2008 | 2009 season Table of Contents

Feature A Double Life By Akiva Fox 5

Program Synopsis 11 About the Playwright 13 Title Page 15 Cast 17 Cast Biographies 19 Direction and Design 23 In Rehearsal 60

Shakespeare Theatre Shakespeare Theatre Company 26 Board of Trustees 28 For the Shakespeare 29 Theatre Company Staff 32 Special Thanks/Volunteers 34 Individual Donors 36 Lawyers Committee 45 Corporate Partnerships 46 Foundation/Government Support 48

Departments Happenings at the Harman 18 HCA Upcoming Events 25 Year-End Giving 44 Education 51 Guide to the Season’s Plays 52 Academy for Classical Acting 55 Shakespeare Theatre Company Membership 56 Special Events 59 Audience Services 62

Photos on cover, page 4, 5, 9 and at right of Samantha Soule by Scott Suchman.

3 When William Shakespeare wrote about twins, he wrote

from experience. In early 1585, his wife, Anne, had given

birth to fraternal twins. Not long after, Shakespeare

traveled to London to make his name in theatre. One

of his first efforts as a playwright was an adaptation of

an old Roman play about a pair of separated identical

twins who reunite on one frantic day in Ephesus. Called

The Comedy of Errors, the play hinged on mistaken

identity; Shakespeare even added a second set of twins

to compound the confusion and hilarity.

4 5 5 By 1596, Shakespeare had become brother Sebastian) gives rise to the one of the most successful mistaken identity and unrequited playwrights in London. But that love that drive the comedic engine summer, tragic news came from of Twelfth Night. But just as the home: Hamnet, his only son, had similarity between Viola and died. Hamnet’s twin sister, Judith, Sebastian causes confusion, so, too, was 11 years old. The next time does their oppositeness. Unaware of Shakespeare wrote a play featuring the twinning, characters are baffled twins, the twinning served as much when Cesario suddenly switches more than a gimmick. Twelfth Night from brave to cowardly, assertive to opens with a young woman named reserved, lusty to shy. Cesario—and Viola washing up on an unfamiliar by extension Viola—is a walking shore, convinced that her twin contradiction. brother has died in their shipwreck. Distraught and alone, she takes an unusual step to protect herself: she Twelfth Night is full of such puts on her lost brother’s clothes and contradictory twins. The play sets off into Illyria disguised as a boy. begins in a state of mourning; like Viola, the noblewoman Olivia has lost her father and brother Viola’s choice may be as much and determines to mourn within emotional as it is pragmatic. In her house for seven years. Her her study The Lone Twin, the British steward Malvolio encourages this psychotherapist Joan Woodward mourning, in part because it allows writes that after the death of a him greater control over her. On twin, “one of the ways that guilt the opposing side, Olivia’s uncle Sir feelings were expressed by many of Toby Belch declares that “care’s an the lone twins was in their attempt enemy to life” and spends his days to ‘live for two.’” More than just a in drunken revelry. But when love woman in disguise, Viola becomes enters the scene and the characters a double creature comprising both all move from extreme mourning herself and her brother. She all but to extreme revelry, these apparent admits this when she cryptically opposites reveal their similarity. tells her master Orsino that she is “Toby’s misrule and Malvolio’s “all the daughters of my father’s excessive rule are really two sides house, and all the brothers too.” of the same coin,” writes the scholar She even embeds this doubling Marjorie Garber. “Both are aimless, in the name she chooses: Cesario, fruitless, and preoccupied with which comes from the Latin word sterile formalities.” The same could be for “cut” or “split.” said for the twinned opposites pain and pleasure, tears and laughter, and repression and release. Viola’s doubleness (and the miraculous reappearance of her

7 Once revelry and release replace spins to revelry and back again in mourning and repression, everyone in an endless cycle. Fame and status *For details about the AA.com® bonus-mile offer and for full details on our Lowest Fare Guarantee, visit www.aa.com/benefits. Twelfth Night falls in love. But instead of come and go, and the least person AmericanAirlines, AAdvantage, AA.com and We know why you fly are marks of American Airlines, Inc. falling in love with a person, they fall soon becomes the greatest. People in love with their idealized image of fall in and out of love, experiencing that person—a kind of shadowy twin. exhilaration and dejection anew each Orsino, who burns with love for Olivia time. Feste’s position allows him to despite hardly knowing her, confesses mock everyone alike, and he never that he is smitten only by the “image misses an opportunity to puncture of the creature that is beloved.” “I am inflated extremes of love or despair. not what I am,” Viola warns a love- “What’s to come is still unsure,” he smitten Olivia, but Olivia replies, “I tells the other characters, urging would you were as I would have you them to live their lives free from be.” Even Malvolio convinces himself all-or-nothing hysteria. In a world that Olivia loves him, imagining an torn between the twins “all” and elaborate fantasy of his life as “Count “nothing,” only Feste sees that reality Malvolio.” lies in between.

Only one character sees without Akiva Fox, Literary Associate the double vision induced by excess: Olivia’s jester, Feste. He believes in the “whirligig of time,” named for a spinning toy. Over time, mourning

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9 “I will live to be thankful to thee.” Twelfth Night Synopsis Twelfth Night, act 4, scene 2 Duke Orsino of Illyria persists in courting the beautiful Countess Olivia, even though she has sworn off love to mourn for her deceased brother. Meanwhile, a shipwreck separates a young woman named Viola from her twin brother, Sebastian. Fearing for her safety, she disguises herself as a man and secures a position in Orsino’s house. Orsino soon sends the young “man” as his emissary to Olivia. Olivia’s Uncle, Toby Belch, disturbs her mourning, despite the efforts of Maria, Olivia’s attendant. In order to finance his drunken binges, Toby has brought in the dim-witted Sir Andrew Aguecheek. Feste, Olivia’s fool, also returns to the house to disrupt the mourning—much to the disapproval of Olivia’s steward, the sanctimonious Malvolio. When Viola (now going by the name Cesario) arrives to woo Olivia for Orsino, the charming messenger unintentionally wins Olivia’s heart for himself. The love-struck Olivia sends Malvolio after Cesario with a ring as a ploy to make him return the following day. Viola immediately realizes that the countess has fallen in love with her male alter ego. Elsewhere in Illyria, Viola’s brother Sebastian surfaces alive, believing his sister to be drowned. Toby and Andrew wake up the house with their late-night carousing, and Malvolio threatens them with eviction—on Olivia’s authority. Maria is outraged by Malvolio’s arrogance and vows to help Toby get his revenge. Viola attempts to make Orsino accept Olivia’s rejection, nearly revealing her own unrequited love for him, but he sends her back to woo Olivia again. Maria forges a cryptic love letter in Olivia’s handwriting, and Malvolio interprets it as an expression of Olivia’s love for him. He determines to follow its instructions—to wear yellow stockings and crossed garters, and to act boldly. Cesario returns, and Olivia declares her romantic feelings. When Sebastian and his friend Antonio arrive in town, Antonio reveals that he once fought against Orsino and must hide until night. He gives Sebastian his money for safekeeping. Cross-gartered and in yellow stockings, Malvolio presents himself to a mystified Olivia. She entrusts him to Toby, who orders him bound and imprisoned like a madman. Toby next encourages a duel between the timid Cesario and Andrew. Seeing what Costume rendering of Olivia by Miranda Hoffman. he thinks is Sebastian under attack, Antonio intervenes. But Orsino’s officers arrest Antonio, and he feels betrayed when Cesario denies having his money. The real Twelfth Night is sponsored by Sebastian appears and is mistaken for Cesario, both by Toby and Andrew and by the amorous Olivia. Attracted to Olivia, Sebastian impulsively agrees to marry her. When Orsino arrives to court Olivia personally, Olivia not only rejects him but also calls Arlene and Robert Kogod Cesario her husband. Andrew comes seeking help for Toby—wounded, Andrew claims, by Cesario. Finally, Sebastian appears and apologizes to Olivia for injuring her uncle. Reunited in the presence of the stunned assembly, Sebastian and Viola reveal that The Shakespeare Theatre Company would like to thank the they are twins, brother and sister. Olivia and Orsino accept the pair as their respective 2008–2009 Corporate Season Sponsors mates. Olivia discovers the trick played on Malvolio, but he refuses to be reconciled as the others celebrate.

11 About the Playwright

William Shakespeare No man’s life has been the subject of more speculation than William Shakespeare’s. While Shakespearean scholars have dedicated their lives to the search for evidence, the truth is that no one really knows what the truth is. Scholars agree that a William Shakespeare was baptized at Stratford- upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. Tradition holds that he was born three days earlier, on April 23—the same date on which, 52 years later, he was recorded to have died. On November 27, 1582, a marriage license was granted to 18-year-old William and 26-year-old Anne Hathaway. A daughter, Susanna, was born to the couple six months later. We know that twins, Hamnet and Judith, were born soon after and were baptized. What we do not know is how the young Shakespeare came to travel to London and how he first came to the stage. Whatever the truth may be, it is clear that in the years between 1582 and 1592 someone calling himself William Shakespeare became involved in the London theatre scene and was a principal with one of several repertory companies. By 1592 Shakespeare had become prominent enough as a playwright to engender professional jealousy. A rival playwright, Robert Greene, wrote snidely of an “upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger’s heart wrapped in a player’s hide supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you, and being an absolute Johannes-factotum is in his own conceit the only Shake- scene in a country.” In the years between 1591 and 1593, the theatres of London were temporarily shut down due to an outbreak of plague; Shakespeare turned his considerable talents to sonnet writing and acquired a patron, the young Lord Southampton, to whom two of his poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, are dedicated. In 1594 Shakespeare was listed as a stockholder in the Lord Chamberlain’s Men; he was a member of this company for the rest of his career, which lasted until approximately 1611. When James I came to the throne in 1603, he issued a royal license to Shakespeare and his fellow players, inviting them to call themselves The King’s Men. The King’s Men leased the Blackfriar’s Theatre in London in 1608. This theatre, which had artificial lighting and was probably heated, served as their winter playhouse. The famous Globe Theatre was their summer performance space. In the years since Shakespeare’s death, he has fallen to the depths of obscurity only to be resurrected as the greatest writer of English literature and drama. In the 1800s, his plays were so popular that many refused to believe that an actor from Stratford had written them. To this day some believe that Sir Francis Bacon was the real author of the plays; others argue that Edward DeVere, the Earl of Oxford, was the man. Still others contend that Sir Walter Raleigh or Christopher Marlowe penned the lines attributed to Shakespeare. Whether the plays were written by Shakespeare the man or Shakespeare the myth, it is clear that no other playwright has made such a significant and lasting contribution to the English language.

13 Artistic Director Michael Kahn in association with McCarter Theatre Center presents CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare December 2, 2008—January 4, 2009 OVER THE RIVER Sidney Harman Hall Director A WORK IN PROGRESS Rebecca Bayla Taichman OCT 11, 2008 – JAN 25, 2009 25, JAN – 2008 11, OCT Set Designer Christo, 1998 Christo,

© Riccardo Hernandez Costume Designer Miranda Hoffman Lighting Designer Christopher Akerlind Composer/Sound Designer Martin Desjardins Fight Director Rick Sordelet Choreographer Daniel Pelzig Voice and Text Coach Ellen O’Brien Assistant Director Alan Paul Literary Associate Akiva Fox

Drawing 1998, In two parts: 96 in. x 42 in. and 96 in. x 15 in. Pencil, wax charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, photographs by Wolfgang Volz, and topographic map. map. topographic and Volz, Wolfgang by photographs crayon, wax pastel, charcoal, wax Pencil, in. 15 x in. 96 and in. 42 x in. 96 parts: two In 1998, Drawing Stage Manager M. William Shiner* Assistant Stage Manager Benjamin Royer* Casting Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter and Paul Hardt Associate Casting Director Over the River, Project for Arkansas River, State of Colorado. of State River, Arkansas for Project River, the Over Merry Alderman The exhibition is organized by The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. Makeup and Hair Design Generously sponsored by eDGar h. anD janeT m. brenner Anne Ford-Coates for Elsen Associates Inc.

21st at Q Street, nw . Dupont Circle Metro Flying effects provided by ZFX, Inc. Open Tuesday–Sunday and Thursday evenings Twelfth Night is sponsored by Arlene and Robert Kogod. . 202-387-2151 www.phillipscollection.org Media Partner: WAMU * Member of ’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers. 15 Gilday_Shakespeare_ad_09_08.pdf 9/22/08 4:03:44 PM

Cast

TWELFTH NIGHT Orsino, Duke of Illyria...... Christopher Innvar* Viola, later disguised as Cesario...... Samantha Soule* Sebastian, her twin brother...... Peter Katona* Olivia, a countess...... Veanne Cox* Maria, Olivia’s waiting-gentlewoman...... Nancy Robinette* Sir Toby Belch, Olivia’s uncle...... Rick Foucheux* Sir Andrew Aguecheek...... Tom Story* Malvolio, Olivia’s steward...... Ted van Griethuysen* Fabian, Olivia’s servant...... J. Fred Shiffman* Feste, a clown...... Floyd King* Captain, befriends Viola...... Todd Scofield* Antonio, a sea captain, befriends Sebastian...... Michael Sharon* Priest...... Todd Scofield*

C Valentine, attendant to Orsino...... Dan Lawrence Curio, attendant to Orsino...... Nathan Bennett M Ensemble...... Nathan Bennett, Billy Finn, Lia LaCour, Y Dan Lawrence, Nia Medina, Jeffrey Scott, Amanda Tudor

CM UNDERSTUDIES MY Nathan Bennett (Captain/Priest), Stacey Cabaj (Olivia), Drew Eshelman* (Malvolio/Feste), Billy Finn (Sebastian), Ariana Hodes (Singer/Ensemble), Matt Luceno (Sir Andrew Aguecheek), CY Patrick McAndrew (Valentine/Curio/Ensemble), Frank O’Donnell (Fabian), Todd Scofield* (Sir Toby Belch), Jeffrey Scott (Antonio), Michael Sharon* (Orsino), Anne Stone* (Maria), Amanda Tudor (Viola) CMY

K MUSICIANS Piano/Musical Director: Barbara Irvine Bass: Phillip Racz Saxophone: Rita Eggert Trumpet: Mark Wood Violin: Bruno Nasta Singer: Stacey Cabaj

Dance Captain: Michael Sharon* Assistant Dance Captain: Stacey Cabaj

Fight Captain: Peter Katona*

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the , and employs members of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers and United Scenic Artists. The Company is also a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for not-for-profit professional theatre, and is a member of the American Arts Alliance, the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington, the League of Washington Theatres, the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the D.C. Chamber of Commerce, the United Arts Organization, Cultural Tourism DC and the Washington Convention and Tourism Corporation. Copyright laws prohibit the use of cameras and recording equipment in the theatre. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.

17 Cast Biographies

Nathan Bennett Billy Finn Curio Ensemble STC: 2008–2009 Acting STC: 2008–2009 Acting Fellowship, Gregory in Romeo Fellowship, Romeo and Juliet. and Juliet. REGIONAL: Waterside : Off-Broadway: NYC Theatre: Sir Walter Raleigh/ Fringe Festival: The Hollow Men The Historian in The Lost (world premiere). REGIONAL: Colony; Molière in A Cabal of Virginia Shakespeare Festival: Hypocrites, Michal in The Pillowman, Garry in The Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, Noises Off, Pericles in Pericles the Prince, Malcolm Othello, Love’s Labor’s Lost; Henley Street Theatre in , Antonio in The Tempest, Hotspur in Company: Much Ado about Nothing; Cousins Henry IV, Palamon in The Two Noble Kinsmen, Studio Theatre: Merchant of Venice, A Simple What’s in your lunch today? Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice, Ferdinand Piece of Cloth (world premiere). INTERNATIONAL: in Love’s Labor’s Lost, Mr. Wickham in Pride and Allen Hall Theatre of New Zealand: Henry IV, Part Prejudice and a three-person version of . 1, King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew. TRAINING: University of Richmond: BA in Theatre. HAPPENINGS AT THE HARMAN Stacey Cabaj Singer Rick Foucheux* Free performances and events on Wednesdays STC: 2008–2009 Acting Fellowship, Sir Toby Belch at noon in The Forum of Sidney Harman Hall (610 F St. NW). Betty in The Way of the World. STC: Gloss in The Beaux’ INTERNATIONAL: Charlottetown Stratagem, Aslaksen in An Enemy Festival: Alberta Fusion; Edmonton of the People ( International Fringe Festival: Inside nomination), Antiochus/Pander in December the Outside, Going Down. FILM: Pericles (Free For All). REGIONAL: Unmoored, I Want You to Know, Drawn, Five Minute Woolly Mammoth (company December 3 Love. TELEVISION: Mentors, How Do You Solve a member): Gordon in ’s Dead Man’s Cell Bowen McCauley Dance Problem Like Maria? TRAINING: Boston Conservatory: Phone (premiere, dir. Rebecca Bayla Taichman), BFA . Sandman in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s The Velvet December 10 Sky (premiere), Milton in Homebody/Kabul; Arena EDGEWORKS Dance Theatre Veanne Cox* Stage: Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, Ross Olivia in The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Jack Warner in Ken December 17 STC: Mrs. Millamant in The Way Ludwig’s Shakespeare in Hollywood (premiere); Friday Morning Club of the World, Mrs. Kate Sullen in Olney Theatre: Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, The Beaux’ Stratagem (Helen George Bush in Stuff Happens; Theater J: Matt in Hayes nomination). NEW YORK: Talley’s Folly, Sichrovsky in Ari Roth’s Born Guilty Broadway: Caroline or Change, and Peter and the Wolf (premiere); Round House January The Dinner Party, Company (Tony Theatre: includes Mr. Van Daan in The Diary of January 7 and Drama Desk nominations), Smile; Encores: Anne Frank (dir. Rebecca Bayla Taichman), Kazan Damn Yankees; Off-Broadway: 2008 in Leslie Kobylinski’s The Director: the Third Act of CityDance Ensemble for Sustained Excellence of Performance; Elia Kazan (premiere), Gaev in The Cherry Orchard January 14 Class Company: Spain, The Wooden Breeks, Last (with Emery Battis); Studio Theatre: Mason Marzac Easter (Drama Desk nomination); : in Take Me Out; Folger Theatre: includes King Howard Bass and Barbara Hollinshead The Altruists, The Waiting Room, The Batting Cage, Henry in Henry IV, Part 1, Friar Lawrence in Romeo January 21 Flora the Red Menace; Manhattan Theatre Club: and Juliet, Claudius in , Malvolio in Twelfth House and Garden, Labor Day; New York Theatre Night; Open Circle: Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar; Shakespeare and Song with Joanne Schmoll and Cam Magee Workshop: A Question of Mercy; Playwrights Source Theatre: includes Edmond in Edmond, Horizons: Freedomland; Westside Arts: The Vagina Teach in American Buffalo, John in Oleanna; January 28 Monologues, The Food Chain, A Mother, a Daughter Washington Stage Guild: includes Erie in Hughie Brass on the Potomac and a Gun. REGIONAL: Guthrie Theater: Private (dir. John MacDonald). AWARDS: Helen Hayes Lives; Kennedy Center: The Dinner Party; Ahmanson Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in 2000 for Theatre, Yale Repertory, Old Globe, Long Wharf Edmond and in 2006 for Take Me Out; numerous Theatre, Bay Street Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, other nominations. Pasadena Playhouse, Papermill Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Goodspeed Opera House. FILM: Seating is on a first-come basis. Erin Brockovich, Big Eden, Beethoven’s 4th, Marci X, Two Weeks Notice, You’ve Got Mail, Henry Fool. Call the Box Office at202.547.1122 TELEVISION: Boston Legal, Seinfeld, Cinderella, Joan or visit ShakespeareTheatre.org for up-to-date information. of Arcadia, My Sexiest Mistake, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Numbers and others.

18 19 Christopher Innvar* Labor’s Lost, Parolles in All’s Well that Ends Nancy Robinette* Jeffrey Scott Orsino Well, Pandarus in Troilus and Cressida, Malvolio Maria Ensemble STC: Mirabell in The Way of the in Twelfth Night, Ford in The Merry Wives of STC: Lady Wishfort in The Way STC: 2008–2009 Acting World, Petruchio in The Taming Windsor, Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, of the World, Toinette in The Fellowship, Servant to Mirabell in of the Shrew (Helen Hayes Fool in King Lear, Mr. Sparkish in The Country Imaginary Invalid, Lady Bountiful The Way of the World. REGIONAL: Award nomination), Jack Archer Wife, Amorous La Foole in The Silent Woman, in The Beaux’ Stratagem, Hyde Park Theatre: Cargo; Smith- in The Beaux’ Stratagem. NEW Lucius O’Trigger in The Rivals, Owen Glendower/ Duchess of Berwick in Lady Ritch Point Theatre: A Christmas YORK: Broadway: 110º in the Shallow in Henry IV, Part 1, many others. Windermere’s Fan, Mistress Carol, Twelfth Night, , Shade, The Threepenny Opera, Les Misérables, REGIONAL: Ford’s Theatre: State of the Union; Quickly in Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, Mrs. The Curious Savage, Romeo and Juliet. TRAINING: Victor/Victoria; Off-Broadway: Playwrights Wilma Theater: I Am My Own Wife; Signature Malaprop in The Rivals, Mistress Otter in The Silent Texas Tech University: MFA. Horizons: Floyd Collins, Gun-Shy; Manhattan Theatre: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Woman, Birdie in The Little Foxes, Nonny in Sweet Theatre Club: Time and Again; Lincoln Center: the Forum; Folger Theatre: The Dresser; Woolly Bird of Youth. NEW YORK: Off-Broadway: New Michael Sharon* A New Brain; Vineyard Theatre: Eight Days Mammoth: Quills; Studio Theatre: The History York Theatre Workshop: Gin in Trestle at Pope Antonio Boys, The Russian National Postal Service, The Backwards; Atlantic Theatre Company: Speck’s Lick Creek; Roundabout Theatre Company: Nurse STC: Murellus/Lucilius in Julius Lisbon Traviata, A Tale of Two Cities, Rosencrantz Last; The Women’s Project: The Chemistry in Give Me Your Answer, Do!. REGIONAL: Arena Caesar, Lucilius in Antony and Guildenstern Are Dead. HONORS: Fulbright of Change. REGIONAL: Steppenwolf Theatre: Stage: Linda Loman in Death of a Salesman, Ann and Cleopatra. NEW YORK: Fellowship; Fox Fellowship. TEACHING: The Maria Arndt, The Royal Family; Guthrie Theater: in Well, Countess de Lage in The Women; Round Broadway: Juilliard School; British American Drama Academy; Wintertime; Yale Repertory: The People Next Door; House Theatre: Nora in Better Living, Martha in Opera, Lincoln Center: The Most Academy for Classical Acting. McCarter Theatre: The Bells; Long Wharf Theatre: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Studio Theatre: Happy Fella. Off-Broadway: Fran’s Bed; Barrington Stage: Cyrano de Bergerac, Florence Foster Jenkins in Souvenir; Nancy in Lia LaCour York Theatre Company: Paul Colin in Josephine’s The Importance of Being Ernest, Ring around the Frozen, Woman in The Play about the Baby, Sonia Song (The Josephine Baker Story). REGIONAL: Moon, Private Lives. FILM: Prime, Rock the Paint, Ensemble in Afterplay; Williamstown Theatre Festival: Madge Theatre Center: Macbeth in Macbeth; REGIONAL: Classika Theatre: You Don’t Mess with the Zohan. TELEVISION: Law in , Here I Come!; Folger Theatre: The Wilma Theater: Oberon in Shakespeare in Peter and the Wolf; Theater and Order, Law and Order: SVU, Third Watch, Nurse in Romeo and Juliet; Scena Theatre: Felicity Hollywood; Portland Stage Company: Marc Alliance: The Bluest Eye; George Spin City. OTHER: Directing: Barrington Stage: The in Stakeout at Godot’s; Papermill Playhouse: Antony in ; Utah Shakespearean Washington Theater Department: Collyer Brothers at Home, Period Piece. Mrs. Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank. FILM: Festival: Theseus/Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s The Apple Tree, Ruddigore. FILM: Ashpet, Soldier Jack, Serial Mom. TELEVISION: Dream, Orsino in Twelfth Night, Antonio in The Eugen Olympics Comedy Skit; Peter Katona* Homicide, Telegrams from the Dead, The Hunley, Merchant of Venice, Aufidius in , Scion Dance Party Series; The Popcorn Review MTV Sebastian The Day Lincoln Was Shot. AWARDS: 1998 Fox Lancelot in Camelot; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Parody. TELEVISION: The History Channel: Ganglands STC: Marcellus in Hamlet (dir. Gale Fellow; Helen Hayes Award, STC Will Award. St. Louis Repertory; Cincinnati Playhouse in the (The Root of All Evil), It’s Supernatural; Nickelodeon Edwards), Laertes in Hamlet (2003 Park; The Group Theatre; Oregon and Alabama News, Dateline NBC. AWARDS: Helen Hayes Award Free For All). NEW YORK: New Todd Scofield* Shakespeare Festivals; Goodspeed Opera House. nomination. TRAINING: George Washington University. York Shakespeare Festival/Public Captain/Priest INTERNATIONAL: George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Theater: Sebastian in Twelfth STC: Waitwell in The Way of London: Leontes in The Winter’s Tale. TELEVISION: Night; Metropolitan Opera: Cyrano Dan Lawrence the World, Gros-Rene in The According to Jim, One Life to Live, . de Bergerac with Placido Domingo; Off-Broadway: Valentine Imaginary Invalid, Biondello in TRAINING: University of Southern California; Royal NYC Fringe Festival: Big Trouble in Little Hazzard! STC: 2008–2009 Acting The Taming of the Shrew, Parker Academy of Dramatic Art, London. (dir. Will Frears). REGIONAL: South Coast Repertory: Fellowship, Romeo and Juliet. in Lady Windermere’s Fan; Jack Handel in A Feminine Ending (dir. Timothy REGIONAL: Hudson Valley Chief Justice’s Servant/Bullcalf/ J. Fred Shiffman* Douglas), : George in Our Shakespeare: Hamlet; Seacoast First Beadle in Henry IV, Part 2; Sir Michael/ Fabian Repertory: As You Like It; New Town (dir. Richard Hamburger); Yale Repertory: The Vintner in Henry IV, Part 1; Academy for Classical STC: Petulant in The Way of the England Shakespeare Festival: Imaginary Invalid, The Birds; Yale School of Drama: Acting: Francisco in The White Devil, Charles in World, Gremio in The Taming Commedie of Errors. FILM: Changing Lives: The Hamlet in Hamlet and numerous other productions. As You Like It. REGIONAL: Kennedy Center: Mister of the Shrew, Bindo Altaviti in Peter Cooper Story. TRAINING: Ithaca College: BFA; TELEVISION: Numb3rs, All My Children, Mama Roberts; Folger Theatre: Caliban in The Tempest, Lorenzaccio. NEW YORK: Off- Moscow Art Theatre: Michael Chekhov Technique. Flora’s Family, The Price of a Broken Heart and Host Measure for Measure, King Lear; Theater J: Bal Broadway: Manhattan Theatre of Pop Fiction on E! (Ashton Kutcher), numerous Masque by Richard Greenberg (world premiere); Club: An Evening with Shiffman commercials. AWARDS: Oliver Thorndike Acting Nia Medina Round House Theatre: Tabletop; also PlayMakers and Vance. REGIONAL: Old Globe, San Diego: Award (Yale Drama), Fox Foundation Fellow (Ancient Ensemble Repertory, Charlotte Repertory; North Carolina Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; South REGIONAL: Discovery Theater: Italian Rapier Fencing and Peking Opera Martial Arts Shakespeare Festival: Mercutio, Dromio, Don Coast Repertory: Tom Walker; Arena Stage: African Roots Latino Soul, How Sword Dancing/Acrobatics). OTHER: A professional Armado, Guildenstern, Speed, Solyony in Three (Affiliated Artist) most recently The Mystery of Old Is a Hero; Theater J: Mikveh Fight Director and was professional assistant to Rick Sisters; , Manbites Dog Theater, Irma Vep, The Arthur Miller Repertory; Studio (staged reading); Mobtown Sordelet from 2001–2005. INSTRUCTOR: Substitute Burning Coal, Temple Theatre. FILM: Morning. Theatre: most recently seen in Souvenir; Woolly Theater: Measure for Measure, Stage Combat Instructor at Yale School of Drama and TELVISION: The Wire (recurring role, seasons 3 and Mammoth: Vigils; LA Theatre Works: Barefoot Twelfth Night, Return of the Neighborhood Playhouse (2001-2005). TRAINING: 5). TRAINING: Academy for Classical Acting. in the Park (with and Eric Stoltz). Fifth Sister; The Theatre Lab: Once on This Island, Yale School of Drama: MFA in Acting. AWARDS: 13 Helen Hayes nominations, three Fiddler on the Roof, A Man of No Importance, Helen Hayes Awards. Floyd King* Ragtime. TELEVISION: Smithsonian Quest: Feste Smithsonian Institute; Extra Change: Howard STC: Anthony Witwoud in The University. TRAINING: The Theater Lab. Way of the World, Peter Shirley in Major Barbara, Mycetes in Tamburlaine, Sir John Hainault in Edward II, King Edward IV in Richard III, Boyet in Love’s

20 21 Samantha Soule* Amanda Tudor Viola Ensemble STC: An Enemy of the People. REGIONAL: 2008–2009 Acting Direction and Design NEW YORK: Broadway: Imperial Fellowship, Hartford Stage: The Theater: Coram Boy; Lincoln Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Rebecca Bayla Taichman ; Chicago Opera; New York City Opera: Center Theater: Dinner at Eight. Anymore, A Christmas Carol. FILM: Director Haroun (dir. Mark Lamos), Grand Opera; Off-Broadway: Keen Company: As Good As Dead, Drop Dead STC: The Taming of the Shrew. NEW YORK: Off- Santa Fe Opera; Los Angeles Opera. INTERNATIONAL: The Dining Room; Atlantic Drunk, American Standard. OTHER: Broadway: Second Stage: The Scene by Theresa Det Norske Teatret, Oslo, Akaska ACT Theater, Tokyo Theater Company: The Voysey Inheritance; The Hartt School: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Rebeck (starring Tony Shalhoub and Patricia and Hong Kong. UPCOMING: New Group: Mouth NYTW: Valhalla; Culture Project: White Chocolate; Trojan Women, Caucasian Chalk Circle, The House Heaton); The Ohio Theater: Menopausal Gentleman to Mouth by Kevin Elyot (dir. Mark Brokaw); Classic Summer Play Festival: Splitting Infinity, Mayhem; of Blue Leaves, The Cherry Orchard and others; (Special Citation Obie Award). REGIONAL: Woolly Stage Company: The Oresteia (dir. Brian Kulick), Pearl Theater: Daisy Mayme; Juggernaught Capital Classics: The Comedy of Errors, Hamlet. Mammoth: Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl Centre Dramatique National/Orleans: Ingmar Theater Company: Silver Nitrate; Rising Phoenix TRAINING: Interlochen Arts Academy, Shakespeare (premiere), The Velvet Sky by Roberto Aguirre- Bergman’s Autumn Sonata (dir. Arthur Nauzyciel); Repertory: The Telling Trilogy, Three Sisters, and Company, The Hartt School: BFA. Sacasa (premiere), The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl American Repertory Theater: The Seagull (dir. Janos Detour Days. REGIONAL: Berkshire Theatre (2006 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Resident Szasz); Guthrie Theater: Two Gentlemen of Verona Festival: Candida; Yale Repertory: The Evildoers; Ted van Griethuysen* Play); Yale Repertory: The Evildoers by David Adjmi (dir. Joe Dowling). TRAINING: Yale School of Drama. Williamstown Theatre Festival: Lady Windermere’s Malvolio (premiere), Iphigeneia at Aulis by Euripides; The Fan; Old Globe: A Body of Water; Westport STC: Friar Lawrence in Romeo Huntington: Mauritius by Theresa Rebeck (premiere); Miranda Hoffman Country Playhouse: David Copperfield; Cape and Juliet, Lepidus/A Cobbler in The Humana Festival: The Scene by Theresa Rebeck Playhouse: Da; Eugene O’Neill Theater Center: Julius Caesar, Lepidus/A Rural Costume Designer (premiere); Round House Theatre: The Diary of STC: Taming of the Shrew. NEW YORK: Broadway: Millicent Scowlworthy, Afterdark, As Reaper Fellow in , Anne Frank adapted by Wendy Kesselman (winner in Summer Grain. FILM: Revolutionary Road. Andrew Undershaft in Major Longacre Theatre: Well; Off-Broadway: Manhattan of three Helen Hayes Awards), A Body of Water by Theatre Club: Beauty of the Father; Public Theater: TELEVISION: , Contest Searchlight. Barbara; Ghost/First Player/ Lee Blessing; The Prince Music Theater: The Green AWARDS: , San Diego Critics Gravedigger in Hamlet; Holofernes in Love’s Satellites, Well; : Essential Self Violin by Elise Thoron with music by Frank London Defense, Spatter Pattern, She Stoops to Comedy; Circle Award, NY Innovative Theater Caffe Cino Labor’s Lost (mainstage and RSC); Darius in The (2003 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Direction of Award. OTHER: Artistic Associate of Rising Phoenix Persians; Philip Strozzi in Lorenzaccio; Falstaff New York Theatre Workshop: Oedipus at Palm a Musical); The Market Theater: Swimming in March Springs; Theatre: A Very Common Repertory. TRAINING: The Juilliard School: BFA. in Henry IV; Manders in Ghosts; Morose in The by Kate Robin; The Theater Offensive: The People Silent Woman; Claudius in Hamlet; Philip II in Don Procedure; Signature Theatre: Landscape of the Body; vs. The God of Vengeance. INSTRUCTOR: The O’Neill Second Stage: The Last Letter; Juilliard: The Odyssey; Tom Story* Carlos; Apemantus in Timon of Athens (Helen National Theater Institute, MIT, Yale University and Sir Andrew Aguecheek Hayes Award); Menenius Agrippa in Coriolanus; Ivona, Princess of Burgundia; Manhattan School of the University of Maryland. TRAINING/AFFILIATIONS: Music: Lord Byron’s Love Letter, The Village Singer, STC: Major Barbara, The Lear in King Lear; Prospero in The Tempest. NEW TCG New Generations Grant Recipient with Woolly Rivals, Twelfth Night, Measure YORK: Broadway: Romulus, Inadmissible Evidence Mirandolina; Target Margin Theater: The Marriage Mammoth, Drama League Directing Fellowship, Yale of Figaro. REGIONAL: The Court Theatre, Papermill for Measure. NEW YORK: Off- (Drama Desk Award), Galileo. Off-Broadway: New School of Drama graduate. Broadway: York Theater: The York Shakespeare Festival; Roundabout Theatre; Playhouse, Huntington Theatre, , Singing; Town Hall: Fresh La Mama E.T.C. REGIONAL: Olney Theatre: The A Contemporary Theatre, Yale Repertory, Portland Faces; Mint: Rutherford and Heiress; Folger Theatre: The Dresser; Studio Riccardo Hernandez Center Stage, Hartford Stage. OPERA: Glimmerglass Son; Chekhov Now: Hello Meatman; Project 400: Theatre: The Life of Galileo (Helen Hayes Award), Set Designer Opera Festival: Portrait de Manon, La Voix Humaine. Measure for Measure. REGIONAL: Tartuffe at The Steward of Chistendom (Helen Hayes Award); STC: Henry VI (dir. Michael Kahn), Much Ado about Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona: Portrait de Manon. McCarter Theatre and Yale Repertory; Berkshire Long Wharf Theatre; Hartford Stage; Williamstown Nothing. NEW YORK: Broadway: ’s UPCOMING: Theater for a New Audience: Othello. Theater Festival: The Book Club Play, The Glass Theatre Festival. INTERNATIONAL: Battersea Arts Caroline, or Change (also at Royal National Theater, American Repertory Theatre: Romance. TRAINING: Menagerie, Amadeus, Secret Lives of the Sexists Center, London: title role in The Life of Galileo; 2007 Olivier and 2006 Evening Standard Awards Yale School of Drama. (Berkshire Eagle Award), The Heidi Chronicles Arcola Theatre, London: Broadway from the for Best Musical), Topdog/Underdog (also at (Bershire Eagle Award), The Misanthrope, Shadows; Trafalgar Studios, London: Mr. Paradise Royal Court, 2002 Pulitzer Award for Best Play), Christopher Akerlind Moby Dick-Rehearsed, Camelot, Life’s a Dream; in Lovely and Misfit. INSTRUCTOR: Aesthetic Elaine Stritch: At Liberty (also at Old Vic), Bring Lighting Designer McCarter Theatre: Loot; Romeo and Juliet at Great Realism of Eli Siegel; Columbia University, Mount in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, The Tempest (dir. STC: Julius Caesar (1993), The Silent Woman. NEW Lakes Theatre Festival and Seattle Repertory; Vernon College. George C. Wolfe), Parade (dir. Hal Prince, Tony YORK: Broadway: Top Girls, 110° in the Shade (Tony Kansas City Repertory: Gross Indecency; Northern Award and Drama Desk nominations), Bells Are Award nomination), Talk Radio, Shining CIty, Awake Stage: The Lion in Winter; Provincetown Ringing. RECENT: includes Opera: and Sing (Tony Award nomination), Well, Rabbit Hole, Repertory: A Girl Called Dusty; Studio Theatre: Appomattox (dir. Robert Woodruff, comp. Philip A Touch of the Poet, In My Life, The Light in the Piazza The Invention of Love (Helen Hayes nomination), Glass, lib. by Christopher Hampton); English National (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Prometheus, The York Realist; Ivanov, A Number Opera/Young Vic: The Lost Highway (dir. Diane Award), Reckless, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, (Helen Hayes nomination), The Pillowman; Folger Paulus); Chicago Opera: Don Giovanni (dir. Diane Seven (Tony Award nomination), The Piano Theatre: School for Scandal, Henry IV, Part 1; Paulus); New York: Over 20 productions at New Lesson; Metropolitan Opera: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Eugene O’Neill: The Book Club Play, The Crowd York Shakespeare Festival/Public Theater: Mother Off-Broadway: New York Theatre Workshop: Martha You’re in With. FILM: Tribeca Film Festival: Piece Courage starring Meryl Streep (dir. George C. Wolfe), Clarke’s Kaos. REGIONAL: La Jolla Playhouse: Tobacco of Cake, Shiner. TRAINING: Duke University; The Stuff Happens (dir. Dan Sullivan), One Flea Spare Road; San Francisco Opera: Philip Glass’s Appomattox; Juilliard School. (dir. Ron Daniels), Blade to the Heat, Radiant Steppenwolf Theatre: Tracy Lett’s Superior Donuts; Baby (Drama Desk nomination), The America Glimmerglass Opera: I Capuleti ei Montecchi; Play; BAM, Lincoln Center, Cherry Lane, NYTW, Oregon Shakespeare Festival: The Clay Cart; Guthrie MTC and others. REGIONAL: American Repertory Theater: The Government Inspector. INTERNATIONAL: Theater (collaborations with Janos Szasz, Arthur Athens/Epidaurus Festival: Kafeneion; Edinburgh Nauzyciel, Gadi Roll, Robert Brustein, Ron Daniels); and Hong Kong Festivals: Orpheus X. AWARDS: Obie Guthrie Theatre: Oedipus, Egdardo Mine, Merchant for Sustained Excellence, Michael Merritt Award for of Venice; Goodman Theatre; Mark Taper Forum; Design and Collaboration. Center Stage; Arena Stage. OPERA: Lyric Opera of

22 23 Martin Desjardins Lady; Long Wharf Theatre and Maltz Jupiter Theatre: Composer/Sound Designer Guys and Dolls; Pioneer Theatre: Ragtime; Arizona STC: Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Titus Theatre Company: Pride and Prejudice. OPERA: Andronicus, Richard III (2007), The Beaux’ Stratagem, Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor (dir. Mary Love’s Labor’s Lost, The Comedy of Errors, Othello, Zimmerman), Iphigenie en Tauride (dir. Stephen UPCOMING EVENTS AT Lady Windermere’s Fan, Macbeth, Cyrano, Five by Wadsworth); Lyric Opera of Chicago, Santa Fe Opera, Tenn, Henry IV, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helen New York City Opera, Seattle Opera, Houston Grand THE HARMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS Hayes award), The Rivals, Ghosts, Richard III (2003), Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Chicago Opera Theatre. Hamlet, The Oedipus Plays, Don Carlos. NEW YORK: INTERNATIONAL: France: Directed Mary Zimmerman’s Call the Box Office at 202.547.1122 for ticket information, Off-Broadway: Second Stage: The Scene; New York production of Philip Glass’ Akhnaten. DANCE: Four unless otherwise noted. Theatre Workshop: columbinus (Lucille Lortel Award); seasons as Resident Choreographer for Boston Ballet. The Wooster Group: North Atlantic, House/Lights; TRAINING: Columbia University: BA in cellular biology. * Presented by the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Playwrights Horizons: Gunshy; John Houseman: Below the Belt. REGIONAL: Huntington Theatre: Mauritius, Ellen O’Brien A Christmas Carol An Evening of Bach and Beethoven Breath, Boom; McCarter Theatre: Ridiculous Fraud; Voice and Text Coach Presented by Ford’s Theatre Presented by Washington Performing Actors Theatre of Louisville: Mystery of Attraction, , See For the Shakespeare Theatre Company (page 30). Cloud Tectonics; Arena Stage: An American Daughter; December 2–28 Arts Society Center Stage: The Voysey Inheritance, Picnic; Round Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St. NW Monday, December 15, 8 p.m. House Theatre: Midwives, Camille, columbinus (Helen Alan Paul This perennial favorite is the quintessential story Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW Hayes Award), The Diary of Anne Frank (Helen Resident Assistant Director of how isolation and selfishness wither the soul—a Daniel Müller-Schott, cello, and Angela Hewitt, Hayes Award); Yale Repertory: Iphigeneia at Aulis. See For the Shakespeare Theatre Company (page 31). journey that can only be reversed and redeemed piano, present pieces from Bach and Beethoven. INTERNATIONAL: The Holland Festival, Amsterdam: only by embracing and contributing to the sea of Tickets: $38–$48. House/Lights; FINN, Harstad, Norway: Rett Etter M. William Shiner* humanity that surrounds us. Visit fordstheatre.org Midnatt; Mirvish Productions, Toronto, Canada: Death Resident Production Stage Manager for information. Tickets: $33–$65. of a Salesman; Edinburgh Fringe Festival: Embracing See For the Shakespeare Theatre Company (page 31). Classics in Context on the Riddle. TRAINING: Yale School of Drama. Windows on Twelfth Night* Benjamin Royer* Twelfth Night* Saturday, January 3, at 5 p.m. Rick Sordelet Assistant Stage Manager December 7, 1 p.m. Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW Fight Director STC: The Way of the World, Julius Caesar, Antony and Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW A panel including John Aravosis, Amanda Maddox, STC: Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Argonautika, Tamburlaine, Hamlet, Richard A discussion with scholars and members of the Christopher K. Morgan and STC Director of Tamburlaine, Edward II, The Taming of the Shrew, III. REGIONAL: Actors Theatre of Louisville: A Tuna Artistic and Education staff. Reservations required. Education Gregory Smith discusses Twelfth Night in a roundtable format. Reservations required. Free. Titus Andronicus, Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, Hamlet Christmas; Center Stage: The Voysey Inheritance, (Free For All), Henry VI, Parts 1, 2 and 3, Peer Gynt, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Elmina’s Kitchen As You Like It, Othello. NEW YORK: Broadway: 37 Theological Discussion on (U.S. premiere), Lady Windermere’s Fan, Sweeney Winter Heat Broadway shows including Tarzan, Aida, The Lion Twelfth Night* King, Beauty and the Beast, Curtains, 110º in the Todd, Misalliance, Intimate Apparel (premiere), Co-Presented by Washington No Foreigners Beyond This Point (premiere), Peter Wednesday, December 17, 5 p.m. Shade, Titanic, Urinetown. INTERNATIONAL: 40 Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW Performing Arts Society and Dance Place productions worldwide: staging fights for Cyrano Pan; Contemporary American Theater Festival: Presented in partnership with the Virginia Friday, January 9, 8 p.m. (starring Placido Domingo) at the Metropolitan Mr. Marmalade, Sex, Death and the Beach Baby Theological Seminary, Theological Discussions Saturday, January 10, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Opera, The Royal Opera House and Les Arts in (premiere), The God of Hell, Sonia Flew (premiere); provide audience members another lens through Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW Valencia, Spain. FILM: The Game Plan (starring Rep Stage: T Bone ’N Weasel. TRAINING: University of which to examine the plays of the season—the Featuring Rennie Harris Puremovement, Step Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson), Dan in Real Life Richmond: BA in Theatre Arts and Psychology. theological perspective. Reservations requested. Free. Afrika! and Coyaba Dance Theatre. Tickets: $30 for (starring Steve Carell, Juliet Binoche and Dane adults; $15 for children 17 and under. Cook). TELEVISION: Stunt Coordinator for Guiding Stuart Howard, Amy Schecter and Light. INSTRUCTOR: Yale School of Drama and Paul Hardt Post-Performance Discussion of The Neighbor Playhouse. AFFILIATIONS: Company Entangled Casting Twelfth Night* member of The Drama Department and Board Presented by CityDance Ensemble STC: 1986 to current season. NEW YORK: Broadway Wednesday, December 17 member for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. and Off-Broadway: most recent favorites include: Sidney Harman Hall, 610 F St. NW Friday, January 16, 8 p.m. August: Osage County; American casting for A Moon Ask questions of the acting company. Those attending Saturday, January 17, 8 p.m. Daniel Pelzig for the Misbegotten starring ; On Golden the performance are guaranteed seats; limited Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St. NW Choreographer Pond starring and Leslie Uggams; additional seating is available on a first-come basis. With a mix of humor, depth and candor, Entangled STC: Romeo and Juliet, Edward II, Don Juan, Pericles. ’s The Normal Heart; Sly Fox starring shows dance seen through relationships and NEW YORK: Broadway: A Year with Frog and Toad; Richard Dreyfuss and Eric Stoltz directed by Arthur ReDiscovery Series* relationships seen through dance. Tickets: $20–$55. Off-Broadway: New York Theatre Workshop: Valhalla Penn; I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (for 12 Monday, December 15, 7:30 p.m. years); Fortune’s Fool starring and Frank (Lortel nomination); City Center Encores!: The New Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St NW Moon; Manhattan Theatre Club: Regrets Only, Langella; The Graduate starring Kathleen Turner, Works for the ReDiscovery series are chosen by Newyorkers (Lortel nomination); Roundabout Theatre: Jason Biggs and Alicia Silverstone; Fosse; Annie Get Artistic Director Michael Kahn and presented under Privates on Parade. REGIONAL: La Jolla Playhouse: Your Gun; Chicago. UPCOMING: The new Broadway the direction of the Company’s artistic staff. Guest 33 Variations; ACT-SF: War Music; Goodman Theatre: production of West Side Story directed by its author, artists join members of the Washington theatrical Pericles; Williamstown Theatre Festival: Cabaret, Arthur Laurents; the National touring company of community to investigate these great but lesser- Main; Kennedy Center, Sondheim Celebration: August: Osage County, Death and the Maiden known plays of world literature through a staged Sweeney Todd; McCarter Theatre/Old Globe: Don in London’s West End and Tom Stoppard’s new reading. Reservations required. Free. Juan; Seattle Repertory: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; adaptation of Cyrano directed by Gerald Garutti for Alliance Theatre and Cincinnati Playhouse: My Fair the Theatre National Populaire in Paris. 24 25 Families trust Sunrise as Shakespeare Theatre Company their choice for senior living.

In his 23rd season with the Shakespeare Theatre be the leading force in producing and preserving Sunrise Senior Living can help. We Company, Artistic Director Michael Kahn, together with the highest quality classic theatre—the Education know that families searching for the Company’s artists, staff and Board of Trustees, Department is positioned as both a local and national senior living options for the seniors continues to fulfill the Company’s ambition to become resource. We strive to deepen the understanding in their lives can be faced with an the country’s leading force in the presentation and of, appreciation of and connection to classic theatre overwhelming number of options preservation of classic theatre. The Shakespeare in diverse learners of all ages through accessible and questions. Our professional Theatre Company enjoys national and international programs that celebrate multiple perspectives. The team can lead you through the renown as “the nation’s foremost Shakespeare education programs of STC challenge all learners process of choosing the option that company” (The Wall Street Journal) producing “a to explore the ideas, emotions and principles is right for you and your family. repertory of classics that no New York theatre of similar contained in classic texts and to discover the It’s been 20 years since Sunrise size and scale can match” (The New York Times). The correlations between classic theatre and our modern Senior Living started serving seniors Company’s noted company of classical actors regularly perceptions. We seek to fulfill this mission through and their families. Our resident- includes such distinguished guest artists as Jane strengthening our collaborations with schools and centered approach to senior living Alexander, Elizabeth Ashley, Avery Brooks, Dixie Carter, other organizations locally and nationally, engaging puts the senior first, giving them Kathleen Chalfant, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Keir Dullea, in scholarly dialogue with community and audience options to meet their individual Jonathan Hadary, Harry Hamlin, Hal Holbrook, Tom members, and increasing our use of technology. Text needs and wishes. Private and Hulce, , Sabrina LeBeauf, Jean LeClerc, Alive!, a curriculum enrichment program, works with shared accommodations available. Judith Light, Victor Love, Kelly McGillis, Patrick Page, public school teachers in D.C., Virginia and Maryland Jean Stapleton, , Richard Thomas, Joan to make Shakespeare and his works accessible van Ark, Geraint Wyn Davies and Karen Ziemba. The to young audiences. ShakesPEERS, a community For more information and a 2008–2009 season opened with associate artistic outreach initiative, provides a nurturing environment director David Muse’s production of Romeo and Juliet during non-school hours for young people from the FREE online newsletter visit in Sidney Harman Hall. Then Michael Kahn directed D.C. public schools to explore their creative voices www.sunriseseniorliving.com the great Restoration comedy The Way of the World, through a foundation of collaboration, craftsmanship, by William Congreve at the Lansburgh. The holidays citizenship and community. With its broad range Sunrise of Springfield bring Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, directed by Rebecca of programs—including Classics in the Classroom, 6541 Franconia Road Bayla Taichman, to Sidney Harman Hall. The season Students for Shakespeare, Windows, Master Acting Springfield, VA 22150 continues at the Lansburgh with Jonathan Munby Classes, Professional Internships, SHAKESPEARIENCE, 703.922.6800 directing the Spanish Golden Age play The Dog in Re:ACT and Theatre History Initiative—the Company’s the Manger, by Lope de Vega. Ethan McSweeny then Education Department is an innovative and creative returns to direct an acclaimed translation of Euripides’ community resource. Ion at Sidney Harman Hall. In the spring, Michael Kahn directs Nöel Coward’s Design for Living at the Academy for Classical Acting Lansburgh Theatre. The season ends at Sidney Harman Designed for working actors, midstream in their Hall with director Robert Falls’ production of King Lear, careers, the Academy for Classical Acting is a one-year featuring the return of Stacy Keach. immersion program with an exceptional number of contact hours between students and professional Shakespeare Theatre Company Free For All faculty. Under the guidance of Michael Kahn and Started in 1991 to engage new and diverse audiences, with an MFA degree accredited through The George the Free For All has presented free Shakespeare to Washington University, the ACA teaches actors how approximately 560,000 area residents. Its contribution to integrate the emotional, physical and imaginative to the community has been recognized with both The life of a role with the technical skills needed to Washington Post Distinguished Service Award and express to the fullest Shakespeare’s dramatic texts the Public Humanities Award from the Humanities as well as many other classical playwrights. During Council of Washington, D.C. 11 months of intensive study, ACA training includes voice, speech, acting, text, mask, Alexander Technique, In 2009, the Free For All will move from its previous movement, clown and stage combat. Since 2001, ACA location at Carter Barron Amphitheatre to Sidney has graduated more than 100 actors who are now Harman Hall. The move will increase the Metro- performing on stages in New York, Washington, D.C. accessibility of the event, prevent weather-related and across the country. cancellations and delays, and allow STC to maintain the artistic integrity of Free For All productions thanks Annual Support to the state-of-the-art capabilities of Sidney Harman Donors make a difference. Ticket revenue and other Hall. By changing venues, the Company also will be earned income account for just 64 percent of the able to host a variety of additional family-friendly Company’s $19 million operating budget. It is only events to coincide with Free For All performances. with the ongoing generous support of more than 300 For additional information on the change, please visit corporations, foundations and public agencies—along ShakespeareTheatre.org. with more than 3,000 individuals—that the Company can fulfill its mission as the nation’s leading force in Education producing and preserving classical theatre. Consistent with the Company’s central mission—to

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Michael R. Klein, Chair The National Council for the Michael Kahn Royal Shakespeare Company’s Complete Works Festival; The Oedipus Plays at the Athens Festival; Robert E. Falb, Vice Chair Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Pauline Schneider, Secretary STC: The Way of the World, Five by Tenn for The Acting Company’s tour of John Hill, Treasurer Eastern Europe; Show Boat for the National Cultural Kathleen Matthews, Chair, Maryland Antony and Cleopatra (2008), Michael Kahn, Artistic Director Tamburlaine, Hamlet (2007), Center Opera House in Cairo; The White Devil for the Chelsea V. Clinton, Vice Chair, New York Adelaide Festival. BOARD MEMBERSHIPS: Theatre Barbara Harman, Secretary, Massachusetts Richard III (2007), The Beaux’ Ken Adelman Stratagem, Love’s Labor’s Lost, Communications Group; New York State Council James B. Adler on the Arts; D.C. Commission on the Arts and Enid Beal, Massachusetts Othello, Lorenzaccio, Macbeth Nicholas W. Allard Humanities; National Endowment for the Arts; Opera Scott Berg and Freddi Lipstein, Washington (2004), Cyrano, Five by Tenn (at the Kennedy Stephen E. Allis America’s 80s and Beyond. AWARDS: Seven Helen William E. Cain, Massachusetts Center), The Silent Woman, The Winter’s Tale Anita M. Antenucci Hayes Awards for Outstanding Director; 2007 Mayor’s Dixie Carter, California (2002), The Duchess of Malfi, The Oedipus Plays, Jeffrey D. Bauman Arts Award Special Recognition for Shakespeare Catherine Corman, New York Hedda Gabler, Don Carlos, Timon of Athens, Camino Heidi L. Berry in Washington; 2007 Stephen and Christine Cynthia Coulson, New York Real, Coriolanus, King Lear (1999), The Merchant Landon Butler Schwarzman Award for Excellence in Theatre; 2007 Nancy Davis, Florida of Venice, King John, A Woman of No Importance, E. H. Corrigan Sir Award for Excellence in the Dramatic Franchelle S. Dorn, Texas Sweet Bird of Youth, Peer Gynt, Mourning Becomes Ralph Davidson Arts; 2005 Person of the Year from the National Angela Fox, Virginia Electra, Henry VI, Volpone, , Henry IV, The Lurita Doan Theatre Conference; 2004 Shakespeare Society Lewis P. and Genevieve Geyser, California Doctor’s Dilemma, Richard II, Much Ado about Steven B. Epstein Medal; 2002 William Shakespeare Award for Classical Nicholas T. Goldsborough, Washington, D.C. Nothing (also at McCarter Theatre), Mother Courage James A. Feldman Theatre; 2002 Distinguished Washingtonian Award Harry Hamlin, California and Her Children, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, Miles Gilburne from The University Club; 2002 GLAAD Capitol Award; Hal Holbrook, California King Lear (1991), Richard III (1990), The Merry Wives Rhoda Glickman 1997 Mayor’s Arts Award for Excellence in an Artistic Walter Isaacson, Washington, D.C. of Windsor, Twelfth Night, As You Like It, Antony Michael Glosserman Discipline; 1996 Opera Music Theater International’s Marla R. Kaye, New York and Cleopatra (1988), Macbeth (1988), All’s Well Kingdon Gould III Bravo Award; 1990 First Annual Shakespeare’s Stacy Keach, California That Ends Well, The Winter’s Tale (1987), Romeo Dr. Sidney Harman Globe Award; 1989 Washingtonian Magazine Rebecca Klemm, Washington, D.C. and Juliet. NEW YORK: Broadway: Show Boat (Tony Stephen A. Hopkins Washingtonian of the Year; 1989 Washington Post Judith Light, California nomination), , Whodunnit, Night Lawrence A. Hough Award for Distinguished Community Service; 1988 Dorothy and Bill McSweeny, Washington, D.C. of the Tribades, Death of Bessie Smith, Here’s Where Jeffrey M. Kaplan John Houseman Award. HONORARY DOCTORATES: Kate Medina, New York I Belong, Othello, Henry V; Off-Broadway: Manhattan Abbe D. Lowell University of South Carolina; Kean College; The Pantelis Michalopoulos and Cynthia L. Quarterman, Theatre Club: Five By Tenn, Sleep Deprivation Eleanor Merrill Juilliard School; The American University. Washington, D.C. Chamber; Funnyhouse of a Negro, The Rimers of Howard P. Milstein Connie Mourtoupalas, Washington, D.C. Eldritch, Three by Thornton Wilder, A Month in the Walter Pincus The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, D.C. Country, Hedda Gabler, The Señorita from Tacna, Chris Jennings Ronald Salluzzo Pamela Peabody, Washington, D.C. Ten by Tennessee; New York Shakespeare Festival: Managing Director Lady Sheinwald Eden Rafshoon, Washington, D.C. Measure for Measure (Saturday Review Award). STC: Joined the company as General Manager Douglas G. Smith Thomas Stepp, South Carolina Artistic Director: The Acting Company, 1978–1988. in 2004. ADMINISTRATION: General Manager: George P. Stamas Patrick Stewart, Great Britain TEACHING: Richard Rodgers Director of Juilliard Trinity Repertory Company (1999–2004), Theatre Catherine Stevens Drama Division July 1992–May 2006, faculty member for a New Audience (1997–1999); Associate William T. Torgerson As of October 2008 1967–; Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy for Managing Director: Yale Repertory Theatre; Sam Turner Classical Acting at the George Washington University. Assistant to the Executive Producer: Manhattan David M. Tyler Previously: New York University; Circle in the Square Ex-Officio Theater Club; Founder/Producing Director: Texas Frieda K. Wallison Elliot F. Gerson, Virginia Theatre School; Princeton University; British American Young Playwrights Festival; Manager: Dougherty Drama Academy; founder of Chautauqua Theatre Arts Center. MEMBERSHIPS: Currently serves Ex-Officio Conservatory. REGIONAL: Arena Stage: A Touch of the on the Board of the DC Downtown BID and Kathleen Matthews, Chair, National Council Poet; Signature Theatre: Otabenga; Guthrie Theater: the Penn Quarter Neighborhood Association, The Duchess of Malfi; American Repertory Theatre: and is a member of the League of Resident Emeritus Trustees ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore; American Shakespeare Theatres (served on AEA and SSDC Negotiating R. Robert Linowes*, Founding Chairman Theatre: Artistic Director for 10 years, more than 20 Committees), Theatre Communications Group, David A. Brody* productions; McCarter Theatre: Artistic Director for Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Melvin S. Cohen five seasons, including Beyond the Horizon, filmed for Managers; has served as a panelist for the James F. Fitzpatrick PBS; Chautauqua Theatre: Artistic Director, including DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Lady Manning The Glass Menagerie with Tom Hulce; Goodman AWARDS: Arts Administration Fellowship: National William F. McSweeny Theatre: Old Times (MacArthur Award), The Tooth Endowment for the Arts. TRAINING: University V. Sue Molina of Crime (Jefferson nomination); Ford’s Theatre: of Miami: BFA in Theatre/Music; Yale School of Eden Rafshoon Eleanor. OPERA: Vanessa for the New York City Drama: MFA in Theatre Management. Emily Malino Scheuer* Opera (2007); Lysistrata or The Nude Goddess for Mrs. Louis Sullivan Houston Grand Opera and New York City Opera; Daniel W. Toohey Vanessa for Washington Opera and Dallas Opera; Sarah Valente Show Boat for Houston Grand Opera; Carmen for Lady Wright Houston and Washington Operas; Carousel for Miami Opera; Julius Caesar for San Francisco Spring * Deceased Opera. INTERNATIONAL: Love’s Labor’s Lost at the

28 29 David Muse Much Ado about Nothing, The Cardinal, The Alan Paul M. William Shiner* Associate Artistic Director Maid’s Tragedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Resident Assistant Director Resident Production Stage Manager STC: Director: Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, On Love’s Labor’s Lost, Women Beware Women, The STC: Director: ReDiscovery Series readings of The STC: The Way of the World, Antony and Cleopatra, the Eve of Friday Morning, Pericles (Free For All); White Devil, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, The Dispute, The Demi-Monde; Assistant Director: Julius Caesar, Argonautika, Tamburlaine, Edward . REGIONAL: Assistant Director: Othello, Lady Windermere’s Winter’s Tale, The Duchess of Malfi The Way of the World, Antony and Cleopatra; II, Harman Gala, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Richard People’s Light and Theatre Company; Shakespeare III, The Beaux’ Stratagem, An Enemy of the People, Fan, The Tempest, Pericles, Macbeth; Director: Directorial Assistant: Argonautika, Tamburlaine, Santa Cruz; North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Love’s Labor’s Lost (mainstage and RSC), The ReDiscovery Series, numerous readings; Academy Edward II. DIRECTING: Richard II, Six Degrees of PUBLICATIONS: Articles in The Voice and Speech Persians, Don Juan, The Comedy of Errors, Othello, for Classical Acting instructor; Master Acting Class Separation, Ah, Wilderness!, To Die For. MUSICAL Review, Shakespeare in the Twentieth Century, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, instructor. NEW YORK: New York City Summer DIRECTING: Woolly Mammoth: Dead Man’s Cell Play Festival: Swansong by Patrick Page; multiple Shakespearean Illuminations, Shakespeare Lorenzaccio, Pericles, Macbeth, Cyrano. REGIONAL: Phone (dir. Rebecca Bayla Taichman); Porchlight events for the Onassis Public Benefit Foundation. Survey, Shakespeare Quarterly and Shakespeare Dallas Theater Center: Accidental Death of an Music Theatre: Assassins; Northwestern University: REGIONAL: Arena Stage: Frankie and Johnny in the and the Arts. INSTRUCTOR: Academy for Classical Anarchist, A Christmas Carol (2001–2003), The The Dialogues of the Carmelites, Once upon a Claire de Lune; Studio Theatre: Blackbird, Frozen, Acting; University of California, Santa Cruz; Guilford Glass Menagerie, Hamlet, Cotton Patch Gospel, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Helen College; Kirkland College Mattress, The Waa-Mu Show; Theatre Building Big Love, The Real Thing, Of Mice and Men, Our Hayes nominations for Outstanding Director Chicago: Black, White and Gray, 2007 Mini- Town; Pittsburgh Public Theater: Accidental Death and Outstanding Production); Theatre Alliance: Akiva Fox Musical Festival. ASSISTANT DIRECTING: Arena of an Anarchist; La Jolla Playhouse: Jane Eyre: The The Bluest Eye; Hudson Valley Shakespeare Literary Associate Stage: Cabaret (dir. Molly Smith), 33 Variations Musical, I Am My Own Wife, Diva, Going to St. Ives, Festival: Antony and Cleopatra. OTHER: New play DRAMATURG: STC: The Way of the World, Romeo Workshop (dir. Moisés Kaufman); Woolly Cosmonaut’s Last Message..., Sweet Bird of Youth; development at numerous theatres including and Juliet, The Imaginary Invalid, Antony Mammoth: Dead Man’s Cell Phone. TRAINING: TheatreWorks: Triumph of Love. OPERA: Long New York Theatre Workshop, Arena Stage, Geva and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Major Barbara, Northwestern University: BS in Theatre. Beach Opera: Jenufa. DANCE: Joe Goode: Hapless; Theatre, Kennedy Center, Ford’s Theatre. AWARDS: Edward II, Tamburlaine, The Taming of the Jean Isaacs: Implosions; several international dance DC Mayor’s Arts Award for Outstanding Emerging Shrew, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Richard III, festivals. TRAINING: University of California, San Artist, National Theatre Conference Emerging Artist The Beaux’ Stratagem, An Enemy of the People, Diego: MFA in Stage Management. Award. TRAINING: Yale University: BA; Yale School Love’s Labor’s Lost, The Persians, Don Juan, The of Drama: MFA in directing. Comedy of Errors. REGIONAL: American Repertory Theatre/Theatre de la Jeune Lune: Amerika (dir. Deborah Vandergrift Dominique Serrand). ASSISTANT DRAMATURG: Director of Production American Repertory Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s REGIONAL: Second season at STC, Production Dream (dir. Martha Clarke). TRANSLATOR: Slapped Manager for Hartford Stage for six seasons; Stage (Andreyev), Fear and Misery in the Third Reich Manager for more than 30 shows at Hartford (Brecht). DIRECTOR: Firebelly Productions: Twelfth Stage working with directors including Mark Night; Madcap Players: Howard. TEACHING: Lamos, Michael Wilson, Michael Langham, JoAnne Harvard University. TRAINING: University of Akalaitis, Richard Foreman and Anne Bogart; : BA; American Repertory Theatre Stage Manager for La Jolla Playhouse, Georgia Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard Shakespeare Festival, New Jersey Shakespeare University/Moscow Art Theatre School: MFA. FOLGER CONSORT Festival, Phoenix Theatre and other theatres. EARLY MUSIC ENSEMBLE IN RESIDENCE AT THE FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY INTERNATIONAL: Pearls for Pigs international Merry Alderman tour (dir. Richard Foreman), International Associate Casting Director Production Associates. OTHER: Project Manager: STC: Directorial Assistant: Hamlet, The Beaux’ A Spanish Christmas Arts Festival Atlanta, International Festival of Arts Stratagem. NEW YORK: Off-Broadway: Assistant Festive Music from Spain’s Golden Age and Ideas; Stage Manager for 1996 Olympic Director: Manhattan Theatre Club: Yellowman (dir. Games, Glimmerglass Opera, New York City Blanka Zizka); Underwood Theater: Buicks (dir. December 12-21 Opera. TRAINING: Oberlin College: BA in English Brian Kulick). REGIONAL: Capital Fringe Festival: with vocalists The Concord Ensemble and instrumentalists and Theatre; UC San Diego: MFA in Stage Abstract Nude; Tamarind Theater: Natalie!. FILM: Marilyn Boenau, Marcia Young, and Webb Wiggins Management. Casting Associate: The Kite Runner, Babel; Casting Celebrate Christmas with the Consort in the festively decorated Assistant: Memoirs of a Geisha, Bewitched, Elizabethan Theatre and enjoy a ravishing holiday repertoire from Renaissance Spain, including beautiful carols and dazzling works Ellen O’Brien Miami Vice, Stranger Than Fiction, Spider-Man 3. TELEVISION: Casting Associate: Pilot episode for choir, organ, winds, and strings. Head of Voice and Text of NBC’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. OTHER: STC: Romeo and Juliet, The Imaginary Invalid, Former Artistic Associate for the Underwood Antony and Cleopatra, Julius Caesar, Tamburlaine, Theater in New York; Founding member of the Vivaldi’s Gloria Edward II, Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Richard III Capital Fringe Festival and Associate Producer (2007), The Beaux’ Stratagem, Love’s Labor’s January 9-10 for the Source Festival. TRAINING: Wesleyan An all-Vivaldi program with soloists Ah Young Hong, Lost (mainstage and RSC), Don Juan, The Comedy University: BA. Roger O. Isaacs, and Rosa Lamoreaux, the National Cathedral of Errors, Lady Windermere’s Fan, The Tempest, Choir, and a Baroque orchestra led by violinist Robert Mealy Pericles, Macbeth, Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Rivals, Inventive, dramatic, and energetic, Vivaldi’s most famous sacred Ghosts, Richard III (2003), The Winter’s Tale, piece, the Gloria, is performed with its introductory The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Little Foxes, movements, “Winter” from The Four Seasons, and other works Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Oedipus Plays, in the magnificent space of Washington National Cathedral. Timon of Athens, Richard II, Don Carlos, Hedda Gabler. ACADEMY FOR CLASSICAL ACTING: The Tickets Now On Sale 202.544.7077 www.folger.edu/consort 201 East Capitol Street, SE Revenger’s Tragedy, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Washington, DC 20003

30 Staff

Artistic Director Michael Kahn Sales and Marketing Assistant Alison Heasley Executive Assistant to Michael Kahn John Moletress Outbound Sales Manager Douglas Sutcliffe Teleservices Associates Richard Blaustein, ARTISTIC Jenny Ketchum, Patricia Sonaty, Associate Artistic Director David Muse Tamra Testerman, Annaiss Wilkinson Head of Voice and Text Ellen O’Brien Ticket Services Manager Austin Auclair Literary Associate Akiva Fox Assistant Ticket Services Manager Holly Cobb Associate Casting Director Merry Alderman Sales Supervisors Christopher Arnold, Zachary Ford Resident Assistant Director Alan Paul Sales Associates Zindzi Ali, Ray Brackin, Artistic Fellow Hannah Todd Sequoia El-Amin, Heather Hart, Michel Higgs, Megan Heithaus, Christopher Hunt, KC Johnson, ADMINISTRATION Jessica Kaplan, Shik Love, Managing Director Chris Jennings Andre McBride, Izetta Mobley, Associate Managing Director Charles Phaneuf Jenny Motta, Robin Muller, Company Manager Tselané Prescott Kristin Nam, Alex Perez, Assistant Company Manager Meg Kelly Sarah Polaski, Carmelita Riley, General Management Intern Todd Morgan Marie Riley, Julia Thompson, Adrian Wade, Director of Administration James Roemer Nkem Wellington, Michael Wharton Human Resources Manager Kimberley Mauldin Director of Community and Human Resources Coordinator Jaco Loots Audience Services Cal Barnes Accounting Manager Joshua Drew House Managers Carol Krueger, Crystal Stokes Accounting Assistant Marco Dimuzio Assistant House Managers Melissa Adler, Director of Operations Timothy Fowler Ali Peterson, Taryn Friend, Theatre Building Engineer Jerry Sampson Joel Ganz, Addie Gayoso, Joe Lamantia, Operations Assistant Claire Natkin Andrea Lemieux, Lauren Parks, Justin Pentenrieder, Maintenance Technician Al Sanders Tselané Prescott, Marie Riley Custodian Trent Holland Retail Manager Christopher Levy Photo of STC staff by Imagelink Photo. Harman Porters Dennis Fuller, Jorge Ramirez, Assistant Retail Managers Ashley Calvetti, Sue Fraser Rosa Umanzor Harman Receptionists Claire Natkin, Julia Thompson Lansburgh Porters Mirna Guzman, Agustin Hernandez Receptionist Ursula David EDUCATION PROGRAMS Crafts Artisan Lauren Sims Assistant Lighting Designer Burke Brown Associate Director of The Academy for Wig Designer Anne Nesmith Electrics Intern Matt Shipley Information and Technology Brian McCloskey Costume Interns Stephanie Cluggish, Electrics Overhires Garth Dolan, Peter Goldschmidt, Classical Acting Director Gary Logan Database Programmer Warren Evans Rebecca Keber, Alaina Venditti J. Michael Hishchynsky, Laura Hofford, Academy Program Coordinator Christy McDonald Tessitura Database Analyst Brian Graham Costume Volunteer Sarah Porter Paul Lange, Katrina Maurer, Director of Education Gregory Smith Systems Administrator Jason McAnany Technical Director Mark Prey Andrew Scharwath, Paul Villalovoz School Programs Manager Vanessa Buono Assistant Technical Directors Michael Bagley, Training Programs Manager Dat Ngo DEVELOPMENT Kelly Dunnavant Audio Supervisor Martin Desjardins Audience Enrichment Chief Development Officer Ed Zakreski Scene Shop Foreman Greg Schmidt Assistant Audio Engineer Charles Scheer Programs Manager Steven Scott Mazzola Associate Director of Development Amy Gardner Scene and Paints Buyer Kati Torgerson Harman Live Mix Engineer Jason Tratta Residency Manager Audra Polk Associate Director of Special Events Joanne Coutts Draftsperson Mike Schwent Audio/Video Engineer Jen Foster Community Access Manager Caroline Alexander Development Events Coordinator Rachel Niehoff Carpenters Roger Bridges, Leanne Bock, Lansburgh Board Operator Andrew Smith Education Coordinator Marcy Spiro Corporate Giving Manager Mandy Dickens Tyler Hoyt, Joel Johnson, Joshua Wellnitz Resident Production Community/Residency Programs Intern Abby Jackson Development Operations Manager Patrick J. Retton II Overhire Carpenters Jose Abraham, Emily Gallivan, Stage Manager M. William Shiner School Programs Intern Michelle Jackson Major Gifts Coordinator Meridith Nimke Phil Kantor, Craig Lawrence, Frank Miller, Assistant Stage Manager Benjamin Royer Affiliated Teaching Artists Wyckham Avery, Director of Individual Giving Susan E. Ross Van Phan, Mike Potvin, Keri Schultz, Production Assistant Elizabeth Clewly Dan Crane, Kate Davenport, Membership Manager Chris Nitti Rob Shand, Jeanette Stair, SM Interns Erin Baxter, Sarah Rowland, Teresa Wood Elizabeth Webster Duke, Andy English, Director of Foundation and Jeff Wendel, Mike Winstead, Mandy Yu Stage Operations Supervisor Louie Baxter Elizabeth Forte, George Grant, Government Relations Connie L. Perez Charge Scenic Artist Sally Glass Harman Stage Carpenter Stephen Baldridge Casey Kaleba, Scott Kerns, Floyd King, Grants Writer Cari Romeu Scenic Artist Jose Ortiz Harman Properties Run Crew Emily Steger Andrew Long, Anne Nottage, Oran Sandel Scenic Painter Karla Ramsey Harman Stage Hand Trey Thomas Lansburgh Stage Carpenter Stacey Garrett COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING PRODUCTION Director of Communications Prop Shop Director Chester Hardison Lansburgh Properties Run Crew Mick Coughlin Director of Production Deborah Vandergrift and Marketing Stacy L. Shaw Assistant Properties Manager Guy Palace Overhire Run Crew Craig Hower Associate Director of Production Genevieve Cooper Lead Props Artisan Chris Young Publicist Lauren Beyea Wardrobe Supervisor Production Management Intern Tim Kaufmann Props Artisan Tobias Harding Senior Graphic Designer Selena Robleto at Harman Hall Katherine Share Costume Director Deborah Shippee Props Painter/Sculpture Eric Hammesfahr Harman Dresser Rebekah Nettekoven Tello Associate Graphic Designer Ricardo Alvarez Associate Costume Director Jennifer Bilbo Hand Props Artisan Kimberley Cruce Harman Wigs and Make-Up Ellyn Miller Graphic Design Intern Nicole Geldart Costume Shop Floor Manager Randi Fowler Soft Goods Artisan Becky Williams Publications Manager Shawn C. Helm Wardrobe Supervisor Assistant to the Costume Designer Courtney McClain Assistant Props Artisan Liza Kindl Publications Coordinator Annie Hunt at Lansburgh Theatre Melanie Koontz Drapers Denise Aitchison, Sally Kessler, Props Intern Kristen Menichelli Lansburgh Dresser Sue Stubbe Web Coordinator Brien Patterson Natalie Kurczewski, Meg Clugston Madle, Malvolio’s bicycle Larry Black, College Park Bicycles Lansburgh Wigs and Make-Up Shari Besconceney Communications/Marketing Intern Julia Strachan Jacqui Pomeranski Photographers Kevin Allen, Carol Rosegg, First Hands Roxann Ingram Todt, Erin Beth Korey, Scott Suchman Master Electrician Sean R. McCarthy HARMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS Tessa Lew, AnaMarie Nelson, Donna Sachs, Assistant Master Electrician Lily Bradford Associate Director of Director of Booking and Partnerships K Williams Kimberly Salsbury, Sandra Thomas Harman Electrician Brian Flory Marketing Operations E. Annie Hall Coordinator of Bookings and Partnerships Tim Bailey Stitchers Karla Irwin, Lynne Goodwin, Anne Gray, Lansburgh Electrician Lauren Hill Associate Director of Marketing Neal Racioppo Bookings and Partnerships Assistant Megan Holdren Re Leps, Michele Ordway, Jennifer Rankin Electrician Alicia Levey Sales and Promotions Manager Lindsay Mady Costume Crafts Manager Katie Stack

32 33 Special Thanks/Volunteers The Shakespeare Theatre Company remembers The Shakespeare Theatre Company extends special thanks to the Folger Shakespeare Library for its sustained cooperation and to the following individuals, businesses and organizations Eric Weinmann for their important contributions to the Company’s ongoing activities: whose generosity and love of Shakespeare were Arena Stage, Chuck Fox Gianetti’s Studios Rideable Bicycle Replicas Arena Stage, Joe Salasovitch Dr. David Glenn Betty Siegel instrumental to the success of our company The Aspen Institute Scott Kaufmann Washington National Opera Larry Black John McGraw Willard InterContinental Marcie Cohen The Lansburgh Washington College Park Bicycles Mt. Airy Bicycles Kevin Wilsey Burt Fishman Osberto Osario

A special thank you to the following 2008–2009 season subscribers who also donate their time as volunteers Ms. Linda Anderson Ms. Helen Gross Ms. Eugenia Schenecker Ms. Holly J. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Holmes Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schwab Ms. Priscilla Ball Ms. Charlene C. Hsu Ms. Christine Scott Ms. Laurel Beedon Ms. Valerie Kaplan Ms. Reita Shaw Ms. Ellen Blumner Ms. Barbara Keller Mrs. Judine E. Slaughter Mr. Ray Boedecker Ms. Janet Kennelly Ms. C. Hoag and Ms. C. Smith Ms. Phyllis Burka Dana and Ray Koch Ms. Ellen Spencer Ms. Rachel Caywood Ms. Freddi Lipstein Ms. Marcia Steinberg Mr. and Mrs. John Chandler Jr. Mr. Joseph D. Mannion Mr. Kurt Stern Ms. Margo Cunniffe Ms. and Mr. Susan Mareck Ms. Sheridan Strickland Mr. Gregory Dobbins Ms. Nancy McCabe Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Temkin Molly and James Donahue Ms. Bobbie McCartney Ms. Helen Templin Mr. Larry L. Ellis Ms. Marlene McHugh Ms. Dina E. MacWilliam Mr. Shalom Fisher Ms. Cheryl Owen Ms. Barbara L. Walker Ms. Joan Fuchsman Ms. Nancy Rosnow Ms. Mariele Wardian Ms. Renee Gier Ms. Mary Beth Ryan Ms. Alison Westfall Ms. Tia Green Mr. Christopher Schaffer Ms. Patricia J. Zapor

Be part of the behind-the-scenes world of theatre! Volunteers play an integral role in the day-to-day operations of the Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Harman Center of the Arts. From ushering at our performances to helping with guest artist hospitality, volunteers are actively engaged with the organization in a variety of invaluable ways. For the 2008–2009 season, we are pleased to announce our newest volunteer initiative, the Literary Circle. Literary Associate Akiva Fox has selected a group of eight volunteers, through an application process, to read and critique lesser-known classic plays for future staged readings and mainstage productions. Literary Circle members gather monthly to discuss the plays they have read and to offer their recommendations on those scripts. In addition to the Literary Circle, other programs involving volunteers include SHAKESPEARIENCE Student Matinees, Happenings at the Harman and the Free For All. For “I remember him well, more information about our volunteer programs, visit us online at and I remember him worthy of thy praise.” ShakespeareTheatre.org or call the Education Hotline at 202.547.5688. The Shakespeare Theatre Company extends thanks to all of our dedicated volunteers. We William Shakespeare sincerely appreciate your hard work, dedication and commitment.

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34 Linda and Stanley Sher Lily St. John McKee Joseph and Jeri Fellerman Janet W. Solinger and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McLarty, III The Honorable Julie Finley Individual Donors Jacob K. Goldhaber Kathryn B. Medina Barbara A. Foss Bruce N. Tanzer and Madeline C. Nelson Rhona Wolfe Friedman and Those Who Are Making the Financial Difference Gabriela Anaya Louisa and Bill Newlin Donald J. Friedman Anne and Daniel Toohey Mr. and Mrs. David Osnos Dr. and Mrs. Norman Freed More than 3,000 individuals, families, businesses, foundations and government agencies contribute to Ralph C. Voltmer, Jr. and Barbara A. Patocka and Aaron and Susan Fuller the Annual Fund. Their generosity provides 36 percent of our operating budget. Tracy A. Davis Everett Mattlin Kent and Linda Sue Gardiner Gerry Widdicombe Mary Lee Payton Charles and Amy Gardner The Board of Trustees, artists and staff gratefully acknowledge the special relationship the Shakespeare Hattie Ruttenberg Laura George Theatre Company donor has with the Company. Because of our donors’ commitment to the beauty $2,500 to $4,999 Mrs. Stanley J. Sarnoff Tim and Susan Gibson of our language and the common good of our community, magic happens on our stage. They make Anonymous Lyle L. Sensenbrenner Scott Gilbert possible what is cherished by our 180,000 audience members. James and Marjorie Akins Victor Shargai Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Goldstein The following list acknowledges gifts received between July 22, 2007, and September 19, 2008. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Almassy The Honorable Robert E. Sharkey Edward and Tamra Gotchef Merribel S. Ayres and Dr. Phoebe Sharkey Mr. and Mrs. Woolf P. Gross * Denotes a Trustee of the Shakespeare Theatre Company Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Ballentine Esther A. Simon Charitable Trust Kenneth Hance Mr. and Mrs. William O. Bank Anne and Daniel Toohey Charles W. Heise $100,000 and above $15,000 to $24,999 Rebecca J. Klemm Robert Barnett and Rita Braver James Vansweden Jean and Stephen Hersh Anonymous The Lauder Foundation, Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Berlin Caroline C. Willis Book F. Lynn Holec Esthy and Jim Adler* Leonard and Michael R. Klein and The Bernstein Companies Appraisals William L. Hopkins Nick and Marla Allard* Evelyn Lauder Fund Joan I. Fabry* Mr. and Mrs. Jere Broh-Kahn Ernest Wohnig and John Edward Johnson Stephen E. Allis* Kathleen Matthews The Robert P. and Arlene R. Robin Greenhouse and Karla Chaman Mr. and Mrs. Robert Joost Heidi and Max Berry*/Jacob Pantelis Michalopoulos and Kogod Family Foundation Kyle Brown Judy and Leo Zickler Amy and Arthur Kales and Charlotte Lehrman Cynthia Quarterman Vicki and Roger Sant Mr. and Mrs. I.T. Burden, III Candace and Hadrian Katz Foundation Hilary and Andrew Peck Julie Burton and Roger Hickey In Memory Melinda Kimble Katherine B. and The John and Marcia Price In Memory Dawn and James Causey In Memory of Dana and Ray Koch David G. Bradley Family Foundation In Memory of Eric Weinmann Shawn J. Chen Emily Malino Scheuer Sanjiv Kumar and Giuseppe and Mercedes Cecchi Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Rafshoon Lorraine E. Chickering Mansoora Rashid The E.H. Corrigan Foundation* Reiss Family Foundation $50,000 to $99,999 Linda and John Cogdill $1,500 to $2,499 William Lands and John K. Delaney Resnick Family Foundation Anne and Ronald Abramson Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Copeland Anonymous Norberta Schoene Mr. and Mrs. Robert Falb* Judi Seiden Steven and Deborah Epstein* Patricia Cunningham Erin Abernathy Stephen H. Leppla and Lewis and Genevieve Geyser William and Norma Kline Tiefel and Epstein Becker and John Davies Miriam and Robert Adelstein Ulrike Lichti Daniel and Rhoda Glickman* Alan and Irene Wurtzel Green, P.C. William C. and Sandra C. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Alspach Dr. Mark Lewellyn Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Lynn and Jonathan Yarowsky Mr. and Mrs. A. Huda Farouki Beverly Dietz Mr. and Mrs. William Alsup Charlotte Lewis Konze E and B Family Trust James A. Feldman and Lt. Col. and Mrs. Robert Downes Vince Auletta Mr. and Mrs. John P. Lewis Abbe David Lowell* Natalie Wexler* Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dubin Deborah A. Bair Carey Majeski Jacqueline B. Mars $5,000 to $9,999 Kristin and Kingdon Gould* Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn Estrin Linna M. Barnes and Chris Mixter Ms. Heidi Maloni Eleanor Merrill* Anonymous James Kimsey Gerald Farano and Monica Palko Michael and Barbara Bayer Susan Mareck Robert and Susan Pence Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. James and Wanda Pedas Rebecca Fishman Martha Blaxall and Joe Dickey Dr. and Mrs. James E. Martin Toni A. Ritzenberg Adelman * Theodore and Leah Pedas The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Gilbert and Madeleine Bloom Genevieve and Ted Mason Pauline A. Schneider* Aspen Institute Doug and Gabriela Smith* Burton Gerber Howard M. Brown Peter Mathers and Fredda Sparks and Merribel S. Ayres Suzanne and Glenn Youngkin The Honorable and Andreas Campbell Bonnie Beavers Kent Montavon Kyle and Alan Bell Mrs. Joseph B. Gildenhorn Jodi and Alan Capps Marilyn and Norman Frieda and Peter Wallison* Barbara Bennett $25,000 to $49,999 Nicholas T. Goldsborough Rita Cavanagh McLennan Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Anita M. Antenucci* Richard and Mary Gollhofer Ellen MacNeille Charles Drs. Rolf and Lee Anna Mielzarek $10,000 to $14,999 Marshall Bloch Mr. and Mrs. Landon Butler* The Greczmiel Family Joan Choppin Carolyn Miller Anonymous Craig G. Dunkerley and Ralph P. Davidson and Nancy and William Harding Kelli M. Clayton Dr. Jeanne-Marie Miller The Broad Foundation Patricia Haigh Lou Hill Davidson* Harman Cain Family Foundation Barbara and John Cochran Nancy and Herbert Milstein Buffy and William Cafritz Bob, Kathy and Lauren Fabia The Erkiletian Family Robert and Margaret Hazen Matthew and Sharon Coffey Connie Mourtoupalas Miss Chelsea Clinton Fernandez Foundation Foundation Catherine Held John Cooper Janice and Tom Munsterman Terrence M. Deneen Angela Fox and James Oliver Nina Zolt and Miles Gilburne* Doug James Catherine Cotter Mrs. William A. Nitze Gibson and Cheryl Dunn John and Alice Goodman David and Jean Grier Stephanie Kanwit Richard L. Crawford Lawrence and Melanie Nussdorf Dr. Mark Epstein and Robert and Mary Haft Loren and Birgit Hershey Henry J. Fox Charitable Fund Kenneth W. Crow Robert Oaks Amoretta Hoeber Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Haft Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Mr. Jerry Knoll Steve and Nicky Cymrot Mrs. Jean Oliver Arthur and Shirley Fergenson Mr. and Mrs. David H. Hopkins* Dr. Richard M. Krause Kevin Davidson Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Padwe Brian Frank and Holtzman Jeffrey M. Kaplan* David A. Lamdin Clark Madigan and Karen Davis Wendy J. Paulson Lauren Reiss Frank Marla R. Kaye Margot Kelly L. L. Lanam Steven Decker Penelope Payne Mr. and Mrs. Corbin Gwaltney Helen Kenney Hazel C. Moore Richard H. Levi Mr. Mitch Delk Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm E. Gina Harman Mark and Donnamarie Mills Ann K. Morales Samuel M. Levy Rose and Peter Downes Peabody Lynn Harman and Philip Coltoff Kristine Morris Alan and Marsha Paller Family Foundation Robert and Louisa Duemling C. Scott Perkins and Paul and Nicole Harman L. Erick Ohlsson George P. 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36 37 Lisa M. Orange and Linda Elyse Bryce and Victoria Phipps Jay and Jill Brannam Jeffrey Gibbs and Jody Katz Roger Langsdorf William W. Pugh, Jr. Summer Flora Jenkins William and Lia Poorvu Robert and Lucy Bremner Douglas Gill Stephen Lans James and Henrietta Elizabeth Buchbinder Robert Purks Thomas C. Brennan Dan and Angela Goelzer Robert L. Larke Randolph Allan Cameron Susan and Donald Rappaport John and Elizabeth Breyer Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Gold Edward L. Laskin Robert and Nan Ratner The Honorable and Mrs. Wendy and John Daniel Reaves Dana E. Brown Joel Goldberg Michael and Bianca Levy Molly and Joe Reynolds Mortimer Caplin Keenan and Natalia Rice Mrs. Irving Bunevich Alisa M. Goldstein and Stuart and Judy Liss Theresa Rinehart Audrey Chang and Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Ritchie Maurice and Ruth Burg Lee Blank Joan and Paul Loizeaux Jennie Rose Michael Vernick Marilyn Rouvelas Joseph Burwell Ellen Goldstein Ann Landry Lombardi Kristine A. Roth Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Suzonne Sage John Caron The Hon. Joan B. and Sara Lombardo Dr. James Roth Cormack Ann Schwartz and David Silver Marc W. Cavaille-Coll Rex Gordon Warner and Lois Love Steve and Diane Rothman Bruce Craig Ellen Seidman and William and Sarah Cavitt Donald Greeley Lucinda A. Low Ismail Samji Mark Darnell Walt Slocombe Betty Shepard and John Chester Mark and Doris Greene Mr. and Mrs. Eric Luse Richard and Pam Sauber Carol Dickenson Meredith Senter Cynthia Lockley and Mr. and Mrs. David Grinwis Lane Macavoy Karl and Manuela Schmidt Marcia Dorst Mr. and Mrs. R. Keith Severin Dennis Chesters Sheldon and Judy Grosberg Timothy Madigan Linda Schwartzstein and F. Joseph Feely III Judith L. Shulman Lily L. Chu and Gerald W. Scott R. Hahn Mr. and Mrs. David Maklan Lee Goodwin Naomi and Gary Felsenfeld Patti and Jerry Sowalsky Weaver II Kathryn Halpern Mildred Margolies Jennifer Shea and Peter Bruns Dr. and Mrs. Alan Fern Judith Starr and Tom Bradley George Chuzi Albert Halprin Mary W. 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38 39 Lee P. Reno William K. Walker The Booth Kogan Family Simpson Dean Linda Greenhouse Mrs. Janice C. Juergens Sheldon and Barbara Repp Mrs. Grayce K. Warren-Boulton John Borkowski Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gary Greenwood Barbara Juszczyk Catriona and David Reuther Adelaide Whitaker Jennifer Boulanger and Delaplane Lois A. Gregg Maryanne Kane Martha Reynolds Alan and Alda Whitt Bruce D. Schillo Neil Dickman Thomas A. Gribble Kathleen Karr Larry and Ann Ribstein Margaret Susan Wiley Elaine M. Boutilier Beatrice Dobie Susan and David Gries Irene Katz Bill Wears and Ted Richards Christine Windheuser Maria Boyce Chauncey and Barbara Dodds Joseph F. Grikis Preston and Lois Kavanagh Laura S. Rockefeller Marty Woelfle Michael A. Boyd Margaret E. Dotseth The Benjamin Group Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kearney Jack Rose Rebecca A. Wright-Brizee Brent and Patricia Bozell Elizabeth Doudoumopoulos Bruce and Georgia Sue Guenther Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keatley Donald and Lynn Rothberg Patricia Yee Drs. 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40 41 Mr. and Mrs. Bob Mantel Rear Admiral and Daniel M. Smith Diane Wilshere Dr. Richard M. Krause Dr. and Mrs. Alexander S. Mark Mrs. R. A. Ratti The Rev. and Mrs. John Sandra and James Joe Lamantia Shakespeare Theatre Estelle S. Marlor Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Reed Smucker Braque Wilson Freddi Lipstein and Scott Berg Company Associates Dr. and Mrs. Robert Martin John and Sue Renaud Ruth Snyder Ms. Linda A. Winslow Marian Mlay The Shakespeare Theatre Ms. Sarah Pierce Martin Richard Ricard Susan Snyder C. Lawrence Wiser Judith E. Moore Company Associates Michael Maurer Margaret Rice and Dr. and Mrs. Irving H. Soloway Sandra Wolfe Susana and Roberto Morassi are generous donors to Micheline Maynard William F. Sette William Stansbery Sid and Dollie Wolverton Georgia Park the Theatre who act as Robert McAllister Anita Richman Allan Starkey Ian C. Gibson-Smith and Jennie Rose ambassadors to develop Mrs. Nancy McBride Gail A. Robinson Ilse Stauffer David M. Womack Gerri and Murray Rottenberg and enhance our patrons’ Mr. and Mrs. Marek S. McCallum Laurie and Dwight Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. John M. Jeannette Woodland Mrs. Stanley J. Sarnoff relationship with the Theatre. William A. McDaniel, Jr. Hon. John T. Rooney Steadman Mr. and Mrs. James Wu Elizabeth A. Taylor Through attendance at events Elizabeth McGrath Robert L. Rosenberg Robert J. Steele Roberta and Henry Wulf Anne and Daniel Toohey and participation in other Mr. and Mrs. William McIntosh Allison A. Rosenberg Cindy Stenholm Ann and Charles Yonkers Roland Weiss and cultivation opportunities, Marge and Jim McMann Zeta Rosenberg Carl W. Stephens and Lura Young Helen Alexander Associates are an integral Mr. and Mrs. David McMeans Dr. and Mrs. Robert Rosenfeld Catherine Moore Estelle Zeiler part of the Theatre’s efforts Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Mears Shirley and Eugene Rosenfeld Ellen M. Heller and Deborah Ziska Permanent support to broaden out reach and Marjorie Medder Loretta Rosenthal Shale D. Stiller through the establishment ultimately attain our artistic Jim and Marilyn Meek Katy and Paul Rosenzweig Melissa Hodgman and In Memory of endowment funds and funding goals. To join Alison Meiss Adam Roth Peter Strzok In Memory of Robert L. Helen Harris Spalding and the Associates, please contact Ms. Marjory Melnick C. Daniel Roth Maureen Sullivan Steele II Herman Bernard Meyer Susan Ross at 202.608.6334. Paul Menszer J M Rowe L. J. Swartzendruber Shakespeare Memorial Starke Meyer Peggy and Bud Rubin Linda Griggs and Members of the Society Fund, to “cultivate public Associates Harry and Susan Meyers Daniel W. Running William Swedish of 1616, the Theatre’s taste for Shakespearean As of October 1, 2008 Kathy Ann Milholland Margaret L. Ryan Mrs. Richard Sziede Planned Giving Society drama and literature.” Mr. and Mrs. Edward Miller Pamela and Selwyn Sacks Sheila Taube Anonymous (2) Gizella Moskovitz Fund Diane Rothman, Chair Philip McGuire and Cynthia Terrell Sheryl Baldwin Linda Bryce Susan Milligan Robert Salmon Kathryn Thomson Linda Elyse Bryce Every effort has been Mary Cole Nicole and Stephen Minnick Edward Salmers Alice Tracy Lorraine E. Chickering made to ensure that this Helene Freeman Thomas J. Mooney Stephen and Doreen Sanborn Maryellen Trautman and Anne Coventry list is accurate. If your Kevin Hennessy Fred and Judie Mopsik Pat Sandall Darrell Lemke Bob Davis and Henry Schalizki name is misspelled or Molly and Joe Reynolds Thomas Morgan Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Rhoda and Peter Trooboff Peter and omitted, please accept our Bruce Tanzer and Ms. Barbara Mowat Saunders, Jr. Mr. Michael Tubbs Linda Parke Gallagher apologies and inform the Gabriela Anaya Viola S. 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42 Year-End Giving Lawyers Committee

2008 Year-End Gift Ideas At a time when many people are reevaluating or The Lawyers Committee for the Shakespeare Theatre Company is an advocacy group composed of rebalancing their portfolios, gifts of appreciated members from the region’s legal community who have an interest in supporting the arts while enjoying As you begin thinking about your 2008 tax stock are another tax-wise way to make a gift to the many special events and stimulating programs that the Company has to offer. The active participation planning, we hope you will consider a tax- STC. If you hold stock that has increased in value of the members has helped the Company mount artistically ambitious productions and to sustain its deductible gift to the Shakespeare Theatre since its purchase, you can receive a two-fold tax nationally recognized education and community outreach programs. Company in your plans. A generous gift to the savings. First, you would not pay any capital gains Company can significantly reduce your income tax on the increase in value of the stock. Second, The following list acknowledges gifts received between July 22, 2007, and September 19, 2008. taxes while ensuring that we continue to you would receive an income tax deduction for produce the outstanding classical productions the full fair market value of the stock at the time $10,000 to $24,999 $1,000 to $1,499 that set us apart. of the gift. Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Bliss Messrs. B Society for the Arts No matter what your household income, if you Frieda and Peter Wallison* Herb and Barbara Franklin Everyone’s financial situation is different, and Molly M. Gill itemize your income taxes, you can almost we urge you to discuss your tax planning with always lower what you owe with a gift to STC. Of $5,000 to $9,999 The Honorable H. Barry Holt your accountant or financial advisor. To learn Clif Burns Mr. Michael Hunseder course, your actual savings will depend on your more about how to make a gift of appreciated tax bracket. The Honorable Joan Churchill and The Honorable Gladys Kessler securities or to make a year-end gift to STC, Mr. Anthony Churchill Robert and Eleanor Long please contact Susan Ross, 202.608.6334 or There is no easier way to take advantage of the Freddi Lipstein and Scott Berg Steven Solow [email protected]. charitable gift deduction than a gift of cash. All you Margaret K. Pfeiffer need to do is simply write a check payable to the Gadi Weinreich $500 to $999 Shakespeare Theatre Company or make an online Judge James A. Belson donation at ShakespeareTheatre.org/support by $2,500 to $4,999 The Bernstein Law Firm December 31. Gifts of cash—whether made by Mary Cole David Bloch check or credit card—are fully deductible up to 50 David and Kenna Dorsen Phyllis Borzi percent of your adjusted gross income. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Gideon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clarke Drs. Leonard and Jeanette Goodstein Sidney Dickstein Kevin T. Hennessy Thomas Anthony DiMaggio Theodore B. Olson and Lady Booth Olson Timothy and Barbara Downs James A. Feldman and Natalie Wexler* Jones Day Carolyn L. Wheeler Beth and Wayne Gibbens Donald Griswold $1,500 to $2,499 David E. Kendall Andrew C. Adair Arleen and Edward Kessler Peter A. Bieger Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hagedorn Lang, Jr. Shawn J. Chen Amanda Machen Helaine G. Elderkin Randolph McManus Rob and Ann Faris Dee Dodson Morris Susan Duncan and Leo Fisher Donald J. Myers Burton and Anne Fishman Ms. Susan A. Notar Mr. and Mrs. Terry M. Gernstein Mr. and Mrs. Steve Reed The perfect location for your next event! David Gossett Sarah Taylor Roller James N. Haddow, Jr. Elizabeth S. York and Arthur A. Rubin Frank Kendall and Beth Halpern Evelyn and Scott Schreiber The Harman Center for the Arts, which consists of Sidney Elise and Michael Kirby David and Patricia Sims Nancy and David Lesser Steven David Stone Harman Hall and the Lansburgh Theatre, is available for James Loots and Barbara Dougherty Ellen S. Teller and Martin Kanovsky your corporate or private events. Cathy and Scot McCulloch Peggy Tomlinson Lloyd and Claudia Randolph Mary Beth Uitti Charles Read Mr. and Mrs. William W. Waller The Honorable Robert E. Sharkey Robert Weisberg For more information or a rate quote, contact the John H. Vogel Booking and Partnerships Department at 202.546.3230 ext. Leslie Wheelock * Denotes a Trustee of the Shakespeare Theatre 2206 or via email at [email protected]. Mr. Richard Willard Company

45 Corporate Partnerships

Donor Appreciation The Shakespeare Theatre Company extends its profound gratitude to the members of the business community who support the Company’s work. Through their support, corporations ensure the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ability to present world-class productions, introduce non-traditional audiences to classical works and provide innovative education programs that serve thousands of students in the Washington-metropolitan area, especially those in at-risk communities. For more information about how to receive special benefits, including tickets to Opening Nights, special events and discounts for employees, please call the Development Department at 202.547.3230 ext. 2321. Gifts received between July 22, 2007, and September 19, 2008.

$50,000 and above $5,000 to $9,999 In Kind Capital One AT&T Services, Inc. American Airlines Harman International BGR Foundation Capitol File Magazine ExxonMobil Eileen Ritter and Associates $25,000 to $49,999 General Motors Corporation The Hill Ameriprise Financial Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Splendid Fare Catering Bailey Law Group Intuit KPMG LLP J.C. Watts Company Matching Gifts KBR Kraft Foods Bank of America Matching Gifts Schering-Plough Corporation PepsiCo, Inc. Computer Associates Time Warner, Inc. Public Strategies Washington International, Inc. Turner & Goss, LLP Troutman Sanders LLP ExxonMobil Foundation Velasquez Group, LLC Fannie Mae Foundation $15,000 to $24,999 Venable LLP Matching Gifts Gould Property Company Vornado/Charles E. Smith Freddie Mac Matching Gifts Hogan & Hartson LLP Winston & Strawn Host Hotels and Resorts LP Nissan North America, Inc. IBM Corporation Matching Gifts Pepco $2,500 to $4,999 International Monetary Fund The Washington Post Company AARP John Hancock Financial Services Twin Star Holdings Bank of America Matching Gifts FD Dittus Communications Kraft Foods Matching Gifts $10,000 to $14,999 The International Union of The McGraw-Hill Companies Akridge Bricklayers and Allied Matching Gifts Alabama Power Company Craftworkers Pfizer Matching Gifts Program Boston Properties Lacy Ltd. Sprint Foundation Carnival Foundation/ Lighthouse Consulting Group, Capitol File is proud to support the shakespeare theatre Alcalde & Fay LLC The Shakespeare Theatre Company at the harman Center for the arts Carr Properties Marriott International Inc. Company is grateful for the Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers BC Strategies support of the following Clark Construction Group, LLC Microsoft Corporation Friends who help make Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP Patton Boggs, LLP Summer Associates Night at art Basel miami BeaCh aspen peak atlanta peaCh Bal harBour Dutko Worldwide Polyisocyanurate Insulation the Free For All possible: Bridgehampton polo Boston Common Capitol File CityCenter las Vegas Ford Motor Company Manufacturers Association Alston & Bird LLP Forest City Washington Smith-Free Group Cleary Gottlieb Steen & florida insideout gotham hamptons los angeles Confidential Polinger Co. / Sullivan & Cromwell Hamilton LLP miChigan aVenue oCean driVe oCean driVe español philadelphia style Van Ness Property Group Target Davis Wright Tremaine Property Capital LLC The Financial Services Steptoe & Johnson LLP style: palazzo/the Venetian trump Vegas Wynn Quadrangle Development Roundtable Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Corporation The Home Depot Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP The JBG Companies TRACE International Williams Mullen you’re invited Vulcan Materials Company University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

For more inFormation regarding advertising and Promotions, contact Publisher susan nixon at 202-294-9808 or e-mail 2008–2009 Season Sponsor American Airlines [email protected] Bank of America is the official bank of the Harman Center for the Arts.

46 CFR Engineering Consultants “In framing an artist, Foundation and Government Support art hath thus decreed, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing Engineers to make some good, The Shakespeare Theatre Company is deeply appreciative of the generous support provided by the following government agencies, private and corporate foundations for the Company’s productions and programs. Commercial,www.cfrecinc.com Tenant renovations, Healthcare but others to exceed” Laboratories, Mission Critical Facilities Gifts received between July 22, 2007, and September 19, 2008. Pericles, act 2, scene 3 $100,000 and above $10,000 to $14,999 Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Community Impact Fund/UWNCA National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program The Mark & Carol Hyman Fund HRH Foundation The Prince Charitable Trusts National Endowment for the Arts Zickler Family Foundation $5,000 to $9,999 Capitol Hill Community Foundation $50,000 to $99,999 The Charles Delmar Foundation Beech Street Foundation Helen Clay Frick Foundation D.C. Children and Youth Investment Trust, Corp. The Mardi Gras Fund D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities The Morningstar Foundation The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund The Philip L. Graham Fund Robert P. and Arlene R. Kogod Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation Tiger Woods Foundation

$15,000 to $24,999 $2,500 to $4,999 The Clark-Winchcole Foundation The Dimick Foundation The Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts The Lichtenberg Family Foundation Heidi and Max Berry/Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation The Theodore H. Barth Foundation $1,000 to $1,499 623 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Venable LLP Frank and Denie Weil/Hickrill Foundation Washington, DC 20003 $250 to $499 Posner-Wallace Foundation 202.546.2700 The Harman Center for the Arts The Board of Trustees takes enormous pride in its salute to “Lead Gift” donors whose shared vision and generosity raised $75 million toward our Capital Campaign to build the Harman Center for the Arts, named for the Harman Family Foundation and for philanthropist, businessman and Shakespeare Theatre Company Trustee Dr. Sidney Harman and his wife, the Honorable Jane Harman. $1,000,000 and above Cassidy and Associates Mr. and Mrs. A. Huda Farouki Jane and Sidney Harman* Lou Hill Davidson and Ralph P. Jackie Feldman The Harman Family Foundation Davidson Foundation* In honor of Nicholas T. Goldsborough Anonymous (2) Lurita and Doug Doan* In honor of Kingdon Gould III Bank of America Carolyn W. and Robert E. Falb* The Children and Grandchildren of Landon and Carol Butler* Philip L. Graham Fund Sidney and Jane Harman The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin The Hearst Foundation, Inc. Foundation KPMG LLP HRH Foundation Clark Construction Group, LLC Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Hopkins* Miles Gilburne and Nina Zolt* Abby S. and Howard P. Milstein* Jones Day Harman International Susan and Robert Pence Jeffrey M. Kaplan* The International Union of Bricklayers Vicki and Roger Sant The Kimsey Founation, James V. Kimsey and Allied Craftworkers Emily Malino Scheuer Lt. Col. and Mrs. William K. Konze In honor of Michael Kahn Marvin F. Weissberg Rosemary D. Marcuss and Arlene and Robert Kogod Stanley J. Marcuss The Kresge Foundation $100,000 to $199,999 Chris and Kathleen Matthews Sam Rose and Julie Walters Anonymous Gilbert and Jaylee Mead Washington, District of Columbia Stephen E. Allis* Hazel Moore and in memory of Anita M. Antenucci* Shirley Moore $500,000 to $999,999 Stephen and Anne Black Mrs. William A. Nitze American Airlines In honor of Landon Butler Steve and Diane Rudis CarrAmerica Urban Development The Chrysler Foundation Ron and Sharon Salluzzo* Kingdon and Kristin Gould* Ryna and Melvin Cohen Family Fredda Sparks and Kent Montavon Pamela and Richard Hanlon Foundation, Marcella and Neil Cohen Sam Turner Michael R. Klein and Joan I. Fabry* The E.H. Corrigan Foundation* Frieda and Peter Wallison* Tishman Speyer Properties The Cottura Foundation, Greg and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Weinmann Candy Fazakerley Stanley and Lisa Weiss $200,000 to $499,000 Marshall B. Coyne Foundation JM Zell Partners, LTD Anonymous* Nancy Jean Davis Judy and Leo Zickler James and Esthy Adler* Irwin and Ginny Edlavitch Beech Street Foundation Steven and Deborah Epstein* and *support made through Trustees of the Heidi and Max Berry* Epstein Becker and Green, P.C. Shakespeare Theatre Company 48 Education

Master Acting Classes: Don’t just watch theatre—EXPERIENCE it!

Each season, students from all over the D.C.- metropolitan area descend upon the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s rehearsal studios near Eastern Market to study under the guidance of master teaching artists. On an early Saturday morning, despite his exhaustion from the previous evening’s performance of Shaw’s Major Barbara and rehearsals for both Antony and Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, Andrew Long entered his Master Acting Class in good spirits and with high expectations. For the past seven weeks, his students, a diverse ensemble of retirees, business professionals and young actors, had been fleshing out their dream roles with Long leading them through rigorous character work. Despite the preparation, his students appeared nervous, knowing that they were about to perform Shakespearean soliloquies before the veteran actor.

“After a couple of tries at some highly emotional Hamlet monologues, I had to sit down,” said Steve Pershing, a Master Acting Class student and self- described lifelong student of literature. But what Andrew Long as Mark Antony, Ted van Griethuysen as appeared to be a terrifying experience revealed Lepidus and Aubrey Deeker as Octavius Caesar in Antony and itself as something more akin to euphoria. “I Cleopatra. Photo by Carol Pratt.; Long as Fainall with Deanne Lorette as Mrs. Marwood in The Way of the World. Photo by was shaking from the shock. My body had been Carol Rosegg. invaded and taken over by a character and an energy that was so much greater than myself.” This was not lost upon Hugo del Granado, who is enrolled in Acting Shakespeare, a class taught In an STC Master Acting Class, it is not required by Floyd King, an STC veteran with more than 30 that students already be masters in the art of Shakespearean credits. Hugo has taken King’s class acting (they need not be actors at all). Instead, four times. Coming from a foreign country, del the term “master” refers to the instruction, which Granado attributed his discovery of Shakespeare offers close interaction and attention regardless of to the Master Acting Class program: “Shakespeare students’ skill level. The class experiences prove was introduced to me as not only a genius but also beneficial to both teacher and pupil. as a friend whose great pieces of literature were meant to be performed.” “I learn a lot from the students in every class. Their excitement is infectious and can invigorate When asked what he hoped students would walk me,” said Long. “It is a great joy to see someone away with after completing his class, Long said, “I have a breakthrough when they are struggling in hope my students will at least look at the process a particular area. If I am able to help them bridge of acting differently ... and that they will be a that gap or make their journey a little clearer, it can keen audience when they attend theatre.” And be satisfying for all involved.” with classes designed to engage students of all levels in voice and speech, stage combat, audition “The sheer seriousness of artistic purpose, not to techniques and Shakespeare, there is no reason mention the deep literacy of the classical actors we that your next theatre experience should end at have instructing us can’t be beat by any other place curtain call. in town,” added Pershing. For class descriptions and registration information, visit ShakespeareTheatre.org

The Shakespeare Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges its partnerships with the University of South Carolina, the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival and Vassar College for their support of our Internships and Acting Fellowships. The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a member of the DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative and the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America.

51 cities grOwing green Guide to the Season’s Plays by grOwing up

For 22 years, audiences at the Shakespeare Theatre Company have found a best friend in the always Vertical farming informative Guide to the Season’s Plays. The 2008– seattle, washingtOn 2009 edition is a record 92 pages of knowledge, This proposed project brings a spanning insights from scholar Dr. Lynette Hunter at the farm into the city, squeezing more University of California, Davis, to award-winning blogger than an acre of agriculture, native Robert Sacheli on Noël Coward’s Design for Living. plants, and bird habitat into a building. The result is a city that This go-to manual of classical theatre transports the grows upward instead of outward reader to the world of each playwright. In accessible and brings urban dwellers closer language and in provocative concepts, the Guide to the source of their food. enriches the experience of each production before, during and after seeing the performance. Along with each essay are rarely seen photographs from previous productions by the Company, as well as images from productions from esteemed companies such as the © Mithun Classical Theatre of Harlem and Canada’s Shaw Festival. The publication is a joint production of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Literary Associate and Education Open fOr One full year Department in consultation with Director of Education OctOber 23, 2008 - OctOber 25, 2009 Gregory Smith. Presenting Sponsor: Lead Sponsor: Official Media Partner: Sustainability Partner: As readers know, by collecting each edition of the Guide, you can create an outstanding resource that will further your knowledge not only about The Guide can be purchased in the Gift Shops at both the Shakespeare Theatre Company but also about the Lansburgh Theatre and Sidney Harman Hall as well an exhibition at the classical theatre history. as online at ShakespeareTheatre.org. You may also view NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM sample articles online. 401 F Street NW Washington, DC | 202.272.2448 | www.NBM.org | Red Line Metro, Judiciary Square CityDanceEnsemble In Concert January 16 & 17 Lansburgh Theatre

Unveiling the pulse, rhythm, and patterns that drive our interactions and exchanges, Entangled features a collection of impassioned dances that will incite and amuse with images of Entangled life, relationships, and love. Choreography by: Paul Gordon Emerson Larry Keigwin Ludovic Jolivet Christopher K. Morgan Kate Weare “There was passion in the dancers’ Tickets on sale now: resilient athleticism” $55, $38, $20 The New York Times 202.457.1122 www.harmancenter.org Lansburgh Theatre Box Office www.citydance.net Academy for Classical Acting

ACA Graduate Profile: Kimberly Gilbert The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting is now at The George Washington University. Celebrating is ninth class, the Academy found its new home on the University’s Foggy Bottom campus this fall, welcoming 16 promising actors from across North America. The Academy for Classical Acting thanks both the Shakespeare Theatre Company and The George Washington University for giving the Academy a permanent home. In celebration to this new transition, we have asked Kimberly Gilbert, a member of the Academy’s inaugural class to share her experiences as a student and now a successful working Washington, D.C. actor. “At 24 years old and about to enter into the realm of professional theatre, I felt I lacked a sound structure, a firm base on which to build my craft. I found myself surrounded by artists who either had foundation or went along without it and suffered for it. Seeing the noticeable difference, it was clear what I needed to do. I was accepted into the inaugural class of the Academy for Classical Acting in the spring of 2000. The experience was an absolute shock to my system, an inestimable change in the course of the journey I was on to becoming the actor I am today. The instructors were brilliantly challenging; they are there to work you! The knowledge, tools, strength, and confidence I received in those 12 months of blood (not so much), sweat and tears have become the backbone—a very lengthened and widened backbone—of my life. This is the training no actor should be without. It is a privilege and an honor to From top to bottom: Kimberly Gilbert as Betsey with Andrew be a graduate of The Academy of Classical Acting.” Honeycutt in Measure for Pleasure at Woolly Mammoth, where Gilbert is a company member. Gilbert in a one-woman show, K of D, at Woolly Mammoth. Gilbert as Brenda Marie with Tiffany Fillmore and Beth Hylton in Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis at Woolly Credits since graduation: Mammoth. All photos by Stan Barouh. REGIONAL: Washington Shakespeare Company: Octavia in Anthony and Cleopatra (dir. Lofty Durham); Americanmisfit (workshop, dir. Trip Cullman); Taffety Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Wicki in A Punk Theatre: Lily in Let X (dir. Lise Bruneau), Leonora Light in the Storm (dir. Rick Davis); Source Theatre: in Cardenio Found (dir. Christopher Marino), Mercutio Girl in By Too or By Tongue (dir. Delia Taylor); Folger in Romeo and Juliet (dir. Lise Bruneau); Round Theatre: Bianca in Othello (dir. by Aaron Posner); House Theatre: Tori in Redshirts (dir. Lou Bellamy). Woolly Mammoth: Jill in Cooking with Elvis (dir. by UPCOMING: Rose in Fever Dream by Sheila Callaghan Tom Prewitt), Kristi in Big Death and Little Death (dir. at Woolly Mammoth. Howard Shalwitz), Brena-Marie in Martha, Josie and the Chinese Elvis (Helen Hayes Nominee for Best Actress; dir. Josh Vreeke), Girl (and 14 characters) Become an ACA Scholarship Donor today! in The K of D (dir. John Vreeke), Hermione Goode Your support ensures a future of high-caliber, in Measure for Pleasure (dir. Howard Shalwitz), American classical actors. Call 202.547.3230 ext. 2402 Jo in Boom (dir. John Vreeke), Rose in Fever/ to learn how you can become involved in the ACA. Dream (dir. Howard Shalwtiz); Center Stage: Sue in

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Above: The cast of The Imaginary Invalid and members of the Shakespeare Theatre Company celebrate the play’s opening at the NTDTV DC (202) 449-9480 1 www.DCSpectacular.com post-performance party. (Bottom Left) Actor Christopher Innvar with donor Judi Seiden and guests Matt and Debbie Kasap at View video at DCSpectacular.com • Ask for the Family Friendly Ticket Package the opening night performance of Romeo and Juliet. (Bottom Right) Artistic Director Michael Kahn and company actor Ted van Griethuysen greet Ken Adelman and Scott Berg at an Opening Night performance. Photographs by Kevin Allen. www.Divinearts.org

Presented jointly by NTDTV DC and the Falun Dafa Association of Washington DC 56 Trial of Socrates

Almost 2,500 years after being sentenced to death, Socrates’ case was appealed on September 16 in a mock trial sponsored by the Doric Column—a partnership supporting Greek cultural programs at the Shakespeare Theatre Company.

Doric Column Co-Chair George Stamas with Greek Ambassador Alexandros Co-Counsel for the City of Athens: Cynthia Quarterman, Mallias and Justice Samuel Alito. Pantelis Michalopoulos, Judge Rosemary Collyer and Betty Jo Christian at the pre-trial dinner.

Co-counsel for Socrates Abe Krash of Arnold Co-Counsel for Socrates Abbe Lowell presents closing argument on the impiety charge. and Porter presents opening arguments on the charge of corruption of youth.

The Bench: Judge Richard Leon, Judge Rosemary M. Collyer, Justice Samuel Alito, Chief Judge Socrates celebrates as the bench votes to Paul Michel and Judge Brett Kavanaugh. overturn his conviction. All photos by Kevin Allen. 59 In Rehearsal

Ted van Griethuysen and Director Rebecca Bayla Taichman. Tom Story. BIG THEATRE comes in small packages.

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Ted van Griethuysen and Assistant Tom Story, Rick Foucheux and J. Fred Shiffman. Twelfth Night Ion Stage Manager Benjamin Royer. by William Shakespeare by Euripides directed by Rebecca Bayla Taichman a new version by David Lan in association with McCarter Theatre Center directed by Ethan McSweeny December 2, 2008, to January 4, 2009 March 10 to April 12, 2009 Sidney Harman Hall Sidney Harman Hall

The Dog in the Manger Design for Living by Lope de Vega by Noël Coward translated and adapted by David Johnston directed by Michael Kahn directed by Jonathan Munby May 12 to June 28, 2009 February 10 to March 29, 2009 Lansburgh Theatre Lansburgh Theatre King Lear by William Shakespeare directed by Robert Falls June 16 to July 19, 2009 Sidney Harman Hall

J. Fred Shiffman, Tom Story and Rich Foucheux Director Rebecca Bayla Taichman. rehearse with Choreographer Daniel Pelzig.

All photos by Scott Suchman.

60 Paul Romero in Cyrano. Photo by Richard Termine. SectionAudience Title Services

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