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ProgramCALLIGRAPHY.qxp_LayoutProgramCALLIGRAPHY.qxp_Layout 1 12/16/17 2/16/17 11:50 11:50 AM AM Page Page 3 3 CCaalllliiggrraapphhyy ProgramCALLIGRAPHY.qxp_Layout 1 2/16/17 11:50 AM Page 4 March 2017 About TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Volume 48, No. 6 Welcome to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and our 47th season of award-winning theatre. Led by Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director Phil Santora, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents a wide range of productions and programming throughout the region. Founded in 1970, we continue to celebrate the human spirit and the diversity Paul Heppner Publisher of our community, presenting contemporary plays and musicals, revitalizing great works of the past, championing arts education, and nurturing new works Susan Peterson for the American theatre. TheatreWorks has produced 66 world premieres Design & Production Director and 160 US and regional premieres. In the 2016/17 season, we add the world Ana Alvira, Robin Kessler, premiere of Confederates and four more regional premieres to our résumé. Shaun Swick, Stevie VanBronkhorst Production Artists and Graphic Design TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 2015/16 season included the world premiere of Mike Hathaway the musical Triangle, as well as regional premieres of The Country House, Sales Director Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, tokyo fish story, Cyrano, and The Velocity of Marilyn Kallins, Terri Reed, Rob Scott Autumn. Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin broke all our box office records, San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives becoming the highest-grossing show in TheatreWorks’ history. In the course of the year, shows that debuted here were produced at theatres around the world. Brieanna Bright, Joey Chapman, Ann Manning With an annual operating budget of $8 million, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Seattle Area Account Executives produces eight mainstage productions at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto Jonathan Shipley and the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Sixteen years ago, we Ad Services Coordinator New Works Initiative launched the , dedicating ourselves to the development of Carol Yip new plays and musicals. The Initiative has since supported over 150 new works Sales Coordinator through retreats, workshops, staged readings, developmental productions, ENCORE and the annual New Works Festival, inspiring The Mercury News to call us “a premiere breeding ground for new musicals, which has put the company on the national map.” TheatreWorks believes in making theatre accessible to the entire Silicon Valley community. Our Education Department reaches on average 25,000 students in 70 schools in 7 counties annually. It sponsors outreach programs that include Paul Heppner the Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, the Young President Playwrights’ Initiative, specially-priced student matinees, extensive school tours, post-show discussions, and theatre camps, classes, and conservatories Mike Hathaway Vice President for youth. Genay Genereux For more information on our 2016/17 season, New Works Festival, and Accounting & Office Manager Education programs, please visit theatreworks.org or call 650.463.1960. Sara Keats Marketing Manager Ryan Devlin AFFILIATIONS—TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Business Development Manager operates under agreement between LORT and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. TheatreWorks is a constituent member of Theatre Communications Group, Inc., the national organization for the nonprofit professional theatre. TheatreWorks is a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, a national service organization for musical theatre. In addition, Corporate Office TheatreWorks is a member of Theatre Bay Area, the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, and the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce. TheatreWorks’ 2016/17 Season is presented in cooperation with the City of Mountain 425 North 85th Street Seattle, WA 98103 View and the City of Palo Alto, Community Services Department, Division of Arts and Sciences. p 206.443.0445 f 206.443.1246 The director is a member of the Society [email protected] of Stage Directors and Choreographers, E N Inc., an independent national labor union. R 800.308.2898 x105 E B The lighting, scenic, and sound designers N www.encoremediagroup.com I are members of United Scenic Artists. This V E K season is supported in part by an award O from the National Endowment for the Arts. T O H P TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a proud / home company of the Mountain View O N Center for the Performing Arts. A G A T A I M Garden Court is the official J. Lohr is the official wine : R Encore Arts Programs is published monthly by Encore Media hotel of TheatreWorks. of TheatreWorks. E V Group to serve musical and theatrical events in the Puget The Mercury News is TheatreWorks’ O C 2016/17 Season Media Sponsor. Hengehold Trucks is the official trucking provider of TheatreWorks. T Sound and San Francisco Bay Areas. All rights reserved. N O ©2017 Encore Media Group. Reproduction R F without written permission is prohibited. 2 THEATREWORKS EAP full-page template.indd 1 1/13/17 3:34 PM EAP full-page template.indd 1 1/27/17 3:29 PM ProgramCALLIGRAPHY.qxp_Layout 1 2/16/17 11:50 AM Page 7 From the Board Chair In this Issue Strange times we’re living in. On the one hand, I’m luxuriating in the creativity, diversity, and brilliance of TheatreWorks’ 47th season 2 About TheatreWorks —perhaps our best ever. On the other hand, I’m increasingly Silicon Valley worried about the future of the performing arts. Significant cuts since the recession have resulted in a 2015 national 6 2017/18 SEASON arts budget of $146 million, a paltry .002 percent of federal discretionary spending. Now there are rumblings that the impend- 8 Coming Next at TWSV ing national budget will shutter both the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH). The importance 9 From the Artistic Director of these agencies cannot be underestimated. Since being signed into law in 1965, the NEA and NEH have administered grants annually to the fine arts, performing 10 Director’s Notes arts, and cultural projects in each congressional district in the country. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has been fortunate to be one of many such grantees. 12 Velina Hasu Houston Gets It Looking ahead, it’s clear that there will be fewer federal dollars available to deserv- ing applicants. Equally important, the message that defunding these agencies will Write with CALLIGRAPHY send the public, including the next generation of theatregoers, is disheartening. We must continue to support the arts. They matter! Your generosity allows nonprofit organizations like TheatreWorks to teach, entertain, and inspire, while employing creative artists on the stage, behind the scenes, in the schools, and throughout the community. There is more we can do to ensure that the arts thrive and keep pace with the scientific and technological innovation that surrounds us in Silicon Valley. Your annual support can make a vital difference. In addition, a legacy gift will help TheatreWorks prosper well into the future. Through our FutureWorks program, planned gifts from bequests, trusts, life insurance, and retirement plans are easy to arrange. And they can help fulfill your personal philanthropic, retirement, and financial goals. I’m hoping you’ll join me as a donor and a member of FutureWorks. Although I believe we will survive additional federal cuts, it is comforting to know that our gifts will safeguard the art of TheatreWorks now and for generations to come. Playwright Velina Hasu Houston Barbara Shapiro 14 Insider Access 15 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley BOARD OF TRUSTEES presents CALLIGRAPHY Barbara Shapiro, Chair Jayne Booker Roy Johnson Lynn Szekely-Goode Cabell Chinnis Derry Kabcenell Ewart Thomas 16 Who’s Who Bill Coughran Michael Kahn Tzipor Ulman Ciro Giammona Julie Kaufman Mark Vershel Contributors Anne Hambly Robert Kelley Holly Ward 19 Judy Heyboer Phil Santora Lisa Webster Larry Horton Loren Saxe Jane Weston 22 TWSV Staff Charlotte Jacobs Nancy Ginsburg Stern Gayla Lorthridge Wood Debra Summers 23 TWSV General Information BOARD EMERITUS Nancy Meyer, Founder • William F. Adler • Edward T. Anderson, MD • Doug Barry • Lauren Berman • Chuck Bernstein • Sharon Anthony Bower • Michael Braun • Polly W. Bredt • Bruce C. Cozadd • Jeff Crowe • Peggy Dalal • Yogen Dalal • Jenny Dearborn • Susan Fairbrook • Continue the conversation online! Michael R. Flicker • Peggy Woodford Forbes • Dan Garber • Doug Garland • Aaron Gershenberg • Marcia Goldman • Emeri Handler • Susan M. Huch • Perry A. Irvine • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Lisa Jones • Gina Jorasch • Roberta R. Katz • Tom Kelley • Robin Kennedy • Michael Kwatinetz • Dick Maltzman • Suzanne Martin • Patti McClung • Don McDougall • Bruce McLeod • Cynthia S. Miller • Leslie Murphy-Chutorian • Eileen Nelson • Karen Nierenberg • Carrie Perzow • Carey Pickus • Margot Mailliard Rawlins • John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • @TheatreWorksSV Sandi Risser • Lynn Wilson Roberts • Ray A. Rothrock • Adam Samuels • Denise Stanford • #TWSVCalligraphy Rosina Lo Sun • James Sweeney • Cathie Thermond • Helaina Titus • Robert J. Van der Leest, MD • Ronni Watson • Elissa Wellikson encoreartsprograms.com 5 EAP full-page template.indd 1 1/27/17 3:29 PM ProgramCALLIGRAPHY.qxp_Layout 1 2/21/17 4:42 PM Page 8 “STELLAR!” “STUNNING!” NOT TO BE MISSED! E N R E B A TIMELY NEW MUSICAL A TIMELESS MUSICAL JOURNEY N I V E K & N I The Four Immigrants: The Prince of Egypt T R A M Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Y An American Musical Manga C A Book by Philip LaZebnik R T Book, Music, & Lyrics by Min Kahng Y B Directed by Scott Schwartz S Based on Manga Yonin Shosei by Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama O WORLD PREMIERE in collaboration with Fredericia Teater, Denmark T Translated as The Four Immigrants by Frederik L. Schodt O H P Join TheatreWorks as this inspiring world premiere musical begins its / Directed by Leslie Martinson Y E international journey towards a 2018 debut in Denmark.