CREATIVE TEAM
MARY MCDONALD-LEWIS
Dialect Coach
Mary McDonald-Lewis has been a
working artist since 1979 as a SAGAFTRA voice actor and on-camera
performer, and in theater for much
longer as an actor and director.
MaryMac has been a dialect coach
since 1999, and is house coach
for Hallmark Hall of Fame, the
series Leverage, Grimm and others.
Film, television and stage clients range
from overnight sensations to Drammy,
Obie, Emmy and Oscar winners, and
include a Knight of the British Empire.
She is blessed to be Resident Artist,
Speech and Text Director at Artists
Repertory Theatre and house coach
at Portland Center Stage. MaryMac
thanks Finnegan, Sullivan and Flynn
for always wagging their tails when
she comes home from telling her
tales. www.marymac.com
SPONSOR STATEMENT
WORK FOR ART
The Regional Arts & Culture Council and its workplace giving program,
Work for Art, are pleased to help bring you this performance of Cyrano.
Arts and culture organizations are key contributors to a vibrant and
creative community, and we applaud the work of Portland Center Stage
in bringing exceptional theater experiences to people of all ages.
This performance is made possible, in part, because more than 2,000
donors contributed $776,000 to Work for Art last year, most of them
through employee giving campaigns. All campaign proceeds are passed
on to groups like Portland Center Stage. To those 2,000 Work for Art
donors: thank you for playing an important role in supporting the local
arts community! And if you aren’t a donor yet, but you would like to
start a Work for Art campaign at your company, visit workforart.org for
more information. Because funding the arts is everyone’s business.
Enjoy the show!
CHRIS COLEMAN
Artistic Director
Chris joined Portland Center Stage as
artistic director in May 2000. Before
coming to Portland, he was artistic
director at Actor’s Express in Atlanta,
a company he co-founded in the
basement of an old church in 1988.
Chris recently returned to Atlanta
to direct Phylicia Rashad and Kenny
Leon in Same Time Next Year. Favorite
PCS directing assignments include
Dreamgirls, Othello, Fiddler on the
Roof, Clybourne Park, Sweeney Todd,
Shakespeare’s Amazing Cymbeline
(which he also adapted), Anna
Karenina, Oklahoma!, Snow Falling
on Cedars, Ragtime, Crazy Enough,
Beard of Avon, Cabaret, King Lear,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Man and
Superman, Outrage, Flesh and Blood
and The Devils. Chris has directed at
theaters across the country, including
Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Oregon
Shakespeare Festival, ACT-Seattle,
The Alliance, Dallas Theatre Center,
Pittsburgh Public Theatre, New York
Theatre Workshop and Center Stage
in Baltimore. A native Atlantan, Chris
holds a B.F.A. from Baylor University
and an M.F.A. from Carnegie Mellon.
He is currently the board president for
the Cultural Advocacy Coalition. Chris
and his husband, Rodney, are the proud
parents of an 18 lb Jack Russell/Lab
mix, and a 110 lb English Blockhead
Yellow lab.
LEAD CORPORATE CHAMPION
Umpqua Bank
The fantastic thing about the theater is that it fulfills one of our most
basic needs as human beings: the need for growth. Theater entertains us,
challenges our perceptions and brings us closer to our companions and
strangers in the audience. It’s a shared experience, and nobody leaves the
same.
We’re delighted to support Portland Center Stage, and to support your
own personal growth journey, wherever it takes you.
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