KATHLEEN TURNER IN THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
2016/17 SEASON DIVE IN TO THE 2016/17 SEASON
BY LILLIAN HELLMAN DIRECTED BY KYLE DONNELLY NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 30, 2016
MUSIC BY RICHARD RODGERS BOOK AND LYRICS BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II DIRECTED BY MOLLY SMITH CHOREOGRAPHED BY PARKER ESSE MUSIC DIRECTION BY PAUL SPORTELLI OCTOBER 28 – DECEMBER 24, 2016
BY LILLIAN HELLMAN DIRECTED BY JACKIE MAXWELL FEBRUARY 3 – MARCH 5, 2017 ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY DAVID CATLIN FROM THE BOOK BY HERMAN MELVILLE NOVEMBER 18 – DECEMBER 24, 2016
BY JACQUELINE E. LAWTON DIRECTED BY DANIELLA TOPOL FEBRUARY 24 – APRIL 2, 2017 BY LISA LOOMER DIRECTED BY BILL RAUCH JANUARY 12 – FEBRUARY 19, 2017
BY LORRAINE HANSBERRY DIRECTED BY TAZEWELL THOMPSON MARCH 31 – APRIL 30, 2017 SMART PEOPLE BY LYDIA R. DIAMOND DIRECTED BY SEEMA SUEKO Photo of Anthony Fleming III, Christopher Donahue and APRIL 14 – MAY 21, 2017 Emma Cadd in Moby Dick by Liz Lauren. KATHLEEN TURNER IN THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING
TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Artistically Speaking 5 From the Executive Director 7 Director’s Note 9 Title Page
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The Year of Magical Thinking 17 Full Circle Society Program Book Published October 7, 2016.
18 Thank You – The Annual Fund Cover Photo Illustration by Montse Bernal 21 Thank You – Institutional Donors Program Book Staff Anna Russell, Director of Publications 22 Theater Staff David Sunshine, Graphic Designer
2016/17 SEASON 3 ARTISTICALLY SPEAKING
“Once, in a dry season, I wrote in large letters across two pages of a notebook that innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself. Although now, some years later, I marvel that a mind on the outs with itself should have nonetheless made painstaking record of its every tremor. I recall with embarrassing clarity the flavor of those particular ashes.” - Joan Didion, from Self-Respect
(first published inVogue August 1, 1961)
Joan Didion is a powerful, honest and fearless writer. Her essays are insightful comments on our American society, whether they are about morals or cultural values — ideas are seen through her piercing lens in a very personal way. I will never forget the first time that I readThe Year of Magical Thinking. I read the entire book in one sitting, mesmerized by her truth telling about grief and loss. We all experience grief and loss, even when we want to run away from it, and pretend that no one ever dies. Joan Didion ran for a while in the face of immeasurable loss, but then came back to herself and her grief. When I spoke to Kathleen Turner about what project she would like to do next, she immediately mentioned this play. When I asked why she said, “because the play is about grace, and I want to bring that to the audience.” I cannot think of anyone better than Kathleen with her resonant voice and deep inner life to take us gently, gently by the hand exploring Didion’s passage. Partnered with Gaye Taylor Upchurch, we have two insightful and passionate artists. It is a pleasure to showcase both of these artists at Arena this fall. We have continued the initiative of last year’s Women’s Voices Theater Festival this season. Seven out of 10 of our plays are written by women, and six out of 10 directors are women. This truly is the Year of the Woman. Best,
Molly Smith, Artistic Director
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While death is among the most natural life processes, it continues to be a difficult subject matter. Joan Didion gracefully and triumphantly tackles the humanity of the topic by intimately sharing with us in her personal story of loss and the transitional period that follows. This is a very human story of a phase in life everyone must tackle. As doors close, others open. Early in the season is always a new beginning for the staff at Arena. It’s a time when everything is starting fresh and we welcome our 2016/17 class of Allen Lee Hughes Fellows. The Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship Program directly aligns with Arena’s core values of diversity and inclusion. For 25 years, our fellows have been a crucial part of our organization. With fellowships in the areas of artistic and technical development, arts administration, marketing, fundraising, communications, community engagement and community outreach, this program successfully nurtures and develops the next generation of theater leaders. In addition to being prized members of Arena Stage staff, fellows receive one-on-one mentorship from a senior staff member, access to regular, professional development workshops, and monthly meetings with different directors, designers and theater professionals. The goal of the program is to cultivate new theater professionals by committing them to a heightened standard of training. Fellows are encouraged to take the lead on established and new projects for the duration of their tenure, and with each of our ten scheduled productions for the season. Those one-on-one relationships, and this extensive hands-on training, makes the program unique. Many previous fellows have moved on to leadership positions with other theaters or founded their own arts organizations, and everything in between. In fact, many current staff members began their time with us as interns or Allen Lee Hughes Fellows. I am proud to say that 28% of current full-time Arena Stage staff members began their career with Arena as part of the Fellows and Interns Program. After 25 years of the Fellows program, 79% still work in theater and of those not working in theater, 71% continue to work in the arts. Each Fellowship is a distinguished opportunity for individuals of color and young professionals looking to expand their careers in the arts. We are grateful for the opportunity to host a cohort of exemplary young theater artists and we look forward to seeing how they will continue to strengthen our organization and solidify our commitment to inclusion and parity within arts organizations. The cycle continues and renewal is embraced in the life of Arena Stage. All best,
Edgar Dobie, Executive Director
2016/17 SEASON 5
DIRECTOR’S NOTE
Director Gaye Taylor Upchurch shares her thoughts on The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion has always been a writer of great reckoning. She does not shy away from subjects that are brutal or sad or uncomfortable or not-to-be-talked-about. In fact, she traffics in these topics.
She is at it again in The Year of Magical Thinking, urging us to confront our ideas of death and grief.
With disarming honesty, she unearths and confesses her own faulty thinking as she grapples with staggering personal Photo of Gaye Taylor loss. After her husband’s cremation, she lives in such a way Upchurch by Chad Batka so that he might come back to her. Before we can think her irrational, Didion beats us there with bracing self-awareness. She is saying simply: this is the truth of how it was for her, of how it is, of how it might be for us.
I can think of no better actress to meet the clarion call of Joan Didion’s truth telling than the extraordinary Kathleen Turner. Kathleen is formidable; she is full of depth and humor and pathos; she is not a person, we might imagine, who would suffer fools gladly. Which is why she is the perfect person to play a woman experiencing, out of character, a year of magical thinking.
Both she and Joan are iconic in their fields, masters of their chosen professions. Both of these women are tough-minded but tenderly nuanced when it comes to the human condition.
I’m thrilled to invite you into this apartment, into the presence of Kathleen Turner and the words of Joan Didion, as we all have the opportunity to contemplate and plumb the great depths of what it is to be human.
Thank you for being here.
Gaye Taylor Upchurch
Join us for a post-show conversation with the artists on:
November 1 at 7:30 p.m. November 3 at 8:00 p.m. November 9 at 12:00 p.m. November 15 at 12:00 p.m.
2016/17 SEASON 7 New to Southwest DC
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1101 4th Street SW Washington, DC 20024 202-554-1101 WWW.MASALAARTDC.COM Arena Stage Molly Smith, Artistic Director | Edgar Dobie, Executive Director PRESENTS KATHLEEN TURNER IN THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING BY JOAN DIDION BASED ON HER MEMOIR DIRECTED BY GAYE TAYLOR UPCHURCH
SET DESIGNER COSTUME DESIGNER LIGHTING DESIGNER DANIEL ZIMMERMAN KATHLEEN GELDARD JESSE BELSKY
ORIGINAL MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGNER STAGE MANAGER ROC LEE KURT HALL
The Year of Magical Thinking is generously sponsored by Andrew R. Ammerman. The Year of Magical Thinking is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
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CAST Joan Didion...... KATHLEEN TURNER
FOR THIS PRODUCTION A MODERN AMERICAN CUISINE RESTAURANT SERVING SW DC Technical Director...... SCOTT SCHRECK Properties Director...... MONIQUE WALKER Costume Director...... JOSEPH P. SALASOVICH Master Electrician...... CHRISTOPHER V. LEWTON DINNER & SHOW Sound Director...... TIMOTHY M. THOMPSON Stage Management Assistant...... EMILY ANN MELLON $35 THREE-COURSE DINNER Directing Assistant...... ANNA LATHROP Start your evening with an appetizer & entrée, walk over to see Show Carpenter...... JOHN WALTERS the show, then come back to enjoy dessert. Wardrobe Supervisors...... ALICE HAWFIELD, KELLY MARSHALL HOWLAND Light Board Operator...... JOHN ROSE-CARON Sound Engineer...... WILLIAM WACKER
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the world premiere of Clare Lizzimore’s Animal CAST (Studio Theatre, Helen Hayes nomination). She directed the Off-Broadway productions KATHLEEN TURNER (Joan Didion) of Nancy Harris’ Our New Girl and Simon returns to Arena Stage Stephens’ Harper Regan and Bluebird with following Mother Courage and Simon Russell Beale (Atlantic Theater Her Children and Red Hot Company), Bethany with America Ferrera Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly (Women’s Project Theater) and Lucy Ivins. Her Broadway credits Thurber’s Stay (Rattlestick, Obie Award for include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof play cycle The Hill Town Plays). Other regional (Tony nomination), Indiscretions, The Graduate, highlights include the world premieres of Anna Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Tony Ziegler’s The Last Match (Old Globe), Melissa nomination) and High (also national tour). As a Ross’ Of Good Stock (South Coast Repertory) screen icon, Kathleen has garnered critical and An Iliad (Hudson Valley Shakespeare and acclaim for her performances in films West Point Military Academy). Her production including Body Heat (Golden Globe of As You Like It (Hudson Valley Shakespeare) nomination), Romancing the Stone and Prizzi’s will be reimagined for Folger Theatre this Honor (Golden Globe Award for each), Peggy winter. Gaye Taylor is an alumna of The Drama Sue Got Married (Academy and Golden Globe League and University of NC School of the Arts. nominations) and The War of the Roses (Golden Globe nomination). Additional film DANIEL ZIMMERMAN (Set Designer)’s New York credits include The Man with Two Brains, The credits include Fashions for Men (The Mint, Jewel of the Nile, The Accidental Tourist, V.I. Drama Desk nomination), Kill Floor (LCT3), Warshawski, Serial Mom, Naked in New York, Suicide, Incorporated (Roundabout Theatre Moonlight and Valentino, The Real Blonde Company), Friend Art (Second Stage), You Got and The Virgin Suicides. She had a starring Older (Page 73 Productions) and Be a Good role in the 2011 film The Perfect Family and a Little Widow (Ars Nova). Daniel has also worked recurring role on Showtime’s Californication. with The Play Company, The Pearl, Cherry Kathleen’s 2008 autobiography Send Yourself Lane, Colt Coeur and Lesser America. Regional Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading credits include Dallas Theater Center, Actors Roles secured a position on the New York Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival, Center Times best seller list. Stage, Trinity Repertory, Milwaukee Repertory, TheatreWorks Palo Alto, Portland Stage Company, People’s Light and Pioneer Theater Company. Daniel is also an affiliated artist with CREATIVE TEAM Clubbed Thumb. JOAN DIDION (Playwright) won the 2005 National Book Award for The Year of Magical Thinking, KATHLEEN GELDARD (Costume Designer)’s Arena one of 13 books she has written. Her other Stage credits include Love in Afghanistan. books include Play It as It Lays, Democracy, Recent regional credits include Peter Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The White Album, and the Starcatcher (Actors Theatre of Salvador, Miami and Political Fictions. With Louisville); Mad River Rising (Cincinnati her husband, John Gregory Dunne, she wrote Playhouse); Ironbound (Round House); and the screenplays for The Panic in Needle Park A Raisin in the Sun, Invisible Man and Ruined with Al Pacino, True Confessions with Robert (Huntington). Additional regional credits with De Niro and Robert Duvall, A Star Is Born with Signature Theatre, Woolly Mammoth, La Jolla Barbra Streisand and Up Close & Personal Playhouse, Berkeley Repertory, Center Stage, with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert Redford. She Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre, Imagination received the 2005 Gold Medal in Nonfiction Stage, Flashpoint Theatre Company, Folger from the American Academy of Arts and Theatre, Vineyard Playhouse, Studio Arena Letters, 1996 Edward MacDowell Medal, 1999 Theater, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte and Columbia Journalism Award and 2002 George Liz Lerman Dance Exchange. Awards include Polk Book Award. She contributes to various 2012 Bay Area Critics Circle nomination periodicals, most frequently The New York for Ruined (Berkeley Repertory), 2012 IRNE Review of Books. nomination for Ruined (Huntington) and 2009 Helen Hayes nomination for The Neverending GAYE TAYLOR UPCHURCH (Director) is thrilled to be Story (Imagination Stage). making her Arena Stage debut. She directed
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JESSE BELSKY (Lighting Designer) makes Happy Few); In the Red and Brown Water, his Arena Stage debut. Recent D.C.-area Insurrection, Begotten and Visible Impact productions include The Mystery of Love (Georgetown University); and Sleeping and Sex (Signature Theatre); A Midsummer Beauty (Pointless Theatre). Upcoming credits Night’s Dream (Folger Theater); Animal include Charm (Mosaic Theater Company), (Studio Theatre); and Deathtrap, Blithe Spirit Fickle Fancy Farce (Olney Theatre Center) and Outside Mullingar (Everyman Theatre). and In the Heights (Gala Hispanic Theatre). Regionally his work has been seen at Yale He holds a Master of Music in stage music Repertory, Asolo Repertory, Playmakers composition from CUA. www.roclee.net Repertory and Triad Stage. New York designs include The Body Politic (59E59), puppet KURT HALL (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be works Lysistrata and Women of Troy (La MaMa working with Kathleen again after doing Annex) and My Trip Down the Pink Carpet Mother Courage and Her Children and Red starring Leslie Jordan. Additional credits Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. include Lee Breuer’s opera Antigone (Athens, Other Arena Stage credits include Born for Greece) and his new play Glass Guignol This: The BeBe Winans Story, All the Way, (Provincetown Theater Festival). Jesse taught Sweat, Destiny of Desire, The Blood Quilt, lighting design at Connecticut College and Our War, The Shoplifters, Smokey Joe’s Café, UNC Greensboro, received his M.F.A. from Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life, Good Yale School of Drama and is a member of People, The Normal Heart, Red, Ruined, every USA 829. www.jessebelsky.com tongue confess starring Phylicia Rashad, Duke Ellington’s Sophisticated Ladies, Looped ROC LEE (Original Music and Sound Designer) starring Valerie Harper, Next to Normal is a D.C.-based composer and sound starring Alice Ripley, Awake and Sing! and designer. Arena Stage credits include Mother The Goat, or Who is Sylvia. Additional regional Courage and Her Children (Helen Hayes credits at the Kennedy Center, Roundabout nomination). Additional credits include Dial Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre Center, M for Murder (Olney Theatre Center); Our Shakespeare Theatre Company and Town (Faction of Fools); The Revolutionists Signature Theatre. Thanks to his family for all (Catholic University); Romeo and Juliet (We their support. The Edge of the Universe Players 2 present at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Penn Quarter, DC our most sophisticated and strangest show to date Pullman, WA by Young Jean Lee “one of the best experimental playwrights in America” —Time Out New York directed by Michael Chamberlin Three very different “helpers” announce they can guide us to better lives, proceed to do so, then fight and melt down before our eyes. A vision of the state of society? Four Performances Only November 13-20 UniversePlayers2.org 202-355-6330 Pullman, WA is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
2016/17 SEASON 13
ARENA STAGE LEADERSHIP
MOLLY SMITH (Artistic Director) EDGAR DOBIE (Executive Director) has served as Artistic Director continues to enjoy a career of Arena Stage since 1998. in public theater after nearly Her directing credits include four decades. He has served Oliver!, The Originalist, Fiddler on as executive director of the Roof, Camp David, Mother Trinity Repertory Company Courage and Her Children, in Providence, founding Oklahoma!, A Moon for the managing director of Toronto’s Misbegotten, My Fair Lady, The Great White Canadian Stage Company and managing Hope, The Music Man, Orpheus Descending, director at National Arts Centre in Ottawa Legacy of Light, The Women of Brewster Place, and Vancouver’s New Play Centre. Based in Cabaret, An American Daughter, South Pacific, New York City for six years, he was president Agamemnon and His Daughters, Coyote Builds of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful North America, All My Sons and How I Learned Company and the North American executive to Drive at Arena Stage. Her directorial producer of Riverdream, as well as managing work has also been seen at The Old Globe, producer of the Tony Awards. His Broadway Asolo Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Trinity producing credits include Sunset Boulevard Repertory, Canada’s Shaw Festival, Toronto’s (Tony Award for Best Musical), Joseph and the Tarragon Theatre, Montreal’s Centaur Theatre Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Paul Simon’s and Perseverance Theater in Juneau, Alaska, The Capeman, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which she founded and ran from 1979- Boublil and Schönberg’s The Pirate Queen 1998. Molly has been a leader in new play and Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5. He is a member of development for over 30 years. She is a great the Directors for theatreWashington and the believer in first, second and third productions Southwest Business Improvement District. He of new work and has championed projects also serves as a Tony Award nominator for including How I Learned to Drive; Passion Play, the 2017 season. Edgar, his good wife Tracy a cycle; and Next to Normal. She has worked and their daughter Greta Lee are all proud alongside playwrights Sarah Ruhl, Paula Vogel, residents of Southwest Washington, D.C. Wendy Wasserstein, Lawrence Wright, Karen Zacarías, John Murrell, Eric Coble, Charles Randolph-Wright and many others. She led the re-invention of Arena Stage, focusing on This theater operates under an agreement between the architecture and creation of the Mead the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Center for American Theater and positioning Equity Association. Arena Stage as a national center for American artists. During her time with the company, The actors and stage managers are Arena Stage has workshopped more members of Actors’ Equity Association, than 100 productions, produced 37 world the Union of Professional Actors and premieres, staged numerous second and Stage Managers in the United States. third productions and been an important part The scenic, costume, lighting and sound of nurturing eight projects that went on to designers in LORT theaters are have a life on Broadway. In 2014, Molly made represented by United Scenic Artists, her Broadway debut directing The Velocity of Autumn, following its critically acclaimed run Local USA-829 of the IATSE. at Arena Stage. She was awarded honorary doctorates from American University and Towson University.
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2016/17 SEASON 15 BOARD OF TRUSTEES / NEXT STAGE / THEATRE FORWARD
ARENA STAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2016/17 CHAIR Andrew R. Ammerman LIFE TRUSTEES Judith N. Batty Kent Amos HONORARY BOARD Norman Bernstein Decker Anstrom Jim Abdo Zelda Fichandler PRESIDENT Joanne Barker Ashok Bajaj Lee G. Rubenstein Beth Newburger Linda A. Baumann Michele G. Berman Schwartz Sander Bieber Steven R. Bralove EMERITUS TRUSTEES Susan Haas Bralove John Derrick Arlene and Robert Kogod VICE CHAIRS Lavern Chatman Michael Desantis Eric Braverman Debbie Driesman Nancy M. Folger PAST PRESIDENTS Edgar Dobie John Edelmann Natwar Gandhi AND CHAIRS Vicki J. Hicks Jeri Epstein Sylvia Greenberg J. Burke Knapp John Lynham Richard Feinstein Ellen K. Harrison Norman Bernstein Raymond Sczudlo Elliot Feldman Kay Kapoor Curtin Winsor, Jr. David E. Shiffrin Nicholas Goad Judy Lansing Kovler Lee G. Rubenstein Ann Hamilton Mark Levine Richard W. Snowdon TREASURER Patti Herman Nancy Low Denie S. Weil Larry Franks Margot Kelly David O. Maxwell Riley K. Temple Daniel Korengold Joan P. Maxwell Steven R. Bralove ASSISTANT TREASURER B. Thomas Mansbach Ronald A. Paul, M.D. Wendy Farrow Hubert M. Schlosberg David BH Martin Beverly Perry James J. Rouse Joyce Moorehead Judy Lynn Prince John M. Derrick, Jr. SECRETARY Terry R. Peel William S. Sessions Mark Shugoll Shawna Watley Lucia Riddle Richard W Snowdon David E. Shiffrin Gene Samburg Sandra E. Taylor Beth Newburger ASSISTANT SECRETARY David Bruce Smith Grace Terpstra Schwartz Richard A. Newman Molly Smith Margaret Tomlinson Sheila Stampfli Andrea Weiswasser GOVERNING BOARD Robert Stout
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Hamilton Molly Smith and Suzanne Sandra Taylor Howard and Dorothy Pedolsky Ellen K. Harrison Blue Star Boy Suzanne Thouvenelle and Florence and Louis Priebe Patti and Mitchell Herman Judi and Richard Sugarman Dennis Deloria Alvin Phillips and Tia Johnson Kay Kapoor Tim and Grace Terpstra Anne Marie Tighe Allen Purvis and Jan Johnson Margot Kelly Stephen and Andrea Weiswasser Laura L. Tosi Janis Reed and Jack Requa Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Korengold Ellen and Bernard Young Richard and Leslie Wojciechowicz Nancy Regan John W. Layman Judy and Leo Zickler Irene and Alan Wurtzel Henry and Anne Reich John and Lenora Lynham Deborah and David Yaffe Family Foundation B. Thomas Mansbach DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Margot and Paul Zimmerman Bill and Donna Roberts Thomas and Joyce Moorehead Anonymous (6) Robert and JoAnn Royer Richard and Janice Newman Jim and Mai Abdo PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLE Trina and Lee Rubenstein Toni and Ronald Paul Alan Asay and Mary Sturtevant Anonymous (2) Jeff and Sarah Sandel Ann and Terry R. Peel Priscilla Aycock Dr. and Mrs.* Clement C. Alpert Eric and Patricia Sanner R. Lucia Riddle Elfreda Baptist Dean Amel and Terry Savela Ronald Simon Toni A. Ritzenberg Dr. and Mrs. C. Wrandle Barth Leon and Robyn Andris Linda Smith Raymond S. Sczudlo and Christopher Bavolack and Ted Bean and Kathy Brown Larry and Arlene Spinelli Deborah Sams Sczudlo Martha Huelsbeck David and Ann Beightol Steve and Danelle Springer Sheila Stampfli Kyle and Alan Bell Dr. Sharon Bennett Bill Swedish and Linda Griggs Bob Stout Jim Bellas and Kip Fenton Roger and Nancy Brown Eileen and Michael Tanner Shawna Watley Deborah Bowles Julie Burton and Roger Hickey Sharon Taylor J. Alton and Cynthia Boyer Dr. Myla Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Keith Thackrey PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Joe and Sue Bredekamp John Chester Linda and Steuart Thomsen Anonymous Bonnie and Jere Broh-Kahn Richard Christensen Ralph Timmons and Janet Hill Curtis Bell Arlene Brown and Gene Bialek Judith Claire Anne Paine and Fowler West Mrs. Lois England Marilyn Charles and Richard H. Cleva Joan Wills
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Terry and William Witowsky Lutz Alexander Prager Nancy and Cary Feldman John Sheridan Jane Yanulis Jane Ellen Ramsey Phyllis S. Fleischaker Dr. and Mrs. Gene Simaitis Robert and Anne Yerman Joe and Ginny Redish Allan Friedman Carl Wayne Smith and Deborah Remmers Jean C. Fulton Michael Burke STAR Charles Richardson Jim and Lorrie Fulton Lynette R.F. Smith Anonymous (5) June and Marvin Rogul Melvin Gaskins Pamela Brown Smith Carolyn Alper Steven M. Rosenberg and Linda Gehr Janet W. Solinger Joe and Judy Antonucci Stewart C. Low III Richard Gervase and Stuart Delery Peter and Ann Tanous Michael W. and Stacie H. Arpey Barry and Joan Rosenthal Amy C. Gilbert Drs. Steven and Sheila Taube Lynn J. and Lynne A. Barden Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rothkopf Lynne and Bill Glikbarg Barbara Toohill Michael Barrett and Dr.* and Mrs. Harold H. Saunders Dr. Donna M. Gollnick Roberta K. Van Haeften Danielle Beauchamp Jean Schiro-Zavela and Michael C Greenbaum Herbert W. and Elizabeth K. Ware Barbara A. Bennett Vance Zavela Yvonne Griner Seth Waxman and Debra Goldberg Ms. Joan Berman Carol Schwartz Karen T. Grisez Drs. Stephan and Ann Werner David and Judy Bonior Leslie Shapiro Dean Haas John and Sue Whitelaw Joyce Brayboy Matthew H. Shepard and Jack E. Hairston, Jr. Susan Wiener Jerry Bridges and Sally Turner James W. Johnson Don and Sue Haller John Wingard Sharie A. Brown Joan and Eugene Shugoll The Hansan Family C. Lawrence Wiser Susan and Dixon Butler Kathleen and Kerry Skeen Chris Harris Ken and Dorothy Woodcock Carolyn Cheney Annelise and Robert H. Smith Marianne Harwit David and Julie Zalkind N. Chesser and J.M. Rowe William Randolph Smith Bert Helfinstein and Jeff and Johanna Zinn John and Sheila Compton Sharon Steele Margaret Rodenberg Camille Cook Dr. Earl P. Steinberg and John and Debra Howard SUPPORTING ROLE Mr. and Mrs. James D. Dake Claire E. Reade Patricia Jackman and Anonymous (29) Anita Difanis and Richard Krajeck Patricia Stonesifer and Stephen L John Judith Agard Jacquelyn and Albert Edmonds Michael Kinsley William A. and Virgie H. Jones Hunaina S. Ahmed Al Mughairy Sarah G. Epstein Mr. and Mrs. Robert Surovell Lorna J. D. Jons In Memory of Flossie Alers Bob and Sue Faron TAA Services, Ltd. Joyce Jordan Kenny and Marleen Alhadeff James and Patricia Flanigan Jeffrey Thurston and John Keator and Virginia Sullivan Gloria Allen Fleishhacker Foundation Charlie Berardesco Gary Kemp Lee Allen and Howard Walgren The Henry J. Fox Trust Joanne Tornow and Neil Lehrer Dr. Sandra D. Key Amb. and Mrs. Frank Almaguer Louise Gary True Creek Mary Kimble Richard Alperstein and Barbara Gilchrist Judge and Mrs. James T. Turner Kenneth and Carol Doran Klein Lenore Seliger Hon. Joseph and Allen Unsworth Caroline S. Klemp Marilena Amoni and Don Ryan Mrs. Alma Gildenhorn Rear Adm. and Sara Jo Kobacker Britt Anderson The Honorable and Mrs. Sidney Wallace Carl Koteff Jacquelyn D. Argodale Mrs. William Greenberg Virginia D. Weber Ms. Jane Mary Kwass Ms. Virginia C. Armat Grace R. Gregg Joan and Mark Weiss Richard and Cecilia Larkin Thomas and Sharon Atkins Carol and Bill Gross Richard and Susan Westin Col. (Ret.) Richard and Raymond D. Audet Norene and Timothy Guilford Patricia Page Williams Alyssa Leatherman Elinor R. Bacon Jennifer Hanley Robert and Gwendolyn Williams Thelma K. Leenhouts A. Baker Jim and Carolyn Harris Steven Leinwand and Marjory and Peter Bankson Paul and Marilyn Henderson LEAD Ann Lawrence Ann and Mal Barasch Lucia Hill Anonymous (9) Mary Ann Levant* Dayle Bartholow and Jeff Pickard Francis Hinton D. M. Abruzzo Roberta Levant* Richard and Jean Barton Linda Lurie Hirsch Kate Acuff and Ed Hess Joan Lorr Carolyn and John Beck Judy Honig Marilyn and James Altman Pat and Steve MacIntyre Nan Beckley Dr. David Humm Jean W. Arnold Karen and Jack Mansfield Rita Beier Braman Geraldine Inge Diana Aviv and Sterling Speirn Kenneth Marks, Jr. Susan and Don Bennett David Insinga and Laura and Mason Axford Doris Anne Martin Jack and Sylvia Benoit Robert McDonald Michael Baker Louis Mayo Dava Berkman Thomas Jesulaitis and Paul and Jeanette Barkley Mary McGann Geoffrey Berlin Barrie Seidman Dr. and Mrs. John Barnes Patricia McMahon Peter and Ellen Berty Annelle Johnson Roy V. Barnes and Dr. and Mrs. Allen W. Mead Thomas J. Billy The S. Kann Sons Co. Foundation Mary A. Flanigan Stephen Meyer Richard and Eleanor Bochner Dr. and Mrs. James Karesh Nancy and John Barnum Lisa Mezzetti Constance Bohon MD Kay Kendall and Jack Davies David and Janet Batlan Lisa Miller Vincent and Veronica Boles Andrea and Joseph Kerr Brandy Beseau MaryAnn Miller Mickey and Sally Bolmer Caroline Klam Lucille A. Bland Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore Karen J. Bopp Patricia and John Koskinen Dennis and Shirley Bloomquist Jeffrey Neal and Kevin Loeffler Ellen Bortz Mr. Albert Kramer Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Borsuk Sherry and Louis Nevins Randall A. Bowman Simeon M. Kriesberg and Gary Bowden and Mark Ziomek Shelia Newman Jan Boyce Martha L. Kahn I. Andre Brown C. Lynn O’Connell Nancy Weyl Bradley William and Grace LaChance Mr. Terrence J. Brown and Michael and Cindy O’Kane Steven Brady Marvin and Delia Lang Ms. Linda D. Whitlock-Brown Deborah Okon Randi and David Braverman John and Trish Long Harold R. Bucholtz Michael and Kathleen Opincar Janet Bray Peter Lowet and Laura Sloss Lisa Burns and Henry Chamberlain Colonel Tommy T. Osborne Ann Breen Virginia MacLaury Matt Butcher and Liz Pennisi David and Marina Ottaway Sandra Bresnahan Marsha and Mark Mazz David Carle and Deborah DeYoung William and Elsie Page Ms. Sally Brice Emmy McArver Renee Carlson Craig Palmer Perry Brown Eddie and Lynne McCormick Louis and Karen Carson Doris Parker and Michael Spatz Mr. and Mrs. Ronald K. Browning Edward and Loretta Merrow Stephen Case Antoinette Pavone Rita Bruce Drs. Jeanne-Marie and Jack Chiang Randy and Kathy Pherson Marian Bruno Nathan Miller Claudette Christian Margaret Plank and Dave Souders Candice C. Bryant Josh Miller and Jerry Noble Francis and Terry Coates Liz Purdy Porter Patricia Burke David Montgomery Beth and Ron Cogswell Wendell and Kathy Primus Avery Burns Franklin Moore and Erich Hosbach Ray and Mary Converse Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Reckford Arthur Bushkin and Barbara Slavin Judie and Fred Mopsik Kinshasha Holman Conwill David and Susan Reichardt Donna M. Butts Myung Nam and Michael Hamilton Susan M. Crawford Terry and Alan Rettig Sandra and Paul Byrne Timothy and Diane Naughton Beverly Cunningham Betty Revelle James Cafritz Julie Neuber George A. Dalley Massimo and Marilou Righini John Cahill Martha Newman Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Davis, III Denise A. Rollins Mr. and Mrs. James Callison Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Oskin Ms. Lorraine Day Herbert and Nancy Rosenthal Faye and Plater Campbell Sonja M. Palomaki Deirdre Donahue and Nuhad Ruggiero Joseph N Cannon Mr. and Mrs.* P. David Pappert Jamie Dahlberg Steven Sabat and Fredric and Jane Cantor Mike Payne and Barbara Johnson Patricia D’Orazio Kathryn Waldman Barbara Carter Wesley Pickard and David Dunn Jean Sammon Ms. Patricia Carter Jeanette Studley Stewart and Loti Dunn Jo Ella Samp Mr. and Mrs. James Carty Dr. Nathaniel Pitts James Ebbitt and Scott Derrick Ernest Schichler and John Murray Michael Carty and Linda Brothers Diane and Arnold Polinger Ann Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Leonard and Ruth Carver Margaret J. Pollack Marjorie and Tony Elson Celia Schuchman Dorothy Cason Warren and Hallie Porter Douglas Erwin and Wendy Wiswall Richard and Rochelle Schwab Nicholas and Bridget Cavarocchi Gail Povar and Larry Bachorik Carol Faulb Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Schwartz Wallace Chandler
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Brian and Allayne Chappelle Ms. Sandra Cummins-Haid Charles and Marilyn McMillion Joan H. Searby Rick and Niki Chavez Robert Hall Dee McWilliams Sandra and David Sellers Joy and Jerry Choppin George Hanc Tom and Terry Melo Frederick and Jewel Senior Mr. and Mrs. John H. Clark David Hardy Dr. Florence K. Miller James Shannon Kenneth T. Cline Joan Harvey Margaret Miller M. Pat and Bob Shapiro Edward Cohen and Kathleen A. Hasse Barbara Mintz Stephanie Shipp Charlene Barshefsky Susan Hattan Yvonne K. Moody Bobbi and Larry Shulman Nadine R. Cohodas Laurence Hausman and Kent and Dale Morrison Kiya Sibley W. Joseph and Karen Coleman Margaret R. Burks Charles & Jane Morse Hugh and Ruth Sickel Drs. Jack H. and Rita R. Colwell Doris Hausser Helaine G. Morss Dr. and Mrs. Rubin Siegel Drs. Houston and Mary Conley Jerry Hawke JoAnn Mueller Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Sinderson Lee S. Cooper Deborah Healey and Jim and Ellen Myerberg Mike and Patti Sipple Pauline Cooper Margaret Mohrmann Donald and Lynne Myers Bernard and Mary Slosberg Owen Costello Naomi and Jack Heller Hedy Nash and John Wetterau Blanche Smith Stephen T. Cramolini Donald E. Hesse and Elizabeth Neblett Bobbi and Stan Smith John and Valerie Cuddy Jerrilyn Andrews Mr. and Mrs. John Noble Ida Fernanders Smith John and Isabella Cummings Elsie Hillman-Gordon Caren Novick Margaret Smith Woody Cunningham and Richard and Pamela Hinds Susan Nunnally Dr. Stuart Sotsky Jessie Harris M. Kiplinger Hine, Jr. Hamda O’Brien Cecile and James Srodes Philip and Joan Currie Donald and Diana Hirsch Judy Olmer Christian Stallsmith and Linda Daniel Theo Hodge Joe Oppenheimer and Deborah Clapp Christian Daubert and Sallie L. Holder Edith Fraser Dr. William and Melvin Murphy Earl-Rodney Holman Catherine O’Reilley Mrs. Claudia Stiebel Martin and Belle Davis Clarence G. Hoop C and J Orza Donald R. and Dorothy T. Stone Rock and Sabrina Davis Gerald and Harriet Hopkins Ellen Parker Jane O. Storm Deanna K. Dawson Erika Horton Jane Passman Aileen and Jack Sullivan Kathryn DeAngelis Donald M. and Barbara S. Hoskins Wanda D. Patrick Emil and Judy Sunley Lisa and Tony Delity Drew Huffman Keith and Rhonda Patterson John and Linda Suter Steven desJardins Sidney and Carol Hurlburt Kevin and Sherry Pearson Dr. Harvey A. Sweetbaum and Walter B. Doggett III and Diane Hurley Mary Pedigo Mrs. Selma Sweetbaum Joanne Doggett Ann Ingram Nthakoana Peko and Don Spicer Rick Tedesco Edward Donahue, III Kay Jacks Alan and Andrea Pendleton Jacob Teitelbaum Molly Donovan and Barry Wepman Alan and Nadine Jacobs Anne E. Peret Elizabeth and Jerry Teles Don Douglas and Carolyne Weil Lorna S. Jaffe Charles and Annette Perry Frank Tetreault and Joseph Duffey Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Jaffe Jeanne and Burnie Peters Kathleen Rooney Carolyn L. Duignan Paul Jaikaran Mr. Gary Peterson Dennis and Rosalind Thomas Becky and Charlie Dukes Ms. Sandra A. Jamula Karen and Hugh Pettigrew Gwen Thompson Susan Duncan and Leo Fisher Anne Jardine Daniel Piekarski Barbara Tobias Michael and Mary Durr Mr. and Mrs. Clifford L. Johnson Beth Pile Juergen Tooren E.M. Edwards Abby and Ronald Johnson Dr. Gwendolyn W. Pla Darrell Totman Mrs. Jacqueline H. Ehrman Lucrecia Johnson Barbara and Larry Poe Lois Trumbull Cliff Elgarten and Marnie Walfront Will Johnston Lance and Sheila Pohl Sheila Truxon Brian and Sonja Elmer Edward Jones Mr. and Mrs. John Pontius Raymond and Marjorie Turgel Tina Eskridge Jane C. Karpick Toby Port and Jeffrey Ahl Anne Carter Vaden Ralph and Gwendolyn Everett Jody Katz Pamela K. Porter and Dr. Carolyn Peoples Veiga Dr. Nancy Falk Paul and Masako Kaufman Terence P. Thornberry Eli Velder John Farrell Jackie Williams Kaye Anna Powell Susan and Jeff Vincent Jack and Carol Feder Carol King Jacqueline Powell Bailey Beverly Walcoff Beth Feldman Janet King Marie and Cedric Powell Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wald Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Felton Rufus King III Marjorie Powell Michael Waldman and Linda Coe Mr. and Mrs. George Ferris Jr. Pris and Bill Kirby Ane Powers Roger and Diane Warin Lois Fields Marilyn (Mickey) Klein Bill Raabe Richard and Sally Watts Joan Fina Thomas Kopf Dr. Johnny Railey Helene Weisz and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Finger Rosemarie and George Korphage Janice Rasgus Richard Lieberman Jack L. Finglass Rev. Mary E. Kraus Ms. Linda Ravdin Joseph and Rosemary Weller Donale and Cathy Fogel Eugene and Adeline Krizek J. Paul and Diane Reason Katharine Weymouth Heather Foley Paul Lawrence Leslie Reed Ray and Rhoda Wharton Joanne Fort James and Mary Lee Sandra Reed-Bryant John and Val Wheeler Harry Foxwell Diane Lending and Art Thompson Anna Marie Reeder Janice White Karen L. French Dr. and Mrs. Randall J. Lewis Catherine Remijan Greg and Mary Whiteman Pamela Friedman Martin G. Lichtenstein and Maria Farese Rendine Daniel Williams Roberto and Marie Friedman Sharon Rosendhal Mary E. Resnik Bernetta and Kevin Williams Bob and June Gallagher Carol Ann and Kenneth Linder Ann Richards Lawrence Williams Paul Gamble Albert L. and Doris M. Lindquist Tommie Robinson Rance R. Willis Louis Gaudio Ace and Linda Lipson Dr. Sheila Rogovin and J. David Willson Yvette B. Gilmore Robert-Gerald Livingston Dr. Stewart Aledort Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Wilshere Virginia Giroux Ronald C. Long Robin Anne Rojas Albertha Workman Mr. and Mrs. Alan and Shirley Loo John and Taryn Roman John and Beth Wright Hedda Gnaizda Kenneth Lowenberg Bob Rose and Lauren Swartz James Yenckel Maggie Godbold and Ron and Marilyn Lundquist Geri Rosen Annette and Colin Young Steve Bershader Sasha Mabry Gareth Rosenau J B Young John M. Goodman Phyllis and Philip Margolius Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Rosenblum Patricia N. Young Rhonda Goodman and Linda Marks Dr. Bernard and Louise Rostker Dorothy Moskowitz David Martin Dr. Ted and * Deceased Debra and Chris Gordon Michelle Mason Judge Barbara Rothstein Eloise Gore and Allen Hile Winton Matthews, Jr. George and Nancy Rubenson Barbara and Tom Gottschalk Russell Matthias Al Russell Toni Govier Marlene Mayo Jeffery Russell Madi Green Hans and Marianne Mayr Richard and Jane Rutherford Maxine Green Susan Hall McCannell Jane Ryan Sherry and Neil Green Fred and Jeanne McCarroll Barbara Sable Jackie Greene Brenda McCoy Mr. and Mrs. John Sacchetti Marilyn Greene J. Douglas McDowall Stephen and Doreen Sanborn Sally Gresham Elizabeth Ann McGrath Lee Saunders Christian Griffin Jim and Rachel McGreevy Julia Lauder Sayles Alfred and Lynne Groff Nancy McGuire Lisa and Mark Schneider Alan and Jackie Gropman Bernice McIntyre Eugene and Alice Schreiber Lois Gruendl Mr. and Mrs. William McKaig Frederick and Peri Schuyler Sue and Bruce Guenther John and Marie McKeon Peter Schwartz Susan Gutchess and Helen Ingalls Michael McLeod James Scott Mr. Allen C. Haid and Sarah and David McMeans Karren E. Scott
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OUR INSTITUTIONAL DONORS (as of September 26, 2016)
OVATION CIRCLE PRODUCER’S CIRCLE 701 Restaurant & the Knightsbridge Restaurant Group Amtrak Aronson LLC Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP BP America Clark-Winchcole Foundation The Coca-Cola Company Comcast NBCUniversal Comcast XFINITY National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program/ Dimick Foundation U.S. Commission of Fine Arts FirstEnergy Foundation Friends of Southwest DC Graham Holdings Company FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Mars Foundation MasterCard Ourisman Automotive of Virginia Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Nora Roberts Foundation Rockwell Collins Saul Ewing, LLP Theatre Forward
DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Bormel, Grice & Huyett, P.A. The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Davis / Dauray Family Fund Share Fund The Edelmann Love Group Realtors Edington, Peel & Associates The Kiplinger Foundation BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE Shugoll Research Weissberg Foundation
PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLE Cabot Creamery Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc We endeavor to provide a complete listing of all donors in the above categories. However, if your name is not listed, please contact the Development Department at 202- 600-4177. We are also grateful to the thousands of other contributors to Arena Stage, whose names space will not permit us to print. Legend: LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Ovation Circle $100,000 and above; Founder’s Circle $50,000-99,999; Benefactor’s Circle $25,000-49,999; Leadership Circle $15,000-24,999; President’s Circle $10,000-14,999; Producer’s Circle $5,000-9,999; Anonymous Director’s Circle $2,500-4,999; The Theodore H. Barth Foundation, Inc. The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Playwright’s Circle $1,500-2,499; Harman Family Foundation Star $1,000-1,499; Venable Foundation Lead $600-999; Supporting Role $300-599. PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Arent Fox LLP The Bernstein Companies The Boston Consulting Group CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Central Parking System Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts Discovery Communications The Meredith Foundation Northrop Grumman Corporation Alice Shaver Foundation Hattie M. Strong Foundation The Tower Companies & Abramson Family Foundation USAA Real Estate Company
2016/17 SEASON 21 THEATER STAFF
Artistic Director...... Molly Smith PROPERTIES Executive Director...... Edgar Dobie Properties Director...... Monique Walker Founding Director...... Zelda Fichandler Associate Properties Director...... Lance Pennington Founding Executive Director...... Thomas C. Fichandler Property Carpenter...... Michael Ritoli (1915-97) Property Assistants...... Marion Hampton Dubé, Kyle Handziak ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT Props Artisan...... Niell DuVal Deputy Artistic Director...... Seema Sueko Artistic Associate LIGHTS and Casting Director...... Amelia Powell Literary Associate...... Catherine Rosenberg Master Electrician...... Christopher V. Lewton AVNPI Dramaturg...... Jocelyn Clarke Electricians...... Scott Folsom, Resident Playwright...... Ayad Akhtar John Rose-Caron, Paul Villalovoz Directing Fellow...... Miranda Haymon* Lighting Fellows...... Tyler Dubuc*, Alexa Zanikos* Literary Fellow...... Paul Adolphsen* Casting Fellow...... David Olivarez* SOUND Commissions Project Residents...... Bob Banghart, Sound Director...... Timothy M. Thompson David Henry Hwang, Rajiv Joseph, Sound Technicians...... Adam W. Johnson, Jacqueline E. Lawton, Mary Kathryn Nagle, Lorraine Rhoden Lynn Nottage, Aaron Posner, Georgia Stitt, John Strand, Cheryl L. West COSTUMES Playwrights’ Arena Playwrights....Steven A. Butler, Jr., Costume Director...... Joseph P. Salasovich Patricia Davis, Joshua Ford, Liz Maestri, Assistant to the Costume Director...... Cierra Coan David Mitchell Robinson Drapers...... Carol Ramsdell, Steven Simon First Hands...... Lauren Allmeyer, Mallory Muffley Master Stitcher...... Noel Borden PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS Craftsperson...... Deborah Nash General Manager...... Ian Pool Wardrobe Supervisors...... Alina Gerall, Alice Hawfield Associate General Manager...... Marissa LaRose Wigs, Hair and Makeup Supervisor....LaShawn Melton Company Manager...... Clifford Hannon Costume Fellow...... Hiram Orozco* Assistant Company Manager...... Ellen White General Management Assistant...... Alicia Sells STAGE MANAGEMENT Company Management Fellow...... Jay Fondin* Stage Managers...... Rachael Danielle Albert,
Marne Anderson, Kurt Hall, Kristen Mary Harris,
Martha Knight, Trevor A. Riley, PRODUCTION Christi B. Spann, Susan R. White Production Manager...... Joel M. Krause Stage Management Fellow...... Niew Bharyaguntra* Associate Production Manager...... Karen O. Mayhew
INFORMATION SYSTEMS SCENIC Director of Information Systems...... Charles Rogers Technical Director...... Scott Schreck Associate Director of Assistant Technical Director...... Natalie Bell Information Systems...... Travis Armbuster Senior Carpenter...... Norman Lee Tessitura Application Support...... Rachel Schlaff Charge Scenic Artist...... Li Qiang Help Desk Associate...... Edward Wieland Carpenters...... Mick Coughlan, Zachary Fullenkamp, Craig Hower, Sean Malarkey, Frank Miller, Nisha Lacy Reaves FACILITIES Facilities Manager...... Keith Brown Maintenance Technicians...... Lester McDonald Jr., Vincent Gregg, Jeyone Muhammad Porter...... Lawrence Wise Stage Door Attendants...... Ra'Chelle Carey, Kay Rogers, La Shelle Saunders
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS Director of Associate Executive Director...... Khady Kamara Community Engagement...... Anita Maynard-Losh MARKETING Director of Education...... Ashley Forman Director of Marketing...... Neal Racioppo School Programs Manager...... Rebecca Campana Digital Communications Partnership Manager...... Medha Marsten Coordinator ...... Brieahn DeMeo Master Teaching Artist...... Psalmayene 24 Marketing Fellow ...... Erin Stevens* Training Programs Manager...... Sean-Maurice Lynch
Community Programs PUBLICATIONS Coordinator ...... Matthew Reckeweg Director of Publications...... Anna Russell School Programs Fellow...... Lizzie Hughes* Graphic Designer...... David Sunshine Community Programs Fellow...... Kiana Davenport* Jr. Graphic Designer...... Jeremy Hunter Website and New Media Manager...... Ben Nolan ADMINISTRATION Artwork Creation...... Nicky Lindeman Chief Financial Officer...... Joe Berardelli Illustrators...... Montse Bernal, Nigel Buchanan, Leadership Office Manager...... Alison Irvin Charles Chaisson, Richard Martinez, Human Resources and Robert Parada, Paul Rogers, Sam Spratt, Finance Associate...... Jay Chiang Brian Stauffer, David Sunshine, Mark Ulriksen Senior Artistic Director Fellow...... Tara Moses* Management Fellow...... Tiana Bias* MEDIA RELATIONS ...... General Counsel...... Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Director of Media Relations...... Greta Hays Jacobson; Robbins, Russell, Englert, Media Relations Fellow...... Kathlyn Silverman* Orsek, Untereiner & Sauber, LLP
BUSINESS OFFICE EVENTS Controller...... John Monnett Director of Events and Rentals...... Kathleen Kelley Accounting and Payroll Manager...... Joan A.S. Lada Events and Rentals Coordinators...... Betsy O'Keeffe, Accounting Associates...... Larry Bright, Kaitlyn Sakry Christopher Murk Auditors...... Bormel, Grice & Huyett, P.A. AUDIENCE SERVICES Bond Counsel...... Arent Fox LLP Director of Audience Services...... Lindsey Wareing Pisani DEVELOPMENT Audience Development Chief Development Officer...... Holly K. Oliver and Group Sales Manager...... Alvin Ford Jr. Director of Strategic Advancement...... Dale Mott Group Sales Associate...... Isaac Evans Senior Director of Associate Director of Individual Giving...... Kristen Mitchell Audience Services...... Holly Longstreth Associate Director of Managers of Sales Services...... Sabrina Clark, Development Operations...... Maria Corso Sarah Hurst Director of Board and Assistant Manager of Sales Services...... Evan Crump Donor Relations...... Anne Paine West Sales Associates...... Maria Benzie, Nicole Cusick, Foundation Kathleen Hinman, Sam Abney, Jessica Lane, Relations Manager...... Hannah Fried-Tanzer Colin O’Bryan, Adriana Sosa, Randi Young Corporate Relations Manager...... Char Manlove-Laws House Managers...... Jody Barasch, Nichole McDavid, Campaign Manager...... Molly Goodman Christy Patti Membership Coordinator...... Melanie Heredia Visitor Services Assistant.....Chrystal Noelle Vaughan Development Fellow...... Andrew Jacobs*
* Allen Lee Hughes Fellow
2016/17 SEASON 23 RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S CAROUSEL “BEST MUSICAL OF BEGINS OCTOBER 28 THE 20TH CENTURY.” — TIME Magazine
MUSIC BY RICHARD RODGERS | BOOK AND LYRICS BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II BASED ON FERENC MOLNAR’S PLAY “LILIOM AS ADAPTED BY BENJAMIN F. GLAZER
ORIGINAL DANCES BY AGNES DE MILLE | DIRECTED BY MOLLY SMITH Buchanan. Nigel by Illustration CHOREOGRAPHED BY PARKER ESSE | MUSIC DIRECTION BY PAUL SPORTELLI
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