Chance Theater proudly presents the So Cal premiere of

Middletownby Will EnoDirected by Trevor Biship

Scenic Design by Bruce GoodrichLighting Design by Karyn D. LawrenceSound Design by Ryan BrodkinCostume Design by Megan MacLeanVideo Design by Nick SantiagoStage Manager Bebe Herrera*Dramaturg Jocelyn L. Buckner*

CASTMary Swanson .......................................................... Lola Kelly John Dodge .............................................................. James McHale*Greg, Freelancer, Male Doctor, Attendant #2........... Ahmed T. BrooksMechanic, Male Tourist ............................................. Ned LieblCop ........................................................................... Robert Foran*Librarian, Female Tourist, Female Doctor ................ Karen Webster*Tour Guide, Aunt, Landscaper, Attendant #1 ............ Karen O’Hanlon*Sweetheart ............................................................... Marissa LeDoux

Setting: MiddletownRunning Time: 2 hours with intermission.

* Chance Theater Resident Artist

Season ProducersBETTE & WYLIE AITKEN

Execut ive ProducersSCOTT & SANDRA GRAHAM

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* Chance Theater Resident Artist

Additional Production CreditsBooth Operator Bebe Herrera*Assistant Directors Anthony DeGregorio and Mark VallejoMaster Carpenter Teodora Ramos*Load-In Crew Logan Campos, James Markoski, Monika Pena, Roberto Zamora

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Middle Matterby Jocelyn L. Buckner, Dramaturg

WillEnoislaudedforhisfinelydetailedexaminationsofthemiddlingmatteroflife.Atfirstglance,someofhisbestknownworksincludingThom Pain (based on nothing)(2005PulitzerPrizefinalist),The Realistic Joneses (2014Broadwaydebut),Flu Season(2004OppenheimerAward),Oh, the Humanity and Other Good Intentions (five short plays), and of course Middletown(2010HortonFootePrizeforPromisingNewAmericanPlay),seem to indeed be “based on nothing.” Yet Eno’s canon is in fact a deep and ongoingmeditationontheexistentialquestionsoflifeanddeathinthecontextofanunknowable,unpredictableuniverse.Thecharactersinhisplaysnavigaterelationshipsanddreamsanddisappointments,theminutiaeofeverydayexistence.Enoattemptstocalibratelife’scosmicsignificance,counteringtheeverydaybycontextualizingitagainstametaphysicalbackdrop.Hisaimisnottranscendenceorescapefromreality,butratheraweightingandvaluationofitthroughthecumulativeconsiderationofeventsthatcomprisealife. MiddletownisEno’sexplorationofwhathappensbetweenbirthanddeath–themiddlematter–oflife.AdeparturefromThortonWilder’sOur Town, a piece Eno has cited as an inspiration, Middletownispopulatedwithfamiliarfolks,peoplethatremindtheaudienceofsomeonefromtheirhometown,oraneighbor,someonewhoselifeoccursalongsidetheirown.Thecharactersspeak their truths to one another, and sometimes to the strangers assembled inthedarkenedtheater,hopingforconnection,recognition,meaning.Thesefleetingyetsomehowsatisfyinglyintimateexchangesfuelthecharacters,disrupting the monotony of day-to-day tasks and sustaining them through periods of loneliness, under-employment, and boredom, until they meet again. JohnandMaryworktoconnectthroughouttheplay,swappinganecdotesabouttheirdaysandtheiraspirationsfortheirlives.Theirinitialpleasantriesevolveintoagenuinecareforoneanother,asonecharacterwelcomesthebeginningofanewlifewhiletheotherpeersovertheprecipiceofthepresent,contemplatingwhatcomesnext.Bothfacetheunknown,comfortedbytheknowledgeoftheother’sexistence. TheatrecriticCharlesIsherwoodhasanointedWillEno“aSamuelBeckettfortheJonStewartgeneration,”alatterdaytruthtellerwhosecommandoftheparadoxesoflanguageandsilence,stillnessandrhythmare,ascriticMarthaSteketeenotes,“notaboutexplosions(verbal,technological)butaboutriftsinconversationsandhumanlives,wherethechaosstealthilyseepsin.”Ultimately,Eno’sworkreflectsthedichotomyofthechallengeandcelebrationoflife’smeaningandworth;anexplorationofhowtomakethearcofalife–themiddle – matter.

Lola Kelly (MarySwanson)hasaBAinTheatrefromLMUandanMAinPerformanceStudiesfromRADA/King’sCollegeLondon.Recenttheater credits include Blitzen in The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Ophelia

inACTC’sHamlet and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,theCountessBathoryintheAracaProject’soffBroadwaynewworkLady, Miss Julie atSouthCoastRep,theleadintheimmersivehitDelusion, ensemble drama Life Without Parole at the Edgemar, ensemble comedy Saint Mel attheHollywoodFringe,and originating a role in Circle Jerk,anabsurdistworkontheSurrealists,atREDCAT.ShehasworkedwithSkylight,MovingArts,theRuskinandtheBlank.Lolahasstarredinthreefeaturefilmsinthepastyear,playedaseriesregularonthesketchshowEnchufe, appearedonFox’sThe Grinder, Amazon’s The Next Steps, Lifetime’s My Haunted House and recently played a recurring role on The Fosters on Freeform. Lolajameskelly.com

James McHale (JohnDodge)isaResidentArtistattheChancewherehewaslastseenasthetitlecharacter in The Little Prince. James also recently played another prince, Hamlet, in Hamlet and Rosencrantz

& Guildenstern Are Dead in repertory at American CoastTheaterCompanywherehehasappearedin many other productions including All My Sons in theroleofChris.SomeofhisotherChancecreditsinclude Dogfight (LA/OCPremier),Samsara (West CoastPremier),Maple and Vine(OCWeekly’sBestPlayoftheYear),Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (OvationRecommended&LATimesCritic’sChoice),and The Laramie Project Cycle (LAStageTimesTop10of2013).JamesreceivedhisBAinTheaterArtsPerformancefromCSULongBeach,andhasstudiedwiththeMichaelChekhovAssociationandTheActor’sCenter(NYC).HewouldliketothankTrevor,thecast,andtheentirecreativeteamfortheirworkandtheopportunitytobeapartofthisproductionwww.JamesMichaelMcHale.com.

Ahmed T. Brooks (Greg, Freelancer, MaleDoctor,Attendant#2)isveryhumbled to return in his second productionwithChanceTheater.Inlieuofrattlingoffhispastcredits,he’dliketohonorthespiritofMiddletown

andgivegratitudeforthetinymomentsofprofoundsignificancethatilluminatesourlives.Tohismotherforallowinghimat7torunintoherroomeverynightbeforebedtogiveherakiss.TohisgrandmotherforcallinghimaheathenbecauseshewantshimtohaveaFathertolookoverhim.Tohisbestfriendsforalltheinsidejokesthatonlycontainawordoranexpression.Tohisteachers,professorsanddirectors,

whowereproudofhimreachinghis‘Aha’moment.Totheground,whichsupportsthechairs,whichsupportsthepeoplesittinginheretonightwhosupportthiscollectionofexperiencescalledtheater.

Ned Liebl (Mechanic,MaleTourist)began his professional stage career in Madison, Wisconsin, playing JoeyintheawardwinningplayWithout Pity.Soonafter,hewentontoperformwiththeimprovisational

troupeMixedNuts.NedmadehistelevisiondebutasGradyGibson,thedual-naturednarcoticsofficer,inthetelevisiondramaGuilty or Innocent? Afterseveralindependentfilms,NedmadehisstudiofeaturefilmdebutasSaint,thevigil-antipriest,inSonyPictures’Cross,andjustrecentlyfinishedthesequel,Cross Wars.Recentstagerolesinclude:AviatorinThe Little Prince(ChanceTheater),LeonardinSeminar(ChanceTheater),LouD’MarcoinMothTheatre’sLight Sensitive,LeBretinRuskinGroupTheatre’sCyrano de Bergerac,PhillipinRavenPlayhouse’sThe Square Root of Wonderful, and Primo in The Night Rockland Slaughter Died atGreenwayCourtTheatre.

Robert Foran (Cop)gotalatestartand didn’t begin studying acting until 1994atSaddlebackCollege.Thisledto being accepted to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles. Upon graduating from

theAcademyin1998,Roband21otherAcademystudentsstartedtheirowntheatercompanyinHollywood.TheyexperiencedsomeinitialsuccessandwerenominatedfortwoLA WeeklyTheaterAwardsforSusanYankowitz’sTerminal.Robworkedonacoupleofstudentfilmsandshowcases,butdevotedmostofthenext13yearstobeingahusbandandfather.In2013,RobauditionedforThe Laramie Project Cycle at ChanceTheater.ThisbegananintenseandrewardingrelationshipwiththeChance.RobhasdoneseveralreadingsaswellasworkedonThe Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Passion Play, and After The Revolution. HeisaproudResidentArtistattheChance.Robconsidershimselffortunatetohavefoundagroupoffocusedandpassionateartists,andlooksforwardtofuture seasons.

Karen Webster (Librarian, Female Tourist,Doctor)becameinvolvedwiththeChancein2001,andbecameaResidentArtistin2003.PastChanceTheatercreditsincludeLittle Women, Trail of Tears, Spring’s Awakening,

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Love’s Hollow, The Cherry Orchard, The Diary of Anne Frank (Back Stage Critic’sPick;OCRegister’sBestEnsemblesof2005),A Christmas Story, Hot N Throbbing (GarlandAwardHonorableMention-BestEnsemble),Coyote On A Fence (Back Stage Critic’sPick;ChancieAward-

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BestSupportingActress),Frozen (GarlandAwardHonorable Mention- Best Performance in a straight play),Variations On A Theme- The Best, Rabbit Hole (Back Stage Critic’sPick,GarlandAwardHonorableMention-BestEnsemble),the2009productionofJesus Hates Me (OutstandingAchievementbyaFeatured Actress, StageSceneLA),The Seagull, the 2010 re-mounting of Jesus Hates Me (atSouthCoastRepertory),Welcome Home Jenny Sutter, The Goat or Who is Sylvia (L.A. Times Critic’sChoice,Back Stage Critic’sPick),Superheroine Monologues, Reborning (Back Stage Critic’sPick),Passion Play, After The Revolution, Hairspray, The Big Meal andtheworkshopproductions of House of Several Stories, The Cripple of Inishmaan, and Collected Stories.ShealsostagemanagedChance’sNever In My Lifetime (Back Stage Critic’sPick).

Karen O’Hanlon (TourGuide,Aunt,Landscaper,Attendant#1)isdelightedtobeaChanceResidentArtistwhopreviouslyappearedontheChanceStageinThe Laramie Project &Laramie Project: 10 years

later (LAStageTimes’TopTenof2013),Passion Play(OrangeCountyPremier)andThe Eight: Reindeer Monologues. As the Education Director, she isincrediblyproudofherworkwithVeteransintheVeteran’sInitiativeProgramandChanceTheater’sYouthandTeenprogramsthatfocusonempoweringartiststhroughcreativeexpressionwhilebuildingempathy.SheearnedherBachelorofArtsinTheaterfromEastStroudsburgUniversity.Shewouldliketo

thank her husband Nick for his endless support.

Marissa LeDoux (Sweetheart)isveryexcitedtobemakingherdebutattheChance!SheisamemberoftheInternationalThespianSociety(InductedJune4,2014),analumniofEsperanzaHighSchool-inwhich

shewasapartofthetheaterprogramforthreeyears.SomeofherfavoriterolesincludeJulia(Two Gentlemen of Verona),FayeMcFaye(Faith County),Wagner (The Spot),andJudith(Equivocation).Inhersenior year, she helped in the making of four short films,oneofwhich(Titled Serendipity)wonanawardforBestFilmintheReflectionsContestonaregionallevel.SheisalsoanalumnioftheChance’ssummerprogram,SpeakUp!ShecurrentlyworkswithChanceTheaterastheProductionManagementintern,andwillinternlaterthisyearintheChance’sEducationDepartment.Shewouldliketothankallofher

familyforlovingandsupportingherunconditionally.

Will Eno (Playwright)hasbeencalled“aSamuelBeckettfortheJonStewartgeneration” by The New York Times. HerecentlymadehisBroadwaydebut

withhiscriticallyacclaimednewplay,The Realistic Joneses. Eno’s internationally heralded play Thom Pain (based on nothing) had a successful year long runattheDR2inNewYork,afterasoldoutrunatthe2004InternationalEdinburghFestival,whereitwonallthemajorawards,andwasafinalistforthe2005 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Eno’s play The Flu Seasonreceivedthe2004OppenheimerAwardforthebestdebutproductioninNewYorkbyanAmericanplaywright.HisplayGnit,anadaptationofIbsen’sPeer Gynt,premieredattheActor’sTheatreofLouisville,intheHumanaFestival,inthespringof2013.Eno’splayshavealsobeenproducedbytheGateTheatre,theSOHOTheatre,BBCRadio,ThePrintRoomandelsewhere.HisplaysarepublishedbyOberonBooks,TCG,andplayscripts,andhaveappearedinHarper’s, The Antioch Review, The Quarterly, and Best Ten-Minute Plays for Two Actors. He has been commissionedbytheRoyalNationalTheatreinLondonandtheYaleRepertoryTheatre.HeisaHelenMerrillPlaywritingFellow,aGuggenheimFellow,anEdwardF.AlbeeFoundationFellow,aFellowoftheCullmanCenterattheNYPublicLibrary,andwasawardedthefirst-everMarianSeldes/GarsonKaninFellowshipbytheTheaterHallofFame,aswellastheAlfredHodderFellowshipatPrinceton.WillEnolivesinBrooklyn,NewYork.

Trevor Biship (Director)Recentdirectorial credits include Chicago at theOregonCabaretTheatre,namedBest Play of 2016 by the Ashland SneakPreview.Chanceproductionsinclude A Bright New Boise, Passion

Play, Jerry Springer: the Opera,andtheOTRReadingofLaurenYee’snewestplayindevelopment.Theatres

Bette & Wylie Aitken (SeasonProducers)Betteisacommunity,civicandartsleader, recently featured in theOrangeCountyBusinessJournal’sGivingGuideasone

oftheTopPhilanthropistsinOrangeCounty.BettefirsthappeneduponChanceTheaterafewyearsagoandhasbeenattheforefrontofitsgrowthandexpansioneversinceandnowisservingonitsboard.InJanuaryof2014,ChanceTheaterbecamepartoftheBetteAitken theater artsCenter.Wylie,betterknownas Bette’s husband, is a nationally recognized civiltriallawyerandfoundingpartnerofthefirmAitkenAitkenCohninSantaAna,representingindividualsandcompaniesharmedbythebadconductofothers.Anavidsupporterofthearts,hewasapastchairmanoftheStateofCalifornia’sArtsCouncilandservesonvarioustheaterandfilmboards.Bysupportingthe2017season, Anaheim residents Wylie and Bette areexcitedtocontributetothegrowingimpactChanceTheatermakesinthecommunityatlargebothinAnaheimandalloverSouthernCalifornia.

workedat:SouthCoastRepertory,CircleXTheatre,LucidbyProxy,ChanceTheater,CaliforniaRepertoryCompany,CornerstoneTheatreandthePasadenaPlayhouse.Awardsandnominations:LAOvationAwards,BackstageGarlandAwards,LADramaCriticsCircleAwards,LAWeeklyTheatreAwards,andSt.LouisPostDispatchTheatreAwards.FacultyMember:CSULongBeach.M.F.A.inDirecting:UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine.LovetoShawn,PriorandGwen.

Bruce Goodrich (ScenicDesigner)most recently designed the scenery for Recorded inHollywood,attheKirkDouglasTheatreinCulverCity,Seminar atChanceTheatre,directedbyElinaDeSantos,andFallen Angels

and Chapter Two atEnsembleTheatreCo.SantaBarbara,directedbyAndyBarnicle.NewYorkandregionalvenuesincludePrimaryStagesCo.(originalandOffBroadwayproductionsofDavidIves’AllintheTiming),EnsembleStudioTheatre,AmericanStageCo.PlaywrightsTheatreofNJ,ArenaStage,FordsTheatre,TheColony,TheFalcon,TheRubicon,TheOdyssey(Broadway Bound, directed by Jason Alexander),ElPortal,McCoyRigbyEntertainment,LagunaPlayhouse,TheHumanRace(Dayton),SkylightOperaTheatre(Milwaukee)andmanyothers.StageRaw,LADramaCriticsandOvationnominations.BFA-UniversityofWisconsin,MFA-Carnegie-MellonSchoolofDrama,ProfessorofDesign,CSU,Fullerton,DepartmentofTheatreandDance.

Karyn D. Lawrence (Lighting Designer)isanaward-winningtheatrical lighting designer based in Los Angeles and is delighted to bemakingherdebutwithChanceTheater!ShereceivedherMaster

ofFineArtsDegreeinLightingDesignfromTheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine.RegionaltheatercreditsincludeSouthCoastRepertory,TheTheatre@BostonCourt,EbonyRepertoryTheatre,InternationalCityTheatre,EastWestPlayers,TheWallisAnnenbergCenterforthePerformingArts,TheNewSwanShakespeareFestival,andGreatRiverShakespeareFestival.Sheistheresidentlightingdesignerforaward-winningtheatercompany:FugitiveKindLiveTheater.Inadditiontotheater,sheisoneofRadianceLightworks’leadlightingdesignersforUniversalStudios’HalloweenHorrorNights.ShecurrentlyteacheslightingdesignatCaliforniaStateUniversityLosAngelesandOccidentalCollege.HerworkhasalsobeenseeninItaly,Poland,theCzechRepublic,andRomania.www.kdlightingdesign.com

Ryan Brodkin(SoundDesigner)isthrilledtojoinChanceTheateronanotheradventure.HisworkwithChanceTheaterincludesClaudio Quest, A Chorus Line, Lysistrata Jones, Maple & Vine, Triassic Parq,

The Laramie Project, She Loves Me, In The Heights, Loch Ness: A New Musical, After The Revolution and Dogfight.RyanhasalsoworkedextensivelyintheL.A.areaasasounddesigner,includingtheworld-premiere productions of Alceste, Eat The Runt, and Holy Ghost.Outsideofthetheater,Ryanisapart-timewebdeveloperandfull-timecoffeeaddict.ManythankstoBebeandIanto.

Megan MacLean (CostumeDesigner)is honored to make her costume debutatChanceTheater.ShegotherMFAfromCSULB,2009.Currently,she is the resident costume, hair, and makeupdesignerforAMDA,College

andConservatoryofthePerformingArtsinLosAngeles.Sheisexcitedtoonceagaincollaboratewithdirector,TrevorBiship,andtocostumefellowCSULBalum, James McHale.

Nicholas Santiago (VideoDesign)hasworkedfornumerousuniversitiesand theatre companies including SkylightTheatre(Forever House, Church & State, Obama Ology),RogueMachine(A Permanent

Image, Luka’s Room, Honky),USC(Trojan Women, On The Town),PasadenaPlayhouse(Ham),andLALGBTCenter(The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life Revisited).HereceivedanOvationnominationandaLADramaCritic’sCircleawardforhisworkonRogueMachine’s A Permanent Image.

Bebe Herrera (StageManager/ProductionManager)isdelightedtobeworkingwithChanceTheater.SomepreviousstagemanagementcreditsincludeChance’sMaple and Vine,theworldpremiereofPat

McGowan’sFILM, regional premiere Holy Ghost by JonTuttle,B.WalkerSampson’sAlceste, and The Pity of Things,aneveningofone-actplays.HailingfromtheSouthBay,shehasworkedwiththeatrecompaniesfromHollywoodtoAnaheimandbackincludingRangeviewProductions,theUniversityPlayers,MovimientoEstudiantildeTeatroyArtesandMoveablePiece.ShewouldliketothankChanceTheaterformakingeverytimeworkingwiththemsuchmemorableexperiences.

Jocelyn L. Buckner (Dramaturg)M.F.A., Ph.D. is Assistant Professor ofTheatreatChapmanUniversity,wheresheteachestheatrehistory,dramatic theory and criticism, dramaturgy, co-leads the London

TheatreTour,andmentorsthesis,honorscapstone,andindependentstudentresearchprojects.Herresearch and publications focus on identity politics andaffectintheatreandpopularentertainmentfromthenineteenthtotwenty-firstcenturies.Sheistheeditor of the anthology A Critical Companion to Lynn Nottage (Routledge,2016),andhaspublishedpeer

reviewedarticlesandbookandperformancereviewsin African American Review, American Studies Journal, Ecumenica Journal, Journal of American Drama and Theatre, Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, Popular Entertainment Studies, Theatre History Studies, Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, and Theatre Topics (forthcoming).ShehasservedasthedramaturgforTheChanceTheater’sOntheRadarNewPlaySeriesin2016and2017,andonproductions of Maple and Vine, Bright New Boise, and Seminar.

Oanh Nguyen (ArtisticDirector)hasbeenservingasChanceTheater’sfounding Artistic Director since 1999.OanhisarecipientofTCG’sNewGenerationsGrantandtheTCGNathanCummingsYoung

LeadersofColorFellowship.HewasawardedtheOutstandingArtistAwardbyArtsOrangeCounty,profiledinOrange County Register’s“MostInfluentialPeople” series and OC Weekly’sPeopleIssue,inductedintoAnaheimHighSchool’sHallofFameandwasacommencementspeakerforChapmanUniversityCollegeofPerformingArts.OanhwasProducingAssociateatSouthCoastRepertoryforfouryears.HealsoservedontheadvisoryboardoftheAnaheimHighSchoolPerformingArtsConservatory,theboardofNetworkofEnsembleTheatres,LA’s99-seatTransitionalCommitteeandOCTheatreGuild,multiplecommitteesfortheStageDirectorsandChoreographersSocietyandgrantpanelsforthelikesoftheNationalEndowmentfortheArtsandTheatreCommunicationsGroup.OanhisaproudmemberofSDCandSAG-AFTRA.HisdirectingcreditsincludeproductionsatChanceTheater,EastWestPlayers,theJ.PaulGettyMuseum,SegerstromCenterfortheArts,andSouthCoastRepertory,andservedasthe Associate Director for the international tour of

DavidHenryHwang’sChinglish (BerkeleyRepertory,SouthCoastRepertory,HongKongArtsFestival).HisselectedfilmcreditsincludeTwo Brothers directed by Jean-JacquesAnnaude,Rush Hour 3 directed by Brett Ratner,andLonely Boy directed by Dale Fabrigar (Best First Feature Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 LouisianaInternationalFilmFestivalandAudienceAwardWinneratthe2013BolderLifeFestival).

Casey Long (ManagingDirector)isproudtobeaChanceResidentArtistandco-founder.Caseyisagraduate of the Leadership Anaheim program, Annenberg Foundation’s Alchemy training, and the Fieldstone

FoundationLeadershipprogram.RecentChanceactingcreditsincludetheOCpremiereofTheresaRebeck’sSeminar,SamuelHunter’sA Bright New Boise,theOCpremiereofSarahRuhl’sPassion Play, SouthernCaliforniaPremiereofReborning, and the WestCoastPremiereofNerve.Hewouldliketothankyou all for being here to support our mission.

Erika C. Miller(DevelopmentDirector)isaChanceFoundingArtistalongside husband, Oanh Nguyen. ShebegansingingprofessionallywithTheLosAngelesChildren’sChoruswhereshewasprivileged

toperformwithPeaboBryson,BarryManilow,AndrePrevin,Yo-yoMa,DocSeverinsen,LutherVandross,amongothers.Shecanbeheardonthesoundtracksof Hero, The Dark Half and Merry Christmas from Doc Severinsen and The Tonight Show Orchestra. Operacredits:Die Frau Ohnne Schatten and El Gato Montez withPlacidoDomingoatTheMusicCenter,Carmina Burana attheHollywoodBowl,andThe Magic Flute atUCLA’sRoyceHall.RagtimesoloistatSteamersJazzClub,OldTownMusicHall,andtheMuckenthalerCulturalCenter.FortwoyearsshewasabackupsingerforlocalCelticbandCraicintheStone,andfeaturedontheirtwoalbums.FavoriteChancerolesinclude:She Loves Me (LA Times Critic’sChoice),Little Women (remounted at La MiradaTheatrein2013),The Laramie Project Cycle, Jerry Springer: The Opera(OvationAwardforBestMusical, LA Times Critic’sChoice),titleroleinEvita, Into the Woods (Back StageCritic’sPickandGarlandAwardHonorableMention),Cabaret(GarlandAwardnominee:BestActress),Closer Than Ever (LA Times Critic’sChoice),andLee Miller: The Angel and The Fiend (OC WeeklyAward).InAugustof2016,ErikaandOanhbecametheproudparentsoftwins.Lifewillneverbethesameforthemagain!

Masako Tobaru(TechnicalDirector)hasbeenwiththeChancesince2003,andalsoservesasaresidentstage manager and lighting designer. HerChanceTheatercreditsincludeLittle Women, Anne of Green Gables,

Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?, The

Scott & Sandra Graham (ExecutiveProducers)firstwenttotheChanceover15yearsago and this is their fourth time ashonoraryproducers.TheGrahamsarenativeCalifornia

geekswithnotheaterbackgroundthatstumbledontogreattheaterrightintheirbackyard.ScottisaretiredelectricalengineerwithaBSinengineeringfromUCIandanMSfromCalStateLongBeach.ScottworkedinaerospaceandatJPLonthedeepspacecommunicationnetwork.SandyisalsoaretiredaerospaceworkerwhohasaBSinMathfromCalStateLongBeach.Bothlovetheoutdoorsandenjoyhikingandbikingallovertheworld,wheretheyfindinspirationfortheirart.ScottisaphotographerandSandyworksinwatermedia.TheyaremembersintheOCAstronomers,andtheOCSierraClub.

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Eight: Reindeer Monologues, and Evita, among others. HercreditsoutsidetheChanceincludeGanga...Life as a River, Much Ado About Nothing, Cabaret, Medea, Patient A and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Masako receivedherBAinTheaterandCommunicationsfromConcordiaUniversity,Irvine.

Teodora Ramos(MasterCarpenter)isanarchitectofimaginaryplaces;her hands realize dreams. When she firstheldlumberuptoherears,sheheardtheforest...TeodoraRamosearnedaBAinTheater-Technical

Production&DesignfromCalStateUniversity,FullertonandhasworkedasafreelancecarpenterformultipletheatricalvenuesinOrangeCounty.Outsideof theater, she constructs custom pieces for local highprofileevents.HerworkhastakenhertoUtah,Texas,NewYork,andAlaska.SpecialthankstoMr.Neubauer,Mrs.Seeley,multipleguysnamedJohn,Masako,Oanh,andeveryoneandeverythingelsethathasleadhertothispoint.Lastly,thankstoCalvin,professionaldreamerandwordifier,whowritesstories. . . and edits bios.

Jeff Hellebrand (BoxOfficeAssociate)co-foundedChanceTheaterin1999inhisnativeOrangeCounty.HereceivedhisdegreefromCalStateFullertonandadditionaltrainingatCalStateChicoandThe

ProfessionalActorsConservatory.HehasworkedonbothsidesofthecurtaininvenuesthroughoutCalifornia.HecurrentlysitsontheStagecraftTechnologyadvisorycommitteeforNorthOrangeCountyRegionalOccupationalProgram.ChanceTheateractingcreditsincludeAnne of Green Gables, Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol (Back StageCritic’sPick), The Stroop Report, Therese Raquin, The Diary of Anne Frank (O.C. RegisterBestEnsembles),Memories on the Wind andtheO.C.entryin365 Days/365 PlaysbySuzanLori-Parks.Scriptwritingcredits dear to his heart are Is Pepperoni a Vegetable? And Other Mysteries of Love, But I Don’t FEEL Grown Up, and The Beach... Without Leo.

Jocelyn A. Brown (Associate Artistic Director)hasbeenaresidentartistsince2001andhasbeenservingasthe Associate Artistic Director since 2011.Chancehighlightsincludedirecting The Big Meal, spearheading

anddirectingvariousnewworksthroughChance’sOnTheRadarseriesforfouryears,writingandperforming in A Celtic Holiday with Craic in the Stone (BestSpecialEvent,BestofOCTheater2014byExaminer.com),portrayingReggieFlutyandDaveO’Malley in The Laramie Project and Ten Years Later (OvationRecommended),directingEvita (ChancieAwardforBestProduction),portrayingBlitzeninThe

Eight: Reindeer Monologues, the Witch in Into the Woods (Back Stage Critic’sPick,ChancieAwardforBestActress),CathyinThe Last 5 Years (Back Stage HonorableMentionforActor),directingNever In My Lifetime (Back Stage Critic’sPick),portrayingNancyin Closer Than Ever (L.A. Times Critic’sChoice),Annin Goodnight Children Everywhere (OC Weekly AwardforBestActing),directingThe Cherry Orchard (OC Weekly nominationforBestDirection),andreceivingtheOutstandingIndividualArtistnominationin2003byArtsOrangeCounty.OutsideoftheChance,JocelynteachesatLagunaHillsHighSchoolwhereshewasanhonoreefortheCaliforniaLeagueofHighSchools“TeacheroftheYear”in2012forOrangeCountyandservedasthebandleaderandleadsingerforCelticfolkbandCraicintheStone.JocelyndoublemajoredinTheatreandBiologyattheUniversityofCaliforniaSanDiego,studiedtheaterabroadattheUniversityof East Anglia in England, and earned a Masters in EducationfromVanguardUniversity.

Jennifer Ruckman (Literary Manager)isproudtobeaResidentArtistatChanceTheater.AsLiteraryManager, she has assisted in the selection of the subscription seasons andtheOntheRadar(OTR)New

Works Program seasons. Additionally, she helped createtheResidentPlaywrightprogramandhasbeentheOTRProducingAssociatesince2014.PerformancesattheChanceincludeThe Big Meal, Samsara, Maple and Vine (OC Weekly Best Of Award),Time Stands Still, Reborning (Back Stage Critic’sPick),Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter (OvationRecommended),Jesus Hates Me, Rabbit Hole (Back Stage Critic’sPick)andFrozen. Additionally, she hasperformedatTheOvalTheatreinLondonandin the remounting of Jesus Hates Me atSouthCoastRepertory.SheisalsothrilledtobeamemberofSwordFights,Inc.inLosAngeles.Sheliveswithherhusband,Ken,whomakesallthingspossible.

Darryl B. Hovis (Producing Associate)earnedhisMAinTheatreProductionatCentralWashingtonUniversityandstudiedactingattheProfessionalConservatoryatUCSDunderAnnaShapiro(Steppenwolf)

aswellasSouthCoastRepertoryunderKarenHensel. He is the co-founder and artistic director of theCulverCityAcademyofVisualandPerformingArts,wherehedevelopedanintensiveartsprogramforhisschoolstudentsintheatre,film,music,andart,andhasgoneontodeveloptheatreprogramsatotherSouthernCaliforniahighschools,aswellasTheatreInternationalatLeysinAmericanSchoolinLeysin,Switzerland.Someofhisfavoriteshowsthathe has directed include Therese Raquin(ChanceTheater),The Little Prince(ChanceTheater),Rent and The Threepenny Opera(SamohiTheatre),Machinal

and Resurrecting Antigone(UniTheatre),andThe Miracle Worker and Treehouses(AVPA).HisbiggestinspirationsconstantlyremainhiswifeAngela,andtheirchildrenDylan,Andrew,andJulia.

Sarah DuVal (HouseManager)Tenyears ago my good friend Heather invitedmetohertheatertoseeI Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Beforetheshowevenstarted,theactors started mingling and interacting

withtheaudience.Notentirelysurethatitwaspartoftheshow,slightlypanicked,IturnedtoHeatherandaskediftheyweresupposedtobedoingthat.Shelaughedandsaidyes.Twoyearslater,Ibecameasustaining member and started helping building sets andhanginglights,whichcontinuedinto2014whenweopenedourcurrentspace.LittledidIknow,atthattime,thatIhadmetagroupofpeoplethatwouldsoonbecomeasecondfamily.Tenyearslater,I’msuperexcitedandproudtosaythatI’mtheHouseMangerhereattheChance.PreviousexperienceincludesworkingintheticketingdepartmentatSCFTAandworkingintheChanceoffice.

Marc Sanford (Associate House Manager)isveryhappytobeaChanceTheaterResidentArtist.In1994, Marc did a production of Little Shop of Horrors atRanchoSantiagoCollege(nowknownasSantaAna

College),wherehemetfutureChancefoundersOanhNguyenandJeffHellebrand.MarcfirstperformedattheChanceinA History of the American Film as Mickey(plus4othercharacters)andsoonbecameaResidentArtist.In2004,Marchadtodropoutofthecompanyduetothediscoveryofatumoraboutthesizeofaping-pongballonhisopticnerve.Hissurgerywassuccessful,buthemoveduptotheSeattleareatostaywithfamilytorecuperate.Whilehewasupthere,heattendedtheSeattleFilmInstitutewherehereceivedaFilmmakingCertificate.MarchasbeenaResidentArtistsinceJune2008.

Robin “George” Shorter (Associate HouseManager)isveryexcitedtobeworkingwiththeChance.Shehasbeenveryinvolvedsince2012’s24hrChance-a-thon,whereshestayedupallnightwithsome

Chancestaffmembers.Sincethen,shehasbuiltsets, ushered people, but you’ll recognize her most asthepersonwho’susuallybehindLindaBAR.WhennotvolunteeringhertimeattheChance,“George”(asshe’slovinglyknownattheChance)handsoutcaffeinedrinksatStarbucksinDisneylandandCaliforniaAdventure.Comebyandsay“hi”thenexttimeyouvisitthehappiestplaceonearth.

Courtny Greenough(CompanyManager)isaResidentArtistandCompanyManagerofChanceTheater.PreviousshowswiththeChance:Dogfight, Hairspray, In the Heights, Lysistrata Jones, Bloody

Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Laramie Project &The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later, West Side Story, Reborning (Back Stage Critic’sPick),Jerry Springer: The Opera (OvationAward-BestMusical,IntimateTheater),Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter (SoCalPremiere),HAIR: The American Tribal Love Rock Musical (StageManager,fiveOvationnominations,includingBestMusical,andsixLADCCAwardnominations),theWestCoastpremiereofThe Girl, The Grouch and The Goat (RehearsalStageManager).BAinBusinessAdministration:Management,ConcordiaUniversity,Irvine.

Crystal Phillips (CastingAssociate) isproudtobeaChanceFellow.ShehasbeeninvolvedattheChanceinavarietyofdifferentroles,buthertruepassionistobethebridgebetweendirectors and actors by ensuring that

eachdirectorhasthebestpossibleoptionswhencastingashow.Additionally,shestrivestohelptheactors feel as comfortable as possible in the audition room, so their true talents and personalities can shine through.Pastcastingcreditsinclude:She Loves Me;Loch Ness, a new musical;Alice in Wonderland;After the Revolution;Samsara; Fancy Nancy, the Musical;Dragon Play;Hairspray; Kiss Me Kate; A Bright New Boise;The Legend(s) of Sleepy Hollow;Anne of Green Gables;The Eight: Reindeer Monologues; Dogfight;The Stinky Cheese Man;The Big Meal; Beauty and the Beast;and A Chorus Line, in addition tomultipleOTRreadingsandLABworkshops.

Chance Theater is proud to be one of the leading ensemble-driventheatercompaniesinSouthernCalifornia.Recently,we’vereceivedaNationalTheatreCompanygrantfromAmericanTheatreWing,wonsixOvationAwards,includingtwoforBestProductionofaMusical–IntimateTheaterforourWestCoastpremiere of Triassic Parq – The Musical andSouthernCaliforniapremiereofJerry Springer – The Opera, aswellasfourLADCCAwards,includingthePollyWarfieldAwardforOutstandingSeason.TheAnaheimCityCouncilnamedChanceTheater“theofficialresident theater company of Anaheim,” and Arts OrangeCountyhastwicenamedtheChanceas“OutstandingArtsOrganization.”Knownforusingboldand personal storytelling to promote dialogue and connectionwithintheSouthernCaliforniatheatricallandscape,theChanceiscommittedtocontributingtoamorecompassionate,connectedandcreativecommunity.AsaconstituentmemberofTheatreCommunicationsGroup,NetworkofEnsembleTheaters,andtheLAStageAlliance,ChanceTheatercontinuestobringnationalattentiontotheSouthernCaliforniaandOrangeCountytheaterscenes.

Producer’s Circle�ese are the individuals who have stepped forward to publicly a�liate their name with our theater company. While they enjoy a one-of-a-kind VIP all-access, they are also providing vital support for the artists, the productions, the organization, and their community. We can’t thank them enough.

Steve BrownSophie & Larry CripeRachelle Menaker & Eddie SchullerLaurie Smits Staude

Robert BermanSophie & Larry CripeMary Kay Fyda-MarScott & Sandra GrahamElizabeth JonesRachelle Menaker & Eddie Schuller Scott & Georgia WellTod & Linda White

Season Producers Bette & Wylie Aitken

OTR Circle

Speak Up Circle

Bruce GoodrichGeorgia & Scott Well

Allergan FoundationOrange County Community Foundation, Robert J. & Doreen D. Marshall Fund for Dramatic Arts & Classical Music

AssociateProducers

ExecutiveProducers

Tod & Linda WhiteMartin & Wendy BensonRachelle Menaker & Eddie Schuller

CircleSponsors

ArtistsFund

Steve BrownThe Boeing Company

Susan BowmanDavid & Danice Limberg

Gail & Ernie DoeMary Kay Fyda-MarIn memory of Steve Apsey

Lesley McKinnellDavid & Judy JossLaurie Smits Staude

THIS SUMMER

Amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, this stirring Tony Award�winning musical explores the endurance of love and hope against all the odds. In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn�raised Jew living in Georgia, was put on trial for the murder of a 13�year�old girl. Armed with a rousing score and a powerful script, Parade takes an unflinching look into the darkest corners of America’s history.

Book by Alfred UhryMusic & Lyrics by

Jason Robert BrownDirected by Kari Hayter

Music Direction byRobyn Manion

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VISIONARY CIRCLE

Angel ($2,500-$3,499)

The Boeing CompanySusan Bowman & Freddie GreenfieldRachel Oliveros Catalano & Tim CatalanoNancy Johnson

Frances RiggsDon Laffoon & Grace SongoloRobin Walton

Diamond ($3,500-$7,999)

Ashleigh Aitken & Michael PennThe Capital Group Companies Charitable FoundationBruce GoodrichGuy W. MarrSarah K. PierceSally Ann Catering

Sapphire ($8,000-$14,999)

Martin & Wendy BensonBradford Renaissance PortraitsGFS, Inc.Scott & Sandra GrahamElizabeth Jones & Dennis O’ConnellLaurie Smits Staude

Emerald ($25,000+)

Bette & Wylie AitkenRobin Glasser & Robert BermanSophie & Larry CripeRachelle Menaker & Eddie SchullerTod & Linda White

Ruby ($15,000-$24,999)

Steve BrownMary Kay Fyda-MarSave The Princess, LLCScott & Georgia Well

2017 Season v 13

BENEFACTOR CIRCLE ($600 - $1,199)

In memory of Steve ApseyMatthew ArkinDiane & Chimo ArnoldBreath of FireRyan BrodkinVictor & Marnie CeporiusBob & Sue CrowsonJoseph Dale & Judy FlindtSusie DittmarKelly EhlertDavid Emmes & Paula TomeiMargaret GatesCamille GouletSusan K. HoriRon & Susan HornPatti Howard & Carol HellebrandDamien & Yvonne JordanJonathan Josephson & Katy MuzikarDavid & Judy Joss

Lisa KeatingLorin LiesyDanice & David LimbergPamela LorenzRobyn ManionMark & Liza MaughanElizabeth & Keith McDonaldLesley A. McKinnellStefan MillerRachel MountRey O’DayCrystal & Steve PhillipsMJ PoptanichPRP Wine InternationalFran & Leonard RichMichael SalimbeniTerry & Michelle SchomburgDoug & Hannah SchroederStarbucks Coffee

ADVOCATES ($300 - $599)

Phyliss AlexanderSusan & Thomas AlexanderBroadway KnightsAlex BuenoJane & Patrick ConlinBarbara DelgadoSherry DomeregoSarah DuValRozanne Englehart & Garry HaverlandBahram & Kathy EsfahaniStephen & Susan FaesselMary Jane FosterJoyce Givens

Michael Garcia & Burt VosburghElaine & Nathan GochmanJames GrahamBen GreenCharlie Harfouch & David MerrellJeff HellebrandOlivia JohnsonSam Joslin & Max EspinozaKathleen KingSteve KitzmanSunjay KumarJohn Lane

James & Marsha LindseyLos Angeles Fire DepartmentAnna MilesMarilyn MountMargi & John MurrayKaren O’HanlonMichael OppenheimHerb & Jan ParksCharles & Maureen PeltzerMichael & Carol PennChristina & Tim RiceJohn & Susan RidgelyRachel Saiz & Shannon Murphy

Michael & Monika SargentCheri & Rick SmetankaKaren SmitsSouth Coast RepertoryBill Strongin & Rosalynn Nguyen StronginTotal Wine & MoreAshley Wagner ArtsChad WeberKaren WebsterChris & Danielle WeilerJohn Wells IIIHoward & Sumi Yata

SUPPORTERS ($150 - $299)

Marsha AdamsBarbara & Don BarkemeyerAnonymousLynne BarrettePeter & Roswitha BauerMichael & Bilha BenderMichael Berman & Sheila DiskinJanet & Rob BlaneyJosh Cable ChipotleGlenn ChitjianEileen J CirilloKristianne ClarkeComedy Sportz LADavid & Kerry DrakeFred Ehlert

Sharon FillingerRobert & Jennifer ForanMarie GleerupJune GlennJanet GreenCourtny GreenoughGreg Hammer & Louis PardoLaura Hathaway & Matt TakahashiHirschl BalletBarry & Cathi HofstetterHollywood BowlWendy HooperJon HyrkasBernard & Marcia KamineGlenn Koppel

Kroger FoodsAlan M. LawsonJason LiebsonLorin LiesyLucky Strike Bowling CenterBrendan MahoneyGiovanna MeeseCharles & Lindy MichaelisIrina MorrisMotel 6 Feet UnderEric & Marya NguyenMary OttmanArt PartridgeThe Pasadena PlayhouseMonika PenaMyriam Perez

Andrew PuenteIrmagaard Rahwyler WaltzKameel RennerScott & Kelly RobertsGoldie RoeJimmy SaizJoann & Walter ShaferSix Flags Magic MountainMichael VuRobert WaltersBruce WilkinsonWade WilliamsonLaura & Will Young

PATRON CIRCLE ($1,200-$2,499)

Jean AbdallaAnaheim Arts CouncilBryan & Katheryn BakerAnaheim Council Member Jordan BrandmanJocelyn & Kirk BrownErnie & Gail DoeDramatists Guild FundAlisa & Jason DuffeyClimb D’VineChelle FriedmanRoger FriedmanGregory Heiertz & Carollyn LobellDavid & Gail HirsteinDan Kee & Judith Todd

Deirdre Kelly & Howard PrivetteAndy & Judith LambDavid & Danice LimbergMaddy & Tommy LongBill & Kathie MalcombJames MarkoskiOanh Nguyen & Erika C. MillerAnaheim Council Member Kris MurrayJennifer Ruckman & Ken FavellLinda & Steve SundvoldAnaheim Mayor Tom Tait & Julie TaitWendy & Jac TobiskaAnaheim Council Member James Vanderbilt

List as of March 31, 2017

Thank you to all ourCapital Campaign Donors

Naming Donor ($285,000)

Bette & Wylie Aitken Naming Donor ($100,000) Naming Donor ($87,500)

Sophie & Larry Cripe Tod & Linda White

Naming Donor ($70,000) Naming Donor ($25,000)

Mary Kay Fyda-Mar Yvonne & Damien Jordan

Naming Donor ($20,000)

Naming Donors ($10,000-$19,999)

Premium Chair Donors ($5,000)

Founding ArtistsChance Resident Artists

Dr. Michael & Jean AbdallaRobert Berman & Robin Preiss Glasser

Lily M. FanFoundationAC

Camille GouletBradley Kaye

David & Danice LimbergSammy Pierce

Eddie Schuller & Rachelle MenakerScott & Georgia Well

AJIS LambChapman University

Susan Carol CarpenterSusie Dittmar

Kathy & Bahram EsfahaniStephen & Susan Faessel

Michael Garcia & Burt VosburghThe Hamman Family

Jeffrey HellebrandPatti Howard & Carol Hellebrand

Nancy JohnsonElizabeth Jones

Dan Kee & Judy ToddJoanne & Dennis Keith

In Honor of Don Laffoon & Grace Songolo

James & Marsha Lindsey (2)Casey Long

Tommy & Madeleine Long (2)Jolynn & Pat Mahoney

Christina MarIn Memory of Judy Martin

Marc MastersonBryan McCormick & Gary Kuwahara (2)

In memory of David McCormick Bill & Jane McDonald

Drs. Pauline Merry & John GoodmanDr. and Mrs. Eberhard S. Neutz

Oanh Nguyen & Erika C. Miller (2)Pacific Western Bank (2)

Muriel Pollia Foundation (2)Ron & Marilyn Rice

Michelle & Terry SchomburgLeonard & Susan Silberman (2)

Karen SmitsTom & Julie TaitThe Well Family

In Memory of Howard WellTod & Linda White (2)

Lisa C. & Thomas E. ZaradichContributors ($150-$2,499)

Argyros Family FoundationMartin & Wendy BensonVictor & Marnie Ceporius

David Emmes & Paula TomeiGail & Ernie Doe

Lynn Gold & Karen “Jade” MartnerWendy Hooper

Fred KinneyPamela J. Lorenz, CFPManny & Betsy Porto

Frances RiggsEddie Schuller & Rachelle Menaker

Laurie Smits StaudeZeinab H. Dabbah &

Daniel Temianka

AnonymousAT&T Pioneers

The Boeing Company

Alan & Theresa CorcoranJohn Lane

Guy W. Marr

Irina MorrisJohn & Margi Murray

Rey O’Day

Marshall Pailet & Kellie SpillHerb & Jan Parks

Fran & Leonard Rich

In-Kind DonorsCity of Anaheim John Dominguez Roger Parkman Ken & Kristi Wilcox KC Wilkerson

Scott & Sandra Graham

Priority Chair Donors ($2,500)

ENDOWMENT FUND DONORSThe endowment fund ensures the future of the Chance for years to come.

Tod & Linda WhiteMAJOR INDIVIDUAL GIFTS

Diane & Chimo ArnoldRobert E. CampbellSophie & Larry Cripe Camille Goulet

DEFERRED ESTATE GIFTSTo find out more

or to make a donation

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An up-and-coming politician is photogenic, popular, and patriotic. There’s just the problem of his wife… A wry look

at what we’ll do to succeed in politics, and the women behind the guy bound for great things.

16 v 19th Anniversary Season

STAFF

Oanh Nguyen, Artistic DirectorCaseyLong, Managing DirectorErikaC.Miller, Development DirectorMasakoTobaru, Technical DirectorBebe Herrera, Production ManagerTeodoraRamos, Master CarpenterJeffHellebrand, Box Office AssociateJocelynA.Brown, Associate Artistic DirectorJenniferRuckman, Literary Manager CourtnyGreenough, Company ManagerKaren O’Hanlon, Education DirectorDarrylB.Hovis, TYA Producing AssociateMarcSanford, Assoc. House ManagerRobin“George”Shorter, Assoc. House Manager

BOARDOFDIRECTORS

LarryCripe,ChairRachelleMenaker,Vice-ChairSusieDittmar, TreasurerMary Kay Fyda-Mar, Secretary ScottB.Well, Immediate Past Chair

JocelynA.Brown, councilAlexBueno, councilCourtnyGreenough, councilLauraM.Hathaway, councilJeffHellebrand, councilBebe Herrera, councilCaseyLong, councilErikaC.Miller, councilOanh Nguyen, councilTeodoraRamos, councilJenniferRuckman, council

MarcSanford, councilBillStrongin, councilMasakoTobaru, councilKellyTodd, councilKaren Webster, councilSherryDomeregoKelly EhlertRobertForanDarrylB.HovisRobynManionJames McHale

Karen O’HanlonRachelOliverosCatalanoSarahPierceNicoleSchlittWade WilliamsonDavidMcCormick, member emeritusMyrna Niles, member emeritus

M I S S I O N ChanceTheaterseekstocreateexcitingtheatricalexperiencesthatwillengage,surpriseanduniteouraudiences,ourartists, and our community.ThemissionoftheChanceistocontributetoamorecompassionate,connectedandcreativeOrangeCounty.

Wedothisby:• producingpowerful,socially-conscious,provocative,intimatetheaterexperiences• generatingparticipationanddialoguebetweenourdiversecommunities• nurturing and supporting local artists• inspiringandempoweringcreativeyoungminds

R E C E N T H O N O R S / A W A R D SNamedofficial“ResidentTheaterofAnaheim”Winnerof6OvationAwards,including2forBestMusical(Triassic Parq and Jerry Springer: The Opera) Winnerof5LADCCAwards,includingthePollyWarfieldAwardforExcellenceforOutstandingSeasonOC Weekly’sBestofOC2015-BestMusical(Loch Ness, a new musical)andBestPlay(Maple and Vine)30OvationAwardnominations15LADCCAwardnominationsWinnerofRobbyAwardforBestChoreography(Lysistrata Jones),plus5morenominationsRecipientofAmericanTheatreWing’s2016NationalTheatreCompanyGrantRecipientofNationalEndowmentoftheArts(NEA)Grant Two“OutstandingArtsOrganization”AwardsfromArtsOrangeCounty

RESIDENTARTISTS

Bette AitkenMartin BensonRobertBermanSusanBowmanBruce GoodrichSandyGrahamElizabeth JonesAndy Lamb

CaseyLongGuy W. Marr Oanh NguyenTerrySchomburgLaurieSmitsStaudeGeorgia Well