PRESENTS By Samuel D. Hunter Directed by Davis McCallum LEWISTON/CLARKSTON BY SAMUEL D. HUNTER DIRECTED BY DAVIS MCCALLUM LEWISTON CAST CLARKSTON CAST Arnie Burton Heidi Armbruster Kristin Griffith Edmund Donovan Leah Karpel Noah Robbins PRODUCTION TEAM Set Design by Dane Laffrey Assistant Lighting Designer: Tyler D. Dubuc Costume Design by Jessica Wegener Shay Assistant Sound Designer: Michael Costagliola Lighting Design by Stacey Derosier Properties Designers: Alyssa Tryon & Antonia Sound Design by Fitz Patton Howard Casting by Calleri Casting Assistant Properties: Natalie Reichman Production Stage Managers: Joanne Pan & Katie Master Electrician: Joe D'Emilio Young Sound Supervisor: Tyler Keiffer Dramaturg: John M. Baker Lighting Programmer/Sound Board Assistant Stage Managers: Rachel Kaplow & Operator/Show Technician: David Orlando Samantha McCann Wardrobe Supervisor: Ryan Ginter Production Manager: Jenny Beth Snyder Substitute Wardrobe Supervisor: Emily Naylor Technical Director: Aaron Gonzalez Substitute Wardrobe Supervisor: Megan Hayes Associate Directors: Shadi Ghaheri & Lillian Press Representative: Matt Ross Public Relations Meredith Videographer: Zanni Productions / Jonathan Associate Scenic Designer: Matt Iacozza Burklund Assistant Costume Designer: Danica Martino Playwriting Intern: Jack T. Calk This production is supported by the Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation and The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation with additional support by Douglas Nevin, R. Lee Stump and Abigail Roth. World Premiere of CLARKSTON was produced by Dallas Theater Center Kevin Moriarty, Artistic Director Jeffrey Woodward, Managing Director Developed as part of a 2013 Residency with Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater World Premiere Production of LEWISTON was presented by Long Wharf Theatre, April 13, 2016 Gordon Edelstein, Artistic Director Joshua Borenstein, Managing Director LEWISTON was developed by Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, California. Jasson Minadakis, Artistic Director, Michael Barker, Managing Director, Margot Melcon, Director of New Play Development Developed as part of a 2013 Residency with Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater LEWISTON and CLARKSTON were developed during a residency with the Baltic Playwrights Conference in collaboration with the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Wendy C. Goldberg, Artistic Director / Preston Whiteway, Executive Director LEWISTON and CLARKSTON were written with support from SPACE on Ryder Farm LEWISTON/CLARKSTON will be presented at Boise Contemporary Theater in Spring 2019. LEWISTON CAST ARNIE BURTON (Connor in LEWISTON) Broadway: The 39 Steps, Peter and the Starcatcher, Machinal, A Free Man of Color, Amadeus, also The New Yorkers for Encores. Off Broadway highlights: The Government Inspector (Callaway Award), The Temperamentals (Drama Desk Award), The Mystery of Irma Vep (Drama League nomination), Lonely Planet, The Winter’s Tale, The Explorers Club, The Jew of Malta/The Merchant of Venice, Lives of the Saints, Mere Mortals, The Last Sunday in June. Great Britain: The Merchant of Venice at the RSC. Film and TV includes: “Murphy Brown”, The Greatest Showman, The Invention of Lying, Igby Goes Down, The Good Fight, “The Blacklist”, “Blue Bloods”, “Jessica Jones”, “Elementary”, “Flesh and Bone”, “Frasier”, “White Collar”, “Law & Order”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “Sister, Sister”. This is for George Harlow Burton, my Dad, a butcher from Idaho. KRISTIN GRIFFITH (Alice in LEWISTON) New York Theatre: Atlantic: Animal, Jody’s Mother, Perry Street and Bottom of the World. The Mint: The Fatal Weakness (Drama Desk Nom. Best Actress), Mary Broome, The Charity That Begins at Home, and Mr. Pim Passes By. Irish Rep: Da, The Master Builder, It’s A Wonderful Life and Ernest In Love. The Womens Project: Bethany and The Most Deserving. New Georges: Stretch: A Fantasia. A member of Ensemble Studio Theatre since the 70’s, happily appearing in many marathons. TV: HBO’s “Succession” (Mrs. Wamsgams), “Big Dogs” (Renny’s mom), “Law & Order” (all Franchises), “Blue Bloods,” “New Amsterdam”, “Ed”, “Wonderland”, “Third Watch”. Film: Ben is Back (upcoming, dir. Peter Hedges), I Smile Back w/ Sarah Silverman, other films include Woody Allen’s Interiors, Steven Soderbergh’s King of The Hill, Merchant/Ivory’s The Europeans. AEA SAG/AFTRA LEAH KARPEL (Marnie in LEWISTON) Off-Broadway: The Harvest (LCT3); Pocatello (Playwrights Horizons); Porto (Women’s Project). Regional: Miller, Mississippi (Dallas Theatre Center); Residence (Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival); Appropriate, The Whale, We Are Proud to Present…(Victory Gardens Theatre); Buena Vista, The Glass Menagerie, The Hot L Baltimore (Steppenwolf Theatre); The Diary Of Anne Frank (Writers Theatre); The Commons of Pensacola (Northlight Theatre); 4000 Miles (Long Wharf Theatre); Punk Rock (Griffin Theatre); Ten Chimneys (Milwaukee Repertory). Film/TV: Chicago Med; Patriot; Olympia. CLARKSTON CAST HEIDI ARMBRUSTER (Trisha in CLARKSTON) Broadway: Time Stands Still Theater Off-Broadway: Lincoln Center: Disgraced; Primary Stages: Poor Behavior; Atlantic Theater Company: Sea of Tranquility; Keen Company: Boy, Tea and Sympathy, Good Morning Bill; Mint Theater Company: Love Goes to Press, The Fifth Column, Susan and God; New Georges: Hillary; Playwright’s Realm: Dov and Ali. Select Regional: The Guthrie: Blithe Spirit, The Importance of Being Ernest, The Great Gatsby; La Jolla Playhouse: At The Old Place; Dallas Theater Center: Clarkston; Hartford Stage: Queens For A Year. Film/Television: "Younger," “Daredevil,” "Divorce," “The Deuce,” "Elementary," "Louie," "30 Rock," "Blacklist," "SVU," Michael Clayton, My Man Is A Loser, The Smurfs, Poor Behavior, Revolutionary Road, The Northern Kingdom. Awards: Drama League nomination for Tea and Sympathy. Training: American Conservatory Theater. EDMUND DONOVAN (Chris in CLARKSTON) Broadway: The Snow Geese (MTC) New York: Xander Xyst, Dragon: 1 (Ars Nova, ANT Fest) Hot Fun in the Summertime (Cherry Lane) Regional: Chautauqua, Yale Rep, Shakespeare & Company. TV/Film: “Orange is the New Black,” “Unforgettable,” Akron. Training: BU; LAMDA, Yale School of Drama NOAH ROBBINS (Jake in CLARKSTON) Broadway: Brighton Beach Memoirs (Outer Critics Circle nomination), Arcadia. Off-Broadway: “Master Harold”… And the Boys (Signature Theater), Punk Rock (MCC Theater), The Vandal (Flea Theater), The Twenty-Seventh Man (Public Theater), Secrets of the Trade (Primary Stages) (Clive Barnes Award nomination). Regional: several shows at the Kennedy Center with director/choreographer Debbie Allen. Film: Miss Sloane, The Week Of, Indignation, Villains, Set It Up, Aardvark, Cruise, Fatal Crossing, The Outcasts, Aftermath, Newsworthy (Best Actor Award, L.A. Comedy Festival). TV: “Forever” (opposite Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen), “Grease: Live,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “Masters of Sex,” “Younger,” “Orange Is The New Black,” “Gotham,” “The Good Wife,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Slap.” He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Columbia University, where he majored in Philosophy. PRODUCTION TEAM SAMUEL D. HUNTER (Playwright) plays include The Whale (Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, GLAAD Media Award, Drama League and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play), A Bright New Boise (Obie Award, Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Few, A Great Wilderness, Rest, Pocatello, The Healing, The Harvest, Lewiston, Clarkston, and most recently, Greater Clements. He is the recipient of a 2014 MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship, a 2012 Whiting Writers Award, the 2013 Otis Guernsey New Voices Award, the 2011 Sky Cooper Prize, the 2008 PONY/Lark Fellowship, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Idaho. His plays have been produced in New York at Playwrights Horizons, LCT3, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Clubbed Thumb and Page 73, and at such theaters as Seattle Rep, Theatre Royal Bath, South Coast Rep, Victory Gardens, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Old Globe, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Denver Center Theatre Company, the Dallas Theater Center, Long Wharf Theatre, and elsewhere. His work has been developed at the O’Neill Playwrights Conference, the Ojai Playwrights Conference, Seven Devils, and PlayPenn. Two published anthologies of his work are available from TCG books. He is a member of New Dramatists, an Ensemble Playwright at Victory Gardens, and was a 2013 Resident Playwright at Arena Stage. A native of northern Idaho, Sam lives in NYC. He holds degrees in playwriting from NYU, The Iowa Playwrights Workshop, and Juilliard. DAVIS MCCALLUM (Director) New York credits include The Harvest (Lincoln Center), Stupid F***ing Bird (The Pearl), Fashions for Men (Mint Theater; Drama Desk and Lortel Nominations for Best Revival); Pocatello (Playwrights Horizons), The Whale (Playwrights Horizons; Lortel Award for Best Play; Calloway Nomination for Best Director), Water by the Spoonful (Second Stage; Pulitzer Prize for Drama); February House (Public Theater); and London Wall (Mint Theater; Drama Desk and Lortel Nominations for Best Revival). Regional credits include the Denver Center, Dallas Theater Center, Old Globe, Guthrie, OSF, the Alliance Theater, the O’Neill, Williamstown, Humana Festival, others. He is the Artistic Director of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Garrison NY, and recently directed Richard II, The Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure, as well as the world premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will for the company. JOHN M.