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Dear MTC Friend,
Welcome to our fourth production of the 2020-21 season! While this has been an unusual season to say the least, MTC has remained committed to our audience, members, and community to safely produce the award-winning theatre we have become known for throughout the past 34 seasons. While so many of our fellow theatres have gone temporarily dark, we have remained an active determined to continue our programming within all CDC, State of Connecticut and Actors’ Equity Association guidelines and continue to serve both factions of our audience with both live-in-person and virtual livestream mediums.
So on to BECOMING DR. RUTH! In tonight’s performance, you will meet a pop culture icon – Dr. Ruth Westheimer. While so many of us remember Dr. Ruth from television appearances, her own show on Lifetime, or her WYNY radio call-in show, many do not know the incredible journey of her life. She is the very heartbeat of the word “survivor”, a symbol in overcoming the greatest challenges and overwhelming adversity – most of it wholly on her own. She is not only a self-made success story, but through it all, one of the most positive and inspiring people you’ll ever meet.
Tonight you will hear that story. And at this challenging time in all our lives, Dr. Ruth reminds us that we can not only survive enormous challenges, but with positivity, determination and strength, overcome the odds and enjoy an even better life on the other side.
I hope this production inspires you in the same as it has inspired me. Thanks as always for your support especially at this time, and enjoy the show.
KEVIN CONNORS Director of Becoming Dr. Ruth MTC Executive Artistic Director & Co-Founder
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MUSIC THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT MTC MAINSTAGE presents
Becoming Dr.Ruth
A Play by MARK ST. GERMAIN
with AMY GRIFFIN*
Scenic Design by LINDSAY FUORI Lighting Design by RJ ROMEO Costume Design by DIANE VANDERKROEF Wig Design by PEGGI DE LA CRUZ Sound Design by WILL ATKIN Prop Design by CLAUDIA STEFANY-RUCK Stage Managed by JIM SCHILLING* Directed by KEVIN CONNORS
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
The videotaping, photography, or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production is a violation of United States copyright laws and an actionable federal offense.
World Premiere, June 30, 2013 at Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfield, MA Julianne Boyd (Artistic Director); Tristan Wilson (Managing Director)
Originally Produced Off-Broadway by Michael Alden, Stefany Bergson, Rodger Hess, Jamie deRoy, Pat Flicker Addiss, Beam Reach Entertainment/Elyse Mirto, LFI Group. Associate Producers: Matt Jared, Lawrence D. Poster/Merrill A. Stone
Original projection design by Brian Prather and Daniel Brodie.
Becoming Dr. Ruth presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York
MTC is generously supported in part by
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Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer ...... AMY GRIFFIN
TIME June 9, 1997
PLACE Apartment of Ruth and Fred Westheimer in Washington Heights, New York.
BECOMING DR. RUTH WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION
Thanks to the following actors whose voices represent characters in Dr. Ruth’s life Carolyn Savoia Kirsti Carnahan Peter McClung Jeff Gurner Alex Imbrosci-Viera Elissa DeMaria Cynthia Hannah
Special Thanks to Ryan Romeo as Walter
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*Additional offices located in Stamford, Danbury and New York City 14 WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST AMY GRIFFIN (Dr. Ruth) is delighted to Randy Courts include The Gifts of the Magi, return to MTC, where she played Older Jack’s Holiday and Johnny Pye. For Nashville’s Alison in their award-winning production Ryman Theater he wrote Stand By Your Man. of Fun Home. She has appeared on Broadway Awards: the Lucille Lortel, Off Broadway in How the Grinch Stone Christmas (original Alliance and Outer Critics Circle. Television: cast, cast recording) and Off-Broadway in The Writer/Creative Consultant for “The Cosby English Bride, Mr. President, Infertility, Newsical, Show.” He co-wrote director Carroll Ballard’s three productions of Forbidden Broadway, and film DUMA. Mark produced and directed as the Nightingale in the revival of Once Upon the documentary My Dog, An Unconditional a Matress (starring Jackie Hoffman). First Love Story and authored the prize-winning National Tours: Mrs. Mayor in Seussical the children’s book, Three Cups. He is an Associate Musical (starring Cathy Rigby) and Grinch. Artist of the Barrington Stage Company, a Other credits include: Loretta in Fly Me to the member of the Dramatist Guild, the Writers Moon (The Public Theater); Sally in Talley’s Guild East, alumnus of New Dramatists and Folly (Bickford and Oldcastle Theatres); member of the HB Playwrights Unit. Belise in The Learned Ladies (Centenary Stage); Miss Prism in The Importance of Being KEVIN CONNORS (Director / Executive Earnest (Savannah Rep); Rosemary in Outside Artistic Director & Co-Founder) Off-Broadway: Mullingar (Depot Theatre); the Beggar Woman Play Like a Winner (NYMF award-winner), in Sweeney Todd (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Prime Time Prophet, Jukebox Saturday Night, Festival); Mrs. Braddock in The Graduate The Abandoned Loves of Frederick R., Life (Forestburgh Playhouse); Fran in Grumpy Old Anonymous, Lover: The Valentino Musical, Babes Men (starring F. Murray Abraham) and Mrs Off Broadway, Saloon and Suzy Q. Selected Fairfax/Mrs. Reed/Grace Poole in the recent regional productions: The Fantasticks, It’s a workshops of John Caird and Paul Gordon’s Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, Babes in Jaye Eyre. Amy has somehow survived playing Toyland, A Christmas Carol and Baby; with the title role in Peter Pan seven (!) times. She such stars as Joan Rivers, James Naughton, and has received the Independent Theatre Award Johnny Mathis. He has directed over 100 MTC for her performance (as well as many frequent Equity MainStage productions including Next flyer miles). As a director, her credits include to Normal, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, White Plains Performing Arts Center, the Cabaret, Little Shop of Horrors, Evita, Doubt, Engeman Theatre, the Depot Theatre, and Master Class, Gypsy, (all Connecticut Critics’ Antrim Playhouse. Amy is a proud graduate Circle Award Nominations/Winners), and of Northwestern University, where she It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, (Moss received the Excellence In Theatre Award. Hart Award Winner). BroadwayWorld Award Special thanks to Barrie Kreinik, dialect Winner as Best Director for MTC’s Cat on coach extraordinaire, for all her help with this a Hot Tin Roof, Connecticut Critics’ Circle project! www.Amy-Griffin.com Best Director winner for MTC’s Ragtime, and recipient of the Tom Killen Award for MARK ST . GERMAIN (Playwright) has Outstanding Contribution to Connecticut written the plays Freud’s Last Session, Scott and Professional Theatre. As a composer he has Hem in the Garden of Allah, Best of Enemies, penned the score for numerous musicals Camping with Henry and Tom and Out of including It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Gas on Lover’s Leap. With John Markus he Play and A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio wrote The Fabulous Lipitiones. Musicals with Play (both published by Playscripts, Inc.), and 15 16 WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST served on the faculties of The Hartt School of Theatre of CT in 1987 and is currently Music/University of Hartford, Sacred Heart MTC’s Managing Director and Director University, the University of Bridgeport of the School of Performing Arts. MTC and Musical Theatre Works in NYC. acting credits include Jacques Brel is Alive www.kevin-connors.com and Well..., Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down, Yours, Anne, It’s a Wonderful Life: A WILL ATKIN (Sound Designer & Technician) is Live Radio Play, Doubt, Almost, Maine, God of very excited to begin his third Season with Carnage, The Fantasticks, Vanya and Sonia and MTC, previously running sound for Jekyll Masha and Spike, The 39 Steps, Cat on a Hot & Hyde, Always... Patsy Cline, Cabaret, and Tin Roof and most recently, Sylvia. He was Ragtime to name a few. He has stage managed nominated for a CT Critics Circle award A View from the Bridge (Westport Community for Herr Shultz in Cabaret and winner of the Theatre), played Riff in West Side Story BroadwayWorld award for Cat on a Hot Tin (Wilton Playshop). Will has a degree in Audio Roof. He continues as a Blue Ribbon Panelist & Music Production, with a focus in jazz for the Daytime Emmy Awards, and is on the trombone from Western Connecticut State voting committee for the SAG awards, and University. a member of “Who’s Who in the American Theatre” from 1991-present. Jim was also an LINDSAY FUORI (Scenic Designer) is a scenic adjunct professor at Sacred Heart University designer for theatre, opera, and events. Recent (Advanced Acting, Advanced Scene Study, regional credits include Parade (Moonbox Script Analysis and Directing) where he was Productions), Native Gardens (Gloucester recently nominated Best Director of a musical Stage), and The Crucible (The Nora Theatre/ for his work on Godspell. Bedlam). Lindsay serves as an Industry Panelist for MassOpera’s New Opera Workshop. She CLAUDIA STEFANY-RUCK (Prop Designer) holds a B.F.A. in Scenic Design from Boston is a freelance Costume Designer and Stage University. lindsayfuori.com. Director having recently completed a year as Associate Artistic Director at the SHAPE RJ ROMEO (Director of Producion / Lighting Performing Arts Center in Belgium. She is Designer) has relocated from Pittsburgh, PA Wardrobe Supervisor for the Hudson Valley to become the Technical Director/Associate Shakespeare Festival and is on the Board of Director of Production at Westport Country Directors at Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack, Playhouse. He was very excited to make New York. his debut at MTC as lighting designer for Cabaret, Seussical and The Jungle Book; and DIANE VANDERKROEF (Costume Design) lighting designer for last season’s Ragtime, Steel has been the resident costume designer Magnolias and Sylvia; and this season’s Fully for MTC MainStage and MTC School of Committed and RFK. RJ has designed lighting Performing Arts since 2006. In the past she for countless productions such as Guys also worked with Kevin Connors on Babes in and Dolls, Twelfth Night, and most recently, Toyland at the Stamford Center for the Arts. Frozen Jr. She did designs for the Connecticut Grand Opera, including Elixer of Love, Don Giovanni JIM SCHILLING (Stage Manager/ Managing and Don Pasquale. She has also been designer Director, Co-Founder) co-founded Music for Downtown Cabaret Theatre’s MainStage
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18 WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST and Children’s Company, as well as various MUSIC THEATRE OF CONNECTICUT musicals for New England Lyrical Operetta. Executive Artistic Director ...... KEVIN CONNORS When not designing, Diane is a flight Managing Director ...... JIM SCHILLING attendant for Delta Airlines. Director of Production ...... RJ ROMEO Box Office Manager & Administrative Assistant ...... ALEX MONGILLO ACTOR’S EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) Marketing & PR Consultant ...... JOE LANDRY was founded in 1913, AEA represents more Cabaret Liason ...... RAISSA KATONA BENNETT Enrichment Coordinator . . . . . BROOKS APPELBAUM than 50,000 actors and stage managers in Resident Scenic Designer ...... JESSIE LIZOTTE the United States. Equity seeks to advance, Resident Costume Designer . . . DIANE VANDERKROEF Resident Lighting Designer ...... RJ ROMEO promote and foster the art of live theatre Resident Sound Designer ...... WILL ATKIN as an essential component of our society. House Manager ...... PATTIE TAKITA Equity negotiates wages and working Front of House Staff...... NANCY SCIGLIMPAGLIA, PETER MCCLUNG, TORI VACCA, conditions, providing a wide range of LEEANNA RUBIN benefits, including health and pension MTC School Faculty ...... KEVIN CONNORS, ELISSA DeMARIA, DEBORAH LEVY, plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, TRACEY MARBLE, ALEX MONGILLO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international KATIE ROMEO, JIM SCHILLING, organization of performing arts unions. The ERIN WILLIAMS Board of Directors ...... DAN ARON, GREG COLE, Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. KEVIN CONNORS, MARK CORPRON, www.actorsequity.org JOHN HAMLIN, BARBARA McAREE, PETER McCLUNG, PAULETTE OLIVA, MARISA PARROTTA , HENRY C . RAPP III, ANTHONY SANTOMAURO, JIM SCHILLING, ROB SCIGLIMPAGLIA STAFF FOR BECOMING DR. RUTH
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