In the simplest of terms, the Aurora Borealis is initiated by a solar storm. The geomagnetic disturbances pull on the Earth’s magnetic field creating a kind of space highway through which electrons are traveling. When those electrons reach the earth’s upper atmosphere, they collide with nitrogen and oxygen molecules, which excite and then release light when they calm down and this is what we perceive as the Aurora. (NPR)

So we experience the result of a geomagnetic storm as a spectacular dancing light show that is otherworldly in its beauty. The term itself means Dawn of the North. And isn’t that what we’ve all been looking for in these past two years- for dawn to come again?

We were in rehearsal for Almost Maine when the pandemic changed the world in which we live. So many things were lost that shouldn’t have been lost. But in the storm, perhaps we discovered other things that needed to be found.

To return to the show exactly in this moment has been a gift. We all return to the play as people who are profoundly changed.

If Almost were a real place, it would be in the upper reaches of Maine. It is a remote area, lightly populated, and understanding the isolation in the play also helps us understand the powerful connections in the play. The people of Almost are each at a crossroads and don’t know which path to take. But on a particular Friday night at 8:50 p.m., when a solar storm causes the lights to appear, the chemistry in the air changes. And while these folks have seen the lights regularly, there is something about this night when the lights dance across the northern sky that changes each characters direction in ways both large and small.

In a true illustration of art imitating life, Glory travels to Maine to see the Northern lights believing the legend that the lights are the torches of the recently departed who are lighting their way to heaven. My father Stephen Coltrin, passed away exactly a week before we re-started rehearsals. Strangely, three days after his passing and the day before his funeral, a news story broke that the lights were likely going to be faintly visible farther south than normal, in exactly the place to which I traveled for his service. I stood under the trees searching for a magic moment in the lights and saying goodbye to my dad in the only way I knew how. You see, my dad taught me that magic is real, and sometimes when we don’t have a map, you just need to look up and use what you see to take the next step.

Forty-eight hours after my father’s funeral, we-started rehearsals for Almost, Maine. Working on this beautiful play with these extraordinary artists has been a balm in the storm that has been the years since we stopped rehearsal. For me, Almost, Maine teaches us that sometimes you are exactly where you need to be when you need to be there, that the path forward may come from the strangest imperceptible occurrences, and that what you need comes back to you – sometimes in ways you didn’t know were what you needed.

Glory says that Maine feels like the end of the world. But John Cariani’s play teaches us that there is no such thing – the end of the world may be exactly the beginning that you seek. So as we prepare to inhabit the town of Almost, Maine, and travel the path of the delightful folks who live there, we are reminded that even in a storm, maybe, just maybe, a moment can illuminate the road. Welcome to Almost – a town where the dark before the dawn is filled with magic. We’re all exactly where we need to be.

So, dad, this one’s for you.

Stephanie Coltrin
Producer

JOHN CARIANI is an award-winning actor and an accomplished playwright. He is probably best known for his role as CSU Tech Julian Beck on television’s “Law & Order,” and for his performance as Motel the Tailor in the Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof, for which he received a Tony Award nomination and won the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. John made his New York stage debut in It’s My Party (And I’ll Die if I Want To), starring Joyce Van Patten and Academy Award Winner F. Murray Abraham. His recent Broadway appearances include Stuart Gellman in Caroline, or Change, Itzik in The Band’s Visit, and Nigel Bottom in Something Rotten. John has shared the screen with such legends as Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Edward Asner. In addition to his five-year stint on “Law & Order,” John has had recurring roles as Professor Otto Bahnoff in the final season of CBS’ “Numb3rs,” and as reporter Michael Falk on the IFC’s “The Onion News Network.” Almost, Maine premiered at Portland Stage Company in 2004, reopened Off Broadway in 2006, and has become one of the most frequently produced plays in the United States, with nearly 2,000 productions to date. It has also been translated into eight languages. His second play cul-de-sac premiered off-Broadway in a 2006 Transport Group production. Last Gas and Love/Sick premiered at Portland Stage Company in 2010 and 2013 and is slated for an Off Broadway engagement. Originally from Presque Isle, Maine, John is a graduate of Amherst College, and now lives in New York City.

LEAH DALRYMPLE is honored to return to the Rubicon stage, where she appeared in the company’s production of King Lear. Other credits include The Winter’s Tale and The Two Noble Kinsmen (American Studio Theatre); The Tempest (Kingsmen Shakespeare Company – Educational Tour); Carrie: the Musical (M&W Theatre Company); Measure for Measure (New American Theatre); The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare by the Sea); Julius Caesar, Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Henry V (Kingsmen Shakespeare Company); Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play, The Drowsy Chaperone and Chamber Music (California Lutheran University); Promises, Promises and Dracula (Moorpark College). Leah holds a B.A. in Theatre Arts from California Lutheran University.

TARA DONOVAN is happy to be back at Rubicon where she was previously seen as Emmi Straube in Taking Sides. Favorite stage roles include Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Tamora in Titus Andronicus, Tyler in Some Girl(s), and Diedre Ryan in the West Coast Premiere of The Lady Was a Gentleman. TV work includes “Days of our Lives” and the pilot for “Blood Relatives.” Tara is also a busy producer, with over 75 plays and half a dozen films under her belt. She received her B.A. in both Theatre Performance and Political Science with a summer at Oxford through British Academy of Dramatic Arts (BADA) and has an M.F.A. in Producing from the American Film Institute. taradonovan.com

JOSEPH FUQUA most recently appeared as Polonius in Hamlet with the Pinehurst Players in North Carolina. An M.F.A. graduate of the Yale School of Drama, his Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include Brighton Beach Memoirs and 110 in the Shade at Lincoln Center. Regionally, Joseph has appeared as Octavius Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Alexei in A Month in the Country at Arena Stage; Iago in Othello for Shakespeare Festival of Dallas; Louis in Angels in America at Dallas Theatre Center; and Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Macbeth, and Fallen Angels at Ensemble Theatre, Santa Barbara. On television, Joseph guest starred in “The X-Files,” “The Profiler,” “Brooklyn South,” “The Pretender,” “Chicago Hope,” “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “Becker” and the pilot “Second Nature.” Film credits include “Ed’s Next Move,” “David Searching,” “Heyday,” and as J.E.B. Stuart in “Gettysburg” opposite Martin Sheen, a role he reprised in the film “Gods and Generals.” In 2000, Joseph joined Rubicon Theatre as the first company member. His roles with Rubicon include the title role in Hamlet (Indy Award), The Boys Next Door (Indy Award), The Little Foxes, The Rainmaker (Robby Award and Rep Award), Murder in the First, The Glass Menagerie, All My Sons (Ovation Award), Man of La Mancha, Conviction, Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, The Importance of Being Earnest, Dancing at Lughnasa, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Fuddy Meers, King Lear, Incognito, South Pacific, and prior to the pandemic, as Pap in Big River. In July, Joseph directed his 14th Shakespeare production with Rubicon’s Fearless Shakespeare program (now the Victoria Horne Oakie Fearless Shakespeare Intensive), which he co-founded. Joseph is eternally grateful to Jim O’Neil and Karyl Lynn Burns for their trust and support over the years. Viva La Rubicon!

BRENDAN KANE is thrilled to be making his Rubicon debut with this beautiful production! A graduate of Oklahoma City University, Brendan was raised in an Air Force family and is happy to call Los Angeles his home. Some past stage credits include Eurydice and The Lonesome West (Little Fish Theatre); Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing and The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare by the Sea); Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet (House of Bards); Lend Me a Tenor (Long Beach Playhouse); As You Like It (Culver City Public Theatre); California Suite (Noisy Nest); A Sad Tale’s Best for Winter (Beating of Wings); Macbeth (Classic Theatre of Maryland); Much Ado About Nothing (Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre); and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center). He thanks his amazing friends and family for their always-constant support. For Dad. BrendanRKane.com

KATIE PELENSKY makes her Rubicon debut with this production. Her L.A. credits include Samsara, The Secret in the Wings, The Sparrow and Andronicus (Coeurage Theatre Company, of which she is a member); Macbeth (A Noise Within); Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Sierra Shakes); King Lear and Twelfth Night (Shakespeare by the Sea); and The Chimes and Wake Not the Dead (Wicked Lit). In the Bay Area, Katie has appeared in The Winter’s Tale and The Antipodes (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), Lend Me a Tenor and The Weir (Town Hall Theatre). She received her B.A. in Theatre at Santa Clara University.

PATRICK VEST is grateful to be back at Rubicon and finally performing in this beautiful play which was put on hold over two years ago. Audiences may remember him as Major Arnold in Taking Sides or David O. Selznick in Moonlight and Magnolias. Patrick received his M.F.A. in acting from the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. He recently returned from Omaha where he played Iago in Othello for Nebraska Shakespeare. Patrick is also one of the founding members of Little Fish Theatre in San Pedro, where he has directed Chapter Two, Henry IV part 1, and Time Stands Still and acted in many shows, including The Country House, Bloody Poetry, Balcony Scene and The Other Place. He performs yearly with Shakespeare by the Sea, where he has played such roles as Macbeth, Richard III, Bottom, Caliban and Leontes. Patrick is a member of The New American Theatre Company where he continues his studies with Jack Stehlin. Patrick is a fight choreographer and has worked in that capacity on several shows at Rubicon – most recently the climactic fight scene in Never Not Once.

STEPHANIE A. COLTRIN (Director/Associate Artistic Director) is an award-winning producer and director with credits ranging from musicals to Shakespeare to World Premieres, from comedies to dramas. Rubicon directing credits include Buyer and Cellar, Taking Sides, Sylvia (V.C. Reporter Award – Best Play and Stage Scene L.A. Award), Moonlight and Magnolias, and the Ovation-recommended production of The Last Five Years. Stephanie is the Artistic Director for Shakespeare by the Sea (SBTS), (a summer Shakespeare festival touring two shows in rep to more than 24 locations throughout Southern California), having directed Richard III, Richard II (virtual), Twelfth Night (virtual), Henry V, Titus Andronicus, The Winter’s Tale, Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, The Tempest, Julius Caesar, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet and King John. For her work with SBTS, Stephanie was interviewed on PBS as well as for a Folger Shakespeare Library podcast. Other directing credits include Bloody Poetry, The Weir, The Lonesome West (Stage Scene L.A. Award), Oswald, Panache, The Santaland Diaries, Stones in His Pockets, Spit Like a Big Girl, The Love List, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, Godspell, Barefoot in the Park, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Garland Award nomination), Private Lives, Steel Magnolias, Blithe Spirit, Art, The Green Room (World Premiere), Come Back to the Five and Dime…, Quilters, Wait Until Dark, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, Fully Committed, Manson’s Girls, and others. Stephanie previously served as the Artistic Director of CLO of South Bay Cities and the Hermosa Beach Playhouse, helming a ten-show season at both venues, and directing productions including Miss Saigon (Ovation winner for Best Musical, earning her a directing nomination), Seussical the Musical (Broadway World Award for Best Director), Jesus Christ Superstar (Stage Scene L.A. Award – Director), Oklahoma!, Bark!, She Loves Me (Stage Scene L.A. Award – Director of the Year), and The 1940’s Radio Hour. StephanieColtrin.com

MIKE BILLINGS (Set Designer) returns to Rubicon after designing Big River, Heisenberg, South Pacific, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Buyer and Cellar, A Christmas Carol, Incognito, Gulf View Drive (Ovation Nomination), Sylvia, See Rock City (Ovation Nominations), Copenhagen, Last Train to Nibroc, The Last Five Years and Conviction. Recently, Mike designed the West End production of Dreamworks’ The Prince of Egypt at the Dominion Theatre, and also the internationally touring exhibitions of Downton Abbey and Harry Potter: The Exhibition. He has designed for the Bay Street Theater, Laguna Playhouse, American Theatre for Actors, Guild Hall, Gallery Players, Abingdon Theatre Company, Bated Breath Theatre, Quintessence Theatre, Spirit of Broadway Theatre, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Dorset Theatre Festival, and Busch Gardens Theme Park in Williamsburg, VA. Mike holds a B.F.A. from the University of Connecticut and is a member of United Scenic Artists Local USA 829. MikeBillingsDesign.com
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TYLER GABBARD (Props/Furniture Design) is a designer and arts administrator based in L.A. His work as a designer includes scenic, projections, lighting, and property design, as well as graphic design for print and digital media. By day, Tyler is the Box Office and Patron Communications Manager for the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University. Previously, he served as the Events and Publicity Manager for the School of the Arts at Northern Kentucky University and Vice President of the League of Cincinnati Theaters. He began his professional career as the General Management Intern with Broadway producer Dodger Properties and as a Production Assistant Off-Broadway. Tyler received his B.F.A. in Theatre Production and Design from New York University/Tisch School of the Arts. Favorite scenic designs include Ragtime, Well (Pepperdine); Ring of Fire (Memorial Hall); End of the Rainbow, Swing!, Tenderly, The Last Five Years, Disenchanted!, Love, Loss, and What I Wore (The Carnegie); Il Matrimonio Segreto and La Vida Breve (Cincinnati Chamber Opera); The Glass Menagerie, Soldier’s Christmas (New Edgecliff); Oklahoma! and Footloose (Kincaid Regional Theatre); Into the Woods (Northern Kentucky University); Burgertown and …Spelling Bee (Commonwealth Theatre Company); Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Woodford Theatre); Urinetown, The Madras House and The Physicists (NYU). TylerGabbard.com

BRIAN GALE (Lighting and Projections Designer) has numerous design credits, including Gods of Comedy (McCarter Theater and The Old Globe); Hostage and Bronco Billy (Skylight Theatre); Scraps, All My Sons and Two Trains Running (Matrix Theatre); El Nino, Mexican Day and 100 Aprils (Rogue Machine); The Things We Do and Punk Rock (Odyssey); God of Carnage and Carrie the Musical (La Mirada); Red and Disgraced (San Diego Rep); Little Shop of Horrors (Cleveland Playhouse); Sleepless In Seattle: The Musical, Intimate Apparel, 12 Angry Men, and The Heiress (Pasadena Playhouse); And Then They Came for Me, Emperor’s Nightingale, Frederick, Witches, Mrs. Nelson, Goldilocks (Lewis Family Playhouse); Waiting for Godot, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Harps and Angels (The Mark Taper Forum); and La Boheme, Don Giovanni, Jenufa and Lighting and Projection for Wagner’s Ring Cycle (L.A. Opera). Brian has worked for 24 years with the Walt Disney Company Theme Parks, Shows and Special Events worldwide. He is a member of IATSE USA Local 829.

A. JEFFREY SCHOENBERG (Costume Designer) has been designing costumes for L.A. area theaters for 35 years. Recent designs include Candide for the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSULB, As You Like It for the Antaeus Company, Resolving Hedda for the Victory Theater, and The History of Comedy (abridged) at the Falcon Theatre. He has designed more than a dozen productions for the Falcon, including The Wedding Band, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, The Malcontent (Ovation winner), King Lear, and Tonight at 8:30. He designed Cloud 9 for the Antaeus Company, for which he received an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, a Stage Raw Award, and an Ovation nomination. Other favorite designs include Kiss Me Kate for Cabrillo Music Theatre; Always … Patsy Cline for Sierra Madre Playhouse; Hamlet for L.A. Women’s Shakespeare; Elmina’s Kitchen for Lower Depths Theatre; Bach at Leipzig for the Odyssey Theatre; The Dead, The Time of Your Life, and Threepenny Opera for the Open Fist Theater; and the NoHo Arts Center’s Elizabeth Rex (Ovation winner). For the Colony Theatre, he designed almost 40 productions, including Dames at Sea, Side Show (Ovation winner), The Ladies of the Camellias, and The Laramie Project. He has been the resident designer for Musical Theatre Guild for the past 7 years. Jeffrey is the owner and designer for AJS Costumes, Renaissance Dancewear, and Mr. Alan Jeffries Fine Gentlemen’s Apparel.

JULIA DONLON (Production Stage Manager) was born and raised in Oxnard, California. Julia graduated from Pepperdine University in 2019 with a B.A. in Theatre Production Design with an emphasis in Stage Management. She spent the years following doing theatre onboard a cruise ship in New Zealand, around Los Angeles, and now in Ventura County. Previous credits include Beauty and the Beast Jr., The Little Mermaid Jr., Les Misérables, Mamma Mia! (Rubicon Academy of Drama) and Lonesome Traveler Generations (Rubicon); Crazy for You, Die Zauberflöte: The Magic Flute, Curtains, Medea, and Well (Pepperdine University); as well as The Abode (Edinburgh Fringe Festival). Julia spent her summer as Company Manager for the Rubicon Academy of Drama. She is passionate about theatre and human connection, and plans to continue pursuing a theatrical career in New York in the future. She thanks her family and boyfriend for supporting her endlessly and Kirby and Bev Ward for their continued mentorship.

CINTHIA NAVA (Sound Designer) is a sound designer and composer based in Long Beach, California. They have designed for Cerritos College, Little Fish Theatre, Puttin’ On Productions, Rogue Artists Ensemble, Shakespeare by the Sea, and South Coast Repertory.

Almost, Maine, John Cariani’s first play, premiered at Portland (Maine) Stage Company in 2004, where it sold out and garnered critical acclaim. The production was named one of the “Ten Best” of the 2004-2005 regional theatre season by The Wall Street Journal and the new American National Theatre. After a successful Off-Broadway run in the winter of 2005-2006, the play was selected for inclusion in Smith and Kraus’s “New Playwrights: Best Plays of 2006”.

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Geri LeVine Loe
Karen Flock and Dan Long
Nancy and Robert Lopez
Albert Lorenzana
Susanna Lucic
Heidemarie Lundblad
Sharon and Robert Lutton
Ed Lyon
Nancy and Doug McAvoy
Faye McDonald
Kay E. McElroy
Sharon McGahan
Jeannie McGovern
Celina and Edward McHale
Patty McKinney
Scott McMullen
Paul McQuaide
Linda and Michael McTigue
Joy Kobayashi and Peter Madnick
Cal and Valerie Magro
Patricia Maki
Bob Malkin
Lily Mallare
Rita March
Shirley Marcus
Kay Giles and Michael Mariani
Paula Markgraf
Candace Marshall
Betty and Al Martinez
L.P. Marvel
Margaret and Gerald Matchin/Stiix Billiards
Leslie Maulhardt
Diane and Ray Mautner
Frances and Chris May
Christopher May
Emma Mayer
Ted Meeder
Angelina Melero
Peter Melnick
Suzy and Ernie Melonas
Linda and Jerry Mendelsohn
Judy and Ted Metropoulos
Deborah Meyer
Jean and J. Midgley
Collett and Stephen Miller
Donna Miller
Susana and Rob Miller
Marilyn Miravete-Smith
Mariee Mitchell
Karen Mondragon
Patricia Morris
Sydnee Mortensen
Kathleen Shizuru and Robert Moulenbelt
Kathy Lee and Kurt Mueller
Irene and Burton Munger
Sheila Murphy
Stephanie and Joe Murray
Nancy Waltman and Harold Nachenberg
Najar Maryse
Julia and Erik Nasarenko
Sandra and Ed Nash
Nita Nash
Cindy and Bo Nedbailo
Sue Neumann
Phyllis and Richard Nielsen
Gail and Robert Nopar
Joan and Joe Norris
Mary Ann Novak
Marietta O’Farrell
Debra and John O’Neal
Karyl Lynn Burns and James O’Neil
Mary O’Neil
Madeline O’Rourke
Patricia and Merle Oberg
Linda Lemieux Ochoa
Bobbie Offen
Carol Ohler
Nina Olander
Jean Olson
Joyce Opjorden
Judith Owen
Albert and Susan Owens
Ruth and George Owens
Carole and Phil Paddock
Elaine Paris
Deborah and John Parker
Su Part
Bea Epping and Paul Paulson
William Paterson
Barbara and Owen Patotzka
Barbara and Patrick Patten
Lauren Patten
Fletcher Pavin
Rebecca and Michael Pecsok
Jone Pence
Dorothy and Fred Penney
Andrew M. Pennington
Claudia and Dr. David Perlmutter
Diane and The Hon. Steven Perren
Gail and Erick Peterson
Linda Peterson
Carole Piceno
Jane Pilliavin
Claire and Brad Plunkett
Deanna Porter
Paulita Neal and Edwin Pounder
Michela Feli and Keith Powell
Polly and Paul Powers
Roanna Prell
Judith Rabin
Mary and Chris Rae
Liza Raftery
Linda and William Ramelli
Ann Ramirez
Carole and Bob Reese
Brian Reilly
Calvin Remsberg
Jeane Renick
Ann and Dr. Rodney Resnik
Heidi Resnik
Rachel Resnick-Miles
Sharon and Russell Richardson
Mary Lou Roberts
Mary Robinson
Joyce Avery Robinson
Ellen Robinson
Ivonne and Mario Rodriquez
Alan Roll
Susan and Bob Root
Pat and Marc Rosenthal
Amy Galin and Mark Rosenthal
Ada and Dr. Robert Rubin
Mrs. Marie Ruelas
Gertrud and Manfred Runkel
Paula and Scott Rushing
Phyllis and Barry Russal
Dawn Russum
Janet Sacks
Wayne Saddler
Dr. Bettye Saleh
Mandee and Daniel Sanderson
Mary Saputo
Karen Savitt
Ann and Don Scanlin
Lila Schein
Georgia and Jason Schellas
Pam and Eldon Schierman
Nancy Schleifer
Kent Schmidt
Cheryl Schuler
Kathryn Schultz
Patricia and Paul Schuster
Marilyn E. Scott
Elaine and Dan Scully
Linda Searl
John Sepulveda
Paula Osterbrink and David Shain
Jody Shapiro
Dolores Sherwood
Mike Shore
Barbara and Edmund Siegel
Nancy Sieh
Stuart Silfen
Ellen and Harvey Silverberg
JoAnne and Robert Simmons
Reta and Don Singer
S. Gilfenbain and G. Sipe
Steve Skelton
Dinah Slade
Dee Press and Marianne Slaughter
Stephen Slyker
Gaye Smallwood
Patricia Smith
Pamela Smith
Linda Sorensen
Mary Sorelle
Joe Spano
Ellen and Leslie Spiegel
Karen Holmberg Spoentgen
Karen and Glenn Stallings
Harriet Clune and Richard Stewart
Joanne Coville and Steve Stewart
Jean Stirling
Mary Stoddard
Betty and Noel Stookey
Elizabeth Stookey
Judith Streamer
Kathy and Bill Strnad
Adriana Sullivan
Jenny Sullivan
Tania and Dr. Mark Sussman
Sandra and Paul Swanson
Elaine Sweet
Angela and Bill Switzky
Judie and Mel Swope
Norbert Tackman
Connie Taft
Thomas Tamplin
Darian and Robert Taylor
Nancy G. Anderson and Thomas Temprano
Martha and Glenn Terwilliger
Cliff Thompson
Rose R. Thot
John and Laurie Tilson
John Robert Tolian
Ivar Tombach
Elaine and Barclay Totten
Jane and Warren Totten
Sonia Tower
Kim Trainor
Celene Dabney and Todd Tranby
Myrna Golden and Dr. Jeffrey Trester
Mary and Tim Troske
Virginia Tryon
Bernadette and Daniel Uhlar
Marilyn Thomas and David Ullman
Suzanne Claire Vadnais and Edward L. Vadnais
Allen D. Vail
Janet van Duinwyk
Emily Vaniman
Ventura County Credit Union
VCS, Inc.
George Vidacovich
Kathy and Terry Viele
Vicki Vierra
Pat and Ron Vincent
Charlotte Falkenstein and Ben Wada
Blake and Charles Wade
Rickey and Nelson Wallace
Jennifer and Jonathan Wallace
Carmen and Dr. Clifford Walters
Julie Ward
Judy Warner
Jan and Hal Wasserman
Patty Waters
Brian Watnick
Janis Watson
Robin and Guy Weber
Betty Weldon and Tony Arnold
Diana Welsh
Susan Westbrook
Eliane and Richard White
Suzanne and Phil White
Karen Whiting
Janette Daniel-Whitney and James Whitney
Joe Wigert
Sylvia and Duane Wikholm
Kathryn Wilbur
Ann Wiley
Richard Wilhelmsen
Dianne and Michael Wilkerson
Brandin Will
Germaine Williams
Donald Williams
Darylene Williams
Robin and Avery Willis
Gail and Ed Wohlenberg
Joanne Wolf
Cheri L. Wolfe
Jean and Walt Wood
Alberta and Jim Word
Cathy D. Wright
Peter Wright
Nancy Wurzel
Barbara Wutkee
Tana and Jeffrey Wynn
Claudette and Keith York
Nance Young
The Yuss Family Trust
Carole and Dr. Seymour Zemlyn
Cherri and Neil Ziegler
Carrie Zuniga

$100 – $999

Jane Advani
Anonymous
Frances Arner-Costello
Tamara Ashford
Elaine Bannatyne
Vanessa Bechtel
Barbara Beckham
Juli Blasingame
Bret Bradfigan
Jim Brady
Mary and Bob Braitman
Dale Brodie
Clark. Brown
Laura Brown
Dr. and Mrs. William Callahan
John Carroll
Kim Charnofsky and Robin W. Sturgeon
Linda and Weitz Chatenever
Adryan Russ and Dale
Alan Cooke
Sherida and Danny Creech
Bill Danforth
Chice Davison
Michelle and Matthew Demaria
Carolyn E. Dolen
Millie Downey
Michele Drake
Laura Dunbar
Elaine Edwards
Karen and Glen Farr
Patricia Fassen
Paula Feinberg
Pamela Fuller
Linda Glander
Patricia Wade Gooch
Jill Gregorchuk
Arline Grether
Shirley and Chris Hackleman
Patricia Handfinger
Kathrine Heinzman
Anyce Hency
Priscilla Holmes
Barbara Howell
Ruth Johnson
Diane and Tom Johnston
Sue Kadner
David Kamalston
Kristie Katsumata
Veronica Kelly
Karen and Marty Kinrose
Susie Kramer
Mary Lambert
Louise Lampara
Elizabeth Lathbury
Diedre and Ron Lemp
Joannafina and Delfino Lopez-Rojas
Jan and Al Marra
Rochida McClure
Mary McConnel
Michael McCracken
Rosemary McIntyre
Meredith McMinn
Robert Machray
Alana Joyce Meiners
Martina Melero
Bonnie Mercadante
Renee Michels
Irene Miller
Arlene Miro
Tom Moore
Janna Minsk and Carl Morehouse
Sandra Nideffer
Jane Peterson
Rena Pezzuto
Sandi Pierce
Robin Reitz
Alam Reza
Shelba Robison
Diana Rubidoux
Jaqueline Saltz
Vega and Dr. Haluk Sankur
Judy and Tom Shaw
Rodney Smith
Dale Griffiths Stamos and Gregory Stamos
Robert Steiner
Debbie Strauss
Brook Sturtevant
Kathleen Swift
Michael Vogel
Helen Zilmer

Tributes are made to honor a loved one, celebrate a special occasion, or remember those who have passed away. Thank you to the following individuals for commemorating landmark moments with a gift to the theatre. These listings reflect one-time gifts of $100 or more, received August 1, 2021 – July 31, 2022. To make a gift, or to let us know about a correction, please contact Araceli Aggarwal, Development Associate, at 805.667.2912, ext. 246, or aaggarwal@rubicontheatre.org.

In Memory of Gloria Blackwood
Norbert Tackman

In Memory of Richard A. Burns
Carole Burns
Marilyn Harrison
Barbara Hilburn

In Honor of Mary Ann Cohen
The Hon. Paige Marvel
Cheryl Schuler

In Memory of Suzan Cooper
Gloria Chess

In Honor of Randy Encinas and Doug Halter
Sonia Tower

In Memory of Albert Harris
Penny Barnds
Karyl Lynn Burns
Barbara Meister

In Memory of Karen Finkel
Dr. Paul Finkel

In Honor of Joseph Fuqua
Penny Barnds

In Honor of Ron Harrington, Esq. and Barbara Meister
Jessica and Dr. Harvey Harris

In Memory of Tom Hashbarger
Cynthia Hashbarger

In Memory of Normand Kurtz
Marge Kurtz and Susie Kurtz
The Steven E. Kurtz Foundation
Stuart Silfen

In Honor of Mike Merewether’s 80th Birthday
Donna Burger
Elise and Bill Kearney

In Memory of My Mother Rosalind
May Nelson
Judith Nelson

In Memory of Richard Schaberg
Stephanie Levine

In Honor of Beverly and Kirby Ward
Judith Nelson

In Memory of Our Mother
Kathleen Yuss
The Yuss Family Trust