Synetic Theater Presents Richard iii May 15 >> June 16

@SyneticTheater CONTEMPORARY PHYSICAL THEATER

Paata Tsikurishvili, Founding Artistic Director Irina Tsikurishvili, Founding Associate Artistic Director Jason Najjoum,Managing Director

SYNthesis: the coming together of distinct elements to form a whole kinETIC: pertaining to or imparting motion, active, dynamic

SYNETIC THEATER: a dynamic synthesis of the arts

“Synetic’s novel form of physical theater is vital and revolutionary” - DC Metro Theater Arts In 2018, “Synetic is still firmly in the mesmerizing business” -The Washington Post Founded in 2001 by the husband and wife team of Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili, Synetic Theater is the region’s premier contemporary theater, dedicated to the fusion of dynamic art forms from text and drama to movement, acrobatics, dance, film and music. In the span of almost 20 years, Synetic received 134 Helen Hayes nominations and 32 Awards.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS EMERITUS BOARD Rick L. Hardy, Chair Ina Milton Michael Haskett, Vice Chair Dimitri Simes Allison Foster Ruckh, Treasurer Tim Carlton, Secretary Peter W. Berk ADVISORY BOARD Daniel S. Cox Angela Fox Diane Dippold MacIntosh Sue and Amnon Golan Julianna Mahley Hanna Haskett Ryan E. Merkel Freddi Lipstein Blair Ruble Amy M. Nice Jeffrey Schragg Lloyd Rose Paata Tsikurishvili Victor Shargai Cecil Thompson Jay Zawatsky

Our work is not possible without your help! Visit synetictheater.org/membership to learn how you can support great physical theater in the Washington, DC area! Richard iii Based on the play written by William Shakespeare May 15 >> June 16

Director Choreographer Paata Tsikurishvili Irina Tsikurishvili

Resident Composer Adapter Konstantine Lortkipanidze Nathan Weinberger

Scenic & Multimedia Designer Costume Designer Tennessee Dixon Erik Teague*

Lighting Designer Sound Designer Brian S. Allard Thomas Sowers

Properties Designer Video Producer & Editor Kelli L. Jones Scott Brown

Resident Stage Manager Technical Director Marley Giggey Phil Charlwood

Assistant Director Anne Flowers Production Manager Phill Giggey Sr. Assistant Lighting Designer Nicki Franklin Master Electrician Alex Keen Assistant Costume Designer Alexa Duimstra Audio & Video Engineer Thomas Sowers Draper Ré Teague Light Board Programmer & Operator Ian Claar Carpenters Tony Ritchie, Chris Foote, Pete Neal Electricians Ian Claar, Brittany Shemuga, Scenic Painter Tim Grant Christion Jones, Matt Lankford, Cassandra Saulski, Susannah Cai, Van Pham * Member of United Scenic Artists

Our new adaptation of Richard III was made possible by the generous support of David & Claire Maklan, Hans & Helen Kaper, Sue & Amnon Golan, and Bonnie N. & Jere Broh-Kahn.

The 2018/19 season is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Arlington Cultural Affairs Division of Arlington Economic Development & the Arlington Commission for the Arts, and the Crystal City Business Improvement District.

Special Thanks to our friends at Flyer Monsters

BEFORE YOU TAKE THAT SELFIE... We’d love you to share a photo to social media and tell us what you thought of the show! Feel free to take as many photos as you like of our set before and after the performance. What you are looking at is the work of the team of designers below, so show them some love with a shoutout. Scenic & Multimedia Designer: Tennessee Dixon Costume Designer: Erik Teague @opergeist Properties Designer: Kelli L. Jones @kellileannjones Lighting Designer: Brian S. Allard @briansallard @SyneticTheater #SyneticRichardIII Please note: Photos are not allowed during the performance for the safety of our performers and out of respect for other audience members. Please silence and put away any small screens before the performance begins. Note from the Director

Our 14th “Wordless Shakespeare”—Richard III—is also one of the Bard’s most popular and frequently staged plays, so if you’re going to produce it, you’d better have something new and exciting to say. Everyone knows the familiar image of the spidery, hunchbacked king, twisted in body and soul, leering at the grieving widow and wickedly raising an eyebrow at his two young nephews, innocently and obliviously “in his way” —so what can we bring to this play that’s new?

After all, for more than four centuries, Shakespeare’s legendary supervillain has limped across stages the world over and before cameras in everything from medieval tights to fascist jackboots—a timeless and universal symbol of corruption, greed, and duplicity. He has taken every conceivable shape, literally and figuratively, his ruthless opportunism fitting any era, any age. But, like Iago, we’re never given a satisfactory explanation as to the source of Richard’s evil; he simply is. To get at the root of his motivations, and exploring the notion that evil is the absence of empathy and humanity, our adaptation substitutes Richard’s infamous deformities with another kind of physical defect—an almost complete mechanical reconstruction of Richard’s physical body after he is wounded in battle. This transformation is so drastic and his dependence on technology so complete as to leave hardly anything of Richard’s old self remaining, robbing him of his humanity and enabling him to do the unthinkable to reach his goals.

Scholars have referred to this play as a “moral holiday.” As inhuman as Richard is, we’re thrilled (and relieved) that he takes us into his confidence, sharing his plots and schemes through soliloquy and allowing us to accompany him on his rise to power. In spite of ourselves, we enjoy this fiendish trickster, sharing his secret fantasies of ultimate control while admiring his skill and audacity, however shocking and appalling his methods may be. I think this is why Shakespeare’s play, and why Richard himself, have endured: He repulses and fascinates all at once. Whatever else we may think of Richard, we just can’t look away, and by forcing us to like him in spite of his deeds, he manipulates us as much as he does his adversaries.

The political manipulation of all available means to get what we want and attain power has always been with us, and nothing has changed—except the tools with which it is done. Our technology is an essential part of our lives, but what happens when a Pandora’s box is opened which we cannot close? What could happen when an already corrupt human is fully synched with technology? Here, our Richard is half- human and half-artificial intelligence, and his desire for absolute power, combined with his new inhuman form, corrupts his soul completely. For us, this is today’s Richard III: An individual totally warped by the unfeeling machinery that consumes him, in a terrifyingly surreal synergy of the organic and the synthetic.

My thanks, as always, to our tremendous artistic and technical teams, who have been more entwined on this production than on any other in Synetic’s history. It’s been an enormous challenge bringing one of Shakespeare’s most iconic monsters to life in such unique fashion, and everyone, onstage and off, played a critical role. I’d also like to thank Crystal City BID and the Washington, DC theatre community for their ongoing support, and finally, please join me in welcoming Jason Najjoum, who is beginning his first season with us as Synetic’s new Managing Director!

-Paata Tsikurishvili Cast

Richard...... Alex Mills † Queen Elizabeth ...... Irina Tsikurishvili † Buckingham...... Matt R. Stover Lady Anne...... Maryam Najafzada Clarence...... Thomas Beheler † King Edward...... Philip Fletcher † Richmond...... Jordan Clark Halsey Prince...... Tim Proudkii * Younger Prince...... Aaron Kan * Princess Elizabeth...... Nutsa Tediashvili Tyrell...... Ana Tsikurishvili * Ratcliffe...... Scean Aaron

† Synetic Theater Company Member * Synetic Theater Teen Company Alumni

Crystal City Shops Metro Stop - Underground 703-996-4121 (On the Blue & Yellow Line) 202-333-5950 1750 Crystal Drive, Suite D-40 www.totalparty.us Arlington, Va 22202 [email protected] Cast Bios SCEAN AARON (Ratcliffe) Ensemble], Carmen (Lucas) [HH Synetic: Sleepy Hollow. Outstanding Ensemble Nominated], DC AREA: Toby’s Dinner (Witch) [HH Outstanding Theatre: Peter Pan, Supporting Actor], and …the rest Hairspray, Ragtime. is silence (King Hamlet’s Ghost/Player ArtsCentric: The Color King) [HH Outstanding Ensemble]. Purple, Jesus Christ Superstar, Snapshots. CCTA: Seussical JORDAN CLARK HALSEY the Musical; Alexander and the Terrible (Richmond) is delighted Horrible No Good Very Bad Day. to return to Synetic after Regional: Signature Theatre: Jelly’s appearing in Sleepy Last Jam (Swing), The Scottsboro Hollow earlier this Boys (Swing); Olney Theatre Center/ season. Other DC Area Roundhouse Theatre: In The Heights. performance credits include: Theatre Alliance: Blood at the THOMAS BEHELER Root; Keegan Theatre: How to Catch a (Clarence) Synetic: Leprechaun, The Ice Child; Imagination “Tweedledum” (Alice in Stage: Beauty and the Beast; Peter’s Wonderland), “Ensemble” Ally: Speech and Debate; Rorschach: (Sleeping Beauty), John Klexography; Jordan is a proud (Peter Pan), Franz (The graduate of American University. Trial), Van Tassel (Sleepy @jordanclarkhalsey Hollow), Clarence (Richard III). Other: Founding member of Free Range AARON KAN (Younger Improv, Priest, Murder in the Cathedral Prince) is a freshman (Compass Rose Theater), Mike, We Got at Langley High School. It (Building Better People Productions), Aaron has performed Tom, Between a Rock and a Fourth with the Synetic Teen Wall (Annapolis Fringe Festival). Company since he was Thomas is a Synetic Theater company 11. Past roles in the Teen member. He graduated with a degree Company include Gremio in Taming of in Theatre (University of Maryland, the Shrew, Maurice in Lord of the Flies, College Park) and was a recipient Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s of the Creative and Performing Arts Dream. He has also been in a few Scholarship. He studied Improvisation school musicals in the past. Past roles and Comedy Writing at the Second in schools musicals include Prince in City Theater, Chicago. Beauty and the Beast, Shrek in Shrek the Musical. He is very excited to PHILIP FLETCHER (King perform in Richard III. Edward) is a Synetic Theater Founding ALEX MILLS (Richard) Company Member who Local credits include has appeared in over Studio Theatre: Wig 50 new and remount Out!, Torch Song Trilogy, productions. Production 2-2 Tango, and Bloody highlights include: Titus Andronicus Bloody Andrew Jackson. (Titus Andronicus), The Hunchback Signature Theatre: of Notre Dame (Claude Frollo), Shakespeare’s R&J. Synetic Theater; (Orsino) [Helen Hayes A Tale of Two Cities, The Man in the Outstanding Ensemble], Iron Mask, Three Men in a Boat (to (Edmund) [HH Outstanding Ensemble say nothing of the dog) (Helen Hayes and Supporting Actor nominated], Nomination: Outstanding Supporting (Iago) [HH Outstanding Actor), , Othello Ensemble and Lead Actor nominated], (Helen Hayes Nomination: Outstanding A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon) Lead Actor), and A Midsummer Night’s [HH Outstanding Ensemble], Romeo Dream (Helen Hayes Nomination: and Juliet (Mercutio) [HH Outstanding Outstanding Supporting Actor). MARYAM NAJAFZADA NUTSA TEDIASHVILI (Lady Anne) is a (Princess Elizabeth) A classically trained dancer native of the Republic of from Baku, Azerbaijan. Georgia, graduate Shota She has numerous Rustaveli Theater and dance credits with the Film University, Synetic Azerbaijan Opera and credits: The Taming of Ballet Theater, Azerbaijan Musical the Shrew (Bianca) Titus Andronicus Theater, and Manassas Ballet Theatre (Ensemble) My Fathers Dragon including The Nutcracker, Swan (Ensemble) Additional theater credits: Lake, Thumbelina, La Bayadere, and The Seagull (Masha), Uncle Vania Cinderella, among others. Synetic (Sonia), Dirty Hands (Olga), The House credits include: Roxanne, Cyrano of Berdnarda Alba (Martirio) and A de Bergerac; and Horse Spirit, The Streetcar Named Desire (Stella) . Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Maryam has served as an Understudy for Synetic’s ANA TSIKURISHVILI productions of Sleeping Beauty, (Tyrell) was last seen Adventures of Peter Pan, and Titus as Time in Synetic Andronicus, as well as performing Theater’s Cyrano de with Synetic’s Outreach program. Bergerac and Tinkerbell Locally Maryam teaches ballet, in Synetic Theater’s The character dance, and pantomime as Adventures of Peter Pan. well as choreographing dance pieces. She is pleased to be performing in her Graduated from Baku Choreography third mainstage show with Synetic. Academy. Other roles have included the Nurse, Katherine, the Player Queen, and TIM PROUDKII (Prince) Puck in the Synetic Teen Company is a Senior at Marshall productions of , The High School. He started Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet... the rest acting at the age of 9 is silence, and A Midsummer Night’s and has appeared in a Dream. IG: Anna.Eastonn multitude of musicals over the years. He joined IRINA TSIKURISHVILI the Synetic Teen Company at 13 and (Queen Elizabeth) a performed in multiple shows; most native of the Republic notably as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. of Georgia, is a 33-time Outside of theatre, Timothy loves to Helen Hayes Award play piano, swim, and study physics. Nominee and has He is honored to play one of the received Helen Hayes Princes in Synetic Theater’s rendition Awards for Outstanding Ensemble of Richard III. in King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet...the rest is silence MATT R. STOVER and was nominated for Outstanding (Buckingham) is grateful Leading Actress for her roles as Viola to be part of this talented in Twelfth Night, Beatrice in Much Ado cast! Matt would like About Nothing, and Lady Macbeth in to thank his loving and Macbeth, among others. In addition to supportive parents for nominations for Outstanding Ensemble always being present. in Faust and Carmen. Ms. Tsikurishvili Previous Synetic Theater credits starred in such Synetic standouts as include: Cyrano (Christian), Sleepy Hamlet...the rest is silence, Macbeth, Hollow (Ensemble), Titus Andronicus Host and Guest, Salome, The Master (Quintus/Ensemble), Peter Pan (Pirate and Margarita, the Dybbuk, Carmen, A u/s). The Little Theater of Alexandria: Midsummers Night’s Dream, Anthony West Side Story, In the Heights, The and Cleopatra, and Othello. Rocky Horror Show, Spamalot. IG: @Redstover Ouridiosyncrasies.com “Stay whimsy” Artistic and Leadership Bios

PAATA TSIKURISHVILI (Founding Artistic Reagan in King Lear, Beatrice in Much Director, Director), a native of the Republic Ado About Nothing, and Lady Macbeth of Georgia, is an innovative, award-winning in Macbeth, in addition to nominations international artistic director, director for Outstanding Ensemble in Faust and and educator with more than 30 years of Carmen. experience fusing the classical elements of Ms. Tsikurishvili starred in such Synetic drama, movement, dance, mime, and music. standouts as Hamlet...the rest is silence, Since Synetic Theater’s founding in 1996, Macbeth, Host and Guest, Salomé,The Mr. Tsikurishvili has directed and performed Master and Margarita, The Dybbuk, Carmen, in Hamlet...the rest is silence, The Master Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, Twelfth and Margarita, The Crackpots, Dracula, Host Night, . She has and Guest and Frankenstein. He has also also choreographed for the Stanislavsky directed Salomé, Bohemians, Jason and the Theater Studio. Her choreography was also Argonauts, The Dybbuk, Faust, Frankenstein, featured in the filmSwan Song directed by Macbeth, Animal Farm, The Fall of the House John D. Hancock. of Usher, A Christmas Carol, Romeo and Ms. Tsikurishvili trains Synetic Theater Juliet, Carmen, Dante, A Midsummer Night’s actors and has taught at American Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, King University, Catholic University, and Arthur, King Lear, Don Quixote Macbeth, Georgetown University where she Home of the Soldier, The Taming of the choreographed Lysistrata. With her Shrew, Jekyll and Hyde, , The husband, Paata, she is the co-founder Three Musketeers, The Picture of Dorian of Synetic Theater. Paata and Irina were Gray, and Twelfth Night. named Washingtonians of the Year in Synetic’s inaugural production, Hamlet… 2014. She has choreographed over 60 the rest is silence, received 3 Helen productions. Ms. Tsikurishvili is a graduate Hayes Awards for Outstanding Director, of the Chabukiani National Ballet Academy Outstanding Resident Play, and Outstanding in , Georgia and holds a BFA in Choreography. Over the past twelve Performing Arts. seasons, Synetic Theater has drawn critical acclaim and 120 Helen Hayes award JASON NAJJOUM (Managing Director) nominations. Mr. Tsikurishvili has earned 24 is honored to lead Synetic Theater individual Helen Hayes Award Nominations in partnership with Founding Artistic including 10 for Outstanding Resident Director Paata Tsikurishvili. Jason was Play and 5 individual Helen Hayes Awards, recently the Managing Editor for the Yale receiving the Award for Outstanding Director Theater Management Knowledge Base, four times (Hamlet…the rest is silence, where he oversaw its strategic planning Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello). process and designed the first integrated As an educator, Mr. Tsikurishvili has trained people development system for an arts hundreds of actors in movement technique organization. Previously, he served as through Synetic Theater and by teaching Company Manager for Yale Repertory at leading universities such as American Theatre, Public Service Fellow for New University, Catholic University of America, Haven’s Department of Arts, Culture, and and Georgetown University. He holds a MFA Tourism, and Management Fellow for in film directing from Tbilisi State University Baltimore Center Stage. Prior to joining and a BFA in acting for the State Institute of New Haven’s nonprofit arts community, Theater and Film in Tbilisi, Georgia. Jason served as Producing Director for New York Theatre Barn in New York City, IRINA TSIKURISHVILI (Co-Founding where he developed the work of over 50 Choreographer, Associate Artistic Director, musical theater writers through NYTB’s Choreographer), a native of the Republic signature new work development and of Georgia, is a 33-time Helen Hayes community building program. Jason has Award Nominee and has won the award served numerous other theater and arts for Outstanding Choreography nine times organizations across the country as a for her choreography of Twelfth Night, The producer, general manager, and casting Three Musketeers, The Idiot, Faust, Hamlet... director including Prospect Theater the rest is silence, The Master and Margarita, Company, The Cell, and New York Music Frankenstein, Macbeth and Carmen, which Theater Festival. won over her other nomination in 2009 for Jason’s arts background is augmented Romeo and Juliet. For acting, she received by several transformative experiences in Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding the private sector. Most recently, he was Ensemble in A Midsummer Night’s Dream a Senior Associate at McChrystal Group, and Hamlet...the rest is silence and was a global advisory services and leadership nominated for Outstanding Leading Actress development firm advising a global energy for her roles as Viola in Twelfth Night, company on internal communications, culture change, and decision-making. He has worked at several theaters around Prior to that, he was a Senior Management town, most recently as the assistant Associate for Bridgewater Associates, wardrobe supervisor for Signature Theatre. where he was trained in their principles- Regionally, he has worked for theatre and based management system. opera companies in Vermont, Florida, Jason earned a Master of Fine Arts in New Mexico, Indiana, Massachusetts, and Theater Management from Yale School of Missouri. Phill has worked with Synetic since Drama, a Master of Business Administration 2011 in a multitude of roles, and is excited from Yale School of Management, a to be serving as the Production Manager. Bachelor of Arts in Music and History from Special thanks goes out to his family, his Emory University, and is a graduate of wife, Marley, his perfect son PJ, and latest the Commercial Theater Institute. Jason addition Gracie. co-founded the Analyzing and Mobilizing Privilege Group at Yale School of Drama PHIL CHARLWOOD (Technical Director) and previously served on the board of has been working with Synetic Theater directors of an Integrated Refugee and since 2008. His most notable achievements Immigrant Services nonprofit in New have been Helen Hayes Award Nominee Haven, CT. He is trained as an intercultural for Outstanding set design for The Island group facilitator and is an active member of Dr. Moreau and King Lear. He was of Resource Generation, a multiracial Technical Director for Twelfth Night, As membership community of young people You Like It, , with wealth or class privilege committed to Othello, Midsummer Night’s Dream, the equitable distribution of wealth, land, Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet...the rest is and power. Jason is a native of Northern silence, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Alice Virginia, and currently resides in the U in Wonderland, The Master and Margarita, Street Corridor of Washington, DC. Kafka’s Metamorphosis, Dracula, The Three Musketeers, and The Man in The Iron Mask. ANNE FLOWERS (Assistant Director) is He was also the Technical Director for King a DC transplant originally from Montana. Arthur and The Tempest, where the stage She studied theatre and biology at Ohio was covered in water. He loves the creative Wesleyan University and also completed process of working with the Synetic team the National Theatre Institute at the Eugene to set the stage for these amazing shows. O’Neill Theatre Center. Synetic credits He comes from a varied background but include: Cyrano de Bergerac (Priest), Sleepy is mainly self-taught. He likes working with Hollow (Ensemble), The Wonderful Wizard Jr. High and High schools in the area to of Oz (Ensemble), The Hunchback of Notre encourage the technical theater arts. Dame (Ensemble) and Dante’s Inferno (Ensemble). Other DC credits; Pointless MARLEY GIGGEY (Resident Stage Theatre: Rite of Spring (Elder) and TBD Manager) This is Marley’s sixth season as Immersive: Cabaret Rising (Ghost). She is Synetic’s resident stage manager. She has thrilled to be on the other side of the table worked on over thirty Synetic productions with the R3 team. Thank you to Alan and our including tours to Connecticut and families for everything. Mexico. Favorite shows stage managed at Synetic include The Tempest, A Trip to NATHAN WEINBERGER (Adapter) is a the Moon, Twelfth Night, Beauty and the founding company member of Synetic Beast, Much Ado About Nothing, Alice in Theater, having started with the company in Wonderland,The Man in the Iron Mask, 2001. He has been resident dramaturg since The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The 2005 and has adapted many of Synetic’s Adventures of Peter Pan. She has worked most successful productions, including locally at Signature Theatre, Studio Theatre, Dracula, Faust, Animal Farm, The Fall of and The Kennedy Center, and regionally the House of Usher, Jekyll & Hyde, The at Heritage Theatre Festival, Firehouse Picture of Dorian Gray, The Trial, Cyrano Theatre, New Harmony Theatre, and The de Bergerac, as well as Macbeth, Romeo Conciliation Project. Many thanks to her and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Othello, supportive family, perfect husband Phill, The Tempest, Twelfth Night, and Much perfect son PJ, and recent addition perfect Ado About Nothing for Synetic’s wordless baby Gracie. BFA, Stage Management, Shakespeare series. His adaptations of Virginia Commonwealth University. The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Sleepy Hollow each ERIK TEAGUE (Costume Designer) Erik received a Helen Hayes Award nomination Teague is excited to be returning to Synetic for Outstanding Original Play or Musical Theatre for his second Shakespeare with Adaptation. the company. Some previous Synetic designs are Sleepy Hollow, The Hunchback PHILL GIGGEY SR. (Production Manager) of Notre Dame, Man in the Iron Mask, Titus is originally from the South Shore of Andronicus and The Trial . Other designs Massachusetts, and has made the of note are The Cunning Little Vixen, La Washington area his home since 2010. bohème, The Flying Dutchman, Odyssey, Trouble in Tahiti, and Ariadne in Naxos Theater J, Adventure Theatre, Christopher for the Glimmerglass Festival, Costumes K. Morgan and Artists, Bowen McCauley and Puppets for The Lion, The Unicorn, Dance, CityDance, Rorschach Theatre, and and Me at the Washington National several DC area universities. Brian is also a Opera, Lohengrin for Opera Southwest, photographer, and a technical director for The Touchstone for Wolf Trap Opera, dance. The Snow Queen, Cabaret and Evita at Serenbe Playhouse, Master and Margarita, NICKI FRANKLIN (Assistant Lighting EQUUS, Arabian Nights and The Wild Designer) Nicki is thrilled to be back for Party for Constellation Theatre Co. and the another show at Synetic Theater! Past upcoming Blackbeard at Signature Theatre. credits include The Trial, Titus Andronicus www.erikteaguedesign.com and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Thank you to the entire production team, KONSTANTINE LORTKIPANIDZE (Resident especially Brian Allard, for a wonderful Composer) is a native of Tbilisi, Georgia, show! and has composed original music for over twenty Synetic productions. He has THOMAS SOWERS (Sound Designer & received the Helen Hayes award and five Audio Engineer) Synetic Theater credits: nominations for his sound design. His Titus Andronicus, The Adventures of compositions for theater include work for Peter Pan, The Man in the Iron Mask, As Hunter from the Sun, Guest of the Night, You Like It, Much Ado About Nothing, Mimikria, Labyrinth and Decameron. He Beauty and the Beast, Twelfth Night, Three has also composed original music for film Musketeers, Other credits: Building the including First Steps, Essay (both directed Wall (Forum Theatre), The Freshest Snow by Paata Tsikurishvili) and Marriage. His Whyte (Imagination Stage), Collective Rage work has been performed at music festivals (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company), across Europe, including the Maqs Ophulos The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane festival in Germany and the International (Imagination Stage), Blackberry Winter Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam. (Forum Theatre), Flowers Stink (The Mr. Lortkipanidze received his Bachelor’s Kennedy Center), The Shipment (Forum and Master’s degrees from the Tbilisi State Theatre), Passion Play (Forum Theatre), Conservatory. Spark (Theatre Alliance), Titus Andronicus (Faction of Fools), Pluto (Forum Theatre), TENNESSEE DIXON (Scenic & Multimedia 12 Days of Christmas (Adventure Theatre), Designer) Recent theatre credits include Clementine in the Lower 9 (Forum Theatre), the world premieres of END OF WAR and Side Man (1st Stage). IN MY CHAIR with Virginia Repertory and Cadence Theatre, Several productions with ALEX F. KEEN (Master Electrician) Firehouse Theatre including PRELUDES, graduated from Radford University in AN OAK TREE, UBU84 (premiere), THE BOY Spring 2010. Since graduation, he has IN THE BATHROOM and WAR IN HEAVEN. been working primarily in the DC area Other theatrical credits include THE WHO’S with occasional stints at Busch Gardens, TOMMY, JUNTA HIGH, SHADOW PLAY Williamsburg, as a pyrotechnician. Over the (Premiere), TRANSCRIPTS and STUPID past three years, he has served as a lighting F**KING BIRD at Richmond Triangle Players, Designer at WSC Avant Bard, The GW Lisner OUR LADY OF KIBEHO at William&Mary Auditorium, Metrostage, and GALA Hispanic College, DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, JULIUS Theater. His master electrician credits CAESAR, MR. DICKENS’ CHRISTMAS include WSC Avant Bard, The Catholic CAROL (premiere) with Quill Theatre. Dance University of America, Constellation projects include: CITY OF PAPER by Yin Mei Theatre Company, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Dance at Jacobs Pillow, VU by Ivan Angelus Artisphere, MetroStage, and the GW Lisner at Trafo in Budapest, K-DANCE SHORTS16, Auditorium. Alex is thrilled to be working DONG DONG-TOUCHING THE MOONS with Synetic Theater this year. an international multi-media touring production by komungo master Jin Hi Kim. KELLI L. JONES (Props Artisan) is an employee of Howard Community BRIAN ALLARD (Lighting Designer) is a College. She has enjoyed working on Arts lighting designer for theatre, dance, and Collective’s wonderous 2018-19 season; opera. He is a native of the Washington, most notably as Stage Manager for DC area, and his work has been seen in Shakespearean Shenanigans and Assistant DC, Virginia, Maryland, Off Broadway, Stage Manager and Props Designer for The and internationally. He was nominated Chronicles of Narnia. Kelli has also Assistant for a Helen Hayes award for his work at Stage Managed Folger Theatre and Third 1st Stage and Adventure Theatre, and he Rail Projects’ immersive show Confection has twice been a finalist for the DC Metro (2019) and will be looking forward to Dance Awards. Recently, he has worked working with Folger Theatre for their with 1st Stage, Spooky Action Theater, upcoming season. Thank you for coming! Synetic Staff

Artistic Founding Artistic Director Paata Tsikurishvili Founding Associate Artistic Director Irina Tsikurishvili and Resident Choreographer Resident Composer Konstantine Lortkipanidze Resident Dramaturg Nathan Weinberger

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Underwriter Tim J. Carlton Kristie Miller Mary Hartnett ($20,000+) Diane Dippold Christine & Dennis Marc & Mary Arlington Arts MacIntosh Miller Hutchinson Anonymous Pinkie Mayfield Karina & Keith Robert L. Kimmins Rick & Vicky Hardy Ryan Merkel Mosser Edward T. Lis, Jr. Hanna & Michael Carl & Margaret Jason Najjoum Mary Malhiot Haskett Pfeiffer Julie Rios Jane Mann Julie Jacobson Joseph Reid Richard T. Scully Barbara L. McBride Claire & David Blair & Sally Ruble Victor Shargai Nathan Musick Maklan Alan Savada Kay Shelton Carl & Undine Nash Ina Milton Suzanne Ron & Mary Jane Marina Oberlander Lola Reinsch Thouvenelle Steele Mitzi Peterson Jeffrey & Mary Jo Michael & Sharman Judith Rivlin Schragg Choreographer Stephens Irwin L. Singer The Morris & ($2,500-$4,999) Ann Tunstall Catherine N. Gwendolyn Cafritz Bonnie N. & Jere Steve Verna Srygley Foundation Broh-Kahn Ellen von Seggern Judith Sunley The Robert P. & Susan Calzone Richter Dean Trackman Arlene R. Kogod Tracy Fisher Tessa van der Family Foundation Michael & Erna Supporting Actor Willigen The Virginia Arts Kerst ($500-$999) Joel Wind Commission Calvin Shintani Dean F. Amel Diane Winslow Jerome Andersen Susan Yamada Producer Lead Actor Arlington David & Julie ($10,000-$19,999) ($1,000-$2,499) Community Zalkind CCBID Irwin Monroe Arias Foundation Cornelius James & Lyuba Katharine Austin Ensemble Coakley Varticovski Barnes ($250-$499) Dennis Deloria Linda Bartash BITCO Donald Adams Allison & Mark Kyle Z. Bell Bruce & Mary Josie Christer & Mireya Foster Ruckh Ann & Dave Benson Blanchard Ahl Amnon & Sue Golan Peter Bieger Michael Bobbitt Eleanor J. Allen John Resor & Meg Carla Bilinki Kathleen Buto Patricia Arnold Hauge Thomas Booth Tim & Trish Carrico Michael Barrett Hans & Helen Kaper John Byrne Tim Christenson James Beale Julianna Mahley Chamberlin Robert Chu Charles Brown Fenner Milton Daniel & Barbara Benjamin & Eva D. Candice Bryant Prince Charitable Cox Cohen Jeffrey Buczacki Trusts Sandra Cummins- Mary Ann Cohen Nadine Cohodas The Shubert Haid John Cozzens Kathy Crittenberger Foundation Gary & Loretta Nancy DeKieffer Louis Delair, Jr. The Washington Harris Bernard DeLeo Ben Draffin Forrest Foundation Judy Honig Lynn Etheredge William Drawbaugh Michael Horowitz Pamela Frazier Beth Driver Director Dana & Ray Koch & Michael Finan Mark Fiumara ($5,000-$9,999) Burgess Levin Doris & Mark Pamela B. Fiumara Jerrilyn Andrews & Nancy Limprecht Greene Cameron Fletcher Donald Hesse Wes J. MacAdam Suzanne Grinnan Carol Fuller Margaret Gaffen John Giggey Jane Quenk Nicole D’Amecourt Matthew Gamser Larisa Glad William Ragen Babita Das Jo Anne Garrison Ellen Goldberg Roland Reed Toby Davis Theresa L. Goedeke Val Golovskoy & Curtis A. Ritter Margaret Dotseth Jerald M. Goldberg Julia Bosky Jacquelyn Rivas Kathleen Duncan Brooke Higdon Richard Grimes Edgar Roman Roland D. Samuel S. Jackson Jody Gundrum Stacy Russell Emenheiser Donald L. Jones Karl R. Hamady Mary Anne Salmon Eric Fenner Helen & David Ellen Harpel W. Geoffrey Seeley Maralita Freeny Kenney Perpetua Pagal Dana D. Semmes Matthew Ganci Douglas Lanier Heggi Sim Shanks Elsie B. Garfield Tracy Lush Madeline Anastasia & Dimitri Benjamin Gaylord Bob Lyness Helbraun Simes Marie Giovanelli Richard J. Metzger Willard Hillegeist Stuart Sirkin Anne Harrison Winkle W. Nemeth Thomas Holzman Rick Smith Alan Haskel Joseph O’Hare Dorothy Howe Kathleen M. Smith Laura Hauptman Carol Pickens Angela Hughes Lynn Soukup Donald & Julie Herr Christy M. Pino IBM Lauren Stempler Sara Hiller Lutz Alexander Antoinette Ingram Carl Stephens Carol Howell Prager Debbie Jackson Elena Sterlin Bary Johnson Annette Puente Julia Jarvis Carole Stover Kristen Jones Carolyn A. Pura Melbourne E. Julie Strempel Brian David Jones Amelia L. Ramer Jenkins Erica L. Summers Patricia Kauffman James Rorke Nancy Jerdan Katie Sylvis Marianne Keler Bella H. Rosenberg Mary Ann Johnson Luis Tamjui Irina Knyazeva Douglas Shaw Lori Jones David Tannous Ronald Lehman Alison Sigethy Frederick Jones Elizabeth Tinling Michael Levy Corinne E. Smith Ittai Kan Tamie Tobe Diane Liebeskind Peter E. Threadgill Craig Karp William Tompkins Michael Lotke Julia M. Karpeisky Cori Uccello Judith E. Michaels Understudy Deborah Kirkman Ray & Barbara Aaralyn Liese Mills ($100-$249) Launa Klimowicz Vanderbilt Ed Monk Wren Abramo Brown Christy Ventura Andrea E. Nash Laura Adams Renee Klish Tanya Whiting Anne Neill Esther Alpert Stephen Kopp Ed Wilde Jodi Niehoff Jennifer H. Arnold Alla & Igor Krupnik Thomas Wisnowski Frances Nozary Ted Baird Anna Laurenzo R. Cameron Wolf Kevin Parker Thomas J. Bak Terrence & Mary Edith C. Wolff Marcos D. Pizarro Teresa Ball Leveck Jeff Wright William Pott Harley Balzer Greg Lewis Gail Yano Ellen Reiterman Melanie Barton Pauline Liacouras Eric Zicht Peter Rothschild Melissa Beh Laura Little Sallie Rush Scott Berg Eric Lotke Apprentice Sara G. Sennett Bill Berlin Jacqui Lussier ($50-$99) Brett Seylar Ann Bonneville Molly Lynch Wendy Anderson Sarah D. Splitt Deneise Boyd Julia Marshall Leonardo Andujar Thomas Stapp Jean Bruggeman Wells McCurdy Barbara Bear Sam Steinberg Christine Cacic Sandy McKenzie Nancy & Pete Abby Sternberg Carol Cataldo Roy Ira Miller Benton Christel Stevens Kathryn Catania Neil Miller Alan Berg Patricia Stover Deborah Lynne William Moody Jesse Berg Anne Marie Stratos Connor Alice Moore Boeing Company Rachael Turner Frances Cook Peter Neal David Bradley Diana L. Tyler Arlene Edwards Nicholas Newlin Kalyn Bruin Claire Wade Susan English Nonna Noto Martha R. Buhler Michael Weber Karl Ensign Margy Nurik Timothy A. Burr Renee L. Weitzner Catherine Fadel Suyan Orsborn Nancy Castell Julia Young John Feather Emeline M. Otey Michael Cline Cheryl Yuhas Farley Fisher Jennifer Paxton Emily Cook Philip Fletcher Natasha Perkins Janice Crawford James Fort Sara Pikofsky Betsy Cromwell Robert Gaines George J. Prosnik Angela Cutter

Every effort has been made to ensure that this list is accurate & up-to-date. If your name is misspelled or omitted, please accept our apologies & inform us at 703-824-8060 Ext. 110, so we may correct the error.

Up next at Synetic Theater... Treasure Island July 17 >> August 18

“Fifteen men on the Dead Man’s Chest Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!”

This production is recommended for ages 13+.

Tickets: synetictheater.org eat. drink. applaud.

join us for drinks and dinner

¬ Highline RXR ¬ Jaleo Crystal City ¬ King Street Blues ¬ Kora Restaurant Bar I Lounge ¬ McCormick & Schmick’s ¬ Morton’s the Steakhouse ¬ Neramitra Thai ¬ Ruth’s Chris Steak House ¬ San Antonio Bar & Grill ¬ Ted’s Montana Grill and, lots of great stores just steps from your seat.

For a direct link to restaurants, visit us at www.thecrystalcityshops.com LIVE MUSIC

GREAT FOOD

BEER & WINE GARDEN

FRIDAYS, MAY - OCTOBER 5 - 9 P.M. CRYSTAL CITY WATER PARK WWW.CRYSTALCITY.ORG FIRST FRIDAY OPENING RECEPTION

5:00PM - 8:00PM ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH GALLERYUNDERGROUND.ORG FOR DETAILS