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September 2015 About TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Volume 46, No. 2 Welcome to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and our 46th season of award-winning . Led by Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director Phil Santora, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents a wide range of productions and programming throughout the region.

Founded in 1970, we continue to celebrate the human spirit and the diversity of our community, presenting contemporary plays and musicals, revitalizing great Paul Heppner works of the past, championing arts education, and nurturing new works for the Publisher American theatre. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has produced 65 world premieres Susan Peterson and over 150 US and regional premieres. In the 2015/16 season, we add the Design & Production Director world premiere of the musical Triangle and five more regional premieres to our Ana Alvira, Robin Kessler, résumé. Kim Love Design and Production Artists TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 2014/15 season included the world premiere of The Great Pretender, as well as regional premieres of Water by the Spoonful, Mike Hathaway The Lake Effect, and Fire on the Mountain. Last season’s holiday production, Bay Area Sales Director Peter and the Starcatcher, joined our January show 2 Pianos 4 Hands as the Marilyn Kallins, Terri Reed, two highest-grossing plays in our history. In the course of the year, shows that Tim Schuyler Hayman debuted here were produced at around the world, including our world San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives premiere Memphis, which opened in ’s West End. Marty Griswold Seattle Sales Director With an annual operating budget of $8 million, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley produces eight mainstage productions at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto Brieanna Bright, Joey Chapman, and the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Fifteen years ago, we Gwendolyn Fairbanks, Ann Manning, Seattle Area Account Executives launched the New Works Initiative, rededicating ourselves to the development of new plays and musicals. The Initiative has since supported over 140 new Carol Yip works through retreats, workshops, staged readings, developmental productions, Sales CoordinatorENCORE and the annual New Works Festival, inspiring The Mercury News to call us “a Jonathan Shipley premiere breeding ground for new musicals, which has put the company on the Ad Services Coordinator national map.” www.encoreartssf.com TheatreWorks Silicon Valley believes in making theatre accessible to the entire Silicon Valley community. Our Arts Education Department reaches more than 35,000 students in 70 schools in 7 counties annually. It sponsors outreach programs that include the Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, the Young Playwright’s Initiative, specially-priced student matinees, extensive school tours, post-show discussions, and theatre camps, classes, and conservatories for youth. Paul Heppner For more information on our 2015/16 season, New Works Festival, and Education President

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Lately, I’ve been thinking that Thomas Wolfe was wrong. You most 2 About TheatreWorks definitely can go home again—especially if your home is Silicon Valley TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, a nexus of people, places, and passion. In fact, the theme of our current season, “The Way Home,” speaks 6 Coming Next: PROOF to all that family and home represent. When I read The Country House, a story of a family’s reunion at a summer home full of memories and new beginnings, I thought 7 Stories from the Road about our TheatreWorks family. We are an eclectic lot of artists and art-lovers, new and longtime subscribers, educators and students; yet all of us 10 Summer Stock consider TheatreWorks our artistic home, a place at once comfortable and stimulat- ing, familiar and fresh. 12 Williamstown, Chekhov, and Nonetheless, TheatreWorks’ physical homes are many—offices in Redwood The Country House Shores and Newark, productions in Mountain View and Palo Alto, and education programs in schools throughout the Bay Area. Expect to hear more from us this About the Playwright year as we continue to listen to our growing audiences, and strive to extend our 13 outreach both north and south. Many who have recently enjoyed our productions for the first time—like the more than 400 new friends from the sadly departed San Jose Rep—subscribed to our current season, and have found a new family and home at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. And it is especially fitting that our Board Emeritus is one of the Producers of The Country House. This group of former board members, who have watched TheatreWorks grow from local roots into a nationally recognized regional theatre, comes home to TheatreWorks year after year, supporting the company through their patronage, donations, and ongoing counsel. As I settle into my new role of Board Chair, I’ve been thinking about how fortunate we are to share such a company. I’m truly grateful for the artistic leader- ship and managerial expertise of our staff and Board. And I’m so appreciative of our audiences and donors, whose ongoing support validates our artistic vision each year. It’s nice to be home. TheatreWorks. It’s family, it’s friends, and it’s home—the artistic home we return 14 Director’s Notes to again and again and again. 17 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents The Country House Barbara Shapiro

19 Who’s Who BOARD OF TRUSTEES Barbara Shapiro, Chair 24 Spotlight on TWSV Jayne Booker Derry Kabcenell Nancy Ginsburg Stern Season Sponsors Bill Coughran Julie Kaufman Debra Summers Jenny Dearborn Michael Kahn Lynn Szekely-Goode Susan Fairbrook Robert Kelley Mark Vershel 25 Contributors Ciro Giammona Tom Kelley Holly Ward Anne Hambly Ray A. Rothrock Lisa Webster Judy Heyboer Adam Samuels Jane Weston 28 TWSV Staff Larry Horton Phil Santora Gayla Lorthridge Wood Loren Saxe 29 TWSV General Information BOARD EMERITUS Nancy Meyer, Founder Continue the conversation online! William F. Adler • Edward T. Anderson, MD • Doug Barry • Lauren Berman • Chuck Bernstein • Sharon Anthony Bower • Michael Braun • Polly W. Bredt • Bruce C. Cozadd • Jeff Crowe • Peggy Dalal • Yogen Dalal • Michael R. Flicker • Peggy Woodford Forbes • Dan Garber • Doug Become our fan on Facebook! Garland • Aaron Gershenberg • Marcia Goldman • Emeri Handler • Susan M. Huch • Perry A. Irvine • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Lisa Jones • Gina Jorasch • Roberta R. Katz • Robin Kennedy • Follow us on Michael Kwatinetz • Dick Maltzman • Suzanne Martin • Patti McClung • Don McDougall • Bruce Twitter and Instagram McLeod • Cynthia S. Miller • Leslie Murphy-Chutorian • Eileen Nelson • Karen Nierenberg • Carrie Perzow • Carey Pickus • Margot Mailliard Rawlins • John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Sandi @TheatreWorksSV Risser • Lynn Wilson Roberts • Denise Stanford • Rosina Lo Sun • James Sweeney • Cathie #CountryHouse Thermond • Helaina Titus • Robert J. Van der Leest, MD • Ronni Watson • Elissa Wellikson

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David Auburn’s Proof is an award-winning about A BRILLIANT CONTEMPORARY DRAMA Catherine, a young woman trying to navigate the old boys’ club of academia as she wonders how much of her father’s mathematical genius she has inherited. It is a mystery of family instability and fledgling attrac- tion, an exhilarating, funny, and fulfilling tribute to the humanity that permeates our world of equations, equivocations, and codes. PROOF TheatreWorks’ compelling revival features an exciting By cast of actors from around the country. Directed by Leslie Martinson L. Peter Callender (Robert) was most recently seen at TheatreWorks in To Kill a Mockingbird and Radio Tony Award Best Play Golf. He is the Artistic Director of African-American Shakespeare Oct 7 – Nov 1 Company in San Francisco, and has appeared on and off-Broadway and Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts internationally. theatreworks.org 650.463.1960

Michelle Beck (Catherine) is a -based actress who has worked around the country and internation- ally. She was the understudy for Beneatha in A Raisin in the Sun on Broadway. She is making her TheatreWorks debut.

Ashley Bryant (Claire) has been seen in film and TV as well as on stage, with credits including Gossip Girl, Elementary, and Nurse Jackie. She appeared in Eve Ensler’s “Rich and compelling. Emotional Creature at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. She is making Full of life, laughter, her TheatreWorks debut. and hope.”

New York Daily News Lance Gardner (Hal) has performed at TheatreWorks in Superior Donuts and Auctioning the Ainsleys, as well as in our Young Playwrights Project. Other appearances include Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, and California Shakespeare .

6 THEATREWORKS Upcoming A Vibrant Life Generates Compelling Tales TWSV Events Sept, Oct, Nov

9/2, 9/9, 9/16 THE COUNTRY HOUSE DISCUSSION WEDNESDAYS Post-show discussion with members of the cast and staff MVCPA

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10/10 Because a vibrant life generates the most compelling tales, Stories from PROOF the Road is a writing and performing workshop for adults aged 62+. OPENING NIGHT Participants are guided through a fun process of writing a personal story Post-show reception with inspired by themes found on the TheatreWorks stage. With their story members of the cast and staff completed, participants learn the art of storytelling and how to bring their MVCPA tales to life through their voices. The workshop culminates in a performance event where participants are invited to tell the story they have created 10/14, 10/21, 10/28 before an audience of friends and family. No former writing or performing PROOF experience is necessary—just a desire to tell your story and be heard! All DISCUSSION WEDNESDAYS participants receive one complimentary ticket to a current TheatreWorks Post-show discussion with Silicon Valley performance. members of the cast and staff MVCPA Bring Stories from the Road to your community or senior center! The six- week program meets once a week for two hours. Specific dates and times 10/17 @ 6:00pm can be arranged to suit your needs. ANYTHING GOES The Bay Area’s Best Costume Fest For more information on rates and how to book Stories from the Road, Select a costume from TW’s contact Amy Cole-Farrell, Director of Education, at 650.463.7134 or by collection. Food, entertainment, email at [email protected]. & live auction open to all. Marriott Hotel, Santa Clara www/theatreworks.org/give

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Ross Lekites, Zachary Prince, & Megan McGinnis in TheatreWorks’ world premiere, Triangle.

A NEW MUSICAL PLAY A DELECTABLE COMIC DRAMA Hershey Felder as tokyo fish story Irving Berlin By Kimber Lee Directed by Kirsten Brandt Lyrics & music by Irving Berlin Northern California Premiere Book by Hershey Felder Directed by Trevor Hay Generations, gender, and tradition collide as a revered Sushi Master Northern California Premiere struggles to preserve ancient artistry The inspiring story of “America’s in a society obsessed with change. Composer” Irving Berlin takes In pursuit of perfection, Koji inspires center stage in this tour-de-force his brilliant protégé of a son, performance by piano virtuoso intimidates a parade of young Hershey Felder, internationally apprentices, and discovers that in acclaimed for bringing to life such composers as Gershwin, today’s world, even a three-star chef has much to learn. Set in a Beethoven, Chopin, and Bernstein. Capturing the rhythms of legendary sushi restaurant, this warm-hearted comic drama was the Lower East Side, and eventually enchanting the entire world, a highlight of TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival.* Berlin epitomizes the American dream. From “Blue Skies” to “Captivating, thought-provoking theater.” StageSceneLA “White Christmas,” this remarkable evening with Irving is an unforgettable journey in song. Mar 9 – Apr 3, 2016 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto “A remarkable portrait…richly entertaining.” LA Times Jan 13 – Feb 6, 2016 Mountain View Center

8 THEATREWORKS C h o o s E y o u r o W n A D v E n T u r E !

A BRILLIANT CONTEMPORARY DRAMA A MUSICAL ROMANCE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Proof Jane Austen’s Emma By David Auburn Music, lyrics, & book by Paul Gordon Directed by Leslie Martinson Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen Pulitzer Prize for Drama Directed by Robert Kelley PROOF Tony Award Best Play Reprising TheatreWorks’ Proof is a riveting drama of the World Premiere heart, a captivating tale of a faded TheatreWorks’ beloved musical hit mathematical genius and his makes a triumphant return for the brilliant but damaged daughter, a holidays, featuring one of Jane young woman caught in a quest for Austen’s most delightful heroines, an legitimacy in the male-dominated effervescent ingénue whose match- world of top-level science. It is a making mischief inevitably misfires. mystery of family instability and fledgling attraction, an exhilarat- Obsessed with romance, but clueless about her own feelings, ing, funny, and fulfilling tribute to the humanity that permeates Emma navigates the course of true love with a generous heart and our world of equations, equivocations, and codes.* an indomitable spirit. A masterpiece brought to joyous life, this “Rich and compelling. Full of life, laughter, and hope.” funny, irresistible revival features a glorious score by the Tony New York Daily News Award-nominated composer of Jane Eyre and Daddy Long Legs. Oct 7 – Nov 1, 2015 Mountain View Center “Everything a musical should be!” The Mercury News Dec 2, 2015 – Jan 2, 2016 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto

THE SWASHBUCKLING ROMANCE AN EXPLOSIVE COMEDY Cyrano The Velocity By Edmund Rostand of Autumn Translated by Michael Hollinger Adapted by Michael Hollinger & By Eric Coble Aaron Posner Directed by Giovanna Sardelli Directed by Robert Kelley Regional Premiere Regional Premiere An octogenarian artist has barricaded Alive with swashbuckling swordplay, herself in her brownstone, witty wordplay, and irresistible booby-trapped with enough romance, this classic tale of homemade bombs to take out the unrequited passion and panache neighborhood. In a wry, spirited flows from the rollicking theatres of quest to “not go gentle” into a 17th century Paris to distant battlements long besieged. Here retirement home, Alexandra battles both the fears of her family literature’s greatest love triangle evolves in a modern, intimate, and the ravages of time, negotiating the terms of her future with and goody-hrumaonreod adaptation that entangles the enchanting a long-estranged son who has battles of his own.* heiressC Roxane, handsome cadet Christian, and nose-challenged “Wickedly funny and wonderfully touching.” Broadway World swordsman Cyrano in the love affair of a lifetime. June 1 – 26, 2016 Mountain View Center “Sterling. Illuminating. A joy to watch.” Inquirer

Apr 6 – May 1, 2016 Mountain View Center * Contains mature language

encoreartsprograms.com 9 Summer Stock The young actor’s first home and the seasoned veteran’s retreat

n The Country House, both Anna Patterson and Michael Astor, one a star of Broadway and the other a star of film and television, return to Williamstown, Massachusetts to get back to their theatrical Iroots—small stages, intimate audiences, and classic plays. As actors, their experience is not unique, but rather part of a tradition that traces back to the late 1910s and is known as “.”

The most basic definition of a summer stock theatre is one that mounts productions exclusively in the summer. The heyday of summer stock was from the 1920s to the 1960s, when all over the country small resident ensembles put up several productions a summer, reusing costumes, scenery, and props from one year’s season to the next. Each or every other week from June until September a new musical or

play would be performed on the same stage. The most common genres for performance were comedies, romances, mysteries, and musicals—light fare for an audience of relaxing locals and happy vacationers. By the mid-20th century, an expansive network of summer theatre companies existed throughout the nation and particularly through New England and the Midwest, the so-called “straw hat circuit.” After the 1960s, the number of summer stock theatres declined dramatically, Clockwise from top left: Gwenyth Paltrow, Academy Award-winning but a resilient few exist today, enjoying a more than actress of Shakespeare in Love, had her stage debut at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she starred in this production modest popularity and continuing the lively tradition of of The Sweet By ‘N’ By in 1992. | played Mame mounting summer repertory productions. during a summer she spent at the in Devon, in 1977. A prominent figure in the theatre, she has also enjoyed much success in film and television. | David Hyde Pierce in For actors, the appeal of summer stock has not changed Candida at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in 1980—he would go over the years. Artists just starting out, famous on to be famous for his roles on stage, on film, and on television, where he starred as Dr. Niles Crane in Frasier. | Chita Rivera in The Hollywood stars, and Broadway veterans all speak senti- Visit at Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2014, which later debuted mentally of playing summer theatres. The short, packed on Broadway in 2015. Chita Rivera started her career as a dancer on Broadway and went on to become famous for her extensive work schedule allows a young actor to be cast in as many as on the stage. | Alec Baldwin, famous for his many roles in film and 10 different roles in only 10 weeks, providing valuable television, shown here as Martin Dysart in Equus at Guild Hall on in 2010. experience in a wide range of dramatic styles. Summer

10 THEATREWORKS Summer Stock The young actor’s first home and the seasoned veteran’s retreat

stock also gives young actors the invaluable opportu- the Berkshire Theatre Group in Stockbridge, MA, nity to work alongside and learn from highly seasoned and the Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre in Grand actors who come from television or film; they use Lake, CO. summer stock as an opportunity to sharpen their skills and return to their earlier training on the stage. To Other summer theatre companies have specified their engage in the simple, low-paying artistic endeavor of repertoire to become more financially sustainable— summer theatre is seen by many as “absolution” for some feature Shakespeare, others specialize in musicals, their more mercenary, better-paid work on screen. As such as The Muny in St. Louis, MO. Another variant on for Broadway actors, many of them find the intimacy summer stock theatre was developed in 1949 in and simplicity of summer productions attractive, as it Lambertville, New Jersey—it put the performance under gives them a chance to return to the basics of their an enormous circus tent. In this circus tent model, craft in an enjoyable, lower-stakes setting. Broadway-style musicals were executed “in the round,” or on a central stage with the audience surrounding on Most summer stock theaters today maintain a single all sides. This tent-enclosed form moved across the ensemble of actors who appear in a variety of country with the founding of the Sacramento Music productions over the course of the summer, Circus in 1951. Though more than a dozen other circus supplemented by famous actors who star in specific tent theatres were created over the 1950s, nearly all productions. The most well-known of the theatre closed in the following decades—the Sacramento Music companies that work on this model include the Circus is one of the few that still exists today. Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, MA, – HOLLY DAYTON

encoreartsprograms.com 11 Williamstown Executive Artistic Director Nikos Psacharopoulos (right), in 1965 when he directed Chekhov’s The Three Sisters. Here he is photographed chatting with After the Fall director Tom Brennan. Photo courtesy of Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Williamstown, Chekhov, and The Country House

n 2013, Donald Margulies was commissioned by the The product is The Country House, a modern comedy (MTC) to write a play about about the relationships that connect the members of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, a celebrated a highly dramatic family. The time is early summer, summer theatre festival in the scenic Berkshire Hills present day. The setting, the comfortable Iof Massachusetts. The result, after a month spent in home of Broadway actress and family matriarch Anna Williamstown, was The Country House, which Patterson. As Anna’s son, son-in-law, granddaughter, premiered at the Geffen Playhouse in and and various friends arrive for a weekend, old jealousies, then moved to Broadway with Manhattan Theatre Club new romances, and long-held rivalries bubble to the in the autumn of 2014. The Country House was not surface. Chekhovian parallels abound—to name three, Margulies’ first experience in Williamstown—his work, Anna’s son Elliot, a long-suffering unsuccessful artist, Broken Sleep: Three Plays, was performed there in is a clear foil for Vanya from Uncle Vanya; Anna herself 1997 and his adaptation of the Yiddish play God of mirrors the slightly fading star of the stage Irina Vengeance was workshopped and then produced there Arkadina from The Seagull; and Anna’s philanthropic, in the early 2000s. famous, and attractive friend Michael Astor parallels the charming Doctor Mikhail Astrov from Uncle Vanya. The Country House is steeped in references to the plays The Country House is written to be engaging for both of Russian playwright Anton Chekhov—specifically the Chekhov buff and the Chekhov neophyte—those Uncle Vanya and The Seagull. This is in homage to familiar with Uncle Vanya and The Seagull are provided the long-time Executive Artistic Director of the with myriad intentional references and parallels for dis- Williamstown Theatre Festival, Nikos Psacharopoulos, covery, and those who have never before encountered who deeply appreciated the classics and had a special Chekhov have the treat of experiencing, through love for Chekhov. During his career in Williamstown, Margulies, Chekhovian characters and conflicts for the Psacharopoulos produced all of Chekhov’s works, first time. – HOLLY DAYTON several of them more than once. Margulies took inspiration from the structure, characters, and conflicts of Chekhov’s plays in crafting his own work, but inter- wove them with his own artistic sensibility.

12 THEATREWORKS About Playwright Donald Margulies

ulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald by Margulies, directed by Norman Jewison, and starring Margulies was born in 1954 in Brooklyn, New Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Greg Kinnear, and York and grew up in a secular, Jewish, theatre- Toni Collette. loving household. Though his parents were not Margulies’ next critical hit was , Pwealthy, they took their children into Manhattan as often which was commissioned by and premiered at the Geffen as they could to see Broadway plays and musicals. Playhouse in 2009. It was produced on Broadway by Margulies had a young talent for graphic design, MTC in 2010, where it received a Tony Award nomination and he received a scholarship to attend the Pratt for Best Play. TheatreWorks’ production followed in Institute, an art conservatory in Downtown Brooklyn, September 2012. for his higher education. He later transferred to SUNY In addition to the many awards for his plays, Purchase, where he explored his nascent interest in Margulies has been honored with an Award in Literature playwriting with professional critic Julius Novick while by the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2000), completing his art major. the Award for Outstanding Achievement In the early 1980s, Margulies joined a group of in Theater by a Playwright (2005), and the young playwrights, actors, and directors that came to Distinguished Achievement in American Theater Award be known as “The New York Writers Bloc.” These artists (2014). He has also received grants from the National gathered where they could—in living rooms and rented Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for spaces—to workshop new material. Margulies wrote the Arts, and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial several plays over this decade, many of which were Foundation. produced, including What’s Wrong With This Picture? Margulies currently lives with his wife, a practicing in 1985 by Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC). physician, in New Haven, where he is an Adjunct MTC went on to produce many more of Margulies’ Professor of English and Theater Studies at Yale plays, including , the play that truly University. His most recent work is a screenplay adapta- launched Margulies’ career in 1992. The nonlinear plot tion of ’s 2010 book Although Of Course follows a celebrated American artist who reunites with You End Up Becoming Yourself. The movie, entitled his former lover after fifteen years. Commissioned by , is scheduled for release this summer.

South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, CA, it was – HOLLY DAYTON brought to New York by MTC, where it won the 1992 OBIE for Best New American Play. In 1996, Margulies wrote another hit on commission from : Collected Stories, about the relationship between a famous writer and her protégée. The play was short-listed for a Pulitzer Prize in 1997, and the Off-Broadway transfer, produced by MTC, received a Drama Desk nomination for Best Play. But Margulies’ next work, , was to be the greatest critical success of his career. It premiered at Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival of New American Plays in 1998, was produced by South Coast Repertory that summer, and transferred to Broadway in November. Dinner with Friends won Margulies the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2000, in addition to an American Theatre Critics Association New Play Citation, the Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award, and a nomination for Best Play. A television-movie adaptation was made in 2001, adapted

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Family. Love. Theatre. Devour it.

14 THEATREWORKS A Full House Director’s Notes by Artistic Director Robert Kelley fter a life in the theatre, I realize that there are some plays that particularly touch me: plays about families, plays about love, and plays about the theatre. To be more specific: plays about dysfunctional families (are there any other kinds?); plays about the appalling, exhilarating, inevitable vagaries of love; and plays about the crazy, creative collaboration that is the theatre. Imagine my delight at finding all those plays wrapped into one— The Country House.

AI’m a fan of Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies, one of our most prolific and profound contemporary playwrights. His grasp of the tragicomedy of life inspires me and his plays define the fine line between comedy and drama. He sees life as bittersweet, a word that bespeaks contradiction. His is a Chekhovian vision, grasping the interplay of love and loss, the conundrum of fame, the promise of romance intertwined with the agony of rejection. He understands the inherent frustration in dreams both failed and fulfilled. In The Country House Margulies set out to write a comedy and achieved much more: a reflection on life, art, and relationships seen through the eyes of a family blessed with success but conflicted by grief, ready for change but uncertain how and when it may be found. If it is a spectacu- larly theatrical family, it’s a family all the same, one we recognize as essentially our own.

Who are these people Margulies so carefully crafts and so obviously knows? As B-movie producer Walter describes them:

The grandiosity of theatre people! Who have convinced themselves that what they do is of a higher order than all other forms of make-believe! What an odd pursuit, when you stop to think about it: Grown people shouting in rooms missing a fourth wall?

As this extended theatre clan gathers to honor the anniversary of the loss of a daughter, sister, mother, and wife, the youngest family member becomes the ironic but perceptive chronicler of them all. Analyzing her famous grandmother Anna, collegian Susie claims “she’s in denial about everything.” Not one whose entrances go unnoticed, Anna faces the endgame of a grand career, suddenly self-conscious about her fading prowess. She struggles to understand her son Elliot, a failed actor who has retreated into a dangerous cynicism even as he envies the success of his mother and her surprise houseguest, TV star Michael Astor. If Michael proves to be a prize sought by many women, visiting actress Nell is a trophy fit for any man. Even Susie is attracted: “You’re so beautiful I can’t even hate you for it…it would be like hating sunsets.” As at Chekhov’s revered country estates, which offered inspiration for Margulies’ Berkshire cottage, this reunion teems with drama and humor, delusion and hope.

Contemplating three generations and a sea of entangled relationships, The Country House asks us to consider what we’ve done in life versus what we set out to do. And what choices lie ahead? In one wistfully metaphorical moment, Anna, her son, and her granddaughter remember sharing the “saddest, flattest, home-baked birthday cake” together years ago: “We ate it all up, we devoured it, till there was nothing left on the plate but crumbs.”

Family. Love. Theatre. Devour it.

encoreartsprograms.com 15 A Musical Romance for the Holidays TheatreWorks S I L I C O N V A L L E Y Jane Austen’s presents the NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE of Emma The Country House Music, lyrics, & book by Paul Gordon Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen By Donald Margulies Directed by Robert Kelley Directed by Robert Kelley Reprising TheatreWorks’ World Premiere TheatreWorks’ beloved musical hit makes a triumphant return for the holidays, featuring Scenic Designer Andrea Bechert one of Jane Austen’s most delightful heroines, an effervescent ingénue whose match- Costume Designer B. Modern making mischief inevitably misfires. Obsessed with romance, but clueless about her Lighting Designer steven B. Mannshardt own feelings, Emma navigates the course of true love with a generous heart and an Sound Designer Brendan Aanes indomitable spirit. A masterpiece brought to joyous life, this funny, irresistible revival Casting Director Leslie Martinson features a glorious score by the Tony Award-nominated composer of Jane Eyre and New York Casting Director Alan Filderman Daddy Long Legs, and marks the return of Timothy Gulan as Mr. Knightley and Lianne Stage Manager randall K. Lum* Marie Dobbs as the irrepressible Emma. * Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

Dec 2, 2015 – Jan 2, 2016 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto Originally commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club, , Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Executive Producer with funds provided by the US Trust. THE COUNTRY HOUSE received a world premiere co-production by Geffen Playhouse (Randy Arney, Artistic Director, Ken Novice, Managing Director) and Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Executive Producer) at Geffen Playhouse on June 3, 2014 and the Friedman Theatre on September 9, 2014. THE COUNTRY HOUSE is presented by special arrangement with , Inc., New York.

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16 THEATREWORKS TheatreWorks S I L I C O N V A L L E Y Jane Austen’s presents the NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PREMIERE of Emma The Country House By Donald Margulies

Directed by Robert Kelley

Scenic Designer Andrea Bechert Costume Designer B. Modern Lighting Designer steven B. Mannshardt Sound Designer Brendan Aanes Casting Director Leslie Martinson New York Casting Director Alan Filderman Stage Manager randall K. Lum* * Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

Originally commissioned by Manhattan Theatre Club, Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Executive Producer with funds provided by the US Trust. THE COUNTRY HOUSE received a world premiere co-production by Geffen Playhouse (Randy Arney, Artistic Director, Ken Novice, Managing Director) and Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Barry Grove, Executive Producer) at Geffen Playhouse on June 3, 2014 and the Friedman Theatre on September 9, 2014. THE COUNTRY HOUSE is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

VISIONARY PRODUCERS TheatreWorks Board Emeritus

PRODUCERS William J. Higgs The Marmor Foundation / Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor V I D A L E N D A SHOW SPONSOR Harrell Remodeling P R O D U C T I N H

/ SEASON SPONSORS Garden Court Hotel • J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines • The Sobrato Family Foundation

SEASON MEDIA SPONSOR

L I A N E M R D O B S The Mercury News &

THE COUNTRY HOUSE plays August 26–September 20, 2015 T I M O H Y G U L A N

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Susie Keegan rosie hallett Anna Patterson, her grandmother Kimberly King* Michael Astor, Anna’s onetime co-star Jason Kuykendall* Elliot Cooper, Susie’s uncle stephen Muterspaugh* Walter Keegan, Susie’s father Gary s. Martinez* Nell McNally, Walter’s girlfriend Marcia Pizzo* * Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

PLACE & TIME A house in the Berkshires, near Williamstown, Massachusetts. Summer. The Present.

ACT ONE ACT TWO ACT THREE Scene One: Friday afternoon. Scene One: A few days later. Scene One: The following morning. Scene Two: Later that night. Scene Two: Later that night. Scne Two: Later that day.

THE COUNTRY HOUSE WILL BE PERFORMED WITH ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION BETWEEN ACTS TWO AND THREE.

18 THEATREWORKS THE CAST (In order of arrival) Who’s Who

Susie Keegan rosie hallett rosiE hALLETT formed in Craig Lucas’s A Prayer for GAry s. Anna Patterson, her grandmother Kimberly King* (Susie Keegan) My Enemy and Steven Dietz’s Becky’s MArTinEz (Walter Michael Astor, Anna’s onetime co-star Jason Kuykendall* makes her main- New Car (A Contemporary Theatre), Keegan) continues stage debut with The Importance of Being Earnest his 30-plus year Elliot Cooper, Susie’s uncle stephen Muterspaugh* TheatreWorks. She (Lady Bracknell, Seattle Shakespeare relationship with Walter Keegan, Susie’s father Gary s. Martinez* previously appeared Company), and Outside Mullingar TheatreWorks, Nell McNally, Walter’s girlfriend Marcia Pizzo* in the New Works (Seattle Repertory Theatre). Ms. King where favorite roles * Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States Festival reading of The Great was Mary Tyrone in Jon Moscone’s include Papp Finn in Big River, Pretender. She has performed inter- San Jose Repertory Theatre produc- Candy in Of Mice and Men, Pangloss PLACE & TIME nationally in You Know When the tion of Long Day’s Journey Into in Candide, and Fagin in Oliver! Last A house in the Berkshires, near Williamstown, Massachusetts. Summer. The Present. Men Are Gone and In Friendship Night, and Agnes in the Aurora seen as The Major General in The with Word for Word Performing Arts Theatre Company production of A Pirates of Penzance for Sacramento ACT TWO Company, where she is an Associate Delicate Balance. She is married to Theatre Company, he has appeared Scene One: A few days later. Artist. Her recent Bay Area credits director/actor Ken Grantham. with the California, Marin, and San Scene Two: Later that night. include The Way West at Marin Francisco Shakespeare Festivals in Theatre Company, Top Girls and JAson addition to San Jose Repertory THE COUNTRY HOUSE WILL BE PERFORMED WITH ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION Harry Thaw Hates Everybody with KuyKEnDALL Theatre, Teatro Visión, Pacific BETWEEN ACTS TWO AND THREE. Shotgun Players, Status Update at (Michael Astor) last Repertory Theatre, Jewel Theatre Center REPertory Company, and performed with Company, Playhouse West, and San Mrs. Warren’s Profession at the Pear TheatreWorks in Jose Stage Company, among others. Avenue Theatre. Ms. Hallett holds The Elephant Man Media work includes voiceovers for degrees in English and Drama from (Treves), and is such clients as Sega, Namco, Stanford University. She is a compa- excited to be back. His regional Agetec, The Learning Company, and ny member of PlayGround and a credits include A Long Day’s Journey LucasArts. Career highlights include proud recipient of the Theatre Bay Into Night (Edmund) and the world composing “The Bathroom Song,” Area TITAN Award. premiere of ’s transla- playing a physicist in the film The tion of Henrick Ibsen’s Ghosts Wisdom Tree, and expiring in Darth KiMBErLy KinG (Oswald) with Arizona Theatre Vadar’s “death grip” as Admiral Sarn (Anna Patterson) Company; Of Mice and Men (Lenny) in Rebel Assault II. has worked in the and The Importance of Being American profes- Earnest (Ernest) with Sacramento sTEPhEn sional theatre for Theatre Company; and Les Liaisons MuTErsPAuGh over 35 years. Dangereuses (Valmont) and Ideation (Elliot Cooper) She appeared in (Brock) at Capital Stage. He is a is excited to be TheatreWorks productions of Doubt, member of B Street Theatre’s Acting making his A Little Princess, and The Fourth Company where he has performed TheatreWorks Wall. She was a proud member of in over 45 productions including The debut. Regional the Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Explorer’s Club, The 39 Steps, Detroit, credits include Southwest resident ensemble company, and The Hound of the Baskervilles, and Shakespeare Company, Utah worked as a leading actor with The Jacksonian. Mr. Kuykendall also Shakespeare Festival, Creede resident companies at American produces and directs for the camera. Repertory Theatre, Pacific Conservatory Theater, McCarter Visit NKMediaSolutions.com for his Conservatory Theatre, Powerhouse Theatre Center (Princeton), Alley documentary, feature film, commer- Theater, and Geva Theatre Center. Theatre (Houston), Hartford Stage, cial work and more. He has appeared locally with Jewel and Cleveland Play House. A resident Theatre Company, San Francisco of the Seattle area, she has created Shakespeare Festival, California roles for Intiman Theatre and per- Conservatory Theatre, Livermore’s

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Shakespeare’s Associates, Second Boy (2006 TheatreWorks production), Theater’s Old Hats and Stuck Wind Productions, and Marin Dinner with Friends (2000 Pulitzer Elevator. Shakespeare Company. When not Prize, Lucille Lortel Award, Outer onstage, Mr. Muterspaugh serves as Critics Circle Award), Collected AnDrEA BEChErT (Scenic the Associate Artistic Director at San Stories (1997 Drama Desk nomina- Designer) has designed 27 produc- Francisco Shakespeare Festival, tion), and Sight Unseen (1992 OBIE tions for TheatreWorks including teaching various programs and Award), among other works. He is Sweeney Todd, 33 Variations, Snow directing their Shakespeare on Tour an adjunct professor of English and Falling on Cedars, To Kill a productions. He is a graduate of the Theatre Studies at . Mockingbird, Twentieth Century, Pacific Conservatory Theatre and a Mr. Margulies has received an Award Night of the Iguana, and Talley’s proud member of Actor’s Equity. in Literature from the American Folly. She has designed scenery for Academy of Arts and Letters, the theatres across the country including MArCiA Pizzo Sidney Kingsley Award for Berkeley Repertory Theatre, (Nell McNally) was Outstanding Achievement in Theatre, Shakespeare Festival, last seen at and the William Inge Distinguished American Musical Theatre of San TheatreWorks in Achievement in American Theatre Jose, The Starlight Theatre, The the West Coast Award. The Country House was Stardust Casino in Las Vegas, Opera premiere of The commissioned by the Manhattan San José, and Center REPertory Pitmen Painters. Theatre Club in 2013, and it opened Company. Her awards include three Her regional credits include Round on Broadway on October 2, 2014 Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle and Round the Garden, Rock’n’Roll, at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Awards, a Ovation Award, and A Mother with directed by Daniel Sullivan and and her designs have been included for American Conservatory Theater; starring as Anna in the 2005 World Design Expo and Restoration Comedy, Two Gentlemen Patterson. 1996 Prague Quadrennial. She has of Verona, The Merchant of Venice, taught at or been a guest at several King Lear, and The Tempest for roBErT KELLEy (Director) Please universities including Stanford California Shakespeare Theater; see bio on page 23. University, University, University and An Ideal Husband, Romeo and of Miami, and University of Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, The BrEnDAn AAnEs (Sound Wisconsin. Ms. Bechert is a member Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, Designer) has designed sound for a of United Scenic Artists Local 829. Macbeth, and Cyrano de Bergerac variety of performances: most for Marin Shakespeare Company. recently The Way West (Marin rAnDALL K. LuM (Stage Manager) She has also performed at Magic Theatre Company), Triangle, Fire on has stage managed TheatreWorks’ Theatre, Aurora Theatre Company, the Mountain, The Lake Effect, Peter Fallen Angels, The Lake Effect, Jewel Theatre Company, and will and the Starcatcher (TheatreWorks), Peter and the Starcatcher, Water by join Center REPertory Company Rapture Blister Burn (Aurora Theatre the Spoonful, Marry Me a Little, for the first time in October. Her Company), The Hundred Flowers Once on This Island, Little Women, film and TV appearances include Project (Crowded Fire, winner of the Time Stands Still, and Other Desert Bicentennial Man, Nash Bridges, Will Glickman Award for best new Cities. Other companies and selected and Trauma. Ms. Pizzo earned her play), MUTT (Impact Theatre), Urge credits include four seasons at MFA from the American for Going (Golden Thread), Abigail’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival Conservatory Theater. Party, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, (Equivocation, American Night: The and The Aliens (San Francisco Ballad of Juan José, Dead Man’s DonALD MArGuLiEs (Playwright) Playhouse). He also served as associ- Cell Phone, Fences, Ruined, The is the author of Time Stands Still ate designer for the national tour of Unfortunates–Workshop), La Jolla (2010 Tony Award nomination, 2012 Kneehigh Theatre’s Tristan and Playhouse, Center Theatre Group TheatreWorks production), Brooklyn Yseult, and American Conservatory (The Royale, American Night: The

20 THEATREWORKS SAVE THE DATE Saturday, October 17

Join TheatreWorks Silicon Valley as we salute The sobrato Family & sobrato Philanthropies Select a costume from our stellar collection. Join us for fabulous food, hosted bar, rousing entertainment, and a live auction at the most festive fundraiser ever!

For information on tickets, hosting a table, or sponsorship opportunities call 650.463.7112 or visit www.theatreworks.org.

All proceeds benefit TheatreWorks

TheatreWorks T R A C Y M I N S I L I C O N V A L L E Y P H O T S B Y M A R K I &

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Ballad of Juan José), The Old Globe, and Time Stands Still, and the West Committee since 2002. She was American Conservatory Theater, Coast premieres of The Pitmen awarded an Individual Artist Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Painters and Superior Donuts. A Fellowship in Stage Direction from California Shakespeare Theatre, graduate of Occidental College, she the Arts Council of Silicon Valley for Seattle Repertory Theatre, Laguna has been a Watson Fellow in political artistic achievement and community Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, and theatre, a member of Lincoln Center impact. She leads master classes and 18 Seasons and over 90 productions Director’s Lab, a member of the La audition workshops throughout the as resident stage manager at South MaMa International Directing Bay Area, and is a Guest Coach in Coast Repertory (Wit, Intimate Symposium, and has served on leadership communication training Apparel, Three Days Of Rain, Blue Theatre Bay Area’s Theatre Services with Stand and Deliver Group. Door, The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler, Kimberly Akimbo, Safe In Hell, Princess Marjorie). sTEvEn B. MAnnshArDT (Lighting Designer) has been the lighting designer for over 70 produc- tions at TheatreWorks, having won numerous Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, Theatre Bay Area and Dean Pinewood is an independent, coeducational, non-profit, Goodman Choice Awards for his K–12 college-prep school. Students benefit from work. His regional design credits small include , New class size, challenging academic curricula, Haven; A Contemporary Theatre,

Seattle; American Repertory Theater, Kthrough Cambridge; Studio Arena Theatre, 12 Buffalo; Magic Theatre; Pasadena Passionate Expertise and a wide choice of enrichment activities. Playhouse; The Weston Playhouse PWeI offerNE anW environmentOOD where each student is High Academic Expectations Theatre Company, Vermont; a respected and vital member of our Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Unlimited Exploration educational community. We invite you to explore the opportunity for your student to become a part of the Company; and Olympia Theatre, Grounded Moral Examples Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Mannshardt Pinewood tradition of academic excellence. For more previously taught lighting design at Confident Self-Expression information, please visit our website. Santa Rosa Junior College for 14 www.pinewood.edu years and now runs an organization dedicated to improving the educa- tion system for both children and adults in Nepal. www.nepal.wwep.org

LEsLiE MArTinson (Casting Director) is TheatreWorks’ Associate Artistic Director and Casting Director. Her many TheatreWorks directing credits include the upcom- ing production of Proof, the regional premieres of Water by the Spoonful

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B. MoDErn (Costume Designer) is delighted to return to TheatreWorks where she designed Peter and the Starcatcher, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Big River, The Pitmen Painters, The 39 Steps, Superior Donuts, The Chosen, and Third. Regional theatre design credits include productions for Oregon Shakespeare Festival; The Old Globe; Denver Center Theatre Y G A N O Managing Director Phil Santora and Artistic Director Robert Kelley

Company; Geva Theatre Center, T E R New York; Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; American Players Theatre, Wisconsin; Santa Cruz Shakespeare; Murder Ballad, Venus in Fur, Good Marry Me a Little, The Hound of the Asolo Repertory Theatre, ; People, The Madrid, The Whipping Baskervilles, Once on This Island, San Jose Repertory Theatre; Magic Man, Ruined, Blackbird, The Little Women, Being Earnest, Big Theatre; Indiana Repertory Theatre; Explorer’s Club, The Columnist, River, 33 Variations, and Of Mice Georgia Shakespeare; and Jewel Rabbit Hole, Doubt, The Tale of the and Men. Theatre Company. Opera credits Allergist’s Wife, Proof, Love! Valour! include productions at Opera Compassion!, and Ain’t Misbehavin’. PhiL sAnTorA (Managing Theatre of Saint Louis and Opera www.ManhattanTheatreClub.com Director) joined TheatreWorks in San José. She has received four 2007. He has served as Managing Drama-Logue Awards, three Dean roBErT KELLEy (Artistic Director) Director of Northlight Theatre Goodman Choice Awards, and a Bay is a Bay Area native and Stanford (Chicago) and Georgia Shakespeare Area Theatre Critics Circle Award. University graduate. He founded Festival (Atlanta), as well as Ms. Modern is an Associate Artist at TheatreWorks in 1970 and has Development Director for Great Santa Cruz Shakespeare, and at directed over 165 TheatreWorks Lakes Theatre Festival (Cleveland) Geva Theatre Center. productions, including many world and George Street Playhouse (New and regional premieres. He has Brunswick). He holds an MFA in MAnhATTAn ThEATrE CLuB received the Silicon Valley Arts Theatre Administration from the (Original commission). Under the Council’s Legacy Laureate Award; Yale School of Drama and a BA in dynamic leadership of Artistic the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Drama from Duke University. He is Director Lynne Meadow and Paine Knickerbocker Award for life- Vice President of the National Executive Producer Barry Grove, time achievement; BATCC Awards Alliance for Musical Theatre Board. Manhattan Theatre Club has for Outstanding Direction for his Prior board service includes the become one of the country’s most productions of The Hound of the League of Chicago Theatres, Atlanta prominent theatre companies. Baskervilles; Into the Woods; Pacific Coalition of Theatres, and the Productions at its Broadway and Overtures; Rags; Sweeney Todd; executive committee of the League Off-Broadway venues have earned Another Midsummer Night; Sunday of Resident Theatres (LORT). He numerous awards including 19 Tony in the Park with George; Jane Eyre; was named 2000’s Best Arts Awards and six Pulitzer Prizes to and Caroline, or Change; and Back Administrator by Atlanta Magazine date. Its World, Broadway and New Stage West Garland Awards for his and received the Atlanta Arts and York premieres have included direction of Side Show and Sunday Business Council’s 1998 ABBY Constellations, The Country House, in the Park with George. He recently Award for Arts Administrator. Casa Valentina, Outside Mullingar, directed Fallen Angels, Peter and The Assembled Parties, Choir Boy, the Starcatcher, Sweeney Todd,

encoreartsprograms.com 23 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is honored to spotlight three of our full season VISIONARY SPONSORS sponsors. Please join us in a round of applause for Garden Court hotel, J. Lohr vineyards & Wines, and The sobrato Family Foundation.

Garden Court hotel galas, and of course at the New Works Festival, where As Palo Alto’s only luxury boutique hotel, Garden Court the name J. Lohr has become synonymous with VIP Hotel offers elegant downtown accommodations and Service at the popular J. Lohr Lounge for Inner Circle spectacular catering and event opportunities. Perhaps Members and above. you’ve attended a TheatreWorks Silicon Valley event J. Lohr’s tasting room is a lovely oasis nestled in the graciously hosted by Garden Court in one of their midst of San Jose. Visit soon, congratulate J. Lohr many beautiful banquet or meeting rooms. Garden Vineyards & Wines on recently celebrating 40 years of PRESENTING SPONSORS Court has been partnering with TheatreWorks since family and winemaking, and be sure to tell them that 2000, and their hospitality extends to providing rooms TheatreWorks sent you! for special artistic guests like Paul Gordon and Andrew Lippa, and to auction donations for TheatreWorks fundraising events. Their considerate sponsorship of The sobrato Family Foundation TheatreWorks Silicon Valley allows us to invest more of In 2011, TheatreWorks was welcomed to the Sobrato our resources into the art you see on our stages. Center for Nonprofits. This amazing facility, which now houses TheatreWorks’ administrative offices, rehearsal Recently, Garden Court Hotel hired Executive Chef halls and costume shop is provided at “beyond afford- Clive Berkman and started a new initiative: 520 Chef’s able” rent, and is just one of many arms of support in Table. We encourage you to check out this culinary our community from Sobrato Philanthropies. For more phenomenon where Chef Berkman speaks at the top than 50 years, John A. and his wife Susan have shared of each course to share his inspirations and resources. their business success with the Valley, raising their SUPPORTING SPONSORS three children—John Michael Sobrato, Lisa Sobrato J. Lohr vineyards & Wines Sonsini and Sheri Sobrato Brisson—to engage deeply Like TheatreWorks, J. Lohr Wines & Vineyards has in community concerns. This multi-generational legacy always been on the leading edge of their industry. of philanthropy was formalized by Lisa in 1996 with Jerry Lohr was among the first to cultivate the the establishment of the Sobrato Family Foundation, a California Central Coast in the early 1970s. In the early private family foundation committed to sustaining the 2000s, J. Lohr Wines and Vineyards, under the stew- philanthropic legacy of the Sobrato family. The Sobrato ardship of Cynthia Lohr, made their first donation to Foundation and the Sobrato Family Foundation have TheatreWorks, and we fell in love! It is with tremendous made contributions to more than 487 local agencies gratitude that we proudly call J. Lohr the official wine totaling more than $126.7M. We salute the Sobrato of TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. You’ll enjoy their various Family Foundation for their immense annual support of vintages at our Opening Night parties, fundraising TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. SPONSORS

Spotlight on TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Season Sponsors

24 THEATREWORKS VISIONARY SPONSORS CORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS Jayne Booker, Chair Foundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits. Contact Jodye Friedman at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information.

Visionary Sponsors Sponsors Perkins Coie LLP ($50,000 and above) ($10,000 to $14,999) Synaptics The Garden Court Hotel* Adams Wine Group* Tiffany & Co.* The William & Flora Hewlett Aeris Communications, Inc. Wells Fargo Foundation The Leonard C. & Mildred F. J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines* Ferguson Foundation Friends The Mercury News* Gerstco ($1,000 to $2,499) The David & Lucile Packard Heising-Simons Foundation Anonymous Foundation Hengehold Motor Company* Applied Materials Excellence in the The Shubert Foundation Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Arts Grants, a program of Silicon The Sobrato Family Foundation* Trusts Valley Creates Silicon Valley Bank ChaseVP* PRESENTING SPONSORS Presenting Sponsor Tarlton Properties DES Architects + Engineers ($25,000 to $49,999) The Dramatists Guild Fund Avant! Foundation Benefactors Goodwin Procter LLP* Harrell Remodeling ($5,000 to $9,999) International ProInsurance Services LLC National Endowment for the Arts Bloomingdale’s Luther Burbank Savings Sand Hill Foundation Dodge & Cox Investment Nikon Precision, Inc. SAP Managers Peter Michael Winery* Nordstrom Piacere Restaurant & Chef Miriam Supporting Sponsors Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund Russell-Wadleigh* ($15,000 to $24,999) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw The Law Office of Nanette S. Stringer Applied Materials Pittman LLP TBS Construction Carla Befera Public Relations* Fenwick & West LLP Supporters Matching Gifts The Kimball Foundation ($2,500 to $4,999) Many companies will double or triple their Microsoft Corporation Avidbank employees’ contributions to nonprofits. It’s a great way to make your gift to The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Cooley LLP* TheatreWorks go further at no extra cost. Charitable Trust S.H. Cowell Foundation Call 650.463.7160 for more information. The Morrison & Foerster Foundation * Indicates donors whose gifts include SUPPORTING SPONSORS Palo Alto Weekly* in-kind goods or services.

ENDOWMENT FUND TheatreWorks Silicon Valley thanks the following lead donors for their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts. Marsha & Bill Adler • William C. Anderson • Ann S. Bowers • Polly & Tom Bredt • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • Peter & Melanie Cross • Yogen & Peggy Dalal • Carl H. Feldman • The John & Marcia Goldman Foundation • Kathryn Green • Emeri & Brad Handler • Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts • Charles & Roberta Katz Family Foundation • Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan • The Rathmann Family Foundation • Eddie Reynolds • John & Diane Savage • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode

FUTUREWORKS FutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of life SPONSORS insurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Anonymous (6) • Marc Abramson • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • Pauline Berkow & Ronald Kauffman • David & Lauren Berman • Jayne Booker • James & Diane Bordoni • Ann S. Bowers • Steve & Gayle Brugler • The estate of Cathryn Z. Cannon • Eleanor W. Caughlan • Steven & Karin Chase • Jodi Corwin • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • George & Susan Crow • John & Linda Elman • Frances Escherich • Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • Gayle Flanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & Spotlight on Rose Friedland • Terry & Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • Marcia & John Goldman • Kathryn Green • Lorie Griswold • Maureen Hoberg • Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sam & Elaine Housten • Susan M. Huch • Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia • John W. & Nancy Lee Jalonen • Barry Lee Johnson • Claiborne TheatreWorks Silicon Valley S. Jones • Dr. Steve Kelem • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Kurtzman • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mangelsdorf • Steve Mannshardt • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle • Leigh Metzler & Jim McVey • Cynthia S. Miller • Tami & Craney Ogata • Karen & John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Betsy Boardman Ross • Adam Samuels • Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • Dorothy Saxe • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Season Sponsors Edward & Jane Seaman • Barbara Shapiro & Mark Lewis • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Gerry Sipes • Carol Snell & Mindy Rauch • Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern • Susanne Stevens • Mark Stevenson • Carol Watts • Renee & Herman Winick

encoreartsprograms.com 25 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Contributors THE PRODUCER CIRCLE Anne & Larry Hambly, Executive Producer Co-Chairs • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Gayla Lorthridge Wood, Producer Co-Chairs TheatreWorks Producers have made a gift of $10,000 or more. They are invited to exclusive events with visiting artists, and on special theatre trips. Producers may select a production to follow from “page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits. Contact Jodye Friedman at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information.

Visionary Producers Janet Strauss & Jeff Hawkins Richard & Kathy Hawes The Frank & Denise Quattrone ($50,000 and above) Lynn Szekely-Goode & Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Foundation Ann S. Bowers Dr. Richard Goode William J. Higgs Joe, Nancy, Sam & Sara Ragey Dr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr. Jerre & Nancy Hitz Adam Samuels Bruce Cozadd Producers Larry Horton & George Wilson Dorothy Saxe Anne & Larry Hambly ($10,000 to $24,999) Pitch & Cathie Johnson Loren & Shelley Saxe The Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell Marsha & Bill Adler Mike & Martha Kahn Martha Seaver & Scott Walecka Foundation Katharine & George Alexander Julie Kaufman Leonard Shustek & The Morgan Family Foundation Lois & Dr. Edward Anderson Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro Donna Dubinsky TheatreWorks Board Emeritus Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Robin & Don Kennedy Larry & Barbara Sonsini Lisa Webster Lucy Berlin & Glenn Trewitt Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern Jayne Booker Dorothy Lazier Debra Summers Executive Producers Bredt Family Fund at Truckee Mark & Debra Leslie Mark & Teri Vershel ($25,000 to $49,999) Tahoe Community Foundation Marks Family Foundation Holly Ward & Scott Spector Anonymous Steve & Gayle Brugler The Marmor Foundation/ Watkins Family Charitable Fund Yogen & Peggy Dalal Steven & Karin Chase Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor Harriet & Frank Weiss The John & Marcia Goldman George & Susan Crow Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Bill & Janne Wissel Foundation Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Mary & Don McDougall Gayla Lorthridge Wood & Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Jenny Dearborn & John Tarlton Leslie & Douglas Murphy- Walt Wood Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro Susan Fairbrook Chutorian AV Flox & Yonatan Zunger Mendelsohn Family Fund Dan & Catharine Garber Richard Partridge Cynthia Sears Sylvia & Ron Gerst Beth & Charlie Perrell

THE INNER CIRCLE Holly Ward & Jayne Booker, Co-Chairs Members of The Inner Circle contribute a minimum of $1,500 each season and enjoy a variety of benefits including priority subscription seating, VIP ticket purchases and exchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artists 45 for 45Circle events. Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more information. TheatreWorks 45 for 45 Circle members have made a multi-year pledge of $45,000 or more to honor Robert Kelley and TW’s Associate Producers Directors 45th Anniversary. Contact Jodye Friedman at 650.463.7135 or ($6,000 to $9,999) ($3,000 to $5,999) [email protected] for more information. Anonymous Anonymous (2) Greg & Michelle Becker Paul Asente & Ron Jenks David & Lauren Berman Ray & Carol Bacchetti Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Carole & Michael Marks Steven & Michele Boal Paul & Debbie Baker Ann S. Bowers Suzanne Martin & John & Susan Diekman Joel & Wendy Bartlett Gayle & Steve Brugler John Doyle David E. Gold & Anne & Buz Battle Bruce Cozadd Mendelsohn Family Fund Irene Blumenkranz Katherine Bazak & John Dohner Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Rebecca & James Morgan Linda M. Hinton & Vince Foecke The BelleJAR Foundation Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia Marah & Gene Brehaut Sylvia & Ron Gerst Cynthia Sears Lisa & Marc Jones Bruce & Gail Chizen Anne & Larry Hambly Barbara Shapiro & Thomas Kailath & Anu Maitra Diane & Howard Crittenden Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Mark Lewis Dick & Cathy Lampman Jeff & Amy Crowe Julie Kaufman Mark & Teri Vershel Irv Lichtenwald Randy Curry & Kay Simon Tom & Sharon Kelley Watkins Family Charitable Rob & Ann Marangell Craig Dauchy & Sue Crawford Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Fund Kevin McCoy Ranae DeSantis Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Lisa Webster Yvonne & Mike Nevens John & Wynne Dobyns Bill & Janet Nicholls Richard & Josephine Ferrie Dorothy Lazier Carol Watts Tom Rindfleisch & Carli Scott Gayle Flanagan Mark & Debra Leslie Janne & Bill Wissel Philip Santora & Cristian Asher Peter & Rose Friedland Ron & Lila Schmidt Terry & Carolyn Gannon in honor Carol Watts of Robert Kelley Elaine & Eric Hahn Emeri & Brad Handler

26 THEATREWORKS Maureen Hoberg Players Curtis Feeny Buff & Cindy Miller D & J Hodgson Family ($1,500 to $2,999) Sheldon Finkelstein & Eileen Nelson & Hugh Franks Foundation Anonymous (4) Beatriz V. Infante Annie Nunan* Perry A. Irvine & Marc & Sophia Abramson Kathleen Fitts O’Hanlan-Walker LGBT Equality Linda Romley-Irvine Douglas & Loretta Allred Peggy Woodford Forbes & Fund of Horizons Foundation Barbara Jones Keith Amidon & Rami Menon Harry Bremond Lynn & Susan Orr Claiborne S. Jones Mary Ann Anthony & Ken Fowkes Lynda & Steve Fox David Pasta in memory of Jack Jorgenson Lisa Backus & Diane & Bob Frankle Gloria J.A. Guth Louise Karr Anthony Montefusco Barbara Franklin & Bernie Loth Carrie Perzow & Von Leirer Arthur Keller Shirley Bailey Katherine Fraser & Steve Larson Carey & Josh Pickus Chris Kenrick Doug & Marie Barry Jodye & Jonny Friedman John & Valerie Poggi Hal & Iris Korol Pat Bashaw & Gene Segre Jay & Joyce Friedrichs Susan Pritzker Bill & Terry Krivan Jim Bassett & Lily Hurlimann Markus Fromherz & Heike Schmitz Kathy & Gary Reback Arlene & Jack Leslie Elizabeth & George Bechtel Marilee Gardner Karen & John Reis Sue & Dick Levy Don & Deborah Bennett Renee & Mark Greenstein Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones Robert J. Lipshutz & Stuart & Marcella Bernstein Nancy & Bill Grove Edward & Verne Rice Nancy Wong, MD Dr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory Barbara Gunther Paul & Sheri Robbins Richard & Charlene Maltzman of Dr. Kevin J. Gilmartin Peter & Laura Haas Robert & Suzanne Rubenstein in memory of Carol Adler Charlotte & David Biegelsen Jim & Linda Hagan Alan Russell & Fred Thiemann The Merrimac Fund Wendell & Celeste Birkhofer Russell & Debbie Hall Jim & Maureen Sansbury Myrna & Hy Mitchner, PhD Bob & Martha Bowden David & Noreen Henig Joseph & Sandy Santandrea Gillian & Tom Moran Michael & Leslie Braun Craig & Deborah Hoffman in Elizabeth & Mark Schar Richard Niblock Kathy Bridgman memory of Susan Woods Lee & Kim Scheuer Margo & Roy Ogus Ellen & Marc Brown Anne & Emma Grace Holmes Tom & Hilary Schroeder In memory of Pearl Reimer Chet & Marcie Brown David Hornik & Charles G. Schulz & Claire E. Taylor Orli & Zack Rinat Jeff & Maureen Burnham Pamela Miller-Hornik Carolyn Schutz* Betsy Boardman Ross Christine B. Butcher+ Susan M. Huch Pamela & Rick Shames Mark & Martha Ross Eric Butler MD & Sudhanshu & Lori Jain Jack & Dorothy Shannahan Ray & Meredith Rothrock Suzanne Rocca-Butler Leigh & Roy Johnson Sarah Shema & Neyssa Marina Rita & Robert Rove Jeff & Deborah Byron Craig & Gina Jorasch Family Fund Marge & Jim Shively Edward & Jane Seaman Calvin & Jennifer Carr Mr. & Mrs. Abdo Kadifa Carolyn & Rick Silberman Bart Sears Ron & Sally Carter Ruth Ann & David Keefer Gerry Sipes Francesca Sherrill & Tony diBellis Josephine Chien & Cynthia & Bert Keely Ellen & Ed Smith Joyce Reynolds Sinclair & Stephen Johnson Tom & Sharon Kelley Dane & Marnie Snow Dr. Gerald M. Sinclair Dean & Wilma Chu James Kern & Monica Donovan Denise & Jim Stanford Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir Fran Codispoti & Ken Schroeder Alison & Steve Krausz Geraldine Steinberg Anthony & Rosina Lo Sun* William & Nancy Cohen Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Kubal Jim Stephens & Abraham Brown Catherine & Jeff Thermond Martha Cohn Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz The Sher-Right Fund Craig & Susie Thom Larry & Sara Condit Linda Lester Laura Strand John & Sandi Thompson Robert A. Cook Donald & Rachel Levy Jan Thomson & Roy Levin Brent & Michèle Townshend Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchovny in Dan’l & Susan Lewin Helaina Titus Ted & Betty Ullman memory of Milt, Michael, & Jack Janet Littlefield & Tzipor Ulman & Yigal Rubinstein Griff & Lynne Weber David & Ann Crockett William Coggshall Robert J. Van der Leest, MD Barbara & Paul Weiss Richard & Anita Davis Drs. John & Penny Loeb Mimi & Jim Van Horne Nancy & Bart Westcott Scott & Edie DeVine Tom & Sally Logothetti Margaret & Curt Weil Jane Weston & J. Horn Douglas Dexter Alicia Rojas & Howard Lyons Edward Weiss, MD & Karen Carlson White & Ken Jaffee Dennis & Cindy Dillon Joe Margevicius Sydney Marsden Mark & Sheila Wolfson Pamela Dougherty Malcolm MacNaughton Elissa Wellikson & Tim Shroyer Robert & Carol Dressler Anne B McCarthy Ken & Ruth Wilcox Jack & Marcia Edelstein Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan Bruce & Elinor Wilner Ann & Matt Eisenberg Gerald & Betty McIntyre Lynn Wilson & Howard Roberts Sue & Jeff Epstein Dave & Carolyn McLoughlin Neil & Ann Wolff Frances Escherich Shauna Mika & Rick Callison Bill & Sue Worthington

Benefactors ($750 to $1,499) Anonymous (2) • Lynn Bahrych • Mr & Mrs. David W. Beach • Caroline Beverstock • Cheryl Booton & Robert Mannell • Joan Brennan • James B. Brennock • Bob & Maggie Cant • Lee & Amy Christel • Bud & Rebecca Colligan • Peter & Melanie Cross • Anne Dauer • Romar De Claro • Ronald Dickel • Shoshana & Martin Gerstel • Mark Gorenberg • Sue & Bill Gould • Mary Ann & John Grilli • Susan & Doug Hanson • Tom & Mary Haverstock • Anna Henderson • Mitzi Henderson • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Dean & Patricia Johnson • Eva L. Jones • Carl Jukkola & Desmond Lee • Deborah Karlson • Professor & Mrs. David Kennedy • Bob & Edie Kirkwood • Michael & Ina Korek • Allan & Linda Kramer • Jim & Marilyn Lattin • Stephen & Nancy Levy • George & Ann Limbach • Robert & Paige Locke • Alexander & Anne Long • Chris Lunt & Rachel Kohls-Lunt • Anders & Juneko Martinson • Bob & Kathie Maxfield • Karen & Bob McCulloch • Nancy & Patrick McGaraghan • Linda & Tony Meier • Gus Meyner in memory of Miriam • David Morgenthaler • Dale & Cathy Pfau • Dale & Cathy Pfau • Dr. Condoleezza Rice • Bob Rodert & Bev Kiltz • Jill Sagner & Steve Lipman • Emil J. & Barbara Sarpa • Steven & Rita Schlosser • Maria & Mitch Segal • Rob Skinner • Sheri Sobrato • Diane Talbert • Polly & Ted Taylor • Thomas Vogelsang • David Vroom • Judith & Peter Wolken • Glen Wong • Mike & Patti Workman • Alan & Judy Zafran Contributions listed were received between 7/08/2014 and 7/8/2015. Program deadlines and space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Michelle Piasecki at 650.463.7132 or [email protected]. * Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts. Please consider TheatreWorks Silicon Valley in your will or estate plan. Call 650.463.7135 or email [email protected] for more information.

encoreartsprograms.com 27 TheatreWorks SV Staff Artistic Director Robert Kelley Managing Director Phil Santora

ARTISTIC SCENERY DEVELOPMENT MARKETING Associate Artistic Director Technical Director Director of Advancement Director of Marketing Leslie Martinson Frank Sarmiento Jodye Friedman Lorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez Director of New Works Lead Scenic Artist / Craftsman Associate Director of Art Director Giovanna Sardelli Tom Langguth Individual Gifts Ev Shiro H. Hans Cárdenas Company Manager/ Master Carpenter Associate Director of Marketing Casting Associate Bill Roberts Events Manager Syche Phillips Jeffrey Lo Jodi Corwin Carpenters Associate Director of FutureWorks Fellow Esteban Calvillo, Rodrigo Frausto, Development Operations Manager Patron Services Akemi Okamura Henry Ing Michelle Piasecki Margaret Purdy Resident Musical Director Development Intern Sales Manager William Liberatore Jake Hurwitz PROPERTIES Sarah Benjamin New Works Reading Committee Digital Media Manager Properties Master Doug Brook, Elizabeth Chowning, Jennifer Gosk Sue Krumbein, Shareen Merriam, Christopher Fitzer EDUCATION Tessitura Specialist Patty Reinhart, Cindi Sears, Properties Stock Manager Director of Education Andrew Skelton Amy Sundberg, Scott Walecka Alfred Rudolph Amy Cole-Farrell Ticket Services Supervisor Music Interns Associate Education Director— Alix Josefski Makulumy Alexander-Hills Schools COSTUMES Jake Hurwitz Katie Bartholomew Ticket Services Representatives Costume Director Megan Bartlett, Tracy Hayden Dramaturgy Intern Associate Education Director— Holly Dayton Jill Bowers Playwriting Graphics Assistant Company Management Intern Assistant Costumer Jake Arky Katie Dai Nicole Crisci Noah Marin Master Teaching Artist Telesales Representatives New Works Festival Intern Lead Cutter/Draper Piper LaGrelius Constance Gannon, Gerald Gist Benina Stern Yen La Wong Camp Director Public Relations & Advertising Artistic Engagement Apprentices Wardrobe Manager Amanda Johnson Carla Befera & Co. Alyssa Bryanne Esquilin, Thom Hoffman Carla Befera, Molly Kullman Teaching Artists Rebecca Euchler, Brigitte Losey, Costume Rentals Manager Caroline Altman Company Photographers Neiry Rojo Conni Edwards Brittany Caine Kevin Berne Maggie Cole Assistant Cutter/First Hand Alessandra Mello PRODUCTION, Jennifer Debevec Michelle Earney LIGHTING, & SOUND Martin Rojas Dietrich Stitchers Emily Jordan ADMINISTRATIVE Production Manager Nhan Thi Luu, Son Pham Rebecca Longworth David A. Milligan General Manager Stephanie Owens Hair Stylist Scott DeVine Assistant Production Manager Jeanne Naritomi Kelly Rinehart Jon Wat Tory Ross Database Administrator Costume Construction Intern Elissa Stebbins Ken Maitz Operations Manager/ Liza Dally Master Electrician Mia Tagano Bookkeeper Steven B. Mannshardt Costume Rentals Interns Maryssa Wanlass Jason Hyde Taylor Chase, Liza Dally Resident Lighting Designer Playwrights-in-Residence Staff Accountant Steven B. Mannshardt Jake Arky, Jeffrey Lo Barbara Sloss Sound Supervisor STAGE MANAGEMENT Education Intern Front Desk Volunteers Katie Lavelle Brendan Aanes Resident Stage Manager Joan Doherty, Cindi Sears Production Coordinator Randall K. Lum And thanks to our fabulous Karen Szpaller Stage Management Intern TheatreWorkers! Electricians Dominique Pearson Steven Fetter, Carolyn Foot, Elizar Ivanov, Dan Kaminski, Nick Kumamoto, Kelly Jean Mack, THE COUNTRY HOUSE ADDITIONAL STAFF Harris Meyers, Gary Nelson, Seth Tuthall, Alex Underwood, Fight Director Kit Wilder Light Board Operator Dressers Sarah Hatton, Becca Van De Vanter, Assistant Lighting Designer Elizar Ivanov Thom Hoffman Jarku Virtanen, Jackson Wijtman Wil Bakal Sound Engineers Patrick Biggs. Crafts Marina Agabekov Load-in/Strike Volunteers Assistant to the Scenic Designer Quinn Pierron Wigs Sharon Ridge Rick Amerson, Ed Hunter Ariel Lacey Show Carpenter Megan Hall Production Assistants Props Runner Sara Sparks Lighting Intern Celia Fogel, Linda Olbourne JED PARSARIO, SOREN SANTOS, & ELISSA BETH STEBBINS Harry Heller

28 THEATREWORKS TheatreWorks SV General Information

CONTACT US INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES* AUDIO-CAPTIONING Mailing Address: Preview Prices: TheatreWorks Silicon Valley productions have PO Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0458 Adult: $54 Senior: $45 designated performances where audio caption- Phone: 650.463.1950 Fax: 650.463.1963 Educator: $45 30 & Under: $25 ing is available for the visually impaired. Please E-mail: [email protected] Sections A / B / C: call 650.463.1960 for details. TICKET SERVICES Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sun Eves and Wed Matinee: LATE ARRIVALS Tickets to all TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Adult: $69/$61/$25 Latecomers will not be seated until appropriate performances are sold through the TheatreWorks Senior/Educator: $56/$48/$25 intervals, and may not be seated in their exact Box Office 30 & Under: $35/$25/$19 seat locations until intermission. Hours: Monday–Friday, 11am–6pm; Fri and Sat Eve, Sat and Sun Matinee: Saturday-Sunday, 12pm-6pm Adult: $74/$69/$25 PLEASE REMEMBER Phone: 650.463.1960 Senior/Educator: $65/$58/$25 There is no smoking in the theatres or lobbies. 30 & Under: $42/$35/$25 Tickets may also be obtained through the Cameras and recording devices of any kind Opening Night: Mountain View Ticket Office are strictly prohibited. Neither food nor drink is All tickets: $80 Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, noon–6pm permitted in the theatres. Please ensure Phone: 650.903.6000 *Prices do not include $6 per ticket convenience fee. that all electronic devices are set to the “off“ Prices subject to change. position while you are in the theatre. WALK-UP TICKET SERVICES Children 5 and under are not permitted in The walk-up ticket office will open one hour GROUP SAVINGS the theatre. Persons 14 and under must be prior to each performance. Savings are available for groups of 8 or more. For more information, call Alix Josefski at accompanied by an adult. Every person, regard- PERFORMANCE TIMES 650.463.7121 or email [email protected]. less of age, must have a ticket. Wed, Thur, Fri Previews 8pm WHEELCHAIR SEATING Schedules, shows, casts, and ticket prices are Tuesday & Wednesday Eve 7:30pm subject to change. Thursday–Saturday Eve 8:00pm Seating is available for wheelchair patrons. Sunday Eve 7:00pm Please telephone the Ticket Office in advance Single ticket purchases are non-refundable, but Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday Matinee 2:00pm so that special arrangements may be made. are exchangeable for $15 per ticket. Some restrictions apply. LISTENING SYSTEMS Both theatres are equipped with listening systems for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Visit theatreworks.org Please see the house manager for details. for detailed information or to purchase tickets.

TheatreWorks NEW TOUR IN 2016 S I L I C O N V A L L E Y OSKAR and the COUNTLESS COSTUME CHANGES A PLAY ABOUT GENDER ROLES

Touring Bay Area Schools Feb 22–Apr 1, 2016

25% District Discount available

call: 650.463.7154 email: [email protected] JED PARSARIO, SOREN SANTOS, & ELISSA BETH STEBBINS visit: www.theatreworks.org/learn

encoreartsprograms.com 29 OUNTAIN VIEW CENTER MFOR THE PERFORMING ARTS MAILING ADDRESS BOOKING INFORMATION Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts’ three City of Mountain View theaters and support spaces may be booked for perform- Post Office Box 7540, Mountain View, CA 94039-7540 ing arts events, meetings, conferences and other events. For booking information, please call 650-903-6556. TICKETS & INFORMATION 650.903.6000 (24 hours) mvcpa.com HOME COMPANIES [email protected] The Center is proud to serve as host to two Home Com panies: TheatreWorks and Peninsula Youth Ticket Office Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, 12 noon Theatre. These arts organizations perform a significant to 6 pm, and one hour prior to event curtain time. portion of their seasons in our theaters and contribute Ticket Services also features a telephone information to the overall success of the Center. hotline. Ticket orders may be placed 24 hours a day. Phone: 650-903-6000 Fax: 650-965-1727 PLEASE NOTE • All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. GENERAL INFORMATION • Due to contract restrictions and the dangers posed 500 Castro Street, Mountain View to performers, cameras and recording devices are Administrative Office prohibited in the theaters during most events. Phone: 650-903-6565 Fax: 650-962-9900 Unauthorized cameras and recording devices will be removed and held by the Center until FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING the close of the performance. To receive Preview Magazine by mail, call 650-903-6000. • Please do not bring food or drink (except bottled Visit our web site mvcpa.com for the latest information water) into the theaters. on events at the Center and to sign up for eSpotlight to • To avoid disruption of the performance, please set get the special offers and event updates by email. pagers to vibrate and disengage alarmed watches and cellular phones before entering the theater. ENCORE • Please become familiar with the exits. In an MainStage REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES emergency, listen for instructions from Center staff. There are no refunds unless a performance is canceled If instructed to do so, walk—do not run—to the exit. or rescheduled. Exchange policies vary and are set by In the case of an earthquake, remain seated, or the presenter of each event. For more information, crouch below seats, then listen for instructions please call Ticket Services at 650-903-6000. from Center staff.

LATE ARRIVALS Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the producing organization. We recommend that patrons arrive at the u u u u u u u Center a minimum of 20 minutes prior to curtain time. If you are purchasing or picking up tickets, please allow additional time. Our ticket office closes one half hour after curtain time. MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL John McAlister, Mayor • Patricia Showalter, Vice Mayor Christopher Clark • John Inks • Michael Kasperzak EMERGENCY NUMBER Ken Rosenberg. • Lenny Seigel Our House Manager has a cell phone (650-740-0093) to receive emergency calls during performances. Daniel Rich, City Manager

DDITIONAL ERVICES PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE A S Raymond Chan • Carol Donahue • Ellen Murray The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is fully Daniel Palay • Lucia Milone Williams accessible. Patrons who require wheelchair seating or SecondStage other assistance may make arrangements with Ticket Services at the time of ticket purchase 650-903-6000. CENTER STAFF Notifying the Center in advance will make it possible to The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is a better serve your needs. Assistive listening system division of the City of Mountain View’s Community Services headsets are available in the lobby for performances. Department, J.P. de la Montaigne, Director. Audio-described services for patrons who are visually impaired are available at some performances. Patrons Executive Director W. Scott Whisler who are hearing impaired may request translation Marketing & Public Relations Manager Michele Roberts services (for information call 650-903-6000). Assistive Business Manager Cindy Miksa ambulatory devices will be checked at the back of the Booking Coordinator Jenn Poret theater unless the device fits completely beneath the seats. Technical Services Manager Bernadette Fife VOLUNTEER AT THE CENTER Ticket Services Director Liz Nelson The Center owes a great deal of its success to Senior Ticket Representatives its dedicated volunteer staff who serve as Ushers, Morry Goldstein • Carolyn Marie Len Art Docents and Office Volunteers. Join us, support Senior Stagehand Steven Crandell the arts and be a part of the Center! For more information, please call 650-903-6568.

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