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S N O I T A L L E T S N O C CONSTELLATIONS August 2017 About TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Volume 49, No. 2 Welcome to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and our 48th season of award-winning theatre! Led by Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director Phil Santora, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents a wide range of productions and programming throughout the region. Founded in 1970, we continue to celebrate the human spirit and the diversity of our community, presenting contemporary plays and musicals, revitalizing Paul Heppner Publisher great works of the past, championing arts education, and nurturing new works for the American theatre. TheatreWorks has produced 66 world premieres Susan Peterson and over 160 US and regional premieres. In the 2017/18 season, we add the Design & Production Director world premieres of The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga and Ana Alvira, Robin Kessler, The Prince of Egypt and four more regional premieres to our résumé. Shaun Swick, Stevie VanBronkhorst Production Artists and Graphic Design TheatreWorks’ 2016/17 season included the world premiere of Confederates, as well as regional premieres of The Life of the Party, Calligraphy, and Hershey Mike Hathaway Felder, Beethoven, which broke all our box office records, becoming the high- Sales Director est-grossing show in TheatreWorks’ history. In the course of the year, shows Amelia Heppner, Marilyn Kallins, that debuted here were produced at theatres around the world. Terri Reed San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives With an annual operating budget of $8 million, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley produces eight mainstage productions at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto Brieanna Bright, Joey Chapman, Ann Manning and the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and a special add-on Seattle Area Account Executives holiday production at the Lohman Theatre on the campus of Foothill College in Los Altos. Seventeen years ago, we launched the New Works Initiative, Carol Yip Sales Coordinator dedicating ourselves to the development of new plays and musicals. The ENCORE Initiative has since supported over 160 new works through retreats, workshops, staged readings, developmental productions, and the annual New Works Festival, inspiring The Mercury News to call us “a premiere breeding ground for new musicals, which has put the company on the national map.” TheatreWorks Silicon Valley believes in making theatre accessible to the entire Silicon Valley community. Our Education Department reaches on average 25,000 students from 70 schools in 7 counties annually. It sponsors outreach Paul Heppner programs that include the Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard President Young Playwrights Project Children’s Hospital, the , specially-priced student Mike Hathaway matinees, extensive school tours, post-show discussions, and theatre camps, Vice President and programs for youth. Genay Genereux For more information on our 2017/18 season, New Works Festival, and Accounting & Office Manager Education programs, please visit theatreworks.org or call 650.463.1960. Sara Keats Marketing Manager

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2 THEATREWORKS EAP full-page template.indd 1 7/25/17 9:44 AM In this Issue From the Board Chair Welcome to the second show of this wonderful TheatreWorks season. This is the time of year when we wrap up our initial subscription About TheatreWorks 2 campaign. Since it’s not too late, here are four great reasons to Silicon Valley subscribe to a TheatreWorks season: 6 2017/18 SEASON THE SHOWS. The season lineup this year features productions of great diversity and wide appeal. We have three exceptional musical 8 Playing with Science productions: the thrilling World Premiere of The Prince of Egypt, based on the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation film; the inspiring 9 Director’s Notes experience of Hershey Felder’s Our Great Tchaikovsky; and the soaring romance of The Bridges of Madison County, whose score won a 2014 Tony Award. They are joined 10 About the Play and Playwright by three timely dramas: the Olivier Award-winning Constellations, which you are seeing today; Skeleton Crew, the story of workers under pressure in an American auto plant; and Finks, a Drama Desk Award nominee about the 1950s Senate attack on “subversion” in the arts. Our holiday show this year is Around the World In 80 Days, a hilarious nineteenth-century adventure.

THE QUALITY. TheatreWorks continuously receives awards for the quality of our work. We bring you top playwrights, composers, directors, and actors from around the country. That’s why w e earned the title of “The Nationally Acclaimed Theatre of Silicon Valley.”

THE CONVENIENCE. Because TheatreWorks is right here, there is no need to drive long distances and struggle with parking. As a subscriber you will be pre-assigned the best available seats, which you can enjoy for the season. If you need to change nights, we make that easy for you too…a simple phone call will do it. THE LIVE THE ATRE EXPERIENCE. There is no substitute for the intimacy and connection of live theatre. Theatre invites us to experience up-close the joy, laughter, pain, and liberation of life’s experiences, and to appreciate the artistic excellence of the acting, singing, costumes, and scenery on our stages. It’s always an enriching experience.

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12 Coming Next: Mike Kahn THE PRINCE OF EGYPT

13 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mike Kahn, Chair presents CONSTELLATIONS Jayne Booker Charlotte Jacobs Nancy Ginsburg Stern Cabell Chinnis Roy Johnson Debra Summers 14 Who’s Who Bill Coughran Derry Kabcenell Lynn Szekely-Goode Sarah Donaldson Michael Kahn Ewart Thomas 18 Contributors Peggy Woodward Forbes Julie Kaufman Tzipor Ulman Matthew Fuller Robert Kelley Kristina Vetter 21 TWSV Staff Ciro Giammona Ellice Papp Holly Ward Anne Hambly Phil Santora Lisa Webster Naughty or Nice? Judy Heyboer Loren Saxe Jane Weston 22 Larry Horton Barbara Shapiro Gayla Lorthridge Wood 22 TWSV General Information BOARD EMERITUS Nancy Meyer, Founder • William F. Adler • Edward T. Anderson, MD • Doug Barry • Lauren Berman • Chuck Bernstein • Sharon Anthony Bower • Michael Braun • Polly W. Bredt • Bruce C. Cozadd • Continue the conversation online! Jeff Crowe • Peggy Dalal • Yogen Dalal • Jenny Dearborn • Susan Fairbrook • Michael R. Flicker • Peggy Woodford Forbes • Dan Garber • Doug Garland • Aaron Gershenberg • Marcia Goldman • Emeri Handler • Susan M. Huch • Perry A. Irvine • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Lisa Jones • Gina Jorasch • Roberta R. Katz • Tom Kelley • Robin Kennedy • Michael Kwatinetz • Dick Maltzman • Suzanne Martin • Patti McClung • Don McDougall • Bruce McLeod • Cynthia S. Miller • Leslie Murphy- Chutorian • Eileen Nelson • Karen Nierenberg • Carrie Perzow • Carey Pickus • Margot Mailliard @TheatreWorksSV Rawlins • John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Sandi Risser • Lynn Wilson Roberts • Ray A. Rothrock • Adam #ConstellationsTWSV Samuels • Denise Stanford • Rosina Lo Sun • James Sweeney • Cathie Thermond • Helaina Titus • Robert J. Van der Leest, MD • Mark Vershel • Ronni Watson • Elissa Wellikson

4 THEATREWORKS In this Issue From the Board Chair Welcome to the second show of this wonderful TheatreWorks season. This is the time of year when we wrap up our initial subscription About TheatreWorks 2 campaign. Since it’s not too late, here are four great reasons to Silicon Valley subscribe to a TheatreWorks season: 6 2017/18 SEASON THE SHOWS. The season lineup this year features productions of great diversity and wide appeal. We have three exceptional musical 8 Playing with Science productions: the thrilling World Premiere of The Prince of Egypt, based on the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation film; the inspiring 9 Director’s Notes experience of Hershey Felder’s Our Great Tchaikovsky; and the soaring romance of The Bridges of Madison County, whose score won a 2014 Tony Award. They are joined 10 About the Play and Playwright by three timely dramas: the Olivier Award-winning Constellations, which you are seeing today; Skeleton Crew, the story of workers under pressure in an American auto plant; and Finks, a Drama Desk Award nominee about the 1950s Sen ate attack on “subversion” in the arts. Our holiday show this year is Around the World In 80 Days, a hilarious nineteenth-century adventure.

THE QUALITY. TheatreWorks continuously receives awards for the quality of our work. We bring you top playwrights, composers, directors, and actors from around the country. That’s why we earned the title of “The Nationally Acclaimed Theatre of Silicon Valley.”

THE CONVENIENCE. Because TheatreWorks is right here, there is no need to drive long distances and struggle with parking. As a subscriber you will be pre-assigned the best available seats, which you can enjoy for the season. If you need to change nights, we make that easy for you too…a simple phone call will do it. THE LIVE THEATRE EXPERIENCE. There is no substitute for the intimacy and connection of liv e theatre. Theatre invites us to experience up-close the joy, laughter, pain, and liberation of life’s experiences, and to appreciate the artistic excellence of the acting, singing, costumes, and scenery on our stages. It’s always an enriching experience.

Visual representation of string theory So if you haven’t already done so, why not subscribe to TheatreWorks? And why not do it with your friends? It’s a great night out! 11 On String Theory

12 Coming Next: Mike Kahn THE PRINCE OF EGYPT

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The Prince of Egypt Around the World Hershey Felder Skeleton Crew The Bridges of FINKS Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz in 80 Days Our Great Tchaikovsky By Dominique Morisseau Madison County By Joe Gilford Book by Philip LaZebnik Directed by Giovanna Sardelli Directed by Giovanna Sardelli Adapted by Mark Brown Music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book by Marsha Norman Directed by Scott Schwartz Coproduction with Marin Theatre Company Drama Desk Award Best Play Nominee From the Novel by Jules Verne Written and Performed by Hershey Felder Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown WORLD PREMIERE in collaboration with REGIONAL PREMIERE CALIFORNIA PREMIERE Directed by Robert Kelley Directed by Trevor Hay Based on the novel by Robert James Waller Fredericia Teater, Denmark A makeshift family of autoworkers navigates Directed by Robert Kelley With the 1950s Red Scare in full swing, the Join TheatreWorks as this inspiring world Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! REGIONAL PREMIERE the recession in this funny, tough, and House Un-American Activities Committee premiere musical begins its international Runaway trains! Join fearless adventurer Brilliant composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky tender American drama. Will their Detroit 2014 Tony Award Best Score attacks ”subversion” in the arts. When a journey towards a 2018 debut in Denmark. Phileas Fogg and his faithful valet in the springs to life through the hands and plant survive? Ambitious dreams and This sweeping musical romance about the romance blossoms between a rising comic A soaring celebration of the human spirit, original ”Great Race,” circling the globe in insight of piano virtuoso Hershey Felder, corporate deception interweave, pushing roads we travel and the bridges we dare to and a firebrand actress, they face being The Prince of Egypt features a dazzling, an 1870s alive with danger, romance, and whose time-traveling tale of culture and friendships to the limit. When the line cross recalls the unexpected affair of a blacklisted along with their friends and multi-ethnic cast in one of the greatest comic surprises at every turn. In the hilari- repression explores the mystery surround- between blue collar and white begins to devoted Italian-born housewife and a roving fellow artists. Will they lose their careers stories ever told: the saga of Moses and ously theatrical style of The 39 Steps, five ing some of the greatest music ever blur, how far over the lines is each of them National Geographic photographer—four or betray each other and be branded for- Ramses, his Pharaoh brother, and the actors portray dozens of characters in a written. From the unforgettable ballets Swan willing to step? Don’t miss this riveting sensual, heart-stirring days that would never ever as ”finks”? Based on the true story of indomitable people who changed them thrilling race against time and treachery. Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, new drama from one of America’s hottest be forgotten. Set amidst the cornfields of Iowa comedian/actor Jack Gilford, this stunning both forever. Inspired by the beloved Grab your family, and your passport, for an to the outrageous 1812 Overture and the young writers. in 1965, it is an intimate remembrance of comic drama is written by his son. DreamWorks Animation film and featuring ingenious, imaginative expedition around brilliant symphonic works, this powerful Contains mature language. love both lost and found, brilliantly adapted Contains mature language. the world! musical tribute travels to Czarist times to a score that includes the Academy Award- ”Warm-blooded, astute. A deeply by a Pulitzer Prize playwright and Tony Award ”A testament to an indomitable spirit.” winning ”When You Believe” by the ”Action and hilarity to spare!” ponder the inevitable enigma of genius. composer from one of America’s favorite American play!” The NY Times The Huffington Post composer and lyricist of Wicked, this The Boston Globe From the creator and performer of Hershey novels. breathtaking journey of faith and family is Felder as Irving Berlin and Beethoven. Mar 7–Apr 1, 2018 Jun 6–Jul 1, 2018 Nov 29–Dec 23, 2017 ”A breathtaking sweep of feelings.” the must-see event of the season. ”Stunning! Potent! Brings beautiful life to Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto Mtn View Center for the Performing Arts Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto The NY Times Oct 6–Nov 5, 2017 Tchaikovsky.” San Diego Union-Tribune Apr 4–29, 2018 Mtn View Center for the Performing Arts Jan 10–Feb 4, 2018 Mtn View Center for the Performing Arts Mtn View Center for the Performing Arts

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An indented line indicates a change in universe. AROUN THE WORL - – From Playwright Nick Payne’s script, in which each scene is preceded by an indented line. FALL GALA Saturday, November 4, 2017 When I first read Constellations, I thought it contemporary science run wild. But it haunted me. I read it again, only to be overwhelmed by the inexplicable accident of humanity, by fragile romance and unpredictable life played out Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club, Menlo Park against the vastness of a universe, perhaps a multiverse, without end. Inspired, I began to collect ideas that might TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s benefit gala is your passport to an guide our production. exhilarating evening of fine wines, gourmet foods, and globe- Why should the universe have a purpose? ...There is a considerable grandeur, I think, in the trotting entertainment! presence of our spectacularly majestic universe just hanging there, wholly without purpose. –Peter Atkins, On Being Gala tickets purchased by 9/30: $385 After 9/30: $430 The cosmic perspective enables us to grasp, in the same thought, the large and the small. ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT TWSV EDUCATION & NEW WORKS PROGRAMS –Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry For more information, contact Events Manager Jodi Corwin I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of ordinary people contrasted with the vast flow of history, or even of the [email protected] 650.463.7112 universe itself. In one of my favorite musicals, Pacific Overtures, Stephen Sondheim focuses on three very average men caught up in the forced opening of Japan to the West in 1853; small men, small minds, worker bees suddenly overwhelmed by forces they could barely comprehend. Yet their individual struggles, rather than history itself, were the essence of this compelling work of theatre.

It's the fragment, not the day It's the pebble, not the stream It's the ripple, not the sea TheatreWorks in the Classroom—Playing with Science That is happening. – Stephen Sondheim, Pacific Overtures their bodies or joining together with fellow classmates Playwright Nick Payne explored similar territory in an article about Constellations in London’s The Telegraph. After his to act out the water cycle. father died, he found himself at a loss. He stumbled onto a documentary about modern physics that “explored the Through Playing with Science, young scientists incompatibility of general relativity and quantum mechanics,” and the new “string theory” that sought to reconcile master new concepts while acquiring theatre skills, the two. But for its math to make sense, string theory posited multiple space-time dimensions and multiple universes. confidence, and collaborative skills, inspiring them Payne wrote: to keep learning in science, theatre, and beyond! I was seduced by the multiverse...in light of my father’s death. The notion that there might be a universe in which my dad was yet to have died was both curiously unhelpful and quietly To learn more about TheatreWorks’ Education consoling. In the quantum multiverse, chance is our saving grace and our Achilles’ heel. programs, visit theatreworks.org/youth-programs/ Constellations is a play in which the science…at the heart of quantum mechanics is explored through the many and varied possible lives of a single couple. I found myself seduced by Payne’s vision of many possible lives, by his idea that any interaction between two people can connect or disconnect with the slightest variance in tone, timing, a single word, even the brightness of a smile. TheatreWorks’ Playing with Science program in elementary schools And yet we tiny humans in a vast multiverse do connect, do find love amidst an infinite number of other possibilities. What theory can explain that? Science and theatre have something in common: they both inspire! TheatreWorks’ education program As I pondered the interplay of love and chance, of physics’ incomprehensibly tiny particles and infinitely expanding combines theatre with science to inspire learning. universe, I decided to send a welcoming note to our cast a few days before rehearsals began: Through our in-classroom program, Playing with I’m intrigued by the play’s science on a cosmic, quantum, and beehive level; I’m fascinated by Science, elementary students explore different the contrast of the vast and the microscopic; I’m daunted by the delicate balance between joy science concepts using theatre and improvisational and tragedy. But I’m most inspired by the love that binds two small lives together, despite the exercises, integrating art with their core subjects. unlimited possibilities of the multiverse. In the end, it’s the humanity of Marianne and Roland In one of our residencies, you might find students that convinces me this is a defining play for our times, and all times. making the shape of a cumulonimbus cloud with

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Elegy British Playwright Nick Payne earned a degree in very personal monologue about his father’s passing, With his next play, , Payne continued his The Art of Dying English/Writing and Performance at the University entitled . One London critic exploration of the mind and memory. Told in reverse Elegy of York in 2006. He continued his education at the suggested that the breadth of Payne’s work was chronological order, is the story of a patient Central School of Speech and Drama, then the “deliberately planned to showcase his versatility as a who has chosen to undergo a procedure to cure an Royal Court Young Writer’s Programme. As a recent dramatist,” though Payne dismissed the notion. unnamed degenerative disease, knowing she will Elegy grad he made ends meet working as an usher at “Nothing is ever conscious in terms of which play lose a portion of her memory bank as a result. The Old Vic Theatre in London, then worked at the follows which,” he said. “It really is out of my hands.” was staged at the Donmar Warehouse in London in bookshop of the National Theatre, writing in his 2016, and earned Payne his second Olivier Award free time. He wouldn’t have to wait long, though, Eventually, Payne turned his attention back to nomination for Best New Play. for his star to rise—within three years of completing science—this time, neuroscience. In an interview The Guardian his undergraduate degree, Nick Payne was a with , Payne stated that he was “struck Less than a decade into his career, Payne’s body of professionally-produced, award-winning playwright. by how little we know about the universe, and it work shows astounding range and a knack for seems it's somewhat similar with the brain.” His next innovation. From the mysteries of the multiverse to piece, Incognito, was inspired by a footnote he came the enigma of the human brain, he is not afraid to His first play, If There Is I Haven’t Found It Yet, across when researching Constellations, about a tackle the unknown, perhaps unknowable. Most Playwright Nick Payne opened at London’s Bush Theatre in 2009. The patient who lost the ability to create new memories. remarkably, he infuses these big ideas into stories production was very well received, and the play won This story (and others) is intertwined with the true that are human and relatable. His “combination of the George Devine Award for Most Promising which my dad was yet to have died was both story of a pathologist who stole Einstein’s brain. scientific precision and sensitivity to the human Playwright. Three years later If There Is… was curiously unhelpful and quietly consoling.” Payne described Incognito as “a play exploring condition” led one critic to call him “a natural heir produced by Roundabout Theatre Company whether we have a continuous self.” It opened at to Tom Stoppard.” No doubt one day we’ll look off-Broadway, starring Jake Gyllenhaal in his New For Payne, this scientific revelation led to a literary the Bush Theatre in 2014, the same company that back on Constellations as a brilliant example of York stage debut. Embedded in the story is the one: “I had written a few plays that were naturalistic launched his career five years earlier, and off- Nick Payne’s early work, in a career that’s bound for question of climate science, which Payne took to in their form, and I found something unsatisfying Broadway by Manhattan Theatre Club in 2016. the stars. – Katie Dai heart. In order to offset the carbon footprint left about it… I came across the multiverse thing and behind by his trans-Atlantic travel, Payne became a thought, I could tell a story in a nonlinear way. I vegetarian. found that really freeing.” Shirking convention, he penned Constellations, a play that takes place Payne’s next play, Wanderlust, opened at the Royal across forty-some unique iterations of the universe. On String Theory Court Theatre’s intimate upstairs venue in 2010, also to great acclaim. That fall he was short-listed for the Within 24 hours of submitting the final script, the Explaining her work to a lover in Constellations, a British cosmologist claims that, “At any given moment, Evening Standard’s Most Promising Playwright Royal Court had agreed to produce it. Constellations several outcomes can co-exist simultaneously … in a vast ensemble of parallel universes.” She is explaining Award. Following the success of Wanderlust, the was first staged at the upstairs theatre in January string theory, which seeks to find a unifying theory for how the universe works. Often referred to as the Royal Court Theatre commissioned Payne to write 2012, then transferred to the Duke of York’s Theatre “theory of everything,” it attempts to bring together the theory of general relativity (concerning gravity and another piece for their upstairs theatre. in London’s West End in November. It was nominated large masses) and the theory of quantum physics (concerning atoms and subatomic particles). The two theories for the Olivier Award for Best New Play, and won the need to be reconciled because in the cases of very small particles with high energies, some of the principles Shortly after receiving the commission, Payne’s Evening Standard Award for Best Play. At just 29 underlying the two theories contradict each other. This prevents us from understanding important subjects father died. years old, Payne was the youngest playwright ever like the early formation of the universe. to receive that honor. Constellations later debuted String theory examines the natural world by generating a single theory that explains phenomena both on a The playwright was, in his words, “At a bit of a on Broadway in 2015, produced by Manhattan very small and a very large scale. It posits that every particle known to us is comprised of minute, vibrating loss…aimlessly googling” when he happened upon Theatre Club. Jake Gyllenhaal starred in the New strings, and its mathematics are compatible with both general relativity and quantum mechanics. But for the The Elegant Universe, a three-part documentary by York production. numbers to add up, we would need to accept that our universe is comprised of many space-time dimensions, Brian Greene. The series laid out the foundations and that our universe might not be the only one out there. of string theory and the idea of the multiverse. In 2013, Payne’s next play, The Same Deep Water “Looking back,” Payne wrote, “I think I can say with as Me, was about “cash for crash” dubious insurance String theory is contested among scientists. Some reject the vast number of “possible universes” it proposes, some accuracy that I was seduced by the multiverse claims. Then came Blurred Lines in 2014, a while others argue that it has simply been accepted as true, despite no experimental verification. Nevertheless, because of what it meant for me in light of my collaboration with Carrie Cracknell that examined a significant number of cosmologists have embraced the “Quantum Multiverse,” in which everything that can father’s death… However maudlin it might now gender issues, inspired by Kat Banyard’s The Equality happen does happen and is happening right at this very moment. Playwright Nick Payne has said that he finds sound, the notion that there might be a universe in Illusion. That year he also wrote and performed a this idea consoling, and full of possibilities. – Holly Dayton

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7/19, 7/26, 8/2 presents THE FOUR IMMIGRANTS A REGIONAL PREMIERE POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS Question and answer with the cast and staff following the performance CONSTELLATIONS By Nick Payne

Based on the DreamWorks Animation Film Directed by Robert Kelley Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Scenic Designer Andrea Bechert Book by Philip LaZebnik Costume Designer Jill Bowers Directed by Scott Schwartz Lighting Designer Steven B. Mannshardt 8/11–20 WORLD PREMIERE Associate Lighting Designer/Digital Visualization Z. William Bakal 16TH ANNUAL in collaboration with Fredericia Teater, Denmark Composer/Sound Designer NEW WORKS FESTIVAL Cliff Caruthers Dialect Coach Kimberly Mohne Hill A nationally-acclaimed incubator Oct 6–Nov 5, 2017 for new works, includes British Sign Language Coach Kalen Feeney Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts “script-in-hand” debuts of five Casting Director Leslie Martinson theatreworks.org 650.463.1960 new musicals and plays, Meet New York Casting Director Alan Filderman the Festival Artists Panel, and Stage Manager Randall K. Lum Special Extras A SNEAK PREVIEW OF WHAT’S IN STORE Lucie Stern Theatre Constellations is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. Renderings for THE PRINCE OF EGYPT by Originally produced on Broadway by the Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Executive Producer, Palo Alto Tony Award-winning Costume Designer Ann Hould-Ward and The Royal Court Theatre by special arrangement with Ambassador Theatre Group and Dodgers on December 16, 2014. and Jefferson Award-winning Scenic Designer Kevin Depinet 8/26 @ 8:00pm EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS OPENING NIGHT OF The Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell Foundation CONSTELLATIONS Post-show celebration with cast and crew PRODUCERS Mountain View Center Mike & Yvonne Nevens Ellice & Jim Papp 8/30, 9/6, 9/13 CONSTELLATIONS SEASON SPONSORS POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS Garden Court Hotel • J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines • The Mercury News • Sobrato Philanthropies Question and answer with the cast and staff following the CONSTELLATIONS plays August 23 – September 17, 2017 performance THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Mountain View Center

12 THEATREWORKS Upcoming TWSV Events COMING NEXT AT THEATREWORKS TheatreWorks July, Aug, Sept S I L I C O N V A L L E Y

7/19, 7/26, 8/2 presents THE FOUR IMMIGRANTS A REGIONAL PREMIERE POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS Question and answer with the cast and staff following the performance CONSTELLATIONS By Nick Payne

encoreartsprograms.com 13 THE CAST Who’s Who Marianne Carie Kawa productions, most recently Daddy Golda’s Balcony; Trying; Into the Roland Robert Gilbert JILL C. BOWERS (Costume Long Legs and Calligraphy. Mr. Designer) has designed costumes Woods (2005); Red; Heart Land The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, Bakal’s other lighting design Under Milk the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. for many TheatreWorks produc- (world premiere); credits include Schoolhouse Rock tions since 1986, including The Wood; Sweeney Todd: The Live! (Children’s Musical Theatre Velocity of Autumn, Fire on the Demon Barber of Fleet Street PLACE & TIME Hideo, A Theatrical England. We have all the time we’ve always had. of San Jose); Mountain, The Lake Effect, Marry (1992); My Children! My Africa!; Concert (Four Lights Productions); Me A Little; The Mountaintop; Into the Woods (1990 Bay Area CONSTELLATIONS WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION. and Arabian Nights (Los Altos Now Circa Then; Opus; Doubt; Theatre Critics Circle Award); and Youth Theatre). Who’s Who ANDREA BECHERT (Scenic ROBERT GILBERT CARIE KAWA NICK PAYNE (Playwright) is the Designer) has designed 30 (Roland) has (Marianne) has author of If There Is I Haven’t productions for TheatreWorks, performed off- previously Found It Yet (2009, George Devine including Crimes of the Heart, Broadway in The appeared in Award), Wanderlust (2010), The Outside Mullingar, The Country Royal Shakespeare TheatreWorks’ Same Deep Water as Me (2013), House, 33 Variations, Snow Falling Company's productions of Far Incognito (2014), The Art of Dying on Cedars, To Kill a Mockingbird, Richard II (Green), East (The Reader), (2014), and Elegy (2016). He is Twentieth Century, Twelfth Night, Henry IV Part I (Mortimer), Henry Charley's Aunt (Kitty), and Twelfth also a screenwriter, having most Bat Boy, Dolly West’s Kitchen, IV Part II (Coleville), and Henry V Night (Viola). She completed two recently adapted Julian Barnes’s Night of the Iguana, Floyd (Dauphin) at BAM; The Public national tours with The Acting The Sense of an Ending for BBC Collins, and Talley's Folly. She Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park Company, performing in Jane Eyre Films in 2017. Constellations has designed scenery for theatres at the Delacorte Theater in Julius (Bertha), The Spy (Sarah Evans), opened at the Royal Court across the country including Caesar (Octavius); at London’s and Henry V (Alice), co-produced Theatre on January 13, 2012, Berkeley Repertory, Colorado PIINEWOOD Royal National Theatre in Blood with the Guthrie Theater. Her directed by Michael Longhurst Shakespeare Festival, American and Gifts (Mujahideen) and regional credits include numerous and starring Rafe Spall and Sally Musical Theatre of San Jose, From Morning To Midnight (Son); appearances at Idaho Shakespeare Hawkins. It transferred to the Chautauqua Theatre Company, Manchester Royal Exchange Festival, Great Lakes Theater, Lake Duke of York’s Theatre in The Starlight Theatre, The and West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, and November 2012, won the Evening Stardust Casino in Las Vegas, co-productions of Anna Karenina Boise Contemporary Theater, Standard Theater Award for Best Opera San José, and Center (Vronsky) and The Rolling Stone where she has participated in four Play later that month, and was REPertory Theatre. Her awards (Sam); on the West End in This world premieres. Other local soon after nominated for an include three Bay Area Theatre House (Clockmaker, Peebles, appearances include California Olivier Award for Best New Play. Critics Circle awards, a Denver Redditch, and Armagh); and Shakespeare Festival and Center Constellations premiered on Ovation Award, and her designs devised and appeared in REP. Ms. Kawa earned her BFA Broadway in January 2015 at the have been included in the 2005 Complicite’s UK national tour of from Occidental College and her Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel World Design Expo and 1996 Lionboy (Rafi). His film and TV MFA from The Academy for J. Friedman Theater, starring Jake Prague Quadrennial. She is credits include Gulliver’s Travels, Classical Acting at the Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson. currently teaching design at San Ready Player One, Uncle, and Shakespeare Theatre Company, José State University, and has Sinbad. D.C, in collaboration with George Z. WILLIAM BAKAL (Associate taught at several other universities Washington University. Lighting Designer/Digital across the country. Ms. Bechert is Visualization) has worked as an a member of United Scenic Artists Assistant Lighting Designer for Local 829. TheatreWorks on over 25

14 THEATREWORKS THE CAST Who’s Who Marianne Carie Kawa productions, most recently Daddy Golda’s Balcony; Trying; Into the Roland Robert Gilbert JILL C. BOWERS (Costume Long Legs and Calligraphy. Mr. Designer) has designed costumes Woods (2005); Red; Heart Land The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, Bakal’s other lighting design Under Milk the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. for many TheatreWorks produc- (world premiere); credits include Schoolhouse Rock tions since 1986, including The Wood; Sweeney Todd: The Live! (Children’s Musical Theatre Velocity of Autumn, Fire on the Demon Barber of Fleet Street PLACE & TIME Hideo, A Theatrical England. We have all the time we’ve always had. of San Jose); Mountain, The Lake Effect, Marry (1992); My Children! My Africa!; Concert (Four Lights Productions); Me A Little; The Mountaintop; Into the Woods (1990 Bay Area CONSTELLATIONS WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION. and Arabian Nights (Los Altos Now Circa Then; Opus; Doubt; Theatre Critics Circle Award); and Youth Theatre). Who’s Who ANDREA BECHERT (Scenic ROBERT GILBERT CARIE KAWA NICK PAYNE (Playwright) is the Designer) has designed 30 (Roland) has (Marianne) has author of If There Is I Haven’t productions for TheatreWorks, performed off- previously Found It Yet (2009, George Devine including Crimes of the Heart, Broadway in The appeared in Award), Wanderlust (2010), The Outside Mullingar, The Country Royal Shakespeare TheatreWorks’ Same Deep Water as Me (2013), House, 33 Variations, Snow Falling Company's productions of Far Incognito (2014), The Art of Dying on Cedars, To Kill a Mockingbird, Richard II (Green), East (The Reader), (2014), and Elegy (2016). He is Twentieth Century, Twelfth Night, Henry IV Part I Henry Charley's Aunt (Kitty), and Twelfth also a screenwriter, having most Bat Boy, Dolly West’s Kitchen, (Mortimer), Pinewood is an independent, coeducational, non-profit, IV Part II Henry V Night (Viola). She completed two recently adapted Julian Barnes’s Night of the Iguana, Floyd (Coleville), and K–12 college-prep school. Students benefit fromsmall national tours with The Acting The Sense of an Ending for BBC (Dauphin) at BAM; The Public Collins, and Talley's Folly. She class size, challenging academic curricula, Jane Eyre Constellations Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park Company, performing in Films in 2017. has designed scenery for theatres The Spy at the Delacorte Theater in Julius (Bertha), (Sarah Evans), opened at the Royal Court across the country including through Caesar (Octavius); at London’s and Henry V (Alice), co-produced Theatre on January 13, 2012, Berkeley Repertory, Colorado P IINEWOOD K Blood with the Guthrie Theater. Her directed by Michael Longhurst Shakespeare Festival, American 12 Royal National Theatre in Passionate Expertise and a wide choice of enrichment activities. and Gifts (Mujahideen) and regional credits include numerous and starring Rafe Spall and Sally Musical Theatre of San Jose, We offer an environment where each student is From Morning To Midnight (Son); appearances at Idaho Shakespeare Hawkins. It transferred to the Chautauqua Theatre Company, High Academic Expectations a respected and vital member of our Manchester Royal Exchange Festival, Great Lakes Theater, Lake Duke of York’s Theatre in The Starlight Theatre, The Unlimited Exploration educational community. We invite you to explore and West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, and November 2012, won the Evening Stardust Casino in Las Vegas, the opportunity for your student to become a part of the Grounded Moral Examples co-productions of Anna Karenina Boise Contemporary Theater, Standard Theater Award for Best Opera San José, and Center Pinewood tradition of academic excellence. For more (Vronsky) and The Rolling Stone where she has participated in four Play later that month, and was REPertory Theatre. Her awards Confident Self-Expression information, please visit our website. world premieres. Other local soon after nominated for an (Sam); on the West End in This include three Bay Area Theatre www.pinewood.edu House (Clockmaker, Peebles, appearances include California Olivier Award for Best New Play. Critics Circle awards, a Denver Redditch, and Armagh); and Shakespeare Festival and Center Constellations premiered on Ovation Award, and her designs devised and appeared in REP. Ms. Kawa earned her BFA Broadway in January 2015 at the have been included in the 2005 Complicite’s UK national tour of from Occidental College and her Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel World Design Expo and 1996 Lionboy (Rafi). His film and TV MFA from The Academy for J. Friedman Theater, starring Jake Prague Quadrennial. She is credits include Gulliver’s Travels, Classical Acting at the Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson. currently teaching design at San Ready Player One, Uncle, and Shakespeare Theatre Company, José State University, and has Sinbad. D.C, in collaboration with George Z. WILLIAM BAKAL (Associate taught at several other universities Washington University. Lighting Designer/Digital across the country. Ms. Bechert is Visualization) has worked as an a member of United Scenic Artists Assistant Lighting Designer for Local 829. TheatreWorks on over 25

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Little Shop of Horrors. As costume Conservatory Theater; Man in RANDALL K. LUM (Stage American Repertory Theater, including Rags, Outside Mullingar, Park with George; Jane Eyre; and director at American Musical Love for Kansas City Repertory Manager) has stage managed Cambridge; Studio Arena Theatre, Triangle, Sweeney Todd, Water by Caroline, or Change; and Back Theatre of San Jose (1997–2004), Theatre, Death of a Salesman, TheatreWorks’ Rags, Outside Buffalo; Magic Theatre; Pasadena the Spoonful, 33 Variations, The Stage West Garland Awards for she oversaw the creation of many and We are Proud to Present for Mullingar, Confederates, The Playhouse; The Weston Playhouse Pitmen Painters, Snow Falling on his direction of Side Show and new productions including The San Jose Stage Company;Troilus Velocity of Autumn, Jane Austen’s Theatre Company, Vermont; Cedars, The North Pool, Doubt, Sunday in the Park with George. Music Man and 3hree Musketeers. and Cressida for Oregon EMMA, The Country House, Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Theophilus North, Arcadia, Jane He recently directed Rags, Daddy She holds an MFA in Design from Shakespeare Festival; Born Fallen Angels, The Lake Effect, Company; and Olympia Theatre, Eyre, Baby Taj, and Anna in the Long Legs, Outside Mullingar, University of Minnesota. Yesterday for Alley Theatre; Circle Peter and the Starcatcher, Water Dublin, Ireland. He previously Tropics. An Associate Professor in Cyrano, Jane Austen’s EMMA, Mirror Transformation for Marin by the Spoonful, Marry Me a taught lighting design at Santa Acting at Santa Clara University, The Country House, Fallen Angels, CLIFF CARUTHERS (Composer/ Theatre Company; TRAGEDY: a Little, Once on This Island, Little Rosa Junior College for 14 years she continues to teach, direct, Peter and the Starcatcher, Sound Designer) is pleased to be tragedy for Berkeley Repertory Women, Time Stands Still, and and now runs an organization dedi- and coach throughout the Bay Sweeney Todd, Marry Me a Little, designing his 69th production for Theatre; The Happy Ones for Other Desert Cities. Other credits cated to improving the education Area. Recent directing credits and Once on This Island. TheatreWorks. Recent work Magic Theatre; Detroit and The include five years at Oregon system for both children and adults include When the Rain Stops includes TheatreWorks’ Outside Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Shakespeare Festival (Equivocation; in Nepal. www.nepal.wwep.org Falling at Dragon Theater and PHIL SANTORA (Managing Mullingar and The Loudest Man for Aurora Theatre Company; American Night: The Ballad of Venus in Fur at San Jose Stage Director) joined TheatreWorks in on Earth; American Night and Happy Days for Guthrie Theater; San Juan Jose; Dead Man’s Cell LESLIE MARTINSON (Casting Company. Ms. Hill just finished 2007. He has served as Managing Irma Vep for California Julius Caesar for The Acting Phone; Ruined; The Unfortunates), Director) is TheatreWorks’ Associate serving as the Assistant Director Director of Northlight Theatre Shakespeare Theater; Elektra and Company; Bug for SF Playhouse; Denver Center Theatre Company, Artistic Director and Casting on ACT’s world premiere of A (Chicago) and Georgia Dead Metaphor for American and Ubu Roi and A Dreamplay for La Jolla Playhouse, Center Director. Her many TheatreWorks Thousand Splendid Suns. She has Shakespeare Festival (Atlanta), Cutting Ball Theater. Theatre Group, The Old Globe, directing credits include The Four published three books with Smith as well as Development Director American Conservatory Theater, Immigrants: An American Musical & Kraus: Great Scenes in Dialect for Great Lakes Theatre Festival KALEN FEENEY (British Sign Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Manga, Calligraphy, Proof, the for Young Actors and Monologues (Cleveland) and George Street Language Coach) was part of the California Shakespeare Theatre, regional premiere of Water by the in Dialect for Young Actors, Playhouse (New Brunswick). Proud to ASL (American Sign Language) Seattle Repertory Theatre, Laguna Spoonful, and the West Coast pre- Volumes I and II. He holds an MFA in Theatre Master team for Switched at Birth Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, mieres of The Pitmen Painters and Administration from the Yale Support for four seasons and has worked and 18 seasons and over 90 pro- Superior Donuts. A graduate of ROBERT KELLEY (Artistic School of Drama and a BA in as an ASL consultant for film and ductions as Resident Stage Occidental College, she has been a Director) is a Bay Area native and Drama from Duke University. TheatreWorks television in Los Angeles. She Manager at South Coast Watson Fellow in political theatre, a Stanford University graduate. He is Vice President of the SFLG recently did British Sign Language Repertory (Wit, Intimate Apparel, member of Lincoln Center He founded TheatreWorks in National Alliance for Musical (BSL) coaching for Constellations Three Days of Rain, Blue Door, Director’s Lab, a member of the La 1970 and has directed over 175 Theatre Board. Prior board at The Geffen Playhouse and has The Further Adventures of Hedda MaMa International Directing TheatreWorks productions, service includes the League of done sign language consulting for Gabler, Kimberly Akimbo). Symposium, and has served on including many world and regional Chicago Theatres, Atlanta Personal attention Portland Center Stage, Tygres Theatre Bay Area’s Theatre Services premieres. He has received the Coalition of Theatres, and the thoughtful litigation Heart Shakespeare Company, and STEVEN B. MANNSHARDT Committee since 2002. Silicon Silicon Valley Arts Council’s executive committee of the final resolution Deaf Spotlight. Ms. Feeney (Lighting Designer) has been the Valley Creates named her an Arts Legacy Laureate Award; the Bay League of Resident Theatres FAMILY LAW FAMILY Our goal is to preserve our learned BSL when she was living lighting designer for over 70 Laureate for artistic achievement Area Theatre Critics Circle Paine (LORT). He was named 2000’s client’s dignity and humanity. in England, studying for a Masters productions at TheatreWorks, and community impact. She is a Knickerbocker Award and Jerry Best Arts Administrator by in Screenwriting. having won numerous Bay Area Performance Coach in leadership Friedman Award for Lifetime Atlanta Magazine and received Theatre Critics Circle, Theatre Bay communication training with Stand Achievement; BATCC Awards for the Atlanta Arts and Business FA M I LYLAW G R OUP, P. C . ROBERT KELLEY (Director) Area and Dean Goodman Choice and Deliver Group. Outstanding Direction for The Council’s 1998 ABBY Award for 575 Market Street, Suite 4000 Please see bio on page 17. Awards for his work. His regional Hound of the Baskervilles; Into Arts Administrator. San Francisco, CA 94105 design credits include Long KIMBERLY MOHNE HILL (Dialect the Woods; Pacific Overtures; 415.834.1120 www.sflg.com Wharf Theatre, New Haven; A Coach) has served as Dialect Coach Rags; Sweeney Todd; Another Contemporary Theatre, Seattle; on over 25 shows for TheatreWorks, Midsummer Night; Sunday in the

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Little Shop of Horrors. As costume Conservatory Theater; Man in RANDALL K. LUM (Stage American Repertory Theater, including Rags, Outside Mullingar, Park with George; Jane Eyre; and director at American Musical Love for Kansas City Repertory Manager) has stage managed Cambridge; Studio Arena Theatre, Triangle, Sweeney Todd, Water by Caroline, or Change; and Back Theatre of San Jose (1997–2004), Theatre, Death of a Salesman, TheatreWorks’ Rags, Outside Buffalo; Magic Theatre; Pasadena the Spoonful, 33 Variations, The Stage West Garland Awards for she oversaw the creation of many and We are Proud to Present for Mullingar, Confederates, The Playhouse; The Weston Playhouse Pitmen Painters, Snow Falling on his direction of Side Show and new productions including The San Jose Stage Company;Troilus Velocity of Autumn, Jane Austen’s Theatre Company, Vermont; Cedars, The North Pool, Doubt, Sunday in the Park with George. Music Man and 3hree Musketeers. and Cressida for Oregon EMMA, The Country House, Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Theophilus North, Arcadia, Jane He recently directed Rags, Daddy She holds an MFA in Design from Shakespeare Festival; Born Fallen Angels, The Lake Effect, Company; and Olympia Theatre, Eyre, Baby Taj, and Anna in the Long Legs, Outside Mullingar, University of Minnesota. Yesterday for Alley Theatre; Circle Peter and the Starcatcher, Water Dublin, Ireland. He previously Tropics. An Associate Professor in Cyrano, Jane Austen’s EMMA, Mirror Transformation for Marin by the Spoonful, Marry Me a taught lighting design at Santa Acting at Santa Clara University, The Country House, Fallen Angels, CLIFF CARUTHERS (Composer/ Theatre Company; TRAGEDY: a Little, Once on This Island, Little Rosa Junior College for 14 years she continues to teach, direct, Peter and the Starcatcher, Sound Designer) is pleased to be tragedy for Berkeley Repertory Women, Time Stands Still, and and now runs an organization dedi- and coach throughout the Bay Sweeney Todd, Marry Me a Little, designing his 69th production for Theatre; The Happy Ones for Other Desert Cities. Other credits cated to improving the education Area. Recent directing credits and Once on This Island. TheatreWorks. Recent work Magic Theatre; Detroit and The include five years at Oregon system for both children and adults include When the Rain Stops includes TheatreWorks’ Outside Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity Shakespeare Festival (Equivocation; in Nepal. www.nepal.wwep.org Falling at Dragon Theater and PHIL SANTORA (Managing Mullingar and The Loudest Man for Aurora Theatre Company; American Night: The Ballad of Venus in Fur at San Jose Stage Director) joined TheatreWorks in on Earth; American Night and Happy Days for Guthrie Theater; San Juan Jose; Dead Man’s Cell LESLIE MARTINSON (Casting Company. Ms. Hill just finished 2007. He has served as Managing Irma Vep for California Julius Caesar for The Acting Phone; Ruined; The Unfortunates), Director) is TheatreWorks’ Associate serving as the Assistant Director Director of Northlight Theatre Shakespeare Theater; Elektra and Company; Bug for SF Playhouse; Denver Center Theatre Company, Artistic Director and Casting on ACT’s world premiere of A (Chicago) and Georgia Dead Metaphor for American and Ubu Roi and A Dreamplay for La Jolla Playhouse, Center Director. Her many TheatreWorks Thousand Splendid Suns. She has Shakespeare Festival (Atlanta), Cutting Ball Theater. Theatre Group, The Old Globe, directing credits include The Four published three books with Smith as well as Development Director American Conservatory Theater, Immigrants: An American Musical & Kraus: Great Scenes in Dialect for Great Lakes Theatre Festival KALEN FEENEY (British Sign Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Manga, Calligraphy, Proof, the for Young Actors and Monologues (Cleveland) and George Street Language Coach) was part of the California Shakespeare Theatre, regional premiere of Water by the in Dialect for Young Actors, Playhouse (New Brunswick). ASL (American Sign Language) Seattle Repertory Theatre, Laguna Spoonful, and the West Coast pre- Volumes I and II. He holds an MFA in Theatre Master team for Switched at Birth Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, mieres of The Pitmen Painters and Administration from the Yale for four seasons and has worked and 18 seasons and over 90 pro- Superior Donuts. A graduate of ROBERT KELLEY (Artistic School of Drama and a BA in as an ASL consultant for film and ductions as Resident Stage Occidental College, she has been a Director) is a Bay Area native and Drama from Duke University. television in Los Angeles. She Manager at South Coast Watson Fellow in political theatre, a Stanford University graduate. He is Vice President of the SFLG recently did British Sign Language Repertory (Wit, Intimate Apparel, member of Lincoln Center He founded TheatreWorks in National Alliance for Musical (BSL) coaching for Constellations Three Days of Rain, Blue Door, Director’s Lab, a member of the La 1970 and has directed over 175 Theatre Board. Prior board at The Geffen Playhouse and has The Further Adventures of Hedda MaMa International Directing TheatreWorks productions, service includes the League of done sign language consulting for Gabler, Kimberly Akimbo). Symposium, and has served on including many world and regional Chicago Theatres, Atlanta Portland Center Stage, Tygres Theatre Bay Area’s Theatre Services premieres. He has received the Coalition of Theatres, and the Heart Shakespeare Company, and STEVEN B. MANNSHARDT Committee since 2002. Silicon Silicon Valley Arts Council’s executive committee of the Deaf Spotlight. Ms. Feeney (Lighting Designer) has been the Valley Creates named her an Arts Legacy Laureate Award; the Bay League of Resident Theatres learned BSL when she was living lighting designer for over 70 Laureate for artistic achievement Area Theatre Critics Circle Paine (LORT). He was named 2000’s in England, studying for a Masters productions at TheatreWorks, and community impact. She is a Knickerbocker Award and Jerry Best Arts Administrator by in Screenwriting. having won numerous Bay Area Performance Coach in leadership Friedman Award for Lifetime Atlanta Magazine and received Theatre Critics Circle, Theatre Bay communication training with Stand Achievement; BATCC Awards for the Atlanta Arts and Business ROBERT KELLEY (Director) Area and Dean Goodman Choice and Deliver Group. Outstanding Direction for The Council’s 1998 ABBY Award for Please see bio on page 17. Awards for his work. His regional Hound of the Baskervilles; Into Arts Administrator. design credits include Long KIMBERLY MOHNE HILL (Dialect the Woods; Pacific Overtures; Wharf Theatre, New Haven; A Coach) has served as Dialect Coach Rags; Sweeney Todd; Another Contemporary Theatre, Seattle; on over 25 shows for TheatreWorks, Midsummer Night; Sunday in the

encoreartsprograms.com 17 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Contributors Peter & Laura Haas Don & Deborah Bennett Kovin Hagan Beth & Charlie Perrell Jerre & Nancy Hitz Caroline Beverstock Russell & Debbie Hall Carrie Perzow & Von Leirer THE PRODUCER CIRCLE D & J Hodgson Family Foundation Charlotte & David Biegelsen David & Noreen Henig Ronnie Plasters TheatreWorks Producers have made a gift of $10,000 or more. They are invited to exclusive events with visiting artists, and on special theatre trips. Producers may select Jack Jorgenson Robert & Letty Block Craig & Deborah Hoffman John & Valerie Poggi a production to follow from ”page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits. Chris Kenrick Neil & Karen Bonke Anne & Emma Grace Holmes Diane Posnak Contact Ronnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information Hal & Iris Korol Bob & Martha Bowden Susan M. Huch Karen & John Reis John & Catharine Kristian Lauren & Darrell Boyle Perry A. Irvine & Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones Visionary Producers Janet Strauss & Jeff Hawkins Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Sue & Dick Levy Bill & Terry Krivan Michael & Leslie Braun Linda Romley-Irvine Edward & Verne Rice ($50,000 and above) Lynn Szekely-Goode & Ranae DeSantis Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro Arlene & Jack Leslie Kathy Bridgman Sudhanshu & Lori Jain Paul & Sheri Robbins Ann S. Bowers Dr. Richard Goode John & Susan Diekman Marks Family Foundation Janet Littlefield & Ellen & Marc Brown Mary Louise Johnson Bob Rodert & Bev Kiltz Anne & Larry Hambly Mark & Teri Vershel Susan Fairbrook The Marmor Foundation/ William Coggshall Marda Buchholz & Marcie Brown Claiborne S. Jones Alicia Rojas & Howard Lyons Dr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr. Lisa Webster & Ted Semple Dan & Catharine Garber Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor Malcolm MacNaughton Eric Butler MD & Hilary Jones* Alan Russell & Fred Thiemann TheatreWorks Board Emeritus Gayla Lorthridge Wood & Sylvia & Ron Gerst Gillian & Tom Moran Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Suzanne Rocca-Butler Craig & Gina Jorasch Family Fund Ellen & Jerry Saliman Walt Wood Emeri & Brad Handler Leslie & Douglas Murphy-Chutorian The Merrimac Fund Jeff & Deborah Byron Mr. & Mrs. Abdo Kadifa Joseph & Sandy Santandrea Executive Producers Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Eileen Nelson & Hugh Franks Buff & Cindy Miller Calvin & Jennifer Carr Thomas Kailath & Anu Maitra Carolyn Schutz* ($25,000 to $49,999) Producers William J. Higgs Yvonne & Mike Nevens Myrna & Hy Mitchner, PhD Ron & Sally Carter Louise Karr Perry Segal ($10,000 to $24,999) Bruce Cozadd Larry Horton & George Wilson Richard Partridge Margo & Roy Ogus Rowland & Dawn Chase Ruth Ann & David Keefer Pamela & Rick Shames Anonymous (3) Yogen & Peggy Dalal Edward Hunter & Adam Samuels Susan Rabin Buchanan & Josephine Chien & Cynthia & Bert Keely Jack Shannahan Marsha & Bill Adler The John & Marcia Goldman Michelle Garcia Philip Santora & Cristian Asher David Buchanan Stephen Johnson Arthur Keller Sarah Shema & Neyssa Marina Lois & Dr. Edward Anderson Foundation Charlotte Jacobs & Dorothy Saxe Joe, Nancy, Sam & Sara Ragey Lee & Amy Christel Liz & Rick Kniss Marge & Jim Shively Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer The Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell Roderick Young Loren & Shelley Saxe In memory of Pearl Reimer Larry & Sara Condit Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz Carolyn & Rick Silberman Lucy Berlin & Glenn Trewitt Foundation Leigh & Roy Johnson Martha Seaver & Scott Walecka Orli & Zack Rinat Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchowny in Jim & Marilyn Lattin Gerry Sipes David & Lauren Berman Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Mike & Martha Kahn Leonard Shustek & Donna Dubinsky Tom Rindfleisch & Carli Scott memory of Milt, Michael, & Jack Henry Lawson & Mariangela Smania & Pierre Cintra Jayne Booker Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Julie Kaufman & Doug Klein Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy Charles G. 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Bessey in memory Paul & Debbie Baker Douglas & Loretta Allred Marilee Gardner Shauna Mika & Rick Callison Ken & Ruth Wilcox Ann S. Bowers Mendelsohn Family Fund of Dr. Kevin J. Gilmartin Joel & Wendy Bartlett Mary Ann Anthony & Ken Fowkes Ciro & Eileen Giammona Sondra Murphy & Jeremy Platt Bruce & Elinor Wilner Gayle & Steve Brugler Rebecca & James Morgan David & Ann Crockett Jim Bassett & Lily Hurlimann Shirley Bailey Kenneth & Susan Greathouse James Niemasik Lynn Wilson & Howard Roberts Bruce Cozadd Cynthia Sears John & Wynne Dobyns Anne & Buz Battle Pat Bashaw & Gene Segre Renee & Mark Greenstein Lynn & Susan Orr Neil & Ann Wolff Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Barbara Shapiro & Mark Lewis David E. Gold & The BelleJAR Foundation Jane Baxter & Steve Beck Mary Ann & John Grilli Ellice & Jim Papp Bill & Sue Worthington Sylvia & Ron Gerst Rick Stern & Irene Blumenkranz Steven & Michele Boal Mr. & Mrs. David W. Beach Barbara Gunther David Pasta in memory of Linda & Joel Zizmor Betsy & George Bechtel Jim & Linda Hagan Gloria J.A. Guth Anne & Larry Hambly Nancy Ginsburg Stern Ronald Hayden Marah & Gene Brehaut Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Mark & Teri Vershel Linda M. Hinton & Vince Foecke Bruce & Gail Chizen Lisa & Marc Jones Dean & Wilma Chu Julie Kaufman Lisa Webster Benefactors Rob & Ann Marangell Nancy Mahoney Cohen ($750 to $1,499) Tom & Sharon Kelley Watkins Family Charitable Richard Niblock Diane & Howard Crittenden Anonymous • Sally Abel • Kathleen Anderson & Jeffrey Lipkin • Doug & Marie Barry • Brigid Barton • Fumiko & Carl Bielefeldt • Sharon & John Brauman • James B. Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Trust Bill & Janet Nicholls Randy Curry & Kay Simon Brennock • Marni Brown & Gabe Garcia • David Cohan • Robert A. Cook • Ron & Marion Dickel • Suzanne & Allan Epstein • Wesley & Dianne Gardiner • Joseph & Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Carol Watts Ron & Lila Schmidt Redwood Serenity Fund Sondra Glider • Jack & Joan Gorham • Sue & Bill Gould • James Heeger & Daryl Messinger • Susan Heller • Mitzi Henderson • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Laurie T Jarrett • Dorothy Lazier Janne & Bill Wissel Ellen & Ed Smith Richard & Josephine Ferrie Dean & Patricia Johnson • Carl Jukkola & Desmond Lee • David & Joyce Kim • Michael & Ina Korek • Allan & Linda Kramer • George & Ann Limbach • Alexander & Anne Long • Anders & Juneko Martinson • Katherine Mason • Sharon & Harris Meyers • Gus Meyner in memory of Miriam • William & Sue Miklos • Annie Nunan* • Sharon & Mark & Debra Leslie Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir Gayle Flanagan John Patterson • Susan Rinne • Zeljko Ivanek in memory of Bridget Ross • Mr. & Mrs. John Rudolph • Tom & Nan Ryan • Nancy & Magnus Ryde • Emil & Barbara Sarpa AV Flox & Yonatan Zunger Carole & Michael Marks • Lee & Kim Scheuer • David & Harriet Schnur • Ursula Shultz • Barbara and David Sloss • Peter & Anne Steiner • Polly Taylor in memory of Ted Taylor • Marilyn Tinderholt Lynda & Steve Fox • Gary & Cathy Walz • Judith & Peter Wolken Peter & Rose Friedland Contributions listed were received between 07/05/2016 and 07/05/2017. Program deadlines and space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. Terry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Sarah Benjamin at 650.463.7132 or [email protected]. Robert Kelley * Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts.

18 THEATREWORKS TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Contributors Peter & Laura Haas Don & Deborah Bennett Kovin Hagan Beth & Charlie Perrell Jerre & Nancy Hitz Caroline Beverstock Russell & Debbie Hall Carrie Perzow & Von Leirer THE PRODUCER CIRCLE D & J Hodgson Family Foundation Charlotte & David Biegelsen David & Noreen Henig Ronnie Plasters TheatreWorks Producers have made a gift of $10,000 or more. They are invited to exclusive events with visiting artists, and on special theatre trips. Producers may select Jack Jorgenson Robert & Letty Block Craig & Deborah Hoffman John & Valerie Poggi a production to follow from ”page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits. Chris Kenrick Neil & Karen Bonke Anne & Emma Grace Holmes Diane Posnak Contact Ronnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information Hal & Iris Korol Bob & Martha Bowden Susan M. Huch Karen & John Reis John & Catharine Kristian Lauren & Darrell Boyle Perry A. Irvine & Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones Visionary Producers Janet Strauss & Jeff Hawkins Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Sue & Dick Levy Bill & Terry Krivan Michael & Leslie Braun Linda Romley-Irvine Edward & Verne Rice ($50,000 and above) Lynn Szekely-Goode & Ranae DeSantis Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro Arlene & Jack Leslie Kathy Bridgman Sudhanshu & Lori Jain Paul & Sheri Robbins Ann S. Bowers Dr. Richard Goode John & Susan Diekman Marks Family Foundation Janet Littlefield & Ellen & Marc Brown Mary Louise Johnson Bob Rodert & Bev Kiltz Anne & Larry Hambly Mark & Teri Vershel Susan Fairbrook The Marmor Foundation/ William Coggshall Marda Buchholz & Marcie Brown Claiborne S. Jones Alicia Rojas & Howard Lyons Dr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr. Lisa Webster & Ted Semple Dan & Catharine Garber Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor Malcolm MacNaughton Eric Butler MD & Hilary Jones* Alan Russell & Fred Thiemann TheatreWorks Board Emeritus Gayla Lorthridge Wood & Sylvia & Ron Gerst Gillian & Tom Moran Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Suzanne Rocca-Butler Craig & Gina Jorasch Family Fund Ellen & Jerry Saliman Walt Wood Emeri & Brad Handler Leslie & Douglas Murphy-Chutorian The Merrimac Fund Jeff & Deborah Byron Mr. & Mrs. Abdo Kadifa Joseph & Sandy Santandrea Executive Producers Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Eileen Nelson & Hugh Franks Buff & Cindy Miller Calvin & Jennifer Carr Thomas Kailath & Anu Maitra Carolyn Schutz* ($25,000 to $49,999) Producers William J. Higgs Yvonne & Mike Nevens Myrna & Hy Mitchner, PhD Ron & Sally Carter Louise Karr Perry Segal ($10,000 to $24,999) Bruce Cozadd Larry Horton & George Wilson Richard Partridge Margo & Roy Ogus Rowland & Dawn Chase Ruth Ann & David Keefer Pamela & Rick Shames Anonymous (3) Yogen & Peggy Dalal Edward Hunter & Adam Samuels Susan Rabin Buchanan & Josephine Chien & Cynthia & Bert Keely Jack Shannahan Marsha & Bill Adler The John & Marcia Goldman Michelle Garcia Philip Santora & Cristian Asher David Buchanan Stephen Johnson Arthur Keller Sarah Shema & Neyssa Marina Lois & Dr. Edward Anderson Foundation Charlotte Jacobs & Dorothy Saxe Joe, Nancy, Sam & Sara Ragey Lee & Amy Christel Liz & Rick Kniss Marge & Jim Shively Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer The Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell Roderick Young Loren & Shelley Saxe In memory of Pearl Reimer Larry & Sara Condit Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz Carolyn & Rick Silberman Lucy Berlin & Glenn Trewitt Foundation Leigh & Roy Johnson Martha Seaver & Scott Walecka Orli & Zack Rinat Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchowny in Jim & Marilyn Lattin Gerry Sipes David & Lauren Berman Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Mike & Martha Kahn Leonard Shustek & Donna Dubinsky Tom Rindfleisch & Carli Scott memory of Milt, Michael, & Jack Henry Lawson & Mariangela Smania & Pierre Cintra Jayne Booker Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Julie Kaufman & Doug Klein Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy Charles G. Schulz & Claire E. Taylor Jeff & Amy Crowe Marcia Wells-Lawson Pamela Smith Bredt Family Fund at Truckee Mendelsohn Family Fund Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro Debra Summers & John Baker Edward & Jane Seaman Richard & Anita Davis Elizabeth Leep Todd Smith Tahoe Community Foundation Morgan Family Foundation Tom & Sharon Kelley Watkins Family Charitable Fund Bart Sears Scott & Edie DeVine Linda Lester Art Stamness Steve & Gayle Brugler Cynthia Sears Robin & Don Kennedy Carol Watts Joyce Reynolds Sinclair & Douglas Dexter Janet & Phil Levine Jim Stephens & Abraham Brown Steven & Karin Chase Rick Stern & Dick & Cathy Lampman Harriet & Frank Weiss Dr. Gerald M. Sinclair Dennis & Cindy Dillon Donald & Rachel Levy The Sher-Right Fund Fran Codispoti Nancy Ginsburg Stern Dorothy Lazier Jane Weston & J. Horn Sheri Sobrato Monica Donovan Stephen & Nancy Levy Jan Thomson & Roy Levin George & Susan Crow Debra Leslie Bill & Janne Wissel Lisa & Matthew Sonsini Pamela Dougherty Robert J. Lipshutz & Helaina Titus Jerry Strom & Marilyn Austin Mr. & Mrs. Robert English Nancy Wong, MD Ted & Betty Ullman Catherine & Jeff Thermond Sue & Jeff Epstein Drs. John & Penny Loeb Tzipor Ulman & Dan Rubinstein THE INNER CIRCLE Jayne Booker, Chair Odette & Ewart Thomas Patrick Farris Tom & Sally Logothetti Les & Judy Vadasz Members of The Inner Circle contribute a minimum of $1,500 each season and enjoy Holly Ward & Scott Spector Sheldon Finkelstein & Richard & Charlene Maltzman in Robert J. Van der Leest, MD a variety of benefits including priority subscription seating, VIP ticket purchases and Griff & Lynne Weber Beatriz V. Infante memory of Carol Adler Mimi & Jim Van Horne 45 for 45Circle exchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artists Bart & Nancy Westcott Peggy Woodford Forbes & Marilyn Manning & Lorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez & TheatreWorks 45 for 45 Circle members have made a multi-year events. Contact Hans Cardenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more Mark & Sheila Wolfson Harry Bremond Richard Lonergan Fred C. Rodriguez information. pledge of $45,000 or more to honor Robert Kelley and Diane & Bob Frankle Anne B. McCarthy Thomas Vogelsang TW’s 45th Anniversary. Contact Ronnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or Associate Producers Directors Players Barbara Franklin & Bernie Loth Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan Margaret & Curt Weil [email protected] for more information. ($6,000 to $9,999) ($3,000 to $5,999) ($1,500 to $2,999) Francis Franklin Kevin McCoy Elissa Wellikson & Tim Shroyer Anonymous (2) Paul Asente & Ron Jenks Anonymous (5) Jay & Joyce Friedrichs Dave & Carolyn McLoughlin Arlene & Bruce S. White Katherine Bazak & John Dohner Carol Bacchetti Marc & Sophia Abramson Markus Fromherz & Heike Schmitz Rani Menon & Keith Amidon Karen Carlson White Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Dr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory Paul & Debbie Baker Douglas & Loretta Allred Marilee Gardner Shauna Mika & Rick Callison Ken & Ruth Wilcox Ann S. Bowers Mendelsohn Family Fund of Dr. Kevin J. Gilmartin Joel & Wendy Bartlett Mary Ann Anthony & Ken Fowkes Ciro & Eileen Giammona Sondra Murphy & Jeremy Platt Bruce & Elinor Wilner Gayle & Steve Brugler Rebecca & James Morgan David & Ann Crockett Jim Bassett & Lily Hurlimann Shirley Bailey Kenneth & Susan Greathouse James Niemasik Lynn Wilson & Howard Roberts Bruce Cozadd Cynthia Sears John & Wynne Dobyns Anne & Buz Battle Pat Bashaw & Gene Segre Renee & Mark Greenstein Lynn & Susan Orr Neil & Ann Wolff Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Barbara Shapiro & Mark Lewis David E. Gold & The BelleJAR Foundation Jane Baxter & Steve Beck Mary Ann & John Grilli Ellice & Jim Papp Bill & Sue Worthington Sylvia & Ron Gerst Rick Stern & Irene Blumenkranz Steven & Michele Boal Mr. & Mrs. David W. Beach Barbara Gunther David Pasta in memory of Linda & Joel Zizmor Betsy & George Bechtel Jim & Linda Hagan Gloria J.A. Guth Anne & Larry Hambly Nancy Ginsburg Stern Ronald Hayden Marah & Gene Brehaut Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Mark & Teri Vershel Linda M. Hinton & Vince Foecke Bruce & Gail Chizen Lisa & Marc Jones Dean & Wilma Chu Julie Kaufman Lisa Webster Benefactors Rob & Ann Marangell Nancy Mahoney Cohen ($750 to $1,499) Tom & Sharon Kelley Watkins Family Charitable Richard Niblock Diane & Howard Crittenden Anonymous • Sally Abel • Kathleen Anderson & Jeffrey Lipkin • Doug & Marie Barry • Brigid Barton • Fumiko & Carl Bielefeldt • Sharon & John Brauman • James B. Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Trust Bill & Janet Nicholls Randy Curry & Kay Simon Brennock • Marni Brown & Gabe Garcia • David Cohan • Robert A. Cook • Ron & Marion Dickel • Suzanne & Allan Epstein • Wesley & Dianne Gardiner • Joseph & Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Carol Watts Ron & Lila Schmidt Redwood Serenity Fund Sondra Glider • Jack & Joan Gorham • Sue & Bill Gould • James Heeger & Daryl Messinger • Susan Heller • Mitzi Henderson • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Laurie T Jarrett • Dorothy Lazier Janne & Bill Wissel Ellen & Ed Smith Richard & Josephine Ferrie Dean & Patricia Johnson • Carl Jukkola & Desmond Lee • David & Joyce Kim • Michael & Ina Korek • Allan & Linda Kramer • George & Ann Limbach • Alexander & Anne Long • Anders & Juneko Martinson • Katherine Mason • Sharon & Harris Meyers • Gus Meyner in memory of Miriam • William & Sue Miklos • Annie Nunan* • Sharon & Mark & Debra Leslie Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir Gayle Flanagan John Patterson • Susan Rinne • Zeljko Ivanek in memory of Bridget Ross • Mr. & Mrs. John Rudolph • Tom & Nan Ryan • Nancy & Magnus Ryde • Emil & Barbara Sarpa AV Flox & Yonatan Zunger Carole & Michael Marks • Lee & Kim Scheuer • David & Harriet Schnur • Ursula Shultz • Barbara and David Sloss • Peter & Anne Steiner • Polly Taylor in memory of Ted Taylor • Marilyn Tinderholt Lynda & Steve Fox • Gary & Cathy Walz • Judith & Peter Wolken Peter & Rose Friedland Contributions listed were received between 07/05/2016 and 07/05/2017. Program deadlines and space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. Terry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Sarah Benjamin at 650.463.7132 or [email protected]. Robert Kelley * Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts.

encoreartsprograms.com 19 VISIONARY SPONSORS CORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS TheatreWorks SV Staff Artistic Director Robert Kelley Managing Director Phil Santora Foundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits. Contact Ronnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information. ARTISTIC SCENERY DEVELOPMENT MARKETING Associate Artistic Director Technical Director Visionary Sponsors Sponsors Friends Director of Development Acting Marketing Director Leslie Martinson Frank Sarmiento Ronnie Plasters Syche Phillips ($50,000 and above) ($10,000 to $14,999) ($1,000 to $2,499) The Garden Court Hotel* Adams Wine Group* Anonymous Director of New Works Lead Scenic Artist/Craftsman Associate Director of Art Director The William & Flora Hewlett The Leonard C. & Mildred F. Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts Giovanna Sardelli Tom Langguth Individual Giving Ev Shiro Foundation Ferguson Foundation Grants, a program of Silicon Valley H. Hans Cárdenas Company Manager/ Master Carpenter Box Office Manager J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines* Harrell Remodeling Creates Casting Associate Bill Roberts Grants & Communication Manager Alix Josefski The Mercury News* Heising-Simons Foundation ChaseVP* Jeffrey Lo Ginnie Redmond Microsoft Corporation* Hengehold Motor Company* The Dramatists Guild Fund Carpenters Marketing & Communications The David & Lucile Packard International ProInsurance Services LLC FutureWorks Fellow Esteban Calvillo Events Manager Manager Foundation Benefactors Nikon Precision, Inc. Akemi Okamura Rodrigo Frausto Jodi Corwin Heather Orth The Shubert Foundation ($5,000 to $9,999) Regarding Arts Patrick McKenna Resident Musical Director Development Operations Manager Digital Media Manager Sobrato Philanthropies* Dodge & Cox Investment William Liberatore Sarah Benjamin Jennifer Gosk Managers Matching Gifts New Works Reading Committee PROPERTIES Presenting Sponsor Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Many companies will double or triple their Telefunding/Telesales Systems Analyst Bill Adler, Cristian Asher, ($25,000 to $49,999) Trusts employees’ contributions to nonprofits. Properties Master Constance Gannon Andrew Skelton It’s a great way to make your gift to Elaine Baskin, Doug Brook, Avant! Foundation Palo Alto Weekly Christopher Fitzer TheatreWorks go further at no extra cost. Sue Krumbein, Shareen Merriam, Ticket Services Supervisor National Endowment for the Arts Holiday Fund Call 650.463.7155 for more information. Patty Reinhart, Cindi Sears, Properties Stock Manager Michelle Skinner Sand Hill Foundation Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & EDUCATION Amazon Smile Foundation Scott Walecka Alfred Rudolph Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry* Rosati Foundation Patron Services Coordinator Adobe Systems Director of Education Artistic Staff Assistant Tracy Hayden Agilent Technologies Amy Cole-Farrell Supporting Sponsors Supporters Jessia Hoffman Avant! Foundation COSTUMES Ticket Services Representatives ($15,000 to $24,999) ($2,500 to $4,999) Associate Education Director Apple New Works Festival Intern Andrée Beals, Laura Henricksen, Applied Materials Avidbank Costume Director Katie Bartholomew Google Holly Dayton Margaret Purdy Carla Befera Public Relations* Cooley LLP* Jill Bowers PRESENTING SPONSORS Hewlett-Packard Company Education Associate/ Fenwick & West LLP Los Altos Community Company Management Interns Assistant Costumer Graphics Assistant IBM Master Teaching Artist The Kimball Foundation Foundation Pyper Hayden, Benjamin Wong Noah Marin Katie Dai Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Meghan C. Hakes The Harold & Mimi Steinberg S. H. Cowell Foundation Microsoft Lead Cutter/Draper Public Relations & Advertising Charitable Trust The Morrison & Foerster Master Teaching Artist Netflix PRODUCTION, Yen La Wong Carla Befera & Co. Foundation Piper LaGrelius Rambus Inc. Carla Befera, Courtney Heimbuck Palo Alto Weekly* LIGHTING, & SOUND Costume Rentals Manager Teaching Artists Company Photographers Perkins Coie LLP * Indicates donors whose gifts include Production Manager Conni Edwards Jake Arky Synaptics in-kind goods or services. Kevin Berne, Alessandra Mello David A. Milligan Assistant Cutter/First Hand Lauren Berman Wells Fargo Jennifer Debevec Marketing Intern Assistant Production Manager Michelle Earney Caitlin Evenson Kaede Komatsuzaki Elizar Ivanov Stitchers Josh Marx ENDOWMENT FUND Son Pham Operations Manager/ Lauren Mayer TheatreWorks Silicon Valley thanks the following lead donors for their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts. Master Electrician Resident Wigmaster Michileen Oberst ADMINISTRATIVE Marsha & Bill Adler • William C. Anderson • Ann S. Bowers • Polly & Tom Bredt • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Steven B. Mannshardt Sharon Ridge Jed Pasario General Manager Hoffman • Peter & Melanie Cross • Yogen & Peggy Dalal • Carl H. Feldman • Kathryn Green • The John & SUPPORTING SPONSORS Resident Lighting Designer Kelly Rinehart Scott DeVine Marcia Goldman Foundation • Emeri & Brad Handler • Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts • Charles & Roberta Hair Stylist Steven B. Mannshardt Jeanne Naritomi Martin Rojas Dietrich Katz Family Foundation • Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan • The Rathmann Family Foundation • Eddie Cassie Rosenbrock Database Administrator Production Coordinator Reynolds • John & Diane Savage • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode Costume Interns Elissa Stebbins Ken Maitz Karen Szpaller Nika Cassaro, Molly Dagnelie Amanda Wallace Business Manager FUTUREWORKS Electricians Maryssa Wanlass Jason Hyde FutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of life Kat Arguello, Danny Beall, insurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact [email protected] for more information. Steven Fetter, Carolyn Guggemos, STAGE MANAGEMENT Staff Accountant Barbara Sloss Anonymous (6) • Marc Abramson • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • Elaine Baskin & A.C. Hay, Cosmo Hom, Resident Stage Manager Ken Krechmer • Pauline Berkow & Ronald Kauffman • David & Lauren Berman • Jayne Booker • James & Diane Dan Kaminski, Sean Kramer, Randall K. Lum Front Desk Volunteers Bordoni • Ann S. Bowers • Steve & Gayle Brugler • Carol Buchser • The estate of Cathryn Z. Cannon • Eleanor Nick Kumamoto, Evan Lola, Joan Doherty, Cindi Sears Harris Meyers, Gary Nelson, W. Caughlan • Steven & Karin Chase • Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchowny • Bruce Cozadd • George & Susan Crow • And thanks to our fabulous SPONSORS Jeff Spackman, Jarku Tang John & Wynne Dobyns • John & Linda Elman • Frances Escherich • Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • Gayle TheatreWorkers! Flanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & Rose Friedland • Terry & Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • Marcia & Load-in/Strike Volunteers John Goldman • Kathryn Green • Lorie Griswold • Maureen Hoberg • Sharon Hoffman • Anne & Emma Grace Rick Amerson, Deborah Bennett, Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sam & Elaine Housten • Susan M. Huch • Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia • John W. & Ed Hunter Nancy Lee Jalonen • Barry Lee Johnson • Stanley Earl Johnson • Claiborne S. Jones • Mike & Martha Kahn • Dr. CONSTELLATIONS ADDITIONAL STAFF Lighting Intern Steve Kelem • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Jane Kos • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Jacob Bers Richard Partridge Dimitri Wentworth Kurtzman • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mangelsdorf • Steve Mannshardt • Monte Mansir • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Assistant Director/Dramaturge Physics Consultant Show Carpenter Nathanael Card Anna Chalmers • Leigh Metzler & Jim McVey • Cynthia S. Miller • Tami & Craney Ogata • Doris Gottsegen-Reiner • Karen & John Assistant Lighting Designer Wardrobe Manager Jacob Bers Michelle Skinner Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Betsy Boardman Ross • Adam Samuels • Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • Dorothy Saxe Replacement Stage Manager Open Captioning Blair Baker Justin Buchs • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Edward & Jane Seaman • Barbara Shapiro & Mark Lewis • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Light Board Operator Megan Quinn Pierron Gerry Sipes • Carol Snell & Mindy Rauch • Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Rick Stern Production Assistant Hall Sound Engineer & Nancy Ginsburg Stern • Susanne Stevens • Mark Stevenson • Laurie Waldman • Carol Watts • Karen Carlson White • Renee & Herman Winick

20 THEATREWORKS VISIONARY SPONSORS CORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS TheatreWorks SV Staff Artistic Director Robert Kelley Managing Director Phil Santora Foundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits. Contact Ronnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information. ARTISTIC SCENERY DEVELOPMENT MARKETING Associate Artistic Director Technical Director Visionary Sponsors Sponsors Friends Director of Development Acting Marketing Director Leslie Martinson Frank Sarmiento Ronnie Plasters Syche Phillips ($50,000 and above) ($10,000 to $14,999) ($1,000 to $2,499) The Garden Court Hotel* Adams Wine Group* Anonymous Director of New Works Lead Scenic Artist/Craftsman Associate Director of Art Director The William & Flora Hewlett The Leonard C. & Mildred F. Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts Giovanna Sardelli Tom Langguth Individual Giving Ev Shiro Foundation Ferguson Foundation Grants, a program of Silicon Valley H. Hans Cárdenas Company Manager/ Master Carpenter Box Office Manager J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines* Harrell Remodeling Creates Casting Associate Bill Roberts Grants & Communication Manager Alix Josefski The Mercury News* Heising-Simons Foundation ChaseVP* Jeffrey Lo Ginnie Redmond Microsoft Corporation* Hengehold Motor Company* The Dramatists Guild Fund Carpenters Marketing & Communications The David & Lucile Packard International ProInsurance Services LLC FutureWorks Fellow Esteban Calvillo Events Manager Manager Foundation Benefactors Nikon Precision, Inc. Akemi Okamura Rodrigo Frausto Jodi Corwin Heather Orth The Shubert Foundation ($5,000 to $9,999) Regarding Arts Patrick McKenna Resident Musical Director Development Operations Manager Digital Media Manager Sobrato Philanthropies* Dodge & Cox Investment William Liberatore Sarah Benjamin Jennifer Gosk Managers Matching Gifts New Works Reading Committee PROPERTIES Presenting Sponsor Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Many companies will double or triple their Telefunding/Telesales Systems Analyst Bill Adler, Cristian Asher, ($25,000 to $49,999) Trusts employees’ contributions to nonprofits. Properties Master Constance Gannon Andrew Skelton It’s a great way to make your gift to Elaine Baskin, Doug Brook, Avant! Foundation Palo Alto Weekly Christopher Fitzer TheatreWorks go further at no extra cost. Sue Krumbein, Shareen Merriam, Ticket Services Supervisor National Endowment for the Arts Holiday Fund Call 650.463.7155 for more information. Patty Reinhart, Cindi Sears, Properties Stock Manager Michelle Skinner Sand Hill Foundation Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & EDUCATION Amazon Smile Foundation Scott Walecka Alfred Rudolph Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry* Rosati Foundation Patron Services Coordinator Adobe Systems Director of Education Artistic Staff Assistant Tracy Hayden Agilent Technologies Amy Cole-Farrell Supporting Sponsors Supporters Jessia Hoffman Avant! Foundation COSTUMES Ticket Services Representatives ($15,000 to $24,999) ($2,500 to $4,999) Associate Education Director Apple New Works Festival Intern Andrée Beals, Laura Henricksen, Applied Materials Avidbank Costume Director Katie Bartholomew Google Holly Dayton Margaret Purdy Carla Befera Public Relations* Cooley LLP* Jill Bowers PRESENTING SPONSORS Hewlett-Packard Company Education Associate/ Fenwick & West LLP Los Altos Community Company Management Interns Assistant Costumer Graphics Assistant IBM Master Teaching Artist The Kimball Foundation Foundation Pyper Hayden, Benjamin Wong Noah Marin Katie Dai Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies Meghan C. Hakes The Harold & Mimi Steinberg S. H. Cowell Foundation Microsoft Lead Cutter/Draper Public Relations & Advertising Charitable Trust The Morrison & Foerster Master Teaching Artist Netflix PRODUCTION, Yen La Wong Carla Befera & Co. Foundation Piper LaGrelius Rambus Inc. Carla Befera, Courtney Heimbuck Palo Alto Weekly* LIGHTING, & SOUND Costume Rentals Manager Teaching Artists Company Photographers Perkins Coie LLP * Indicates donors whose gifts include Production Manager Conni Edwards Jake Arky Synaptics in-kind goods or services. Kevin Berne, Alessandra Mello David A. Milligan Assistant Cutter/First Hand Lauren Berman Wells Fargo Jennifer Debevec Marketing Intern Assistant Production Manager Michelle Earney Caitlin Evenson Kaede Komatsuzaki Elizar Ivanov Stitchers Josh Marx ENDOWMENT FUND Son Pham Operations Manager/ Lauren Mayer TheatreWorks Silicon Valley thanks the following lead donors for their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts. Master Electrician Resident Wigmaster Michileen Oberst ADMINISTRATIVE Marsha & Bill Adler • William C. Anderson • Ann S. Bowers • Polly & Tom Bredt • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Steven B. Mannshardt Sharon Ridge Jed Pasario General Manager Hoffman • Peter & Melanie Cross • Yogen & Peggy Dalal • Carl H. Feldman • Kathryn Green • The John & SUPPORTING SPONSORS Resident Lighting Designer Kelly Rinehart Scott DeVine Marcia Goldman Foundation • Emeri & Brad Handler • Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts • Charles & Roberta Hair Stylist Steven B. Mannshardt Jeanne Naritomi Martin Rojas Dietrich Katz Family Foundation • Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan • The Rathmann Family Foundation • Eddie Cassie Rosenbrock Database Administrator Production Coordinator Reynolds • John & Diane Savage • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode Costume Interns Elissa Stebbins Ken Maitz Karen Szpaller Nika Cassaro, Molly Dagnelie Amanda Wallace Business Manager FUTUREWORKS Electricians Maryssa Wanlass Jason Hyde FutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of life Kat Arguello, Danny Beall, insurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact [email protected] for more information. Steven Fetter, Carolyn Guggemos, STAGE MANAGEMENT Staff Accountant Barbara Sloss Anonymous (6) • Marc Abramson • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • Elaine Baskin & A.C. Hay, Cosmo Hom, Resident Stage Manager Ken Krechmer • Pauline Berkow & Ronald Kauffman • David & Lauren Berman • Jayne Booker • James & Diane Dan Kaminski, Sean Kramer, Randall K. Lum Front Desk Volunteers Bordoni • Ann S. Bowers • Steve & Gayle Brugler • Carol Buchser • The estate of Cathryn Z. Cannon • Eleanor Nick Kumamoto, Evan Lola, Joan Doherty, Cindi Sears Harris Meyers, Gary Nelson, W. Caughlan • Steven & Karin Chase • Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchowny • Bruce Cozadd • George & Susan Crow • And thanks to our fabulous SPONSORS Jeff Spackman, Jarku Tang John & Wynne Dobyns • John & Linda Elman • Frances Escherich • Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • Gayle TheatreWorkers! Flanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & Rose Friedland • Terry & Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • Marcia & Load-in/Strike Volunteers John Goldman • Kathryn Green • Lorie Griswold • Maureen Hoberg • Sharon Hoffman • Anne & Emma Grace Rick Amerson, Deborah Bennett, Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sam & Elaine Housten • Susan M. Huch • Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia • John W. & Ed Hunter Nancy Lee Jalonen • Barry Lee Johnson • Stanley Earl Johnson • Claiborne S. Jones • Mike & Martha Kahn • Dr. CONSTELLATIONS ADDITIONAL STAFF Lighting Intern Steve Kelem • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Jane Kos • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Jacob Bers Richard Partridge Dimitri Wentworth Kurtzman • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mangelsdorf • Steve Mannshardt • Monte Mansir • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Assistant Director/Dramaturge Physics Consultant Show Carpenter Nathanael Card Anna Chalmers • Leigh Metzler & Jim McVey • Cynthia S. Miller • Tami & Craney Ogata • Doris Gottsegen-Reiner • Karen & John Assistant Lighting Designer Wardrobe Manager Jacob Bers Michelle Skinner Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Betsy Boardman Ross • Adam Samuels • Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • Dorothy Saxe Replacement Stage Manager Open Captioning Blair Baker Justin Buchs • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Edward & Jane Seaman • Barbara Shapiro & Mark Lewis • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Light Board Operator Megan Quinn Pierron Gerry Sipes • Carol Snell & Mindy Rauch • Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Rick Stern Production Assistant Hall Sound Engineer & Nancy Ginsburg Stern • Susanne Stevens • Mark Stevenson • Laurie Waldman • Carol Watts • Karen Carlson White • Renee & Herman Winick

encoreartsprograms.com 21 or OUNTAIN VIEW CENTER Naughty NICE? MFOR THE PERFORMING ARTS MAILING ADDRESS BOOKING INFORMATION Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts’ three Why not both? City of Mountain View theaters and support spaces may be booked for perform- Post Office Box 7540, Mountain View, CA 94039-7540 ing arts events, meetings, conferences and other events. For booking information, please call 650-903-6556. TICKETS & INFORMATION 650.903.6000 (24 hours) mvcpa.com HOME COMPANIES [email protected] The Center is proud to serve as host to two Home Com panies: TheatreWorks and Peninsula Youth Ticket Office Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, noon to Theatre. These arts organizations perform a significant 6 pm, and one hour prior to event curtain time. Ticket portion of their seasons in our theaters and contribute Services also features a telephone information hotline. to the overall success of the Center. Ticket orders may be placed 24 hours a day. Phone: 650-903-6000 Fax: 650-965-1727 PLEASE NOTE • All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. GENERAL INFORMATION • Due to contract restrictions and the dangers posed 500 Castro Street, Mountain View to performers, cameras and recording devices are Administrative Office prohibited in the theaters during most events. Phone: 650-903-6565 Fax: 650-962-9900 Unauthorized cameras and recording devices will be removed and held by the Center until the close of the performance. FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING • Please do not bring food or drink (except bottled The THE To receive Preview Magazine by mail, call 650-903-6000. water) into the theaters. AROUN WORL Visit mvcpa.com for the latest information on events • To avoid disruption of the performance, please set at the Center and to sign up for eSpotlight to get the pagers to vibrate and disengage alarmed watches Santaland Diaries IN 80 AYS special offers and event updates by email. and cellular phones before entering the theater. • Please become familiar with the exits. In an SINGLE TICKETS NOW ON SALE! theatreworks.org 650.463.1960 REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES emergency, listen for instructions from Center staff. MainStage There are no refunds unless a performance is canceled If instructed to do so, walk—do not run—to the exit. or rescheduled. Exchange policies vary and are set by the In the case of an earthquake, remain seated, or presenter of each event. For more information, please call crouch below seats, then listen for instructions Ticket Services at 650-903-6000. from Center staff.

TheatreWorks SV General Information LATE ARRIVALS Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the producing u u u u u u u organization. We recommend that patrons arrive at the CONTACT US GROUP SAVINGS LOST AND FOUND Center a minimum of 20 minutes prior to curtain time. Mailing Address: Savings are available for groups of 8 or more. For Mountain View Center for the Performing If you are purchasing or picking up tickets, please allow PO Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0458 For more information, call Michelle Skinner at Arts lost and found, please call 650.903.6568. additional time. Our ticket office closes one half hour MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL Phone: 650.463.1950 Fax: 650.463.1963 650.463.7115 or email [email protected]. For Lucie Stern Theatre lost and found, please after curtain time. Pat Showalter, Mayor • Ken Rosenberg, Vice Mayor Email: [email protected] call 650.463.1960. WHEELCHAIR SEATING Christopher Clark • John Inks • Michael Kasperzak MERGENCY UMBER John McAlister • Lenny Siegel TICKET SERVICES Seating is available for wheelchair patrons. Please PLEASE REMEMBER E N Our House Manager has a cell phone (650-740-0093) Dan Rich, City Manager Tickets to all TheatreWorks Silicon Valley telephone the Ticket Office in advance so that There is no smoking in the theatres or lobbies. to receive emergency calls during performances. performances are sold through the TheatreWorks special arrangements may be made. Cameras and recording devices of any kind Silicon Valley Box Office PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE LISTENING SYSTEMS are strictly prohibited. Neither food nor drink Hours: Monday–Friday, 11am–6pm; is permitted in the theatres. Please ensure that ADDITIONAL SERVICES Raymond Chan • Carol Donahue Saturday-Sunday, 12pm-6pm Both theatres are equipped with listening all electronic devices are set to the ”off” The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is fully Ellen Murray • Daniel Palay Phone: 650.463.1960 systems for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. position while you are in the theatre. accessible. Patrons who require wheelchair seating or SecondStage Tickets may also be Please see the house manager for details. other assistance obtained through the Children 5 and under are not permitted in may make arrangements with Ticket CENTER STAFF Mountain View Center Ticket Office AUDIO-CAPTIONING the theatre. Persons 14 and under must be Services at the time of ticket purchase 650-903-6000. Hours: Wednesday–Satur The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is a day, noon–6pm accompanied by an adult. Every person, Notifying the Center in advance will make it possible to Phone: 650.903.6000 Audio captioning for the visually impaired is division of the City of Mountain View’s Community Services regardless of age, must have a ticket. better serve your needs. Assistive listening system available at certain performances. Please call headsets are available in the lobby for performances. Department, J.P. de la Montaigne, Director. WALK-UP TICKET SERVICES 650.463.1960 for details. Schedules, shows, casts, and ticket prices are You may also bring your own headphones or earbuds to Executive Director subject to change. W. Scott Whisler The walk-up ticket office will open one hour plug into a receiver to utillize the system. Audio described OPEN-CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES Marketing & Public Relations Manager Shonda Ranson prior to each performance. Single ticket purchases are non-refundable, but services Open-captioned performances for for patrons who are visually impaired are are exchangeable for $15 per ticket. Business Manager Cindy Miksa PERFORMANCE TIMES Constellations: 9/3 at 2pm, 9/10 at 7pm, available at some performances. Patrons who are hearing Some restrictions apply. impaired may request translation services (for information Booking Coordinator Jenn Poret Wed, Thur, Fri Previews 8pm 9/13 at 2pm call 650-903-6000). Assistive ambulatory devices will Tuesday & Wednesday Eve 7:30pm The Prince of Egypt: 10/22 at 2pm & 7pm, Audience Services Manager Bernadette Fife be checked at the back of the theater unless the device Thursday–Saturday Eve 8:00pm 10/25 at 2pm Visit theatreworks.org Technical Services Manager Steven Crandell fits completely beneath the seats. Sunday Eve 7:00pm For more information about open captioning, for detailed information or to purchase tickets. Ticket Services Director Liz Nelson Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday Matinee 2:00pm please contact the box office at 650.463.1960 Senior Ticket Representatives or [email protected]. VOLUNTEER AT THE CENTER INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES Morry Goldstein • Carolyn Marie Len The Center owes a great deal of its success to its Starting at $35 (balcony). LATE ARRIVALS dedicated volunteer staff who serve as Ushers, Art Docents Discounts available for Seniors, Educators, and Latecomers will not be seated until appropriate and Office Volunteers. Join us, support the arts and be a Patrons 35 & Under. For pricing, call intervals, and may not be seated in their exact seat part of the Center! For moreinformation, please call 650.463.1960 or visit theatreworks.org. locations until intermission. Rotunda 650-903-6568.

22 THEATREWORKS or OUNTAIN VIEW CENTER Naughty NICE? MFOR THE PERFORMING ARTS MAILING ADDRESS BOOKING INFORMATION Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts’ three Why not both? City of Mountain View theaters and support spaces may be booked for perform- Post Office Box 7540, Mountain View, CA 94039-7540 ing arts events, meetings, conferences and other events. For booking information, please call 650-903-6556. TICKETS & INFORMATION 650.903.6000 (24 hours) mvcpa.com HOME COMPANIES [email protected] The Center is proud to serve as host to two Home Com panies: TheatreWorks and Peninsula Youth Ticket Office Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, noon to Theatre. These arts organizations perform a significant 6 pm, and one hour prior to event curtain time. Ticket portion of their seasons in our theaters and contribute Services also features a telephone information hotline. to the overall success of the Center. Ticket orders may be placed 24 hours a day. Phone: 650-903-6000 Fax: 650-965-1727 PLEASE NOTE • All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. GENERAL INFORMATION • Due to contract restrictions and the dangers posed 500 Castro Street, Mountain View to performers, cameras and recording devices are Administrative Office prohibited in the theaters during most events. Phone: 650-903-6565 Fax: 650-962-9900 Unauthorized cameras and recording devices will be removed and held by the Center until the close of the performance. FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING • Please do not bring food or drink (except bottled The THE To receive Preview Magazine by mail, call 650-903-6000. water) into the theaters. AROUN WORL Visit mvcpa.com for the latest information on events • To avoid disruption of the performance, please set at the Center and to sign up for eSpotlight to get the pagers to vibrate and disengage alarmed watches Santaland Diaries IN 80 AYS special offers and event updates by email. and cellular phones before entering the theater. • Please become familiar with the exits. In an SINGLE TICKETS NOW ON SALE! theatreworks.org 650.463.1960 REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES emergency, listen for instructions from Center staff. MainStage There are no refunds unless a performance is canceled If instructed to do so, walk—do not run—to the exit. or rescheduled. Exchange policies vary and are set by the In the case of an earthquake, remain seated, or presenter of each event. For more information, please call crouch below seats, then listen for instructions Ticket Services at 650-903-6000. from Center staff.

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