Mrs. Dalloway: A New Musical
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 Mrs. Dalloway: A New Musical
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Lindsey Augusta Mercer
Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Novel

Directed by Sara Clark  

Orchestra: Lindsey Augusta Mercer
Scenic Designer: Samantha Reno
Costume Designer: Rainy Edwards
Lighting Designer: Nina Agelvis
Associate Lighting Designer: Ivy Walker
Sound Designer: Zackery Bennett
Assistant Sound Designer: Emma Miller
Projections Designer: Robert Carlton Stimmel^
Properties Manager: Rebecca Armstrong
Music Director: Matthew Umphreys
Dance Choreographer: Ashley Goos
Intimacy Director: Torie Wiggins
Stunt Coordinator: Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Stage Manager: Cole Sweasy* 
Assistant Stage Manager: Rowan Rozzi*  

Originally Commissioned by Cincinnati Shakespeare

Cast
Septimus Warren Smith: Noah Berry*
Ensemble/Swing: Wes Carman 
Peter Walsh: Robby Clater*
Clarissa Dalloway: Christiana Cole*
Hugh Whitbred: Cary Davenport*
Lady Carnation/Ensemble: Hannah Gregory
Mr. Marigold/Ensemble: Christian Hall
Evans/Ensemble: Montez Jenkins-Copeland
Lucy/Ensemble: Bethany Xan Kerr*
Rezia Warren Smith: Courtney Lucien*
Mrs. Holmes/Lady Rose/Ensemble: Kelly Mengelkoch*
Ensemble/Swing: Dani Grace Nissen 
Sally Seton: Bex Odorisio*
Dr. Holmes/Ensemble: Patrick Earl Phillips*
Richard Dalloway: Byron St. Cyr*
Mulberry/Ensemble: Aleah Vassel*

Orchestra
Under the Direction of Matthew Umphreys 
Flute: Betty Douglas
Clarinet: Jeanna Vella
Trumpet: Emery Hicks
Violin: Linsey Rogers
Cello: Julie Lim
Guitar: Joel Greenberg
Piano: Matthew Umphreys
Bass: Renate Thomas
Drums: Brian Malone 

Production Staff
Properties Manager: Rebecca Armstrong
Master Carpenter: Bryce Carson
Wardrobe Supervisor: Kayla Cieslinski
Master Electrician: Jared Earland
Associate Production Manager & Resident Costume Designer: Rainy Edwards
Technical Director: Chris Holloway
Production Technician: Brad Hopper
Costume Shop Manager: Lindsey Jones
Resident Scenic Designer & Charge Artist: Samantha Reno
Production Manager: Robert Carlton Stimmel^
Resident Stage Manager & Production Coordinator: Cole Sweasy*
Assistant Stage Manager: Rowan Rozzi* 

Ensemble Sponsors
Marcie and Jim Kinney

Design Sponsors
Judge Mark and Sue Ann Painter

New Play Development Sponsors
Robert and Donna Welch
The McElroy Family

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. 

^Artist Sponsored by Judge Mark Painter 


Noah Berry
Septimus Warren Smith

(he/him) Debut
National Tours: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Monty Python's SPAMALOT. Cincinnati: TOMMY (Memorial Hall), Title of Show (Federal Incline Theater). Regional: Heartbreak Hotel, Beautiful: the Carole King Musical (John W. Engeman Theater); Spitfire Grill (Laguna Playhouse); Little Shop of Horrors (Highlands Playhouse); Lost Highway (Maples Repertory Theater). Alumnus of Northern Kentucky University (BFA).

Wesley Carman
Ensemble/Swing

(he/him) Debut
Cincinnati: Pluto, Lizard Boy (Know Theatre), The Last 5 Years, Company (The Carnegie). New York: Monty Python's Spamalot (National Tour). Education: Alumnus of Northern Kentucky University (BFA).

Robby Clater
Peter Walsh

(he/him) Debut
Regional: Dreamgirls (MUNY), A Christmas Carol (People's Light) New York: Pretty Woman The Musical (Broadway), Pretty Perfect Lives (The Flea), Connected (59E59) TV/Film: Almost Family (Fox) As We See It (Amazon Prime)

Christiana Cole
Clarissa Dalloway

(they/she) Debut
Regional: Fun Home (TheaterSquared), Camelot (Gulfshore Playhouse). New York: The Devil Wears Prada (Broadway in Chicago), The Hunt (Miller Theater), An Enchanted April (Theater Row), The Bardy Bunch (Theater at St. Clement's). Education: Alum of The Manhattan School of Music (BM) and Southwestern University. Website: christianacole.com

Cary Davenport
Hugh Whitbred

(he/him) 11th Season
Cincinnati: As You Like It, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Grapes of Wrath, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, August: Osage County, The Living Dead, Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, The Comedy of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) (Favorite CSC), Girlfriend, Ada and the Engine, Whisper House (Know Theatre), Wuthering: A Musical On the Moors (Gregory and McWethy/Cincinnati Fringe Festival). Regional: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Promethean Theatre Ensemble, Chicago), The Bacchae (Right Brian Project, Chicago). Education: Alumnus of Northern Kentucky University.

Hannah Gregory
Lady Carnation/Ensemble

(she/her) 3rd Season  
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It (Favorite CSC), Judith, Deliver Us (Upcoming with One Off Productions), Glassheart (Know Theatre), Descent: a Murder Ballad (Cincinnati Fringe Festival), American Idiot (The Carnegie), The Who's TOMMY (Memorial Hall), Like Demons (InBocca Performance) Education: Northern Kentucky University (BFA) Website: hannah-gregory.com

Christian Hall
Mrs. Marigold/Ensemble

(he/him) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: Gaslight: a new version for the stage by Steven Dietz (CSC); Cinderella (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati); Sherwood: The Adventures of Robinhood (Ghostlight Stage Company). Regional: Camelot (Human Race Theatre), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Columbus Children’s Theatre).

Montez Jenkins Copeland
Evans/Ensemble

(they/them) Debut
Cincinnati: Hamlet Park Tour (CSC); A Case For The Existence Of God, The Light Chasers, Girlfriend the Musical, Red Bike, Moby Dick (The Know Theatre). TV/Film: Miles Ahead (dir. Don Cheadle) 13th & Republic (dir. Darnell Pierre Benjamin). Education: Alumnus of Northern Kentucky University and Walnut Hills High School.

Bethany Xan Kerr
Lucy/Ensemble

(she/her) Debut
Nat’l/Internat’l Tours: Kinky Boots; NYC: Company (u/s) (Lincoln Center); Chautauqua (The Public); How the Westons Won (New York Theater Barn); Dumb Luck (TruVoices). Workshops: Me the People, Pussy Riot, Quanah, Sunday in the Park with George. Regional: Sister Act (Silco); Beautiful & Swing (The Carnegie); The Little Mermaid, Narnia, and Santa Claus (The Children’s Theater); Bright Star (The Covedale); The Addams Family & The Girl Who (Edinburgh Fringe). Education: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (MFA), BFA Musical Theater & BFA Acting from Pace University NYC, Interlochen Arts Academy.

Courtney Lucien
Rezia Warren Smith

(she/her)  11th Season
Cincinnati: Kindred Spirits, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Trouble in Mind, As You Like It, The Living Dead, Pride & Prejudice, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet (favorite CSC). Regional: The Great Gatsby (Cardinal Stage Company); Annie Warbucks (Theatre at the Center). Education: Alumnus of Indiana University (BA). Website: courtneylucien.com 

Kelly Mengelkoch
Mrs. Holmes/Lady Rose/Ensemble

(she/her) 20th Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Importance of Being Earnest (Recent CSC); A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Let the Right One In (CSC/CCM); This is Tom Jones! (Human Race Theatre Company). Regional: The Spitfire Grill (Old Creamery Theatre Company Amana, Iowa); Grease and The Scarlet Pimpernel (New Theatre Kansas City). New York: The Rewards of Being Frank (New York Classical Theatre). TV/Film: Dark Waters, Perception, Old Man and the Gun, A Kind of Murder, Healing River, Dusk, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America. Website: kellymengelkoch.com 

Dani Grace Nissen
Ensemble/Swing

(she/her) Debut 
Cincinnati: The Comedy of Errors (summer tour) (CSC). Regional: As You Like It (Nashville Shakespeare Festival), The Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure (Hoosier Shakespeare Festival), Much Ado About Nothing (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). Education: Wright State University (BFA). Website: danigracenissen.com

Bes Odorisio
Sally Seton

(she/her) Debut
Cincinnati: Rutka (Playhouse in the Park). Regional: Hadestown (First National Tour); Ruthless! (Chenango River Theatre); Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Shanghai Grand Theatre); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Walden Shakespeare); Measure For Measure (Island Shakespeare). TV/Film: Law and Order: SVU (NBC); Dickinson (Apple TV+). Website: bexodorisio.com

Patrick Earl Phillips
Dr. Holmes/Ensemble

(he/him) 10th Season 
Cincinnati: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Little Women, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Titus Andronicus (CSC), Tick, Tick… BOOM! (The Carnegie), Hands On a Hardbody, Luna Gale, Cinderella, Bloomsday (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati), Mercury (Know Theatre of Cincinnati). Regional: This Is Tom Jones!, Around the World in 80 Days (Human Race Theatre Co.), The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre). Education: Xavier University (BA) and St. Xavier HS

Byron St. Cyr
Richard Dalloway

(he/him) Debut
Cincinnati: Buddy Holly (Playhouse in the Park). Regional: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (The MUNY and Capital Rep); A Sherlock Carol (Westport Country Playhouse); Dames at Sea (Bucks County Playhouse); Billy Elliot (Goodspeed); Elf: The Musical (Syracuse Stage), Jesus Christ Superstar (North Shore Music Theatre); Ragtime (Papermill Playhouse and Weston Theater Company); Beauty and the Beast (North Shore Music Theatre); Hello Dolly (Weston Theater Company). New York: A Sherlock Carol (New World Stages). Education: NYU Tisch School of the Arts (BFA). Website: byronstcyr.com

Aleah Vassell
Mulberry/Ensemble

(they/she) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Amen Corner (CSC); Hands On A Hardbody (Ensemble Theatre); The Wiz (TCT). Regional: Camelot, This is Tom Jones (Human Race Theatre); HAIR, Detroit '67, Christmas Carol, Candide (Clarence Brown Theatre); Sister Act, White Christmas, Hairspray, Dracula (Charleston Stage); Legend of Georgia McBride, Side by Side by Sondheim (Flying Anvil Theatre); Lady Windermere's Fan (Wordplayers). Education: BFA in Musical Theatre at Samford University, MFA in Acting at University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Lindsey Augusta Mercer
Orchestrator

(they/them) 5th Season
Cincinnati: As You Like It 2015 & 2023, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Park Tour 2015), Resident Asst. Director 2014-16 (CSC); Witch, Tick...Tick...Boom!, Kinky Boots, The Last 5 Years (The Carnegie); Hundred Days, Darkest Night at Gnarly Stump, Girlfriend, Lizard Boy (The Know Theatre); Saint Joan, Death and the Maiden (Diogenes), [Title of Show] (The Federal Incline Theatre); Everybody, Puffs, Head Over Heels (Miami University). Regional: Ring of Keys’ Queering the Canon Composer (NYC) The Bengson’s Hundred Days (La Jolla Playhouse and US Tour,). Education: Alumnus of Baldwin-Wallace University (BA), Lincoln Center Directors Lab ’17.

Sara Clark
Director

(she/her) 19th Season
Cincinnati: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pride and Prejudice, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, Little Women, Twelfth Night, To Kill a Mockingbird, Love's Labour's Lost (selected CSC directing credits) + over 60 productions acting. Education: University of Oklahoma School of Drama.

Samantha Reno
Scenic Designer

(she/her) 5th Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Kindred Spirits,The Play That Goes Wrong; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Living Dead (Favorite CSC); Fierce (Cincinnati Opera); Our Story: Bold Moves Festival (Cincinnati Ballet); Noises Off! (Northern Kentucky University). Regional: The Newlywed Game (B Street Theatre, Sacramento); Gaslight (Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA); Peter and the Starcatcher (University of California, Davis). New York: The Rewards of Being Frank (New York Classical Theatre). Education: Northern Kentucky University (BFA). Website: samanthareno.com. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Resident Scenic Designer

Rainy Edwards
Costume Designer

(she/her) 6th Season
Cincinnati: The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, The Living Dead, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gaslight, The Importance of Being Earnest, Frankenstein, Kindred Spirits, Twelfth Night (Favorite CSC); Lizard Boy: The Musical (Know Theatre). Education: Florida State University (MFA in Costume Design). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Associate Production Manager and Resident Costume Designer

Nina Agelvis
Lighting Designer

Cincinnati: Midsummer Night's Dream, The Living Dead, Pride & Prejudice (Favorite CSC). Regional: Club Royal (Serenade of the Seas with RCC); The Brothers Paranormal (Perseverance Theater). New York: Lilith in Pisces (The Flea Theater); All Things Go (Forest Hills); Head in The Clouds (Forest Hills); Rabbit Summer (Mile Square Theater); Funny, Like an Abortion. (Mile Square Theater). Education: University of Cincinnati; College Conservatory of Music (MFA), University of California, Irvine (BA). Website: nagelvisdesigns.com

Ivy Walker
Associate Lighting Designer

(they/them) Debut
Regional: Dance Nation (Southern Plains Productions). New York: El Nogolar, Dancing at Lughnasa (Stella Adler Studio), Lilith in Pisces (Drops in the Vase). Education: Oklahoma City University, Class of 2024 (BFA Design & Production).Website: ivywalkerdesign.com

Zackery Bennett
Sound Designer

(he/him) (4th Season). 
Cincinnati: The Comedy of Errors, The Living Dead, As You Like It, Julius Caesar (CSC). Broadway: Thoughts of a Colored Man (Assoc.). Regional: A Christmas Carol (Asst.) (Guthrie Theatre); True West (Asst.) (Seattle Rep); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Actor’s Express); This Is Our Youth, Around the World in 80 Days (Assoc.), South Pacific (Assoc.) (Clarence Brown Theatre). Corporate: 2022 & 2024 National Order of the Arrow Conference, 2023 National Scout Jamboree. Education: University of Tennessee (BA), Purdue University (MFA). Position: Assistant Professor of Sound Design & Engineering, University of North Georgia; Resident Sound Designer, Gainesville Theatre Alliance. Website: ZackBennett.com.

Robert Carlton Stimmel
Projections Designer

(he/him) (6th Season) 
 Cincinnati: Macbeth, A Room in the Castle, Twelfth Night, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Julius Caesar, The Amen Corner, Wrecking Ball, Gaslight, Trouble in Mind, As You Like It, The Living Dead, The Comedy of Errors, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Favorite CSC); To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, Antigone, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Rapunzel (Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park); Archie and the Ashes (Know Theatre); Higher (American Legacy Theatre); Earworm (Impaired Vision Productions). Regional: Elephant and Piggie, Little Red Riding Hood (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); The Fantasticks, The Normal Heart (Short North Stage); Eavesdropping (Alliance Theatre); Earworm (Hollywood Fringe Festival). International: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare Company). Education: Miami University (BA in Theatre). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Production Manager

Rebecca Armstrong
Properties Manager

(she/her) 5th Season
Cincinnati: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, The Birds (Production Manager) (CSC); BLERDS, Mary's Monster (PM), The Man-Beast (PM) (Know Theatre); Nancy Brew Zoomdunnit (PM/Producer), The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Tour Manager) (Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Garbologists, Grounded (ETC). Regional: Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week- Marc Jacobs, Christian Siriano, Carolina Herrera, Lady Gaga, Brevard Music Center Summer Institute & Festival (APM)- Sweeney Todd, Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Night at the Movies, Mahler Symphony No. 6.

Stephanie Klapper
Casting Director

(she/her) 
Cincinnati: Twelfth Night, The Rewards of Being Frank, Little Women, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences, and Othello (CSC); NY casting for 13 seasons including Shane (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park co-produced with Guthrie Theater). New York: A Christmas Story- The Musical and Dividing the Estate (Broadway); Distant Thunder, Garside's Career, Dig, The Night of the Iguana, and Henry IV (Recent Off-Broadway). Regional: The Lehman Trilogy (Capital Rep); Ahrens and Flaherty’s Knoxville (Clarence Brown Theatre); The Cape Playhouse Season and Peterborough Players Season.  Film: The Nature of the Crime, Ranked- The Musical and HBO documentary; Elf Quest (audio) and many more. Website: klappercasting.com.

Matthew Umphreys
Music Director & Co-Arranger

(he/him) Debut
Cincinnati: Tick, Tick... Boom! (The Carnegie); Rutka, A Christmas Carol (Playhouse in the Park); Santa Claus, Casper, Annie (The Children's Theater); Perfectly Marvelous, I Put a Spell On You, A Cozy Christmas, Cincinnati Rocktails (Queen City Cabaret). Education: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (MM), Luther College (BA). Website: matthewumphreys.com

Ashley Goos
Dance Choreographer

(she/her) Debut
Cincinnati: Area Choreographer's Festival (Contemporary Dance Theatre), Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, Choreographers without Companies (Contemporary Dance Theatre), Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Regional: Director of Dance (Miami University), Adjunct Professor (Northern Kentucky University and Xavier University), Instructor (School for Creative and Performing Arts). Education: Alumna of Florida Sate University (MFA, Performance and Choreography). Website: AEGDanceworks.com

Torie Wiggins
Intimacy Director

(she/her) 9th Season
Cincinnati: Oliver Twist, A Raisin in the Sun, Fences (CSC); Collapse, Afghan Women Writer’s Project, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Pluto, Harry and the Thief (Know Theatre); The Mountaintop, Cinderella, Violet and His Eye is on The Sparrow (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati); Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 by Anna Deveare Smith (Diogenes Theatre Co); Mame, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and Crowns (Human Race Theatre Co.). Education: Intimacy Direction training from Theatre Intimacy Education (TIE), Intimacy Coordinators of Color (ICOC), and Intimacy Directors and Coordinators.

Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Stunt Coordinator

(she/her) 30th Season 
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Kindred Spirits, The Play That Goes Wrong, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Living Dead (Favorite CSC); Fight direction for Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, Ensemble Theatre, Playhouse in the Park, Human Race Theatre. Regional: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Opera Theatre St. Louis, Alaska Cabin Nite Dinner Theatre. Affiliations: 33-year member, Society of American Fight Directors (one of the few female Fight Directors). Education/Teaching: Founder, Cincinnati Actor’s Studio & Academy; First recipient, CAA’s Arts Educator Award.

Cole Sweasy
Stage Manager

(they/them) (4th Season) 
Cincinnati: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Fat Ham, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Amen Corner, King Lear, The Comedy of Errors (Favorite CSC); All's Faire, Cincinnati Fringe Festival (Know Theatre). Regional: Event Stage Management in Bowling Green, Nashville and Atlanta. Education: Western Kentucky University (BAs in Theatre, Communication Studies, and English). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Resident Stage Manager and Production Coordinator.

Rowan Rozzi
Assistant Stage Manager

(he/him) Debut
Cincinnati: Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), A Room in the Castle (Favorite CSC).  Regional: Beauty and the Beast Jr., The Prom, Heathers The Musical, POTUS. Education: Bowling Green State University (BA in Communications with a Specialization in Design/Technical Theatre). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Assistant Stage Manager.

Music is everywhere in Mrs. Dallowayfrom the tolling of Big Ben to the lyrical rhythm of Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness style. There are no chapter breaks, no dramatic plot twists—just one long, expressive thought that grows and changes in waves of prose. The novel flows like a symphony—and to me, it was already a musical waiting to be revealed.

Woolf’s use of repetition and variation—a technique often used by composers—inspired the musical motifs woven throughout the score. The Westminster chimes, for example, are the first sound we hear and become the musical anchor of the play, returning in varied forms to guide us through the emotional journey and remind us how we are all deeply connected.

This show is my love letter to the novel, and to the art of musical theatre. I hope it leaves you thinking, humming, and maybe calling a loved one on the way home. But most of all, I hope you feel that quiet, powerful sense that our lives—however ordinary or fragmented—are full of beauty, connection, and music just waiting to be heard.

-Lindsey Augusta Mercer

“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.” So begins Virginia Woolf’s iconic Modernist novel that follows Clarissa Dalloway, and the various characters who move in and out of her orbit, as she prepares to host a party on an otherwise unremarkable Wednesday in June. As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of its publication on May 14, it is a good time to pause and ask why Mrs. Dalloway has endured, captivating new generations of readers across a full century.

For what actually happens in Mrs. Dalloway? From one perspective, not much. A middle-aged woman shops in London. Mends a dress, reminisces, hosts a party. But from another perspective—and questions of perspective are central to this novel—everything happens. All of life unfolds in the very place where life is most real to Woolf: the mind. By crafting experimental prose that replicates the flow of consciousness, Woolf plunges her readers into a drama of memory and perception. Caught between the onward march of time and the relentless pull of the past, Clarissa and company grapple with the contradictions of aging, the complexities of trauma and survival, and the consequences of suppressed desires. Throughout it all, Woolf reminds us that appearances are almost always deceiving. Or, perhaps, it is actually a problem of perception—our inability to truly see and know one another. The woman choosing a bouquet in the flower shop could be reliving the blissful memory of an adolescent kiss with the girl she loved in her youth. A soldier can return home from war with an uninjured body that conceals a wounded mind. The man idly fiddling with a penknife might be reassessing years of choices that somehow both slowly and suddenly coalesced into a life that is more behind him than ahead of him. People are more than they seem, and the present rests on layers of history.   

Perhaps, then, our evergreen fascination with Woolf’s novel is the ultimate testament to one of its central insights: the past is never really past. But our ability to reckon with that past, whether individual or collective, will determine the possibilities for our present and potential for our future. And as we find fresh ways to tell familiar stories—of longing and loss and ambivalence and beauty—we can become better at seeing and knowing one another.

Written By Jenny Hyest, PhD 
in Collaboration with the Mercantile Library

FRIENDS OF THE COMPANY

 

“With one ‘we thank you,’ many millions more…”

The Winter’s Tale, Act I, Scene ii

 

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company extends thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their generous support. The following gifts were received by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024 or pledged to the 2023 – 2024 Season. Giving Levels are exclusive of Capital Campaign donations. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. If you see an error, please accept our sincere apology and contact Sara Clark at 513-381-2273, ext. 3208. 

 

Illustrious and Inspiring, $50,000+
 ArtsWave
 The Estate of Dava Lynn Biehl
 John Bridgeland and Maureen Fallon Bridgeland
 The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation
 Cynthia Crilley
 Fifth Third Foundation
 Patricia and Calvin Linnemann
 Debby and Jim Mason
 Ohio Arts Council
 Robert & Adele Schiff Family Foundation
 Alice Scovell

 

Benevolent and Bold, $25,000-49,000
 Anonymous, in memory of our mom Kathy
 Mrs. L.L. Browning
 Charles H. Dater Foundation
 Martin Chavez
 Eleanora C. U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
 Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc.
 The Limestone Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
 National Endowment for the Arts in Partnership with Arts Midwest
 P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
 Cass and Glenn Plott
 Shubert Foundation
 Don and Linda Tecklenburg
 Donna and Robert Welch

 

Gallant and Glamorous, $10,000 - $24,999
 Diane Adamec
 Andrew Jergens Foundation
 BlankRome/Monteverdi Tuscany
 Foster and Motley
 Johnson Charitable Gift Fund
 Marcie and Jim Kinney
 John and Betsy LaMacchia
 Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
 The McElroy Family
 Judge Mark and Mrs. Sue Ann Painter
 PNC Bank
 Vicky and Rick Reynolds
 Ruth J. and Robert A. Conway Foundation
 Rosemary and Mark Schlachter
 The Thomas J. Emery Memorial
 Laura and Tayfun Tuzun
 Western & Southern Financial Group
 Richard and Debbie Westheimer

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Brian and Elizabeth Coley
 Sally and Joel Davenport
 David and Kelley Downing
 Rance and Marilyn Duke
 Rick and Melissa Eder
 Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Fund for Cincinnati Shakespeare Company of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
 EY
 Fifth Third Bank
 Frost Brown Todd LLC
 The Gumbleton Family
 Mark and Marcy Kanter
 Key Bank
 Jean and Charles Lauterbach
 Messer Construction Co.
 Chris Nare and Lori Rappold

The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
 Whitney Owens
 Patrick Points and Wijdan Jreisat
 Raymond James Financial, Inc.
 Rosalie P. van Nuis
 Mark and JoAnn Vella
 H. James Williams and Carole Campbell Williams
 Jay and Jodi Woffington
 The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation

 

Devoted and Daring, $2,500 – $4,999
 Anonymous
 Mr. Fred Berger
 Scott Bischoff and Teresa Sedlack
 Crosset Family Fund
 Jennifer and Vito Damiano
 Dan Fales
 Carol and Richard Fencl
 Allyson Fleischer
 GBBN Architects, Inc.
 Sarah and Matt Graber
 Graeter's
 Myron and Sherry Hughes
 Steve and Shannon Kane
 Steve Kenat and Heidi Jark
 David Kern
 Linda Klump
 Susan Lauf
 Thomas P. Lee
 Isabel Mendez
 Ed and Diane Mohlenhoff
 David and Lesley Nevers
 Kathy and Mike Rademacher
 Betty and Steve Robinson
 Bob Roesbery
 Steven Skibo and Susan Esler
 David Smith
 Peter and Ginger Strange Family Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
 Melanie Swick and Matthew Schottelkotte
 Bob and Sue Trusty
 William P. Anderson Foundation
 Jonathan Winterkorn
 Woodward Trust
 George and Nancy Yund

 

Ardent and Astounding, $1,000 - $2,499
 Americana Arts Foundation
 Jeffrey and Karen Anderson
 William and Caroline Bahlman
 Mary Baskett
 Cathy Kramer and Peter Block
 Robert Brackenbury and Linda Parysek
 Daniel and Kendra Braun
 M.C. and Tom Brennan
 Judith Jaspers Briggs
 Charles Scott Riley III Foundation
 Tracy and Michael Cheever
 Lee and Lisa Clapp
 Philip Clayton
 Dr. Kristen Copeland and Steve Johns
 Marjorie E. Davis
 Dr. and Mrs. Stewart Dunsker
 Joe and Kay Ellis
 Scott Goebel and Emily Detmer-Goebel
 Mr. Jeffrey Goldman
 Tom and Sarah Goodwin
 William J. Gracie, Jr. and Daniel J. Fairbanks
 John and Elizabeth Grover
 Beverly Kinney 
 Becky and Ross Long
 Ted and Molly Lucien
 Paul and Anne Lucky|
 The McMahon Family
 Gerald Greenberg and Pamela Meyers
 John and Heidi O'Connor
 David and Patricia Papoi
 Rick Pender and Joan Kaup
 Mitchell and Karen Rashkin
 Becky and Ted Richards
 Margaret and Gates Richards
 RSL Architecture
 Kevin and Jill Schad
 Dr. Catherine Shackson
 Ruth and John Sikorski
 Stephanie Smith
 George Taliaferro
 Kathleen Thornton and Dr. Robert Keith
 Ann Westheimer and Pete Williams, in honor of Dick Westheimer
 Christine Whittaker and Thane Thompson
 Jamie Williams
 Carol and Rich Wilson

 

Ebullient and Exhilarating, $500 - $999
 Christine Adams
 Mary Ann and Doug Bell
 Sara and Dan Bick
 John and Peg Bruggeman
 Hon. James Cissell
 Carol C. Cole, in memory of Leland M. Cole
 Sean and Tracie Conway
 Michael DiMaggio
 Lindsey Faber
 Noah Goertemiller
 Bill Gordon and Nancy Johnson
 Haider Ala Hamoudi and Sara Burhan Abdullah
 Emily M. Hodges
 Phyllis Jackson
 Amy Katz
 Geoff and Shellie Leder
 Mr. and Mrs. Luke Lovell
 Ron Matson and Daniel Young
 Mark McKillip
 Norah and Joe Mock
 Mark Motley
 Denise and Doug Peaslee
 Marc and Suzi Rubin
 Jessica and Michael Ruebusch
 Robin Sargent
 Rich Schultz
 Saira Shahani and Rick Warm
 Don Semler
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Cincinnati Shakespeare Company relies on the sustained commitment of a strong community of supporters to fuel our mission of bringing Shakespeare and the Classics to life for all. We send special thanks to our Monthly Giving Circle for their ongoing support of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company now and for seasons to come.

 

 

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 Julie Metz
 

 


ArtsWave Partners
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company acknowledges the following partner companies, foundations and their employees who generously participate in the annual ArtsWave Campaign at the $100,000+ level. Thank you!

 

$2 million +
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$1 million to $1,999,999
 Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Foundation

 

$500,000 to $999,999
 GE Aerospace

 

$250,000 to $499,999
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 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
 The Cincinnati Insurance Companies
 Great American Insurance Group
 The H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Trustee
 Western & Southern Financial Group

 

$100,000 – $249,999
 Cincinnati Open
 Cincinnati Reds
 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
 Duke Energy
 The E.W. Scripps Company and Scripps Howard Foundation
The Enquirer│Cincinnati.com
 Greater Cincinnati Foundation
 The Kroger Co.
 Messer Construction Co.
 National Endowment for the Arts

 



Mrs. Dalloway: A New Musical
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 Mrs. Dalloway: A New Musical
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Lindsey Augusta Mercer
Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Novel

Directed by Sara Clark  

Orchestra: Lindsey Augusta Mercer
Scenic Designer: Samantha Reno
Costume Designer: Rainy Edwards
Lighting Designer: Nina Agelvis
Associate Lighting Designer: Ivy Walker
Sound Designer: Zackery Bennett
Assistant Sound Designer: Emma Miller
Projections Designer: Robert Carlton Stimmel^
Properties Manager: Rebecca Armstrong
Music Director: Matthew Umphreys
Dance Choreographer: Ashley Goos
Intimacy Director: Torie Wiggins
Stunt Coordinator: Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Stage Manager: Cole Sweasy* 
Assistant Stage Manager: Rowan Rozzi*  

Originally Commissioned by Cincinnati Shakespeare

Cast
Septimus Warren Smith: Noah Berry*
Ensemble/Swing: Wes Carman 
Peter Walsh: Robby Clater*
Clarissa Dalloway: Christiana Cole*
Hugh Whitbred: Cary Davenport*
Lady Carnation/Ensemble: Hannah Gregory
Mr. Marigold/Ensemble: Christian Hall
Evans/Ensemble: Montez Jenkins-Copeland
Lucy/Ensemble: Bethany Xan Kerr*
Rezia Warren Smith: Courtney Lucien*
Mrs. Holmes/Lady Rose/Ensemble: Kelly Mengelkoch*
Ensemble/Swing: Dani Grace Nissen 
Sally Seton: Bex Odorisio*
Dr. Holmes/Ensemble: Patrick Earl Phillips*
Richard Dalloway: Byron St. Cyr*
Mulberry/Ensemble: Aleah Vassel*

Orchestra
Under the Direction of Matthew Umphreys 
Flute: Betty Douglas
Clarinet: Jeanna Vella
Trumpet: Emery Hicks
Violin: Linsey Rogers
Cello: Julie Lim
Guitar: Joel Greenberg
Piano: Matthew Umphreys
Bass: Renate Thomas
Drums: Brian Malone 

Production Staff
Properties Manager: Rebecca Armstrong
Master Carpenter: Bryce Carson
Wardrobe Supervisor: Kayla Cieslinski
Master Electrician: Jared Earland
Associate Production Manager & Resident Costume Designer: Rainy Edwards
Technical Director: Chris Holloway
Production Technician: Brad Hopper
Costume Shop Manager: Lindsey Jones
Resident Scenic Designer & Charge Artist: Samantha Reno
Production Manager: Robert Carlton Stimmel^
Resident Stage Manager & Production Coordinator: Cole Sweasy*
Assistant Stage Manager: Rowan Rozzi* 

Ensemble Sponsors
Marcie and Jim Kinney

Design Sponsors
Judge Mark and Sue Ann Painter

New Play Development Sponsors
Robert and Donna Welch
The McElroy Family

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. 

^Artist Sponsored by Judge Mark Painter 


Noah Berry
Septimus Warren Smith

(he/him) Debut
National Tours: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, Monty Python's SPAMALOT. Cincinnati: TOMMY (Memorial Hall), Title of Show (Federal Incline Theater). Regional: Heartbreak Hotel, Beautiful: the Carole King Musical (John W. Engeman Theater); Spitfire Grill (Laguna Playhouse); Little Shop of Horrors (Highlands Playhouse); Lost Highway (Maples Repertory Theater). Alumnus of Northern Kentucky University (BFA).

Wesley Carman
Ensemble/Swing

(he/him) Debut
Cincinnati: Pluto, Lizard Boy (Know Theatre), The Last 5 Years, Company (The Carnegie). New York: Monty Python's Spamalot (National Tour). Education: Alumnus of Northern Kentucky University (BFA).

Robby Clater
Peter Walsh

(he/him) Debut
Regional: Dreamgirls (MUNY), A Christmas Carol (People's Light) New York: Pretty Woman The Musical (Broadway), Pretty Perfect Lives (The Flea), Connected (59E59) TV/Film: Almost Family (Fox) As We See It (Amazon Prime)

Christiana Cole
Clarissa Dalloway

(they/she) Debut
Regional: Fun Home (TheaterSquared), Camelot (Gulfshore Playhouse). New York: The Devil Wears Prada (Broadway in Chicago), The Hunt (Miller Theater), An Enchanted April (Theater Row), The Bardy Bunch (Theater at St. Clement's). Education: Alum of The Manhattan School of Music (BM) and Southwestern University. Website: christianacole.com

Cary Davenport
Hugh Whitbred

(he/him) 11th Season
Cincinnati: As You Like It, One Man, Two Guvnors, The Grapes of Wrath, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, August: Osage County, The Living Dead, Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, The Comedy of Errors, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!) (Favorite CSC), Girlfriend, Ada and the Engine, Whisper House (Know Theatre), Wuthering: A Musical On the Moors (Gregory and McWethy/Cincinnati Fringe Festival). Regional: The Caucasian Chalk Circle (Promethean Theatre Ensemble, Chicago), The Bacchae (Right Brian Project, Chicago). Education: Alumnus of Northern Kentucky University.

Hannah Gregory
Lady Carnation/Ensemble

(she/her) 3rd Season  
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It (Favorite CSC), Judith, Deliver Us (Upcoming with One Off Productions), Glassheart (Know Theatre), Descent: a Murder Ballad (Cincinnati Fringe Festival), American Idiot (The Carnegie), The Who's TOMMY (Memorial Hall), Like Demons (InBocca Performance) Education: Northern Kentucky University (BFA) Website: hannah-gregory.com

Christian Hall
Mrs. Marigold/Ensemble

(he/him) 3rd Season
Cincinnati: Gaslight: a new version for the stage by Steven Dietz (CSC); Cinderella (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati); Sherwood: The Adventures of Robinhood (Ghostlight Stage Company). Regional: Camelot (Human Race Theatre), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Columbus Children’s Theatre).

Montez Jenkins Copeland
Evans/Ensemble

(they/them) Debut
Cincinnati: Hamlet Park Tour (CSC); A Case For The Existence Of God, The Light Chasers, Girlfriend the Musical, Red Bike, Moby Dick (The Know Theatre). TV/Film: Miles Ahead (dir. Don Cheadle) 13th & Republic (dir. Darnell Pierre Benjamin). Education: Alumnus of Northern Kentucky University and Walnut Hills High School.

Bethany Xan Kerr
Lucy/Ensemble

(she/her) Debut
Nat’l/Internat’l Tours: Kinky Boots; NYC: Company (u/s) (Lincoln Center); Chautauqua (The Public); How the Westons Won (New York Theater Barn); Dumb Luck (TruVoices). Workshops: Me the People, Pussy Riot, Quanah, Sunday in the Park with George. Regional: Sister Act (Silco); Beautiful & Swing (The Carnegie); The Little Mermaid, Narnia, and Santa Claus (The Children’s Theater); Bright Star (The Covedale); The Addams Family & The Girl Who (Edinburgh Fringe). Education: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (MFA), BFA Musical Theater & BFA Acting from Pace University NYC, Interlochen Arts Academy.

Courtney Lucien
Rezia Warren Smith

(she/her)  11th Season
Cincinnati: Kindred Spirits, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Trouble in Mind, As You Like It, The Living Dead, Pride & Prejudice, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet (favorite CSC). Regional: The Great Gatsby (Cardinal Stage Company); Annie Warbucks (Theatre at the Center). Education: Alumnus of Indiana University (BA). Website: courtneylucien.com 

Kelly Mengelkoch
Mrs. Holmes/Lady Rose/Ensemble

(she/her) 20th Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Importance of Being Earnest (Recent CSC); A Christmas Carol (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Let the Right One In (CSC/CCM); This is Tom Jones! (Human Race Theatre Company). Regional: The Spitfire Grill (Old Creamery Theatre Company Amana, Iowa); Grease and The Scarlet Pimpernel (New Theatre Kansas City). New York: The Rewards of Being Frank (New York Classical Theatre). TV/Film: Dark Waters, Perception, Old Man and the Gun, A Kind of Murder, Healing River, Dusk, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America. Website: kellymengelkoch.com 

Dani Grace Nissen
Ensemble/Swing

(she/her) Debut 
Cincinnati: The Comedy of Errors (summer tour) (CSC). Regional: As You Like It (Nashville Shakespeare Festival), The Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure (Hoosier Shakespeare Festival), Much Ado About Nothing (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). Education: Wright State University (BFA). Website: danigracenissen.com

Bes Odorisio
Sally Seton

(she/her) Debut
Cincinnati: Rutka (Playhouse in the Park). Regional: Hadestown (First National Tour); Ruthless! (Chenango River Theatre); Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Shanghai Grand Theatre); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Walden Shakespeare); Measure For Measure (Island Shakespeare). TV/Film: Law and Order: SVU (NBC); Dickinson (Apple TV+). Website: bexodorisio.com

Patrick Earl Phillips
Dr. Holmes/Ensemble

(he/him) 10th Season 
Cincinnati: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Little Women, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Titus Andronicus (CSC), Tick, Tick… BOOM! (The Carnegie), Hands On a Hardbody, Luna Gale, Cinderella, Bloomsday (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati), Mercury (Know Theatre of Cincinnati). Regional: This Is Tom Jones!, Around the World in 80 Days (Human Race Theatre Co.), The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre). Education: Xavier University (BA) and St. Xavier HS

Byron St. Cyr
Richard Dalloway

(he/him) Debut
Cincinnati: Buddy Holly (Playhouse in the Park). Regional: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (The MUNY and Capital Rep); A Sherlock Carol (Westport Country Playhouse); Dames at Sea (Bucks County Playhouse); Billy Elliot (Goodspeed); Elf: The Musical (Syracuse Stage), Jesus Christ Superstar (North Shore Music Theatre); Ragtime (Papermill Playhouse and Weston Theater Company); Beauty and the Beast (North Shore Music Theatre); Hello Dolly (Weston Theater Company). New York: A Sherlock Carol (New World Stages). Education: NYU Tisch School of the Arts (BFA). Website: byronstcyr.com

Aleah Vassell
Mulberry/Ensemble

(they/she) 2nd Season
Cincinnati: Amen Corner (CSC); Hands On A Hardbody (Ensemble Theatre); The Wiz (TCT). Regional: Camelot, This is Tom Jones (Human Race Theatre); HAIR, Detroit '67, Christmas Carol, Candide (Clarence Brown Theatre); Sister Act, White Christmas, Hairspray, Dracula (Charleston Stage); Legend of Georgia McBride, Side by Side by Sondheim (Flying Anvil Theatre); Lady Windermere's Fan (Wordplayers). Education: BFA in Musical Theatre at Samford University, MFA in Acting at University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Lindsey Augusta Mercer
Orchestrator

(they/them) 5th Season
Cincinnati: As You Like It 2015 & 2023, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Park Tour 2015), Resident Asst. Director 2014-16 (CSC); Witch, Tick...Tick...Boom!, Kinky Boots, The Last 5 Years (The Carnegie); Hundred Days, Darkest Night at Gnarly Stump, Girlfriend, Lizard Boy (The Know Theatre); Saint Joan, Death and the Maiden (Diogenes), [Title of Show] (The Federal Incline Theatre); Everybody, Puffs, Head Over Heels (Miami University). Regional: Ring of Keys’ Queering the Canon Composer (NYC) The Bengson’s Hundred Days (La Jolla Playhouse and US Tour,). Education: Alumnus of Baldwin-Wallace University (BA), Lincoln Center Directors Lab ’17.

Sara Clark
Director

(she/her) 19th Season
Cincinnati: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pride and Prejudice, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Much Ado About Nothing, Julius Caesar, Little Women, Twelfth Night, To Kill a Mockingbird, Love's Labour's Lost (selected CSC directing credits) + over 60 productions acting. Education: University of Oklahoma School of Drama.

Samantha Reno
Scenic Designer

(she/her) 5th Season
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Kindred Spirits,The Play That Goes Wrong; A Midsummer Night's Dream; The Importance of Being Earnest; The Living Dead (Favorite CSC); Fierce (Cincinnati Opera); Our Story: Bold Moves Festival (Cincinnati Ballet); Noises Off! (Northern Kentucky University). Regional: The Newlywed Game (B Street Theatre, Sacramento); Gaslight (Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA); Peter and the Starcatcher (University of California, Davis). New York: The Rewards of Being Frank (New York Classical Theatre). Education: Northern Kentucky University (BFA). Website: samanthareno.com. Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Resident Scenic Designer

Rainy Edwards
Costume Designer

(she/her) 6th Season
Cincinnati: The Winter’s Tale, Romeo and Juliet, The Comedy of Errors, The Living Dead, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Gaslight, The Importance of Being Earnest, Frankenstein, Kindred Spirits, Twelfth Night (Favorite CSC); Lizard Boy: The Musical (Know Theatre). Education: Florida State University (MFA in Costume Design). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Associate Production Manager and Resident Costume Designer

Nina Agelvis
Lighting Designer

Cincinnati: Midsummer Night's Dream, The Living Dead, Pride & Prejudice (Favorite CSC). Regional: Club Royal (Serenade of the Seas with RCC); The Brothers Paranormal (Perseverance Theater). New York: Lilith in Pisces (The Flea Theater); All Things Go (Forest Hills); Head in The Clouds (Forest Hills); Rabbit Summer (Mile Square Theater); Funny, Like an Abortion. (Mile Square Theater). Education: University of Cincinnati; College Conservatory of Music (MFA), University of California, Irvine (BA). Website: nagelvisdesigns.com

Ivy Walker
Associate Lighting Designer

(they/them) Debut
Regional: Dance Nation (Southern Plains Productions). New York: El Nogolar, Dancing at Lughnasa (Stella Adler Studio), Lilith in Pisces (Drops in the Vase). Education: Oklahoma City University, Class of 2024 (BFA Design & Production).Website: ivywalkerdesign.com

Zackery Bennett
Sound Designer

(he/him) (4th Season). 
Cincinnati: The Comedy of Errors, The Living Dead, As You Like It, Julius Caesar (CSC). Broadway: Thoughts of a Colored Man (Assoc.). Regional: A Christmas Carol (Asst.) (Guthrie Theatre); True West (Asst.) (Seattle Rep); Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Actor’s Express); This Is Our Youth, Around the World in 80 Days (Assoc.), South Pacific (Assoc.) (Clarence Brown Theatre). Corporate: 2022 & 2024 National Order of the Arrow Conference, 2023 National Scout Jamboree. Education: University of Tennessee (BA), Purdue University (MFA). Position: Assistant Professor of Sound Design & Engineering, University of North Georgia; Resident Sound Designer, Gainesville Theatre Alliance. Website: ZackBennett.com.

Robert Carlton Stimmel
Projections Designer

(he/him) (6th Season) 
 Cincinnati: Macbeth, A Room in the Castle, Twelfth Night, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Julius Caesar, The Amen Corner, Wrecking Ball, Gaslight, Trouble in Mind, As You Like It, The Living Dead, The Comedy of Errors, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Favorite CSC); To Kill a Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, Antigone, Rikki Tikki Tavi, Rapunzel (Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park); Archie and the Ashes (Know Theatre); Higher (American Legacy Theatre); Earworm (Impaired Vision Productions). Regional: Elephant and Piggie, Little Red Riding Hood (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); The Fantasticks, The Normal Heart (Short North Stage); Eavesdropping (Alliance Theatre); Earworm (Hollywood Fringe Festival). International: Twelfth Night (Prague Shakespeare Company). Education: Miami University (BA in Theatre). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Production Manager

Rebecca Armstrong
Properties Manager

(she/her) 5th Season
Cincinnati: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, The Birds (Production Manager) (CSC); BLERDS, Mary's Monster (PM), The Man-Beast (PM) (Know Theatre); Nancy Brew Zoomdunnit (PM/Producer), The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (Tour Manager) (Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Garbologists, Grounded (ETC). Regional: Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week- Marc Jacobs, Christian Siriano, Carolina Herrera, Lady Gaga, Brevard Music Center Summer Institute & Festival (APM)- Sweeney Todd, Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, Night at the Movies, Mahler Symphony No. 6.

Stephanie Klapper
Casting Director

(she/her) 
Cincinnati: Twelfth Night, The Rewards of Being Frank, Little Women, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Fences, and Othello (CSC); NY casting for 13 seasons including Shane (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park co-produced with Guthrie Theater). New York: A Christmas Story- The Musical and Dividing the Estate (Broadway); Distant Thunder, Garside's Career, Dig, The Night of the Iguana, and Henry IV (Recent Off-Broadway). Regional: The Lehman Trilogy (Capital Rep); Ahrens and Flaherty’s Knoxville (Clarence Brown Theatre); The Cape Playhouse Season and Peterborough Players Season.  Film: The Nature of the Crime, Ranked- The Musical and HBO documentary; Elf Quest (audio) and many more. Website: klappercasting.com.

Matthew Umphreys
Music Director & Co-Arranger

(he/him) Debut
Cincinnati: Tick, Tick... Boom! (The Carnegie); Rutka, A Christmas Carol (Playhouse in the Park); Santa Claus, Casper, Annie (The Children's Theater); Perfectly Marvelous, I Put a Spell On You, A Cozy Christmas, Cincinnati Rocktails (Queen City Cabaret). Education: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (MM), Luther College (BA). Website: matthewumphreys.com

Ashley Goos
Dance Choreographer

(she/her) Debut
Cincinnati: Area Choreographer's Festival (Contemporary Dance Theatre), Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, Choreographers without Companies (Contemporary Dance Theatre), Cincinnati Fringe Festival. Regional: Director of Dance (Miami University), Adjunct Professor (Northern Kentucky University and Xavier University), Instructor (School for Creative and Performing Arts). Education: Alumna of Florida Sate University (MFA, Performance and Choreography). Website: AEGDanceworks.com

Torie Wiggins
Intimacy Director

(she/her) 9th Season
Cincinnati: Oliver Twist, A Raisin in the Sun, Fences (CSC); Collapse, Afghan Women Writer’s Project, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Pluto, Harry and the Thief (Know Theatre); The Mountaintop, Cinderella, Violet and His Eye is on The Sparrow (Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati); Twilight: Los Angeles 1992 by Anna Deveare Smith (Diogenes Theatre Co); Mame, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and Crowns (Human Race Theatre Co.). Education: Intimacy Direction training from Theatre Intimacy Education (TIE), Intimacy Coordinators of Color (ICOC), and Intimacy Directors and Coordinators.

Gina Cerimele-Mechley
Stunt Coordinator

(she/her) 30th Season 
Cincinnati: Much Ado About Nothing, Kindred Spirits, The Play That Goes Wrong, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Living Dead (Favorite CSC); Fight direction for Cincinnati Opera, Cincinnati Ballet, Ensemble Theatre, Playhouse in the Park, Human Race Theatre. Regional: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center Theatre Company, Opera Theatre St. Louis, Alaska Cabin Nite Dinner Theatre. Affiliations: 33-year member, Society of American Fight Directors (one of the few female Fight Directors). Education/Teaching: Founder, Cincinnati Actor’s Studio & Academy; First recipient, CAA’s Arts Educator Award.

Cole Sweasy
Stage Manager

(they/them) (4th Season) 
Cincinnati: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Fat Ham, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Amen Corner, King Lear, The Comedy of Errors (Favorite CSC); All's Faire, Cincinnati Fringe Festival (Know Theatre). Regional: Event Stage Management in Bowling Green, Nashville and Atlanta. Education: Western Kentucky University (BAs in Theatre, Communication Studies, and English). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Resident Stage Manager and Production Coordinator.

Rowan Rozzi
Assistant Stage Manager

(he/him) Debut
Cincinnati: Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!), A Room in the Castle (Favorite CSC).  Regional: Beauty and the Beast Jr., The Prom, Heathers The Musical, POTUS. Education: Bowling Green State University (BA in Communications with a Specialization in Design/Technical Theatre). Cincinnati Shakespeare Company Assistant Stage Manager.

Music is everywhere in Mrs. Dallowayfrom the tolling of Big Ben to the lyrical rhythm of Woolf’s stream-of-consciousness style. There are no chapter breaks, no dramatic plot twists—just one long, expressive thought that grows and changes in waves of prose. The novel flows like a symphony—and to me, it was already a musical waiting to be revealed.

Woolf’s use of repetition and variation—a technique often used by composers—inspired the musical motifs woven throughout the score. The Westminster chimes, for example, are the first sound we hear and become the musical anchor of the play, returning in varied forms to guide us through the emotional journey and remind us how we are all deeply connected.

This show is my love letter to the novel, and to the art of musical theatre. I hope it leaves you thinking, humming, and maybe calling a loved one on the way home. But most of all, I hope you feel that quiet, powerful sense that our lives—however ordinary or fragmented—are full of beauty, connection, and music just waiting to be heard.

-Lindsey Augusta Mercer

“Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.” So begins Virginia Woolf’s iconic Modernist novel that follows Clarissa Dalloway, and the various characters who move in and out of her orbit, as she prepares to host a party on an otherwise unremarkable Wednesday in June. As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of its publication on May 14, it is a good time to pause and ask why Mrs. Dalloway has endured, captivating new generations of readers across a full century.

For what actually happens in Mrs. Dalloway? From one perspective, not much. A middle-aged woman shops in London. Mends a dress, reminisces, hosts a party. But from another perspective—and questions of perspective are central to this novel—everything happens. All of life unfolds in the very place where life is most real to Woolf: the mind. By crafting experimental prose that replicates the flow of consciousness, Woolf plunges her readers into a drama of memory and perception. Caught between the onward march of time and the relentless pull of the past, Clarissa and company grapple with the contradictions of aging, the complexities of trauma and survival, and the consequences of suppressed desires. Throughout it all, Woolf reminds us that appearances are almost always deceiving. Or, perhaps, it is actually a problem of perception—our inability to truly see and know one another. The woman choosing a bouquet in the flower shop could be reliving the blissful memory of an adolescent kiss with the girl she loved in her youth. A soldier can return home from war with an uninjured body that conceals a wounded mind. The man idly fiddling with a penknife might be reassessing years of choices that somehow both slowly and suddenly coalesced into a life that is more behind him than ahead of him. People are more than they seem, and the present rests on layers of history.   

Perhaps, then, our evergreen fascination with Woolf’s novel is the ultimate testament to one of its central insights: the past is never really past. But our ability to reckon with that past, whether individual or collective, will determine the possibilities for our present and potential for our future. And as we find fresh ways to tell familiar stories—of longing and loss and ambivalence and beauty—we can become better at seeing and knowing one another.

Written By Jenny Hyest, PhD 
in Collaboration with the Mercantile Library

FRIENDS OF THE COMPANY

 

“With one ‘we thank you,’ many millions more…”

The Winter’s Tale, Act I, Scene ii

 

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company extends thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their generous support. The following gifts were received by Cincinnati Shakespeare Company July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024 or pledged to the 2023 – 2024 Season. Giving Levels are exclusive of Capital Campaign donations. Every effort has been made to ensure accuracy. If you see an error, please accept our sincere apology and contact Sara Clark at 513-381-2273, ext. 3208. 

 

Illustrious and Inspiring, $50,000+
 ArtsWave
 The Estate of Dava Lynn Biehl
 John Bridgeland and Maureen Fallon Bridgeland
 The Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr. Foundation
 Cynthia Crilley
 Fifth Third Foundation
 Patricia and Calvin Linnemann
 Debby and Jim Mason
 Ohio Arts Council
 Robert & Adele Schiff Family Foundation
 Alice Scovell

 

Benevolent and Bold, $25,000-49,000
 Anonymous, in memory of our mom Kathy
 Mrs. L.L. Browning
 Charles H. Dater Foundation
 Martin Chavez
 Eleanora C. U. Alms Trust, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee
 Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc.
 The Limestone Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
 National Endowment for the Arts in Partnership with Arts Midwest
 P&G Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
 Cass and Glenn Plott
 Shubert Foundation
 Don and Linda Tecklenburg
 Donna and Robert Welch

 

Gallant and Glamorous, $10,000 - $24,999
 Diane Adamec
 Andrew Jergens Foundation
 BlankRome/Monteverdi Tuscany
 Foster and Motley
 Johnson Charitable Gift Fund
 Marcie and Jim Kinney
 John and Betsy LaMacchia
 Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
 The McElroy Family
 Judge Mark and Mrs. Sue Ann Painter
 PNC Bank
 Vicky and Rick Reynolds
 Ruth J. and Robert A. Conway Foundation
 Rosemary and Mark Schlachter
 The Thomas J. Emery Memorial
 Laura and Tayfun Tuzun
 Western & Southern Financial Group
 Richard and Debbie Westheimer

Avowed and Audacious, $5,000 - $9,999
Brian and Elizabeth Coley
 Sally and Joel Davenport
 David and Kelley Downing
 Rance and Marilyn Duke
 Rick and Melissa Eder
 Eva Jane Romaine Coombe Fund for Cincinnati Shakespeare Company of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
 EY
 Fifth Third Bank
 Frost Brown Todd LLC
 The Gumbleton Family
 Mark and Marcy Kanter
 Key Bank
 Jean and Charles Lauterbach
 Messer Construction Co.
 Chris Nare and Lori Rappold

The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation
 Whitney Owens
 Patrick Points and Wijdan Jreisat
 Raymond James Financial, Inc.
 Rosalie P. van Nuis
 Mark and JoAnn Vella
 H. James Williams and Carole Campbell Williams
 Jay and Jodi Woffington
 The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation

 

Devoted and Daring, $2,500 – $4,999
 Anonymous
 Mr. Fred Berger
 Scott Bischoff and Teresa Sedlack
 Crosset Family Fund
 Jennifer and Vito Damiano
 Dan Fales
 Carol and Richard Fencl
 Allyson Fleischer
 GBBN Architects, Inc.
 Sarah and Matt Graber
 Graeter's
 Myron and Sherry Hughes
 Steve and Shannon Kane
 Steve Kenat and Heidi Jark
 David Kern
 Linda Klump
 Susan Lauf
 Thomas P. Lee
 Isabel Mendez
 Ed and Diane Mohlenhoff
 David and Lesley Nevers
 Kathy and Mike Rademacher
 Betty and Steve Robinson
 Bob Roesbery
 Steven Skibo and Susan Esler
 David Smith
 Peter and Ginger Strange Family Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation
 Melanie Swick and Matthew Schottelkotte
 Bob and Sue Trusty
 William P. Anderson Foundation
 Jonathan Winterkorn
 Woodward Trust
 George and Nancy Yund

 

Ardent and Astounding, $1,000 - $2,499
 Americana Arts Foundation
 Jeffrey and Karen Anderson
 William and Caroline Bahlman
 Mary Baskett
 Cathy Kramer and Peter Block
 Robert Brackenbury and Linda Parysek
 Daniel and Kendra Braun
 M.C. and Tom Brennan
 Judith Jaspers Briggs
 Charles Scott Riley III Foundation
 Tracy and Michael Cheever
 Lee and Lisa Clapp
 Philip Clayton
 Dr. Kristen Copeland and Steve Johns
 Marjorie E. Davis
 Dr. and Mrs. Stewart Dunsker
 Joe and Kay Ellis
 Scott Goebel and Emily Detmer-Goebel
 Mr. Jeffrey Goldman
 Tom and Sarah Goodwin
 William J. Gracie, Jr. and Daniel J. Fairbanks
 John and Elizabeth Grover
 Beverly Kinney 
 Becky and Ross Long
 Ted and Molly Lucien
 Paul and Anne Lucky|
 The McMahon Family
 Gerald Greenberg and Pamela Meyers
 John and Heidi O'Connor
 David and Patricia Papoi
 Rick Pender and Joan Kaup
 Mitchell and Karen Rashkin
 Becky and Ted Richards
 Margaret and Gates Richards
 RSL Architecture
 Kevin and Jill Schad
 Dr. Catherine Shackson
 Ruth and John Sikorski
 Stephanie Smith
 George Taliaferro
 Kathleen Thornton and Dr. Robert Keith
 Ann Westheimer and Pete Williams, in honor of Dick Westheimer
 Christine Whittaker and Thane Thompson
 Jamie Williams
 Carol and Rich Wilson

 

Ebullient and Exhilarating, $500 - $999
 Christine Adams
 Mary Ann and Doug Bell
 Sara and Dan Bick
 John and Peg Bruggeman
 Hon. James Cissell
 Carol C. Cole, in memory of Leland M. Cole
 Sean and Tracie Conway
 Michael DiMaggio
 Lindsey Faber
 Noah Goertemiller
 Bill Gordon and Nancy Johnson
 Haider Ala Hamoudi and Sara Burhan Abdullah
 Emily M. Hodges
 Phyllis Jackson
 Amy Katz
 Geoff and Shellie Leder
 Mr. and Mrs. Luke Lovell
 Ron Matson and Daniel Young
 Mark McKillip
 Norah and Joe Mock
 Mark Motley
 Denise and Doug Peaslee
 Marc and Suzi Rubin
 Jessica and Michael Ruebusch
 Robin Sargent
 Rich Schultz
 Saira Shahani and Rick Warm
 Don Semler
 Dee and Tom Stegman
 Ida and John Tergerson
 Gordon and Mary-Anne Thompson
 Ronald and Elizabeth Tinklenberg
 Marty C. Tomb, in memory of Howard L. Tomb
 Richard Vonderbrink
 Ted and Mary Ann Weiss
 Ms. Jo Ann Wieghaus
 Kristin Woeste

 

Valiant and Voracious, $250 - $499
 Anonymous
 Jana Bazzoli
 Bryan Belanger
 Emma Bernay
 Maureen Bickley and Layne Meader
 David and Elaine Billmire
 Curtis Brown
 Douglas Bruestle
 Chad and Patrice Burke
 Melinda Caldwell
 Larry and Julie Chandler
 Jeffrey Conner
 Betty Coutant
 Sally Daetwyler
 Donald and Victoria Daiker
 Mark Dauner
 Mallory and Nick Decker
 Rose Marie Deibel
 Deanna and David Eppers
 Angie Fischer
 Ariel Fox
 Edward and Stacy Gilfilen
 Gail Ginther
 Ms Stephena Harmony
 Tom and Catherine Hayes
 James and Julie Hewitt
 Susan Hibbs
 Karlee Hilliard
 Steve and Pat Hodson
 Tom and Kathy Hogan
 Becky Hogya
 Kevin and Libby Howard
 Doug Ignatius and Bruce Preston
 Keith and Farrah Jackson
 Steve and Janet Jackson
 Prashant Jagtap
 Mr. Andrew Jones
 Steve Karoly
 David and Sam Kereiakes
 Gail and Eric Kirchner
 Sandra Kohn
 Leslie Korbee
 Pat and Randy Krumm
 Robert and Ellie Lamb
 Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan and Nancy Lippincott
 John Lorenz
 Joeliene Magoto
 Mary Mahoney
 Colleen and Mike McSwiggin
 Dave and Diane Moccia
 Kim Morrow
 David and Vicky Motch
 Drs. Nick Newman and Leila Saxena
 Neda and Bruce Nutley
 Niamh J. O'Leary
 Cyndie and David Park
 The Patel-Curran Family
 Karen Paxton
 Alice Perlman
 David Piatt
 Kay Puryear
 Daniel Randolph
 Abigail Riddle and Braden Blankenship
 John Robson, in honor of Barbara Norris
 Patty Rosely
 Ms. Jennifer Sauvey
 Suzanne Schindler
 Monica and Matt Scott
 Cristina Seda-Hoelle
 Carol Shore
 Mr. Brad Smallwood
 Paul Spearman
 William Spohn and Margaret Dunn
 Bob and Laurie Sternberg
 Nancy Wagner
 Hon. Lawrence Walter and Christena Walter
 Jessica Warren-Jones and Matthew Jones
 Bill and Jenny Watts
 Bob and Rhonda Young
 Justin Zimmerman

 

Grand and Gracious, $100 - $249
 Marjorie C. Aaron
 Alan Abes and Monica Schneider
 Paul and Carolyn Adam
 Wayne Adams
 Dr. Bruce Allen and Colleen Foegle
 Lisa Allgood
 Amwins Group
 Maria Anderson and Edmund C. Davis, Jr.
 Anonymous (10)
 Erin Barta
 Dr. Rubin Battino
 Tim and Lisa Beckelhimer 
 Peter and Victoria Beltramo
 David and Madonna Bowman
 Chris Breda
 Rebecca and John Bromels
 Vikki Brown
 John Budde
 Doug and Carol Burley
 Beckie Campbell
 Sam Chamberlin
 Jon and Katie Clark
 Sue Cohen and Rob Schmuelling
 Heather and Jedd Cole
 David Cone
 Doren Cook
 Sally Coomes
 Jeff and Lisa Cooper
 Stella M. Davies
 Justin Drouin
 Dudley Family
 Robert and Mary Fitzpatrick
 Patrick Flick
 Jillian Frasher
 Terri Gaither
 Jo Anne Gibbons and John Getz
 David Goist
 Constance Graham
 Leanne Hadley, in honor of Patrick Flick
 Laura Leigh Hahn, in honor of Annabelle Magruder
 Stew and Linda Hall
 Laura A. Hobson
 Dale Hodges
 Daniel J. Hoffheimer
 Matt Holbein, in honor of Denise Corrou
 Ali Hubberd
 Joseph Huber
 Dani Isaacsohn
 Ann and Hank Jarboe
 James and Rosemarie Jeffery
 Andrea Johnson
 Jerome Johnson
 Marilyn and Robert Johnson 
 Lauren Judy
 Jim and Mary Ann Kalla
 Nancy Kramb
 Ms. CiCi Lee
 Jemma Alix Levy and Steve, Dylan, and Ruth Smith
 Teri Clark Linden
 Sherwin Little
 David Martin
 Steven Massie
 Sherry and Steve McCamley
 Thomas McMackin, in honor of Kevin McMackin
 Ms. Julia Meister
 Lance Melching
 Brenda Merrick
 Ms. Janet Michaelis
 Mark Mikulski
 Ariel Miller
 Linda and Jim Miller
 Christine Mulvin
 Teri Murphy
 Ena Nearon
 Fred and Barbara Norton
 Kyrié Owen
 Susan Pace
 Cana Peters 
 Brian Isaac Phillips and Corinne Mohlenhoff
 Todd And Jeanne Phillips
 Ronald Plybon
 Margaret Polanski
 Ms. Carla Reichelderfer
 Brian Reilly
 Wendy Reppart and Robert Butts
 Mark and Jan Rosenbaum Sass
 Laura Schack
 Mary Anne Scheuble
 Kathryn Schnier
 Jennifer Sebranek
 Rachelle Sekerka
 Pamela Jean Shaffer
 Mary Shukairy
 Dr. Edward B. Silberstein and Jacqueline M. Mack
 Steven Smith and David Vanderpool
 Christine Socwell
 Harry and Carol Sparks
 Marcy Stacy
 Carl Stich and Amy Banister
 Ms. Mary Stier
 Georgana Taggart
 Sarah Tankersley and Geoff Vickers
 Eric and Rachael Tayce
 Suzanne Terwilliger
 Sandra and James Uhrig
 Judith Vermillion
 Christopher and Nancy Virgulak
 Nancy and Patty Wagner
 David and Shelly Wallace
 Catherine and Hugh Walsh
 Amy Warner and Michael Haney
 Fred and Jo Anne Warren
 Mr. Terry Webb
 Michael Williams
 Bill and Kathy Winters
 Robert Workley
 Beth and Neil Yoke, in honor of Rick Stefanowicz
 Janice Zimmerman

 

 

Monthly Giving Circle
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company relies on the sustained commitment of a strong community of supporters to fuel our mission of bringing Shakespeare and the Classics to life for all. We send special thanks to our Monthly Giving Circle for their ongoing support of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company now and for seasons to come.

 

 

Rebecca and John Bromels
 Curtis Brown
 Jon and Katie Clark
 Ms. Janet Davidson
 Jillian Frasher
 Scott Goebel and Emily Detmer-Goebel
 Noah Goertemiller
 Emily Hodges
 Andrea Johnson
 Colleen and Mike McSwiggin

Kyrié Owen
 Susan Pace
 Kathy and Mike Rademacher

Bob Roesberg
 Patty Rosely
 Robin and Anna Sargent
 Jennifer Sauvey
 Suzanne Schindler
 Mary Stier
 Georgana Taggart
 Christine Whittaker and Thane Thompson

 

 

In-Kind Donors
 1215 Wine Bar and Coffee Lab
 American Legacy Tours
 Bonbonerie
 Cincinnati Nature Center
 Cincinnati Men's Chorus
 Cincinnati Museum Center
 Emerge
 Friends of Music Hall
 Graeter's
 Meredith Gregg
 Key Bank
 Lightborne
 The Macron Bar
 Mercantile Library
 Mimi Moller
 Samantha Reno
 Jessica Ruebusch
 State Bound Operations
 Janice Zalla-Schwenkmeyer

 

 

Legacy Society
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is grateful to the generous donors who have remembered CSC in their estates, or have expressed their commitment to a future planned gift. If you have considered including Cincinnati Shakespeare Company in your estate plans and want to learn more, please reach out to Sara Clark, Director of Development, at Sara.Clark@cincyshakes.com.

 

Mrs. L.L. Browning
 Cynthia Crilley
 Estate of Dava Lynn Biehl

Estate of Henrietta Barlag
 Estate of James R. Bridgeland, Jr.
 William Gordon and Nancy Johnson
 The Gumbleton Family
 Laura A. Hobson

Thomas P. Lee
 Julie Metz
 

 


ArtsWave Partners
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company acknowledges the following partner companies, foundations and their employees who generously participate in the annual ArtsWave Campaign at the $100,000+ level. Thank you!

 

$2 million +
 P&G

 

$1 million to $1,999,999
 Fifth Third Bank and Fifth Third Foundation

 

$500,000 to $999,999
 GE Aerospace

 

$250,000 to $499,999
 altafiber
 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
 The Cincinnati Insurance Companies
 Great American Insurance Group
 The H.B., E.W. and F.R. Luther Charitable Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, N.A., Trustee
 Western & Southern Financial Group

 

$100,000 – $249,999
 Cincinnati Open
 Cincinnati Reds
 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
 Duke Energy
 The E.W. Scripps Company and Scripps Howard Foundation
The Enquirer│Cincinnati.com
 Greater Cincinnati Foundation
 The Kroger Co.
 Messer Construction Co.
 National Endowment for the Arts