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LOOKING BACK AT LAST SEASON…Celebrated 25 years of engaging audiences with high quality theater that showcased the talent, dedication, and all-out heart of our Company collaborators. Threw down a Silver Anniversary season that rocked with authentic emotion, intellectual challenge, and top-notch entertainment. Birthday partied. Gala partied. Afterglow partied. Volunteer Rave partied. Cast partied. What a year!

So, you ask, after all the excitement of our 25th season, are we exhausted? Are we emotionally drained? Are we ready to sit back and relax for a while? Hell, no! We are totally re-energized. We are quivering with impatience to get started on Season 26. We are completely in love with the plays we’ll be doing this season, and we are dancing with joy at the thought of sharing them with you.

We want to start out big in our second quarter-century, so this season has as its foundation the opportunity to explore two of the biggest emotions we lucky humans can feel: love and courage.

These gloriously diverse plays highlight, each in its unique way, the heights to which we can rise when we heed the call to be our best selves. These stories call forth acts of heroism and sacrifice at every level of human experience. And at the center of each is love. What, indeed, will we do for love?

So send Darryl your subscription form and come on down to Water Street. We are rushing full tilt into the next season, and we want all of you to be with us. Live Arts is going to forge some red-hot awesome theater this year—don’t miss any of it!

With anticipation,

Matt Joslyn EXECUT IVE D I RECTOR

Julie HambergART IST IC D I RECTOR

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“A MIX OF EXPRESSIONISM

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–THE NEW YORK TIMES

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WRITTEN BY STEFANIE ZADRAVEC

ABOUT THE PLAY

Six characters, three stories, and only the mysterious moon floating through her magical phases sees them all. One life-changing coincidence later, their journeys begin that curious braiding that can connect each of us to all of us, and make every strand stronger. Together and separately they search—for their destiny, for forgiveness, for acceptance, and finally, perhaps, just for a moment’s peace together. While they search, old tales are told, folk remedies are shared, and always, the Baby glows.

PRESENTED BY SILVERCHAIR

OCT 14 - NOV 05

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BASED ON A STORY & CHARACTERS BY DAMON RUNYON

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY FRANK LOESSER

BOOK BY JO SWERLING & ABE BURROWS

ABOUT THE PLAY

Sit Down, Live Arts will be Rockin’ the Boat all night long with our own, no-holds-barred take on this treasured musical, as Sarah and Sky, Nathan and Adelaide navigate their way into safe harbors against odds high enough to scare away even Big Julie. Whether you’d rather Follow the Fold or sit in on the Oldest, Established, Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York, there’s a place for you in Damon Runyon’s Manhattan love story. Join us for a high octane evening full of the music you love and the story with the happy ending only Broadway could provide.

PRESENTED BY OLD DOMINION BANK

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“A SMART, GRACEFUL, 100-MINUTE REVELATION!”

-LINDA WINER, NEWSDAY

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ABOUT THE PLAY

I want to figure some things out, that’s all. I love you, so I need to understand. Why do some get well and others, not? Is it a chance, or a choice? And that patient who became the healer for her world—how did she do that? What is the connection between treatment and getting better? And Mother, will you please, for one minute, just shut up! Sorry, I do love you, but they don’t need a drink, they don’t need a snack, they just need to help me. I’m trying to figure this out and you’re so distracting. I know I can do this, I know how to do it, and as soon as I figure it out, I’ll be able to…

WRITTEN BY LISA KRON

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WORLD.”

– RICK ELISE

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WRITTEN BY RICK ELISE

COMPOSED BY WAYNE BARKER

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY DAVE BARRY & RIDLEY PEARSON

ABOUT THE PLAY

The Boy had no home, no friends. He even got his name by accident. All the grownups he knew lied (no wonder he won’t grow up!). The Girl is an apprentice Starcatcher who tells great bedtime stories. They share the starstuff adventure with pirates, mermaids, islanders who hate the English but love gourmet pasta, and Queen Victoria (God Save Her!). Come along while we turn the story you’ve known all your life into a whole new-yet-familiar adventure.

PRESENTED BY WOODARD PROPERTIES

SPONSORED BY ALEXANDER NICHOLSON

MAR 10 - MAR 26

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"LINES OF DIALOGUE PEAL THROUGH YOUR THOUGHTS LIKE DISTANT BELLS."

– EDGE MEDIA NETWORK

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WRITTEN BY WILL ENO

ABOUT THE PLAY

Simple conversations, complex communication; minor irritations, major confrontations; everyday affection, transcendent love. Winner of two Drama Desk Special Awards and nominated for three Drama League Awards in 2014, Will Eno's poignant look at everyday people is full of gentle humor and wry commentary on how we deal with our own mortality. The Joneses (both couples) are doing their very best to navigate modern life in all its glorious everyday chaos, while fighting for the quiet time and inner space to make sense of it all. This play will warm your heart and break your heart, showing that there is somebody’s hero in each of us, even though none of us can be heroic all the time. And as long as we stick by each other, we don’t have to be.

PRESENTED BY SUSAN JACOBSON & NORM OLIVER

APR 21 - MAY 13

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“NOTHING SHOULD BE OUT OF THE REACH OF HOPE. LIFE IS A HOPE.”

– OSCAR WILDE

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ABOUT THE PLAY

Think “Downton Abbey” with the knives out. The master satirist of the Victorian era skewers the upper crust of British society as they indulge their penchant for carving each other to pieces. This is hypocrisy with a Public School accent, mercilessly exposed by a keen observer. Join us for this brilliantly acerbic variation on a universal theme that resonates across time, class, and national borders—a classic play, full of Wilde’s signature wit, wisdom, and a surprising snap.

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Hi Friends,

This coming season will mark my fifteenth year as a member of the Live Arts family. For fifteen years I’ve been happily busy welcoming the wonderful people who come to enjoy our shows. We’ve come a long way since I joined the staff in 2002, and this year, I want you to come and celebrate that journey with me!

I’d love to have all of my subscriber friends renew this year. There’s no better way to show your appreciation of the work the Live Arts Company does than to subscribe to the whole season. Oh, wait, yes there is a better way—bring a friend. If every Live Arts subscriber brings one new subscriber to our house this year, I’ll be busier—and happier—than ever! Our target this year is 700 subscriptions, and we know that our best salespeople are you, the folks who spread the word.

So call a friend who doesn’t know us. Tell your friend about the great shows we produce here, and how exciting live theater can be. Explain the perks of reserved seating at every performance, the great savings that a subscription offers versus single ticket purchases, the Live Arts t-shirt—all the ways we let our subscribers know how much we love them. Just look on the other side of this card—there’s a chart that lays it all out for them (and you)!

So share your brochure and make a copy of the subscription form for someone you know and love, so they can become someone we know and love. There will always be room in the Live Arts family for more!

See you soon!

Darryl BOX OFF ICE MANAGER

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SINGLE TICKET

SUBSCRIBER TICKET

Adult price for all shows $155 $125

Lowest price per show $20 $10 For the fan club

Extra tickets for your friends

Full price Discounted subscriber rate, with a reserved seat for them, too!

Seating General admission Reserved

Exhanges allowed? No Yes (except fan club)

Parking included? No Yes Water Street Garage Directors Club & Producers Club

Concessions included? No Yes Directors Club & Producers Club

Scripts of plays (cds for musicals)

No Yes Producers Club

Live Arts season t-shirt No Yes When you subscribe by June 30

Entourage group sales $150 Free

S U B S C R I P T I O N B E N E F I T S

S E A S O N S U B S C R I P T I O N PA C K A G E S

S U B S C R I P T I O N B E N E F I T S

PRODUCERS CLUB / $325

Choose your performance for each production. You get guaranteed premium seating, scripts for every production (CDs for musicals), pre-paid parking in the Water Street Garage, and a $50 concessions card.

$325 x _______ (# of reserved seats) = $ _______ _______

DIRECTORS CLUB / $225

Choose your performance for each production. You get guaranteed premium seating, pre-paid parking in the Water Street Garage, and a $25 concessions card.

$225 x _______ (# of reserved seats) = $ _______ _______

FAN CLUB / $60

It’s the best deal for your wallet at just ten bucks a show! Choose the first Saturday or Wednesday for each production on the dates listed. Sorry, exchanges are not allowed with this subscription.

Saturday Fan Club—Sat 8pm (Oct 15, Dec 10, Feb 4, Mar 11, Apr 22, May 20)

Wednesday Fan Club—Wed 8pm (Oct 19, Dec 14, Feb 8, Mar 15, Apr 26, May 24)

SPECIFIC SHOW NIGHT CLUB / $125

Reserved seats and a whole lot of Live Arts love for any of the packages below.

Opening Nights—Fridays 8pm, includes champagne reception (Oct 14, Dec 9, Feb 3, Mar 10, Apr 21, May 19)

Second Fridays —8pm (Oct 21, Dec 16, Feb 10, Mar 17, Apr 28, May 26)

Second Saturdays—8pm (Oct 22, Dec 17, Feb 11, Mar 18, Apr 29, May 27)

Early Bird Thursdays 1—7:30pm (Oct 20, Dec 15, Feb 9, Mar 16, Apr 27, May 25)

Early Bird Thursdays 2—7:30pm (Oct 27, Dec 22, Feb 16, Mar 23, May 3, Jun 1)

Sunday Matinee—2pm (Oct 23, Dec 18, Feb 12, Mar 19, Apr 30, May 28)

Wild Card Choose your performance for each show two weeks before opening night.

$125 x _______ (# of reserved seats) = _______ _______

S E A S O N S U B S C R I P T I O N PA C K A G E S

PAY M E N T I N F O R M A T I O N

PAY M E N T I N F O R M A T I O N

SEASON SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGES

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Address City State Zip

Check enclosed Visa/MC/Amex/Disc

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DO THE MATH

SUBSCRIPTION TOTAL (from other side) $ ______________

Processing fee per subscription _______ subs x $8 = $ ______________

Become a Friend of Live Arts = $ ____________

Add my Gala Tickets ________ x $250 = $ ____________

Grand total $ ____________

HEY! I hate math and I hate this form. Darryl, call me to finalize my order.

THANK YOU FOR FORGING THEATER AND COMMUNITY WITH US!

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THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND.

We could never do the work that we do, or have the impact we have in our community, without the help of all of our friends. You help us make theater in all its fantastic, thought-provoking, heart-warming, and heart-breaking variety. You help us support our Company and enthrall our Audience.

You help us foster the talents of emerging artists and spark the imaginations of people on both sides of the footlights. You help us enable new talent to experiment and evolve. We, quite literally, cannot be Live Arts without you.

The roster of Live Arts Friends includes theater-lovers from all across our community who contribute at many giving levels. These Friends support fully half of our operating costs every year, enabling us to keep ticket costs within the reach of virtually everyone who wants to see our shows. Did you know that ticket sales and subscriptions account for just 20% of the costs of running the organization? Join us in theater forging and community building and help transform lives this season.

WILL YOU BE OUR FRIEND? LEARN MORE BY CONTACTING SARAH MORRIS SARAH@LIVEARTS.ORG

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Are you the kind of friend who…

$1000+ BESTIE

Total BFF (that’s best friend forever) of Live Arts. Special Besties Only events all year long.

$500+ THROWS YOU A PARTY JUST FOR BEING YOU

You get all the benefits below, plus a single use of the third floor lobby for an event of your own invention ($150 value).

$250+ MAKES YOU A NICE DINNER

You get all the benefits listed below plus two free entrées at the C&O Restaurant, the official restaurant partner of Live Arts (a $60 value).

$100+ BUYS YOU A DRINK

You get all the benefits listed below plus a $10 concessions card!

$50+ GIVES GREAT HUGS

You get 10% off all season long plus a Live Arts bumper sticker. Which is nothing like a hug… unless, that is, you are a bumper.

$30+ SMILES AND WAVES AT YOU ON THE STREET

You get 10% off tickets and merchandise all season long, plus bragging rights—hey, you’re a Friend of Live Arts!

L E V E L S O F G I V I N G

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FRIENDS OF LIVE ARTS

At Live Arts we believe in the power of the performing arts to transform lives—it’s what we’re all about. And we believe in engaging as many people as possible in the process of theater making and community building. Learn more on our website at www.livearts.org. If something on this card makes your heart beat a little faster, reach out to us. At this place we pride ourselves on our ability to turn strangers into friends—it happens hundreds of times every season.

VENUES FOR VOLUNTEERS

Live Arts is a Many-Handed Maker of Theater. Our Company boasts over 750 active members. Actors, musicians, ushers, directors, bar tenders…you get the idea. Scenic, light, sound and costume designers, costume makers, set builders, prop fabricators, painters, producers, hundreds of differently-skilled people come together every year to make the Art at Live Arts. And guess what—they LOVE to teach and mentor! So even if you’ve never held a hammer/needle/hot glue gun/script in your hand before, if you want to join us we’ll be over-the-moon happy to welcome you, to mentor you, and to make you part of the family.

Just contact TRACIE, our Company and Production Manager by email (tracie@livearts.org) or phone 434-977-4177, ext. 107 and she’ll get you started.

FORGE THEATER AND COMMUNITY WITH US

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OPEN AUDITIONS FOR EVERY SHOW

Live Arts holds open auditions for all of our productions, and none of our mainstage shows are pre-cast. Everyone interested in being considered for a role is warmly welcomed to the audition room (which is absolutely not as scary as you think) with open arms. Notices about the dates and times for auditions are published in local media sources, and there is always information about upcoming auditions, plus valuable tips on preparing for your audition, available at our website. Doesn’t matter if you’ve never acted before—jump in and give it a try! Email Tracie (tracie@livearts.org) to reserve your audition slot.

EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

We’ve got classes in performing arts and sciences all year long. Classes for young people to help them build their skills and their confidence (and to build the next generation of theater makers and theater-goers). Classes for grown-ups who want to become actors, or become better actors, or learn to tap dance or—you tell us what you want to learn, and if it’s a theater thing, we’ll help. Questions? Contect Director of Education, Mike Long, at 434.977.4177 x100 or mike@livearts.org.

OTHER ONEDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES (SEE WHAT WE DID THERE?)

We do cabarets, staged readings, workshops, seminars, and intensives on special topics, including technical theater specialties, throughout the year. The Readers Circle meets monthly to read and discuss a play. The Playwrights Lab meets twice a month to hear and discuss works in progress by local playwrights. Our Foundry programs boast myriad opportunities to create, stretch, and explore. Meanwhile, check out the website (www.livearts.org) for all the cool things we’re already doing.

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Live Arts has been forging theater and community in Central Virginia for twenty-six years. Founded in 1990, the not-for-profit organization operates in a 22,000 square foot facility on Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall opened in 2003 which includes two theaters, rehearsal studios, shops, and offices. The ten-member staff supports the work and engagement of over 750 active, volunteer company members who populate our stages, build and paint sets, hang and focus lights, stitch and design costumes, and join hands to produce all of the theater we create. And that includes YOU. What are you waiting for? Get in here!n’t lock up until after 10).

THE LIVE ARTS TEAM

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MATT JOSLYNEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

JULIE HAMBERGARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DARRYL SMITHBOX OFFICE MANAGER

TRACIE SKIPPERCOMPANY & PRODUCTION MANAGER

MIKE LONGDIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

AUGUST GIVENSTECHNICAL DIRECTOR

SARAH MORRISDEVELOPMENT MANAGER

LINDA ZUBYFINANCE ASSISTANT

LEO ARICOFACILITIES MANAGER

CHRIS KELLYPRODUCTION ASSISTANT

KIM BEARDDATABASE COORDINATOR

THE LIVE ARTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

KAREN PAPEPRESIDENT

DR. NORMAN OLIVERVICE PRESIDENT

MARTA KEANETREASURER

BETSY RUDELICH TUCKERSECRETARY

MARY BLANTONETHEL DENEVEUDAN EPSTEINGINGER GERMANIJEFF GOLDSMITHERIN HALLWILL KERNERDONNA MCADAMSCAMERON MOWATJANET PONDKIRK SCHRODERPATRICIA SIMPSONPAUL WAGNER

JAMES F. NEALE, MCGUIREWOODS LLPCOUNSEL

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