild, Kathy Greden Christenson, Michal Daniel
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Featured Events
Festival Weekends continued
Will’s Opening Weekend: Celebrate
the first weekend of the Festival with
three great parties: opening night with
the cast, Saturday afternoon Directors’
Reception, and Sunday afternoon 10th
anniversary picnic celebration and
special concert on the green. $10 WOW
button gets you into all three parties.
Ask the Company: Actors and directors
gather on Sunday mornings to discuss
the plays and answer your questions.
WSU Science Atrium. FREE
Chill with Will: FREE tickets for students
plus pre- and post-show discussions.
Twelfth Night | July 5 | 1pm
King Henry V | July 12 | 1pm
Company Conversations: Thursdays
following the performance.
Callithump!!! July 30th, 5pm pre‑show/
picnic, 7pm performance. Our riotous
annual fundraiser. $20.02 reserved
seating–advanced purchase suggested.
Front Porch Series: Saturday mornings
during the festival. $15 general
admission. grsf.org/front-porch
Gale Childs Daly | June 29
FRFF film Muse of Fire | July 6
Shakespeare Unlocked:
Twelfth Night | July 13
King Henry V | July 20
Peter Saccio lecture | July 27
Sonnet Contest reception | August 3
Tour of the Trees: See every tree type
native to Minnesota on a walking tour of
the WSU campus. FREE
All events take place on the campus of WSU
Preshow Conversations: Saturday nights
before the show, an introduction to the
play by GRSF Education Staff. FREE
Free Concerts on the Green Series:
See complete listing below.
Narrated Set Changeover: See the GRSF
crews in action. FREE
Festival Weekends
Live music on the green adjacent to Winona State University’s Performing Arts Center every
Friday and Saturday night of the Festival from 6–7:15pm. Food available for purchase. Picnic,
stay for the play, and make a weekend of it for the whole family! grsf.org/free-concerts
6pm
Red Planet
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Sat. June 29
12–7:15
Dixieland Jazz Festival
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Sun. June 30
4pm
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Fri.
July 5
6pm
Renee Copeland & Tigerabbit
Ian Hilmer’s Stagefright
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Americana Folk-Rock
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6pm
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Country Honky Tonk
Fri.
Fri.
June 28
July 12
6pm
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Sat. July 13
6pm
The Barley Jacks
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Fri.
July 19
6pm
Jim Trouten
Wildflower
Folk Rock
Female Folk Trio
Sat. July 20
6pm
Maritza
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Fri.
July 26
6pm
Aric Sampsen
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Sat. July 27
6pm
Bomba de Luz
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Fri.
Aug. 2
6pm
Border Patrol Jazz Quartet
Jazz
Sat. Aug. 3
6pm
Ann Reed
Contemporary Folk
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