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About TheatreWorks Silicon Valley May 2016 From the Board Chair Volume 47, No. 8 In this Issue Welcome to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and our 46th season of award-winning Just wondering… Has this season flown by for you, too? Hard to theatre. Led by Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director The Velocity of Autumn, believe that it’s already June and time for 2 About TheatreWorks Phil Santora, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents a wide range of productions our eighth and final mainstage production of 2015/2016. Looking and programming throughout the region. back, it’s clear that it has been a wonderfully eclectic and thoroughly Silicon Valley Paul Heppner Triangle Founded in 1970, we continue to celebrate the human spirit and the diversity of enjoyable season: a tuneful world premiere ( ), several smart Publisher The Country House, tokyo fish 4 Summer Studio @ TheatreWorks our community, presenting contemporary plays and musicals, revitalizing great multigenerational regional premieres ( Susan Peterson story, The Velocity of Autumn), reimagined classics (Proof, Cyrano), works of the past, championing arts education, and nurturing new works for the Design & Production Director a reprised audience favorite (Jane Austen’s EMMA), and a unique THE 2016/17 SEASON American theatre. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has produced 65 world premieres 6 one-man powerhouse (Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin). Innovative. Diverse. Inspiring. and over 150 US and regional premieres. In the 2015/16 season, we add the Ana Alvira, Robin Kessler, Shaun Swick, Stevie VanBronkhorst Quintessential TheatreWorks. Coming Next: CONFEDERATES world premiere of the musical Triangle and five more regional premieres to our 8 Production Artists and Graphic Design So, a very big THANK YOU from TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s Board of Trustees résumé. and staff, and all the actors, writers, musicians, and production teams who have Mike Hathaway 9 From the Artistic Director TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 2014/15 season included the world premiere of Sales Director helped to bring these plays and musicals to life. This season wouldn’t have been possible without you—our audience. Your subscriptions, single-ticket purchases, and The Great Pretender, as well as regional premieres of Water by the Spoonful, Brieanna Bright, 10 Will You—Will We—Be a Liability generous contributions throughout the year allow all of us who work and play at The Lake Effect, and Fire on the Mountain. Last season’s holiday production, Joey Chapman, Ann Manning or a Resource? Peter and the Starcatcher, joined our January show 2 Pianos 4 Hands as the Seattle Area Account Executives TheatreWorks Silicon Valley to continue to do what we love. two highest-grossing plays in our history. In the course of the year, shows that But our 8-play season is only part of what you all support. Our Writers’ Retreat Marilyn Kallins, Terri Reed each winter offers selected playwrights and composers from all over the country the debuted here were produced at theatres around the world, including our world San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives time, space, and resources necessary to further develop and refine the first draft or premiere Memphis, which opened in London’s West End. Brett Hamil the next draft of their new play or musical. In the summer, our acclaimed New Works With an annual operating budget of $8 million, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Online Editor Festival serves up multiple staged readings of promising new works, allowing writers produces eight mainstage productions at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto Jonathan Shipley to tweak, reimagine, and rewrite, while encouraging theatre-loving audiences to and the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Fifteen years ago, we Associate Online Editor experience and help shape new shows. launched the New Works Initiative, rededicating ourselves to the development of Jonathan Shipley Additionally, your ongoing support allows us to enhance and expand our wide- new plays and musicals. The Initiative has since supported over 140 new works Ad Services CoordinatorENCORE reaching and diverse education programs. Issue-based shows that tour elementary schools, theatre arts integrated into core curriculum, dedicated student matinees, through retreats, workshops, staged readings, developmental productions, Carol Yip summer camps, and playwriting workshops for teens are but a few of the ways and the annual New Works Festival, inspiring The Mercury News to call us “a Sales Coordinator TheatreWorks enriches the lives of Bay Area youth. We know that arts education premiere breeding ground for new musicals, which has put the company on the unlocks hidden potential and is a key component in developing the next generation national map.” of creative thinkers and problem solvers—not to mention encouraging the upcoming TheatreWorks Silicon Valley believes in making theatre accessible to the entire artists and theatregoers who will keep theatre vibrant in the future. Playwright Eric Coble Silicon Valley community. Our Arts Education Department reaches more than John Steinbeck wrote, “The theatre is the only institution in the world which has 25,000 students in 70 schools in 7 counties annually. It sponsors outreach been dying for 4000 years and has never succumbed.” With supporters like all of you, programs that include the Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard Children’s it’s clear that TheatreWorks will continue to thrive. Innovative. Diverse. Inspiring. 11 Eric Coble and the Path to Hospital, the Young Playwright’s Initiative, specially-priced student matinees, See you at TheatreWorks next season. THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN Paul Heppner extensive school tours, post-show discussions, and theatre camps, classes, and President conservatories for youth. Barbara Shapiro Mike Hathaway 13 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley For more information on our 2016/17 season, New Works Festival, and Vice President presents THE VELOCITY OF Education Programs, please visit theatreworks.org or call 650.463.1950. Genay Genereux BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTUMN Accounting & Office Manager Barbara Shapiro, Chair

Sara Keats Jayne Booker Michael Kahn Nancy Ginsburg Stern AFFILIATIONS—TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and 15 Who’s Who operates under agreement between LORT and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors Marketing Manager Bill Coughran Julie Kaufman Debra Summers and stage managers in the United States. TheatreWorks is a constituent member of Theatre Communications Susan Fairbrook Robert Kelley Lynn Szekely-Goode Ryan Devlin Group, Inc., the national organization for the nonprofit professional theatre. TheatreWorks is a member of the Ciro Giammona Tom Kelley Tzipor Ulman 18 Contributors National Alliance for Musical Theatre, a national service organization for musical theatre. In addition, Business Development Manager Anne Hambly Ray A. Rothrock Mark Vershel TheatreWorks is a member of Theatre Bay Area, the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, and the Mountain View P H O T K E V I N B R Chamber of Commerce. TheatreWorks’ 2016/17 Season is presented in cooperation with the City of Mountain / Judy Heyboer Adam Samuels Holly Ward 21 TWSV Staff View and the City of Palo Alto, Community Services Department, Division of Arts and Sciences. Larry Horton Phil Santora Lisa Webster Roy Johnson Loren Saxe Jane Weston The director is a member of the Society Corporate Office Derry Kabcenell Gayla Lorthridge Wood 22 TWSV General Information of Stage Directors and Choreographers, 425 North 85th Street Seattle, WA 98103 Inc., an independent national labor union. The scenic, lighting, and sound designers p 206.443.0445 f 206.443.1246 BOARD EMERITUS are members of United Scenic Artists. This [email protected]

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2 THEATREWORKS From the Board Chair In this Issue Just wondering… Has this season flown by for you, too? Hard to The Velocity of Autumn, believe that it’s already June and time for 2 About TheatreWorks our eighth and final mainstage production of 2015/2016. Looking back, it’s clear that it has been a wonderfully eclectic and thoroughly Silicon Valley enjoyable season: a tuneful world premiere (Triangle), several smart multigenerational regional premieres (The Country House, tokyo fish 4 Summer Studio @ TheatreWorks story, The Velocity of Autumn), reimagined classics (Proof, Cyrano), a reprised audience favorite (Jane Austen’s EMMA), and a unique 6 THE 2016/17 SEASON one-man powerhouse (Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin). Innovative. Diverse. Inspiring. Quintessential TheatreWorks. 8 Coming Next: CONFEDERATES So, a very big THANK YOU from TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s Board of Trustees and staff, and all the actors, writers, musicians, and production teams who have 9 From the Artistic Director helped to bring these plays and musicals to life. This season wouldn’t have been possible without you—our audience. Your subscriptions, single-ticket purchases, and 10 Will You—Will We—Be a Liability generous contributions throughout the year allow all of us who work and play at or a Resource? TheatreWorks Silicon Valley to continue to do what we love. But our 8-play season is only part of what you all support. Our Writers’ Retreat each winter offers selected playwrights and composers from all over the country the time, space, and resources necessary to further develop and refine the first draft or the next draft of their new play or musical. In the summer, our acclaimed New Works Festival serves up multiple staged readings of promising new works, allowing writers to tweak, reimagine, and rewrite, while encouraging theatre-loving audiences to experience and help shape new shows. Additionally, your ongoing support allows us to enhance and expand our wide- reaching and diverse education programs. Issue-based shows that tour elementary schools, theatre arts integrated into core curriculum, dedicated student matinees, summer camps, and playwriting workshops for teens are but a few of the ways TheatreWorks enriches the lives of Bay Area youth. We know that arts education unlocks hidden potential and is a key component in developing the next generation of creative thinkers and problem solvers—not to mention encouraging the upcoming artists and theatregoers who will keep theatre vibrant in the future. Playwright Eric Coble John Steinbeck wrote, “The theatre is the only institution in the world which has been dying for 4000 years and has never succumbed.” With supporters like all of you, it’s clear that TheatreWorks will continue to thrive. Innovative. Diverse. Inspiring. 11 Eric Coble and the Path to See you at TheatreWorks next season. THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN

Barbara Shapiro 13 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents THE VELOCITY OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTUMN Barbara Shapiro, Chair Jayne Booker Michael Kahn Nancy Ginsburg Stern 15 Who’s Who Bill Coughran Julie Kaufman Debra Summers Susan Fairbrook Robert Kelley Lynn Szekely-Goode Ciro Giammona Tom Kelley Tzipor Ulman 18 Contributors Anne Hambly Ray A. Rothrock Mark Vershel Judy Heyboer Adam Samuels Holly Ward 21 TWSV Staff Larry Horton Phil Santora Lisa Webster Roy Johnson Loren Saxe Jane Weston Derry Kabcenell Gayla Lorthridge Wood 22 TWSV General Information

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Nancy Meyer, Founder • William F. Adler • Edward T. Anderson, MD • Doug Barry • Lauren Continue the conversation online! Berman • Chuck Bernstein • Sharon Anthony Bower • Michael Braun • Polly W. Bredt • Bruce C. Cozadd • Jeff Crowe • Peggy Dalal • Yogen Dalal • Jenny Dearborn • Michael R. Flicker • Become our fan on Facebook! Peggy Woodford Forbes • Dan Garber • Doug Garland • Aaron Gershenberg • Marcia Goldman • Emeri Handler • Susan M. Huch • Perry A. Irvine • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Lisa Jones • Gina Jorasch • Roberta R. Katz • Robin Kennedy • Michael Kwatinetz • Dick Maltzman • Follow us on Suzanne Martin • Patti McClung • Don McDougall • Bruce McLeod • Cynthia S. Miller • Leslie Twitter and Instagram Murphy-Chutorian • Eileen Nelson • Karen Nierenberg • Carrie Perzow • Carey Pickus • Margot Mailliard Rawlins • John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Sandi Risser • Lynn Wilson Roberts @TheatreWorksSV • Denise Stanford • Rosina Lo Sun • James Sweeney • Cathie Thermond • Helaina Titus • #VelocityofAutumn Robert J. Van der Leest, MD • Ronni Watson • Elissa Wellikson

encoreartsprograms.com 3 Upcoming Summer Studio @ TheatreWorks TWSV Events June, July, Aug

6/8, 6/15, 6/22 THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS Question and Answer with the cast and staff following the performance MVCPA

6/21 @ 6:00pm NEW WORKS FESTIVAL PREVIEW For Inner Circle members (donors of $1500+) An insider’s look into this season’s Festival selections Garden Court Hotel Palo Alto

7/16

OPENING NIGHT OF JOELLE WAGNER CONFEDERATES Post-show reception with the cast and staff Lucie Stern Theatre FUN, FRIENDS, AND…FEATHERS? Palo Alto Let your skills shine while creating a new piece of theatre with friends! The Summer Studio @ TheatreWorks allows you to develop your craft 7/20, 7/27, 8/3 CONFEDERATES as you adapt a classic piece of theatre, all while honing your skills and sharing your talent with friends. POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS Question and Answer with Each year, Summer Studio puts a modern and hilarious spin on a classic the cast and staff following play that you help to write and perform—all the while learning new skills the performance in acting, da nce, and music from industry professionals. This year we re-imagine the wacky classic The Birds by Aristophanes. Don't just take 8/12–8/21 the summer off—make it a creative summer you'll never forget. 15TH ANNUAL NEW WORKS FESTIVAL This is a great opportunity for middle and high school students to spend Staged readings of 3 musicals a fast-paced and immersive month writing, staging, and performing a and 2 plays as well as exciting truly original piece of theatre in the professional environment at extras, including special talk Theatre Works. by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph and meet-the- We look forward to growing artistically with your young artists this artists panel Lucie Stern Theatre summer. For more information, please email [email protected], Palo Alto call 650.463.7146, or visit theatreworks.org/learn.

4 THEATREWORKS Upcoming Summer Studio @ TheatreWorks TWSV Events June, July, Aug

6/8, 6/15, 6/22 THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS Question and Answer with the cast and staff following the performance MVCPA

6/21 @ 6:00pm NEW WORKS FESTIVAL PREVIEW For Inner Circle members (donors of $1500+) An insider’s look into this season’s Festival selections Garden Court Hotel Palo Alto

7/16

OPENING NIGHT OF JOELLE WAGNER CONFEDERATES Post-show reception with the cast and staff Lucie Stern Theatre FUN, FRIENDS, AND…FEATHERS? Palo Alto Let your skills shine while creating a new piece of theatre with friends! The Summer Studio @ TheatreWorks allows you to develop your craft 7/20, 7/27, 8/3 CONFEDERATES as you adapt a classic piece of theatre, all while honing your skills and sharing your talent with friends. POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS Question and Answer with Each year, Summer Studio puts a modern and hilarious spin on a classic the cast and staff following play that you help to write and perform—all the while learning new skills the performance in acting, da nce, and music from industry professionals. This year we re-imagine the wacky classic The Birds by Aristophanes. Don't just take 8/12–8/21 the summer off—make it a creative summer you'll never forget. 15TH ANNUAL NEW WORKS FESTIVAL This is a great opportunity for middle and high school students to spend Staged readings of 3 musicals a fast-paced and immersive month writing, staging, and performing a and 2 plays as well as exciting truly original piece of theatre in the professional environment at extras, including special talk Theatre Works. by Pulitzer Prize finalist Rajiv Joseph and meet-the- We look forward to growing artistically with your young artists this artists panel Lucie Stern Theatre summer. For more information, please email [email protected], Palo Alto call 650.463.7146, or visit theatreworks.org/learn.

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A HIGH STAKES POLITICAL DRAMA A JOYOUS MUSICAL REVUE A WRY ROMANTIC COMEDY A MUSICAL ROMANCE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Confederates The Life Outside Daddy Long Legs By Suzanne Bradbeer of the Party Mullingar Book by John Caird Directed by Lisa Rothe AM uBsiRc I&L LLyIAricNs Tby C POauNl GToErMdoPnORARY DRAMA A Celebration of the Songs of Andrew Lippa By John Patrick Shanley Based on the 1912 novel by Jean Webster WORLD PREMIERE Conceived by David Babani & Andrew Lippa Directed by Robert Kelley Directed by Robert Kelley Father’s running for President. Daughter’s Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa Proof Tony Award Nominee, Best Play 2015 Reprising TheatreWorks’ World Premiere running wild. And the press is running out Directed by David Babani By David Auburn of time. With the campaign in full swing, someone unfurls a con- Regional Premiere From the creator of Jane Austen’s EMMA and the adaptor of Les American Premiere Directed by Leslie Martinson federate flag and the scandal hits the fan. The provocative hit of With a touch of blarney and a wealth of heart, the Oscar, Pulitzer, Misérables comes an intimate musical valentine that captivated the Reprising its hit run in London, this spectacular musical evening TheatreWorks’ 2015 New Works Festival, this headline-hot political and Tony Award-winning author of Moonstruck and Doubt con- Bay Area andP hualist zsienrc eP rcihzaer mfoerd Dauradmieanc—esT oinn yLo Anwdoanr,dT oBkeysot, Palnady stars renowned Tony Award-nominated composer Andrew Lippa and drama is a fresh, fascinating look at today’s muckraking media and jures up a wry and wondrous romantic comedy with a dark Irish New York. Its joyous return for the holidays is set in suffragette-era friends in a sexy, tantalizing revue of hits from Broadway’s hilarious Proof is a riveting drama of the heart, a captivating tale of a the world it relentlessly pursues. twist. Family feuds and rustic fences have kept two eccentric, New Englandfa, dwehde rme aat hspeimritaetdic aolr pgheanniu gsi ral nisd sheinst btori llaia pnrte bstuigt ioduasmaged The Addams Family and tender Big Fish, his award-winning The lovelorn neighbors apart since childhood, but in this passionate, college by a mysterious benefactor. Her heartwarming journey to Contains mature language. daughter, a young woman caught in a quest for legitimacy in Wild Party, poignant I Am Harvey Milk, and many more. Expect compassionate Broadway hit it’s never too late to take a chance independence, education, and romance is chronicled in a wealth of July 13–August 7, 2016 male-dominated world of top-level science. It is a mystery of sensational surprises along the way in this laugh-filled evening of on love. witty letters and glorious songs. Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto song and sophistication. family instability and fledgling attraction, an exhilarating, funn “Shanley’s finest work since Doubt.” The New York Times “An absolute charmer suitable for the whole family.” Contains mature subject matter. and fulfilling tribute to the humanity that permeates our worl October 5–30, 2016 The Mercury News “Sexy, sophisticated, and funny. 5 Stars!” The Telegraph, London of equations, equivocations, and codes.* Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts November 30–December 23, 2016 August 24–September 18, 2016 Lucie Stern T“hReicaht raen, dP aclom Aplteolling. Full of life, laughter, and hope.” Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts New York Daily News October 7 – November 1, 2015 Mountain View A MUSICAL SAGA OF IMMIGRANT AMERICA ACNen EtXeTrRAORDINARY MUSICAL PLAY A CLASSIC AMERICAN COMEDY AN EAST/WEST COMIC DRAMA Crimes of Calligraphy Rags Hershey Felder, Book by Joseph Stein By Velina Hasu Houston BEETHOVEN the Heart Music by Charles Strouse Directed by Leslie Martinson By Hershey Felder By Beth Henley Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Regional Premiere Music by Ludwig van Beethoven Directed by Giovanna Sardelli Directed by Robert Kelley Two continents, two cultures, two estranged Directed by Joel Zwick Winner of the Pulitzer Prize America’s Greatest Unknown Musical sisters, and the two cousins determined to Regional Premiere NY Drama Critics Circle Award Hope, good will, and fierce determination bridge the gap between them—all are boldly calligraphed in this Following his triumph as Irving Berlin, the brilliant Hershey Felder Three hard-luck Mississippi sisters are betrayed by their passions light the ragtag journey of Jewish immigrant Rebecca and her international comic drama set in Los Angeles and Tokyo, past and now brings Ludwig van Beethoven to life through the eyes of a in this Southern Gothic classic—a zany, warm-hearted, and son from European persecution to new lives in the teeming, turn- present. East and West collide as biracial American Hiromi and Viennese Doctor who as a boy spent Beethoven’s last years by the brilliantly imaginative tale of relationships run amok and dreams of-the-century tenements of New York in this exhilarating musical Japanese free spirit Sayuri confront tradition, prejudice, and their Maestro’s side. Featuring some of the composer’s greatest works, gone awry. In a hurricane of hilarity and hurt, Lenny’s turning from the creators of Fiddler on the Roof and Wicked. A soaring, heritage of filial duty in one final attempt to reunite their aging parents. from the “Moonlight Sonata” to the “9th Symphony” and the 30, Meg’s fresh from rehab, and Babe’s out on bail, testing the tuneful score highlights this sweeping saga of dreams and “Intimate, sensitive…the emotional stakes are high.” LA Times “Emperor Concerto,” this intense, illuminating, and unforgettable boundaries of sisterhood in a world full of pitfalls and a town disillusion, love lost and inspiration found, of the heart and soul journey through time will immerse you in the astounding life of without pity. March 8–April 2, 2017 of the American character. Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto the Maestro and his genius that transcended it all. “Overflows with infectious high spirits.” The New York Times “A winner, warm and witty. You are tempted to rise cheering.” The Mercury News “A hypnotic production...a chamber music piece of exquisite January 11–February 5, 2017 beauty.” Chicago Sun Times Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts April 5–30, 2017 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts June 7–July 2, 2017 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

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6 THEATREWORKS THEATREWORKS SILICONN VALLEY 2016/17 SEASON

A HIGH STAKES POLITICAL DRAMA A JOYOUS MUSICAL REVUE A WRY ROMANTIC COMEDY A MUSICAL ROMANCE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Confederates The Life Outside Daddy Long Legs By Suzanne Bradbeer of the Party Mullingar Book by John Caird Directed by Lisa Rothe AM uBsiRc I&L LLyIAricNs Tby C POauNl GToErMdoPnORARY DRAMA A Celebration of the Songs of Andrew Lippa By John Patrick Shanley Based on the 1912 novel by Jean Webster WORLD PREMIERE Conceived by David Babani & Andrew Lippa Directed by Robert Kelley Directed by Robert Kelley Father’s running for President. Daughter’s Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa Proof Tony Award Nominee, Best Play 2015 Reprising TheatreWorks’ World Premiere running wild. And the press is running out Directed by David Babani By David Auburn of time. With the campaign in full swing, someone unfurls a con- Regional Premiere From the creator of Jane Austen’s EMMA and the adaptor of Les American Premiere Directed by Leslie Martinson federate flag and the scandal hits the fan. The provocative hit of With a touch of blarney and a wealth of heart, the Oscar, Pulitzer, Misérables comes an intimate musical valentine that captivated the Reprising its hit run in London, this spectacular musical evening TheatreWorks’ 2015 New Works Festival, this headline-hot political and Tony Award-winning author of Moonstruck and Doubt con- Bay Area andP hualist zsienrc eP rcihzaer mfoerd Dauradmieanc—esT oinn yLo Anwdoanr,dT oBkeysot, Palnady stars renowned Tony Award-nominated composer Andrew Lippa and drama is a fresh, fascinating look at today’s muckraking media and jures up a wry and wondrous romantic comedy with a dark Irish New York. Its joyous return for the holidays is set in suffragette-era friends in a sexy, tantalizing revue of hits from Broadway’s hilarious Proof is a riveting drama of the heart, a captivating tale of a the world it relentlessly pursues. twist. Family feuds and rustic fences have kept two eccentric, New Englandfa, dwehde rme aat hspeimritaetdic aolr pgheanniu gs iral nisd sheinst btori llaia pnrte bstuigt ioduasmaged The Addams Family and tender Big Fish, his award-winning The lovelorn neighbors apart since childhood, but in this passionate, college by a mysterious benefactor. Her heartwarming journey to Contains mature language. daughter, a young woman caught in a quest for legitimacy in Wild Party, poignant I Am Harvey Milk, and many more. Expect compassionate Broadway hit it’s never too late to take a chance independence, education, and romance is chronicled in a wealth of July 13–August 7, 2016 male-dominated world of top-level science. It is a mystery of sensational surprises along the way in this laugh-filled evening of on love. witty letters and glorious songs. Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto song and sophistication. family instability and fledgling attraction, an exhilarating, funn “Shanley’s finest work since Doubt.” The New York Times “An absolute charmer suitable for the whole family.” Contains mature subject matter. and fulfilling tribute to the humanity that permeates our worl October 5–30, 2016 The Mercury News “Sexy, sophisticated, and funny. 5 Stars!” The Telegraph, London of equations, equivocations, and codes.* Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts November 30–December 23, 2016 August 24–September 18, 2016 Lucie Stern T“hReicaht raen, dP aclom Aplteolling. Full of life, laughter, and hope.” Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts New York Daily News October 7 – November 1, 2015 Mountain View A MUSICAL SAGA OF IMMIGRANT AMERICA ACNen EtXeTrRAORDINARY MUSICAL PLAY A CLASSIC AMERICAN COMEDY AN EAST/WEST COMIC DRAMA Crimes of Calligraphy Rags Hershey Felder, Book by Joseph Stein By Velina Hasu Houston BEETHOVEN the Heart Music by Charles Strouse Directed by Leslie Martinson By Hershey Felder By Beth Henley Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Regional Premiere Music by Ludwig van Beethoven Directed by Giovanna Sardelli Directed by Robert Kelley Two continents, two cultures, two estranged Directed by Joel Zwick Winner of the Pulitzer Prize America’s Greatest Unknown Musical sisters, and the two cousins determined to Regional Premiere NY Drama Critics Circle Award Hope, good will, and fierce determination bridge the gap between them—all are boldly calligraphed in this Following his triumph as Irving Berlin, the brilliant Hershey Felder Three hard-luck Mississippi sisters are betrayed by their passions light the ragtag journey of Jewish immigrant Rebecca and her international comic drama set in Los Angeles and Tokyo, past and now brings Ludwig van Beethoven to life through the eyes of a in this Southern Gothic classic—a zany, warm-hearted, and son from European persecution to new lives in the teeming, turn- present. East and West collide as biracial American Hiromi and Viennese Doctor who as a boy spent Beethoven’s last years by the brilliantly imaginative tale of relationships run amok and dreams of-the-century tenements of New York in this exhilarating musical Japanese free spirit Sayuri confront tradition, prejudice, and their Maestro’s side. Featuring some of the composer’s greatest works, gone awry. In a hurricane of hilarity and hurt, Lenny’s turning from the creators of Fiddler on the Roof and Wicked. A soaring, heritage of filial duty in one final attempt to reunite their aging parents. from the “Moonlight Sonata” to the “9th Symphony” and the 30, Meg’s fresh from rehab, and Babe’s out on bail, testing the tuneful score highlights this sweeping saga of dreams and “Intimate, sensitive…the emotional stakes are high.” LA Times “Emperor Concerto,” this intense, illuminating, and unforgettable boundaries of sisterhood in a world full of pitfalls and a town disillusion, love lost and inspiration found, of the heart and soul journey through time will immerse you in the astounding life of without pity. March 8–April 2, 2017 of the American character. Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto the Maestro and his genius that transcended it all. “Overflows with infectious high spirits.” The New York Times “A winner, warm and witty. You are tempted to rise cheering.” The Mercury News “A hypnotic production...a chamber music piece of exquisite January 11–February 5, 2017 beauty.” Chicago Sun Times Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts April 5–30, 2017 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts June 7–July 2, 2017 Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts

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encoreartsprograms.com 7 Coming Next at TheatreWorks From Artistic Director Robert Kelley

A High-Stakes Political Drama A Season of Surprise Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; CONFEDERATES Rage, rage against the dying of the light. – Dylan Thomas By Suzanne Bradbeer My mother passed away a while back, age 95. This beautiful play is for her. But it is also for all of us— Directed by Lisa Rothe the grandparents, grown children, the noisy, irresistible grandchildren—all of us caught in the game of time, balancing our loves and dreams with the insecurity and tough choices that life inevitably brings. WORLD PREMIERE The Velocity of Autumn captures a time of life, later life, with humor, anger, dignity, and resolution. Father’s running for President. Daughter’s running wild. And the press is running out of time. With the campaign Most of us have lived, or will live some part of the journey our play takes today. I’m sure playwright Eric Coble has been there, for he offers a strikingly personal insight into the progress of life. He understands in full swing, someone unfurls a confederate flag how the bewildering spring of youth and lingering summer of adulthood can give way in a moment to and the scandal hits the fan. The provocative hit of the surprising velocity of autumn. As soon-to-be octogenarian Alexandra explains in the play: TheatreWorks’ 2015 New Works Festival, this headline- hot political drama is a fresh, fascinating look at today’s I used to think old age would be this fine knowledgeable time— muckraking media and the world it relentlessly pursues. the sum of all the things I’d spent three-quarters of a century learning. Contains mature language. And now I find out, 79 years too late, that old age is one big game of “Surprise.” All the time. Every day. JESSICA LYNN CARROLL (Maddie) is reprising her role from the New Works Such surprises are inevitable, yes. But we need “not go gentle into that good night,” as poet Dylan Festival reading of Confederates in Thomas advocated many years ago. There’s much to be said for autumn according to Coble, who 2015. She has appeared on TW’s stage metaphorically recounts a visit to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum in which an ascending spiral in Auctioning the Ainsleys, other New ramp continuously invites you to anticipate the next exhibit of paintings or sculptures as you climb to Works Festival readings, and at com- the top. But there’s an even greater invitation on the descent, a chance to see everything you’ve just panies around the Bay Area. experienced from a new, now informed, perspective. And there’s even more to be appreciated and embraced in the everyday world around us, from the explosion of autumn color on an aging tree outside TASHA LAWRENCE (Stephanie) is Alexandra’s window to the flash of new hope in a son long lost but still able to learn from the mother making her TW debut. She was seen he’s never ceased to love. in the Broadway productions of Proof and Good People, in the hit show TheatreWorks has many patrons in the autumn of their lives, and we are proud to close our 46th season Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, off- with a celebration of these longtime friends. Despite any number of challenges, they have made the art Broadway, and at regional theatres of TheatreWorks a vital part of their lives, some for many decades, a special few from the beginning of the across the country. company in 1970. My mother was one of them, a woman who, until its final flicker, did indeed “rage against the dying of the light.” From her place in the still of winter, I know she would have loved RICHARD PRIOLEAU (Will) was in The Velocity of Autumn. TW’s Wild with Happy (June 2013). He appeared off-Broadway in The Glass Menagerie, and at regional theatres including Actors Theatre of Louisville, American Conservatory Theater, and Guthrie Theater.

July 13–August 7 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto theatreworks.org 650.463.1960

8 THEATREWORKS Coming Next at TheatreWorks From Artistic Director Robert Kelley

A High-Stakes Political Drama A Season of Surprise Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; CONFEDERATES Rage, rage against the dying of the light. – Dylan Thomas By Suzanne Bradbeer My mother passed away a while back, age 95. This beautiful play is for her. But it is also for all of us— Directed by Lisa Rothe the grandparents, grown children, the noisy, irresistible grandchildren—all of us caught in the game of time, balancing our loves and dreams with the insecurity and tough choices that life inevitably brings. WORLD PREMIERE The Velocity of Autumn captures a time of life, later life, with humor, anger, dignity, and resolution. Father’s running for President. Daughter’s running wild. And the press is running out of time. With the campaign Most of us have lived, or will live some part of the journey our play takes today. I’m sure playwright Eric Coble has been there, for he offers a strikingly personal insight into the progress of life. He understands in full swing, someone unfurls a confederate flag how the bewildering spring of youth and lingering summer of adulthood can give way in a moment to and the scandal hits the fan. The provocative hit of the surprising velocity of autumn. As soon-to-be octogenarian Alexandra explains in the play: TheatreWorks’ 2015 New Works Festival, this headline- hot political drama is a fresh, fascinating look at today’s I used to think old age would be this fine knowledgeable time— muckraking media and the world it relentlessly pursues. the sum of all the things I’d spent three-quarters of a century learning. Contains mature language. And now I find out, 79 years too late, that old age is one big game of “Surprise.” All the time. Every day. JESSICA LYNN CARROLL (Maddie) is reprising her role from the New Works Such surprises are inevitable, yes. But we need “not go gentle into that good night,” as poet Dylan Festival reading of Confederates in Thomas advocated many years ago. There’s much to be said for autumn according to Coble, who 2015. She has appeared on TW’s stage metaphorically recounts a visit to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum in which an ascending spiral in Auctioning the Ainsleys, other New ramp continuously invites you to anticipate the next exhibit of paintings or sculptures as you climb to Works Festival readings, and at com- the top. But there’s an even greater invitation on the descent, a chance to see everything you’ve just panies around the Bay Area. experienced from a new, now informed, perspective. And there’s even more to be appreciated and embraced in the everyday world around us, from the explosion of autumn color on an aging tree outside TASHA LAWRENCE (Stephanie) is Alexandra’s window to the flash of new hope in a son long lost but still able to learn from the mother making her TW debut. She was seen he’s never ceased to love. in the Broadway productions of Proof and Good People, in the hit show TheatreWorks has many patrons in the autumn of their lives, and we are proud to close our 46th season Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, off- with a celebration of these longtime friends. Despite any number of challenges, they have made the art Broadway, and at regional theatres of TheatreWorks a vital part of their lives, some for many decades, a special few from the beginning of the across the country. company in 1970. My mother was one of them, a woman who, until its final flicker, did indeed “rage against the dying of the light.” From her place in the still of winter, I know she would have loved RICHARD PRIOLEAU (Will) was in The Velocity of Autumn. TW’s Wild with Happy (June 2013). He appeared off-Broadway in The Glass Menagerie, and at regional theatres including Actors Theatre of Louisville, American Conservatory Theater, and Guthrie Theater.

July 13–August 7 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto theatreworks.org 650.463.1960

encoreartsprograms.com 9 Will You—Will We—Be a Liability or a Resource? By Walter M. Bortz II, MD

Aging as a part of life has rarely attracted artistic or Are you climbing a tree or a mountain; or living numb literary attention, so I welcome this rare opportunity in a nursing home praying for death? Will you—will to address some of the aging conflicts presented in we—be a liability or a resource? This choice is ours this play. I have seen this drama played out in the to make. lives of my patients, far too often. Old age is under- My hypothesis comes as a physician who for decades represented in cultural expression. The Picture of has watched with astonishment as his patients Dorian Gray, On Golden Pond, Cocoon, and Golden actively avoided all manner of preventative health Girls are noteworthy exceptions. Shakespeare pre- cure. I am not speaking now of medical technology, sented King Lear as that “ruin’d piece of nature.” for I do not believe the miracle is with us today. In the past, aging has not been good box office. Much of what passes as age change is really not due Grandparents are usually presented as “doting and to age at all—but to disuse. Put a broken leg in a somewhat disconnected”—like a different species. cast and in a few short weeks it will wither and Thanks to that bold, exceptional generation known appear as a leg many decades older. Similarly, all as the baby boomers, that image is now changing. of our bodily functions—digestive, cardiovascular, I have cared for several dozen patients over 100. I respiratory, sexual, and mental—are highly keyed to have had the opportunity to care for one person who use. “Use it or lose it” is far more profound than its was 108 when he died. I have cared for thousands of colloquial tone suggests. Thus, the length of persons in their nineties. Before her death at nearly life is determined much by its content. 95, my mother still went to baseball games and Aging is neither disease nor villain—that which must traveled independently. We are living longer because be cured or vanquished. Aging is a part of our natural we are designed to live longer. Traditionally, this growth process. Our responsibility, upon receiving increase in life span has been explained by factors the gift of found lifetime, is then to acquire the most such as decreased infant death mortality, eradica- and the best that aging can offer. tion of communicable disease, and improvements in both nutrition and public hygiene. Will you—will we—be a liability or a resource? How do you envision the quality of your life at 80?

Walter M. Bortz II, MD is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. For over 50 years, his special interest has been in the science of how physical exercise helps people age robustly and realize their full potential. He has written eight books on the subject, including Dare to Be 100, Next Medicine, and Living Longer for Dummies. His articles on aging have been in over 150 medical publications including The Journal of the American Medical Association, Annals of Internal Medicine, and The New England Journal of Medicine. He is a past President of the American Geriatrics Society and past co-chairman of the American Medical Association’s Task Force on Aging. He has appeared as an expert on how to age successfully on CNN, The Today Show, and Good Morning America. He has had articles published in The New York Times, Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, and many other publications, as well as a regular blog at The Huffington Post. Dr. Bortz is 86 years old, still runs up to 18 miles a week, and encourages everyone at any age to stay engaged and keep moving!

10 THEATREWORKS Will You—Will We—Be a Liability or a Resource? Eric Coble and the Path to THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN

By Walter M. Bortz II, MD learned everything I could about ‘Oh, I’d like to do more of this.’” playwriting at the same time, Aging as a part of life has rarely attracted artistic or Are you climbing a tree or a mountain; or living numb because I was listening closely to Now he’s a prolific playwright, literary attention, so I welcome this rare opportunity in a nursing home praying for death? Will you—will the language.” At Ohio University, published by Samuel French, to address some of the aging conflicts presented in we—be a liability or a resource? This choice is ours he entered a script into an annual Dramatists Play Service, and this play. I have seen this drama played out in the to make. new play festival. “Very autobio- Dramatic Publishing. His plays lives of my patients, far too often. Old age is under- graphical and a farce,” he remem- have been produced on My hypothesis comes as a physician who for decades represented in cultural expression. The Picture of bers. “The feeling afterwards was Continued on next page has watched with astonishment as his patients Dorian Gray, On Golden Pond, Cocoon, and Golden actively avoided all manner of preventative health Girls are noteworthy exceptions. Shakespeare pre- cure. I am not speaking now of medical technology, sented King Lear as that “ruin’d piece of nature.” for I do not believe the miracle is with us today. In the past, aging has not been good box office. Much of what passes as age change is really not due Grandparents are usually presented as “doting and to age at all—but to disuse. Put a broken leg in a Every luxury condo somewhat disconnected”—like a different species. cast and in a few short weeks it will wither and has a dining room. Thanks to that bold, exceptional generation known appear as a leg many decades older. Similarly, all as the baby boomers, that image is now changing. of our bodily functions—digestive, cardiovascular, OURS HAS I have cared for several dozen patients over 100. I respiratory, sexual, and mental—are highly keyed to Playwright Eric Coble have had the opportunity to care for one person who use. “Use it or lose it” is far more profound than its A CHEF. “People find this hard to believe, was 108 when he died. I have cared for thousands of colloquial tone suggests. Thus, the length of but Eric Coble was born in persons in their nineties. Before her death at nearly life is determined much by its content. Edinburgh, Scotland and raised on 95, my mother still went to baseball games and Aging is neither disease nor villain—that which must the Navajo and Ute reservations traveled independently. We are living longer because be cured or vanquished. Aging is a part of our natural in New Mexico and Colorado, we are designed to live longer. Traditionally, this growth process. Our responsibility, upon receiving playing with rocks and sticks, increase in life span has been explained by factors the gift of found lifetime, is then to acquire the most seeing 1940s serials at the movie such as decreased infant death mortality, eradica- and the best that aging can offer. theatre 30 miles away, and tion of communicable disease, and improvements in wandering the desert with his both nutrition and public hygiene. Will you—will we—be a liability or a resource? PENINSULA REGENT friends trying to avoid cactus until How do you envision the quality of your life at 80? he was 15 years old.” AD

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encoreartsprograms.com 11 TheatreWorks S I L I C O N V A L L E Y presents the REGIONAL PREMIERE of

is proud to sponsor TheatreWorks’ production of By Eric Coble THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN. Directed by Giovanna Sardelli Scenic Designer Andrew Boyce Costume Designer Jill C. Bowers Lighting Designer Steven B. Mannshardt Sound Designer Brendan Aanes Casting Director Leslie Martinson Stage Manager Randall K. Lum* *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Velocity of Autumn premiered at Boise Contemporary Theater (Artistic Director, Matthew Cameron Clark; Managing Director, Helen Peterson) on April 9, 2011. Eric Coble From previous page Original Broadway Production Produced by Larry Kaye & HOP Theatricals, Van Dean & Broadway, off-Broadway, in all fifty Earth, features “Alexa,” a wife in April 2014, starring Estelle The Broadway Consortium, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Catherine & Fred Adler, Michael J. Moritz Jr. and KIRN Productions. of the United States, and on four and mother with a day job, still Parsons and Stephen Spinella. continents. His works fall into mul- chasing the dream of being an Estelle Parsons received a Tony VISIONARY PRODUCERS tiple categories: children’s plays artist, and wondering about the Award nomination for Best Anne & Larry Hambly and adaptations for young audi- road not taken. Third is The Actress in a Play. Of her role, she ences; magical realism plays, such Velocity of Autumn, in which the says “It’s a trap for an actress, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS My Barking Dog, as which have character of 80-year-old because if you want to start slow Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode entertained some audiences while “Alexandra” was inspired by and build up, you can’t. I found confusing others; and recently Coble’s own experiences with his that so interesting to do, and see PRODUCERS language-driven dramas, such as family and friends. where it led on this wild journey Susan Fairbrook • Nancy Ginsburg Stern & Rick Stern • Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally The Velocity of Autumn. through the play.” Mike & Martha Kahn • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle • Dorothy Saxe But Coble knows how universal Glenn Trewitt & Lucy Berlin • Jane Weston & Jan Horn • Janne & Bill Wissel The Velocity of Autumn is the the play’s situation is: “People who Ultimately the themes of The third play in a series Coble calls have seen it say with startling fre- Velocity of Autumn ring true for “The Alexandra Plays,” which he quency, ‘That’s my mother,’ ‘That’s audience members of all ages. As SHOW SPONSOR defines as a triptych, not a my grandmother,’ ‘That’s just how Coble says, it explores “the idea Pacific Hearing Service trilogy: “Three plays about one I feel.’ People are interested in of how your identity, relationship woman, if she lived three lives exploring the opinions of a strong to the world, and commitment to SEASON SPONSORS simultaneously in 2013.” The first independent woman at the end of art change as you age.” And that Garden Court Hotel • J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines • Sobrato Philanthropies play in the series, A Girl’s Guide her life, and what it means to age is a journey that we all take in our SEASON MEDIA SPONSOR to Coffee, portrays “Alex” as a in this country.” own ways. – Syche Phillips 20-something yearning to make The Mercury News art while stuck in a job as a The Velocity of Autumn opened THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN barista. The second, Stranded on on Broadway at the Booth Theatre plays June 1–26, 2016

12 THEATREWORKS TheatreWorks S I L I C O N V A L L E Y presents the REGIONAL PREMIERE of is proud to sponsor TheatreWorks’ production of By Eric Coble THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN. Directed by Giovanna Sardelli Scenic Designer Andrew Boyce Costume Designer Jill C. Bowers Lighting Designer Steven B. Mannshardt Sound Designer Brendan Aanes Casting Director Leslie Martinson Stage Manager Randall K. Lum* *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Velocity of Autumn premiered at Boise Contemporary Theater (Artistic Director, Matthew Cameron Clark; Managing Director, Helen Peterson) on April 9, 2011. Eric Coble From previous page Original Broadway Production Produced by Larry Kaye & HOP Theatricals, Van Dean & Broadway, off-Broadway, in all fifty Earth, features “Alexa,” a wife in April 2014, starring Estelle The Broadway Consortium, Joan Raffe & Jhett Tolentino, Catherine & Fred Adler, Michael J. Moritz Jr. and KIRN Productions. of the United States, and on four and mother with a day job, still Parsons and Stephen Spinella. continents. His works fall into mul- chasing the dream of being an Estelle Parsons received a Tony VISIONARY PRODUCERS tiple categories: children’s plays artist, and wondering about the Award nomination for Best Anne & Larry Hambly and adaptations for young audi- road not taken. Third is The Actress in a Play. Of her role, she ences; magical realism plays, such Velocity of Autumn, in which the says “It’s a trap for an actress, EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS My Barking Dog, as which have character of 80-year-old because if you want to start slow Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode entertained some audiences while “Alexandra” was inspired by and build up, you can’t. I found confusing others; and recently Coble’s own experiences with his that so interesting to do, and see PRODUCERS language-driven dramas, such as family and friends. where it led on this wild journey Susan Fairbrook • Nancy Ginsburg Stern & Rick Stern • Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally The Velocity of Autumn. through the play.” Mike & Martha Kahn • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle • Dorothy Saxe But Coble knows how universal Glenn Trewitt & Lucy Berlin • Jane Weston & Jan Horn • Janne & Bill Wissel The Velocity of Autumn is the the play’s situation is: “People who Ultimately the themes of The third play in a series Coble calls have seen it say with startling fre- Velocity of Autumn ring true for “The Alexandra Plays,” which he quency, ‘That’s my mother,’ ‘That’s audience members of all ages. As SHOW SPONSOR defines as a triptych, not a my grandmother,’ ‘That’s just how Coble says, it explores “the idea Pacific Hearing Service trilogy: “Three plays about one I feel.’ People are interested in of how your identity, relationship woman, if she lived three lives exploring the opinions of a strong to the world, and commitment to SEASON SPONSORS simultaneously in 2013.” The first independent woman at the end of art change as you age.” And that Garden Court Hotel • J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines • Sobrato Philanthropies play in the series, A Girl’s Guide her life, and what it means to age is a journey that we all take in our SEASON MEDIA SPONSOR to Coffee, portrays “Alex” as a in this country.” own ways. – Syche Phillips 20-something yearning to make The Mercury News art while stuck in a job as a The Velocity of Autumn opened barista. The second, Stranded on on Broadway at the Booth Theatre THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN plays June 1–26, 2016

encoreartsprograms.com 13 THE CAST Alexandra Susan Greenhill Chris Mark Anderson Phillips The actors and Stage Manager employed in this production are Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

PLACE AND TIME The second floor living room of Alexandra’s brownstone, Brooklyn, New York. 2006.

THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION.

SPECIAL THANKS Julie Kaufman & Doug Klein • Dr. Walter M. Bortz II • Donna Wyant • Wigboys

Help us find a home away from home for our actors.

The artists you see onstage at TheatreWorks are a combination of the best the Bay Area has to offer and amazing talent from across the country. In our last production, our San Francisco- based Roxane fell in love with a Cyrano from New York City. And while we’d love to have Canadian Hershey Felder as a neighbor, we’re lucky to have him visit and share his unforget- table shows with all of us.

Of the approximately 60 actors employed each season, roughly one third come from outside the Bay Area. Bringing artists of this caliber to our community requires special resources, including housing for them for up to eight weeks. As we all know, the Silicon Valley housing market is challenging in the best of times. As part of our strategic plan, we have committed to addressing this housing challenge and are searching for studio or one-bedroom housing options that will welcome these acclaimed professionals. To help us find a long-term solution, we are reaching out to you, our audience. If you have expertise or connections in this area, or access to such accommodations, please contact Managing Director Phil Santora at [email protected]. Together we can ensure the caliber and diversity of the artists we embrace on TheatreWorks’ stage.

J. ANTHONY CRANE & SHARON RIETKERK IN CYRANO / PHOTO KEVIN BERNE James Seol & Francis Jue PHOTO KEVIN BERNE

14 THEATREWORKS THE CAST Who’s Who Alexandra Susan Greenhill Chris Mark Anderson Phillips SUSAN Stage Kiss at SF Playhouse, and Culture Fellowships, and four Ohio The actors and Stage Manager employed in this production are Members of Actors’ Equity Association, GREENHILL As You Like It and The Merry Wives Arts Council Individual Excellence the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States (Alexandra) is very of Windsor with Santa Cruz Grants. happy to be Shakespeare. Other regional work PLACE AND TIME making her debut includes roles with Magic Theatre, GIOVANNA SARDELLI (Director) The second floor living room of Alexandra’s brownstone, Brooklyn, New York. at TheatreWorks Aurora Theatre Company, San Jose directed Rajiv Joseph’s The North 2006. and to be working Repertory Theatre, A Contemporary Pool and The Lake Effect and Somewhere THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION. with Giovanna Sardelli again. In Theatre (Seattle), Arizona Theatre Matthew Lopez’s at New York she was in Crimes of the Company, Repertory Theatre of St. TheatreWorks. She is an award- Heart on Broadway, and in new Louis, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, winning director who has worked SPECIAL THANKS works at Playwrights Horizons, Marin Theatre Company, Word for on world premieres by Rajiv Julie Kaufman & Doug Klein • Dr. Walter M. Bortz II • Donna Wyant • Wigboys Primary Stages, Actors Studio Word, and Center REPertory Joseph, Matthew Lopez, Theresa Theatre, and Urban Stages, Company. Directing credits include Rebeck, Lynn Rosen, Joe Gilford, among others. Regionally she has The 39 Steps, Sleuth, and Vanya and Zoe Kazan, among others. appeared at numerous theatres and Sonia and Masha and Spike She has worked off-Broadway at Help us find a home away from home from Long Wharf Theatre to with Center REPertory Company, the Cherry Lane Theatre, Second Repertory Theatre of St. Louis in and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde with City Stage, Vineyard Theatre, for our actors. such plays as The Clean House Lights Theater Company. Playwrights Realm, The Women’s (Acclaim Award), Sideman Project, Ensemble Studio Theatre, (Barrymore Award), Noises Off, ERIC COBLE (Playwright) was born and Roundabout Theatre Private Lives, Becoming Dr. Ruth, in Edinburgh, Scotland, and raised Company. She has directed for Dinner With Friends (SRQ award), on the Navajo and Ute reservations Dorset Theatre Festival, where she and Dead Accounts (directed by in New Mexico and Colorado. is the Resident Director, Barrington Ms. Sardelli). On TV and film, she His play The Velocity of Autumn Stage Company, Actors Theatre of has been seen on The Good Wife, premiered on Broadway at the Louisville, The Old Globe, Hartford Law and Order, The Chappelle Booth Theatre in 2013. Other plays Stage Company, Cleveland Play Show, Clarissa Explains It All, include Fairfield, Southern Rapture, House, Cincinnati Playhouse, Guiding Light, Italian Movie, Bright Ideas, The Dead Guy, My Center Theatre Group, and The artists you see onstage at TheatreWorks are a combination of the best the Bay Area has Pecker (Jon Waters, director), Barking Dog, and A Girl’s Guide Hudson Stage Company, among to offer and amazing talent from across the country. In our last production, our San Francisco- Bargain by Hail Street, and New to Coffee, and they have been others. She received her MFA in based Roxane fell in love with a Cyrano from New York City. And while we’d love to have World Order (Sundance Festival). produced off-Broadway, across the acting from NYU and is also a Canadian Hershey Felder as a neighbor, we’re lucky to have him visit and share his unforget- US, and on several continents. His graduate of their Director’s Lab. table shows with all of us. MARK ANDERSON work has been seen at Playwrights Upcoming: All The Way (Cleveland Crimes of the Of the approximately 60 actors employed each season, roughly one third come from outside PHILLIPS (Chris) is Horizons, Actors Theatre of Play House) and Heart the Bay Area. Bringing artists of this caliber to our community requires special resources, happy to be back Louisville Humana Festival, Denver (TheatreWorks). including housing for them for up to eight weeks. As we all know, the Silicon Valley housing at TheatreWorks, Center Theatre Company, Arena market is challenging in the best of times. As part of our strategic plan, we have committed to where he was last Stage, New York and Edinburgh BRENDAN AANES (Sound Fallen addressing this housing challenge and are searching for studio or one-bedroom housing seen in Fringe Festivals, Alliance Theatre, Designer) has designed sound for Angels. options that will welcome these acclaimed professionals. To help us find a long-term solution, Other Cleveland Play House, South Coast a variety of performances, most Fire we are reaching out to you, our audience. If you have expertise or connections in this TheatreWorks credits include Repertory Theatre, and many more. recently for TheatreWorks’ Time Stands Still, The 39 Steps, On The Mountain, The Lake area, or access to such accommodations, please contact Managing Director Phil Santora at Awards include the National Opus, Snow Falling on Cedars, Effect, Peter and the Starcatcher, [email protected]. Theatre Conference Playwriting Theophilus North, and Proof. Award, an NEA Playwright in and Triangle (TBA Award for Together we can ensure the caliber and diversity of the artists we embrace on TheatreWorks’ Most recently, he was seen in the Residence Grant, a TCG Extended Outstanding Sound Design). Other stage. off-Broadway production of Collaboration Grant, the Cleveland credits include The Unfortunates

J. ANTHONY CRANE & SHARON RIETKERK IN CYRANO / PHOTO KEVIN BERNE James Seol & Francis Jue PHOTO KEVIN BERNE Ideation at 59e59 Street Theatres, Arts Prize, two Cuyahoga Arts and (American Conservatory Theater);

encoreartsprograms.com 15 Who’s Who Who’s Who Fire In Dreamland (Kansas City Theatre, and more. Regional lighting design at Santa Rosa Spoonful and Time Stands Still, of Side Show and Sunday in the (New Brunswick). He holds an Repertory Theatre); The Way credits include American Junior College for 14 years and and the West Coast premieres of Park with George. He recently MFA in Theatre Administration West (Marin Theatre Company); Conservatory Theater, Actors now runs an organization dedicated The Pitmen Painters and Superior directed Cyrano, Jane Austen’s from the Yale School of Drama Rapture Blister Burn (Aurora Theatre of Louisville, Alliance to improving the education system Donuts. A graduate of Occidental EMMA, The Country House, and a BA in Drama from Duke Theatre Company); Truck Stop, Theatre, American Players for both children and adults in College, she has been a Watson Fallen Angels, Peter and the University. He is Vice President of The Hundred Flowers Project Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Nepal. www.nepal.wwep.org Fellow in political theatre, a Starcatcher, Sweeney Todd, Marry the National Alliance for Musical (Crowded Fire Theater, winner of California Shakespeare Theater, member of Lincoln Center Me a Little, The Hound of the Theatre Board. Prior board the Will Glickman Award for best Curtis Opera Theater, Dallas RANDALL K. LUM (Stage Director’s Lab, a member of the Baskervilles, Once On This Island, service includes the League of new play); Mutt (Impact Theatre); Theater Center, Des Moines Manager) recently stage managed La MaMa International Directing and Little Women. Chicago Theatres, Atlanta Abigail’s Party, Bloody Bloody Metro Opera, Geffen Playhouse, the world premiere of Tanya Symposium, and has served on Coalition of Theatres, and the Andrew Jackson, and The Aliens George Street Playhouse, Saracho’s Fade (Denver Center Theatre Bay Area’s Theatre PHIL SANTORA (Managing executive committee of the (San Francisco Playhouse). Goodman Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre Company). TheatreWorks Services Committee since 2002. Director) joined TheatreWorks in League of Resident Theatres Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, credits include Jane Austen’s She was awarded an Individual 2007. He has served as Managing (LORT). He was named 2000’s JILL C. BOWERS (Costume Magic Theater, Mark Taper Forum, EMMA, The Country House, Fallen Artist Fellowship in Stage Director of Northlight Theatre Best Arts Administrator by Designer) has designed costumes Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Angels, The Lake Effect, Peter and Direction from the Arts Council (Chicago) and Georgia Shakespeare Atlanta Magazine and received for many TheatreWorks productions Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Starcatcher, Water by the of Silicon Valley for artistic Festival (Atlanta), as well as the Atlanta Arts and Business since 1986, including Fire on the Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Spoonful, Marry Me a Little, Once achievement and community Development Director for Great Council’s 1998 ABBY Award for Mountain; The Lake Effect; Marry Stage, Westport Country on This Island, Little Women, Time impact. She leads master classes Lakes Theatre Festival (Cleveland) Arts Administrator. Me A Little; The Mountaintop; Playhouse, and Yale Repertory Stands Still, and Other Desert and audition workshops through- and George Street Playhouse Now Circa Then; Opus; Doubt; Theatre. Mr. Boyce is a member Cities. Other companies/selected out the Bay Area, and is a Golda’s Balcony; Trying; Into the of Wingspace Theatrical Design, credits include five years at Performance Coach in leadership Woods (2005); Red; Heart Land a graduate of The Yale School of Oregon Shakespeare Festival communication training with (world premiere); Under Milk Drama, and an Assistant Professor (Equivocation; American Night: Stand and Deliver Group. Wood; Sweeney Todd: The Demon in the Northwestern University The Ballad of San Juan José; Dead Barber of Fleet Street (1992); My Theater Department. Man’s Cell Phone; Ruined; The ROBERT KELLEY (Artistic Children! My Africa!; Into the www.andrewboycedesign.com Unfortunates), La Jolla Playhouse, Director) is a Bay Area native Woods (1990 Bay Area Theatre Center Theatre Group, The Old and Stanford University graduate. Critics Circle Award); and Little STEVEN B. MANNSHARDT Globe, American Conservatory He founded TheatreWorks in Shop of Horrors. As costume (Lighting Designer) has been the Theater, Berkeley Repertory 1970 and has directed over 165 director at American Musical lighting designer for over 70 Theatre, California Shakespeare TheatreWorks productions, includ- Theatre of San Jose (1997–2004), productions at TheatreWorks, Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, ing many world and regional GLEIM she oversaw the creation of many having won numerous Bay Area Laguna Playhouse, Pasadena premieres. He has received the new productions including The Theatre Critics Circle, Theatre Bay Playhouse, and 18 seasons and Silicon Valley Arts Council’s Music Man and 3hree Musketeers. Area and Dean Goodman Choice over 90 productions as Resident Legacy Laureate Award; the Bay She holds an MFA in Design from Awards for his work. His regional Stage Manager at South Coast Area Theatre Critics Circle Paine University of Minnesota. design credits include Long Repertory (Wit, Intimate Apparel, Knickerbocker Award for lifetime Wharf Theatre, New Haven; A Three Days of Rain, Blue Door, achievement; BATCC Awards for ANDREW BOYCE (Scenic Contemporary Theatre, Seattle; The Further Adventures of Hedda Outstanding Direction for his Designer) is a Chicago and NYC- American Repertory Theater, Gabler, Kimberly Akimbo). productions of The Hound of based designer working in theatre, Cambridge; Studio Arena Baskervilles; Into the Woods; opera, and film/TV. He has credits Theatre, Buffalo; Magic Theatre; LESLIE MARTINSON (Casting Pacific Overtures; Rags; Sweeney with Lincoln Center Theater, Pasadena Playhouse; The Weston Director) is TheatreWorks’ Todd; Another Midsummer Night; Roundabout Theatre Company, Playhouse Theatre Company, Associate Artistic Director and Sunday in the Park with George; Atlantic Theater Company, Primary Vermont; Vancouver Playhouse Casting Director. Her many Jane Eyre; and Caroline, or Stages, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre Company; and Olympia TheatreWorks directing credits Change; and Back Stage West Theater, The Play Company, Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. Mr. include Proof, the regional Garland Awards for his direction Playwrights Realm, Cherry Lane Mannshardt previously taught premieres of Water by the

16 THEATREWORKS Who’s Who Who’s Who Fire In Dreamland (Kansas City Theatre, and more. Regional lighting design at Santa Rosa Spoonful and Time Stands Still, of Side Show and Sunday in the (New Brunswick). He holds an Repertory Theatre); The Way credits include American Junior College for 14 years and and the West Coast premieres of Park with George. He recently MFA in Theatre Administration West (Marin Theatre Company); Conservatory Theater, Actors now runs an organization dedicated The Pitmen Painters and Superior directed Cyrano, Jane Austen’s from the Yale School of Drama Rapture Blister Burn (Aurora Theatre of Louisville, Alliance to improving the education system Donuts. A graduate of Occidental EMMA, The Country House, and a BA in Drama from Duke Theatre Company); Truck Stop, Theatre, American Players for both children and adults in College, she has been a Watson Fallen Angels, Peter and the University. He is Vice President of The Hundred Flowers Project Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Nepal. www.nepal.wwep.org Fellow in political theatre, a Starcatcher, Sweeney Todd, Marry the National Alliance for Musical (Crowded Fire Theater, winner of California Shakespeare Theater, member of Lincoln Center Me a Little, The Hound of the Theatre Board. Prior board the Will Glickman Award for best Curtis Opera Theater, Dallas RANDALL K. LUM (Stage Director’s Lab, a member of the Baskervilles, Once On This Island, service includes the League of new play); Mutt (Impact Theatre); Theater Center, Des Moines Manager) recently stage managed La MaMa International Directing and Little Women. Chicago Theatres, Atlanta Abigail’s Party, Bloody Bloody Metro Opera, Geffen Playhouse, the world premiere of Tanya Symposium, and has served on Coalition of Theatres, and the Andrew Jackson, and The Aliens George Street Playhouse, Saracho’s Fade (Denver Center Theatre Bay Area’s Theatre PHIL SANTORA (Managing executive committee of the (San Francisco Playhouse). Goodman Theatre, Kirk Douglas Theatre Company). TheatreWorks Services Committee since 2002. Director) joined TheatreWorks in League of Resident Theatres Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, credits include Jane Austen’s She was awarded an Individual 2007. He has served as Managing (LORT). He was named 2000’s JILL C. BOWERS (Costume Magic Theater, Mark Taper Forum, EMMA, The Country House, Fallen Artist Fellowship in Stage Director of Northlight Theatre Best Arts Administrator by Designer) has designed costumes Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Angels, The Lake Effect, Peter and Direction from the Arts Council (Chicago) and Georgia Shakespeare Atlanta Magazine and received for many TheatreWorks productions Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Starcatcher, Water by the of Silicon Valley for artistic Festival (Atlanta), as well as the Atlanta Arts and Business since 1986, including Fire on the Portland Center Stage, Syracuse Spoonful, Marry Me a Little, Once achievement and community Development Director for Great Council’s 1998 ABBY Award for Mountain; The Lake Effect; Marry Stage, Westport Country on This Island, Little Women, Time impact. She leads master classes Lakes Theatre Festival (Cleveland) Arts Administrator. Me A Little; The Mountaintop; Playhouse, and Yale Repertory Stands Still, and Other Desert and audition workshops through- and George Street Playhouse Now Circa Then; Opus; Doubt; Theatre. Mr. Boyce is a member Cities. Other companies/selected out the Bay Area, and is a Golda’s Balcony; Trying; Into the of Wingspace Theatrical Design, credits include five years at Performance Coach in leadership Woods (2005); Red; Heart Land a graduate of The Yale School of Oregon Shakespeare Festival communication training with (world premiere); Under Milk Drama, and an Assistant Professor (Equivocation; American Night: Stand and Deliver Group. Wood; Sweeney Todd: The Demon in the Northwestern University The Ballad of San Juan José; Dead Barber of Fleet Street (1992); My Theater Department. Man’s Cell Phone; Ruined; The ROBERT KELLEY (Artistic Children! My Africa!; Into the www.andrewboycedesign.com Unfortunates), La Jolla Playhouse, Director) is a Bay Area native Woods (1990 Bay Area Theatre Center Theatre Group, The Old and Stanford University graduate. Critics Circle Award); and Little STEVEN B. MANNSHARDT Globe, American Conservatory He founded TheatreWorks in Shop of Horrors. As costume (Lighting Designer) has been the Theater, Berkeley Repertory 1970 and has directed over 165 director at American Musical lighting designer for over 70 Theatre, California Shakespeare TheatreWorks productions, includ- Theatre of San Jose (1997–2004), productions at TheatreWorks, Theater, Seattle Repertory Theatre, ing many world and regional GLEIM she oversaw the creation of many having won numerous Bay Area Laguna Playhouse, Pasadena premieres. He has received the new productions including The Theatre Critics Circle, Theatre Bay Playhouse, and 18 seasons and Silicon Valley Arts Council’s Music Man and 3hree Musketeers. Area and Dean Goodman Choice over 90 productions as Resident Legacy Laureate Award; the Bay She holds an MFA in Design from Awards for his work. His regional Stage Manager at South Coast Area Theatre Critics Circle Paine University of Minnesota. design credits include Long Repertory (Wit, Intimate Apparel, Knickerbocker Award for lifetime Wharf Theatre, New Haven; A Three Days of Rain, Blue Door, achievement; BATCC Awards for ANDREW BOYCE (Scenic Contemporary Theatre, Seattle; The Further Adventures of Hedda Outstanding Direction for his Designer) is a Chicago and NYC- American Repertory Theater, Gabler, Kimberly Akimbo). productions of The Hound of based designer working in theatre, Cambridge; Studio Arena Baskervilles; Into the Woods; opera, and film/TV. He has credits Theatre, Buffalo; Magic Theatre; LESLIE MARTINSON (Casting Pacific Overtures; Rags; Sweeney with Lincoln Center Theater, Pasadena Playhouse; The Weston Director) is TheatreWorks’ Todd; Another Midsummer Night; Roundabout Theatre Company, Playhouse Theatre Company, Associate Artistic Director and Sunday in the Park with George; Atlantic Theater Company, Primary Vermont; Vancouver Playhouse Casting Director. Her many Jane Eyre; and Caroline, or Stages, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre Company; and Olympia TheatreWorks directing credits Change; and Back Stage West Theater, The Play Company, Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. Mr. include Proof, the regional Garland Awards for his direction Playwrights Realm, Cherry Lane Mannshardt previously taught premieres of Water by the

encoreartsprograms.com 17 Hal & Iris Korol Stuart & Marcella Bernstein Jim & Linda Hagan Ellice & Jim Papp TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Contributors John & Catharine Kristian Dr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory Kovin Hagan Richard Partridge Bill & Terry Krivan of Dr. Kevin J. Gilmartin Elaine & Eric Hahn David Pasta in memory of THE PRODUCER CIRCLE Arlene & Jack Leslie Caroline Beverstock Russell & Debbie Hall Gloria J.A. Guth Anne & Larry Hambly, Executive Producer Co-Chairs • Lynn Szekely-Goode, Gayla Lorthridge Wood, Producer Co-Chairs Janet Littlefield & Charlotte & David Biegelsen Jane Hamlin & Steven Schow Beth & Charlie Perrell 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 William Coggshall Wendell & Celeste Birkhofer Susan Heller Carrie Perzow & Von Leirer a production to follow from “page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits. The Merrimac Fund Bob & Martha Bowden Helen Helson Carey & Josh Pickus Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more information. Buff & Cindy Miller Lauren & David Boyle David & Noreen Henig John & Valerie Poggi Myrna & Hy Mitchner, PhD Michael & Leslie Braun Craig & Deborah Hoffman in Kathy & Gary Reback Visionary Producers Cynthia Sears Gordon & Carolyn Davidson The Marmor Foundation/ Richard Niblock Kathy Bridgman memory of Susan Woods Karen & John Reis ($50,000 and above) Janet Strauss & Jeff Hawkins John & Susan Diekman Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor Margo & Roy Ogus Ellen & Marc Brown Anne & Emma Grace Holmes Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones Ann S. Bowers Lynn Szekely-Goode & Susan Fairbrook Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Tom Rindfleisch & Carli Scott Chet & Marcie Brown David Hornik & Pamela Miller-Hornik Edward & Verne Rice Dr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr. Dr. Richard Goode Dan & Catharine Garber Gillian & Tom Moran Paul & Sheri Robbins Christine B. Butcher+ Susan M. Huch Orli & Zack Rinat Anne & Larry Hambly Mark & Teri Vershel Sylvia & Ron Gerst Leslie & Douglas Murphy-Chutorian Mark & Martha Ross Eric Butler MD & Sudhanshu & Lori Jain Alicia Rojas & Howard Lyons The Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell Lisa Webster & Ted Semple Kathryn Green Yvonne & Mike Nevens Rita & Robert Rove Suzanne Rocca-Butler Leigh & Roy Johnson Betsy Boardman Ross Foundation Gayla Lorthridge Wood & Richard & Kathy Hawes Adam Samuels Ron & Lila Schmidt Jeff & Deborah Byron Hilary Jones* Robert & Suzanne Rubenstein Morgan Family Foundation Walt Wood Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Philip Santora & Cristian Asher Edward & Jane Seaman Calvin & Jennifer Carr Craig & Gina Jorasch Family Fund Alan Russell & Fred Thiemann Ray & Meredith Rothrock William J. Higgs Dorothy Saxe Bart Sears Ron & Sally Carter Jack Jorgenson Ellen & Jerry Saliman TheatreWorks Board Emeritus Producers Larry Horton & George Wilson Loren & Shelley Saxe Ron & Ellen Shulman Josephine Chien & Mr. & Mrs. Abdo Kadifa Jim & Maureen Sansbury ($10,000 to $24,999) Lisa & Marc Jones Martha Seaver & Scott Walecka Joyce Reynolds Sinclair & Stephen Johnson Thomas Kailath & Anu Maitra Joseph & Sandy Santandrea Executive Producers Marsha & Bill Adler Mike & Martha Kahn Leonard Shustek & Donna Dubinsky Dr. Gerald M. Sinclair Nancy M. Cohen Ruth Ann & David Keefer Elizabeth & Mark Schar ($25,000 to $49,999) Lois & Dr. Edward Anderson Julie Kaufman & Doug Klein Larry & Barbara Sonsini Lisa & Matthew Sonsini Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchovny in Cynthia & Bert Keely Lee & Kim Scheuer Anonymous Paul Asente & Ron Jenks Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir memory of Milt, Michael, & Jack Arthur Keller Charles G. Schulz & Claire E. Taylor Bruce Cozadd Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Tom & Sharon Kelley Debra Summers & John Baker Anthony & Rosina Lo Sun* Richard & Anita Davis Alison & Steve Krausz Pamela & Rick Shames Yogen & Peggy Dalal Lucy Berlin & Glenn Trewitt Robin & Don Kennedy Watkins Family Charitable Fund Catherine & Jeff Thermond Scott & Edie DeVine Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz Jack & Dorothy Shannahan The John & Marcia Goldman Jayne Booker Dick & Cathy Lampman Carol Watts Craig & Susie Thom Douglas Dexter Jim & Marilyn Lattin Sarah Shema & Neyssa Marina Foundation Bredt Family Fund at Truckee Dorothy Lazier Harriet & Frank Weiss Brent & Michèle Townshend Dennis & Cindy Dillon Marcia & Henry Lawson Marge & Jim Shively William Green Tahoe Community Foundation Mark & Debra Leslie Jane Weston & J. Horn Ted & Betty Ullman Monica Donovan Linda Lester Ursula Shultz Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Steve & Gayle Brugler Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro Bill & Janne Wissel Tzipor Ulman & Yigal Rubinstein Pamela Dougherty Donald & Rachel Levy Carolyn & Rick Silberman Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Steven & Karin Chase Marks Family Foundation Holly Ward & Scott Spector Jack & Marcia Edelstein Dan'l & Susan Lewin Gerry Sipes Mendelsohn Family Fund George & Susan Crow Griff & Lynne Weber Robert English Robert J. Lipshutz & Ellen & Ed Smith Karen Carlson White Sue & Jeff Epstein Nancy Wong, MD Pamela Smith THE INNER CIRCLE Mark & Sheila Wolfson Frances Escherich Drs. John & Penny Loeb Denise & Jim Stanford Holly Ward & Jayne Booker, Co-Chairs Patrick Farris Tom & Sally Logothetti Jim Stephens & Abraham Brown Players Sheldon Finkelstein & The Kohls-Lunt Family Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy 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 ($1,500 to $2,999) Beatriz V. Infante Malcolm MacNaughton The Sher-Right Fund exchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artists Anonymous (5) Kathleen Fitts Joe Margevicius Polly Taylor 45 for 45Circle events. Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more Marc & Sophia Abramson Peggy Woodford Forbes & Anne B. McCarthy Jan Thomson & Roy Levin information. TheatreWorks 45 for 45 Circle members have made a multi-year Douglas & Loretta Allred Harry Bremond Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan Helaina Titus pledge of $45,000 or more to honor Robert Kelley and Associate Producers Steven & Michele Boal Mary Ann Anthony & Ken Fowkes Diane & Bob Frankle Kevin McCoy Robert J. Van der Leest, MD TW’s 45th Anniversary. Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or ($6,000 to $9,999) Marah & Gene Brehaut Peter Bacchetti in memory of Barbara Franklin & Bernie Loth Patricia McGuigan Mimi & Jim Van Horne [email protected] for more information. Anonymous Bruce & Gail Chizen Ray Bacchetti Francis Franklin Gerald & Betty McIntyre Thomas Vogelsang David & Ann Crockett Dean & Wilma Chu Lisa Backus & Anthony Montefusco Jodye & Jonny Friedman Dave & Carolyn McLoughlin Margaret & Curt Weil David E. Gold & Diane & Howard Crittenden Shirley Bailey Jay & Joyce Friedrichs Rani Menon & Keith Amidon Paul & Barbara Weiss Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Suzanne Martin & Irene Blumenkranz Jeff & Amy Crowe Doug & Marie Barry Markus Fromherz & Heike Schmitz Shauna Mika & Rick Callison Elissa Wellikson & Tim Shroyer Ann S. Bowers John Doyle Linda M. Hinton & Vince Foecke Randy Curry & Kay Simon Pat Bashaw & Gene Segre Marilee Gardner Sondra Murphy & Jeremy Platt Ken & Ruth Wilcox Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia Ranae DeSantis Gayle & Steve Brugler Mendelsohn Family Fund Jane Baxter & Steve Beck Nancy & Charles Geschke Melinda Nasif & Michael Scruggs Bruce & Elinor Wilner Sue & Dick Levy John & Wynne Dobyns Mr. & Mrs. David W. Beach Renee & Mark Greenstein Eileen Nelson & Hugh Franks Neil & Ann Wolff Bruce Cozadd Rebecca & James Morgan Rob & Ann Marangell Richard & Josephine Ferrie Betsy & George Bechtel Nancy & Bill Grove James Niemasik Bill & Sue Worthington Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Cynthia Sears Bill & Janet Nicholls Gayle Flanagan Don & Deborah Bennett Barbara Gunther Lynn & Susan Orr Sylvia & Ron Gerst Barbara Shapiro & Joe, Nancy, Sam & Sara Ragey Lynda & Steve Fox Anne & Larry Hambly Mark Lewis In memory of Pearl Reimer Peter & Rose Friedland Benefactors Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Rick Stern & Nancy & Bart Westcott Terry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of ($750 to $1,499) Robert Kelley Julie Kaufman Nancy Ginsburg Stern Anonymous • Sally Abel • Robert Block • Sharon & John Brauman • Marni Brown & Gabe Garcia • Lee & Amy Christel • Mary Lou Conragan • Robert A. Cook • Ursula Directors Ciro & Eileen Giammona & Paul Cooney • Anne Dauer • Mary David • Ronald Dickel • Carl & Meredith Ditmore • James J. Elacqua • Suzanne & Allan Epstein • Aaron & Julia Gershenberg • Mark & Teri Vershel Tom & Sharon Kelley ($3,000 to $5,999) Peter & Laura Haas Shoshana & Martin Gerstel • Mark Gorenberg • Sue & Bill Gould • Kenneth & Susan Greathouse • Sue Greathouse • Mary Ann & John Grilli • Kovin Hagan • Laura Hale Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Lisa Webster Anonymous (2) Emeri & Brad Handler • Susan & Don Hanson • Tom & Mary Haverstock • Anna Henderson • Mitzi Henderson • In memory of Bridget Ross • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Laurie T. Jarrett • Dean & Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Watkins Family Charitable Carol Bacchetti Jerre & Nancy Hitz Patricia Johnson • Mary Louise Johnson • Eva L. Jones • Carl Jukkola & Desmond Lee • Deborah Karlson • Professor & Mrs. David Kennedy • Bob & Edie Kirkwood • Brian Kleis & Jim Lock • Michael & Ina Korek • Jim & Marilyn Lattin • Stephen & Nancy Levy • George & Ann Limbach • Robert & Paige Locke • Alexander & Anne Long Paul & Debbie Baker D & J Hodgson Family Foundation Dorothy Lazier Trust • Richard & Charlene Maltzman in memory of Carol Adler • Anders & Juneko Martinson • Karen & Bob McCulloch • Nancy & Patrick McGaraghan • Linda & Tony Meier Joel & Wendy Bartlett Perry A. Irvine & Linda Romley-Irvine Mark & Debra Leslie Carol Watts • Sharon & Harris Meyers • Gus Meyner in memory of Miriam • William & Sue Miklos • Heidi & Jorge Ochoa • Bob Rodert & Bev Kiltz • Jill Sagner & Steve Lipman • Emil Jim Bassett & Lily Hurlimann Ken Jaffee Carole & Michael Marks Janne & Bill Wissel J. & Barbara Sarpa • Maria & Mitch Segal • Perry Segal • Sheri Sobrato • The Fred Terman & Nan Borreson Fund • Thomas Vogelsang • Arlene & Bruce S. White • Judith Anne & Buz Battle Barbara Jones & Peter Wolken Katherine Bazak & John Dohner Claiborne S. Jones Contributions listed were received between 4/19/2015 and 4/19/2016. Program deadlines and space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. The BelleJAR Foundation Louise Karr For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Michelle Piasecki at 650.463.7132 or [email protected]. David & Lauren Berman Chris Kenrick * Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts.

18 THEATREWORKS Hal & Iris Korol Stuart & Marcella Bernstein Jim & Linda Hagan Ellice & Jim Papp TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Contributors John & Catharine Kristian Dr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory Kovin Hagan Richard Partridge Bill & Terry Krivan of Dr. Kevin J. Gilmartin Elaine & Eric Hahn David Pasta in memory of THE PRODUCER CIRCLE Arlene & Jack Leslie Caroline Beverstock Russell & Debbie Hall Gloria J.A. Guth Anne & Larry Hambly, Executive Producer Co-Chairs • Lynn Szekely-Goode, Gayla Lorthridge Wood, Producer Co-Chairs Janet Littlefield & Charlotte & David Biegelsen Jane Hamlin & Steven Schow Beth & Charlie Perrell 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 William Coggshall Wendell & Celeste Birkhofer Susan Heller Carrie Perzow & Von Leirer a production to follow from “page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits. The Merrimac Fund Bob & Martha Bowden Helen Helson Carey & Josh Pickus Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more information. Buff & Cindy Miller Lauren & David Boyle David & Noreen Henig John & Valerie Poggi Myrna & Hy Mitchner, PhD Michael & Leslie Braun Craig & Deborah Hoffman in Kathy & Gary Reback Visionary Producers Cynthia Sears Gordon & Carolyn Davidson The Marmor Foundation/ Richard Niblock Kathy Bridgman memory of Susan Woods Karen & John Reis ($50,000 and above) Janet Strauss & Jeff Hawkins John & Susan Diekman Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor Margo & Roy Ogus Ellen & Marc Brown Anne & Emma Grace Holmes Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones Ann S. Bowers Lynn Szekely-Goode & Susan Fairbrook Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Tom Rindfleisch & Carli Scott Chet & Marcie Brown David Hornik & Pamela Miller-Hornik Edward & Verne Rice Dr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr. Dr. Richard Goode Dan & Catharine Garber Gillian & Tom Moran Paul & Sheri Robbins Christine B. Butcher+ Susan M. Huch Orli & Zack Rinat Anne & Larry Hambly Mark & Teri Vershel Sylvia & Ron Gerst Leslie & Douglas Murphy-Chutorian Mark & Martha Ross Eric Butler MD & Sudhanshu & Lori Jain Alicia Rojas & Howard Lyons The Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell Lisa Webster & Ted Semple Kathryn Green Yvonne & Mike Nevens Rita & Robert Rove Suzanne Rocca-Butler Leigh & Roy Johnson Betsy Boardman Ross Foundation Gayla Lorthridge Wood & Richard & Kathy Hawes Adam Samuels Ron & Lila Schmidt Jeff & Deborah Byron Hilary Jones* Robert & Suzanne Rubenstein Morgan Family Foundation Walt Wood Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Philip Santora & Cristian Asher Edward & Jane Seaman Calvin & Jennifer Carr Craig & Gina Jorasch Family Fund Alan Russell & Fred Thiemann Ray & Meredith Rothrock William J. Higgs Dorothy Saxe Bart Sears Ron & Sally Carter Jack Jorgenson Ellen & Jerry Saliman TheatreWorks Board Emeritus Producers Larry Horton & George Wilson Loren & Shelley Saxe Ron & Ellen Shulman Josephine Chien & Mr. & Mrs. Abdo Kadifa Jim & Maureen Sansbury ($10,000 to $24,999) Lisa & Marc Jones Martha Seaver & Scott Walecka Joyce Reynolds Sinclair & Stephen Johnson Thomas Kailath & Anu Maitra Joseph & Sandy Santandrea Executive Producers Marsha & Bill Adler Mike & Martha Kahn Leonard Shustek & Donna Dubinsky Dr. Gerald M. Sinclair Nancy M. Cohen Ruth Ann & David Keefer Elizabeth & Mark Schar ($25,000 to $49,999) Lois & Dr. Edward Anderson Julie Kaufman & Doug Klein Larry & Barbara Sonsini Lisa & Matthew Sonsini Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchovny in Cynthia & Bert Keely Lee & Kim Scheuer Anonymous Paul Asente & Ron Jenks Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir memory of Milt, Michael, & Jack Arthur Keller Charles G. Schulz & Claire E. Taylor Bruce Cozadd Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Tom & Sharon Kelley Debra Summers & John Baker Anthony & Rosina Lo Sun* Richard & Anita Davis Alison & Steve Krausz Pamela & Rick Shames Yogen & Peggy Dalal Lucy Berlin & Glenn Trewitt Robin & Don Kennedy Watkins Family Charitable Fund Catherine & Jeff Thermond Scott & Edie DeVine Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz Jack & Dorothy Shannahan The John & Marcia Goldman Jayne Booker Dick & Cathy Lampman Carol Watts Craig & Susie Thom Douglas Dexter Jim & Marilyn Lattin Sarah Shema & Neyssa Marina Foundation Bredt Family Fund at Truckee Dorothy Lazier Harriet & Frank Weiss Brent & Michèle Townshend Dennis & Cindy Dillon Marcia & Henry Lawson Marge & Jim Shively William Green Tahoe Community Foundation Mark & Debra Leslie Jane Weston & J. Horn Ted & Betty Ullman Monica Donovan Linda Lester Ursula Shultz Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Steve & Gayle Brugler Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro Bill & Janne Wissel Tzipor Ulman & Yigal Rubinstein Pamela Dougherty Donald & Rachel Levy Carolyn & Rick Silberman Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Steven & Karin Chase Marks Family Foundation Holly Ward & Scott Spector Jack & Marcia Edelstein Dan'l & Susan Lewin Gerry Sipes Mendelsohn Family Fund George & Susan Crow Griff & Lynne Weber Robert English Robert J. Lipshutz & Ellen & Ed Smith Karen Carlson White Sue & Jeff Epstein Nancy Wong, MD Pamela Smith THE INNER CIRCLE Mark & Sheila Wolfson Frances Escherich Drs. John & Penny Loeb Denise & Jim Stanford Holly Ward & Jayne Booker, Co-Chairs Patrick Farris Tom & Sally Logothetti Jim Stephens & Abraham Brown Players Sheldon Finkelstein & The Kohls-Lunt Family Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy 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 ($1,500 to $2,999) Beatriz V. Infante Malcolm MacNaughton The Sher-Right Fund exchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artists Anonymous (5) Kathleen Fitts Joe Margevicius Polly Taylor 45 for 45Circle events. Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more Marc & Sophia Abramson Peggy Woodford Forbes & Anne B. McCarthy Jan Thomson & Roy Levin information. TheatreWorks 45 for 45 Circle members have made a multi-year Douglas & Loretta Allred Harry Bremond Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan Helaina Titus pledge of $45,000 or more to honor Robert Kelley and Associate Producers Steven & Michele Boal Mary Ann Anthony & Ken Fowkes Diane & Bob Frankle Kevin McCoy Robert J. Van der Leest, MD TW’s 45th Anniversary. Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or ($6,000 to $9,999) Marah & Gene Brehaut Peter Bacchetti in memory of Barbara Franklin & Bernie Loth Patricia McGuigan Mimi & Jim Van Horne [email protected] for more information. Anonymous Bruce & Gail Chizen Ray Bacchetti Francis Franklin Gerald & Betty McIntyre Thomas Vogelsang David & Ann Crockett Dean & Wilma Chu Lisa Backus & Anthony Montefusco Jodye & Jonny Friedman Dave & Carolyn McLoughlin Margaret & Curt Weil David E. Gold & Diane & Howard Crittenden Shirley Bailey Jay & Joyce Friedrichs Rani Menon & Keith Amidon Paul & Barbara Weiss Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Suzanne Martin & Irene Blumenkranz Jeff & Amy Crowe Doug & Marie Barry Markus Fromherz & Heike Schmitz Shauna Mika & Rick Callison Elissa Wellikson & Tim Shroyer Ann S. Bowers John Doyle Linda M. Hinton & Vince Foecke Randy Curry & Kay Simon Pat Bashaw & Gene Segre Marilee Gardner Sondra Murphy & Jeremy Platt Ken & Ruth Wilcox Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia Ranae DeSantis Gayle & Steve Brugler Mendelsohn Family Fund Jane Baxter & Steve Beck Nancy & Charles Geschke Melinda Nasif & Michael Scruggs Bruce & Elinor Wilner Sue & Dick Levy John & Wynne Dobyns Mr. & Mrs. David W. Beach Renee & Mark Greenstein Eileen Nelson & Hugh Franks Neil & Ann Wolff Bruce Cozadd Rebecca & James Morgan Rob & Ann Marangell Richard & Josephine Ferrie Betsy & George Bechtel Nancy & Bill Grove James Niemasik Bill & Sue Worthington Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Cynthia Sears Bill & Janet Nicholls Gayle Flanagan Don & Deborah Bennett Barbara Gunther Lynn & Susan Orr Sylvia & Ron Gerst Barbara Shapiro & Joe, Nancy, Sam & Sara Ragey Lynda & Steve Fox Anne & Larry Hambly Mark Lewis In memory of Pearl Reimer Peter & Rose Friedland Benefactors Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Rick Stern & Nancy & Bart Westcott Terry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of ($750 to $1,499) Robert Kelley Julie Kaufman Nancy Ginsburg Stern Anonymous • Sally Abel • Robert Block • Sharon & John Brauman • Marni Brown & Gabe Garcia • Lee & Amy Christel • Mary Lou Conragan • Robert A. Cook • Ursula Directors Ciro & Eileen Giammona & Paul Cooney • Anne Dauer • Mary David • Ronald Dickel • Carl & Meredith Ditmore • James J. Elacqua • Suzanne & Allan Epstein • Aaron & Julia Gershenberg • Tom & Sharon Kelley Mark & Teri Vershel ($3,000 to $5,999) Peter & Laura Haas Shoshana & Martin Gerstel • Mark Gorenberg • Sue & Bill Gould • Kenneth & Susan Greathouse • Sue Greathouse • Mary Ann & John Grilli • Kovin Hagan • Laura Hale Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Lisa Webster Anonymous (2) Emeri & Brad Handler • Susan & Don Hanson • Tom & Mary Haverstock • Anna Henderson • Mitzi Henderson • In memory of Bridget Ross • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Laurie T. Jarrett • Dean & Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Watkins Family Charitable Carol Bacchetti Jerre & Nancy Hitz Patricia Johnson • Mary Louise Johnson • Eva L. Jones • Carl Jukkola & Desmond Lee • Deborah Karlson • Professor & Mrs. David Kennedy • Bob & Edie Kirkwood • Brian Kleis & Jim Lock • Michael & Ina Korek • Jim & Marilyn Lattin • Stephen & Nancy Levy • George & Ann Limbach • Robert & Paige Locke • Alexander & Anne Long Paul & Debbie Baker D & J Hodgson Family Foundation Dorothy Lazier Trust • Richard & Charlene Maltzman in memory of Carol Adler • Anders & Juneko Martinson • Karen & Bob McCulloch • Nancy & Patrick McGaraghan • Linda & Tony Meier Joel & Wendy Bartlett Perry A. Irvine & Linda Romley-Irvine Mark & Debra Leslie Carol Watts • Sharon & Harris Meyers • Gus Meyner in memory of Miriam • William & Sue Miklos • Heidi & Jorge Ochoa • Bob Rodert & Bev Kiltz • Jill Sagner & Steve Lipman • Emil Jim Bassett & Lily Hurlimann Ken Jaffee Carole & Michael Marks Janne & Bill Wissel J. & Barbara Sarpa • Maria & Mitch Segal • Perry Segal • Sheri Sobrato • The Fred Terman & Nan Borreson Fund • Thomas Vogelsang • Arlene & Bruce S. White • Judith Anne & Buz Battle Barbara Jones & Peter Wolken Katherine Bazak & John Dohner Claiborne S. Jones Contributions listed were received between 4/19/2015 and 4/19/2016. Program deadlines and space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. The BelleJAR Foundation Louise Karr For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Michelle Piasecki at 650.463.7132 or [email protected]. David & Lauren Berman Chris Kenrick * Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts.

encoreartsprograms.com 19 VISIONARY SPONSORS CORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS Jayne Booker, Chair Artistic Director Robert Kelley Managing Director Phil Santora Foundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 TheatreWorks SV Staff students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits. Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more information. ARTISTIC SCENERY DEVELOPMENT MARKETING

Visionary Sponsors Sponsors Friends Associate Artistic Director Technical Director Associate Director of Director of Marketing ($50,000 and above) ($10,000 to $14,999) ($1,000 to $2,499) Leslie Martinson Frank Sarmiento Individual Gifts Lorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez The Garden Court Hotel* Adams Wine Group* Anonymous H. Hans Cárdenas Director of New Works Lead Scenic Artist / Craftsman Art Director The William & Flora Hewlett Aeris Communications, Inc. Applied Materials Excellence in the Giovanna Sardelli Tom Langguth Foundation The Leonard C. & Mildred F. Arts Grants, a program of Events Manager Ev Shiro Jodi Corwin J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines* Ferguson Foundation Silicon Valley Creates Company Manager/ Master Carpenter Associate Director of Marketing The Mercury News* Heising-Simons Foundation ChaseVP* Casting Associate Bill Roberts Development Operations Manager Syche Phillips The David & Lucile Packard Hengehold Motor Company* The Dramatists Guild Fund Jeffrey Lo Michelle Piasecki Foundation Silicon Valley Bank International ProInsurance Services LLC Carpenters Box Office Manager The Shubert Foundation Luther Burbank Savings FutureWorks Fellow Esteban Calvillo, Andrew Clark, Alix Josefski The Sobrato Family Foundation* Benefactors Nikon Precision, Inc. Akemi Okamura Rodrigo Frausto, Henry Ing EDUCATION Sales Manager ($5,000 to $9,999) Peter Michael Winery* Resident Musical Director Sarah Benjamin Director of Education Presenting Sponsor Bloomingdale’s William Liberatore ($25,000 to $49,999) Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Matching Gifts PROPERTIES Amy Cole-Farrell Digital Media Manager Many companies will double or triple their Avant! Foundation Trusts New Works Reading Committee Jennifer Gosk Properties Master Associate Education Director Harrell Remodeling Nordstrom employees’ contributions to nonprofits. Bill Adler, Cristian Asher, It’s a great way to make your gift to Christopher Fitzer Elaine Baskin, Doug Brook, Katie Bartholomew Tessitura Specialist National Endowment for the Arts Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund TheatreWorks go further at no extra cost. Properties Stock Manager Andrew Skelton Sand Hill Foundation The Palo Alto Community Fund Call 650.463.7155 for more information. Sue Krumbein, Shareen Merriam, Education Associate Alfred Rudolph PRESENTING SPONSORS Stephen Silver* Patty Reinhart, Cindi Sears, Lauren Berman Patron Services Coordinator Supporters * Indicates donors whose gifts include Amy Sundberg, Scott Walecka Tracy Hayden Supporting Sponsors ($2,500 to $4,999) in-kind goods or services. Master Teaching Artist ($15,000 to $24,999) Avidbank COSTUMES Piper LaGrelius Ticket Services Representatives Applied Materials Cooley LLP* PRODUCTION, Laura Henricksen, Heather Orth, Costume Director Teaching Artists Carla Befera Public Relations* S. H. Cowell Foundation Margaret Purdy, Michelle Skinner LIGHTING, & SOUND Jill Bowers Brittany Caine Fenwick & West LLP The Morrison & Foerster Maggie Cole The Kimball Foundation Foundation Production Manager Assistant Costumer Graphics Assistant Microsoft Corporation Palo Alto Weekly* David A. Milligan Noah Marin Jennifer Debevec Katie Dai The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Synaptics Martin Rojas Dietrich Assistant Production Manager Lead Cutter/Draper Public Relations & Advertising Charitable Trust Tiffany & Co.* Vicki Graff Elizar Ivanov Yen La Wong Carla Befera & Co. Wells Fargo Meghan Hakes-Booth Carla Befera, Molly Kullman Operations Manager/ Costume Rentals Manager Josh Marx Master Electrician Conni Edwards Michileen Oberst Company Photographers Steven B. Mannshardt Kelly Rinehart Kevin Berne Wardrobe Manager Cassie Rosenbrock Alessandra Mello ENDOWMENT FUND Resident Lighting Designer Sarah Hatton TheatreWorks Silicon Valley thanks the following lead donors for their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts. Steven B. Mannshardt Elissa Stebbins Assistant Cutter/First Hand Marsha & Bill Adler • William C. Anderson • Ann S. Bowers • Polly & Tom Bredt • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Kristina Sutherland Production Coordinator ADMINISTRATIVE Hoffman • Peter & Melanie Cross • Yogen & Peggy Dalal • Carl H. Feldman • Kathryn Green • The John & Michelle Earney Maryssa Wanlass Karen Szpaller Marcia Goldman Foundation • Emeri & Brad Handler • Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts • Charles & Roberta Stitchers General Manager Katz Family Foundation • Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan • The Rathmann Family Foundation • Eddie Electricians Nhan Thi Luu, Son Pham Scott DeVine SUPPORTING SPONSORS Reynolds • John & Diane Savage • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode Justin Barnett, Rudy Chapman, Database Administrator Steven Fetter, Carolyn Foot, Resident Wigmaster Ken Maitz A.C. Hay, Cosmo Hom, Sharon Ridge Dan Kaminski, Sean Kramer, Hair Stylist Bookkeeper FUTUREWORKS Nick Kumamoto, Kelly Jean Mack, Jeanne Naritomi Jason Hyde FutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of life Harris Meyers, Gary Nelson, Staff Accountant insurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact [email protected] for more information. Seth Tuthall, Alex Underwood, Barbara Sloss Anonymous (6) • Marc Abramson • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • Pauline Berkow Becca Van De Vanter, STAGE MANAGEMENT & Ronald Kauffman • David & Lauren Berman • Jayne Booker • James & Diane Bordoni • Ann S. Bowers • Jarku Virtanen, Jackson Wijtman Resident Stage Manager Front Desk Volunteers Steve & Gayle Brugler • The estate of Cathryn Z. Cannon • Eleanor W. Caughlan • Steven & Karin Chase • Jodi Joan Doherty, Cindi Sears Load-in/Strike Volunteers Randall K. Lum Corwin • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • George & Susan Crow • John & Linda Elman • Frances Escherich • Rick And thanks to our fabulous Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • Gayle Flanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & Rose Friedland • Terry & Amerson, Ed Hunter TheatreWorkers! SPONSORS Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • Marcia & John Goldman • Kathryn Green • Lorie Griswold • Maureen Hoberg • Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sue Homestead • Sam & Elaine Housten • Susan M. Huch • Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia • John W. & Nancy Lee Jalonen • Barry Lee Johnson • Stanley Earl Johnson • Claiborne THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN ADDITIONAL STAFF S. Jones • Dr. Steve Kelem • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Production Assistant Steven J. Fetter Kurtzman • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mangelsdorf • Steve Mannshardt • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle • Leigh Metzler Movement Consultant & Jim McVey • Cynthia S. Miller • Tami & Craney Ogata • Karen & John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Betsy Boardman Kit Wilder Ross • Adam Samuels • Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • Dorothy Saxe • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Edward & Jane Light Board Operator Marissa Mendoza Seaman • Barbara Shapiro & Mark Lewis • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Gerry Sipes • Carol Snell & Mindy Rauch • Sound Engineer Quinn Pierron Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern • Susanne Stevens Show Carpenter Megan Hall • Mark Stevenson • Carol Watts • Renee & Herman Winick

20 THEATREWORKS VISIONARY SPONSORS CORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS Jayne Booker, Chair Artistic Director Robert Kelley Managing Director Phil Santora Foundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 TheatreWorks SV Staff students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits. Contact Hans Cárdenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more information. ARTISTIC SCENERY DEVELOPMENT MARKETING

Visionary Sponsors Sponsors Friends Associate Artistic Director Technical Director Associate Director of Director of Marketing ($50,000 and above) ($10,000 to $14,999) ($1,000 to $2,499) Leslie Martinson Frank Sarmiento Individual Gifts Lorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez The Garden Court Hotel* Adams Wine Group* Anonymous H. Hans Cárdenas Director of New Works Lead Scenic Artist / Craftsman Art Director The William & Flora Hewlett Aeris Communications, Inc. Applied Materials Excellence in the Giovanna Sardelli Tom Langguth Foundation The Leonard C. & Mildred F. Arts Grants, a program of Events Manager Ev Shiro Jodi Corwin J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines* Ferguson Foundation Silicon Valley Creates Company Manager/ Master Carpenter Associate Director of Marketing The Mercury News* Heising-Simons Foundation ChaseVP* Casting Associate Bill Roberts Development Operations Manager Syche Phillips The David & Lucile Packard Hengehold Motor Company* The Dramatists Guild Fund Jeffrey Lo Michelle Piasecki Foundation Silicon Valley Bank International ProInsurance Services LLC Carpenters Box Office Manager The Shubert Foundation Luther Burbank Savings FutureWorks Fellow Esteban Calvillo, Andrew Clark, Alix Josefski The Sobrato Family Foundation* Benefactors Nikon Precision, Inc. Akemi Okamura Rodrigo Frausto, Henry Ing EDUCATION Sales Manager ($5,000 to $9,999) Peter Michael Winery* Resident Musical Director Sarah Benjamin Director of Education Presenting Sponsor Bloomingdale’s William Liberatore ($25,000 to $49,999) Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Matching Gifts PROPERTIES Amy Cole-Farrell Digital Media Manager Many companies will double or triple their Avant! Foundation Trusts New Works Reading Committee Jennifer Gosk Properties Master Associate Education Director Harrell Remodeling Nordstrom employees’ contributions to nonprofits. Bill Adler, Cristian Asher, It’s a great way to make your gift to Christopher Fitzer Elaine Baskin, Doug Brook, Katie Bartholomew Tessitura Specialist National Endowment for the Arts Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund TheatreWorks go further at no extra cost. Properties Stock Manager Andrew Skelton Sand Hill Foundation The Palo Alto Community Fund Call 650.463.7155 for more information. Sue Krumbein, Shareen Merriam, Education Associate Alfred Rudolph PRESENTING SPONSORS Stephen Silver* Patty Reinhart, Cindi Sears, Lauren Berman Patron Services Coordinator Supporters * Indicates donors whose gifts include Amy Sundberg, Scott Walecka Tracy Hayden Supporting Sponsors ($2,500 to $4,999) in-kind goods or services. Master Teaching Artist ($15,000 to $24,999) Avidbank COSTUMES Piper LaGrelius Ticket Services Representatives Applied Materials Cooley LLP* PRODUCTION, Laura Henricksen, Heather Orth, Costume Director Teaching Artists Carla Befera Public Relations* S. H. Cowell Foundation Margaret Purdy, Michelle Skinner LIGHTING, & SOUND Jill Bowers Brittany Caine Fenwick & West LLP The Morrison & Foerster Maggie Cole The Kimball Foundation Foundation Production Manager Assistant Costumer Graphics Assistant Microsoft Corporation Palo Alto Weekly* David A. Milligan Noah Marin Jennifer Debevec Katie Dai The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Synaptics Martin Rojas Dietrich Assistant Production Manager Lead Cutter/Draper Public Relations & Advertising Charitable Trust Tiffany & Co.* Vicki Graff Elizar Ivanov Yen La Wong Carla Befera & Co. Wells Fargo Meghan Hakes-Booth Carla Befera, Molly Kullman Operations Manager/ Costume Rentals Manager Josh Marx Master Electrician Conni Edwards Michileen Oberst Company Photographers Steven B. Mannshardt Kelly Rinehart Kevin Berne Wardrobe Manager Cassie Rosenbrock Alessandra Mello ENDOWMENT FUND Resident Lighting Designer Sarah Hatton TheatreWorks Silicon Valley thanks the following lead donors for their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts. Steven B. Mannshardt Elissa Stebbins Assistant Cutter/First Hand Marsha & Bill Adler • William C. Anderson • Ann S. Bowers • Polly & Tom Bredt • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Kristina Sutherland Production Coordinator ADMINISTRATIVE Hoffman • Peter & Melanie Cross • Yogen & Peggy Dalal • Carl H. Feldman • Kathryn Green • The John & Michelle Earney Maryssa Wanlass Karen Szpaller Marcia Goldman Foundation • Emeri & Brad Handler • Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts • Charles & Roberta Stitchers General Manager Katz Family Foundation • Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan • The Rathmann Family Foundation • Eddie Electricians Nhan Thi Luu, Son Pham Scott DeVine SUPPORTING SPONSORS Reynolds • John & Diane Savage • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode Justin Barnett, Rudy Chapman, Database Administrator Steven Fetter, Carolyn Foot, Resident Wigmaster Ken Maitz A.C. Hay, Cosmo Hom, Sharon Ridge Dan Kaminski, Sean Kramer, Hair Stylist Bookkeeper FUTUREWORKS Nick Kumamoto, Kelly Jean Mack, Jeanne Naritomi Jason Hyde FutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of life Harris Meyers, Gary Nelson, Staff Accountant insurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact [email protected] for more information. Seth Tuthall, Alex Underwood, Barbara Sloss Anonymous (6) • Marc Abramson • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • Pauline Berkow Becca Van De Vanter, STAGE MANAGEMENT & Ronald Kauffman • David & Lauren Berman • Jayne Booker • James & Diane Bordoni • Ann S. Bowers • Jarku Virtanen, Jackson Wijtman Resident Stage Manager Front Desk Volunteers Steve & Gayle Brugler • The estate of Cathryn Z. Cannon • Eleanor W. Caughlan • Steven & Karin Chase • Jodi Joan Doherty, Cindi Sears Load-in/Strike Volunteers Randall K. Lum Corwin • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • George & Susan Crow • John & Linda Elman • Frances Escherich • Rick And thanks to our fabulous Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • Gayle Flanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & Rose Friedland • Terry & Amerson, Ed Hunter TheatreWorkers! SPONSORS Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • Marcia & John Goldman • Kathryn Green • Lorie Griswold • Maureen Hoberg • Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sue Homestead • Sam & Elaine Housten • Susan M. Huch • Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia • John W. & Nancy Lee Jalonen • Barry Lee Johnson • Stanley Earl Johnson • Claiborne THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN ADDITIONAL STAFF S. Jones • Dr. Steve Kelem • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Production Assistant Steven J. Fetter Kurtzman • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mangelsdorf • Steve Mannshardt • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle • Leigh Metzler Movement Consultant & Jim McVey • Cynthia S. Miller • Tami & Craney Ogata • Karen & John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Betsy Boardman Kit Wilder Ross • Adam Samuels • Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • Dorothy Saxe • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Edward & Jane Light Board Operator Marissa Mendoza Seaman • Barbara Shapiro & Mark Lewis • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Gerry Sipes • Carol Snell & Mindy Rauch • Sound Engineer Quinn Pierron Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern • Susanne Stevens Show Carpenter Megan Hall • Mark Stevenson • Carol Watts • Renee & Herman Winick

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I Enter the Valley By Dipika Guha

Something Wicked This Way Comes Based on the novel by Ray Bradbury Music & Lyrics by Neil Bartram Book by Brian Hill

The Four Immigrants: An American Musical Manga Book, Music, & Lyrics by Min Kahng Based on Manga Yonin Shosei by Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama Translated as The Four Immigrants by Frederik L. Schodt

Eddie the Marvelous, Who Will Save the World Book, Music, & Lyrics by Kate Kilbane & Dan Moses

PLUS: Pulitzer Finalist Rajiv Joseph Keynote: “The Black Cat That Isn’t There” AUGUST 13–21 Gravity, special presentation of a new musical created by Stanford students Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto Joel Chapman, Weston Gaylord, Matt Herrero, Jessia Hoffman, & Ken Savage 650.463.1960 theatreworks.org Meet-The-Artists Panel + Winner of Young Playwrights 1440 Countdown

TheatreWorks SV General Information CONTACT US GROUP SAVINGS LOST AND FOUND Mailing Address: Savings are available for groups of 8 or more. For Mountain View Center for the Performing PO Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0458 For more information, call Sarah Benjamin at Arts lost and found, please call 650.903.6568. Phone: 650.463.1950 Fax: 650.463.1963 650.463.7177 or email [email protected]. For Lucie Stern Theatre lost and found, please E-mail: [email protected] call 650.463.1960. WHEELCHAIR SEATING TICKET SERVICES Seating is available for wheelchair patrons. Please PLEASE REMEMBER Tickets to all TheatreWorks Silicon Valley telephone the Ticket Office in advance so that There is no smoking in the theatres or lobbies. performances are sold through the TheatreWorks special arrangements may be made. Cameras and recording devices of any kind Silicon Valley Box Office LISTENING SYSTEMS are strictly prohibited. Neither food nor drink Hours: Monday–Friday, 11am–6pm; is permitted in the theatres. Please ensure that Saturday-Sunday, 12pm-6pm Both theatres are equipped with listening all electronic devices are set to the “off“ Phone: 650.463.1960 systems for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. position while you are in the theatre. Tickets may also be obtained through the Please see the house manager for details. Children 5 and under are not permitted in Mountain View Center Ticket Office AUDIO-CAPTIONING the theatre. Persons 14 and under must be Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, noon–6pm accompanied by an adult. Every person, Phone: 650.903.6000 Audio captioning for the visually impaired is available at certain performances. Please call regardless of age, must have a ticket. WALK-UP TICKET SERVICES 650.463.1960 for details. Schedules, shows, casts, and ticket prices are The walk-up ticket office will open one hour OPEN-CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES subject to change. prior to each performance. Single ticket purchases are non-refundable, but Open-captioned performances for are exchangeable for $15 per ticket. PERFORMANCE TIMES The Velocity of Autumn: 6/19 at 2pm & 7pm, Some restrictions apply. Wed, Thur, Fri Previews 8pm 6/22 at 2pm Tuesday & Wednesday Eve 7:30pm Confederates: 7/31 at 2pm & 7pm, 8/3 at 2pm For more information about open captioning, Thursday–Saturday Eve 8:00pm Visit theatreworks.org please contact the box office at 650.463.1960 Sunday Eve 7:00pm for detailed information or to purchase tickets. Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday Matinee 2:00pm or [email protected]. INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES LATE ARRIVALS Starting at $25 (balcony). Latecomers will not be seated until appropriate Discounts available for Seniors, Educators, and intervals, and may not be seated in their exact seat Patrons 30 & Under. For pricing, call locations until intermission. 650.463.1960 or visit theatreworks.org.

22 THEATREWORKS OUNTAIN VIEW CENTER MFOR THE PERFORMING ARTS MAILING ADDRESS the arts and be a part of the Center! For more Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts information, please call 650-903-6568. City of Mountain View BOOKING INFORMATION Post Office Box 7540, Mountain View, CA 94039-7540 The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts’ three theaters and support spaces may be booked for perform- TICKETS & INFORMATION ing arts events, meetings, conferences and other events. 650.903.6000 (24 hours) mvcpa.com For booking information, please call 650-903-6556. [email protected] HOME COMPANIES Ticket Office Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, 12 noon The Center is proud to serve as host to two Home to 6 pm, and one hour prior to event curtain time. Com panies: TheatreWorks and Peninsula Youth Ticket Services also features a telephone information Theatre. These arts organizations perform a significant hotline. Ticket orders may be placed 24 hours a day. portion of their seasons in our theaters and contribute Phone: 650-903-6000 Fax: 650-965-1727 to the overall success of the Center.

GENERAL INFORMATION PLEASE NOTE 500 Castro Street, Mountain View • All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. Administrative Office • Due to contract restrictions and the dangers posed Phone: 650-903-6565 Fax: 650-962-9900 to performers, cameras and recording devices are prohibited in the theaters during most events. Unauthorized cameras and recording devices FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING will be removed and held by the Center until To receive Preview Magazine by mail, call 650-903-6000. the close of the performance. Visit our web site mvcpa.com for the latest information • Please do not bring food or drink (except bottled on events at the Center and to sign up for eSpotlight to water) into the theaters. get the special offers and event updates by email. • To avoid disruption of the performance, please set MainStage pagers to vibrate and disengage alarmed watches REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES and cellular phones before entering the theater. There are no refunds unless a performance is canceled • Please become familiar with the exits. In an or rescheduled. Exchange policies vary and are set by emergency, listen for instructions from Center staff. the presenter of each event. For more information, If instructed to do so, walk—do not run—to the exit. please call Ticket Services at 650-903-6000. In the case of an earthquake, remain seated, or crouch below seats, then listen for instructions from Center staff. LATE ARRIVALS Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the producing u u u u u u u 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 MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL additional time. Our ticket office closes one half hour after curtain time. Pat Showalter, Mayor • Ken Rosenberg, Vice Mayor Christopher Clark • John Inks • Michael Kasperzak John McAlister • Lenny Siegel EMERGENCY NUMBER Our House Manager has a cell phone (650-740-0093) Dan Rich, City Manager to receive emergency calls during performances. PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE ADDITIONAL SERVICES Raymond Chan • Carol Donahue SecondStage The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is fully Ellen Murray • Daniel Palay accessible. Patrons who require wheelchair seating or other assistance may make arrangements with Ticket CENTER STAFF Services at the time of ticket purchase 650-903-6000. The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is a Notifying the Center in advance will make it possible to division of the City of Mountain View’s Community Services better serve your needs. Assistive listening system Department, J.P. de la Montaigne, Director. headsets are available in the lobby for performances. Audio-described services for patrons who are visually Executive Director W. Scott Whisler impaired are available at some performances. Patrons Marketing & Public Relations Manager Shonda Ranson who are hearing impaired may request translation Business Manager Cindy Miksa services (for information call 650-903-6000). Assistive ambulatory devices will be checked at the back of the Booking Coordinator Jenn Poret theater unless the device fits completely beneath the seats. Technical Services Manager Bernadette Fife Ticket Services Director Liz Nelson VOLUNTEER AT THE CENTER Senior Ticket Representatives The Center owes a great deal of its success to Morry Goldstein • Carolyn Marie Len its dedicated volunteer staff who serve as Ushers, Senior Stagehand Steven Crandell Art Docents and Office Volunteers. Join us, support

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