Belles a comedy in 2 acts and 45 phone calls by Mark Dunn November 25,26,27, December 1,2,3,4,9,10, & 11, 2005 at the Dayton Theatre Guild 2330 Salem Avenue, Dayton, Ohio. CAST *(IN ORDER OF APPEARENCE) Peggy Reese.....Debra Strauss Aneese Walker.....Katrina Kittle Rosanne Johnson.....Lisa M. Sadai Audrey Hart.....Heather Martin Paige Walker.....Tierney Deaton Sherry "Dust" Walker.....Debra A. Kent voice of Mike Kozlowski.....Matthew Shirley PRODUCTION CREW Greg Smith.....Director and Set Design Lisa M. Sadai.....Assistant Director Brian Buttrey.....Stage Manager K.L.Storer.....Producer Terry Ronald.....Light/Sound Design Anita Bachmann.....Light Operator Bob Mills.....Sound Operator Leighton Hambrick.....Dramaturgy PROPERTIES: The Ladies of the cast, K.L.Storer, Carol Finley, Barbara Coriell, Justin Reiter, James Sayer, and Steck & Stevens Trophy and Engraving of Beavercreek, Ohio. COSTUMES: The ladies of the cast. SET CONSTRUCTION: Greg Smith, Michael Boyd, Isaac Box, Bruce W. Brown, Barbara Coriell, Carol Finley, Chris Krieger, Bob Mills, Bobbi Mills. Lisa M. Sadai, and K.L.Storer. Original paper playbill design by Bruce W. Brown. Answering machine messages produced and engineered by K.L.Storer with post-production by Terry Ronald. A WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR: I am sure that when you walked into the theatre tonight, your first thought was, "YIKES! Greg has lost his mind." So...an explanation is in order. The layout, design and color of the settings were actually designed with a purpose over and above giving the performers acting areas. The set signifies the primary elements of siblings. While their relationships can often be puzzling, they still connect in a basic way.           So....that being said, sit back, relax and I hope you enjoy our pre-holiday offering....BELLES. Greg

Debra Strauss as Peggy Reese Debra is thrilled to be back on stage at the Dayton Theatre Guild and thanks director Greg Smith for the opportunity to share this experience with such a talented cast and crew. Favorite roles of hers include Martha in A Piece of My Heart, Randi in Greetings, and Constance Wilde in Oscar Wilde's Wife. Debra is on the final play reading committee for FutureFest and is on the ratings committee for the DayTonys. In real life she is a Project Manager at LexisNexis. She would like to thank her husband Mike for his loving support.

Katrina Kittle as Aneese Walker Katrina Kittle most recently appeared at DTG as Dr. Eve in Sordid Lives. Other past Guild roles include Poopay in Communicating Doors, Lisa in Collected Stories, and Carnelle in The Miss Firecracker Contest. Katrina is the author of the novels Traveling Light and Two Truths and a Lie. Her third novel, The Kindness of Strangers, is finally being released this February 1st. She invites all of you to her reading/signing at Books & Co. on February 10th at 7:00 PM. Katrina teaches middle school English at The Miami Valley School.

Lisa M. Sadai as Roseanne Johnson *(also the productions assistant director) Lisa is a Sinclair student, earning a double major in Performance and Technical Theatre. She is also learning the "business end of the Business" as Sinclair's Box Office Manager, is a Guild board member, and works on a DayTony committee. As a performer, Lisa has appeared in many Dayton theatres: Fairborn Actors Theatre, Young At Heart Players, Sinclair Community College Theatre, Muse Machine/Human Race In-School Tour, The Dayton Theatre Guild, and has worked as a free-lance actress for the UD Law Clinic. Lisa is delighted to work with Greg Smith again, the last time, several years ago in Becoming Eleanor.

Heather Martin as Audrey Hart Heather Martin is very excited and honored to be appearing in her fourth show at the Guild. Most recently, she played Noleta Nethercott in Sordid Lives both the original production and the revival this past summer. Prior to that, she was the magistrate in Equus and Alexa Vere de Vere in As Bees in Honey Drown. Heather is the publisher of the Dayton Business Journal, and she also volunteers for several local organizations, including WYSO, Clothes that Work, Daybreak and the Food Bank. She lives in Dayton with her husband, Brian, and their three-year-old son, Simon.

Tierney Deaton as Paige Walker Tierney is happy to be making her Guild debut in Belles. She is a graduate from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and intends to return to L.A. to pursue her acting career. A lover of theatre, favorite past roles include Carla in Kennedy's Children, Nerissa in The Merchant of Venice, and most recently Hecuba in The Trojan Women, for which she received a DayTony. She dedicates this performance to her twin sister, Lauren.

Debra A. Kent as Sherry "Dust" Walker Debra is excited to work with the lovely, talented ladies of Belles. Last season's Grace & Glorie marked her Guild debut, although she's been involved in theatre from Chicago to Indianapolis to California. Debra has performed in more than forty plays, including Beatrice in The Effect of Gamma Rays in Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Evy in The Gingerbread Lady, and Beverly in The Shadow Box. She has directed several plays, including The Elephant Man, Bus Stop, and Moonchildren. Debra lives in Dayton with her husband, Dennis, and their six feline children, and is employed by the Edward Howard & Co. public relations agency.

Greg Smith -- Director A 2005 inductee into the Dayton Theatre Hall of Fame, Greg is in his third decade in the Dayton theatre community, known widely, especially as a director and set designer. Most recently he directed the Guild's highly successful Sordid Lives and the multiple-DayTony winning Always...Patsy Cline at the Dayton Playhouse. He also appeared on stage last season as James Tyrone in Long Day's Journey Into Night at the Guild. Retired from the WPAFB, Greg is Chief Designer for Entertainment Unlimited and serves on the Dayton Theatre Guild Board as the chairperson and as Creative Operations vice-president.

Brian Buttrey -- Stage Manager Brian has served as Stage Manager on several productions here at the Guild. He has also served as Stage Manager and performer at Dayton Playhouse, Young At Heart Players and TCT-II. He studied acting at Sinclair Community College. He is a lifetime resident of Dayton, graduate of the University of Dayton, and Global Problem Manager for EDS. He hopes you enjoy the show and thanks you for supporting the Arts in Dayton.

Mark Dunn -- Playwright Born and reared in Memphis, Tennessee, Mark Dunn has authored more than two dozen full-length plays, several one-acts, and three novels. Among the many awards he has received for his work are the Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Nesburn Award, the Charlotte Rep New Play Festival Finalist Award, the Hudson River Classics Playwriting Contest Award, the Playhouse on the Square Playwriting Competition Award, and, specifically for Belles, the Margo Jones Playwriting Award. Mr. Dunn is playwright-in-residence with the New Jersey Repertory Company and the Community Theatre League in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife, Mary.

K.L.Storer -- Producer This is K.L.'s second time as a Guild producer, having produced the multiple DayTony winning Grace & Glorie, (though he had nothing to do with the wins). Since early 2004, he has also acted several times at the Guild. However, his most recent role as an actor: Clov in Beckett's Endgame for Springfield StageWorks, Nov 10-19, 2005. K.L. is on the Dayton Theatre Guild Board as house manager.

Terry Ronald -- Sound and Light Design A native of Great Britain, Terry has designed lights for well more than five hundred theatre productions in the Dayton area in the past twenty-some years, mostly at the Guild or at the Dayton Playhouse. Inducted into the Dayton Theatre Hall of Fame in 2003, Terry has also garnered six DayTony Awards for his lighting design prowess. An interesting tidbit of trivia about Terry: as a young man on the north coast of England, he occasionally worked with a local rock-&-roll band that had two aspiring songwriters in its ranks by the names of John and Paul.

Anita Bachmann -- Lights Operator Anita came on board at the Guild to run lights for Grace & Glorie last spring and has since run the board for several shows at both the Guild and the Dayton Playhouse. She plans to soon not just simply run the board, but be the lighting designer, too.

Bob Mills -- Sound Operator Bob has been with the Guild since 2002, when Greg Smith invited him and his wife Bobbi to help build sets. Before he knew it, he was the Guild's webmaster, a regular on sound or lights for productions, a Guild Board member, and often served his wife's goodies at the Guild's opening night galas the previous three seasons. Bob is also the DayTonys & Dayton Theatre Hall of Fame webmaster. His most noteworthy Guild achievement: extending the women's restroom stalls! In 2003, Bob retired from the Air Force, and currently is professor of electrical engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Leighton Hambrick -- Dramaturgy Leighton earned his BFA in playwriting from Ohio University. He recently directed Fox Hole at the Cleveland Playhouse, and his acting credits at the Guild include Lobby Hero and Gross Indecency. Leighton would like to thank Greg Smith for the opportunity to work on this production as the inexperienced drama-nerd, and Theresa Abshear and Mike Boyd for their encouragement in the past.