The Berkeley Rep Magazine 2016–17 · Issue 1

Teen Council goes to Washington 12 · The Relentless American: Author Sinclair Lewis 23 · The program for It Can’t Happen Here 25

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BERKELEY REP PRESENTS IT CAN ’T HAPPEN HERE · 25 MEET THE CAST & CREW · 26

PROLOGUE CONTRIBUTORS A letter from the artistic director · 5 Foundation, corporate, and in-kind sponsors · 36 A letter from the managing director · 7 Individual donors to the Annual Fund · 37 Michael Leibert Society · 40 REPORTS “That’s the thing.” Tapping into America’s ABOUT BERKELEY REP 10 collective memory · 10 Staff, board of trustees, Teen Council goes to Washington · 12 and sustaining advisors · 41 Theatre as civic dialogue: A short history of American regional theatre · 14 FYI Everything you need to know about our FEATURES box office, seating policies, and more 42· The Origin Story · 16 Outstripped by reality: An interview 12 with Tony Taccone, Bennett Cohen, and Lisa Peterson · 16 “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself:” The political climate of It Can’t Happen Here · 19 The Relentless American: Author Sinclair Lewis · 23

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IC_Program.indd 3 9/6/16 6:17 PM 1247908_14755 8.375x10.875 PROLOGUE 4c Make your next international trip from the Artistic Director even more perfect. Imagine you’re reading a letter from me that names a specific politician who is running for President. Imagine me describing the tactics that person is using to re-define the American political landscape: tactics such as inciting terror and hate-mongering and bullying the opposition. I can’t do that, of course. I work for a not-for-profit organization that is forbidden, by law, to take political positions. (Except, of course, in the work we produce and the culture we create.) As artistic director, I can’t go public with any of my personal political opinions because it might be interpret- ed as the “views of the organization.” Which would be bad. Very bad indeed. But there’s nothing to stop you from imagining my opinion. After all, you came to see It Can’t Happen Here, our adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’ famous novel published in 1935. Lewis, for his part, was a student of history and American political pathology. He was paying attention to the populist appeal of Huey Long and zealous followers of Father Coughlin. He studied capitalism, understood its commitment to inequality and the fundamental disconnect between our economic system and democracy. He saw the appeal of fascism in Italy and Germany and tried to imagine an American counterpart. The novel ends up combining real history with melodrama, romance, and satire to create a story that seems both fantastical and true, impossible to believe and yet shockingly on point. The parallels to our own time are quite real. Demagogues, then and now it seems, have remarkably similar strategies. They wrap themselves in the guise of “au- thenticity,” taking on personas as truth tellers whose speech is riddled with vitriolic sloganeering and furious hectoring to turn their constituents into avenging furies. But Lewis makes it clear that the personality of the demagogue is not the real issue; poverty, fear, and ignorance are what make us vulnerable to authoritarianism, and his larger vision of America is breathtakingly relevant on a host of levels. And so here we are. Doing a play that feels like something more than a play. Customers save when purchasing foreign currency About fictional events that Lewis described over 80 years ago that suddenly feel like a warning to those of us living today. A warning that we take nothing for granted. before they travel. That we learn from our history as we try to embrace the present struggle. And as you watch, I trust you will form your own opinion on these matters, since our lives and fu- If you’re a frequent traveler — or just take a few international trips now and then — you can gain a big benefit by opening a ture are dependent on the outcome of debates that are currently raging in our streets. checking account with Wells Fargo. As for my own opinion, grab me the next time you see me if you want further explication. But don’t ask me to predict the future. Hell, I thought George McGovern As a Wells Fargo checking or savings account holder, you’re not charged a service fee when you purchase foreign currency was going to beat Richard Nixon in ’72. (delivery charges may apply for certain currency orders). That means you can pack your wallet with pesos, euros, and yen — in fact, currency for over 100 countries — before you travel. You’ll enjoy one-stop Wells Fargo convenience and competitive exchange rates, updated daily. Sincerely, Most important, you’ll arrive at your destination ready for fun. With local money in your pocket, you can easily pay for taxis, tips, and meals without the hassle of exchanging currency.

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Imagine you’re reading a letter from me that names a specific politician who is running for President. Imagine me describing the tactics that person is using to re-define the American political landscape: tactics such as inciting terror and hate-mongering and bullying the opposition. I can’t do that, of course. I work for a not-for-profit organization that is forbidden, by law, to take political positions. (Except, of course, in the work we produce and the culture we create.) As artistic director, I can’t go public with any of my personal political opinions because it might be interpret- ed as the “views of the organization.” Which would be bad. Very bad indeed. But there’s nothing to stop you from imagining my opinion. After all, you came to see It Can’t Happen Here, our adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’ famous novel published in 1935. Lewis, for his part, was a student of history and American political pathology. He was paying attention to the populist appeal of Huey Long and zealous followers of Father Coughlin. He studied capitalism, understood its commitment to inequality and the fundamental disconnect between our economic system and democracy. He saw the appeal of fascism in Italy and Germany and tried to imagine an American counterpart. The novel ends up combining real history with melodrama, romance, and satire to create a story that seems both fantastical and true, impossible to believe and yet shockingly on point. The parallels to our own time are quite real. Demagogues, then and now it seems, have remarkably similar strategies. They wrap themselves in the guise of “au- thenticity,” taking on personas as truth tellers whose speech is riddled with vitriolic sloganeering and furious hectoring to turn their constituents into avenging furies. But Lewis makes it clear that the personality of the demagogue is not the real issue; poverty, fear, and ignorance are what make us vulnerable to authoritarianism, and his larger vision of America is breathtakingly relevant on a host of levels. And so here we are. Doing a play that feels like something more than a play. About fictional events that Lewis described over 80 years ago that suddenly feel like a warning to those of us living today. A warning that we take nothing for granted. That we learn from our history as we try to embrace the present struggle. And as you watch, I trust you will form your own opinion on these matters, since our lives and future are dependent on the outcome of debates that are currently raging in our streets. As for my own opinion, grab me the next time you see me if you want further explication. But don’t ask me to predict the future. Hell, I thought George McGovern was going to beat Richard Nixon in ’72.

Sincerely,

Tony Taccone

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IC_Program.indd 6 9/12/16 4:12 PM PROLOGUE from the Managing Director Proud to Support Nonprofit theatres,as we know them today, began to emerge in communities across the country late in Berkeley Rep the 1950s and early ’60s. Among the values they shared was a passion to produce work, outside of New York, that spoke with urgency to issues of their times. Having established homes in cities as diverse as Cleveland, Dallas, Milwaukee, San Diego, and Oklahoma City, theatres set about reimagin- ing classics to reflect the current political climate, and they Personal attention produced new work that reflected the concerns of their day. thoughtful litigation Berkeley Rep and American Conservatory Theater were final resolution among the wave of theatres founded in the ’60s, spurred on by the establishment of the National Endowment for the Arts and a series of transformative grants from the Our goal is to preserve our LAW FAMILY Ford Foundation. Thanks to the GI Bill that minted a generation of college graduates client’s dignity and humanity. and an economic explosion that provided some disposable income and leisure time, the environment was ripe for the kind of reflection and intellectual ambition that fed a cultural expansion from which we all benefit to this day. But the roots of the cultural riches that we enjoy today were inspired by the brief FA M I LYLAW G R OUP, P. C . flowering of a national artistic sensibility that was fed by the remarkable social engineering experiment of the Work Projects Administration, the wpa, in the 1930s. And 575 Market Street, Suite 4000 the concept of a theatre that speaks to issues of public concern, that tells stories that, San Francisco, CA 94105 415.834.1120 while remarkable, may not always be commercially viable, morphed into what is now www.sflg.com our national network of nonprofit theatres with homes in communities both large and small across this country. The hundreds of nonprofit regional theatres located nationwide are, truly, our national theatre. In 1935, when Sinclair Lewis wrote his terrifying It Can’t Happen Here, he was immediately asked to adapt it for the stage, and the production was licensed (for free) to theatres across the country. Within a year, the play had been translated into the languages of America’s expansive immigrant community and was produced in 21 theatres in 17 states. It was a crazy and wonderful project. Not only have we, like Lewis, gone into overdrive to produce a new adaptation of It Can’t Happen Here, but with timely help from our friend, Rodgin Cohen, we have found partners across the country, in colleges and professional theatres, where on October 24, the play will be read in the large and small towns of America. We’ll be recreating that original “town hall” reading that was the brainchild of the wpa. Here we are today, so proud to have revived Lewis’ cautionary tale. And so proud to stand on the shoulders of all those theatres and artists who first produced this play under the aegis of the wpa’s Federal Theatre Project. And so proud to be part of a tradition that demands that we fully engage, and ask our audience to fully engage with us in one of the most urgent issues of our time.

Warmly,

Susan Medak

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“That’s the thing.” Tapping into America’s collective memory BY NORA MERECICKY

Above Scenic Artist Lassen Hines paints a backdrop Below Three of the original National Parks posters

Designing a big, sprawling “When Tony and Bennett started to National Parks posters. Described by play like It Can’t Happen Here can be work on the adaptation they were very Rachel as “classic Americana,” this style overwhelming. The story spans 33 clear about not needing those locations was developed by artists employed specific locations, ranging from indoor to be specifically rendered,” says Rachel. by the Work Projects Administration to outdoor, from living room to prison, “What we needed was an environment as part of President Roosevelt’s De- from crowded rally to quiet study. How that was evocative of the world of the pression-era New Deal. Rachel shared does one manage the furniture, the play. When you’ve only got one thing that she and Director Lisa Peterson trees, the costumes, the sheer amount to represent an entire environment you “had traveled to Acadia National Park of people required to create the world have to find the perfect thing that really recently and had seen those posters, of Fort Beulah, Vermont in 1936? Not to gets you to that world simply—some- which they still sell at the National Park mention the wealth of visual artifacts thing that people recognize deep in their bookstore, and between the two of us and styles from the 1930s and ’40s one bones for whatever reason—and then be we realized ‘That’s the thing. That’s the might reference in order to transport able to move on from it just as quickly.” thing.’ Those iconic images could beauti- the audience back to that time. Scenic Key set pieces that function in this fully evoke that place and time.” Designer Rachel Hauck took a tried-and- way include three large hand-painted Further research revealed to Rachel true yet equally complex approach: less backdrops, two of which were inspired and Berkeley Rep’s scenic artists a ser- is more. by the iconic graphic style of the endipitous connection to Berkeley: the

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IC_Program.indd 10 9/13/16 2:28 PM Artist Chester Don Powell working on the original National “That’s the thing.” Parks posters at Western Museum Laboratories in Berkeley Tapping into America’s collective memory 14 original poster designs were printed at Western Museum Laboratories on BY NORA MERECICKY the UC Berkeley campus between 1938 and 1941. Local artist Chester Don Pow- ell is believed to have been the designer, in collaboration with screen printer Dale Miller. After the war, the posters were lost and forgotten for decades until sea- sonal park ranger Doug Leen discovered an original print hanging in a barn at Grand Teton National Park. Doug went on to spearhead a search for original prints all over the country (only 43 have been found), and collaborated with artist Brian Maebius to produce over 25 more poster designs in that cherished “wpa style.” “All the artists working in Berkeley Rep’s scenic studios are thrilled to be painting these gigantic backdrops, particularly because these classic images trace part of their lineage to Berkeley,” says Scenic Charge Artist Lisa Lázár. Much like a story written over 80 years ago can feel more relevant than ever, Rachel has tapped into a visual lan- guage that conveys a similar timeless- ness. “The uncanniness of Sinclair Lewis Clay Street, Michael Chamberlain in 1935 and how completely spot-on relevant it is to the conversation we’re 700 GILMAN STREET, BERKELEY, CA | (510) 504-9988 | SHOHARTS.COM having right now in America is incredi- ble,” Rachel says. “So this familiar image, this is a great way for us to be watching a situation that could be today but be reminded that it’s the past.”

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Teen Council goes to Washington BY ANTHONY JACKSON AND RACHEL HULL

This past June, Berkeley Rep sent six students (Lucy Curran, Bridey Caramagno, Carmela Catoc, Fiona Deane-Grundman, Genevieve Saldanha, and Maya To learn more about Simon) from our Teen Council along with staff members to Washington, D.C. for the the School of Theatre’s teen annual Theatre Communications Group (tcg) Conference. Teen Council is one of the programs, visit key programs led by the Berkeley Rep School of Theatre to make theatre accessible to berkeleyrep.org/school. teens around the Bay Area. In addition to meeting with other teen groups from across the country, the teens met with their congressional representatives, witnessed the first-ever sit-in on the Congress floor, took part in a late-night protest, attended speeches from world-class artists, and participated in discussions alongside theatre-makers from all over the world. These young artists came away with tools to transform themselves into arts advocates. Read, in their own words, what they took away from this unique experience.

Above Maya Simon, Genevieve Saldanha, Lucy Curran, Carmela Catoc, Fiona Deane-Grundman, and Bridey Caramagno in front of the Capitol

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IC_Program.indd 12 9/12/16 4:15 PM “Being in our nation’s capital at such an influential time was especially powerful. While we were in town, there was also a huge debate in Congress surrounding our nation’s gun laws. A powerful sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives occurred, and we had the privilege to listen to state representatives speak outside the Capitol Building during a late-night protest. It was surreal to be on the steps of the United States Capitol Building and watch as people protested for change.” —Bridey & Fiona

“Attending this conference would not be possible without help from the amazing development department at Berkeley Rep and supporters like you. We worked with the department to create a fundraising campaign. Our campaign included fundraising events, selling concessions at our Teen One-Acts Festival, letters to friends and family members, and creating a video request for donations using a GoFundMe page, all while the development team applied for grants to help us.” —Genevieve & Carmela

“We were also honored to meet Representative Paul Tonko, whose impromptu speech on the Second Amendment was so powerful most were in tears. It was amazing to see our public officials fighting to protect and represent us, and it filled me with so much gratitude to see so many people united to promote justice and safety.” —Fiona

“One of my favorite seminars I attended was called Queer Movement. This acted as a safe space for queer folk and allies to discuss experiences in the theatre world surrounding queerness. A solution that came up was the idea of giving a sensitivity training. These kinds of trainings can help prevent inappropriate remarks, disrespect about queer issues, and so much more. This idea has inspired me so much that some other Core Council members and I are planning a sensitivity training for our fellow council members. When school starts up again I’m also going to collaborate with my school’s Gay-Straight Alliance to plan a sensitivity training for my school. I feel motivated to do it any way possible.” —Bridey

“Arts advocacy has always been a part of Teen Council, with one of the five teen committees focused on advocacy. However, it can be difficult as a teenager to see our direct impact, especially on such a bureaucratic level. Our Hill visits were the first time, at least for me, where an adult told me that my point of view was needed to create change.” —Lucy

“The TCG Conference proved to be an amazing experience and has empowered me to implement many of the things I have learned in our Teen Council programs and even in my school. I’ve learned that I want to expand the opportunities for teens to share their talent and raise awareness about the importance of art.” —Carmela

“I had the opportunity to attend an Intergenerational Leaders of Color discussion. This discussion strived to create a safe space to address the issues of race and culture awareness and equity in professional theatre. Since many of the people who participated in the workshop were much older, I gained many new perspectives of what could be done around the issues. Many of the ideas that came up centered around creating theatre that reflected our shared experiences while empowering minority communities.” —Genevieve

“The conference itself emphasized creating a stronger and more inclusive professional theatre community. We were broken into affinity groups by gender, sexuality, race, and professional and/or educational affiliations to discuss each group’s unique experience. As a student, I spent most of the time observing as experienced professionals discussed issues like how to put more women and minorities in positions of power and how to curate a diverse season that highlights both minority experiences and minority playwrights. Again, though smaller scale than the United States government, these were still macro-level discussions for me. I’m translating the information that we learned into how to improve Teen Council. What could I, as a member of the core student leadership team, do to ensure that the program where I spend so much time and feel so comfortable at can be a safe space for all teens to experience art and enact change?” —Maya

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Theatre as civic dialogue: A short history of American regional theatre BY JULIA STARR

At Berkeley Rep, we believe that theatre can theatre audience of about 25 million (a quarter of the nation’s act as a powerful tool for comprehending the complexity of population) that had not existed before. Though the project social issues and for finding empathy—an idea that is far from cost less than a single battleship, the ftp used theatre to new. Though nonprofit theatre’s focus on community engage- encourage civic dialogue among the masses by staging works, ment runs all the way back to the Federal Theatre Project in both informative and entertaining, that could be enjoyed by the 1930s and through the regional theatre boom in the 1960s, the average American. patterns of funding have since shifted to place a greater impor- In the decades following the ftp’s closure, theatre re- tance on community support and involvement. Nonetheless, turned to being primarily an amusement for the elite, centered the legacies of the Federal Theatre Project and the regional almost exclusively in New York or “on the road” through theatre movement live on in resident theatres today through touring New York productions. In the 1960s, however, this the deeply rooted belief that theatre can be a powerful chan- changed dramatically. In 1962, the Ford Foundation approved nel for civic discourse. a $9 million grant to strengthen regional theatres nationwide. As a subdivision of President Roosevelt’s Work Projects In Ford’s footsteps, President Johnson established the National Administration created primarily to give jobs to unemployed Endowment for the Arts in 1965 to provide federal subsidies to artists during the Great Depression, the Federal Theatre arts institutions. Project (ftp) reimagined theatre in America, to quote its leader “The federal support for the arts that came from the nea Hallie Flanagan, “not merely [as] a decoration but [as] a vital was seen as a validation that the entire country was interested force in our democracy.” With ambitious breadth, the ftp in supporting art and reflected a liberal ethos that placed value funded the production of affordable (if not free) theatre across on local culture and community,” says Berkeley Rep’s Michael the country, enlisting locals to do most of the work. Though Leibert Artistic Director Tony Taccone. Out of this financial the ftp’s administrative offices in Washington had little artistic support, a group of inspired individuals driven by the anti-es- sway over the work done by the theatre organizations under tablishment sentiment of the 1960s and the desire to do work its auspices, productions often showcased issues of regional that did not fit into Broadway’s commercial framework laid the injustice and intolerance in contemporary American life and groundwork for the development of regional theatres around inspired community conversation on national issues. the country, with missions and artistic visions that reflected In the words of Hallie Flanagan, “If this first government the spirit of their communities. Within several years, theatre theater in our country had been less alive it might have lived in America evolved from simple entertainment to a commu- longer.” Under fire from accusations that work supported by nity-driven activity, in which the public could enjoy locally the ftp amounted to left-wing propaganda, Congress can- produced theatre (mostly classics) in their own neighborhoods. celled funding for the project in June 1939, leaving thousands Over the years, Berkeley Rep has found vigor from our of Americans unemployed and many works unproduced. community. A testament to the time and spirit of Berkeley Nonetheless, the ftp had succeeded in developing a national Rep’s founding in 1968, the first theatre on College Avenue

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IC_Program.indd 14 9/13/16 2:29 PM boasted a peace sign on its chimney and aspired to be the Why your support matters “artistic crown jewel of Berkeley,” according to former resident director Richard E.T. White. The Theatre has grown significantly As a not-for-profit theatre, we count on our community since those days, but our community focus remains at the core of individuals, foundations, and corporations that support of the artistic work we do and engagement programs we host. Berkeley Rep each season. With ticket revenues making As Tony says, “Our location in Berkeley gives us an opportu- up just 60 percent of our budget, it is the support of our nity to present work that is challenging, with a supportive audi- donors that allows us to continue our rich tradition of ence that thinks unconventionally and is willing to engage with producing exceptional theatre and attracting world-class narratives different from their own.” artists to our hometown. To encourage community engagement, we regularly hold post-show discussions with the cast and Page to Stage Q&A Help Berkeley Rep keep ticket prices accessible for events with creative team members so that the community the entire community—from students to seniors, and can learn more about the theatrical process and voice their everyone in between—while providing free and low-cost opinions. As a part of our robust education programs, we educational outreach programs for our local schools. With invite around 2,000 middle and high school students to deeply your support, we can keep producing the adventurous, subsidized matinees followed by post-show discussions. For thought-provoking, and entertaining theatre that you love. many, this is the first live theatrical production they see. Such events, especially with students, are as much a learning expe- Donate Now rience for us as they are for the participants. We love hearing Berkeley Repertory Theatre how the work resonates with our community. Attn: Development Office Though our community focus remains strong in the vi- 999 Harrison St brant East Bay, the days of full federal support of civic dialogue Berkeley, CA 94710 through theatre are no longer. While foundation and government support still help underwrite our operations, the bulk of berkeleyrep.org/give our support comes from our community through contributions [email protected] to the Theatre’s Annual Fund. We remain ever grateful to our 510 647-2906

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IC_Program.indd 15 9/6/16 6:17 PM Below The first edition of the novel It Can’t Happen Here THE ORIGIN STORY We’re beginning a new feature in our programs this season which aims to shed some light on how our shows find their way to Berkeley Rep. Every production has a unique path to our stage, and we thought it might be interesting to share a little bit about how they got here. Through a series of circumstances, we found ourselves very late in the season planning process without a season opener. This presented a fantastic opportunity to work in a different way—i.e., fast and furious. Normally new plays live in the pipeline for years, taking their time to develop and evolve at their own pace. The artistic staff pitched idea after idea and titles ricocheted among us at a frantic pace. Michael Leibert Artistic Director Tony Taccone says, “[As- sociate Director] Lisa Peterson sent me an extremely long text with about 30 titles on it all dealing with some aspect of American OUTSTRIPPED BY REALITY: politics because the election was looming. It AN INTERVIEW WITH TONY TACCONE, BENNETT COHEN, AND LISA PETERSON Can’t Happen Here stuck to the wall like spaghetti and we kept coming back to it.” In July, Berkeley Rep’s Ground Floor held a Then we found out there was already an existing workshop of It Can’t Happen Here to revise the script and stage sections of the play. Literary Manager Sarah Rose Leonard stage adaptation and the stars seemed to be align- grabbed Director Lisa Peterson, Michael Leibert Artistic ing. Lisa, on a whim, had googled the phrase “it can’t Director and Playwright Tony Taccone, and Co-writer Bennett happen here” because it had been resonating in her Cohen before a packed rehearsal day to discuss what it’s like mind, but she says, “I had no idea about the novel or to adapt a novel into a play at breakneck speed and why this the Federal Theatre Project history. I was amazed— particular story feels so urgent. there’s this Sinclair Lewis novel, there’s this history of Sarah Rose Leonard: It Can’t Happen Here was adapted it being a theatrical event, my God!” into a play in 1936. Will you talk about why we aren’t It soon became clear that the 1930s adaptation producing that adaptation and instead decided to create a was in desperate need of updating, rendering it unus- new one? able for our purposes. A new adaptation was needed. Tony Taccone: I was so excited to read the play. I love the You can read more about the development process in Federal Theatre Project. My dissertation was about it. So I the interview with Lisa, Tony, and co-writer Bennett was like, “Yeah, we get to do a wpa [Work Projects Admin- istration] play!” But then I read it, and by the third scene, I Cohen, but suffice it to say the chance to respond was like oh, this is not good. First of all, it’s nothing like the swiftly to the current political climate we find our- book—it’s so melodramatic. It became clear, this is the rea- selves in proved irresistible, and the rest, as they say, son nobody’s remounted this. It has fallen into the dustbin of is history. history for a reason.

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IC_Program.indd 16 9/13/16 2:28 PM Bennett Cohen, Lisa Peterson, and Tony Taccone work on the script before a rehearsal

OUTSTRIPPED BY REALITY: BY SARAH ROSE LEONARD AN INTERVIEW WITH TONY TACCONE, BENNETT COHEN, AND LISA PETERSON Lisa Peterson: Last night I was reading the chapter in the Tony, how did you decide to do the adaptation yourself? Hallie Flanagan [director of the Federal Theatre Project] book, TT: It was a moment of complete arrogant desire. It was a Arena, about this. It’s hilarious. We think we’re working fast! bit mad, but it was so exciting, because we usually take a lot of They worked faster. Sinclair Lewis was holed up in a hotel time to prepare for shows. We’re not used to this kind of, “Oh, room with his writing partner. They had all those productions can we make deadlines in two months?” already in process and waiting for the script—like, “Where is LP: Which is why the theatre is not often the fastest art the third act!?” form to respond to history happening around us. This is a really TT: He had also never written a play. I was thinking, “I rare case of making the decision to respond to a moment we don’t like this at all, but maybe somebody likes it.” I called Lisa are experiencing in this country. and she said, “Oh dear. This is not good.” The world came TT: A lot of our colleagues said, “How can you do this?” crashing down. because season planning usually requires time and advanced LP: I thought we couldn’t do it. That we’d just have to notice. It was happenstance and arrogance and love and desire move onto the next idea. and passion. TT: So that’s when we went back and read the book and got really excited. How did Bennett come to the project? LP: Because the book has so much wit and detail and— TT: Bennett was an undergraduate at Cal when I was a Bennett Cohen: So much breadth. graduate student. I directed a play of his— TT: It’s got vision. It’s a vision of America based on careful BC: —about 40 years ago. Then we worked on other proj- study and informed intelligence that embraces economic, ects over the years. political, and social theory. TT: We’d been working on an adaptation of a great cult CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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film. But then It Can’t Happen Here came up, and we thought, BC: I think what happened last night is as much part of “Hey, forget about that movie; let’s talk about this!” the parallel— BC: The material feels connected to my personal history LP: —five cops got shot in Dallas— because my father was blacklisted. He was an electrical engi- BC: —and two African American men were shot in the neer with the Radio Corporation of America and was a union days before by cops and captured on video—that is as much activist. He was also a member of the communist party. part of the parallel as the political scene is. It is all a manifesta- tion of fear. How would you describe your collaborative process so far? TT: There’s this great line that the communist character BC: When Tony and I came into this workshop, we had Pascal has—he says Windrip [the presidential character] is just certain ideas of what was working and what was not. Then Lisa something that was vomited up; he’s not the real issue. The came in… real issue is what vomited it up. TT: She gave us four pages of notes on the first day. She’s LP: There’s that great opening line in the first paragraph not afraid to express herself. It’s efficient. of the novel about how the stock market crashed in 1929, and LP: I think that culture of “be direct” comes from you, seven years later the country is still reeling. And you know, it’s Tony. I wouldn’t necessarily be this direct in another situation. all about economics. It’s about money. Maybe we’re in a cycle, I do admire that about you, and Berkeley Rep. This is a no-non- because the country is still responding to an economic crisis. sense, just say what you think culture. It’s so weird to have come through, in my opinion, a really quite BC: That’s the only way to work fast. wonderful two-term president, an African American president, LP: Yesterday you were writing, and I was trying some feeling like we’ve gotten over the mountain. That is behind us. staging in front of you, which is not easy to do. But it felt okay, Only to realize, no, it isn’t. In fact, it’s lifted the rock up and un- because when you can get the room focused on the thing covered all of our racism, all of our fear, and now we’re feeling we’re making—that’s when, as a director, you can let go of the pendulum swing back—you don’t go only forward. You go your own ego—because we know we’re trying to make this forward and backward, and forward and backward. complicated, delicate building. This building is made up of Sin- clair Lewis’ great voice, what was happening in the country in The protagonist, Doremus, talks about how he doesn’t 1935, and what’s happening in the country now. We’re all trying believe in the group, he believes in the individual. How has to bring our best tools and make this thing fly. that manifested in his characterization? TT: I also have to say—we got an Edgerton grant, which LP: We really meet Doremus in his study. That is his lair; he has been fantastic, because it’s what has made this workshop doesn’t like anyone to come in but his dog and he’s surrounded possible. I mean, the fact that we’re able to have a week to by all kinds of literature. You learn right away that he’s a reader spend on the text and be able to try radical things a month and he reads both sides of everything. But he is an island. An before we go into rehearsal! We would be under a different intellectual can surround themselves with books and art but kind of pressure in the rehearsal hall because the awareness of not know how to engage with the world. having to finalize decisions would have been more pressing. TT: It’s armor. He is smart, as Lisa said; he reads voraciously and with understanding and challenge, and that becomes a What may be gained by examining this historical moment defining feature of his personality. that so closely parallels what’s happening today on the LP: He is the editor and primary proprietor of the local campaign trail? newspaper. It’s not like he is locked away in his bedroom; he has TT: There are parts of the book that screamed out that this been the intellectual and responsible voice of this little Vermont is not about a moment in time. This is about a pattern in Amer- town for years. You know, I’ve been noticing all these references ican history. Some of the parallels are so eerie that you have to sleeping. In the book Doremus’ wife calls him Dormouse. to ask yourself, “What is it about the system, the culture, the That’s her nickname for him, no one else calls him that. Dor- pathology that is endemic to this kind of political development?” mouse is the character in Alice in Wonderland who keeps falling LP: This is a play about what happens when fear guides asleep at the table, and so I feel like falling asleep is Lewis’ met- you. It’s about xenophobia, it’s about fear-based legislation, aphorical idea or expression of doing nothing or putting your it’s about each man for himself, it’s about what happens when hands up in the air and saying, “Someone else will take care of there is an economic imbalance in a country. it. There’s a system of checks and balances in this country. That TT: Whatever’s going to happen onstage will be out- person will never get elected.” That’s where the subject of the stripped by reality. No matter what, it’s not the same historical story and this moment right now are exactly in sync. Each step moment and this is a piece of fiction. So, the excitement of of the way, Doremus is surprised. He’s smart but not realistic. getting past that and committing to a play that is more about BC: He’s faced with an imperative in the story that he’s America— never been faced with. LP: —and the difficulties of democracy— TT: Well, he’s forced into it. He’s forced into it the way we TT: —yes, about the challenges of democracy, and how are all going to be forced into it. people endure and recreate their lives in the face of enor- LP: There’s a political education; that’s what you’re mous fear. watching.

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IC_Program.indd 18 9/6/16 6:17 PM “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself:”

BY SARAH ROSE LEONARD

Sinclair Lewis wrote the novel It Can’t Happen Here in 1935, amidst worldwide economic and political upheaval. The Nazis were increasingly isolating the Jews from their German peers. Benito Mussolini had invaded Ethiopia to expand his empire. Conflicts between the left and right political factions were growing in Spain. The U.S. fervently sought to stimulate the economy and put its unemployed population back to work. In the midst of it all was the novelist Sinclair Lewis—a sharp chronicler of the American milieu and the first American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote It Can’t Happen Here in response to the turmoil of the moment: the novel imagines what would happen if fascism sprung up in America. At the time, the thought was scarily credible.

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IC_Program.indd 19 9/12/16 4:16 PM CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Ethiopia, one of the few independent states in a European-colo- On October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed. People nized Africa. The war substantiated Italy’s imperialist ambitions felt the crash’s impact not only on the home front, but also and aggravated tensions between fascist states and Western around the globe as international trade fell by roughly 30 democracies. The displaced Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selas- percent. Some economies started to recover by the mid-1930s, sie, criticized the world community for not taking action. He but for most countries the Great Depression, the longest-last- famously said, “It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.” ing economic downturn in the history of the Western world, In Spain, conflicts between the left-wing Republicans and lingered until World War II. Many nations experienced severe right-wing Fascists were growing. Government restrictions on unemployment; in the U.S. it exceeded 20 percent at the worst workers’ rights sparked protests among agriculture and indus- point of the crisis. The deep, prolonged depression shook peo- trial workers, some of which erupted into violence. In 1936, ple’s faith in existing economic and political systems. Hardship General Francisco Franco led a coup and plunged the Spanish created a culture of anxiety and fear that fueled the rise of people into a civil war, one of the bloodiest wars in their coun- military dictatorships in Latin America and extremist political try’s history. Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany aided Franco, in a movements in Europe. By the time 1935 came around, fascism precursor to World War II allegiances. Franco won—and ruled had emerged as a legitimate political ideology. Spain with an iron fist for 36 years. Fascism, a far right-wing authoritarian and nationalist The United States viewed Europe’s mounting violence system of government controlled by a dictator, took root most with fear, but remained ambivalent on the subject of fascism. strongly in Italy, Spain, and Germany. The term itself originated The U.S. shared Europe’s fear of Russian-style communism with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, who founded the first taking hold: influential members of society worried that “rad- Fascist Party. While these governments looked different in ical reds” would take advantage of the general population’s each country, they shared three central tenets: intolerance of miserable living conditions and stage a revolution. political disagreement, belief in violence as a necessary ele- Enter President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a Democrat, ment in society, and intense zeal for the motherland. Fascism’s who epitomized optimism and strength in the face of adver- growth was aided by a wounded national pride in the wake of sity. In his inaugural address in 1933 he famously stated, “The World War I that contributed to populations eager to believe in only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” and took charge of the their countries again. administration with a reassuring manner. He established fire- Fear of communism, generally defined as a political theo- side chats: regular radio addresses to the nation that quelled ry invented by Karl Marx that advocates for collective owner- the emotional effects of the Great Depression by restoring a ship of the means of production and the obliteration of social sense of confidence amongst the population. class, also fueled fascism’s rise. In the 1930s, the communist Roosevelt’s most ambitious program was the New Soviet Union (the ussr) sought a global revolution. Commu- Deal—a series of initiatives intended to boost the economy. nism’s rejection of private ownership threatened elites who A New Deal centerpiece, the Work Projects Administration enjoyed great power in their countries and were terrified by (wpa), gave employment to around 8.5 million people and the prospect of a Russian takeover. Their paranoia was fueled spent over $11 billion on public works projects like roads, by the fact that communism extended beyond Russia—it was buildings, bridges, and airports between 1935 and 1943. Smaller an international movement, grown out of progressive labor but equally distinctive projects were dedicated to employing movements in various countries. artists, writers, musicians, and theatre makers to bring culture These dynamics gained steam relatively quickly. By 1935 to the masses. Writers recorded former slaves’ life stories; the Nazis firmly held power and implemented the Nuremberg music was brought to an estimated 92 million people each Laws, stripping Jews of their civil rights as German citizens. These new laws affected Jews at every turn: they couldn’t date Germans, weren’t allowed to vote, were expelled from the army, weren’t admitted to municipal hospitals, and much more. They were increasingly isolated, enabling Germans to practice further bigotry and violence. That same year in Italy, Mussolini exhibited his military prowess by leading a notably brutal and ruthless invasion of

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IC_Program.indd 20 9/13/16 2:29 PM week; travel guides were written for each state; murals were These conversations prompted Lewis to imagine what fas- commissioned for public buildings; and plays were performed cism would look like on the home front. Particularly influential in multiple languages. These projects shaped the American was an interview Thompson conducted with Huey Long, in physical and cultural landscape as we know it. which Long indicated that he thought he could beat fdr on a Of course, no bold enterprise can exist without disapprov- third-party ticket. The couple believed Long was flirting with al. By 1935, critics of the New Deal had cropped up across the fascism. Lewis began writing It Can’t Happen Here when he cre- country, many of them identifying as Republicans. Historically, ated a fictional happy-go-lucky, paranoid president-turned-dic- Republicans favored bigger government and Democrats pre- tator named Buzz Windrip—modeled after Long—who beats ferred a less hands-on federal presence. But many Republicans Roosevelt in the 1936 election. Lewis solidified the Long-Win- began to feel that the New Deal overstepped appropriate drip parallel by creating the character of Bishop Prang, who bounds and impinged on the private sector, posing a threat resembled Long’s ally, the demagogic, bigoted radio personal- to big business. The parties flipped in response and became ity Father Charles Coughlin, whose fiery speeches attracted what we recognize today: Democrats advocated for expanded an audience of around 30 million listeners. government, and Republicans wanted to limit federal reach. Lewis wrote It Can’t Happen Here in two months. It was Another critic of the New Deal was the populist Louisiana almost too timely: Long was assassinated before election governor Huey Long, known as “the Kingfish,” who led with a candidates were even announced, and Lewis had to do rushed tight fist and a smile. Long became immensely popular when rewrites to refer to Long in the past tense. The novel came out he expanded social services and developed badly needed on October 21, 1935; it made the bestseller list and was praised infrastructure. He was notorious for overcoming opposition by reviewers of all political stripes. The New Yorker called it through intimidation and bribery, yet remained widely be- “one of the most important books ever produced in this coun- loved. When he was elected to the Senate he began Share Our try” and The Nation called it “a weapon of the intellect.” Wealth, a national movement that aimed to radically redis- CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE tribute wealth: taxes would cap large fortunes and everyone would receive a guaranteed income equal to at least one third of the average family income. In an interview with The Nation Long was asked how he could carry out Share Our Wealth without instituting socialism. He said, “What sense is there running on a Socialist ticket in America today? What’s the use of being right only to be defeated? First you must come to power—power—then you do things.” Long proved himself an extremely controversial figure: many fervently attached themselves to Long’s message of “Every man a king,” and others, including Sinclair Lewis, denounced him as a dangerous demagogue. In 1935, Long announced his plan to run for Presi- dent against Roosevelt, running for his second term. The climate of this election year was a frequent topic of conversation between Lewis and his wife, Dorothy Thompson, an international political reporter and anti-fascist writer. In a letter she wrote Lewis while out of town on assign- ment, she noted that the Roosevelt Administration is “on the rocks” and that fdr “will probably be reelected in 1936,” but “if things move in the present tempo I think we may very easily have a Republican-fascist dictatorship in 1940.” Thompson also fed Lewis information about the shifting ground in Germany: she was the Berlin bureau chief of the Central European News Service until Hitler eventually expelled

her from the country. Left to right Father Charles Coughlin, Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Huey Long

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IC_Program.indd 21 9/12/16 4:17 PM A 1936 production of It Can’t Happen Here Below Posters from the 1936 Federal Theatre Project

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE The novel was so prescient that the Federal Theatre Project, a wpa program that employed out-of-work theatre artists, proposed adapting It Can’t Happen Here to the stage. At the time, Federal Theatre Project director Hallie Flanagan needed a hit—the ftp had accumulated accusations of being pro-communist, and its previous production got it in trouble with the White House because the show criticized Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia (the U.S. was officially neutral on the subject). Lewis told the press that he gave the ftp the rights for two reasons: “first because of my tremendous enthusiasm for its work, and second, because I know that I can depend upon the Federal Theatre for a non-partisan point of view.” Flanagan said the play was a good fit because it was “based on a burning belief in American democracy.” Lewis and co-writer John C. Moffitt worked furiously to adapt the novel into a play in about a month. Lewis reportedly said to his director, “You began by saying how honored you were to be working with me and how happy you were to be doing my play, but you’ve just been telling me that you want to change every damn scene in it!” He reportedly finished his tirade by saying, “It’s all right with me. I think it stinks too.” Lewis, often in a fighting mood, eventually refused to speak to Moffitt; Flanagan ended up being the go-between communicator during the production process. The play turned out to be the most ambitious project the ftp produced: it opened in 1936 with 21 simultaneous productions occurring in 17 states in Yiddish, Spanish, Italian, German, and English. Flanagan didn’t think that the play was a particularly strong piece of art, but she proudly observed that audiences across the country listened with a rapt concentration that is rare in live performance. Despite the pains ftp took to remain unbiased, some critics labeled the play (and the novel) pro-communist. Nevertheless, the play went on to become a hit: it played for 260 weeks, or the equivalent of five years. Once the play proved successful, Lewis soft- ened considerably and became its biggest advocate. He even played protagonist Doremus Jessup in a 1938 summer-stock production in Maine. The novel and play have gone down in history as upholding Lewis’ belief in the “free, inquiring, critical spirit”—which many argue is central to a democratic process. Today’s press has caught on to the story’s relevance: if you google “It Can’t Happen Here” you will be greeted with more articles about Donald Trump than about Sinclair Lewis. It is indeed striking that a novel written so long ago can feel like a piece of nonfiction written yesterday—passages can trigger a wave of goosebumps at the uncanny resemblances—but there is also something reassuring in the repetition. The world has looked tumultuous and divided before and we’ve stumbled onward, fears and all.

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IC_Program.indd 22 9/12/16 4:17 PM “ Intellectually I know America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country. ” SINCLAIR LEWIS

Sinclair Lewis’ first wife observed of him, “Romance is never where you are, but where you are going.” Lewis was relentless— The relentless in speech, work, the pursuit of relationships and ideas, and in drinking, which eventually killed him. His formidable and often frenetic work ethic produced over two dozen novels, scores of short stories, four plays, a screenplay, nonfiction works, and a American: handful of poems. This refusal (or inability) to slow down came at great personal expense, but it gave us one of the most cele- brated and gifted writers in our nation’s history. Author CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

SinclairBY KATIE CRADDOCK Lewis

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IC_Program.indd 23 9/6/16 6:17 PM CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE across the country. In 1925, he was offered the Pulitzer Prize for Harry Sinclair Lewis was born in 1885 in the small town Arrowsmith, but refused it because “all prizes, like all titles, are of Sauk Centre, Minnesota, which inspired his hit novel, Main dangerous.” He and Grace divorced in 1928, after he had begun Street. His mother died when he was 6, and he struggled to an affair with Dorothy Thompson, whom he married that same connect with his father. His growing-up years were painfully year. Thompson was an accomplished political journalist with awkward; he was clumsy with bright red hair and bad acne a rich understanding of Europe’s complex, shifting politics; her made worse by X-ray treatments. To cope with the cruel work inspired Lewis as he wrote It Can’t Happen Here. rebuffs of his peers, Lewis read voraciously, wrote romantic Lewis was the first writer from the United States to re- poetry, and got out of Sauk Centre as fast as he could, heading ceive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he did accept in 1930. east to study at Yale. Unhappy there, he left without graduat- Overwhelmed by the honor, Lewis privately predicted, “This ing, determined to make his mark as a writer. His short stories is the end of me. This is fatal. I cannot live up to it.” Indeed, his quickly landed in magazines, and he began writing novels. He life after the Nobel was darkened by alcoholism and restless- met and fell in love with Grace Hegger, an editor at Vogue. ness, and drinking tore his marriage apart. They married in 1914. This did not slow him down, however. Always searching The 1920s were Lewis’ creative golden years. Lewis for his next challenge, he dabbled in teaching, Hollywood, and employed his encyclopedic knowledge, lively prose, and even rehab, but none of them stuck. He continued to write, cutting humor to critique various aspects of American life but never matched the critical or commercial success he en- in the 1920s—from small-town life (Main Street) to booster- joyed in the 1920s. He died in Rome at age 66 of the effects of ism (Babbitt) to organized religion (Elmer Gantry) to science advanced alcoholism. Dorothy wrote, “What was once Sinclair (Arrowsmith). Americans couldn’t get enough of these biting Lewis is buried in no ground. Even in life he was only fully alive assessments of themselves; the novels sold like hotcakes in his writing.”

Clockwise from left Sinclair Lewis in Florence, 1950; Lewis (right) as Doremus Jessup in It Can’t Happen Here, 1938; Dorothy Thomas; Grace Hegger, 1912 (images from Sinclair Lewis: Rebel from Main Street by Richard Lingeman / Yale Collection of American Literature)

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IC_Program.indd 24 9/6/16 6:17 PM Berkeley Repertory Theatre presents BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE the world premiere of TONY TACCONE, MICHAEL LEIBERT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SUSAN MEDAK, MANAGING DIRECTOR

Adapted by Tony Taccone and Bennett S. Cohen CAST from the novel by Sinclair Lewis Doremus Jessup Tom Nelis* Directed by Lisa Peterson Emma Jessup/ Sharon Lockwood* Adelaide Tarr Gimmitch SEPTEMBER 23–NOVEMBER 6, 2016 Philip Jessup Will Rogers* RODA THEATRE · MAIN SEASON Mary Jessup Greenhill/ Anna Ishida* It Can’t Happen Here is made possible Jaime Johnson thanks to the generous support of Sissy Jessup Carolina Sanchez* SEASON SPONSORS David/Mr. Dimick Gabriel Montoya Jack & Betty Schafer Lorinda Pike Deidrie Henry* Michael & Sue Steinberg The Strauch Kulhanjian Family Buck Titus/Buzz Windrip David Kelly* Julian Falck Alexander Lydon Dr. Fowler Greenhill William Thomas Hodgson* Shad Ledue Scott Coopwood* LEAD SPONSORS Karl Pascal Gerardo Rodriguez* Barbara & Rodgin Cohen R.C. Crowley/John Pollikop Mark Kenneth Smaltz* Frank Tasbrough/Bishop Prang/ Charles Shaw Robinson* Effingham Swan EXECUTIVE SPONSORS Citizens, campaigners, soldiers, workers, radio voices, prisoners, Susan Chamberlin and many others all played by members of the company. Stephanie & John Dains Jean & Michael Strunsky

PRODUCTION STAFF Scenic Design Rachel Hauck SPONSORS Costume Design Meg Neville Felicia Woytak & Steve Rasmussen Lighting Design Alexander V. Nichols ASSOCIATE SPONSORS Composition/Sound Design Paul James Prendergast Lisa & Jim Taylor Dramaturg Madeleine Oldham The development of Casting Amy Potozkin, csa this production has Alaine Alldaffer, csa Edgerton Foundation been supported in part Production Stage Manager Michael Suenkel* New Play Award-winner by the Mosse Artistic Development Fund. Assistant Stage Manager Christina Hogan*

Affiliations

The director is a member of the Society of *Indicates a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an Stage Managers in the United States. independent national labor union. The Scenic, Costume, Lighting, and Sound Designers in lort Theatres are represented by United It Can’t Happen Here was developed with support from The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Scenic Artists Local usa-829, iatse. Center for the Creation and Development of New Work.

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Scott Coopwood Minds, Justified, Glee, csi, and others. Deidrie Ado About Nothing, Comedy of Errors, Death SHAD LEDUE has appeared in the films Beyond the Lights of a Salesman, Timon of Athens, Humble Boy, A Scott was recently and Beautiful Boy. Midsummer Night’s Dream, Noises Off, Servant seen at Berkeley Rep of Two Masters, and Cyrano de Bergerac, among as Lennox in Macbeth. William Thomas Hodgson others. He also appeared in Harvey at the His regional favorites DR. FOWLER GREENHILL Guthrie Theater, Lovers and Executioners at include the title roles William is making his South Coast Repertory, American Night at La in Hamlet, Macbeth, Berkeley Rep debut. His Jolla Playhouse, Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter at Cymbeline, King John, regional credits include the Kennedy Center, and Guys and Dolls at the and Cyrano de Berger- Disney’s The Hunchback Wallis Annenberg Center. David is an instruc- ac, as well as Iago in of Notre Dame (La Jolla tor at Southern Oregon University. Othello; Edmund in King Playhouse), An Octoroon Lear; Angelo in Measure for Measure; Charlie (Mixed Blood Theatre), Sharon Lockwood in The Scene; Kippy in Take Me Out; Shylock in El Henry (San Diego EMMA JESSUP/ The Merchant of Venice; Jacques in As You Like Repertory Theatre), ADELAIDE TARR GIMMITCH It; Trigorin in The Seagull; Benedick, Don John, A Midsummer Night’s Sharon was last seen at and Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing; Dream (pcpa), Trufaldino Says No (Shotgun Berkeley Rep as Sonia Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew; Harry Players), Seussical the Musical (Berkeley in Vanya and Sonia and Brock in Born Yesterday; Brennan in Frost/ Playhouse), and I Am My Own Wife (Ubuntu Masha and Spike, for Nixon; Edward in Someone Who’ll Watch Over Theater Project). He recently received his which she received Me; and Johan in Groundswell. He has per- mfa from UC San Diego, and he is co-artistic the Bay Area Critics formed at Arkansas Repertory Theatre; Artists director of the Ubuntu Theater Project in Circle Award for lead Repertory Theatre; Capital Repertory Theatre; Oakland, CA. performance. Other San Jose Repertory Theatre; Center Repertory favorite Berkeley Rep Company; Capital Stage; the Utah, Orlando, Anna Ishida credits include Zorro in and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festivals; Arizona MARY JESSUP GREENHILL/ Hell, Volpone, The Alchemist, Caucasian Chalk Theatre Company; Marin Theatre Company; JAIME JOHNSON Circle, The Triumph of Love, Pentecost, The Portland Center Stage; the Seattle and Marin This is Anna’s Berkeley Importance of Being Earnest, and The Magic Shakespeare Companies; Shotgun Players; Rep debut. She has Fire. Sharon has also performed extensively and SF Playhouse; as well as work with the performed locally with at American Conservatory Theater, most re- Toronto, Windsor, and Oregon Symphony American Conservatory cently in Love and Information. Other act work Orchestras. Scott is also co-executive director Theater (Mr. Burns: includes roles in ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore, Hedda of Shakespearience!, a Bay Area nonprofit a post-electric play), Gabler, The Rose Tattoo, The Royal Family, The education program for kids. TheatreWorks (Water Government Inspector, and A Christmas Carol by the Spoonful), Central (2005–15). She originated the role of Barbara Deidrie Henry Works (Red Virgin), in the world premiere of Nickel and Dimed LORINDA PIKE Crowded Fire Theater under the direction of Bartlett Sher, which Deidrie previously (The Hundred Flowers Project), and several premiered at Intiman Theatre in Seattle and appeared at Berkeley Shotgun Players productions. She has toured subsequently played the Mark Taper Forum Rep in Yellowman. Her regionally and internationally with Beowulf— in Los Angeles. She reprised the role in a other regional credits A Thousand Years of Baggage, which was TheatreWorks/Brava for Women in the Arts include A Streetcar featured in the New Yorker’s “Top 12 Best co-production here in the Bay Area. Her other Named Desire and Closer Off-Broadway Shows” (2009) and was the local credits include many appearances at Cali- (Portland Center Stage); recipient of an Edinburgh Fringe Herald Angel fornia Shakespeare Theater (most recently as A Raisin in the Sun and Award. She stars in San Francisco director H.P. Mrs. Higgins in Pygmalion), San Jose Repertory Parade (Center Theatre Mendoza’s critically acclaimed experimental Theatre, Marin Theatre Company, Center Rep, Group); Coming Home horror film I Am a Ghost. She is a recipient of and many years with the San Francisco Mime and Yellowman (winner of Best Actress Award the San Francisco Bay Guardian Outstanding Troupe. Regionally, she has performed at La from naacp, Ovation Award, Backstage Local Discovery Award for Theatre (2012). Jolla Playhouse, the Old Globe, San Diego Garland Award, and the Los Angeles Drama Anna is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Critics Circle Award), both at the Fountain Theatre and Mills College (English, BA). Missouri Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Theatre; American Night: The Ballad of Juan Company, the Alley Theatre, and Long Wharf José (Yale Repertory Theatre); The Ballad of David Kelly Theatre. Sharon was honored with the 2016 Emmett Till (Goodman Theatre); As You Like It, BUCK TITUS/BUZZ WINDRIP Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship and participated in Three Sisters, Wit, Hamlet, and Seven Guitars, David previously the Master Class at Ten Chimneys in Wiscon- among others (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); appeared at Berkeley sin with master teacher actor Jason Alexander. and Blues for an Alabama Sky (the Alliance Rep in Fuente Ovejuna Theatre, Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, the and Haroun and the Sea Huntington Theatre Company), for which she of Stories. In 25 seasons was nominated for a Helen Hayes Award for at Oregon Shakespeare Best Supporting Actress. She was the winner Festival, he appeared in of Backstage Bistro Award (New York) for Imaginary Invalid, Pirates Outstanding Vocalist and Cabaret Debut for of Penzance, My Fair her cabaret, What a Day for a Daydream. Her Lady, Henry V, Ham- television credits include nbc’s new Game of let, Three Musketeers, Richard II, Coriolanus, Silence (series regular), The Riches, Criminal Baltimore Waltz, Pravda, Three Sisters, Much

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IC_Program.indd 26 9/6/16 6:17 PM Alexander Lydon Theatre in Indecent. He has appeared through- Dreams, Don’t Let Me Drown, Last Night at JULIAN FALCK out the country in many regional productions. Angelo’s, and Fish. Gerardo received his mfa at Alexander’s Berkeley Tom has performed at international festivals American Repertory Theatre/mxat Moscow Rep credits include Un- throughout the world with Laurie Anderson, Art Theatre. titled Cambodian Rock Richard Foreman, and siti Company as well as Play (The Ground Floor) at the Royal Shakespeare Company and with Will Rogers and Accidental Death of the Suzuki Company of Toga. He is a founding PHILIP JESSUP an Anarchist (under- member of siti Company, now celebrating Will is proud to be study). His other credits its 25-year anniversary. Tom has received a making his Berkeley Rep include King of the Yees Barrymore nomination for Candide, a Drama debut. On the New York with Ashland New Plays League nomination for Score, an Obie for The stage, he has starred Festival; 4 Immigrants: Medium, a San Diego Critics Ensemble Award in The Mound Builders An American Musical Manga, a workshop at for Wintertime, and an Elliot Norton Award for (Signature Theatre, TheatreWorks; Belvile in The Rover at Shotgun Prospero in The Tempest. He earned his mfa at directed by Jo Bonney), Players; Petruchio (understudy) in Taming UC San Diego. Golden Age (Manhattan of the Shrew at San Francisco Shakespeare Theatre Club, directed Festival; Magistrate Tiger in Where the Moun- Charles Shaw Robinson by Walter Bobbie), As tain Meets the Moon at Bay Area Children’s FRANK TASBROUGH/BISHOP PRANG/ You Like It (Shakespeare in the Park, directed Theatre; and the Monkey King in 410[GONE] EFFINGHAM SWAN by Daniel Sullivan), The Submission (mcc The- at Crowded Fire Theater. Charles’ work for ater), Unnatural Acts (Classic Stage Company), Berkeley Rep includes From Up Here (mtc), and Columbinus (New Gabriel Montoya the role of the Father York Theatre Workshop). Regionally he has DAVID/MR. DIMICK in Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice worked at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Gabriel is thrilled to be and John in her For Peter Humana Festival, Repertory Theatre of St. making his Berkeley Pan on her 70th birthday. Louis, and Pioneer Theatre. His film credits Rep debut. He was seen He also appeared in include Bridge of Spies (directed by Steven most recently in San the world premiere of Spielberg), A Good Marriage (Stephen King, Francisco Shakespeare Swimmers by Rachel directed by Peter Askin), The Bay (directed by on Tour’s Hamlet as Bonds and in How- Barry Levinson), Nancy Please (TriBeCa Film The Ghost/Claudius, ard Brenton’s Anne Boleyn — both at Marin Festival debut), Happy New Year, and Certainty. as Einstein in Beverly Theatre Company. Other favorite roles include On television, Will has guest starred on Blue Hills Playhouse of San Sorn in Stupid F**king Bird and Leonard in Sem- Bloods, Unforgettable, Law & Order: svu, Gossip Francisco’s Picasso at inar (both for San Francisco Playhouse), Milton Girl, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He is a the Lapin Agile, as Austin in Theater MadCap’s in Tony Kushner’s Homebody/Kabul (Berkeley proud graduate of University of North Caroli- True West, and as Mickey in Boxcar Theatre’s Rep), Iago in Othello (California Shakespeare na School of the Arts. The Speakeasy. Last year, Gabriel made his Theater), and Henri in Magic Fire, directed by San Francisco directing debut with Bennett Jack O’Brien (Berkeley Rep/the Old Globe). Carolina Sanchez Fisher’s Don’t Be Evil, produced by his wife, His regional theatre credits include the title SISSY JESSUP Robin Fontaine, through their production roles in Hamlet (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Carolina is excited to house, the Department of Badassery. Gabriel Park), Pericles (Center Stage, Baltimore), and be making her Berkeley also works as a journalist specializing in the Scaramouche (the Empty Space Theatre, Rep debut. Previous performance-enhancing drug problem in Seattle). He was last seen in New York in the credits include Milk Like combat sports. His work has been featured or American premiere of Frank McGuinness’ Sugar (Margie) at the cited by Maxboxing.com, usa Today, espn, The Gates of Gold at 59E59 Theaters. Huntington Theatre L.A. Times, and the Guardian, among others. Company, Iowa (Aman- He is the co-host/co-producer of two weekly Gerardo Rodriguez da) at Playwrights radio shows, The Next Round and Leave it in KARL PASCAL Horizons, the workshop the Ring. This is Gerardo’s Berke- of Murder at the Gates ley Rep debut. Other (Audrey), and the national tour of West Side Tom Nelis regional credits include Story (Rosalia/Maria U.S.). Carolina is a recent DOREMUS JESSUP Seven Spots on the Sun graduate of Westminster College of the Arts Tom previously (Cincinnati Playhouse with a bachelor’s degree in music. appeared at Berkeley in the Park), Elemeno Rep as Robert Lowell in Pea (Actors Theatre of Mark Kenneth Smaltz Dear Elizabeth. His other Louisville—Humana R.C. CROWLEY/JOHN POLLIKOP Bay Area performances Festival), The Elaborate Mark is making his include Ahab in Laurie Entrance of Chad Deity Berkeley Rep debut. Anderson’s Moby Dick (Mixed Blood Theatre), Kingdom (the Old His New York credits at Zellerbach Hall, Going Globe), and Instructions for Breathing (Passage include several seasons Going Gone at Magic Theatre). His New York credits also include with the New York Theatre, Oscar Wilde in Se Llama Christina and Lucy Loves Me (intar Shakespeare Festival, Gross Indecencies at Theater on the Square, and Theatre), To the Bone (Cherry Lane Theatre), the Vineyard Theatre, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at San Jose Rep- La Ruta and American Jornalero (Working and the Working ertory Theatre. Tom has appeared on Broad- Theater), Bodega Bay (Abingdon Theatre), and Theater. His regional way in Aida, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Dramatis Personae (Playwrights Realm). Ge- theatre credits include Enron, and The Visit. Off Broadway he has been rardo can be seen in a movie premiering later Seattle Repertory Theatre, Williamstown seen at Classic Stage Company, Manhattan this year called Blind with Alec Baldwin and Theatre Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Theatre Club, New York Theatre Workshop, Demi Moore. Other television and film credits Hartford Stage Company, Center Stage in the Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Sig- include The Blacklist, Person of Interest, Gossip Baltimore, and the Repertory Theatre of St. nature Theatre Company, Theatre for a New Girl, Conviction, Law & Order, Law & Order: CI Louis, amongst others. Mark has learned much Audience, and most recently at the Vineyard & svu, Jonny Zero, Cruzando, Winter of Frozen about acting from directors Dan Sullivan,

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IC_Program.indd 27 9/6/16 6:17 PM tragedy: a tragedy; Suddenly Last Summer; Din- BERKELEY REP PRESENTS profiles ner with Friends; Closer; and The Life of Galileo. Her recent productions at Oregon Shake- speare Festival include Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2015), The Cocoanuts (2014), Taming Mark Lamos, Jon Jory, Joanne Akalaitis, Adrian O’Neill Theater Center, and has had numerous (Playwrights Horizons); The Square and Tongue of the Shrew (2013), and Ghost Light (2011). Hall, Mark Wing-Davey, Gregory Mosher, John productions. His play Tequila was originally of a Bird (the Public Theater); Fourth Sister and Meg is an associate artist with California Ferraro, Douglas Hughes, Liz Diamond, David produced by the Eureka Theatre and has been Batting Cage (Vineyard Theatre); Collected Shakespeare Theater, where she has designed Esbjornson, John Barton, Barry Edelstein, published in West Coast Plays #8. Bennett has Stories (Manhattan Theatre Club); and The numerous productions including Lady Wind- Arthur Hiller, Ted Kotcheff, Don Scardino, written extensively for film and television, Model Apartment (Primary Stages). In Canada, ermere’s Fan, An Ideal Husband, Mrs. Warren’s and John Pasquin. For 11 seasons Mark had a working with such companies as Showtime, she recently directed The Philanderer (Shaw Profession, and lots of Shakespeare. Other Bay recurring role on Law & Order as Judge William Paramount Television, Universal Television, Festival) and The Trouble with Mr. Adams Area theatre credits include Marin Theatre Koehler, as well as other characters. His other and Fox International Productions, among (Tarragon). She has directed world premieres Company, the Cutting Ball Theater, American TV credits include Law & Order: svu and CI, others. He has adapted two novels for the by many major American writers, including Conservatory Theater, San Jose Repertory Conviction, New York Undercover, Now and screen, Jack Higgins’ WWII-era thriller Night Tony Kushner, Beth Henley, Donald Margulies, Theatre, Joe Goode Performance Group, and Again, 3 lbs, and Spin City. of the Fox and Roderick Thorpe’s police drama Jose Rivera, Ellen McLaughlin, Mac Wellman, Magic Theatre. She has also worked at Second Rainbow Drive. Other movies produced for Marlane Meyer, Polly Pen, Naomi Wallace, Stage Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Center Tony Taccone television include The Hunted, The Magicians, and many others. She regularly works at the Stage in Baltimore, South Coast Repertory, ADAPTOR/MICHAEL LEIBERT His Bodyguard, and the Chameleon franchise Guthrie Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Atlantic Theater Company, Brooklyn Academy ARTISTIC DIRECTOR sci-fi telefilms, which he created. His half-hour Long Wharf Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, of Music, Chicago Opera Theater, NY Stage During Tony’s tenure as artistic director drama for pbs, The Fix, was nominated for Hartford Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Film, Hartford Stage, Kirk Douglas of Berkeley Rep, the Tony Award–winning the prestigious Humanitas Prize. He also Arena Stage, O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Theatre, Portland Stage Company, and Dallas nonprofit has earned a reputation as an wrote, directed, and produced The Dig as Ojai Playwrights Conference, and Sundance Theater Center. Meg is a graduate of the Yale international leader in innovative theatre. In part of the itvs sci-fi web-series Future States, Theatre Lab. Lisa and Denis are working on a School of Drama and Brown University and those 19 years, Berkeley Rep has presented which received a premiere screening at the commission for the McCarter Theatre titled resides in San Francisco with her husband and more than 70 world, American, and West sxsw Festival. Most recently, Bennett wrote The Song of Rome, and Lisa is writing a new three children. HOME Coast premieres and sent 23 shows to New the feature film The Last Voyage of Zheng music-theatre piece with Todd Almond called York, two to London, and one to Hong Kong. He as a Chinese co-production for Fox The Idea of Order, co-commissioned by La Jolla Alexander V. Nichols Tony has staged more than 40 plays in International, collaborating on the story Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, and Seattle Rep. LIGHTING DESIGNER Berkeley, including new work from Julia Cho, with the famed director, Zhang Yimou. As a Alex has designed more than 30 productions John Leguizamo, Culture Clash, Rinde Eckert, journalist, Bennett has written for San Fran- Rachel Hauck for Berkeley Rep. His Broadway credits include David Edgar, Danny Hoch, Geoff Hoyle, Itamar cisco Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, SCENIC DESIGNER Wishful Drinking, Hugh Jackman—Back On Moses, and Lemony Snicket. He directed the and other publications, and his book The Rachel’s Berkeley Rep credits include An Iliad, Broadway, and Nice Work If You Can Get shows that transferred to London, Continental Zebra Murders, written with former sfpd Mother Courage, Antony & Cleopatra, and Val- It. His off-Broadway productions include Divide and Tiny Kushner, and two that landed Chief Prentice Earl Sanders, was published ley Song. Her recent New York credits include In Masks Outrageous and Austere, Los Big on Broadway as well: Bridge & Tunnel and by Arcade Publishing and is currently in devel- Hadestown (New York Theatre Workshop); All Names, Horizon, Bridge & Tunnel, Taking Wishful Drinking. Prior to working at Berkeley opment as a series by Anonymous Content the Ways to Say I Love You (mcc Theater); Dry Over, Through the Night, and In the Wake. Rep, Tony served as artistic director of Eureka and Paramount Television, with Carl Franklin Powder (the Public Theater); Antlia Pneumatica, Alex has worked at regional theatres through- Theatre, which produced the American pre- executive producing, and Bennett producing. Grand Concourse, Patron Saint of Sea Mon- out the country, including American Conser- mieres of plays by Dario Fo, Caryl Churchill, He is currently consulting Lishui University sters, The Call, and Go Back to Where You Are vatory Theater, Mark Taper Forum, National and David Edgar before focusing on a new in Lishui, China on the creation of a creative (Playwrights Horizons); Night Is a Room, Our Theatre of Taiwan, Oregon Shakespeare generation of American writers. While at the writing program. Lady of Kibeho, and And I And Silence (Signature Festival, and La Jolla Playhouse, among others. Eureka, Tony commissioned Tony Kushner’s Theatre); Bright Half Life (Women’s Project His dance credits include resident designer legendary Angels in America and co-direct- Lisa Peterson Theater); To the Bone (Cherry Lane Theatre); for Pennsylvania Ballet, Hartford Ballet, and ed its world premiere. He has collaborated DIRECTOR/ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Hamlet in Bed and Stay (Rattlestick Play- American Repertory Ballet; lighting supervi- with Kushner on eight plays at Berkeley Rep, Lisa Peterson is a two-time Obie Award-win- wrights Theater); An Iliad (nytw, McCarter sor for American Ballet Theatre; and resident including The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide ning writer and director who is currently the Theatre, tour); Slowgirl (lct3); Harper Regan visual designer for the Margaret Jenkins Dance The GRUBB Co. R E A L T O R S to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the associate director at Berkeley Rep. Previous and Bluebird (Atlantic Theater Company); This Company since 1989. His designs are in the G Scriptures. Tony’s regional credits include projects at the Theatre include An Iliad (2012), Wide Night (Naked Angels); and Orange, Hat permanent repertory of San Francisco Ballet, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, which Lisa co-wrote with Denis O’Hare, and & Grace (Soho Rep). Her recent regional work Boston Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center Theatre Group, the Eureka Theatre, which won Obie and Lortel Awards for Best includes Poster Boy and And No More Shall We Theater, Hubbard Street Dance, Hong Kong GRUBBCO.COM the Guthrie Theater, the Huntington Theatre Solo Performance; Mother Courage (2006); Part (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Animal Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, odc/sf, Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the The Fall (2001); and Antony & Cleopatra (Studio Theater in DC); The Good Book (Court and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Alex’s other Public Theater, and Seattle Repertory Theatre. (1999). For California Shakespeare Theater, Theatre); Roe, Into the Woods, The Music Man, projects include the museum installation As a playwright, he debuted Ghost Light, Rita Lisa directed You Never Can Tell, King Lear, and Othello (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, An- Circle of Memory, a collaboration with Eleanor Moreno: Life Without Makeup, and Game On, The Winter’s Tale, All’s Well That Ends Well, nenberg); and Clybourne Park and Cat on a Hot Coppola, presented in Stockholm, Sweden, written with Dan Hoyle. In 2012, Tony received and Love’s Labour’s Lost. Other recent West Tin Roof (the Guthrie Theater), as well as work and the video and visual design for Life: A the Margo Jones Award for “demonstrating a Coast productions include Hamlet, Henry at the O’Neill Playwright’s Conference from Journey Through Time, a collaboration with significant impact, understanding, and affir- IV Pt 2, and Othello (Oregon Shakespeare 2005 to 2014. Rachel received the Princess Frans Lanting and Philip Glass, presented at mation of playwriting, with a commitment to Festival); and Chavez Ravine (Ovation Award Grace Award, Lilly Awards, and an Obie Award the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. the living theatre.” for Best Production), Palestine New Mexico, for Sustained Excellence. Electricidad, Water, The House of Bernarda Paul James Prendergast Bennett S. Cohen Alba, Body of Bourne, and Mules (Mark Taper Meg Neville COMPOSER/SOUND DESIGNER ADAPTOR Forum). In New York, Lisa has directed The COSTUME DESIGNER This is Paul’s Berkeley Rep debut. Recent Bay A graduate of Yale University’s School of Dra- Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, Traps, and Light Meg’s recent Berkeley Rep credits include Area credits include You Never Can Tell at ma and UC Berkeley (where his collaborations Shining in Buckinghamshire (Obie Award for Macbeth; One Man, Two Guvnors; Party People; California Shakespeare Theater, and composer with Tony Taccone date back further than Direction), all at New York Theatre Workshop; and X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story). She also for Ah, Wilderness and associate director for either care to remember), Bennett has worked King Liz (2nd Stage Uptown); Hamlet in Bed worked on Tribes; The Intelligent Homosexual’s The Unfortunates at American Conservatory in theatre, film, and television. His play Ameri- (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); To the Bone Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key Theater. On Broadway he received a Drama can Music was chosen to be part of the Nation- (Cherry Lane Theatre); The Patron Saint of to the Scriptures; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Ghost Desk nomination for All The Way. His regional al Playwrights Conference at the Eugene Sea Monsters and The Chemistry of Change Light; In the Wake; Yellowjackets; Eurydice; theatre credits include the Guthrie Theater,

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IC_Program.indd 28 9/6/16 6:17 PM IC_Program.indd 29 9/6/16 6:17 PM tragedy: a tragedy; Suddenly Last Summer; Din- BERKELEY REP PRESENTS profiles ner with Friends; Closer; and The Life of Galileo. Her recent productions at Oregon Shake- speare Festival include Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2015), The Cocoanuts (2014), Taming Mark Lamos, Jon Jory, Joanne Akalaitis, Adrian O’Neill Theater Center, and has had numerous (Playwrights Horizons); The Square and Tongue of the Shrew (2013), and Ghost Light (2011). Hall, Mark Wing-Davey, Gregory Mosher, John productions. His play Tequila was originally of a Bird (the Public Theater); Fourth Sister and Meg is an associate artist with California Ferraro, Douglas Hughes, Liz Diamond, David produced by the Eureka Theatre and has been Batting Cage (Vineyard Theatre); Collected Shakespeare Theater, where she has designed Esbjornson, John Barton, Barry Edelstein, published in West Coast Plays #8. Bennett has Stories (Manhattan Theatre Club); and The numerous productions including Lady Wind- Arthur Hiller, Ted Kotcheff, Don Scardino, written extensively for film and television, Model Apartment (Primary Stages). In Canada, ermere’s Fan, An Ideal Husband, Mrs. Warren’s and John Pasquin. For 11 seasons Mark had a working with such companies as Showtime, she recently directed The Philanderer (Shaw Profession, and lots of Shakespeare. Other Bay recurring role on Law & Order as Judge William Paramount Television, Universal Television, Festival) and The Trouble with Mr. Adams Area theatre credits include Marin Theatre Koehler, as well as other characters. His other and Fox International Productions, among (Tarragon). She has directed world premieres Company, the Cutting Ball Theater, American TV credits include Law & Order: svu and CI, others. He has adapted two novels for the by many major American writers, including Conservatory Theater, San Jose Repertory Conviction, New York Undercover, Now and screen, Jack Higgins’ WWII-era thriller Night Tony Kushner, Beth Henley, Donald Margulies, Theatre, Joe Goode Performance Group, and Again, 3 lbs, and Spin City. of the Fox and Roderick Thorpe’s police drama Jose Rivera, Ellen McLaughlin, Mac Wellman, Magic Theatre. She has also worked at Second Rainbow Drive. Other movies produced for Marlane Meyer, Polly Pen, Naomi Wallace, Stage Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Center Tony Taccone television include The Hunted, The Magicians, and many others. She regularly works at the Stage in Baltimore, South Coast Repertory, ADAPTOR/MICHAEL LEIBERT His Bodyguard, and the Chameleon franchise Guthrie Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Atlantic Theater Company, Brooklyn Academy ARTISTIC DIRECTOR sci-fi telefilms, which he created. His half-hour Long Wharf Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, of Music, Chicago Opera Theater, NY Stage During Tony’s tenure as artistic director drama for pbs, The Fix, was nominated for Hartford Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Film, Hartford Stage, Kirk Douglas of Berkeley Rep, the Tony Award–winning the prestigious Humanitas Prize. He also Arena Stage, O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Theatre, Portland Stage Company, and Dallas nonprofit has earned a reputation as an wrote, directed, and produced The Dig as Ojai Playwrights Conference, and Sundance Theater Center. Meg is a graduate of the Yale international leader in innovative theatre. In part of the itvs sci-fi web-series Future States, Theatre Lab. Lisa and Denis are working on a School of Drama and Brown University and those 19 years, Berkeley Rep has presented which received a premiere screening at the commission for the McCarter Theatre titled resides in San Francisco with her husband and more than 70 world, American, and West sxsw Festival. Most recently, Bennett wrote The Song of Rome, and Lisa is writing a new three children. HOME Coast premieres and sent 23 shows to New the feature film The Last Voyage of Zheng music-theatre piece with Todd Almond called York, two to London, and one to Hong Kong. He as a Chinese co-production for Fox The Idea of Order, co-commissioned by La Jolla Alexander V. Nichols Tony has staged more than 40 plays in International, collaborating on the story Playhouse, Berkeley Rep, and Seattle Rep. LIGHTING DESIGNER Berkeley, including new work from Julia Cho, with the famed director, Zhang Yimou. As a Alex has designed more than 30 productions John Leguizamo, Culture Clash, Rinde Eckert, journalist, Bennett has written for San Fran- Rachel Hauck for Berkeley Rep. His Broadway credits include David Edgar, Danny Hoch, Geoff Hoyle, Itamar cisco Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, SCENIC DESIGNER Wishful Drinking, Hugh Jackman—Back On Moses, and Lemony Snicket. He directed the and other publications, and his book The Rachel’s Berkeley Rep credits include An Iliad, Broadway, and Nice Work If You Can Get shows that transferred to London, Continental Zebra Murders, written with former sfpd Mother Courage, Antony & Cleopatra, and Val- It. His off-Broadway productions include Divide and Tiny Kushner, and two that landed Chief Prentice Earl Sanders, was published ley Song. Her recent New York credits include In Masks Outrageous and Austere, Los Big on Broadway as well: Bridge & Tunnel and by Arcade Publishing and is currently in devel- Hadestown (New York Theatre Workshop); All Names, Horizon, Bridge & Tunnel, Taking Wishful Drinking. Prior to working at Berkeley opment as a series by Anonymous Content the Ways to Say I Love You (mcc Theater); Dry Over, Through the Night, and In the Wake. Rep, Tony served as artistic director of Eureka and Paramount Television, with Carl Franklin Powder (the Public Theater); Antlia Pneumatica, Alex has worked at regional theatres through- Theatre, which produced the American pre- executive producing, and Bennett producing. Grand Concourse, Patron Saint of Sea Mon- out the country, including American Conser- mieres of plays by Dario Fo, Caryl Churchill, He is currently consulting Lishui University sters, The Call, and Go Back to Where You Are vatory Theater, Mark Taper Forum, National and David Edgar before focusing on a new in Lishui, China on the creation of a creative (Playwrights Horizons); Night Is a Room, Our Theatre of Taiwan, Oregon Shakespeare generation of American writers. While at the writing program. Lady of Kibeho, and And I And Silence (Signature Festival, and La Jolla Playhouse, among others. Eureka, Tony commissioned Tony Kushner’s Theatre); Bright Half Life (Women’s Project His dance credits include resident designer legendary Angels in America and co-direct- Lisa Peterson Theater); To the Bone (Cherry Lane Theatre); for Pennsylvania Ballet, Hartford Ballet, and ed its world premiere. He has collaborated DIRECTOR/ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Hamlet in Bed and Stay (Rattlestick Play- American Repertory Ballet; lighting supervi- with Kushner on eight plays at Berkeley Rep, Lisa Peterson is a two-time Obie Award-win- wrights Theater); An Iliad (nytw, McCarter sor for American Ballet Theatre; and resident including The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide ning writer and director who is currently the Theatre, tour); Slowgirl (lct3); Harper Regan visual designer for the Margaret Jenkins Dance The GRUBB Co. R E A L T O R S to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the associate director at Berkeley Rep. Previous and Bluebird (Atlantic Theater Company); This Company since 1989. His designs are in the G Scriptures. Tony’s regional credits include projects at the Theatre include An Iliad (2012), Wide Night (Naked Angels); and Orange, Hat permanent repertory of San Francisco Ballet, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage, which Lisa co-wrote with Denis O’Hare, and & Grace (Soho Rep). Her recent regional work Boston Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Center Theatre Group, the Eureka Theatre, which won Obie and Lortel Awards for Best includes Poster Boy and And No More Shall We Theater, Hubbard Street Dance, Hong Kong GRUBBCO.COM the Guthrie Theater, the Huntington Theatre Solo Performance; Mother Courage (2006); Part (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Animal Ballet, Singapore Dance Theatre, odc/sf, Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the The Fall (2001); and Antony & Cleopatra (Studio Theater in DC); The Good Book (Court and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Alex’s other Public Theater, and Seattle Repertory Theatre. (1999). For California Shakespeare Theater, Theatre); Roe, Into the Woods, The Music Man, projects include the museum installation As a playwright, he debuted Ghost Light, Rita Lisa directed You Never Can Tell, King Lear, and Othello (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, An- Circle of Memory, a collaboration with Eleanor Moreno: Life Without Makeup, and Game On, The Winter’s Tale, All’s Well That Ends Well, nenberg); and Clybourne Park and Cat on a Hot Coppola, presented in Stockholm, Sweden, written with Dan Hoyle. In 2012, Tony received and Love’s Labour’s Lost. Other recent West Tin Roof (the Guthrie Theater), as well as work and the video and visual design for Life: A the Margo Jones Award for “demonstrating a Coast productions include Hamlet, Henry at the O’Neill Playwright’s Conference from Journey Through Time, a collaboration with significant impact, understanding, and affir- IV Pt 2, and Othello (Oregon Shakespeare 2005 to 2014. Rachel received the Princess Frans Lanting and Philip Glass, presented at mation of playwriting, with a commitment to Festival); and Chavez Ravine (Ovation Award Grace Award, Lilly Awards, and an Obie Award the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam. the living theatre.” for Best Production), Palestine New Mexico, for Sustained Excellence. Electricidad, Water, The House of Bernarda Paul James Prendergast Bennett S. Cohen Alba, Body of Bourne, and Mules (Mark Taper Meg Neville COMPOSER/SOUND DESIGNER ADAPTOR Forum). In New York, Lisa has directed The COSTUME DESIGNER This is Paul’s Berkeley Rep debut. Recent Bay A graduate of Yale University’s School of Dra- Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, Traps, and Light Meg’s recent Berkeley Rep credits include Area credits include You Never Can Tell at ma and UC Berkeley (where his collaborations Shining in Buckinghamshire (Obie Award for Macbeth; One Man, Two Guvnors; Party People; California Shakespeare Theater, and composer with Tony Taccone date back further than Direction), all at New York Theatre Workshop; and X’s and O’s (A Football Love Story). She also for Ah, Wilderness and associate director for either care to remember), Bennett has worked King Liz (2nd Stage Uptown); Hamlet in Bed worked on Tribes; The Intelligent Homosexual’s The Unfortunates at American Conservatory in theatre, film, and television. His play Ameri- (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); To the Bone Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key Theater. On Broadway he received a Drama can Music was chosen to be part of the Nation- (Cherry Lane Theatre); The Patron Saint of to the Scriptures; Pericles, Prince of Tyre; Ghost Desk nomination for All The Way. His regional al Playwrights Conference at the Eugene Sea Monsters and The Chemistry of Change Light; In the Wake; Yellowjackets; Eurydice; theatre credits include the Guthrie Theater,

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IC_Program.indd 28 9/6/16 6:17 PM IC_Program.indd 29 9/6/16 6:17 PM Theater, where favorite works include Here BERKELEY REP PRESENTS profiles Lies Love, Father Comes Home from the War Parts 1–3, Mobile Shakespeare, and The Tempest as well as musical collaborations with Sting, the Roots, and the Eagles. Peter also helped Seattle Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, an audition coach to hundreds of actors and a hard to see (act Master of Fine Arts Program). Alex Timbers develop Rocky the Musical, The American Repertory Theater, Arena Stage, presentation/communication coach to many Christina has a BA in theatre arts from Saint Last Goodbye, and the cult classic Dance Dance Asolo Repertory Company, Geffen Playhouse, businesspeople. Amy taught acting at Mills Mary’s College of California. Revolution the Musical. Other favorites include Hartford Stage, Alley Theatre, Idaho Shake- College and audition technique at Berkeley working with Edward Albee to remount The speare Festival, Florida Stage, South Coast Rep’s School of Theatre, and has led work- Susan Medak Sandbox and The American Dream at their Repertory, Kennedy Center, PlayMakers shops at numerous other venues in the Bay MANAGING DIRECTOR original home at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Repertory Company, Cornerstone Theater Area. Prior to working at Berkeley Rep, she Susan has served as Berkeley Rep’s managing working on Little Flower of East Orange Company, and more than 20 productions at was an intern at Playwrights Horizons in New director since 1990, leading the administra- directed by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Paul’s other York. Amy is a member of csa, the Casting tion and operations of the Theatre. She has and being a part of the development team credits include the Universal Studios, Disney, Society of America, and was nominated for served as president of the League of Resident for The Ride, an interactive four-mile traveling and Knott’s Berry Farm theme parks; the Artios Awards for Excellence in Casting for The Theatres (lort) and treasurer of Theatre performance in the heart of Times Square. Re- Treasure Island, mgm Grand, and Buffalo Bill’s Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism Communications Group, organizations that gionally Peter has worked with the Hunting- casinos; the J. Paul Getty, Geffen Contempo- and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures and represent the interests of nonprofit theatres ton Theatre Company, American Repertory rary, and Autry National Center museums; and One Man, Two Guvnors. across the nation. Susan chaired panels for Theater, Commonwealth Shakespeare, Trinity Diavolo Dance Theater, Momix, and Parsons the Massachusetts Arts Council and has also Rep, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Colorado Dance. His work as a singer/songwriter has Alaine Alldaffer,csa served on program panels for Arts Midwest, Ballet, Central City Opera, and the Denver appeared in films, on recordings, and in music CASTING the Joyce Foundation, and the National En- Center Theatre Company. Peter is a graduate venues nationwide. Alaine is also the casting director for Play- dowment for the Arts. Closer to home, Susan of Otterbein University. wrights Horizons, where her credits include serves on the board of the Downtown Berke- Madeleine Oldham Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne ley Association (dba). She is the founding Jack & Betty Schafer RESIDENT DRAMATURG/DIRECTOR, Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Trans- chair of the Berkeley Arts in Education Steer- SEASON SPONSORS THE GROUND FLOOR formation (Drama Desk and Obie Awards for ing Committee for Berkeley Unified School Betty and Jack are proud to support Berkeley Madeleine is the director of The Ground Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for cast- District and the Berkeley Cultural Trust. She Rep. Jack just rotated off the Theatre’s board Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation ing), and The Flick (Playwright Horizons and was awarded the 2012 Benjamin Ide Wheeler and is now on the boards of San Francisco and Development of New Work and the the Barrow Street Theatre). Television credits Medal by the Berkeley Community Fund. Opera and the Straus Historical Society. He is Theatre’s resident dramaturg. She oversees include The Knights of Prosperity (aka Let’s Rob Susan serves on the faculty of Yale School of an emeritus trustee of the San Francisco Art commissioning and new play development, Mick Jagger) for abc. Associate credits include Drama and is a proud member of the Mont Institute and the Oxbow School. Betty is on and dramaturged the world premiere pro- Ed for nbc and Monk for usa. Her regional Blanc Ladies’ Literary Guild and Trekking the board of EarthJustice, the Jewish Commu- ductions of Aubergine, The House that will not theatre credits include Arena Stage, William- Society. During her time in Berkeley, Susan nity Center of San Francisco, and Sponsors of Stand, Passing Strange, and In the Next Room stown Theatre Festival, Seattle Repertory has been instrumental in the construction of Educational Opportunity. In San Francisco, she (or the vibrator play), among others. As literary Theatre, and American Conservatory Theater. the Roda Theatre, the Nevo Education Center, is engaged in the launch of “Wise Aging,” a manager and associate dramaturg at Center Alaine credits Lisa Donadio as her associate the renovation of the Peet’s Theatre, and in program for adults addressing the challenges Stage in Baltimore, she produced the First casting director. the acquisition of both the Osher Studio and of growing older. They have three daughters Look reading series and headed up its young the Harrison Street campus. and eight grandchildren. audience initiative. Before moving to Balti- Michael Suenkel more, she was the literary manager at Seattle PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Theresa Von Klug Michael & Sue Steinberg Children’s Theatre, where she oversaw an ex- Michael began his association with Berkeley GENERAL MANAGER SEASON SPONSORS tensive commissioning program. She also act- Rep as the stage management intern for the Before joining Berkeley Rep, Theresa had Michael and Sue have been interested in the ed as assistant and interim literary manager at 1984–85 season and is now in his 23rd year over 20 years of experience in the New York arts since they met and enjoy music, ballet, Intiman Theatre in Seattle. Madeleine served as production stage manager. Some of his not-for-profit performing arts sector where and live theatre. Michael, who recently retired for four years on the executive committee favorite shows include 36 Views, Endgame, she has planned and executed events for as chairman and chief executive officer of of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Eurydice, Hydriotaphia, and Mad Forest. He has dance, theatre, music, television, and film. Her Macy’s West, served on Berkeley Rep’s board Americas and has also worked with act (Se- also worked with the Barbican in London, the previous positions include the interim gen- of trustees from 1999 to 2006 and currently attle), Austin Scriptworks, Crowded Fire, the Huntington Theatre Company, the Juste Pour eral manager for the Public Theater; general serves on the board of directors of the Jewish Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, the Kennedy Rire Festival in Montreal, La Jolla Playhouse, manager/line producer for Theatre for a New Museum. Sue serves on the board of the Center, New Dramatists, Playwrights Center, Pittsburgh Public Theater, the Public Theater Audience, where she opened its new state-of- World of Children. The Steinbergs have always and Portland Center Stage. and Second Stage Theater in New York, and the-art theatre in Brooklyn and filmed a major enjoyed regional theatre and are delighted to Yale Repertory Theatre. For the Magic The- motion picture of the inaugural production sponsor Berkeley Rep this season. Amy Potozkin, csa atre, he stage managed Albert Takazauckas’ of Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, DIRECTOR OF CASTING/ Breaking the Code and Sam Shepard’s The Late released June 2015; production manager at The Strauch Kulhanjian Family ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE Henry Moss. the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and SEASON SPONSORS This is Amy’s 27th season at Berkeley Rep. New York City Center, including the famous Roger Strauch is a former president of Through the years she has also had the plea- Christina Hogan Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert; Berkeley Rep’s board of trustees and is KATHIE LONGINOTTI sure of casting plays for act (Seattle), Arizona ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER and field representative/lead negotiator for currently vice president of the board. He is Theatre Company, Aurora Theatre Company, B Christina most recently stage managed run the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and chairman of the Roda Group (rodagroup.com), REALTOR® and Berkeley Rep Subscriber Street Theatre, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, boy run at Magic Theatre. Other theatre cred- Managers. She holds a MS in Labor Relations a venture-development company based in Dallas Theater Center, Marin Theatre Com- its include Monstress and Love and Information and Human Resources Management from Berkeley, focused on cleantech investments, pany, the Marsh, San Jose Repertory Theatre, (American Conservatory Theater); Hookman Baruch College. best known for launching Ask.com and for Social Impact Productions Inc., and Traveling (Encore Theatre Company); And I and Silence, being an early investor in TerraVia (Nasdaq: Jewish Theatre. Amy cast roles for various Hir, Arlington, Every Five Minutes, The Happy Peter Dean tvia, terravia.com), a next-generation food, independent films, including Conceiving Ada, Ones, Terminus, Se Llama Cristina, and Any PRODUCTION MANAGER nutrition, and specialty ingredients company starring Tilda Swinton; Haiku Tunnel and Love Given Day (Magic Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun, Peter began his Berkeley Rep career in 2014, that harnesses the power of algae. Roger 510.981.3032 & Taxes, both by Josh Kornbluth; and Beyond Blithe Spirit, Much Ado About Nothing, The and since then some his favorite productions is chairman of the board of CoolSystems, a www.AtHomeEastBay.com Redemption by Britta Sjogren. Amy received Verona Project, and Pastures of Heaven (Cali- include Party People, X’s and O’s (A Football medical technology company, and chairman her MFA from Brandeis University, where she fornia Shakespeare Theater); Selkie and Thieves Love Story), and Aubergine. Previously, he of the board of trustees for the Mathematical was also an artist in residence. She has been (Rising Phoenix Repertory); and very still and served as production manager at the Public Sciences Research Institute. He is a member

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Other favorites include Hartford Stage, Alley Theatre, Idaho Shake- College and audition technique at Berkeley working with Edward Albee to remount The speare Festival, Florida Stage, South Coast Rep’s School of Theatre, and has led work- Susan Medak Sandbox and The American Dream at their Repertory, Kennedy Center, PlayMakers shops at numerous other venues in the Bay MANAGING DIRECTOR original home at the Cherry Lane Theatre, Repertory Company, Cornerstone Theater Area. Prior to working at Berkeley Rep, she Susan has served as Berkeley Rep’s managing working on Little Flower of East Orange Company, and more than 20 productions at was an intern at Playwrights Horizons in New director since 1990, leading the administra- directed by the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Paul’s other York. Amy is a member of csa, the Casting tion and operations of the Theatre. She has and being a part of the development team credits include the Universal Studios, Disney, Society of America, and was nominated for served as president of the League of Resident for The Ride, an interactive four-mile traveling and Knott’s Berry Farm theme parks; the Artios Awards for Excellence in Casting for The Theatres (lort) and treasurer of Theatre performance in the heart of Times Square. Re- Treasure Island, mgm Grand, and Buffalo Bill’s Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism Communications Group, organizations that gionally Peter has worked with the Hunting- casinos; the J. Paul Getty, Geffen Contempo- and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures and represent the interests of nonprofit theatres ton Theatre Company, American Repertory rary, and Autry National Center museums; and One Man, Two Guvnors. across the nation. Susan chaired panels for Theater, Commonwealth Shakespeare, Trinity Diavolo Dance Theater, Momix, and Parsons the Massachusetts Arts Council and has also Rep, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Colorado Dance. His work as a singer/songwriter has Alaine Alldaffer,csa served on program panels for Arts Midwest, Ballet, Central City Opera, and the Denver appeared in films, on recordings, and in music CASTING the Joyce Foundation, and the National En- Center Theatre Company. Peter is a graduate venues nationwide. Alaine is also the casting director for Play- dowment for the Arts. Closer to home, Susan of Otterbein University. wrights Horizons, where her credits include serves on the board of the Downtown Berke- Madeleine Oldham Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne ley Association (dba). She is the founding Jack & Betty Schafer RESIDENT DRAMATURG/DIRECTOR, Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Trans- chair of the Berkeley Arts in Education Steer- SEASON SPONSORS THE GROUND FLOOR formation (Drama Desk and Obie Awards for ing Committee for Berkeley Unified School Betty and Jack are proud to support Berkeley Madeleine is the director of The Ground Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for cast- District and the Berkeley Cultural Trust. She Rep. Jack just rotated off the Theatre’s board Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation ing), and The Flick (Playwright Horizons and was awarded the 2012 Benjamin Ide Wheeler and is now on the boards of San Francisco and Development of New Work and the the Barrow Street Theatre). Television credits Medal by the Berkeley Community Fund. Opera and the Straus Historical Society. He is Theatre’s resident dramaturg. She oversees include The Knights of Prosperity (aka Let’s Rob Susan serves on the faculty of Yale School of an emeritus trustee of the San Francisco Art commissioning and new play development, Mick Jagger) for abc. Associate credits include Drama and is a proud member of the Mont Institute and the Oxbow School. Betty is on and dramaturged the world premiere pro- Ed for nbc and Monk for usa. Her regional Blanc Ladies’ Literary Guild and Trekking the board of EarthJustice, the Jewish Commu- ductions of Aubergine, The House that will not theatre credits include Arena Stage, William- Society. During her time in Berkeley, Susan nity Center of San Francisco, and Sponsors of Stand, Passing Strange, and In the Next Room stown Theatre Festival, Seattle Repertory has been instrumental in the construction of Educational Opportunity. In San Francisco, she (or the vibrator play), among others. As literary Theatre, and American Conservatory Theater. the Roda Theatre, the Nevo Education Center, is engaged in the launch of “Wise Aging,” a manager and associate dramaturg at Center Alaine credits Lisa Donadio as her associate the renovation of the Peet’s Theatre, and in program for adults addressing the challenges Stage in Baltimore, she produced the First casting director. the acquisition of both the Osher Studio and of growing older. They have three daughters Look reading series and headed up its young the Harrison Street campus. and eight grandchildren. audience initiative. Before moving to Balti- Michael Suenkel more, she was the literary manager at Seattle PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Theresa Von Klug Michael & Sue Steinberg Children’s Theatre, where she oversaw an ex- Michael began his association with Berkeley GENERAL MANAGER SEASON SPONSORS tensive commissioning program. She also act- Rep as the stage management intern for the Before joining Berkeley Rep, Theresa had Michael and Sue have been interested in the ed as assistant and interim literary manager at 1984–85 season and is now in his 23rd year over 20 years of experience in the New York arts since they met and enjoy music, ballet, Intiman Theatre in Seattle. Madeleine served as production stage manager. Some of his not-for-profit performing arts sector where and live theatre. Michael, who recently retired for four years on the executive committee favorite shows include 36 Views, Endgame, she has planned and executed events for as chairman and chief executive officer of of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Eurydice, Hydriotaphia, and Mad Forest. He has dance, theatre, music, television, and film. Her Macy’s West, served on Berkeley Rep’s board Americas and has also worked with act (Se- also worked with the Barbican in London, the previous positions include the interim gen- of trustees from 1999 to 2006 and currently attle), Austin Scriptworks, Crowded Fire, the Huntington Theatre Company, the Juste Pour eral manager for the Public Theater; general serves on the board of directors of the Jewish Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, the Kennedy Rire Festival in Montreal, La Jolla Playhouse, manager/line producer for Theatre for a New Museum. Sue serves on the board of the Center, New Dramatists, Playwrights Center, Pittsburgh Public Theater, the Public Theater Audience, where she opened its new state-of- World of Children. The Steinbergs have always and Portland Center Stage. and Second Stage Theater in New York, and the-art theatre in Brooklyn and filmed a major enjoyed regional theatre and are delighted to Yale Repertory Theatre. For the Magic The- motion picture of the inaugural production sponsor Berkeley Rep this season. Amy Potozkin, csa atre, he stage managed Albert Takazauckas’ of Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, DIRECTOR OF CASTING/ Breaking the Code and Sam Shepard’s The Late released June 2015; production manager at The Strauch Kulhanjian Family ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE Henry Moss. the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and SEASON SPONSORS This is Amy’s 27th season at Berkeley Rep. New York City Center, including the famous Roger Strauch is a former president of Through the years she has also had the plea- Christina Hogan Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert; Berkeley Rep’s board of trustees and is KATHIE LONGINOTTI sure of casting plays for act (Seattle), Arizona ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER and field representative/lead negotiator for currently vice president of the board. He is Theatre Company, Aurora Theatre Company, B Christina most recently stage managed run the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and chairman of the Roda Group (rodagroup.com), REALTOR® and Berkeley Rep Subscriber Street Theatre, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, boy run at Magic Theatre. Other theatre cred- Managers. She holds a MS in Labor Relations a venture-development company based in Dallas Theater Center, Marin Theatre Com- its include Monstress and Love and Information and Human Resources Management from Berkeley, focused on cleantech investments, pany, the Marsh, San Jose Repertory Theatre, (American Conservatory Theater); Hookman Baruch College. best known for launching Ask.com and for Social Impact Productions Inc., and Traveling (Encore Theatre Company); And I and Silence, being an early investor in TerraVia (Nasdaq: Jewish Theatre. Amy cast roles for various Hir, Arlington, Every Five Minutes, The Happy Peter Dean tvia, terravia.com), a next-generation food, independent films, including Conceiving Ada, Ones, Terminus, Se Llama Cristina, and Any PRODUCTION MANAGER nutrition, and specialty ingredients company starring Tilda Swinton; Haiku Tunnel and Love Given Day (Magic Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun, Peter began his Berkeley Rep career in 2014, that harnesses the power of algae. Roger 510.981.3032 & Taxes, both by Josh Kornbluth; and Beyond Blithe Spirit, Much Ado About Nothing, The and since then some his favorite productions is chairman of the board of CoolSystems, a www.AtHomeEastBay.com Redemption by Britta Sjogren. Amy received Verona Project, and Pastures of Heaven (Cali- include Party People, X’s and O’s (A Football medical technology company, and chairman her MFA from Brandeis University, where she fornia Shakespeare Theater); Selkie and Thieves Love Story), and Aubergine. Previously, he of the board of trustees for the Mathematical was also an artist in residence. She has been (Rising Phoenix Repertory); and very still and served as production manager at the Public Sciences Research Institute. He is a member

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of the UC Berkeley Engineering Dean’s college and Rodgin received the 2010 Legal Aid Soci- the Oakland Museum of California and is the advisory board; a member of the board of ety Servant of Justice Award. vice-chair of the UC Berkeley Foundation Northside Center, a mental-health services board of trustees. agency based in Harlem, New York City; and The Bernard Osher Foundation a co-founder of the William Saroyan Program LEAD SPONSOR Stephanie & John Dains in Armenian Studies at Cal. Roger also leads The Bernard Osher Foundation, supporting EXECUTIVE SPONSORS the Mosse Art Restitution Project, which higher education and the arts, was founded in John and his late wife Stephanie have searches for family art illegally confiscated 1977 by Bernard Osher, a respected business- enjoyed Berkeley Rep since moving to the during Germany’s Third Reich. His wife, Julie man and community leader. The Foundation Bay Area in 1987. Stephanie was a registered A. Kulhanjian, is an attending physician at provides scholarship funding at colleges and art therapist and retired in 2004 from the Oakland Children’s Hospital. They have three universities across the nation, with a recent California School for the Blind, where she ran college-age children. emphasis on assisting reentry students. In the art program. She was the board chair of addition, the Foundation supports a national Art4Moore, which she started in memory Barbara & Rodgin Cohen network of lifelong learning institutes for sea- of her mother. Art4Moore gives grants to LEAD SPONSORS soned adults on the campuses of 119 institu- provide art supplies and resources to schools Barbara and Rodgin are avid supporters of the tions of higher education. The Foundation also and programs for teachers, students of all theatre and the vital role it can play in educat- benefits programs in integrative medicine at ages, the elderly, and the disabled. John is the ing not only the theatre audience but also the Harvard University, Northwestern University, ceo Emeritus of Helm Financial Corporation, broader public. Barbara currently serves on ucsf, and Vanderbilt University in the United which is now a part of Wells Fargo. He served the boards of her alma mater, Simmons Col- States as well as at the Karolinska Institute in on the board of Headlands Center for the lege, as well as United Way Tocqueville Society Sweden. Finally, an array of performing arts Arts in Sausalito and Gateway High School, a of Westchester, Lyndhurst, and previously the organizations, museums, and select educa- charter school in San Francisco, and is on the Westchester Philharmonic, and co-chaired the tional programs in the San Francisco Bay Area board of trustees at Washington University in New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the State of Maine receive Foundation St. Louis where he and Stephanie both gradu- Annual Benefit from 2009–12. She worked in grants. Barbro Osher, Honorary Consul ated from college. publishing for many years and currently serves General of Sweden in California, chairs the as an event planner for nonprofits, corporates, Foundation’s board of directors. Jean & Michael Strunsky / and private events. Rodgin currently serves The Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin on the boards of Lincoln Center Theater, Susan Chamberlin Philanthropic Fund Rockefeller University, New York Presbyterian EXECUTIVE SPONSOR EXECUTIVE SPONSORS Hospital, Hackley School and Deerfield Acad- Susan is a retired architect and project Michael and Jean Strunsky have a long his- emy (president), and the Visitors Committee manager. Currently she, along with her hus- tory with the arts. Mike manages the estate NEXT UP: LAST TIGER of Harvard Law School. He is senior chairman band Steve, directs the work of their family of his late uncle, Ira Gershwin, and promotes of the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell. Barbara foundation. She also serves on the board of Gershwin music worldwide. He helped ARTISTS: GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR The Ground Floor is Berkeley Rep’s top-notch R&D facility for artists that comprises year- round commissions, workshops, events, and a jam-packed Summer Residency Lab.

2017 Summer Residency Lab application deadline: Nov 1. Visit berkeleyrep.org/groundfloor.

During this month-long program, artists from all over the country come to Berkeley to work on projects in all stages of development — from the first idea to a production-ready draft.

Local writers encouraged to apply.

Join us for a Q&A session on Oct 3! Visit berkeleyrep.org/groundfloor for info.

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IC_Program.indd 32 9/6/16 6:17 PM BERKELEY REP PRESENTS profiles NEXT AT BERKELEY REP of the UC Berkeley Engineering Dean’s college and Rodgin received the 2010 Legal Aid Soci- the Oakland Museum of California and is the advisory board; a member of the board of ety Servant of Justice Award. vice-chair of the UC Berkeley Foundation Northside Center, a mental-health services board of trustees. agency based in Harlem, New York City; and The Bernard Osher Foundation a co-founder of the William Saroyan Program LEAD SPONSOR Stephanie & John Dains in Armenian Studies at Cal. Roger also leads The Bernard Osher Foundation, supporting EXECUTIVE SPONSORS the Mosse Art Restitution Project, which higher education and the arts, was founded in John and his late wife Stephanie have searches for family art illegally confiscated 1977 by Bernard Osher, a respected business- enjoyed Berkeley Rep since moving to the during Germany’s Third Reich. His wife, Julie man and community leader. The Foundation Bay Area in 1987. Stephanie was a registered A. Kulhanjian, is an attending physician at provides scholarship funding at colleges and art therapist and retired in 2004 from the Oakland Children’s Hospital. They have three universities across the nation, with a recent California School for the Blind, where she ran college-age children. emphasis on assisting reentry students. In the art program. She was the board chair of addition, the Foundation supports a national Art4Moore, which she started in memory Clockwise from top Andy Lucien, Clinton Roane, Brittany Bellizeare, Reggie D. Clair White, and Jasmine St. (photo by Jim Carmody) Barbara & Rodgin Cohen network of lifelong learning institutes for sea- of her mother. Art4Moore gives grants to LEAD SPONSORS soned adults on the campuses of 119 institu- provide art supplies and resources to schools Barbara and Rodgin are avid supporters of the tions of higher education. The Foundation also and programs for teachers, students of all theatre and the vital role it can play in educat- benefits programs in integrative medicine at ages, the elderly, and the disabled. John is the ing not only the theatre audience but also the Harvard University, Northwestern University, ceo Emeritus of Helm Financial Corporation, broader public. Barbara currently serves on ucsf, and Vanderbilt University in the United which is now a part of Wells Fargo. He served the boards of her alma mater, Simmons Col- States as well as at the Karolinska Institute in on the board of Headlands Center for the lege, as well as United Way Tocqueville Society Sweden. Finally, an array of performing arts Arts in Sausalito and Gateway High School, a of Westchester, Lyndhurst, and previously the organizations, museums, and select educa- charter school in San Francisco, and is on the Westchester Philharmonic, and co-chaired the tional programs in the San Francisco Bay Area board of trustees at Washington University in New York University Tisch School of the Arts and the State of Maine receive Foundation St. Louis where he and Stephanie both gradu- Annual Benefit from 2009–12. She worked in grants. Barbro Osher, Honorary Consul ated from college. publishing for many years and currently serves General of Sweden in California, chairs the as an event planner for nonprofits, corporates, Foundation’s board of directors. Jean & Michael Strunsky / and private events. Rodgin currently serves The Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin on the boards of Lincoln Center Theater, Susan Chamberlin Philanthropic Fund Rockefeller University, New York Presbyterian EXECUTIVE SPONSOR EXECUTIVE SPONSORS Hospital, Hackley School and Deerfield Acad- Susan is a retired architect and project Michael and Jean Strunsky have a long his- emy (president), and the Visitors Committee manager. Currently she, along with her hus- tory with the arts. Mike manages the estate NEXT UP: LAST TIGER of Harvard Law School. He is senior chairman band Steve, directs the work of their family of his late uncle, Ira Gershwin, and promotes of the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell. Barbara foundation. She also serves on the board of Gershwin music worldwide. He helped ARTISTS: GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR The Ground Floor is Berkeley Rep’s top-notch R&D facility for artists that comprises year- round commissions, workshops, events, and a jam-packed Summer Residency Lab.

2017 Summer Residency Lab application deadline: Nov 1. Visit berkeleyrep.org/groundfloor.

During this month-long program, artists from all over the country come to Berkeley to work on projects in all stages of development — By Jeff Augustin from the first idea to a production-ready draft. Directed by Joshua Kahan Brody

Local writers encouraged to apply. STARTS OCT 14 · PEET’S THEATRE Join us for a Q&A session on Oct 3! Visit berkeleyrep.org/groundfloor for info. SEASON SPONSORS

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facilitate the Gershwin Room in Washington, Hitler assumed power. Dr. Mosse played a key commercial finance. Talk to a Wells Fargo DC, the Ira Gershwin Gallery at the Disney role in founding the La Farge Clinic in Harlem, banker today to see how we can help you Concert Hall in LA, and the annual Gershwin which specialized in the treatment of African become more financially successful. Prize for Popular Song. Mike is a sustaining Americans with psychiatric illness. The Mosse advisor to Berkeley Rep and serves on the Foundation honors Dr. Mosse’s legacy by board of the Michael Feinstein Foundation. supporting people and organizations that are He is a past member of the boards of the brave and creative in their energetic and te- Goodspeed Opera House, the Jewish Home nacious efforts to promote artistic innovation Additional staff of San Francisco, and the San Francisco and nourishment, as well as those focused on Symphony. Jean and Mike co-manage the lifting fellow human beings who are unfairly Costume shop Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Philanthropic disadvantaged by forces of nature or culture. Nelly Flores Fund and a Trust for the Music Division of the The Mosse Foundation is overseen by Hilde’s Allison Mortimer Andrea Phillips Library of Congress. They are members of the nephews, Berkeley Rep board member Roger Anna Slotterback Library of Congress’ James Madison Council. Strauch and his brother Hans, principal archi- Christina Weiland Jean is an active Berkeley Rep trustee and tect of hds. Through a grant made to Berkeley has served as co-chair of the annual gala Rep, the Mosse Artistic Development Fund Deck crew multiple times. She serves on Theatre Com- was established to support the development Gabriel Holman Bradley Hopper munications Group’s National Council and of new plays. Thomas Weaver is a former board member of jvs, where she continues to serve as chair of the Emeritus bart Electrics Council and as co-chair the Employee of the SEASON SPONSOR Andrea Schwartz Year Awards to select winners for the annual Bay Area Rapid Transit (bart) is the backbone Bradley Hopper jvs Strictly Business Lunch. of the Bay Area transit network and serves Gabriel Holman Kevin August Landesman more than 100 million passengers annually. Will Poulin Felicia Woytak & Steve Rasmussen bart’s all-electric trains make it one of the SPONSORS Minerva Ramirez greenest and most energy-efficient transit Sarina Renteria Felicia and Steve believe that high-quality pro- systems in the world. Visit bart.gov/bartable Matt Reynolds grams in the arts and education are essential to learn more about great destinations and Corey Schaeffer to a vibrant community. They are strong events that are easy to get to on bart (like Kourtney Snow supporters of Berkeley Rep because of its Berkeley Rep!). At bart.gov/bartable, you can Caitlin Steinmann outstanding contribution to the production find discounts, enter sweepstakes offering Molly Stewart-Cohn of thought-provoking and risk-taking theatre, fantastic prizes, and find unique and exciting Thomas Weaver as well as its enormous contributions to arts things to do just a bart ride away. While Lauren Wright education at the Berkeley Rep School of you’re there, be sure to sign up for bartable Fight director Theatre and in Bay Area schools. Felicia is a This Week, a free, weekly email filled with the Danielle O’Dea member of Berkeley Rep’s board of trustees. latest and greatest bartable fun! Props She is a real-estate investor/developer and Peet’s Coffee Dara Ly together with her husband, Steve Rasmussen, Zoe Gopnik-McManus SEASON SPONSOR owns Palisades Vineyard in Napa Valley. In Samantha Visbal addition, Steve is a national and international Peet’s Coffee is proud to be the exclusive cof- consultant in mathematics education and fee of Berkeley Repertory Theatre and salutes Scene shop Ross Copeland curriculum development. Berkeley Rep for its dedication to the highest Noah Lange artistic standards and diverse programming. Edgerton Foundation Carl Martin Peet’s is honored to support Berkeley Rep’s Baz Wenger The Edgerton Foundation New Plays Pro- renovation with the new, state-of-the-art gram, directed by Brad and Louise Edgerton, Peet’s Theatre. In 1966, Alfred Peet opened his Scenic artists Lassen Hines was piloted in 2006 with the Center Theatre first store on Vine and Walnut in Berkeley and Anna McGahey Group in Los Angeles by offering two musicals Peet’s has been committed to the Berkeley Maya Linke in development an extended rehearsal period community ever since. As the pioneer of the for the entire creative team, including the craft coffee movement in America, Peet’s is Stage carpenter playwrights. The Edgertons launched the pro- dedicated to small-batch roasting, superior Kourtney Snow gram nationally in 2007 and have supported quality beans, freshness and a darker roasting Wardrobe nearly 300 plays to date at over 50 different style that produces a rich, flavorful cup. Peet’s Andrea Phillips art theatres across the country. The Edgerton is locally roasted in the first leed® Gold certi- Christina Weiland Foundation received the 2011 tcg National fied roaster in the nation. Special thanks to the Friends of the Funder Award in June in Los Angeles. Berkeley Public Library for donating the Wells Fargo books seen onstage. The Mosse Foundation SEASON SPONSOR Special thanks to Cal Berkeley Marching Band For over 20 years, the Mosse Foundation has As a top corporate philanthropist in the Bay drum techs Sidney Ezenwugo, Victor Le, and been promoting an open and tolerant society Area (according to the S.F. Business Times), Ben Pridonoff, as well as Robert Calonico. through grants to organizations that advance Wells Fargo recognizes Berkeley Repertory literacy and the arts in their communities. Theatre for its leadership in supporting the Special thanks to Nancy and Jerry Falk. Named after Hilde Mosse, a child psychiatrist performing arts and its programs. Founded Medical consultation for Berkeley Rep whose family—owners of the Berliner Tageb- in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, provided by Cindy J. Chang MD, ucsf Assoc. latt Imperial, Germany’s leading progressive Wells Fargo provides banking, insurance, Clinical Professor and Steven Fugaro, MD. newspaper—fled the country shortly after investments, mortgage, and consumer and

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IC_Program.indd 35 9/6/16 6:17 PM We thank the many institutional partners who enrich our community by We thank the many individuals in our community who help Berkeley Rep produce BERKELEY REP THANKS championing Berkeley Rep’s artistic and community outreach programs. adventurous, thought-provoking, and thrilling theatre and bring arts education to thousands BERKELEY REP Institutional Partners We gratefully recognize these donors to Berkeley Rep’s Annual Fund, who of young people every year. We gratefully recognize these donors to Berkeley Rep’s Annual THANKS made their gifts between June 2015 and August 2016. Fund, who made their gifts between June 2015 and August 2016. To make your gift and join this distinguished group, visit berkeleyrep.org/give or call 510 647-2906. Donors to the Annual Fund

GIFTS OF $100,000 AND ABOVE GIFTS OF $25,000–49,999 GIFTS OF $5,000–9,999 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Anonymous Anonymous The Shubert Foundation BayTree Fund Berkeley Civic Arts Program SPONSOR CIRCLE The Frank H. & Eva B. Buck Foundation Distracted Globe Foundation SEASON SPONSORS Sheli & Burt Rosenberg, in honor of Janis Turner Ms. Wendy E. Jordan GIFTS OF $50,000–99,999 The Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Philanthropic Fund Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation $100,000+ Len & Arlene Rosenberg Felicia Woytak & Steven Rasmussen Wanda Kownacki Edgerton Foundation Wallis Foundation Ramsay Family Foundation Jack & Betty Schafer Jack & Valerie Rowe Ted & Carole Krumland The Reva and David Logan Foundation Woodlawn Foundation Michael & Sue Steinberg Jean & Michael Strunsky ASSOCIATE SPONSORS Zandra Faye LeDuff National Endowment for the Arts GIFTS OF $1,000–4,999 The Strauch Kulhanjian Family Guy Tiphane $6,000–11,999 Nancy & George Leitmann, in memory The Bernard Osher Foundation Joyce & William Brantman Foundation Gail & Arne Wagner Anonymous (3) of Helen Barber The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Civic Foundation LEAD SPONSORS Shelley & Jonathan Bagg Peter & Melanie Maier, in honor of Jill jec Foundation $50,000–99,999 SPONSORS Edith Barschi Fugaro twanda Foundation Martha Ehmann Conte $12,000–24,999 Neil & Gene Barth Dale & Don Marshall Bruce Golden & Michelle Mercer Anonymous (2) Valerie Barth & Peter Wiley Martin & Janis McNair Frances Hellman & Warren Breslau Barbara & Gerson Bakar Lynne Carmichael Helen & John Meyer / Meyer Sound Wayne Jordan & Quinn Delaney Carole B. Berg Daniel Cohn & Lynn Brinton Steven & Patrece Mills M Jonathan Logan Maria Cardamone & Paul Matthews Julie & Darren Cooke Mary Ann Peoples, in memory of Lou Jane Marvin/Peet’s Coffee David & Vicki Cox Robert Council & Ann Parks-Council Peoples Mary Ruth Quinn & Scott Shenker Thalia Dorwick Daryl Dichek & Kenneth Smith, in Peter Pervere & Georgia Cassel Robin & Rich Edwards memory of Shirley D. Schild Barbara L. Peterson CORPORATE SPONSORS EXECUTIVE SPONSORS David & Vicki Fleishhacker William Espey & Margaret Hart Sue Reinhold & Deborah Newbrun $25,000–49,999 Paul Friedman & Diane Manley Edwards Pat Rougeau SEASON SPONSORS SPONSORS PERFORMANCE SPONSORS Edward D. Baker Paul Haahr & Susan Karp Tracy & Mark Ferron Cynthia & William Schaff GIFTS OF $100,000 AND ABOVE GIFTS OF $12,000–24,999 GIFTS OF $3,000–5,999 Rena Bransten Scott & Sherry Haber John & Carol Field, in honor of Marjo- Emily Shanks M Mechanics Bank Wealth Management 4U Sports Susan Chamberlin Jack Klingelhofer rie Randolph Pat & Merrill Shanks The Morrison & Foerster Foundation Bayer John & Stephanie Dains Dixon Long Virginia & Timothy Foo Karen Stevenson & Bill McClave Gallagher Risk Management Services Bill Falik & Diana Cohen Sandra & Ross McCandless Jill & Steve Fugaro Lisa & Jim Taylor CORPORATE PARTNERS Macy’s Kerry Francis & John Jimerson Dugan Moore Mary & Nicholas Graves Wendy Williams GIFTS OF $6,000–11,999 Pam & Mitch Nichter Leonard X & Arlene B. Rosenberg Doug & Leni Herst, in honor of Susie Linda & Steven Wolan Armanino llp BUSINESS MEMBERS Stewart & Rachelle Owen Joan Sarnat & David Hoffman Medak Martin & Margaret Zankel City National Bank GIFTS OF $1,500–2,999 Marjorie Randolph Liliane & Ed Schneider Hitz Foundation Deloitte McCutcheon Construction EXECUTIVE SPONSORS Panoramic Interests Oliver & Company GIFTS OF $25,000–49,999 Schoenberg Family Law Group Perforce Foundation ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE American Express PARTNERS Patricia Sakai & Richard Shapiro Richard & Anita Davis Bill & Lisa Kelly Monica Salusky & John K. $3,000–5,999 Beth & David Sawi Ilana DeBare & Sam Schuchat Stephen F. Kispersky Sutherland Is your company a corporate sponsor? Berkeley Rep’s Corporate Partnership program offers excellent Anonymous (6) Stephen Schoen & Margot Fraser Francine & Beppe Di Palma Jean & Jack Knox Jeane & Roger Samuelsen opportunities to network, entertain clients, reward employees, increase visibility, and support the arts and arts Stephen Belford & Bobby Minkler Linda & Nathan Schultz Corinne & Mike Doyle Lynn Eve Komaromi, in honor of Stephen C. Schaefer education in the community. For details visit berkeleyrep.org/support or call Daria Hepps at 510 647-2904. Becky & Jeff Bleich Beryl & Ivor Silver Susan English & Michael Kalkstein the Berkeley Rep Staff Jackie & Paul Schaeffer Cynthia & David Bogolub Ed & Ellen Smith Bill & Susan Epstein, in honor of John Kouns & Anne Baele Kouns Dan Scharlin & Sara Katz Brook & Shawn Byers Audrey & Bob Sockolov Marge Randolph Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz Joyce & Jim Schnobrich Ronnie Caplane Vickie Soulier Merle & Michael Fajans Helen E. 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Lindsay Sherry & David Smith Karen Galatz & Jon Wellinghoff Thomas & Sharon Francis Vonnie Madigan Alice & Scott So Ms. Teresa Burns Gunther & Dr. BENEFACTORS Lisa Franzel & Rod Mickels The Madison Family K Valerie Sopher Andrew Gunther $1,500–2,999 Donald & Dava Freed Elsie Mallonee David G. Steele Richard & Lois Halliday Anonymous (6) Herb & Marianne Friedman Naomi & Bruce Mann Gary & Jana Stein Earl & Bonnie Hamlin Mel Adamson K Christopher R. Frostad M Lois & Gary Marcus Stephen Stublarec & Debra S. Vera & David Hartford Pat Angell, in memory of Gene James Gala Sumner & Hermine Marshall Belaga Richard N. Hill & Nancy Lundeen Angell Dennis & Susan Johann Gilardi Charlotte & Adolph Martinelli Duncan Susskind K Renee Hilpert K Naomi Auerbach & Ted Landau Marjorie Ginsburg & Howard Rebecca Martinez Alison Teeman & Michael Yovi- James C. Hormel & Michael P. Nina Auerbach Slyter Erin McCune no-Young act Catering five Quady Winery MATCHING GIFTS Nguyen, in honor of Rita Moreno Linda & Mike Baker Daniel & Hilary B. Goldstine Kirk McKusick & Eric Allman Susan Terris Almare Gelato Italiano Folie à Deux Revival Bar + Kitchen Lynda & Dr. J. Pearce Hurley Michelle L. Barbour Nelson Goodman, in memory of Dan Miller Samuel Test Robert Meyer’s Mangia Nosh The following companies have matched their Kathleen & Chris Jackson Leslie & Jack Batson Marilyn Goodman Andy & June Monach Michael Tubach & Amrita Singhal Angeline’s Louisiana Kitchen Gecko Gecko Seymour Kaufman & Kerstin Don & Gerry Beers Robert & Judith Greber Scott Montgomery & Marc Rand William van Dyk & Margi Sullivan Aurora Catering Hafner Vineyard Catering employees’ contributions to Berkeley Rep. 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Burcham M The Hornthal Family Foundation, Andrew Raskopf & David Gun- in-kind gift Pathos Organic Greek Kitchen Pro-bono legal services are M Drake’s Brewing Company Navigation Company · Microsoft · Morrison & Toby Mickelson & Donald Brody Don Campbell & Family in honor of Susie Medak’s derman matching gift etc Catering Phil’s Sliders generously provided by Eddie & Amy Orton Leslie Chatham & Kathie Weston leadership Bill Reuter & Ruth Major Foerster · norcal Mutual Insurance Company · Janet & Clyde Ostler Betsey & Ken Cheitlin, in honor of Paula Hughmanick & Steven Matt Pagel & Corey Revilla We are pleased to recognize Eureka! 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Dillon · Evelyn Dixon · Richardson · Robert Riekman · Margaret Carol Brothers · Ann Brown · Marsha Brown · Lorey · Jessica Luk · Marilyn Luotto · Leigh of the Annual Fund whose Douglas Hill & Jae Scharlin · Andrew Hirss · Becky Wright · Louise Yokoi Kenber · Lindy Khan & Amiram Givon · Susan Steve Doherty · Sebastian & Jennifer Doniach · Rienzi · Jeff & Ann Roberts · Patricia Rodimer · Richard & Susan Brown · Amy P. Lyndon · Linda Mackinson · Cindy Maderos · Dennis J. Hock · Jeff Hoel · Marie F. Hogan & Kirk · Eva Klein · Lawrence & Carolyn Klein · Roy & Pamela Doolan · Elizabeth Anne Doyle, the roobears · Karen Rosenak · Gayle Nin Brueggemeyer · Cherilyn Brunetti · Deborah Mark Madison · Pamela Maffei · Carole Main · contributions were Douglas A. Lutgen · John & Elise Holmgren · CONTRIBUTORS Ron & JoAnn Koopman · Charles C. in memory of John Doyle · Philip & Susan Rosenkrantz · Lori & David Rosenthal · Frances Bryant · David Buck · Anne Buckley · Patricia Margaret R. 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in honor of Nancy Shapiro · Victor Seeto · Judith John H. Steiner · Zedrik Steinklauber · Katy Barbara Traylor · Mindy Trisko · Synthia Ung · Whitehead · Harriet Whitman Lee · Nancy Shalev · Sophie Shang · Geri Shanteau · Anne Stephan · Joel & Ellen Stettner · Nan Stigter · Ross Ernst & Lois Brandwynne Valfer · Joyce van Whyte · Hazel Willacy · Marilyn Willats · Michael Shanto · Nancy Shaw & Jon Rosenfield · Rachel Story · Nan Strauss · Sara Stutz · Galyn Susman · Ginkel · Stephen Van Meter · Robert & Susan Williams · Lori Wilson · Patricia Wilson · May Sheinbein · Adam Sherman · Anne J. Shuford · Karin Swann · Carolyn Sweeney · Joanna Taber · Vanneman · Lisa Velarde · Jennifer Vertrees · Janet Wong · Patricia Wood · Chia-Yung Wu · Lily Adam Seigman · Lisette Silva & Hadrian Rivera · Rex M. Takahashi · Rie Takahashi · Evie Talmus · Viader · Priscilla Vivio · Robin Voet & Carol Ellen · Yang · Michael Yeong · Daniel A. Zambrana III · Leanne Sims · Holly M. Singh · Staci A. Smith · Ted Rita Tamerius · Matthew A. Taylor · Tristen John Vongarvisch · Peter E. Walker · Heather Margaret & Rick Zawadski · Rosalinda Zepeda · Smith · Kevin Smokler · Lois Snow · Andrea Sohn · Taylor · Donna Tedsen · Homer S. Teng · Kathleen Walsh · Philip Walters · Pearl Wang · Joan Jane Ann Ziegler · James Zuber · Christine Zwerling Lynne Solomon · Ward & Deborah Spangler · Thayer · Kara O. Theiding · Robin R. Thompson · Waranoff · Rev. DeeAnn Morency · Janet Weitz · Jenna Stauffer · Abigail Stavros · Jennifer Steele · Kelli Tomlinson · Sarah S. Torney · Melody Tovar · Janet S. Wells · Maureen Wesolowski · Peter

Sustaining members Rebecca Parlette-Edwards Douglas J. Hill Sheldeen G. Osborne Dorothy Walker as of August 2016: Bill & Susan Epstein Hoskins/Frame Family Trust Sharon Ott Weil Family Trust— Anonymous (6) William Espey & Margaret Lynda & Dr. J. Pearce Hurley Amy Pearl Parodi Weil Family Norman Abramson & Hart Edwards Robin C. Johnson Barbara L. Peterson Karen & Henry Work David Beery Carol & John Field Lynn Eve Komaromi Regina Phelps Martin & Margaret Zankel Sam Ambler Dr. Stephen E. Follansbee & Bonnie McPherson Killip Margaret Phillips Carl W. Arnoult & Dr. Richard A. Wolitz Scott & Kathy Law Marjorie Randolph Gifts received by Aurora Pan Kerry Francis Zandra Faye LeDuff Bonnie Ring Living Trust Berkeley Rep: Ken & Joni Avery Dr. Harvey & Deana Ines R. Lewandowitz Tom Roberts Estate of Suzanne Adams Nancy Axelrod Freedman Dot Lofstrom David Rovno Estate of Helen Barber Edith Barschi Joseph & Antonia Friedman Dale & Don Marshall Tracie E. Rowson Estate of Fritzi Benesch Neil & Gene Barth Paul T. Friedman Sumner & Hermine Deborah Dashow Ruth Estate of Nelly Berteaux Susan & Barry Baskin Dr. John Frykman Marshall Patricia Sakai & Estate of Jill Bryans Carole B. Berg Laura K. Fujii Rebecca Martinez Richard Shapiro Estate of Nancy Croley The Society welcomes the Linda Brandenburger David Gaskin & Suzanne & Charles Betty & Jack Schafer Estate of John E. & following new members: Broitman-Basri Family Phillip McPherson McCulloch Brenda Buckhold Shank, Helen A. Manning Estate of Leigh & Ivy Robinson Bruce Carlton & Marjorie Ginsburg & John G. McGehee M.D., Ph.D. Estate of Richard Markell Richard G. McCall Howard Slyter Miles & Mary Ellen McKey Kevin Shoemaker Estate of Gladys Stephen K. Cassidy Mary & Nicholas Graves Margaret D. & Winton Valerie Sopher Perez-Mendez Paula Champagne & Elizabeth Greene McKibben Michael & Sue Steinberg Estate of Margaret Purvine David Watson Jon & Becky Grether Susan Medak & Dr. Douglas & Anne Stewart Estate of Peter Sloss Andrew Daly & Jody Taylor Richard & Lois Halliday Greg Murphy Jean Strunsky Estate of Harry Weininger M. Laina Dicker Julie & Paul Harkness Stephanie Mendel Henry Timnick Estate of Grace Williams Thalia Dorwick Linda & Bob Harris Toni Mester Guy Tiphane Rich & Robin Edwards Fred Hartwick Shirley & Joe Nedham Phillip & Melody Trapp Thomas W. Edwards & Ruth Hennigar Pam & Mitch Nichter Janis Kate Turner

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IC_Program.indd 40 9/6/16 6:17 PM BERKELEY REP THANKS BERKELEY REP STAFF BOARD OF Donors to the Annual Fund TRUSTEES Michael Leibert Artistic Director Managing Director Tony Taccone Susan Medak in honor of Nancy Shapiro · Victor Seeto · Judith John H. Steiner · Zedrik Steinklauber · Katy Barbara Traylor · Mindy Trisko · Synthia Ung · Whitehead · Harriet Whitman Lee · Nancy President Shalev · Sophie Shang · Geri Shanteau · Anne Stephan · Joel & Ellen Stettner · Nan Stigter · Ross Ernst & Lois Brandwynne Valfer · Joyce van Whyte · Hazel Willacy · Marilyn Willats · Michael General Manager Theresa Von Klug Stewart Owen Shanto · Nancy Shaw & Jon Rosenfield · Rachel Story · Nan Strauss · Sara Stutz · Galyn Susman · Ginkel · Stephen Van Meter · Robert & Susan Williams · Lori Wilson · Patricia Wilson · May Vice Presidents Sheinbein · Adam Sherman · Anne J. Shuford · Karin Swann · Carolyn Sweeney · Joanna Taber · Vanneman · Lisa Velarde · Jennifer Vertrees · Janet Wong · Patricia Wood · Chia-Yung Wu · Lily ARTISTIC Draper Subscription Manager Diamond · Deborah Eubanks · Maria Carrie Avery Adam Seigman · Lisette Silva & Hadrian Rivera · Rex M. Takahashi · Rie Takahashi · Evie Talmus · Viader · Priscilla Vivio · Robin Voet & Carol Ellen · Yang · Michael Yeong · Daniel A. Zambrana III · Alex Zeek Director of Casting & Laurie Barnes Frangos · Susan Garner · Christine Leanne Sims · Holly M. Singh · Staci A. Smith · Ted Rita Tamerius · Matthew A. Taylor · Tristen John Vongarvisch · Peter E. Walker · Heather Margaret & Rick Zawadski · Rosalinda Zepeda · Roger A. Strauch Artistic Associate Tailor Box Office Supervisor Germain · Nancy Gold · Gary Graves · Smith · Kevin Smokler · Lois Snow · Andrea Sohn · Taylor · Donna Tedsen · Homer S. Teng · Kathleen Walsh · Philip Walters · Pearl Wang · Joan Jane Ann Ziegler · James Zuber · Christine Zwerling Jean Z. Strunsky Amy Potozkin Kathy Kellner Griffith Julie Gotsch Marvin Greene · Susan-Jane Harrison · Lynne Solomon · Ward & Deborah Spangler · Thayer · Kara O. Theiding · Robin R. Thompson · Waranoff · Rev. DeeAnn Morency · Janet Weitz · Gendell Hing-Hernández · Andrew First Hand Treasurer Director, The Ground Floor/ Box Office Agents Hurteau · Krista Knight · Julian Jenna Stauffer · Abigail Stavros · Jennifer Steele · Kelli Tomlinson · Sarah S. Torney · Melody Tovar · Janet S. Wells · Maureen Wesolowski · Peter Janet Conery Resident Dramaturg Carmen Darling · Faith Darling · Jordan López-Morillas · Dave Maier · JanLee Emily Shanks Madeleine Oldham Wardrobe Supervisor Don · Katherine Gunn · Eliza Oakley · Marshall · Reid McCann · Patricia Secretary Literary Manager Barbara Blair Anna Slotterback Miller · Alex Moggridge · Edward Sustaining members Rebecca Parlette-Edwards Douglas J. Hill Sheldeen G. Osborne Dorothy Walker Sarah Rose Leonard Morgan · Jack Nicolaus · Slater Penney · Leonard X Rosenberg as of August 2016: Bill & Susan Epstein Hoskins/Frame Family Trust Sharon Ott Weil Family Trust— Artistic Associate ELECTRICS M ARKETING & Greg Pierotti · Marty Pistone · Lisa Chair, Trustees Committee COMMUNICATIONS Anonymous (6) William Espey & Margaret Lynda & Dr. J. Pearce Hurley Amy Pearl Parodi Weil Family Katie Craddock Master Electrician Anne Porter · Diane Rachel · Rolf Jill Fugaro Norman Abramson & Hart Edwards Robin C. Johnson Barbara L. Peterson Karen & Henry Work Saxon · Elyse Shafarman · Arje Shaw · Associate Director Frederick C. Geffken Director of Marketing, Communications, and Joyful Simpson · M. Graham Smith · Chair, Audit Committee David Beery Carol & John Field Lynn Eve Komaromi Regina Phelps Martin & Margaret Zankel Lisa Peterson Production Electricians Patron Engagement Elizabeth Vega · James Wagner Kerry L. Francis Sam Ambler Dr. Stephen E. Follansbee & Bonnie McPherson Killip Margaret Phillips Christine Cochrane · Kenneth Coté Associate Artist Polly Winograd Ikonen Jan and Howard Oringer Carl W. Arnoult & Dr. Richard A. Wolitz Scott & Kathy Law Marjorie Randolph Gifts received by Board Members Liesl Tommy Teaching Artists Aurora Pan Kerry Francis Zandra Faye LeDuff Bonnie Ring Living Trust Berkeley Rep: Director of Public Relations Edward D. Baker SOUND AND VIDEO Erica Blue · Carmen Bush · Khalia TCG Artist-in-Residence Tim Etheridge Bernard Boudreaux Ken & Joni Avery Dr. Harvey & Deana Ines R. Lewandowitz Tom Roberts Estate of Suzanne Adams Davis · Amber Flame · Safiya Reggie D. White Sound Supervisor David Cox Nancy Axelrod Freedman Dot Lofstrom David Rovno Estate of Helen Barber Marketing Director Fredericks · Gendell Hing-Hernández · Artists under Commission James Ballen Amar Doshi Edith Barschi Joseph & Antonia Friedman Dale & Don Marshall Tracie E. Rowson Estate of Fritzi Benesch Peter Yonka Dave Maier · Marilet Martinez · Todd Almond · Christina Anderson · Sound Engineers Robin Edwards Neil & Gene Barth Paul T. Friedman Sumner & Hermine Deborah Dashow Ruth Estate of Nelly Berteaux Art Director Michelle Navarette · Jack Nicolaus · Jackie Sibblies Drury · Dave Malloy · Angela Don · Annemarie Scerra Lisa Finer Nora Merecicky Carla Pantoja · Marcelo Pereira · Susan & Barry Baskin Dr. John Frykman Marshall Patricia Sakai & Estate of Jill Bryans Lisa Peterson · Sarah Ruhl · Paul T. Friedman Video Supervisor Radhika Rao · Salim Razawi · Lindsey Carole B. Berg Laura K. Fujii Rebecca Martinez Richard Shapiro Estate of Nancy Croley Joe Waechter Communications & Digital Karen Galatz Alex Marshall Schmelzter · Teddy Spencer · Simon The Society welcomes the Linda Brandenburger David Gaskin & Suzanne & Charles Betty & Jack Schafer Estate of John E. & Content Director Bruce Golden Trumble · Elena Wright · Patricia following new members: Broitman-Basri Family Phillip McPherson McCulloch Brenda Buckhold Shank, Helen A. Manning Karen McKevitt Scott Haber PRODUCTION ADMINISTRATION Wright · Michelle Wyman Estate of Leigh & Ivy Robinson Bruce Carlton & Marjorie Ginsburg & John G. McGehee M.D., Ph.D. Estate of Richard Markell Audience Development Manager David Hoffman Production Manager Teen Core Council Richard G. McCall Howard Slyter Miles & Mary Ellen McKey Kevin Shoemaker Estate of Gladys Controller Samanta Cubias Susan Karp Peter Dean Suzanne Pettigrew Neo Barnes · Abram Blitz · Bridey Jonathan C. Logan Stephen K. Cassidy Mary & Nicholas Graves Margaret D. & Winton Valerie Sopher Perez-Mendez Webmaster Associate Production Manager Caramagno · Carmela Catoc · Uma Jane Marvin Paula Champagne & Elizabeth Greene McKibben Michael & Sue Steinberg Estate of Margaret Purvine Associate General Manager/ Christina Cone Amanda Williams O’Steen Human Resources Manager Channer · Fiona Deane-Grundman · Sandra R. McCandless David Watson Jon & Becky Grether Susan Medak & Dr. Douglas & Anne Stewart Estate of Peter Sloss Video & Multimedia Producer Lucy Curran · Tess DeLucchi · Devin Company Manager David Lorenc Susan Medak Andrew Daly & Jody Taylor Richard & Lois Halliday Greg Murphy Jean Strunsky Estate of Harry Weininger Joel Dockendorf Elias · Adin Gilman-Cohen · Alecia Pamela Nichter Jean-Paul Gressieux Associate Managing Director/ M. Laina Dicker Julie & Paul Harkness Stephanie Mendel Henry Timnick Estate of Grace Williams Program Advertising Harger · Kyla Harger · Joi Mabrey · Richard M. Shapiro Production Driver Manager, The Ground Floor Thalia Dorwick Linda & Bob Harris Toni Mester Guy Tiphane Pamela Webster Krysia Olszewska · Maya Simon · Chloe Tony Taccone Johnny Van Chang Sarah Williams Smith · Isabelle Smith Rich & Robin Edwards Fred Hartwick Shirley & Joe Nedham Phillip & Melody Trapp Gail Wagner Executive Assistant Front of House Director Felicia Woytak Thomas W. Edwards & Ruth Hennigar Pam & Mitch Nichter Janis Kate Turner Docent Co-Chairs STAGE MANAGEMENT Andrew Susskind Kelly Kelley Matty Bloom, Content Past Presidents Production Stage Manager Bookkeeper Senior House Manager Joy Lancaster, Recruitment Debra Selman Helen C. Barber Members of this Society, which is named in honor of Founding Director Michael W. Leibert, have designated Berkeley Rep in their estate plans. Unless the donor specifies otherwise, Michael Suenkel Kristine Taylor Selma Meyerowitz, Off-Sites A. George Battle and Procedures planned gifts become a part of Berkeley Rep’s endowment, where they will provide the financial stability that enables Berkeley Rep to maintain the highest standards of artistic Stage Managers Payroll Administrator Assistant House Managers Carole B. Berg excellence, support new work, and serve the community with innovative education and outreach programs, year after year, in perpetuity. Leslie M. Radin · Karen Szpaller · Rhonda Scott Jessica Charles · Steven Coambs · It Can't Happen Here Docents Robert W. Burt Aleta George · Mary Cait Hogan · For more information on becoming a member, visit our website at berkeleyrep.org/mls or contact Daria Hepps at 510 647-2904 or [email protected]. Julie Haber · Kimberly Mark Webb Associate Controller Matty Bloom, Lead Docent Shih-Tso Chen Ayanna Makalani · Sarah Mosby · Ellen Kaufman, Co-Lead Narsai M. David Production Assistants Eric Ipsen Tuesday Ray Helen Gerken · Jodi Grigas · Susan Thalia Dorwick, PhD Amanda Mason · Sofie Miller · Director of Technology Wansewicz · Rebecca Woolis Nicholas M. Graves Betsy Norton Concessionaires Gustav Davila Jessica Bates · Samantha Burse · Richard F. Hoskins Systems & Applications Director Steven Coambs · Nina Gorham · 2016–17 BERKELEY REP Jean Knox STAGE OPERATIONS Diana Amezquita Daron Jennings · Sarah Mosby · FELLOWSHIPS Robert M. Oliver Marjorie Randolph Stage Supervisor Benjamin Ortiz · Sandy Valois Bret C. Harte Directing Fellow “Because I’m a local artist, I can’t give as much as I’d Tessitura Administrator Harlan M. Richter Julia Englehorn Chika Ike Destiny Askin Richard A. Rubin OPERATIONS Company Management Fellow PROPERTIES Systems Assistant Edwin C. Shiver like to Berkeley Rep. But, I donate what I can each Debra Wong Facilities Director Morgan Steele Roger A. Strauch Properties Supervisor Mark Morrisette Martin Zankel Jillian A. Green Costume Fellow DEVELOPMENT Facilities Coordinator Kennedy Warner Sustaining Advisors year, because I know that every contribution, even Associate Properties Supervisor Director of Development Andrew Susskind Carole B. Berg Gretta Grazier Development/Fundraising Fellow Lynn Eve Komaromi Building Engineer Julia Starr Rena Bransten Properties Artisan the small ones, make a real difference.” Associate Director of Development Thomas Tran Diana J. Cohen Viqui Peralta Education Fellow Daria Hepps Maintenance Technician Michael Curry Thalia Dorwick, PhD Johnny Van Chang William T. Espey — Anonymous member of the SCENE SHOP Director of Individual Giving Graphic Design Fellow William Falik Laura Fichtenberg Facilities Assistants Cynthia Peñaloza John Field Friends of Berkeley Rep Technical Director Theresa Drumgoolie · Sophie Li · Jim Smith Director of Special Events Harry Weininger Sound Fellow David Fleishhacker Julie Cervetto Alex Maciel · Carlos Mendoza · Jesus Mariah Brougher Nicholas M. Graves Assistant Technical Director Rodriguez · Diego Ruiz · LeRoy Thomas Individual Giving Manager Richard F. Hoskins Matt Rohner Lighting/Electrics Fellow Carole Krumland Joanna Taber Josh Hemmo Shop Foreman BERKELEY REP Dale Rogers Marshall Sam McKnight Institutional Giving Manager SCHOOL OF THEATRE Marketing/Digital Helen Meyer Cindy Cesca Yoshiyama Director of the School of Theatre Communications Fellow Dugan Moore Master Carpenter Lauren Goldfarb Mary Ann Peoples Jamaica Montgomery-Glenn Special Events Coordinator Rachel Hull Lauren Shorofsky Peter Pervere Associate Director Peter F. Sloss Literary/ Carpenters Dramaturgy Fellow Marjorie Randolph Patrick Keene · Read Tuddenham Development Database MaryBeth Cavanaugh Pat Rougeau Coordinator Ankita Raturi Program Manager, Training and Patricia Sakai Tyrone Mitchell Henderson and Jane Voytek Production Management Fellow SCENIC ART Community Programs Jack Schafer Large or small, Tim Kang in Aubergine Development Associate Anthony Jackson Zoey Russo William Schaff Charge Scenic Artist PHOTO BY KEVIN BERNE Kelsey Scott Properties Fellow Michael Steinberg Lisa Lázár Registrar your gift makes an impact. Executive Assistant Katie Riemann Noah Kramer Michael Strunsky Jennie Goldfarb Martin Zankel COSTUMES Community Programs Administrator Scenic Art Fellow Modesta Tamayo Yoshi Asai berkeleyrep.org/give Costume Director BOX OFFICE Maggi Yule Faculty Scenic Construction Fellow Interim Director of Lauren Williams FOUNDING DIRECTOR 510 647-2906 Associate Costume Director/ Bobby August Jr. · Erica Blue · Rebecca Box Office Operations Castelli · Eugenie Chan · Jiwon Chung · Stage Management Fellow Michael W. Leibert Hair and Makeup Supervisor Richard Rubio Producing Director, 1968–83 Amy Bobeda Sally Clawson · Laura Derry · Alexandra Laura Baucom

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