by Ayad Akhtar

Nov 15 - Nov 28 From the Director

“The difference between the who and the what at the heart of love, separates the heart. It is often said that love is the movement of the heart. Does my heart move because I love someone who is an absolute singularity, or because I love the way that someone is? That is to say, the history of love, the heart of love, is divided between the who and what.” Jacques Derrida

Zarina is a brilliant, strong-willed, and independent young woman—an aspiring author who’s determined to tell the human story of the man known as the Prophet, Muhammad. After years of being taught by her devoted yet overbearing father all of the “what’s” of the Prophet’s life—Aisha was his favorite wife, he had a gap between his teeth—she’s committed herself to the task of sifting out the “who.” Heedless of her younger sister Mahwish’s assertion that women in Islam are “just fine,” Zarina is determined to shine a light on “what the faith does to women.” Zarina’s father, Afzal, has other plans in mind. A charming and savvy businessman from Pakistan, he prides himself on knowing what’s best for everyone—particularly Zarina. When he successfully matchmakes Zarina with Eli, a patient and good-natured white convert who runs a masjid, Afzal is certain he’s found the answers to her endless questions about Islam and about love. When the truth about Zarina’s book is finally revealed, however, everyone is forced to confront the source of their own love and test the bounds of their forgiveness.

The story of an immigrant family at odds with itself is an old one. At its heart, Akhtar’s play is about a father unwilling to change in order to keep up with the new world in which his daughters now live. Yet The Who & The What feels newly poignant in this moment of extreme national separation. Not only is our country visited by deep religious and political divides, but we find ourselves physically divided in new ways as well, forced to breach even longer distances to reach our families. I hope this fierce and tender story resonates with all of you. In a year marked by unfamiliar distance, it feels so special to have come together to share this story and to invite you back into the theatre. Aneesha Kudtarkar

Production Partner

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theaterworkshartford @theaterworksct @theaterworksct THE WHO & THE WHAT

by Ayad Akhtar

directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar

THE CAST (alphabetical order)

Afzal RAJESH BOSE Eli STEPHEN ELROD Mahwish SANAM LAILA HASHEMI Zarina JESSICA JAIN

Set Design BRIAN PRATHER Adapted from a design for the stage by MICHAEL SCHWEIKARDT Costume Design MIKA EUBANKS Lighting Design AMITH CHANDRASHAKER Sound Design S.R. Video Production MICELI PRODUCTIONS Casting DESTINY LILLY, CSA Production Stage Manager KATE J. CUDWORTH

Photos by Brian Prather

The World Premiere of THE WHO & THE WHAT Produced in 2014 by La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, California Christopher Ashley, Artistic Director & Michael S. Rosenberg, Managing Director

Produced by LCT3/ Lincoln Center Theater, New York City, 2014

THE WHO & THE WHAT is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. Actors appear with the permission of SAG/AFTRA

TheaterWorks is celebrating its 35th season as a non-profit, professional theater company. Founded in 1985.

THE WHO & THE WHAT is the 3rd production of the 2020-2021 Season.

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RAJESH BOSE (Afzal) is thrilled to be returning to TheaterWorks Hartford after appearing in their recent production of The Invisible Hand. Other Regional and Off-Broadway favorites include: The Crucible (Bedlam), Henry VI (NAATCO), Pygmalion (Bedlam), Against the Hillside (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Indian Ink (Roundabout), Oslo (St. Louis Rep), Mary Stuart (Folger Theatre), Guards at the Taj (Capital Stage), Disgraced (Playmakers Rep, Huntington Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre – Connecticut Critics Circle Award, IRNE Nomination), and The Who & The What (Gulfshore Playhouse). Film & Television: Quantico, Blacklist, Blue Bloods, Elementary, Damages, Nurse Jackie, Madam Secretary, The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, Criminal Minds, the series finale ofThe Sopranos, and the Academy Award nominated filmFrozen River.

STEPHEN ELROD (Eli) is making his TheaterWorks Hartford debut. Off-Broadway: Sideways (Theatre at St Clement's), When It Happens To You (The Sheen Center). Regional: Macbeth, Othello, The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Songs of Bilitis (South Coast Repertory).

SANAM LAILA HASHEMI (Mahwish) is so excited to be making her TheaterWorks Hartford debut! Recent credits: Pilgrims Musa & Sheri in the New World (Mosaic Theater); Tiny Beautiful Things (Lake Dillon); The Christians (Virginia Rep/Cadence Theatre); Dance Nation (TheatreLAB). Sanam is a proud member of the Pipeline New Works Fellowship and holds a B.A. from Virginia Tech. She is grateful to her family and friends for their support. sanamlailahashemi.com

JESSICA JAIN (Zarina) is thrilled to tell this story with this team. She is making her TheaterWorks Hartford debut. Favorite Credits include: Pitch Perfect, The Last Word, The Metal Children, Pride and Prejudice, and Godspell. Proud graduate of the Louisiana State M.F.A. acting program. Great lover of her dog Clifford (and all dogs), plants, and The Jains.

AYAD AKHTAR (Playwright) was born in New York City and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is the author of the recently published and critically acclaimed novel Homeland Elegies. He was also recently named president of the prestigious PEN America, the nation’s foremost literary and free expression organization. He is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His play Disgraced played at New York's Lincoln Center Theater in 2012 and premiered at the Bush Theater in London. Disgraced won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His play The Invisible Hand was nominated for the ATCA/ Steinberg Award, and won Best New Work 2013 from the St. Louis Theater Critics Circle. As a screenwriter, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay for The War Within. He has received commissions from Lincoln Center and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He is a graduate of Brown and Columbia Universities with degrees in Theater and Film Directing.

ANEESHA KUDTARKAR (Director) is a New York-based theatre director. She is a trained Indian Classical dancer who calls upon her background in dance to create compositionally driven pieces of theatre that often centralize and celebrate underrepresented communities. Her recent directorial projects include Men on Boats (Southern Methodist University), [Veil Widow Conspiracy] (National Asian American Theatre Company), LOCUSTS, Trouble in Mind (Yale School of Drama), The Purple Flower (Yale Cabaret), Mud (Hangar Theatre). Aneesha is an alumna of the Drama League Directors Project and a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

BRIAN PRATHER (Set Design) is always excited to design for his adopted artistic home. His most recent TheaterWorks Hartford designs include: American Son, Fully Committed, Girlfriend, The River, and Relativity, among many others. Recent Off-Broadway designs include: Caesar and Cleopatra (GTG), Daniels’s Husband (Primary Stages), Widower’s Houses (TACT/Gingold), A Christmas Carol (St. Clement’s), Becoming Dr. Ruth (Westside), Freud’s Last Session (New World Stages), and The Burnt Part Boys (Playwrights Horizons). International: Chung-mu Art Hall (South Korea). Regional: Alley Theatre, Asolo Rep, Goodspeed Musicals, Barrington Stage Co., Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Capitol Rep., among many others. Jeff Award winner (Chicago), Emmy nomination (New England) for “The Kate” on Public Television, two-time Berkshire Theatre Critics Assoc. Awards winner, Associate Artist at Barrington Stage Co. and member of USA Local 829. Brian is the Resident Designer and Design Coordinator for TheaterWorks Hartford. brianprather.com.

MIKA EUBANKS (Costume Design) received her MFA in Costume Design at Yale School of Drama where she has designed Death of Yazdgerd and Tent Revival. Other work includes Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., In the Red and Brown Water, School Girls; Or The African Mean Girls Play, The Purple Flower (Yale Cabaret); Feeding Beatrice (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Harry and the Thief (Strand Theater); Animals Out of Paper (Silver Spring Theater); and The Clothesline Muse (National Black Theatre Festival). Currently in New York, but hailing from Baltimore, Mika has worked at Center Stage, the Hippodrome, and Morgan State University. She earned the Leo Lerman Graduate Fellowship in 2019, the Jada Pinkett Smith Applied Arts Award in 2015, and holds a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art. In Spring 2019 she designed Twelfth Night at the Yale Repertory Theatre, for which she received the Connecticut Critic Circle Award for outstanding costume design. mikaeubanks.com

AMITH CHANDRASHAKER (Lighting Design) Theater credits include: Russian Troll Farm, Actually, Fade (TheaterWorks Hartford), The Underlying Chris (Second Stage), Gnit (TFANA), Wives (Playwrights Horizons), A Human Being, Of A Sort (Williamstown), The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova), Boesman and Lena (DD & Hewes Award, The Signature), Blue Ridge (The Atlantic), Cardinal (2ST), Twelfth Night (The Public), Fairview (Soho Rep, WHO

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ROB RUGGIERO (Producing Artistic Director) has been part of TheaterWorks Hartford artistic leadership for 26 years. He has directed over 60 shows, including TWH productions of The Legend of Georgia McBride, Constellations, Next to Normal, Relativity (starring Richard Dreyfuss) and Christmas on the Rocks, which he also conceived. His Broadway credits include Looped (starring Valerie Harper in a Tony-nominated performance) and High (starring Kathleen Turner) which had its world premiere at TWH. He also conceived and directed the musical revue Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn which moved off-Broadway and was nominated for Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Rob conceived and directed Ella, a musical about Ella Fitzgerald, which saw sold-out runs in 24 regional theaters and was produced as a National Tour. His work on plays and musicals has received multiple awards in Connecticut and around the United States. In his eleventh collaboration with Goodspeed Musicals, Rob directed Oliver, where he also directed many award-winning musical productions. His adaptation of Show Boat is now being licensed by the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. Internationally he directed Fiddler on the Roof in Athens, Greece.

KATE J. CUDWORTH (Production Stage Manager) has enjoyed seven seasons with TheaterWorks Hartford including American Son, The River, Hand to God, The Invisible Hand, The Legend of Georgia McBride, The Wolves, Fade, Next to Normal, Sunset Baby, Relativity, Midsummer, Woody Sez, and Becoming Dr. Ruth. Off-Broadway: Freud’s Last Session, [title of show]. NY/Regional: Barrington Stage Company (8 seasons including Freud’s Last Session; Dr. Ruth, All The Way; Joe Iconis’ The Black Suits), Atlantic Stage Company, Hartford Stage, Manhattan School of Music (4 seasons), Yale Opera, York Theatre Company, Bronx Opera Company, Fringe NYC, NYMF.

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LEADING DONORS continued Gifts of $1,000+ The Fechtor Family Fund Leta W. Marks Jocelyn and Dan Fenyn Sheila Marks Grace Figueredo and Ken Gostyla Peggy and Alan Mendelson Muriel and Karl Fleischmann Daniel and Lori O'Connell Catherine Franks Gerald Pastor and Jane Porterfield William Fuller Matthew K. Poland Robert and Lee Goode Roberta W. Prescott and Robert O. William T. Gough and Mary J. Cook Hurwitz Peter Grzybala and Diane Korntheuer Elenor G. Reid Laura Harris Joan and Allan B. Reiskin Brian E. Harvey and Sherry A. Martey S. Rhine Manetta Christina and Ezra Ripple Suzanne M. Hopgood and Elaine Sayadoff Frank C. Lord* Amy Lynn Silverman Gordon and Kelly Hui The Carol Sirot Foundation Douglas and Tita Hyland Tara Spain Sharon and David Jepson Robert Stillman and Leslie Fass David and Jan Klein Donna M. and Sam Stout Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Kosto Thomas and Donna Swarr Supriya and Vijay Laknidhi Robert H. Tabshey Wally and Chris Lamb Tapper Charitable Foundation Katherine J. Lambert Allan B. and Sally S. Taylor Sarah Larkins Mara A. Whitman and Marc Judy Lewis Edrich Steve and Sheila Litchfield Edward and Brooke Whittemore David T. and Judith W. Macri Elliot Zweig and Doreen Kenneth and Cynthia Malm Fundiller-Zweig

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Cynthia L. Abrams George Bouthet Acorn-Alcinda Foundation Anne and Bruce Bowman Doug and Sheryl Adkins Whitney Boynton and Kevin Galvin Victoria F. and Leonard Albert Mary Bozza P. K. and Phoebe R. Allen Kathleen Bradley Lois and Bruce Anderson Lucy Brakoniecki Karin and Peter Fester Todd Brandt Mr. Peter Arakas and Ms. Karen David and Ann Brandwein Kellerman Nicole Braun Joyce and Richard Armstrong Bill and Sheryl Breetz John R. and Angela Arrington Joel Brehm and Rodney Dugas Stephen and Judy August Glen and Joyce Breland Kandyce M. and Richard T. Aust James P. and Patricia G. Brennan Ann Azevedo and Donato T. DiGenova James and Riki Brodey Lynn Baccaro Kathy Brookman Staci Bachman James L. Brother and Margie Helme- Pierre and Kate Barbour Brother Donna and Thomas R. Barnas Ellen M. Brown David S. and Jill P. Barrett Karen and Tim Brown Ann and Randy Barton Sandra and Kevin Brown Edwin L. and Edith G. Baum Avery and Eileen Buell Anthony and Beverley Bellisio Richard and Mary Burke Laura and Jerry Bellizzi Mary and Ritchard Cable Larry and Jannie Berman Diane Cadrain and Joseph Rubin Leon P. Bernard and Richard Fitol Shari and Michael Cantor Jon D. and Cheryl Bertus Blanche M. Capilos and David Biklen Barbara and Jack Blechner Lisa Casey Avrum H. and Edlyn R. Blitzer Chip Caton and Catherine Lyons Kenneth and Katherine Bobenski Jane Chafe-Moote Scott Boden and Mary Ayre Michael Champness Michael Boratko Susan R. Chandler Judy Borus Jared Chase Paul and Joanne Bourdeau Catherine and Brad Chhabra ANNUAL FUND DONORS

LOYAL SUPPORTERS continued Gifts of $250+ Edward and Tracy Church Mary-Jane Foster Ann Clark and David Ehler C. Joseph and Beth Fox Jonathan Clark Jerry and Ida Franklin Jennifer Coffey Meghan Freed David and Doris Cohen Harry and Cay Freeman Douglas Cohen and Phyllis F. Shikora Dr. Stephen L. Alloy and Ms. Sharron Linda F. Cohen Freeman Steven and Elaine Cohen Neal B. Freuden and Andrea F. Levy Abby Cole Timothy A. and Roxane M. Fromson Philip and Clio Coles David and Renee Frost Donna Collins Michael and Adrienne Fulco Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau Elizabeth Gagne Denise Cormier Rachel Galligan Amy Costa Peter and Melissa Gambardella Linda and Fred Cote Marilda Gandara and Scott O'Keefe Joseph and Erin Cotier Robert Garrey Jane V. Coughlin and Keith R. Cudworth Tom and Cynthia Garten Stephen and Suzanne Couture Harold and Ava Geetter James and Sheryll-Ann Covill Elaine Geha and Fred Brownstein Evan Cowles and Brie Quinby Ken and Jennifer Geisler Charles Crocini Peggy Ginden William Cuddy and Vivien Blackford Raymond and Barbara Girard Jay M. and Harriet L. Cudrin Robert V. and Jean Giunta Marc and Karyn d'Avignon Beverly and Abraham Glassman Janice Dabate Catherine Godin Catherine Daly and Roy Dion Alice and Gary Gold JD Daw Felice Goldman Kurtis L. Denison Linda and Ira Goldman Timothy and Rebecca Derby Megan and Jay Goldstein Susan and John Dewolf Firooz and Maria Golkar Jennifer and Marc A. DiBella Laurel Goodgion Michele and John L. Dolan Ann C. Gowdey and Dr. Bruce A. Gail A. Donahue Backus Kim Dorfman Cate Grady-Benson Hollis Dorman Pamela and Timothy Granucci Ivy and Jim Doyle Daniel G. Green and Walter Langner Michelle and John Drain Floyd W. Green, III Frederick A. and Bebe Dudley Albert and Judith Greenspoon Susan and Ned P. Dunn Martha Griffin Marian Dziama and Karen Cormier Elizabeth and Richard J. Gruber Josephine Dzioba Pierre and MaryEllen Guertin Dr. Barbara Edelstein Robyn Guimont Sharon and Bob Efron Vivian Haas Ms. Mary-Jane Eisen and Robert K. Yass Frank Hagaman Diane Ellsworth Diana Haghighat and Gerardo Carolyn Emerson Gutierriez Susan Engel Elisa Hale and Donald Grove Wendy and Richard Fair John and Marian Hanson William and Joan Farquhar William and Marsha Harbison Ann and Michael Feinberg Patricia Hartman and Michelle St. Marie Dr. Edward J. and Mrs. Sherry S. Nanci and Andrew Harvey Feinglass Neil and Roxy Hassett Stanley and Susan P. Fellman Rozanne Hauser and Louis Mazzotta Barbara and Ted Fichtenholtz Frank Haviland and Shirley Mae Neu Susan Fierberg and Howard Scheinblum Angeline Hein Daniel and Joan S. Fine David J. and Lauren D. Henry Robert and Beth Finnance Ronald V. and Patricia Hensley Michael and Martha Flannery Charles J. and Karen Herbert Elinor R. and Herbert Flink Debbie Hersh F. Bernard Forand and Sandra Wood Maureen Hesney Forand Robert B. Hewey and Carol Simpson Jane M. and Ralph Formica Robert and Colleen Hilliard Erika Forte Cathy Hitchcock Chantal Foster Alden Hobart 9.1.19 - 11.10.20

continued Elisabeth Holder Eileen M. Marks and Ed Mikolowsky Warren Hollister Mary Martin and Jeff A. Amell Susan Holmes and Bessy Reyna Michael Martone and Jose Fernando Marianne Horn Zapata Salazar Kennedy and Jennifer Hudner Alan and Claudette Marvelli Dorinda Hultgren Fran Mayer and David Weill Polly Huntington Betsy McAleer Linda Jainchill Erin McGurk Molly James Joe Ann and Samuel McKay Keats and Joseph Jarmon Tara Trifon and Matthew Metnetsky Evan H. Johnson and Kevin Chick Thomas and Marjorie Michalski George and Janet Jones Francoise and Hans Miller Fellis and Harold Jordan Kathleen Miller Jeanne Kaiser Dr. M. Stephen and Miriam Miller Daniel J. and Lori Kase Rachel Miller John and Dorothy Kaszycki David Miner and Stephanie Robiner Harriet R. and I. William Katz Ann and Gregory Mittelmann Alan and Carolyn Kaufman Susan Monks and Mary-Ann McNamara Karen Kelleher* Robert and Stephanie Moore Marian Kellner James and Joanne Morgan Patty and Steve Kelmar Jean Moriarty Hilda and Arthur Kesten Pat and Larry Morrison Donna M. Kidwell Dr. Theodore F. and Carole Mucha Jennifer and James Kimenker Jan and Ken Musen Kitchen and Bath Design Construction Barbie Nadal-Cristofaro and Victor Myra R. and William Kleinman Cristofaro Mark F. and Carolyn J. Korber Phyllis and Don Naples David J. and Ruth Krugman Donna and Jack Nash Christine C. and Roy Krumperman Danielle K. and Jim Naylor Linda Lamothe Carolyn Neely Valerie A. LaMotte Leigh Newman and Gary Starr Sheena Landfear Maureen Nicholson Susannah Landis Kathy and Walter Nicksa Marilou and Mike Lang Jenifer Noble Janet Lapierre-Green Don Noel Andrea Laplace Wil Noel Paula Larocco Christiane Noll Marcia Lattimore Robert D. Norman and Laura Craco Ann and Bill Lazarek Sean and Paula O'Brien Laurie Leader Eileen O'Donnell Elizabeth Leete Bill and Joy O'Sullivan Dawn Leger Tracey OBrien William and Deanna Leikin Harriet Odlum John W. and Joyce R. Lemega William S. Okeson and Beverly Sims Michael S. and Carolyn W. Levine Michelle and Sam Oliva Michael Levinson Richard Orr and Cynthia Courtney Sandra P. Lewis Joseph Pace Lorraine Libby Vittoria Pace Karen Licht Kathi and Andy Packer Doreen Linton Ann D. and Borden W. Painter, Jr. Barbara and Bing Liu Scott and Susanne Pape Philip and Sharen Lom Alan and Michele Parker Judith Loopstok Marlene Passman Peggy Lorence David Pavis Jennifer and Richard Lotstein Penny A. and John E. Pearson Elaine Lowengard Ginny Perkins Jia Luo and Michael Monts Ralph Perkins Kevin M. and Denise Lynch Gail and Michael Perlman Patty and William Mace Maryjane Perrier Glen MacLeod Charles and Jean Pickens Ron and Laura Maggio Sarajane and Barry Pickett Stacy Mandelker Dave Pickus Robert and Terri Mansfield Daria and Peter Plummer Guy and Sharon Marhewka Jack and Lynn Plummer ANNUAL FUND DONORS 9.1.19 9.1.19 - 10.14.20 - 11.10.20 ANNUAL FUND DONORS 9.1.19 - 11.10.20

continued Leslie Pollack Penny and Steve Sigal Abbi and Vinny Pollicita Irene E. and Allen B. Silberstein Frances Porter Dina Silva Sandra and George Pruce Bruce and Sandra Simonds Anita and Monty Rackow Irene Simone Marion and Seth Radeen Darlene C. and Guy A. Simonian Jo-Anne Rankin and John Williams Douglas and Roberta Simpson Susan Rathgeber Ellen Siuta Ann Reed Richard and Raimi Slater Patricia and Edgar Reed Mark Slitt Alvin B. Reiner Gilbert and Ruth L. Small Margaret and Charles Rich Phyllis and Howard Small Joan and Barry Richter Leslie Smith and Philip Wellman Ms. Annemarie H. Riemer Mary A. and William H. Smyers Judith Rifkin Shari and Howard Solon Nancy and Stephen Roberts Ruth and Howard Sovronsky Deborah Roncari Deborah L. Spencer Chris and Kathleen Rohrs Catherine J. Spera William Rosedale Ernest H. Spieler June Rosen Felix J. and Helene L. Springer Barbara J. and Alan Rosenberg Anne E. Stanback and Charlotte M. Michele Rosenberg Kinlock Monica and Cliff Rosenberg Glenn Stanisewski June M. Rosenblatt Lawrence Starr David and Jane Rosenfield Scott and Jane Stearns Joanna and Eric Rosenthal Dot and George Stone Sari and Jim Rosokoff Ms. Janet Stulting Enid M. Ross James G. and Marcia E. Sutton Marjorie Ross Patricia Tanger and Ken Rawolle Donald and Nancy Rossler Jerry and Eve Tarre Dr. Anne Rothstein and Jane Hellman Rae and Margery Tattenbaum-Fine Joel and Susan Rottner John and Barbara Taussig Barbara Rubin Allan B. and Sally S. Taylor Barbara Rudnick The Betty Knox Foundation Steven Russo and Elizabeth Christie Townsend Thomas William Goba and Joan Russoniello- Jeffrey R. and Laurie Tishler Goba Karen Tomasko and Robert Goodman Alan and Jan Rust Humphrey Tonkin and Jane Edwards Jennifer and Christian Sager Dan and Janet Tracy Linda M. Samoncik Sally F. and Thomas Tresselt Martha Sandefer and Frederick Sweitzer Roberta Tyska Dency C. Sargent and Bob Sawyer Douglas and Mildred Unfried Carolyn and Frank Sataline Gary and Pam Vollinger Meg Sautter James and Kay Wade Guthrie Sayen and Patricia Barone Laura and Matthew Wallace Bernice Schaefer Ann Wassell Susan Schenker Carolyn Weiser John J. and Suzanne D. Schloss Veronika Westbrook Ralph D. and Louise Schmoll Reeves Westmoreland* Malcolm and Sally Schneider Robert and Penelope Whalen Linda Scussel Dan and Isabelle Whelton Pedro Segarra and Charlie Ortiz Gretchen H. Wiedie Eileen Seiger Sherwood S. and Magrieta L. Willard Leon H. and Brenda Seitelman Carolyn and Paul Wilson Bernie Selig Virginia Wolf Judith and Gerard Selzer Arnold and Myrna Wyse Andrew and Karen Serio Joann Zamparo Candance J. and William Shanahan Mary Zeman Melissa Sheffy Household Amy Zittoun Robert Shepler Liz and Richard Zlatkus Julie W. and Steven Shifreen Margaret Zorn Joseph Shortall and Sara Bernstein Shari Zwick Shortell Framing Barbara Sicherman *deceased