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Chris JansenArtistic Director Chris Jansen grew up in the Quad Cities and got her theatre degree from the University of Iowa. After college, she worked with The Old Creamery Theatre Co. and helped to found A Theatre of Two Cities in Minneapolis. She received her MFA in playwriting from Brandeis University. While on the east coast, she worked with Playwrights Platform in Boston, Mass., and Trinity Rep. in Providence, RI. Her plays have been produced by West Cost Ensemble in Los Angeles (where her play "Dream A Little Dream of Me" won a DramaLogue Award for Best One-Act), Chapel Hill Chauncy Hall Summer Theatre School, Brandeis University, and the University of Iowa. After returning to the Quad Cities, she founded New Ground Theatre in 2001.

New Ground Theatre's Board of Directors:
Elliott McDonald, President
Dave Fuller, Treasurer
Bridget Consamus, Secretary
Lora Adams

New Ground Theatre wishes to thank Riverboat Development Authority, Scott County Regional Authority, The Quad City Times, The Lodge, and KWQC-TV6 for their support. New Ground Theatre's original Founding Supporters:

Joan & Milton Baxt Foundation
Barbara Howe, Hanson Watson Howe Adv.
Alan & Liz Jansen
Andrew & Marilyn Berkow
Gretchen & Craig Cordt
Dan & Meredith Ellard
Pat & Dale Litzenberger
Mr. & Mrs. Elliott McDonald Jr.
Dr. Walter E. Neiswanger
Schneff's Jewelers
Hugh & Deborah Stafford
Rita & Mark Bawden
Alexandra & Harold Benedict
Gil & Patty Koenigsaecker
Ed & Molly Carroll
Jane Dunlap Carver 
Jack & Bridget Consamus 
Tom & Karen Getz 
Dale & Nancy Huse 
Judy Shawver & Dan Portes 
Bette & Norm Kelinson 
John & Lolly Kindschuh 
Richard & Dianne Phinney 
David & Joanie Steil 
Joanne Updegraff 
Tom & Maria Waterman 
Mark & Liz Cleve 
Marvin & Suzanne Webster 
Rosemary & John Bohn

Lloyd & Betty Schermer
Joseph E. D'Souza 
Carolyn Erickson 
Megan Fennelly
Bill, Chris & Irene Gallin 
Betty Garner 
Kenneth & Joan Huhn 
Bill & Debbie Irey 
Jan Keessen 
Joseph & Ana Kehoe 
Mark & Kathy Kilmer 
Michael & Mary Em Kirn 
Carl & Marilyn LeBuhn 
Carol J. Lineback 
Betsey Brodahl 
Judy Leof Payne 
Theodore J. Priester 
James & Gayle Rein 
Dave & Lisa Rock 
Jeff & Sally Jansen 
Beth & Scott Tinsman 
Dana & Faye Waterman 
Tom & Gail Allard 
Bonnie Campbell 
Tim & Ellen Curry 
Dick & Penne' Duncan 
Beau Gusaas 
Joan & Greg Beaumont
Nancy Beenck

 
Spining Into Butter

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