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Springfield Contemporary Theatre
presents

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June 10-13, 17-18, 20, 2021

by WILL ARBERY


​Director RICK DINES
Scenic & Sound Design RICK DINES
Costume & Lighting Design LOUIS SCHAEFFER
Props Master DENNIS STEWART
Production Stage Manager PAYTON JACKSON

Playwrights Horizons, Inc., NYC, produced the World Premiere of Heroes of the Fourth Turning in 2019.
​Heroes of the Fourth Turning was developed by the Cape Cod Theatre Project (Hal Brooks, Artistic Director).

Heroes of the Fourth Turning is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.

CAST
Justin - CLAYTON AVERY
Emily - ALI OLDWEILER
Kevin - LOGAN LEE
Teresa - ANNIE CRUMBAUGH
Gina - BETH LAMBETH

SETTING: A town of 7,000 in western Wyoming.
TIME: August 19, 2017. Dawn and 11:00PM.
Two days before the solar eclipse.
One week after the Charlottesville riot.
The night of Dr. Gina Presson's inauguration as president
of Transfiguration College of Wyoming. 

​Scenic Construction & Painting
DEBRA BENTLAGE, RICH BOGUE, RICK DINES, TARYN HESSEE, PAYTON JACKSON,
​JEFFREY MINDOCK, PAIGE MINDOCK, ROLAND NETZER, LOU SCHAEFFER, DAVID YOUNG


The making of electronic or any audio and/or video recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, violation of the author's rights and actionable under the United States copyright law.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Holly Rogers; Sue Camp; David Young; Springfield Regional Arts Council; Randy Stewart, KSMU Public Radio; Springfield News-Leader; 417 Magazine; Ozarks Independent; It's All Downtown; Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau; Rusty Worley, Urban Districts Alliance

PRODUCTION SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
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WHO'S WHO
WILL ARBERY (Playwright) plays include Heroes of the Fourth Turning (Playwrights Horizons), Plano (Clubbed Thumb), Evanston Salt Costs Climbing (New Neighborhood) and Wheelchair (3 Hole Press). He is currently under commission from Playwrights Horizons and Shadowcatcher Entertainment and is a member of New Dramatists, The Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm and P73’s Interstate 73.

CLAYTON AVERY (Justin) SCT:Enron, Julie Bunny Must Die!, Reefer Madness, Speech and Debate and Disney’s High School Musical. SLT: Hello, Dolly! (Cornelius), Shrek (Farquaad), The Nerd (Rick) and Forever Plaid (Sparky). This is Clayton’s first SCT production in nine years. www.claytonavery.com

ANNIE CRUMBAUGH (Theresa) SCT: Oppenheimer (Kitty Puening Harrison), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Judy), The Elephant Man (Mrs. Kendal), The House of Yes (Lesly), Vanities (Joanne). Local: The 39 Steps, Streetcar Named Desire  and The Miracle Worker (SLT). Regional: Chicago and Los Angeles. Education: Central High School;  BFA in Theatre Performance from MSU. 


RICK DINES (Director/Set & Sound Designer) SCT: Directing: Fugitive Songs, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Skeleton Crew, The Legend of Georgia McBride, Ragtime, A Raisin in the Sun, An Enemy of the People, Tribes, Hands on a Hardbody, Spring Awakening, The Mountaintop, Xanadu, Avenue Q, The 39 Steps, Cock, The Pillowman, Is He Dead?, The Laramie Project, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Bat Boy: The Musical, Urinetown, Dawg Pound Blues (world premiere), ​Sheer Will (world premiere). Acting: Fun Home (Bruce Bechdel), Assassins (John Wilkes Booth), The Normal Heart (Ned Weeks), The Secret Garden (Dr. Neville Craven), Cabaret (Cliff Bradshaw), SCT Sings Sinatra, SCT Sings Irving Berlin, Sing for Your Supper and A Holiday Carol. Local: The Who's Tommy (director, SLT), Hair (director, MSU), You Can't Take It with You (actor, Tent Theatre). Regional: Hanky Panky (KC Fringe, Midtown International Theatre Festival NYC - world premiere), Girl's Night: The Musical (national tour). Upcoming: Directing final show of the season, Hands on a Hardbody.

PAYTON JACKSON (Stage Manager) SCT: A Doll’s House, Part 2; Liz and Ladybird: Whistlestop!; The Elephant Man; Driving Miss Daisy; Beehive: The 60s Musical. Local: Godspell, Broadway Cabaret, The Fantasticks, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Runner Stumbles, The Flaxen Miss Jackson (Drury University). Education:BA in Theatre from Drury University.            

BETH LAMBETH (Gina) SCT: Debut! Beth returns to theatre in her favorite role: mom, mentor and teacher. Performing since childhood, she holds a Bachelor of the Arts in English Education, with post-grad study in dance and choreography. Her favorite role was Bye Bye Birdie (Mayor’s Wife). 

LOGAN LEE (Kevin) SCT: Debut! MSU: Picnic, Pippin, Oklahoma! in Concert with the Springfield Symphony Theatre West Nebraska: 9-5 The Musical, Shrek! The Musical, Footloose, The Music Man.


JEFFREY MINDOCK
(Development Director) Jeffrey comes to Springfield Contemporary Theatre after a five year stint as Producing Artistic Director for Thunder Bay Theatre in Alpena, Michigan. At TBT, Jeffrey increased earned and contributed revenue each years and established a five-year strategic plan, capital campaign and TCG member status for the organization. Jeffrey also wrote four plays and workshop curriculums to create and produce an educational tour that served almost 20,000 students in Northern Michigan over a three year period. Jeffrey serves SCT through fundraising, grant writing, social media and marketing, and directing. Over his career, he has directed and produced over fifty professional productions. Before flipping to the other side of the table, Jeffrey performed in over thirty professional productions most notably playing the title role in Macbeth, Brutus in Julius Caesar, and Long John Silver in Treasure Island. Upcoming: Jeffrey will be directing our next MainStage production, ​Desperate Measures.

ALI  OLDWEILER (Emily) SCT: Debut! Southwest Baptist University: Medea (Chorus), W;t (Vivian Bearing), Tartuffe (Dorine), Overture: The Musical (Clara Hockaday). Independence Community College: The Last Blacksmith (Mary).

LOUIS SCHAEFFER (Lighting & Costume Designer) SCT: Opened the Vandivort Center Theatre 26 years ago. Has designed many of the plays and musicals produced at the Vandivort, Vandivort 2nd Stage and Center Stage. SLT: Opened the Landers Theatre in 1970 as Executive Producer/Designer. Served as Technical Director/Designer for SLT before purchasing the Landers. SRO: Designer for La Boheme, The Magic Flute and other productions over the organizations 40-year history. MSU/Tent Theatre: Designer: Dames at Sea, Celebration, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Working, Your Own Thing, Oh, Kay! Past full-time MSU faculty member. Springfield Ballet: Executive Director/Designer for more than 12 years. New Electric Dinner Theatre: Manager/Designer for 5 years. Virginia Museum Theatre: Tech Director/Lighting Designer for one season. Honors: The Ozzie Award presented by Springfield Regional Arts Council. He has been presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award and the Byrne Blackwood Memorial Award from SRO for contributions to the area arts.

DENNIS STEWART (Props Master) SCT: Resident Properties Master on over 60 productions, House Manager. Local: ​Properties master on many productions for Springfield Little Theatre; Usher for Hammons Hall and the Gillioz Theatre.

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Founder/Executive Producer
LOUIS SCHAEFFER

Managing Artistic Director
RICK DINES

Development Director
JEFFREY MINDOCK

Resident Directors
ROBERT BRADLEY
TERRY BLOODWORTH
RICK DINES
JON HERBERT
JACK LAUFER
JEFFREY MINDOCK
GRETCHEN TEAGUE

​Resident Music Director
ALEX HUFF

​Web Design
ELIZABETH O'GARA

Web Master
RICK DINES

Advisory Committee
ROB & SALLY BAIRD
ROBERT BRADLEY
NANCY DORNAN
GLORIA GALANES
PATTY MOORE
PAUL & CAROL REINERT
MAGGIE WILCOX

Box Office and Front of House
ROBERT BRADLEY
RICK DINES
JEFFREY MINDOCK
CATHY SANCHEZ
LOU SCHAEFFER
RON SENEY
​DENNIS STEWART

Legal
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Accounting
BELL CPA, LLC
​ASSURANCE CPA

WE SALUTE OUR 2021 DONORS
STARS
Nancy Aton
Robert H. Bradley
Marilyn Lowe
​​Paul & Carol Reinert

​Maggie Wilcox

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Anonymous
Chuck & Marcia Bonwell

Cynthia Hollander​
Duane & Gwen Hunt
​Louis H. Schaeffer
John & Kristin Weidner

PRINCIPALS
Nita Jane Ayres
Sara Brummel

Nancy Cooper
Rick Dines & Steve Henry
Nancy & Tom Dornan

​Robert Lanning & Minuen Odom
Andy & Cindy Lear
Charles O. Letterman

FEATURED PLAYERS
Rob & Sally Baird
Buddy Ball & Virginia Jones
Bohannon Auto Service,
Darin & Kristi Bohannon
Beverly Bossi
Walter & Laura Cowart
Genny & Carter Cramer
Mark & Diana Eul
Rebecca Hogan
Susan & Harry Hom
Alex Huff
Gary Kester
Betsy Kurtz
Thomas Kurtz
The Lazzaro Family
Wallace & Joyce Munden
Sylvia Hillyard Pannell
Jon & Sandy Sidoli
​Joyce Wise
SUPPORTING PLAYERS
Donna "Pokey" Alrutz
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Adrienne Backus
Leslie Ballew
Ruth Barnes
Ross & Kay Bebout
Dennis & Kathy Bird
Joe Bowman
Terry & Julie Bloodworth
William & Saundra Brown
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Michelle Drye
Anne Gardner
Sam Hamra
Ken Harper
Tess Harper
Amy Holland
Shirley Huffman
David & Shirley Hutchison
Eric Koziatek & Cindy Grellner
Jack Laufer & Michael Brill
Michael Lee
Sharon Marsh
Mark McQueary
T. Haven Miller & Robin Rader
Jeffrey & Paige Mindock
Pamela Mitchell
Annie Meek Montgomery
Stephanie Montgomery
Martha Odom
Barbara Parker
Ruscell Pavlin
Susan Pyle
Jeanie Raney
Linda Regan
John & Delia Rice
Cathy Sanchez
Emmett & Becky Sawyer
Edward Schaeffer
Dennis Stewart
Todd Turoci
Maxine Whittaker
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Clayton Avery
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Jamie & Jessica Bower
Charles & Sherry Buchanan
Daniel Bush
Sue Camp
Doug Cannon
Jeff & Donna Carney
Marshall Cobb
Cindy Cooper
Jill Creson
Adam DeBacker
Keta Dines
Jim & Terri Evans
Kristin Farr
Savannah & Josh Fernelius
Carolyn Gerdes
Derrell & Marge Gonstead
Randy & Mary Henry
Daron Jennings
Carole Kerzner
Corey Kilburn
Kelly & Louise Knauer
Kris Langston
Ed & Debi Lee
Cheryl Miller & Bill Hale
Pete Nielsen
Kaleb Norman
Angela Peabody
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Matthew Simpson
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Robert Sonnemaker
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Robert & Kim Westenberg
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In Honor of Robert Bradley
Nancy Aton
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