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Vanity Fair at Encore Arts San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO’S PREMIER NONPROFIT THEATER COMPANY JANUARY 2020 JANUARY SEASON 53 ISSUE 4 January 2020 | Volume 18, No. 4 The location that connects you to the best of San Francisco. PAUL HEPPNER President MIKE HATHAWAY Senior Vice President KAJSA PUCKETT Vice President, San Francisco is known for its rich intellectual Sales & Marketing and creative culture, progressive spirit, and GENAY GENEREUX Accounting & Office Manager global outlook — and that’s just what you’ll find Production at San Francisco Towers, a sophisticated Life Plan SUSAN PETERSON Vice President, Production JENNIFER SUGDEN Assistant Production Community in the heart of the city. Manager ANA ALVIRA, STEVIE VAN BRONKHORST Production Artists and Graphic Designers Everything you love is within walking distance, Sales making it easy to stay connected to the culture and MARILYN KALLINS, TERRI REED San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives diversity San Francisco is known for plus convenient BRIEANNA HANSEN, SHERRI JARVEY, services, wonderful comforts, and security for the ANN MANNING Seattle Area Account Executives future. CAROL YIP Sales Coordinator Marketing Join the waiting list! For information, or to schedule SHAUN SWICK Brand & Creative Manager CIARA CAYA Marketing Coordinator a visit, call 415.447.5526. Encore Media Group 425 North 85th Street • Seattle, WA 98103 800.308.2898 • 206.443.0445 [email protected] encoremediagroup.com Encore Arts Programs and Encore Stages are published monthly by Encore Media Group to serve performing arts covia.org/san-francisco-towers events in the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Seattle Area. All rights reserved. ©2019 Encore Media Group. 1661 Pine St, San Francisco, CA 94109 Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. A not-for-profit community owned and operated by Covia. License No. 380540292 COA# 325 2 ACT-SF.ORG SAN FRANCISCO'S THEATER COMPANY American Conservatory Theater is a Tony Award–winning and performing on our mainstage and around the Bay Area, as theater and educational institution dedicated to cultivating well as on stages and screens nationwide. the art of live theater through our dynamic productions, A key part of A.C.T.’s dedication to lifelong learning is our intensive actor training in our Conservatory, and an ongoing Education & Community Programs team, led by Juan Manzo. engagement with our community. Under the leadership These programs include our Young Conservatory (students of Tony and Obie award–winning Artistic Director Pam ages 8–19), our Fellowship Program for emerging theater MacKinnon and Executive Director Jennifer Bielstein, we professionals, and our ACTsmart school and community embrace our responsibility to refresh, renew, and reinvent programs, featuring the Student Matinee (SMAT) program, the rich theatrical traditions and literatures that are our our touring Will on Wheels Shakespeare productions, collective legacy, while exploring new artistic forms and teaching-artist residences, and workshops at schools and communities. Since opening our first San Francisco season community-based organizations. Every year, these programs in 1967, A.C.T. has presented more than 400 productions to a provide nearly 20,000 young people and educators from combined audience of more than seven million people. Today, around the Bay Area with opportunities to experience the A.C.T.’s performance, education, and outreach programs transformative potential of dramatic storytelling; develop reach almost 250,000 people in the Bay Area each year. creativity, critical thinking, and collaborative spirit; and A.C.T.’s Conservatory, led by Melissa Smith, is a three-year, foster the artists and audiences of the future. fully accredited Master of Fine Arts Program consistently Now in their second season at the helm, Pam MacKinnon rated as one of America’s top actor-training programs. Our and Jennifer Bielstein continue their commitment to the Summer Training Congress attracts students from around development of new work and new artists and the creation the world, the San Francisco Semester offers a unique, of an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment for our immersive training opportunity for undergraduates, and employees, students, audiences, and artists. Through this Studio A.C.T. helps adults get in touch with their inner artist commitment, we aim to impact lives, build community, and through part-time, professional-caliber classes. Our alumni train artists who will secure and change the future of theater are working theater-makers, writing, directing, producing, for San Francisco and the world. American Conservatory Theater Board of Trustees (As of October 2019) The Board of Directors of the MFA Program David Riemer Jennifer Bielstein Lori Halverson Schryer Chair Ralph A. Clark Patrick S. Thompson Patrick S. Thompson Kay Yun Lesley Ann Clement Joaquin Torres Chair President Patrick Devlin Jeffrey W. Ubben Jerome L. Dodson Jay Yamada Kirke M. Hasson Norman Abramson Olympia Dukakis Nola Yee Immediate Past Chair Sara Barnes Jesse Lee Eller Carlotta Dathe Celeste Ford Rod Ferguson Emeritus Advisory Board Frannie Fleishhacker Vice Chair Frannie Fleishhacker Barbara Bass Bakar Dianne Hoge Priscilla Geeslin Ken Fulk Rena Bransten Christopher Hollenbeck Vice Chair Patti Hart Jack Cortis Luba Kipnis Robina Riccitiello Dianne Hoge Joan Danforth Linda Kurtz Vice Chair Jo S. Hurley Dagmar Dolby Jennifer Lindsay William Draper III Steven L. Swig David L. Jones Toni Ratner Miller John Goldman Vice Chair Jascha Kaykas-Wolff Mary Ann Munro James H. Levy Kaatri Grigg Linda Jo Fitz Joseph Ratner Heather Stallings Little James Haire Treasurer Toni Rembe Pam MacKinnon Kent Harvey Abby Sadin Schnair Adriana López Vermut Rodman Marymor Sue Yung Li Lori Halverson Schryer Secretary Katherine McGee Christine Mattison Anne Shonk Jeffrey S. Minick Joan McGrath In Memoriam Melissa Smith Gerine Ongkeko Deedee McMurtry Nancy Livingston Toni Rembe Mary S. Metz Chair Emerita Michael Richter Cherie Sorokin Rusty Rueff Barry Lawson Williams Abby Sadin Schnair Carlie Wilmans American Conservatory Theater was founded in 1965 by William Ball. Edward Hastings, Artistic Director 1986–92. Carey Perloff,Artistic Director 1992–2018. @ACTSanFrancisco 3 2019/20 DON’T JUST SIT THERE . SEASON BIKE TO THE THEATER NIGHT THURSDAY, FEB 13 AT 6:30 P.M. Have your bicycle valet parked by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition beginning one hour before curtain (please bring your own lock). DRINKS + DRAMA FRIDAY FRIDAY, FEB 14 AT 6 P.M. An evening of drinks, popup food, and low-priced tickets to the performance. Admission ($15 advance purchase/$20 at the door) will include one drink voucher and an orchestra seat to see the show. KDFC PROLOGUE TUESDAY, FEB 25 AT 5:30 P.M. Before the curtain goes up, get insight into the artistic process at this fascinating preshow discussion with the director and artistic staff, sponsored by KDFC Radio. THEATER ON THE COUCH* FRIDAY, FEB 28 AT 7:30 P.M. Join us after the show to discuss the minds, motives, and behaviors of the characters with a psychiatrist from San Francisco’s Kaiser Permanente Medical Center. WINE NIGHT TUESDAY, MAR 3 AT 6:30 P.M. Meet fellow theatergoers at this hosted wine-tasting event. PRIDE NIGHT WEDNESDAY, MAR 4 AT 6:30 P.M. Join us before the show for drinks and mingling with fellow theatergoers in the LGBTQ+ community. Then stick around after the show when the party really gets started, with specialty drinks, local DJs, pop-ups, special guests, photo ops, and more! AUDIENCE EXCHANGE* TUESDAY, MAR 10 AT 7 P.M. SUNDAY, MAR 15 AT 2 P.M. WEDNESDAY, MAR 18 AT 2 P.M. Learn firsthand what goes into the Scalpel-sharp making of great theater. After the show, join us for a lively chat with the dark comedy from actors, designers, and artists who MacArthur “Genius” winner develop the work onstage. PLAYTIME Branden Jacobs-Jenkins SATURDAY, MAR 21 AT 12 P.M. Get hands-on with theater at this Pulitzer Prize Finalist interactive preshow workshop. *Events take place immediately followingthe performance. To learn more about our InterACT events, This production contains strong language, loud noises, gunshots on and off stage, violence, and mature themes. For additional context about this production, visit act-sf.org/gloria. visit act-sf.org/interact. PHOTO BY CHESHIRE ISAACS. BY PHOTO WHAT’S INSIDE Tony Hale in the Geary Theater. ONSTAGE NOW A.C.T. TODAY EDITOR SIMON HODGSON 7 LETTERS FROM THE ARTISTIC 19 WE DEDICATE THE 2019–20 AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS ASSOCIATE EDITOR SEASON IN HONOR OF LIVIAN YEH NANCY LIVINGSTON 10 GATHERING IN THE DARK CONTRIBUTORS An Interview with Playwright Will Eno 20 LIVING LANGUAGE JENNIFER BIELSTEIN By Joy Meads MFA Program Actors Collaborate HANNAH CLAGUE on New Work PAM MACKINNON JOY MEADS 11 HUMOR AND VULNERABILITY By Claire L. Wong CLAIRE L. WONG An Interview with Two-Time Emmy Award Winner Tony Hale 21 A ROCKY GOOD TIME By Simon Hodgson A.C.T.’s Fall Gala Raises Roof VOLUNTEER! and $900,000 for Artistic and A.C.T. volunteers provide an invaluable service 12 FINDING JOY IN THE SHADOWS Education Programs with their time, enthusiasm, and love of theater. An Interview with Director By A.C.T. Publications Staff Opportunities include helping out in our performing Anne Kauffman arts library and ushering in our theaters. By Hannah Clague act-sf.org/volunteer TAKE A CLASS WITH A.C.T.’S CONSERVATORY PROGRAMS LEARNLearn MORE more AT at ACT-SF.ORG/CONSERVATORY act-sf.org/conservatory. @ACTSanFrancisco 5 2019/20 DON’T JUST SIT THERE . SEASON They said she couldn't, so she did BIKE TO THE THEATER NIGHT THURSDAY, MAR 5 AT 6:30 P.M. Have your bicycle valet parked by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition beginning one hour before curtain (please bring your own lock). DRINKS + DRAMA FRIDAY FRIDAY, MAR 6 AT 6 P.M. An evening of drinks, popup food, and low-priced tickets to the performance. Admission ($15 advance purchase/$20 at the door) will include one drink voucher and an orchestra seat to see the show.
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