Little Women Creative

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Director
Julie Wharton
Julie Wharton (Director) A devoted drama queen since age 13, Julie studied Theatre and Dance at Connecticut College. Since then she has directed over 40 school, community and professional productions of plays and musicals, and has taught for 14 years as a full time theatre teacher at the middle and high school levels. New to Asheville, Julie’s local work has included directing Junie B. Jones at ACT, and A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at Parkway Playhouse. She is also the full time drama teacher at Koontz Intermediate School and is Co-Founder of Ovation Theatre Arts Collective. Married to a US diplomat, Julie’s teaching, directing and performing credits include work in Chile, Bolivia, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Guatemala. While living in Zimbabwe from 2012 – 2015, she conceived and led a directing mentorship program for Zimbabwean theatre artists, an especially rewarding adventure. One of her favorite quotes: “Theatre is life without the boring parts.” (Alfred Hitchcock)
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Stage Manager
John O'Neil
John O’Neil (Stage Manager) is excited to be back on the headset at ACT! John has been busy with ACT since July of 2018. Since his ACT Stage Management debut in The Groundling, John has stage managed Junie B. Jones The Musical, Jr. and A Year With Frog and Toad with Tanglewood Youth Theatre, and served as Assistant Director for Frozen, Jr. John was also seen on the ACT stage as Bickle in Footloose, The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz, and Dr. Pierce in Miracle on 34th Street. John’s non-ACT Stage Manager credits include two summers of The Ballad of R & J with the American Myth Center, Into the Woods and The Sunset Limited in rep at Theatre UNCA, and Scrooge No More at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. John thanks Julie and the staff at ACT for their trust, his Stage Management team O³, and his friends, family, and wife, Katie, for always supporting his love and passion of theatre. #ysm2020
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ASM
Evan Oldenburg
Evan Oldenburg (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be working on his first mainstage show as an ASM. Previously he has worked as an ASM on Frozen jr. and Frog and Toad jr. When not backstage, Evan loves performing onstage. Most recently you may have seen him as an elf in Miracle on 34th Street. Other notable roles include Nathan in The Full Monty, Beast in Beauty and the Beast jr., and White Rabbit in Alice and Wonderland. Evan is delighted to be working with such a wonderful cast and crew. He would like to thank O³, the cast and crew, his friends, and family. He hopes you all enjoy this wonderful show as much as he has enjoyed working on it.
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Riley Oswald
Riley Oswald (Assistant Stage Manager) is very excited to make her stage managing debut. Riley can usually be found on stage with both youth theatre classes and mainstage shows having been in 13 the Musical, The Wizard of Oz, Miracle on 34th Street, and is currently in rehearsals for Urinetown where she is playing Hope. Riley thanks John so much for asking her to be on the stage management staff and being part of O³, and for being such a strong role model in her life. She also thanks her mom, Robin, she’s cool too.
Tech Crew
Claire Daniel
Claire Daniel is excited to have the opportunity and to work with the Little Women cast and crew! She has worked in various ACT productions such as 9 to 5, Footloose, Avenue Q, Hands on a Hardbody, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz etc. She has also worked with Chanda in Tanglewood. She is a Senior, Drama Major and New Media Minor at UNC Asheville.

Special Thanks

LITTLE WOMEN

ADAPTED FROM THE LOUISA MAY ALCOTT CLASSIC BOOK BY SCOTT DAVIDSON

Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Englewood, Colorado

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LITTLE WOMEN is presented with generous support from 

H&M Constructors

A Grassroots Grant from Asheville Area Art Council / North Carolina Arts Council 

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Directed by Julie Wharton
Stage Manager - John O'Neil
Assistant Stage Managers - Evan Oldenburg, Riley Oswald
Photographer - Studio Misha Photography

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THANK YOU to all of our amazing donors who have generously supported us during our 2019-20 season. In a normal world, we would list all names in our playbill who had donated in the past year, but due to space constraints, we are listing the following donors who have  supported Asheville Community Theatre during the shutdown and who may not have been publicly thanked in a previous playbill.

Legend
Barbara Blomberg
Kevin Broadwater and James Vaughn
Joe and Janice Brumit
Dogwood Health Trust
Richard and Bridget Eckerd
Dr. Douglas C. Hauschild and Weaverville Eye Associates
HomeTrust Bank
Provident Benevolent Foundation
F. Robert Russo
Wyatt and Kim Stevens


Star
Hank Bovee
Brumit Restaurant Group
Jack and LaNita Cloninger
George D'Angelo
Charles and Nancy David
Jim and Terry Davis
Betty Doll
The Dowds
Roger Frydrychowski
GoodCoin Foundation - Target Giving Circle
Grove Stone & Sand
Dick and Yolanda Hall
William and Elizabeth S Harlan
Susan and Bob Harper
Hal and Valerie Hogstrom
Drs. Elizabeth Huddleston & Wendy Wieber
Jessica and Tod Leaven
Michael and Brenda Lilly
Susan Maley
Eric Mills and Jeff Neese
C. Allan Morse
Bob and Martha Pierce
Ruth Planey and Stephen Boyer
David Quinn
Kerry Shannon and Gary Droghini
Keith Shanty
David D. and Susan T. Smith
Sandra Smith
Westmoreland & Scully

Co-Star
Rebecca Crandall
Jerry Crouch and Rick Pickett
Anne Goodwin
George Heard
Lori and McRae Hilliard
Julie and Rich Kepple
Margaret M Lancaster
Susan and David Leader
Sara Ledonne
Barb and David McElroy
Honor Moor
Geoffrey Mitchell, Clair Griffith
Maureen O'Hallaron
Stephen and Florence Riedesel
Sabrina and Isaac Rockoff
Tamara and Jeff Sparacino

Principal Player
Tiffany and Michael Armstrong
Sonya Friedrich
Erik Gorczynski and Nancy Waxman
Mark Hornsby
David Lehlbach and Heather Miracle
Katherine Morosani
John and Robin Oswald
Ben and Betsy Puckett
Claire Shippey and Todd Oldenburg
James Weil and Vicki Cleary
Kristen Zonnevylle

Featured Player
Janet Bertinuson
Camille Boyd
Jenny and Scott Bunn
Robert and Bonnie Busby
Nan Buschmann
Chanda Calentine
Dan and Sue Clark
Lloyd and Bonnie Cory
George Hellyer and George Wagner
Jane Shippey Highland
Frank and Donna Holt
Julie Mayfield and Jim Grode
Jerome Mrowca
emmylou monroe norfleet
Sioux and George Oliva
John Orr
Catherine and Aaron Ryba
Barbara Sain
David & Becki Walker

Supporting Member
Nancy Anderson
Kristen Andresen
Leland G Arnsdorff
Andrew and Mary Beth Atherton
Patricia and Glen Atteberry
Kathleen Ayres
Bridget Bela
Joe and Wendy Bell
Teri Bentcover
Julian & Marti Biller
Joann and Donald Brannon
Elizabeth Bridgers
Ben Bryson and Gary Monday
Christina and Ben Catt
Steve Chevalier
Karen Cowan
Donnie Dalton and Ellen Cheng
Richard Dann
Dottie Davis
Anita DiNovo and Jody Whitehurst
Carol Donoho
Don and Brandon Ford
Anne Garren
Tikkun and Meredith Gottschalk
Blaine and Cynthia Greenfield
Paul Benson and Deborah Hawkins
Sheila and Stace Horine
Laura Hudson
Bruce Hughes
Jan and Steve Ianniello
Daisy Karasek
Bruce Kelly and Robin Cape
Dianne Kepley
Amy Knisley
Bennett Lincoff
Leonard and Jo Anne Lorensen
Mike Martinelli
Barbara Mayer
Tom and Martha Mills
Dennis and Sheila Murphy
Priscilla Nutt
Laura Podraza
Carla Pridgen
Janelle Railey
Carol and Warren Reed
Melanie Retzke
Patricia Robertson and Curry First
Cathy & Larry Rolfes
Walter Rose and Teresa Bayles
Joseph Rutigliano
Todd Seeleman
Danny Shope
Lynda Shuler
Katheryn Smolski
Kelly Stokes
Jillian Summers
Jim Wann
Alice Wellborn
Waylon Wood

Chorus
Kelly Aaron
Victoria Adanya
Mary Ajax
Maria Fire and Calvin Allen
Jennifer Aly
Anne Asplin
Shannon Athos
Clark Aycock and Lisa Witler
Patricia Baker
Glenn and Patricia Bass
Jaye and John Bauer
Jean Bedore
Teresa Beeman
Sasha Birchenall
Joseph Boone
CJ Breland
Sandra Bright
Amy Budinger
Bruce Burger
Ann and Richard Bury
Serena Campbell
Raymond and Wendy Capelouto
Kenny and Murphy Funkhouser Capps
Dawn Carlton and Family
Barb Chaffin
Katrina Chappell and Family
Ellen Chelmis
Anita Chitwood
Sue Cloak
Michael Coffey
Nat Cohen
Karen Cole
Donald and Vicky Collins
Fred and Kay Cooke
Janine Cortese
Emily and Scott Cowan
Michael and Carol Cole Czeczot
Britainy Dearman
Craig and Hinton DeJong
Jennifer DeSaegher
Angi Everett
Ty Moser and Family
Heather Ferguson
Michelle Fifis
Meagan Findeiss
Nicole, Bruce, and David Fine
August Forbes
Kathleen Forrest
Savanah Forsythe
Deborah H Francis
Myra Fuller
Stephen Fund
Marcus and Nancy Galyean
Grace Gilles
Ric and Liz Goodman
Tory Gray
Tracy Griffin
Barbara and Larry Griswold
Ashley Hammack
Judith Harvin
Virginia and John Himmelheber
Alison M Hirt
Jennifer Hooker
Davida Horwitz and Steve West
Scott and Ginger Huebner
Lunard Jaffe
Jeffery G Jones and Carol Buffum
Karen Jordan
Leslie Kelly
Jane and Logan Kennedy
Marianne Kilkenny
Nancy Kirkland
Mary Klinikowski
Charlene Krahling
Dan & Mery Krause
Tate Albert, Victoria Lamberth
Jeff Lawrence
Lori Leckron
Molly Leff
Walter Leginski
Fran Legman
Martha Lehlbach
Amanda Levesque
Denise Lockett
Pattie Lopez
William Lowrey
Heather Luczak
Edward T Malkin and Eileen Cram
Rebecca Mandigo
Louise Maret
Stephanie Marlowe
Holly Mason
Margaret Garcia-Mathier
Monika Mayr
Cindy McCraken
Chris Merrick
Richard and Joan Messner
Susan Miller
John Myers Jr and Andrea Freeman
Margaret Normile
Tyce Oldenburg
Ellin Oleary
Janet Oliver and Jane Snyder
Rori Olsen
Janet Oppenheimer
Nora "Celeste" Osborn
William G Parsons
Cara Peters
Louis "Pete" Pietrandrea
Elizabeth Pou
Lindsey Prather
Sandra Pyeatt
Heather Riegg
Laura Rikard
Pam Robbins
Anonymous
Michella Roche
Karin P and Ron Rolett
Laurie Roper
Peter and Andrea Rosal
Rosalind Ryan
Trish Salmon
Kelli Scaglione
Linda and George Schissler
Tony and Janice Schreiber
Miriam Burkett Scott
Paula Sefchok
Catherine Shanks and John Williams
Cynthia Shilkret
Kathleen Shuman
Deborah Siemens
Essie Silvers
Robert Sirovetz
Roger Slagle
Tempe Smith
Emily Sontag
Myrtle Staples and Cecil Bennett
Bruce Steele
Peggy Stephens
Kimberly Stipanovich
Deborah and Jack Summers
Jeanne Talbot
The Autumn Players
Butch Thompson
Valerie True & Jason Gast
Kathleen Wagnunn
Jana Watts
Kelly and Rick Wedell
Elijah Wilde
Barbara Wilkes
Karen Yutzy

In Honor Of
ACT staff by Drs. Elizabeth Huddleston & Wendy Wieber
All actors, staff and crew by Don and Brandon Ford
Samantha Block by Joseph Boone
Jenny Bunn by Ben Bryson and Gary Monday
Chanda Calentine & Amanda Klinikowski by John and Robin Oswald
Chanda Calentine, Amanda Klinikowski, and Chris Martin by Rebecca Crandall
Justine Gottschalk & John O'Neil by Susan Miller
Susan Harper by Honor Moor
McRae Hilliard Family by Geoffrey Mitchell and Clair Griffith
Amanda Klinikowski by Mary Klinikowski
Jack Lindsay by Ruth Planey and Stephen Boyer
Rob Morris and Laura Peery by Jean Bedore
Of all the Amazing People of ACT by Laura Podraza
Claire Shippey by Jane Shippey Highland
Jill Summers by Alice Wellborn
The Autumn Players by Michael and Carol Cole Czeczot
 
In Memory Of
Linda & Carol by Roger Frydrychowski
Rikki Hall by Dick and Yolanda Hall
Nancy Hammell by Ruth Planey
Nancy Hammell by Melanie Retzke
Nancy Hammell by The Autumn Players
Sally Pietrandrea by Louis "Pete" Pietrandrea