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October 2014 About TheatreWorks Volume 45, No. 3 TheatreWorks is proud to be celebrating its 45th anniversary producing award- winning theatre in Silicon Valley. Led by Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director Phil Santora, it presents a wide range of programming, Paul Heppner from mainstage productions to education programs and new works for the Publisher American theatre. Susan Peterson Design & Production Director Founded in 1970, the continues to celebrate the human spirit and the Ana Alvira, Deb Choat, diversity of our community by nurturing new work, championing arts education, Robin Kessler, Kim Love Design and Production Artists and revitalizing the great works of the past. TheatreWorks has produced 64 Mike Hathaway world premieres and 150 US and regional premieres. In the 2014/15 season, Advertising Sales Director TheatreWorks adds the world premiere of The Great Pretender and three more Marty Griswold, regional premieres to its resume. Seattle Sales Director Joey Chapman, Gwendolyn Fairbanks, TheatreWorks’ 2013/14 season included the world premieres of The Loudest Ann Manning, Lenore Waldron Man on Earth, as well as regional premieres of Other Desert Cities, Warrior Seattle Area Account Executives Class, Silent Sky, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. The company also Staci Hyatt, Marilyn Kallins, Tia Mignonne, Terri Reed produced the musical Little Women, which became the second-highest selling San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives show in TW’s history. In the course of the year, shows that debuted at TW Denise Wong played off-Broadway and at theatres throughout the US. Executive Sales Coordinator Jonathan Shipley With an annual operating budget of $8 million, TheatreWorks produces eight Ad Services Coordinator mainstage productions at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto and the Mountain www.encoremediagroup.com View Center for the Performing Arts. Fourteen years ago, TW launched the New Works Initiative, rededicating itself to the development of new works for the theatre. That program inspired The Mercury News to call the company “a premiere breeding ground for new musicals, which has put the company on the Paul Heppner national map.” The Initiative has developed over 130 new works through retreats, Publisher ENCORE workshops, staged readings, developmental productions, and the annual New Marty Griswold Associate Publisher Works Festival, offering plays and musicals in various stages of development. Leah Baltus TheatreWorks believes in making theatre accessible to the entire Silicon Valley Editor-in-Chief Dan Paulus community. As a part of these efforts, the TW Education Department reaches Art Director more than 35,000 students in 92 schools in 8 counties annually. It sponsors Jonathan Zwickel outreach programs that include the Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard Senior Editor Children’s Hospital, the Young Playwright’s Initiative, specially-priced student Gemma Wilson matinees, school tours, post-show discussions, and theatre camps, classes, and Associate Editor conservatories for youth. Amanda Manitach Visual Arts Editor For more information on TheatreWorks’ 2014/15 season, New Works Festival, Amanda Townsend P H O T B Y K E V I N R and Education Programs, please visit theatreworks.org or call 650.463.1960. / Events Coordinator www.cityartsonline.com D U G A N N I K & AFFILIATIONS—TheatreWorks is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and operates under agreement between LORT and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. TheatreWorks is a constituent member of Theatre Communications Group, Inc., Paul Heppner the national organization for the nonprofit professional theatre. TheatreWorks is a member of the National Alliance for , a national service organization for musical theatre. In addition, TheatreWorks is a President member of Theatre Bay Area, the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, and the Mountain View Chamber of Mike Hathaway Commerce. TheatreWorks’ 2014/15 Season is presented in cooperation with the City of Mountain View and the Vice President City of Palo Alto, Community Services Department, Division of Arts and Sciences. D O M I N C H A E L W S Erin Johnston Communications Manager

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In this Issue From the Board Chair

Welcome to , the classic Sondheim musical—one 2 About TheatreWorks that I have already enjoyed several times in the past. Years ago, a friend told me she wasn’t interested in seeing a particular play at 6 2014/15 SEASON TheatreWorks because she had already seen it in New York. At the time, her statement didn’t strike me as odd. Now that I have so many 8 New Apprentice Program more years of theatre-going behind me, I think she was missing an opportunity. The first time we see a show, it’s all new: the plot, the songs, the 9 Director’s Notes characters, the staging, the costumes. What would be the point of seeing it again? Seeing a performance of a show by one company at one point in time can be very 10 From to different from seeing it performed by a different company, with a different director, Hollywood—The Fascination cast, and designers, and in another era. A case in point is Emma, TheatreWorks’ best- with “Sweeney” attended show of all time and a particular favorite of mine. I have seen it performed in four venues by three companies, with three different sets, under two different directors. I love the show, but it is assuredly not the same every time. (I must say, with only a little bias, that my Emma experience taught me what a consummate director is our own Robert Kelley, director of tonight’s Sweeney Todd.) This is one of the beautiful truths about live theatre: it is different every time. Even within a given production, each performance will vary. But across productions, e.g. the original 1979 Broadway Sweeney Todd vs. this one, there is enormous variation. Tonight’s version is set in the 1940s, not the 1840s. Nightly bombings have driven the action below the streets to an improvised shelter. There is a smaller cast, a different orchestration, a different perspective. More importantly, we are seeing it in the context of our world in 2014, not the 70s, or even the 90s when TheatreWorks first produced the show. It is the same dark, funny, thrilling musical I have seen before, but it is also a very new experience. By the way, if you enjoyed Emma, or you missed it several years ago, there is a special opportunity to see a memory-filled concert version of it at TheatreWorks’ 45th Anniversary Celebration on November 8. Forty-five years of amazing plays at TheatreWorks, and a new Emma experience. Like a new production of a play you’ve already seen—and loved—this is an event not to be missed! 11 City on Fire— The London Blitz Julie Kaufman 13 TheatreWorks presents SWEENEY TODD BOARD OF TRUSTEES Julie Kaufman, Chair 16 Who’s Who Jayne Booker Michael Kahn Loren Saxe Bill Coughran Robert Kelley Barbara Shapiro Jenny Dearborn Tom Kelley Nancy Ginsburg Stern 25 Contributors Susan Fairbrook Robin Kennedy Debra Summers Anne Hambly Mike Kwatinetz Lynn Szekely-Goode Judy Heyboer Ray A. Rothrock Mark Vershel TW Staff 28 Larry Horton Adam Samuels Holly Ward Lisa Jones Phil Santora Lisa Webster 30 TW General Information Derry Kabcenell Gayla Lorthridge Wood BOARD EMERITUS Nancy Meyer, Founder William F. Adler • Edward T. Anderson, MD • Doug Barry • Lauren Berman • Chuck Bernstein Continue the conversation online! • Sharon Anthony Bower • Michael Braun • Polly W. Bredt • Bruce C. Cozadd • Jeff Crowe • Peggy Dalal • Yogen Dalal • Michael R. Flicker • Peggy Woodford Forbes • Dan Garber • Become our fan! Doug Garland • Aaron Gershenberg • Marcia Goldman • Emeri Handler • Susan M. Huch • facebook.com/TheatreWorksSV Perry A. Irvine • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Gina Jorasch • Roberta R. Katz • Dick Maltzman • Follow us! Suzanne Martin • Don McDougall • Bruce McLeod • Cynthia S. Miller • Jeffrey Moore • Leslie Murphy-Chutorian • Eileen Nelson • Karen Nierenberg • Carrie Perzow • Carey Pickus twitter.com/TheatreWorksSV • Margot Mailliard Rawlins • John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Sandi Risser • Lynn Wilson Roberts #SweeneyTodd • Denise Stanford • Rosina Lo Sun • James Sweeney • Cathie Thermond • Helaina Titus • Robert J. Van der Leest, MD • Ronni Watson • Elissa Wellikson

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TW Events As TheatreWorks celebrates its 45th year, we find ourselves reflecting on our history, as well as looking to our future with hope and excitement for what’s Oct, Nov, Dec to come. In that spirit, TheatreWorks has created the Artistic Engagement Apprentice program. This new initiative selects five pre-professional actors to 10/15, 10/22, 10/29 apprentice with TheatreWorks staff on and offstage, fortifying the next gen- SWEENEY TODD eration of artists. After a series of auditions and interviews, Nik Duggan, POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS Caitlin O’Leary, Dominic Michael Lewis, Nick Schmittzeh, and Kelly M. Swartz with members of the cast & staff were chosen to become our first-ever Artistic Engagement Apprentices. Mountain View Center These five dynamic artists began their apprenticeships at this summer’s New Works Festival—assisting with the readings onstage, and greeting Festival 10/20 @ 6:00pm guests offstage. Early fall found them in our offices working closely with our THE INNER CIRCLE Education and Marketing departments. But the centerpiece of their time with MEET THE ARTISTS DINNER TheatreWorks is happening now, as they work with our professional staff and With members of the Sweeney Todd Equity cast onstage in Sweeney Todd. (Their bios appear in Who’s Who.) cast & artistic staff Keep your eye on the Apprentices—with the experience they’re gaining, For donors of $1500+ their futures look bright! MacArthur Park, Palo Alto

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PETER AND THE STARCATCHER T H A N M O R E S OPENING NIGHT

Post-show reception with members B Y J O N A of the cast & staff P H O T S Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto (Below left to right) Kelly M. Swartz schedules TW Education assembly programs in local schools, and Nik Duggan is measured for his Sweeney Todd costume by Assistant Costumer Noah Marin. 12/10, 12/17, 12/22 PETER AND THE STARCATCHER POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS with members of the cast & staff Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto

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8 THEATREWORKS Director’s Notes by Robert Kelley He’s Back! stonishing experiences bear repeating. As we a beheading on his or her phone, tablet, or even celebrate TheatreWorks’ 45th Anniversary, wristwatch. In our inter-connected world of instant Athe astonishing Sweeney Todd joins a small communication, we are inevitably drawn into list of plays and musicals that we have found worthy what once seemed distant disputes, increasingly of a second production. Not surprising, the list threatened by conflicts we can neither resolve nor includes several masterworks by Shakespeare and escape. a wealth of Sondheim classics, from and to . My reaction to such a world is Sweeney Todd. It is a Since we first produced the then-controversial play about the darkest corners of human existence. Sweeney Todd in 1992, it has become an interna- It’s also about our ways of dealing with evil: counter- tional phenomenon, a highlight at companies ing it with virtue, disarming it with humor, crushing around the world, a recurring Broadway regular, it with force, or transforming it into art. Picasso’s and a blockbuster film. With all that attention Guernica, Mathew Brady’s Civil War photographs, elsewhere, why Sweeney redux? Why now? Spielberg’s haunting Schindler’s List—Sweeney Todd belongs among these unforgettable transmutations Among its intertwined themes, Sweeney Todd is of evil. This time out we’re in 1940 amidst the about humanity’s fascination with evil and its defining war of our time, as Londoners “carry on” corollary, violence. Some part of us thrives on even when forced underground by the nightly conflict; some genetic trait encourages us to force bombings of The Blitz. Often that subterranean our point of view (or culture, or religion) upon world included entertainers, perhaps even entire another. When that instinct leads to violence it theatre companies determined to continue rehearsal becomes the fodder of our nightly news: a punch for an upcoming production—a production of in an elevator, a gunshot in the back, a village Sweeney Todd. destroyed, a country overrun. We are at once repelled and transfixed. And that’s how I see Slashing through the 1848 serial novel A String of Sweeney Todd, played out against a background of Pearls, the first Sweeney was a maniac on the loose, violence, a background of war. Our first production and each installment proved more shocking than the was in 1992, prompted by the bombings of last. By the time Sondheim turned Sweeney into the Baghdad displayed nightly on national TV. It was greatest villain of the musical theatre, the demon set in London, 1916, the year the first bomb was barber had become a complex everyman driven ever dropped from an airplane on a city. beyond reason by the injustices of the British court and class system. That we understand him, as well That was then. Now, a sea of wars engulfs the world as his entrepreneurial cohort Mrs. Lovett, makes again. The advent of evil seems ever greater, our the face of evil fascinatingly human, even as we involvement ever deeper, whether our boots are condemn it as thoroughly inhumane. With two such

on the ground or under a desk as we guide drones unforgettable, almost lovable protagonists to T to distant human targets. I’ve long wondered how engage us, Sondheim shows evil’s slippery slope, its my parents felt about World War II, about a single rationale, even its comic side marching in tandem B E C H R culture seeking to dominate all, about the decision with its tragedy. This is humanity, for better or for to use the atomic bomb, about the appalling worse, its poles of good and evil intertwined until premise of “ethnic cleansing.” I wish I’d asked, some resolution is found at last, some victory declared. for what seemed beyond belief then seems Or perhaps it’s just an armistice, temporarily reached, commonplace today, when anyone can download aware that there’s always more to come. S C E N I R D G B Y A

encoreartsprograms.com 9 From Penny Dreadful to Hollywood—The Fascination with “Sweeney”

In the 1830s and 40s, an era when literacy was becoming cheap magazine thriller into high art, both ghoulishly more widespread and typesetting was becoming faster dark and wickedly funny. and cheaper, London publishers began churning out Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, as adapt- sensational tales in the form of cheap quarto and folio ed by Sondheim and Wheeler, premiered on Broadway in magazines. These volumes, priced at just a penny apiece, 1979. The show won eight Tony Awards, including Best came to be known as “penny dreadfuls.” Capitalizing on Musical. It debuted in London in 1980, and later that same the Victorians’ preoccupation with crime and murder, year the first US national tour was launched. There have most were filled with ghastly tales of grisly misdeeds. Of been two Broadway revivals, one in 1989 and one in 2005, the countless penny dreadfuls published during the 19th and London revivals were staged in 1993, 2004, and 2012. century, the most famous was a weekly serial originally titled A String of Pearls, a story better known today as That a Sondheim musical should strike such a chord in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. the theatre community is perhaps no surprise, but this particular show carries clout in the Though the tale is generally accepted opera world as well. In 1984, Sweeney to be a work of fiction, some argue Todd was performed by the New York that there may have been kernels of City Opera, directed by Sondheim’s truth in the original account. In spite of frequent collaborator Harold Prince (or, perhaps, because of) those rumors (who also directed the original of truth, the story of the demon barber Broadway production.) It has also was a hit with readers, and soon made been performed by the Lyric Opera in its way onstage. Chicago, the Royal Opera in London, The first dramatization was penned by the Finnish National Opera, and the George Dibdin-Pitt, and was performed Israeli National Opera, among others. at the in Hoxton, Sweeney Todd has also become a pop- London in 1847. At least three other ular concert piece; in 2001, a semi- stage adaptations were produced in staged concert boasting a bevy of big- the following century, long before name stars was performed with the ever got hold of San Francisco Symphony, and filmed the material. In a New York Times for broadcast on PBS. A String of Pearls or The Fiend of Fleet interview, Sondheim recalled his first Street (1847), Britannia, Hoxton In 2007, already having conquered encounter with Sweeney Todd, in 1973: theatres, opera houses, and concert I'd always been interested in Grand Guignol halls all over the world, the inevitable occurred—Sweeney and had heard about this play, which was then Todd was made into a major motion picture. Directed by being done at Joan Littlewood’s theater [Theatre and starring in the title role, the Royal, Stratford East]. I went to see it, thought film was well received by audiences and critics, further it was terrific and bought all the published enhancing Sweeney’s already immense popularity. versions—which were all terrible. Then I got a That Sweeney Todd has been mounted so many times in copy of a new version by Christopher Bond, a so many different forms is a testament both to the genius Liverpool playwright, which was much richer of the show itself, and to the unique and wonderful nature than the others. of the performing arts. Recent innovations and unique Bond’s adaptation was the first to introduce a interpretations can breathe new life into familiar works, sympathetic backstory for Sweeney, which gave the title treating audiences to entirely new theatrical experiences. character a concrete motive for his dastardly deeds. It TheatreWorks first produced Sweeney Todd in 1992, and was this version that served as the source material for we are thrilled now to reimagine this remarkable work Sondheim and his collaborator, book-writer Hugh once more. – Katie Dai Wheeler. In their hands, the tale was elevated from a

10 THEATREWORKS Firefighters tackle a blaze after a London air raid. PHOTO FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES PARIS BUREAU COLLECTION

City on Fire—The London Blitz

A year into World War Two, Germany launched a The closest fires were near enough for us to period of sustained strategic bombings on the United hear the crackling flames and the yells of Kingdom, known as the Blitz (short for blitzkrieg, or firemen. Little fires grew into big ones even as “lightning war”). It began on September 7, 1940, and we watched. Big ones died down under the the first wave lasted 57 consecutive nights. While firemen's valor, only to break out again later. several British cities were targeted, London was hit About every two minutes a new wave of planes the hardest in the German effort to demoralize the would be over. The motors seemed to grind population. The Germans targeted populated areas rather than roar, and to have an angry pulsation, such as factories and dock yards, and bombed these like a bee buzzing in blind fury. areas over and over again in a brief amount of time. Into the dark shadowed spaces below us, whole London wasn’t equipped with bomb shelters, so many batches of incendiary bombs fell. We saw two people took shelter in underground Tube stations, dozen go off in two seconds. They flashed which had served a similar purpose in World War One. terrifically, then quickly simmered down to pin The week of September 27, 1940, as many as 177,000 points of dazzling white, burning ferociously. people were using the stations overnight, and in These white pin points would go out one by October, the government was building new deep one, as the unseen heroes of the moment shelters within the Underground (although these were smothered them with sand. But also, while we not completed until the bombing had relented). watched, other pin points would burn on, Journalist Ernie Pyle was one of the most popular and soon a yellow flame would leap up from correspondents of World War Two. His writing focused the white center. They had done their work— on the common soldier with sympathy and sensitivity. another building was on fire. Here, he describes a night raid on London: The Blitz is considered a German defeat, probably due

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encoreartsprograms.com 11 E M M A R E T U R N S T O T H E AT R E W O R K S F O R O N E N I G H T O N LY

TheatreWorks 45thAnniversaryCelebration November 8, 2014 Hotel Sofitel, Redwood Shores

Honoring Donald Kennedy, President Emeritus, Stanford University

The 45th Anniversary Celebration includes a sumptuous gourmet dinner, benefit auction, and a one-act concert

version of Jane Austen’s EMMA by Paul Gordon. This specially presented performance is directed by Robert Kelley and stars many original cast members including Lianne Marie Dobbs as the indomitable Emma.

For Celebration tickets and information, contact Director of Advancement Jodye Friedman at [email protected] or 650.463.7135.

City on Fire Continued from previous page to the fact that they were never able to gain air posters were pulped in the Paper Salvage campaign. supremacy, thanks to the ability of the Royal Air Force “Keep Calm and Carry On” nearly faded into obscurity, to track the German bombers using radar and attack until a copy was discovered in 2000. These days the back. And the Germans were never able to break the phrase, appropriated by many, is ubiquitous and much British people. “punned” upon.

Winston Churchill made frequent public appearances We’ll never know how much longer the people of to boost morale, and people were brought together London could have carried on, had the bombing in national solidarity by their shared experience. continued. Hitler called off the bombing on May 11, “Business as usual” could be seen chalked on boarded- 1941 to prepare for the German invasion of Russia. All up windows around the city. The people referred to the told, in the 8 months of the Blitz, 18,000 tons of high weather as “very Blitzy today,” and played gramo- explosives were dropped on London, killing 40,000 peo- phones and told stories during air raids. Although there ple and injuring another 140,000. was a special network of clinics set up to deal with those London and the other British cities under attack have suffering from shell shock or other “bomb neuroses,” since recovered from the bombings, although undeto- they quickly closed due to lack of need. nated bombs and shells are still uncovered today. The

The currently popular phrase “Keep Calm and Carry On” rubble from buildings destroyed in the Blitz was used to came out of this time period. The slogan was created by build victory gardens and runways for the RAF and for the British government in 1939 in preparation for the US Air Forces in Kent and Sussex. London has healed, war, and 2.5 million posters were printed. Incredibly, but the scars remain a reminder of the terrible lightning they were never used, and eventually most of the stored war that ended over 70 years ago. – Syche Phillips

12 THEATREWORKS TheatreWorks S I L I C O N V A L L E Y presents

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Music & Lyrics by Book by Stephen Sondheim Hugh Wheeler From an adaptation by Christopher Bond

Directed by Robert Kelley

Musical Direction by William Liberatore

Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

Scenic Designer Andrea Bechert Costume Designer Fumiko Bielefeldt Lighting Designer Steven B. Mannshardt Sound Designer Jeff Mockus Casting Director Leslie Martinson New York Casting Director Alan Filderman Dialect Coach Kimberly Mohne Hill Stage Manager Marcy Victoria Reed* Assistant Stage Manager Emily Anderson Wolf* * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

SWEENEY TODD was originally produced on Broadway by Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, and Martin Richards, in Association with Dean and Judy Manos. SWEENEY TODD is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Anonymous • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Richard Goode

PRODUCERS Steven & Karin Chase • Dorothy Saxe

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SEASON MEDIA SPONSOR The Mercury News

SWEENEY TODD plays October 8 – November 2, 2014

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PHOTO FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE IMPERIAL W in 1940. shelter as a bomb being used Tube Station Aldwych

THE CAST In order of appearance

Sweeney Todd David Studwell* Anthony Hope Jack Mosbacher Beggar Woman Mia Fryvecind Gimenez Mrs. Lovett Tory Ross* Mindy Lym* Birdseller Caroline Altman* Lee Strawn* Beadle Bamford Martin Rojas Dietrich* Spencer Kiely* /Jonas Fogg Noel Anthony* Air Raid Wardens, Nurses Nik Duggan, Dominic Michael Lewis, (alternating in the roles) Caitlin O’Leary, Nick Schmittzeh, Kelly M. Swartz The company also plays Actors, Londoners, Customers, and Lunatics. T * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States B E C H R PLACE & TIME An abandoned factory leading to a subway station. London, October, 1940.

THERE WILL BE ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION.

SPECIAL THANKS

Berkeley Repertory Theatre S C E N I R D G B Y A

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ACT ONE “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” ...... Company “No Place Like London”...... Anthony, Sweeney Todd, Beggar Woman “The Barber and His Wife” ...... Sweeney Todd “The Worst Pies In London” ...... Mrs. Lovett “Poor Thing”...... Mrs. Lovett “My Friends” ...... Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Lovett “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” ...... Company “Green Finch and Linnet Bird”...... Johanna “Ah, Miss”...... Anthony, Johanna, Beggar Woman “Johanna” ...... Anthony “Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir” ...... Tobias, Sweeney Todd, Mrs. Lovett, Pirelli, Company “The Contest” ...... Pirelli “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” ...... Company “Wait” ...... Mrs. Lovett “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” ...... Company “Johanna” ...... Judge Turpin “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” ...... Company “Kiss Me” ...... Johanna, Anthony “Ladies In Their Sensitivities” ...... Beadle Bamford, Judge Turpin “Pretty Women”...... Sweeney Todd, Judge Turpin “Epiphany” ...... Sweeney Todd “A Little Priest” ...... Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd

ACT TWO “God, That’s Good!” ...... Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd, Company “Johanna” ...... Anthony, Sweeney Todd, Beggar Woman, Johanna “By the Sea...... Mrs. Lovett “Wigmaker Sequence”/“The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” ...... Company “Not While I’m Around” ...... Tobias, Mrs. Lovett “Parlor Songs” ...... Beadle Bamford, Mrs. Lovett, Tobias “City on Fire” ...... Johanna, Anthony, Company “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” ...... Company

THE ORCHESTRA Conductor/Keyboard William Liberatore Violin Carol Kutsch Cello Kris Yenney T Trumpet Jose Rodriguez

B E C H R Horn Diane Ryan Clarinet Michael Corner Bassoon Michael Touchi Bass David Schoenbrun Percussion Artie Storch Contractor Diane Ryan

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CAROLINE NIK DUGGAN SPENCER KIELY ALTMAN (Birdseller) (Londoner) is thrilled (Tobias) is very excited is happy to return to to be a part of this to be performing with Theatreworks where production of Sweeney TheatreWorks for the she was last seen as Todd as part of the new first time. His favorite Signora Naccarelli in Artistic Engagement regional credits The Light in the Apprenticeship include Pippin (Pippin) Piazza. Local credits program. This is his and the regional include Three Sisters Who Are Not second show with TheatreWorks, the premiere of Spring Awakening (Ernst) Sisters (Mary) with Oakland Opera first being To Kill A Mockingbird (Jem at ReVision Theatre. He recently Theater; Ruthless! (Judy/Ginger) with u/s). Mr. Duggan’s other notable credits originated the role of Jack in Jack and California Theater; and include Pittsburgh Public Theatre’s Born the Giant, and toured the show with numerous roles with Yesterday (Bellhop) and Pittsburgh Northeast Children’s Theatre Company. Moon including Carmelina (Carmelina), Playhouse’s world premiere of A Child’s He has also performed regionally at Louisiana Purchase (Marina), The Guide to Heresy (Satan Boy). He has Paper Mill Playhouse (High School Golden Apple (Penelope), and Fanny been a featured principal in commercials Musical), Weston Playhouse Theatre (Fanny). Additional appearances such as Nickelodeon’s Addicting Games Company (42nd Street), and Merriam include roles with California Showdown and Mario and Sonic at the Theater (On Your Toes). He can be Shakespeare Theatre, Woodminster Winter Olympic Games. He recently seen on Cartoon Network in the first Summer Musicals, San Diego Comic graduated from Point Park University season of Team Toon. Spencer is a Opera, and Playhouse West (Bay with a BFA in Acting. proud graduate of the CAP21 Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Conservatory, and hails from Brooklyn. Whispers on the Wind). Ms. Altman MIA FRYVECIND received her degree in vocal GIMENEZ (Beggar DOMINIC MICHAEL performance from UC San Diego, Woman) has LEWIS (Londoner) is and is a stage director, arts educator, performed with glad to be making composer, and Founding Artistic directors from his debut with Director of Lyricabella Productions. international TheatreWorks as a Her first book, Indy at the Opera: A institutions including member of the Kitty Traviata was released last May. Juilliard, Paris National Artistic Engagement www.carolinealtman.com. Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera. Apprenticeship She is honored to include Maestri program. Originally from Federal Way, NOEL ANTHONY Liberatore and Kelley among them. WA, Mr. Lewis has enjoyed numerous (Pirelli/Fogg) is Ms. Fryvecind has appeared on the appearances as a chorus member with delighted to return stages of great American companies the Seattle Opera and as an actor with for his fifth production including the Lyric Opera of Chicago Tacoma Musical Playhouse. Recent Bay with TheatreWorks. (Die Meistersinger), Aspen Opera Area credits include He last appeared as Theater Center (Anne, Les Dialogues (M.C./Gangster) with Broadway By the Neville Craven Des Carmelites), Pine Mountain Music Bay, (Ensemble Knight) with (SFBATCC Award Festival (Zerlina, Don Giovanni), City Lights Theater Company, Tribe Nomination) in The Secret Garden, and Altarena Playhouse (Violet, Side Show), (Tanner) with the Utopia Theatre previously appeared in Merrily We Roll Redwood Symphony (Sweeney Todd), Project, and (Usnavi) Along, A Little Princess, and Jane Eyre. Lamplighters Music Theatre (Ayah, The and Footloose (Willard Hewitt) with Other Bay Area credits include Secret Garden), Ray of Light Theatre the Santa Clara University Theatre Secretary Thomson in 1776 The Musical (Lily, The Secret Garden; Andrea, Jerry Department. Mr. Lewis is currently (American Conservatory Theater); Jean Springer The Opera), and the San attending Santa Clara University where Valjean in Les Misérables (Contra Costa Francisco Lyric Opera Chorus. At he is pursuing his BA in both Theatre Musical Theatre); Chris in Miss Saigon University of Iowa she played principle Arts and Film Studies. (Broadway By the Bay); Vittorio Vidal roles in Tartuffe, Hansel & Gretel, in Sweet Charity and Steven Kodaly Daughter of the Regiment, and Godspell. MINDY LYM in She Loves Me (Center REPertory Ms. Fryvecind continues making (Johanna) has Company); and performances with appearances in the San Francisco appeared at Marin Theatre Company, San Jose classical, cabaret and pop scenes. TheatreWorks in Being Stage Company, 42nd Street Moon, www.miasings.com Earnest (Gwendolen) Woodminster Summer Musicals, Sierra for which she was Repertory Theatre, and American nominated for a Bay Musical Theatre of San Jose. Area Theatre Critic’s www.noelanthonyescobar.com

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Circle Award, and Emma (Jane Fairfax, Love That Show! Productions ([title of Emma u/s). Her credits include Center show], Heidi); California Musical REPertory Company’s productions of Theatre of San Jose (Spamalot and 9 The 25th Annual Putnam County to 5: The Musical, Violet Newstead); Spelling Bee (Olive) and All Shook Up Diablo Theatre Company (White (Natalie/Ed); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Christmas); Contra Costa Musical (Christine Colgate) at Broadway By the Theatre (, ); Bay; (Maria—Best and most recently, Pinole Community Actress, StageSceneLA) at PCPA Players (Merrily We Roll Along, Gussie TheaterFest; and Contra Costa Musical Carnegie). Ms. O’Leary graduated Theatre’s (Eva Peron—Best from California State University, East Actress, Shellie Award). When she is Bay with a BA in Theatre Arts. She was not performing, Ms. Lym runs Mindy the first female recipient of the Carol Lym Studios, providing professional Channing Friends of the Arts training and mentorship in the physical, Scholarship in California. mental, and spiritual disciplines of singing and performance. Ms. Lym MARTIN ROJAS dedicates this, and every performance, DIETRICH (Beadle to her beloved mentor, the late Mr. Bamford) is happy Nickol. to be back at GLIMMER, Bri 121112 glimmerThe a1_3v.pdftreWorks where JACK MOSBACHER he was last seen as GLAMOUR, (Anthony) is making The King in Big River his Theatreworks and as Cinderella’s BGLEAMRITEX debut. He most Father in Into the Woods. Mr. Dietrich recently shared the made his San Francisco Opera debut stage with Bruce as Montfleury in Cyrano de Bergerac A sumptuous array of Vilanch in Du Barry starring Plácido Domingo. He has sparkling textiles— Was a Lady with performed with Broadway By the Bay metallic brocades, 42nd Street Moon. His Bay Area (Jesus Christ Superstar, Anything credits include Guys and Dolls (Sky Goes); Coastal Repertory Theatre beaded French laces, Masterson), Cabaret (Cliff Bradshaw), (Sweeney Todd, The Secret Garden); satins, velvets and and (The Rum Tum Tugger) with Foothill Music Theatre (Sweeney Broadway By the Bay; and A Little Todd); San Jose Repertory Theatre (A embellishments. Night Music (Henrik) with Hillbarn Christmas Carol 2.0); San Jose Stage Theatre. In addition, he has appeared Company (Dirty Blonde, ); with San Francisco Opera, San San Francisco Playhouse (Man of La Francisco Symphony, Beach Blanket Mancha, Cabaret); San Francisco Babylon, and Chanticleer. Mr. Symphony (with Lisa Vroman); and Mosbacher is a graduate of Stanford Symphony Silicon Valley (Most Happy University, where he played on the Fella, Guys & Dolls). He received his Varsity baseball team. Theatre Arts degree at Cañada College (where he trained with Linda CAITLIN O’LEARY Hoy) and earned his BA in Vocal (Londoner) is Performance from Notre Dame de honored to be one Namur University. of the five people selected for TORY ROSS TheatreWorks’ Artistic (Mrs. Lovett) is a Engagement new South Bay Apprenticeship pilot resident and thrilled program and thrilled to join the cast to be making her of Sweeney Todd for her stage debut. TheatreWorks debut. 146 GEARY STREET · SAN FRANCISCO JUST OFF UNION SQUARE Ms. O’Leary has been seen onstage She recently 415.392.2910 · MON - SAT 10 - 6 throughout the Bay Area with appeared on WWW.BRITEXFABRICS.COM companies such as Ray of Light Theatre Broadway in the original Tony Award- (Into the Woods, Lucinda); OMG, I winning cast of (Pat).

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Her other Broadway, National Tour, singer, he has appeared with Pocket DAVID STUDWELL and London credits include 9 to 5 Opera (The Merry Widow, The Barber (Sweeney Todd) Daphne), Cry-Baby (Hatchet-Face), of Seville, and many others), Tacoma makes his Wicked (The Midwife), Opera, California Opera Association, TheatreWorks debut (Shirley Markowitz), White Christmas Pacific Repertory Opera, Aspen Music in Sweeney Todd. (Mrs. Snoring-Man), The Radio City Festival, and Chicago Opera Theater. He was seen Christmas Spectacular (Mrs. Claus), Dr. Strawn teaches singing in San off-Broadway in and Silence! The Musical (Clarice Francisco and at Notre Dame de Namur Applause! (Bert) at Starling). Her regional credits include University in Belmont. the Jerry Springer the Opera (Jerry-Cam Stripper) at Carnegie Hall, Brigadoon (Meg) for Sacramento Music Circus, and Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical (Rosemary Clooney) for The Human Race Theatre. Her film credits include Frozen, Sex and the City 2, and The Producers. Ms. Ross earned her BFA from University of Cincinnati’s College–Conservatory of Music. www.ToryRoss.com

NICK SCHMITTZEH (Londoner) is part of TheatreWorks’ Artistic Engagement Apprentices Pinewood is an independent, coeducational, non-profit, program. In addition K–12 college-prep school. Students benefit fromsmall to both on and off- PINEWclassO size,OD challenging SCHO academicOL curricula, stage work at Peninsula Youth Theatre for 11 years,

Mr. Schmittzeh has also worked as a through lighting intern for San Francisco K Shakespeare Company’s Henry V and 12 Passionate Expertise and a wide choice of enrichment activities. as an ensemble member in Shady We offer an environment where each student is Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. He is High Academic Expectations a graduate of the Foothill Theatre a respected and vital member of our Conservatory. Unlimited Exploration educational community. We invite you to explore the opportunity for your student to become a part of the LEE STRAWN Grounded Moral Examples Pinewood tradition of academic excellence. For more (Judge Turpin) performed with Confident Self-Expression information, please visit our website. TheatreWorks in Jane Eyre www.pinewood.edu (Brockelhurst/Vicar). For five years he appeared in the San Francisco company of The Phantom of the Opera (LeFevre). For Willows Theatre he created the role of John Muir in Mountain Days, for which he won a Shellie Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He has appeared with Diablo Theatre Company (); American Musical Theatre of San Jose (, Singin’ in the Rain); and Sierra Repertory Theatre (, Shenandoah). As an opera

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20 THEATREWORKS EAP 1_3 S template.indd 1 9/3/14 4:04 PM Who’s Who and Don Quixote Rides Again. He Twelfth Night; Bat Boy: The Musical; Falling on Cedars, The North Pool, currently resides in West Cornwall. Dolly West’s Kitchen; Night of the Doubt, Theophilus North, Arcadia, Iguana; and Talley’s Folly. She has Jane Eyre, Baby Taj, and Anna in the STEPHEN SONDHEIM (Music & Lyrics) designed scenery for theatres Tropics. An Assistant Professor in is one of the greatest composers and across the country including Berkeley Acting at Santa Clara University, she lyricists of our time, thanks to his Repertory Theatre, Colorado continues to teach, direct, and coach impressive contributions to musical Shakespeare Festival, American throughout the Bay Area. Directing theatre over the last 50 years. His Musical Theatre of San Jose, The credits include In the Next Room, or major works include Sweeney Todd Starlight Theatre, The Stardust the vibrator play at City Lights and The (for which he won a Tony Award for Casino in Las Vegas, Opera San José, Seafarer at San Jose Stage Company. Best Musical and an Olivier Award for and Center REPertory Company. Ms. Hill will be directing Sharr White’s Best New Musical), West Side Story, Her awards include three Bay Area play, The Other Place, at Dragon , Company, Sunday in the Park Theatre Critics Circle Awards, a Theatre this fall. She has published with George, Into the Woods, and Denver Ovation Award, and her three books with Smith & Kraus: Great many more. He has won an Academy designs have been included in the Scenes in Dialect for Young Actors and Award, eight Tony Awards (more than 2005 World Design Expo and 1996 Monologues in Dialect for Young any other composer), including the Prague Quadrennial. She has taught at Actors, Volumes I and II. Special Tony for Lifetime Achievement or been a guest at several universities in the Theatre, eight Grammy Awards, including Stanford University, Ohio WILLIAM LIBERATORE (Musical and a Pulitzer Prize (Sunday in the Park University, University of Miami, and Director) is TheatreWorks’ resident with George). He recently wrote a pair University of Wisconsin. Ms. Bechert is musical director and has conducted of books, Finishing the Hat (2010) and a member of United Scenic Artists over 25 shows including Marry Me a Look, I Made a Hat (2011), in which Local 829. Little, , Little he explores both the published and Women, Being Earnest, Big River, unpublished lyrics to his many well- FUMIKO BIELEFELDT (Costume The Secret Garden, [title of show], known shows. Designer) has designed over 60 A Christmas Memory, Grey Gardens, productions for TheatreWorks since Merrily We Roll Along, Harold and HUGH WHEELER (Bookwriter) was a 1983, including Silent Sky, Little Maude, Crowns, My Ántonia, Jane playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. Women, Being Earnest, 33 Variations, Eyre, , and Pacific Overtures. His plays include , Little Fish; Sense and Sensibility, Snow Falling He was musical director at American Look: We’ve Come Through; and We on Cedars, The Light in the Piazza, Musical Theatre of San Jose, Have Always Lived in the Castle. He A Civil War Christmas, Yellow Face, conducting over 30 shows including won both Tony and Drama Desk Twentieth Century, and Emma, which Flower Drum Song, Gypsy, A Chorus Awards as the bookwriter for A Little traveled to Cincinnati Playhouse in the Line, 42nd Street, , Children Night Music, a new production of Park and the Repertory Theatre of St. of Eden, and Crazy for You. He has (1973), and Sweeney Todd. He Louis (Kevin Klein Award Nominee). won Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle wrote the book for Meet Me in St. Her designs have appeared in the Bay Awards for A Little Night Music, South Louis, co-wrote Irene, contributed to Area at American Conservatory Pacific, and Damn Yankees (AMTSJ), Pacific Overtures, and wrote a new Theater, Aurora Theatre Company, and Bat Boy: The Musical; Into the adaptation of Kurt Weill’s opera California Shakespeare Theatre, Magic Woods; Emma; Caroline, or Change; Silverlake. He wrote more than thirty Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, San and The Light in the Piazza mystery novels as Q. Patrick and Jose Repertory Theatre, and The (TheatreWorks). He is also the Patrick Quentin. Four of these were Eureka Theatre, among others. She director of the award-winning Gunn made into films: Black Widow, Man in graduated from Waseda University High School Choirs. the Net, The Green-Eyed Monster, and (Tokyo) and studied costume design at The Man with Two Wives. He wrote the Stanford. Ms. Bielefeldt has received STEVEN B. MANNSHARDT (Lighting screenplays for Travels with My Aunt, many design awards, including the Designer) has been the lighting Something for Everyone, A Little Night 2004 Barbara Bladen Porter Special designer for over 70 productions at Music, and Nijinsky. Award, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle TheatreWorks, having won numerous Awards, Dean Goodman Choice Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards ROBERT KELLEY (Director) Please see Awards, and Back Stage West Garland and Dean Goodman Choice Awards bio on page 23. Award. for his work. His regional design credits include Long Wharf Theatre, ANDREA BECHERT (Scenic Designer) KIMBERLY MOHNE HILL (Dialect New Haven; A Contemporary Theatre, has designed 27 productions for Coach) has served as Dialect Coach on Seattle; American Repertory Theater, TheatreWorks including 33 Variations; over 17 shows for TheatreWorks, Cambridge; Studio Arena Theatre, Snow Falling on Cedars; To Kill a including Water by the Spoonful, 33 Buffalo; Magic Theatre; Pasadena Mockingbird; Twentieth Century; Variations, The Pitmen Painters, Snow Playhouse; The Weston Playhouse

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Theatre Company, Vermont; Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company; and Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Mannshardt also serves as the technical director and resident designer at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival and previously taught lighting design at Santa Rosa Junior College for 14 years. Formerly the production manager at TheatreWorks, he now runs an organization dedicated to

improving the education system for Y G A N O Managing Director Phil Santora & Artistic Director Robert Kelley both children and adults in Nepal. T E R www.nepal.wwep.org Theatre’s Resident Sound Designer where she also stage managed Are LESLIE MARTINSON (Casting (1994–2007). Other regional credits You There McPhee?, The Convert, Director) is TheatreWorks’ Associate include Utah Shakespeare Festival, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, The How Artistic Director and Casting Director. American Conservatory Theater, and the Why, and An Iliad. She has Her many TheatreWorks credits California Shakespeare Theatre, worked previously at San Jose include, most recently, Water by the Contra Costa Musical Theatre, Repertory Theatre (Crime and Spoonful, as well as regional premieres Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Berkeley Punishment, Big Meal); as well as of Warrior Class and Time Stands Still, Repertory Theatre, Marin Theatre New York Theatre Workshop (An Iliad, and the West Coast premieres of The Company, Asian American Theater Belleville); Milwaukee Repertory Pitmen Painters and Superior Donuts. Company, Sledgehammer Theatre, Theatre (The Whipping Man); La Jolla A graduate of Occidental College, she A Contemporary Theatre, Huntington Playhouse (Sleeping Beauty Wakes, has been a Watson Fellow in political Theatre Company, and Oregon An Iliad); Transcendence Theatre theatre, a member of Lincoln Center Shakespeare Festival. Company (Broadway Under the Stars Director’s Lab, a member of the La 2013/ 2014); and 24 Hour Musicals MaMa International Directing JONATHAN TUNICK (Orchestrations), on Broadway 2010–2013. She is a Symposium, and has served on an American orchestrator, musical graduate of the University of Theatre Bay Area’s Theatre Services director, and composer, orchestrated Wisconsin–Whitewater, and holds a Committee since 2002. She was the original Sweeney Todd as well as BFA in Stage Management. awarded an Individual Artist two re-orchestrations (1993 London Fellowship in Stage Direction from South Bank and 2012 West End EMILY ANDERSON WOLF (Assistant the Arts Council of Silicon Valley for revival). He has worked with Stephen Stage Manager) has assistant stage artistic achievement and community Sondheim on numerous shows, includ- managed Little Women, Other Desert impact. In addition to directing, she ing Company, A Little Night Music, Cities, Wild with Happy, and Being leads master classes and workshops in Merrily We Roll Along, Into the Woods, Earnest for TheatreWorks, and was the the Bay Area, and teaches in the , Follies, and Pacific Overtures. production assistant for A Little Musical Arts department at Notre He is one of twelve people to have Princess, My Ántonia, Arcadia, A Little Dame de Namur University. won an EGOT: an Emmy Award (1982 Night Music, and Jane Eyre. She was Outstanding Achievement in Music also the assistant stage manager for JEFF MOCKUS (Sound Designer) Direction–Night of 100 Stars), a threesixty’s First National Tour of Peter designed TheatreWorks’ Once On This Grammy Award (1988 Best Instrumental Pan; Journey to the West at the New Island, Silent Sky, Little Women, Being Arrangement Accompanying Vocals– York Musical Theatre Festival; The 25th Earnest, Big River, Of Mice and Men, “No One is Alone,” Cleo Laine), an Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee The Secret Garden, Fly By Night, Oscar (1977 Best Music, Original Song with San Jose Repertory Theatre; and Superior Donuts, and [title of show]. Score and its Adaptation–A Little Flower Drum Song, Beauty and the His recent work includes Center Night Music), and a Tony Award (1997 Beast, Guys and Dolls, , REPertory Company’s Life Could Be Best Orchestrations–Titanic). and Gypsy with American Musical A Dream, The Western Stage’s West Theater of San Jose. Ms. Wolf also Side Story, Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s MARCY VICTORIA REED (Stage works as a stagehand throughout the As You Like It and Merry Wives Of Manager) is thrilled to join Bay Area and is a proud member of Windsor, as well as San Jose TheatreWorks for the first time. She the International Alliance of Theatrical Repertory Theatre’s The Big Meal. worked most recently at The Old Stage Employees. She holds a BA in Mr. Mockus served as Director of Globe on their production of Fiasco Theatre, Cum Laude from Mount Sound for PCPA Theaterfest (1990– Theater’s Into the Woods, which she Holyoke College. 1993), and as San Jose Repertory transferred from McCarter Theatre,

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ROBERT KELLEY (Artistic Director) is a Bay Area native and Stanford University graduate. He founded TheatreWorks in 1970 and has directed over 165 TheatreWorks and the productions, including many world Peter and regional premieres. He has received the Silicon Valley Arts Council’s Legacy Laureate Award; the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Paine SBookt bya Rick rElicce atcher Knickerbocker Award for lifetime Based on the novel by Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson achievement; BATCC Awards for Music by Wayne Barker Outstanding Direction for his produc- tions of Into the Woods, Pacific Overtures, Rags, Sweeney Todd, Another Midsummer Night, Sunday in “SENSATIONAL! the Park with George, Jane Eyre; and This show never stops flying.“ Caroline, or Change; and Back Stage West Garland Awards for his direction The NY Times of Side Show and Sunday in the Park with George. He recently directed Marry Me a Little, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Once on This Island, Little Women, Being Earnest, Big River, 33 Variations, Of Mice and Men, and The Secret Garden.

PHIL SANTORA (Managing Director) joined TheatreWorks in 2007. He has served as Managing Director of Northlight Theatre (Chicago) and Georgia Shakespeare Festival (Atlanta), as well as Development Director for Great Lakes Theatre Festival (Cleveland) and George Street Playhouse (New Brunswick). He holds an MFA in Theatre Administration from the Yale School of Drama and a BA in Drama from Duke University. He is Vice President of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre Board. Prior board service includes the League of Chicago Theatres, Atlanta Coalition of Theatres, and the executive commit- tee of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT). He was named 2000’s Best Arts Administrator by Atlanta Magazine and received the Atlanta Arts and Business Council’s 1998 ABBY Award for Arts Administrator.

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Anonymous (6) • Marc Abramson • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • Pauline Berkow & Ronald Kauffman • David and Lauren Berman • Jayne Booker • James & Diane Bordoni • Ann S. Bowers • Steve & Gayle Brugler • The estate of Cathryn Z. Cannon • Eleanor W. Caughlan • Steven & Karin Chase • Jodi Corwin • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • George & Susan Crow • John & Linda Elman • Frances Escherich • Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • Gayle Flanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & Rose Friedland • Terry & Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • Marcia & John Goldman • Kathryn Green • Lorie Griswold • Maureen Hoberg • Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sam & Elaine Housten • Susan M. Huch • Edward Hunter & SPONSORS Michelle Garcia • John W. & Nancy Lee Jalonen • Claiborne S. Jones • Dr. Steve Kelem • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Kurtzman • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mangelsdorf • Steve Mannshardt • Suzanne Martin & • Leigh Metzler & Jim McVey • Cynthia S. Miller • Tami & Craney Ogata • Karen & John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Betsy Boardman Ross • Adam Samuels & Frank Reyes • Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Edward & Jane Seaman • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Gerry Sipes • Carol Snell & Mindy Rauch • Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern • Susanne Stevens • Mark Stevenson • Carol Watts • Renee & Herman Winick

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THE PRODUCER CIRCLE Anne & Larry Hambly, Executive Producer Co-Chairs Gayla Lorthridge Wood & Lynne Szekely-Goode, Producer Co-Chairs TheatreWorks Producers have made a gift of $10,000 or more. They are invited to exclusive events with visiting artists, and on special theatre trips. Producers may select a production to follow from “page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits. Contact Jodye Friedman at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information.

Visionary Producers Mendelsohn Family Fund Sylvia & Ron Gerst The Frank & Denise Quattrone ($50,000 and above) Ray & Meredith Rothrock Kathryn Green Foundation Ann S. Bowers Janet Strauss & Jeff Hawkins Richard & Kathy Hawes Adam Samuels Dr. & Mrs. W.M. Coughran, Jr. The Tiphane Foundation Judy Heyboer Philip Santora & Cristian Asher Bruce Cozadd & Larry Horton & George Wilson Dorothy R. Saxe Sharon Hoffman Producers Lisa & Marc Jones Loren & Shelley Saxe Anne & Larry Hambly ($10,000 to $24,999) Mike & Martha Kahn Cynthia Sears Jim & Becky Morgan Anonymous (2) Julie Kaufman Martha Seaver & Scott Walecka Lynn Szekely-Goode & Marsha & Bill Adler Tom & Sharon Kelley Leonard Shustek & Dr. Richard Goode Katharine & George Alexander Robin and Don Kennedy Donna Dubinsky TheatreWorks Board Emeritus Lois & Dr. Edward Anderson Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Larry & Barbara Sonsini Lisa Webster Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Dorothy Lazier Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern Lucy Berlin & Glenn Trewitt Mark & Debra Leslie Debra Summers Executive Producers David & Lauren Berman Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro Mark & Teri Vershel ($25,000 to $49,999) Bredt Family Fund at Truckee Marks Family Foundation Watkins Family Charitable Fund Anonymous Tahoe Community Foundation The Marmor Foundation/ Carol Watts in memory of Vern Yogen & Peggy Dalal Steve & Gayle Brugler Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor Bill & Janne Wissel The John & Marcia Goldman Steven & Karin Chase Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Gayla Lorthridge Wood & Foundation George & Susan Crow Mary & Don McDougall Walt Wood The Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell Susan Fairbrook Leslie & Douglas Murphy- Yonatan Zunger Foundation Dan & Catharine Garber Chutorian Mike & Michelle Kwatinetz

THE INNER CIRCLE Holly Ward & Jayne Booker, Co-Chairs Members of The Inner Circle contribute a minimum of $1,500 each season and enjoy a variety of benefits including priority subscription seating, VIP ticket purchases and exchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artists events. Contact Carolyn Meyer at 650.463.7136 or [email protected] for more information.

Associate Producers Directors Nancy & Bill Grove Mark & Martha Ross ($6,000 to $9,999) ($3,000 to $5,999) Emeri & Brad Handler Rita & Robert Rove Paul Asente & Ron Jenks Anonymous (2) Maureen Hoberg Ron & Lila Schmidt Greg & Michelle Becker Ray & Carol Bacchetti D & J Hodgson Family Foundation Edward & Jane Seaman Steven & Michele Boal Joel & Wendy Bartlett Sudhanshu & Lori Jain Bart Sears Jayne Booker Anne & Buz Battle Barbara Jones Pamela & Rick Shames Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Katherine Bazak & John W. Dohner Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro Francesca Sherrill and Tony diBellis William J. Higgs Elizabeth & George Bechtel Chris Kenrick Joyce Reynolds Sinclair & Linda M. Hinton & Vince Foecke The BelleJAR Foundation Steve Knight & Steven Schwartz Dr. Gerald M. Sinclair Jerre & Nancy Hitz Wendell & Celeste Birkhofer Dick & Cathy Lampman Sheri Sobrato Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia Marah & Gene Brehaut Arlene & Jack Leslie Denise & Jim Stanford Rob & Ann Marangell John Chambers Sue & Dick Levy Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir Yvonne & Mike Nevens Bruce & Gail Chizen Janet Littlefield & William Coggshall Anthony & Rosina Lo Sun* Bill & Janet Nicholls Diane & Howard Crittenden Kevin McCoy Polly & Ted Taylor Carey & Josh Pickus Jeff & Amy Crowe The Merrimac Fund Craig & Susie Thom Joe, Nancy, Sam & Sara Ragey Randy Curry & Kay Simon Buff & Cindy Miller John & Sandi Thompson Catherine & Jeff Thermond Craig Dauchy & Sue Crawford Eileen Nelson & Hugh Franks Brent & Michèle Townshend Craig & Susie Thom John & Susan Diekman Richard Niblock Ted & Betty Ullman Holly Ward & Scott Spector John & Wynne Dobyns Peter Nosler Griff & Lynne Weber Richard & Josephine Ferrie Margo & Roy Ogus Harriet & Frank Weiss Peter & Rose Friedland Janine Paver & Eric Brown Barbara & Paul Weiss Markus Fromherz & Heike Schmitz Beth & Charlie Perrell Jane Weston & J. Horn Terry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of In memory of Pearl Reimer Karen Carlson White & Ken Jaffee Robert Kelley Tom Rindfleisch & Carli Scott Ken & Ruth Wilcox David E. Gold & Irene Blumenkranz Betsy Boardman Ross Mark & Sheila Wolfson

26 THEATREWORKS Players Dennis & Cindy Dillon Louise Karr Alan Russell & Fred Thiemann ($1,500 to $2,999) Pamela Dougherty Ruth Ann & David Keefer Nancy & Magnus Ryde Anonymous (5) Robert & Carol Dressler Arthur Keller Jim and Maureen Sansbury Marc & Sophia Abramson Jack & Marcia Edelstein James Kern & Monica Donovan Joseph & Sandy Santandrea Mary Ann Anthony & Ken Fowkes Ann and Matt Eisenberg Hal & Iris Korol Elizabeth & Mark Schar Lisa Backus & Anthony Montefusco James J. Elacqua Alison and Steve Krausz Lee & Kim Scheuer Bill & Marti Baerg Sue & Jeff Epstein Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Kubal Tom & Hilary Schroeder Shirley Bailey Frances Escherich Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz Charles G. Schulz & Claire E. Taylor Paul & Debbie Baker Curtis Feeny Linda Lester Carolyn Schutz* Doug & Marie Barry Sheldon Finkelstein & Donald & Rachel Levy Nancy & Greg Serrurier in honor of Pat Bashaw & Gene Segre Beatriz V. Infante Robert J. Lipshutz & Jeff Crowe Jim Bassett & Lily Hurlimann Peggy Woodford Forbes & Nancy Wong, MD Jim & Margie Shaughnessy Don & Deborah Bennett Harry Bremond Drs. John & Penny Loeb Sarah Shema & Neyssa Marina Stuart & Marcella Bernstein Lynda & Steve Fox Tom & Sally Logothetti Marge & Jim Shively Dr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory of Diane & Bob Frankle Alexander & Anne Long Ron & Ellen Shulman Dr. Kevin J. Gilmartin Barbara Franklin & Bernie Loth Reed Maltzman & Jennifer Gosselin Ursula Shultz Charlotte & David Biegelsen Katherine Fraser & Steve Larson Richard & Charlene Maltzman Carolyn & Rick Silberman Bob & Martha Bowden Jodye & Jonny Friedman in memory of Carol Adler Gerry Sipes Michael & Leslie Braun Jay & Joyce Friedrichs Bob & Kathie Maxfield Ellen & Ed Smith Kathy Bridgman Betsy & Tom Furst Anne B McCarthy Timothy Sparks Ellen & Marc Brown Marilee Gardner Gerald & Betty McIntyre Geraldine Steinberg Chet & Marcie Brown Aaron Gershenberg & Julia Massa Dave & Carolyn McLoughlin Jim Stephens & Abraham Brown Jeff & Maureen Burnham Nancy & Charles Geschke Myrna & Hy Mitchner, PhD The Sher-Right Fund Christine B. Butcher+ Renee & Mark Greenstein Gillian & Tom Moran Laura Strand Eric Butler MD & Mary Ann & John Grilli Annie Nunan* Mark & Sherrie Taguchi Suzanne Rocca-Butler Barbara Gunther O’Hanlan-Walker LGBT Equality Jan Thomson & Roy Levin Jeff & Deborah Byron Peter & Laura Haas Fund of Horizons Foundation Helaina Titus Ron & Sally Carter Elaine & Eric Hahn Lynn & Susan Orr Tzipor Ulman & Yigal Rubinstein Mark Chandler Russell & Debbie Hall David Pasta in memory of Robert J. Van der Leest, MD Dean & Wilma Chu Jane Hamlin & Steven Schow Gloria J.A. Guth Mimi & Jim Van Horne Fran Codispoti & Ken Schroeder David & Noreen Henig Carrie Perzow & Von Leirer Julie Veitch & Peter Nosler William & Nancy Cohen Anne & Emma Grace Holmes James & Alma Phillips Margaret & Curt Weil Martha Cohn David Hornik & Pamela Miller-Hornik John & Valerie Poggi Edward Weiss, MD & Sydney Marsden Claudia & Bill Coleman Susan M. Huch Susan Pritzker Nancy & Bart Westcott Larry & Sara Condit Perry A. Irvine & Kathy & Gary Reback Bruce & Elinor Wilner Robert A. Cook Linda Romley-Irvine Karen & John Reis Lynn Wilson & Howard Roberts Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchovny Dean & Patricia Johnson Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones Dan & Sharon Winnike in memory of Milt, Michael, & Jack Leigh & Roy Johnson Edward & Verne Rice Neil & Ann Wolff David & Ann Crockett Claiborne S. Jones Orli & Zack Rinat Judith & Peter Wolken Richard & Anita Davis Craig & Gina Jorasch Family Fund Paul & Sheri Robbins Bill & Sue Worthington Jenny Dearborn & John Tarlton Jack Jorgenson Bob Rodert & Bev Kiltz M Yee Scott & Edie DeVine Mr. & Mrs. Abdo Kadifa Alicia Rojas & Howard Lyons Douglas Dexter Thomas Kailath Robert & Suzanne Rubenstein

Benefactors ($750 to $1,499) Anonymous (2) • Douglas & Loretta Allred • Rick & Violet Boyle • Maria Brabb • Joan Brennan • Bob & Maggie Cant • Bud & Rebecca Colligan • Shazad Contractor • Andrew & Heidi Cotton • Peter & Melanie Cross • Bunny Dawson • Romar De Claro • Robert Dutton • Norma & Geoff Egan • Margaret Ann & Don Fidler • Doug & Lois Garland • Mark Gorenberg • Sue & Bill Gould • Jim & Linda Hagan • Helen Helson • Bill & Julie Hooper • Terry Huggins • Scott Joachim • Carl Jukkola & Desmond Lee • The Guy Kawasakis • Lisa Kenkel • Bob & Edie Kirkwood • Bill & Terry Krivan • Shawn Lampron • Stephen and Nancy Levy • Dan’l & Susan Lewin • George & Ann Limbach • Alan Lo & A. Carmen Choy • Joe Margevicius • Gerald C. McNamara & Renee K. Petrofes • Alex & Sue Meyers • David Morgenthaler • Shirley & David Negrin • Oshman Family Foundation • Dale and Cathy Pfau • Vic & Jan Schachter • Steven & Rita Schlosser • Maria and Mitch Segal • Jack & Dorothy Shannahan • Rob Skinner • Dane & Marnie Snow • Diane Talbert • Dean Ujihara • Thomas Vogelsang • David Vroom • Mrs. John A. Wilson • Glen Wong • Mike & Patti Workman • Alan & Judy Zafran

Contributions listed were received between 8/10/2013 & 8/10/2014. Program deadlines & space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Carolyn Meyer at 650.463.7136 or [email protected]. * Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts. Please consider TheatreWorks in your will or estate plan. Call 650.463.7135 or email [email protected] for more information.

Ensure that TheatreWorks will thrive well into the future. There are many vehicles to consider that will help you fulfill your financial, retirement, and philanthropic goals. As a Legacy Donor to TheatreWorks, you will be offered membership to FutureWorks and will be invited to exclusive events, and (if you choose) be acknowledged in a place of honor in our program. For more information, call 650.463.7135 or visit www.theatreworks.org/give/ways/planned/

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ARTISTIC SCENERY DEVELOPMENT MARKETING Associate Artistic Director Technical Director Director of Advancement Interim Director of Marketing Leslie Martinson Frank Sarmiento Jodye Friedman Lorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez Director of New Works Lead Scenic Artist / Craftsman Director of Major Gifts Art Director Giovanna Sardelli Tom Langguth Anne Holmes Ev Shiro Company Manager/ Master Carpenter Institutional Giving Manager Associate Director of Marketing Contract Associate Bill Roberts Kathleen Dederian Syche Phillips Jessica Mohr Carpenters Inner Circle Manager Associate Director for FutureWorks Fellow Chris Blackwood, Esteban Calvillo, Carolyn Meyer Patron Services Jeffrey Lo Rodrigo Frausto, Henry Ing Margaret Purdy Stewardship and Events Manager TCG/Fox Foundation Jodi Corwin Marketing and Digital Resident Artist Communications Manager PROPERTIES Development Intern Cindy Im Jonathan Amores Properties Master Stephanie Wong Resident Musical Director Sarah Lowe Marketing Tessitura Specialist William Liberatore Sera Cocora Properties Artisans EDUCATION New Works Reading Committee Blair Baker, Christopher Fitzer, Ticket Services Supervisor Doug Brook, Elisabeth Chowning, Charlynn Knighton Director of Education Michelle Piasecki Sue Krumbein, Shareen Merriam, Amy Cole-Farrell Properties Stock Manager Ticket Services Representatives Patty Reinhart, Cindi Sears, Alfred Rudolph Associate Education Director— Sarah Benjamin, Jennifer Gosk, Amy Sundberg, Scott Walecka Schools Alix Josefski Dramaturgy Intern Katie Bartholomew Graphics Assistant Jenna Gerdsen COSTUMES Associate Education Director— Katie Dai Costume Director Playwriting Group Sales Representative Jill Bowers Jake Arky PRODUCTION, Ken Sadamasa LIGHTING, & SOUND Assistant Costumer Master Teaching Artist Telesales Representatives Noah Marin Piper LaGrelius Production Manager Constance Gannon, Gerald Gist David A. Milligan Lead Cutter/Draper Teaching Artists Company House Managers Yen La Wong Jennifer Debevec Assistant Production Manager Larry Condit, Lois Hopp, Martin Rojas Dietrich Jon Wat Wardrobe Manager Bill McFarland, Ray Vinall Thom Hoffman Lauren Dunagan Operations Manager/ Daryl Harper Public Relations & Advertising Master Electrician Costume Rentals Manager Amanda Johnson Carla Befera & Co. Carolyn Foot Conni Edwards Emily Jordan Carla Befera, Molly Kullman Assistant Cutter/First Hand Kelly Rinehart Resident Lighting Designer Company Photographers Michelle Earney Andrea Shockling Steven B. Mannshardt Kevin Berne Mia Tagano Stitchers Alessandra Mello Sound Supervisor Maryssa Wanlass Nhan Thi Luu, Son Pham Brendan Aanes Kathryn Zdan Stylist Production Coordinator Playwrights-in-Residence ADMINISTRATIVE Jeanne Naritomi Karen Szpaller Jake Arky, Jeffrey Lo General Manager Electricians Education Intern Scott DeVine Kelly Jean Conard, Steven Fetter, STAGE MANAGEMENT Dor Gvirtsman Business Manager Virginia Herbert, Elizar Ivanov, Resident Stage Manager Lona King Dan Kaminski, Nick Kumamoto, Randall K. Lum Evan Lola, Harris Meyers, Database Administrator Gary Nelson, Jarku Virtanen Stage Management Intern Ken Maitz Rivka Kelly Load-in/Strike Volunteer Staff Accountant Ed Hunter Barbara Sloss SWEENEY TODD ADDITIONAL STAFF Finance Intern Assistant Director Ken Savage Follow Spot Operators Swati Pandy Wig Design Sharon Ridge Marissa Mendoza, Audrey Younger Assistant Lighting Designer Sound Engineer Quinn Pierron And thanks to our fabulous Wil Bakal Backstage Audio Jake Van Tuyl TheatreWorkers! Production Assistant Show Carpenter Patrick Biggs Emma Wykes Ruhlig Properties Runner Megan Hall Light Board Operator Dressers/Wig Runners Elizar Ivanov Michelle Escoto, Sarah Hatton, Thom Hoffman

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CONTACT US INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES* AUDIO-CAPTIONING Mailing Address: Preview Prices: TheatreWorks productions have designated PO Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0458 Adult: $53 Senior: $43 performances where audio captioning is avail- Phone: 650.463.1950 Fax: 650.463.1963 Educator: $43 30 & Under: $25 able for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Please E-mail: [email protected] Sections A / B / C: call 650.463.1960 for details. TICKET SERVICES Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sun Eves & Wed Matinee: LATE ARRIVALS Tickets to all TheatreWorks performances Adult: $68/$59/$25 Senior: $55/$47/$25 Latecomers will not be seated until appropriate are sold through the TheatreWorks Box Office Educator: $55/$47/$25 intervals, and may not be seated in their exact Hours: Monday–Friday, 11am–6pm; 30 & Under: $35/$25/$19 seat locations until intermission. Saturday-Sunday, 12pm-6pm Fri and Sat Eve, Sat and Sun Matinee: Phone: 650.463.1960 Adult: $74/$69/$25 Senior: $64/$56/$25 PLEASE REMEMBER Educator: $64/$56/$25 Tickets may also be obtained through the There is no smoking in the theatres or lobbies. 30 & Under: $42/$35/$25 Cameras and recording devices of any kind Mountain View Ticket Office *Prices do not include $6 per ticket convenience fee. are strictly prohibited. Neither food nor drink is Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, noon–6pm Prices subject to change. permitted in the theatres. Please ensure Phone: 650.903.6000 that all electronic devices are set to the “off“ GROUP SAVINGS position while you are in the theatre. WALK-UP TICKET SERVICES Savings are available for groups of 8 or more. Children 5 and under are not permitted in The walk-up ticket office will open one hour For more information, call Alix Josefski at prior to each performance. the theatre. Persons 14 and under must be 650.463.7121 or email [email protected]. accompanied by an adult. Every person, regard- less of age, must have a ticket. PERFORMANCE TIMES WHEELCHAIR SEATING Wed, Thur, Fri Previews 8pm Seating is available for wheelchair patrons. Schedules, shows, casts, and ticket prices are Tuesday & Wednesday Eve 7:30pm Please telephone the Ticket Office in advance subject to change. Thursday–Saturday Eve 8:00pm so that special arrangements may be made. Single ticket purchases are non-refundable, but Sunday Eve 7:00pm are exchangeable for $15 per ticket. Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday Matinee 2:00pm LISTENING SYSTEMS Some restrictions apply. Both theatres are equipped with listening systems for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Please see the house manager for details. Visit theatreworks.org for detailed information or to purchase tickets.

GIVE TO THE 45thAnniversaryCampaign Can you recall the first time you were deeply moved by a play? For the past 45 years, TheatreWorks has brought memorable moments to our community, presenting life-affirming new plays and musicals, as well as timeless classics. Your 45th Anniversary Gift will help us: • Continue to bring World Premieres and Regional Premieres to the stages of Silicon Valley • Launch new plays at our New Works Festival • Build theatre appreciation and life skills for 35,000 students

Ticket sales cover less than half the funds needed to keep TheatreWorks going. We truly couldn’t do it without your charitable donations.

We want to hear from you! To give a gift or share your favorite memory from TheatreWorks over the years, contact us at 650.463.7136 or give now at theatreworks.org/give.

30 THEATREWORKS OUNTAIN VIEW CENTER MFOR THE PERFORMING ARTS MAILING ADDRESS BOOKING INFORMATION Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts’ three City of Mountain View theaters and support spaces may be booked for perform- Post Office Box 7540, Mountain View, CA 94039-7540 ing arts events, meetings, conferences and other events. For booking information, please call 650-903-6556. TICKETS & INFORMATION 650.903.6000 (24 hours) mvcpa.com HOME COMPANIES [email protected] The Center is proud to serve as host to two Home Companies: TheatreWorks and Peninsula Youth Ticket Office Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, 12 noon Theatre. These arts organizations perform a significant to 6 pm, and one hour prior to event curtain time. portion of their seasons in our theaters and contribute Ticket Services also features a telephone information to the overall success of the Center. hotline. Ticket orders may be placed 24 hours a day. Phone: 650-903-6000 Fax: 650-965-1727 PLEASE NOTE • All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. GENERAL INFORMATION • Due to contract restrictions and the dangers posed General Information to performers, cameras and recording devices are 500 Castro Street, Mountain View prohibited in the theaters during most events. Administrative Office Unauthorized cameras and recording devices Phone: 650-903-6565 Fax: 650-962-9900 will be removed and held by the Center until the close of the performance. FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING • Please do not bring food or drink (except bottled To receive Preview Magazine by mail, call 650-903-6000. water) into the theaters. Visit our web site mvcpa.com for the latest information • To avoid disruption of the performance, please set on events at the Center and to sign up for eSpotlight to pagers to vibrate and disengage alarmed watches get the special offers and event updates by email. and cellular phones before entering the theater. MainStage • Please become familiar with the exits. In an REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES emergency, listen for instructions from Center staff. There are no refunds unless a performance is canceled If instructed to do so, walk—do not run—to the exit. or rescheduled. Exchange policies vary and are set by In the case of an earthquake, remain seated, or the presenter of each event. For more information, crouch below seats, then listen for instructions please call Ticket Services at 650-903-6000. from Center staff.

LATE ARRIVALS Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the producing uuuuuuu organization. We recommend that patrons arrive at the Center a minimum of 20 minutes prior to curtain time. If you are purchasing or picking up tickets, please allow OUNTAIN IEW ITY OUNCIL additional time. Our ticket office closes one half hour M V C C after curtain time. Chris Clark, Mayor • John McAlister, Vice Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga • Ronit Bryant EMERGENCY NUMBER John Inks • Mike Kasperzak • Jac Siegel Our House Manager has a cell phone (650-740-0093) Daniel Rich, City Manager to receive emergency calls during performances. PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE ADDITIONAL SERVICES Angelica Andreotti • Raymond Chan • Ellen Murray SecondStage The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is fully accessible. Patrons who require wheelchair seating or Daniel Palay • Maynak Thakore other assistance may make arrangements with Ticket Services at the time of ticket purchase 650-903-6000. CENTER STAFF Notifying the Center in advance will make it possible to The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is a better serve your needs. Assistive listening system division of the City of Mountain View’s Community Services headsets are available in the lobby for performances. Department, J.P. de la Montaigne, Director. Audio-described services for patrons who are visually Executive Director W. Scott Whisler impaired are available at some performances. Patrons who are hearing impaired may request translation Marketing & Public Relations Manager Michele Roberts services (for information call 650-903-6000). Assistive Business Manager Cindy Miksa ambulatory devices will be checked at the back of the Booking Coordinator Jennifer Poret theater unless the device fits completely beneath the seats. Technical Services Manager Bernadette Fife Audience Services Manager Liz Nelson VOLUNTEER AT THE CENTER Ticket Services Manager Gary Voss The Center owes a great deal of its success to its dedicated volunteer staff who serve as Ushers, Senior Ticket Representatives Art Docents and Office Volunteers. Join us, support Morry Goldstein • Carolyn Marie Len the arts and be a part of the Center! For more Senior Stagehand Steven Crandell information, please call 650-903-6568. encoreartsprograms.com 31