SPECIAL THANKS Many people and organizations gave of their time and energy to help make this production. We would like to thank some of them here. We are deeply grateful for their generosity. The Lion Theatre at Theatre Row John H. Abeles, MD Nat Connacher, Shira Nayman Nora Balaban Connacher Designs The 93rd Street Crowd Jeanne, Joseph, Judith Cornelia Street Cafe Piper Theatre Productions December 29, 2013 – March 2, 2014 & Lydia Barnes Veanne Cox Red Wall Productions Alice Barrett Mitchell Isidore Elias Joseph Henry Ritter Doug Barron Nyasha Gutsa David Shookhoff Gary Bond Laura Heller Sustainable Markets Foundation Theodore Braun Robin Hirsch Angelo Verga Chip Brenner Mina Jones The VH Theatre Development Peter Bretz Dr. Craig Katz Foundation, Ludovica Villar- Brooklyn College Dept. of Theatre Fungai Mabs Hauser & Teresa Lotz CUNY Norma Jean Markus Carl Wallnau Centenary Stage Company John McEneny Dr. Elliot Zeisel Tapiwa Chisa Carter Anne McGowan v Heartfelt thanks to Manhattan Theatre Club, especially staff members Scott Laule, Properties Supervisor; Lily Fairbanks, Assistant Properties Supervisor; Erin Hennessy Dean, Costume Supervisor; and Thatcher Stevens, Studio Manager. v

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Piper Theatre Productions, Centenary Stage Company and Susan Jane Walker Architect ($5,000 and above) William Everdell Helen & Ed Kweksin Una Jackman Malcolm Ewen Diana Lawrence presents The Seaver Institute Sue & Fraser Grace Richard Mann Susan Walker (in memory of John Jiler Gillian Marshall Harry Salwen) Craig Katz Joan & Jean McAllister Arthur & Roelfi n Kuijpers David McCormick Keystone ($1,000-4,999) Gail Carson Levine Maureen McSherry Anonymous Chris & David Lindsay-Abaire Kevin Miller BREAKFAST WITH MUGABE Joshua Barnes & Julie Iezzi Steven & Yoko Michaud George Morfogen Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Burton Rich Miller & Aviva Goldstein Shira Nayman Claudia & Arthur Cohen Moira Wylie Diana Ohlbaum Richard Costello & Linda Olson Donald Moffatt & Gwen Arner Hasan Padamsee Michael Douglas Antonio Magagnini Sonya Pancaldo Thomas Dubin and Pam Klem By FRASER GRACE Peter McCabe & Hillary Richard Lucille Poirier Warren Esanu Carter Anne McGowan Dave, Jennifer & Sonya Robinson Otho Eskin David & Stephanie Sassoon Tom & Julie Hirschfeld Steven & Yoko Michaud Directed by DAVID SHOOKHOFF John & Betsy Sprague Midge Kennedy Jay Neugeboren Cathy Stewart & Dick Allerton Harriet McGuire Mary Osborne Vivian Swain & Marielle Vigourt Stuart Warner Joanne Pattavina Starring CHE AYENDE EZRA BARNES Paul Vernet Jerry Weinstein Beth Peelle Florence & Jonathan Phillips Lucile Walther ROSALYN COLEMAN MICHAEL ROGERS Vaulted Arch ($500-999) Brooke Kamin Rappaport Laurie & Thomas Weinstein Anonymous Rea Rosno & Michael Champagne Ben Yarmolinsky Wanda Kownacki Jerry Rosenband ($25-49) Arthur Kroeber Martha Seaver & Scott Walecka Nuts and Bolts Scenic Designer Costume Designer Anonymous Lucile & Sheldon Lichtblau Jessica Solomon LEE SAVAGE TERESA SNIDER-STEIN Cynthia Babak Barclay Palmer & Dana Cowin Anne Silverstein Claire Beckman & John Morgan Lighting Designer Sound Designer Richard Raiford Lois Smith William Brenner Paul Tierney Dhuane Stephens JOYCE LIAO COLIN WHITELY Diane & Pericles Caminis Jeptha & Betty Wade Greg Trupiano Lori Cerchione Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Ann Zeller Geoff Underwood & GARY ADAMSEN DEVIN DAY Dede Danforth Bill Cohen Cinderblocks ($100-499) Anna Verdi Joyce Cohen Production Manager General Managers Anonymous Alan Wade Celina Guerrero DREW FRANCIS LISA DOZIER KING Anonymous Jill Wade & Semih Firincioglu Steve Danielson Anonymous Moira Driscoll & David Pence HARRISON HARVEY Mary Watson Jenny Apostol DiPaul Steven Williford Kate Fodaski Violence Consultant Marketing Sarah Baird William & Darunee Wilson Alec Harrington J. DAVID BRIMMER RED RISING MARKETING Jill Bates Paul Hecht Peggy Blumenthal Bricks and Mortar ($50-99) Patricia House Press Graphics Lisa Brailoff & Dan Sedgwick Elizabeth Atkeson (in memory of Tammy Langalis SM COMMUNICATIONS DOUG BARRON Dulcy Brainard Mary Atkeson) David Margulies Sally Brody Lloyd & Margaret Aubry Barbara McKinney & Fred Brooke Judith Barnes Boubacar Sow Patricia Buckley Jessica Bauman Donald & Julie McKinney BREAKFAST WITH MUGABE was fi rst performed on 17 October 2005 by the Royal Sarah Cawkwell & Sylvester Stein Dan Bergner Marven Moss Shakespeare Company in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon as part of the 2005 Christopher Coucill George Blecher Mary Lee Paine New Work Festival. Veanne Cox Pericles & Diane Caminis Susan & Chip Schroeder Peter & Bettina Drummond-Hay Ruth Chapman Charlie & Marsha Shaw BREAKFAST WITH MUGABE was fi rst presented in New York Off-Broadway by Two Thomas Dunne & Nancy Phillips Rachel & Steven Coates Marla & Robert Sterling Planks Productions at the Pershing Square Signature Center, August 7, 2013. Richard Edelman Max Hall Michael Wiener John Eisner & Jennifer Dorr White David Herskovits To make a tax-deductible donation, make checks payable to Piper Theatre Productions, P. O. Box 150613, Brooklyn, NY 11215 (write Two Planks in the memo). KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN DONORS CAST The following individuals donated to our Kickstarter campaign. We are deeply thankful for their (in order of speaking) support. Please thank them if you know them. If we have made a mistake with the spelling of a name Andrew Peric ...... EZRA BARNES or missed a contributor, please let us know. Gabriel ...... CHE AYENDE Keystone Maria Rozos Sean O’Donnell Grace Mugabe ...... ROSALYN COLEMAN ($1,000) Arlene Solomon Elaine Reidich Jeffrey Fergus Greg Trupiano Christine Siracusa Robert Mugabe ...... MICHAEL ROGERS Michael J. Gillespie Ludovica Villar-Hauser Fran Van Horn Julie Iezzi Alan Wade Becky Vas The action is set in the State House in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, Christopher Jones Susie Watkins Randy Wade in October 2001 in the months preceding the Presidential Elections Arthur Kroeber Coco Wilde Cindy Wasserman which took place in spring 2002. Vaulted Arch Bricks and Mortar Charles Weinstein ($500) ($50-99) Theodore Wiprud THE PLAY WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT INTERMISSION Anonymous John Cariani Marnye Young Susan and Robert Doran Isidore Elias AND RUNS APPROXIMATELY 100 MINUTES Art and Fran Greenberg Camilla Golden Hammer ($10-24) Nan Newton Amy Griffi n Actors and Stage Managers are members of Actors’ Equity Association Barclay Palmer Alfred Hyslop Karen Abrams Felicia Kobylanski Alice Barrett Dinner for Breakfast Andy Lee Robert Carreon Glossary of Shona and Culturally Specifi c Terms ($475-499) Lora Lumpe Mary Louise Clemens Barbara Anderman Ambuya – respected female, roughly equivalent to auntie or, in the play’s Norma Jean Markus Alexandra Draxler Elizabeth Saunders context, madam Carolyn Muller June E. Music of Zimbabwe Diana Ohlbaum Paul F. Chimurenga – uprising or revolutionary struggle (see note under Ne- ($110-474) Jennifer Robinson Dave Hall handa, below) Gail Bach Caroline Ryburn Alec Harrington Fred Brooke David Shookhoff Paula Heitman Chiremba – respectful term for doctor Thomas Bullard Ming Tung Suen Legends of Enlightenment Concession – town and rural area an hour’s drive north of Zimbabwe’s Doug Elliot Amy Sargent Swank Rahul Munshi capital, Harare Malcom Ewen Anna Verdi Joanne Pattavina Tom Galbraith Jimmy Weinstein Mark Peters Muntu – derogatory term for black African Nina Kingsdale Piff Gabriela Kohen Nuts and Bolts Murungu – ambivalent term for white person ($25-49) Nick Plakias Patrice Mackey George D. Armiger Andrea Porter Ndebele – second most populous tribe in Zimbabwe, mainly living in the John Middleton Stephen Bradbury Christopher P. Neville south and west of the country (Matebeleland) Monique Lee Breindel Jerry Patch Ruth Chapman Nehanda – a senior royal ancestor spirit, one of whose mediums (Char- Glen Schofi eld Rachel Coates we) was hanged by the British South Africa Company on the suppres- Dhuane Stephens Joyce Cohen Paul Tierney sion of the fi rst Chimurenga at the end of the 19th century Madeline Cohen Chap Attwell Elizabeth Jasicki De Alvarez Ngozi – a bitter, malevolent spirit. A departed spirit may become an Cinderblocks Daniel Ellman ngozi by dying violently, by remaining childless, or by not receiving ($100) David Frutkoff proper burial rites. Charlotte Colavin Andrew Goldberg Alfred DiGrazia Michael Goodfriend Pamberi ne… – “Power to…” Hedda L. Fields Stephanie Gunning Shona – largest tribe in Zimbabwe, dominating the center and east of JoAnn Forman Nyasha Gutsa Jason Fuhrman Joanne Robinson Hill the country and, progressively since independence, the government. Renee Glicker Peter Hirzel Shona also refers to the spoken language of this tribe. Marianna Houston Beth J. Kerwin War Veterans – a loose organization of former combatants in the War Helen Kweskin David Lawrence Gail Carson Levine Lucile Lichtblau of Liberation, whose members demand compensation for their service – Dan Mallett Teresa Lotz sometimes seizing property on their own initiative Carter Anne McGowan Jesse Leigh Maniff Katherine Mitchell Kim Moarefi ZANU-PF – political party, formed in 1987 via a Unity Accord that Robert Myers Marven Moss merged ZANU, the largely Shona party headed by Robert Mugabe, and Dee Pelletier Shira Nayman ZAPU, the predominantly Ndebele party then led by Joshua Nkomo TIMELINE: ZIMBABWE AND MUGABE’S RULE WHO’S WHO 1880 Zimbabwe. Robert G. Mugabe is elected prime and loan offi cer, chairman of the credit com- actors and stage managers in the United States. Cecil Rhodes and the BSAC minister. mittee and board member of the Actors Federal Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the The British South Africa Company (BSAC), led Credit Union. She was Executive Producer of And art of live theatre as an essential component of 1987 by Cecil Rhodes, attains a concession for gold if Tomorrow , which was shown in several festi- our society. Equity negotiates wages and work- Change of Constitution vals in the US and abroad. She is now working ing conditions, providing a wide range of ben- mining, which leads to colonization of the land as a mentor and producer with fi lmmakers asso- efi ts, including health and pension plans. AEA is Mugabe changes Zimbabwe’s constitution, mak- that was under Ndebele rule. The name Southern ciated with the Crossroads Cultural Center. She a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affi liated with Rhodesia is adopted for the region. ing himself president and moving toward one- is pleased to be working with Ezra Barnes again FIA, an international organization of performing 1896-97 party rule. after performing with him years ago. arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org The First Chimurenga 1992 ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 (revolutionary struggle) The Land Acquisition Act Several tribes in the region unite in an unsuc- This act strengthens the power of the government PRODUCTION CREDITS cessful rebellion against the rule of the British to acquire land for resettlement. The government Company Manager ...... Sarah Rotker Props Designers ...... Kelsey Lueken, Andy Yanni South African Company. The leaders of the re- is required to provide “fair” compensation for the Production Manager ...... Drew Francis bellion are assassinated or hanged, including the land it acquires. Assistant Director ...... Gregory Cooper famous spirit medium, Nehanda Nyakasikana. Supplemental Costumes (Ms. Coleman’s party dress, Mr. Roger’s campaign shirt) ...... Julia Sharp 1997 Associate Costume Designer ...... Sarah Gosnell 1930 Assistant Company Manager ...... Amanda Hutt Land Seizure Assistant Sound Designer ...... Emily Auciello The Land Appointment Act Of 162,000 families, 71,000 families resettle on Assistant Costume Designer & Wardrobe Supervisor ...... Pei-Wen Huang The Land Appointment Act denies land owner- Fight Director Assistant ...... Dan O’Driscoll approximately 3.5 million hectares of land, most ship to Africans and simultaneously forces Afri- Fight Captain ...... Gary Adamsen of which is unsuitable for grazing or cultivation. Language Consultants ...... Sylvia Hove, Saki Mafundukwa, Michael Rogers, Tichafa Tongorara cans to work the land. Production Assistants ...... Montgomery Mauro, Susan Jane Walker Mugabe announces that he will seize an addi- Scenic Build ...... Centerline Studios 1966 - 1979 tional 1,500 farms and says the British should Assistant Lighting Designer/Lighting Programmer ...... Alexander Freer The Second Chimurenga: Lighting Package ...... Hayden Production Services pay for them. Audio Package ...... Chinchilla Theatrical Guerrilla Warfare by ZAPU & Master Carpenter ...... Richard Porcelli ZANU 1998 Lighting installed by ...... The Lighting Syndicate Sustained campaigns against white rule by the Economic Crisis Master Electrician ...... The Lighting Syndicate Production Electrician ...... Seán Linehan Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) and Economic crisis hits Zimbabwe as infl ation rises, Production Sound Tech ...... K Barber the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) inciting riots and strikes. Crew Chief ...... Montgomery Mauro ultimately lead to the overthrow of white rule. Load-in Crew ...... Laura Brauner, Kourtney Barber, Craig Collins, Joshua Klein, Walter Lugo, Colleen Lynch, 2000 Emily McDonald, Kring Newell, Richard Porcell, Adriano Valle, Nick Williams, James Zally Leaders of the 2nd Chimurenga include Robert Photography ...... Joseph Henry Ritter Mugabe, Josiah Tongogara and Herbert Chite- Reclaiming of Land Offi ce Assistant ...... Joseph Barnes po. The government and squatters seize land owned Rehearsal Studios ...... Manhattan Theatre Club by white farmers, claiming that the land was T The Designers at this Theatre S CENIC A S A IA D R

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Theatre of New Jersey, InterAct Theatre, Theatre 25 years of experience in entertainment publicity Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana (1840-1898) Spiritual leader of S., Muhlenberg Theatre, Open Door Theatre, La and corporate communications. She is founder the Shona tribe; hanged for encouraging uprisings against British Jolla Playhouse, Missouri Rep., Colorado Shake- of SM Communications (SMC), an independent, colonialists speare, Half Moon Theatre, Next Move Theatre, full-service public relations agency with a focus Cecil Rhodes (1853-1902) Founder of Merrimack Regional Theatre, Touchstone The- on corporate branding and entertainment (the- British colony Rhodesia in southern Africa atre, Childrens Theatre of Pennsylvania. Design- atre, fi lm, television, celebrity) publicity. (present-day Zimbabwe) er: New York Toy Fair, Disney, Fisher Price, Mat- DOUG BARRON ( Graphics & Web Design ) Herbert Chitepo tel, Sesame Street. Currently Adjunct Professor This is the 24th year designing graphics, type- (1923-1975) Led and Scene Designer at SUNY Ulster. setting and web sites for many Off- and Off-Off- anti-colonial ZANU party; died in a car GREGORY COOPER ( Assistant Director ) is Boadway theatres & productions, and for nu- Ian Smith delighted to be part of the Breakfast with Mugabe merous artists and performers including Ezra bomb blast (1919-2007) family again after having assisted the recent Barnes, whom he fi rst met on a street in Brooklyn Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 1964 until the birth production at Signature Theatre. He has taught in To Kill a Mockingbird . Josiah Tongogara of Zimbabwe in late 1979 English, fi lm, and theatre to middle and high- TWO PLANKS PRODUCTIONS ( Producer ) (1938-1979) Former schoolers; worked for the education depart- There is an old saying that that’s all you need to comrade and political ments of Manhattan Theatre Club and The Joyce make theater: two planks and a passion. While rival of Robert Mugabe; Robert G. Mugabe (b.1924) Theater; and managed the New York City Arts in that doesn’t really hold true in the modern world, died in a car crash just Education Roundtable. He is currently at work on President of the Republic of the spirit still exists. Two Planks and a Passion before birth of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe since 1987 a documentary about the original production of is devoted to bringing compelling theater to an the Prince-Sondheim musical Follies . Sally Hayfron Mugabe engaged audience. Breakfast With Mugabe is its (1931-1992) First wife of Robert J. DAVID BRIMMER, VIOLENCE CONSUL- fi rst production and its founder is Ezra Barnes. Rev. Canaan Banana Mugabe and unofficial “Mother of Zimbabwe” TANT ( Fight Master, SAFD ) has choreo- PIPER THEATRE PRODUCTIONS ( Associ- (1936-2003) First President graphed some stuff (Broadway: An Enemy of the of Zimbabwe (1980-87) while ate Producer ) In eleven years, Piper has be- Nhamodzenyika Mugabe (1963-1966) Only son of Robert People, Grace, Wit, Born Yesterday, A Life in the Mugabe was Prime Minister come one of the top emerging theatre companies Mugabe and Sally Hayfron; died before his fourth birthday Theatre, Speed the Plow, Come Back, Little Sheba, in New York State. Piper’s mission is devoted to Spring Awakening, The Lieutenant of Inishmore . creating free accessible and dynamic theatre for WHO’S WHO NY Premieres: Blasted, The Whipping Man, families, creating opportunities for emerging art- Ages of the Moon , The American Pilot, Black- ists, and creating a safe and nurturing theatre ex- CHE AYENDE ( Gabriel ) Off-Broadway: King Wide (Mint), Richard II (Pearl), Cool Blues (New bird, Bug, Killer Joe ), worked at some wonderful perience for children. Lear (starring Sam Waterson), Timon of Athens Federal). Regional includes Hartford Stage, venues (New York Public Theatre, Metropolitan ( starring Richard Thomas), The Public Theatre. Cincinnati Playhouse, Pioneer, Paper Mill, and Opera, MTC, The Atlantic, Lincoln Center, Sig- CENTENARY STAGE COMPANY ( Associate Oroonoko at TFANA. Inked Baby at Playwrights Breakfast With Mugabe at Pittsburgh’s Quan- nature Theatre, TFANA, The Roundabout, MCC, Producer ), located on the campus of Cente- Horizons. The Day the Bronx Died at The Ameri- tum and New Jersey’s Centenary Stage. Mem- Dallas Theater Center, Hartford Center Stage, nary College in Northwest New Jersey, is dedi- can Jewish Theatre. He has also appeared in ber of Brooklyn’s Brave New World Rep. TV: Blue NSMT, ART, Baltimore Center Stage, the Guthrie) cated to making art a part of our daily lives and shows at the NYT workshop and MCC just to Bloods, Law & Order(s), SVU, Bored to Death, As and with some great folks (David Mamet, Sam to presenting theatrical treasures rarely seen on name a few. Mr. Ayende’s regional credits in- The World Turns, Royal Pains . Film: Noah (up- Shepard, Ethan Coen, Martin McDonough, Tracy the more commercial stages in New Jersey. Our clude performances at Hartford Stage, Yale Rep, coming), Joshua, Once More With Feeling . Ezra Letts, Kenneth Lonergan, Ken Russell, Franco commitment to the art of theatre is refl ected in A.R.T., The Long Wharf Theatre, Arena Stage, founded Shakespeare on the Sound and served Zeffi relli). “Walk cheerfully over the world, an- our selection of material. We do not make safe, Dallas Theatre Center, Portland Center Stage, as its Artistic Director for 14 seasons. Gradu- generic choices; we produce not only new works swering that of God in everyone.” G. Fox The Great Lakes Theatre, Crossroads Theatre ate of Amherst College and the National Theatre each season, but look to re-examine neglected and many more. Mr. Ayende also was an ensem- Conservatory. RED RISING MARKETING ( Marketing ) works by bringing these under-performed plays ble member at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center ROSALYN COLEMAN ( Grace Mugabe ) Film: Founded by Michael Redman in 2012, Red Ris- to the public. We do this for many reasons, not during the years of the late Lloyd Richards. Some “It’s Kind of a Funny Story,” “Frankie and Alice,” ing Marketing strives to build a collaborative the least of which is our belief in the value of the of his television and fi lm credits include “Unfor- “Brooklyn’s Finest,” “Twelve,” “Vanilla Sky,” “Our partnership with each client. With an astute playwright’s message for society. We continue in gettable,” “The Good Wife,” “Person of Interest,” Song,” “Brown Sugar,” and “Music of the Heart.” multi-disciplinary approach, the Red Rising team these uncertain times to take artistic risks, and to “Elementary” all for CBS. “Law & Order,” “Law Television: “White Collar,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Mer- custom-crafts marketing initiatives that drive seek new voices and daring artists. & Order, Criminal Intent,” ABC’s “Deadline” star- cy,” “New Amsterdam,” “OZ,” “Kidnapped,” “Law brand awareness and audience attendance. Their SUSAN JANE WALKER ( Associate Produc- ring Oliver Platt,” “As the World Turns,” “ Lov- & Order: SVU & Criminal Intent.” Broadway: unique strategies not only meet the goals of their er ) is an actor, stage manager, production and ing,” TNT fi lm “ Word of Honor” starring Don The Mountaintop, Radio Golf, Seven Guitars, The clients, but also set standards for the industry. casting assistant. She has acted in touring com- Johnson,” “As An Act of Protest,” “Edge City,” “ Piano Lesson, Mule Bone , and The Bitter Tears www.RedRisingNYC.com panies throughout the US and Europe, regional Fly By Night.” of Petra Von Kant . In 2002 Rosalyn started Red SM COMMUNICATIONS/S. MATTINGLY theaters, TV and fi lms and is a founding mem- EZRA BARNES ( Andrew Peric ) Off Broad- Wall Productions with her husband, Craig T. Wil- (Communications/Public Relations ) Sam ber of the Pulse Ensemble. For over 20 years she way: The English Bride (59 E. 59), Final Analy- liams. She is also an award-winning director and is a communications professional with more than has been an active supporter of The Actors Fund sis (Pershing Square Signature Center), Far And was voted Best On-Camera Class by Backstage WHO’S WHO WHO’S WHO Readers. She’s Coleman’s mom and a P.S. 51 Ordinary Days ; Page 73, Jack’s Precious Mo- Costume Design 2005, World Stage Design In- the 2012 Fringenyc FringeAL-FRESCO. Awarded volunteer. Twitter: @iRozApp ment ; Atlantic Theater, Oohrah! ; Partial Comfort, ternational Exhibition. design works include A Bright Room Called Day MICHAEL ROGERS ( Robert Mugabe ) has The Bereaved ; NAATCO, The Seagull ; Clubbed COLIN WHITELY ( Sound Designer ) is a sound (Set), Eurydice (Set), and The Violet Hours (Cos- worked at theatres around the U.S. and inter- Thumb, punkplay ; EST, End Days ; Fringe, Go-Go designer based out of New York City. His credits tume). She received her MFA from Brooklyn Col- nationally in roles as varied as Titania, Othello, Kitty Go! , Fringe (City Best Play Award); Prospect include Dreamgirls (Main State Music Theater), lege, CUNY. http://peiwenhuang.pixpasites.com Dracula and God. On Broadway in Joe Turner’s Theater, West Moon Street ; Committee Theater, Les Miserables (Main State Music Theater), LISA DOZIER KING ( General Manager ) has Come and Gone, Born Bad for Soho Rep and The Private Lives of Eskimos and I Heart Kant ; La Mouse Trap (Centenary Stage Company), Mar- managed fifty theatrical productions and hun- many productions for Theatre for a New Audi- Mama, Harvest ; HERE, Frag ; and Urban Stages, ry Me a Little (Keen Company), 42nd Street and dreds of special events in NYC. Recent/Current ence. On television in all three versions of “Law Worth . Numerous regional credits. He is the re- Sunset Boulevard (Main State Music Theater), Off-Broadway includes F #%king Up Everything, & Order,” “Six Degrees,” “Tattingers,” “Kay cipient of the Connecticut Critics Circle Award As Wide As I Can See (HERE Arts Center), Love Final Analysis, Breakfast with Mugabe, Sistas O’Brien.” Films include “The Mosquito Coast,” (The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow ) and Helen Song (59E59), Henry VI: Part III (Wide Eyed Pro- the Musical, Ten Chimneys, Bronte: A Portrait of “Weekend at Bernie’s II,” “Moonfi re,” “Dance of Hayes Award ( Much Ado About Nothing, Richard ductions), Paternity (Cherry Lane Theater), True Charlotte, Red Bull’s The Duchess of Malfi . Se- the Quantum Cats.” Mr. Rogers is a graduate of III (nom)). Mr. Savage holds a MFA, Yale School West (Athena Theater Company) and many more. lect favorite NY premiere productions: Sam For- the Yale School of Drama. of Drama; a BFA, Rhode Island School of Design; Colin is very excited to be working on Breakfast man’s The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall , Jeff Dan- is a founding member of Wingspace Theatrical with Mugabe a second time! iel’s Apartment 3A , Marcus Hummon’s The Piper , FRASER GRACE ( Playwright ) Before becom- Design, and currently serves on the faculty of Lee Kalcheim and David Shire’s My History of ing a playwright, Fraser Grace worked as an ac- Yale School of Drama. GARY ADAMSEN ( Production Stage Man- Marriage . Lisa has been on staff at Symphony tor and performance poet. His fi rst play, Perpet- ager ) NY/Regional: Tony ‘n’ Tina’s Wedding, JOYCE LIAO ( ) is an award- Space, Manhattan Theatre Club, The New 42nd ua, was joint winner of the Verity Bargate Award Lighting Design Hairspray, Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, winning lighting designer based in New York. Street and the American Repertory Theatre. She and was produced by Soho Theatre/Birmingham Little Shop..., West Side Story, Skin of Our Teeth, Her lighting design helped Soul of Shaolin to is currently the head of the BFA Theatre Manage- REP. Since then, he has written for theatres all Howie The Rookie , and most recently Breakfast nominations for a Tony Award for Best Special ment Program and general manager of the Jerry over the UK, including the Royal Shakespeare With Mugabe at Signature. Director/Designer: Theatrical Event, and a Drama Desk Award for Herman Ring Theatre at the University of Miami. Company, whose production of Breakfast with Return to the Forbidden Planet, Cat On a Hot Tin Unique Theatrical Experience. Her recent and up She has also been the general manager for the Mugabe won the John Whiting Award in 2006 Roof, Chess, The Who’s TOMMY, Nine, Harvey, coming projects include: Collections de Ballet, National Alliance of Musical Theatre’s Festival of and a Silver Sony Award when broadcast on South Pacifi c, A Chorus Line, One Flew Over the Taipei City Stage; The English Bride , Centenary New Musicals since 2007. lisadozierking.com BBC Radio 3 and the World Service. The play Cuckoos Nest . Education and training: SUNY Stage Theater and Theater 59E59, Fall 2013; has since been revived in the UK and the U.S. New Paltz, Royal Shakespeare Company - Lon- HARRISON HARVEY ( General Manager ) has Years of Sky , Theater 59E59, The Immigrant and More recent plays include The Lifesavers (The- don and the US Navy aboard the nuclear ballis- worked with many of New York City’s defi ning, Say Goodnight, Gracie! , Seven Angels Theater; A atre 503/Mercury Theatre Colchester), shortlist- tic submarine USS Kentucky - SSBN 737. Gary award-winning theater producing companies, Chance Shadow , Dixon Place; Anthony and Cleo- ed for TMA Best Play 2009, and King David: Man serves on the advisory board of Making Books including The New Group, Classic Stage Com- patra, Take Wing and Sour Theater; The Heretic , of Blood (Mercury Theatre, Colchester, 2010). Sing, a non-profi t theatre company that turns pany, N.Y.M.F., The Keen Company, The Actor’s Burning Coal Theatre, amoung others. Joyce’s A new play, Kalashnikov, In The Woods By The children’s books into live musicals. Proud mem- Company Theatre, and many more. Harrison pre- lighting work has also been seen nationally in Lake , toured the UK in 2011. His plays are pub- ber of AEA for over 15 years! Wibbly Wobbly, viously served as General Manager of The Ride, theaters in New Orleans, Seattle and Washing- lished by Oberon Books. Timey Wimey.... a unique bus touring N.Y.C., as the Executive Di- ton, D.C., as well as, internationally in Taipei, rector for The Clockwork Theatre, and as the Box DAVID SHOOKHOFF ( Director ) worked with Shanghai and Bucharest. For more information DEVIN DAY ( Assistant Stage Manager ) is Offi ce Treasurer for Theatre Row for over 500 this same wonderful company on Breakfast with please visit joyceliaodesign.com. happy with be back with Breakfast with Mugabe productions. Harrison is also currently a part of Mugabe at The Signature Theatre Center this after its run at Signature Theatre. Broadway: TERESA SNIDER-STEIN ( Costume Design ) the General Management team for the Off-Broad- past fall as well as at Centenary Stage two sea- I’m Not Rappaport (Broadway & Regional Tour); I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Mengers. Off- way hits Sistas and F#%king Up Everything . sons ago. He has directed numerous plays and Broadway: Pinkolandia, Lucy Loves Me (INTAR), the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Young Man from DREW FRANCIS ( Production Manager ) Re- operas in New York City and regionally; compa- Atlanta (Signature Theatre, Huntington Theatre, The Men (Primary Stages, workshop), The Fig nies include Ensemble Studio Theatre, Yale Rep- Leaves Are Falling (UnsungMusicalsCo.Inc.) DC cent projects include The World Is Round , direct- Alley Theatre). Most recent Off-Boadway credits ed by Rachel Dickstein, BAM; Our Planet , direct- ertory Theatre, The Juilliard School, and Man- include Him (Primary Stages), Bill W and Dr. Bob theatre credits include shows for the Source Fes- hattan Theatre Club. He has taught and directed tival, Capital Fringe Festival and Taffety Punk ed by Alec Duffy, Japan Society; Ballerina Swan , (Soho Playhouse). Selected NY credits: Lincoln Mint Theatre. Current: Production Manager for at colleges and universities throughout the re- Theatre Company. Graduate of the University of Center, Playwrights Horizons, NY Public The- Making Books Sing , NYC and Queens Sympho- gion. As Education Director of Manhattan The- Mary Washington. ater, Lucille Lortel, Classic Stage Co., Vineyard ny Orchestra, Queens. Technical Director for Girl atre Club, he has designed programs that annu- Theater Co. and resident costume designer for PEI-WEN HUANG ( Assistant Costume De- Without Wings , Phoenix Theatre. Business Man- ally serve 3,000 individuals in New York City and 35 productions at Signature Theatre. Regional: signer ) is from Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Now based ager, Shadowland Theatre, Artisan, Tiffany & Co. around the world. He holds an MFA in directing South Coast Rep, Goodspeed Opera Company, in NYC, is a recipient of a Friars Club Scholarship Recent Scene Design: LABrinyth Theatre, Mint from the Yale School of Drama. New York Stage and Film, Dallas Theatre Center, and Frances Black Prize in Drama. She received Theatre, Kraine Theatre, Tribeca Performing Arts LEE SAVAGE ( Set Design ) NY designs in- Williamstown Theatre Festival, Ford’s Theater, the KCACTF Merit for Set Design for The Pearl- Center, Neighborhood Playhouse, Colleagues clude Primary Stages, Rx ; LCT3, All-American ; Coconut Grove Playhouse, George Street Play- fi sher (U.S. Premiere), and was the only Ameri- Theatre, Red Circle, Theatre for a New Audience. LABrynth, Thinner Than Water ; Roundabout Un- house, Portland Stage Company, Dorset Theatre can student at the biennial Stage Design Exhibi- Regional Theatre: Shadowland Theatre, Dream- derground, The Dream of the Burning Boy , and Festival and Paper Mill Playhouse. Bronze Medal tion of International Theatre Schools. Director of catcher Theatre, New Jersey Rep, Playwrights