DECEMBER 2019

DECEMBER 6 - 15 THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE DECEMBER 6 – 15

The Hard Nut

Based on The Nutcracker and Mouseking, by E.T.A. Hoffmann Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (1891-1892)

Mark Morris, choreography Adrianne Lobel, set design Martin Pakledinaz, costume design James F. Ingalls, lighting design Production based on the work of Charles Burns

MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP

MICA BERNAS KARLIE BUDGE BRANDON COURNAY DOMINGO ESTRADA, JR. LESLEY GARRISON LAUREN GRANT SARAH HAARMANN DEEPA LIEGEL AARON LOUX LAUREL LYNCH MATTHEW McLAUGHLIN DALLAS McMURRAY MINGA PRATHER BRANDON RANDOLPH NICOLE SABELLA CHRISTINA SAHAIDA BILLY SMITH NOAH VINSON JAMMIE WALKER

SAM BLACK JOHN HEGINBOTHAM BRIAN LAWSON

JANELLE BARRY DEREK CRESCENTI JOHN EIRICH JULIE FIORENZA AVA GIRARD ROBERT LEWIS CLAUDIA MACIEJUK CLAUDIA MCDONALD WENDY REINERT CAITLIN SCRANTON TIMOTHY WARD

Artistic Director MARK MORRIS

Executive Director NANCY UMANOFF

THE PARAMOUNT ORCHESTRA EASTSIDE PREP CHOIR SHORECREST HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR Colin Fowler, Conductor Official Tour Sponsor Bloomberg Philanthropies Major support for the Mark Morris Dance Group is provided by American Express, Anonymous, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, LLP, Allan and Rhea Bufferd Education Fund, Frederick and Morley Bland, Gale Epstein, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Judith R. and Alan H. Fishman, York-Chi and Stephen Harder, Howard Hodgkin Estate, John and Tommye Ireland (in memoriam), Suzy Kellems Dominik, Shelby and Frederick Gans, Isaac Mizrahi and Arnold Germer, Howard Gilman Foundation, Elizabeth Amy Liebman, Nicholas Ma and William Lopez, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, Suzanne Berman and Timothy J. McClimon, McDermott, Will & Emery, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Meyer Sound/Helen and John Meyer, Mark Morris, Harris A. Berman & Ruth Nemzoff Family Foundation, Ellen and Arnold Offner, Sarabeth Berman and Evan Osnos, PopSockets, Poss Family Foundation, Drs. Jocelynne and Perry Rainey, Diane E. Solway and David Resnicow, Resnicow + Associates, Margaret Conklin and David Sabel, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Iris Cohen and Mark Selinger, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, Nancy Umanoff, The SHS Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Jane and R.L. Stine, Jamie Gorelick and Richard Waldhorn, and The White Cedar Fund.

The Mark Morris Dance Group is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, New York City Council Members Laurie Cumbo and Helen Rosenthal, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

encorespotlight.com 5 PARAMOUNT AND MOORE SEASON PARTNERS Cast in order of appearance Marie Lauren Grant Rat Queen Deepa Liegel Fritz Brian Lawson Spanish Domingo Estrada, Jr. Minga Prather Louise/ Princess Pirlipat Lesley Garrison Arabian Brandon Cournay Laurel Lynch Dr. Stahlbaum/King Mark Morris Matthew McLaughlin Mrs. Stahlbaum/ Caitlin Scranton Queen John Heginbotham Timothy Ward Housekeeper/ Chinese Karlie Budge Nurse Brandon Randolph John Eirich Drosselmeier Billy Smith Christina Sahaida Nutcracker/ Russian Janelle Barry Young Drosselmeier Aaron Loux Julie Fiorenza Brian Lawson Barbie Doll Ava Girard Claudia Maciejuk Robot Matthew McLaughlin Dallas McMurray Wendy Reinert Party Guests Mica Bernas Sam Black French Mica Bernas Karlie Budge Derek Crescenti Brandon Cournay Ava Girard Domingo Estrada, Jr. Noah Vinson Laurel Lynch Suitors John Eirich Dallas McMurray Jammie Walker Nicole Sabella Noah Vinson Dentist Robert Lewis Changers Derek Crescenti Flowers Mica Bernas Matthew McLaughlin Karlie Budge Minga Prather Domingo Estrada, Jr. Julie Fiorenza Rat King Deepa Liegel Ava Girard Rat Soldiers Janelle Barry Brian Lawson Julie Fiorenza Laurel Lynch Claudia Maciejuk Claudia Maciejuk Wendy Reinert Claudia McDonald Christina Sahaida Dallas McMurray Caitlin Scranton Minga Prather Caitlin Scranton G.I. Joe Soldiers John Eirich Noah Vinson Robert Lewis Timothy Ward Matthew McLaughlin Jammie Walker Timothy Ward Snow Janelle Barry Mica Bernas Karlie Budge Brandon Cournay John Eirich Domingo Estrada, Jr. Julie Fiorenza Lesley Garrison Ava Girard Brian Lawson Deepa Liegel Laurel Lynch Claudia Maciejuk Claudia McDonald Dallas McMurray Minga Prather Wendy Reinert Christina Sahaida Caitlin Scranton Noah Vinson Jammie Walker Timothy Ward

6 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Synopsis ACT I Dr. and Mrs. Stahlbaum’s annual Christmas Eve Party. Their children Fritz, Marie, and Louise wait in the den. Party dances: polka, hokey-pokey, hesitation, stroll, bump, waltz. Friend of the family SPONSORS Drosselmeier brings animated toys that he’s made. He gives a Nutcracker to the children. Fritz breaks it. The children fight. Dr. Stahlbaum changes the subject. The guests go home. The family goes to bed. The housekeeper cleans up.

Marie can’t sleep and comes downstairs to see if the Nutcracker is resting comfortably. At midnight she is frightened by rats. Everything in the room grows to giant size. G.I. Joes led by the Nutcracker battle rats led by the mutant Rat King. Marie kills the Rat King with her slipper. She falls unconscious. The Nutcracker is transformed into a young man. Marie is tucked in. A worried Drosselmeier makes his way through the blizzard.

— curtain —

ACT II Marie is in a fever. Drosselmeier comes to see if Marie is resting comfortably and tells her one of his stories:

THE HARD NUT Once upon a time a King and a Queen had a beautiful baby girl named Pirlipat. The Queen’s old enemy the Rat Queen threatened to ruin little Pirlipat. The nurse and the cat were left to guard the baby at night. While the nurse and cat slept, the Rat Queen destroyed Princess Pirlipat’s face. The Royal Family was horrified by the sight of their formerly beau- tiful daughter. The Rat Queen explained that the Princess would regain her beauty only after a young man cracked the hard nut, Krakatuk, with his teeth and stepped backwards seven times. The King commanded Drosselmeier to find the hard nut or face decapitation. Drosselmeier set off in search of the hard nut. He traveled the world for fifteen years before finding it back at home.

The ugly teenage Pirlipat watched as one young man after another attempted to crack the hard nut. The last one to try was Drosselmeier’s own nephew. He succeeded. On his sev- enth step backward he stepped on the Rat Queen, killing her. Pirlipat became beautiful and rejected the young Drosselmeier as he started to become ugly - like a nutcracker...

At this point Marie interrupts the story and offers her love to young Drosselmeier. Mrs. Stahlbaum acknowledges her daughter’s new maturity with a flower dance. Everyone in the world joins Marie and young Drosselmeier in celebrating their love. The two go away together forever.

EPILOGUE SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Louise and Fritz are sent to bed. — curtain — SUSTAINING SUPPORTERS

The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or with- out fash, is strictly prohibited. Please turn off all electronic devices such as cellular phones, beepers and watches prior to the beginning of the performance.

8 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP STG CORPORATE SPONSORS Who’s Who PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840- Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, 1893) began his career as a civil servant. In English National Opera, and The Royal Opera, 1862, he gave up his job and enrolled at the Covent Garden, among others. He was named St. Petersburg Conservatory. He was offered a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1991 the Professorship of Harmony at the newly and has received eleven honorary doctorates to opened Moscow Conservatory in 1866. date. He has taught at the University of CATERING & EVENTS After the success of his first piano concerto, Washington, Princeton University, and he began a correspondence with Nadezhda Tanglewood Music Center. He is a member of von Meck, a wealthy widow, whose financial the American Academy of Arts and Sciences support enabled him to devote himself to and the American Philosophical Society, and composition. They remained correspondents has served as an Advisory Board Member for until a misunderstanding in 1890 ended their the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. relationship, but they never actually met. Morris has received the Samuel H. Scripps/ Tchaikovsky made a disastrous marriage in American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime 1877, possibly to conceal his homosexuality; Achievement, the Leonard Bernstein Lifetime a separation followed an attempted suicide Achievement Award for the Elevation of Music after only eleven weeks of marriage. Despite in Society, the Benjamin Franklin Laureate his subsequent depressions, he managed to Prize for Creativity, the International Society produce his most successful opera, Eugene for the Performing Arts’ Distinguished Artist Onegin (1877-1878), his Fourth Symphony Award, Cal Performances Award of Distinction (1878), and his Violin Concerto (1878) during in the Performing Arts, the Orchestra of St. this period. In 1881, he gave up teaching Luke’s Gift of Music Award, and the 2016 at the conservatory and for the next seven Doris Duke Artist Award. In 2015, Mark Morris years was deeply involved in composition. was inducted into the Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius His death from cholera in St. Petersburg, Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame at the after imprudently drinking un-boiled water, National Museum of Dance in Saratoga occurred soon after the first performance of his Springs, New York. Morris opened the Mark Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) in 1893. Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn, New York, in 2001 to provide a home for his company, MARK MORRIS was subsidized rental space for local artists, born on August 29, outreach programs for children and seniors, 1956, in Seattle, and a school offering dance classes to students Washington, where he of all ages and abilities. Morris’ memoir, Out studied with Verla Loud, co-written with Wesley Stace, was Flowers and Perry published by Penguin Press in October 2019. Pours on Pine Sponsor Brunson. In the early years of his career, he The MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP was performed with the formed in 1980 and gave its first performance PROGRAM SUPPORTERS companies of Lar that year in New York City. The company’s Lubovitch, Hannah Kahn, Laura Dean, Eliot touring schedule steadily expanded to include Feld, and the Koleda Balkan Dance Ensemble. cities in the United States and around the He formed the Mark Morris Dance Group world, and in 1986 it made its first national The Bradley (MMDG) in 1980, and has since created over television program for the PBS series Dance Family Foundation 150 works for the company. From 1988 to in America. In 1988, MMDG was invited 1991, he was Director of Dance at Brussels’ to become the national dance company of Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, the national Belgium, and spent three years in residence opera house of Belgium. In 1990, he founded at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in the White Oak Dance Project with Mikhail Brussels. The Dance Group returned to the Baryshnikov. Much in demand as a ballet United States in 1991 as one of the world’s choreographer, Morris has created 22 ballets leading dance companies. Based in Brooklyn, since 1986 and his work has been performed New York, MMDG maintains strong ties to by companies worldwide, including San presenters in several cities around the world, Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, most notably to its West Coast home, Cal Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, and the Performances in Berkeley, California, and its Royal New Zealand Ballet. Noted for his Midwest home, the Krannert Center for the musicality, Morris has been described as Performing Arts at the University of Illinois “undeviating in his devotion to music” (The at Urbana-Champaign. MMDG also appears New Yorker). He began conducting regularly in New York, Boston, Seattle, and performances for MMDG in 2006 and has Fairfax. In New York, the company has since conducted at Tanglewood Music Center, performed at New York City Center’s Fall for Lincoln Center, and BAM (Brooklyn Academy Dance Festival, regularly performs at Lincoln of Music). He served as Music Director for the Center for the Performing Arts’ Mostly Mozart 2013 Ojai Music Festival. He also works and White Light Festivals, and collaborates extensively in opera, directing and yearly with BAM on performances and master choreographing productions for the classes. From the company’s many London seasons, it has received two Laurence Olivier

10 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Awards and a Critics’ Circle Dance Award for Best Foreign Dance Company. Reflecting Morris’ commitment to live music, the Dance Group has featured live musicians in every performance since the formation of the MMDG Music Ensemble in 1996. MMDG regularly REMARKABLE collaborates with renowned musicians, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Emanuel Ax, mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe, and jazz trio The Bad Plus, as well as leading HEALTH CARE orchestras and opera companies, including the Metropolitan Opera, English National Opera, and the London Symphony Orchestra. MMDG THAT’S ALWAYS frequently works with distinguished artists and designers, including painters Robert Bordo and the late Howard Hodgkin, set designers ON POINT. Adrianne Lobel and Allen Moyer, costume designers Martin Pakledinaz and Isaac Mizrahi, Virginia Mason’s award-winning team of primary and and many others. MMDG’s film and television specialty care physicians are committed to delivering projects include Dido and Aeneas, The Hard remarkable adult and pediatric care. We have a virtual Nut, Falling Down Stairs, two documentaries for the U.K.’s South Bank Show, and PBS’ Live online clinic and nine regional medical centers in from Lincoln Center. In 2015, Morris’ signature the Puget Sound area. And Virginia Mason is included work L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato had in most insurance plans, so chances are good we’re its national television premiere on PBS’ Great Performances. While on tour the Dance Group in your neighborhood and your network. partners with local cultural institutions and community organizations to present arts and humanities-based activities for people of all VISIT VIRGINIAMASON.ORG ages and abilities. TO FIND THE CLINIC NEAREST YOU.

C O L I N F O W L E R (MMDG music director, conductor) began his musical study at the age of five in Kansas City and went on to study at the prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy. He continued his education at The Juilliard School, where he received his Bachelor of Music in 2003 and his Master of Music in 2005. While at Juilliard, he studied piano with Abbey Simon, organ with Gerre Hancock and Paul Jacobs, harpsichord with Lionel Party, and conducting with James dePriest and Judith Clurman. A versatile musician and conductor, Fowler works in many areas of the music scene in New York City. He is a veteran of numerous Broadway shows, most recently performing in the Tony Award winning musical Jersey Boys. A We are the only hospital in the Pacific Northwest to receive seasoned church musician, Fowler is currently Healthgrades® America’s 50 Best Hospitals™ (2017-2019) the organist at Marble Collegiate Church on and Outstanding Patient Experience Award™ (2013-2019). Fifth Avenue and also leads services and concerts at Park Avenue Synagogue, where he has served as Music Director since 2012. As a classical soloist and collaborative artist, he has performed and recorded with many world- renowned musicians and ensembles, including Deborah Voigt and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He began to collaborate with the VirginiaMason.org Mark Morris Dance Group in 2005 and has since then performed over 40 pieces with the ©2019 Virginia Mason company on almost every keyboard instrument

encorespotlight.com 11 Who’s Who possible, including the harmonium and toy de Danza de Cali in Bogotá, Colombia; since 2007, and joined Dus^an Ty´nek Dance piano, and has conducted performances of Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater; and Theatre in 2010 and Megan Williams Dance Mozart Dances, Acis and Galatea, and The Hard at The Joyce Theater for the company’s 70th in 2017. He has performed in The Magic Flute Nut. Hailed by the New York Times as Anniversary in 2015. Bernas also teaches at the at the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis directed by “invaluable” and “central to Morris’ music,” he Limón Institute and has been on the faculty for Isaac Mizrahi (2014), Missa Brevis with Limón was appointed Music Director in 2013. BIMA at Brandeis University since 2011. She Dance Company, and L’Allegro, il Penseroso joined MMDG as a company member in 2017. ed il Moderato, The Hard Nut, and Pepperland SAM BLACK (Rehearsal Director) is originally with the Mark Morris Dance Group. He is a from Berkeley, California, and received his KARLIE BUDGE grew up in Knoxville, founding member of Dance Heginbotham. B.F.A. in dance from SUNY Purchase. He first Tennessee, training and performing with the appeared with MMDG in 2005 and danced Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble. She DOMINGO ESTRADA, JR., a native of with the company until 2019, when he became attended Case Western Reserve University Victoria, Texas, studied martial arts and the Rehearsal Director. on a full scholarship from the department of earned his black belt in 1994. He danced ballet dance, graduating magna cum laude with a folklorico through his church for eleven years. EASTSIDE PREP CHOIR (performing Dec B.A. in dance and a B.S. in statistics in 2016. Estrada earned his B.F.A. in ballet and modern 6, 10-12, 14 matinee, 15) The EP Singers are Budge has performed with Graham 2, Merce dance from Texas Christian University and had a group of dedicated students from Eastside Cunningham Trust, and in her own solo and the honor of working with the late Fernando Preparatory School, a 5th through 12th grade duet choreography. Budge joined MMDG as an Bujones. During his undergraduate studies, he independent school in Kirkland, Washington. apprentice in September 2018 and became a attended the American Dance Festival where At EPS, these students participate in middle company member in November 2019 he had the privilege of performing Skylight, a and upper school performing arts experiences classic work by choreographer Laura Dean. He that include choir, instrumental music BRANDON COURNAY is originally from debuted with MMDG in 2007 and became a ensembles, musicals, and play productions. Walled Lake, Michigan, and received his company member in 2009. Estrada would like The EP Singers were selected for this B.F.A. from The Juilliard School. As a freelance to thank God, his family, and all who support experience based on their musicianship and artist, he has performed with the Radio City his passion. professionalism, and they are thrilled to be part Christmas Spectacular, the Mark Morris Dance of The Hard Nut production at The Paramount. Group, Morphoses, the Metropolitan Opera, JULIE FIORENZA was born in South Korea New York Theatre Ballet, The Chase Brock and grew up in Massachusetts, where she SHORECREST HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR Experience, Schoen Movement Company, trained at the Academy of Dance Arts and (performing Dec 7-8, 13, 14 evening) Dance Heginbotham, and KEIGWIN + the Boston Ballet School. She earned a B.F.A. Shorecrest is a public high school in the COMPANY. TV/film/industrial credits in dance from The Ailey School/Fordham Shoreline School District. The Shorecrest include PBS’ Great Performances, Musical University. She has performed and taught Choirs include the Treble Choir, the Viva Voce Chairs (HBO), Puma, Sesame Street, and throughout the country and abroad as a Chorale, and the Chansons Vocal Ensemble. Target. As an educator and répétiteur, he has member of Ailey II, Nai-Ni Chen Dance These groups are filled with dedicated kids worked with The Pennsylvania Ballet, Whim Company, Adams Company Dance, and Jessica who love to sing. They have performed W’Him, The Juilliard School/Nord Anglia Lang Dance, of which she was a founding at regional festivals in Vancouver, British Education, and universities nationwide. member from 2011-2019. Her regional Columbia; Hawaii; and at Carnegie Hall. Leann Offstage, he has worked with companies in theater credits include Eliza in The King and I. Banton Rozema is their director. multiple capacities from artistic direction to She has danced in the Metropolitan Opera’s administrative management. For many years, productions of Turandot and Mark Morris’ JANELLE BARRY is from Orange County, he was the Rehearsal Director and Associate Orfeo ed Euridice. She first performed with California, and earned her B.F.A. in dance Artistic Director of KEIGWIN + COMPANY. MMDG in 2009 in Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of performance from Chapman University. Since In addition, he has assisted numerous Shakespeare and has also performed with the moving to New York, she has performed with choreographers on creative projects in theatre, company in L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato The Metropolitan Opera, Esse Aficionado, I film, and dance. He joined MMDG as a and The Hard Nut. KADA Contemporary Dance Company, and company member in 2018. the Czech-American Marionette Theatre. Barry LESLEY GARRISON grew up in Swansea, currently serves as the Student Company DEREK CRESCENTI is from Detroit, Michigan, Illinois, and received her early dance training Director at the Mark Morris Dance Center, and received his B.F.A. from the University at the Center of Creative Arts in St. Louis, where she also teaches dance to all ages and in of Michigan. He danced with Donald Byrd’s Missouri, and Interlochen Arts Academy the Dance for PD! program. She is grateful to Spectrum Dance Theater from 2011 to 2014 in Interlochen, Michigan. She studied at her family, friends, and teachers for their love and has also performed with KEIGWIN + the Rotterdamse Dansacademie in The and support. COMPANY and The Bang Group. He has Netherlands and holds a B.F.A. from Purchase danced with the Mark Morris Dance Group College. She first performed with MMDG in MICA BERNAS, originally from Manila, in L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato and The 2007 and became a company member in 2011. Philippines, received her training at the Hard Nut. He currently performs with Megan Garrison teaches at The School at the Mark Cultural Center of the Philippines Dance Williams, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, Morris Dance Center and for MMDG’s Dance School. She later joined Ballet Philippines as and Randy James’ all-male company, 10 for PD! program. a member of the corps de ballet, performing Hairy Legs. as a soloist from 2001-2006. Since moving to AVA GIRARD grew up in Contoocook, New York in 2006, Bernas has worked with JOHN EIRICH was raised in Florida where he New Hampshire, training in various types of Marta Renzi Dance, Armitage Gone Dance, earned his B.F.A. in dance from New World dance at studios throughout New England, Gallim Dance, Barkin/Selissen Project, and School of the Arts and was a student at Jacob’s including New England School of Dance Carolyn Dorfman Dance (2007-2013). She was Pillow Contemporary Traditions Program. (NESD), Chidambaram Nritya Kala Academy, a guest artist with the Limón Dance Company, He was a member of Taylor 2 from 2006- Koltun Ballet Boston (KBB), and Eastern Ballet performing at the 2013 Bienal Internacional 2010, has been a member of TAKE Dance Institute. She has attended intensive training

12 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Photo: Steve Korn UW DANCE Dancer: Mimi Reed programs with the Mark Morris Dance Group, as well as at Jacob’s Pillow, The Juilliard School, PRESENTS Bates College, KBB, and Bossov Ballet Theatre. She has performed her own and others’ JANUARY 23–26, 2020 choreography in numerous performances and Meany Hall—Studio Theatre competitions, most recently with ALINEA, University of Washington NESD’s studio company, and with the Olga Dunn Dance Company in Great Barrington, NEW DANCE WORKS BY Massachusetts. Girard recently moved to Alethea Alexander Brooklyn to pursue a career in modern dance Rachael Lincoln and is training at various studios in New York Adele Nickel City. She is thrilled to be dancing with MMDG Dani Tirrell & “Majinn” Mike O’Neal Jr. dance.uw.edu in this year’s production of The Hard Nut.

LAUREN GRANT, honored with a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” award for her career with the Mark Morris Dance Group, has danced with MMDG since 1996, appearing in nearly 70 of Morris’ works. Grant stages Morris’ repertory and teaches ballet and modern technique across the globe. As a faculty member at Montclair State University and Marymount Manhattan College, she teaches technique and general education courses, choreographs, serves on M.F.A. thesis committees, and acts as Dance Appreciation course coordinator. Her writing has been published in Dance Education in Practice, Ballet Review, Dance Enthusiast, Dance Magazine, and InfiniteBody. Since 2017, she has served on panels for the New York State Council on the Arts. Grant earned her M.F.A. in Dance from Montclair State University (where she was a member of the Alpha Epsilon Lambda Honor Society) and her B.F.A. in Dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She is a recipient of the prestigious American Association of University Women Career Development Grant, the Sono Osato Scholarship for Graduate Studies, and the Caroline Newhouse Grant—all in support of her scholarly pursuits. Originally from Highland Park, Illinois, she lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband David Leventhal (former MMDG dancer and current Dance for PD! Program Director) and their son, born in 2012.

SARAH HAARMANN grew up in Macungie, Pennsylvania, and received training at the ’Tis the season to taste! Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Performing Arts under the direction of Plus! Our most wonderful hotel Kimberly Maniscalco. She graduated magna rates of the year. cum laude with a B.F.A. in dance from Marymount Manhattan College in 2012. JANUARY 17 to FEBRUARY 2, 2020 Haarmann has had the pleasure of performing dineoutvancouver.com with Pam Tanowitz Dance, Jessica Lang Dance, Dylan Crossman Dans(ce), Pat Catterson, Denisa Musilova, and Bill Young. She joined MMDG as a company member in 2017. PRESENTED BY FESTIVAL PARTNER PREFERRED PARTNERS JOHN HEGINBOTHAM is originally from Anchorage, Alaska, graduated from The Juilliard School in 1993, and was a member of the Mark Morris Dance Group from ™ Trademark of Tourism Vancouver, The Metro Vancouver Convention and Visitors Bureau. 1998 to 2012. In 2011, he founded Dance

encorespotlight.com 13 Who’s Who Heginbotham, which has been presented and commissioned by Baryshnikov Arts Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Duke Performances, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Kennedy Center, The Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. He received a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship and in June 2014, he was awarded the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. He is currently a Research Fellow at the National Center for Choreography at The University of Akron (NCCAkron), was awarded a 2017/18 New York City Center Choreography Fellowship, was a 2016 Fellow at New York University’s Center for Ballet and the Arts, and is a two-time recipient of the Jerome Robbins Foundation New Essential Works (NEW) Fellowship (2010, 2012). Sought-after as a freelance choreographer, Heginbotham’s current projects include a new commission for The Washington Ballet, 2019; the Tony Award-winning Oklahoma!, directed by Daniel Fish (premiere at Bard Summerscape, 2015; St. Ann’s Warehouse, 2018; Broadway, 2019); and John Adams’ Girls tcaikovsk of the Golden West, directed by Peter Sellars (San Francisco Opera, 2017; Dutch National Opera, 2019).

BRIAN LAWSON is a dance performer and EUGENE educator. He began dancing in Toronto, Canada, with the Canadian Contemporary Dance Theatre. In 2005, he spent a year at ONEGIN Codarts in Rotterdam and subsequently began his degree at SUNY Purchase. While studying, he performed with Douglas Dunn and Dancers and as a supplemental dancer for JANUARY 11–25 the Mark Morris Dance Group. He graduated summa cum laude from Purchase in 2010 with a B.F.A. in dance performance and received the President’s Award in Modern Dance. After graduating, he worked for Pam Tanowitz and John Heginbotham, and had the opportunity to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. He became a member of the Mark Morris Dance Group in 2011 and had the great pleasure of touring © Philip Newton the United States and the world performing Morris’ dances. Lawson enjoys teaching dance to diverse populations and has given DECADENT RUSSIAN ROMANCE masterclasses at Purchase College, University For Tatyana, it’s love at first sight. She bares her In Russian with English subtitles. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Cornish soul in a passionate letter to Onegin, but their Evenings 7:30 PM College of the Arts, and the American Dance hearts are out of sync. When he finally returns Sundays 2:00 PM Festival. He is currently an M.F.A. candidate her afections, it’s too late—a rival has appeared. Featuring the Seattle Opera Chorus at the University of Washington, where he Pushkin’s masterful verse novel fuses with and members of Seattle teaches and performs with the Chamber Dance breathtaking music by Tchaikovsky (The Symphony Orchestra. Company. Most recently, he was thrilled to Nutcracker, Swan Lake, 1812 Overture) for partake in the Merce Cunningham Trust’s poignant Russian romance at its finest. Lush MCCAW HALL event, Night of 100 Solos, at UCLA’s Royce orchestrations, elegant ballroom dances, and Hall. elaborate costumes bring 1800s Russia to life on 206.389.7676 the McCaw Hall stage in this achingly beautiful SEATTLEOPERA.ORG/ONEGIN ROBERT LEWIS was born in Grand Rapids, tale of longing, remorse, and love unfulfilled. Michigan, and raised in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from the Los Angeles County 2019/20 SEASON SPONSOR: IN MEMORY OF KARYL WINN High School for the Arts, Lewis’ studies took PRODUCTION SPONSOR: SEATTLE OPERA FOUNDATION him to New York, where he earned a B.F.A. in dance from the Conservatory of Dance at

14 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP SUNY Purchase. While at Purchase, Lewis had the pleasure of training abroad for a semester at the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. Lewis has performed works by Nelly van Bommel, Twyla Tharp, Samuel Pott, Stephen Petronio, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Sarah Mettin, Korhan Basaran, Kevin Wynn, and Bill T. Jones.

DEEPA LIEGEL grew up dancing with Cornish Preparatory Dance, Leela Kathak Dance, and Seattle Theater Group in Seattle, Washington. She received her B.F.A. in dance performance with honors and a minor in arts management from Southern Methodist University in 2017. Since moving to New York, she has performed with Barkha Dance Company, Broadway Bares, and Monica Kapoor, and apprenticed with the Limón Dance Company. She joined MMDG as an apprentice in September 2018.

AARON LOUX grew up in Seattle, Washington, and began dancing at the Creative Dance Center as a member of Kaleidoscope, a youth modern dance company. He began his classical training at the Cornish College Preparatory Let us take care of the sweets. Dance Program and received his B.F.A. from The Juilliard School in 2009. He danced at Order your holiday goodies at the Metropolitan Opera and with Arc Dance Company before joining MMDG in 2010. www.dahliabakery.com LAUREL LYNCH began her dance training at Petaluma School of Ballet in California. She moved to New York to attend The Juilliard School where she performed works by Robert Battle, Margie Gillis, José Limón, and Ohad Naharin. After graduation Lynch danced for Dus^an Ty´nek Dance Theatre, Sue Bernhard Danceworks, and Pat Catterson. Lynch joined MMDG as an apprentice in 2006 and became a company member in 2007. Many thanks to Gene and Becky.

CLAUDIA MACIEJUK was born in Malmö, Sweden. She began her dance training with a Polish folk group, with which she performed nationally, and later at the Malmö Ballet School. In 2010, she began training at the Royal Swedish Ballet School in Stockholm, where she performed works by choreographers such as Jîri Kylian and Johan Inger. During this time, she also performed at the Royal Swedish Opera House for Stina Nyberg. Upon graduation, she was cast in the opera The Marriage of Figaro, which was performed at Confidencen. Maciejuk moved to the United States in 2013 to continue her training at the Ailey School on a scholarship. Since graduation in 2015, Maciejuk has worked with several New York-based companies and choreographers, such as Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, and the Merce Cunningham Trust.

CLAUDIA McDONALD holds a B.F.A. in dance from Fordham University/The Ailey School. She was a member of Jessica Lang

encorespotlight.com 15 Who’s Who Dance, both as dancer and rehearsal director, Paul Taylor, and George Balanchine. Randolph performing around the country as well as began working with MMDG in 2013 and abroad. McDonald has also restaged Lang’s became a company member in 2014. work, including her choreography in Seattle Opera’s production of Aida. She has performed WENDY REINERT grew up in Saratoga with the Mark Morris Dance Group in The Hard Springs, New York, and trained in classical Nut, Romeo & Juliet, On Motifs of Shakespeare, ballet before attending Idyllwild Arts Academy and L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. Most in Southern California and discovering modern recently, she danced in Morris’ production of dance. She graduated from NYU’s Tisch School Orfeo ed Euridice at the Metropolitan Opera. of the Arts in 2003, where she performed works by Nacho Duato, Trisha Brown, and Robert MATTHEW McLAUGHLIN discovered Battle. Since graduating, she has worked with movement at age one and danced hula in Kun Yang Lin/dancers, Cherylyn Lavagnino Hawaii until age four. As a child with parents in Dance, Peridance Ensemble, and Lorena Egan the military, he moved and traveled frequently Dance, among others, and performs regularly and explored many different sports and art with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet. She is also forms. He graduated from SUNY Purchase a professional aerial dancer and circus artist with a B.F.A. in dance. During this time, he performing her own work throughout New performed works by Aszure Barton, Kevin York City. Wynn, Kyle Abraham, George Balanchine, and Doug Varone. In 2018, he had the opportunity NICOLE SABELLA is originally from to perform in the Lar Lubovitch Dance Clearwater, Florida, where she studied at Company’s 50th anniversary celebration. the Academy of Ballet Arts and the Pinellas McLaughlin would like to thank his family for County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High their love and inspiration. He joined MMDG as School under Suzanne B. Pomerantzeff. In an apprentice in September 2019. 2009, she graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, earning DALLAS McMURRAY, from El Cerrito, her B.F.A. in modern dance performance and California, began dancing at age four, studying the “Outstanding Performance in Modern jazz, tap, and acrobatics with Katie Maltsberger Dance” Award. She was a performer with Zane and ballet with Yukiko Sakakura. He received a Booker’s Smoke, Lilies, and Jade Arts Initiative. B.F.A. in dance from the California Institute of Sabella first performed with MMDG in 2013 the Arts. McMurray performed with the Limón and became a company member in 2015. Dance Company in addition to works by Jiˇrí Kylián, Alonzo King, Robert Moses, and Colin CHRISTINA SAHAIDA grew up in Pittsburgh, TAP. Connor. McMurray performed with MMDG as Pennsylvania, and began her early dance an apprentice in 2006 and became a company training at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School. member in 2007. In 2012, she graduated with honors from Butler University, receiving a B.F.A. in dance PARK. MINGA PRATHER, a Dallas, Texas native, performance. She has worked with Ballet Quad received her training from Booker T. Cities, Texture Contemporary Ballet, and most Washington High School for the Performing recently the Big Muddy Dance Company in St. SAVE. and Visual Arts, and later graduated with Louis, Missouri. Sahaida joined MMDG as an honors in dance from the Ailey/Fordham apprentice in July 2017 and became a company B.F.A. program. Prather has had the pleasure member in February 2019. Find cheap and plentiful parking of performing with Hubbard Street Dance this season in Pioneer Square, Chicago, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, CAITLIN SCRANTON studied dance at Dance the Waterfront or Retail Core at and Nimbus Dance Works performing works Theater of Iowa, Idyllwild Arts Academy, and DowntownSeattleParking.com. by Alvin Ailey, Alejandro Cerrudo, William The Ailey School, and holds a B.A. in history from Smith College. In New York, she has There are thousands of spaces Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, and Twyla Tharp. She received an award from the worked with Cornfield Dance, Mark Dendy, near all of the holiday fun. Spots National Young Arts Foundation for Modern the Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Paul Singh, are as low as $3/hour or a fat Dance in 2014. Prather joined MMDG as an Ramon Oller, and the Peridance Ensemble. $7 rate, evenings and weekends. apprentice in September 2018. She currently dances for Christopher Williams, Bookmark the site today! Netta Yerushalmy, and has been a member BRANDON RANDOLPH began his training of the Lucinda Childs Dance Company since with the School of Carolina Ballet Theater in 2009. In 2015, she cofounded The Blanket, a Greenville, South Carolina, under the direction Pittsburgh-based organization that seeks to of Hernan Justo. At age 14, he was accepted promote and present modern dance. This is into the South Carolina Governor’s School for her first time performing with the Mark Morris the Arts and Humanities, where he studied with Dance Group. Stanislav Issaev and Bobby Barnett. Randolph received his B.F.A. in dance from Purchase BILLY SMITH grew up in Fredericksburg, DowntownSeattleParking.com College in 2012. There he had the opportunity Virginia, and attended George Mason to perform with Dance Heginbotham as well as University under a full academic and dance • • Pioneer Square Waterfront Retail Core repertory by Stephen Petronio, Lar Lubovitch, talent scholarship. He graduated magna cum

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EncoreAd.indd 1 11/6/18 3:05 PM Who’s Who laude in 2007 and received achievement by Peter Sellars, at Pepsico Summerfare. She CHARLES BURNS was born in Washington, awards in performance, choreography, and has been nominated for many awards and has D.C. He currently lives in Philadelphia with academic endeavors. While at George Mason won the Obie, the Lucille Lortel, the Jefferson, his wife, painter Susan Moore, and their two he performed the works of Mark Morris, Paul and Long Wharf’s prestigious Murphy Award. daughters, Ava and Rachel. His illustrations Taylor, Lar Lubovitch, Doug Varone, Daniel She recently had a show of paintings at the and comics have been widely published Ezralow, Larry Keigwin, Susan Marshall, Bowery Gallery in Chelsea. Both her theater in Europe and the United States in such and Susan Shields. Smith’s own piece, 3-Way and her painting work can be viewed at magazines as RAW, Time, The New York Times Stop, was selected to open the 2006 American www.adriannelobel.com. Magazine, The Believer, and Rolling Stone. College Dance Festival Gala at Ohio State His books include Thrilling Detective Stories University, and his original choreography MARTIN PAKLEDINAZ (1953—2012) (Pantheon, 1988), Blood Club (Kitchen Sink, for a production of Bye Bye Birdie garnered (costume design) designed costumes for theater, 1991), Skin Deep (Penguin Books, 1992), much critical praise. An actor as well, Smith’s opera, and dance. He has collaborated with Facetasm (Gates of Heck, 1992), Black Hole regional theater credits include Tulsa in Gypsy, Mark Morris on works for the Mark Morris (Fantagraphics, 2004), X’ed Out (Pantheon, Mistoffelees in CATS, and Dream Curly in Dance Group, San Francisco Ballet, and Boston 2010), The Hive (Pantheon, 2012), Sugar Skull Oklahoma! Smith danced with Parsons Dance Ballet, in addition to works by Tomasson, (Pantheon, 2014), and Last Look (Pantheon, from 2007-2010. He joined MMDG as a Stowell, Wheeldon, and Balanchine, among 2016). company member in 2010. others. New York theater credits include Blithe Spirit and Gypsy with Patti Lupone; The Pirate THE PARAMOUNT ORCHESTRA NOAH VINSON is originally from Springfield, Queen; The Pajama Game; The Trip to Bountiful; Colin Fowler, Conductor Illinois, and received his B.A. in dance from Thoroughly Modern Millie; Wonderful Town; The Columbia College Chicago. He was named a Wild Party; Kiss Me, Kate; Waste; and A Life. His VIOLIN BASS CLARINET Dance Magazine “Dancer on the Rise” in 2009 work in opera includes Rodelinda and Iphigenie Mikhail Shmidt Angelique Poteat and assisted Mark Morris in the creation of The en Tauride for the Metropolitan Opera; Tristan Artur Girsky Letter V for Houston Ballet. He began dancing und Isolde, Adriana Mater, and L’Amour de Victoria Parker BASSOON with MMDG in 2002 and became a company Loin for the Paris Opera/Bastille; and works Allion Salvador Francine Peterson member in 2004. in Salzburg, Seattle, Santa Fe, and Chicago. Caitlin Kelley Aric MacDavid Projects include Lend Me a Tenor, directed Kimmy Harrenstein JAMMIE WALKER began his dance training by Stanley Tucci on Broadway; The Glass Libby Phelps FRENCH HORN at Western Arkansas Ballet under the direction Menagerie with Judith Ivey, Gordon Edelstein Bill Boyd Josh Paulus of Melissa Schoenfeld. He earned his B.F.A. directing, off-Broadway; and two operas for Mitch Drury Carrie Rexroat from the University of Oklahoma School of the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Eugene Onegin Debra Akerlund Jill Jaques Dance under the direction of Mary Margaret and The Golden Ticket, a world premiere based Kwan Bin Park Eric Bell Holt. He performed with the Dayton Ballet on Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Karen Sorensen for three seasons and toured throughout the Factory, directed by Kevin Newbury and James TRUMPET United States and internationally with Jessica Robinson. He was awarded two Tony Awards, VIOLA Allen Vizzutti Lang Dance for four seasons. He has appeared and the Drama Desk, Obie, and Lucille Lortel Joe Gottesman Andy Omdahl as a guest artist with Dance Grand Moultrie awards, among others. Sue Jane Bryant and Clawson Dances. He joined MMDG as an Mike Watson TROMBONE apprentice in September 2019. JAMES F. INGALLS (lighting design) has Aaron Conitz Dan Marcus designed several pieces for Mark Morris Keith Winkle TIMOTHY WARD grew up in Abita Springs, including Orfeo ed Euridice (Metropolitan CELLO Louisiana, graduated high school from the Opera); King Arthur (English National Opera); Virginia Dziekonski BASS TROMBONE New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, and Sylvia, Sandpaper Ballet, Maelstrom, and Pacific Jake Hanegan Wade Demmert earned a B.F.A. in dance from The Juilliard (San Francisco Ballet); Platée (Royal Opera Maria Scherer Wilson School. He has danced professionally for over House, Covent Garden, and New York City TUBA two dozen different choreographers and, in Opera); Mozart Dances, Romeo & Juliet, On DOUBLE BASS Ed Phillips 2019, will have worked with Douglas Dunn, Motifs of Shakespeare, L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed Todd Gowers Molissa Fenley, Julia Gleich, Dusan Tynek, il Moderato, and Dido and Aeneas (MMDG). Kelsey Mines TIMPANI Alison Cook Beatty, Sevin Ceviker, Fadi Koury, Recent designs for dance include The Matt Drumm Pat Catterson, Yvonne Rainer, and Mark Nutcracker (Pacific Northwest Ballet/Seattle), FLUTE/PICCOLO Morris. Twyla Tharp’s 50th Anniversary Tour (US Wendy Wilhelmi PERCUSSION and NY State Theatre), The Sleeping Beauty, Alicia Suarez Rob Tucker ADRIANNE LOBEL (set design) began choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky (Teatro Robin Peery Chris Monroe working with Mark Morris in 1986 on Nixon alla Scala Ballet and ABT), Celts, choreographed in China. Since then she has designed his by Lila York (Boston Ballet), Sea Lark and OBOE HARP L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, The Hard Death and the Maiden (Paul Taylor Dance Brent Hages Catherine Case Nut, The Marriage of Figaro, Orfeo ed Euridice, Company). Recent theatre work includes Platée, King Arthur, and Acis and Galatea. As a Desdemona, directed by Peter Sellars (UCLA/ ENGLISH HORN CELESTA stage designer she has worked in opera, dance, CAP, Melbourne and Sydney Festivals), Druid Ove Hanson Dwight Beckmeyer on and off-Broadway, in regional theater in Shakespeare, directed by Garry Hynes (Galway, America, and in Europe for over 30 years. Some Irish tour and Lincoln Center Festival). He CLARINET highlights (other than working with Morris) often collaborates with Melanie Rios Glaser Jennifer Nelson include An American Tragedy at the Met, The and The Wooden Floor dancers in Santa Ana, Terri Cole Magic Flute at Glyndebourne, Passion and A California. Year with Frog and Toad on Broadway, and Così CONTRACTOR AND STG MUSIC DIRECTOR fan tutte and The Marriage of Figaro, directed Jack Klitzman

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Derek Crescenti John Eirich Domingo Julie Fiorenza Lesley Garrison Estrada, Jr.

Ava Girard Lauren Grant Sarah Haarmann John Heginbotham Brian Lawson

Robert Lewis Deepa Liegel Aaron Loux Laurel Lynch Claudia Claudia Maciejuk McDonald

Matthew Dallas Minga Prather Brandon Wendy Reinert Nicole Sabella McLaughlin McMurray Randolph

Christina Caitlin Billy Smith Noah Vinson Jammie Walker Timothy Ward Sahaida Scranton Who’s Who MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP STAFF Artistic Director Mark Morris Executive Director Nancy Umanoff

PRODUCTION Director of Technical Production Johan Henckens Technical Assistants Matthew Eggleton, Dirk Loomans Lighting Supervisor Nick Kolin Audio Supervisor Rory Murphy Costume Coordinator Stephanie Sleeper Wardrobe Assistant Alan Smith Hair and Makeup Supervisor Sara Beukers Hair and Makeup Assistant Supervisor Anne Sellery

COMPANY Company Manager Jen Rossi Assistant Company Manager Julia Weber Music Director Colin Fowler Rehearsal Director Sam Black Rehearsal Assistant Megan Williams

ADMINISTRATION Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Fox General Manager Geoff Chang IT Director Aleksandr Kanevskiy Finance Manager Natalia Kurylak Budget Manager Chris Pritchard Payroll Manager / Benefits Administrator Rebecca Hunt Finance Intern Jamaelya Hines Assistant to the Executive Director Stephanie Saywell

DEVELOPMENT Director of Development Michelle Amador Manager of Individual Giving David Gracia Data Entry and Research Assistant Aidan Heck Development Intern Fiona Schlegel

MARKETING Director of Marketing Karyn LeSuer Web & Social Media Manager Joleen Richards Historic Seattle Marketing & Communications Associate Nissa Heman Content & Editorial Coordinator Trevor Izzo Marketing Intern Marisa Davis

ARCHIVES Archive Project Manager Stephanie Neel Archive Digitization Assistant Kareem Woods

EDUCATION Director of Education Sarah Marcus School Director Rachel Roberge Community Programs Director Alexandra Cook Adult Programs, Assistant Manager Jessica Pearson School Administrator Jamia Jordan Education Programs Assistant Alexandria Ryahl Community Education Liaison Calvin Rollins II Student Company Director Janelle Barry Education Intern Caroline Ready

20 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Dance for PD® Thanks to Maxine Morris. The actors and stage managers employed in this pro- Program Director David Leventhal duction are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in Programs and Engagement Manager Maria Portman Kelly the United States. Outreach Director Eva Nichols Sincerest thanks to all the dancers for their dedication, commitment, and incalculable contribution to the work. The musicians employed in this production are mem- Programs Assistant Amy Bauman bers of the American Federation of Musicians. Programs Administrator Natasha Frater Intern Reagan Menz Additional support provided by Kenneth Aidekman Family Foundation, Arnow Family Fund, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Bossak/Heilbron Charitable Foundation, DANCE CENTER OPERATIONS United Scenic Artists represents the designers and sce- Director of Events and Venue Operations Elise Gaugert Brooklyn Parkinson Group, Emily G. Buck Fund, The nic painters for the American Theatre. Director of Facilities and Capital Projects Mark Sacks Campbell Family Foundation, Jim Chervenak, Con Edison, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, All stage work performed by employees represented by Rental Programs Manager Annie Woller the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Operations Coordinator Tiffany McCue Continental Grain Foundation, Belden H. and Pamela K. (or I.A.T.S.E.). Daniels, Dau Family Foundation, Susan and Gary DeLong, Operations Interns Moneshia Nurse and Carissa Peters The Theatre Managers, The Press Agents, and Front Desk Manager Tamika Daniels The Dillon Fund, Jean Espenshade, Marjorie Folkman, Company Managers employed in this production are Paula Folkman, Candace and Vincent Gaudiani, Bernard represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Assistant Front Desk Manager Dominique Terrell Agents & Managers. Work/Study Coordinator Hunter Darnell F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation, Lynn Glaser, June O. Goldberg, Monika and Peter Greenleaf, Macduff and This production is produced by members of The Broad- Front Desk Associates Noelle Dor, Roxie Maisel, Lucas way League in collaboration with our professional Melfi, Carter Shocket, Patricia Suarez, Kareem Woods Twyla Hughes, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, union-represented employees. Maintenance Darrell Jordan, Hector Mazariegos, Orlando Google Matching Gift Program, The Harkness Foundation Rivera, Virginia Ross, Arturo Velazquez for Dance, Marta Heflin Foundation, V. Hansmann, Diane and Adam E. Max, Kinder Morgan Foundation, Kraft/Posy Charitable Fund, Leatherwood Foundation, Booking Representation Michael Mushalla (Double M Arts J. Loux and Carol Sanders, Lyrasis, The John D. and & Events) Catherine P. MacArthur Foundation, Materials for the Media and General Consultation Services William Murray Arts, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Cynthia Hazen and (Better Attitude, Inc.) Leon B. Polsky, Douglas Thomas, Parkinson’s Creative Legal Counsel Mark Selinger (McDermott, Will & Emery) Collective, Parkinson’s Foundation, The L.E. Phillips Family BROADWAY ACROSS AMERICA Accountant O’Connor Davies, Munns & Dobbins, LLP Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Rolex, Billy Rose Anne Francis Orthopaedist David S. Weiss, M.D. (NYU Langone Medical Foundation, The Evelyn Sharp Foundation, SingerXenos VP WEST COAST Center) Wealth Management, Phoebe Taubman and Craig Kathleen Maki Physical Therapist Marshall Hagins, PT, PhD Nerenberg, June and Jeffrey Wolf, Rachel and Michael DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS, Hilot Therapist Jeffrey Cohen Zamsky, Zeitz Foundation, and the more than 1,900 WESTERN REGION individuals giving gifts $1–$4,999 annually to support Shannon Reynolds markmorrisandbeyond.com. BOARD REGIONAL SALES OPERATIONS MANAGER Judith R. Fishman, Chairman Kelly Whorton David Resnicow, Vice-Chairman The Mark Morris Dance Group is a member of Dance/USA TICKETING MANAGER Mark Selinger, Vice-Chairman and the Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance. Morgan Huntington Isaac Mizrahi, Secretary OFFICE MANAGER Sarabeth Berman The Hard Nut ©1991 Discalced, Inc. Frederick Bland THE MARKETING DIVISION Margaret Conklin Brittany Smith Shelby Gans Follow and tag us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @ DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL MARKETING AND PR York-Chi Harder markmorrisdance Suzy Kellems Dominik Lily Jaquith MARKETING COORDINATOR Nicholas Ma Timothy J. McClimon Visit our website at mmdg.org GROUP SALES BOX OFFICE Helen Meyer Mark Morris Kelsey Tse Get insider news at mmdg.org/join-email-list Jocelynne Rainey, Ed.D CORPORATE AND GROUP SALES MANAGER Ellen Offner Rachel Berry Jane Stine MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP 3 Lafayette Avenue, GROUP SALES COORDINATOR Nancy Umanoff Brooklyn, NY 11217-1415 (718) 624-8400

Costumes constructed by Martin Adams; Anne Maskrey; Euro Co.; Vincent Costumes; Woody Shelp; Izquierdo Stu- dios; Eric Winterling, Inc.; Paul Chang Tailors; and John Kristiansen

Costumes refurbished by Mia Bednowitz, Jessie Dunham, and Elysia Roscoe STG’s Broadway Inclusion Program

This year, Seattle Theatre Group has launched a new initiative called the Broadway Inclusion Program. Working in partnership with the Northshore Senior Center in Bothell, STG ofers classes that provide theatre arts programming to adult participants with cognitive and physical disabilities. Once a week during the season, participants meet with four STG teaching artists to explore elements of musical theatre, dramatic arts and movement-based activities in a creative, safe and welcoming environment. As each quarter comes to an end, participants are engaged in a final share presentation where family and community members can attend and observe what the class has been working on over the past several months.

We are thrilled to be presenting this new class and encourage any community or school groups interested in Inclusion Programs to contact STG.

You can learn more about all of our Broadway programs by visiting stgpresents.org/education/broadway. Photos by Christopher Nelson

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Sam Pailca Sherry Wilson Celeste Cosgrove Ruthann Parish Bruce Wiseman Jeremy Court & Deryn Doverty Emily Parsons Matt Woltman Robert Craighead Jackie Payne Steven & Mary Wood Daric Craven Sean Pelletier Adrienne Wu Aaron Crawfis Catherine Peterman Sung Yang & SoYoung Kwon CC & Bill Crenshaw Bryan & Amanda Peters Mark Zimmerman Julie Crudele Autumn Peterson Jim Zurcher Dale Curtis Mary Pigott Cynthia & Mike D’Angelo $500 - $999 Scott & Lisa Porad Lisa & Terry Davenport Anonymous (2) Ryan Price Addy Davis Nick Achmon Diana & Michael Prise Monica & Stephen Day Jon Aguirre Paul Queary Dave Dederer Kim Albrecht Judy Quick Jeff Delong Raven Alder Toni Kuhl-Radford Thomas DesLongchamp & Jessica Phoenix Kenneth & Marleen Alhadeff Jim & Patricia Ramseth Matt Dixon Doreen Ali Adam Reineke Jana Dombrowski Ken & Jennifer Altena Brian Richmon & Kathleen Peterson Alfred Donohue Erik Anderson Rush & Susan Riese Gay Dorsey & Mike Poppoff Megan & Christopher Anderson Chuck & Jane Riley Ralph & Freddie Dreitzler Heather Andrew The D&P Roberts Family Foundation Nextune, Inc. Jessica Angel Barbara Roper Richard Duncan Patricia Aro Zan Ross Duane S Easterly Kate Endle & Chris Ballew Shawn & Jessica Rourk Steve Egge Michael Barclay Deborah Rudnick Terry & Robin Emmingham Jeff & Carmen Barr Allan Ryan Andrew Estes Kenneth Bayer Zoe Ryan Rebecca Everett Dawn Beatty Susan Saideman Robert Everist Kate Becker & Michael Compton Stephen & Sheila Salamunovich Expedia Inc. Chris & Michelle Becker Debra L. Sand Elayna Ferguson Marc Bellis & Lauri Burroughs Carol Sanders & John Loux Bruce Fischer Donald Blair & Kathleen Bemis Victoria Sanders Michael & Marta Fortin Jordi Bengtsson Anthony Santos Kashawna Foster Stephen Benirschke Michael Sarabosing Jesse Freitas Anthony Beyer-Tyler Maren & John Schnebeck Greg & Lorien Friedman Jasen Biro-Suvanapraphai Mark Schulz Dick & Sharon Friel Family Foundation A.K. Bishop Erin Schwartz & Adam Johnson Brian & Kristi Galante Sally Bjerklie Seattle Genetics Erica Garcia & JJ Jaramillo Michael & Bryn Black Logan Seetharaman Annabel Lee Garcia-Andresen Virginia Blaine Erin & Mark Shagren Mark & Kathleen Garrido Virginia Bloedel Wright Kelly Shields & Angel Calvo Carmen Gayton Alexandra Bohnhoff Rachel Sirkin & Brian Bowman Sheri Gazitt Larry Boileau David & Catherine Skinner Kevin Geloff Emerald City Guitars Ryan Slaugh - Slaugh Engineering Emily Gigot Sarah Boss Andi & Becky Smith Sarah Giles Linda & Nicholas Boxwell John Spoden Jonathan Gill Christopher Boyd Matt Steuerwalt Shelley & Lee Gill Tim Boyd Dana Stirn Lynn & Colleen Giroir Trevor Brauser Amanda Stoffer Brian Gish Philip Brazil Henrik Strabo Nathan Goldberg Nicholas Brekhus Deborah & Keith Streeter Ronald & Elizabeth Goldberg Brenda Breuer Robin Supplee & Mike Derzon Beth Golde Sandee Brock Michael Swilling Bruce Gordon Ray & Yuko Broscovak Orsolya Szoke Steven Gottlieb Pamela Brouns Andrew Tamm Laura B. Gowen Robert & Lisha Brown BG & Leslie Tanzer Jeffrey Graham Zane Brown Penn Tasinga Margaret Grasseschi Tom & Linda Burley Stauffer Taylor & Annie Poetker Christopher Greenwood Dina Burlingame Mariano & Barbara Teixeira Barbara Griffin Dennis Byrd Kenneth Temiyasathit George Hall Janet Caragan Sandra & Brian Tennyson Jim Hamilton & Billie Coopwood Steve Carstensen Virginia Tenpenny Jessica Harbin Marshall Carter Katina Thornock Ashley Harper Patricia Cartmill Lynn & Marian Thrasher Linda & Jeff Harrison Marianne Cartwright Grant Tillemans Karen & Mark Hayward Derek Castro Julie Tokashiki & Tom Skerritt James Heine Barbara & Paul Chamberlain Jennifer & Mark Tomas Michael & Kim Hensley Beth Chandler Jeff & Summer Trisler Sandra Herman Jessica & Eric Chantelois Linda Tucker Kelly & Michael Hershey Eric Chipps & Jennifer Pettyjohn Allan & Barbara Tyson Marilyn & Richard Herzberg Steve Cho Cornelis Van Rij Higashiyama Family Charitable Fund Christi Clark & Ivan Mendoza Celia Fulton Walden Charlie Hill & Sarat Vann-Hill Grace Clark John & Janet Walker Michael Hills Sean Clark Eric Wallace Scott Hinckley Jeff & Kathi Coffler Brett & Lisa Wallden Jaclynn Hiranaka Larry Cohen & Anna Schafer Cohen Gary Wenet Karen Holeman-Brown Charles Collins Daryl Whitley & Greta Musland Robert & Linda Holland Ross & Linda Comer Liesl & Jeff Wilke Andrea Holliman Claire Connell Byron & Alonda Williams Wayne Hollister Daryl Connoll Jari & Jill Williams Robert Holmqvist Mr. Ari Consul Crystal Wilson Douglas & Andrea Holtan

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Leslie & Daniel Hopkins Jesse & Kristi Nelson Michelle Tiegs Mary P Horan Louise Durocher & Mike Nelson Dianne Tierney Mari Horita Michael Neufeld Timothy Tomlinson & Vu Pham Alisa Horwitz Randall Newell Jessica Torrez-Riley Tina Houston Julie Ngo Toby & Jen Travis Tami Hurwitz Kevin Norman Clint Tseng Katherine & Brian Husted Alicea & Nathaniel Novak Ralph & Jeanette Tuliano Daniel & Carol Jackson Erika Nusser Yoshi Ueda Larry Jacobson & Heather Trim Mats & Nancy Nygren Scott Unger Erin & Keith Jarrett Steven O’Brien Annie Uran Cameron Jezorek Allison Odenthal Chelsea & Connor Valentine Robert & Barbara Jirsa Timothy Ohara Clark & Barb Van Bogart Ben Johnson Gary Olson Tara Van Niman Brady Johnson Janice & Jack Olson Jonathan Vangstad Paula Jones Gong Kerry O’Neill Jay Victor Judy Jorgensen Karen Ortiz, Phd Mikal & Jenifer Viencek The Judson Family Fund Antwane Owens Kate Walters Rob & Joyce Kalivas-Griffin Tanya Parypa Chia Wang Nandita Kamath Mara Patton Susan Warwick Sandy Kennedy Drew & Holly Pennington Geir & Mary Watland Ruth Kerr Ryan Pennington Crystal Willits Berb Kidder Darren Peterson Wayne & Laurie Wenneman Gary Kirk Noah Pittis Merianne White Kimberley Kirkland Bec Powell KC Whitehouse Lindsay Knickelbein James Presson Carolyn Whitver Koh-Lee Foundation Trish Priest Karri Wicka John Kohlsaat Michelle Pruitt Heather Wilde John & Karen Kois Brian & Mina Rauschenbach Rachel Wilka Dave & Adele Kraft Rebecca & Barry Ray Gary Winchester Robin Krueger Jennifer Raz-Levake Brianna Winn Michael Kuhnsman & Adrian Bennett Geoffrey Reiman Kate Woodcock Beverly Lakey Jennifer Reiner Stephen Woodland Robert Laks Lauri & Mike Reinhart Dan Wuthrich & Samia Khudari Monica Lane Sonia Rekdahl Christopher Yee Mon Nicholas Lane Patrick & Sarah Rhoads Ann & David Yost Aaron Langhorne Robert Riggle Hilary Young Craig & Shelly Langley Timothy Riggs Craig Zajac Sierra Larkin Karen Rilke & Roger Dubbs Mary Zavala George Laws Michaela Ripley Sara & Andy Zuchetto David Lecompte Catherine Ritsema Frank & Waltraut Lehmann The Roarty Family Sanni Lemonidis Shawn Roberts & LaShon Watson J.C. Leveque Mark Rose Jackie Liao Letcher Ross Charles Liban Jacob Rossi Christopher, Jessica, & Alexander Lider Ashley & Chris Rossman Winnie Lin Jim & Ann Rudd Doug & Nan Little Robin & William Rutherford Jay & Jenifer Loomis Micah Saraceni Andrea Lott Margaret Savarino Sharon Lott Jonathan Schmidt John & Jennifer Lovik Sarah Schmidt Lowen Family Foundation Scott & Meredith Selfon Dillon Lynch & Ikuyo Tsunoda Lillis Silbernagel Libby G. MacPhee Nancy Simon & Mark Igra Ariana Magedson Kristina Simpson Jeffrey Margolis Arunjeet Singh & Navjot Kaur Naomi Marquez-Blake & Bruce Blake Sylvain Slaton Christopher Marr Angie Smith Maria Marsans Debra Smith Jeremiah Martin Karen Smith Sherry & Mitchell Maurer Tracey Smith & Eric Keto Scott Mcfadden Smith-Stoe Family Patrick & Keri Mcgill Merwin Moe Spencer Tracy Mcguire Alexander C. & Tilly S. Speyer Foundation David & Karin Mckee Dennis Spomer Kelly McKee Ian Stark Bret Meaker Cassi & Ciara Gadler & Lori Stephens Shevaun Meggitt Kristin Sternberg Susanna & Dan Miller Darby Stewart Tammy Miller Daniel Strickland Manoranjan Mishra Brad & Lynanne Struss Kassandra & Aaron Mitchell William Sugarman Andrew & Annette Monary Stuart Sulman Sean Morse Gordon & Jennifer Sun Manette Moses & Dan Jayne In Memory Of Ron Bell Janet Muldrow Christopher Svara Liberty Munson Todd Tatum Aileen Murphy Tracy Tavis Doug & Suzy Myers Scott Taylor Carolyn Nance & Klaus Lustica Paul Thorpe

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JOIN STG IN PROVIDING A SENSORY-FRIENDLY PERFORMANCE OF © Disney

Dear STG Supporter,

I am the mother of a 9-year-old son with Down syndrome. Watching musicals, plays, and dance performances is something that our family values. However, knowing that my son may not be able to sit through entire performances, or that noises made by my son would make us feel pressured to leave, I’ve been hesitant to spend upwards of $100 on a Broadway ticket. Last winter, I heard that STG was presenting a senso- ry-friendly matinee performance of THE LION KING and that the tickets were underwritten by generous donors to the affordable prices of $15, $30, and $50! I immediately purchased tickets.

On the day of the performance, we arrived at The Paramount Theatre with great anticipation and many reservations. I quickly learned that STG thought of EVERYTHING to make this show comfortable for families like ours: reduced sound, family restrooms, noise-cancelling headphones, fidget toys, activity zones, and a leniency to allow food, talking, and movement at seats. All was going well for my son and I felt like my bases were covered. Then, we went to take our balcony-level seats and as soon as we walked into the auditorium he stopped and said, “No.” I convinced him to go see our seats, but he said, “Too high.” I had no idea that seat location would be an issue! I shared our predicament with a volunteer and within five minutes we were moved to floor-level seats. I was shocked and delighted.

The opening scene started with the animals walking down the aisle and my son’s face lit up with delight! It was at that moment that I started crying. I was crying because attending a show like this with my son was something that I thought would not happen for many years, if at all.

I am writing this letter to express to you that these kinds of experiences are necessary, deeply appreciated, and only possible with our community’s support. I hope you’ll read my story and want to bring the magic of live theatre to everyone diagnosed with Down syndrome, autism, and other sensory sensitivities. With your support, STG will be able to present another sensory-friendly performance of a Broadway hit musical – Disney’s FROZEN – on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at the Paramount Theatre. Please consider making a donation today to give community members like my son and me the ability to create amazing memories. I promise you, every family in the theatre that day will have their own story like mine. Sincerely, What is a Sensory-Friendly Performance? Rëbëççå Wïñtërs A special live theatrical performance designed to be a supportive and judgment-free environment for those with sensory sensitivities, like autism, and their family and friends. Mother and STG Patron

YES! Scan Me! I will underwrite tickets to make live theatre accessible to those with sensory sensitivities! Donate Here: bit.ly/stgsensory BOARD OF DIRECTORS Masha Hart, President SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Bob Lipman, Treasurer Josh LaBelle, Executive Director Steve Peltin, Vice President VISION To enrich, inspire, challenge and expand our world through the arts Shavondelia Brown, Secretary Ricardo Frazer, Chairman MISSION Making performances and arts education in the Pacific Northwest enriching, while keeping Seattle’s historic Paramount, Moore and Neptune Theatres healthy and vibrant Directors CORE VALUES • Stewards of historic theatres • Catalysts for community alliances • Passion for diversity in the Lindsay Anderson arts, artists and audiences • Arts leadership locally, regionally and nationally Jan Block Becky Bogard Larry Cohen MEMBERS OF STAFF Peter Davis EXECUTIVE OFFICE PATRON SERVICES Ted Dowling James Kraft Josh LaBelle Tory Wimer Contreras House Manager Brian Langstraat Executive Director Director of Sales and Patron Services Brandon Cyprian Jim Margard David Allen Jeff Beauvoir House Manager David McShea Chief Operating Officer Director of Ticketing Lila Hughes Olivia Thomas Phil Brock, Andrea Foley, Greg Pacenti, House Manager George Northcroft Executive Assistant Stefanie Wolf Bob Phare Tina Podlodowski Show Supervisors House Manager PROGRAMMING Natalie Robbecke Alex Alire Xaviera Vandermay Adam Zacks VIP Program Manager Volunteer Manager Ron Wilkowski Chief Programming Officer Heather Doublestein Billie Webber Ryan Cook Club Relations Manager House Staff Senior Talent Buyer Alicia Gibson HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS MAINTENANCE Debra Heesch Club Relations & Events Assistant Manager Special Events Manager Jeff DeVick Ida Cole, Founding Director Mandi Kimes Director of Building Services Jack McLarnan Club Relations Coordinator Manager of Fine Arts Programs Julia Beckley Evan Frolov Building Services Manager CENTERSTAGE COUNCIL Nadia Quitslund Patron Services Lead Booking & Sales Manager Judith Carroll, Grant Fryer, Connor Sturzen Ted and Danielle Ackerley Ngai Kwan Maintenance Staff Howie Barokas Mackenzie Mercer Ticketing Manager Booking Associate Ann Deutscher Jenny Lachuta CUSTODIAL Club Relations & Ticketing Assistant Janie Hendrix MARKETING Dembo Hatu Ken Potts Manager Building Services Assistant Manager Bryan Lineberry Marty Loesch and Cyndi Lewis Director of Marketing & Communications Joshua Aberilla, Denise Antoine, Alex Community Sales Manager John Maynard Kina Ackerman Arthur, David Beckley, Brenton Bennett, Chris McReynolds Social Media & PR Associate PJ Mertz David Breyman, Jordan Elliott, Fadumo Sales Manager Tina Pappas and Robert Aigner Lauren Daniels Farah, Skylar Ford, Orlando Garcia, Eugene Digital Communications Manager Zach Adams Garrett, Michael Girardi, Andrea Groce, Paul Pradel Emily Krahn Season Sales Coordinator Lonnie Haynes, Chris Last, Renica Leach, Stephen and Sheila Public Relations Manager Joe Maxwell Nikita Pines, Sherry Procell, Nathan Ranft, Salamunovich Kevin Harris Patron Services Coordinator Nikita Tarver, Kirk Thompson Graphic Designer Sara Sucharski Custodial Staff Michael Shrieve Concert Ticketing Coordinator Stevie Holloway LEAD CREW PARAMOUNT Jeff Trisler Digital Communications Associate Elizabeth Davenport Front Desk Administrator Mike Miles Gigi and Alan White Kelly McMahon Technical Director/Master Carpenter Data Manager Susie Chavez Patron Services Assistant Ian Gardner Hilary Northcraft Master Carpenter IN MEMORIAM Marketing Manager, Season Programs Gustavo Amaya, Cenee Cain, Courtney Comfort, Jessica Davis, Rodney Dungo, Byron Reynolds Jason Ross Kabby Mitchell, III Sophia El-Wakil, Chad Gabagat, Brandon Head Flyman Senior Marketing Manager Peck, Mia Sessions Jeff Payne Marcus Shriver Box Office Associates Head Electrician SLATE OF OFFICERS 2018 – Junior Marketing Manager Mike Miller PHONE ROOM 2020 DEVELOPMENT Head Sound Engineer Jordan Acosta Maura Ahearne Jason Montgomery Phone Campaign Manager Bonnie Briant Development Director Head Props Joann Harris, Jeff Kahrs, Cathy Krug, Chairperson Anna Culp Pam Farrow Penelope Loucas, Cheryl Nance, Melinda Wilson Major and Planned Gifts Director Head of Hair & Makeup Frida Weisman Delia Mulholland Vice-Chair Brian Layton Callers Historic Facilities Program Director Wardrobe Arlene Rankin Angela Lindou HUMAN RESOURCES Roy Niendorf Secretary Grants Manager Nate Dwyer Assistant Carpenter Myra Mushalla Director of Human Resources Kelly Mickelson Members Corporate Relations Coordinator Misty Stevens Assistant Sound Carol Allen Angela Neubauer HR/Safety Manager Ross Brown Donor Relations Manager Assistant Electrician JoAnn Field FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Danielle Olson Sara Hart Gary Corrington LEAD CREW MOORE Director of Corporate Relations Chief Financial Officer Robert Margoshes Susan Jackson Aaron Semer Pat Butler Technical Director/Head Electrician Linda Middlebrooks Director of Individual Giving Controller Steve Martin Ginny Rabago EDUCATION & COMMUNITY Brianna Evans Stage Manager Lynn Thrasher PROGRAMS Venue Accountant Anneka Kielman Marian Thrasher Vicky Lee Jennifer Moore Electrician Director of Education & Performance Accountant LEAD CREW NEPTUNE Programs Honorary Members Katy Roffe Dan Reinharz Shawn Roberts Phil Hargiss, Puget Sound Accountant Payable Specialist Theatre Manager Ailey Camp Director & Dance for PD Ellen Trowbridge Mark McLean Organ Society Director Payroll Specialist Head Electrician/Lighting Designer Sarah Strasbaugh STG Volunteer Office Eva Cooperman Johnny Venegas Associate Director of Community Accounting Assistant Coordinator Programs Stage Manager Jim Malatak Marisol Sanchez Best THEATRE OPERATIONS Kristopher Couture Associate Director of Education Programs David Allen Head Audio Engineer Amberlee Joers Chief Operating Officer Miranda Lerian Broadway Administrator Dean Wattles House Manager Rex Kinney Operations Manager Josh Bahr Dance Education & Performance Manager Michael von Kempf Key Grip Alexis Ramirez Network Administrator HISTORIC THEATRES LIBRARY Program Assistant Staffed by volunteers Martin Sepulveda HOUSE STAFF Special Artistic Projects Manager Mason Sherry 30 SEATTLE THEATRE GROUP Theatre Manager April 2 - 5 • The Paramount Theatre ON SALE NOW 800-982-2787 • STGPresents.org

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