Conscience

September 16 – October 17, 2026 | Jewell Mainstage Theatre

In This Program

About The Play

Playing in the Jewell Mainstage Theatre

Conscience

By Joe DiPietro

Director
Karen Lund**

Creative Team

Scenic & Sound Designer
Mark Lund

Co-Costume Designers
Melanie Burgess, Ruby Carter

Lighting Designer
Brian Engel

Dialect Coach
Marianna de Fazio

Props Master
Jaiden Clark

Stage Manager
Mackenzie Breda*

Assistant Stage Manager
Rosie Arnesen

Additional Creative Team

Assistant Director
Melanie Godsey

Intimacy Director
Bretteney Beverly

Dramaturg
Natalie Westgor

Cast

Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Alyssa Keene

Senator Joe McCarthy
Jonathan Swindle

William Lewis Jr.
Christopher Clark

Jean Kerr
Kelly Karcher

Understudies

Sen. Margaret Chase Smith
Betsy Mugavero*

Sen. Joe McCarthy
Noah Fletcher

William Lewis Jr.
Joey Sponseller

Jean Kerr
Rebecca Cort

Setting

Early 1950s in Washington, D.C. 

Conscience is approximately one hour and 45 minutes including a 15-minute intermission.

World Premiere Produced by George Street Playhouse (David Saint, Artistic Director; Kelly Ryman, Managing Director) March 6, 2020

“Conscience” is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service imprint. (www.dramatists.com)


*Appearing through an agreement between this theatre, Taproot Theatre Company, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

**The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

Director’s Note

There is one word that has stayed close to my heart since I first read Conscience: that word is called. This play gripped me from the first reading and has not let go.

Conscience tells the story of Senator Margaret Chase Smith and Senator Joseph McCarthy, focusing especially on Smith’s courageous challenge to McCarthy’s power during the era of McCarthyism and the personal backlash that followed. At its heart, this is a story about the damage inflicted when cruelty is used to silence, shame, and overpower others, and about the courage it takes to stand up and speak out against it.

And yes, this is a story about politics, arriving on the Taproot stage at a time when many of us feel exhausted by political conflict. We live in a moment when words like conservative, liberal, Democrat, Republican—even American—can carry so much emotional weight that conversation itself becomes difficult. Many of us are rightly cautious about hidden agendas in the stories we receive, whether from the news, online spaces, or the arts.

So, why tell this story now? The short answer is I felt called. The fuller answer is that Margaret Chase Smith’s story points us toward values that I hold as a person of faith and that many of us share as people of conscience, whatever our background, beliefs, political affiliations, or lived experiences may be.

I believe we are united by a longing for a world that is good. Indeed, a world that is very good. A world where people can thrive, dignity is honored, and truth matters. Conscience is a story of courage, moral strength, and the decision to speak when silence would have been easier—because speaking may help make the world better. To me, that is hope in action.

As a director, I did not choose this play in order to advance a political agenda. But I did choose it with purpose. My hope is that this production will not push us apart, but draw us together, not around identical opinions, but around a shared respect for integrity and the possibility that truth spoken with conviction can serve the common good.

I hope you find this story as compelling as I do. I am pleased to invite you to share it with us as one community gathering to celebrate the courage to speak, the humility to listen, and the hope of building something better together.

Enjoy the show,

Karen Lund
Director

Company

Cast

Christopher Clark
William Lewis Jr.
Christopher was last seen at Taproot as Algernon Moncrieff in The Importance of Being Earnest. Other Taproot credits include Joey in Sister Act and Ed/Isaac in The Book of Will. He has also worked with Village Theatre, Union Arts Center, InD Theatre, As If Theatre, and others. Recent directing credits include Treasure Island and Murder on the Nile with Mary Guthrie for Valley Center Stage, where he also serves on the board. He is always delighted to return to Taproot and is grateful to share this very timely play with everyone.

Kelly Karcher
Jean Kerr
Kelly is delighted to be back! Previous Taproot credits include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Importance of Being Earnest, the Christmas at Pemberley trilogy, Jeeves Takes a Bow, and The Spitfire Grill. Originally from New Jersey, Kelly has performed across the country, as well as internationally at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Locally, she’s acted with Village Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, and Lucky Panda Presents, has worked on developmental projects with Seattle Children's Theatre and ACT, and is a founding producer of The Co-Conspirators. kellykarcher.com

Alyssa Keene
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Alyssa is thrilled to be making her acting debut at Taproot. Recent stage roles include Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Links and Della in The Cake (Whidbey Island Center for the Arts); Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing and Kent in King Lear (Island Shakespeare Festival); and The Moorhen in The Moors (Seattle Public Theater). Her solo show, Return to Chef Boutonne, is a multi-generational memoir about her quest to uncover her grandfather’s story of survival in occupied France during WWII.

Jonathan Swindle (he/him)
Senator Joe McCarthy
Jonathan has been previously seen at Taproot in A Sherlock Carol, A Christmas Carol, and Pageantry. A transplant from Tennessee, he has worked with local organizations like Village Theatre, Latitude Theatre, and Tacoma Arts Live. In 2024, Jonathan received the Gregory Award for Outstanding Performance in a Play for his performance in Miss Holmes at Latitude Theatre. Jonathan earned his MFA in Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi. Enjoy the show!

Understudies

Rebecca Cort
u/s Jean Kerr
Rebecca was last at Taproot as Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act and Suzanne in The Hello Girls. Other selected credits include Amy March in Little Women (Seattle Rep/Milwaukee Rep); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Into the Woods (The 5th Avenue Theatre); Jersey Boys and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Village Theatre); and Maureen in RENT and Brooke in Noises Off (Harlequin Productions). Rebecca is the founder of Cort Studios where she teaches Grotowski-based psychophysical acting. @cort_studios

Noah Fletcher (he/him)
u/s Senator Joe McCarthy
Noah is excited to be performing again with Taproot! He was just seen on the Jewell Mainstage as u/s Reuben, Jacob, Baker, et al in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and toured with Taproot’s production of The Innkeeper’s Christmas. Recent roles include Chicken in Chicken Tinders (Copious Love and Gaisma Theatre Group); u/s Elephant Gerald and Zappy Squirrel in The Pigeon Gets a Big Time Holiday Extravaganza (Seattle Children’s Theatre); and Anthony in Sweeney Todd (Harlequin Productions).

Betsy Mugavero
u/s Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Betsy is happy to return to Taproot after performing in Murder on the Links, which earned her a Sound on Stage Award nomination. Other credits include acting in Dial M for Murder (Village Theatre) and directing for Madrona Children’s Theatre and As If Theatre. Her extensive regional career includes 12 seasons with the Utah Shakespeare Festival, five with Great Lakes Theatre, four with Idaho Shakespeare Festival, The Folger Theatre, and more. Now a Seattle local, she sends love to Q, A, R, and Margaret.

Joey Sponseller
u/s William Lewis Jr.
Joey is thrilled to be making his Taproot debut! Recent Seattle credits include TJ in The Coast Starlight (Burien Actors Theatre) and Understudy #4 in You Will Get Sick (Sound Theatre Company). Other favorites include Malvolio in Twelfth Night, Celia in As You Like It, and Fully Committed, a one-man show with 40 characters. By day, Joey teaches and directs at Studio East Performing Arts. He earned his MFA in Acting from Rutgers University. To my wife Kelly: I love you.

Creative Team

Rosie Arnesen
Assistant Stage Manager
Rosie is excited for her first show with Taproot! A graduate of Western Washington University's theatre program, she now works as a stage manager throughout Seattle. Her recent projects include two seasons managing Backyard Bard with GreenStage Shakespeare in the Park and i will miss you when you’re gone with The Shattered Glass Project. She appreciates life’s opportunities and the amazing people around her.

Mackenzie Breda (she/her)
Stage Manager

Mackenzie is a freelance Seattle stage manager working in theatre and events. She is so excited to be returning to Taproot! Her favorite Taproot credits include The Hello Girls and Sister Act. Other recent credits include 9 to 5 and The Color Purple (Village Theatre). She also works with Acrobatic Conundrum, The Workshop, Studio East, Seattle Public Theater, Woodland Park Players, UW Department of Drama, Vashon Repertory Theatre, and The Feast. Much love to her family, friends, and fiancé, Riley. mackenziebreda.com

Melanie Burgess
Co-Costume Designer
Melanie has designed costumes for over 200 productions for Seattle Opera, Seattle Rep, The 5th Avenue Theatre, ACT, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Intiman Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Taproot Theatre, and many others. Nationally, she has designed for Guthrie Theater, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Denver Center, Arizona Theatre Company, Minneapolis Children’s Theatre, Playmaker Repertory Co., Idaho Theatre for Youth, Honolulu Theatre for Youth, and Hawaii Opera. Melanie is the recipient of the first Gregory Award for Outstanding Costume Design (2010, 2019) and several other regional awards. She is a professor of Costume Design at Cornish College of the Arts.

Ruby Carter
Co-Costume Designer
Ruby Carter is ecstatic to be making her professional design debut with Taproot! Ruby is a recent graduate from Cornish College of the Arts, and her past design credits include Sweeney Todd and Alice By Heart (Cornish College of the Arts). She is thrilled to be working alongside her mentor, Melanie Burgess, and thanks all her professors, family, and friends for their constant support and a constant source of inspiration.

Jaiden Clark (he/him)
Props Master

Jaiden is a prop, scenic, and sound designer and a proud Production Associate at Taproot Theatre. His recent design credits include prop design for Taproot’s Road Company productions, Barefoot in the Park, Till We Have Faces, and Murder on the Links, as well as scenic design for Ingvar! A Musical Furniture Saga at Latitude Theatre and Hall of Horror at Dark Council Production. 

Marianna de Fazio
Dialect Coach
Marianna has been coaching dialect at Taproot since The Beams are Creaking in 2011. Other Taproot favorites include The Hello Girls, A Joyful Noise, and Dracula, to name a few! You can hear Marianna’s dialect work this fall in Sound Theatre Company’s References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot in October, Intiman Theatre’s I Am My Own Wife in November, and Union Arts Center's A Christmas Carol in December. She earned her MFA from the University of Washington.
mariannadefazio.com

Brian Engel
Lighting Designer
Brian received his MFA in Lighting Design from the University of Maryland and currently works as the Lighting Supervisor for Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington. He has been a regular designer with Taproot since 2011. Some of his favorite designs for Taproot include Dracula, My Lord, What a Night, Necessary Sacrifices, and A Raisin in the Sun.

Karen Lund
Director
Karen is the award-winning Producing Artistic Director of Taproot Theatre, named The Seattle Times Best in the PNW People’s Choice Best Theater Company in 2024 and recipient of the 2024 Gregory Award for Outstanding Performing Arts Organization of the Year. She has directed well over 100 productions across the country and her recent directing work at Taproot includes Barefoot in the Park, Murder on the Links, Always… Patsy Cline, and Lewis & Tolkien. She also adapted C.S. Lewis’s Till We Have Faces, which opened Taproot’s 50th Anniversary Season. This season, she also directed Brigadoon at Village Theatre and Barefoot in the Park at Harlequin Productions. Karen is a member of SDC, a professional voiceover artist, and is grateful for her amazing family—Mark, Jake, and Hannah.

Mark Lund
Scenic & Sound Designer
Mark's favorite recent designs include Murder on the Links, The Book of Will, and The Hello Girls at Taproot. He also recently adapted Barefoot in the Park for Harlequin Productions. Other design work includes Seattle Shakespeare Company, Book-It Repertory Theatre, and multiple award-winning short films. He has voiced many regional and national projects for T-Mobile, The North Face, the NHL, and FedEx, as well as Falco Lombardi in Starfox and Super Smash Bros. Love to Karen, Hannah, and Jake.

Additional Creative Team

Bretteney Beverly
Intimacy Director
Bretteney serves as Taproot’s Associate Artistic Director. She recently directed Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ain't Misbehavin', A Sherlock Carol, The Importance of Being Earnest, A Raisin in the Sun, and Sister Act at Taproot. She’s happy to be a part of this production. Outside of theatre, she enjoys spending time with family, friends, and her sweet goldendoodle, Cubby.

Melanie Godsey
Assistant Director
Melanie previously assistant directed at Taproot for The Importance of Being Earnest, As it is in Heaven, and Sherlock Holmes and the Precarious Position, and will return as Director for A Charlie Brown Christmas later this year. She is a proud founding member of The Co-Conspirators, with whom she directed her original play, SPONSORED BY THE VOID, for the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it received a Critic’s Choice Award and, in Seattle, a People’s Choice Gregory Award. Love to JRMS.

Natalie Westgor
Dramaturg
Natalie is a writer, educator, and dramaturg. Conscience is her fourth Taproot production—she was also the dramaturg for Barefoot in the Park and The Importance of Being Earnest, and choreographed A Charlie Brown Christmas. Her plays have been performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the University of St Andrews, and for The Barrow Group’s “Restorative Stories” program. Natalie is thrilled to work with this amazing creative team!

Acknowledgements

Actors' Equity Association 
Actors’ Equity Association, founded in 1913, is the US labor union that represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers nationwide. Equity seeks to foster the art of live theater as an essential component of society and advances the careers of its members by negotiating wages, working conditions, and providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. Actors’ Equity is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. #EquityWorks

Joe DiPietro
Playwright
Joe DiPietro has won two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award and three Outer Critics Circle Awards. Broadway: Diana (also on Netflix), Nice Work If You Can Get It starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara (10 Tony nominations, including Best Book and Best Musical), Memphis (4 Tony Awards, including Best Book, Best Score and Best Musical), All Shook Up, Living on Love (starring Renee Fleming). Off-Broadway: Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Off-Broadway Alliance Award - Best Musical), Clever Little Lies (starring Marlo Thomas), The Toxic Avenger (OCC Award - Best off-Broadway Musical), The Thing About Men (OCC Award - Best off-Broadway Musical), the much-produced comedy, Over the River and Through the Woods, as well I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change (the longest-running musical revue in Off-Broadway history). His many regional credits include Conscience (George Street Playhouse), The Second Mrs. Wilson (Long Wharf Theatre), Chasing the Song (La Jolla Playhouse), The Last Romance (The Old Globe). His musicals and plays have received thousands of productions across the country and around the world.

George Street Playhouse, George Street Playhouse, located in the heart of New Brunswick, NJ, has been a home for bold, thought-provoking theater for over five decades. As a leading voice in American regional theater, GSP is committed to developing and producing new work alongside beloved classics, offering audiences stories that challenge, entertain, and resonate long after the curtain falls. That commitment is reflected in a long history of world premieres, including Joy the Musical, A Walk on the Moon, and several works by Joe DiPietro—including Conscience, which debuted on this very stage in 2020. Through its mainstage productions, education programs, and community partnerships, George Street Playhouse continues to champion emerging playwrights and artists, nurturing new voices from page to stage. As it looks toward its next chapter, GSP remains dedicated to serving as a creative home for artists and a cultural cornerstone for audiences throughout Central New Jersey and beyond.

Production Crew

Stage Management/Crew Swing
Grace Heller

Dramaturgy Intern
Sabrina Ruff

Casting

Casting Director
Bretteney Beverly

Costume Staff

Dresser
Rosie Arnesen

Draper
Martha Mitchell

Stitcher
Scían Hayes

Wig Specialist
Jaclyn Deshaye

Wig Designer
Juliette Lewis

Scenic & Lighting Staff

Master Electrician
Aiyana Stephens

Scenic Carpenters
Garrett Dill, Jaime Tapia

Scenic Charge Artist
Mark Lund 

Scenic Artist
Jaiden Clark

Lighting Programmer
Matthew Ray

Light Board Operator
Tiana Price

Sound Board Operator
Ben Symons

Electricians
Morgan Poirier, Matthew Ray, Madeleine Rush

Scenic Strike/Load-In
Elisabeth Chapman†, Sean McMullen†, Kayla Peterson†

† All stage work performed by employees represented by I.A.T.S.E., Local No. 15.

Flavors of the Stage

Stop by concessions before the show to pre-order your intermission refreshments.

Taproot’s concessions menu features Pacific Northwest wine and beer, non-alcoholic beverages, and a variety of snacks, including specialty items chosen for each show.

Specials curated for Conscience include:

  • Jean's Lemon Drop
    vodka, lemon, triple sec, simple syrup

  • McCarthy's Gin & Tonic
    gin, tonic, lemon or lime or juniper berries

  • Chase's Cherry Rum & Coke
    rum, cherry, Coke or Diet Coke cherry garnish

  • 1950's Classic Cherry Coke
    cherry syrup, Coke or Diet Coke, cherry garnish

  • Red, White, & Blue Italian Sodas
    your choice of strawberry, vanilla, or blue raspberry with soda water and cream

  • Margaret's Maine Blueberry Scone

  • Celebrate all season long with our 50th Anniversary Specials!

    • 50th Bubbles from Browne Vineyards
    • Oatmeal Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookie from Lá Liath Bakery

A Reflection on Conscience: Paintings and Prints by Liesl Lavery

September 14–October 17, 2026

Liesl Lavery, MCS, 2026 (block print 8.5x11)
The times we live in are urgent. Everywhere we look, forces are attempting to limit our voices—to strip away our agency. Inspired by Joe DiPietro’s play Conscience, this exhibition is an invitation to tune in to historical patterns, examine power dynamics, and question who benefits.

The series looks back on McCarthyism, and the spectacular courage of Margaret Chase Smith. In June of 1950, she stood up as the lone female voice in a room of powerful, yet cowardly, men—the only senator who refused to tolerate the beginning of a dark era. She chose to be a light.

Then and now, fascism commands us to be terrified, quiet, and small. My response is to hold a mirror to the darkness and create art that reflects potent words, vibrant color, and a touch of whimsy.

These works honor civil disobedience and the voices that disrupt the machine. They encourage us to connect to our own conscience and to playfully defy the power structure in the name of truth, justice, and democracy for all.
—Liesl Lavery

Liesl Lavery is a Seattle-based artist and illustrator. Her work focuses on “happy art for a happier planet, often sprinkled with girl-power vibes or light-hearted irony.” Recent exhibits include Good Company, celebrating the gift of shared community, and Little Black Combs, a nostalgic tribute to the magic of school picture day for Generation X. 

Works in the exhibition are available for sale unless marked by a red dot. View more works by Liesl Lavery at liesllavery.com where you can contact the artist about purchase enquiries.

—Gina Cavallo, Curator

Margaret Chase Smith and the Legacy of Women in American Politics

Photo by Margaret Chase Smith Library

Senator Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) was a remarkable political figure of the twentieth century whose legacy remains underrepresented in our telling of American history. She became the first woman elected to both the US House of Representatives and the US Senate, the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for president by a major political party, and among the first politicians to challenge Senator Joe McCarthy with her Declaration of Conscience. For the majority of her 24-year career as Maine’s Republican Senator, she was the only woman serving in the Senate.

Smith belongs to a legacy of women in government whose very presence disrupted the status quo and pushed our institutions to reflect the diversity of the nation they represent.

When Smith joined the Senate in 1949, she entered a political system that had been built, culturally and physically, for men.

This is literally illustrated by the fact that no women’s restroom existed off the Senate floor for the entirety of her career. While her male colleagues could use a private restroom just steps from the chamber, female senators had to go downstairs and wait in line with tourists for the public restroom.

After the 1992 elections, dubbed the “Year of the Woman,” the number of women in the Senate tripled from two to six, and construction began on a restroom for female senators. Now, no senator would have to miss an important vote because she was downstairs waiting in line. Many cheekily referred to this as “plumbing and progress.” The institution was, quite literally, being rebuilt to accommodate a changing leadership demographic. 

Although Smith insisted she was “not a feminist,” she shattered political barriers for women. Women running for office still face countless challenges, chief among them: can voters imagine them in the job? Every woman who runs, and especially every woman who wins, makes that imagination a little easier.

Her senatorial career set a precedent for women who came after her: Shirley Chisholm, Geraldine Ferraro, Nancy Pelosi, Patsy Mink, Susan Collins, Hillary Clinton, and Kamala Harris (to name a few).

Conscience celebrates the courage of a woman who spoke truth to power in a room that was never built to include her. In the spirit of the many women who came before her, Smith entered the political arena boldly and held the door open for generations of leaders to come.

Important women in politics who preceded her:

Victoria Woodhull
Ran for president on the Equal Rights Party ticket in 1872, decades before women had the right to vote in 1920 (the promise of the 19th Amendment wouldn’t be fully realized until the Voting Rights Act of 1965).

Soledad Chacon
The first Latina and woman of color to hold a statewide elected office as New Mexico’s secretary of state in 1923. 

Jeannette Rankin
The first woman elected to Congress in 1916. 

Frances Perkins
The first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet as FDR’s secretary of labor from 1933–1945.


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Join us at Uncorked 2026!

Our 50th Anniversary Celebration!

Friday, October 30, 2026
5:00 PM-9:00 PM at the Sunset Bay Lodge in Ballard
6411 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107
$50/person | 21+ event

Join us Friday, October 30th from 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM at the Sunset Bay Lodge for this year’s Uncorked, Taproot Theatre Company’s annual auction fundraiser. This event helps power all our programs—from our Jewell Mainstage productions to our Re-Ignite the Mind classes, Acting Studio camps, and Road Company. This is a 21+ event.

Support Taproot and celebrate our 50th Anniversary with amazing views, great food, and fantastic drinks. We will have a variety of food stations to choose from along with specialty cocktails and mocktails at the bar. Learn about what goes on behind the scenes at Taproot by talking with costumers, stage managers, road company actors, and more! Complete our mini scavenger hunt and earn a free raffle ticket.

Bid on a variety of silent, live, and online auction items like original artwork by local artists, dinner with Karen & Mark Lund, front-row opening night tickets, and more! If you can't attend the event, a small selection of items will be available to bid online. 

Uncorked 2026 is sponsored by:
Patricia Raun Craig
Don Meyers

Supporting the Storytellers of Tomorrow!

Celebrate the future by supporting Taproot's educational programs like the Road Company's bullying-prevention plays across the state, and Acting Studio's programming for all ages. Your support keeps this great work going all year long!

In memory of Glenna Kendall, 1925–2026

Glenna Kendall and her late husband Robert “Bob” Kendall were an integral part of the Taproot Theatre story. Their love for theatre, and for the plays produced by Taproot in particular, inspired years of philanthropic support, including the largest donation to the capital campaign to construct the Kendall Center, which houses our Isaac Studio Theatre, shop, and office spaces.


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