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EAP full-page template.indd 1 7/25/18 1:19 PM October 2018 Volume 50, No. 3 About TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Welcome to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and our 49th season of award-winning theatre! Led by Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Executive 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 Paul Heppner of our community, presenting contemporary plays and musicals, revitalizing President great works of the past, championing arts education, and nurturing new Mike Hathaway works for the American theatre. TheatreWorks has produced 70 world Vice President premieres and over 160 US and regional premieres. In the 2018/19 season, Kajsa Puckett we add the world premiere of Hershey Felder: A Paris Love Story and five Vice President, more regional premieres to our résumé. Marketing & Business Development TheatreWorks’ 2017/18 season included the world premieres of The Four Genay Genereux Accounting & Office Manager Immigrants: An American Musical Manga and The Prince of Egypt, as well as regional premieres of Constellations, Our Great Tchaikovsky, Skeleton Crew, Production and Finks. In the course of the year, shows that debuted here were produced Susan Peterson Design & Production Director at theatres around the world. Jennifer Sugden With an annual operating budget of $9 million, TheatreWorks produces Assistant Production Manager eight mainstage productions at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto and the Ana Alvira, Stevie VanBronkhorst Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, and a special add-on holiday Production Artists and Graphic Designers production at the Lohman Theatre on the campus of Foothill College in Los Altos. Seventeen years ago, we launched the New Works Initiative, Sales My legacy. My partner. dedicating ourselves to the development of new plays and musicals. The Amelia Heppner, Marilyn Kallins, Terri Reed San Francisco/BayEN AreaC AccountOR ExecutivesE Initiative has since supported over 160 new works through retreats, work- shops, staged readings, developmental productions, and the annual New Joey Chapman, Brieanna Hansen, The Mercury News Ann Manning, Wendy Pedersen Works Festival, inspiring to call us “a premiere breeding Seattle Area Account Executives ground for new musicals, which has put the company on the national map.“ You have dreams. Goals you want to achieve during your lifetime and a legacy you want to leave Carol Yip behind. The Private Bank can help. Our highly specialized and experienced wealth strategists can TheatreWorks believes in making theatre accessible to the entire Silicon Valley Sales Coordinator community. Our Education Department reaches on average 20,000 students help you navigate the complexities of estate planning and deliver the customized solutions you Marketing from 70 schools in 7 counties annually. It sponsors outreach programs that need to ensure your wealth is transferred according to your wishes. Shaun Swick include the Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Senior Designer & Digital Lead the Young Playwrights Project, specially-priced student matinees, extensive Take the first step in ensuring the preservation of your wealth for your lifetime and Ciara Caya school tours, post-show discussions, theatre camps, and programs for youth. Marketing Coordinator future generations. For more information on our 2018/19 season, New Works Initiative, and Encore Media Group Education programs, please visit theatreworks.org or call 650.463.1960. 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TheatreWorks’ 2018/19 Season is presented 415-705-7258 in cooperation with the City of Mountain View, and the City of Palo Alto, Community Services Department, Division of Arts and Sciences. Encore Arts Programs and Encore Stages are published monthly The director and choreographer are by Encore Media Group to serve musical and theatrical events members of the Society of Stage Directors in the Puget Sound and San Francisco Bay Areas. All rights and Choreographers, Inc., an independent reserved. ©2018 Encore Media Group. Reproduction without national labor union. The scenic, lighting, written permission is prohibited. costume, and sound designers are mem- bers of United Scenic Artists. This season is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a proud home company of the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Garden Court is the official J. LJo. hLro ihsr tihse t hoeff iocfiafilc wiailn we ine hotel of TheatreWorks. of Tohf eTahtreeaWtreoWrkosr.ks. Wills, trusts, foundations, and wealth planning strategies have legal, tax, accounting, and other implications. Clients should consult a legal or tax advisor. The Mercury News is TheatreWorks’ 20178/189 Season Media Sponsor. Hengehold Trucks is the official trucking provider of TheatreWorks. ©2018 MUFG Union Bank, N.A. All rights reserved. Member FDIC. Union Bank is a registered trademark and brand name of MUFG Union Bank, N.A. encoremediagroup.com/programs 3 EAP full-page template.indd 1 7/25/18 1:19 PM In this Issue From the Board Chair Families are complicated! No matter how hard we try to be the 3 About TheatreWorks perfect parent, child, or sibling, we often fall short of our own goals, and of our family’s expectations. Still, whether we are Silicon Valley proud or embarrassed, inspired or discouraged by our loved ones, we are shaped and molded by those relationships. Family The 2018/19 Season 6 relationships and influences are inescapable; they stay with us and are a big part of who we are—like it or not. Some believe 7 Coming Next all families are at least a little dysfunctional—but the one you will see tonight is particularly fascinating. TW Education Camps Alison Bechdel documented the complexities of her family life in her graphic 9 novel much as Henry Kiyama (of last season’s The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga) documented his history in his comic strips. Who 11 Director’s Notes knew that graphic literature would create such wonderful inspiration for musicals! Alison’s autobiographical journey of discovery is both poignant and 12 Stonewall and Beyond lovely, and challenges us to immerse ourselves in the challenges of discovering and accepting the realities of who we are. In this Tony Award-winning musical version, Alison’s discovery is set to the wonderful music of Jeanine Tesori, who has been a friend and supporter of TheatreWorks since we produced her first musical, Galileo, in 1990. Since then, her musicals Violet and Caroline, or Change became TheatreWorks favorites, and we are confident that Fun Home will become one of your favorites too. Speaking of families and favorites, the TheatreWorks family will be gathering November 3rd for our wonderful Fall Gala, TheatreWorks Everlasting. Chairperson Cindi Sears and her team of magic makers are planning an Graphic novelist Alison Bechdel enchanted evening—come join the fun! 14 About FUN HOME and Sincerely, Its Creators Judy Heyboer 17 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents BOARD OF TRUSTEES FUN HOME Judy Heyboer, Chair Cabell Chinnis Charlotte Jacobs Barbara Shapiro 21 Who’s Who Bill Coughran Roy Johnson Nancy Ginsburg Stern Sarah Donaldson Derry Kabcenell Lynn Szekely-Goode 26 Contributors Peggy Woodford Forbes Michael Kahn Ewart Thomas Matt Fuller Julie Kaufman Kristina Vetter Ciro Giammona Robert Kelley Holly Ward 29 TWSV Staff Anne Hambly Ellice Papp Lisa Webster Rose Hau Phil Santora Jane Weston Ron Hayden Loren Saxe Gayla Lorthridge Wood 30 TWSV General Information BOARD
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