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Nile Hawver/Nile Scott Shots BACKSTAGE BEHIND THE SCENES IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL THEATRE BY OLIVIA J. KIERS Joan Marcus AT LAST: The eagerly anticipated arrival of Hamilton to Boston (September 18–November 18, 2018, at the Boston House) was recently announced as part of Broadway In Boston’s 2017–2018 season.

Broadway In Boston’s Blockbuster 2015. On Your Feet! leaps onto stage with Cuban Season Announced rhythms and award-winning choreography in Boston’s fans will have to wait until April, and in July, Boston can discover “a whole fall of 2018 to get their first taste of Hamilton in new world” with Disney’s Aladdin. In addition, the Hub, but there are plenty of spectacular shows The Book of Mormon returns by popular demand in Broadway In Boston’s 2017–2018 season in August, and also by popular demand—last, to keep us all entertained until then. The season but certainly not least—Hamilton, the current opens in September with Cameron Mackintosh’s toast of the Broadway musical universe, opens new production of The Phantom of the Opera, in September 2018. For more information, go to which has received rave reviews and is one of the boston.broadway.com. largest and most breathtaking shows currently on tour, with a cast and orchestra of more than Adds Shows 50. For those who can’t get enough of Phantom, for 2017–2018 Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel, Love Never Dies, Four shows for the Boch Center’s 2017–2018 picks up the story 10 years after it left off and season have been announced, including two relocates the characters to Coney Island. Love holiday productions. A treat for the entire fam- Never Dies arrives in January 2018 and is mak- ily, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical ing its Boston debut. But before then, catch Fun is making its return. Meanwhile, those in search Home—the five-time Tony Award winner based of something new will not be left out in the on American cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s best-sell- cold—The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary ing graphic memoir—when it arrives in October. re-imagining of Tchaikovsky’s ballet, promises Following Love Never Dies, 2018 contin- to deliver with special guest and hip-hop icon ues with more highly acclaimed musicals. An MC Kurtis Blow. all-female team including lyricist While the holiday spirit already seems to and director Diane Paulus brings us , the be burning bright over at the Boch, its other heartwarming tale of baking contests and the two productions—The Color Purple and The pursuit of happiness. Based on the 2007 film, Humans—are both strong contenders for sea- the musical originally debuted at the Paulus-led son highlights. The 2016 Tony Award winner American Repertory Theater in Cambridge in for Best Musical Revival, The Color Purple is 4 RIPCORD BACKSTAGE (continued) adapted from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize- dents alongside professional acts. “We believe it winning 1982 novel of the same name that is crucial to nurture future artists,” said the asso- depicts a young woman’s struggles in the ciation’s president, Joyce Kulhawik. Kulhawik, American South. The musical, which arrives who hosted, introduced two-time Tony Award- in November, embellishes the story with a winner Cherry Jones as the Alternative Acts guest jazzy score. In March, look out for the Boston of honor, saying that Jones “has always been an premiere of Stephan Karam’s The Humans. extraordinary voice for freedom of expression. Declared winner of the 2016 Tony Award for This is especially important now in a climate Best Play, The Humans offers a fresh take on where the contributions of artists are being deval- the family-at-Thanksgiving trope, as the Blakes ued and the [National Endowment for the Arts] of Pennsylvania confront illness, religion and is being threatened with extinction.” Jones, who other heavy topics in the eerie atmosphere of was recently nominated for an Olivier Award for their daughter’s run-down, Manhattan apart- Best Actress for her role in the London revival ment. For details, visit bochcenter.org. of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, is a founding member of the American Repertory The Elliot Norton Awards Return Theater (A.R.T.) in Cambridge. Speaking of The 35th annual Eliot Norton Awards was which, the A.R.T.’s current artistic director recently held at the Huntington Theatre Diane Paulus was this year’s recipient of the Elliot Company’s Boston University Theatre on Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. Her the- Monday, May 15. With the gala’s theme atre was one of the leaders in award nominations, “Alternative Acts,” the Boston Theater Critics with a total of seven. The Huntington Theatre Association took a stance on the importance of Company led all nominees with nine, while the arts. The association is making a donation to SpeakEasy Stage Company is was not far behind the Boston Arts Academy this year, and guests with eight nominations. For a complete list of win- enjoyed performances by the academy’s stu- ners, go to elliotnortonawards.com.

WHAT’S ON STAGE in May Our picks for the hottest plays and musicals on local stages this month

ARRABAL THE BRIDGES LYRIC STAGE OF MADISON COMPANY COUNTY May 12–June 18 SPEAKEASY STAGE Tony Award-nominee COMPANY ’s South May 6–June 3 American drama fea- Marsha Norman and tures an Argentinian Jason Robert Brown’s ensemble, live band adaption of the 1992 and even a pre-show novel about an affair tango lesson. Refer to between a photographer

listing, page 38. Cylla Von Tiedmann and an Italian-American farmer’s wife is a one of the musi- cal theatre’s most romantic tales. Refer to listing, page 38. CAMELOT LYRIC STAGE COMPANY A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM May 19–June 25 ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT A fresh adaption of Lerner and Loewe’s 1960 musical May 10–June 4 inspired by the King Arthur legend (and itself the source for It’s springtime in Boston—the perfect time for “Camelot” as a reference to the Kennedy Administration) Shakespeare’s impish romp through magical forests filled graces the Lyric’s Back Bay stage. Refer to listing, page 40. with frustrated lovers. Refer to listing, page 42.

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RIPCORD by David Lindsay-Abaire Directed by Jessica Stone Sound Design & Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Original Music Tobin Ost Gabriel Barry David Weiner Mark Bennett Projection Design Casting Lucy Mackinnon Alaine Alldaffer

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We gratefully acknowledge the Huntington’s 2016–2017 Season Sponsors Sherryl & Gerard Cohen Carol G. Deane J. David Wimberly and the Production Sponsors of Ripcord Bette & John Cohen

Originally commissioned by the Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) with funds provided by US Trust and received its world premiere there on October 1, 2015.

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 7 A double room at the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility A NEW ERA FOR THE in suburban New Jersey

HUNTINGTON AVENUE THEATRE Now The Huntington has engaged architects Bruner/Cott & Associates and takes control of the theatre on July 1. There will be one 10-minute intermission.

The Huntington Theatre Company’s University School of Law, Bruner/ longtime home on Huntington Cott has a reputation for thoughtful Avenue is secure and we will design that celebrates the heritage continue to produce world-class and craftmanship of the past theatre there for generations to while optimizing resources for come. Beginning July 1, 2017, the sustainable growth. building known as the Boston University Theatre, will become David Epstein, the Huntington’s the Huntington Avenue Theatre, Chairman of the Board and chief controlled on a permanent basis by operating officer of real estate the Huntington Theatre Company. company The Abbey Group, has played a leading role in the architect The Huntington is currently making selection process. “Bruner/Cott has plans to renovate our beautiful a great track record of working with theatre and expand our services to arts groups and of reinvigorating audiences, artists, and the Greater older buildings,” says Epstein. “I Boston community. Audiences will expect that they will be able to notice the first signs of change at the bring out the beauty of our historic Huntington Avenue Theatre when theatre, while also creating vibrant our 2017–2018 season begins in new social spaces.” September while we prepare for the larger renovation project to come. “We’re incredibly excited about this partnership and what it means for The Huntington has engaged Bruner/ Boston,” says Scott Aquilina, principal Cott & Associates as architects for at Bruner/Cott. “The Huntington the Huntington Avenue Theatre project will provide a magnet for project. Known for award-winning community engagement and set the designs for seminal projects such stage for exciting growth and change as MASS MoCA and the Boston on the Avenue of the Arts.” The Huntington is extremely grateful for the vocal support and encouragement from our loyal audience members and supporters throughout . For the latest news and information about the Huntington Avenue Theatre, please visit huntingtontheatre.org/FAQ.

8 RIPCORD CAST Abby...... Nancy E. Carroll Scotty...... Ugo Chukwu Marilyn...... Golden Colleen...... Laura Latreille Derek...... Richard Prioleau Benjamin...... Eric T. Miller PLACE A double room at the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility in suburban New Jersey TIME Now

There will be one 10-minute intermission.

The Huntington Theatre Company is supported in part by a major contribution from Boston University. Additional support is provided by the Cultural Council, a state agency, and by more than 6,000 massculturalcouncil.org individual, foundation, and corporate contributors.

DIRECTED BY MUSIC & LYRICS BY MARIA STEPHEN FRIEDMAN SONDHEIM BOOK BY GEORGE FURTH “One of the greatest musical productions of this or any other era!” — THE INDEPENDENT

LEGENDARY ACCLAIMED MUSICAL OCT.15 MERRILY WE AVENUE OF THE ARTS HUNTINGTON AVENUE THEATRE ROLLSEPT.8- ALONGHUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 9 A HAPPY RETURN:  AN INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT DAVID Playwright LINDSAY-ABAIRE David Lindsay-Abaire

Ripcord marks the third production at the Huntington for Boston native son David Lindsay-Abaire. Before rehearsals began, he talked with dramaturg Charles Haugland about what sparked this new play for him and the relationship between humor and emotion in his work.

Charles Haugland (Artistic Programs & Dramaturgy): What inspired you to write Ripcord?

David Lindsay-Abaire (Playwright): After writing a couple of very naturalistic plays, Rabbit Hole [produced at the Huntington in 2006] and Good People [produced at the Huntington in 2012], I wanted to write something that was in the world of my more overtly comic and unhinged earlier plays. Every once in a while, someone would say, “Oh, remember when you wrote comedies? I loved those plays.” After getting over the wince of pain that I felt, I thought, “Can I even write one of those comedies? Or were those the works of a young, willful playwright who didn’t know what he was doing?” Then I thought, “I wonder if I can combine that spirit of those old plays with, hopefully, the craft that I’ve garnered over the years.” So that was the inspiration.

Once the play started to take shape, I realized that it was harkening back to some of the first plays that I had seen and loved as a kid — plays like I’m Not Rappaport, Lettice and Lovage, The Gin Game, and Driving Miss Daisy. All of them are comedies about two characters of a certain age really going at it with each other. The plays are really funny, but what I loved about them was that they were also incredibly human. They had big throbbing hearts in the middle of them. I was hoping to write something like that, with my own spin.

CH: One of the things I’ve always loved about your work is how it balances a sense of farce with something more moving. Why do you think that is a balance that you are drawn to, of these lighter moments and darker moments existing together?

DLA: It’s my own personal world view. I think about growing up in South Boston; life could be awful sometimes for my friends and family. And yet, in order to get through

10 RIPCORD these awful things, humor was used as a coping mechanism. No matter how terrible things got, there was always humor to fall back on. Sometimes things were so awful that they were funny, unfortunately. There was always this sort of interconnectedness between humor and tragedy because that’s just what life was.

When I write a serious play, like Rabbit Hole which is about the death of a child, people are surprised how funny that play is. Even I was surprised. For Ripcord, it’s the inverse. If I’m going to write a comedy, it shouldn’t be a surprise that, underneath it, there’s pain and hurt and desperate need. Whether it’s a “serious” play or a “comedic” play only depends on turning the knob a couple of notches in either direction.

CH: One of the fun things about reading a play like Ripcord before seeing a production is imagining how the director and actors will stage some of the impossible things that happen over the course of the story. Do you consciously think about creating moments that challenge actors and directors and designers to stage, or do you try to write freely and let other people worry about how to stage it?

DLA: I try not to edit myself, because the collaborators that I have worked with in my career have solved any difficult challenge I presented to them. And it’s theatre! So, you don’t just have to have people sitting on couches chatting. You can have them doing all kinds of incredible things. My experience has been: the simpler the solution tends to work best. Audiences are really smart, and they can fill in the blanks. It’s not a movie, so it doesn’t have to be hyper-real.

CH: What are you working on next?

DLA: I am working on a play, which is actually a prequel to Good People set in 1978. I don’t want to say too much about it, because I might change my mind. I am also working on a new musical with Jeanine Tesori. We worked on Shrek the Musical together, and I said, “Let’s write a musical where we’re not adapting a big giant movie that everybody has an opinion about. Let’s do it like a play where nobody knows what we’re doing.” So, I will be mum on that as well.

Nancy E. Carroll, Johanna Day, and Karen MacDonald in the Huntington

Theatre Company’s production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People CHARLES ERICKSON T.

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 11 COSTUMING THE CONTEMPORARY: GABRIEL BERRY ON HER  Costume Designer DESIGN FOR RIPCORD Gabriel Berry

Costume designer Gabriel Berry has created wardrobes for over 80 theatrical productions in a diverse career that has encompassed everything from Shakespeare to new plays, tragic histories to absurdist comedies, , and even dance. She first collaborated with director Jessica Stone on a production helmed by former artistic director of the Huntington, Nicholas Martin. Since then, she has teamed up with Stone on numerous shows, including Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike — seen at the Huntington in 2015. Before the first rehearsal of Ripcord, she sat down with Literary Apprentice Sarah Schnebly to discuss her process and philosophy of costume design.

Sarah Schnebly (Literary Apprentice): How do you begin your design process?

Gabriel Berry (Costume Designer): I talk to the director as much as possible. The more I know about what the director is thinking, the freer I feel to go my own way. Sometimes my questions are as specific as: “what do you want to see?” But often I ask questions like: “what do you want to feel at that moment?” “How long can we take to get to that feeling?” “How realistic does it have to be?” I also like to base my design on the people in the show. I don’t like to design anything until I am in the room with the actors and I have seen them read. You can make decisions earlier on but, until you get that clarity, you can’t know if they are the right decisions.

There are some physically demanding things in this play and that will also influence how I costume. There are an awful lot of quick changes in a small theatre with no backstage, and there are times when four people need to change simultaneously. It is strangely technical in that way. You have to see what happens and work with your actors. Because the important thing is that they feel secure.

SS: Outside of the actors and director of a show, are there any other places you look for inspiration?

GB: You do a lot of research. I went to church luncheon pictures because what I found with nursing home pictures is that the clothing was incredibly dowdy. And I don’t

12 RIPCORD know why that is. Because it is not what I see seventy looks like when I look around. What is interesting to me about my own reaction is that, because it is about senior women, it is hard not to go immediately to a very cliché place.

But the fact is that seventy can be a playful and sexually viable age — there is no reason for it to be frumpy or common. There is no reason why these women should not intrigue and delight us. My approach to clothing is very sensuous. I am firmly committed to what I think is the basic law of costume design: the audience needs to lust after every person onstage. You want to have to spend time with them.

SS: Can you talk about what costuming for a contemporary show looks like and what the challenges of that might be?

GB: In a show like Ripcord you are going to “shop” the show. I go to the mall, pick things off the rack and say: “Oh! This might work.” A lot of shows are completely shopped. The idea that the costume department is there making you frocks and suits is a luxury and it is often inappropriate for a show. In this case it is completely inappropriate. Ripcord takes place contemporarily with two middle class women who would be buying their clothes where the rest of us buy our clothes — which means just about anywhere. You just touch things, and see things, and grab things that appeal. I am very appetite driven. I find in this case I find I am having a hard time getting away from blue — for some reason every time I look at something I want the blue one.

One of the challenges of contemporary plays is that every piece means something to the audience. They hated someone who wore that dress. Everyone has an opinion on contemporary clothes.

SS: What drew you to working on this production of Ripcord?

GB: It has deep undertones and some savagery in it, but we are mostly laughing when we watch it. In its own way, the play is generous and kind. That matters. I don’t like promulgating cynicism. I like plays that I care about and deal morally and ethically in something I can support. And, frankly, it’s because I like Jessica Stone and I wanted to work with her.

Annie Golden as Marilyn and Nancy E. Carroll as Abby NILE HAWVER

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 13 ABOUT THE COMPANY Nancy E. Carroll* (Abby) has appeared in I Was Most Alive with You; The Seagull; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Good People; Luck of the Irish; Prelude to a Kiss; Brendan; Present Laughter; The RIPCORD Rose Tattoo; and Dead End at the Huntington. She appeared on Broadway in Present Laughter (Roundabout Theatre Company) and regionally in Our Town and She Loves Me (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Geffen Playhouse); The Year of Magical Thinking (Lyric Stage Company); The New Electric Ballroom, North Shore Fish, Breath of Life, Doubt, Happy Days, My Old Lady, and Collected Stories (Gloucester Stage); Uncanny Valley (Stoneham Theatre); Mothers and Sons, Other Desert Cities, The Savannah Disputation, The Women, Company, and A Man of No Importance (SpeakEasy Stage Company); and Auntie and Me (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); among others. Her international credits include The Cripple of Inishmaan and Big Maggie (Druid Theatre Company) and Return of the Winemaker (Cork Arts Theatre, Ireland). Her film and television credits include Spotlight, Irrational Man, and “Olive Kitteridge.” She is an Elliot Norton Award winner for Present Laughter, Brendan, and Bailegangaire.

Ugo Chukwu* (Scotty) has Off Broadway credits that include The Fabulous Miss Marie (New Federal Theatre), The Bad and the Better (The Amoralists), and Future Anxiety and These Seven Sicknesses (The Flea Theater). His regional credits include Adventure Quest at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as and The Cherry Orchard (Bakerloo Theatre Project). His television credits include the web series “In Our Backyard,” “Final Vinyl,” and the NSA Soap Opera with “We the Internet.” He received his BFA from College.

Annie Golden* (Marilyn) considers herself the illegitimate child of the legitimate theatre having been discovered on the Bowery fronting a rock band and cast by Milos Forman as Jeannie in the 1978 film . On Broadway and off, she was last seen in Big River; Violet; Xanadu; Ah, Wilderness; ; and Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey. She originated the role of Georgie Bukatinsky in The Full Monty and was ’s original Squeaky Fromme in , directed by (Playwrights Horizons). Her numerous film credits include Twelve Monkeys; Baby Boom; Brooklyn Rules; Suddenly Seeking Susan; I Love You, Phillip Morris; and Miles. Her television credits include “The 2-2,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “,” “,” “Third Watch,” and most notably as Norma Romano for five seasons in the award-winning series “.”

Laura Latreille* (Colleen) previously appeared in Ryan Landry’s “M” and Mauritius at the Huntington. She also appeared in Love Song Off Broadway. Her regional credits include The Nest (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); The Apple Family Plays (Stoneham Theatre, Gloucester Stage Company, and New Repertory Theatre); God of Carnage and Four Places (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); Time Stands Still, Dear Elizabeth, and The Understudy (Lyric Stage Company); Fat Pig and The Shape of Things (SpeakEasy Stage Company); The Sussman Variations and The Glider (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); The Unbleached American and Of Mice and Men (Stoneham Theatre); The Blowin of Baile Gall (Vineyard Playhouse); The Trials of Gertrude Moody and Utility Monster (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater); The Bottom of the Sky (Cape Rep Theatre);

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ABOUT THE COMPANY RIPCORD The Elephant Play (Playwrights’ Collective); and Bash and Sin (Coyote Theatre). She is the recipient of the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress for The Shape of Things and Improper Bostonian’s Best Female Performance 2012 for her work in Boston University and the Time Stands Still. Ms. Latreille is Huntington Theatre Company an assistant professor in Suffolk have partnered to train the University’s theatre department next generation of artists. and holds an MFA from Brandeis University. Ripcord features the following alumni and students: Eric T. Miller* AUSTIN BOYLE (Benjamin) (Assistant to the Lighting Designer) previously appeared BFA, Lighting Design, 2018 in Awake and Sing! at the Huntington. His J. COLLIN PRIDDY-BARNUM Off Broadway credits (Assistant to the Sound Designer) MFA, Sound Design, 2018 include Mope (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Mechanics of Love (To-By- KEVIN SCHLAGLE For Productions), Couriers and (Stage Manager) Contrabands (The Timeline Project), BFA, Stage Management, 2012 rogerandtom (HERE Arts Center), Sweet Storm (Labyrinth Theater Company), Wink (terraNOVA Collective), Safe Home (Royal Family Productions), Betrayed (Culture Project), and many more. His regional credits include The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Florida Studio Theatre), Ever So Humble (Hangar Theatre), Judgement Day (The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts), and (Syracuse Stage). His film and television credits include Shame, Ceresia, Reaching Home, Fly Away, The Waiting Room, Coffee, LVJ, Home, Tom’s Dilemma, “Blacklist,” “Limitless,” “I Love You… But I Lied,” “Forever,” “Person of Interest,” “Elementary,” “The Unusuals,” “Kings,” “Law & Order,” and the new web series “AdFirm.”

Richard Prioleau* (Derek) has Off Broadway credits that include The Glass Menagerie (Masterworks Theater Company) and A Persistent Memory (Theatre Row). His other New York credits include productions at Access Theater, The Gallery Players, La MaMa, and New Ohio Theatre. Regionally, he has performed at theatres including Seattle Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Intiman Theatre/Williams Project, TheatreWorks, Clarence Brown Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, and Arkansas Repertory Theatre. His film and television credits include The Normal Heart, “Madam Secretary,” “Instinct,” and “30 Rock.” He received his BA from Fordham University at and his MFA from the American Conservatory Theater.

David Lindsay-Abaire (Playwright) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, and librettist. His plays Good People and Rabbit Hole have both been produced at the Huntington. Rabbit Hole premiered on Broadway and went on to receive the 2007 , the Spirit of

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the .

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 15 ABOUT THE COMPANY America Award, and five Tony Award nominations. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award (Best Musical Theatre Album) and two (Best Book of a Musical and Best Score) for his work on Shrek the Musical. Prior to RIPCORD that, Mr. Lindsay-Abaire was awarded the 2008 Ed Kleban Award as America’s most promising musical theatre lyricist. His other plays include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World, and A Devil Inside, among others. His play Good People premiered on Broadway, starring Frances McDormand, and was nominated for a 2011 Tony Award. In addition to his work in theatre, Mr. Lindsay-Abaire’s screen credits include his screen adaptation of Rabbit Hole (starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, and Dianne Wiest, and directed by John Cameron Mitchell), as well as the films Rise of the Guardians (Dreamworks) and Oz: The Great and Powerful (Disney, directed by Sam Raimi). He is a proud New Dramatists alum, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and The Juilliard School, and a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Dramatists Guild Council.

Jessica Stone (Director) returns to the Huntington after directing Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, based on Nicholas Martin’s Broadway direction. She has also performed in the Huntington’s productions of She Loves Me, Betty’s Summer Vacation, and Springtime for Henry. She has worked as an actress on and Off Broadway, and in television and film, for the last 25 years. Her Broadway credits include Anything Goes, Butley, The Odd Couple, The Smell of the Kill, Design for Living, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Grease. Her Off Broadway credits include Crimes of the Heart, Krisit, , June Moon, Tenderloin, and Babes in Arms. She has performed in regional theatres across the country including Mark Taper Forum, Geva Theatre Center, McCarter Theatre Center, and 10 seasons at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Concurrently, she was an assistant/associate director on and Off Broadway to Nicholas Martin, , David Warren, and . Ms. Stone’s directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Directing credits now include Charlotte’s Web (Theatreworks USA); Last of the Red Hot Lovers and June Moon (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Vanya and Sonia... and Arms and the Man (The Old Globe); Absurd Person Singular and a remount of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Two River Theater Company); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Bucks County Playhouse); and Bad Jews (George Street Playhouse). Upcoming productions include the world premiere of Ken Ludwig’s Robin Hood (The Old Globe). She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons.

Misha Shields (Choreographer) has previous Huntington credits that include I Was Most Alive with You, Milk Like Sugar, and A Doll’s House. Her Off Broadway credits include Baghdaddy (St. Luke’s Theatre), Wonderland (), and The Orion Experience (XL Nightclub). Other New York and regional credits include EMMA! (Stageworks Media workshop); Zombies on Broadway! (RKO Theatricals workshop); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Merrily We Roll Along (Astoria Performing Arts Center); Company (St. Bart’s Players); The Travels (New York Musical Festival); Bridges of Madison County (SpeakEasy Stage Company); We’re Gonna Die (ART Oberon/Company One Theatre); Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (Company One Theatre); Rocky Horror (Yale Dramatic Association); Follies (TheaterWorks); Cabaret and Sunday in the Park with George (Boston Conservatory at Berklee); and “Perks: A Musical Web Series” (DIGGSY Productions web-series). mishashields.com.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY RIPCORD Tobin Ost (Scenic Design) has Broadway credits that include Newsies (Tony Award nomination), Disaster!, Jekyll & Hyde, Bonnie & Clyde, The Philanthropist (costume design), and Brooklyn the Musical (costume design). His Off Broadway credits include Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life, Nightingale, Grace, The Overwhelming (costume design), Zanna, Don’t! (co-set and costume design), Almost Heaven (costume design), and Fighting Words. Selected regional credits include Bye Bye Birdie (Goodspeed Opera House); Harmony (set and costume design, Ahmanson Theatre and Alliance Theatre); Emma and Himself and Nora (The Old Globe); Freedom’s Song, Violet, The Civil War, and Shenandoah (Ford’s Theatre); and Nightingale and (Mark Taper Forum). Mr. Ost is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

Gabriel Berry (Costume Design) returns to the Huntington having previously designed costumes for Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike. She designs costumes for theatre, dance, and opera. Specializing in the creation of new work, she has designed premieres of the works of artists including John Adams, David Adjmi, Samuel Beckett, Charles Ludlam, Caryl Churchill, Christopher Durang, Ethyl Eichelberger, Richard Foreman, The Five Lesbian Brothers, Maria Irene Fornes, John Guare, Lameece , Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Nick Jones, , Naomi Wallace, Kia Corthron, Will Power, Marcus Gardley, Scott Z. Burns, Meredith Monk, Charles Mee, Tony Kushner, Peter Sellars, Philip Glass, Reinaldo Povod, Mabou Mines, Tennessee Williams, and Branden Jacob Jenkins. Her notable honors include Obie, Bessie, and and a silver medal from the Prague Quadrennial for her contribution to experimental theatre. Her upcoming projects include Caryl Churchill’s adaptation of The Screens and John Adams’ Doctor Atomic at the Santa Fe Opera.

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 17 ABOUT THE COMPANY David Weiner (Lighting Design) designed the Huntington productions of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Becky Shaw, Butley, and Springtime for Henry. His Broadway credits include The Price, Stephen King’s Misery, RIPCORD and , Dead Accounts, Grace, Godspell, The Normal Heart, Reasons to Be Pretty, Butley, Dinner at Eight (Lincoln Center Theater), Betrayal (Roundabout Theatre Company), and The Real Thing. Off Broadway Mr. Weiner’s work has been seen at MCC Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, /NYSF, New Workshop, Theatre for a New Audience, , and Atlantic Theater Company. Mr. Weiner has worked at theatres across the United States including The Old Globe, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Alley Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, American Repertory Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Center Theatre Group, and Berkeley Repertory Theatre, among others. Mr. Weiner has received Lucille Lortel Awards for Guards at the Taj, Through a Glass Darkly, and Rodney’s Wife; a nomination for Small Fire; and Henry Hewes Design Award nominations for Reasons to Be Pretty, This Beautiful City, Pumpgirl, The Overwhelming, and The Seven.

Mark Bennett (Sound Design & Original Music) has Huntington credits that include A Confederacy of Dunces, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Seagull, Persephone, The Rose Tattoo, and Dead End. His Broadway scores include Macbeth, Vanya and Sonia...; Dead Accounts; Driving Miss Daisy; A Steady Rain; The Coast of Utopia (2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play); Henry IV; Golda’s Balcony; and The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?; among others. Mr. Bennett’s Off Broadway credits include The City of Conversation, The New Century, Chaucer in Rome, and The Time of the Cuckoo (Lincoln Center Theater); and An Iliad (), Valhalla, Mad Forest, and My Children! My Africa! (New York Theatre Workshop). He wrote original scores for eight Shakespeare in the Park productions as well as The Seagull and Dogeaters (The Public Theater/ NYSF). His regional theatre credits include productions at Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, and Center Theatre Group. Mr. Bennett was the composer for Sam Mendes’ The Bridge Project (Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Old Vic Theatre). He is the recipient of a 1998 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Sound Design, a 1998 Bessie Award, the Ovation Award, the American Theatre Wing Henry Hewes Design Award, and 14 Drama Desk Award nominations.

Lucy Mackinnon (Projection Design) is a motion graphics artist, illustrator, and projection designer. She previously designed I Was Most Alive with You for the Huntington. Her Broadway credits include Six Degrees of Separation, and Deaf West’s Spring Awakening, for which she was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. Other recent credits include Yen (MCC Theater); The Rose Tattoo and Unknown Soldier (Williamstown Theatre Festival); and Dial “M” for Murder (Idaho Shakespeare Festival).

Alaine Alldaffer (Casting) is also the casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where her credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie Awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting), and The Flick (Playwright Horizons and The Barrow Street Theater). Television credits include “The Knights of Prosperity” (aka “Let’s Rob Mick Jagger”) for ABC. Associate credits include “Ed” for NBC and “Monk” for USA. Ms. Alldaffer has also cast productions for Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the

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ABOUT THE COMPANY RIPCORD Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. She credits Lisa Donadio as her associate casting director.

Emily F. McMullen* (Production Stage Manager) has previously worked on Topdog/Underdog, A Doll’s House, Bedroom Farce, Sunday in the Park with George, I Was Most Alive with You, Can You Forgive Her?, Disgraced, A Confederacy of Dunces, A Little Night Music, after all the terrible things I do, The Colored Museum, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Awake and Sing!, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Smart People, The Seagull, Venus in Fur, and The Cocktail Hour for the Huntington. Ms. McMullen was recently the production stage manager for the Lexington Theatre Company’s production of Disney’s Mary Poppins. She spent nine seasons as production stage manager at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell and 15 summers as production stage manager of Music Theatre of Wichita. Other credits include work with Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, South Coast Repertory, North Shore Music Theatre, and Capital Repertory Theatre, among others. She holds a BA from Emory University.

Kevin Schlagle* (Stage Manager) returns to the Huntington after previously working on Topdog/Underdog; Bedroom Farce; Sunday in the Park with George; Can You Forgive Her?; Milk Like Sugar; A Confederacy of Dunces; A Little Night Music; after all the terrible things I do; Come Back, Little Sheba; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Smart People; Venus in Fur; Our Town;

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 19 ABOUT THE COMPANY God of Carnage; Ruined; and Prelude to a Kiss. Other theatre credits include American Repertory Theater, New Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. His opera credits RIPCORD include Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Baroque, Boston Opera Collaborative, Guerilla Opera, New England Conservatory, Boston University’s Opera Institute, and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. He holds a BFA in stage management from Boston University.

Peter DuBois (Artistic Director) is in his ninth season as Artistic Director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music; the world premieres of Gina Gionfriddo’s Can You Forgive Her?, Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People, Evan M. Wiener’s Captors, Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet (2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist), Bob Glaudini’s Vengeance is the Lord’s, and David Grimm’s The Miracle at Naples; the regional premieres of A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible the things I do, Stephen Belber’s The Power of Duff, and Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw and Rapture, Blister, Burn; and Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss. His West End/London credits include Sex with Strangers and Rapture, Blister, Burn (Hampstead Theatre), All New People with Zach Braff (Duke of York’s Theatre), and Becky Shaw (Almeida Theatre). His New York credits include Can You Forgive Her? (Vineyard Theatre); The Power of Duff with Greg Kinnear (New York Stage and Film/Powerhouse Theater); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons, 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout Theatre Company, 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Modern Terrorism, Becky Shaw, Trust with , All New People, and Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage Theatre); Measure for Pleasure, Richard III with Peter Dinklage, Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?, and Biro (The S Public Theater/NYSF); and Jack Goes Boating with Philip Seymour Hoffman RT and The View From 151st Street (LAByrinth Theater Company/The Public ON TRE A GT HE Theater). He served for five years as associate producer and resident director F T at The Public Theater, preceded by five years as artistic director of the TIN Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. Prior to his work at Perseverance, Mr. THEAANYUE O N DuBois lived and worked in the Czech Republic where he co-founded Asylum, HUN VE a multi-national squat theatre in Prague. His productions have been on the MP A SOUTH END annual top ten lists of , Time Out, New York Magazine, The CO & New Yorker, Newsday, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, The Evening Standard, The Boston Globe, and Improper Bostonian, and he received an Honorable Mention for 2013 Bostonian of the Year by The Boston Globe Magazine.

Michael Maso (Managing Director) has led the Huntington’s administrative and financial operations since 1982, producing more than 200 plays in partnership with three artistic directors and leading the Huntington’s ten-year drive to build the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, which opened in September 2004. In recognition of these efforts, Boston Herald honored him as 2004’s Theatre Man of the Year. From 1997 to 2005 Mr. Maso served as the president of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of 70 of the country’s major not-for-profit professional theatres. In 2005, he was named as one of a dozen members of the inaugural class of the Barr Fellows Program. He currently serves on the Boston Cultural Planning Steering Committee and previously served as a member of the board of directors of ArtsBoston; as a board member for Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and StageSource; as a site visitor,

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ABOUT THE COMPANY RIPCORD panelist, and panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts; and as a member of Mayor Menino’s Advisory Task Force for Cultural Planning. He is the recipient of the 2016 Massachusetts Nonprofit Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award, TCG’s 2012 Theatre Practitioner Award, the Huntington’s 2012 Wimberly Award, StageSource’s 2010 Theatre Hero Award, the 2005 Commonwealth Award (the state’s highest arts honor) in the category of Catalyst, and the 2000 Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. He has also served as the managing director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival, general manager of New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, business manager for PAF Playhouse on Long Island, and as an independent arts management consultant based in Taos, New Mexico. Mr. Maso is an associate professor of theatre at Boston University.

Christopher Wigle (Producing Director) is in his 17th season at the Huntington where he has produced over eighty productions. He has worked on Broadway, Off Broadway, and regionally for Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, the Bay Street Theatre, and the Royal National Theatre. Working primarily as a stage manager, his credits include the original productions or New York premieres of Six Degrees of Separation (John Guare), subUrbia (Eric Bogosian), The Designated Mourner (Wallace Shawn), Some Americans Abroad (Richard Nelson), Desdemona (), Racing Demon (David Hare), Sex and Longing (Christopher Durang), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Alfred Urhy), and Sophistry (Jonathan Marc Sherman). Additional credits include the award- winning Broadway revivals of The Heiress and The Most Happy Fella, as well as two seasons as workshop director for the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

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WE THANK THE FOLLOWING HUNTINGTON FRIENDS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF  RIPCORD  BETTE & JOHN COHEN MARY WOLFSON & ROBERT ROSENBERG PRODUCTION SPONSORS EATON VANCE INVESTMENT COUNSEL   OPENING NIGHT SPONSORS KAREN & GARY GREGG CAROLYN & PAT SULLIVAN SET SPONSORS COSTUME SPONSORS

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY TRUSTEES & OVERSEERS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

David R. Epstein James J. Dillon James Petosa Chairman Betsy Banks Epstein Bryan Rafanelli Peter Fiedler Mitchell J. Roberts Sharon Malt William Finard Joseph V. Roller II President David Firestone Robert H. Scott John Frishkopf John D. Spooner Carol B. Langer Ann T. Hall Wendell Taylor Treasurer Thomas Hamilton III Linda H. Thomas Cassandra Hyland Linda Waintrup Sherryl Cohen Henderson J. David Wimberly Clerk Arthur C. Hodges Veronica Wiseman Frederick Jamieson Mary Wolfson Carole Alkins Nada Despotovich Kane Fancy Zilberfarb David Altshuler Michelle Karol Neal Balkowitsch David Leathers Warren R. Radtke Michael Brown William P. McQuillan Trustee Emeritus John Cini Ann Merrifield Gerard H. Cohen Sandra Moose John Cohen Anne M. Morgan Carol G. Deane Cokie Perry

COUNCIL OF OVERSEERS

John Cohen Paul Greenfield Juliet Schnell Turner Tania Phillips Janice Hunt Tracey A. West Co-Chairs Alan S. Johnson Caleb White Katherine Jones John Taylor Williams Nancy S. Adams Linda Kanner Bertie Woeltz Kitty Ames Christopher Kimball Christopher R. Yens Nancy Brickley Victoria Knox Linda Zug Jim Burns Loren Kovalcik Suzanne Chapman Sherry Lang J. William Codinha Joie Lemaitre Bette Cohen Debbie Lewis Tenney Cover Tracie Longman Elizabeth Cregger Nancy Lukitsh Catherine Creighton Rumena Manolova-Senchak Eilene Davidson Charles Marz JoAnne W. Dickinson Noel McCoy Susan Ellerin Thalia Meehan Deborah First Daniel A. Mullin Anne H. Fitzpatrick Gail Roberts Maria Farley Gerrity Stephen M. Trehu as of May 5, 2017

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 25 THE HUNTINGTON CIRCLE

The Huntington Circle recognizes our leadership donors and offers members a range of special benefits. We are grateful to the members of the Huntington Circle and the other donors listed below whose generous Annual Fund gifts support our artistic programs, as well as our award- winning youth, education, and community initiatives. For information or to become a Huntington Circle member, please call Meg White, Director of Major Gifts, at 617 273 1596.

Lead Producers Circle Adrienne Kimball J. William Codinha and ($100,000+) Ms. Anne M. Morgan** Carolyn Thayer Ross Sherryl and Gerard Cohen** Daniel A. Mullin** Betsy and David Cregger Carol G. Deane** Paula and Bill O’Keeffe** Laura and Neil Cronin Betsy and David Epstein** Cokie and Lee Perry** Amey A. Defriez Eilene Davidson Grayken** Estie Rappaport** Margaret Eagle and Albert W. Merck 1997 Family Trust Dr. Paul S. Russell Eliezer Rappaport Nancy and Edward Roberts** Mary Wolfson** Jennifer Eckert and Mr. J. David Wimberly Richard D’Amore** Directors Circle Bob and Esta Epstein** Executive Producers Circle ($10,000-$14,999) Robert Fine and Matthew Fine ($50,000-$99,999) Amy and David Abrams** Mr. and Mrs. William Fink Dr. John and Bette Cohen** Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Fulton Gardner C. Hendrie and Donald Nelson Jay and Donna Hanflig Karen Johansen** Dr. and Mrs. Reinier Beeuwkes Scottie Held Barbara and Amos Hostetter** Kay Calvert and Jim Manzi** Ned Murphy and Carol B. Langer Fay Chandler‡ Ann-Ellen Hornidge Susan and David Leathers** Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Counts Alan Johnson** Sharon and Brad Malt** Linda L. D’Onofrio Seth and Mary Kaufman Jane and Neil Pappalardo Maria and Daniel Gerrity** Vicki and Northrup Knox Mitchell and Jill Roberts** Karen and Gary Gregg Christine Kondoleon and Linda and Daniel Waintrup** Julie and Jordan Hitch Frederic Wittmann Linda and Brooks Zug** Joyce Huber and Randall Ellis David A. Kronman 1 anonymous gift Elizabeth and Woody Ives Ted and Ann Kurland** Nada Despotovich Kane** Cecile and Fraser Lemley** Artistic Producers Circle Marjie and Robert Kargman John and Jean Lippincott ($25,000-$49,999) Loren B. Kovalcik/ The Mancuso Family Stephen Chapman** IntePros Consulting** Marion Martin, in memory Denise and William Finard** Joie Lemaitre** of Travis John Martin Karen and David Firestone** Alan and Harriet Lewis Charles Marz** Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges** Mr. and Mrs. David Long Jack Fabiano and Noel McCoy** Jane and Fred Jamieson Tracie L. Longman and Sharon Miller Bill and Linda McQuillan** Chaitanya Kanojia** Dr. and Mrs. John William Wayne Davis and Nancy Lukitsh** Poduska, Sr. Ann Merrifield** Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips Bryan Rafanelli** Sandra Moose and Eric Birch** Jan and Joe Roller** Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson** John D. Spooner** Robert M. Rosenberg, Sally C. Reid and John D. Sigel Ellie Svenson and Mark Klempner** in honor of Mary Wolfson** Adrienne and Arnold Rubin** Faith and Joseph Tiberio Estate of Marie Rotti‡ Gail Roberts** Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan Darin S. Samaraweera Howard and Veronica Wiseman** Linda H. Thomas** Marilyn and Jay Sarles** Anonymous, celebrating Juliet Schnell Turner** Coralie Berg and Steve Schwartz the Huntington’s President 1 anonymous gift Rumena and Alexander Senchak** Sharon Malt and Chairman Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke** David Epstein Playwrights Circle Valerie Shey** ($5,000-$9,999) M.H. Sirvetz Associate Producers Circle Alice and Walter Abrams Bruce and Emily Stangle ($15,000-$24,999) Nancy Adams and John Burgess Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stearns** Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske** Charles and Kathleen Ames** Wendell Taylor Debbie and Bob First, Marianne Baldwin and Jean C. Tempel in memory of Susan Spooner** Eva Marie Mancuso John Travis Valerie and Mark Friedman** Camilla Bennett Drs. Beth and Stephen M. Trehu** John Frishkopf** Carolyn Birmingham Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner** Nicki Nichols Gamble Amy and Joshua Boger Elizabeth and Caleb White Ann and John Hall** Susan and Michael Brown Ike Williams Tom and Nancy Hamilton** Jim Burns Bertie and Anthony Woeltz** Cassandra Hyland Henderson** Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Justin and Genevieve Wyner Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Suzanne Chapman Christopher R. Yens and Family Foundation, Inc./ Brant Cheikes and Janine Papesh Temple Gill Susan B. Kaplan and Nancy Nancy Ciaranello Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Zilberfarb** and Mark Belsky John Cini and Star Lancaster 1 anonymous gift

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Designers Circle Richard Powers and Janice and Roger Hunt** ($2,500-$4,999) Stephen Schram** Margaret Jackson and Michael Barza and Judith & Edward Siegel** Peter Harrington Judith Robinson Vivian and Lionel Spiro** Leonard W. Johnson, Steven M. Bauer** Estate of Demetre J. Steffon‡ in memory of Bruce and Denise Bauman** Helen and Jack Stewart Virginia Wimberly Patricia Bellinger and Beth and Michael Stonebraker Holly and Bruce Johnstone Richard Balzer Joanna and Nigel Travis Jill and Stephen Karp Nancy and Richard Brickley Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tritman Paul and Elizabeth Kastner Kevin and Virginia Byrne Pamela Tucker and John and Marilyn Keane Betsy Cabot George Pettee Susan Kirk Suzanne and Bert Capone Mindee Wasserman** Paul and Tracy Klein Nancy Ciaranello Norman Weeks Louise Kwan Dominic Cioffoletti and Rita and Adam Weiner** Jon Levy Christopher Scinto** Sally and Richard Zeckhauser** Ann D. Macomber McLane and Tenney Cover Stuart and Yvonne Madnick Catherine and Peter Creighton Actors Circle Shelley and Brad Marcus Charles and JoAnne Dickinson ($1,500-$2,499) Mike and Mary McConnell Ellen and Kevin Donoghue** James Alexander and Louise and Sandy McGinnes Virginia Drachman and Thomas Stocker Sarah M. McGinty Douglas Jones Carole and Leonard Alkins Neal and Lynne Miller Susan Ellerin Dr. Ronald Arky Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, Winifred Ewing Liliana and Hillel Bachrach in memory of Anne H. Fitzpatrick** Jacqueline Bell and Virginia Wimberly Newell Flather Aron Epstein** Bill and Ginny Mullin Thomas and Joanne Gill Deborah L. Benson and Bob and Alison Murchison Mark E. Glasser and Frederic J. Marx Joy Pak and David Deutsch** Frank G. McWeeny Christina and Ky Bertoli♦** Susan Pak Paul Greenfield and Jeff and Jody Black Dr. Susan E. Bennett and Sandy Steele** Jeanne and John Blasberg** Dr. Gerald Pier Betsy and David Harris Robert Buckley** Meredith and Bob Pitts Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Hibbard, Joseph L. Bower and Steven J. Ralston and in honor of David Wimberly Elizabeth Potter William Robert Hair Estate of Carmela M. Hilbert‡ Kenneth Brown Lynn and John Reichenbach Prof. and Mrs. Morton Z. Hoffman Rosalie Florence Cohen Michelle and Aaron Rhodes♦** Linda and Steven Kanner Ken and Ginny Colburn Donna Robinson and Mary S. and Duncan Kennedy Dennis Condon and Chris Zook** Richard and Dorothy Koerner Robert Cummings Christine and David Root Susie and David Kohen David Dalena and Brian Patton Diane Rosenberg Alvin and Barbara Krakow Lynn and Bruce Dayton Susan and Geoffrey Rowley Anne and Geoff LaFond** Dean K. Denniston, Jr. Irvine and Louise Rusk Barrie Landry** Tim and Linda Diering Jane E. Shattuck Sherry Lang Richard Donoho The Spector Family Drs. Lynne and Sidney Levitsky Jonathan Dyer and John H. Straus and Deborah Lewis and Thomas Foran Liza Ketchum Robert Grinberg Stephen Elman and Lise and Myles Striar Joseph Machera Joanne D’Alcomo Lisbeth Tarlow and Stephen Kay Mahmood Malihi** Jerome and Vivien Facher Ben and Kate Taylor** John Matteson** Barbara and Larry Farrer Kenneth R. Traub and Mike and Mary McConnell Donna and Harley Frank, Pamela K. Cohen Thalia Meehan and in honor of Jill & Mitch Roberts P.T. Withington Rev. Gretchen Grimshaw** Sharon and Irving Gates Dr. Elaine Woo Amy Merrill, in honor of Norman and Madeleine Gaut Jerold and Abbe Donna Glick Eric P. Geller and Cathy Thorn Beth Young Charles Merrill and Julie Boudreaux Drs. Laura Green and 3 anonymous gifts Kristin and John Montgomery** David Golan Jonette Nagai and Mary Beth and Chris Gordon Stephen O’Brien Peter and Jacqueline Gordon Jerry Nelson Phil Gormley and Erica Bisguier Kelly Nowlin** Mr. K. Frank Gravitt ♦ Member of The Hunt, the Tom and Patricia O’Brien** Garth and Lindsay Greimann Huntington’s young donor program Ella and Edward Owens** Katherine Haltom Coleen and David Pantalone H. Patricia Hanna ‡ Deceased Jackie and Bob Pascucci Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hartmann Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Powell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas High ** Spotlight Spectacular Supporter Deborah and S. Caesar Raboy Barbara Hirshfield and Victoria and John Rizzi Cary Coen, in honor of Sherry This list reflects gifts received Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Robbins and Gerry Cohen** during the 14 months prior to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rotenberg** Bob Hiss and Mary Riffe Hiss May 5, 2017.

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Supporting: The Mt. Auburn Hospital, US Fund for UNICEF, The Guidance Center, Huntington Theatre Company, and Cambridge Community Foundation FRIENDS OF THE HUNTINGTON

Leading Role ($750-$1499) John and Rose Ashby, in honor of Ann T. Hall • Eric Bacon** • Carol Baker • George and Katharine Baker • Jessica and Shane Baron** • Kate and Gordon Baty • Calvin J. Beckett • Susana and Clark Bernard • Leonard and Jane Bernstein • Linda Cabot Black Foundation • Margaret Blackwell, in honor of David Wimberly • Edward Boesel • Lori Bornstein and Alan Rothman • Geri and Bill Brehm • Jane Brock-Wilson, in honor of Carol and Disque Deane • Brendon Buckley** • Paul Buddenhagen • Rick and Nonnie Burnes • A. William and Carol Caporizzo • Patricia and Jack Carucci** • Cara and Anthony Casendino • Ronni‡ and Ronald Casty • Patricia Chadwick and Norman Cantin** • Peggy and Anton Chernoff • David Chilinski** • George and Mary Chin • Matthew Clark and Jonathan Worth** • Ann and John Clarkeson** • Lisa Cleary** • Alison Conant and Richard Frank • Beverley Cooper-Wiele • Anne Crowley** • Ivy and Howard Cubell** • Margaret Deutsch** • George Dhionis • Robert and Dubs Dickey** • Joan Dolamore • Dunch LLC** • Peggy Engel • Jason and Cecily Epstein** • Martha A. Erickson • Dave and Kelly Frederickson • Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Gardiner • Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Garrison • Lori and Michael Gilman • Mr. K. Frank Gravitt • Louis A. Harrison** • Susan and Michael Hartnett** • Dr. and Mrs. George Hatsopoulos • Bucky and Clifton Helman • Kathleen Henry and Kim Maarkand • Richard and Priscilla Hunt • Susan M. Hunziker • Maggie Jackson♦** • Terence Janericco • Andronike E. Janus • Rev. Dr. Katherine Kallis • Cathie and Clarke Keenan • John T. Kittredge • Jeanne and Allen Krieger • Jenny and Jay Leopold • Alan Leventhal** • Katherine Lewandowski and Adam Guren♦ • Anthony Lucas • Barbara A. Manzolillo • Bronwyn Martin, in memory of Travis Martin • Beth and Carmine Martignetti** • Joan and John McArdle • Kathy McGirr and Keith Carlson • Jack and Susan McNamara • Marianne and Richard Moscicki** • Eric and Elizabeth Nordgren • Elizabeth and Robert Owens** • Patricia Patricelli • Billy Porter and Adam Smith** • Kevin Powers and John Wolfarth • Jessica and David Reed • Ellen Remmer • Michael and Jane Roberts • Sue Robinson, Ricardo Rodriguez, and Michael Kelley** • Sarah Rothermel • David and Anne Salant • Mr. and Mrs. William R. Sapers • Susan Schiro and Peter Manus, in honor of Carol Deane • Eric Sheffels** • Eric and Barbara Snyder** • Farley Sullivan and Jeff Roy** • Hope and Adam Suttin • Anne and Tank Tankanow** • Jared Tausig, in honor of David Wimberly • Beth and Anthony Terrana** • David Parker and Janet Tiampo • Richard Trant** • Mary Verhage • Sumer and Kiran Verma • Kenneth Virgile and Helene Mayer • Robert C. Volante • Norman Weeks • Dr. Ronald Weinger • Wendling Charitable Fund • Dr. Elaine Woo • 4 anonymous gifts

Featured Role ($500-$749) Elizabeth Aragao♦** • Molly and John Beard • Richard R. Beaty • Kathleen Beckman • Danielle Belanger and Robert Sparkes • Howard H. Bengele • Jonas Berman • William Bloor • Stephen and Traudy Bradley • Frank B. Mead • Jeremiah J. Bresnahan • Pam and Lee Bromberg • Cammie and Douglas Bryant** • Mrs. Barbara Buntrock-Schuerch • Thomas Burger and Andree Robert • Diane Burns • Robert Caplis♦ • Carol Chandler • John Clippinger • Connie Coburn and James Houghton • Herbert Stuart Cohen • Alison Conant and Richard Frank • Stephen Conner • Beth and Linzee Coolidge • Charles Cooney and Peggy Reiser • Lloyd and Gene Dahmen • Dammann Boston Fund • Josh and Jennifer Davis • Marguerite Davoren • Terry O. Decima • Judy DeFilippo • Richard J. Diamond, in honor of David Wimberly • Karen Dunnett and Richard Murphy** • Jill and Richard Epstein** • Peter and Jan Eschauzier • Doug Faithfull** • Ed Feijo** • Sara and James Feldman • Glenda and Bob Fishman** • Pierre Fleurant • Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd • Jean-Francis Formela and Rachel Somer** • Hilary and Chris Gabrieli • Edward Glazer • Rimma Gluzman • Deborah Goddard • Nathaniel and Jodi Gorton** • Tracy Griffin and David Long** • Irene and Stephen Grolnic • Steven and Barbara Grossman and David Grossman • Diane and Steve Hall** • Gail and Jan Hardenbergh • Eunice Harps • Terry Rockefeller and William Harris • John and Holliday Heine • Dr. Galen Henderson and Dr. Vanessa Britto • Shari and Christopher Hill** • Rosalind and Herbert Hill • Andrew Himmelblau • Sherry Jacobs • Ernest and Madeline Jacquet • Peter Jenney • Molly Johnston • Candace Julyan and David Hancock** • Julia Karol♦ • Nancy R. Karp • Jane Katims and Daniel Perlman • Bicky and Nicholas Kelly** • Michael and Dona Kemp • Jennifer Epstein and William Keravouri** • Jill Kneerim • John and Sharon Koch • Yuriko Kuwabara and Walter Dzik • Anne LaCourt • Stewart and Rhonda Lassner • Jenny and Jay Leopold • Linda and Stephen Lindsay** • Mark H. Lippolt • Lenore and Elliot Lobel** • Babette and Peter Loring • Priscilla Krey Loring • James D. Maupin • Mary McFadden • Daniel and Annette McIntyre • Joseph Misdraji • Harry and Ruth Montague • Mark Nelke • Janet and David Offensend • Mary Owens • Constance Page • Marianne Pasts • Mr. and Mrs. Murray Preisler • Suzanne Priebatsch • Mr. and Mrs. Martin Quitt • Edith Rea • Katharine and William Reardon • Charles Reed and Ann Jacobs • Sam Reiche** • Sharon and Howard Rich • Margaret Ridge • Lily and Gerald Riffelmacher • Jean and Richard Roberts • Sue Robinson • Jen and Mitchell Ross** • Robert and Pauline Rothenberg • Dr. Glenn S. Rothfeld and Magi McKinnies • Kathleen and William Rousseau • Rohini Sakhuja • Susan Pioli and Martin Samuels • Diane and Richard Schmalensee • William Schutten • Gilda Slifka • Mark Smith and John O’Keefe • Renai

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 29 FRIENDS OF THE HUNTINGTON (continued)

Stalzle • Nancy and Edward Stavis • Lee Steele** • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stein** • Bob and Dorothy Stuart • Darline Lewis and Marshall Sugarman • Beth and Larry Sulak • Gregory Van Boven and David Beck** • Rosamond B. Vaule • Beverlee Vidoli** • Bill Walczak** • Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Walther • Scott and Brenda Warner • Mrs. Lewis R. Weintraub • Constance V.R. White • Karolye White • Clark Wright and Lisa Goldthwait Wright • Robert E. Zaret • 9 anonymous gifts

Supporting Role ($250-$499) Marilyn and Bill Adams • Robert Allen • Nancy Ammerman • Michael Ansara • Tammy Arcuri • Tom Austin • Jeannine M. Ayotte • Robert Banker • Michelle Barbera, in honor of Theodore Barbera • Barbershop Deluxe • Emily Barclay and John Hawes • Robin Barnes and David Bor • Beth Barrett • Elizabeth Barrett • David Barry • Auli and Ken Batts • Caitlin Bearce • Mr. and Mrs. Milton Berglund • Martin S. Berman and Mary Ann Jasienowski • Jerry M. Bernhard • Gregory Bialecki and Mary Herlihy • Robert Bienkowski • Clinton Blackburn♦ • Donald and Ellen Bloch • Drs. Brian and Rachel Bloom • Scott Chisholm and Afshan Bokhari • Sandy Bornstein • Richard and Dorothy Botnick • Payne/Bouchier Inc. • Jonathan Golding and Sally Bradley-Golding • Eric and Sandra Brenman • S. Britt • Barry Brown and Ellen Shapiro • Deborah B. Brown • Teresa Brown • Ruth Budd and John Ehrenfeld • Allan and Rhea Bufferd • Diane Burman • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Burnes • Eric Butler♦** • Bismarck and Ingrid Cadet • Missage Cadet, M.D. • Judith Carmany • Charles R. Carr • Carrig Kitchens LLC • Elyse D. Cherry • Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Cheston, Jr. • Mary E. Chin • Maria Church • Andrea and Jon Clardy • Grace D. Clark • Valerie Cloutier • Priscilla Cogan • Arlene Cohen • Steven Coleman and Christine Tunstall • Sarah Columbia • Janet L. Comey • Jaden Crawford • German Crisostomo • Don and Sandy Crocker • Julie Crockford and Sheridan Haines • James F. Crowley • Zoltan and Cristina Csimma • Paul Curtis • Sue Dahlie • Marla Daniels • Fred Davis • Karen Davis and Randy Block • Bill and Kay DeFord • Ray and Debra De Rise • Charlotte Delaney and Steve Pattyson • Sara Delano • David Delany • Suzanne DelVecchio • Jane and Stephen Deutsch • George Dhionis • Reed Dickinson • Beatrice and William Dole • Soroor Dowlati • Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Downey • Owen Doyle • David and Eleanor Drachman • Mary Ann Driscoll • Grace Durrani • Harriett M. Eckstein • Mr. Glenn Edelson • Gordon Edes • Dr. Rachela Elias and Gedalia Pasternak • Diane F. Engel • Andrew Eschtruth and Elana Varon • Jose Estabil • Maggi Farrell • Fidler Family • Dr. Charles Fine • Michael Firestone** • Mrs. F. Shedd Fisher** • Gail Flatto • Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd • Mr. and Mrs. Martin Flusberg • Judy Foster • Patricia A. Fraser, M.D., in memory of Ivy Markes Fraser • Margot Fronsaglia** • Michael and Leslie Gaffin • Tony and Melissa Gallo • Kathryn M. Gallucci • Judith L. Ganz • Gisele Garraway • Clifford Garnett • William Gault • Vincent Genest • Jack and Maureen Ghublikian • Celia and Walter Gilbert • Ronald Goldstein • Michael and Sophie Gordon • David Govonlu♦ • Amelia and William Graham • Mr. and Mrs. Herbert P. Gray • Suzanne Greenberg • Theodore and Sally Hansen • Patricia Hardyman and Charles H. Jones • Judith Harris • Alice H. Haveles • Margaret N. Henderson & Loretta Henderson • Alfio Hernandez • Erin Higgins • Jim Hoben • Wanda Holland Greene, in honor of Ken Berman • Mark and Cindy Holthouse • Ken Horn • Bruce Howlett • Maggie Huff-Rousselle • Mrs. Donald Hunsicker • Amal Hussein • Robert Hutchison, Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Howard Israel • Roland Jacobson • Ali Jadbabaie and Nikroo Hashemi • Peter and Adrienne Jaffe • Peter K. Jenkins • Norman W. Johnson • Peter Jones • Jess and Aran Kadar • John Quackenbush and Mary Kalamaras • Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kalowski • Sondra Katz and Jess Klarnet • Amelia and Joshua Katzen • Rob and Mary Keane-Hazzard • Jim Keefe & Family • Paul Kelly • Judy and Dan Kennedy, in honor of Stephen Sondheim • Margie Kern** • Joan Kinne • Gail King and Christopher Condon • Nancy F. Korman • Gail and Dr. Marcel Korn • Mrs. Charlotte Krentzel • Joan Kuhn • Monica and Thomas LaFond** • George Langer • Carol Lazarus • Dr. and Mrs. Lucian Leape • Colleen Leary** • Stacey and David Lee • Naomi Leeper • Richard and Kathleen Leitermann • Timothy Leland and Julie Hatfield • Laurel C. Lhowe • Ms. Susan Lincoln • Virginia Litle • Lida and Francis Lloyd • Jim and Allie Loehlin • Dennis and Nancy Lynch • Peter and Yvette Madany • David and Christine Manns • Amy and Bill Marshall • Kathy Martin • Dr. Rosemary Mazanet • Michael and Barbra Ann McCahill • Kevin McCarthy • Terri-Lynn McCormick • Hope and Shaw McDermott • Lindsay McNair • Lynne Menichetti • Forrest and Sara Milder • Michael Miller • Mrs. Fermo A. Bianchi • Lacie and Michael Milton • Saro and Elizabeth Minassian • Gale Minot • Dorian Mintzer and David Feingold • Paula Monbouquette and Kevin McElroy • and Deborah Monosson • John W. Moore • Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Moynihan • The Munzer Family • Eileen Murray • Bob Muti, in memory of James Robinson • Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Newbury, Jr. • Mary Norato-Indeglia • Tom Norris • Thomas Novak • Richard Belin and Rosanne O’Brien • Kathryn O’Connell • Nancy and Chris Oddleifson • Roy and Kathleen Olesky • James Orleans and Nancy Walker • RADM and Mrs. J. Clarke Orzalli • William Panaros • Edith Parekh, in honor of Anissa Parekh • Robert and Beverly Parke • Marian Pasquale • Ellen C. Perrin • Ted and Josie Petersen • Martha and Joel Pierce • Stephen Pike • Joan Pilsmaker • Russell Pollock • James and Jeanette Post • James Poterba and Nancy Rose • Allison Powersa • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Proulx • Kathleen Quillard, in honor of Kara Amelia Quillard’s acting career • Helene M. Quinn and

30 RIPCORD FRIENDS OF THE HUNTINGTON (continued)

Tony Kanopt • Kerry Mulligan Railey • Jodi Rand • Robert Raymond • Gretchen Reilly • Mary Rench, in honor of David Wimberly • Helen Robertson • Patricia Robinson • Barbara Roby • Daniel P. Romard • Anne Romney • Mathilde and Robert Ross • Susan Rothenberg • Phyllis and Sam Rubinovitz • Debra Ruder • Sue and Terry Rushfirth • Vinod and Gaile Sahney • Dr. Lucienne Sanchez • Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Sandler • Robert and Susan Schechter • Molly Schen • Kim and Eric Schultz • Ivy and Fran Scricco • Irene Sege • Mark Seliber • Jim A. Sersich • Michael Seward • Firouzeh Shahbazi** • Karen J. Shack • Tom Shapiro and Emily Kline • Elisabeth Shields • James Shields and Gayle Merling • David W Shukra and Clifford S Wunderlich • James Shuman • Omar Siddiqi • David Siegel • Ellen L. Simons • Donald S. Sisson • Peter L. Smith and Donna J. Coletti • Rachel Smith • Rebecca Jean Smith** • Edward Sonn • Paula and Joseph Spound • Renai Stalzle • Naomi Stearns, in honor of Bill & Dee Finard • Candace Steingisser • Gail Steketee and Brian McCorkle • Laurin Stoler • Jennifer Stone and Robert Waldinger • Glenn and Katherine Strehle • Dr. and Mrs. Herman D. Suit • Julia Swanwick♦** • David Swartz and Lisa Fitzgerald • Kenneth Sweder • Richard A. Sweeney • Jane Talcott • Margaret M. Talcott and L. Scott Scharer • Patrick Tally • Jacob Taylor and Jean Park • Nancy Temple • M.K. Terrell • Janet Testa • Judy Thomson • Patricia Tibbetts • Edwin and Joan Tiffany • Dawn Tucker • Judith Tucker • Mr. and Mrs. Mario Umana • Pat and Steve Vinter • Daniel Wakabayashi • Jennifer Stone and Robert Waldinger • Rabbi and Mrs. Frank Waldorf • Susan Weiler • Scott Weiss • David White • Nancy White • Leslie Wilcox • Richard and Frances Winneg • Pamela Wood and Bruce Kirch • Janis Woodman, in honor of Christopher Woodman • Alfred Woodworth • Amy and Robert Worth • David C. Wright • Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman • Richard Yule, in memory of Helen Yule • Robert E. Zaret • Lorena and Robert Zeller • Carolyn Zern • 15 anonymous gifts

♦ Member of The Hunt, the Huntington’s young donor program ‡ Deceased ** Spotlight Spectacular Supporter This list reflects gifts received during the 14 months prior to May 5, 2017.

HELP US MAKE THE MATCH! Your Annual Fund gift provides critical funding that helps the Huntington create the world-class theatre you love.

Please consider becoming a Sustaining Donor through easy, secure, automatic monthly giving that provides steady, year-round support.

PAUL MAROTTA PAUL

huntingtontheatre.org/donate The cast of Sunday in the Park with George HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 31 CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT DONORS

The Huntington Theatre Company is grateful to receive support from a wide range of corporations, foundations, and government agencies that support the Huntington’s annual operations, as well as our award-winning productions and education and community programs. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Diana Jacobs- Komisar, Institutional Giving Manager, at 617 273 1514 or [email protected].

Grand Patron Associate Producers Circle Rodgers Family Foundation Boston University ($15,000-$24,999) Ropes & Gray LLP BPS Arts Expansion Fund at Santec Architecture Boston** Lead Producers Circle EdVestors* TJX* ($100,000+) The Druker Company** Vertex Pharmaceuticals The Andrew W. Mellon Goodwin** Worldwide Foundation Harold and Mimi Steinberg WilmerHale The Barr Foundation Charitable Trust Klarman Family Foundation Kingsbury Road Designers Circle with the Barr-Klarman Charitable Foundation* ($2,500-$4,999) Arts Capacity Leggat McCall Properties** Boston Cultural Council* Building Initiative MEDITECH Bruner/Cott** The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Schrafft Charitable Trust* Cambridge Savings Bank* Suffolk Construction** Cambridge Trust Company Executive Producers Circle Danversbank Charitable ($50,000-$99,999) Directors Circle Foundation and Bank of America* ($10,000-$14,999) People’s United Bank* Liberty Mutual Insurance* Alfred E. Chase Jackson and Irene Golden Mabel Louise Charitable Foundation* 1989 Charitable Trust Riley Foundation* Eaton Vance Noble Ford Productions**₪ Massachusetts Cultural Investment Counsel Roy A. Hunt Foundation* Council* HYM Investment Group** Theatre Communications Lucy R. Sprague Actors Circle Group* Memorial Fund* ($1,500-$2,499) Rafanelli Events**₪ AAFCPAs Artistic Producers Circle The Tiny Tiger Foundation* Belveron Real Estate Partners** ($25,000-$49,999) Staples Foundation* The Abbey Group** Playwrights Circle Surdna Foundation The Boston Foundation* ($5,000-$9,999) Hershey Family Foundation AON Consulting** High Output**₪ CBT Architects** MAX Ultimate Food**₪ Citizens Bank** * Education and community National Endowment Cue Ball Group programs donor for the Arts Nixon Peabody PR Restaurants LLC** Nutter McLennen & Fish ** Spotlight Spectacular Proskauer Rose LLP Supporter Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation* ₪ Includes in-kind support

32 RIPCORD THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE — The Huntington Legacy Society recognizes those who play a lasting role in securing the Huntington’s strong, successful future beyond their lifetime by making a bequest or other planned gift.

If you have already included the Huntington as part of your will or estate plans, or if you wish to discuss how you can participate, please contact Celina Valadao, Major Gifts Officer, at 617 273 1536 or [email protected].

We are grateful to these members of the Huntington Legacy Society: Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Sharon and Brad Malt Howard H. Bengele Bill and Linda McQuillan Suzanne Chapman Mary C. O’Donnell Brant A. Cheikes Steve Stelovich Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Robert C. Volante Carol G. Deane Linda and Daniel Waintrup Susan Ellerin Margaret J. White Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges J. David Wimberly Jane and Fred Jamieson Veronica and Howard Wiseman Mary Ellen Kiddle Justin and Genevieve Wyner Carol B. Langer 1 anonymous Joie Lemaitre

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JENNIFER ELLIS & CHRISTIAAN SMITH. PHOTO BY GLENN PERRY PHOTOGRAPHY. 316 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02110 TIX FROM $25 | SpeakEasyStage.com HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 33 CALDERWOOD PAVILION AT THE BCA • GENERAL INFORMATION

Contact Information Refreshments for the Huntington Theatre Company Snacks, wine, beer, soft drinks, and coffee are available The Huntington Theatre Company performs in before opening curtain and during intermission in the three beautiful theatres in two dynamic Boston main lobby. Food is not permitted inside the theatre. neighborhoods. The 890-seat Boston University Theatre Drinks purchased at concessions are permitted inside is on the Avenue of the Arts (264 Huntington Avenue), the theatre. diagonally across from Symphony Hall. The 370-seat Virginia Wimberly Theatre and 250-seat Roberts Studio Babes in Arms Theatre are part of the Calderwood Pavilion in the Children under the age of five are not permitted in the historic South End, on the campus of the Boston Center theatre. for the Arts (527 Tremont Street). Cameras Website: huntingtontheatre.org The use of all cameras and recording devices, including Box Office: 617 266 0800 cell phone cameras, in the theatre is Box Office fax: 617 421 9674 strictly prohibited. Administrative office: 617 266 7900 Administrative office fax: 617 353 8300 Pagers and Cellular Phones Please silence all watches, pagers, and cell phones during Calderwood Theatre Lost and Found: 617 933 8608 the performance. BU Theatre Lost and Found: 617 266 1666 Wheelchair Accessibility Box Office Hours The Calderwood Pavilion is fully accessible, The Box Office is generally open Tuesday-Saturday, and can accommodate noon-curtain (or 6pm); Sunday, noon-curtain (or 4pm). both wheelchair and companion Hours change weekly. For the most up-to-date hours, seating in the orchestra and mezzanine please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office sections. Please notify us when you purchase your at 617 266 0800. tickets if wheelchair accommodations will be required and confirm arrangements with the House Manager at Huntington Group Discounts 617 933 8672. Discounts available for groups of 10 or more, plus groups have access to backstage tours, talks with artists, Hearing Enhancement and space for receptions. Contact Jon Slater for more The Calderwood Pavilion is equipped with an information at 617 273 1657 or FM hearing enhancement system. Wireless [email protected]. headphones are available free of charge at the coat check in the main lobby for your use Public Transportation during a performance. We encourage patrons to use public transportation to the Calderwood Pavilion whenever possible. The Restrooms Pavilion is located near the MBTA Green Line Copley Located in the main lobby and mezzanine lobby. and Arlington Stations; Orange Line and Commuter Rail All restrooms are wheelchair-accessible. Back Bay Station; and the Tremont Street & Union Park stop on the #43 Bus which travels between Park Street Coat Check and Ruggles Station. For more information, please visit Located in the main lobby. huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office. If You Arrive Late Parking near the Calderwood Pavilion In consideration of our actors and other audience Parking is available at the Atelier 505 Parking Garage members, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of located next to the Calderwood Pavilion at 505 Tremont the management. Street (entrance on Warren Avenue), the Garage @ 100 Clarendon Street, and other nearby locations. For more If Your Plans Change information about parking, please visit huntingtontheatre. We hate to see empty seats when so many of our org or call the Box Office at 617 266 0800. performances sell out. Please consider donating any tickets you can’t use. For more information please call Please note that these parking options are the Box Office at 617 266 0800. independently owned and operated, and are not affiliated with the Huntington or the Large Print Programs Calderwood Pavilion. Large print programs are free of charge and are available at the coat check.

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Boston University College of Fine Arts celebrates our many years of partnership with the Huntington Theatre Company and bids a fond farewell to the Boston University Theatre, our shared home for several decades. Join us in applauding the many careers launched on Huntington Avenue by sharing your memories of the BU Theatre on social media. #butheatre

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 35 STAFF

Peter DuBois Michael Maso Norma Jean Calderwood Managing Director Artistic Director

ADMINISTRATION MARKETING General Manager...... Sondra R. Katz Director of Marketing...... Temple Gill Associate General Manager...... Conwell Worthington III Associate Director of Marketing...... Meredith Mastroianni Company Manager...... Jazzmin Bonner Communications Manager...... Desiree Barry Assistant Company Manager...... Meagan Garcia Tessitura Analytics Manager...... Derrick Martin Assistant to the Managing Director...... Gabrielle Jaques Digital Content Manager...... Carolyn MacLeod Management Assistant...... Annie Walsh Promotions & Community Coordinator...... James Boyd Community Membership Finance Coordinator...... Candelaria Silva-Collins Director of Financial Management...... Glenda Fishman Creative Services Coordinator...... Dan Pecci Accounting Manager...... June Zaidan Marketing Apprentice...... Leah Reber Accounting Coordinator...... Laura Casavant Accountants...... Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA THEATRE OPERATIONS Human Resources Director of Theatre Operations...... Joey Riddle Director of Human Resources...... Peggy J. Novello BU Theatre Human Resources Coordinator...... Michael Comey BU Theatre House Manager...... Daniel Morris Payroll and Reporting Specialist...... April Swiniuch Assistant House Managers...... Meg Ciabotti, Administrative Support Assistant...... Kendrick Terrell Evans Brian Dudley, Annie Walsh Information Technology Front of House Staff...... Julie Cameron, IT Director...... Scott Poole Michael Choueiri, Kendrick Terrell Evans, Ariana Goldsworthy, Robin Goldberg, ARTISTIC Dalton Gordon, Sierra Grabowska, Zachary McPheeters, Producing Director...... Christopher Wigle Brianna Randolph, Ivy Ryan, Kathleen Sansone, Director of New Work...... Lisa Timmel Geri Spanek, Madeline Wigon Associate Producer...... M. Bevin O’Gara Maintenance...... Ronald Belmonte, Artistic Programs & Dramaturgy...... Charles Haugland Kenneth Carter, Gary Santos Assistant to the Artistic Director...... Stephanie LeBolt Playwright-In-Residence...... Melinda Lopez Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA Literary Apprentice...... Sarah Schnebly Associate Calderwood Pavilion Manager...... Katie Most Producing Apprentice...... Justin Samoy Calderwood Pavilion House Manager...... Katrina Alix Huntington Playwriting Fellows...... Mia Chung, Calderwood Pavilion Management Assistant...... Gabe Hughes Thom Dunn, John J King, Sam Marks, House Electrician...... Mercedes Roman-Manson Nina Louise Morrison, Deborah Salem Smith House Sound Operator...... Jesse McKenzie BU Graduate Directors...... Zohar Fuller, Kelly Galvin, House Carpenter...... Mike Hamer Adam Kassim, Jeremy Ohringer, Wardrobe Run...... Barbara Crowther Stephen Pick, Jillian Robertson Calderwood Pavilion Apprentice...... Dalton Zogleman Assistant House Managers...... Paul Fox, Ksenia Lanin, DEVELOPMENT Matt Feldman, Maura Neff Director of Annual Giving & Front of House Staff...... Natasha Bonfield, Development Operations...... Joy Pak Mia Buchsbaum, Julie Cameron, Robert Caplis, Director of Major Gifts...... Margaret J. White Barbara Crowther, Talia Curtin, Linnea Donnelly, Major Gifts Officer...... Celina Valadao Katie Flanagan, Madeleine Gibbons, Special Events Manager...... Kirsten Doyle Ryan Impagliazzo, Terry McCarthy, Laura Meilman, Institutional Giving Manager...... Diana Jacobs-Komisar Maura Neff, Maegan Passafume, Tiniqua Patrick, Annual Fund & Research Coordinator...... Annalise Baird Nick Perron, Leah Reber, Sarah Schnebly, Development Database Coordinator...... Lisa McColgan Ciera-Sadé Wade, Dalton Zogleman Development Associate...... Elizabeth MacLachlan Custodians...... Jose Andrade Development Apprentice...... Sam Buntich Security Coordinator...... Greg Haugh Development Intern...... Vicky Huang Subscription and Box Office EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Audience Services Manager...... Jon Slater Director of Education...... Donna J. Glick Assistant Audience Services Manager...... Katie Catano Manager of Education Operations...... Meg O’Brien BU Theatre Box Office Coordinator...... Victoria Swindle Manager of Curriculum & Instruction...... Alexandra Smith Pavilion Box Office Coordinator...... Noah Ingle Education Associate...... Marisa Jones Subscriptions Coordinator...... Amy Klesert Education Interns...... Elizabeth Botelho, Box Office Associates...... Brittany Rae Bonnell, Daniella Forero, Liam McParland Brenton Thurston Teaching Artists...... Kortney Adams, Pascale Florestal, Full-Time Customer Service Reps...... Christine Lefter, Naheem Garcia, Lydia Graeff, Tasha Matthews, Ellie Solomon, Nicole Williams Keith Mascoll, Allie Meek, Anneke Reich Customer Service Reps...... Victoria Barry, Nick Boonstra, Meagan Garcia, Sue Dietlin, Taylor Granger, Mary Olsen, Katelyn Reinert, Katie Sumi, Yurika Watanabe

36 RIPCORD STAFF (continued)

PRODUCTION Costumes Production Manager ...... Todd D. Williams Costume Director...... Nancy Hamann Associate Production Manager...... Bethany Ford Assistant Costume Director...... Virginia V. Emerson Stage Management Apprentice...... Billy Cowles Costume Design Assistant...... Mary Lauve Graduate Assistant...... Emily Vaughn Head Draper...... Anita Canzian Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer...... Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs Scenery First Hand...... Rebecca Hylton Technical Director...... Dan Ramirez Wardrobe Coordinator...... Christine Marr Associate Technical Director...... Adam Godbout Costume Intern...... Lauren Reuter Assistant Technical Director...... Dan Oleksy Master Carpenter...... Larry Dersch Electrics Scenery Mechanic...... Jesse Washburn Master Electrician...... Katherine Herzig Carpenters...... Andrew Cancellieri, Assistant Master Electrician...... Alisa Hartle Milosz Gassan, Christian Lambrecht, Nick Hernon Electrics Apprentice...... Paige Johnson Carpenter/Scene Shop Assistant...... Carolyn Daitch Sound Stage Carpenter...... Chris Largent Sound Supervisor...... Ben Emerson Scenery Apprentice...... Grayson Basina Sound Engineer...... J. Jumbelic Properties Sound Apprentice...... Terrence Dowdye Properties Master...... Kristine Holmes Graduate Assistants...... Collin Barnum, Aubrey Dube Assistant Properties Master...... Justin Seward BU SCHOOL OF THEATRE PRODUCTION STAFF Properties Artisan...... Ian Thorsell Theatre Complex Properties Run...... Andrew DeShazo Production Manager...... Johnny Kontogiannis Paints Senior Staff Assistant Charge Scenic Artist...... Kristin Krause Design & Production...... Renee Yancey Assistant Charge Artist...... Romina Diaz-Brarda Costume Shop Supervisor...... Karen Martakos Scenic Artist...... Chelsey Erskin

Additional Staff for Ripcord

Assistant Director...... Rebecca Bradshaw Draper...... Sarah Pak Choreographer...... Misha Shields First Hand...... Katie Kenna Carpenters...... Andrew Adamopoulos, Assistant to the Lighting Designer...... Austin Boyle Lisa Berg, Danila Burnham, Jesse Hoyer, Electricians...... Carmen Alfaro, Sean Baird, Liv Joyce, Bill O’Donnell, Jessica Pizzuti, Kevin Barnett, Evey Connerty-Marin, Bridget Doyle, Stef Rodemann, Ben Williams Kevin Fulton, Daryl Laurenza, Becky Marsh, Fight Consultant...... Ted Hewlett David Orlando, Henry Tompkins, Gifford Williams Production Assistant...... Lizzy Gordon Deck Electrician...... Emily Bearce Scenic Artist...... Amanda Gimbel Assistant to the Sound Designer...... J. Collin Priddy-Barnum Properties Artisans...... Rebecca Helgeson, Jeffrey Petersen

The Huntington Theatre Company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of the nation’s leading resident professional theatres; Theatre Communications Group, a national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre; StageSource, a regional alliance of theatre artists and producers; and ArtsBoston, the voice and resource for the arts in Greater Boston. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The director and choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 37 GUIDE to  LOCAL THEATRE MAY–JUNE 2017

DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT BLUE MAN GROUP, , 74 Warrenton St., 800-BLUE-MAN. Ongoing. This giddily subversive off- Nile Hawver/Nile Scott Shots Broadway hit serves up outrageous and inventive theatre where three muted, blue-painted performers spoof both RE-LIVING HISTORY: An encore production of Pat- contemporary art and modern technology. Wry commentary rick Gabridge’s Blood on the Snow, a dramatization and bemusing antics are matched only by the ingenious ways of the aftermath of the Boston Massacre that takes in which music and sound are created. place in the room where the events depicted actually happened, begins at the Old State House June 1. HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, Boch Center, The , 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. May 30–Jun 11. John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s groundbreak- ing, genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing musical sensation music of the band Bajofondo, the show features an ensemble features a pulsing score and electrifying performances, telling and band direct from Buenos Aires, Argentina. the story of the transgender lead singer of a rock band. ART, The Cape Playhouse, 820 Main St., Route 6A, Dennis, SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton St., 508-385-3911. Jun 13–24. Winner of the Tony Award for Best 617-426-5225. Ongoing. It’s a day like any other at the Shear Play, Olivier Award for Best Comedy and Drama Desk Award Madness salon, when suddenly the lady upstairs gets knocked for Outstanding New Play, this play focuses on the meaning off. Whodunit? Join the fun as the audience matches wits with of art (in the form of a solid white painting) and the meaning the suspects to catch the killer in this wildly popular comedy. of friendship to the man who bought the painting and the two friends who come to see it. UNCLE VANYA, Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia, Emerson/, 219 Tremont St., 617-824- BANK JOB, Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main St., 8400. Jun 20 & 21. Featuring a star-studded cast of Russia’s Gloucester, 978-281-4433. May 19–Jun 10. When their heist most acclaimed actors, this fresh, award-winning take on plans go awry, rookie bank robbers Tracey and Russell find Chekhov’s timeless classic tells the story of characters caught themselves locked in the bank bathroom with no choice but to between tradition and transformation, personal isolation and depend on a brave bank teller, a guileless cop and the man in communal action, the lure of love and the security of duty. the shadows who put them up to the whole thing in the New England premiere of John Kolvenbach’s fun comedy. , , 539 Washington St., 800-982- 2787. Jun 7–Jul 23. Long before that girl from Kansas arrives BLOOD ON THE SNOW, Bostonian Society, Old State House, 206 in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One—born Washington St., 800-838-3006. Jun 1–Aug 20. This encore of with emerald green skin—is smart, fiery and misunderstood. last year’s acclaimed world premiere written by local playwright The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these Patrick Gabridge examines the events that happened in the two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda aftermath of 1770’s Boston Massacre and are performed in the the Good makes for “the most complete—and completely room where they actually occurred. satisfying—new musical in a long time” (USA Today). THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, SpeakEasy Stage Com- pany, Roberts Studio Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATRE the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. ARRABAL, American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, May 6–Jun 3. A chance meeting between an Italian-American 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. May 12–Jun 18. farm wife and a world-weary photographer leads to a soul- This new tango-infused dance theatre piece follows one stirring affair in this lush, lyrical musical by the Pulitzer- and woman’s quest to understand the violence that took her father Tony Award-winning team of Marsha Norman (’night, Mother) and disrupted a nation. Told through dance and the propulsive and Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years).

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) NOW ON SALE! CAMELOT, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617- 585-5678. May 19–Jun 25 . Lerner and Loewe’s tragic tale of King Arthur, Guenevere, Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table is brought into sharper focus in a new adaptation of this beloved classic, supported by some of greatest songs written for the musical stage, including “If Ever I Would Leave You,” “I Loved You Once in Silence” and the title song. 2017/18 DAYS OF ATONEMENT, Israeli Stage, Deane Hall, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Jun 1–25. Four estranged sisters reunite when their mother goes missing. Differences of religious beliefs, professions and class clash as the Day of SEASON Atonement approaches and these four powerful yet vulnerable INTENTIONALLY DIFFERENT. women struggle to reconnect, forgive and forget. ENTIRELY ARTSEMERSON. DHALGREN SUNRISE, Fort Point Theatre Channel, Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, 617-750-8900. Jun 16–24. This part-scripted/part-improvisational, interactive multimedia performance project based on the science fiction novel Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany is broken into seven independent, PACKAGES short acts interpreting its diverse themes of identity, family, urban living, violence, sexuality and the nature of time and reality. START THE DONKEY SHOW, American Repertory Theater, Oberon, 2 AT $70 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Ongoing. Bringing the ultimate experience to Boston, this crazy circus of mirror balls, feathered divas, roller skaters and hustle queens tells the story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through great ’70s anthems you know by heart.

THE EFFECT, Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main St., Gloucester, 978-281-4433. Jun 16–Jul 8. Tristan and Connie, volunteers in a controlled drug test, fall in love—but is their chemistry real or induced? Starring Lindsay Crouse, the New England premiere of Lucy Prebble’s funny and moving look at medicinal trial and error explores the depths of attraction and attachment, and wonders at the limits of medicine and the ever-elusive rules of the heart.

FAT PIG, Flat Earth Theatre, Black Box Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., TICKETS Watertown, 617-923-8487. Jun 9–24. Smart and sexy yet START AT overweight, Helen lives in a world that judges her for her $20 size. Tom quickly becomes enamored with her despite the condemnation of his shallow, often convincing friends that threatens their relationship. Neil LaBute’s unapologetic play bluntly addresses what people see when they look at bodies, and which ones deserve a happy ending.

THE FOREIGNER, The Cape Playhouse, 820 Main St., Route 6A, Dennis, 508-385-3911. Jun 27–Jul 8. This winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production may be one of PHOTO: REVERSIBLE, ©CIMON PARENT ©CIMON REVERSIBLE, PHOTO: the funniest American plays ever written. Larry Shue’s play dem- onstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters ARTSEMERSON.ORG must deal with a stranger who (they think) knows no English. 617.824.8400 I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI, Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Jun 8–25. For Giulia, an Italian New Yorker trying to navigate life as a single gal, a new date is the perfect opportunity to show off her home cooking. While preparing a three-course dinner from scratch, she recounts stories of good Italian food and bad boyfriends, with eight audience members at each performance getting the

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Globe.com GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) chance to join Giulia on stage and be served the dinner she the Bennett family in this stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s cooks during the show. classic story in which Mrs. Bennett, desperate to marry her five daughters creditably, has her hopes raised when the lovely ISABELLA UNMASKED—THE LEGACY OF A RENAISSANCE Jane falls deeply in love with the wealthy Mr. Bingley. Alas, ITALIAN WOMAN, Pazzi Lazzi, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 things are more complicated for the spirited Elizabeth and the Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Jun 30–Jul 1. This original proud Mr. Darcy, and the course of true love is far from smooth. work based on the life of one of the first professional actresses in the Western world, Isabella Canali Andreini (1562-1604), and SONIA FLEW, Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Ruth Nagel Jones one of her most successful performances, La Pazzia di Isabella, Theater, 106 Central St., Wellesley, 781-283-2000. Jun 1–25. which took place in 1589 in Florence in occasion of the wedding Sonia’s parents, fearful of the new government, sent their only of Ferdinando I de’ Medici and Christine of Lorraine. daughter from Cuba to the United States in 1961. Set in Minne- apolis and Havana, this play by Melinda Lopez unfolds across JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, the generations as Sonia—now raising two children with her Reagle Music Theatre, 617 Lexington St., Waltham, 781-891- Jewish husband—struggles to come to terms with her past, 5600. Jun 8–18. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s biblical- her lost parents, her own children and her adopted country. themed musical tells the story of Joseph, the favorite son of Jacob who is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Joseph WAISTWATCHERS THE MUSICAL, Regent Theatre, 7 Medford ends up in Egypt, where his ability to interpret dreams raises St., Arlington, 781-646-4849. Through Jun 25. Set in Cook’s him to a status second only to Pharaoh himself. Women’s Gym and presented in the same energetic and fun spirit as Menopause The Musical, this acclaimed comedy takes LOS MEADOWS, Boston Public Works, Plaza Black Box a hilarious and light-hearted look at four women dealing with Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617- food, friendship, love, life and sex. 933-8600. Jun 16–Jul 1. When you’re from Las Vegas, it’s easy to leave and never look back. After years of making their own way, the Barry sisters decided to surprise Mom for the DANCE holidays. The only problem is no one told them she’s been ROBBINS/THE CONCERT, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, living on the streets. 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. May 5–27. This trio of ballets features ’ The Concert (or the Perils of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Actors’ Shakespeare Everybody), George Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto Project, Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., Cambridge, and a world premiere by Boston Ballet Resident Choreographer 866-811-4111. May 10–Jun 4. Dashed expectations force Jormo Elo set to the music of Bach. flummoxed lovers into the mystical wilderness where enchant- ment and confusion await in the Bard’s delightful comedy. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. Through May 27. This THE MIDVALE HIGH SCHOOL FIFTIETH REUNION, The Nora quintessential production of the coming-of-age fairy tale Theatre Company, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts features Tchaikovsky’s soaring music, sumptuous costumes, Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Jun 1–Jul 2. At Midvale High superlative dancing, the triumph of good over evil and the School’s class of 1954’s 50th reunion, Tom and Bettina—re- power of a single kiss. turning for the first time—are looking for second chances. As the evening revs up to the highly anticipated dance contest, they flash back to formative moments—but are those memo- OPERA ries real? Emmy-winner Gordon Clapp (“NYPD Blue”) stars in LA SERVA PADRONA and LIVIETTA E TRACOLLO, Boston Alan Brody’s romantic comedy about how we remember, how Early Music Festival, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, we choose and how we never stop looking for love. 30 Gainsborough St., 617-585-1260. Jun 17. This double bill of comic chamber operas by Pergolesi, the first of which tells THE MUSIC MAN, North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham the tale of a cunning maid who conspires to win the heart Road, Beverly, 978-232-7200. Jun 6–18. The timeless story of of her testy employer, while in the latter piece a duplicitous fast-talking salesman Harold Hill—who cons the good folks of con artist meets his match in a peasant woman plotting his River City, Iowa, into believing that he can teach their children comeuppance to avenge her brother. to play in a marching band—is a slice of Americana you won’t want to miss. LE CARNAVAL DE VENISE, Boston Early Music Festival, Emer- son/Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400. NUNSENSE II—THE SECOND COMING, Theatre Company Jun 11–18. André Campra’s captivating 1699 opéra-ballet of Saugus, Saugus American Legion Post 210, 44 Taylor St., follows four star-crossed lovers as they experience the delights Saugus, 781-816-7019. Jun 16–25. The sequel to the musical of the Carnival season in Venice, enjoying games, dances and phenomenon Nunsense takes place about six weeks after a brilliantly realized “opera within an opera,” a miniature Italian the original. The nuns are back on stage at Mt. Saint Helen’s opera on the Orpheus myth. School for a “Thank You Program” for their supporters, once again presenting a variety show formula that, this time, they PATIENCE; OR, BUNTHORNE’S BRIDE, Odyssey Opera, Boston are forced to work around the set dressing of The Mikado, University Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., 617-933-8600. Jun 2 which is being presented the following week by the Hoboken & 3. The Oscar Wilde-themed season closes with Gilbert and Music Society on the Mt. Saint Helen’s stage. Sullivan’s early hit exploring the world of artistic and intel- lectual circles and all the quirky paradoxes prevalent amongst PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, The Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St., Ja- the Victoria elite. With their usual panache, they delve into the maica Plain, 617-524-3200. Jun 2–17. Get reacquainted with world that Wilde skewered with his pen.

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49 SOCIAL, 49 Temple Pl., 617-338-9600. This eclectic bar DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 75 Arlington and restaurant at Downtown Crossing serves refined modern St., 617-357-4810. This Boston institution is located in Park American cuisine. The seasonal dinner menu draws inspiration Square, within walking distance to all theatres. The Northern from around the globe while also incorporating ingredients Italian steakhouse menu includes a selection of homemade from local New England farms. D, C. 49social.com. pastas and Brandt meats (aged New York sirloin, Niman Ranch pork chop, Provini porterhouse veal chop), as well as Davio’s ARAGOSTA BAR & BISTRO, Three Battery Wharf, 617-994- classics and selection of fresh seafood, before or after the the- 9001. This latest addition to Boston’s vibrant waterfront atre. Enjoy a lighter fare menu in the spacious bar and parlor restaurant community offers a new take on Italian cuisine by area. D Sun–Tue 5–10 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til 11 p.m., L Mon–Fri. award-winning chef David Daniels who shows his signature VP. davios.com. flair through hand-made pastas, prime meats and classic New England seafood. Using quality, local farm-raised ingredients, FAJITAS & ’RITAS, 25 West St., 617-426-1222. Established in Aragosta offers a warm, social atmosphere in a stunning 1989, Fajitas & ’Ritas is an easygoing restaurant and bar that waterfront setting. Also offering an open kitchen with Chef’s features fresh, healthy Texan and barbecue cuisine at bargain Counter and an outdoor terrace. B, L, D. Mon–Sun 6:30 a.m.– prices. An all-around fun place to eat, drink and hang out, the 10 p.m.; Sat & SB 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. aragostabistro.com. walls are decorated with colorful murals and the bar boasts some of Boston’s best—and sturdiest—margaritas. L, D Mon AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT, Hyatt Regency, One Avenue de & Tue 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed, Thu & Sat ’til 10 p.m.; Fri ’til 11 Lafayette, 617-912-1234. Newly renovated and located in p.m.; Sun ’til 8 p.m. C. fajitasandritas.com. the heart of the Theatre District, Avenue One restaurant and lounge serves contemporary New England cuisine in a relaxed THE HUNGRY I, 71½ Charles St., 617-227-3524. In a two- atmosphere. Enjoy a refreshing cocktail, three-course prix fixe story townhouse with three working fireplaces and an outdoor dinner or a delectable dessert. Discounted parking available. B patio, Chef Peter Ballarin celebrates 30 years of French coun- 6:30–11:30 a.m., L noon–3 p.m., D 5–10 p.m. C, VP try cuisine and creative desserts. Signature dishes include regencyboston.hyatt.com. venison au poivre and braised rabbit a la moutard. Private dining rooms available. L, D, SB, C. hungryiboston.com. BACK DECK, 2 West St. (corner of Washington), 617-670- 0320. With three deck spaces and a menu of grill-focused JASPER WHITE’S SUMMER SHACK, 50 Dalton St., 617-867- favorites, Back Deck invites everyone to gather around patio 9955; 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500. tables and chairs for a charcoal-cooked meal and backyard- Enjoy top-notch seafood such as pan-roasted lobster, award- inspired cocktails. Its ambiance brings the outdoors inside with winning fried chicken and an impressive raw bar in a casual floor-to-ceiling open windows, carriage lighting, lush green setting. L, D. summershackrestaurant.com. planters, glazed brick and an open kitchen. Drawing inspiration from a roof deck, this restaurant is the ultimate urban retreat. LEGAL SEA FOODS, 558 Washington St., 617-692-8888; L, D, Sat & SB, C. BackDeckBoston.com. 26 Park Plaza, Park Square Motor Mart, 617-426-4444; 255 State St., Long Wharf, 617-227-3115; Prudential Center, 800 BLU, 4 Avery St., 617-375-8550. Located in the heart of the Boylston St., 617-266-6800; 270 Northern Ave., Liberty Wharf, Theatre District next door to the Ritz Carlton on the fourth floor, 617-477-2900; other locations. Legal Sea Foods, a Boston blu Restaurant and Bar is celebrating its 15th anniversary tradition for more than 50 years, features more than 40 variet- with a feast for the senses. Its contemporary American menu ies of fresh fish and shellfish as well as an award-winning includes the all-time favorite lobster club. Featuring spec- wine list. Named “Boston’s Most Popular Restaurant” (Zagat tacular floor-to-ceiling windows, blu is perfect for a pre-show 2010/2011). L & D. legalseafoods.com.

44 RIPCORD MASSIMINO’S CUCINA ITALIANA, 207 Endicott St., 617-523- 5959. Owner/chef Massimino—former head chef of Naples’ Hotel Astoria and Switzerland’s Metropolitan Hotel—offers specialties like the veal chop stuffed with arugula, prosciutto, smoked mozzarella and black olives, amongst numerous other delights. L, D, C. Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m. massiminosboston.com.

MERITAGE RESTAURANT + WINE BAR, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-439-3995. Known for its excellence in wine and food pairings, Meritage enters a new era with an exciting transformation featuring a stylish, refined dining room, sophisticated wine bar and the addition of two new private dining rooms overlooking Boston Harbor. To complement the bold and elegant interiors, Chef Daniel Bruce has introduced a unique vineyard-to-table menu. D Tue–Sat 5–10 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–2 p.m. C, VP. meritagetherestaurant.com.

PARKER’S RESTAURANT, Omni Parker House, 60 School St. at Tremont Street, 617-725-1600. Executive chef Gerry Tice celebrates nostalgic cuisine with a contemporary­ flair at Parker’s Restaurant, the birthplace of Boston Cream Pie, the Parker House Roll and Boston Scrod. B Mon–Fri 6:30–11 a.m., Sat–Sun 7–11:30 a.m., offering an elaborate buffet in addition to a la carte selections. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.; D Mon– Thu 5:30–10 p.m., Fri & Sat 5–10 p.m.

ROWES WHARF SEA GRILLE, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-856-7744. Rowes Wharf Sea Grille delivers the sea straight to your table. Enjoy power breakfasts and lunches followed by a vibrant after-work cocktail and dinner scene. The sunlight-filled dining room or seasonal outdoor terrace is an ideal spot for a leisurely lunch or special date night. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Afternoon Tea 2:30–4 p.m., D 4:30–10 p.m. roweswharfseagrille.com.

RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE, 45 School St., 617-742-8401. At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, each steak is hand-selected from the top 2% of the country’s beef, broiled to perfection at 1,800 degrees and served in the restaurant’s signature style—on a sizzling, 500-degree plate so every bite stays hot and deli- cious. Located at Old City Hall, Ruth’s Chris also features fresh seafood, an award-winning wine list and a gracious environ- ment with warm hospitality. L, D, C. ruthschris.com.

THE TAJ BOSTON, 15 Arlington St., 617-536-5700. This 1927 landmark offers dishes reflecting the seasonal flavors of New England as well as authentic Indian dishes for dinner. The Cafe: B, L, D, Sat & SB. The Lounge: L, D, C. The Bar: L, D, C. tajhotels.com/boston. NEW ENGLAND’S TOP OF THE HUB, 800 Boylston St., Prudential Center, 617-536-1775. Located 52 stories above the city, Top of BEST VIEW the Hub is Boston’s special occasion favorite. With upscale American cuisine, live entertainment nightly, a spectacular BOSTON’S MOST ROMANTIC view and romantic atmosphere, Top of the Hub promises a FINE DINING EXPERIENCE unique experience for both visitors and native Bostonians alike. L, D, C, SB. topofthehub.net.

YE OLDE UNION OYSTER HOUSE, 41 Union St., 617-227- BRUNCH / LUNCH 2750. America’s oldest restaurant, now celebrating 191 COCKTAILS / DINNER years, serves Yankee-style seafood, beef and chicken, and is famed for the oyster bar where Daniel Webster dined daily. 52ND FLOOR OF PRUDENTIAL TOWER Specialties include clam chowder and fresh lobster. L & D TOPOFTHEHUB.NET Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 10 p.m. C ’til mid- CALL: (617) 536-1775 night. unionoysterhouse.com.

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Top of the Hub hile the view remains as spectacu- Other seafood highlights include the ten- lar as ever, change is in the air at der sea scallops served with Himalayan black W Top of the Hub, one of Boston’s rice, roasted butternut squash, green curry favorite fine dining destinations. And butter and candied kumquats. Meat it’s all for the better. The addition of still gets its due with such dishes as German-born Executive Chef Stefan TOP OF THE HUB the Misty Knolls Farm chicken breast, Jarausch, who oversaw the transfor- 800 Boylston St. grilled filet mignon and butcher’s cut mation of the Fairmont Copley Plaza’s Prudential Center Duroc pork chop. 617-536-1775 acclaimed Oak Long Bar & Kitchen Refer to Dining Guide, Another thing Top of the Hub in 2012, has ushered in a new era for page 45 continues to excel at is offering an this beloved eatery. unparalleled, Wine Spectator-lauded Featuring a re-tooled menu of selection of vintages from its cli- New England-inspired cuisine, Top “Change is in the mate-controlled, glass-encased wine of the Hub has put a particular room near the entrance, as well emphasis on seafood. Old favor- air at Top of as creative cocktails from the bar. ites, like the decadently creamy lob- the Hub. Nightly live music in the lounge ster bisque and the chock-full-of- area remains another mainstay. And crustaceans clam chowder, have been dessert is as sweet as ever, including re-formulated to adhere to tried- ” the mocha mascarpone mousse served and-true tradition. Welcome newcomers include with salted caramel and biscotti, and the classic the New England fisherman’s bowl, a stick-to- crème brûlée with seasonal berries and whipped your-ribs stew of lobster, mussels, clams and cream. There’s also a tempting array of dessert the fresh catch of the day accented with kale, wines, premium whiskeys and liqueurs avail- chorizo, potatoes and a clam butter broth nearly able as after-dinner drinks. Regardless of how bursting at the seams with fresh ocean offerings you end your meal, it would be hard to top the that encapsulates Chef Jarausch’s love of local engrossing vista, impeccable service and re-born ingredients in one dish. cuisine at this Back Bay landmark.

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