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 The Little Prince
  drama by RICK CUMMINS and JOHN SCOULLAR
based on the book by ANTOINE de SAINT-EXUPÉRY
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                                                                   IN PICTURES
                                                                   The Future Is Bright • 4

                                                                   WELCOME
                                                                   From Artistic Director Joseph Haj • 5
  GUTHRIE SPOTLIGHT
  Health, Safety and Security • 6                                  GUTHRIE SPOTLIGHT
                                                                   Q&A With Anthony Pangal • 6

                                                                   THE LITTLE PRINCE
                                                                   Cast and Creative Team • 9
                                                                   Biographies • 10

                                                                   PLAY FEATURES
                                                                   From Director Dominique Serrand • 15
                                                                   A Life in the Sky • 16
                                                                   Dressed to Thrill • 18
  PLAY FEATURE                                                     Backstory • 20
  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry • 16
                                                                   SUPPORTERS
                                                                   Annual Fund Contributors • 22
                                                                   Corporate, Foundation and Public Support • 25

                                                                   WHO WE ARE
                                                                   Board of Directors and Guthrie Staff • 28

                                                                   GOOD TO KNOW
                                                                   Theater Information and Policies • 30

  PLAY FEATURE
  Costume Inspiration and Creation • 18

                                                                                   Guthrie Theater Program
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IN PICTURES

                                                               PHOTOS: THIS PAGE: AARON THOMAS; MARK HARTMAN; OPPOSITE PAGE: JOSEPH HAJ (T CHARLES ERICKSON)

                      The Future Is Bright
                      Something special happens when
                      our young actors start rehearsing for
                      A Christmas Carol. Whether they’re
                      playing the Cratchit siblings or
                      singing carols with gusto, they bring
                      endless joy to the story — and then to
                      everyone in the audience. These rising
                      stars have big things ahead, and we’re
                      grateful to be a stop on their way to
                      whatever comes next. Bravo!

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WELCOME

                                      From Artistic Director
                                      Joseph Haj

2022–2023 SEASON

Vietgone
                                      Dear Friends,
Sept 10 – Oct 16, 2022                Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince has been beloved by
Wurtele Thrust Stage
                                      readers since the fable was published in 1943. Although the novella is
                                      a children’s story, I first experienced it as an adult, which was timely
Sally & Tom                           considering many of its lessons are for grown-ups. Through a sweeping
Oct 1 – Nov 6, 2022                   journey that spans the vastness of the desert, the galaxy and one’s own
McGuire Proscenium Stage
                                      imagination, Saint-Exupéry explores themes of friendship, loneliness,
                                      creativity, death, love and what it means to grow up — and what is lost
A Christmas Carol
Nov 12 – Dec 31, 2022                 or gained when we do.
Wurtele Thrust Stage

                                      I’ve dreamed about staging The Little Prince at the Guthrie for years,
The Little Prince
                                      and the only person I could imagine directing it was Dominique Serrand,
Dec 10, 2022 – Feb 5, 2023
McGuire Proscenium Stage              the former Co-Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Theatre de la Jeune
                                      Lune, which was a shining star in the Twin Cities theater community
Blues for an                          from 1978 to 2008. I was thrilled when Dominique agreed to direct
Alabama Sky                           The Little Prince during our 2020–2021 Season and then beyond
Jan 28 – March 12, 2023
Wurtele Thrust Stage
                                      disappointed when it was canceled due to the pandemic. Thankfully, the
                                      dream of producing The Little Prince endured, just like the story itself.
Born With Teeth                       We’ve collected a group of gifted artists I deeply admire to make this
March 4 – April 2, 2023               play, and I’m grateful to finally bring this moving tale to our audiences.
McGuire Proscenium Stage

Hamlet                                The idea for The Little Prince first came to Saint-Exupéry while he was
April 8 – May 21, 2023                sketching on a blank page. He drew a petite character that was so
Wurtele Thrust Stage                  charming, it became a permanent figment in Saint-Exupéry’s mind (and
                                      eventually his writing). As the whimsical world of this play unfolds, I
Murder on the
                                      invite you to be open to every possibility and discover the wondrous
Orient Express
May 13 – July 2, 2023                 places your imagination will take you.
McGuire Proscenium Stage

                                                                      Enjoy the show,
Into the Woods
June 17 – Aug 13, 2023
Wurtele Thrust Stage

Shane
July 15 – Aug 27, 2023
McGuire Proscenium Stage

For tickets and information, call
the Box Office at 612.377.2224 or
1.877.447.8243 (toll-free) or visit
guthrietheater.org.

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GUTHRIE SPOTLIGHT

Q&A With
Anthony
Pangal
Before becoming our Health,
Safety and Security Manager,
Anthony Pangal spent
decades in public service.
Find out why this military
veteran, former police chief
and Medal of Valor recipient
took on this multifaceted
role and how he plans to
help ensure the Guthrie is a
safe place for everyone in
the community.

How did you get into this line
of work, and what led you
to the Guthrie?
Right out of high school, I started
training in food service, but I didn’t
want to do that for the rest of
my life. Needing some direction, I       the City of Saint Paul. Eventually, I   It was a great experience, but
joined the U.S. Marine Corps and         became the police chief for three       the commute was rough. When
actively served for four years.          Minnesota cities — Eagle Bend,          my wife saw this opportunity
When I returned to the Twin Cities,      Chatfield (a suburb of Rochester)       at the Guthrie, she encouraged
I took a temporary position at           and Wyoming — and greatly               me to apply, and I’ve been here
Ramsey County Detox Center               enjoyed building teams, working         since October.
where I engaged with clients,            with the community and interacting
police officers and members of           with schools. Then I returned to        Your work experience seems to
the community. I enjoyed that            health care security, taking on         align well with your current role
experience and learned so much           different supervisory roles at local    at the Guthrie. How would you
                                                                                                                      PHOTO: ANTHONY PANGAL (AARON THOMAS)

in those 15 months. From there,          hospitals. I even considered going      describe what you do here?
I held various security positions,       back to school for nursing.             I work to ensure the safety of all
including a health care security job                                             Guthrie employees and guests. I
at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.         Most recently, I served as Director     also work to ensure our excellent
                                         of Safety and Security for Inver        safety and security team has
In 1994, I completed my police           Hills Community College and             the training and tools they need
training and became an officer for       Dakota County Technical College.        to be successful.

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What does an average day look             keep our skills current so we can        if we have regular training. When
like for you?                             provide immediate medical care           everyone understands their role
From responding to calls to being         when needed.                             during a critical incident, we can
present during performances,                                                       reach a safe conclusion together. A
there’s so much variety. That’s           Safety covers everything from            significant part of my role moving
what brings me back each day. No          OSHA compliance and reporting            forward will also include becoming
matter what or whom I encounter,          to various inspections to                a certified CPR Instructor and
I try to be polite, introduce myself,     implementing organization-wide           training various Guthrie staff in
meet people where they’re at and          policies.                                CPR and first aid.
treat everyone with dignity and
respect. Because I’m new, much            Security is about addressing onsite      What have you enjoyed most
of my time is spent in meetings           challenges and concerns. Right           about working at the Guthrie?
with key stakeholders. I also chair       now, we’re looking at expanding          Everyone is welcome at the
the Guthrie’s Safety Committee,           and upgrading the lighting on            Guthrie, which is something I
where I receive feedback and              the building’s exterior to increase      greatly appreciate. Whether you’re
discuss concerns from other               visibility and discourage unwanted       attending a performance or taking
departments. Sometimes my work            activity. It’s also about responding     in the beauty of this building, we
is as simple as stocking a first-         to the calls and concerns our team       encourage the community to come
aid kit; other times I’m working          receives and being respectful and        and visit our spaces. You can go up
to solve complex challenges               mindful in any given situation.          to Level Nine or walk the Endless
with my team.                                                                      Bridge and look out over the whole
                                          Looking ahead, what is your vision       city. What better view is there?
Let’s break down the three parts          for health, safety and security at
of your job title: health, safety and     the Guthrie?                             You probably know every inch of
security. How are they different,         First, I’d like to focus on training     the building by now. Do you have
and why are they important?               my team so everyone feels                a favorite spot?
Health is about having the                confident and comfortable when           At first, I was overwhelmed by
appropriate equipment available           responding to situations. Safety         the size of the Guthrie. There are
during a medical emergency and            and security procedures have             so many nooks and crannies and
ensuring our team is trained to           vastly changed over the years.           doors — I’m still learning what’s
respond. I’ve been a certified            They used to be more hands-on,           behind all the doors! [laughs] But
emergency medical technician              but now they focus on using staff        my favorite spot is the Amber Box
since 1993, and I’m working               presence and verbal de-escalation        on Level Nine.
to ensure everyone on my                  skills to safely resolve a stressful
team is a certified emergency             situation. I believe we need to do       Anything else you’d like to share?
medical responder so we can               our best to de-escalate situations       The Guthrie was built to be
confidently assess situations             first and rely on police involvement     enjoyed, so come out and see us!
and give proper care. This level          as a last resort. I’d also like to       I still pinch myself that I work at
of training is critical. You hope         conduct more evacuation and              one of the neatest buildings in
a medical emergency doesn’t               safety drills because we’ll only be      the Twin Cities. It’s a shining star
happen, but it’s important to             successful during an actual event        in the community.

                               PLAN AHEAD                                   REQUEST AN ESCORT
                               Things like planning where to park or        A Guthrie security guard is happy to
                               carpooling so you walk to the theater as a   escort you at any time. We are onsite
                               group can help increase your safety.         24/7 — just call us at 612.225.6014.

                               PARK ACROSS THE STREET                       BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS
    Anthony’s                  I suggest parking in the Riverfront          Stay alert and report any suspicious

    Safety                     Ramp directly across from the Guthrie.
                               It’s convenient, it’s well lit and we work
                                                                            activity or safety issues to my team so we
                                                                            can address the situation and help keep
    Tips                       closely with their management team.          everyone at the Guthrie safe.

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Cummins and Scoullar’s

                                                     The Little Prince
                                               drama by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar
                                                     based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Scenic design sponsored by                                                   Cast
                                                                       in alphabetical order

                                                                      AVIATOR         Steven Epp*

                                                             KING/SNAKE/FOX           Nathan Keepers*
The Guthrie gratefully recognizes                              LITTLE PRINCE          Reed Northrup*
Ann Rainhart & Jason Digman as
Associate Producers.
                                                CONCEITED MAN/LAMPLIGHTER/            Wariboko Semenitari*
                                                                  PUPPETEER
Setting
A thousand miles from any                                ROSE/BUSINESSMAN/            Catherine Young*
human habitation.                                    GEOGRAPHER/PUPPETEER

Run Time
Approximately 1 hour, 45 minutes

                                                               Creative Team
(no intermission)

Understudies                                                        DIRECTOR          Dominique Serrand
Jim Lichtscheidl* (S. Epp, N. Keepers);
Sophina Saggau (R. Northrup, C. Young);
                                                            SCENIC DESIGNER           Rachel Hauck
Mikell Sapp* (W. Semenitari)
Understudies never substitute for performers
                                                COSTUME AND PUPPET DESIGNER           Olivera Gajic
unless announced prior to the performance.

                                                           LIGHTING DESIGNER          Yi Zhao
Acknowledgments
The Little Prince is produced by special
                                                  SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSER             Sinan Refik Zafar
arrangement with Dramatic Publishing
in Woodstock, Illinois.
                                                        RESIDENT DRAMATURG            Carla Steen

                                                               VOCAL COACH            Mira Kehoe

                                                         MOVEMENT DIRECTOR            Kimberly Richardson

                                                              FIGHT DIRECTOR          Aaron Preusse

                                                   RESIDENT CASTING DIRECTOR          Jennifer Liestman

                                                             STAGE MANAGER            Lori Lundquist*

                                                    ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER           Laura Topham*

                                                         ASSISTANT DIRECTOR           Cara Phipps

                                                     NYC CASTING CONSULTANT           McCorkle Casting, Ltd.

                                                                  *Member of Actors’ Equity Association

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Biographies                                                                                             Wariboko Semenitari
                                                                                                        Conceited Man/Lamplighter/
                                                                                                        Puppeteer

                                                                                                        GUTHRIE Debut. THEATER Theater Latté
                                                                                                       Da: Merrily We Roll Along (u/s), NEXT
                                                                                                       Festival, Twelve Angry Men: A New
                                                                                                       Musical (world premiere); Great River
                                                                                                       Shakespeare Festival: Romeo and Juliet,
                                                                                                       Great Expectations (u/s); Underdog
                                                                                                       Theatre/Mixed Blood Theatre: How It’s
                                                                          Gon’ Be (world premiere); Gremlin Theatre: Samuel J. & K. (regional

Cast
                                                                          premiere); University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Acting
                                                                          Program: The School for Lies, Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, Junk, The
                                                                          Merchant of Venice, Kin, Sueño; Playwriting: Naija Is Alive, Healing
                                                                          Play. CHOREOGRAPHY University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A.
                            Steven Epp                                    Acting Program: The School for Lies, Dance Nation. TEACHING Guthrie
                            Aviator                                       Theater Teaching Artist. TRAINING University of Minnesota/Guthrie
                                                                          Theater B.F.A. Acting Program
                            GUTHRIE Metamorphoses, Indecent,
                             Refugia, The Servant of Two Masters, A
                             Christmas Carol, The Caretaker, To Fool                                    Catherine Young
                             the Eye. THEATER Off-Broadway: Hamlet                                      Rose/Businessman/Geographer/
                             (New Victory Theater); The Servant                                         Puppeteer
                             of Two Masters (Theatre for a New
                             Audience); Regional: Theatre de la Jeune                                   GUTHRIE Debut. THEATER Purchase
                             Lune (1983–2008); The Moving Company                                       Repertory Theatre: As You Like It,
(2009 to present); Berkeley Rep; A.R.T.; Alley Theatre; La Jolla                                        A Bright Room Called Day (Revisited),
Playhouse; Spoleto Festival; Baltimore Center Stage; Shakespeare                                        The Misanthrope, The Possibilities;
Theatre Company; Seattle Repertory Theatre; Yale Repertory Theatre;                                     Walden Alumni Company: Dry Land,
South Coast Repertory; The Old Globe. AWARDS Fox Fellow; McKnight                                       Bowling for Beginners. TRAINING Purchase
Fellow; Helen Hayes Award; Elliot Norton Award; Ivey Award; Bay                                         College, State University of New York
Area Theatre Critics Circle Award; Outer Critics Circle Award.
TRAINING B.A., Theatre and History, Gustavus Adolphus College.
www.themovingco.org

                            Nathan Keepers                                Creative Team
                            King/Snake/Fox

                            GUTHRIE Noises Off, Refugia, King Lear,                                     Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
                             The Comedy of Errors. THEATER The                                          Author
                             Moving Company (Producing Artistic
                             Director, selected): Anamnesis; What If;                                    A French aviator, poet and author, Antoine
                             Speechless; Liberty Falls, 54321; Love’s                                    de Saint-Exupéry became enamored with
                             Labour’s Lost; Out of the Pan Into the                                      aviation while still a boy in France and
                             Fire; Werther and Lotte; Come Hell and                                      learned to fly as an air force officer, later
                             High Water; Theatre de la Jeune Lune                                        transitioning to commercial flights in 1926.
(selected): Fishtank, The Miser, The Little Prince, Tartuffe; Actors                                     Aviation is a theme throughout much of
Theatre of Louisville: The Santaland Diaries, The 39 Steps (Director),                                   Saint-Exupéry’s work, including Southern
Peter and the Starcatcher, Noises Off, A Midsummer Night’s Dream;                                        Mail (1929), Night Flight (1931), Wind,
Berkeley Rep: Tartuffe, The Miser; Shakespeare Theatre Company:           Sand and Stars (1939) and Flight to Arras (1942). After France was
Tartuffe; Folger Theatre: The Comedy of Errors; Jungle Theater:           invaded by Germany in World War II, Saint-Exupéry left Europe for the
Waiting for Godot, The Swan, Fully Committed; Ten Thousand Things:        U.S. where he wrote and illustrated The Little Prince as a philosophical
Il Campiello. TRAINING Burlesk Center (with Pierre Byland); École         fable for children in 1942. He returned to his squadron in North Africa
Philippe Gaulier; Théâtre du Soleil                                       and disappeared while on a reconnaissance flight over southern France
                                                                          in 1944, likely shot down by a German fighter.

                            Reed Northrup
                            Little Prince

                            GUTHRIE Debut. THEATER Ars Nova: Auntie
                            Vanya; Yale Cabaret: Constellations; The
                            Flea Theater: Locked Up Bitches; Yale
                            School of Drama: Twelfth Night. FILM/
                            TELEVISION High Maintenance; Voice of
                            Javi on “Teenage Euthanasia” (Adult
                            Swim). AWARDS 2022 Pierre-André Salim
                            Prize. TRAINING M.F.A., Acting, Yale School
of Drama; B.A., Sarah Lawrence College. @reednorthrup (IG)

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Rick Cummins                                                                Dominique Serrand
                             Adapter                                                                     Director

                              Rick Cummins is an author and composer                                     GUTHRIE Refugia, The Comedy of Errors,
                              originally from western Pennsylvania. He                                    Triumph of Love, A Party for Two (tour).
                              went to Philadelphia for formal education,                                  THEATER Co-Artistic Director, The Moving
                              earning his B.S. and M.D. degrees at the                                    Company (selected): Come Hell and
                              University of Pennsylvania. He has lived                                    High Water, Refugia, Anamnesis; Former
                              in Marshalls Creek, Pennsylvania, and on                                    Co-Artistic Director and Co-Founder of
                              the Upper West Side of Manhattan since                                      Theatre de la Jeune Lune, 1978–2008
                              1975. He is a member of ASCAP and the                                       (selected directing credits): The Kitchen,
Dramatists Guild. Cummins’ favorite work, Half the Sky: True Stories        Lulu, The Bourgeois Gentleman, Romeo and Juliet, Children of
of Women Around the World, is based on the Chinese quote “Women             Paradise: Shooting a Dream, The Three Musketeers, Queen Elizabeth,
hold up half the sky.” This unusual theater piece is a compilation of       Tartuffe, Gulliver, The Seagull, The Miser. OPERA The Magic Flute,
true stories from various news media around the world, documenting          Così Fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Figaro, Carmen, María de Buenos Aires,
shocking gender bias still in practice today through song, dance,           Mefistofele. AWARDS 2005 Regional Theatre Tony Award (Theatre
humor and pathos. This project was chosen to headline the Festival          de la Jeune Lune); American Theatre Critics Association New Play
of New Musicals at Theatre Building Chicago. As a longtime member           Award and Pulitzer Prize nomination (Children of Paradise: Shooting a
of New York’s BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop,                    Dream); Knighted by the French government in the Order of Arts and
Cummins had the opportunity to develop his theater craft under the          Letters in 2003. TRAINING École Jacques Lecoq, Paris
leadership of its founder, Lehman Engel. His music, lyrics and librettos
are represented in productions of The Little Prince (New Victory
Theater), That’s Life! (Outer Critics Circle Award nominee), Sherlock                                    Rachel Hauck
Holmes and the Red-Headed League (Promenade Theater, published                                           Scenic Designer
by Samuel French), Amos & Olga (Playhouse by the River), Tiny
Tim’s Christmas Carol (BAM) and Pets! (Theatre East, published by                                        GUTHRIE What the Constitution Means
Dramatic Publishing). Cummins has written incidental music for many                                       to Me, Clybourne Park, Cat on a Hot
Shakespeare plays and American classics performed at theaters                                             Tin Roof. THEATER Broadway: How I
across the U.S., Canada and Europe. He has written television scripts,                                    Learned to Drive, Hadestown, What the
movie theme songs, children’s songs and cabarets.                                                         Constitution Means to Me, Latin History
                                                                                                          for Morons; Recent work: Good Night,
                                                                                                          Oscar (Goodman Theatre); Sandra
                             John Scoullar                                                                (Vineyard Theatre); F*ck7thGrade (Wild
                             Adapter                                        Project); Confederates (Signature Theatre); Swept Away (Berkeley
                                                                            Rep); The Wrong Man (MCC Theater); The Garden (Baltimore Center
                               John Scoullar grew up in Providence,         Stage/La Jolla Playhouse); 72 Miles To Go… (Roundabout Theatre
                               Rhode Island, and began a performing         Company); Hurricane Diane (NYTW); Othello, Twelfth Night (The
                               career at age 12, touring with the Bolshoi   Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park); The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova);
                               Ballet in the U.S. He eventually entered     You’ll Still Call Me By Name (Sonya Tayeh/Jacob’s Pillow). AWARDS
                               seminary but left to pursue acting and       Princess Grace Award; Lilly Award; Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel
                               dance. Moving to New York City in the        Award nominations; Jeff Award (Good Night, Oscar); Obie Award for
                               early 1970s, he appeared in several          Sustained Excellence; Tony Award (Hadestown)
                               original off-Broadway casts (The Hot L
Baltimore, The Crazy Locomotive and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater)
as well as on Broadway (Candide, Over Here! and King of Hearts).                                         Olivera Gajic
He then turned to playwriting and penned Old Fashioned Bargain                                           Costume and Puppet Designer
Days (Playwrights Horizons), Fitzy and Bucko and Canticle (Hartman
Conservatory Theatre). With Rick Cummins, he wrote the various                                           GUTHRIE Debut. THEATER Jedermann
stage adaptations of The Little Prince, many television scripts, cabaret                                 (Salzburg Festival, Austria); Off-
songs and a musical about reincarnation titled Sojourn. At the time                                      Broadway/Regional: God’s Ear (Vineyard
of his death in 2011, he was working with Joseph Kavanaugh on The                                        Theatre); Ocean Filibuster (A.R.T.); Pig
Legend of Finn McCool and Hello, Dears, in which he played an                                            Iron Theatre Company; Talking Band;
endearing waitress at a Manhattan diner. After moving to New York                                        PearlDamour; Restless Productions; The
City, Scoullar married his sweetheart, actor Linda Robbins, who in 1981                                  Lake Lucille Project (14 seasons); The
appeared on Broadway in Amadeus. Months later, their son, Nicholas,                                      Juilliard School (15 seasons); Company
was born and given the middle name Amadeus. Nicholas (joined by             XIV (seven seasons); Arden Theatre Company (10 seasons); Trinity
his wife, Faryl) continues in Scoullar’s footsteps as a screenwriter        Rep (10 seasons); Berkshire Theatre Festival (14 seasons); Long Wharf
under the name Nick Amadeus.                                                Theatre; Two River Theater; PlayMakers Repertory Company; Cal
                                                                            Shakes; Santa Cruz Shakespeare; Folger Theatre; Huntington Theatre
                                                                            Company; Shakespeare Theatre Company; Cleveland Play House;
                                                                            Barrington Stage Company; Chautauqua Theater Company. FILM/
                                                                            TELEVISION I Am a Seagull (The Chekhov Project). OTHER Member
                                                                            of Local USA 829; U.S. National Exhibit at the Prague Quadrennial;
                                                                            Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live
                                                                            Performance; Costume at the Turn of the Century; Vesuario a Scena;
                                                                            SENA-OISTAT (Morocco). AWARDS NEA/TCG Career Development
                                                                            Program; TDF/Irene Sharaff Young Master Award; IT Award;
                                                                            Barrymore Award; Bessie Award for Outstanding Costume Design.
                                                                            TRAINING Academy of Applied Arts (Belgrade, Serbia); University of
                                                                            Connecticut. www.oliveragajic.com

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Yi Zhao                                                                     Mira Kehoe
                             Lighting Designer                                                           Vocal Coach

                             GUTHRIE A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night,                                   GUTHRIE Refugia, The Parchman Hour
                               The Bluest Eye. THEATER Broadway:                                           and more than 80 productions since the
                               The Skin of Our Teeth (Tony Award                                           1990–1991 Season. THEATER Voice, Text
                               nomination); New York: Greater Clements,                                    and Dialect Coach: Next Wave Festival
                               Pipeline (Lincoln Center Theater);                                          (BAM); Theatre de la Jeune Lune; Jungle
                               Fabulation, In the Blood, The Death of the                                  Theater; Theater Mu; Children’s Theatre
                               Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World                                    Company; Minnesota Opera; North Star
                               (Signature Theatre); Dreaming Zenzile,                                      Opera; Numerous productions at area
The House That Will Not Stand, Red Speedo (NYTW); Thunderbodies,            colleges; Multimedia theater pieces: Co-Director, Composer and
Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., FUTURITY (Soho Rep); Actually              Performer: Labyrinth (Space-Space); Circling (Guthrie Lab). FILM/
(Manhattan Theatre Club); Regional: Yale Repertory Theatre; Oregon          TELEVISION Dialect Consultant: Sugar & Spice, The Naked Man, The
Shakespeare Festival; Mark Taper Forum; Dallas Theater Center; Wilma        Parent Trap, The Mighty Ducks. OTHER Several recordings, numerous
Theater; A.C.T.; Berkeley Rep; Huntington Theatre Company; McCarter         concerts and workshops throughout the U.S. and Brazil; Co-Director,
Theatre Center; International: Theaternatur Festival (Germany). OPERA       Arts on Lafond. TEACHING University of Minnesota; Hamline University;
Norwegian National Opera; Detroit Opera; Opera Omaha; ArtsEmerson;          The University of Utah; Guthrie Theater; Private studio teaching for
Curtis Institute of Music; Prototype Festival; Hong Kong Arts Festival.     voice, dialects, text and acting
DANCE Sasha Waltz & Guests (Germany); Ballet de Lorraine (France).
UPCOMING Lyric Opera of Chicago; Opera Philadelphia; Opera Colorado.
AWARDS 2019 Henry Hewes Design Award; 2016 Vilcek Prize for                                              Kimberly Richardson
Creative Promise in Theatre. www.yi-zhao.com                                                             Movement Director

                                                                                                         GUTHRIE Debut. THEATER Open Eye
                             Sinan Refik Zafar                                                          Theatre: The Red Shoes, To the Moon, My
                             Sound Designer/Composer                                                    Life as a Fairytale; Ten Thousand Things:
                                                                                                        Artist Core member since 2008; Selected
                             GUTHRIE What the Constitution Means                                        productions: Dirt Sticks, My Fair Lady,
                             to Me, Noura. THEATER Broadway: What                                       As You Like It, Othello; Illusion Theater:
                             the Constitution Means to Me; National                                     A Play by Barb and Carl; Children’s
                             Tours: What the Constitution Means to                                      Theatre Company: Cinderella; Sod
                             Me, What To Send Up When It Goes               House Theater: The Hoopla Train; Jungle Theater: Noises Off; History
                             Down; Off-Broadway: Which Way to               Theatre: Stewardess!; Live Action Set: Please Don’t Blow Up Mr. Boban.
                             the Stage, To All the Natalie Portmans         CHOREOGRAPHY TigerLion Arts: Nature (national tour); Ten Thousand
                             (MCC Theater); Cullud Wattah, The              Things: The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Dear World, Park and Lake; Sod
Vagrant Trilogy (The Public Theater); English, Shhhh (Atlantic Theater      House Theater: Table. FILM/TELEVISION E.G. Bailey’s New Neighbors
Company); Wish You Were Here, What To Send Up... (Playwrights               (Sundance Film Festival). TEACHING University of Minnesota/Guthrie
Horizons); To My Girls (Second Stage Theater); Montag (Soho Rep);           Theater B.F.A. Acting Program; Upstream Arts. AWARDS Sage Award
Letters From Max (Signature Theatre); What the Constitution Means to        for Dance Performance; McKnight Theater Artist Fellowship. TRAINING
Me (NYTW/Clubbed Thumb); Novenas for a Lost Hospital (Rattlestick           B.F.A., Modern Dance, The University of Utah
Playwrights Theater); What To Send Up…, And She Would Stand
Like This (The Movement Theatre Company); Hamlet (Waterwell);
Intelligence (Next Door at NYTW); Richard in 9 Poses (Clubbed                                            Aaron Preusse
Thumb); Regional: The Kennedy Center; Yale Repertory Theatre;                                            Fight Director
Berkeley Rep; Williamstown Theatre Festival; Mark Taper Forum; Geva
Theatre Center; TheatreWorks Silicon Valley; PlayMakers Repertory                                        GUTHRIE Vietgone, Sweat, Emma,
Company; Weston Playhouse; Dorset Theatre Festival; Two River                                             Twelfth Night, Noura, Floyd’s, Guys and
Theater; TheatreSquared. TRAINING M.F.A., Yale School of Drama.                                           Dolls, Metamorphoses, As You Like It,
www.sinanzafar.com                                                                                        Noises Off, Frankenstein – Playing With
                                                                                                          Fire, Indecent, Watch on the Rhine,
                                                                                                          Native Gardens, Refugia, The Bluest
                             Carla Steen                                                                  Eye, The Royal Family, The Parchman
                             Resident Dramaturg                                                           Hour. THEATER Ordway: Jesus Christ
                                                                            Superstar, The Pirates of Penzance; Minnesota Opera: Carmen; Park
                             GUTHRIE More than 75 productions since         Square Theatre: Hamlet; Commonweal Theatre Company: The Three
                             1996, including A Christmas Carol, Sally &     Musketeers; St. Paul Ballet: Carmen; Red Bird Theatre: A Bright
                             Tom, Sweat, The Tempest, Noura, Cyrano         Room Called Day, Buried Child, Time To Burn; Gremlin Theatre: Dial
                             de Bergerac, As You Like It, Frankenstein      M for Murder; Theatre Pro Rata: The Illusion, Henry V; Lyric Arts:
                             – Playing With Fire, West Side Story,          Superior Donuts, Leading Ladies; Theatre in the Round: The Three
                             Familiar, Sunday in the Park With              Musketeers; Old Log Theatre: The Play That Goes Wrong. TRAINING
                             George, King Lear, The Lion in Winter,         Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theatre; London Academy
                             Disgraced, The 39 Steps, Peer Gynt, His        of Music and Dramatic Art; Society of American Fight Directors.
Girl Friday and Sweeney Todd. THEATER Dramaturgy for The Acting             www.fakefighting.com
Company (The Comedy of Errors, Henry V); University of Minnesota/
Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Acting Program; Hammerstein Center; NYU
Tisch School of the Arts; Augsburg University (Cymbeline directed
by Darcey Engen). PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member of Literary
Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA). TRAINING M.F.A.,
Columbia University; B.A., Augsburg University

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Jennifer Liestman
                              Resident Casting Director

                              GUTHRIE Member of the Artistic Team since 2003; More than
                             60 productions, workshops and readings since 2015, including
                             Sally & Tom, Vietgone, Sweat, Emma, A Raisin in the Sun, The          THE NAIL BITING THRILLER ABOUT A
                             Tempest, A Christmas Carol, History Plays Workshop, Dickens’          FAMOUS NOVELIST AND HIS #1 FAN!
                             Holiday Classic, Twelfth Night, Noura, Floyd’s, West Side
                             Story, BAD NEWS! i was there…, Familiar (with Seattle Rep),
                             Watch on the Rhine (with Berkeley Rep), Native Gardens (with
                             Arena Stage) and Disgraced (with McCarter Theatre Center/
Milwaukee Rep). FILM/TELEVISION Master Servant (Casting Consultant). TEACHING Audition
master classes for the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Acting Program;
Macalester College; SMU; Other universities in Minnesota and the U.S. TRAINING B.A.,
Theatre, Minnesota State University Moorhead

                              Lori Lundquist
                              Stage Manager

                              GUTHRIE Stage Manager: Vietgone, Guys and Dolls; Assistant
                                 Stage Manager: A Raisin in the Sun. THEATER Broadway:
                                 Fosse, The Best Man, Holiday; Off-Broadway: Head of Passes
                                 with Phylicia Rashad (The Public Theater); Julie Taymor’s A
                                 Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre for a New Audience); The
                                 Legend of Georgia McBride (MCC Theater); Gloria (Vineyard
                                 Theatre); Incident at Vichy, Big Love (Signature Theatre); Into
                                 the Woods, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare in the        BY
Park); Fiction, Talley’s Folly (Roundabout Theatre Company); The Shaggs, The Burnt Part
                                                                                                   WILLIAM GOLDMAN
Boys (Playwrights Horizons); The Good Times Are Killing Me (Second Stage Theater/Minetta
Lane Theatre); A Civil War Christmas (NYTW/Long Wharf Theatre); The Wolves (New York
Stage and Film/The Playwrights Realm); Regional: The Age of Innocence (Hartford Stage/             FEBRUARY 24 -
McCarter Theatre Center); Sousatzka (Toronto); Joseph… (Ordway); Alley Theatre; Trinity            MARCH 26
Rep; Kansas City Repertory Theatre. OPERA Minnesota Opera; Indianapolis Opera; Opera
Memphis; New York City Opera (two seasons). TRAINING B.A./B.S., Bemidji State University

                              Laura Topham

                                                                                                   LADY DAY
                              Assistant Stage Manager

                              GUTHRIE Stage Manager: A Raisin in the Sun. THEATER Park
                              Square Theatre: More than 20 productions, including Holmes
                              and Watson, The Rocky Horror Show, Jefferson Township
                              Sparkling Junior Talent Pageant, Baskerville: A Sherlock                  EMERSON’S
                              Holmes Mystery, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Diary                        BAR & GRILL
                              of Anne Frank; Yellow Tree Theatre: A Streetcar Named
                              Desire, Another Miracle on Christmas Lake, Sherwood: The
                              Adventures of Robin Hood; History Theatre: Parks: A Portrait
of a Young Artist, Not for Sale; Collide Theatrical Dance Company: Romeo and Juliet;
Theater Latté Da: Candide, Beautiful Thing; Artistry: Follies. TRAINING B.A., Theatre Arts,
University of Minnesota

                              McCorkle Casting, Ltd.
                              Pat McCorkle, C.S.A.
                              NYC Casting Consultant for
                              2022–2023 Season

                                                                                                   BY
                              GUTHRIE More than 100 productions since 1998. THEATER
                             Broadway: More than 50 productions, including On the                  LANIE ROBERTSON
                             Town, Amazing Grace, End of the Rainbow and A Few Good
                             Men; Off-Broadway: More than 60 productions, including                APRIL 21-
                             Highlights; Our Town (Barrow Street Theatre); Freud’s Last
                             Session; Toxic Avenger; Almost, Maine; and Driving Miss Daisy;
                                                                                                   MAY 21
Regional (selected): Barrington Stage Company; George Street Playhouse; Connecticut
Repertory Theatre. FILM/TELEVISION Recent projects: Two films for Hallmark, Eternal
Buzz, Potato Dreams; Past projects: Premium Rush, Ghost Town, The Thomas Crown
Affair, Die Hard With a Vengeance, School Ties; “Twisted,” “Sesame Street,” “Hack” (CBS),
“Californication” (Emmy Award nomination), “The Education of Max Bickford” (CBS),
“Chappelle’s Show,” “Strangers With Candy.” www.mccorklecasting.com

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A celebratory season

      Blues for an
      Alabama Sky                          Born With Teeth                                    Hamlet
              by PEARL CLEAGE                       by LIZ DUFFY ADAMS                    by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
       directed by NICOLE A. WATSON              directed by ROB MELROSE                   directed by JOSEPH HAJ
         January 28 – March 12                     March 4 – April 2                         April 8 – May 21

                                                                                         WO R L D P R E MI E R E

             Agatha Christie’s

    Murder on the                          Into the Woods                                      Shane
    Orient Express                         music and lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM              by KAREN ZACARÍAS
     adapted for the stage by KEN LUDWIG           book by JAMES LAPINE              based on the novel by JACK SCHAEFER
          directed by RISA BRAININ               directed by SARNA LAPINE                directed by BLAKE ROBISON
             May 13 – July 2                     June 17 – August 13                       July 15 – August 27

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PLAY FEATURE

From Director Dominique Serrand
                 The world of imagination is infinite,
                  and in the Prince’s mind, the possible exists.
                 “What makes the desert so beautiful is that somewhere it
                  hides a well.”

                 In dreaming about the stage and how to set the Prince’s world, we
                 immediately saw the desert, as in the book, as a place of infinite horizon, a
                 thousand miles from any human habitation.
                 How about a dune with an infinite reflection in back? This magical place
                 was indeed perfect for our story, in which we could stage characters
                 appearing over the top of the dune, tumbling down and disappearing
                 over its edge.
                 As we were tilling further the grounds for our production,
                 we asked instead, what if we could create an imaginary studio, Saint-
                 Exupéry’s studio — the one he never had? What if, in that environment,
                 we could witness the creation of the character of the Prince born out of
                 Saint-Exupéry’s hand? What if the Prince, having emerged from Saint-
                 Exupéry’s pen, roams around the studio making his journey and his
                 encounters come to life, right there?
                 What if together, the author and his creation question one another,
                 sometimes by proxy, to form a long and transparent friendship?
                 And what if we could create a place where mirages do not disappear and
                 instead reveal unexpected potentials?

                 In 1942, Saint-Exupéry, in exile in New York City, wrote The Little Prince,
                 illustrating the pages himself. When asked how the little prince was born,
                 he answered that as he was sitting and working on what he thought was
                 a blank page, he saw a tiny figure: “I asked him who he was. ‘I am the little
                 Prince,’ the figure responded.”

                 Saint-Exupéry exalts our imagination and poetically reminds us that by
                 drawing a box, we not only create a habitat but also its inhabitant.

                 Our production ventures into these fragile territories, in the Prince’s
                 mind and into Saint-Exupéry’s studio, a large room with a wall of infinite
                 reflection. It’s as if the desert and the dunes have made their way into the
                 room after all.

                 In the end, The Little Prince is a celebration of innocence and proximity.
                 And Saint-Exupéry reminds us that all grown-ups were once children, but
                 only a few of them remember it.

                 We invite the child in you to this wondrous country in which cynicism is
                 not yet born.
                 As Saint-Exupéry said: “To live is to be slowly born. It would be a bit too
                 easy if we could go about borrowing ready-made souls.”

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PLAY FEATURE

A Life in
the Sky
By Carla Steen
Resident Dramaturg

In his adventure-packed
44 years, French writer
and aviator Antoine
de Saint-Exupéry lived
multiple lives. But his most
enduring legacy is The Little
Prince — a poetic, allegorical,
philosophical little book
not entirely (or at least not
exclusively) for children
about love, loneliness and
friendship. As charming
as The Little Prince is, the
story of its author is no
less captivating.

Saint-Exupéry was born in Lyon,           biographers suggest), and in 1921,      (He received the French Legion of
France, on June 29, 1900, as the          he began his mandatory military         Honor Award for negotiating peace
third of five children. His father        service with an aviation regiment       between Spaniards and Moors
died when he was nearly 4, and the        in Strasbourg, France. He was           while stationed there.) He was a
family then relied on the kindness        assigned to the ground ranks, but       long-distance airmail pilot in South
of his mother Marie’s godmother.          through charm and determination,        America, where he helped establish
Antoine’s education was a mix of          he earned a civilian pilot’s license,   Aéropostale’s route between
                                                                                                                         PHOTO: COURTESY OF THIS DAY IN AVIATION (JOHN PHILLIPS)

homeschooling, Jesuit education,          with which he entered the student       Brazil and Patagonia. During this
boarding school in Switzerland and        pilot ranks in the aviation corps to    time, he met Consuelo Suncín
finally two naval prep academies.         complete his service.                   in Argentina, whom he would
His passion for aviation — then                                                   marry in 1931 and with whom he
in its earliest days — developed          Saint-Exupéry spent much of             would share 12 tumultuous years.
during childhood and solidified           the 1920s in the air. He flew as a      (She is the model for the Rose in
with his first airplane ride at age 12.   commercial pilot between France         The Little Prince.)
                                          and West Africa, including as
He failed his naval academy               commander of the Cape Juby              His experience as a pilot led to his
entrance exam (on purpose, some           airport in Morocco in 1927–1928.        success as a writer; his ability to

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For years, Saint-Exupéry had doodled a little character he called his petit
            bonhomme (little man) — “just a little fellow I carry around in my heart” — and
            eventually, either a friend or his publisher (accounts differ) encouraged him to
           draw more sketches and write a children’s book. During summer 1942, he settled
            down with his watercolors and his pen to write and illustrate The Little Prince.

capture the exhilaration of flying      of writing at his sister’s house,      overweight, stiff and in pain
led to a new genre: the aerial          he decided to leave for the U.S.,      from injuries sustained during
adventure. He fictionalized his         though not without misgivings          various flying accidents. The
exploits in Africa for the novel        about leaving his country in           French were now allied with
Southern Mail, published in 1929,       its hour of need. He hoped to          American forces, the planes were
and, two years later, his dangerous     advocate for the Americans to join     more advanced and the flight
flights in South America were the       the fight for France and that his      instruments and instructions were
inspiration for Night Flight. Saint-    American publishers could help         in English (a language he resisted
Exupéry was known to read and           him financially.                       learning). But Saint-Exupéry was
write in the cockpit while in flight.                                          determined to fly. After some
                                        When Saint-Exupéry arrived in          months, he was allowed to rejoin
In 1935, he and his mechanic            New York City, publishers Reynal       his old squadron and participate
attempted to break a flight speed       & Hitchcock welcomed him and           in pilot reconnaissance flights
record between Paris and Saigon         found him an apartment. An             in the American P-38 planes.
when their plane went down in the       intended four-week stay grew           From the Sardinia and Corsica
Libyan desert. A Bedouin caravan        to more than two years, during         islands, he flew missions to map
rescued them after four days, and       which time Consuelo joined him.        southern France for an eventual
the experience would later make         He wrote, lectured and tried           Allied landing.
its way into The Little Prince. The     to stay above politics (he liked
plane crash is also described in        neither the German-collaborating       On the morning of July 31, 1944,
Wind, Sand and Stars, published         Vichy government nor Charles           Saint-Exupéry took off, didn’t
in 1939, for which the Académie         de Gaulle, whom he thought             return and was assumed lost.
Française awarded him the Grand         was opportunistic) while also          What happened on that fateful
Prix. In the 1930s, while working       endorsing U.S. involvement in the      flight remained unknown for
as a foreign correspondent, he          war and calling on the French to       years: Did he lose control and
witnessed the horrors of fascism        resist Hitlerism.                      crash? Was he shot down? Did he
during visits to Spain and Germany.                                            crash intentionally?
                                        For years, Saint-Exupéry had
When World War II began in 1939,        doodled a little character he called   More than 50 years later, a
Saint-Exupéry rejoined the air force    his petit bonhomme (little man) —      Marseille fisherman found a
and flew reconnaissance missions        “just a little fellow I carry around   bracelet inscribed with “Saint-Ex.”
in northeastern France to note the      in my heart” — and eventually,         In 2004, the French government
locations of the invading Germany       either a friend or his publisher       announced that a salvage team
army. Flight to Arras, a harrowing      (accounts differ) encouraged him       had located Saint-Exupéry’s P-38
description of aerial warfare,          to draw more sketches and write        plane. More answers have come
depicts these flights, which earned     a children’s book. During summer       from Horst Rippert, a member of
him the Croix de Guerre military        1942, he settled down with his         a German squadron stationed in
honor for bravery.                      watercolors and his pen to write       southern France. He is convinced
                                        and illustrate The Little Prince. In   that the P-38 with French colors he
When France’s government fell           1943, the novella was published in     shot down near Marseille in 1944,
to Germany in June 1940, Saint-         English by Reynal & Hitchcock and      days before he learned of Saint-
Exupéry’s squadron proceeded            first appeared in French in 1946.      Exupéry’s disappearance, was that
south, as did thousands of other                                               of the writer. He said if he’d known
refugees from the invading forces.      Also in 1943, Saint-Exupéry            the pilot was Saint-Exupéry, he
He arranged for Consuelo to leave       returned to the war, joining           wouldn’t have shot him down. Like
Paris as well. He was demobilized       the resistance forces in North         so many readers, he, too, was a fan
on July 31, and after a summer          Africa. By this time, he was 43,       of the Frenchman’s writing.

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PLAY FEATURE

Dressed to Thrill

Inspiration            Little Prince                                       Aviator
Notes from Costume     Our Little Prince is not the quintessential         The black, gray and patina colors
and Puppet Designer    image we know from the book. The colors             of this costume were inspired
Olivera Gajic          are similar, but the costume itself is different.   by black-and-white photos
                       I journeyed virtually around the world              of pilots in the 1940s. I even
                       through images of princes and princesses to         found a photo of Antoine de
                       discover what unified them and made them            Saint-Exupéry in his flight suit.
                       unique, and a common characteristic was the         Although this costume looks
                       gender-neutral tunic. I chose a bluish-green,       more traditional, there is space
                       transparent silk organza for the Little Prince’s    for magic and transformation
                       tunic so he feels ethereal, untouchable and         as the character becomes more
                       from a different realm. The gentle and delayed      childlike throughout the story.
                       movement of the fabric helps communicate
                       his weightlessness and otherworldliness.

                                                                                                               IMAGES: COSTUME DESIGN AND SKETCHES BY OLIVERA GAJIC

Creation               One of the great technical challenges with          We pulled most of the
Notes from the         this costume was making the delicate design         pieces for the Aviator
Guthrie costume shop   durable enough to withstand the rigors              costume from the Guthrie’s
                       of the staging while remaining ethereal             costume collection.
                       and otherworldly.

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A magical story like The Little Prince calls for just-as-magical costumes. Each of these
stunning onstage looks began with Costume and Puppet Designer Olivera Gajic, who was
inspired by everything from surrealist ceramic sculptures to global dance troupes. Once in
sketch form, she handed her ideas off to the talented artists in our costume shop who built
each look with precision (and a little magic up each sleeve). Explore the whimsical world of
the play through these five fashion moments.

Rose                               Businessman                           Snake
The Little Prince calls his very   Surrealist paintings and              This costume is highly
special Rose a “most beautiful     photography were my                   stylized and inspired by the
flower,” and she is as beautiful   inspiration for this costume,         Sankai Juku butoh dance
as the roses are! But this rose    including photos of                   troupe known for their use
speaks, moves and has a            businessmen walking busily            of slow choreography and
personality, so I designed the     down the street. Like a self-         white makeup. I chose a
costume to show her growing        operated marionette, the              silk fabric to resemble the
from a little seedling to a        character appears to be               elegant, sleek and hypnotic
magnificent flower. I used silk    swallowed by a suit and looks         movements of a snake.
charmeuse to mimic the shine       as absurd as the business
and softness of rose petals.       he is conducting.

The challenge and magic of         We collaborated with the prop         The Snake costume is half-
the Rose costume was crafting      shop to build an interior structure   human and half-puppet. Part
it to “bloom” in various stages    that supports the oversized           of the ensemble is worn by the
and transition to a full-bloom     shoulders on the costume.             actor; the midsection and tail are
Cinderella moment.                                                       operated by two puppeteers.

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PLAY FEATURE

Backstory
   SYNOPSIS
   As a child, an Aviator became disillusioned with the lack of imagination in grown-up life. He now prefers
   to keep his own company, which he does until his plane goes down in the Sahara desert. Miles from
   human habitation, he is surprised to encounter a Little Prince who claims to be from another planet. The
   Little Prince appears each day at sunset and describes life on his planet and the reason he set out on his
   journey: a confusing relationship with a Rose. As the Little Prince recounts his travels and the people he
   encountered, the Aviator’s own situation becomes more dire, with dwindling provisions, hallucinations
   and a damaged plane. Perhaps among the Little Prince’s story and lessons will be the key to the Aviator’s
   survival and a renewal of his own imaginative possibilities.

A GIANT TOY BOX                         to play and for the characters        character distinct. Using portions
On the first day of rehearsal, Scenic   to expand their imaginations.         of the script that featured the Little
Designer Rachel Hauck described         Together, we learned how to utilize   Prince and one other character,
the sparse, artist studio-inspired      the space and make it do things       he asked the actors to embody
set as a “giant toy box” that could     that shouldn’t be possible.”          both roles, plus create movements
create illusions and hold endless                                             that aligned with a classical text
creative opportunities. The shapes      AUDITIONS WITH A TWIST                or poem of their choice — a
in the studio are draped with a         During a typical audition process,    unique approach that helped
parachute-like fabric to look like      actors are required to perform a      him select our five outstanding
sand dunes and, with some help          portion of the script with a hired    cast members.
                                                                                                                       IMAGE: SCENIC DESIGN BY RACHEL HAUCK

from the lighting design, evoke         reader, who plays any number of
a desert landscape. “I wanted to        roles opposite the actor. For The
create a set that could quickly         Little Prince, Director Dominique       EXPLORE MORE
shift worlds and perspectives just      Serrand envisioned a different          Scan the code or visit
like the play, which is exquisite       process, knowing that three actors      guthrietheater.org to
and episodic,” says Hauck. “The         would play multiple roles and need      read our play guide.
set creates pockets for the actors      to make choices to keep each

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A bold character drama
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Blues for an Alabama Sky
                                      by PEARL CLEAGE
                               directed by NICOLE A. WATSON

                              January 28 – March 12
In a Depression-era Harlem apartment building, a close-knit group of friends has become a chosen family.
New roommates Angel and Guy — a blues singer and a costume designer with Paris in his sights — live
across the hall from Delia, a social worker who sparks a relationship with the hardworking doctor Sam. But
their lives are upturned when Southern newcomer Leland arrives and shifts the trajectory of everyone’s
futures and long-held dreams.
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   of Irving & Marjorie Weiser       Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation     Steven & Catherine R. Webster          Karen & John Winkelman
                                     Tyrone & Delia Bujold                                                     Charles & Julie Zelle
LEADING PRODUCERS                    Jim & Julie Chosy                  ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
$25,000 – $49,999                    Margie & David Dines               $10,000 – $14,999                      DESIGNERS
Suzanne Bross                        William & Janice Dircks            Anonymous                              $5,000 – $9,999
William & Penny George & The         Daniel & Ruth Haggerty             Dr. Tadashi & Susan Allen              Anonymous (3)
    George Family Foundation         Katherine A. Harris &              Debra & David* Andreas                 Rick & Joan Ahmann
John & Kathy Junek                      The Hegardt Foundation          Ellen Archibald                        Elizabeth Cook Atwater
Patricia & Peter Kitchak             Todd & Amy Hartman                 Karen Bachman                          Dale & Ruth Bachman
David & Diane Lilly                  Douglas R. Heidenreich             Abdhish & Mary Bhavsar                 The Beaupre Family
Bill Lurton                          Timothy A. Huebsch                 Jennifer Reedstrom Bishop &            Sue A. Bennett
                                                                            Jon Bishop                         Michael V. & Ann C. Ciresi
                                                                        Jane Robertson Blanch Fund             Katherine J. Conover
                                                                        Peter & Maura Brew                     Jeanne Corwin
                                                                        Nancy Brown-Colligan                   Susan & Dick Crockett
From the Board Chair                                                    Buuck Family Foundation                Ellie Crosby - The Longview
                                                                        Dr. & Mrs. David Dahlgren                  Foundation
                                                                        Carol M. Downie &                      Charles & Barbara Donatelle
Introducing the next generation to theater has always                       Gregory J. Thomas                  Dan Feidt & Margery Martin
been part of the Guthrie’s mission. Throughout our                      Mary Anne Ebert & Paul Stembler        Mitch Finne & Sara Van Kempen
                                                                        Gerald A. & Kay Erickson               Thomas Flavin
60-year legacy, we’ve created countless programs to
                                                                        Richard* & Beverly Fink                Myron I. Frisch in memory of
ensure young people have access to the artistry of                      Amy & Miles Fiterman                       Delores Arlean Lutz
the Guthrie.                                                            Vicki & Si Ford                        Martha Gabbert
                                                                        The Margaret Grieve Fund               Andrew Gaillard &
                                                                        Polly Brown Grose Fund of The              Megan Newstrom Gaillard
There’s no better way to think about what this                              Minneapolis Foundation             Paul Gertenbach & Katherine Reed
                                                                        N. Bud & Beverly Grossman              Lynn Glesne
access means for young audiences than within                                Foundation                         Dr. Stanley M. & Luella G. Goldberg
the context of the two warmhearted productions                          Joseph & Deirdre Haj                   Mike* & Barbara Goldner
                                                                        Diane & Tony Hofstede                  Mary & Peter Gove
playing simultaneously on our stages this winter.                       David & Stacey Hurrell                 Grinnell Family Fund of The
From Scrooge’s self-discovery in A Christmas Carol                      Garry W. Jenkins & Jon J. Lee              Minneapolis Foundation
                                                                        Christine Kucera Kalla & Mark Kalla    Steve Hanson & Susan Cary-Hanson
to the wonder and whimsy of The Little Prince, these
                                                                        Lisa Johnson Kelly & Chris Kelly       Lorraine R. Hart
family-friendly stories offer wonderful opportunities                   Iris & Jay Kiedrowski                  The Head Family Foundation
for audiences young and old to be awestruck by the                      Jeffrey & Lauren Kiesel                Erik Karulf
                                                                        Ilo & Margaret Leppik                  Pamela & Ronald Kaufman
power of theater together.                                              Audrey & Jim Lucas                     Kinder Vealitzek Family Fund
                                                                        Kristen Ludgate & Grant Booth              of The Minneapolis Foundation
                                                                        Joan Maclin                            Steven & Karen Kittay
On behalf of the board, thank you for your unwavering                   Richard McCarthy, Jr. & The            Daniel & Constance Kunin
support of this vital art form as we strive to inspire the                  C.A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial         Chad M. & Rafina Larsen/Larsen Fund
                                                                            Foundation                         Lawrence Family Foundation
theatergoers of both today and tomorrow.                                Michael & Donna McCormick              James & Susan Lenfestey
                                                                        Munir & Sophie Meghjee                 Helen E. & Daniel T. Lindsay
                                                                        Helen Meyer                                Family Fund of The Minneapolis
                      Gratefully yours,
                                                                        Todd Noteboom & Nancy Brasel               Foundation
                                                                        Jay & Jennifer Novak                   George M. Logan & Susan H. Holman
                      John Junek                                        Louise W. Otten                        Brooke MacLean
                                                                        Anne Paape                             Kathleen F. & David W. MacLennan
                      CHAIR, GUTHRIE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
                                                                        Brian Pietsch & Christopher Hermann        Fund of The Minneapolis
                                                                        Nick & Judy Priadka                        Foundation
                                                                        Irene A. Quarshie                      Steve & Kathi Austin Mahle

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E.C. Mason Fund of The Duluth        Gisela Corbett & Peter Hyman           Alfred P. & Ann M. Moore                Alana Bergman
   Superior Area Community           Randy & Ann Cowan                      Erik & Karen Nelson                     Kelsey Berndt
   Foundation                        Jay & Page Cowles                      Ron & Toni Noah                         Julian Bernick & Jennifer Linde
Robert & Polly McCrea Family Fund    Fran Davis                             Valdemar & Marilyn Olson Fund           Marcy & Randy Betcher
   of The Minneapolis Foundation     John & Bette DeMars                    Carla Paulson                           Fred & Margaret Bills
Anne W. & Eldon C.* Miller           Mary Dolan - The Longview              Tad & Cindy Piper Fund of The           Gary & Bonnie Birnbaum
Katherine Murphy                         Foundation                             Minneapolis Foundation              Shannon Blaisdell
David & Karen Olson Family           Doug & Kate Donaldson                  E. Thomas Binger & Rebecca              David & Shari Boehnen
   Foundation                        Sara & Jock Donaldson                      Rand Fund of The Minneapolis        John & Janet Bohan
Steve & Tamrah Schaller O’Neil       Nathan Dungan & Susan Hawks                Foundation                          David & Borgie Bonthuis
Timothy J. Pabst & Dana Lindsay      Kieran Dwyer                           Lawrence M. Redmond                     Mark & Mary Boorsma
Paradis Family Fund of The           The Ekdahl Hutchinson Family           Remele Family Fund of The               Karen Bowie
   Minnesota Community                   Fund of The Saint Paul & MN            Minneapolis Foundation              Elizabeth & Joseph Brama
   Foundation                            Foundation                         Jeannine Rivet & Warren G. Herreid II   Breyer Family Fund of The
Dana Pollard                         Sean & Meghan Elliott                  Jack & Marty Rossmann                      Minneapolis Foundation
Nathan Pommeranz                     M. Vaughn Emerson & Katie Haag         Toby & Robert Rubin                     Mike & Ann Brilley
Thomas & Nancy Rohde                 Fullerton Family Fund of The           Carol H. Rueppel                        Steven Brinduse & Terry Cole
Kay Savik & Joe Tashjian                 Minneapolis Foundation             Jo Ellen & H.L. Saylor                  Dave & Lonnie Broden
Rachael Scherer & Stephen Imholte/   Elizabeth & Matthew Furman             The Thomas L. & Lynn M. Schaefer        Catherine Brooks
   Baci Fund of The Minneapolis      Matt & Liz Furman                          Family Fund                         J. David & Donna Brown
   Foundation                        Jerry* & Ellen Gallagher               Michael Schmaltz                        Allan & Lou Burdick
Miriam A. Seim                       Heidi & Howard Gilbert                 Nina & Frederick Schwenk                Robert & Janet Calander
Rebecca & Mark Shavlik               Michael Goetz                          Mariana & Craig Shulstad                Martha & Ronald Caldwell
Anne Larsen Simonson/                Bob & Julie Guelich                    Richard Silcox                          Gary & Sandy Campbell
   Larsen Fund                       Bill & Aimee Guidera                   Lawrence J. Sinak &                     Kathleen & Paul Campbell
Michael & Char Solberg               Loran & Christy Gutt                       Anne Black-Sinak                    Walter Cannon
Charles Sorenson                     Sandra & Barnard Hall                  Eileen M. Smith                         Gary T. & Joan Capen
Jim & Mimi Stake                     Philip & Janet Hallaway                Julie Snortland                         Dr. Thomas C. & Anne Carrier
Cheryl A. Sullivan                   Roger Hallgren, M.D.                   Steven Snyder & Sherry Stern            Darlene J. & Richard P. Carroll
Catherine A. Taylor                  Corey & Stephanie Harbott              Robert J. Spikings &                       Family Fund of The Minneapolis
Marcia Townley                       Emily & Jed Harris                         Jeffery P. Perkey                      Foundation
Cornie & Betty Ann Wiens             Brian & Erin Hart                      Peter Spokes                            Dana & Pat Chabot
Jan & Linda Willette                 James Haskins & Mike Whistler          Steven & Gwen Starr                     Cecil & Penny Chally
Penny Rand Winton                    Anne Haslerud                          Sara & Henry Stokman                    Ann & Bruce Christensen
Lisa M. Wollan                       Thane & Blanche Hawkins                Sulasalmi Fund of The Minneapolis       Jennifer Clarke & Gary Rowland
Paul Woodard                         Peter & Carolyn Hendrixson                 Foundation                          Martin Costello
Dr. Alvin S. & Sue Zelickson         Todd Hess & Lee Tricker                John & Laura D. Taft                    David & Vicki Cox
                                     Weston Hoard                           Steven H. Tallant, Ph.D.                Betsy & Edward Cussler
ARTISTS                              Orville C. Hognander, Jr.              Joseph & Kaimay Terry                   Toni & Bruce Dachis
$2,500 – $4,999                      David Hols                             Bill & Deb Tomczyk                      Barb Davis
Anonymous                            Penny Hunt                             Larry & Nancy Tschaekofske              Jo Debruycker
Steven & Beverly Aanenson            The John & Ruth Huss Fund              Tschudy Family Foundation               Linda & Philip Dech
Kevin D. Abrahamson                  Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad                  Meredith & Sam Tutterow                 Cy & Paula DeCosse Fund of The
Peggy Steif Abram & Jon Abram        Kate Johansen                          Norman & Karleen Waitt                     Minneapolis Foundation
Kathleen R. Adix                     Lori Johnson & James MacKay            Ruth & David Waterbury                  Ellen Delaney
Mollie Alexander Hogan &             Richard & Bonnie Johnson               Steve & Melissa Wehrle                  Pamela Desnick
   Frank Hogan                       Bruce R. Jones                         Andy & Gary Whitford-Holey              Stanley P. & Gisele J. Dick
The Joseph Allen Fund of The Saint   Ellen Jones & Robert McKlveen          Tom & Nancy Willette                    Dr. Bridget Doane &
   Paul Foundation                   Gail & Tom Jones                       Georgia & Peter Windhorst                  Mr. Grey Hubbard
William & Suzanne Ammerman           Winton Jones Foundation                John Windhorst                          John & Maureen Drewitz
Steven & Kathy Anderson              Drs. Charles R. & Sally B. Jorgensen   Sri & Aks Zaheer                        William & Kareen Ecklund
Susan & Lloyd Armstrong              Paul Kaefer                            Honey & Larry* Zelle                    Hugh & Joyce Edmondson
Allen & Andi Barnard                 Andrea & Brian Kalis                                                           Tom & Jackie Edwards
Grace & David Bartholet              Drs. Scott & Julie Kammer              ADVOCATES                               Mary Jo & David Eide
Keith & Mary Bednarowski             Ivars & Gloria Kauls                   $1,000 – $2,499                         The Embury Family
The Bendel-Stenzel Family            Dr. Perri Kauls & Desmond Kilcoyne     Anonymous (24)                          Jim & Joy Erickson
Sandra & Steven Beulke               Thomas Kelly                           Alden* & Elizabeth Abraham              Lenny Erickson
Michael J. Blum & Abigail Rose       Ann Kools                              Abraham & Colombo Family                Jennifer & Sean Faeth
Stephanie Boening-Ondik &            Jodee & Nick Kozlak                    Linda & Steve Ahlers                    Nichole Fairbanks
   Dennis Ondik                      Drs. Kimberly Krohn & John Fishpaw     Dennis Albrecht                         Kathy & Bill Farley
Boren Family Fund of The             John & Heather Leiviska                Fiona & Chuck Anderson                  Christopher Fimmen
   Minneapolis Foundation            Richard Leland                         Elizabeth Andrus Fund of The            Connie Jo Foote
Jeffrey D. Bores & Michael Hawkins   Drs. Christopher & Shonalie Leville       Minneapolis Foundation               Brad & Arlene Forrest
Lynn & Julie Boyd                    Mac & Mary Lewis                       Rosalind Annen                          Katherine Simon Frank &
Lori Boynton & Jim Helgerson         Stephen Litton                         Dr. Howard Ansel                           Richard Kain
Will Bracken Family Foundation       David & Peggy Lucas                    The Gregory & Lauren Anthony Fund       Dr. Daniel & Mrs. Carol Frenning
Steve & Gail Brand                   Pat & Sara Mack                        Mary Kay Arthur                         Nancy & Jack Garland
Jim & Marge Brasel                   Amy & Jon Madson                       Drs. Howard & Wendy Bach                Sarah Garner
Michael & Carol Bromer               Susan & Edwin McCarthy                 Lee W. Bachman                          Leland & Beverly Gehrke
Michael & Edith-Nicole Cameron       Dr. Robert & Virginia McCollister      Hillary & Joseph Balma                  Nancy & Gary Geiger Gratitude Fund
Tim Carter & Sally Wahman            Robert & Laurie McNeill                Thomas & Jill Barland                   Jerry Green & Chris Foster
Mark Caswell                         McVay Foundation                       Franklin Barnwell                       Richard Gregory
Kerry Childe                         Mersky Family Foundation               Ross Bartels & Brenda Weigel            Jana & Erik Hagen
Eugene & Kay Christenson             Charles & Carolyn Meyer                Margaret & J.R. Beahrs                  Jocelyn Hale & Glenn Miller
Carla Clasen                         Dr. Jan Meyer & Roger Jorgenson        Steven Robert Beck                         Charitable Fund
Richard J. Cohen                     Bill & Katie Miller                    Patricia Beithon                        Peggy Hall & Lee Barry
Jane & Ogden Confer                  Lucy C. Mitchell - The Longview        Bob Beltz                               Mark & Lana Halldorson
Stephen & Sylvia Cook                    Foundation                         Bryan & Mary Bennett                    Mark Hamman
Benjamin & Laura Cooper              Sheila & Jim Moar                      Cindy & Dave Berg                       Louane Hann & John Payne

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