Edition 3 | 2019-2020

humanracetheatre.org 1 THE HUMAN RACE THEATRE COMPANY KAPPY KILBURN, Executive Director and KEVIN MOORE, Artistic Director present Directed by Marya Spring Cordes+ FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 15, 2020 Set Designer Lighting Designer Costume Designer Tamara L. Honesty John Rensel+ Ayn Kaethchen Original Projections Projection Designer Sound Designer Designed by John Riechers Jay Brunner+ Elaine J. McCarthy Stage Manager Producers Jacquelyn Duncan* Kevin Moore and Tara Lail Written by Emily Mann Original Off-Broadway production produced by Daryl Roth and directed by Diane Paulus. Commissioned by Lincoln Center Theater by special arrangement with Daryl Roth. With special thanks to the American Repertory Theater and McCarter Theatre Center. GLORIA: A LIFE is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. humanracetheatre.org 3 4 THE HUMAN RACE THEATRE COMPANY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S NOTE Playwright Emily Mann said, “I could not have the life I led without Gloria Steinem.” And many women echo her sentiments. We are thrilled to kick off 2020 with the regional premiere of Emily Mann’s new play, GLORIA: A LIFE – all about Ohio’s own, Gloria Steinem. Steinem has spent her lifetime fighting for the rights of all women – as a journalist and an activist. She believes that dialogue is the catalyst for change, which is reflected in both her life and this play. With the #MeToo movement at its peak, this play could not be more timely. (Credit must be given to our Executive Director, Kappy Kilburn, who worked on the New York production right before coming to join our staff. And those connections have made it possible for us the produce this show right now. And to Associate Artistic Director, Tara Lail, who has served this production as the lead producer.) I hope you enjoy the dialogue! Continuing our Women of Influence in the Movies film series at the Neon, please consider extending your GLORIA experience on Monday, March 2 at 7:30 pm, with the new documentary 9 to 5: The Story of a Movement by Dayton’s own, award-winning filmmakers, Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar. Other events to mark on your calendar: •Our next Monday Night Playreading will feature The Submission by Jeff Talbott. Described as “…a raw, unsentimental play about race and gender that exposes the quiet prejudice and intolerance among even our most progressive thinkers. It is both uncomfortable and impossible to not watch.” Monday, March 9 at 7 pm in the Loft Theatre. Tickets are available through Ticket Center Stage. •Because we are not busy enough, we have a great addition to our Women of Influence season. We will feature our own Jen Joplin in her one-woman show, The MILF Also Rises on Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17 at 7 pm. Tickets start at $20 and are available through Ticket Center Stage. (more info in the playbill) All of these are a perfect celebration of March 2020 being Women’s History Month! Celebrate the influential women in your life. Thanks for attending The Human Race! Kevin Moore Artistic Director & Founding Member humanracetheatre.org 5 THE CAST Gloria.................................................................................... Jennifer Johansen* Woman 2 ......................................................................................Burgess Byrd* Woman 5 ....................................................................................Rae Buchanan Woman 6 .....................................................................................Eileen Earnest Woman 3 ...............................................................................Sherman Fracher* Woman 4 .................................................................................. Andréa Morales Woman 1 ................................................................................... Aurea Tomeski* THE CREW Technical Director .............................................................................Isaac Harris Head Carpenter/Charge Artist .........................................................Eric Moore Carpenter/Scenic Artist .................................................. Alexander Capeneka Production Stage Manager ...................................................Jacquelyn Duncan Assistant to the Director/Moderator ......................Michelle “Elle” Zimmerman Production Assistant.........................................................................Anna Moore Props Master ....................................................................................Mikayla Burr Costume Shop Manager ............................................................Debra Howard Wardrobe .............................................................................Andrew Ian Adams Projection Operator .................................................................Alexander Koker Sound Engineer ..............................................................................Bailey Olean Production Artwork .........................................................................Dave Arnold Sign Interpreters ......................................................... Miami Valley Interpreters Audio Description .............................................................................Gayle Smith Publicity Photographer .......................................................... Heather N. Powell Production Photographer ...........................................................Scott J. Kimmins Gloria: A Life is performed without an intermission. + Resident Artist with The Human Race Theatre Company * Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity Membership Candidate (EMC) The scenic designer for this production is represented by United Scenic Artists, Local 829 of the IATSE. Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org 6 THE HUMAN RACE THEATRE COMPANY OUR SPONSORS GLORIA: A LIFE PRODUCTION SPONSORS R. Doug Annala Larry Glickler, Glickler Funeral Home Marni Flagel Alice and Burt Saidel The Hope-Aholics THE LOFT SEASON SPONSOR WOMEN OF INFLUENCE OFFICIAL SEASON SPONSOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY 2019-2020 SUSTAINABILITY SPONSORS ELM Foundation | Steve and Lou Mason | Anne F. Johnson PAY WHAT YOU CAN SPONSOR COMMUNITY SEASON PARTNERS Dayton’s Original Pizza Factory | Far Hills Catering | Crowne Plaza Dayton Dayton Metro Library | Fairfield Inn & Suites | NEON Movies Uno Pizzeria & Grill | Downtown YMCA | Two Men and a Truck Citilites | Coco’s Bistro | El Meson | Mudlick Tap House Spaghetti Warehouse | Square One Salon & Day Spa | Table 33 Carmen’s Deli | Ashley’s Pastry Shop humanracetheatre.org 7 A DEDICATION TO GLORIA STEINEM Gloria Steinem is a writer, political activist, and feminist organizer. She was a founder of New York and Ms. magazines, and is the author of My Life on the Road, Moving Beyond Words, Revolution from Within, and Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, all published in the United States, and in India, As If Women Matter. She co-founded the National Women’s Political Caucus, the Ms. Foundation for Women, the Free to Be Foundation, and the Women’s Media Center in the United States. As links to other countries, she helped found Equality Now, Donor Direct Action, and Direct Impact Africa. For her writing, Steinem has received the Penney-Missouri Journalism Award, the Front Page and Clarion awards, the National Magazine Award, the Lifetime Achievement in Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society of Writers Award from the United Nations, and the University of Missouri School of Journalism Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism. In 1993, her concern with child abuse led her to co-produce an Emmy Award–winning TV documentary for HBO, Multiple Personalities: The Search for Deadly Memories. She and Amy Richards co-produced a series of eight documentaries on violence against women around the world for VICELAND in 2016. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. In 2019, she received the Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum. Here’s a bit more about Gloria's career: In 1972, she co-founded Ms. magazine, and remained one of its editors for fifteen years. She continues to serve as a consulting editor for Ms., and was instrumental in the magazine’s move to join and be published by the Feminist Majority Foundation. In 1968, she had helped to found New York magazine, where she was a political columnist and wrote feature articles. As a freelance writer, she was published in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, and women’s magazines as well as for publications in other countries. She has produced a documentary on child abuse for HBO, a feature film about the death penalty for Lifetime, and been the subject of profiles on Lifetime and Showtime. Ms. Steinem helped to found the Women’s Action Alliance, a pioneering national information center that specialized in nonsexist, multiracial children’s education, and the National Women’s Political Caucus, a group

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