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Doubt
Dates:	April 16-25, 2010 Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 4pm & 8pm, Sundays at 3pm
Location:	MTC MainStage Studio Theatre Music Theatre of Connecticut 246 Post Road East Colonial Green, Lower Level Westport, CT Directions
About:	Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Best Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt has been hailed as the most compelling and magnificently crafted drama in years. Set against the backdrop of a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, Doubt is the story of a strong-minded woman faced with a difficult decision. Should she voice concerns about one of her male colleagues … even if she's not entirely certain of the truth?
Credits:	A Play by John Patrick Shanley Directed by Kevin Connors
Tickets:	$40 for Adults $20 for Seniors/Students All online and phone order tickets carry a $2.50 per ticket handling charge. To Order Tickets, Call 203.454.3883

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
April 11 2010	12	13	14	15	April 16 8pm	17 4pm & 8pm
18 3pm	19	20	21	22	23 8pm	24 4pm & 8pm
25 3pm SOLD OUT	Doubt

Photos by Kerry Long

Marty Bongfeldt, Jim Schilling, Lynnette R. Freeman and Katie Sparer (seated)	Katie Sparer	Marty Bongfeldt	Jim Schilling	Marty Bongfeldt and Katie Sparer	Jim Schilling and Katie Sparer


Jim Schilling	Marty Bongfeldt and Katie Sparer	Jim Schilling and Marty Bongfeldt	Katie Sparer and Lynnette R. Freeman	Lynnette R. Freeman	Katie Sparer and Jim Schilling

Who's Who
	MARTY BONGFELDT (Sister James) has worked in Theatre, Film and Television with such directors as Susan Stroman, Ron Howard and Brian DePalma. Ms. Bongfeldt has originated roles in many new works produced in NYC including the Alexander Zhurbin production of A Nervous Splendor; Madly in Love directed by Baayork Lee; A Murder is Foretold; Hell’s Belles at The Duplex; and most recently created the role of the villainous Pamela in the new musical The Major and the Minor. Marty was a member of the original Dallas cast of the award winning musical Six Women with Brain Death, later performing in the NYC premier of that show. New York and Regional credits include: Ronnie in The Shooting Gallery production of Comanche Café &Domino Courts; Doreen in Gillette for the American Theatre Festival and Shelby in Steel Magnolias at The Plaza Theatre. Musical Comedy roles include: Amalia in She Loves Me/Lyric Stage; Lily St. Regis in Annie directed by Robert Fitch; Pam in Baby/MTC; Bonnie in Anything Goes opposite Van Johnson; Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel/Casa Mañana Theatre and Tiger Lily opposite Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan. A long time member of the Theatre Artists Workshop, Marty was seen as Marie in Come Back, Little Sheba and as Lydia Languish in The Rivals as part of TAW’s popular Classic Nights series.

	LYNNETTE R. FREEMAN (Mrs. Muller) is absolutely thrilled to be involved with MTC MainStage, in one of her favorite plays and dream roles. She hails from the great state of Ohio, where she grew up doing theatre, dance, and performance from a young age. She graduated with her B.A. from Brown University in Africana Studies with a Focus in Creative Writing and Performance, and received her M.F.A. in Acting from Brown University/ Trinity Rep Conservatory in 2009. Some previous roles include Ruth in A Raisin In The Sun, Sally Bowles in Cabaret, Dionyza in Pericles, Gloria in Inked Baby and Mrs. Thompson in The Strangler. She currently is a member of the Jamal Jackson Dance Company. As always, she thanks her friends, family, and ancestors for being blessings in her life, and for all of their support, love, guidance, and encouragement every day. LEAP!

	JIM SCHILLING (Father Brendan Flynn, MTC MainStage Managing Director) co-founded MTC in 1987 and has served as teaching artist, Artist in Residence, director, general manager, actor, producer and currently as Director of the School of Performing Arts. He has directed a number of MTC MainStage productions including Something’s Afoot, Some Enchanted Evening and I Do, I Do. He has also directed numerous Student Productions including Anything Goes, Oliver!, The Music Man, 42nd Street, Guys and Dolls, Annie, Willy Wonka (all at the Westport Country Playhouse) The Sound of Music, Grease, Godspell, Funny Girl, (at the Quick Center), Annie Get Your Gun, Once On This Island, Zombie Prom and Lucky Stiff. Acting credits include John Guare's A Day For Surprises, Upper Broadway (Westport Country Playhouse), Hamlet (withTony Roberts), South Pacific (with Jamie Farr) The Fantasticks (Rich Forum) and on MTC’s MainStage in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well..., Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down, Yours, Anne and It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. Film credits include Bullets Over Broadway, Cadillac Man, Soapdish and Dead Man Walking. Jim holds a BFA degree in Musical Theatre from Otterbein College in Ohio and was also trained at the Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Playwright’s Horizons in New York City and Improv Asylum in Boston. Jim, a graduate of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts’ AMICI Arts Management Program, continues as a Blue Ribbon Panelist for the Daytime Emmy Awards, and a member of “Who’s Who in the American Theatre” from 1991-present. Member AEA, SAG, AFTRA.

	KATIE SPARER (Sister Aloysius Beauvier) On Broadway Katie stood by for Frances McDormand in the Circle in the Square revival of Awake and Sing! Some of her Off-Broadway credits include A Shayna Maidle at the Westside Arts, The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket at Playwrights’ Horizons, Beside the Seaside at the Hudson Guild. Katie has performed in Regional Theatres across the country including: ACT, Studio Arena, Alley Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Boston Post Road Stage Company, Rich Forum, Playhouse on the Green, Shakespeare on the Sound, Stratford Festival Theatre, Fairfield Theatre Company. Television credits: The Sopranos; Law and Order; American Playhouse; The Bronx is Burning; Candid Camera; and numerous daytime dramas. She just completed an Independent film entitled The Beginning. Katie is a member of the Theatre Artists Workshop and teaches at the Regional Center for the Arts. She lives in Stratford with her husband Peter Bowe, three children and five dogs.

	KEVIN CONNORS (Director, Executive Artistic Director & Co-Founder) Professional musical theatre composer and director for almost 30 years. Off-Broadway credits include Prime Time Prophet, Jukebox Saturday Night, The Abandoned Loves of Frederick R., Life Anonymous, Lover - The Valentino Musical, Babes Off Broadway (finalist for the Michael Stewart Production Award), Saloon and Suzy Q. Connecticut credits include numerous professional productions including The Fantasticks, It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Babes in Toyland, Bah Humbug! (all at Stamford’s Rich Forum); Grand Re-Opening of the Palace Theatre starring Skitch Henderson, Louise Pitre, James Naughton and Joan Rivers; Baby (Polka Dot Playhouse), Christopher Columbus and Operetta in Red, White and Blue (New England Lyric Operetta). Mr. Connors began his career as a performer touring his own act with Bob Hope, Henny Youngman and Johnny Mathis, and his debut CD - The Things We Never Say - was released in October 2000. In 1987 he co-founded Music Theatre of Connecticut with Jim Schilling, and has since directed many of the Equity MTC MainStage productions including Yours, Anne (Connecticut Critics Circle award nominee), It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (2008 Moss Hart Award Winner), A Little Night Music, Edges, john & jen and The Last Five Years; as well as writing original music and lyrics for more than 10 childrens’ musicals. His latest work - Mothers and Sons (with playwright Joe Landry) had its critically-acclaimed World Premiere on the MTC Mainstage in January 2009 and is currently in development for Off-Broadway. He has served as Adjunct Professor of Musical Theatre at The Hartt School of Music/University of Hartford and the University of Bridgeport, taught at Musical Theatre Works in NYC, and has created many of MTC’s educational programs including the nationally-recognized College-Bound in the Performing Arts, which he now presents at theatre schools throughout the country. Kevin is a proud member of AEA, ASCAP and The Dramatists Guild. www.kevconnors.com

	JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY (Playwright) is from the Bronx. He was thrown out of St. Helena’s kindergarten. He was banned from St. Anthony’s hot lunch program for life. He was expelled from Cardinal Spellman High School. He was placed on academic probation by New York University and instructed to appear before a tribunal if he wished to return. When asked why he had been treated in this way by all these institutions, he burst into tears and said he had no idea. Then he went into the United States Marine Corps. He did fine. He’s still doing okay.

	DAVID HEUVELMAN (Production Stage Manager, Scenic Design & Technical Direction) recently designed The Story of My Life for the MTC Mainstage and Willy Wonka, at the Westport Country Playhouse for MTC. For the last five years, David ran Gest Scenic Creations in New York, a scenic studio serving Off-Broadway and event industry. David studied Scenic Design and Technical Direction at Carroll College in Waukesha, WI.

	GRAHAM KINDRED (Lighting Design) This is Graham’s third season with MTC MainStage and he is happy to be back working with these amazing people in his favorite theater. He recently lit the national tour of Gilligan’s Island: The Musical and Mother Load. His work can be seen regionally at Florida Repertory Theatre, Denver Civic Center, and Dallas Summer Musicals. Off-Broadway he has designed at Soho Playhouse, The DR-2, St. Lukes, 45th Street Theatre, Sage Theatre, 59E59, Actors Playhouse, St. Clements, Chelsea Playhouse and at Theatre Row. He holds an MFA in Lighting Design from Temple University. Love to his girls.

	JOE LANDRY (MTC MainStage Marketing & PR Director) has worked in marketing for Roundabout Theatre Company, Westport Country Playhouse, Downtown Cabaret Theatre, Stamford Center for the Arts, Fairfield Theatre Company, Playhouse on the Green and others. As a playwright, his published plays include It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (named one of the top-ten most produced plays in America by American Theatre Magazine), Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play and Reefer Madness. Joe is founder and artistic director of Second Guess Stage/Screen and a member of the Dramatists’ Guild. www.joelandry.com

	DIANE VANDERKROEF (Costume Design) is happy to return to the MTC MainStage. In the past she also worked with Kevin Connors on Babes in Toyland at the Stamford Center for the Arts. She did designs for the Connecticut Grand Opera, including Elixer of Love, Don Giovanni and Don Pasquale. She has also been designer for Downtown Cabaret Theatre’s MainStage and Children’s Company, as well as various musicals for New England Lyrical Operetta. Diane is currently on the staff as designer for the Music Theater of Connecticut School of Performing Arts. When not designing, Diane is a flight attendant for Delta Airlines.

	ACTOR’S EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.