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10 AN INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU

13 PLAYWRIGHT’S RULES OF ENGAGEMENT PLUS: 4 04 Backstage by Olivia J. Kiers 14 About the Company 34 Patron Services 35 Emergency Exits 38 Guide to Local Theatre 44 Boston Dining Guide 46 Dining Out: Davio’s 10

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 3 BACKSTAGE BEHIND THE SCENES IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL THEATRE BY OLIVIA J. KIERS The Colonial, which is more than 100 years old, underwent extensive renovations beginning in 2015. It is now operat- ing under the manage- ment of London-based Ambassador Theatre Group, which signed a long-term lease with Emerson College to run the Colonial after the college cancelled its plan to change the historic venue into a campus dining hall amid public outcry. For tickets, go to emersoncolonialtheatre.com.

Awards Season Begins in the Hub Save the date! The 2018 Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, or IRNE Awards, take place on Monday, April 23. Held every spring, the ceremony finds itself at the Brookline Holiday GRAND RE-OPENING: The dates for the world premiere of Moulin Rouge! Inn for the second year in The Musical, June 27–August 5 at the renovated Emerson Colonial Theatre, a row. Founded by Beverly were recently released. Creasey and Larry Stark in 1997, the IRNE Awards is Colonial Re-opening Date Set a much-anticipated annual celebration of talent As previously reported, Emerson College’s in the Boston theatre community. For updates, Colonial Theatre reopens this summer with visit the IRNE Awards’ Facebook page. the world premiere production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The when was revealed Local Students Make the Grade recently when the run dates of that show, The August Wilson Monologue June 27–August 5, were finally released. The Competition, held in honor of the Pulitzer stage adaption of Baz Luhrmann’s popular Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, film set in a Parisian nightclub is directed announced the winner of its Boston by Tony Award nominee Alex Timbers, and regional finals, hosted by the Huntington is expected to head to Broadway afterwards. Theatre Company’s education depart- Sonya Tayeh, an Obie Award winner and ment. Bishop Edwards, a student at the Emmy Award nominee, takes on the chore- Snowden International School at Copley, ography. As of this story’s press time, the cast won with his rendition of the character has yet to be announced. Troy from Wilson’s Fences in a performance 4 SKELETON CREW BACKSTAGE (continued)

at the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts on January 29. Edwards, along with first runner-up Beyonce Martinez of Margarita Muniz Academy, advance to the national competition at the August Wilson Theatre on Broadway on May 7 after earning an all-expenses-paid trip for their efforts. The national compe- tition is free and open to the public. Go to huntingtontheatre.org for details. Courtesy of A.R.T. SpeakEasy’s Spring Gala CELEBRATING WITH SPEAKEASY: SpeakEasy SpeakEasy Stage Company Stage Company’s Spring Gala features entertain- ’s Spring Gala ment by singer/actress Mary Callanan (above left) takes place on Friday, April 6 at the Revere while also posthumously honoring the life and Hotel near Boston Common. Featuring live career of actor Thomas Derrah (above right). music by special guest duo Mary Callanan and Brian Patton, the gala also includes a Daigneault: “I remember how fiercely pas- cocktail reception, three-course dinner, and sionate [Derrah] was about each and every silent auction. SpeakEasy posthumously hon- play he did for SpeakEasy. And watching him ors Thomas Derrah with its Mayor Thomas work was a master class in humanity. He just M. Menino Memorial Award for Inspired knew how to get inside a character.…He was Support of the Arts in Boston. In the words a mentor to so many of us.” For more infor- of SpeakEasy producing artistic director Paul mation, visit speakeasystage.com.

WHAT’S ON STAGE in March Our picks for the hottest plays and musicals on local stages this month

THE WHITE CARD GUARDS AT ARTSEMERSON AND THE TAJ AMERICAN REPERTORY UNDERGROUND THEATER RAILWAY THEATER Through April 1 March 1–April 1 Claudia Rankine (pic- This violent, dark tured), prize-winning comedy by NEA author of Citizen: An grant-winning American Lyric, exam- playwright Rajiv ines race in contempo- Joseph (pictured) rary America through a Manhattan dinner party setting in is set in 1648 at this production directed by Diane Paulus. Refer to listing, the unveiling of page 38. one of the architectural wonders of the world. Refer to list-

John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation John D. & Catherine T. ing, page 40. EVERY BRILLIANT THING SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY R.U.R. March 2–31 THEATRE@FIRST What makes life worth living? Find out in this enchanting March 15–24 new play, narrated by Boston favorite Adrianne Krstansky, Updated for a modern audience, Karel Cˇ apek’s classic sci-fi that encourages audience participation. Refer to listing, play from the 1920s is the origin of the word “robot.” Refer page 40. to listing, page 41.

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by Dominique Morisseau Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian

Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design Wilson Chin Ari Fulton Adam Honoré Nathan Leigh

Casting Production Stage Manager Stage Manager Alaine Alldaffer Kevin Schlagle Alycia Marucci

Skeleton Crew is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.

Skeleton Crew was developed at The Lark, New York City and the 2014 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort.

Winner of the 2014 Sky Cooper New American Play Prize at Marin Theatre Company, Mill Valley, California; Artistic Director, Jasson Minadakis; Managing Director, Michael Barker.

World premiere presented by Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 2016.

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 7 Draft rendering of the Huntington Avenue redevelopment project. ARCHITECTURE STANTEC HUNTINGTON AVENUE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WINS APPROVAL On December 14, 2017 the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) voted to approve the proposed redevelopment of 254-264 Huntington Avenue, which includes the renovation of the Huntington Avenue Theatre and the theatre’s support wing, as well as a new apartment building next to the theatre.

This approval sets in motion a gathering spaces, an expansive donation by commercial developers second floor lobby that will double QMG Huntington LLC of the historic as an event space and intimate Huntington Avenue Theatre and performance venue, and more its support wing to the Huntington restrooms! The Huntington will Theatre Company for its ownership expand its programming to provide in perpetuity. It will also lead to the year-round activity in the theatre creation of a new, 14,000 square feet and lobbies, and will make these of cultural space expanding the theatre new spaces available for use by at the base of their apartment building, the community. with a 100-year lease for the price of $1. This critical moment would not have The Huntington will be responsible been possible without our deep and for outfitting the new contemporary loyal community of supporters. We space, which will serve as the are excited to fulfill our bold dream, Huntington Avenue Theatre’s new and we hope we can continue to entrance and will provide public count on your support until it is amenities including increased fully realized.

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Faye...... Patricia R. Floyd Dez...... Jonathan Louis Dent Shanita...... Toccarra Cash Reggie...... Maurice Emmanuel Parent

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AVENUE OF THE ARTS APR.20-MAYHUNTINGTON AVENUE THEATRE 20 TOP GIRLS HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 9 ONE HUMONGOUS FAMILY: AN INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT DOMINIQUE Dominique Morisseau MORISSEAU Including Skeleton Crew, Dominique Morisseau has now written three plays about her home city of Detroit, a cycle of plays that has brought her national recognition. This season, Skeleton Crew is the third most-produced play in the country. In this interview, she talks about why she was drawn to tell stories onstage and how this play resonates with our current cultural and political moment.

Danielle Mages Amato (Literary Manager at The Old Globe): What sparked your interest in playwriting? Dominique Morisseau (Playwright): I was studying acting at the University of Michigan, and I was feeling marginalized because we weren’t really reading or producing work by writers of color. I was frustrated with not being able to have as many chances at roles. Even though I had never been a playwright before, I was a poet, so I set out, in the fashion of Ntozake Shange with for colored girls…, to create a choreopoem that I could perform in as an actor, along with the other two black women in our department. It became kind of legendary at the university, and it got a lot of attention and support. It sort of turned my gears — not away from acting, but to include playwriting.

Do you still perform? I do. Not as often, just because of how busy I am, but it’s still very much a part of my artistic vocabulary. It’s part of my creative DNA to be a performer. Actually, in February [2017], we celebrated the 40th anniversary of for colored girls… on Broadway, and I performed in a reading of Ntozake’s play at The Public Theater.

What made you decide to write a cycle of plays about Detroit? A number of things. I was reading all of Pearl Cleage’s plays — she’s from Detroit. And I was moved by reading someone’s body of work, rather than just one play. And then I started reading August Wilson’s play cycle, and I thought: what he’s doing for Pittsburgh — what the people of Pittsburgh must

10 SKELETON CREW feel like when they read his work — I want to do that for my city. I want the people of my city to feel that they have been immortalized in art, that there’s someone who sees them and recognizes them and loves them Ford Focus vehicles are assembled at

enough to the Michigan Assembly Plant in 2011 SANCYA PAUL scribe them.

It sounds like Detroit plays a big role in your sense of self? Yes, definitely. Not just for me, but for many Detroiters. It’s kind of our badge, if you will.

How would you describe the city, for those of us who aren’t familiar with it? My whole entire family lives in Detroit. I mean, aunts, uncles, grandparents, my husband’s family, in-laws, cousins, everybody. I have a family of 300 in Detroit. So when I hear negative press about the city, it’s like they’re talking about my family. They work in the auto industry, they’re educators in the city, they’re city employees. The working class of the city — they’re all my family. And my extended family, in a certain way. What Detroit is for me is one humongous family. Also, once you know the city, you fall in love with it. The people are resilient — because you have to be resilient in a city that’s taken so many hits, both from the media and the economy — but it’s more than that. It’s the creativity, the political savvy and awareness, the intellect in the city, the wisdom and the spirit, the culture. It’s like the history of being African American in this nation is embedded in that city. You feel like that in Detroit.

How would you describe Skeleton Crew’s place in your Detroit cycle? Skeleton Crew was one of the hardest plays for me to write because I don’t work in the auto industry and I never have. Until wanting to write this play, I never even visited a factory. So I’m stepping into a world, into a trade, that I don’t know. And it’s not just that I’ve written a play in which it’s one character’s job — I’m actually setting the play at the factory. And that’s hard. I’ve interviewed dozens of people in different walks of the auto life, and I still never feel like I have enough information. When you’re writing about people whose story has rarely been told, the burden is very big. So I’ll always be sensitive about how well I got it right. Of course, I also had to make room for my own creativity, so even though people can’t always talk about their work while they’re at work, I decided to let this play live in a place where people can gather and talk. It kind of lives in this existential breakroom. A false space, in a way, but a false space within a very real place.

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 11 What was the experience of doing research for the play like for you? When I visited the Ford River Rouge Complex — where they give factory tours — I remember thinking that an assembly line is like the most beautiful choreography. It’s like a dance. Which inspired the visual world of the play. So much is being automated, but there’s also something very beautiful about watching these people do their work on the line.

Skeleton Crew is set in 2008, but it feels uncannily of this moment. Every single play in my Detroit cycle has become a contemporary play. Detroit ’67 is set during the 1967 riot/rebellion that happened in Detroit. It’s about police brutality in the black community, and a fire that rises out of that civil unrest. And we’re seeing that same civil unrest right now. I wrote Detroit ’67 long before Trayvon Martin was killed, which was, I think, where the current wave of political action started. By the time it came out, it was so current, but I was trying to write about the past. My play Paradise Blue is about 1949 Detroit, about a housing renewal act that was passed that built a freeway through the black part of town. It’s about gentrification. And again, we’re seeing gentrification happen in every major city now, aggressive gentrification. So even though Paradise Blue is the oldest-set play in my cycle, it also feels like the most accurate about Detroit right now.

And of course, Skeleton Crew feels extremely relevant to conversations we’re having right now in this country about industrial jobs and the working class. It’s an issue that’s dividing our nation right now, one that was particularly divisive in this past election. I want to broaden the face of the working class; I want white working-class people to watch this story and to see themselves in it. I think we all need to see ourselves more in one another.

This interview originally appeared in the program at The Old Globe, San Diego, California. Reprinted with permission. MICHELLE AND CHRIS GERARD

Capitol Park and historic buildings in downtown Detroit

12 SKELETON CREW Jonathan Louis Dent, Patricia R. Floyd,

Toccarra Cash, and Maurice Emmanuel Parent NILE HAWVER PLAYWRIGHT’S  RULES OF ENGAGEMENT by Dominique Morisseau

• You are allowed to laugh audibly. • You are allowed to have audible moments of reaction and response. • My work requires a few “um hmms” and “uhn uhnns” should you need to use them. Just maybe in moderation. Only when you really need to vocalize. • This can be church for some of us, and testifying is allowed. • This is also live theatre and the actors need you to engage with them, not distract them or thwart their performance. • Please be an audience member that joins with others and allows a bit of breathing room. Exhale together. Laugh together. Say “amen” should you need to. • This is community. Let’s go.

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 13 ABOUT THE COMPANY Toccarra Cash* (Shanita) has Off Broadway credits that include Napoli, Brooklyn (Roundabout Theatre Company); Brothers from the Bottom (Billie Holiday Theatre, AUDELCO Award for Best Supporting Actress); and Playing with Fire (The Negro Ensemble Company); as well as regional theatre productions at Baltimore Center Stage, Hartford Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Florida Studio

SKELETON CREW Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, and Alliance Theatre, among many others. Film credits include Faraway Eyes, Gracie’s Keeper, ATL, Blue Car, Rosy, and Hands to the Sky. Television credits include “Blue Bloods” (CBS), “Younger” (TV Land), and “Royal Pains” (USA). She is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award for acting. Ms. Cash is a proud graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia and received her MFA from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. toccarracash.com.

Jonathan Louis Dent* (Dez) was last seen at the Huntington in Sons of the Prophet. He is a New York City-based actor and writer who previously appeared Off Broadway in Church and State (New World Stages) and Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout Theatre Company). Regional credits include Romeo and Juliet (Hartford Stage), The Good Negro (Company One Theatre), and The Etymology of Bird (The Providence Black Repertory Company). Mr. Dent wrote and performed in The Broken Record which won the award for Best Overall Play at the 2015 International New York Fringe Festival. His credits at New York University’s graduate acting program include Free Man of Color and Describe the Night (world premiere by Rajiv Joseph). Television credits include “Elementary.” He received a BA from Brown University and an MFA from New York University.

Maurice Emmanuel Parent* (Reggie) previously appeared at the Huntington in Merrily We Roll Along and as Bobo in A Raisin in the Sun. His other credits include Hair (Barrington Stage Company), Ragtime (Music Theatre of Wichita, Fulton Opera House, and New Repertory Theatre), King Edward in Edward II (Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Elliot Norton Award), Mr. Bones in The Scottsboro Boys (SpeakEasy Stage Company, Arts Impulse Award), and Chilford Ndlovu in The Convert (Underground Railway Theater, IRNE Award). He received a BS in business administration from Carnegie Mellon University and a MA from New York University’s Steinhardt School. Mr. Parent is a resident company member of the Actors’ Shakespeare Project and co-founder of The Front Porch Arts Collective. mauriceparent.com.

Patricia R. Floyd* (Faye) is an actor, director, and writer proudly hailing from Detroit, Michigan. She is a two-time AUDELCO Award winner. She appeared in two episodes of the HBO mini-series “Show Me a Hero” and recurred as Judge Rochelle Desmond on “Law & Order.” Her recent television appearances include “Jessica Jones,” “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” “Elementary,” “Deception,” “Blue Bloods,” and “Orange is the New Black.” She has been in several films including Thirty Years to Life and The Incredible Jessica James. She is currently awaiting the release of Bikini Moon. She is a 30-year veteran of the theatre whose favorite roles were in productions of Flying West, The American Menu, A Raisin in the Sun, The Raft of the Medusa, and Munched. Ms. Floyd has worked as a guest director

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Dominique Morisseau (Playwright) is the author of The Detroit Project, a three-play cycle that includes Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company/Scott Rudin), Paradise Blue (Williamstown

SKELETON CREW Theatre Festival), and Detroit ’67 (The Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem, and National Black Theatre). Her additional plays include Sunset Baby (LAByrinth Theater), Blood at the Root (National Black Theatre), and Follow Me to Nellie’s (Premiere Stages). She is an alumna of The Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group, Women’s Project Lab, and Lark Playwrights Workshop, and has developed work at Sundance Lab and Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference. Ms. Morisseau’s work has been commissioned by the Hip-Hop Theater Festival, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Women’s Project, South Coast Repertory, People’s Light and Theatre, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Penumbra Theatre. She has received numerous honors for her work, including a Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellowship, Stavis Playwright Award, NAACP Image Award, Spirit of Detroit Award, Weissberger Award, PoNY Fellowship, Sky Cooper New American Play Prize, TEER Spirit Trailblazer Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, the Samuel French Award for Impact & Activism in the Theatre Community, Graham F. Smith Peace Foundation Prize for promotion of human rights (Blood at the Root), the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama (Detroit ’67), and an Obie Award (Skeleton Crew). Ms. Morisseau currently serves as co-producer on the Showtime series “Shameless.” Her new play, Pipeline, recently completed its run at Lincoln Center Theater, and her new musical, Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations, recently premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. She received her BFA in acting from the University of Michigan and her start as a performance poet in the Detroit community of Harmonie Park.

Megan Sandberg-Zakian (Director) has recent directing credits that include the world premiere of Nat Turner in Jerusalem (New York Theatre Workshop), The Broken Record (New York Times Critic’s Pick, FringeNYC Overall Excellence Award), The Convert (Underground Railway Theater, Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Production), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Trinity Repertory Company/Perishable Theatre), and Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea (Cleveland Public Theatre, National New Play Network rolling world premiere). She is the director-in-residence at Merrimack Repertory Theatre where her credits include the world premiere of Eleanor Burgess’ Chill, The Royale, A Christmas Carol, and It’s a Wonderful Life. She is a recipient of the Princess Grace Theater Award and the TCG Future Leaders fellowship, a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, a proud Stage Directors and Choreographers Society member, and co-founder of Maia Directors, a consulting group for artists and organizations engaging with Middle Eastern stories. megansz.com. maiadirectors.com.

Wilson Chin (Scenic Design) previously designed Tiger Style! at the Huntington. He has earned acclaim for his designs for new plays, including Geoffrey Nauffts’ Next Fall (Broadway), Julia Cho’s Aubergine (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Samuel Hunter’s Lewiston (Long Wharf Theatre), Elizabeth Irwin’s My Mañana Comes (The Playwrights Realm), Hansol Jung’s Wild Goose Dreams (The Public Theater), Jason Kim’s The Model American (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Martyna Majok’s Cost of Living (Manhattan Theatre Club), Terrence McNally’s Mothers and Sons (Bucks County

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ABOUT THE COMPANY SKELETON CREW SKELETON Playhouse), Antoinette Nwandu’s Pass Over (Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Lincoln Center Theater), and Lauren Yee’s The Great Leap (Seattle Repertory Theatre). Opera designs include Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Chicago) and Eine Florentinische Tragodie/Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Opera Company, Dora Award). Mr. Chin recently designed his first film for Spike Lee’s Pass Over. wilsonchin.com.

Ari Fulton (Costume Design) has theatre design credits that include Hello, From the Children of Planet Earth (Playwrights Realm); Terminus (Monk Parrots/New York Theatre Workshop); Alligator (The Sol Project); We are Proud to Present… (Yale Dramatic Association); Late Wedding, Wake, and The Seagull (Columbia University); Sweet (The National Black Theatre); But I Cd Only Whisper (The Flea Theater), Locusts Have No King (INTAR Theatre); Force Continuum (Fordham University); R/evolution, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), and Meantime (New York University); and The Widow of Tom’s Hill (59E59 Theaters). Film credits include Nigerian Prince (Tribeca New Voices Award) and Black Girl in Paris (HBO Special Selection). Ms. Fulton has a MFA in design for stage and film from New York University. arifulton.com.

Adam Honoré (Lighting Design) was previously the associate designer for Top Dog/ Underdog with the Huntington Theatre Company. He is a New York-based lighting designer for plays, musicals, concerts, and dance. Off Broadway credits include Raisin (Astoria Performing Arts Center) and Red Scare on Sunset (Theater for the New City). Recently, he designed the regional premiere of Mamma Mia! (John W. Engeman Theater) and the national tour of Dance to the Movies, which featured performers

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Nathan Leigh (Sound Design) has designed sound and composed original

SKELETON CREW music for New York Theatre Workshop, Red Bull Theater, American Repertory Theater, Berkshire Theatre Group, The Debate Society (Gothamist, Best Sound Design 2007 for The Eaten Heart), Greater Boston Stage Company (IRNE Award, Best Sound Design 2009 for Strangers on a Train), Central Square Theater (IRNE Award, Best Sound Design 2010 for The Hound of the Baskervilles), and many more. With Kyle Jarrow, Mr. Leigh co-created the musicals Big Money (Williamstown Theatre Festival Boris Sagal Directing Fellowship 2008) and The Consequences (world premiere Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater 2012). With the Liars and Believers ensemble, he composed scores for adaptations of Song of Songs and Icarus. With Megan Sass, he is the composer and lyricist for The Mad Scientist’s Guide (New York International Fringe Festival 2015). nathanleigh.net.

Alaine Alldaffer (Casting) is also the casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where her credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie Awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting), and The Flick (Playwright Horizons and The Barrow Street Theatre). Television credits include “The Knights of Prosperity” (aka “Let’s Rob Mick Jagger”) for ABC. Associate credits include “Ed” for NBC and “Monk” for USA. Ms. Alldaffer has also cast productions for Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. She credits Lisa Donadio as her associate casting director.

Kevin Schlagle* (Production Stage Manager) returns to the Huntington after previously working on Tartuffe; Merrily We Roll Along; Ripcord; Topdog/Underdog; Bedroom Farce; Sunday in the Park with George; Can You Forgive Her?; Milk Like Sugar; A Confederacy of Dunces; A Little Night Music; after all the terrible things I do; Come Back, Little Sheba; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Smart People; Venus in Fur; Our Town; God of Carnage; Ruined; and Prelude to a Kiss. Other theatre credits include American Repertory Theater, New Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. His opera credits include Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Baroque, Boston Opera Collaborative, Guerilla Opera, New England Conservatory, Boston University’s Opera Institute, and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. He holds a BFA in stage management from Boston University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Alycia Marucci* (Stage Manager) has previous stage management credits that include Burn All Night (American Repertory Theater); Show Boat, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Rent, The Wiz, and Jesus Christ Superstar (Fiddlehead Theatre Company); and Finish Line: A Documentary Play about the 2013 Boston Marathon (Boston Theatre Company). Opera credits include Le Carnival De Venise, Versailles, Orfeo, Ulisse, Almira, Niobe Regina de Tebe, Pergolesi, Charpentier (international tour), Dido & Aeneas (Boston Early Music Festival), Guilio Cesare (Boston Baroque), and Rev 23 (White Snake Projects). She has also served on

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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SKELETON wardrobe crew at American Repertory Theater for Sense & Sensibility, Trans Scripts: Part 1: The Women, …the Great Comet of 1812 (pre-Broadway production), Finding Neverland (pre-Broadway production), and The Donkey Show. She holds a BA from

Suffolk University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. CREW

Peter DuBois (Artistic Director) is in his 10th season as Artistic Director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Moliére’s Tartuffe, Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music; the world premieres of Gina Gionfriddo’s Can You Forgive Her?, Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People, Evan M. Wiener’s Captors, Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet (2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist), Bob Glaudini’s Vengeance is the Lord’s, and David Grimm’s The Miracle at Naples; the regional premieres of A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible the things I do, Stephen Belber’s The Power of Duff, and Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw and Rapture, Blister, Burn; and Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss. His West End/London credits include Sex with Strangers and Rapture, Blister, Burn (Hampstead Theatre); All New People with Zach Braff (Duke of York’s Theatre); and Becky Shaw (Almeida Theatre). His New York credits include Can You Forgive Her? (Vineyard Theatre); The Power of Duff with Greg Kinnear (New York Stage and Film/ Powerhouse Theater); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons, 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout Theatre Company, 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Modern Terrorism, Becky Shaw, Trust with Sutton Foster, All New People, and Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage Theatre); Measure for Pleasure,





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ABOUT THE COMPANY SKELETON CREW SKELETON Richard III with Peter Dinklage, Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?, and Biro (The Public Theater); and Jack Goes Boating with Philip Seymour Hoffman and The View From 151st Street (LAByrinth Theater Company/The Public Theater). He served for five years as associate producer and resident director at The Public Theater, preceded by five years as artistic director of the Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. Prior to his work at Perseverance, Mr. DuBois lived and worked in the Czech Republic where he co-founded Asylum, a multi-national squat theatre in Prague. His productions have been on the annual top ten lists of The New York Times, Time Out, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsday, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, The Evening Standard, The Boston Globe, and Improper Bostonian, and he received an Honorable Mention for 2013 Bostonian of the Year by The Boston Globe Magazine.

Michael Maso (Managing Director) has led the Huntington’s administrative and financial operations since 1982. He has produced more than 200 productions in partnership with three artistic directors and is one of the most well-regarded managing directors in the theatre industry. Under his tenure, the Huntington has received over 140 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Mr. Maso received the 2016 Massachusetts Nonprofit Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as TCG’s 2012 Theatre Practitioner Award, the Huntington’s 2012 Wimberly Award, StageSource’s 2010 Theatre Hero Award, the 2005 Commonwealth Award (the state’s highest arts honor) in the category of Catalyst, and the 2000 Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. In 2004 the Boston Herald honored him as Theatre Man of the Year. Mr. Maso led the Huntington’s 10-year drive to build the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, which opened in September 2004, and is currently leading the redevelopment and renovation of the Huntington Avenue Theatre. He currently serves on the Boston Cultural Planning Steering Committee and previously served as a member of the board for ArtsBoston, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and StageSource, and as a site visitor, panelist, and panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts. From 1997 to 2005 Mr. Maso served as the president of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of 70 of the country’s major not-for-profit professional theatres. In 2005, he was named as one of a dozen members of the inaugural class of the Barr Fellows Program. Prior to the Huntington, he served as the managing director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival, general manager of New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, business manager for PAF Playhouse on Long Island, and as an independent arts management consultant based in Taos, New Mexico.

Christopher Wigle (Producing Director) is in his 18th season at the Huntington where he has produced over 80 productions. He has worked on Broadway, Off Broadway, and regionally for Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, the Bay Street Theater, and the Royal National Theatre. Working primarily as a stage manager, his credits include the original productions or New York premieres of Six Degrees of Separation (John Guare), subUrbia (Eric Bogosian), The Designated Mourner (Wallace Shawn), Some Americans Abroad (Richard Nelson), Desdemona (Paula Vogel), Racing Demon (David Hare), Sex and Longing (Christopher Durang), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Alfred Urhy), and Sophistry (Jonathan Marc Sherman). Additional credits include the award- winning Broadway revivals of The Heiress and The Most Happy Fella, as well as two seasons as workshop director for the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

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Sign up at Globe.com/Newsletters ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY The Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s leading professional theatre and one of the region’s premier cultural assets. Since its founding in 1982, the Huntington has received over 140 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. In the past 35 years, the Huntington has played to an audience of 3.5 million, presented over 200 plays (18 of which went on to Broadway or Off Broadway), and served over 500,000 students, community members, and other cultural organizations. Under the direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso, the Huntington brings world-class theatre artists from Boston, Broadway, and beyond together with the most promising new talent to create eclectic seasons of exciting new works and classics made current. Long an anchor cultural institution of the Avenue of the Arts, the Huntington’s primary home will remain on Huntington Avenue on a permanent basis. The Huntington plans to renovate and expand the current theatre into a first-rate, modern, state-of-the-art venue with enhanced services for audiences, artists, and the community. The Huntington built the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts in 2004 as a home for its new works activities and to provide a much- needed resource for the local theatre community. At the Calderwood Pavilion, the Huntington provides first-class facilities and audience services at significantly subsidized rates to dozens of organizations each year, including some of Boston’s most exciting small and mid-sized theatre companies. The Huntington serves 200,000 audience members each year at the Huntington Avenue Theatre and the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. Through a diverse and impactful range of nationally renowned education and community programs, the Huntington reaches 36,000 young people and underserved audience members each year. These programs include the Poetry Out Loud national recitation contest, the August Wilson Monologue Competition, the Huntington Community Membership Initiative, and the student matinee series. The Huntington is a founding partner of Codman Academy Charter Public School and has collaborated with Codman year-round for 16 years to create and teach its innovative, interdisciplinary Humanities curriculum. A national leader in the development of new plays, the Huntington has produced more than 120 world, American, and New England premieres to date. Through the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, the cornerstone of its new work activities, the Huntington supports local writers through two-year fellowships and is also proud to serve as a home for Playwright-in-Residence Melinda Lopez. The Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form and is committed to mentoring local playwrights, educating young people in theatre, and serving as a catalyst for the growth of dozens of Boston’s emerging performing arts organizations.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

David R. Epstein John Cohen Anne M. Morgan Chairman Carol G. Deane Cokie Perry James J. Dillon Bryan Rafanelli Sharon Malt Betsy Banks Epstein Mitchell J. Roberts President William Finard Robert H. Scott David Firestone John D. Spooner Carol B. Langer John Frishkopf Wendell Taylor Treasurer Ann T. Hall Linda H. Thomas Thomas Hamilton III Linda Waintrup Sherryl Cohen Arthur C. Hodges J. David Wimberly Clerk Frederick Jamieson Veronica Wiseman Nada Despotovich Kane Mary Wolfson Carole Alkins Michelle Karol Fancy Zilberfarb David Altshuler David Leathers Neal Balkowitsch Rumena Manolova-Senchak Warren R. Radtke Michael Brown William P. McQuillan Trustee Emeritus John Cini Ann Merrifield Gerard H. Cohen Sandra Moose

COUNCIL OF OVERSEERS

Nancy S. Adams Paul Greenfield Gail Roberts Kitty Ames Janice Hunt Valerie Shey Steven M. Bauer Alan S. Johnson Ben Taylor Camilla Bennett Katherine Jones Kate Taylor Nancy Brickley Linda Kanner Stephen M. Trehu Jim Burns Loren Kovalcik Juliet Schnell Turner Suzanne Chapman Sherry Lang Tracey A. West J. William Codinha Joie Lemaitre John Taylor Williams Bette Cohen Tracie Longman Bertie Woeltz Elizabeth Cregger Nancy Lukitsh Christopher R. Yens Catherine Creighton Charles Marz Linda Zug Deborah First Noel McCoy Anne H. Fitzpatrick Thalia Meehan Maria Farley Gerrity Daniel A. Mullin Eilene Davidson Grayken Tania Phillips as of February 8, 2018

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 25 BENEFACTORS CIRCLE

The Benefactors Circle recognizes our lead Annual Fund donors and offers its members a range of special benefits. We are deeply grateful to the members of the Benefactors Circle and to all donors whose generous Annual Fund gifts support our artistic programs, and our award- winning youth, education, and community initiatives. Please visit huntingtontheatre.org/support to learn about making a gift or contact the Development Office at 617 273 1523.

$100,000+ Dr. John and Bette Cohen Carol B. Langer Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Susan and David Leathers Wayne Davis and Ann Merrifield Sharon and Brad Malt Carol G. Deane Bill and Linda McQuillan Betsy and David Epstein Jill and Mitchell Roberts Denise and William Finard Mr. J. David Wimberly Eilene Davidson Grayken 1 anonymous gift Jane and Fred Jamieson $50,000–$99,999 Karen and David Firestone Jane and Neil Pappalardo Gardner C. Hendrie and Karen Johansen Nancy and Ed Roberts Ms. Anne M. Morgan 1 anonymous gift $25,000–$49,999 Nancy Adams and John Burgess Paula and Bill O’Keeffe Dr. and Mrs. Reinier Beeuwkes Cokie and Lee Perry Stephen Chapman John D. Spooner Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske Faith and Joseph Tiberio Ann and John Hall Charitable Foundation Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Linda and Daniel Waintrup Barbara and Amos Hostetter Howard and Veronica Wiseman Nancy Lukitsh Linda and Brooks Zug Sandra Moose and Eric Birch $10,000–$24,999 Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Adrienne Kimball Fay Chandler‡ Loren B. Kovalcik/IntePros Consulting John Cini and Star Lancaster Mr. and Mrs. David Long Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Counts Tracie L. Longman and Linda L. D’Onofrio Chaitanya Kanojia Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson Debbie and Bob First, in memory of Jan and Joe Roller Susan Spooner Robert M. Rosenberg, in honor of John Frishkopf Mary Wolfson Nicki Nichols Gamble Dr. Paul S. Russell Karen and Gary Gregg Darin and Debbie Samaraweera Tom and Nancy Hamilton Marilyn and Jay Sarles Cassandra Hyland Henderson Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan Joyce Huber and Randall Ellis Linda H. Thomas Elizabeth and Woody Ives Mary Wolfson Nada Despotovich Kane Genevieve and Justin Wyner Marjie and Robert Kargman Christopher R. Yens and Temple Gill Shelley and Steve Karol 1 anonymous gift 26 SKELETON CREW PATRONS PROGRAM $5,000–$9,999 Alice and Walter Abrams Robert Fine and Sharon Miller Steven M. Bauer Matthew Fine Daniel A. Mullin Charles and Kathleen Ames Mr. and Mrs. William Fink Brant Cheikes and Marianne Baldwin and Anne H. Fitzpatrick, Janine Papesh Eva Marie Mancuso in honor of Dan Mullin Gail Roberts Coralie Berg and Donald Fulton Rumena and Alexander Steve Schwartz Maria and Daniel Gerrity Senchak Amy and Joshua Boger Mary Beth and Robert Sherblom♦ Susan and Michael Brown Chris Gordon Valerie Shey Jim Burns Donna and Jay Hanflig Bruce and Emily Stangle Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Ned Murphy and Ellie Svenson and Susan and Alfred Chandler Ann-Ellen Hornidge Mark Klempner Suzanne Chapman Paul and Tracy Klein Ben and Kate Taylor Nancy Ciaranello David A. Kronman Jean C. Tempel J. William Codinha and Sherry Lang John Travis Carolyn Thayer Ross Joie Lemaitre Drs. Stephen and Beth Trehu Betsy and David Cregger Cecile and Fraser Lemley Juliet Schnell Turner Laura and Neil Cronin John and Jean Lippincott Norman Weeks Amey A. DeFriez‡ Gregory Maguire Elizabeth and Caleb White Margaret Eagle and Jack Fabiano and Ike Williams Eliezer Rapaport Noel McCoy Bertie and Anthony Woeltz Steve Elman and Thalia Meehan and Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Joanne D’Alcomo Rev. Gretchen Grimshaw Zilberfarb

$2,500–$4,999 Patricia Bellinger and Betsy and David Harris Coleen and David Pantalone Richard Balzer‡ Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Jackie and Bob Pascucci Michael Barza and Hibbard, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Judith Robinson David Wimberly Powell Dr. Susan E. Bennet and Carmela M. Hilbert Deborah and S. Caesar Raboy Dr. Gerald Pier Prof. and Mrs. Morton Z. Sally C. Reid and Carolyn Birmingham Hoffman John D. Sigel Edward Boesel Emily Hughey Victoria and John Rizzi Nancy and Richard Brickley Janice and Roger Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Robbins Kevin and Virginia Byrne Linda and Steven Kanner Mona Roberts McLane and Tenney Cover Seth and Mary Kaufman Richard Powers and Catherine and Peter Susie and David Kohen Stephen Schram Creighton Ted and Ann Kurland Vivian and Lionel Spiro Ellen and Kevin Donoghue Anthony Lucas Helen and Jack Stewart Jonathan Dyer and Ann D. Macomber Lisbeth Tarlow and Thomas Foran Mary T. Marshall Stephen Kay Norman and Madeleine Gaut Charles Marz Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tritman Thomas and Joanne Gill Mike and Mary McConnell Pamela Tucker‡ and Mark E. Glasser and Amy Merrill, in honor of George Pettee Frank G. McWeeny Donna Glick Mary Verhage Paul Greenfield and Charles Merrill‡ Mindee Wasserman Sandy Steele Paul Odland 2 anonymous gifts

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 27 PATRONS PROGRAM (continued)

$1,000–$2,499 James Alexander and Sharon and Irving Gates Bill and Ginny Mullin Thomas Stocker Lori and Michael Gilman Bob and Alison Murchison Carole and Leonard Alkins Peter and Jacqueline Gordon Jonette Nagai and Dr. Ronald Arky Phil Gormley and Stephen O’Brien Carol Baker Erica Bisguier Fred and Julie Nagle George and Katharine Baker Mr. K. Frank Gravitt Eric and Elizabeth Nordgren Kate and Gordon Baty Garth and Lindsay Greimann Mary Owens Bruce and Denise Bauman Irene and Stephen Grolnic Joy Pak‡ and David Deutsch Mr. and Mrs. George Beal Katherine Haltom Susan Pak Susana and Clark Bernard H. Patricia Hanna Dr. and Mrs. John William Jerry M. Bernhard Theodore and Sally Hansen Poduska, Sr. Christina and Ky Bertoli♦ Mr. and Mrs. James L. Suzanne Priebatsch Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon C. Hartmann Warren R. Radtke and Bolton III Kathleen Henry and Judith Lockhart-Radtke Lori Bornstein and Kim Marrkand Jessica and David Reed Alan Rithman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas High Lynn and John Reichenbach Joseph L. Bower and Barbara Hirshfield and Ellen Remmer Elizabeth Potter Cary Coen, in honor of Sharon and Howard Rich Geri and Bill Brehm Sherry and Gerry Cohen Jean and Richard Roberts Jane Brock-Wilson, in honor Bob Hiss and Mary Riffe Hiss Donna Robinson and of Carol Deane Richard and Priscilla Hunt Chris Zook Pam and Lee Bromberg Susan M. Hunziker Sarah Rothermel Kenneth Brown Terence Janericco Susan and Geoffrey Rowley Paul Buddenhagen Alan Johnson Allison Ryder Betsy Cabot Leonard W. Johnson Rohini Sakhuja A. William and Holly and Bruce Johnstone Susan Pioli and Carol Caporizzo Katherine and Hubie Jones Martin Samuels Ronald G. Casty Rev. Dr. Katherine Kallis Mr. and Mrs. William R. Peggy and Anton Chernoff Paul and Elizabeth Kastner Sapers George and Mary Chin John Keane Tom Shapiro and Emily Kline Dominic Cioffoletti and Cathie and Clarke Keenan Jane E. Shattuck Christopher Scinto Dorothy and Richard Koerner Ellen Sheehy and Dorothy Coffin Yuriko Kuwabara and Scott Aquilina Kenneth R. Traub and Walter Dzik Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke Pamela K. Cohen Barrie Landry Rebecca Jean Smith Rosalie Florence Cohen Drs. Lynne and Sidney Beth and Michael Ken and Ginny Colburn Levitsky Stonebraker Dennis Condon and Jon A. Levy John H. Straus and Robert Cummings Ms. Susan Lincoln Liza Ketchum Beth and Linzee Coolidge Mr. and Mrs. Francis V. Lloyd III Hope and Adam Suttin Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dayton Janet Mack Lise and Myles Striar Dean K. Denniston, Jr. Stuart and Yvonne Madnick Jared Tausig, in honor of George Dhionis Mahmood Malihi David Wimberly Linda and Tim Diering The Mancuso Family David Parker and Virginia Drachman and Joan and John McArdle Janet Tiampo Douglas Jones Louise and Sandy McGinnes Robert C. Volante Jerome and Vivien Facher Kathy McGirr and Dr. Ronald Weinger Barbara and Larry Farrer Keith Carlson Scott and Jacqueline Newell Flather Jack and Susan McNamara Wellman Gail Flatto Mary Rivet and Wendling Charitable Fund Donna and Harley Frank Christopher Meyer Tracey Allyson West Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Gardiner Neal and Lynne Miller Wilson Butler Architects Susan Gardner Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, Dr. Elaine Woo Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. in memory of Jerold and Abbe Beth Young Garrison Virginia Wimberly 5 anonymous gifts

28 SKELETON CREW SUPPORTERS PROGRAM

$500–$999 Lindsay Miller and Peter Ambler John and Holliday Heine Marianne Pasts Elizabeth Aragao♦ Dr. Galen Henderson and Patricia Patricelli John and Rose Ashby, Dr. Vanessa Britto Ellen C. Perrin in honor of Ann T. Hall Peggy and Ronald Hillegass, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Preisler Robin Barnes and David Bor in honor of Nancy and Margaret Ramsey Molly and John Beard Tom Hamilton Robert Raymond Louis and Nancy Beckerman Rosalind and Herbert Hill Edith Rea Kathleen Beckman Peter K. Jenkins Charles Reed and Ann Jacobs Howard H. Bengele Peter Jenney Gretchen Reilly Jonas Berman Mr. and Mrs. Paul Karofsky Michelle and Aaron Rhodes♦ Martin S. Berman and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Karon Audrey Rideout Mary Ann Jasienowski Nancy R. Karp Christina Rifkin Leonard and Jane Bernstein Jane Katims and Michael and Jane Roberts Linda Cabot Black Foundation Daniel Perlman Sue Robinson Margaret and James Blackwell, Amelia and Joshua Katzen Christine and David Root in honor of David Wimberly Michael and Dona Kemp Diane Rosenberg Jeffrey Borenstein Mary S. and Duncan Kennedy Sari Rosman Stephen and Traudy Bradley John T. Kittredge Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rotenberg Barry Brown and Ellen Shapiro Jill Kneerim Pauline and Robert Rothenberg Mrs. Barbara Buntrock- Edgar Knudson Dr. Glenn S. Rothfeld and Schuerch John and Sharon Koch Magi McKinnies Thomas Burger and Cheryl and James Kolb Kathleen and William Rousseau Andree Robert Dale Koppel Phyllis and Sam Rubinovitz Eric Butler♦ Jeanne and Allen Krieger Susan and Bob Schechter, Carrig Kitchens LLC Rhonda and Stewart Lassner in honor of Donald Nelson Cara and Anthony Casendino Patricia Leighfield, and Neal Balkowitsch Patricia Chadwick and in memory of Robert Crisp Diane and Richard Norman Cantin Jenny and Jay Leopold Schmalensee Lynda and John Christian Nancy Levy William Schutten John Clippinger Katherine Lewandowski and William and Elisabeth Shields Herbert Stuart Cohen Adam Guren♦ David W. Shuckra and Janet L. Comey June K. Lewin, in memory of Clifford S. Wunderlich Alison Conant and Richard Frank Ted Kazanoff Omar Siddiqi Stephen Conner Elizabeth Lintz Gilda Slifka Paul Curtis Mark H. Lippolt Mark Smith and John O’Keefe Lloyd and Gene Dahmen Babette and Peter Loring Edward Sonn Josh and Jennifer Davis Barbara A. Manzolillo Nancy and Edward Stavis Marguerite Davoren Edward Marram Lee Steele Judy DeFilippo‡ Amy and Bill Marshall Gail Steketee and Joan Dolamore Bronwyn Martin, in memory of Brian McCorkle Mr. Glenn Edelson Travis Martin Jennifer Stone and Gordon Edes Kathy Martin and David Johnson Robert Waldinger Dr. Rachela Elias and James D. Maupin Bob and Dorothy Stuart Gedalia Pasternak Kenneth Virgile and Darline Lewis and Martha A. Erickson Helene Mayer Marshall Sugarman Peter and Jan Eschauzier Geraldine McManus and Beth and Larry Sulak Maggi Farrell Richard Hand Margaret M. Talcott and Pierre Fleurant Frank B. Mead L. Scott Scharer Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd Dan Miller Todd Trehubenko Hilary and Chris Gabrieli Dorian Mintzer and Rosamond B. Vaule Tony and Melissa Gallo David Feingold Sumer and Kiran Verma William Gault Nicole Moceri Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Walther Drs. Laura Green and Mary Ellen Moore Scott and Brenda Warner David Golan Kevin Morris Constance V.R. White Suzanne Greenberg The Munzer Family Karolye and Fernando Cunha Tracy Griffin and David Long Eileen Murray P.T. Withington Gail and Jan Hardenbergh Tom Norris Clark Wright and Terry Rockefeller and Janet and David Offensend Lisa Goldthwait Wright William Harris Ray O’Neill Robert E. Zaret Dr. and Mrs. George Hatsopoulos William Pananos 5 anonymous gifts

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 29 SUPPORTERS PROGRAM (continued)

$250–$499 Jonathan Aibel and Julie Rohwein Robert Crone Lindsey Humes Rosanna Alfaro Catherine Crow Andrea Humez Fidler Family Anne Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hunsicker David and Holly Ambler Howard S. Crowley Barbara Bradlee Robert Allen James F. Crowley Amal Hussein Nancy T. and Jack W. Ammerman Zoltan and Cristina Csimma Mr. and Mrs. Howard Israel Michael Ansara Karen Davis and Randy Block Jill Jackson Tammy Arcuri Bill and Kay DeFord Maggie Jackson and Pat Mawn♦ Tom Austin Charlotte Delaney and Roland Jacobson Carolyn and John Baird Steve Pattyson Ali Jadbabaie and Nikroo Hashemi Mr. and Mrs. James Banker Raymond De Rise Toini and Carl Jaffe Emily Barclay and John Hawes Joel Desilets Peter and Adrienne Jaffe Marilyn Barrett Jane and Stephen Deutsch Kerry James Peter Barrett Mary L. Dill Norman W. Johnson David Barry Soroor Dowlati The Jolly Family Nancy Barry Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Downey Peter Jones Caitlin Bearce Owen Doyle Jess and Aran Kadar Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Berglund Raya Dreben Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kalowski James Berkman Grace Durrani Jane Kamer Gregory Bialecki and Mary Herlihy Harriett M. Eckstein Neal Kane Robert Bienkowski Diane F. Engel Sondra Katz and Jess Klarnet Clinton Blackburn and Mr. and Mrs. James Feldman Yetta Katz Michelle Lessly♦ Roger Ferguson and Rob and Mary Keane-Hazzard Donald and Ellen Bloch Chris Gaucher Jim Keefe and Family Drs. Brian and Rachel Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Barry Fireman Glenn Kelly Scott Chisolm and Afshan Bokhari Kathleen McGrath Fitts Paul Kelly Anthony Boral and Leah Rugen Thomas M. Formicola and Judy and Dan Kennedy, Sandy Bornstein Lenny Goldstein in honor of Richard and Dorothy Botnick Ariane and Stefan Frank Stephen Sondheim Payne/Bouchier, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Frumkin Margie Kern Jonathan Golding and Stephen Gaal David Kettner Sally Bradley-Golding Michael and Leslie Gaffin Gail King and Eric and Sandra Brenman Michael Gallerstein Christopher Condon Ellen and Jeremiah Bresnahan Kathryn M. Gallucci Remsen M. Kinne S. Britt Judith L. Ganz Jason Knutson Deborah B. Brown Clifford Garnett Nancy Korman and Ken Elgart Ruth Budd and John Ehrenfeld Gisele Garraway Gail and Dr. Marcel Korn Allan and Rhea Bufferd Vincent Genest Mrs. Charlotte Krentzel Diane Buhl and Mark Polebaum Jack and Maureen Ghublikian Drs. Carol and Ben Kripke Diane Burman Celia and Walter Gilbert Joan Kuhn Daniel C. Burnes Silvia Glick Oldrich Kyn Renee Burns Michael and Sophie Gordon Andreas Laddis Pauline H. Bynum Amelia and William Graham Susan Lane and William Kane Missage Cadet, M.D. Susan Greco Carol Lazarus Cathy Campbell and Jack Orrock Thomas Greeley Dr. and Mrs. Lucian Leape Colleen Campion Paul and Martha Green Michelle Lewis Judith Carmany Dr. William and Susan Griever Dr. and Mrs. David Lhowe Charles R. Carr Steven and Barbara Grossman Virginia Litle Frank Carrano and David Grossman Jim and Allie Loehlin Ronna M. Casper and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Groves Priscilla Krey Loring Isaac Greenberg Susan Haller Ms. Barbara Lurvey Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Stella M. Hammond Kim and Paul Mahoney Cheston, Jr. Eunice Harps David and Christine Manns Mary Chin Judith Harris Arthur Mattuck Maria Church Mary Hayes Stephen T. McAvinn Krista Clouse Lizbeth Hedstrom Kevin McCarthy Valerie Cloutier Margaret N. Henderson and Terri-Lynn McCormick Priscilla Cogan Loretta Henderson Hope and Shaw McDermott Phyllis Cohen Alfio Hernandez Lindsay McNair Steven Cohen Erin Higgins Robert McOwen Stuart Cole Esther and Richard Hochman Gabriella Meyer Steven Coleman and David Hollowell Forrest and Sara Milder Christine Tunstall Ken Horn Gale Minot, in memory of Silvia Coulter Lyle Howland Alice L. Harford

30 SKELETON CREW SUPPORTERS PROGRAM (continued)

Joseph Misdraji Barbara Roby Kenneth Sweder Adam and Denise Moehring Daniel P. Romard Richard A. Sweeney Margaret Mone Anne Romney Patrick Tally Barbershop Deluxe Etta and Mark Rosen Jacob Taylor and Jean Park Michael and Donna Moskow Jean Rosenberg and M.K. Terrell Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Moynihan Peter Southwick Janet Testa Bob Muti, in memory of Abby Rosenfeld Mary Anne Thadeu James Robinson Leila Joy Rosenthal Karen Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Mathilde and Robert Ross Judy Thomson Newbury, Jr. Susan Rothenberg Mark Thurber Thomas Novak Debra Ruder Patricia Tibbetts Chukwuemeka Nwanze Ryan Ruopp Mr. Robert Toomey Richard Belin and George and Faye Russell Mr. and Mrs. Mario Umana Rosanne O’Brien Nancy L. Russell Thomas and Barbara Van Dyke Kathryn O’Connell Jeremy Ryan Barbara Van Zoeren Nancy and Chris Oddleifson Vinod and Gaile Sahney Pat and Steve Vinter Linda Ordoukhanian David and Anne Salant Christopher Wade Robert and Beverly Parke Molly Schen Lori and Christopher Wadsworth, Marian Pasquale Kim and Eric Schultz in appreciation of Ted and Josie Petersen Eric Searls and April Levin Dave Wimberly Mr. and Mrs. Harry Photopoulos Mark Seliber Mr. and Mrs. David Wahr Stephen Pike Karen J. Shack Carolyn Walton Josephine Pizzuto, in memory of James Shields and Gayle Merling Jerry Warshaw Pat Pizzuto James Shuman Susan Weiler James Poterba and Nancy Rose David Siegel David White Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Proulx Mr. and Mrs. Edward Siegel Nancy White Helene M. Quinn and Drs. Margaret and Michael Simon Leslie Wilcox Tony Kanopt Ellen L. Simons Richard and Frances Winneg Mr. and Mrs. Martin Quitt Nancy Sklar Elizabeth P. Wolf Jennifer Rabold Dr. and Mrs. Carl Soderland Janis Woodman, in honor of Kerry Mulligan Railey Renai Stalzle Christopher Woodman Tom Redburn Michele Steinberg Alfred Woodworth Jodi Rand Candace Steingisser David C. Wright Peter and Suzanne Read Bob and Susan Stevenson Natalie Wright Katharine and William Reardon Glenn and Katherine Strehle Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman Mary Rench, in honor of Debbie London and Ted Sturman Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Zafft David Wimberly Ellen Beth Suderow Lorena and Robert Zeller Suzanne Ricco Dr. and Mrs. Herman D. Suit Carolyn Zern Roger Riggs Linda Sutter and 13 anonymous gifts Patricia Robinson Stephen Centore

This list reflects gifts received during the 14 months prior to February 8, 2018. ♦ Member of The Hunt, the Huntington’s community of young donors. For more information or to join, visit huntingtontheatre.org/thehunt. ‡ Deceased Every effort has been made to assure accuracy of listings. Please bring errors or omissions to the attention of Elizabeth MacLachlan at 617 273 1523 or [email protected].

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FASCINATING UNTOLD STORY OF ARTHUR MILLER SOUTH END MAY 18-JUNECALDERWOOD PAVILION 16 AT THE BCA FALL HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 31 CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT DONORS

The Huntington Theatre Company is grateful to receive support from a wide range of corporations, foundations, and government agencies that support the Huntington’s annual operations, as well as our award-winning productions and education and community programs. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Diana Jacobs-Komisar, Institutional Giving Manager, at 617 273 1514 or [email protected].

Executive Season Producers Kingsbury Road Charitable Members ($100,000+) Foundation** ($2,500–$4,999) The Andrew W. Mellon Lucy R. Sprague Memorial Boston Cultural Council Foundation Fund** Cambridge Savings Bank** The Barr Foundation MEDITECH Jackson and Irene Golden Liberty Mutual Insurance** Schrafft Charitable Trust** 1989 Charitable Trust** Massachusetts Cultural Council Roy A. Hunt Foundation** The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Patrons Surdna Foundation ($10,000–$14,999) Season Co-Producer Eaton Vance Investment Thank you to our in-kind ($50,000–$99,999) Counsel contributors Hershey Family Foundation The Tiny Tiger Foundation** Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP Production Sponsors Supporters High Output ($25,000-$49,999) ($5,000–$9,999) MAX Ultimate Food Bank of America** Berkshire Partners Noble Ford Productions Edgerton Foundation Cue Ball Group National Endowment Goodwin for the Arts Nixon Peabody The Boston Foundation** Proskauer LLP Ramsey McCluskey Family Benefactors Foundation** ($15,000–$24,999) Rodgers Family Foundation BPS Arts Expansion Fund Ropes & Gray LLP at EdVestors** Theatre Communications Harold and Mimi Steinberg Group** Charitable Foundation WilmerHale

** Education and community programs donor

32 SKELETON CREW THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY

BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE — The Huntington Legacy Society recognizes those who play a lasting role in securing the Huntington’s strong, successful future beyond their lifetime by making a bequest or other planned gift.

We are grateful to these members of the Huntington Legacy Society:

Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Sharon and Brad Malt Howard H. Bengele Bill and Linda McQuillan Suzanne Chapman Mary C. O’Donnell Brant A. Cheikes Steve Stelovich Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Robert C. Volante Carol G. Deane Linda and Daniel Waintrup Susan Ellerin Margaret J. White Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges J. David Wimberly Jane and Fred Jamieson Veronica and Howard Wiseman Mary Ellen Kiddle Genevieve and Justin Wyner Carol B. Langer 1 anonymous Joie Lemaitre

THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE

“Our participation is not only a legacy we leave for the Huntington, it’s a legacy we leave our family as well. We want them to think about the mark they will leave on society and culture.” — SHARON & BRAD MALT

If you have already included the Huntington as part of your will or estate plans, or if you wish to discuss how you can participate, please contact Celina Valadao, Major Gifts Officer, at 617 273 1536 or [email protected].

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 33 CALDERWOOD PAVILION AT THE BCA• GENERAL INFORMATION

Contact Information Refreshments for the Huntington Theatre Company Snacks, wine, beer, soft drinks, and coffee are available The Huntington Theatre Company performs in three before opening curtain and during intermission in the beautiful theatres in two dynamic Boston neighborhoods. main lobby. Food is not permitted inside the theatre. The 890-seat Huntington Avenue Theatre is on the Drinks purchased at concessions are permitted inside Avenue of the Arts (264 Huntington Avenue), diagonally the theatre. across from Symphony Hall. The 370-seat Virginia Wimberly Theatre and 250-seat Roberts Studio Theatre Babes in Arms are part of the Calderwood Pavilion in the historic South Children under the age of five are not permitted End, on the campus of the Boston Center for the Arts in the theatre. (527 Tremont Street). Cameras Website: huntingtontheatre.org The use of all cameras and recording devices, including Box Office: 617 266 0800 cell phone cameras, in the theatre is Box Office email: [email protected] strictly prohibited. Administrative office: 617 266 7900 Administrative office email: Pagers and Cellular Phones [email protected] Please silence all watches, pagers, and cell phones during Lost and Found: 617 933 8608 the performance.

Box Office Hours Wheelchair Accessibility The Box Office is generally open Tuesday-Saturday, The Calderwood Pavilion is fully accessible, noon-curtain (or 6pm); Sunday, noon-curtain (or 4pm). and can accommodate both wheelchair and Hours change weekly. For the most up-to-date hours, companion seating in the orchestra and please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office mezzanine sections. Please notify us when at 617 266 0800. you purchase your tickets if wheelchair accommodations will be required and confirm Huntington Group Discounts arrangements with the House Manager at 617 933 8672. Discounts available for groups of 10 or more, plus groups have access to backstage tours, talks with artists, and Hearing Enhancement space for receptions. Contact Victoria Swindle for more The Calderwood Pavilion is equipped with an information at 617 273 1657 or FM hearing enhancement system. Wireless [email protected]. headphones are available free of charge at the coat check in the main lobby for your use Public Transportation during a performance. We encourage patrons to use public transportation to the Calderwood Pavilion whenever possible. The Restrooms Pavilion is located near the MBTA Green Line Copley Located in the main lobby and mezzanine lobby. and Arlington Stations; Orange Line and Commuter Rail All restrooms are wheelchair-accessible. Back Bay Station; and the Tremont Street & Union Park stop on the #43 Bus which travels between Park Street Coat Check and Ruggles Station. For more information, please visit Located in the main lobby. huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office. If You Arrive Late Parking near the Calderwood Pavilion In consideration of our actors and other audience Parking is available at the Atelier 505 Parking Garage members, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of located next to the Calderwood Pavilion at 505 Tremont the management. Street (entrance on Warren Avenue), the Garage @ 100 Clarendon Street, and other nearby locations. If Your Plans Change For more information about parking, please visit We hate to see empty seats when so many of our huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office at performances sell out. Please consider donating any 617 266 0800. tickets you can’t use. For more information please call the Box Office at 617 266 0800. Please note that these parking options are independently owned and operated, and are not affiliated with the Huntington or the Large Print Programs Large print programs are free of charge and are available Calderwood Pavilion. at the coat check.

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ADMINISTRATION Huntington Avenue Theatre Custodians...... Jose Andrade, General Manager...... Sondra R. Katz Nelson DaSilva Associate General Manager...... Conwell Worthington III Assistant General Manager...... Annie Walsh Ticketing Services Company Managers...... Jazzmin Bonner, Meagan Garcia Assistant Manager — Patron Services...... Victoria Swindle Assistant to the Managing Director...... Gabrielle Jaques Calderwood Pavilion Ticketing Coordinator...... Noah Ingle Finance Huntington Avenue Theatre Director of Financial Management...... Glenda Fishman Ticketing Coordinator...... Brenton Thurston Accounting Manager...... June Zaidan Subscriptions Coordinator...... Amy Klesert Accounting Coordinator...... Laura Casavant Ticketing Associate...... Michaela Buccini Accountants...... Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA Full-Time Customer Service Reps...... Shana Jackson, Chris Stoddard Human Resources Customer Service Reps...... Nick Boonstra, Sue Dietlin, Director of Human Resources...... Nina E. Nicolosi Kaylah Dixon, Katelyn Reinert, Human Resources Coordinator...... Michael Comey Brittany Schmitke, Yurika Watanabe Payroll and Reporting Specialist...... April Swiniuch Administrative Support Assistant...... Sarah Schnebly ARTISTIC Producing Director...... Christopher Wigle Information Technology Associate Producer...... Rebecca Bradshaw IT Director...... Scott Poole Director of New Work...... Charles Haugland Network Administrator...... Dan Moloney Assistant to the Artistic Director...... Billy Cowles Playwright-in-Residence...... Melinda Lopez Theatre Operations Literary Apprentice...... J. Sebastian Alberdi Director of Theatre Operations...... Timothy H. OConnell Producing Apprentice...... Kat Klein Associate Director of Theatre Huntington Playwriting Fellows...... MJ Halberstadt, Operations — Calderwood Pavilion...... Katie Most Brenda Withers Associate Director of Theatre Operations — Huntington Avenue Theatre...... Katrina Alix DEVELOPMENT Associate Director of Theatre Chief Development Officer...... Elisabeth Saxe Operations — Patron Services...... Stephen Reinstein Director of Major Gifts...... Margaret J. White Security Coordinator...... Greg Haugh Major Gifts Officer...... Celina Valadao Special Events Manager...... Kirsten Doyle Calderwood Pavilion Institutional Giving Manager...... Diana Jacobs-Komisar Calderwood Pavilion House Manager...... Julie Cameron Individual Giving Manager...... Annalise Baird Calderwood Pavilion Development Database Coordinator...... Lisa McColgan Management Assistant...... Matt Feldman-Campbell Development Associate...... Elizabeth MacLachlan Calderwood Pavilion Apprentice...... Micaela Slotin Development Assistant...... Sam Buntich Calderwood Pavilion Assistant House Managers...... Paul Fox, Gabe Hughes, EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Ksenia Lanin, Maura Neff, Dalton Zogleman Interim Co-Directors of Education...... Meg O’Brien, Calderwood Pavilion Alexandra Smith Front of House Staff...... Chabreah Alston, Ellie Brelis, Education Associate...... Marisa Jones Robert Caplis, Mia Coffin, Barbara Crowther, Talia Curtin, Education Apprentices...... Lauren Brooks, Ivy Ryan Linnea Donnelly, Katie Flanagan, Madeleine Gibbons, Teaching Artists...... Kortney Adams, Naheem Garcia Ryan Impagliazzo, Josh Luckens, Kerry Lydon, Lydia Graeff, Keith Mascoll, Terry McCarthy, Laura Meilman, Tiniqua Patrick, Nick Perron, Allie Meek, Trinidad Ramkissoon Sarah Schnebly, Katharine Silva, Ciera-Sadé Wade Calderwood Pavilion Custodians...... Jose Andrade, Mike Brown MARKETING Director of Marketing...... Temple Gill Huntington Avenue Theatre Associate Director of Marketing...... Meredith Mastroianni Huntington Avenue Theatre House Manager...... Andrew Elk Tessitura Analytics Manager...... Derrick Martin Huntington Avenue Theatre Digital Content Manager...... Carolyn MacLeod Management Assistant...... Kendrick Terrell Evans Promotions & Community Coordinator...... James Boyd Huntington Avenue Theatre Assistant Graphic Design Coordinator...... Lauren Calder House Managers...... Kendrick Terrell Evans, Annie Walsh Community Membership Huntington Avenue Theatre Coordinator...... Candelaria Silva-Collins Front of House Staff...... J. Sebastian Alberdi, Charlie Carr, Communications Associate...... Leah Reber Terrence Dowdye, Kristina Dugas, Robin Goldberg, Marketing Associate...... Clare Lockhart Ariana Goldsworthy, Ruth Killisch, Kat Klein, Co-op Student, Patrick Mahoney, Tommy Melvin, Will Morrison, Northeastern University...... Carla Mirabal Rodríguez Samantha Myers, Katie O’Connor, Sarah Patterson, Evan Pott, Margot Spanu, Padraig Sullivan, Dan Victor

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PRODUCTION Costumes Director of Production...... Todd D. Williams Costume Director...... Nancy Hamann Associate Director of Production...... Bethany Ford Assistant Costume Director...... Virginia V. Emerson Production Office Assistant...... Juli Merhaut Costume Design Assistant...... Mary Lauve Stage Management Apprentice...... Jamie Carty Head Draper...... Anita Canzian Co-op Student, Northeastern University...... Rose Mancuso Draper...... Sarah Pak Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer...... Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs Scenery First Hand...... Rebecca Hylton Technical Director...... Dan Ramirez Wardrobe Supervisor...... Christine Marr Associate Technical Director...... Adam Godbout Associate Wardrobe Supervisor...... Barbara Crowther Assistant Technical Director...... Dan Oleksy Wigmaster...... Troy Siegfried Scene Shop Foreman...... Mike Hamer Master Carpenter...... Larry Dersch Electrics Scenery Mechanic...... Jesse Washburn Lighting & Projections Supervisor...... Katherine Herzig Carpenters...... Andrew Cancellieri, Assistant Lighting Supervisor...... Bridget Collins Milosz Gassan, Christian Lambrecht, Nick Hernon Calderwood Pavilion House Electrician...... Taylor Ness Carpenter/Scene Shop Assistant...... Carolyn Daitch Huntington Avenue Theatre Calderwood Pavilion Stage Supervisor...... Rachael Hasse House Electrician...... Sean Baird

Properties Sound Properties Master...... Kristine Holmes Sound Supervisor...... Ben Emerson Assistant Properties Master...... Justin Seward Sound Engineer...... J. Jumbelic Properties Artisan...... Ian Thorsell Calderwood Pavilion Properties Run...... Andrew DeShazo Sound Engineer...... Jesse McKenzie Properties Apprentice...... Margot Adolphe Sound Apprentice...... Valentin Frank

Paints Charge Scenic Artist...... Kristin Krause Assistant Charge Scenic Artist...... Romina Diaz-Brarda Scenic Artist...... Chelsey Erskin Scenic Painting Apprentice...... Molly Hall

Additional Staff for Skeleton Crew

Dialect Coach...... Cherie Corinne Rice Assistant to the Lighting Designer...... Shannon Clarke Assistant to the Director...... Phaedra Scott Electricians...... Kevin Barnett, Kyle Blanchette, Carpenters...... Andrew Adamopoulos, William O’Donnell, Evey Connerty-Marin, Alisa Hartle, Christina Rossi, Slava Tchoul, Verreth Wilson Sara Hutchins, Daniel Johnson-Carter, Costume Design Assistant...... Kathryn Schondek Keithlyn Parkman, Zach Straeffer, Ali Witten

The Huntington Theatre Company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of the nation’s leading resident professional theatres; Theatre Communications Group, a national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre; StageSource, a regional alliance of theatre artists and producers; and ArtsBoston, the voice and resource for the arts in Greater Boston. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The director and choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 37 GUIDE to  LOCAL THEATRE

DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 800-BLUE-MAN. Ongoing. This giddily subversive off- Broadway hit serves up outrageous and inventive theatre where three muted, blue-painted performers spoof both contemporary art and modern technology. Wry commentary and bemusing antics are matched only by the ingenious ways Elizabeth Nichols in which music and sound are created. THE MAID OF ORLEANS: George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan, presented in repertory with Shake- HAMLET/SAINT JOAN, Bedlam, Emerson Cutler Majestic speare’s Hamlet by acclaimed New York City-based Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400. Mar 7–25. Witness William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw’s most famous troupe Bedlam, is staged in a stripped-down setting creations side by side, in repertory, brought vividly to life in two with merely four actors from March 9–24 at the riveting, unexpectedly funny, stripped-down stagings by four Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre. actors from the acclaimed New York City theatre company. off. Whodunit? Join the fun as the audience matches wits with THE HUMANS, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont the suspects to catch the killer in this wildly popular comedy. St., 866-348-9738. Mar 13–25. Stephen Karam’s 2016 Tony Award-winner takes place over the course of a Thanksgiv- URINETOWN, Emerson Stage, Emerson Cutler Majestic ing dinner. Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400. Apr 19–21. This celebrate at his daughter’s apartment in Manhattan, yet as hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social darkness falls outside and eerie things start to go bump in the irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanage- night, the clan’s deepest fears and greatest follies are laid bare. ment, municipal politics and musical theatre itself tells the story of a drought-stricken city where the citizens have to pay ON YOUR FEET!, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., to take care one of life’s most basic needs. 866-523-7469. Apr 17–29. Emilio and Gloria Estefan came to America and broke through all barriers to become a crossover THE WHITE CARD, ArtsEmerson and American Repertory sensation at the very top of the pop music world. But just when Theater, Robert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center, they thought they had it all, they almost lost everything. From 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Through Apr 1. At a international superstardom to life-threatening tragedy, this dinner party thrown by an influential Manhattan couple for musical journey takes you behind the music and inside the real an up-and-coming artist, questions arise about what—and story of this record-making and groundbreaking couple. who—is actually on display. Claudia Rankine’s 2014 New York Times best-selling book Citizen unpacked the insidious ways in NEWFEST NEW WORKS FESTIVAL, Emerson Stage, Semel and which racism manifests itself in everyday situations. Now, this Greene Theaters, Tufte Performance & Production Center, 10 world-premiere play poses the question, “Can American society Boylston Place, 617-824-8400. Mar 15–Apr 1. This three-week progress if whiteness stays invisible?” celebration of creativity features a new full-length play by the win- ner of the Rod Parker Playwriting Award, a workshop production of a new play by a professional playwright and other short plays and LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATRE readings written, directed and performed by Emerson students. ANTIGONE, Flat Earth Theatre, Black Box Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., ONE STATE, TWO STATE / RED STATE, BLUE STATE, The Watertown, 617-923-8487. Mar 16–31. A piece of French Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, 525 Washington St., Resistance art that evaded Nazi censorship in 1944 through its 866-811-4111. Apr 5–8. This uplifting, heartbreaking comedy association with the Sophocles play of the same name, Jean focuses on the volatile mix of drama and democracy in a na- Anouilh’s retelling of the classical Greek tragedy boldly reimag- tion divided by irreconcilable differences. ines the story of a defiant woman opposing a tyrannical state.

SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton St., ANNA CHRISTIE, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617-426-5225. Ongoing. It’s a day like any other at the Shear 617-585-5678. Apr 6–May 6. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Madness salon, when suddenly the lady upstairs gets knocked Eugene O’Neill’s classic is a surprisingly contemporary play 38 SKELETON CREW Stage Building Audiences for Spotlight Greater Boston’s Outstanding Not-For-Profit Performing Arts Organizations

MOONBOX PRODUCTIONS

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Based on the 1988 film, this musical follows the escapades of two competing con men in the French Riviera. Music and lyrics by David Yazbek. Book by Jeffrey Lane. Directed by Laura Marie Duncan.

March 8–11, 2018 Music by John Kander. Lyrics by Fred Ebb. Book by Joe Masteroff. With Aimee Doherty as Sally Bowles. April 14–29, 2018 Tickets: 617-912-9222 or Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events 617-933-8600 • bostontheatrescene.com

SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY

Piano Masters Series: Ralph Votapek

First-ever Van Cliburn gold medalist Ralph Votapek performs a program of works by Debussy, Faure, Gershwin, Scarlatti and Schubert. Adrianne Krstansky stars in this charming and moving new work about the lengths we go to for March 13, 2018 those we love and the irrepressible resilience inside all of us. Tickets: 617-912-9222 or Now through March 31 only! bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events 617-933-8600 • SpeakEasyStage.com

LYRIC STAGE

A vivid portrait of the working men and women who are the heart and soul of the American landscape The “most charming love Supporting the Termeer Center for Targeted letter in literature” becomes Therapies at the MGH Cancer Center an epic theatrical adventure. May 5, 2018 at 8 p.m., auction at 7 p.m. February 23–March 25, 2018 North Shore Music Theatre Lyric Stage • Copley Square 978-232-7200 • nsmt.org 617-585-5678 • lyricstage.com voicesofhopeboston.org

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) about a coal barge captain who, after a 20-year separation, is eve of Grandma Maria’s 60th birthday. By the light of the reunited with the daughter he unknowingly abandoned to a life karaoke machine, fueled by pork dumplings and diet Pepsi, she of hardship. When she falls in love with a shipwrecked sailor, shares a dark secret from her Filipino gangster past with one her father and her suitor come to recognize their own culpabil- lucky grandchild. Traversing 50 years of faulty family memo- ity in her plight as all three struggle for salvation. ries, Seattle-based performer Sara Porkalob presents this timely new musical about what it means to come to America. THE BAKELITE MASTERPIECE, New Repertory Theatre, Charles Mosesian Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for EVERY BRILLIANT THING, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Roberts the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Mar 17– Studio Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Cen- Apr 8. At the end of World War II, artist Han van Meegeren sits in ter for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Mar 2–31. At a prison cell accused of selling a long-lost Vermeer to the Nazis. the start of the charming and miraculous new one-person play, Van Meegeren contends that he forged the painting, which was a young girl trying to ease her mother’s depression compiles a skillfully produced and aged with a special treatment of the plas- list of things worth living for. As the list grows through adulthood, tic known as Bakelite. Now he must create another masterpiece she learns the deep significance it has on her own life as she in front of his jailer, art historian Geert Piller, to save his life. goes to college, falls in love and builds a home.

BRAWLER, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Kitchen Theatre THE FIRE AND THE RAIN, Stage Ensemble Theater Unit, Company, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Mar Belmont Town Hall Theater, 455 Concord Ave., Belmont, 781- 1–18. Adam, once the scariest man in the National Hockey 325-8171. Apr 27–29. An all-female ensemble tackles this League, has been demoted to the minors, gotten high on experimental production that illuminates the age-old human painkillers and trashed the locker room at the Dunkin’ Donuts relationships with gods, rituals and sacrifices, as well as the Center. His friends need to talk him down before he gets into complex societal order in the Indian caste system. real trouble, but he’s got his own agenda. This world premiere by Walt McGough is a modern-day take on Sophocles’ Ajax as FIRST LOVE IS THE REVOLUTION, Apollinaire Theatre Com- seen through the lens of the last true gladiator sport. pany, Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, 617-887-2336. Apr 6–May 5. This unique, off-kilter take on BROKELAHOMO!, Gold Dust Orphans, Theater Machine, 1254 young romance—a mix of comedy and tragedy by Australian Boylston St., 800-838-3006. Apr 26–May 27. Brokelahomo playwright Rita Kalnejais—tells the story of a love affair is a town in trouble. Overrun by dirty, outlaw gays, the few between a teenager and a fox. law-abiding citizens left must spend their days dodging bullets, putting out church fires and fearing for their pet’s lives—that GUARDS AT THE TAJ, Underground Railway Theater, Central is, until a heterosexual is sent for. Enter Dusty Rhodes, the Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866- unlikely hero of this far-out parody set in the groovy 1880s. 811-4111. Mar 1–Apr 1. 1648, India. At morning’s first light, the Taj Mahal, an awe-inspiring edifice representing the pin- CABARET, Moonbox Productions, Wimberly Theatre, Stanford nacle of beauty and the power of an empire will be unveiled. Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont For the two guards protecting the palace, close friends since St.,617-933-8600. Apr 14–29. Kander and Ebb’s iconic musical, childhood, dawn’s first light will set in motion a ghoulish task set in the world of the Kit Kat Klub on the eve of Hitler’s rise to that will challenge their faith, friendship and duty. power, tells the story of Cliff Bradshaw, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin who falls in love with cabaret singer Sally HEATHERS THE MUSICAL, The Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St., Bowles. Their romance sizzles amid the back room culture of the Jamaica Plain, 617-524-3200. Apr 13–28. Based on the clas- club and the tumultuous atmosphere of pre-Nazi Germany. sic 1989 film, this stage adaptation tells the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who COOKING WITH THE CALAMARI SISTERS, Regent Theatre, hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at 7 Medford St., Arlington, 781-646-4849. Apr 12–May 20. Westerberg High: the Heathers. Hilarity, delicious dishes and two over-the-top, plus-size Italian sisters from Brooklyn take you on a tour-de-force of Italian, THE HOTEL NEPENTHE, Brown Box Theatre Project, Waterfront pop and show tunes and cuisine as they sing, dance, joke and Plaza at Atlantic Wharf, 290 Congress St., 443-808-1215. Mar laugh through a very special cooking lesson. 2–11. Through the twisting, winding corridors of the mind lies a world both chillingly relatable and thoroughly alien. The settings DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, The Boston Conservatory The- and characters shift and morph through a series of delightfully ater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Mar 8–11. Based on turbulent vignettes in this perilously absurd romp through the the 1988 film, this musical follows the escapades of two con mysteries of human nature, the ripples of fairy wings and alter- men in the French Riviera who compete for the money—and nate realities, and the search for meaning from within the abyss. eventually affection—of the same woman. THE IRISH AND HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY, Greater Boston THE DONKEY SHOW, American Repertory Theater, Oberon, 2 Stage Company, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Mar Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Ongoing. Bringing the 8–25. Created by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt ultimate disco experience to Boston, this crazy circus of mirror (Angela’s Ashes), this revue—underscored by music extending balls, feathered divas, roller skaters and hustle queens tells from the auld Irish folk ballads to World War II standards and the story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through great ’70s beyond—is a celebration of a heritage that confronts adversity anthems you know by heart. with determination, good humor and a love of life.

DRAGON LADY, Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547- THE JOURNEY, Boston Center for American Performance and 8300. Mar 22–24. It is the year of the Water Dragon and the Inmotion Theatre, Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre, Boston University,

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820 Commonwealth Ave., 617-353-3350. Apr 19–22. Moby Dick ORLANDO, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617- thought he met his match with Captain Ahab, but then Ahab’s 585-5678. Through Mar 25 . After a particularly wild night in wife arrived. Follow the adventurous and moving journey of one 17th-century Constantinople, Orlando the man wakes up to person’s quest among collective support in an imaginative and find himself a woman, and abandons herself to five centuries original physical theatre production that celebrates embracing em- of change with an insatiable appetite to discover what it means powerment, overcoming fear and the tenacity of the human spirit. to live fully in the present, in her own skin and in her own time in Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel. LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION!, Zeitgeist Stage Company, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., RICHARD III, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Swedenborg 617-933-8600. Apr 27–May 19. In Terrence McNally’s Tony Chapel, 50 Quincy St., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Through Award winner for Best Play, eight gay male friends hash out Mar 11. This story of a scoundrel’s Machiavellian overthrow their passions, resentments and fears over the course of three of government—filled with deceit, lies, treachery and summer weekends at a beautiful Dutchess County farmhouse. murder—presents Shakespeare’s most charismatic villain, Flirtations, infidelity, AIDS, truth-telling and soul-searching mix who delights in every moment of his ruthless, homicidal path questions about life and death with skinny-dipping and a wild to absolute power. dress rehearsal of Swan Lake in drag. RIPE FRENZY, New Repertory Theatre and Boston Center for MANY TRUMP REFUGEES IN ONE BODY, Another Country Pro- American Performance, Studio ONE, Boston University, 855 ductions, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Through Mar 11. Winner 866-811-4111. Mar 13 & 14. The hilarious story of playwright of the National New Play Network’s 2016 Smith Prize for Politi- and performer Lyralen Kaye’s reluctant and surprising prescience cal Theatre, this site-specific premiere brings us to Tavistown, about Trump—and her absolute ignorance about what it takes New York, where a recent tragedy has rocked the community to emigrate to Canada. Find out what happens when you try, and to its core. Narrator and town historian Zoe recounts the days they keep asking the exact questions you don’t want to answer. leading up to the incident as the high school prepares for the semi-annual production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. MISS HOLMES, Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Apr 5–22. This classic, timeless R.U.R., Theatre@First, Unity Somerville, 6 William St., Somerville, Sherlock Holmes mystery with a twist presents Sherlock and 888-874-7554. Mar 15–24. On a remote, secure island, Ros- Watson as women who have to negotiate the tricky political sum’s Universal Robots churns out a cheap, disposable work- and social realities of 1880s England while they solve crimes. force. Rossum’s robots are strong, intelligent and versatile—and most definitely not human. KarelCapek’sˇ play, which coined the MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, term “robot,” has been re-conceived for a modern audience, Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., Cambridge, 866-811- exploring the themes of humanity, love, the value of work and 4111. Apr 11–May 6. Benedick is never getting married. Not the dangers of oppression in the original, while re-imagining the ever. And Beatrice can’t imagine loving a man she can’t toler- more problematic aspects of the almost century-old work. ate. They might just be the perfect couple. While the villain Don Jon sows seeds of rumor and discord, the success of two noble SISTER ACT, Riverside Theatre Works, 45 Fairmount Ave., Hyde marriages hinges on the hilarious efforts of local constables in Park, 800-838-3006. Mar 2–11. The feel-good musical com- the most enchanting of Shakespeare’s romantic comedies. edy smash based on the hit 1992 film tells the story of disco diva and murder witness Deloris Van Cartier, who, disguised as MURDER NIGHT: DON’T FEAR THE RE-PURGE, The Rockwell, a nun and placed in a convent while in protective custody, uses 255 Elm St., Somerville, 617-684-5335. Mar 23 & 24. Follow her unique disco moves and singing talent to inspire the choir the adventures of two suburban couples as they participate in and breathe new life into the church and community. the annual “Murder Night” holiday, during which all crime is legal, including murder. What drives them to purge? Will they STEVE, Zeitgeist Stage Company, Plaza Black Box Theatre, survive the night? And is indiscriminately murdering strangers Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. really that much fun? There’s only one way to find out in this Mar 2–24. As Steven—a failed Broadway chorus boy turned satirical musical comedy inspired by The Purge films. stay-at-home dad—celebrates yet another birthday, he finds himself filled with fear and uncertainty. Is his partner of 16 NEXT TO NORMAL, The Longwood Players, Chelsea Theatre years, Stephen, cheating on him? Is his best friend really dy- Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, 866-811-4111. Apr ing? And what, exactly, has he done with his life? 19–28. Winner of three 2009 Tony Awards and the 2010 Pulit- zer Prize, this musical explores how one suburban household STUART LITTLE, Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The Riverway, copes with crisis and mental illness, taking the audience into 617-879-2300. Apr 13–May 13. E.B. White’s endearing classic the minds and hearts of each character and presenting their story follows Stuart, a mouse born into a New York family, and stories with love, sympathy and heart. his many larger-than-life adventures.

OLD MONEY, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Carling- TOP GIRLS, Huntington Theatre Company, Huntington Avenue Sorenson Theater, Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., 617-266-0800. Apr 20–May 20. College, 19 College Dr., Wellesley, 866-811-4111. Mar 6–18. In Caryl Churchill’s groundbreaking masterpiece, career-driven A wealthy robber baron and his family, their descendants and Marlene has just landed the top job at a London employment assorted characters in their midst—an Irish maid, a Hollywood agency over a male colleague. To celebrate, she hosts a lavish producer, a social climbing decorator, confused teenagers and dinner with a group of famous and adventurous historical eccentric artists—mingle in a contrast of old money and new women who cheer the successes and bemoan the sacrifices in this work by Wendy Wasserstein. required to be a “top girl” in a man’s world.

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TRUE WEST, The Hub Theatre Company of Boston, First Church beauty and sorrow in Shakespeare’s tale of youthful passion in Boston, 66 Marlborough St., 617-267-6730. Apr 13–28. and family rivalry, choreographed by John Cranko to Sergei Sam Shepard’s drama recounts the sibling rivalry between Prokofiev’s dramatic score. two estranged brothers—one a screenwriter and the other a thief—who reconnect while house-sitting for their mother, resulting in the rekindling of old jealousies. OPERA EUGENE ONEGIN, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemen- TWO JEWS WALK INTO A WAR…, New Repertory Theatre, way St., 617-912-9222. Apr 5–8. In this work by Tchaikovsky Charles Mosesian Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian based on the verse novel by Alexander Pushkin, a sophisticated Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. and jaded young aristocrat visiting the country captivates Apr 28–May 20. What do you do if you’re the last two Jews Tatyana, but when she declares her love for him, he cruelly in Afghanistan? You re-write the Torah, of course! Ishaq and rejects her. Years later, he attempts to rekindle the flame. Zeblyan are on a mission to save Judaism in Kabul by rebuild- ing their synagogue and keeping the faith alive, but only if they THE FAIRY QUEEN, Handel and Haydn Society, New England Con- don’t kill each other first. servatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., 617-266-3605. Apr 6 & 8. Purcell’s exquisite music—vivid and colorful with ingenious WIG OUT!, American Repertory Theater and Company One dramatic effects and an entertaining script by Jeremy Sams— Theatre, Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Apr make for a fresh-and-fun riff on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer 26–May 13. Enter the fabulous world of competitive ballroom Night’s Dream, as seen through Queen Titania’s eyes. drag in this dazzling play by Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight) about the desire to be desired, finding your home and out- FIDELIO, Boston Baroque, New England Conservatory’s Jordan walking the competition. Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., 617-987-8600. Apr 13 & 15. Beethoven’s only opera is a compelling story of political op- WINTER SOLSTICE, Apollinaire Theatre Company, Chelsea pression, the fight for justice and the triumph of love, revolving Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, 617-887-2336. around a woman who disguises herself as a prison guard in Through Mar 11. When a charming stranger is invited into the order to free her unjustly incarcerated husband. home a German family, the man’s extreme views, rather than repelling the liberal clan, instead seduce them in this fable GIOVANNA D’ARCO, Odyssey Opera, Huntington Avenue The- by acclaimed playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig about the atre, 264 Huntington Ave., 617-933-8600. Apr 5–7. In Verdi’s insidious infiltration of Nazism into mainstream society. 1845 work, Joan contends with two male characters—her father, Giacomo, who believes his daughter to be under the THE WOMEN WHO MAPPED THE STARS, The Nora Theatre Com- influence of the devil, and Charles VII, who falls in love with her. pany and Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, Central Square Theater, 450 In this intriguing interpretation, Joan’s purity and virginity are Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Apr 19–May 20. accentuated, while her death at the stake is removed in favor of In the late 1800s at Harvard College Observatory, “computers”— fatal wounds sustained in battle as she achieves her salvation. women employed for half a man’s salary to analyze astronomic data—discover that the universe is larger than we ever dreamed. LA BOHÈME, Boston Opera Collaborative, Turtle Swamp This thrilling world premiere presents the story of five women who Brewery, 3377 Washington St., Jamaica Plain, 617-517-5883. changed the way astronomers saw the universe—from scientist Apr 12–22. This site-specific production of Puccini’s beloved to scientist and generation to generation. classic that travels with the audience through several Jamaica Plain locales is a modern-dress staging that brings audiences face-to-face and side-by-side with bohemian 20-something DANCE characters to eat, drink, live and celebrate the joy and pain of ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER, Boch Center, The being young, free, penniless and in love. Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., 800-982-2787. Mar 22–25. The magnificent Ailey company continues its exciting new THE ROSENBERGS, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and Brandeis expansion of repertoire under Artistic Director Robert Battle University Department of Theatre Arts, 949 Commonwealth while celebrating the core works that have made it the world’s Ave., 866-811-4111. Apr 12–22. In 1953 during the Cold leading modern dance company. This marks the 50th year of War, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg have been accused of atomic the company’s annual appearances in Boston. espionage and sentenced to death. In the midst of the most fa- mous spy case of the 20th century, and leading into the House LIMITLESS, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) Senate hearings, St., 617-912-9222. Apr 19–22. This program presents five the Rosenbergs’ love affair broke all barriers. Recognized as diverse pieces by some of the most brilliant choreographers Denmark’s Best Opera of 2015, this tragic love story is adapted working today, including masterworks by Mark Morris and from the Rosenbergs’ letters from jail. Doug Varone, and a special project by Nona Hendryx. THE THREEPENNY OPERA, Boston Lyric Opera, Huntington PARTS IN SUITE, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Avenue Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., 617-542-6772. Mar Washington St., 617-695-6955. Mar 9–Apr 7. The work of 16–25. As London scrubs up for the coronation, the police cut three stellar choreographers with distinct visions is on full deals left and right to keep the filth out of sight. Meanwhile, Mr. display: William Forsythe’s Pas/Parts 2016, Justin Peck’s In and Mrs. Peachum’s daughter can’t be found—and a notorious Creases and Jormo Elo’s Bach Cello Suites. gangster is back in town. Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brechts’ satiric critique of capitalism and the meaning of morality when living ROMEO & JULIET, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 in the slums is a landmark work rarely performed by a profes- Washington St., 617-695-6955. Mar 15–Apr 8. Love brings sional opera company.

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wgbhnews.org CITYPLACE, On Stuart Street between Tremont and S. Charles BOSTON streets in the State Transportation Building. Enjoy handcrafted beers at Rock Bottom Brewery, delicious treats from Panera Bread and gourmet Chinese at P.F. Chang’s as well as flatbread sandwiches, specialty pizzas, custom burritos and more in the DINING Food Court. B, L, D, C. cityplaceboston.com. CLINK, The Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St., 617-224-4004. Clink serves the freshest North Atlantic seafood, seasonal New England fare and delicious artisanal meats, highlights of a menu that artfully marries European culinary tradition with contemporary American innovation. The dining room features GUIDE vestiges of original jail cells and an open kitchen, while gold leather seats, butcher block tables and granite accents add to the contemporary style. Nightly, Clink’s lobby bar draws urban L–Lunch • D­–Dinner • B–Breakfast dwellers and hotel guests to an energetic and social nightlife C–Cocktails • VP–Valet Parking scene in the heart of Boston. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–3 SB–Sunday Brunch • LS–Late Supper p.m., D 5–11 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–3 p.m. clinkrestaurant.com.

DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 75 Arlington 49 SOCIAL, 49 Temple Pl., 617-338-9600. This eclectic bar St., 617-357-4810. This Boston institution is located in Park and restaurant at Downtown Crossing serves refined modern Square, within walking distance to all theatres. The Northern American cuisine. The seasonal dinner menu draws inspiration Italian steakhouse menu includes a selection of homemade from around the globe while also incorporating ingredients pastas and Brandt meats (aged New York sirloin, Niman Ranch from local New England farms. D, C. 49social.com. pork chop, Provini porterhouse veal chop), as well as Davio’s classics and selection of fresh seafood, before or after the the- ARAGOSTA BAR & BISTRO, Three Battery Wharf, 617-994- atre. Enjoy a lighter fare menu in the spacious bar and parlor 9001. This latest addition to Boston’s vibrant waterfront area. D Sun–Tue 5–10 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til 11 p.m., L Mon–Fri. restaurant community offers a new take on Italian cuisine by VP. davios.com. award-winning chef David Daniels who shows his signature flair through hand-made pastas, prime meats and classic New FAJITAS & ’RITAS, 25 West St., 617-426-1222. Established in England seafood. Using quality, local farm-raised ingredients, 1989, Fajitas & ’Ritas is an easygoing restaurant and bar that Aragosta offers a warm, social atmosphere in a stunning features fresh, healthy Texan and barbecue cuisine at bargain waterfront setting. Also offering an open kitchen with Chef’s prices. An all-around fun place to eat, drink and hang out, the Counter and an outdoor terrace. B, L, D. Mon–Sun 6:30 a.m.– walls are decorated with colorful murals and the bar boasts 10 p.m.; Sat & SB 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. aragostabistro.com. some of Boston’s best—and sturdiest—margaritas. L, D Mon & Tue 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed, Thu & Sat ’til 10 p.m.; Fri ’til 11 AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT, Hyatt Regency, One Avenue de p.m.; Sun ’til 8 p.m. C. fajitasandritas.com. Lafayette, 617-912-1234. Newly renovated and located in the heart of the Theatre District, Avenue One restaurant and lounge THE HUNGRY I, 71½ Charles St., 617-227-3524. In a two- serves contemporary New England cuisine in a relaxed atmo- story townhouse with three working fireplaces and an outdoor sphere. Enjoy a refreshing cocktail, three-course prix fixe dinner or patio, Chef Peter Ballarin celebrates 30 years of French coun- a delectable dessert. Discounted parking available. B 6:30–11:30 try cuisine and creative desserts. Signature dishes include a.m., L noon–3 p.m., D 5–10 p.m. C, VP regencyboston.hyatt.com. venison au poivre and braised rabbit a la moutard. Private dining rooms available. L, D, SB, C. hungryiboston.com. BACK DECK, 2 West St. (corner of Washington), 617-670- 0320. With three deck spaces and a menu of grill-focused JASPER WHITE’S SUMMER SHACK, 50 Dalton St., 617-867- favorites, Back Deck invites everyone to gather around patio 9955; 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500. tables and chairs for a charcoal-cooked meal and backyard- Enjoy top-notch seafood such as pan-roasted lobster, award- inspired cocktails. Its ambiance brings the outdoors inside with winning fried chicken and an impressive raw bar in a casual floor-to-ceiling open windows, carriage lighting, lush green setting. L, D. summershackrestaurant.com. planters, glazed brick and an open kitchen. Drawing inspiration from a roof deck, this restaurant is the ultimate urban retreat. LEGAL SEA FOODS, 558 Washington St., 617-692-8888; 26 L, D, Sat & SB, C. BackDeckBoston.com. Park Plaza, Park Square Motor Mart, 617-426-4444; 255 State St., Long Wharf, 617-227-3115; Copley Place, 100 Huntington BLU, 4 Avery St., 617-375-8550. Located in the heart of the Ave., 617-266-7775; 270 Northern Ave., Liberty Wharf, Theatre District next door to the Ritz Carlton on the fourth floor, 617-477-2900; other locations. Legal Sea Foods, a Boston blu Restaurant and Bar is celebrating its 15th anniversary tradition for more than 50 years, features more than 40 variet- with a feast for the senses. Its contemporary American menu ies of fresh fish and shellfish as well as an award-winning includes the all-time favorite lobster club. Featuring spec- wine list. Named “Boston’s Most Popular Restaurant” (Zagat tacular floor-to-ceiling windows, blu is perfect for a pre-show 2010/2011). L & D. legalseafoods.com. dinner, corporate events, weddings, cocktail receptions and private dining. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., D Mon–Sat MASSIMINO’S CUCINA ITALIANA, 207 Endicott St., 617-523- 5–10 p.m. blurestaurant.com. 5959. Owner/chef Massimino—former head chef of Naples’

44 SKELETON CREW BOSTON DINING GUIDE (continued) “HEART- Hotel Astoria and Switzerland’s Metropolitan Hotel—offers specialties like the veal chop stuffed with arugula, prosciutto, smoked mozzarella and black olives, amongst numerous other POUNDING delights. L, D, C. Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m. massiminosboston.com. PULSE.” MERITAGE RESTAURANT + WINE BAR, Boston Harbor Hotel, - THEATRERMANIA 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-439-3995. Known for its excellence in wine and food pairings, Meritage enters a new era with an exciting transformation featuring a stylish, refined dining room, sophisticated wine bar and the addition of two new private dining rooms overlooking Boston Harbor. To complement the bold and elegant interiors, Chef Daniel Bruce has introduced a unique vineyard-to-table menu. D Tue–Sat 5–10 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–2 p.m. C, VP. meritagetherestaurant.com.

PARKER’S RESTAURANT, Omni Parker House, 60 School St. at Tremont Street, 617-725-1600. Executive chef Gerry Tice celebrates nostalgic cuisine with a contemporary­ flair at Parker’s Restaurant, the birthplace of Boston Cream Pie, the Parker House Roll and Boston Scrod. B Mon–Fri 6:30–11 a.m., Sat–Sun 7–11:30 a.m., offering an elaborate buffet in addition to a la carte selections. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.; D Mon– Thu 5:30–10 p.m., Fri & Sat 5–10 p.m.

ROWES WHARF SEA GRILLE, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-856-7744. Rowes Wharf Sea Grille delivers the sea straight to your table. Enjoy power breakfasts and lunches followed by a vibrant after-work cocktail and dinner scene. The sunlight-filled dining room or seasonal outdoor terrace is an ideal spot for a leisurely lunch or special date night. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Afternoon Tea 2:30–4 p.m., D 4:30–10 p.m. roweswharfseagrille.com. The Great Migration comes to life RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE, 45 School St., 617-742-8401. through an explosion of dance, At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, each steak is hand-selected from the top 2% of the country’s beef, broiled to perfection at 1,800 drums and canvas. degrees and served in the restaurant’s signature style—on a sizzling, 500-degree plate so every bite stays hot and deli- cious. Located at Old City Hall, Ruth’s Chris also features fresh seafood, an award-winning wine list and a gracious environ- ment with warm hospitality. L, D, C. ruthschris.com.

THE TAJ BOSTON, 15 Arlington St., 617-536-5700. This 1927 landmark offers dishes reflecting the seasonal flavors of New England as well as authentic Indian dishes for dinner. The Cafe: B, L, D, Sat & SB. The Lounge: L, D, C. The Bar: L, D, C. tajhotels.com/boston.

TOP OF THE HUB, 800 Boylston St., Prudential Center, 617-536-1775. Located 52 stories above the city, Top of MAY 3 - 6 the Hub is Boston’s special occasion favorite. With upscale American cuisine, live entertainment nightly, a spectacular EMERSON CUTLER MAJESTIC THEATRE view and romantic atmosphere, Top of the Hub promises a unique experience for both visitors and native Bostonians alike. L, D, C, SB. topofthehub.net. ARTSEMERSON.ORG 617.824.8400 YE OLDE UNION OYSTER HOUSE, 41 Union St., 617-227- 2750. America’s oldest restaurant, now celebrating 191 years, serves Yankee-style seafood, beef and chicken, and is famed for the oyster bar where Daniel Webster dined daily. Specialties include clam chowder and fresh lobster. L & D Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 10 p.m. C ’til midnight. unionoysterhouse.com.

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Davio’s ometimes an evening out can get derailed by and tomato sauce and hand-rolled potato gnocchi; the simplest of debates—for example, Ital- modern Italian cuisine like lobster risotto or Sian food or steak? Luckily, Bostonians have grilled center cut veal rib chop with creamy the perfect answer to this particular dilemma— potatoes, asparagus and vintage port sauce; and Back Bay favorite Davio’s Northern hearty meat dishes like grilled Niman Italian Steakhouse, which combines Ranch pork chop or the seared Atlantic the bold flavors of a superior Italian DAVIO’S salmon. At lunchtime, Davio’s also 75 Arlington St. eatery with the class, sophistication 617-357-4810 boasts a selection of gourmet pizzas and unmistakable flair of a classic Refer to Dining Guide, and panini filled with everything from upscale steakhouse. page 44 wild mushrooms to prosciutto. Diners at Davio’s can begin their By night, Davio’s delivers every- meal with a selection from a superb thing you expect from a top-notch Davio’s delivers wine list that earned the eatery an “ steakhouse. Whether you opt for the Award of Excellence from Wine Spec- everything you center cut filet mignonor natural aged tator magazine in 2011, or dive right expect from a top- New York sirloin, these mighty, meaty into a wide array of antipasti. From cuts of beef come cooked to perfec- the bold taste of Davio’s Kobe beef notch steakhouse. tion. Enjoy them with a la carte meatballs to the restaurant’s trademark sides ranging from steakhouse faves Philly cheese steak spring rolls, from ”like creamy mashed potatoes, grilled salads like the arugula with shaved parmigiano and asparagus and crispy onion rings to Mediterranean- lemon olive oil to the baby iceberg with bacon, toma- influenced treats likebaked eggplant with fresh toes, onions, croutons and herbed buttermilk dressing, mozzarella or the special spinach alla Romana. guests will find something distinctive and delicious Located just blocks from both the fabulous to kick off their dining experience. shopping on Newbury and Boylston streets and From there, Davio’s diverse entrees take the first-rate entertainment of the Theatre Dis- center stage: diners can sample tempting pasta trict, Davio’s is a prime spot for either a night on dishes like tagliatelle with braised veal, beef, pork the town or simply lunch with friends.

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