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2015/16 SEASON SUBSCRIBERS SAVE UP TO 60% ON SINGLE TICKET PRICES! THEPart of theLITTLE FOXES Festival MOBYLookingglass DICKTheatre Company’s BY LILLIAN HELLMAN ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY DAVID CATLIN DIRECTED BY KYLE DONNELLY FROM THE NOVEL BY HERMAN MELVILLE KREEGER THEATER | SEPTEMBER 23 – OCTOBER 30, 2016 PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE ACTORS GYMNASIUM Emmy winner (CSI: Crime A CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE ALLIANCE THEATRE AND Scene Investigation) stars in Hellman’s classic tale of greed, betrayal and sibling rivalry taken to unimaginable heights. KREEGER THEATER | NOVEMBER 18 – DECEMBER 24, 2016 Set sail with Captain Ahab and the crew of the Gold-Standard Musical good ship Pequod in this harrowing and intoxicating quest for the great white whale. “A triumph of grand RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S theatrical imagination.” (Chicago Sun-Times) CAROUSEL World-Premiere Drama MUSIC BY RICHARD RODGERS BOOK AND LYRICS BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II ROE DIRECTED BY MOLLY SMITH BY CHOREOGRAPHED BY PARKER ESSE DIRECTED BY BILL RAUCH MUSIC DIRECTION BY PAUL SPORTELLI A CO-PRODUCTION WITH OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL FICHANDLER STAGE | OCTOBER 28 – DECEMBER 24, 2016 AND BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE Dazzling lights, swinging songs and a bad boy to KREEGER THEATER | JANUARY 12 – FEBRUARY 19, 2017 melt your heart (Nicholas Rodriguez) — Carousel With shocking turns and surprising humor, Roe is an epic musical with beloved songs like “You’ll illuminates the lives of the women behind Roe v. Never Walk Alone” and “June is Bustin’ Out All Over.” Wade, the choices they made and the passion each side has for its cause. WATCHPart of the Lillian ON Hellman THE Festival RHINE BY LILLIAN HELLMAN DIRECTED BY JACKIE MAXWELL FICHANDLER STAGE | FEBRUARY 3 – MARCH 5, 2017 Golden Globe winner () leads an ensemble cast in Hellman’s Photo of Lookingglass Theatre suspenseful masterpiece about the pre-WWII threat Company’s Moby Dick by Liz Lauren. of fascism in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. MINI-SUBSCRIPTIONS ON SALE NOW! SUBSCRIBERS SAVE UP TO 60% ON SINGLE TICKET PRICES! World-Premiere Political Thriller SPECIAL ADD-ON PERFORMANCES INTELLIGENCE Inspirational Musical BY JACQUELINE E. LAWTON DIRECTED BY DANIELLA TOPOL BORN FOR THIS: ARLENE AND ROBERT KOGOD CRADLE | FEBRUARY 24 – APRIL 2, 2017 THE BEBE WINANS STORY Inspired by true events in the U.S. and Iraq, BOOK BY CHARLES RANDOLPH-WRIGHT AND BEBE WINANS Intelligence explores the Valerie Plame affair, the cost FEATURING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BEBE WINANS of deception and the consequences of speaking truth to power. DIRECTED BY CHARLES RANDOLPH-WRIGHT A CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE ALLIANCE THEATRE KREEGER THEATER | JULY 1 – AUGUST 28, 2016 Beloved American Classic Combining classic Winans hits with brand-new songs, this inspirational musical follows BeBe and A IN THE SUN CeCe Winans, youngest siblings of the Winans family BY LORRAINE HANSBERRY dynasty, as they join Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s DIRECTED BY TAZEWELL THOMPSON Praise the Lord television show. FICHANDLER STAGE | MARCH 31 – APRIL 30, 2017 Called the “play that changed American Poignant Drama theater forever” ( Times), Hansberry’s IN groundbreaking drama follows an African-American family yearning to escape the cramped confines of their Chicago tenement. THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING Insightful Comedy-Drama BY JOAN DIDION | BASED ON HER MEMOIR DIRECTED BY GAYE TAYLOR UPCHURCH SMART PEOPLE ARLENE AND ROBERT KOGOD CRADLE BY LYDIA R. DIAMOND OCTOBER 7 – NOVEMBER 20, 2016 DIRECTED BY SEEMA SUEKO Faced with inescapable grief, Joan Didion (played KREEGER THEATER | APRIL 14 – MAY 21, 2017 by Academy Award nominee Kathleen Turner) learns With barbed wit, Lydia R. Diamond (Stick Fly) that the miraculous can emerge to ease our pain explores the unavoidable nature of cultural bias in and guide us back to the joy of life. this controversial and fiercely funny new play.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 Artistically Speaking 7 From the Executive Producer 9 Dramaturg’s Notebook 11 Title Page 13 Time and Place, Cast List, For This Production 15 Bios - Cast 17 Bios - Creative Team ARENA STAGE 1101 Sixth Street SW 23 Arena Stage Leadership Washington, DC 20024-2461 ADMINISTRATION 202-554-9066 24 Board of Trustees / Next Stage / Theatre Forward SALES OFFICE 202-488-3300 TTY 202-484-0247 25 Full Circle Society www.arenastage.org © 2016 Arena Stage. All editorial and advertising 26 Thank You – The Annual Fund material is fully protected and must not be reproduced in any 29 Thank You – Institutional Donors manner without written permission. Disgraced 30 Theater Staff Program Book Published April 22, 2016.

Cover Illustration by Mark Stutzman. Program Book Staff Anna Russell, Associate Director of Marketing and Publications David Sunshine, Graphic Designer

2015/16 SEASON 5 ARTISTICALLY SPEAKING

A few years ago I received Disgraced from friends in Chicago telling me that this was an ideal play for Arena. When I first read the play, I was moved, emotionally thrown and confused. Only the best plays engage us intellectually and emotionally. Disgraced is one of the best.

Ayad Akhtar shared his personal story when he visited with our staff, and I appreciated his openness in discussing issues he encountered with theaters around the world producing Disgraced. These countries, including our own, are struggling with the cultural, racial and religious conflict at the heart of the play. Disgraced tackles issues around cultural identity head-on. It’s an intelligent play that challenges the audience. No one will feel comfortable in this play, and ideally that is what spurs us to deeper understanding.

Disgraced is as fearless as the playwright who wrote it. Ayad’s presence is electric. He’s a dream of a person — smart, kind, quick, humble and driven. His passion is what makes this play so dynamic and compelling.

I am thankful that we have a team that is up for the challenge. Bringing Timothy Douglas back to direct after last season’s explosive King Hedley II ensures that this will be a thought- provoking production. With Arena alum Nehal Joshi leading this fantastic cast, I trust that you will leave the Kreeger Theater talking and arguing until late in the night.

Since returning to Washington to lead Arena Stage almost two decades ago, I have searched fiercely for D.C.’s voice in theater. I thought that voice would be encompassed in one writer who could speak to the intricacies and passions of our city. I was wrong.

I can confidently say that D.C.’s voice is political and it isn’t only one writer — it’s many writers driving the story of America forward. The writers are as varied as , John Strand, , Karen Zacarías, Lawrence Wright, , Katori Hall and David Lindsay-Abaire.

Arena Stage’s vision is to galvanize the transformative power of the theater to understand who we are as Americans. I can think of no better production to be produced in the middle of this rancorous primary season than Disgraced.

All best,

Molly Smith, Artistic Director

P.S. On a bittersweet note, every night at Arena Stage for the past 36 years you have seen the handiwork of Chuck Fox, head of Arena’s properties department, who is retiring after this show opens. Chuck is integral to ensuring that the physical items you see onstage, including the furniture in Disgraced and LBJ’s desk in All the Way (among so many other items), are created to the highest artistic standards — and can withstand rigorous actor use over an eight-show week. He is one of the loveliest men you’ll ever want to know and we will miss his visible hand on stage.

6 2015/16 SEASON FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

You may be wondering what the Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship Program is all about. This season marked the 25th anniversary of the program, and we could not be more proud than we are of our alumni and our program.

Arena Stage has a long history of cultivating the next generation of theater professionals. Led by founding Artistic Director , Arena Stage created an internship program in 1962. However, Arena became increasingly aware of the lack of sufficient multicultural representation on and off the stage. In 1990, with a generous three-year grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, Zelda was a driving force in the creation of the Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship Program, named after Tony Award-nominated lighting designer Allen Lee Hughes, who began his career at Arena Stage.

The Fellowship’s goal was to provide training opportunities in a professional, not-for-profit theater for emerging artists of color. At the time, there was a not a program of its kind in the field, or a training program that provided in-depth, one-on-one mentorships. Arena has continued to support the Allen Lee Hughes Program and in 2009, it evolved to include individuals of all backgrounds. Over the past 25 years nearly 300 fellows and 400 interns have supported Arena, and 79% still work in theater.

Our fellows are in rehearsal halls, administrative offices, classrooms throughout the city and in theaters working alongside professionals. As the next generation of artists emerge, we are humbled to say that many of their journeys began here. Our alumni have started theaters, designed on Broadway, written plays that you have seen on our stages and impacted the field more than we could have imagined.

To commemorate this significant milestone and the successes of this program, we invited our alumni to a two-day celebration. Our alumni reminisced, networked and raised a glass to the past 25 years and to the possibilities of what is to come. Right here in the Kreeger Theater, over 100 former fellows and interns joined our staff, members of our Board of Trustees and guests to listen to our keynote speakers: Megan Beyer, Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities; director and dramaturg A. Lorraine Robinson, who was a directing intern in the 1995/96 season and fellowship coordinator from 1996-2002; Susan Hilferty, Tony Award-winning costume designer and chair of the Department of Design for Stage and Film at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts; and our very own Allen Lee Hughes.

It is the responsibility of theaters to grow our art form by teaching the next generations. Without young professional training programs like the Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship Program, we are not contributing to the future of our art form. Without opportunities for diverse voices to share their viewpoints, we do not produce robust, relevant theater. Without the support of our fellows, we cannot function as well as we do. They are part of the heartbeat of Arena Stage.

Thanks for listening!

Edgar Dobie, Executive Producer

P.S. Don’t miss the Voices of Now Festival in the Kogod Cradle May 18-21!

2015/16 SEASON 7

DRAMATURG’S NOTEBOOK

BY LINDA LOMBARDI, ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE AND LITERARY MANAGER

The most-produced play of the 2015/16 theater season, Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize winner Disgraced is inspiring a national dialogue about everything from cultural appropriation to identity politics to what it means to be an American. I met with Ayad recently to discuss his body of work, the themes in Disgraced and his love of theater. Below is an excerpt of our conversation. WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS BEHIND DISGRACED ? I started to recognize that I had been running from all kinds of stuff in many ways. My identity ethnically and religiously was part of that. When I started to understand that, I had enough presence of mind to not do anything about it, but just observe. And as I observed, I metaphorically looked over my shoulder at what I had been running from, and it led to an explosion of creativity. I wrote the first draft ofAmerican Dervish, the first draft ofDisgraced , a second draft of American Dervish, The Invisible Hand, The Who & the What, started working on a novel that I’m still working on and two more ideas that I still haven’t gotten to. All together these stories are a picture; but no one of them is the picture. One work is a contradiction of the next and is a response to the next, or takes the themes of the previous and develops them in a different way.

A good idea for a story is the confluence of two, three or maybe even four ideas coming together in one idea. One of the streams that was feeding the inspiration for Disgraced was a dinner party at my house in 2006 where the conversation turned to Islam. There was this subtle way in which the conversation shifted people’s relationship with each other in some permanent way. I clocked that that night and thought it was fascinating and would be an interesting dramatic circumstance. DISGRACED IS A TUG OF WAR WITH IDENTITY AND COMING UP AGAINST THE AMERICAN DREAM. ARE IDENTITY AND IDENTITY POLITICS SOMETHING YOU’RE ACTIVELY EXPLORING IN YOUR WORK? I could never have guessed five years ago, when I finished a first draft of this play, that the degradation of social discourse, of rhetoric, between these characters in this play could actually mirror what’s happening out in the world. When I was writing the play, the public discourse was nothing like what is onstage. But what is onstage is actually very similar now to what’s happening out in the world every day. So, in some ways, the play was prescient about some deeper movement, either in American life or global life. I can’t account for that. I was writing something that felt very real to me, drawn from observation, drawn from reflection, drawn from a certain kind of compassion and empathy and consideration and interest in others. It’s my interest in fate – the fate of a person or the fate of a choice. Disgraced tries to meet audience members where they live and breathe. If they’re open to it, it lets them experience their own tribal Join us for a post-show identifications and revulsions. And if they’re conversation with the artists on: not, then it allows them to express those things unconsciously to others. May 4, May 11 and May 17 at 12:00 p.m., May 5 at 8:00 p.m. and May 24 at 7:30 p.m. Visit BLOG.ARENASTAGE.ORG to read the full interview, plus access additional articles. Join us for a discussion about the themes and ideas in the play with Arena Stage staff at all other performances except the dates above, April 28 at 8:00 p.m. and May 29 at 2:00 p.m.

2015/16 SEASON 9 PHOTO BY MATTHEW MURPHY KENNEDY-CENTER.ORG (202) 467-4600 TicketsJune are 28–Julyalso available at 17 the |Box Eisenhower Office. Groups call Theater (202) 416-8400. KENNEDY-CENTER.ORG (202) 467-4600 Tickets are also available at the Box Office. Groups call (202) 416-8400. Musical Theater at the Kennedy Center Major support for Musical Theater at Kennedy Center Theater Musicalis Theatermade possible at the Kennedy by the Center Majorthe supportKennedy for Center Musical is Theaterprovided at by KennedySeason Center Sponsor Theater is made possible by the Season Sponsor Thethe Drutz Kennedy Family Center Fund is for provided Musical by Theater. The Drutz Family Fund for Musical Theater. Arena Stage Molly Smith, Artistic Director | Edgar Dobie, Executive Producer PRESENT DISGRACED BY AYAD AKHTAR DIRECTED BY TIMOTHY DOUGLAS

SET DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER TONY CISEK TONI-LESLIE JAMES MICHAEL GILLIAM

ORIGINAL COMPOSITION AND SOUND DESIGNER FIGHT DIRECTOR FITZ PATTON CLIFF WILLIAMS III

CASTING DIRECTOR NEW YORK CASTING AMELIA POWELL GEOFF JOSSELSON

STAGE MANAGER ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER AMBER DICKERSON KRISTEN MARY HARRIS

Disgraced is generously sponsored by Joan and David Maxwell.

2015/16 SEASON 11 July 8-31 in Shepherdstown: Where the future of the American Theater spends the summer.

A maritime quest for truth pen/man/ship By Christina Anderson / Directed by Lucie Tiberghien

NOT MEDEA An explosive take on love and motherhood AN NNPN ROLLING WORLD PREMIERE By Allison Gregory / Directed by Courtney Sale

THE WEDDING GIFT A stunning spectacle of comedy and drama A WORLD PREMIERE By Chisa Hutchinson / Directed by May Adrales

20TH CENTURY BLUES A kaleidoscopic anthem for all generations A WORLD PREMIERE By Susan Miller / Directed by Ed Herendeen

An ode of passion, heartbreak, and humor THE SECOND GIRL By Ronan Noone / Directed by Ed Herendeen

800.999.CATF catf.org Britt Whittle and Jamil A.C. Mangan in North of the Boulevard by Bruce Graham. CATF 2014. Photo by Seth Freeman TIME AND PLACE, CAST LIST, FOR THIS PRODUCTION

TIME AND PLACE A spacious apartment on New York’s Upper East Side, 2011 – 2012.

The first two scenes take place in late summer of 2011. The third scene takes place three months later during fall. The fourth scene takes place six months later during spring.

CAST LIST (in order of appearance) Emily...... IVY VAHANIAN Amir...... NEHAL JOSHI Abe...... SAMIP RAVAL Isaac / Fight Captain...... JOE ISENBERG Jory...... FELICIA CURRY

FOR THIS PRODUCTION Technical Director...... SCOTT SCHRECK Properties Director...... CHUCK FOX Costume Director...... JOSEPH P. SALASOVICH Master Electrician...... CHRISTOPHER V. LEWTON Sound Director...... TIMOTHY M. THOMPSON Production Dramaturg...... LINDA LOMBARDI Directing Fellow...... JECAMIAH YBAÑEZ Stage Management Fellow...... ELLE BOLIN Show Carpenter...... NISHA LACY REAVES Props...... JUSTIN TITLEY Wardrobe Supervisor...... EMILY GRACE BLACKSTONE Hair and Wigs...... LASHAWN MELTON Light Board Operator...... PAUL VILLALOVOZ Sound Engineer...... LORRAINE RHODEN Assistant to the Lighting Designer...... KELLY RUDOLPH Assistants to the Costume Designer...... CIERRA COAN, DEVARIO SIMMONS Board Interns...... ALLAN J. BERMAN, MICHELE G. BERMAN, PATTI HERMAN, DAVID E. SHIFFRIN

Disgraced is performed without an intermission. Photography and the video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices. 2015/16 SEASON 13 New to Southwest DC

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credits include Les Misérables (original revival (in alphabetical order) cast) and The Threepenny Opera (Roundabout CAST Theatre Company). Off-Broadway credits FELICIA CURRY (Jory) makes her include Falling for Eve, Working and Who’s Arena Stage debut. Area Your Baghdaddy? Regional credits include Les credits include OLIVÉRio, Misérables and Arsenic and Old Lace (Dallas Chasing George Washington Theater Center), Peter and the Starcatcher and Beehive (Kennedy Center); (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Working (The A Christmas Carol, The 25th Old Globe/Asolo Repertory Theatre) and Annual Putnam County Spelling Disney’s The Jungle Book (/ Bee and Civil War (Ford’s Theatre); This (Round Huntington Theatre Company). Film/TV credits House Theatre); Home (Rep Stage); Laugh include The Wire, Blackout and Submissions and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson (Studio Only. Video game credits include “World of Theatre); Les Misérables (Signature Theatre); Warcraft: Cataclysm.” Nehal received a 2013 Imagination Stage; Adventure Theatre MTC; Drama Desk Award. Twitter: @nehalpjoshi. MetroStage; Olney Theatre Center; and Toby’s Dinner Theatre. Regional credits include SAMIP RAVAL (Abe), hails from Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and Charlotte, North Carolina (Gulfshore Playhouse), and makes his Arena Stage Sister Act (Riverside Center) and The Color debut. Regional credits Purple (Virginia Repertory Theatre). New York include Shakespeare credits include We Three Lizas (Joe’s Pub) Theatre Company, Oregon and The Brontes (NYMF). Felicia has received Shakespeare Festival, four Helen Hayes Award nominations, most PlayMakers Repertory recently for playing Nancy in Oliver! (Adventure Company and Georgia Shakespeare Festival. Theatre). She is a graduate of the University of Workshop/residency credits include the Maryland, College Park. Kennedy Center, and the National Playwrights Conference at Eugene JOE ISENBERG (Isaac / Fight O’Neill Theater Center. His short filmThe Captain) returns to Arena Faucet, which he wrote and directed, screened Stage following his at the Oxford Film Festival and Toronto Short performance in A Time to Film Festival. He has devised theater with Kill. Additional D.C. credits artists in Kenya and India and works as a include The Force of Destiny teaching artist with ASTEP in South Florida and Show Boat (Washington and New York. He is the recipient of the National Opera); Marie Antoinette and We Are William R. Kenan Fellowship and attended the Proud to Present… (Woolly Mammoth); Young University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Robin Hood (Round House Theatre); Suicide, Incorporated (No Rules Theatre Company); IVY VAHANIAN (Emily) is grateful The Lieutenant of Inishmore and Crave to make her Arena Stage (Signature Theatre); and Macbeth (Folger debut working with Timothy Theatre). TV credits include ’sHouse on this particular play. In D.C., of Cards and PBS’s Enemy of the Reich: The Ivy worked with PJ Paparelli Noor Inayat Khan Story. Joe’s choreography on Love’s Labour’s (WSC has been seen at numerous D.C. theaters, as Avant Bard). Broadway and Off- well as at Florida Stage, Actors Theatre of Broadway highlights include Louisville and the Metropolitan Opera. He is Coram Boy (Imperial Theater), ...And Jesus the recipient of the 2013 Helen Hayes Award Moonwalks the Mississippi (Sundance Theater for Outstanding Choreography and has Lab at ), Toys in the Attic received several award nominations. (Pearl Theater Company) and The Sweepers (Urban Stages). Regional highlights include All NEHAL JOSHI (Amir)’s Arena My Sons (Actors Theatre of Louisville), A Line in Stage credits include Mother the Sand (Virginia Stage Company), Biloxi Blues Courage and Her Children, (Geva Theatre), What Rhymes with America The Music Man, Oklahoma! and Time Stands Still (The Producing Unit), and Señor Discretion Himself. Picasso at the Lapin Agile (City Theater) and D.C. credits include Man of La Antebellum (Hartford Stage). Screen credits Mancha (Shakespeare Theatre include Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Unusually Company), Recent Tragic Events (Woolly Thicke, Age of Kaos and Behind Closed Doors. Mammoth), Mister Roberts (Kennedy Center) Ivy is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. and Venus (Olney Theatre Center). Broadway

2015/16 SEASON 15 A MODERN AMERICAN CUISINE RESTAURANT SERVING SW DC DINNER & SHOW $35 THREE-COURSE DINNER Start your evening with an appetizer & entrée, walk over to see the show, then come back to enjoy dessert.

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House (Cincinnati Playhouse); Insurrection: CREATIVE TEAM Holding History and Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea (Theater Alliance); The Trip to Bountiful AYAD AKHTAR (Playwright) was born in New York (Cleveland Play House); Much Ado About City and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is Nothing (Folger Theatre); and The Night is a a novelist and author of American Dervish, Child (Milwaukee Repertory Theater). For published in over 20 languages worldwide and Arena Stage, Tony also designed The Miracle named a 2012 Best Book of the Year by Kirkus Worker, Oak and Ivy and Dimly Perceived Reviews, Toronto’s Globe and Mail, Shelf Threats to the System. His work has been seen Awareness and O, The Oprah Magazine. His Off-Broadway and regionally at Roundabout play Disgraced won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, The Drama, ran on Broadway at the Lyceum Guthrie, Ford’s Theatre, Alliance Theatre, South Theatre and is currently the most produced Coast Repertory, Indiana Repertory Theatre, play in the country. In addition to Disgraced, Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Stage, NYTW his plays The Who & the What and The Invisible and the Kennedy Center. www.tonycisek.com Hand received Off-Broadway runs and are currently being produced at theaters across TONI-LESLIE JAMES (Costume Designer)’s the country. Ayad was listed as the most Broadway credits include Come from Away produced playwright for the 2015/16 season by (2017); Amazing Grace; Lucky Guy; The American Theatre. As a screenwriter, he was Scottsboro Boys; Finian’s Rainbow; Chita nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Rivera: The Dancer’s Life; Ma Rainey’s Black Best Screenplay for The War Within. He has Bottom; King Hedley II; One Mo’ Time; The Wild been the recipient of fellowships from Party; Marie Christine; Footloose; The Tempest; MacDowell, Djerassi, the Sundance Institute, Twilight: , 1992; Angels in America: Ucross and Yaddo, where he currently serves Millennium Approaches and Perestroika; as a board director. He is also a board trustee Chronicle of a Death Foretold; and Jelly’s Last at PEN/America. Jam. She has received a Tony Award nomination, three Drama Desk Award TIMOTHY DOUGLAS (Director) directed King Hedley nominations, six Lucille Lortel Award II at Arena Stage. D.C. credits include Father nominations, a Henry Hewes Design Award Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3), and four additional nominations, Two Trains Running, The Trip to Bountiful, Critics Circle Award, Irene Sharaff Young Permanent Collection and A Lesson Before Master Award and the 2009 Obie Award for Dying (Round House Theatre); Dontrell, Who Sustained Excellence in Costume Design. Kissed the Sea (2016 Helen Hayes Award Toni-Leslie is head of design at Virginia nomination) and Insurrection: Holding History Commonwealth University. For Cosima and (Theater Alliance); The Last Orbit of Billy Mars Jett with love. (Woolly Mammoth); and Much Ado About Nothing (Folger Theatre). Additional credits MICHAEL GILLIAM (Lighting Designer)’s Broadway include Rajiv Joseph’s The Lake Effect (Silk credits include Bonnie and Clyde, Brooklyn, Big Road Rising), Bronte: A Portrait of Charlotte River and Stand-Up Tragedy. West End credits (Off-Broadway) and the world premiere of include Gershwin Alone and Off-Broadway ’s Radio Golf (Yale Repertory credits include The Best Is Yet to Come, Striking Theatre). He has directed for Cincinnati 12, Blue, End of the World Party, Zooman and the Playhouse in the Park (associate artist), Sign and Menopause the Musical. National tour American Conservatory Theater, The Guthrie, credits include Looped, Peter Pan, Brooklyn, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Center Theatre and Big River. Regional theater Group, South Coast Repertory, Steppenwolf credits include , The Old Globe, Theatre Company, PlayMakers Repertory Mark Taper Forum, , Seattle Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival and Repertory Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Guthrie, , Geffen www.timothydouglas.org Playhouse, the Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Prince Music TONY CISEK (Set Designer) has collaborated with Theatre, Denver Center and Arizona Theatre Timothy Douglas on over 30 productions Company. Awards include Ovation Awards, including King Hedley II (Arena Stage); Father Drama-Logue Awards, Garland Awards, San Comes Home From the Wars, Two Trains Diego Theatre Critics Circle Awards and the Running and A Lesson Before Dying (Round 1999 Career Achievement Award from the LA House Theatre); Clybourne Park and Safe Drama Critics Circle.

2015/16 SEASON 17

WHO’S WHO

FITZ PATTON (Original Composition and Sound AMBER DICKERSON (Stage Manager) has spent Designer) has designed and scored over 250 over a decade working at Arena Stage and is productions in 20 cities across the U.S. Recent delighted to return after spending the last designs include The Father and Our Mother’s several years in New York working on Motown, Brief Affair (Manhattan Theatre Club); Blackbird the Musical with Charles Randolph-Wright. (Broadway); The Humans (Roundabout Theatre Recent credits include The City of Company and Broadway); and Airline Highway Conversation with Doug Hughes; The Secret (Steppenwolf and Manhattan Theatre Club). He Garden with ; Pride and won Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Awards Prejudice and The Whipping Man with Hana for When the Rain Stops Falling (Lincoln Sharif; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Center), and was nominated for The Other with Aaron Posner; Pullman Porter Blues with Place directed by Joe Mantello, which moved Lisa Peterson; The Normal Heart with George to Broadway. His article for Live Design C. Wolfe; Trouble in Mind with Irene Lewis; Magazine, “Stochastic Natural Sound Fields,” Dreamgirls with Robert Longbottom (national details his process for the creation of dense, tour); and Looped with and Rob natural soundscapes. His symphony, The Holy Ruggiero in Florida and D.C. Additional credits Land, is a 45-minute work for baritone, tenor, include Syracuse Stage, Ogunquit Playhouse, mezzo-soprano and orchestra. He is the Berkshire Theatre Festival and Heritage founder of Chance Magazine, a new theater Repertory Theatre. Thanks to God and her design magazine, and a graduate of Vassar, family for their continuous love and support! Bard and Yale University. KRISTEN MARY HARRIS (Assistant Stage Manager) CLIFF WILLIAMS III (Fight Director) is happy to is thrilled to be part of this production at return for his ninth production at Arena Stage. Arena Stage. Favorite Arena Stage credits Cliff is a native Virginian and has been include The Normal Heart, Red, Mother choreographing and directing for the last 12 Courage and Her Children, The Blood Quilt, years, primarily in the D.C. area. Favorite Fiddler on the Roof and Oklahoma! (Helen credits include The Shoplifters, Long Day’s Hayes Award). Additional D.C. credits include Journey into Night and Road Show, The Threepenny Opera, Miss (Arena Stage); As You Like It (Center Stage); Saigon and the world premieres of Kid Victory Chimerica (Studio Theatre); Dead Man’s Cell and Crossing (Signature Theatre) and A Phone (Woolly Mammoth); Dracula, The Scene Christmas Carol (Ford’s Theatre). Kristen holds and Six Years (Actors Theatre of Louisville); a B.F.A. in theater production from University Angels in America (Forum Theatre); and The of Arizona and is a proud Actors’ Equity Argument and Yentl (Theater J). Association member. www.CliffWilliamsIII.net

GEOFF JOSSELSON (New York Casting)’s previous Arena Stage credits include All the Way, Oliver!, The Blood Quilt, King Hedley II, Fiddler on the Roof, The Shoplifters, Camp David and The Velocity of Autumn. New York productions include Broadway’s The Velocity of Autumn, Southern Comfort, Yank!, Enter Laughing, Altar Boyz, Septimus and Clarissa, John and Jen and Pretty Filthy. He has cast productions for The York Theatre Company, Bay Street Theater, Barrington Stage Company, Cleveland Play House, Denver Center, Marriott Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Kansas City Starlight Theatre and Sharon Playhouse. In addition to his independent casting office, Geoff teaches master classes around the country and is on faculty at CAP21. www.geoffjosselson.com

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SIGN UP TODAY! July 25 - August 5, 2016 Get expert one-on-one attention from some of the nation’s best musical theater professionals. Register by May 22 to get an audition for Arena Stage’s coming production of Carousel. 202-600-06 WWW.ARENASTAGE.ORG/ACADEMY ARENA STAGE WOULD LIKE TO THANK PROPERTIES DIRECTOR CHUCK FOX For 36 years of service, craftsmanship, artistry and teamwork. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT!

Major Barbara, 1981/82 Season. Photo by Joan Marcus.

It is hard to imagine Arena without Chuck. Chuck started with Arena Stage in 1980 as a Props Carpenter and became our Property Master in 1984. That means Chuck has worked on over 300 productions and is one of the few staff members who served under all three of Arena’s Artistic Directors! His handiwork is all over this building and all over the city. Chuck’s contributions are an integral part of Arena’s artistic history.

Chuck, thank you. We will miss you. Your artistry is beyond compare. Congratulations on a superb career.

Please join us in wishing him a fruitful and enjoyable retirement.

Best wishes, Molly, Edgar and your entire Arena family

From Tartuffe (in process), 1984/85 Season. Photos 1 and 2 courtesy of Arena Stage; Photo 3 by Joan Marcus. VISIT WWW.ARENASTAGE.ORG/CHUCKFOX TO READ STORIES AND MEMORIES FROM HIS COLLEAGUES. WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO

EDGAR DOBIE (Executive Producer) After nearly ARENA STAGE LEADERSHIP four decades, Edgar continues to enjoy a career in public theater. He has served MOLLY SMITH (Artistic Director) has served as as executive director of Trinity Repertory Artistic Director of Arena Stage since 1998. Company in Providence, founding managing Her directing credits include Oliver!, The director of Toronto’s Canadian Stage Originalist, Fiddler on the Roof, Camp David, Company and managing director at National Mother Courage and Her Children, Oklahoma!, Arts Centre in Ottawa and Vancouver’s A Moon for the Misbegotten, My Fair Lady, The New Play Centre. Based in Great White Hope, The Music Man, Orpheus for six years, he was president of Andrew Descending, Legacy of Light, The Women Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Company and of Brewster Place, Cabaret, An American the North American executive producer of Daughter, South Pacific, Agamemnon and His Riverdream, as well as managing producer Daughters, Coyote Builds North America, All of the . His Broadway producing My Sons and How I Learned to Drive at Arena credits include Sunset Boulevard (Tony Award Stage. Her directorial work has also been for Best Musical), Joseph and the Amazing seen at the Shaw Festival in Canada, Berkeley Technicolor Dreamcoat, Paul Simon’s The Repertory Theatre, Trinity Repertory Company, Capeman, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, Centaur Theatre in Boublil and Schönberg’s The Pirate Queen Montreal and Perseverance Theater in Juneau, and Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5. He is a member of Alaska, which she founded and ran from 1979- the Directors for theatreWashington and the 1998. Molly has been a leader in new play Southwest Business Improvement District. development for over 30 years. She is a great Edgar, his good wife Tracy and their daughter believer in first, second and third productions Greta Lee are all proud residents of Southwest of new work and has championed projects Washington, D.C. like How I Learned to Drive; Passion Play, a cycle and . She has worked alongside playwrights , , This theater operates under an agreement Wendy Wasserstein, Lawrence Wright, Karen between the League of Resident Theatres Zacarías, John Murrell, Eric Coble, Charles and Actors’ Equity Association. Randolph-Wright and many others. She led the re-invention of Arena Stage, focusing The actors and stage managers on the architecture and creation of the are members of Actors’ Equity Mead Center for American Theater and by Association, the Union of positioning Arena Stage as a national center Professional Actors and Stage for American artists. During her time with the Managers in the . company, Arena Stage has workshopped more than 100 productions, produced 36 world The scenic, costume, lighting and premieres, staged numerous second and sound designers in LORT theaters third productions and been an important part are represented by United Scenic of nurturing seven projects that went on to Artists, Local USA-829 of the have a life on Broadway. In 2014, Molly made IATSE. her Broadway debut directing The Velocity of Autumn, following its critically acclaimed run The Director and Choreographer are at Arena Stage. She was awarded honorary members of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a doctorates from American University and national theatrical labor union. Towson University. Arena Stage is a constituent of the Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theater.

2015/16 SEASON 23 BOARD OF TRUSTEES / NEXT STAGE / THEATRE FORWARD

ARENA STAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2015/16

CHAIR Kent Amos HONORARY TRUSTEES Andrea Weiswasser Beth Newburger Schwartz Joanne Barker Jim Abdo LIFE TRUSTEES Linda A. Baumann Ashok Bajaj CHAIR ELECT Norman Bernstein Susan Haas Bralove Steven R. Bralove Judith N. Batty Zelda Fichandler Eric Braverman John Derrick Lee G. Rubenstein PRESIDENT Susan Clampitt Michael DeSantis David E. Shiffrin Jeri Epstein Nancy M. Folger EMERITUS TRUSTEES VICE CHAIRS Richard Feinstein Natwar Gandhi Arlene and Robert Kogod Elliot Feldman Sylvia Greenberg Michele G. Berman PAST PRESIDENTS Nicholas Goad Fruzsina Harsanyi Edgar Dobie AND CHAIRS Ellen K. Harrison Vicki J. Hicks Patti Herman J. Burke Knapp Kay Kapoor Judy Lansing Kovler John Lynham Norman Bernstein Margot Kelly Mark Levine Raymond Sczudlo Curtin Winsor, Jr. Daniel Korengold Nancy Low Sheila Stampfli Lee G. Rubenstein B. Thomas Mansbach David O. Maxwell Richard W. Snowdon TREASURER David BH Martin Joan P. Maxwell Denie S. Weil Larry Franks Joyce Moorehead Beverly Perry Riley K. Temple Richard A. Newman Judy Lynn Prince SECRETARY Steven R. Bralove Terry R. Peel Mark Shugoll Hubert M. Schlosberg Wendy Farrow R. Lucia Riddle William S. Sessions James J. Rouse ASSISTANT SECRETARY Gene Samburg Richard W. Snowdon John M. Derrick, Jr. Ronald A. Paul M.D. David Bruce Smith Sandra E. Taylor Mark Shugoll Molly Smith Grace Terpstra GOVERNING BOARD David E. Shiffrin Andrew R. Ammerman Shawna Watley Margaret Tomlinson

THE NEXT STAGE CAMPAIGN DONORS Arena Stage gratefully acknowledges the many individuals, families, corporations and foundations whose support of the Next Stage Campaign helped us realize the construction and expanded programming of our new center, Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater. In recognition of their tremendous generosity and visionary philanthropy, Arena Stage is proud to honor Gilbert and Jaylee Mead with the naming of our new theater center which opened its doors to the public on October 23, 2010. Our Donor Honor Wall represents all gifts to the Next Stage Campaign of $30,000 or more. A full listing of all Next Stage Campaign contributors of $1,000 or more can be found at www.arenastage.org/donate/next-stage-campaign. For more information about future naming opportunities, please contact Kristen Mitchell at 202-600-4026 or [email protected].

THEATRE FORWARD FUNDERS (CONTRIBUTORS AS OF AUGUST 2015) Theatre Forward advances the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to the country’s leading nonprofit theatres. Theatre Forward and our theatres are most grateful to the following funders for earmarking their contributions to our educating through theatre programs:

$100,000 OR MORE Frank & Bonnie Orlowski John R. Mathena AOL RBC Wealth Management Daniel A. Simkowitz The Hearst Foundations George S. Smith, Jr. John Thomopoulos Southwest Airlines Isabelle Winkles $50,000 OR MORE TD Charitable Foundation Schloss Family Foundation $1,000 OR MORE Wells Fargo $2,500 OR MORE Leslie Chao Paula Dominick Steven and Donna Gartner $25,000 OR MORE John R. Dutt Ruth E. Gitlin Buford Alexander and Pamela Farr Christ and Anastasia Economos Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy Foundation Steven and Joy Bunson Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing Adrian Liddard James S. and Lynne Turley Jessica Farr Robin and Bob Paulson $10,000 OR MORE Mason and Kim Granger Charitable Fund Dorfman & Kaish Family Foundation Colleen and Philip Hempleman Mark Rosenblatt Alan and Jennifer Freedman Howard and Janet Kagan Stephanie Scott Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart Joseph F. Kirk National Endowment for the Arts Susan and John Major Dono Advised Fund at the Rancho Lisa Orberg Santa Fe Foundation  In-kind support 24 2015/16 SEASON FULL CIRCLE SOCIETY

FULL CIRCLE SOCIETY - ARENA STAGE’S PLANNED GIVING PROGRAM Arena Stage gratefully acknowledges these individuals who ensure the future of Arena Stage by making a planned gift. These gifts assure that Arena Stage will continue to challenge, educate and entertain audiences, and maintain its excellence in theater nationally, and internationally for generations to come.

Arena can help you accomplish your personal, family and philanthropic goals while benefiting the theater. Supporters who make planned gifts to Arena are invited to join the Full Circle Society and enjoy special benefits.

THE FOLLOWING ARE MEMBERS AS OF JANUARY 26, 2016. MEMBERS BEQUESTS AND GIFTS Anonymous (7) Dr. Seth A. Koch and IN REMEMBERANCE Esthy and Jim Adler Barbara Bellman Koch Estate of Audrey J. Barnett Dr. and Mrs.* Clement C. Alpert Herb and Dianne Lerner Estate of Harry J. Boissevain Family of H. Max* and Herbert A. Lindow* Estate of Henrietta T. Braunstein Josephine* F. Ammerman John and Patricia Long Estate of Patricia Carroll Steven Bralove Richard Schwartz* and Estate of Helen G. Codding Louise Budelis Beth Newburger Schwartz Estate of Marcus Cohn Dorothy Bunevich Judy Lynn Prince Estate of Israel and John P. Cahill Dr. and Mrs. Mark Shugoll Augusta Convisser Ellen MacNeille Charles Molly Smith and Suzanne In Memory of Helen W. and Robert D. Davis Jr.* and Blue Star Boy Felix E. Geiger Henry J. Schalizki Dick and Katie Snowdon Estate of Ann Gibbons Donald H. Flanders Helga Tarver Estate of Ezra Glaser Nancy M. Folger Helene Toiv Estate of Catherine F. and James F.* Fort, Sr. Margaret L. Tomlinson Estate of Giselle Hill Arlene Friedlander Frederick H. Walton* Estate of Joan E. Kain Dr. JC Hayward Frankie and Jerry* Williamson In Memory of Jean Russ Kern Vicki J. Hicks and Jeannette G. Kern Lauren and Glen Howard Estate of LaRue R. Lutkins David Insinga and Robert McDonald Estate of Suzy Platt Thomas Jesulaitis Estate of Gruine Robinson Margot Kelly Estate of Eric Weinmann Drs. Susan and Perry Klein * Deceased

For more information on the Full Circle Society, we invite you to contact Holly Oliver at 202-600-4029 or [email protected]. THANK YOU FOR LEAVING YOUR LEGACY AT ARENA STAGE

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THE ANNUAL FUND Arena Stage gratefully acknowledges the many individuals, families, foundations and corporations who support the theater’s work by contributing to the Annual Fund. These gifts make it possible for the theater to continue presenting high-quality productions and innovative education programs that strengthen the community in which we live. For more information on the benefits of becoming an Annual Fund contributor, call the Development Department at 202-600-4177. The following are contributors as of March 24, 2016.

OVATION CIRCLE Peggy and Alec* Tomlinson Marilyn and Michael Glosserman The Honorable and Anonymous (2) Sara and Ed Groark Mrs. William Greenberg Arlene and Robert Kogod PRODUCER’S CIRCLE Lucia and Woolf Gross Warren Gump Lola C. Reinsch Anonymous (3) Fruzsina M. Harsanyi and Loren and Phyllis Haag Mr. and Mrs. James B. Adler Raymond Garcia Ellie and John Hagner FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Celia and Keith Arnaud William Logan Hopkins The Honorable Robert and Dr. and Mrs.* Clement C. Alpert Nancy and John Benson Lauren S. Kogod Susan Hale Andrew R. Ammerman Louis Delair, Jr. Leslie S. Kogod Patricia Harvey Joanne Barker Edgar and Tracy Dobie Lori Laitman and Lucia M. Heard Diane and Norman Bernstein Nancy M. Folger Bruce Rosenblum Sonia Herson John and Linda Derrick Virginia McGehee Friend Dianne and Herb Lerner Cheryl R. Hodge Beth Newburger Schwartz Rick and Carol Froehlich Nancy Otto Low William and Judith Holton David Bruce Smith Amnon and Sue Golan John and Mary Lee Malcolm David Insinga and Mark* and Sara Goldberg Abby Mandel Robert McDonald BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE Kristy and Dennis Green Steve Mayer and Vera Oye’ Yaa Joseph and Anne Jarboe Estate of Audrey J. Barnett Vicki J. Hicks Alan and Ruth Melvin Anne B. Keiser and Susan and Steven Bralove The Kovler Foundation - Ann K. Morales Douglas M. Lapp Karen and Edward Burka and the Peter and Judy Kovler Greg Nelson and Gladys Kessler Harry and Fay Burka Foundation Bill Lands and Norberta Schoene Jose Cunningham Cal and Barbara Klausner Ellen MacNeille Charles Mark Levine and Sara Imershein Melanie and Larry Nussdorf Lindy Knapp Jeri and Gary Epstein Terence and Laura McAuliffe Laura Peebles and Patricia and John A. Koskinen George and Duffy Ftikas Mills Family Foundation Ellen Fingerman Jean and John Lange Sylvia Kay Greenberg Hazel C. Moore Beverly Perry Leon Fund of the Community Margot Kelly John and Veronica Morrison Michael R. Pollard and Foundation Serving Richmond B. Thomas Mansbach Sydney M. Polakoff and Penelope Pollard and Central VA Joan and David Maxwell Carolyn Goldman Benjamin and Judith Pratt Edward T. Lis, Jr. Hubert (Hank) and Judy Lynn Prince Robert and Nan Ratner David Lloyd, Realtor Charlotte Schlosberg Franklin D. Raines and Talmadge and Mary E. Roberts Walter and Betsy Lohmann Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Snowdon Denise Grant Steven and Beverly Schacht Nancy and Dan Longo Margaret Ann Ross Steven and Marie Schram William and Ruth Lubic LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Dr. and Mrs. William Rule Mark and Merrill Shugoll Daniel and Karen Mayers Anonymous Vicki and Roger Sant McAdo Shuler, Jr. Gail McKee Kent and Carmen Amos Susan Scanlan Richard and Judi Sugarman Tom and Ingrid McPherson Judith N. Batty The Honorable and Suzanne Thouvenelle and Foundation Linda A. Baumann Mrs. William Sessions Dennis Deloria Sally and Bill Meadows Michele and Allan Berman George L. Shields Foundation Laura L. Tosi Nancy and Herbert Milstein Eric Braverman and Neil Brown Molly Smith and Suzanne Blue Stephen and Andrea Weiswasser George* and Nancy Miron Susan Clampitt and Star Boy Terry and William Witowsky Patricia Haywood Moore and Dr. Jeremy Waletzky Sandra Taylor Richard and Leslie Wojciechowicz Roscoe M. Moore Jr. Pam and Richard Feinstein Tim and Grace Terpstra Dee Morris Drs. Elliot J. Feldman and Lily Ellen and Bernard Young PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLE Dale Mott and Ken Hyle Gardner Feldman Judy and Leo Zickler Anonymous (2) Dr. Alfred Munzer and Larry Franks and Ellen Berelson John R. Allen Mr. Joel Wind Henock Gebreamlak and DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Dean Amel and Terry Savela Ray Olson Nicholas Goad Anonymous (6) Don Anessi Mr. and Mrs. David M. Osnos Ellen K. Harrison Jim Abdo Ted Bean and Kathy Brown Howard and Dorothy Pedolsky Patti and Mitchell Herman Alan Asay and Mary Sturtevant David and Ann Beightol Alvin Phillips and Tia Johnson Kay Kapoor Priscilla Aycock Curtis Bell Janis Reed and Jack Requa Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Korengold Elfreda Baptist Dr. Sharon Bennett Trina and Lee Rubenstein John W. Layman Dr. and Mrs. C. Wrandle Barth Peter and Ellen Berty Jean Sammon John and Lenora Lynham Christopher Bavolack and Sander Bieber and Jeff and Sarah Sandel David and Martha Martin Martha Huelsbeck Linda Rosenzweig Eric and Patricia Sanner Thomas and Joyce Moorehead Kyle and Alan Bell Judy and George Bowns, in Ronald Simon Richard and Janice Newman Jim Bellas and Kip Fenton memory of their sons, Thalia and Lynwood Sinnamon Toni and Ronald Paul Deborah E. Bowles Mark and Scott Linda Smith Ann and Terry R. Peel J. Alton and Cynthia Boyer Julie Burton and Roger Hickey Larry and Arlene Spinelli R. Lucia Riddle Edith K. Bralove* Dr. Myla Carpenter Steve and Danelle Springer Toni A. Ritzenberg Joe and Sue Bredekamp Clotilda Cassidy Bill Swedish and Linda Griggs Gene Samburg Bonnie and Jere Broh-Kahn John Chester Eileen and Michael Tanner Raymond Sczudlo and Arlene Brown and Gene Bialek Richard Christensen Sharon Taylor Deborah Sams Sczudlo Marilyn Charles and Judith Claire Mr. and Mrs. Keith Thackrey Peggy and David Shiffrin Reuben Simmons Richard H. Cleva Linda and Steuart Thomsen Sheila Stampfli The Charles Delmar Foundation Geri and David Cohen Ralph Timmons and Janet Hill Shawna Watley Michael DeSantis and Ellen and Michael Cronin Anne Paine and Fowler West Patrick Baugh Joseph Digangi Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Wilshere PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Kathy and Jody Dreyfuss Robert P. Donaldson Irene and Alan Wurtzel Decker Anstrom and Sherry Anita Dunn and Robert Bauer Carolyn and William Doying Deborah and David Yaffe Hiemstra John Edelmann and Jeff Love Dr. Nancy Falk Jane Yanulis Lois England Barbara and David Ehrlich Susan D. and Howard Feibus Robert and Anne Yerman Sheldon and Audrey Katz Marietta Ethier Lorry M. Fenner, PhD Margot and Paul Zimmerman Mark T. Lewellyn Skip and Laurette Farmer Lorraine Fleming The Robert and Natalie Mandel Susan and Jay Finkelstein Robert and Carole Fontenrose STAR Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David Fisher Sallie Forman and Jonah Gitlitz Anonymous (4) Alan and Marsha Paller Christopher and Carol Fromboluti Samuel Freedman Trust Carolyn Alper Craig Pascal and Victor Shargai J. H. Gaddis Mr. and Mrs. Davis R. Gamble Jr. Leon and Robyn Andris The Philanthropic Network The Honorable William and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Michael Angell Estate of Gruine Robinson Linda Garvelink Gregg H. S. Golden Joe and Judy Antonucci

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Michael W. and Stacie H. Arpey Steven M. Rosenberg and Melvin Gaskins John Wingard Lynn J. and Lynne A. Barden Stewart C. Low III Linda Gehr C. Lawrence Wiser Karen Beardsley Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rothkopf Amy C. Gilbert Ken and Dorothy Woodcock Joe and Margaret Berardelli Robert D. and JoAnn Royer Jane Glickman and Charles Sacks David and Julie Zalkind David and Judy Bonior Dr. and Mrs. Harold H. Saunders Lynne and Bill Glikbarg Jeff and Johanna Zinn Joyce Brayboy Carol Schwartz Yvonne Griner Ms. Sally Brice Leslie Shapiro Karen T. Grisez SUPPORTING ROLE Roger and Nancy Brown Matthew H. Shepard and Carol and Bill Gross Anonymous (25) Sharie A. Brown James W. Johnson Dean Haas Judith Agard The Hon. and Joan and Eugene Shugoll Jack E. Hairston, Jr. Hunaina S. Ahmed Al Mughairy Mrs.* Mortimer M. Caplin Dr. and Mrs. Gene Simaitis Marianne Harwit In Memory of Flossie Alers Susan and Dixon Butler Kathleen and Kerry Skeen Bert Helfinstein and Gloria Allen Carolyn Cheney William Randolph Smith Margaret Rodenberg Lee Allen and Howard Walgren N. Chesser and J.M. Rowe Sharon Steele Richard and Mary-Ellen Hibey Amb. and Mrs. Frank Almaguer Beth and Ron Cogswell Dr. Earl P. Steinberg and John and Debra Howard Richard Alperstein and John and Sheila Compton Claire E. Reade John Imparato and Rita O’Brien Lenore Seliger Camille Cook Patricia Stonesifer and Timothy S. Jameson Marilena Amoni and Don Ryan Mr. and Mrs. James D. Dake Michael Kinsley Lorna J. D. Jons Jacquelyn D. Argodale Sarah G. Epstein and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Surovell John Keator and Virginia Sullivan Ms. Virginia C. Armat Donald A. Collins Jeffrey Thurston and Gary Kemp Thomas and Sharon Atkins The Henry J. Fox Trust Charlie Berardesco Dr. Sandra D. Key Raymond D. Audet Louise Gary Joanne Tornow and Neil Lehrer Mary Kimble Elinor R. Bacon Hon. Joseph and Mrs. Alma True Creek Caroline S. Klemp A. Baker Gildenhorn Judge and Mrs. James T. Turner Sara Jo Kobacker Marjory and Peter Bankson Barbara Gilchrist Allen Unsworth Carl Koteff Ann and Mal Barasch Robert L. Gorham Rear Adm. and Ms. Jane Mary Kwass Dayle Bartholow and Jeff Pickard Catherine Gorrell Mrs. Sidney Wallace Richard and Cecilia Larkin Richard and Jean Barton Christian Griffin Virginia D. Weber Col. (Ret.) Richard and Carolyn and John Beck Norene and Timothy Guilford Joan and Mark Weiss Alyssa Leatherman Nan Beckley Jennifer Hanley Richard and Susan Westin Thelma K. Leenhouts Rita Beier Braman Jim and Carolyn Harris Carolyn L. Wheeler Steven Leinwand and Susan and Don Bennett Paul and Marilyn Henderson Joan Wills Ann Lawrence Jack and Sylvia Benoit Cornell Hills Jean Schiro-Zavela and Mary Ann Levant Geoffrey Berlin Francis Hinton Vance Zavela Roberta Levant Brandy Beseau Linda Lurie Hirsch Joan Lorr Thomas J. Billy Fred Hochberg and Thomas Healy LEAD Ron and Marilyn Lundquist Tom Blackburn Judy Honig Anonymous (6) Karen and John Mansfield Dennis Bley and Leslie Bowen Dr. David Humm D. M. Abruzzo Kenneth Marks, Jr. Richard and Eleanor Bochner Geraldine Inge Kate Acuff and Ed Hess Doris Anne Martin Vincent and Veronica Boles Thomas Jesulaitis and Marilyn and James Altman Louis Mayo Mickey and Sally Bolmer Barrie Seidman Jean W. Arnold Patricia McMahon Ellen E Bortz Annelle Johnson Diana Aviv and Sterling Speirn Stephen Meyer Randall A. Bowman The S. Kann Sons Co. Foundation Laura and Mason Axford Lisa Mezzetti Nancy Weyl Bradley Dr. and Mrs. James Karesh Michael Baker Josh Miller and Jerry Noble Steven Brady Ms. and Paul and Jeanette Barkley Lisa E. Miller Randi Braverman Mr. Jack Davies Dr. and Mrs. John Barnes MaryAnn Miller Janet Bray Andrea and Joseph Kerr Roy V. Barnes and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore Ann Breen Caroline Klam Mary A. Flanigan Jeffrey Neal and Kevin Loeffler Perry Brown Mr. Albert Kramer Nancy and John Barnum Sherry and Louis Nevins Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Browning Simeon M. Kriesberg and Michael Barrett and Shelia Newman Marian Bruno Martha L. Kahn Danielle Beauchamp Jeri and William Oakerson Candice C. Bryant William and Grace LaChance David H. Batlan C. Lynn O’Connell Patricia Burke Marvin and Delia Lang Lucille A. Bland Deborah Okon Avery Burns John and Trish Long Dennis and Shirley Bloomquist Marina and David Ottaway Arthur Bushkin and Barbara Slavin Peter Lowet and Laura Sloss Karen J. Bopp William and Elsie Page Donna M. Butts David C. Frederick and Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Borsuk Craig Palmer Sandra and Paul Byrne Sophia Lynn Gary Bowden and Mark Ziomek Doris Parker and Michael Spatz James Cafritz Virginia MacLaury Jerry Bridges and Sally Turner Antoinette Pavone John Cahill Marsha and Mark Mazz I. Andre Brown Nthakoana Peko and Don Spicer Mr. and Mrs. James Callison Emmy McArver Mr. Terrence J. Brown and Ms. Randy and Kathy Pherson Faye Campbell Eddie and Lynne McCormick Linda D. Whitlock-Brown Liz Purdy Porter Barbara Carter Edward and Loretta Merrow Harold R. Bucholtz Warren and Hallie Porter Ms. Patricia Carter Drs. Jeanne-Marie and Lisa Burns and Henry Chamberlain Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Reckford Mr. and Mrs. James Carty Nathan Miller Matt Butcher and Liz Pennisi David and Susan Reichardt Ruth Carver Franklin Moore and Erich Hosbach Blain and Peg Butner Terry and Alan Rettig Dorothy Cason Judie and Fred Mopsik David Carle and Deborah DeYoung Betty Revelle Nicholas and Bridget Cavarocchi Myung Nam and Michael Hamilton Renee Carlson Massimo and Marilou Righini Wallace Chandler Timothy and Diane Naughton Louis and Karen Carson Denise A. Rollins Brian and Allayne Chappelle Julie Neuber Stephen Case Herbert and Nancy Rosenthal Rick and Niki Chavez James and Barbara Nick Jack Chiang Nuhad Ruggiero Joy and Jerry Choppin Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Oskin Claudette Christian Jo Ella Samp Don Christensen Sonja M. Palomaki Francis and Terry Coates Ernest Schichler and John Murray Alice P. Clark Mr. and Mrs.* P. David Pappert Ray and Mary Converse Mr. and Mrs. Leonard and Mr. and Mrs. John H. Clark J. Michael Payne and Kinshasha Holman Conwill Celia Schuchman Kenneth T. Cline Barbara Johnson Susan Crawford John Sheridan Nadine R. Cohodas Wesley Pickard and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Davis, III Annelise and Robert H. Smith W. Joseph and Karen Coleman Jeanette Studley Ms. Lorraine Day Carl Wayne Smith and Drs. Jack H. and Rita R. Colwell Dr. Nathaniel Pitts Deirdre Donahue and Michael Burke Drs. Houston and Mary Conley Margaret J. Pollack Jamie Dahlberg Lynette R.F. Smith Lee S. Cooper Dr. Ralph Popp and Dr. Robin Patricia D’Orazio Smith Pauline Cooper Mockenhaupt Stewart and Loti Dunn Will and Lois Stratton Owen Costello Gail Povar and Larry Bachorik Albert Edmonds Peter and Ann Tanous John T. Craig Lutz Alexander Prager Marjorie and Tony Elson Drs. Steven and Sheila Taube Stephen T. Cramolini Florence and Louis Priebe Douglas Erwin and Wendy Wiswall Barbara Toohill Anne C Cronvich Allen Purvis and Jan Johnson Robert and Sue Faron Roberta K Van Haeften John and Valerie Cuddy Jane Ellen Ramsey Carol Faulb Herbert W. and Elizabeth K. Ware John and Isabella Cummings J. Paul and Diane Reason Nancy and Cary Feldman Roger and Diane Warin Beverly Cunningham Joe and Ginny Redish James and Patricia Flanigan Mr. and Mrs. Jack Warner Woody Cunningham and Nancy Regan Phyllis S. Fleischaker Seth Waxman and Debra Goldberg Jessie Harris Deborah Remmers James and Carla Flug Drs. Stephan and Ann Werner George Dalley Charles Richardson Allan Friedman John and Sue Whitelaw Linda Daniel William Roberts Jean C. Fulton Susan A. Wiener Christian Daubert and Marvin and Joan Rosenberg Jim and Lorrie Fulton Robert and Gwendolyn Williams Melvin Murphy

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Donald and Susan Davis Donald E. Hesse and Dr. Florence K. Miller Frederick and Jewel Senior Martin and Belle Davis Jerrilyn Andrews Paulette and Mack Miller Mark Servis Rock Davis Jefferson and Gabrielle Hill Barbara Mintz Veronica Sharpe Deanna K. Dawson Elsie Hillman-Gordon Sandy and Charles Mitchell Stephanie Shipp Kathryn DeAngelis Richard and Pamela Hinds Yvonne K. Moody Bobbi and Larry Shulman Lisa and Tony Delity M. Kiplinger Hine, Jr. Kent and Dale Morrison Kiya Sibley Carolyn Dennis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hirano Helaine G. Morss Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Sinderson Steven desJardins Donald and Diana Hirsch JoAnn Mueller Mike and Patti Sipple Alan Diamond Theo Hodge Jim and Ellen Myerberg Bernard and Mary Slosberg Walter Doggett Sallie L. Holder Donald and Lynne Myers Blanche Smith Edward Donahue, III Earl-Rodney Holman Cathy Nace and David Levy Ida Fernanders Smith Don Douglas and Carolyne Weil Clarence G. Hoop Hedy Nash and John Wetterau Margaret Smith Carolyn L. Duignan Gerland and Harriet Hopkins Elizabeth Neblett Margo Smith and Gerry Levine Becky and Charlie Dukes John and Claudia Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. John Noble Janet W. Solinger David Dunn Rachelle Horowitz Caren Novick Dr. Stuart Sotsky Michael and Mary Durr Erika Horton Susan Nunnally Cecile and James Srodes James Ebbitt and Scott Derrick Donald M. and Barbara S. Hoskins Judy Olmer Christian Stallsmith and E.M. Edwards Laurine Houston Joe Oppenheimer and Deborah Clapp Mrs. Jacqueline H. Ehrman Lauren and Glen Howard Edith Fraser Donald R. and Dorothy T. Stone Ann Elliott Drew Huffman Catherine O’Reilley Jane O. Storm Brian and Sonja Elmer Diane Hurley C and J Orza Emil and Judy Sunley Tina Eskridge John and Ann Ingram Colonel Tommy T. Osborne Rick Tedesco Ralph and Gwendolyn Everett Patricia Jackman and Ellen Parker Jacob Teitelbaum Dr. Coralie Farlee Stephen L John Samuel Parker Elizabeth and Jerry Teles John Farrell Kay Jacks Jane Passman Frank Tetreault and Jack and Carol Feder Alan and Nadine Jacobs Keith and Rhonda Patterson Kathleen Rooney Beth Feldman Lorna S. Jaffe Wanda D. Patrick Dennis and Rosalind Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Felton Paul Jaikaran R G Pawlik Gwen Thompson Mr. and Mrs. George Ferris Jr. Sandra A. Jamula Kevin and Sherry Pearson Barbara Tobias Mr. and Mrs. Harold Finger Anne Jardine Mary Pedigo Darrell Totman Jack L. Finglass Mr. and Mrs. Clifford L. Johnson Alan and Andrea Pendleton Lois Trumbull Phil and Grace Fleming Marlene Johnson Anne E. Peret Sheila Truxon Donale and Cathy Fogel Abby and Ronald Johnson Charles and Annette Perry Evelyn B. Tuckson Heather Foley Lucrecia Johnson Jeanne and Burnie Peters Raymond and Marjorie Turgel Joanne Fort Will Johnston Karen and Hugh Pettigrew Anne Carter Vaden Harry Foxwell Edward Jones Daniel Piekarski Dr. Carolyn Peoples Veiga Karen L. French Joyce Jordan Dr. Gwendolyn W. Pla Eli Velder Pamela Friedman Jane C. Karpick Lance and Sheila Pohl Susan and Jeff Vincent Roberto and Marie Friedman Jody Katz Toby Port and Jeffrey Ahl Beverly Walcoff Bob and Martha Lee Fugate Paul and Masako Kaufman Pamela K. Porter and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wald Bob and June Gallagher Jackie Williams Kaye Terence P. Thornberry Michael Waldman and Linda Coe Paul Gamble Carol King Anna Powell Cameron and Susan Weiffenbach Dr. Arlyn Garcia-Perez Janet King Jacqueline Powell Bailey Helene Weisz and Louise Gary Rufus King III Marie and Cedric Powell Richard Lieberman Richard Gervase and Stuart Delery Pris and Bill Kirby Marjorie Powell Joseph and Rosemary Weller Mike and Carrie Gillotte Kenneth and Carol Doran Klein Ane Powers Katharine Weymouth Yvette B. Gilmore Marilyn (Mickey) Klein James and Lorraine Priestley John and Val Wheeler Virginia Giroux Tuke Klemmt Wendell and Kathy Primus Janice White Mr. and Mrs. Alan and Steve and Karen Klemp Bill Raabe Greg and Mary Whiteman Hedda Gnaizda Rosemarie and George Korphage Dr. Johnny Railey Dr. and Mrs. Robert Whitten Maggie Godbold and Rev. Mary E. Kraus Janice Rasgus Daniel Williams Steve Bershader Eugene and Adeline Krizek Leslie Reed Bernetta and Kevin Williams Dr. Donna M. Gollnick Eileen Lawrence Sandra Reed-Bryant Lawrence Williams John M. Goodman Paul Lawrence Catherine Remijan Patricia Williams Debra and Chris Gordon James and Mary Lee Dr. Anthony A. Rene and Rance R. Willis Eloise Gore and Allen Hile Diane Lending and Art Thompson Dr. Mary Ann Sestili J. David Willson Ed Gotchef Lorie Lewis Mary E. Resnik Albertha Workman Barbara and Tom Gottschalk Dr. and Mrs. Randall J. Lewis Ann Richards John and Beth Wright Toni and William Govier Martin G. Lichtenstein and June and Marvin Rogul Judith Yolles William Grant II and Matthew Le Sharon Rosendhal Robin Anne Rojas Annette and Colin Young Brasseur Carol Ann and Kenneth Linder Bob Rose and Lauren Swartz J B Young Madi Green Albert L. and Doris M. Lindquist Geri Rosen Patricia N. Young Maxine Green Ace and Linda Lipson Gareth Rosenau Sherry and Neil Green Cynthia Long Dr. Bernard and Louise Rostker Jackie Greene Ronald C. Long Dr. Ted and *Deceased Marilyn Greene Shirley Loo Judge Barbara Rothstein Sally Gresham Kenneth Lowenberg George and Nancy Rubenson Alfred and Lynne Groff Carol Lucke Al Russell Alan and Jackie Gropman Edward MacAllister Jeffery Russell Lois Gruendl Dale MacIver Richard and Jane Rutherford Sue and Bruce Guenther Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Margolis Jane Ryan Susan Gutchess and Helen Ingalls Phyllis and Philip Margolius Steven Sabat and Kathryn Robert Hall Linda Marks Waldman Don and Sue Haller Milan Matey Barbara Sable George Hanc Winton Matthews, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Sacchetti The Hansan Family Mr. and Mrs. Hans Mayr Fern Flanagan Saddler David Hardy Susan Hall McCannell Alan and Florence Salisbury Kimberly Harshaw Fred and Jeanne McCarroll Stephen and Doreen Sanborn Joan Harvey J. Douglas McDowall Albert and Anne Santorelli Kathleen A. Hasse Mary McGann Lee Saunders Susan Hattan Elizabeth Ann McGrath Linda B. Schakel John Hauge Jim and Rachel McGreevy Alexis Scheffter Laurence Hausman and Margaret Nancy McGuire Richard Schildt R. Burks Bernice McIntyre Lisa and Mark Schneider Doris Hausser John and Marie McKeon Eugene and Alice Schreiber Jerry Hawke Michael McLeod Frederick and Peri Schuyler Deborah Healey and Sarah and David McMeans Richard and Rochelle Schwab Margaret Mohrmann Charles and Marilyn McMillion Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Schwartz Naomi and Jack Heller Dee McWilliams Richard Scott Ruth Herman Tom and Terry Melo Joan H. Searby Sally Herman John Michel Sandra and David Sellers

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OUR INSTITUTIONAL DONORS (as of April 13, 2016)

OVATION CIRCLE PRODUCER’S CIRCLE 701 Restaurant & the Knightsbridge Restaurant Group Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP The Boston Consulting Group Clark-Winchcole Foundation The Coca-Cola Company Comcast NBCUniversal Comcast XFINITY Dimick Foundation Edgerton Foundation Exelon Corporation National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program/ FirstEnergy Foundation U.S. Commission of Fine Arts Friends of Southwest DC Graham Holdings Company Hattie M. Strong Foundation FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Holland & Knight LLP Mars Foundation Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Nora Roberts Foundation Rockwell Collins Saul Ewing, LLP Theatre Forward

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Abdo Development Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Bormel, Grice & Huyett, P.A. The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Davis / Dauray Family Fund Share Fund The Edelmann Love Group Realtors Edington, Peel & Associates Grady White Boats, Inc. BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE Shugoll Research Weissberg Foundation

PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLE Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc Sunoco, Inc. We endeavor to provide a complete listing of all donors in the above categories. However, if your name is not listed, please contact the Development Department at 202- 600-4177. We are also grateful to the thousands of other contributors to Arena Stage, whose names space will not permit us to print. Legend: LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Ovation Circle $100,000 and above; Founder’s Circle $50,000-99,999; Benefactor’s Circle $25,000-49,999; Leadership Circle $15,000-24,999; President’s Circle $10,000-14,999; Producer’s Circle $5,000-9,999; The Theodore H. Barth Foundation, Inc. Director’s Circle $2,500-4,999; Harman Family Foundation Playwright’s Circle $1,500-2,499; The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Star $1,000-1,499; Lead $600-999; PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Supporting Role $300-599. Amtrak The Bernstein Companies CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Central Parking System Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts Diageo The Meredith Foundation Northrop Grumman Corporation Alice Shaver Foundation The Tower Companies & Abramson Family Foundation USAA Real Estate Company Venable Foundation

2015/16 SEASON 29 THEATER STAFF

Artistic Director...... Molly Smith PROPERTIES Executive Producer...... Edgar Dobie Properties Director...... Chuck Fox Founding Director...... Zelda Fichandler Assistant Properties Director...... Lance Pennington Founding Executive Director...... Thomas C. Fichandler Property Carpenter...... Michael Ritoli (1915-97) Property Assistants...... Niell DuVal, Marion Hampton Dubé, Justin Titley ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT LIGHTS Director of Artistic Programming...... Robert Barry Fleming Master Electrician...... Christopher V. Lewton Artistic Associate Electricians...... Scott Folsom, and Literary Manager...... Linda Lombardi John Rose-Caron, Paul Villalovoz Lighting Fellow...... Kelly Rudolph* Artistic Associate and Casting Director...... Amelia Powell SOUND Directing Fellow...... Jecamiah Ybañez* Sound Director...... Timothy M. Thompson Artistic Sound Technicians...... Adam W. Johnson, Development Fellows...... Catherine Rosenberg*, Lorraine Rhoden, Gregory W. Towle Nate Shelton* COSTUMES AVNPI Dramaturg...... Jocelyn Clarke Costume Director...... Joseph P. Salasovich Resident Playwright...... John Strand Costume Shop Manager...... Emilee McVey-Lee Commissions Project Residents...... Bob Banghart, Drapers...... Carol Ramsdell, Steven Simon , Rajiv Joseph, Jacqueline E. First Hands...... Mallory Muffley, Edwin Schiff Lawton, Mary Kathryn Nagle, Lynn Nottage, Aaron Posner, Georgia Stitt, John Strand, Master Stitcher...... Noel Borden Cheryl L. West Craftsperson...... Deborah Nash Playwrights’ Arena Playwrights.....Steven A. Butler, Jr., Wig, Hair & Makeup Supervisor...... Vincent Hill Patricia Davis, Joshua Ford, Liz Maestri, Wardrobe Supervisors...... Emily Grace Blackstone, David Mitchell Robinson Alice Hawfield Costume Fellow...... Cierra Coan* PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS STAGE MANAGEMENT General Manager...... Ian Pool Stage Managers...... Rachael Danielle Albert, Associate General Manager...... Marissa LaRose Marne Anderson, Amber Dickerson, Kurt Hall, Company Manager...... Clifford Hannon Kristen Mary Harris, Martha Knight, Assistant Company Manager...... Ellen White Jana Llynn, Trevor A. Riley, Susan R. White General Management Assistant...... Alicia Sells Stage Management Fellow...... Elle Bolin* Company Management Fellow...... Liz Ellis* INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Director of Information Systems...... Charles Rogers PRODUCTION Associate Director of Production Manager...... Joel M. Krause Information Systems...... Travis Armbuster Assistant Production Manager...... Karen O. Mayhew Application Support...... Rachel Schlaff Help Desk Associate...... Edward Wieland SCENIC

Technical Director...... Scott Schreck FACILITIES Assistant Technical Director...... Natalie Bell Facilities Manager...... Keith Brown Maintenance Technicians...... Lester McDonald Jr., Senior Carpenter...... Norman Lee Vincent Gregg, Jeyone Muhammad Charge Scenic Artist...... Li Qiang Porter...... Lawrence Wise Carpenters...... Zachary Fullenkamp, Stage Door Attendants...... Ra'Chelle Carey, Craig Hower, Sean Malarkey, Kay Rogers, La Shelle Saunders Frank Miller, Nisha Lacy Reaves

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS Director of Chief Marketing Officer...... Khady Kamara Community Engagement...... Anita Maynard-Losh MARKETING Director of Education...... Ashley Forman Director of Marketing...... Neal Racioppo School Programs Manager...... Rebecca Campana Associate Director of Partnership Manager...... Medha Marsten Marketing and Publications...... Anna Russell Master Teaching Artist...... Psalmayene 24 Digital Communications Interim Community and Coordinator ...... Brieahn DeMeo Training Programs Manager...... Sean-Maurice Lynch Community Programs PUBLICATIONS Coordinator ...... Matthew Reckeweg Graphic Designer...... David Sunshine Community Engagement Fellow...... Jenna Murphy* Jr. Graphic Designer...... Jeremy Hunter Education Fellow...... Alex Turner* Website & New Media Manager...... Ben Nolan Artwork Creation...... Nicky Lindeman ADMINISTRATION Illustrators...... Nigel Buchanan, Charles Chaisson, Chief Financial Officer...... Joe Berardelli Ed Fotheringham, Mirko Ilić, Gary Kelley, Leadership Office Manager...... Alison Irvin Joan Marcus, Bill C. Ray, Zina Saunders, Human Resources and Sam Spratt, Mark Stutzman Finance Associate...... Jay Chiang Management Fellows...... Tara Moses*, Kate Pincus* MEDIA RELATIONS ...... General Counsel...... Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Director of Media Relations...... Kirstin M. Franko Jacobson; Robbins, Russell, Englert, Associate Director of Media Relations...... Greta Hays Orsek, Untereiner & Sauber, LLP Communications Fellow...... Alexandra Nowicki* BUSINESS OFFICE Controller...... John Monnett EVENTS Accounting and Payroll Manager...... Joan A.S. Lada Director of Events and Rentals...... Kathleen Kelley Accounting Associates...... Larry Bright, Events and Rentals Coordinator...... Betsy O'Keefe Christopher Murk Auditors...... Bormel, Grice & Huyett, P.A. AUDIENCE SERVICES Bond Counsel...... Arent Fox LLP Director of DEVELOPMENT Audience Services...... Lindsey Wareing Pisani Chief Development Officer...... Holly K. Oliver Audience Development and Group Sales Manager...... Alvin Ford Jr. Director of Strategic Advancement...... Dale Mott Group Sales Associates...... Isaac Evans, Senior Director of Parker Solomon Individual Giving...... Kristen Mitchell Associate Director of Associate Director of Audience Services...... Holly Longstreth Development Operations...... Maria Corso Managers of Sales Services...... Sabrina Clark, Director of Board and Sarah Hurst Donor Relations...... Anne Paine West Assistant Manager of Sales Services...... Evan Crump Foundation Relations Manager...... Julia Malecki Sales Associates...... Maria Benzie, Nicole Cusick, Corporate Relations Manager...... Char Manlove-Laws Kathleen Hinman, Erin Hoxie, Jessica Lane, Membership Coordinator...... Molly Goodman Colin O’Bryan, Kayla Peterson Development Coordinator...... Hannah Fried-Tanzer House Managers...... Jody Barasch, Nichole McDavid, Ashley Miller, Christy Patti Development Assistant...... Melanie Heredia Visitor Services Assistant..... Chrystal Noelle Vaughan Development Fellow...... Regina Burgher*

* Allen Lee Hughes Fellow

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