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Staff

Rachel Lampert Artistic Director	This is Rachel's first season as Artistic Director of the Kitchen Theatre Company. She has directed and choreographed theatre, opera, and concert dance for the past twenty years. Locally her work has been seen at the Hangar Theatre (Falsettos, Sisters Rosenweig, Sweeny Todd, and Camelot); at the Kitchen Theatre (Miss Julie, Mystery of Irma Vep, Kathy, and Mo Show); and with her dance company in concert and various arts-in-education residencies. Recent projects include staging West Side Story in Beijing, China; choreographing for the Joffrey Ballet Workshop in San Antonio, Texas; guest teaching at George Mason University and several commercial assignments. In addition to her duties at the Kitchen Theatre Company, she serves as the Artistic Director of the AIDS Work Community Theatre - a program for young people.
Craig Payea Managing Director	Craig has been behind the scenes of the Kitchen Theatre for the past three years as a Stage Manager, Lighting Designer, Production Manager, and Managing Director. In this year of discovery for the Kitchen Theatre, Craig is also making his Kitchen Theatre directing debut with a new play - M21 Bellevue. Directing is Craig's first love. Recent work includes Ithaca College productions of You Can't Trust the Male and A Marraige Proposal. He is also a co-founder of the Backbeat Theatre Company, which produced Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
Wendy Dann Assistant Artistic Director	Wendy is delighted to find a year-round home at the Kitchen Theatre this year, having performed on this satge previously in Good Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet, Keely & Du, Educating Rita, Amadeus, and Miss Julie. She is a member of the Acting Faculty at Ithaca College.
Ross Haarstad Publicity Director	Ross has worked hard in most capacities at most local thatres, especially as dramaturg, actor, director, or stage manager. He developed the Peer Educators in Human Relations program at Cornell University - a program teaching students leadership skills for multicultural awareness - which he co-led for eight years. He was co-founder of AIDS Work, and also served on their staff and board. He is in current pursuit of his oldest dream,a life in the theatre, for which he thanks his partner of over eleven years, Larry Roberts.

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Board of Directors

• Betsy Fuller Co-President
• Sue Perlgut Co-President
• Heather Tait Vice President
• Stephanie Marx Treasurer
• Nathan Ainspan Secretary
• Percy Browning
• Laurel Guy
• Dan Hall
• Helen Talty

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Donors (As of January 1998)

Angels ($1000 and up) Percy Browning Fred & Tibby McLafferty William & Elizabeth Terwilliger Benefactors ($500 - $999) Stanley Cohen Cliff & Lisa Earle Jim Mazza & Nancy Osborn Charles & Nancy Wolfram Producers ($250 - $499) Jonathan Falk Sue Perlgut Melanie Weymer Directors ($100 - $249) Susannah Berryman Lish Bushlow Pierre & Anne Clavel Annette & Richard Corth Donald Dietrich Ron & Betsy Fuller Margaret Goldsmith John Hayes Judith Holliday Laura Holmberg Adrienne Lampert Mick & Perri LoPinto Stephanie Marx Sonia & Carl Pancaldo Ray & Kathleen Schlather David Squires Caroline Violette Joel & Cathy Zumoff

Supporters (up to $99) Barry & Margaret Adams Robert Aronson Robert Bechhofer Jane Brentlinger Henry Cowan, Jr. Jane Crawford Carol Eichler Elisa Evett Bryna & Harvey Fireside Sidney Green Joseph Hartnett-Hughes Patti Jacobson Sylvester Johnson Alfred & Mary Kahn Shirley Ladd Eric Lessinger Janet Lowe Tirrell Magnuson Lee-Ellen Marvin Judith Maxwell Robert Moss Colin Naylor Ben Nichols Vivien Rose Ellen & Arthur Rosten Robin Spry-Campbell Carole Stone David & Ellen Stotz Roselyn Teukolsky Jo-Marcia Todd Claudia Wodzinski

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