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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, 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 of Stage Directors and Choreographers, [email protected] Inc., an independent national labor union. 800.308.2898 x105 The lighting, scenic, and sound designers www.encoremediagroup.com are members of United Scenic Artists. This season is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a proud P H O T K E V I N B R home company of the Mountain View / Center for the Performing Arts. A G N O M I A T Garden Court is the official J. Lohr is the official wine hotel of TheatreWorks. of TheatreWorks. Encore Arts Programs is published monthly by Encore Media The Mercury News is TheatreWorks’ Group to serve musical and theatrical events in the Puget 2016/17 Season Media Sponsor. Hengehold Trucks is the official trucking provider of TheatreWorks. Sound and San Francisco Bay Areas. All rights reserved. ©2017 Encore Media Group. Reproduction F R O N T C V E : without written permission is prohibited.

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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

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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

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The Four Immigrants: The Prince of Egypt T I N & K E V B R An American Musical Manga Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Book by Philip LaZebnik Book, Music, & Lyrics by Min Kahng Directed by Scott Schwartz T R A C Y M Based on Manga Yonin Shosei by Henry Yoshitaka Kiyama WORLD PREMIERE in collaboration with Fredericia Teater, Denmark Translated as The Four Immigrants by Frederik L. Schodt P H O T S B Y

Directed by Leslie Martinson Join TheatreWorks as this inspiring world premiere musical begins its / international journey towards a 2018 debut in Denmark. A soaring WORLD PREMIERE celebration of the human spirit, The Prince of Egypt features a From a tumultuous earthquake to an exhilarating world’s fair, this dazzling, multi-ethnic cast in one of the greatest stories ever told: broadly comic new musical chronicles the adventures of four endear- the saga of Moses and Ramses, his Pharaoh brother, and the ing Japanese immigrants in a world of possibility and prejudice: indomitable people who changed them both forever. Inspired by the & D E R K C A L Y turn-of-the-twentieth-century San Francisco. Driven by an infectious beloved DreamWorks Animation film and featuring a score that vaudeville and ragtime score, the quartet pursues their American includes the Academy Award-winning “When You Believe” by the Dream despite limited options in the land of opportunity. Don’t miss composer and lyricist of Wicked, this breathtaking journey of faith Y M A I B E R G , this runaway hit of our 2016 New Works Festival. and family is the must-see event of the season. H I L A R Jul 12–Aug 6, 2017 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto Oct 6–Nov 5, 2017 Mtn View Center for the Performing Arts

A CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC DRAMA A HILARIOUS HOLIDAY ADVENTURE P U N B A D H , Constellations Around the World in 80 Days By Nick Payne Adapted by Mark Brown M I C H E L B K , Directed by Robert Kelley From the Novel by Jules Verne London Evening Standard Award Best Play 2012 Directed by Robert Kelley REGIONAL PREMIERE Stampeding elephants! Raging typhoons! Runaway trains! Join A tIme-bending romantic drama spun out of string theory, this fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful valet in the original P E T R C A L N D ,

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A POWERFUL MUSICAL TRIBUTE A SOARING MUSICAL ROMANCE Our Great Tchaikovsky The Bridges of Madison County Music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book by Marsha Norman Written and Performed by Hershey Felder Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown Directed by Trevor Hay Based on the novel by Robert James Waller REGIONAL PREMIERE Directed by Robert Kelley Brilliant composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky springs to life through 2014 Tony Award Best Score the hands and insight of piano virtuoso Hershey Felder, whose This sweeping musical romance about the roads we travel and the time-traveling tale of culture and repression explores the mystery bridges we dare to cross recalls the unexpected affair of a devoted surrounding some of the greatest music ever written. From the Italian-born housewife and a roving National Geographic photogra- unforgettable ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and The pher—four sensual, heart-stirring days that would never be forgot- Nutcracker, to the outrageous 1812 Overture and the brilliant ten. Set amidst the cornfields of Iowa in 1965, it is an intimate symphonic works, this powerful musical tribute travels to Czarist remembrance of love both lost and found, brilliantly adapted by a times to ponder the inevitable enigma of genius. From the creator Pulitzer Prize playwright and Tony Award composer from one of and performer of Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin and Beethoven. America’s favorite novels. “Stunning! Potent! Brings beautiful life to Tchaikovsky.” “A breathtaking sweep of feelings.” The NY Times San Diego Union-Tribune Apr 4–29, 2018 Mtn View Center for the Performing Arts Jan 10–Feb 4, 2018 Mtn View Center for the Performing Arts

A PLAY FOR THEN AND NOW A BOLD AMERICAN DRAMA Skeleton Crew FINKS By Dominique Morisseau By Joe Gilford Directed by Giovanna Sardelli Directed by Giovanna Sardelli A Coproduction with Marin Theatre Company Drama Desk Award Best Play Nominee REGIONAL PREMIERE CALIFORNIA PREMIERE A makeshift family of autoworkers navigates the recession in this With the 1950s Red Scare in full swing, the House Un-American T I N & K E V B R funny, tough, and tender American drama. Will their Detroit plant Activities Committee attacks “subversion” in the arts. When a survive? Ambitious dreams and corporate deception interweave, romance blossoms between a rising comic and a firebrand actress, pushing friendships to the limit. When the line between blue collar they face being blacklisted along with their friends and fellow artists. and white begins to blur, how far over the lines is each of them willing Will they lose their careers or betray each other and be branded to step? Don’t miss this riveting new drama from one of America’s forever as “finks”? Based on the true story of comedian/actor Jack hottest young writers. Gilford, this stunning comic drama is written by his son. P H O T S B Y R A C M / Contains mature language. Contains mature language. “Warm-blooded, astute. A deeply American play!” The NY Times “ A t e s t a m e n t t o a n i n d o m i t a b l e s p i r i t . ” T h e H u f f i n gton Post Mar 7–Apr 1, 2018 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto Jun 6–Jul 1, 2018 Mtn View Center for the Performing Arts & D E R K C A L Y Y M A I B E R G , H I L A R THEATREWORKS P U N B A D H , ADD-ON EXTRA FOR THE HOLIDAYS SILICON VALLEY

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From the Artistic Director Upcoming Events THE BRUSHSTROKES OF TIME Mar, Apr, May We produced our first Velina Hasu Houston play 27 years 3/15, 3/22, 3/29 ago in 1990. Simply titled Tea, it was the story of a Japanese CALLIGRAPHY POST-SHOW war bride who, against the convictions of her family, married DISCUSSIONS an African-American serviceman in the years following Question and answer with the World War II. She wound up living as an immigrant in small- cast and staff following the town Kansas, finding solace in the company of other Japanese women who performance shared the same challenging life in a new world. We chose the play for its Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto touching insight into the lives of these women, but also for its honest exploration of a racially mixed family in a reluctantly changing America. 3/20 @ 6:00pm GREEN ROOM PARTY Tea became a major hit for TheatreWorks, and demonstrated an emerging Donors of $750 or more are Silicon Valley eager to better know its neighbors of Asian heritage. invited for a sumptuous reception Since then, our Valley has changed dramatically, and now boasts an Asian and insider program. population of over 30%. What’s more, California’s population of mixed race Garden Court Hotel Palo Alto people has also continued to grow. That’s what makes this final chapter of Tea Houston’s family story such an important journey for TheatreWorks. 4/4 SNEAK A PEEK @ 7:00pm was set in a late 60s America still harboring post-war prejudice toward the Donors of $150 or more are Japanese, and ongoing prejudice toward any mixing of the races. invited to a pre-show reception and Calligraphy jumps forward three decades to reveal that same mother in final dress rehearsal of RAGS. the care of an adult daughter, Hiromi, who is determined to reconcile a different prejudice of the past, a Japanese version of racism that once tore 4/4 @ 7:00pm her family apart. INVITED DRESS REHEARSAL WITH PHIL SANTORA A Japanese cousin joins in Hiromi’s quest, and the two offer a startling Inner Circle members ($1,500 or contrast: a mixed-race American consumed by her Japanese roots and a more) are invited to attend final native Japanese consumed by American culture. But as culture and race dress rehearsal of RAGS and meet begin to blend in our interconnected world, the boundaries and prejudices with Managing Director Phil Santora for a casual pre-curtain of the past begin to blur as well. chat. Limited space. RSVP required. Calligraphy focuses on a generation that came to maturity in the 1950s, a [email protected] time when the world’s nations and races seemed much further apart. I MVCPA wonder what kind of diverse world upcoming generations will find here in 4/22 @ 10:00am Silicon Valley. What family dysfunctions will we resolve at long last; what BACKSTAGE TOUR lingering prejudices will we eventually recognize and surmount; what Refreshments, displays, speakers, cultural, religious, and political conflicts will we finally put to rest? Tough and a backstage tour of the set of questions, but here at TheatreWorks we will attempt to answer them as we RAGS. Admission: $20 always have, by turning them into art. Call it calligraphy. Complimentary to donors of $750 or more. RSVP required. For more As we’ve rehearsed this final chapter of a story inspired by Velina Hasu info: [email protected] Houston’s own family history, we’ve been privileged to have the playwright MVCPA in residence working on the play. Following an initial production in Los Angeles, she has further shaped Calligraphy with support from TheatreWorks’ 5/20 @ 5:30pm New Works Initiative. We thank you for helping to make that possible. BEDAZZLED Spectacular food, wine, signature

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Director’s Notes by Leslie Martinson

The gift a playwright gives us is the chance to experience the world from another person's point of view. In Calligraphy, Velina Hasu Houston does just that, with the character of Noriko. Based on Velina's own mother's story, it is Noriko’s journey that we follow, from growing up in , marrying an African-American G.I. just after World War II and emigrating to Kansas with him, then moving to Los Angeles as a widow.

This question of “point of view” came up over and over as I worked with the design team to create the physical world of this play. How do we let the audience know where a scene takes place, or when? We decided to stay inside Noriko's perspective. If she finds herself on a street in post-war , Japan, so will you. The butterflies which whirl about her head come to rest where you can see them.

Shodo, the Japanese art of calligraphy, is an anchor for Noriko throughout her life. A blend of the visual, the verbal, and the spiritual, shodo, or “The Way of the Brush,” is described in the play as “something just for me.” So we decided to anchor the set with a platform holding her shodo table, at the heart of Noriko's new home in California. In an afterword in the script, Velina writes this:

The art of calligraphy in terms of lettering is a meticulous craft that grows refined with experience if discipline and determination are applied. Life is not dissimilar. We are born, smudge the lines, learn, grow, spill ink, mature, and so forth. Even in the most finely tuned and dedicated effort, ink fades. It is part of aging. What was created hopefully with love and vigor feels, looks different. But it is still art— sometimes even more valuable than at the time of its creation and vitality.

Welcome to Calligraphy.

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Director’s Notes by Leslie Martinson

The gift a playwright gives us is the chance to experience the world from another person's point of view. In Calligraphy, Velina Hasu Houston does just that, with the character of Noriko. Based on Velina's own mother's story, it is Noriko’s journey that we follow, from growing up in Japan, marrying an African-American G.I. just after World War II and emigrating to Kansas with him, then moving to Los Angeles as a widow.

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Velina Hasu Houston Gets It Write with Calligraphy

othing is precious,” says Velina Hasu Houston, “ about writing. “If I walk in with a precious aNttitude about my play, I may as well sit in my office. I want the play to get better. So that means put my ego aside and let the play get better.”

Calligraphy is about two female cousins—one is Japanese/African American and lives in Los Angeles; the other is Japanese and lives in Japan. The two women are finding it difficult to cope with life’s many changes while dealing with their mothers growing old.

“It’s called Calligraphy because when you draw with that dark black India ink, you make bold strokes,” explains Houston. “That’s how we live life—with bold strokes. Then it begins to fade but it fades with differ- ent forms of beauty. We should be able to appreciate the aging.”

Houston, who brings uniquely pertinent credentials to her role as playwright, wrote Calligraphy in part because she was going through her own mother/ daughter concerns. “The issue of parents aging is challenging,” says Houston. “It started with my own life. The first seed was my own mother getting dementia. As I began to see my life shift from being After doing extensive research for the play over a the daughter to the mother—I had to take on respon- five-year period, Houston realized there was a “large sibility. She’s Japanese and doesn’t speak English very part of the culture that didn’t have patience for well. I had to step in and be a business manager. It aging” and didn’t think of the natural evolution as was a learning process for me—how I was living my being beautiful. “I had to move from the shock of life and looking at things differently. In a sense, my dementia to understanding the beauty in the aging mother became my child. I began to see the world process and what I could learn from that,” she through my mother’s eyes.” explains. “I wanted to learn about other people who were seeing their parents’ lives change. I started Houston says that ever since she was a small child, interviewing caregivers in their 40s and 50s and she and her mother have always been very close. wanted to know how they thought of themselves.” “I adore the human being that she was. Her choice to marry a black man in 1950s Japan was a huge thing. Seeking a deeper understanding, Houston traveled I began to understand the impact that choice had to to Japan to do more interviews and to discover have on her life. She had to have courage. So, I whether there were cultural differences in aging there admire her pioneering spirit.” as well. “I looked at my mom’s aging from both the Japanese and American perspective,” says Houston.

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“I did a lot of reading about these kinds of life lives of Japanese war brides who move to the United changes. Then I sat down to write the play.” States with their American servicemen husbands, became a trademark of her work with numerous Houston’s life story is far more intriguing than any play productions and presentations around the globe she could ever write. It has all the ingredients for a including the US, Osaka, Tokyo, Hiroshima, nation- juicy romance novel while reading like a fascinating wide radio in Japan, People’s Republic of China, tome about reality, family, ethnic cultures, international Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, and Indonesia. She’s affairs, survival, exclusion, assimilation, and triumph. also written for television and film. Many of her plays speak to the multicultural experience, something The dramatist, who was born on a military ship out- advisors at UCLA told her would never work. side of Japan, is the second daughter of a Japanese woman (Setsuko Takechi) and a World War ll/Korean “When I was at UCLA they discouraged me from War African-American soldier (Lemo Houston), now writing about Japanese and black people in theatre deceased. “I often get inquisitive looks from people because they didn’t think anyone would produce my who can’t quite figure out what I am,” says Houston. plays,” says Houston. “I was discouraged from “Some people just ask if I’m Hawaiian or Latina. writing Japanese characters. I guess I had a multi- People just want you to identify yourself. If people culturalism outlook before it was popular.” ask, I’m Japanese and African-American. There are a lot of me out here.” It would seem Houston got the last laugh. Not only have her plays been produced, she’s been praised Houston has an older brother who was adopted in extensively and awarded generously from the com- Japan, grew up, and married an Argentinean, and a munity at large for her good works. Houston’s mas- sister who married into a Chinese family and is now a tery of the written word is the direct result of several professor at Cal State LA. She grew up in Kansas decades of study and application. where she often spent time in Japanese and French war brides’ kitchens watching and learning how to As a playwright, she uses all of her life’s experiences cook. “There was a time in my life that parents came to create her body of work. “I tell my students that in different colors. It was black husbands with their humanity is your laboratory,” says Houston. “I tell international wives.” them to use everything you see, taste, and smell. The most important thing for me is they need to Determined to become a writer after a teacher gave write about things they feel the greatest passion for. her Chekhov’s to read, Houston Be inspired by deep critical passions so the drive to attended the University of Kansas where she studied write the play doesn’t have to be forced. It’s just communications and philosophy. She also has a Master there organically.” of Fine Arts in playwriting from UCLA and a PhD in Critical Studies in Cinema from USC. A lifetime mem- Writing is more than a passion for Houston, who ber of both UCLA and USC alumni associations, she admittedly is so focused she can write while standing jokingly refers to herself as “biracial and bi-campus.” in line at the bank. “I write compulsively,” says Houston. “It’s like air and water. It’s like the necessi- Once she graduated from the University of Kansas, ties of life. I love writing. It’s an important relationship her career took a meteoric ride. She’s written a book, for me. I’d be unhappy if I couldn’t write.” Writer’s Block Busters: 101 Exercises to Clear the Dead Wood and Make Room for Flights of Fancy —————————— (Smith and Kraus), poems, essays, and more than 20 By Darlene Donloe plays which have been produced worldwide. Abridged from the original interview for LA STAGE Alliance, 2010 For instance, her play Tea [TW production 1990, Burgess Theatre in Menlo Park], which portrays the

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Membership provides you the ULTIMATE THEATRE EXPERIENCE TheatreWorks INSIDER ACCESS S I L I C O N V A L L E Y

presents Callig,raphy By Velina Hasu Houston Directed by Leslie Martinson Scenic Designer Erik Flatmo Costume Designer Alina Bokovikova Lighting Designer Steven B. Mannshardt Sound Designer Gregory Robinson Media Designer David Lee Cuthbert Casting Director Leslie Martinson Los Angeles Casting Director Julia Flores Stage Manager Sara Sparks Originally Produced by Playwrights’ Arena in association with Latino Theatre Company Imagine sharing wine with the stars of TheatreWorks’ shows or bumping into actors Jon Lawrence Rivera, Artistic Director, Playwrights’ Arena Jose Luis Valenzuela, Artistic Director, Latino Theatre Company backstage during exclusive tours. Imagine calling your very own TW concierge to acquire house seats on Broadway, or flashing your VIP passes to the New Works PRODUCERS Festival (don’t forget the lounge!). Mike & Yvonne Nevens Janne & Bill Wissel

As a Member, you craft your Insider experience and support incredible, transformative SEASON SPONSORS art at the same time! Garden Court Hotel • J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines • The Mercury News • Sobrato Philanthropies

Insider Access starts at $75. Join by April 2 and your name will be entered into a drawing for a private lunch and backstage tour with Artistic Director Robert Kelley. SPECIAL THANKS Noriko Lake, San Jose Shodo Join us at or above the $750 level and we’ll add your name to the drawing twice! (Two winners will be selected.) CALLIGRAPHY plays March 8–April 2, 2017 THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Make your gift or request more information online at theatreworks.org/support or call 650.463.7155.

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THE CAST (In order of appearance) Hiromi Jameson Mia Tagano* Noriko Matsuda Jameson * Eamon Jameson/Police Officer William Thomas Hodgson* Sayuri Matsuda/Girl in Kimono Elizabeth Pan* Natsuko Matsuda Jeanne Sakata* * The Actors and Stage Manager employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Understudy for Eamon Davied Morales (Performs on March 8)

TIME & PLACE A season in the lives of the four Matsuda women at the turn of the 20th century, the years 2000 and 2001. Los Angeles, Tokyo, . Who’s Who EMILY KURODA Half (Best Supporting Actress nom, Theatre, People’s Light and Theatre, (Noriko) has per- Philadelphia Indie Film Fest), Scandal, The Northlight Theatre, Intiman Theatre, A formed at Huntington Real O’Neals, Stitchers, and How I Contemporary Theatre, Oregon Theatre Company Met Your Mother. You can hear her voice Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center (Tiger Style, Woman in the films Penguins of Madagascar and Stage, Syracuse Stage, and the Arizona Warrior), South Coast Planes. She debuted earlier this year as a Theatre Company. Recent TV and film: Rep (Fast Company, Marvel character in the Iron Man universe Advantageous, Dr. Ken, Bravo’s True Ballad of Yachiyo, Our for Hong Kong Disney. She received her Fiction, Big Hero 6. Special honors: LA Town), Alliance Theatre BA at UCLA and has trained at American Ovation Award, Outstanding Lead Actress, (Tiger Style), , Kirk Conservatory Theater and the Royal Chay Yew’s RED; Lee Melville Award, Douglas, Mark Taper Forum, The Public National Theater in London. Outstanding Contribution to LA Theatre Theater, , Seattle elizabethpan.com Community, Playwrights’ Arena; Repertory, Singapore Repertory, Berkeley Outstanding Artist Award, LA Pacific Repertory Theatre, The Doolittle, LATC, WILLIAM THOMAS American Friends of Theatre Outstanding Zephyr, LA Women’s Shakespeare HODGSON (Eamon/ Artist Award. She authored the nationally- Company, and the Los Angeles Police Officer) is making acclaimed solo play Hold These Truths Shakespeare Festival. She was Mrs. Kim his TheatreWorks debut. about civil rights pioneer Gordon on Gilmore Girls for seven years and was Regional credits include Hirabayashi (2013 Drama Desk Nomination, seen in Netflix’s Gilmore Girls Revival. It Can’t Happen Here Outstanding Solo Performance), recently Other TV series include Drop Dead Diva, (Berkeley Repertory produced at Portland Center Stage, A Rufang in Sony’s Sequestered, and Under Theatre), Disney’s The Contemporary Theatre, Guthrie Theater, One Roof with Flavor Flav. Films include Hunchback of Notre PlayMakers Repertory Company, and Red, Sensei, and Take the 10. She is the Dame (La Jolla Playhouse), An Octaroon Perseverance Theatre. jeannesakata.com recipient of five Dramalogue Awards, a (Mixed Blood Theatre), El Henry (San Diego Garland Award for outstanding perform- Rep), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (PCPA MIA TAGANO (Hiromi) ance, and Playwrights Arena Award and Theaterfest), Trufaldino Says No (Shotgun has performed with the EWP Award for Outstanding Players), Seussical the Musical (Berkeley TheatreWorks in Snow Contribution to LA Theatre. Playhouse), and I Am My Own Wife (Ubuntu Falling on Cedars, The Theater Project). He recently eceived his Loudest Man on Earth, ELIZABETH PAN MFA from UC San Diego, and he is and M Butterfly. New (Sayuri/Young Girl) is Co-Artistic Director of the Ubuntu Theater York credits include Far thrilled to be making Project in Oakland. Mr. Hodgson currently East (Lincoln Center), 99 her debut with teaches drama at Park Day School. Histories (Cherry Lane TheatreWorks. Past Theatre) and Song of Singapore (Capital theatre credits include JEANNE SAKATA Repertory Theatre). Regional credits Dogeaters (Center (Natsuko) is making her include Macbeth (Berkeley Repertory Theatre Group/SIPA), TheatreWorks debut. Theatre), Love and Information (American Film Chinois (Grove She has performed with Conservatory Theater), Tamburlaine Theater Center, Ovation Award for Best The Public Theater, (Shakespeare Theatre), Tantalus (Denver Play), @thespeedofjake (Playwrights’ Kennedy Center, Mark Center for the Performing Arts and Royal Arena), A Winter People (Boston Court Taper Forum, La Jolla Shakespeare Company co-production), Performing Arts), and Boats on a River Playhouse, South Coast Hamlet and Nicholas Nickleby (California (L.A. Theatre Works). Recent film and TV Rep, American Shakespeare Theater), Every Five Minutes appearances include Lights Out, Better Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory (Magic Theatre), Snow Falling on Cedars

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Who’s Who (Portland Center Stage and Hartford Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Proud to Stage), Twelfth Night (SF Shakespeare Opera Neo, MOXIE Theatre, and more. Festival), and Waiting for Tadashi (George Ms. Bokovikova has an MFA in Costume Street Playhouse). TV/film credits include Design from UC San Diego and currently Support All My Children, Law & Order, and John she is a Costume Design Coordinator at Barton’s The Shakespeare Sessions. Ms. the Academy of Art, San Francisco. Her the Arts in Tagano received her MFA in Acting from works were presented at Prague the University of Washington. Quadrennial 2012, Costume Design at the San Francisco Turn of Century Exhibition in Moscow in VELINA HASU HOUSTON (Playwright) 2015. She was also featured in Role Call is an internationally celebrated writer with for American Theatre Magazine in 2016. over twenty commissions in theatre and opera. She was the first-ever Playwright-in- DAVID LEE CUTHBERT (Media Designer) Personal attention Residence at The Pasadena Playhouse and designed lighting for Third and lighting/ a Fulbright Scholar. Honored by The media for Wild with Happy at TheatreWorks. thoughtful litigation Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Institute, He lit Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays on final resolutionSF Rockefeller Foundation, Japan Foundation, Broadway and its subsequent US, The Wallace Foundation, Doris Duke Canadian, and Australian tours, as well as Our goal is to LpreserveG our LAW FAMILY Charitable Foundation, and others, she the HBO film. Off-Broadway, his lighting client’s dignity and humanity. founded graduate playwriting studies at and projections for The Snow Queen won the University of Southern California. At the award for best overall design at 2014’s the USC School of Dramatic Arts, she is New York Musical Theatre Festival. Terminal Distinguished Professor of Dramatic Internationally, he designed , FA M I LYLAW G R OUP, P. C . Writing, Director of Dramatic Writing, directed by Joseph Chaikin, and his scenic Associate Dean of Faculty, and Resident and lighting design for The History (and Playwright. She is the only US playwright Mystery) of the Universe has been seen at 575 Market Street, Suite 4000 to amass a body of work that explores the major theatres across the country. He was a San Francisco, CA 94105 US/Japan relationship through a bilateral, regular collaborator at San Jose Repertory 415.834.1120 global view of identity. Her blog, Theatre, and is a frequent collaborator at www.sflg.com Matchabook, is at matchabook.word- Arizona Theatre Company. Mr. Cuthbert is press.com. She is married to Peter H. Jones of Manchester, England; and has two children, Kiyoshi and Leilani.

LESLIE MARTINSON (Director) is TheatreWorks’ Associate Artistic Director and Casting Director. Her many TheatreWorks directing credits include Proof, the regional premiere of Water by the Spoonful, and the West Coast premieres of The Pitmen Painters and Superior Donuts. A graduate of Occidental College, she has been a Watson Fellow in political theatre, a member of Lincoln Center Director’s Lab, a member of the La MaMa International Directing Symposium, and has served on Theatre Bay Area’s GLEIM Theatre Services Committee since 2002. Silicon Valley Creates named her an Arts Laureate for artistic achievement and community impact. She is a Performance Coach in leadership communication training with Stand and Deliver Group.

ALINA BOKOVIKOVA (Costume Design) has designed more than sixty professional productions and is thrilled to come back to TheatreWorks after her debut here with tokyo fish story last year. Bay Area audiences can see her designs in 2017 at Cutting Ball Theatre (Hedda Gabler), Opera Parallele (Flight), and Opera San Jose (La Boheme). Other credits include productions for California Shakespeare Theater, The Old Globe, North Coast

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a Professor of Design at the University of Academy of Art San Francisco, in the California, Santa Cruz. Motion Picture and Television Department.

ERIK FLATMO (Scenic Designer) recently SARA SPARKS (Stage Manager) designed TheatreWorks’ productions of previously stage managed TheatreWorks’ Water by the Spoonful, Wild with Happy, New Works Festival productions of Time Stands Still, The North Pool, Opus, Something Wicked This Way Comes and and Radio Golf. He has designed scenery Marie and Rosetta. She most recently for theatre and opera companies across stage managed Scrooge in Love! at 42nd the country, including Yale Repertory Street Moon. She has worked all around Theatre, Asolo Repertory Theatre the Bay, including San Francisco (Florida), and American Conservatory Shakespeare Festival, Aurora Theatre Theater. Locally he has also worked with Company, San Jose Stage Company, Pear Magic Theatre, California Shakespeare Theatre, Palo Alto Players, Silicon Valley Theatre, Marin Theatre Company and San Shakespeare, and RE:ACT. She is also a Francisco Opera’s Merola Program. His lighting designer, recently designing work in dance involves collaborations with Uncanny Valley, Major Barbara, and Uncle choreographers Joe Goode, Trajal Harrell, Vanya at Pear Theatre. and Robert Moses. He holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and teaches set ROBERT KELLEY (Artistic Director) is a design at Stanford University. Bay Area native and Stanford University graduate. He founded TheatreWorks in STEVEN B. MANNSHARDT (Lighting 1970 and has directed over 175 Designer) has been the lighting designer TheatreWorks productions, including many for over 70 productions at TheatreWorks, world and regional premieres. He has having won numerous Bay Area Theatre received the Silicon Valley Arts Council’s UTAH Critics Circle, Theatre Bay Area and Legacy Laureate Award; the Bay Area Dean Goodman Choice Awards for his Theatre Critics Circle Paine Knickerbocker FEST work. His regional design credits include Award and Jerry Friedman Award for , New Haven; A Lifetime Achievement; BATCC Awards for Contemporary Theatre, Seattle; American Outstanding Direction for his productions Repertory Theater, Cambridge; Studio of The Hound of the Baskervilles; Into the Arena Theatre, Buffalo; Magic Theatre; Woods; Pacific Overtures; Rags; Sweeney Pasadena Playhouse; The Weston Todd; Another Midsummer Night; Sunday Playhouse Theatre Company, Vermont; in the Park with George; Jane Eyre; and Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company; Caroline, or Change; and Back Stage and Olympia Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. West Garland Awards for his direction of Mr. Mannshardt previously taught lighting Side Show and Sunday in the Park with design at Santa Rosa Junior College for George. He recently directed Daddy Long 14 years and now runs an organization Legs, Outside Mullingar, Cyrano, Jane dedicated to improving the education Austen’s EMMA, The Country House, system for both children and adults in Fallen Angels, Peter and the Starcatcher, Nepal. nepal.wwep.org Sweeney Todd, Marry Me a Little, and Once on This Island. GREGORY ROBINSON (Sound Designer) has designed sound for Water PHIL SANTORA (Managing Director) by the Spoonful (Bay Area Theatre Critics joined TheatreWorks in 2007. He has Circle Award, Best Sound Design), The served as Managing Director of Northlight Pitmen Painters, Snow Falling on Cedars, Theatre () and Georgia Living Out, You Can’t Take It With You, An Shakespeare Festival (Atlanta), as well as American Daughter, Be Aggressive, and Development Director for Great Lakes Present Laughter. His sound design, sound Theatre Festival (Cleveland) and George effects, music, and recordings have been Street Playhouse (New Brunswick). He featured in local, regional, and national holds an MFA in Theatre Administration radio and television advertisements, from the Yale School of Drama and a BA in documentaries, corporate video, and Drama from Duke University. He is Vice theatre. He has created and produced for President of the National Alliance for AC Transit, Amazing People LLC (London), Musical Theatre Board. Prior board service Bank of America, Brava Theatre, California includes the League of Chicago Theatres, Lottery, Carlos Santana, Deborah Santana, Atlanta Coalition of Theatres, and the HBO, Ivory Coast Pictures (Hollywood), executive committee of the League of Lorraine Hansberry Theatre, Magic Resident Theatres (LORT). He was named Theatre, Safeway, The United Way, Wells 2000’s Best Arts Administrator by Atlanta Fargo, and many others. Mr. Robinson is a Magazine and received the Atlanta Arts motion picture production sound recordist and Business Council’s 1998 ABBY Award and post-production sound editor for the for Arts Administrator.

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VISIONARY SPONSORS CORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS Foundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits. Contact Ronnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information. Visionary Sponsors Sponsors Friends ($50,000 and above) ($10,000 to $14,999) ($1,000 to $2,499) The Garden Court Hotel* Adams Wine Group* Anonymous The William & Flora Hewlett The Leonard C. & Mildred F. Applied Materials Excellence in the Foundation Ferguson Foundation Arts Grants, a program of J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines* Harrell Remodeling Silicon Valley Creates The Mercury News* Heising-Simons Foundation ChaseVP* Microsoft Corporation Hengehold Motor Company* The Dramatists Guild Fund The David & Lucile Packard International ProInsurance Services LLC Foundation Benefactors Nikon Precision, Inc. The Shubert Foundation ($5,000 to $9,999) Regarding Arts Sobrato Philanthropies* Dodge & Cox Investment Managers Presenting Sponsor Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Matching Gifts ($25,000 to $49,999) Trusts Many companies will double or triple their Avant! Foundation Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund employees’ contributions to nonprofits. It’s a great way to make your gift to National Endowment for the Arts TheatreWorks go further at no extra cost. Sand Hill Foundation Supporters Call 650.463.7155 for more information. Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry* ($2,500 to $4,999) Avidbank * Indicates donors whose gifts include Supporting Sponsors Cooley LLP* in-kind goods or services. ($15,000 to $24,999) Los Altos Community Applied Materials Foundation PRESENTING SPONSORS Carla Befera Public Relations* S. H. Cowell Foundation Fenwick & West LLP The Morrison & Foerster The Kimball Foundation Foundation The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Palo Alto Weekly* Charitable Trust Perkins Coie LLP

ENDOWMENT FUND TheatreWorks Silicon Valley thanks the following lead donors for their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts. Marsha & Bill Adler • William C. Anderson • Ann S. Bowers • Polly & Tom Bredt • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • Peter & Melanie Cross • Yogen & Peggy Dalal • Carl H. Feldman • Kathryn Green • The John & Marcia Goldman Foundation • Emeri & Brad Handler • Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts • Charles & Roberta SUPPORTING SPONSORS Katz Family Foundation • Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan • The Rathmann Family Foundation • Eddie Reynolds • John & Diane Savage • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode

FUTUREWORKS FutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of life insurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Anonymous (6) • Marc Abramson • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer • Pauline Berkow & Ronald Kauffman • David & Lauren Berman • Jayne Booker • James & Diane Bordoni • Ann S. Bowers • Steve & Gayle Brugler • Carol Buchser • The estate of Cathryn Z. Cannon • Eleanor W. Caughlan • Steven & Karin Chase • Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchowny • Bruce Cozadd • George & Susan Crow • SPONSORS John & Wynne Dobyns • John & Linda Elman • Frances Escherich • Susan Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • Gayle Flanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & Rose Friedland • Terry & Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • Marcia & John Goldman • Kathryn Green • Lorie Griswold • Maureen Hoberg • Sharon Hoffman • Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sam & Elaine Housten • Susan M. Huch • Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia • John W. & Nancy Lee Jalonen • Barry Lee Johnson • Stanley Earl Johnson • Claiborne S. Jones • Mike & Martha Kahn • Dr. Steve Kelem • Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Jane Kos • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Kurtzman • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mangelsdorf • Steve Mannshardt • Monte Mansir • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle • Leigh Metzler & Jim McVey • Cynthia S. Miller • Tami & Craney Ogata • Doris Gottsegen-Reiner • Karen & John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Betsy Boardman Ross • Adam Samuels • Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • Dorothy Saxe • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Edward & Jane Seaman • Barbara Shapiro & Mark Lewis • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Gerry Sipes • Carol Snell & Mindy Rauch • Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern • Susanne Stevens • Mark Stevenson • Laurie Waldman • Carol Watts • Karen Carlson White • Renee & Herman Winick

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TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Contributors THE PRODUCER CIRCLE TheatreWorks Producers have made a gift of $10,000 or more. They are invited to exclusive events with visiting artists, and on special theatre trips. Producers may select a production to follow from “page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits. Contact Ronnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information

Visionary Producers Mendelsohn Family Fund Steve & Gayle Brugler The Marmor Foundation/ ($50,000 and above) Morgan Family Foundation Steven & Karin Chase Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor Ann S. Bowers Cynthia Sears George & Susan Crow Gillian & Tom Moran Dr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr. Rick Stern & Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Leslie & Douglas Murphy-Chutorian Anne & Larry Hambly Nancy Ginsburg Stern Ranae DeSantis Yvonne & Mike Nevens The Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell Lynn Szekely-Goode & John & Susan Diekman Richard Partridge Foundation Dr. Richard Goode Susan Fairbrook Adam Samuels Ray & Meredith Rothrock Mark & Teri Vershel Dan & Catharine Garber Philip Santora & Cristian Asher TheatreWorks Board Emeritus Lisa Webster & Ted Semple Sylvia & Ron Gerst Loren & Shelley Saxe Gayla Lorthridge Wood & Emeri & Brad Handler Martha Seaver & Scott Walecka Executive Producers Walt Wood William J. Higgs Leonard Shustek & Donna Dubinsky ($25,000 to $49,999) Larry Horton & George Wilson Larry & Barbara Sonsini Bruce Cozadd Producers Charlotte Jacobs & Janet Strauss & Jeff Hawkins Yogen & Peggy Dalal ($10,000 to $24,999) Roderick Young Debra Summers & John Baker Frances Escherich Anonymous (2) Leigh & Roy Johnson Holly Ward & Scott Spector The John & Marcia Goldman Marsha & Bill Adler Mike & Martha Kahn Watkins Family Charitable Fund Foundation Lois & Dr. Edward Anderson Julie Kaufman & Doug Klein Carol Watts William Green Paul Asente & Ron Jenks Tom & Sharon Kelley Harriet & Frank Weiss Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Robin & Don Kennedy Bart & Nancy Westcott Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro Lucy Berlin & Glenn Trewitt Dick & Cathy Lampman Jane Weston & J. Horn Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Jayne Booker Dorothy Lazier Bill & Janne Wissel Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Bredt Family Fund at Truckee Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro Debra Leslie Tahoe Community Foundation Marks Family Foundation

THE INNER CIRCLE Jayne Booker, Chair Members of The Inner Circle contribute a minimum of $1,500 each season and enjoy a variety of benefits including priority subscription seating, VIP ticket purchases and exchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artists events. Contact Hans Cardenas at 650.463.7155 or [email protected] for more 45 for 45Circle information. TheatreWorks 45 for 45 Circle members have made a multi-year pledge of $45,000 or more to honor Robert Kelley and Associate Producers Bruce & Gail Chizen TW’s 45th Anniversary. Contact Ronnie Plasters at 650.463.7135 or ($6,000 to $9,999) Dean & Wilma Chu [email protected] for more information. Anonymous (2) Nancy Mahoney Cohen Katherine Bazak & John Dohner Diane & Howard Crittenden David & Ann Crockett Randy Curry & Kay Simon Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Suzanne Martin & John & Wynne Dobyns Richard & Josephine Ferrie Ann S. Bowers John Doyle David E. Gold & Gayle Flanagan Gayle & Steve Brugler Mendelsohn Family Fund Irene Blumenkranz Lynda & Steve Fox Linda M. Hinton & Vince Foecke Peter & Rose Friedland Bruce Cozadd Rebecca & James Morgan Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia Terry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Cynthia Sears Lisa & Marc Jones Robert Kelley Sylvia & Ron Gerst Barbara Shapiro & Sue & Dick Levy Jerre & Nancy Hitz Anne & Larry Hambly Mark Lewis Rob & Ann Marangell D & J Hodgson Family Foundation Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Rick Stern & Richard Niblock Barbara Jones Julie Kaufman Nancy Ginsburg Stern Bill & Janet Nicholls Louise Karr Hal & Iris Korol Tom & Sharon Kelley Mark & Teri Vershel Ron & Lila Schmidt John & Catharine Kristian Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Lisa Webster Directors Bill & Terry Krivan Watkins Family Charitable Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz ($3,000 to $5,999) Arlene & Jack Leslie Dorothy Lazier Trust Carol Bacchetti Janet Littlefield & William Coggshall Mark & Debra Leslie Carol Watts Paul & Debbie Baker Malcolm MacNaughton Carole & Michael Marks Janne & Bill Wissel Joel & Wendy Bartlett Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Jim Bassett & Lily Hurlimann The Merrimac Fund The BelleJAR Foundation Buff & Cindy Miller Steven & Michele Boal Myrna & Hy Mitchner, PhD Marah & Gene Brehaut Eileen Nelson & Hugh Franks

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Margo & Roy Ogus Eric Butler MD & Russell & Debbie Hall David Pasta in memory of Joe, Nancy, Sam & Sara Ragey Suzanne Rocca-Butler Jane Hamlin & Steven Schow Gloria J.A. Guth Orli & Zack Rinat Jeff & Deborah Byron Helen Helson Beth & Charlie Perrell Tom Rindfleisch & Carli Scott Calvin & Jennifer Carr David & Noreen Henig Carrie Perzow & Von Leirer Paul & Sheri Robbins Ron & Sally Carter Craig & Deborah Hoffman John & Valerie Poggi Edward & Jane Seaman Josephine Chien & Anne & Emma Grace Holmes Diane Posnak Bart Sears Stephen Johnson Susan M. Huch Susan Rabin & David Buchanan Ron & Ellen Shulman Lee & Amy Christel Perry A. Irvine & In memory of Pearl Reimer Joyce Reynolds Sinclair & Larry & Sara Condit Linda Romley-Irvine Karen & John Reis Dr. Gerald M. Sinclair Robert A. Cook Sudhanshu & Lori Jain Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones Ellen & Ed Smith Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchowny in Nancy Lee Jalonen Edward & Verne Rice Sheri Sobrato memory of Milt, Michael & Jack Mary Louise Johnson Bob Rodert & Bev Kiltz Lisa & Matthew Sonsini Jeff & Amy Crowe Claiborne S. Jones Alicia Rojas & Howard Lyons Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir Redwood Serenity Fund Hilary Jones* Betsy Boardman Ross Catherine & Jeff Thermond Richard & Anita Davis Craig & Gina Jorasch Family Fund Robert & Suzanne Rubenstein Odette & Ewart Thomas Scott & Edie DeVine Jack Jorgenson Alan Russell & Fred Thiemann Brent & Michèle Townshend Douglas Dexter Mr. & Mrs. Abdo Kadifa Ellen & Jerry Saliman Ted & Betty Ullman Dennis & Cindy Dillon Thomas Kailath & Anu Maitra Joseph & Sandy Santandrea Tzipor Ulman & Dan Rubinstein Carl & Meredith Ditmore Ruth Ann & David Keefer Charles G. Schulz & Claire E. Taylor Griff & Lynne Weber Monica Donovan Cynthia & Bert Keely Carolyn Schutz* Mark & Sheila Wolfson Pamela Dougherty Arthur Keller Pamela & Rick Shames Jack & Marcia Edelstein Chris Kenrick Jack & Dorothy Shannahan Players Mr. & Mrs. Robert English Liz & Rick Kniss Sarah Shema & Neyssa Marina ($1,500 to $2,999) Sue & Jeff Epstein Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz Marge & Jim Shively Anonymous (5) Patrick Farris Jim & Marilyn Lattin Carolyn & Rick Silberman Marc & Sophia Abramson Sheldon Finkelstein & Marcia & Henry Lawson Gerry Sipes Douglas & Loretta Allred Beatriz V. Infante Elizabeth Leep Pamela Smith Mary Ann Anthony & Ken Fowkes Kathleen Fitts Linda Lester Todd Smith Shirley Bailey Peggy Woodford Forbes & Donald & Rachel Levy Jim Stephens & Abraham Brown Doug & Marie Barry Harry Bremond Robert J. Lipshutz & Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy Pat Bashaw & Gene Segre Diane & Bob Frankle Nancy Wong, MD The Sher-Right Fund Jane Baxter & Steve Beck Barbara Franklin & Bernie Loth Drs. John & Penny Loeb Jerry Strom & Marilyn Austin Mr. & Mrs. David W. Beach Francis Franklin Tom & Sally Logothetti Jan Thomson & Roy Levin Betsy & George Bechtel Jay & Joyce Friedrichs Nancy Madison & Michael Price Helaina Titus Don & Deborah Bennett Markus Fromherz & Heike Schmitz Richard & Charlene Maltzman Robert J. Van der Leest, MD Dr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory Marilee Gardner in memory of Carol Adler Mimi & Jim Van Horne of Dr. Kevin J. Gilmartin Nancy & Charles Geschke Anne B. McCarthy Thomas Vogelsang Caroline Beverstock Ciro & Eileen Giammona Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan Margaret & Curt Weil Charlotte & David Biegelsen Kenneth & Susan Greathouse Kevin McCoy Paul & Barbara Weiss Wendell & Celeste Birkhofer Renee & Mark Greenstein Patricia McGuigan Elissa Wellikson & Tim Shroyer Neil & Karen Bonke Mary Ann & John Grilli Dave & Carolyn McLoughlin Arlene & Bruce S. White Bob & Martha Bowden Nancy & Bill Grove Rani Menon & Keith Amidon Karen Carlson White Lauren & Darrell Boyle Barbara Gunther Shauna Mika & Rick Callison Ken & Ruth Wilcox Michael & Leslie Braun Peter & Laura Haas Sondra Murphy & Jeremy Platt Bruce & Elinor Wilner Kathy Bridgman Jim & Linda Hagan Melinda Nasif & Michael Scruggs Lynn Wilson & Howard Roberts Ellen & Marc Brown Kovin Hagan Lynn & Susan Orr Neil & Ann Wolff Marda Buchholz & Marcie Brown Elaine & Eric Hahn Ellice & Jim Papp Bill & Sue Worthington Linda and Joel Zizmor

Benefactors ($750 to $1,499) Anonymous • Sally Abel • Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Benjamin • Fumiko & Carl Bielefeldt • Robert Block • Sharon & John Brauman • James B. Brennock • Marni Brown & Gabe Garcia • H. Hans Cardenas • Ron & Marion Dickel • James J. Elacqua • Suzanne & Allan Epstein • Wesley & Dianne Gardiner • Joseph & Sondra Glider • Jack & Joan Gorham • Sue & Bill Gould • James Heeger & Daryl Messinger • Susan Heller • Mitzi Henderson • Laurie T Jarrett • Dean & Patricia Johnson • Carl Jukkola & Desmond Lee • David & Joyce Kim • Brian Kleis & Jim Lock • Michael & Ina Korek • Allan & Linda Kramer • Stephen & Nancy Levy • George & Ann Limbach • Alexander & Anne Long • Anders & Juneko Martinson • Katherine Mason • Nancy & Patrick McGaraghan • Sharon & Harris Meyers • Gus Meyner in memory of Miriam • William & Sue Miklos • Vivian Nahmias • Annie Nunan • Laurie Reynolds • Susan Rinne • Mary Rodgers in memory of David Rodgers • In memory of Bridget Ross • Tom & Nan Ryan • Nancy & Magnus Ryde • Jill Sagner & Steve Lipman • Emil & Barbara Sarpa • Lee & Kim Scheuer • David & Harriet Schnur • Perry Segal • Denise & Jim Stanford • Polly Taylor in memory of Ted Taylor • The Fred Terman & Nan Borreson Fund • Marilyn Tinderholt • Judith & Peter Wolken

Contributions listed were received between 01/25/2016 and 01/25/2017. Program deadlines and space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Sarah Benjamin at 650.463.7132 or [email protected]. * Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts.

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TheatreWorks SV Staff Artistic Director Robert Kelley Managing Director Phil Santora

ARTISTIC SCENERY DEVELOPMENT MARKETING Associate Artistic Director Technical Director Director of Development Director of Marketing Leslie Martinson Frank Sarmiento Ronnie Plasters Lorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez

Director of New Works Lead Scenic Artist / Craftsman Associate Director of Art Director Giovanna Sardelli Tom Langguth Individual Giving Ev Shiro H. Hans Cárdenas Company Manager/ Master Carpenter Associate Director of Marketing Casting Associate Bill Roberts Events Manager Syche Phillips Jeffrey Lo Jodi Corwin Carpenters Box Office Manager FutureWorks Fellow Esteban Calvillo, Andrew Clark, Development Operations Manager Alix Josefski Akemi Okamura Rodrigo Frausto, Henry Ing, Sarah Benjamin Marketing & Communications Patrick McKenna Resident Musical Director Manager William Liberatore EDUCATION Heather Orth New Works Reading Committee PROPERTIES Digital Media Manager Director of Education Bill Adler, Cristian Asher, Jennifer Gosk Properties Master Amy Cole-Farrell Elaine Baskin, Doug Brook, Christopher Fitzer Tessitura Specialist Sue Krumbein, Shareen Merriam, Associate Education Director Andrew Skelton Patty Reinhart, Cindi Sears, Properties Stock Manager Katie Bartholomew Alfred Rudolph Ticket Services Supervisor Scott Walecka Education Associate/ Michelle Skinner Artistic Intern Master Teaching Artist Grace Hoffman COSTUMES Meghan C. Hakes Patron Services Coordinator Tracy Hayden Master Teaching Artist Costume Director Piper LaGrelius Ticket Services Representatives PRODUCTION, Jill Bowers Andrée Beals, Laura Henricksen, LIGHTING, & SOUND Teaching Artists Assistant Costumer Margaret Purdy Jake Arky Production Manager Noah Marin Lauren Berman Graphics Assistant David A. Milligan Lead Cutter/Draper Brittany Caine Katie Dai Assistant Production Manager Yen La Wong Maggie Cole Public Relations & Advertising Elizar Ivanov Jennifer Debevec Costume Rentals Manager Carla Befera & Co. Mary Kalita Operations Manager/ Conni Edwards Carla Befera, Courtney Heimbuck Master Electrician Fredrika Keefer Wardrobe Manager Company Photographers Steven B. Mannshardt Josh Marx Sarah Hatton Lauren Mayer Kevin Berne Resident Lighting Designer Assistant Cutter/First Hand Jennifer Mitchell Alessandra Mello Steven B. Mannshardt Michelle Earney Michileen Oberst Production Coordinator Kelly Rinehart Stitchers ADMINISTRATIVE Karen Szpaller Martin Rojas Dietrich Nhan Thi Luu, Son Pham Cassie Rosenbrock General Manager Electricians Resident Wigmaster Elissa Stebbins Scott DeVine Kat Arguello, Steven Fetter, Sharon Ridge Kristina Sutherland Carolyn Guggemos, A.C. Hay, Database Administrator Amanda Wallace Cosmo Hom, Dan Kaminski, Hair Stylist Ken Maitz Maryssa Wanlass Sean Kramer, Nick Kumamoto, Jeanne Naritomi Bookkeeper Harris Meyers, Gary Nelson, Jason Hyde Jeff Spackman, Jarku Virtanen, Jackson Wijtman STAGE MANAGEMENT Staff Accountant Resident Stage Manager Barbara Sloss Load-in/Strike Volunteers Randall K. Lum Rick Amerson, Ed Hunter Front Desk Volunteers Joan Doherty, Cindi Sears Lighting, Sound, & Properties Intern And thanks to our fabulous Noah Listgarten TheatreWorkers!

CALLIGRAPHY ADDITIONAL STAFF

Assistant Director Jeffrey Lo Sound Engineer Quinn Pierron Dressers Brooke Jennings, Assistant Lighting Design Show Carpenters Justin Buchs, Anna Chalmers Wil Bakal Patrick Biggs Open Captioning Michelle Skinner Light Board Operators Properties Runner Alison Froke Noah Listgarten, Deborah Bennett

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Five Fun Facts About TheatreWorks’ Spring Break Camps

Campers learn acting, movement, and stage craft skills in a fun, playful, ∂ and engaging way! ∑ Campers make new friends and work together in a team! ∏ Campers learn from professional Teaching Artists who are experienced artists and educators! π Campers create a new character to bring to life with their new theatrical skills! ∫ Campers show off all that they have learned during a final presentation for family and friends!

Grades K–5 April 3–7, 2017 in Palo Alto • April 10–14, 2017 in Menlo Park Tuition is $350 New this year: Sibling Discounts (Use code 2SBSIBS @ check-out online) Need-based scholarships and extended care are available. T I N For more information, contact Associate Director of Education, Katie Bartholomew, at 650.463.7154 or [email protected]. T R A C Y M

TheatreWorks SV General Information CONTACT US GROUP SAVINGS LATE ARRIVALS Mailing Address: Savings are available for groups of 8 or more. Latecomers will not be seated until appropriate PO Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0458 For more information, call Michelle Skinner at intervals, and may not be seated in their exact Phone: 650.463.1950 Fax: 650.463.1963 650.463.7115 or email [email protected]. seat locations until intermission. Email: [email protected] WHEELCHAIR SEATING LOST AND FOUND TICKET SERVICES Seating is available for wheelchair patrons. Please For Mountain View Center for the Performing Tickets to all TheatreWorks Silicon Valley telephone the Ticket Office in advance so that Arts lost and found, please call 650.903.6568. performances are sold through the TheatreWorks special arrangements may be made. For Lucie Stern Theatre lost and found, please Silicon Valley Box Office call 650.463.1960. Hours: Monday–Friday, 11am–6pm; LISTENING SYSTEMS Saturday-Sunday, 12pm-6pm Both theatres are equipped with listening PLEASE REMEMBER Phone: 650.463.1960 systems for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. There is no smoking in the theatres or lobbies. Tickets may also be obtained through the Please see the house manager for details. Cameras and recording devices of any kind Mountain View Center Ticket Office AUDIO-CAPTIONING are strictly prohibited. Neither food nor drink Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, noon–6pm is permitted in the theatres. Please ensure that Phone: 650.903.6000 Audio captioning for the visually impaired is all electronic devices are set to the “off“ available at certain performances. Please call position while you are in the theatre. WALK-UP TICKET SERVICES 650.463.1960 for details. Children 5 and under are not permitted in The walk-up ticket office will open one hour OPEN-CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES the theatre. Persons 14 and under must be prior to each performance. Open-captioned performances for accompanied by an adult. Every person, PERFORMANCE TIMES Calligraphy: 3/26 at 2pm & 7pm, regardless of age, must have a ticket. Wed, Thur, Fri Previews 8pm 3/29 at 2pm Schedules, shows, casts, and ticket prices are Tuesday & Wednesday Eve 7:30pm Rags: 4/23 at 2pm & 7pm, 4/26 at 2pm subject to change. Thursday–Saturday Eve 8:00pm Hershey Felder, BEETHOVEN: 6/25 at 2pm & 7pm, Single ticket purchases are non-refundable, but Sunday Eve 7:00pm 6/28 at 2pm are exchangeable for $15 per ticket. Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday Matinee 2:00pm For more information about open captioning, Some restrictions apply. INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES please contact the box office at 650.463.1960 or [email protected]. Starting at $32 (balcony). Visit theatreworks.org Discounts available for Seniors, Educators, and for detailed information or to purchase tickets. Patrons 35 & Under. For pricing, call 650.463.1960 or visit theatreworks.org.

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