ON CLOVER ROAD BACKSTAGE GUIDE 3 Note from Artistic Director Gwendolyn Whiteside ..............................................................................Page 4 About Playwright Steven Dietz ...........................................................................................................Page 5 Interview with Director Halena Kays ...................................................................................................Page 6 “The Backstory” with Philip Earl Johnson ............................................................................................Page 7 “What Are We Saying When We Talk About Cults?” ......................................................................Pages 8-9 An Overview of Well-Known Fringe Religious Movements and Communes ...............................Pages 10-11 When Leaders Abuse Social Psychology .....................................................................................Pages 12-13 About Deprogramming and Exit Counseling ...............................................................................Pages 14-15 A Filmmaker’s Account of Ted Patrick: “The Father of Deprogramming” ..................................Pages 16-17 About Runaway Youth ................................................................................................................Pages 18-19 About American Blues Theater ...................................................................................................Pages 20-21 BACKSTAGE Contributors Elyse Dolan Associate Producer American Blues Theater with Gwendolyn Whiteside, Halena Kays, and Philip Earl Johnson © 2019 American Blues Theater. All rights reserved. TABLE OF CONTENTS