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BY PROJECT MANAGER Alfredo Macias Victor I. Cazares
DIRECTION Alton Alburo Martin Manzanita Barna Barzin Randa Jarrar Olivia Jimenez Frances McDormand as Madre Cabrona
April Matthis Ellen DeGeneres Pooya Mohseni Leo Scorpio, Esq. MD/PHO MBA
Ashton Muiiiz BBSloppyJoe Jesus I. Valles Penny Marshall
EPISODE1 A Zoom Webinar Offering Financial Advice for OnlyFans Content Creators
EPISODE2 Sliding Scales NEW YORK EPISODE3 Dia de la Muerta THEATRE
WORKSHOP Victor I. Cazares is a Tow Playwright in Residence. just to name a few. Wearing all those hats has The Guggenheim (Machine Dazzle), Art Institute resulted in 1) a strong core & excellent posture, Chicago/Swiss Institute/New Museum (Cally 2) delight in working and playing with all sorts of Spooner), Biennial Performa/Lehmann Maupin people, 3) an enduring belief in the power of play. (Nicholas Hlobo) & Pace Gallery (Lilleth Glimcher). Olivia’s curiosity currently lies at the intersections Additionally, Ashton has danced for Marc Jacobs of embodied healing, civic practice, and FW 2020 (Karole Armitage), A$AP Rocky (Lab sustainability. Olivia holds a B.A. in Theater from Rat-Sotheby’s), Rihanna (MTV VMAs 2016). Muñiz is the University of Southern California and studied a co-founder of Legacy: A Black Queer Production interactive storytelling with Deep Dive Austin. She Collective & received training at Ithaca College, is a company member of the VORTEX Repertory Moscow Arts Theatre School and Shakespeare & Company and Shrewd Productions, and an Company. Enterprise Rose Artist Fellow working at Foundation Communities in Austin, TX. Jesús I. Valles Penny Marshall April Matthis Jesús I. Valles (they/them) is a queer Mexican Ellen DeGeneres immigrant, writer-performer from Cd. Juarez/El April Matthis is an Obie Award-winning actor and Paso. Jesús’ work has been supported by Lambda company member of Elevator Repair Service. Literary, Community of Writers, Idyllwild Arts, Off-Broadway: Fondly, Collette Richland (NYTW); Undocupoets, Tin House, and the Poetry Incubator. Toni Stone (Roundabout); Fairview, LEAR (Soho Their work has been featured in The New Republic, Rep); Signature Plays—Funnyhouse of a Negro Quarterly West, NPR’s Code Switch, The Slowdown, (Signature Theatre); IOWA, Antlia Pneumatica and elsewhere. They are the author and performer (Playwrights Horizons); On the Levee (LCT3). With of (Un)Documents, for which they earned two B. ERS: The Sound & the Fury; Measure for Measure Iden Payne Awards. Jesús is currently OUTSider (The Public); Everyone’s Fine with Virginia Woolf festival’s OUTsider-in-residence and a 1st-year (Abrons Art Center); GATZ (Perth Festival). Regional: student in Brown’s playwriting MFA program. Little Bunny Foo Foo (Actors Theater of Louisville), A Streetcar Named Desire (Yale Rep). TV: “Instinct” Alfredo Macias (CBS), “New Amsterdam” (NBC). Film: Wendell and Project Manager the Lemon, Black Card, Fugitive Dreams. NYTW: Endlings, An Ordinary Muslim. Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong. Off-Broadway: Winter’s Pooya Mohseni Tale, The Odyssey, Twelfth Night (Public Theater); Leo Scorpio, Esq. MD/PHD MBA Fucking A, Fires In The Mirror (Signature Theatre); Her stage performances include She,He,Me by Fade (Primary Stages); 50 Shades! The Musical Raphael Aime Khouri, at National Queer Theater, Parody (Maximum Entertainment); Ivy and Bean dir Sivan Battat; Our Town as part of Pride Plays, dir the Musical (Atlantic Theater, National Tour); Mad Jenna Worsham; Hamlet in The Play On Festival, dir Libs Live! (New World Stages). Other NY credits: Ellen McLaughlin; an award winning solo show One Nice Fish (St. Ann’s Warehouse); Island, Pericles Woman, in the United Solo festival, dir Joan Kane; (New York Shakespeare Exchange). Regional: Six The Good Muslim, dir William Carden at EST. The Musical, Endlings, Arrabal (American Repertory She’s guest starred on “Law & Order: SVU,” “Falling Theater), Miss You Like Hell (La Jolla Playhouse), Water” on USA, “Madam Secretary” and “Big Dogs” Born For This (ArtsEmerson). Film: The Sonnet on Amazon. Her newest feature film See You Then, Project, Recursion: a short film. dir Mari Walker, will debut in 2021. Represented by Headline Talent Agency.
Ashton Muñiz BBSloppyJoe Ashton Muñiz is a queer actor, artist, & activist. Select recent credits include The Inheritance (Broadway), Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music (The Kimmel Center/St. Ann’s Warehouse/Pomegranate Arts), Esai’s Table (Cherry Lane), False Stars (The Pack Theatre), And She Would Stand Like This (Movement Theatre Company). Recently, Ashton has collaborated with various artists and featured in their works at SPECIAL THANKS
From playwright Victor I. Cazares: GRACIAS ESPECIALES to my partner Sameer; my sisters Becky, Wendy, and Naveen; my parents Victor, Nereyda, Farida, and Shafiq; to Sean Chamberlain and the ER team at OHSU for saving my life in 2017 after an overdose; to my teachers and friends Patti, Claudia, Sergio, Jorge, Virginia, Rubén, Erik, Patrick, Kareem, Grant, Candy, Kim, Jose, Liam, Grace, Barbie, Berta, Jyothi, Anand, and a pre-pandemic BBRTS.com; to Borna who told me to write about OnlyFans; to my agent Ross who told me to turn Penny into a full length project; and finally to the entire staff of NYTW who have become a family and a home and have made me, a queer darkly Indigenous Mexican playwright with Poz-y vibes, feel more valued and vital than I ever have anywhere.
From director Borna Barzin: My mom Behjat Ahmadian and sister Shadee Barzin, Leo Angulo, Vannya Cisneros, Justin Hom and Declan Zhang for their help in the virtual theater workshop, and the amazing artistic and producing team at NYTW: Linda Chapman, Yang-Yang Chen, Aaron Malkin, Jim Nicola, Evan O’Brient, Rachel Silverman, Jeffrey Wallach and Taylor Williams.
NYTW STAFF
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DIRECTOR OF Finance Assistant JAMES C. NICOLA DEVELOPMENT Kim Moarefi LEE ANN GULLIE MANAGING DIRECTOR Temporary HR/Finance JEREMY BLOCKER Director of Institutional Giving Assistant and Government Relations Zach Bullock ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC Youree Choi DIRECTOR Director of Individual Giving Executive Assistant LINDA S. CHAPMAN Leah Cox Waverley Engelman Literary Director & Dramaturg Director of Special Events Special Projects Associate Aaron Malkin Breanna Foister Patrick McDonnell Custodians Artist Workshop Producer Development Associate, Felix Solis, Jr., Carlos Arevalo Rachel Silverman Institutional Giving and Board Relations DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Casting Director Jenny Berger CAITLIN BAIRD Taylor Williams, CSA Development Associate, Marketing & Audience Company-in-Residence Individual Giving and Special Services Manager Noor Theatre Events Brennie Tellu Philippa Kane 2050 Artistic Fellows Communications Associate Nissy Aya, Josiah Davis, Adil Database Assistant Kacie Chow Mansoor, Ruth Tang, Tyler Thomas, Camara McLaughlin David Zheng Marketing & Analytics DIRECTOR OF Associate Senior 2050 Fellows Adviser EDUCATION Patrick Kavanagh Cynthia Mayeda ALEXANDER SANTIAGO-JIRAU Box Office Team 2020-2021 Tow Playwright-in- Community Engagement Trevor Catalano, Ben Easton, Residence Associate Rebecca Hermenze, Nathaniel Victor I. Cazares Gaven D. Trinidad Johnson, Frances Ramos, Courtney Self, Maeghan Suzik, The Virginia B. Toulmin Education Associate Emma Webster Foundation’s Women Adam Odsess-Rubin Playwrights Commissioning Legal Counsel Program Recipient Teaching Artists Loeb & Loeb LLP/ Carol M. Mfoniso Udofia Rachel Abraham, Claudia Acosta, Kaplan Alan Bounville, Nana Dakin, PRODUCING MANAGER Timmy Gage, Andrew Garrett, Pro Bono Legal Counsel EVAN O’BRIENT Dylan Guerra, Marcus D. Harvey, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld AnJu Hyppolite, Virginia Jiménez, LLP, Skadden Arps Producing Associate Anthony Michael Martinez, Tatiana Yang-Yang Chen Pandiani, Jamie Roach Accountants WithumSmith+Brown, PC Production Manager DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL Hillary Luong OPERATIONS Banking MEGAN E. MARSHALL Signature Bank Technical Director Business Manager Drew McCollum Alexander Guiney Architect Mitchell Kurtz Architect PC Costume Shop Manager Operations Manager Jeffrey Wallach Michelle Aguda Insurance Key Art Design by Maury Donnelly & Parr, Inc. Eric Emch Press Representatives Matt Ross Public Relations / Matt Ross, Nicole Capatasto, Sarah Sgro, Claire Wojciechowski
NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP
New York Theatre Workshop empowers visionary theatre-makers and brings their work to adventurous audiences through productions, artist workshops and educational programs. We nurture pioneering new writers alongside powerhouse playwrights, engage inimitable genre-shaping directors, and support emerging artists in the earliest days of their careers.
We’ve mounted over 150 productions from artists whose work has shaped our very idea of what theatre can be, including Jonathan Larson’s Rent; Tony Kushner’s Slavs! and Homebody/Kabul; Doug Wright’s Quills; Claudia Shear’s Blown Sideways Through Life and Dirty Blonde; Paul Rudnick’s The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told and Valhalla; Martha Clarke’s Vienna: Lusthaus; Will Power’s The Seven and Fetch Clay, Make Man; Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest, Far Away, A Number and Love and Information; Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s Aftermath; Rick Elice’s Peter and the Starcatcher; Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová and Enda Walsh’s Once; David Bowie and Enda Walsh’s Lazarus; Dael Orlandersmith’s The Gimmick and Forever; Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me; Jeremy O. Harris’s Slave Play; and eight acclaimed productions directed by Ivo van Hove. NYTW’s productions have received a Pulitzer Prize, 25 Tony Awards, 2 Grammy Awards and assorted Obie, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards. NYTW is represented on Broadway with Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin and the recently announced Sing Street, based on the motion picture written and directed by John Carney, with a book by Enda Walsh, music and lyrics by Gary Clark & John Carney, directed by Rebecca Taichman.
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NYTW BOARD OF TRUSTEES
BARBARA WARNER HOWARD KELLY FOWLER HUNTER JACK BAMBERGER Chair President Vice President
NOEL E. D. KIRNON BRIAN VOLLMER STEPHEN GRAHAM Treasurer Secretary Founding Trustee
AYAD AKHTAR BARBARA CUTLER KATHLEEN PERATIS KARYN BENDIT SUSAN PETERSEN KENNEDY HEATHER RANDALL JEREMY BLOCKER BARRY KLAYMAN JOLIE SCHWAB CLAUDIA CAFFUZZI LISA CLEFF KURTZ SCOTT SHAY RACHEL CHAVKIN ANTHONY E. NAPOLI DOUG WRIGHT JAYE CHEN JAMES C. NICOLA
FUNDERS AND DONORS
New York Theatre Workshop gratefully acknowledges the following organizations and individuals who currently support the Workshop’s activities with generous contributions throughout the year. List reflects updates as of September 10, 2020.
100,000+ The Tow Foundation SHS Foundation Booth Ferris Foundation The Select Equity Group Howard Gilman Foundation 50,000+ Foundation Stephen Graham Karyn & Charles Bendit The Tony Randall Theatrical Fund Kelly & André Hunter Claudia Caffuzzi Venturous Theater Fund of the Manhattan Borough President Barbara Warner Howard Tides Foundation Gale A. Brewer Leon Levy Foundation New York City Department of Noel Kirnon & Michael Paley Cultural Affairs Michael Kurtz & Lisa Cleff Kurtz NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact National Endowment for the Arts 25,000+ Fund in The New York Community New York City Councilwoman American Express Philanthropy Trust Carlina Rivera Jack Bamberger The Shubert Foundation New York State Council on the Arts Jaye Chen & Peter Brown Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Universal McCann Rachael Wells Thérèse Esperdy & Robert The Walt Disney Studios Tracy Weiss Neborak Bob & Ginny Walther Anonymous Martha Handler WarnerMedia John & Robyn Horn Foundation Francis H. Williams Susan Petersen Kennedy & Keris Salmon 2,500+ Barry & Elyse Klayman Doug Wright & David Clement Mary Beth & Robert Aberlin Laurents / Hatcher Foundation Wyncote Foundation Henry & Gerry Alpert Gina Maria Leonetti Pro Bono Legal Counsel: Akin Liz Armstrong Bruce & Rosalee Lovett Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Hunter Arnold The Pierre and LLP; Skadden Arps Valerie Batchelder Tana Matisse Foundation Anonymous Barbara & Paul Bernstein Paula Moss & David Karabell Elaine S. Bernstein Anthony E. Napoli Meg Blocker No Guarantees 5,000+ John Britton The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Axe-Houghton Foundation Broadway League Inc Samuels Foundation Neil & Gene Barth / Laura Buchwald Jolie Schwab & David Hodes The Barth Foundation Ken Cerniglia & Adrien Lanusse Scott & Susan Shay Jonathan Bearman, Samantha Chadwick Jana Shea, in honor of Brian Vollmer Lisa Chanel in honor of George V. McNally Dorothy Berwin Bill Damaschke Signature Bank William Bricker Darnell-Moser Charitable Fund Amy & Robert Stavis Barbara Broccoli/Eon Productions Mary Davis The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Sarah M. Brown Diana de Vegh Charitable Trust Mary Cademartori Nancy Deering & Garry Chinn Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer Robert Desiderio & Judith Light Brian Vollmer The Conboy Duke Foundation David DesJardins Kathleen Yoh Joseph and Joan Cullman & Nancy Blachman Foundation for the Arts, Inc. Laura Desmarais Julie Denny, Chair, Society of Dodger Properties LLC 10,000+ Repeat Defenders Austin Donaghy & Anne Conners Amy & David Abrams Jeremy Dobrick & Tamara Hoover Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Rod Benson John Doerr Foundation, Inc Jane Blocker Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin Courtney Edwards Kahn Broadway Across America The Lehoczky Escobar Family Peggy & Mark Ellis Ann & Leslie Chao Sandi Farkas Michael Emmel Véronique & Jeanne Donovan Fisher G.J. Esselen Jean-François Christory Thomas Flory Joseph Evall & Richard Lynn Consolidated Edison Company of Foresight Theatrical Heather Richard Evans New York The Foster/Bersin Family Fund Lily Fan & Anthony Arnold Barbara Cutler & James Emden of the Jewish Community Bobby & Vicki Freeman Diana & Joe DiMenna Foundation Idee German Edgerton Foundation New Play Jill & Michael J. Franco The John Golden Fund Award James Gleick & Cynthia Crossen Sylvia Golden Dale Franzen Laurie Goldberger & Leslie Kogod Larry & Maya Goldschmidt Donald Graham & Amanda Joan & Charles Gross Robyn Goodman Bennett, in honor of Stephen Harry & Kathy Hagendorf Valerie Gordon-Johnson Graham Mary W. Harriman Foundation & Doug Johnson Grove Entertainment Michael Hjerpe Gloria Greenstein Janet Harckham ICM Partners & Jennifer Altmann Craig Harwood Institute Of Financial Wellness For The Estate of Daphne Milne Groos Kate & Steve Howe The Arts David Herz & Janet Stahl Jujamcyn Theaters Helen Kim-Bordes Bruce Horten & Aaron Lieber Dana Kirchman The Kondoleon Family, Neil & Nancy Humphreys Alan & Lauren Klein in honor of Harry Kondoleon Mara Isaacs The Blanche and Rocco & Debby Landesman, Dr. Lois Jackson Irving Laurie Foundation in honor of Jordan Roth Philip Jelley Jr. Lucille Lortel Foundation Phillip Lindow & Scott Hannibal Robin Jones Brenda Mainer & Bob Wetzel Amanda Lipitz Productions Zachary Karabell & Nicole Alger Carolyn & Stephen McCandless Musa & Tom Mayer Kathy Keneally & Tom Marshall Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Peter Mensch Tom Kirdahy Jennifer Melin Miller & David Miller Niclas Nagler & Michael Klaschka Tony & Jeannie Moody David Alberto Alvarez Heni Koenigsberg Moulin Rouge! The Musical Bob Ouimette & Lee Hirsch Judi & Douglas Krupp Nederlander Theatrical Ostar Enterprises Rafael Kuhn Corporation Juwon Park Amy Langer & David Schwartz Kathleen Peratis, in honor of Jason Ralph & Rachel Brosnahan Julie Larson Susan Petersen Kennedy Jerome Robbins Foundation Ted/Lynne/Earle Lawrence piece by piece productions Joan & Steven Rosenfeld Burt Lazarin Jeremy Reff & Ashley Gorski Fiona Rudin David A. Liebowitz Daryl & Steven Roth Foundation Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Loeb & Loeb LLP Maxine Schaffer & Sharon Fay Foundation, Inc. M&T Bank The Scherman Foundation Segal NYC Productions Bruce MacAffer Seaview Productions Serino/Coyne Dr. Evaristus Mainsah Melanie & Joseph Shugart Doug & Fabienne Silverman MAP Fund Denise Simon Carrie Simon Nina B. Matis The Smith Family Leila Straus Aletha Maybank Sheila & Lee Stewart Joan Vail Thorne Scott C. McDonald The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Michael Tuch Foundation, Inc. Patrick McGinness Tiger Baron Foundation Lara Vitiello Robyn Mewshaw & Ben Indek Trust for Mutual Understanding Jeff Walsh Diane Compagno Miller Tom & Diane Tuft Madison Wells Media Sandra Mintz Constance Mortell Monty Blanchard & Leslie Tcheyan Bruce Mintz Givenik Daniel Neiden Allison Blinken Norbert Gleicher & Lyka Mochizuki Dorinda Oliver Marty Boorstein & Carole Slater Mary Francina Golden John Orberg James H. Boyd Kelly & Lou Gonda Lisa Orberg Jenny Brorsen Jill Goodman & Arthur Malkin R&R Paaswell Andrea Brown Marianne Goodman, MD Lorraine & James Paone & Robert M. Levande Alicia Goranson Sandy W. Parker Maggie & Don Buchwald Ann Gottlieb David Prager & Janice Friedman Mary Buck & Priscilla Lenes Deborah Green Remington & Bastet Lois A. Burke & Clayton Aynesworth Esther H. Rose Kimberly Burns Susan Ross Green Robert Rosenberg & Lisa Ruggeri Steve Buscemi Stephen & Marilyn Greene Matt & Alyssa Ross Caiola Productions Camille & Jim Greenwald Patricia E. Rowell Matthew Callahan The Grody-Patinkin Family Donald Simms & Marlene Dodes-Callahan Allen & Deborah Grubman Martin Schneider & Debra Fine Lisa Campbell Leslie Gruss & Michael Kramer Miriam Schneider Robert Cantor & Margo Levine Jan Guifarro Abigail & David Schumer Elizabeth Carroll Hadestown Howard Sendrovitz Carolyn Carter Kathleen Hagen & David Sinclair Sharon Casdin Linda & RJ Halluska Virginia C. Shields CCS Fundraising Lori Hamilton Moses Silverman Peggy Chane Barbara & William Haney & Betty B. Robbins Mitchell Charap & Karen Gilmore Gwen N. Harris, MD Mike & Janet Slosberg Rachel Chavkin Jason Butler Harner Barbara Madsen Smith Brian Cheeseman & Elaine Lou Tom & Lisa Hazen Turner Smith Niles & Nancy Citrin Jane Head & Charlie Davidson Patricia Brown Specter Ryan Clear & Eric Passmore Carolyn Hearn Sam & Ellen Sporn Patricia & John Coatsworth Molly K. Heines Sarah Steinberg Anne & John Coffey & Thomas J. Moloney Mary Delle Stelzer Esther Cohen & Bob Bertrand Anne & John Herrmann The Geraldine Stutz Trust Gerard Conn & Carol Yorke Rob & Andrea Hershan Marti & Buddy Tell Lloyd & Jan Constantine Sally B. Huxley Third Street Music School Dr. John & Mrs. Phillippa Cooper Maxine Isaacs, Settlement Jo Ann Corkran & Randy Ezratty in honor of Michael Kahn Amor & Maggie Towles Sandra & Dan Costin Jagged Little Pill Elisabeth & Gareth Turner Curtis Cravens & Martha Berry Susan & Stephen Jeffries Kay & Sandy Walker Michael Creutz Annette Johnson Gabriel Weiss Robert Croonquist Carl Johnson & Gordon Sze Erin Whalley Ellie & Edgar M. Cullman Jr. Dave Jones & Bob Dannhauser Marcia Whitaker Mary & Matthew Daniel Tom Jordan Malcolm & Carolyn Wiener Mary Dearborn Wayne S. Kabak Elizabeth Williams & Joseph Forte Scott M. Delman & Marsha Berkowitz WB Wood Randy & Robert Deutsch Amy Kanengiser Anonymous (2) Elizabeth Dewbarry Helen Kauder & Barry Nalebuff Joanne Lipman Distler Andrea Kavaler & Thomas R. Distler Lucy Kaylin & Kimball Higgs 1,000+ Andrew Ike & Ellen Kier From ABG, Erin Frederick, Tiffany & Stephanie Altman Dominus Stephen Koo Parker, Larry Henry & Jen Arden Down Mimi Korn Nevergole Rachel Dratch Dorothy Lacher & Ava Seave Audrey & Sarge Aborn Patty Dryden & Brian Siberell Susan Rose Lafer Actors’ Equity Foundation Violet & Chris Eagan Lee Langbaum Kim & David Adler Beverly Edwards / Hadestown Patty Laxton Joseph & Jacqueline Aguanno Phyllis & Joel Ehrlich Karen Lavine & Donald Kilpatrick Alexander Aickin Suzan & Fred Ehrman Kate Lear Sameer Ajmani Ita Ekpoudom Janice Lee & Stuart Shaprio & Mandi White-Ajmani Max Ember Arthur Levin & Diane Lederman Jim Arata Scott & Diane Emery Gail Brett Levine Carol Hope Arber Maria A Esposito Nick Lewis & Judith Rinearson Ayad Akhtar Ev & Lee Lance & Marjorie Lindblom Nancy Ashen Judy & Richie Faber Felicia & Robert Lipson Amy Attas & Stephen Shapiro Wendy Federman Holly & Donald Loftus Barbara, Joe & Michele Badolato Charles & Dina Ferguson Honoring Selma In memory of Susan Bandes Eleanor Fink & Gerald Lotenberg Martha Banta Maria & Lauren Finley Susanna Lowy & Victor Davis Adrienne Barr & Jim Murphy Ellen Fleysher Salim Loxley & Jamie Cousin Lorrie Bartlett Andrew Flug Jeanne Lutfy & Andy Zlotnick William & Judy Bautz Tony & Jane Ford-Hutchinson Gary Lynch & Kate Hall, David Beaning Family Fund in honor of Lisa Cleff Kurtz Doug Becker Dr. Michael Fowlin John Madera & Robert France Jennifer, Wendy & Andrew Becker Bill & Caryn Freilich Thomas Majdanski Julie Bedard Barbara H. Freitag & Samina Kanwar Sandra Behnken Madalyn & Steve Friedberg John Makinson Jennifer Beirne & Stephen Shafer Nancy & Alan Friedman Lisa & John Mann Christine Benson Kevin Gaor Christina Mason Sonja Berggren & Patrick Seaver Craig Garcia Bob Middleton Nadia Bernstein Tom & Wendy Garrett Jill H. Matichak Victor Bernstein & Gail Landis Susan E Garruto Richard Marshall Willa J. Bernstein Jay Gayner Jorday & Leslie Mayer Ann Berzin Robert A. Gender Judith & Richard Merbaum James & Nancy Better Gloria & Michael Gengos Frances Milberg Christina & Mark Bigelow Barb Girz & Andrea Miller & Sanjay Bhatnager Andrea Miller & Wendy Hashmall John & Adele Talty in honor of NYTW’s leadership, Ann Miner Rose Tatlow & Neil Roseman staff & creative Jane & Saleem Muqaddam Gail & Jeff Thrope Peter Keuls & Thomas Buck Merle & Arthur Nacht L. F. Turner Ellen Kolba Amy Nathan & Michael Tarpley Richard Upton Richard Konrad Asha & DV Nayak Jonathan M. Vapnek, M.D. Earle Lawrence Timothy Nicola & Wendy Wingard In Honor of Brian Vollmer & Virginia Wheaton Niki & Tony Loretta Volpe Kathleen & Richard Levin Kimberly Norris Howard Wallick & Freda Rosenfeld Lincoln Peak Capital Eileen Nugent Robert Wayne Margaret Mastrianni Kathleen O’Connell Meryl & Marty Weinberg KC Maurer & Tom Weishaar Cathy & Stephen Weinroth Cynthia Mayeda Kathleen O’Grady Allison Whiting & Fred Schroeder Gardner McFall Pauline Oudin Kenneth & Rosemary Willman Mary McGarry Sylvia & Morris Paley Ben & Anita Wolfe Jonathan Miller, Michael & Gabrielle Palitz Judith Yale in honor of Nancy Workman F. Richard Pappas Lily Yip Erin Moriarty Jean Passanante Shirley Yohalem Stephen Morrash Eric Passmore Gloria Zeche Barbara & William Nordhaus Perakis Family Paul Zeller James & Marie O’Brient Penny Pilkington Art & Connie Zuckerman Gail Merrifield Papp A. Playwright Anonymous (10) Carol Papper Craig Ponzio Carollyn Philip Proskauer Rose LLP Seema Prasannakumar Mark & Stephanie Rambler $500+ Carol & Tom Rakowski Rachel & Richard Robbins 101 Productions Susan & Peter Restler David Rockwell Nina Adams & Moreson Kaplan Susan Richter Cynthia Rogers Jonathan Allen Jane Rosenthal Sharyn Rosenblum Barbara Ashley, in honor of all & Stephen London Dan Rosenthal & Avery Sheffield those who kept the world Lori Roth & David L. Schnadig Joshua Rosner running so that the rest of us Laura Sachar, Anneli Roth might stay safe... Thank you is in memory of Stuart Gelfond Lindsay & Evan Roth not enough. Ellen Saidenberg Susan Roy Dana Barba Robert Scarlett Joshua Safran Craig Becker Carol Scharff Bubba & Jennifer Samuels Tee Scatuorchio & Michael Becker Pat Schoenfeld Michelle Schwartz/ Terry Breslin Robert Schroeder & Karen Brooks Steve & Andys Organics Laura & John Broderick Eytan Shapiro, Peggy Schwartz Tina & Michael Connelly, in honor of Ann & Les Chao Lisa Schwebel in honor of Kitty Yoh James & Sharon Schwarz Richard Shapiro Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Andrew Siegel & Mindi Reich-Shapiro Facebook Dale Soules Maureen Elizabeth Sheehan Timothy Feige Stark & Stark Amy Sherman Judith & Herbert Freedman Cydney & Keith Strand Laura B. Sherman Warren Friedman John & Catherine Sweeney Jenny Shotwell Marguerite & Peter Gelfman Theatre Communications Group Gail Shube Aaron Glick Jennifer Tipton Stephanie Shuman Ila & John M. Gross Marisa Tomei Stephen & Saskia Siderow John Hadity, Nancy Tostanoski & Brian Hogan Lainie Simon & Andy Gross in honor of Noel Kirnon The Traykovski Family Drs. Loren Skeist & Marlene Marko Alvin Hall Karen Wagner Jill & Bill Slattery John Harris & Donald Press Harry White & Esther Redmount Mojgan Sobhani Nicole & Phil Hart Todd & Ginger Whitenack, Stagedoor Manor Christopher & Olga Hartwell in honor of Barry Klayman Nancy Stephens, Rick Rosenthal Nancy Heller & Holly Gewandter Crystal Williams, & The Rosenthal Family Orin Herskowitz in honor of Marilyn T. Gumbleton Foundation Melissa Hirsch Melinda Wolfe William Stephenson Edward Hjerpe Carmen Rita Wong & Carolyn Gaver Mark & Patricia Horowitz Anonymous (2) Barbara & Richard Strauss Karen Jacob & Paul Vershbow New York Theatre Workshop acknowledges Studio in a School David & Regina Jansky the generous support of all individuals who Sydney Advisory Fund Carol Kaplan, have contributed up to $500.
4TH STREET BAR ASSOCIATION
New York Theatre Workshop’s 4SBA members take advantage of exciting social and cultural experiences while supporting one of the City’s leading Off-Broadway institutions. Members of the steering committee are noted in bold. Artist committee members are noted in italics. List reflects updates as of Sept 10, 2020.
Amir Arison Kelly Devine Edward Hjerpe Gina Napolitano Daniel Bailen Alexander Donnelly Allison Heim Eric Passmore Phillip Brannon Ita Ekpoudom Brianne Holland-Stergar Jonathan & Tansal Arnas Lulu Fall Philip Johnson Motique Prin Tiffany Babb Emily Fleisher, in honor of Megan Kingery Jeffrey Rohr Christopher Chan Jeremy Blocker Rachel Kiwi Naoki Sasamoto Krystle-Mei Chow Erica Green Praveen Maddela Megan Savage Ophelia Chua Erik Gullberg Katrina McCann Morwin Schmookler Colleen Claflin & Emma Pantel Anne Myers Christina See Joseph Claro Emma Hagendorf Gabriella Napoli Scott Sinclair Jessie Shelton Jennifer Sturman Chinasa Ugbuagu Julie Sisson Nicole Sundell Lindsey & Todd Stecker Shaina Taub Benjamin Weisman Corey Steinfast Eric Tipler Anonymous Logan Steinhardt Mfoniso Udofia
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
We would like to especially acknowledge: American Express Philanthropy, Con Edison, Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Leon Levy Foundation, The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Councilmember Carlina Rivera, NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund in The New York Community Trust, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Select Equity Group Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, SHS Foundation, The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Tow Foundation, Venturous Theater Fund of the Tides Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature for their outstanding leadership in arts funding in New York City.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
MATCHING GIFTS
NYTW extends its gratitude to the generous companies who match their employees’ annual donations: AllianceBernstein; Aon Foundation; Apple, Inc.; AXA Foundation; Blackrock; BNY Mellon; Chevron; Credit Suisse; Deutsche Bank Securities; GE Foundation; Google; IBM Corporation; Johnson & Johnson; JP Morgan Chase; Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC; McKinsey & Company; Merck & Co.; Pfizer Foundation; Rockefeller Foundation; S&P Global; Select Equity Group, Inc.; WIlliam Blair & Company; and Walt Disney Company Foundation
LEGACY GIFTS
New York Theatre Workshop is grateful to the following individuals who have included NYTW in their estate plans. Their legacy gifts will be woven into the fabric of our community, supporting the next generation of theatre-makers and theatre-goers. In Memory of Martha Usdin Tom Jordan James Giblin Jodi Malcom The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation
CATERING SPONSOR
SEASON SPONSOR MAKE ART HAPPEN
Shaun Bengson, Reggie White, Dani Markham, Jo Lampert and Abigail Bengson in Hundred Days. Photo by Joan Marcus. Each year, New York Theatre Workshop supports nearly 2,000 artists through work both on and off stage. None of this would be possible without our dedicated donors. Their generous support of our artists, audience and community is what helps bring vibrant programs and productions to life.
REPEAT DEFENDERS The Society of Repeat Defenders is made up of a committed and passionate group of donors who make annual gifts of $1,500 or more! Repeat Defenders have access to an intimate and engaged relationship with NYTW through exclusive benefits including special acknowledgment in our programs. Most importantly, Repeat Defenders get the satisfaction of knowing that their efforts are helping us push the boundaries of what theatre can be and what it can do.
4TH STREET BAR ASSOCIATION The 4th Street Bar Association provides the best access to theatre for young supporters. With organized 4SBA nights, members take advantage of exciting social and cultural experiences while supporting NYTW. Access is available at a variety of levels, providing numerous benefits including tickets and invitations to pre and post- show parties.
MAKE ART POSSIBLE Have you ever thought about supporting a specific production? Investing in an arts education program? Sponsoring the work of a specific artist? Learn about these opportunities—and more—for special gifts by contacting Leah Cox at [email protected] or 646-957-9573. IT STARTS HERE Join today at NYTW.org, call 646-957-9573 or email Leah Cox at [email protected]. SEE MORE ONLINE
Since April 2020, we’ve been offering a robust lineup of FREE classes and conversations to sustain a connection with you—our community. If you missed any of these events or want to go back for a second viewing, check out the online archive at NYTW.org or Youtube.com/NYTheatreWorkshop79
MASTERCLASSES Go in depth with a master artist to study directing, acting, playwriting, design, teaching theatre online, cabaret performance, and more! FIRESIDE CHATS Informal conversations with some of the incredible artists in our community. JAM SESSIONS We know firsthand the joy of hearing music fill the theatre, so we asked some friends to take over our social media channels to bring some music to your homes. VIRTUALLY NEIGHBORS Whether you’re feeling lonely and isolated or you just have some extra time on your hands, we’d love to introduce you to someone else in the community who might also be looking for a little virtual connection. IN GOOD COMPANY The belief in people coming together and being moved by a shared experience is central to what we love about the theatre; it occurred to us that joining in the preparation and enjoyment of a meal touches on the same emotional impulses—to reach, to connect, to inspire. Find recipe inspiration and more! INTERESTED IN MORE? JOIN TODAY!
We’ve reconceived NYTW memberships this year in response to the physical limitations and financial challenges that continue to impact our community.
From low monthly rates to a variety of levels, we’re offering a range of options for members who are unsure when and how often they’ll feel ready to return to the theatre-vids who long for the sense of community and the thrill of a new artistic adventure.
LEVEL 1 : Pick & Choose For $120/year or $13/month, you choose the events you’d like to see and we’ll hook you up with a discount on one ticket per event. REAL TALK: Unsure when and how often you’ll feel ready to return, but still want to experience some of the season while supporting artists in creating new work? This is the package for you!
LEVEL 2 : See It All For $240/year or $26/month, you’ll get one admission, free of charge, for all virtual and in-person events REAL TALK: This is your all-access pass to experience the entire season. There’s so much that’s out of your control right now, but a season membership gives you something to look forward to—a front-row seat for our greatest artistic experiment yet!
LEVEL 3 : Double or Nothing For $600/year or $60/month, you’ll get two admissions, free of charge, for all virtual and in-person events. Your membership includes a $120 tax-deductible contribution which further supports the Artistic Instigators this season. As a thank you, we’ll send you a few VIP invitations over the course of the season to take you behind the scenes. REAL TALK: This is an all-access pass for two people for the entire season. Whether you’re sheltering together or separately, you’ll book your virtual or in-person event tickets via a single account, so there’s only one password to remember!
Join today at NYTW.org. Not sure which package is right for you this year? Contact Justin at [email protected] or call 646-793-3215. MEET THE ARTISTIC INSTIGATORS
While the timeline for resuming in-person performances in New York City remains uncertain, these extraordinary artists are imagining work in our present moment that creates community within the given circumstances of social distancing, celebrates the liveness that is inherent in a theatrical experience, and examines the relationship between theatre, distance and technology.
Ayad Akhtar · Hilton Als · Clare Barron & Sam Gold · Lileana Blain-Cruz David Cale & Dael Orlandersmith · Victor I. Cazares · Rachel Chavkin Dominican Artists Collective · Rebecca Frecknall & Martyna Majok Aleshea Harris · Jeremy O. Harris · Modesto Flako Jimenez Denis O’Hare & Lisa Peterson · Liliana Padilla · Rubén Polendo & Theater Mitu Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby · Tina Satter · Geoff Sobelle · Celine Song Whitney White · Kristina Wong · Doug Wright.
While the Artistic Instigators are supported in their exploration of form and content, audiences will be invited to experience the evolution of the work through work-in- process sharings and behind-the-scenes conversations with artists.
We’re asking audiences to take a leap. And what we promise in return is a front-row seat to the unfolding of this experiment—and that the definition of a “front-row seat” will shift throughout the year.
THE FALL 2020 LINEUP WHAT THE HELL IS A REPUBLIC, ANYWAY? Written & Performed by Denis O’Hare & Lisa Peterson WORKING TITLE: THE TALKING CIRCLES Written & Performed by Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby THE SEAGULL ON THE SIMS 4 By Anton Chekhov · Adapted and Performed by Celine Song PINCHING PENNIES WITH PENNY MARSHALL: DEATH RITUALS FOR PENNY MARSHALL By Victor I. Cazares · Directed by Borna Barzin THE COOKING PROJECT Created by members of the Dominican Artists Collective · Directed by Melissa Crespo Conceived & Created by Theater Mitu · Directed by Rubén Polendo
TRUMP IS JUST THE NAME OF HIS STORY Written & Performed by Ayad Akhtar