WHAT THE HELL IS A RE PUBLIC, ANY WAY?
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY DRAMATURG Anna Morton Denis O’Hare ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Sam West & Lisa Peterson PROJECT MANAGER Merrick A.B. Williams EPISODE 1 SCHOLAR Roberta Stewart, Dartmouth College EPISODE 2 SCHOLAR Sonia Sabnis, Reed College EPISODE 4 SCHOLAR Jeffery Robinson TRANSCRIBER Katie Devin Orenstein
EPISODES
EPISODE 1 Rome & America: Joined at Birth with special guest Roberta Stewart, Dartmouth College
EPISODE 2 Citizenship with special guest Sonia Sabnis , Reed College
EPISODE 3 How Republics Fall Apart
EPISODE 4 The Election with special guest Jeffery Robinson THE 2020/21 ARTISTIC INSTIGATORS PROJECT TEAM
As NYTW contemplated making work in this time Denis O’Hare of social distancing, we knew that the artists in our Writer and Performer midst would lead the way. In June, we reached out Denis O’Hare is an actor, writer and activist who lives to 27 artists in our community with an open-ended in Paris, France. Mr. O’Hare has appeared extensively provocation and invitation from Artistic Director on Broadway and Off-Broadway. He won a Tony James C. Nicola. What follows is part of the prompt Award for his performance in Richard Greenberg’s that sparked the 2020/21 Artistic Instigator season. Take Me Out, a Drama Desk Award for his role in Sweet Charity as well as an OBIE Award for An Iliad. Denis has appeared in such films as Late Night, New York Theatre Workshop exists to provide its The Goldfinch, Swallow, The Day Shall Come, Milk, A community a richer, deeper understanding of Mighty Heart, Michael Clayton, Duplicity, 21 Grams, what it means to live and breathe on this earth right Garden State, Half Nelson, Dallas Buyers Club, now, and to comprehend how each of our individual Lizzie Borden, The Proposal and The Changeling. experiences interconnects with the others who His television appearances include five seasons occupy the world alongside us. We do this by on “American Horror Story,” two seasons on “True gathering together in a room, at an appointed time, Blood,” one season on “Big Little Lies,” appearances to observe and participate in the ritual on “American Gods” (Season 3), “The Good Wife,” re-enactment, by the artists we believe in, of “The Comedians,” “This Is Us,” “Broad City,” and the narratives that resonate and illuminate. upcoming HBO series “The Nevers.” As a writer, Denis recently had his first screenplay produced. His movie, COVID-19 has denied us access to the most The Parting Glass, is available on iTunes and other fundamental parts of this equation: the gathering platforms. With his writing partner, Lisa Peterson, he together for an artistic communion. is the co-author of the play An Iliad, which has been performed throughout the world—most recently in But this fact does not eliminate the need we all have Shanghai and Paris. Denis and Lisa also wrote The for ritual, for revelation, for imagery, for insight. In Good Book, which premiered at The Court Theatre in fact, the isolation, anger and grief have made the Chicago in 2015 and enjoyed a critically acclaimed need that much more imperative. run at Berkeley Rep in the spring of 2019. Currently, Lisa and Denis are working on a new commission: a With this, the questions for NYTW become: how piece about the fall of the Roman Empire. In addition, do we support the artists in continuing to create Mr. O’Hare is writing a novel. He and his husband, and articulate? And how do we bring the results Hugo Redwood have one son, Declan. to the larger community so desperately in need of inspiration, innovation and healing? Lisa Peterson Writer and Performer We don’t have the answers to what these new Lisa Peterson is a two-time Obie Award-winning forms may be. But we are confident that artists writer and director. With Denis O’Hare, she wrote An might know HOW to find the answers. To find NEW Iliad, based on Homer’s epic, which won Obie and answers, for changing times and circumstances. Lortel Awards for Best Solo Performance. Recent new work includes The Good Book (written with So. Denis O’Hare) at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and The Waves (adapted from Virginia Woolf by Peterson This is an act of provocation on our part. Our and composers David Bucknam/Adam Gwon at New intention is to unleash your imaginations and assist York Stage & Film). She was the Associate Director at you in the conjuring of new ways of providing the Berkeley Repertory Theatre for the last three seasons, sustenance and adventure that our world demands where her projects included Office Hour by Julia Cho, of us. It Can’t Happen Here (adapted from the Sinclair Lewis novel by Tony Taccone), Lillian Hellman’s Watch on As we contemplate the year ahead, there are so the Rhine, Brecht’s Mother Courage, and a chamber many more unknowns than there are certainties. version of Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra. At We’re hoping that you can seize this moment of the Mark Taper Forum, where she was the Resident insecurity and turn it around—to repurpose the Director for ten years, her work included Lynn lack of structure to be a moment of unheard of Nottage’s Sweat, Luis Alfaro’s Electricidad, Chay freedom and opportunity. We challenge you to think Yew’s House of Bernarda Alba, The Body of Bourne wide, and deep, and to go way out on limbs. by John Belluso, and several projects with Culture Clash, including Chavez Ravine and Water & Power. (The Public); Daphne’s Dive (Signature). Other NYC: I At NYTW, in addition to An Iliad, she directed Tony Understand Everything Better (Abrons Arts Center). Kushner’s Slavs, Naomi Wallace’s Trestle at Pope Regional: Seder (Hartford Stage); 10×10 (Barrington Lick Creek, Caryl Churchill’s Traps and Light Shining Stage); On the Town (Boston Pops). in Buckinghamshire (Obie Award). Other recent directing work: The Great Leap (ACT); Culture Clash Roberta Stewart (Still) in America (SCR); Sweat (Mark Taper Forum); Professor of Classics, Dartmouth College Hamlet (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Ernest Episode 1 Scholar Shackleton Loves Me (Second Stage, and taped for Roberta Stewart is a historian of ancient Rome and Broadway HD); To the Bone (Cherry Lane); Hamlet in broadly trained in Classics. She has written on Bed (Rattlestick) and King Liz (Second Stage). She Roman political history, Latin lexicography, and has directed world premieres by major American comparative world slavery. In 2009, she had the writers including Tony Kushner, Beth Henley, Donald idea that there could be individual and community Margulies, Naomi Wallace, Jose Rivera, David benefit to reading and discussing classical Henry Hwang, Alice Tuan, Marlane Meyer, Basil literatures of war with combat veterans. “From Troy Kreimendahl, Lisa Ramirez, Fernanda Coppel, Maria to Baghdad: Dialogues on War & Homecoming” has Irene Fornes, Jessica Hagedorn and many others. spread from New England to Alaska.
Anna Morton Sonia Sabnis Dramaturg Episode 2 Scholar Anna Morton is the Literary Manager at Roundabout Theatre Company. She was previously on the Sonia Sabnis is Associate Professor of Classics and artistic staff at McCarter Theatre Center, where Humanities at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. she developed plays including Gloria: A Life by Her research interests include Roman slavery, Emily Mann, The Song of Rome by Lisa Peterson ancient fiction, and the reception of classical and Denis O’Hare, The Refuge Plays by Nathan literature in contemporary poetry. Her essay on the Alan Davis, The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess, and evidence of ancient fiction in understanding slavery short play collections The Migration Plays and The will appear later this year in The Oxford Handbook of Princeton and Slavery Plays. Anna has contributed Greek and Roman Slaveries. to Contemporary Theatre Review and the online magazine Page By Page and reads for a variety of JefferyeRobinson playwriting awards and residencies. She holds a Episode 4 Scholar B.A. in English from Bowdoin College. Katie Devin Orenstein Sam West Transcriber Assistant Director Katie Devin Orenstein is a theater artist from New Sam West is a recent graduate of Dartmouth York City and a junior in college. Fave credits: Meryl College from Los Angeles. She wrote, produced, Louise track, Into the Woods. Directing: As You Like and directed her first solo performance piece in It, Wasserstein & Durang’s Medea, Elaine May’s school and went on to direct a student production George Is Dead. Thank you so much to Lisa and of Dance Nation by Clare Barron. She’s performed Denis, it is an absolute joy having you in her ears for at Northern Stage including in the world premiere hours on end. Love and gratitude to the NYTW team, of Citrus by Celeste Jennings. A sound designer for Professor Carol Dunne, her high school Latin numerous student productions (Lucas Hnaith’s Red teacher Chris Unruh, Dame Emma Thompson, Speedo; other original student works), Sam will be Jimmy Collins & Family, mom, dad, and Patrick, and designing two productions at Northern Stage this the 4th grade teacher who forced her to learn fall. She’s thrilled to continue with this wonderful typing. Have you mailed in your absentee ballot yet? team for this prescient series with NYTW!
Merrick A.B. Williams Project Manager NYTW: Sanctuary City, Othello, An Ordinary Muslim. Broadway: The Book of Mormon, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. NY City Center: Call Me Madam (Encores). Off-Broadway: Somebody’s Daughter, The Layover, Invisible Thread, The Other Thing (Second Stage); Gently Down The Stream, Sweat Mobile National, Measure for Measure Mobile SPECIAL THANKS
Everybody from the Liveness Lab 2020/Orchard Project; Carol Dunn and the students of Dartmouth’s Summer Theatre 65; Samantha Lazar and the Hopkins Center.
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Director of Individual Giving Custodians JAMES C. NICOLA Leah Cox Felix Solis, Jr., Carlos Arevalo
MANAGING DIRECTOR Director of Special Events DIRECTOR OF MARKETING JEREMY BLOCKER Breanna Foister CAITLIN BAIRD ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC Development Associate, Marketing & Audience DIRECTOR Institutional Giving and Board Services Manager LINDA S. CHAPMAN Relations Brennie Tellu Jenny Berger Literary Director & Dramaturg Communications Associate Aaron Malkin Development Associate, Kacie Chow Individual Giving and Special Artist Workshop Producer Events Marketing & Analytics Rachel Silverman Philippa Kane Associate Patrick Kavanagh Casting Director Database Assistant Taylor Williams, CSA Camara McLaughlin Box Office Team Trevor Catalano, Ben Easton, Company-in-Residence DIRECTOR OF Rebecca Hermenze, Nathaniel Noor Theatre EDUCATION Johnson, Frances Ramos, ALEXANDER SANTIAGO-JIRAU Courtney Self, Maeghan Suzik, 2050 Artistic Fellows Emma Webster Nissy Aya, Josiah Davis, Adil Community Engagement Mansoor, Ruth Tang, Tyler Thomas, Associate Legal Counsel David Zheng Gaven D. Trinidad Loeb & Loeb LLP/ Carol M. Kaplan Senior 2050 Fellows Adviser Education Associate Cynthia Mayeda Adam Odsess-Rubin Pro Bono Legal Counsel Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld 2020-2021 Tow Playwright-in- Teaching Artists LLP, Skadden Arps Residence Rachel Abraham, Claudia Acosta, Victor I. Cazares Alan Bounville, Nana Dakin, Accountants Timmy Gage, Andrew Garrett, WithumSmith+Brown, PC The Virginia B. Toulmin Dylan Guerra, Marcus D. Harvey, Foundation’s Women AnJu Hyppolite, Virginia Jiménez, Banking Playwrights Commissioning Anthony Michael Martinez, Tatiana Signature Bank Program Recipient Pandiani, Jamie Roach Mfoniso Udofia Architect DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL Mitchell Kurtz Architect PC PRODUCING MANAGER OPERATIONS EVAN O’BRIENT MEGAN E. MARSHALL Insurance Maury Donnelly & Parr, Inc. Producing Associate Business Manager Yang-Yang Chen Alexander Guiney Press Representatives Matt Ross Public Relations / Production Manager Operations Manager Matt Ross, Nicole Capatasto, Hillary Luong Michelle Aguda Sarah Sgro, Claire Wojciechowski Technical Director Finance Assistant Drew McCollum Kim Moarefi Key Art Design by Eric Emch Costume Shop Manager Temporary HR/Finance Jeffrey Wallach Assistant Zach Bullock DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT LEE ANN GULLIE Executive Assistant Waverley Engelman Director of Institutional Giving and Government Relations Special Projects Associate Youree Choi Patrick McDonnell NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
New York Theatre Workshop empowers visionary theatre-makers and brings their work to adventurous audiences through productions, artist workshops and educational programs. We nurture pioneering new writers alongside powerhouse playwrights, engage inimitable genre-shaping directors, and support emerging artists in the earliest days of their careers.
We’ve mounted over 150 productions from artists whose work has shaped our very idea of what theatre can be, including Jonathan Larson’s Rent; Tony Kushner’s Slavs! and Homebody/Kabul; Doug Wright’s Quills; Claudia Shear’s Blown Sideways Through Life and Dirty Blonde; Paul Rudnick’s The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told and Valhalla; Martha Clarke’s Vienna: Lusthaus; Will Power’s The Seven and Fetch Clay, Make Man; Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest, Far Away, A Number and Love and Information; Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s Aftermath; Rick Elice’s Peter and the Starcatcher; Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Enda Walsh’s Once; David Bowie and Enda Walsh’s Lazarus; Dael Orlandersmith’s The Gimmick and Forever; Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me; Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play; and eight acclaimed productions directed by Ivo van Hove. NYTW’s productions have received a Pulitzer Prize, 25 Tony Awards, 2 Grammy Awards and assorted Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards. NYTW is represented on Broadway with Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin and the recently announced Sing Street, based on the motion picture written and directed by John Carney, with a book by Enda Walsh, music and lyrics by Gary Clark & John Carney, directed by Rebecca Taichman.
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NYTW BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BARBARA WARNER HOWARD KELLY FOWLER HUNTER JACK BAMBERGER Chair President Vice President
NOEL E. D. KIRNON BRIAN VOLLMER STEPHEN GRAHAM Treasurer Secretary Founding Trustee
AYAD AKHTAR BARBARA CUTLER KATHLEEN PERATIS KARYN BENDIT SUSAN PETERSEN KENNEDY HEATHER RANDALL JEREMY BLOCKER BARRY KLAYMAN JOLIE SCHWAB CLAUDIA CAFFUZZI LISA CLEFF KURTZ SCOTT SHAY RACHEL CHAVKIN ANTHONY E. NAPOLI DOUG WRIGHT JAYE CHEN JAMES C. NICOLA
FUNDERS AND DONORS
New York Theatre Workshop gratefully acknowledges the following organizations and individuals who currently support the Workshop’s activities with generous contributions throughout the year. List reflects updates as of September 10, 2020.
100,000+ Noel Kirnon & Michael Paley Susan Petersen Kennedy Booth Ferris Foundation Michael Kurtz & Lisa Cleff Kurtz Barry & Elyse Klayman Howard Gilman Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Laurents / Hatcher Foundation Stephen Graham New York City Councilwoman Gina Maria Leonetti Kelly & André Hunter Carlina Rivera Bruce & Rosalee Lovett Manhattan Borough President New York State Council on the Arts The Pierre and Gale A. Brewer SHS Foundation Tana Matisse Foundation New York City Department of The Select Equity Group Paula Moss & David Karabell Cultural Affairs Foundation Anthony E. Napoli NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact The Tony Randall Theatrical Fund No Guarantees Fund in The New York Community Venturous Theater Fund of the The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Trust Tides Foundation Samuels Foundation The Shubert Foundation Jolie Schwab & David Hodes The Tow Foundation Scott & Susan Shay 25,000+ Jana Shea, American Express Philanthropy in honor of George V. McNally 50,000+ Jack Bamberger Signature Bank Karyn & Charles Bendit Jaye Chen & Peter Brown Amy & Robert Stavis Claudia Caffuzzi Thérèse Esperdy & Robert Neborak The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Barbara Warner Howard Martha Handler Charitable Trust Leon Levy Foundation John & Robyn Horn Foundation Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Brian Vollmer The Conboy Duke Foundation David DesJardins Kathleen Yoh Joseph and Joan Cullman & Nancy Blachman Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Laura Desmarais Julie Denny, Chair, Society of Dodger Properties LLC 10,000+ Repeat Defenders Austin Donaghy & Anne Conners Amy & David Abrams Jeremy Dobrick & Tamara Hoover Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Rod Benson John Doerr Foundation, Inc Jane Blocker Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin Courtney Edwards Kahn Broadway Across America The Lehoczky Escobar Family Peggy & Mark Ellis Ann & Leslie Chao Sandi Farkas Michael Emmel Véronique & Jeanne Donovan Fisher G.J. Esselen Jean-François Christory Thomas Flory Joseph Evall & Richard Lynn Consolidated Edison Company of Foresight Theatrical Heather Richard Evans New York The Foster/Bersin Family Fund Lily Fan & Anthony Arnold Barbara Cutler & James Emden of the Jewish Community Bobby & Vicki Freeman Diana & Joe DiMenna Foundation Idee German Edgerton Foundation New Play Jill & Michael J. Franco The John Golden Fund Award James Gleick & Cynthia Crossen Sylvia Golden Dale Franzen Laurie Goldberger & Leslie Kogod Larry & Maya Goldschmidt Donald Graham & Amanda Joan & Charles Gross Robyn Goodman Bennett, in honor of Stephen Harry & Kathy Hagendorf Valerie Gordon-Johnson Graham Mary W. Harriman Foundation & Doug Johnson Grove Entertainment Michael Hjerpe Gloria Greenstein Janet Harckham ICM Partners & Jennifer Altmann Craig Harwood Institute Of Financial Wellness For The Estate of Daphne Milne Groos Kate & Steve Howe The Arts David Herz & Janet Stahl Jujamcyn Theaters Helen Kim-Bordes Bruce Horten & Aaron Lieber Dana Kirchman The Kondoleon Family, Neil & Nancy Humphreys Alan & Lauren Klein in honor of Harry Kondoleon Mara Isaacs The Blanche and Rocco & Debby Landesman, Dr. Lois Jackson Irving Laurie Foundation in honor of Jordan Roth Philip Jelley Jr. Lucille Lortel Foundation Phillip Lindow & Scott Hannibal Robin Jones Brenda Mainer & Bob Wetzel Amanda Lipitz Productions Zachary Karabell & Nicole Alger Carolyn & Stephen McCandless Musa & Tom Mayer Kathy Keneally & Tom Marshall Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Peter Mensch Tom Kirdahy Jennifer Melin Miller & David Miller Niclas Nagler & Michael Klaschka Tony & Jeannie Moody David Alberto Alvarez Heni Koenigsberg Moulin Rouge! The Musical Bob Ouimette & Lee Hirsch Judi & Douglas Krupp Nederlander Theatrical Ostar Enterprises Rafael Kuhn Corporation Juwon Park Amy Langer & David Schwartz Kathleen Peratis, in honor of Jason Ralph & Rachel Brosnahan Julie Larson Susan Petersen Kennedy Jerome Robbins Foundation Ted/Lynne/Earle Lawrence piece by piece productions Joan & Steven Rosenfeld Burt Lazarin Jeremy Reff & Ashley Gorski Fiona Rudin David A. Liebowitz Daryl & Steven Roth Foundation Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Loeb & Loeb LLP Maxine Schaffer & Sharon Fay Foundation, Inc. M&T Bank The Scherman Foundation Segal NYC Productions Bruce MacAffer Seaview Productions Serino/Coyne Dr. Evaristus Mainsah Melanie & Joseph Shugart Doug & Fabienne Silverman MAP Fund Denise Simon Carrie Simon Nina B. Matis The Smith Family Leila Straus Aletha Maybank Sheila & Lee Stewart Joan Vail Thorne Scott C. McDonald The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Michael Tuch Foundation, Inc. Patrick McGinness Tiger Baron Foundation Lara Vitiello Robyn Mewshaw & Ben Indek Trust for Mutual Understanding Jeff Walsh Diane Compagno Miller Tom & Diane Tuft Madison Wells Media Sandra Mintz Universal McCann Rachael Wells Constance Mortell The Walt Disney Studios Tracy Weiss Daniel Neiden Bob & Ginny Walther Anonymous Dorinda Oliver WarnerMedia John Orberg Francis H. Williams Lisa Orberg & Keris Salmon 2,500+ R&R Paaswell Doug Wright & David Clement Mary Beth & Robert Aberlin Lorraine & James Paone Wyncote Foundation Henry & Gerry Alpert Sandy W. Parker Pro Bono Legal Counsel: Akin Liz Armstrong David Prager & Janice Friedman Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Hunter Arnold Remington & Bastet LLP; Skadden Arps Valerie Batchelder Esther H. Rose Anonymous Barbara & Paul Bernstein Robert Rosenberg & Lisa Ruggeri Elaine S. Bernstein Matt & Alyssa Ross Meg Blocker Patricia E. Rowell 5,000+ John Britton Donald Simms Axe-Houghton Foundation Broadway League Inc Martin Schneider & Debra Fine Neil & Gene Barth / Laura Buchwald Miriam Schneider The Barth Foundation Ken Cerniglia & Adrien Lanusse Abigail & David Schumer Jonathan Bearman, Samantha Chadwick Howard Sendrovitz in honor of Brian Vollmer Lisa Chanel & David Sinclair Dorothy Berwin Bill Damaschke Virginia C. Shields William Bricker Darnell-Moser Charitable Fund Moses Silverman Barbara Broccoli/Eon Productions Mary Davis & Betty B. Robbins Sarah M. Brown Diana de Vegh Mike & Janet Slosberg Mary Cademartori Nancy Deering & Garry Chinn Barbara Madsen Smith Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer Robert Desiderio & Judith Light Turner Smith Patricia Brown Specter Ryan Clear & Eric Passmore Carolyn Hearn Sam & Ellen Sporn Patricia & John Coatsworth Molly K. Heines Sarah Steinberg Anne & John Coffey & Thomas J. Moloney Mary Delle Stelzer Esther Cohen & Bob Bertrand Anne & John Herrmann The Geraldine Stutz Trust Gerard Conn & Carol Yorke Rob & Andrea Hershan Marti & Buddy Tell Lloyd & Jan Constantine Sally B. Huxley Third Street Music School Dr. John & Mrs. Phillippa Cooper Maxine Isaacs, Settlement Jo Ann Corkran & Randy Ezratty in honor of Michael Kahn Amor & Maggie Towles Sandra & Dan Costin Jagged Little Pill Elisabeth & Gareth Turner Curtis Cravens & Martha Berry Susan & Stephen Jeffries Kay & Sandy Walker Michael Creutz Annette Johnson Gabriel Weiss Robert Croonquist Carl Johnson & Gordon Sze Erin Whalley Ellie & Edgar M. Cullman Jr. Dave Jones & Bob Dannhauser Marcia Whitaker Mary & Matthew Daniel Tom Jordan Malcolm & Carolyn Wiener Mary Dearborn Wayne S. Kabak Elizabeth Williams & Joseph Forte Scott M. Delman & Marsha Berkowitz WB Wood Randy & Robert Deutsch Amy Kanengiser Anonymous (2) Elizabeth Dewbarry Helen Kauder & Barry Nalebuff Joanne Lipman Distler Andrea Kavaler & Thomas R. Distler Lucy Kaylin & Kimball Higgs 1,000+ Andrew Ike & Ellen Kier From ABG, Erin Frederick, Tiffany & Stephanie Altman Dominus Stephen Koo Parker, Larry Henry & Jen Arden Down Mimi Korn Nevergole Rachel Dratch Dorothy Lacher & Ava Seave Audrey & Sarge Aborn Patty Dryden & Brian Siberell Susan Rose Lafer Actors’ Equity Foundation Violet & Chris Eagan Lee Langbaum Kim & David Adler Beverly Edwards / Hadestown Patty Laxton Joseph & Jacqueline Aguanno Phyllis & Joel Ehrlich Karen Lavine & Donald Kilpatrick Alexander Aickin Suzan & Fred Ehrman Kate Lear Sameer Ajmani Ita Ekpoudom Janice Lee & Stuart Shaprio & Mandi White-Ajmani Max Ember Arthur Levin & Diane Lederman Jim Arata Scott & Diane Emery Gail Brett Levine Carol Hope Arber Maria A Esposito Nick Lewis & Judith Rinearson Ayad Akhtar Ev & Lee Lance & Marjorie Lindblom Nancy Ashen Judy & Richie Faber Felicia & Robert Lipson Amy Attas & Stephen Shapiro Wendy Federman Holly & Donald Loftus Barbara, Joe & Michele Badolato Charles & Dina Ferguson Honoring Selma In memory of Susan Bandes Eleanor Fink & Gerald Lotenberg Martha Banta Maria & Lauren Finley Susanna Lowy & Victor Davis Adrienne Barr & Jim Murphy Ellen Fleysher Salim Loxley & Jamie Cousin Lorrie Bartlett Andrew Flug Jeanne Lutfy & Andy Zlotnick William & Judy Bautz Tony & Jane Ford-Hutchinson Gary Lynch & Kate Hall, David Beaning Family Fund in honor of Lisa Cleff Kurtz Doug Becker Dr. Michael Fowlin John Madera & Robert France Jennifer, Wendy & Andrew Becker Bill & Caryn Freilich Thomas Majdanski Julie Bedard Barbara H. Freitag & Samina Kanwar Sandra Behnken Madalyn & Steve Friedberg John Makinson Jennifer Beirne & Stephen Shafer Nancy & Alan Friedman Lisa & John Mann Christine Benson Kevin Gaor Christina Mason Sonja Berggren & Patrick Seaver Craig Garcia Bob Middleton Nadia Bernstein Tom & Wendy Garrett Jill H. Matichak Victor Bernstein & Gail Landis Susan E Garruto Richard Marshall Willa J. Bernstein Jay Gayner Jorday & Leslie Mayer Ann Berzin Robert A. Gender Judith & Richard Merbaum James & Nancy Better Gloria & Michael Gengos Frances Milberg Christina & Mark Bigelow Barb Girz & Andrea Miller & Sanjay Bhatnager Monty Blanchard & Leslie Tcheyan Bruce Mintz Givenik Andrea Miller & Wendy Hashmall Allison Blinken Norbert Gleicher & Lyka Mochizuki Ann Miner Marty Boorstein & Carole Slater Mary Francina Golden Jane & Saleem Muqaddam James H. Boyd Kelly & Lou Gonda Merle & Arthur Nacht Jenny Brorsen Jill Goodman & Arthur Malkin Amy Nathan & Michael Tarpley Andrea Brown Marianne Goodman, MD Asha & DV Nayak & Robert M. Levande Alicia Goranson Timothy Nicola & Wendy Wingard Maggie & Don Buchwald Ann Gottlieb Niki & Tony Mary Buck & Priscilla Lenes Deborah Green Kimberly Norris Lois A. Burke & Clayton Aynesworth Eileen Nugent Kimberly Burns Susan Ross Green Kathleen O’Connell Steve Buscemi Stephen & Marilyn Greene & Tom Weishaar Caiola Productions Camille & Jim Greenwald Kathleen O’Grady Matthew Callahan The Grody-Patinkin Family Pauline Oudin & Marlene Dodes-Callahan Allen & Deborah Grubman Sylvia & Morris Paley Lisa Campbell Leslie Gruss & Michael Kramer Michael & Gabrielle Palitz Robert Cantor & Margo Levine Jan Guifarro F. Richard Pappas Elizabeth Carroll Hadestown Jean Passanante Carolyn Carter Kathleen Hagen Eric Passmore Sharon Casdin Linda & RJ Halluska Perakis Family CCS Fundraising Lori Hamilton Penny Pilkington Peggy Chane Barbara & William Haney A. Playwright Mitchell Charap & Karen Gilmore Gwen N. Harris, MD Craig Ponzio Rachel Chavkin Jason Butler Harner Proskauer Rose LLP Brian Cheeseman & Elaine Lou Tom & Lisa Hazen Mark & Stephanie Rambler Niles & Nancy Citrin Jane Head & Charlie Davidson Rachel & Richard Robbins David Rockwell Gloria Zeche KC Maurer Cynthia Rogers Paul Zeller Cynthia Mayeda Sharyn Rosenblum Art & Connie Zuckerman Gardner McFall Dan Rosenthal & Avery Sheffield Anonymous (10) Mary McGarry Joshua Rosner Jonathan Miller, Anneli Roth in honor of Nancy Workman Lindsay & Evan Roth $500+ Erin Moriarty Susan Roy 101 Productions Stephen Morrash Joshua Safran Nina Adams & Moreson Kaplan Barbara & William Nordhaus Bubba & Jennifer Samuels Jonathan Allen James & Marie O’Brient Michelle Schwartz/ Barbara Ashley, in honor of all Gail Merrifield Papp Steve & Andys Organics those who kept the world Carol Papper Peggy Schwartz running so that the rest of us Carollyn Philip Lisa Schwebel might stay safe... Thank you is Seema Prasannakumar Richard Shapiro not enough. Carol & Tom Rakowski & Mindi Reich-Shapiro Dana Barba Susan & Peter Restler Maureen Elizabeth Sheehan Craig Becker Susan Richter Amy Sherman Tee Scatuorchio & Michael Becker Jane Rosenthal Laura B. Sherman Terry Breslin & Stephen London Jenny Shotwell Laura & John Broderick Lori Roth & David L. Schnadig Gail Shube Tina & Michael Connelly, Laura Sachar, Stephanie Shuman in honor of Kitty Yoh in memory of Stuart Gelfond Stephen & Saskia Siderow Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Ellen Saidenberg Lainie Simon & Andy Gross Facebook Robert Scarlett Drs. Loren Skeist & Marlene Marko Timothy Feige Carol Scharff Jill & Bill Slattery Judith & Herbert Freedman Pat Schoenfeld Mojgan Sobhani Warren Friedman Robert Schroeder & Karen Brooks Stagedoor Manor Marguerite & Peter Gelfman Eytan Shapiro, Nancy Stephens, Rick Rosenthal Aaron Glick in honor of Ann & Les Chao & The Rosenthal Family Ila & John M. Gross James & Sharon Schwarz Foundation John Hadity, Andrew Siegel William Stephenson in honor of Noel Kirnon Dale Soules & Carolyn Gaver Alvin Hall Stark & Stark Barbara & Richard Strauss John Harris & Donald Press Cydney & Keith Strand Studio in a School Nicole & Phil Hart John & Catherine Sweeney Sydney Advisory Fund Christopher & Olga Hartwell Theatre Communications Group John & Adele Talty Nancy Heller & Holly Gewandter Jennifer Tipton Rose Tatlow & Neil Roseman Orin Herskowitz Marisa Tomei Gail & Jeff Thrope Melissa Hirsch Nancy Tostanoski & Brian Hogan L. F. Turner Edward Hjerpe The Traykovski Family Richard Upton Mark & Patricia Horowitz Karen Wagner Jonathan M. Vapnek, M.D. Karen Jacob & Paul Vershbow Harry White & Esther Redmount In Honor of Brian Vollmer David & Regina Jansky Todd & Ginger Whitenack, Loretta Volpe Carol Kaplan, in honor of Barry Klayman Howard Wallick & Freda Rosenfeld in honor of NYTW’s leadership, Crystal Williams, Robert Wayne staff & creative in honor of Marilyn T. Gumbleton Meryl & Marty Weinberg Peter Keuls & Thomas Buck Melinda Wolfe Cathy & Stephen Weinroth Ellen Kolba Carmen Rita Wong Allison Whiting & Fred Schroeder Richard Konrad Anonymous (2) Kenneth & Rosemary Willman Earle Lawrence Ben & Anita Wolfe & Virginia Wheaton New York Theatre Workshop acknowledges Judith Yale Kathleen & Richard Levin the generous support of all individuals who Lily Yip Lincoln Peak Capital have contributed up to $500. Shirley Yohalem Margaret Mastrianni
4TH STREET BAR ASSOCIATION
New York Theatre Workshop’s 4SBA members take advantage of exciting social and cultural experiences while supporting one of the City’s leading Off-Broadway institutions. Members of the steering committee are noted in bold. Artist committee members are noted in italics. List reflects updates as of Sept 10, 2020.
Amir Arison Emily Fleisher, in honor of Anne Myers Todd Stecker Daniel Bailen Jeremy Blocker Gabriella Napoli Corey Steinfast Phillip Brannon Erica Green Gina Napolitano Logan Steinhardt Tansal Arnas Erik Gullberg Eric Passmore Jennifer Sturman Tiffany Babb & Emma Pantel Jonathan & Nicole Sundell Christopher Chan Emma Hagendorf Motique Prin Shaina Taub Krystle-Mei Chow Edward Hjerpe Jeffrey Rohr Eric Tipler Ophelia Chua Allison Heim Naoki Sasamoto Mfoniso Udofia Colleen Claflin Brianne Holland-Stergar Megan Savage Chinasa Ugbuagu Joseph Claro Philip Johnson Morwin Schmookler Lindsey & Kelly Devine Megan Kingery Christina See Benjamin Weisman Alexander Donnelly Rachel Kiwi Scott Sinclair Anonymous Ita Ekpoudom Praveen Maddela Jessie Shelton Lulu Fall Katrina McCann Julie Sisson INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
We would like to especially acknowledge: American Express Philanthropy, Con Edison, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, Howard Gilman Foundation, Leon Levy Foundation, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Councilmember Carlina Rivera, NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community Trust, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Select Equity Group Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, SHS Foundation, The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Tow Foundation, Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature for their outstanding leadership in arts funding in New York City.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
MATCHING GIFTS
NYTW extends its gratitude to the generous companies who match their employees’ annual donations: AllianceBernstein; Aon Foundation; Apple, Inc.; AXA Foundation; Blackrock; BNY Mellon; Chevron; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank Securities; GE Foundation; Google; IBM Corporation; Johnson & Johnson; JP Morgan Chase; Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC; McKinsey & Company; Merck & Co.; Pfizer Foundation; Rockefeller Foundation; S&P Global; Select Equity Group, Inc.; WIlliam Blair & Company; and Walt Disney Company Foundation
LEGACY GIFTS
New York Theatre Workshop is grateful to the following individuals who have included NYTW in their estate plans. Their legacy gifts will be woven into the fabric of our community, supporting the next generation of theatre-makers and theatre-goers. In Memory of Martha Usdin Tom Jordan James Giblin Jodi Malcom The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation
CATERING SPONSOR
SEASON SPONSOR MAKE ART HAPPEN
Shaun Bengson, Reggie White, Dani Markham, Jo Lampert and Abigail Bengson in Hundred Days. Photo by Joan Marcus. Each year, New York Theatre Workshop supports nearly 2,000 artists through work both on and off stage. None of this would be possible without our dedicated donors. Their generous support of our artists, audience and community is what helps bring vibrant programs and productions to life.
REPEAT DEFENDERS The Society of Repeat Defenders is made up of a committed and passionate group of donors who make annual gifts of $1,500 or more! Repeat Defenders have access to an intimate and engaged relationship with NYTW through exclusive benefits including special acknowledgment in our programs. Most importantly, Repeat Defenders get the satisfaction of knowing that their efforts are helping us push the boundaries of what theatre can be and what it can do.
4TH STREET BAR ASSOCIATION The 4th Street Bar Association provides the best access to theatre for young supporters. With organized 4SBA nights, members take advantage of exciting social and cultural experiences while supporting NYTW. Access is available at a variety of levels, providing numerous benefits including tickets and invitations to pre and post- show parties.
MAKE ART POSSIBLE Have you ever thought about supporting a specific production? Investing in an arts education program? Sponsoring the work of a specific artist? Learn about these opportunities—and more—for special gifts by contacting Leah Cox at [email protected] or 646-957-9573. IT STARTS HERE Join today at NYTW.org, call 646-957-9573 or email Leah Cox at [email protected]. SEE MORE ONLINE
Since April 2020, we’ve been offering a robust lineup of FREE classes and conversations to sustain a connection with you—our community. If you missed any of these events or want to go back for a second viewing, check out the online archive at NYTW.org or Youtube.com/NYTheatreWorkshop79
MASTERCLASSES Go in depth with a master artist to study directing, acting, playwriting, design, teaching theatre online, cabaret performance, and more! FIRESIDE CHATS Informal conversations with some of the incredible artists in our community. JAM SESSIONS We know firsthand the joy of hearing music fill the theatre, so we asked some friends to take over our social media channels to bring some music to your homes. VIRTUALLY NEIGHBORS Whether you’re feeling lonely and isolated or you just have some extra time on your hands, we’d love to introduce you to someone else in the community who might also be looking for a little virtual connection. IN GOOD COMPANY The belief in people coming together and being moved by a shared experience is central to what we love about the theatre; it occurred to us that joining in the preparation and enjoyment of a meal touches on the same emotional impulses—to reach, to connect, to inspire. Find recipe inspiration and more! INTERESTED IN MORE? JOIN TODAY!
We’ve reconceived NYTW memberships this year in response to the physical limitations and financial challenges that continue to impact our community.
From low monthly rates to a variety of levels, we’re offering a range of options for members who are unsure when and how often they’ll feel ready to return to the theatre-vids who long for the sense of community and the thrill of a new artistic adventure.
LEVEL 1 : Pick & Choose For $120/year or $13/month, you choose the events you’d like to see and we’ll hook you up with a discount on one ticket per event. REAL TALK: Unsure when and how often you’ll feel ready to return, but still want to experience some of the season while supporting artists in creating new work? This is the package for you!
LEVEL 2 : See It All For $240/year or $26/month, you’ll get one admission, free of charge, for all virtual and in-person events REAL TALK: This is your all-access pass to experience the entire season. There’s so much that’s out of your control right now, but a season membership gives you something to look forward to—a front-row seat for our greatest artistic experiment yet!
LEVEL 3 : Double or Nothing For $600/year or $60/month, you’ll get two admissions, free of charge, for all virtual and in-person events. Your membership includes a $120 tax-deductible contribution which further supports the Artistic Instigators this season. As a thank you, we’ll send you a few VIP invitations over the course of the season to take you behind the scenes. REAL TALK: This is an all-access pass for two people for the entire season. Whether you’re sheltering together or separately, you’ll book your virtual or in-person event tickets via a single account, so there’s only one password to remember!
Join today at NYTW.org. Not sure which package is right for you this year? Contact Justin at [email protected] or call 646-793-3215. MEET THE ARTISTIC INSTIGATORS
While the timeline for resuming in-person performances in New York City remains uncertain, these extraordinary artists are imagining work in our present moment that creates community within the given circumstances of social distancing, celebrates the liveness that is inherent in a theatrical experience, and examines the relationship between theatre, distance and technology.
Ayad Akhtar · Hilton Als · Clare Barron & Sam Gold · Lileana Blain-Cruz David Cale & Dael Orlandersmith · Victor I. Cazares · Rachel Chavkin Dominican Artists Collective · Rebecca Frecknall & Martyna Majok Aleshea Harris · Jeremy O. Harris · Modesto Flako Jimenez Denis O’Hare & Lisa Peterson · Liliana Padilla · Rubén Polendo & Theater Mitu Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby · Tina Satter · Geoff Sobelle · Celine Song Whitney White · Kristina Wong · Doug Wright.
While the Artistic Instigators are supported in their exploration of form and content, audiences will be invited to experience the evolution of the work through work-in- process sharings and behind-the-scenes conversations with artists.
We’re asking audiences to take a leap. And what we promise in return is a front-row seat to the unfolding of this experiment—and that the definition of a “front-row seat” will shift throughout the year.
THE FALL 2020 LINEUP WHAT THE HELL IS A REPUBLIC, ANYWAY? Episodes 2, 3 and 4 Written & Performed by Denis O’Hare & Lisa Peterson WORKING TITLE: THE TALKING CIRCLES Written & Performed by Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby THE SEAGULL ON THE SIMS 4 By Anton Chekhov · Adapted and Performed by Celine Song PINCHING PENNIES WITH PENNY MARSHALL: DEATH RITUALS FOR PENNY MARSHALL By Victor I. Cazares · Directed by Borna Barzin · Featuring Jesús I. Valles TRUMP IS JUST THE NAME OF HIS STORY Written & Performed by Ayad Akhtar THE COOKING PROJECT Created by members of the Dominican Artists Collective · Directed by Melissa Crespo Conceived & Created by Theater Mitu