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Theatreworks SILICON VALLEY PROOF October 2015 About Theatreworks Silicon Valley Volume 47, No TheatreWorks SILICON VALLEY PROOF October 2015 About TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Volume 47, No. 3 Welcome to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley and our 46th 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 Paul Heppner and programming throughout the region. Publisher Susan Peterson Founded in 1970, we continue to celebrate the human spirit and the diversity of Design & Production Director our community, presenting contemporary plays and musicals, revitalizing great Ana Alvira, Robin Kessler, works of the past, championing arts education, and nurturing new works for the Kim Love American theatre. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has produced 65 world premieres Design and Production Artists Marty Griswold and over 150 US and regional premieres. In the 2015/16 season, we add the Director of Business & Community Development world premiere of the musical Triangle and five more regional premieres to our Mike Hathaway résumé. Sales Director Brieanna Bright, Joey Chapman, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 2014/15 season included the world premiere of Gwendolyn Fairbanks, Ann Manning The Great Pretender, as well as regional premieres of Water by the Spoonful, Seattle Area Account Executives The Lake Effect, and Fire on the Mountain. Last season’s holiday production, Marilyn Kallins, Terri Reed, Tim Schuyler Hayman Peter and the Starcatcher, joined our January show 2 Pianos 4 Hands as the San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives two highest-grossing plays in our history. In the course of the year, shows that Brett Hamil debuted here were produced at theatres around the world, including our world Online Editor premiere Memphis, which opened in London’s West End. Jonathan Shipley Associate Online Editor With an annual operating budget of $8 million, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Carol Yip produces eight mainstage productions at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto Sales Coordinator Jonathan Shipley and the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Fifteen years ago, we Ad Services Coordinator launched the New Works Initiative, rededicating ourselves to the development www.encoreartsseattle.com of new plays and musicals. The Initiative has since supported over 140 new works 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 Leah Baltus national map.” Editor-in-Chief Paul Heppner TheatreWorks Silicon Valley believes in making theatre accessible to the entire Publisher Silicon Valley community. Our Arts Education Department reaches more than Marty Griswold 35,000 students in 70 schools in 7 counties annually. It sponsors outreach Associate Publisher programs that include the Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard Children’s Dan Paulus Art Director Hospital, the Young Playwright’s Initiative, specially-priced student matinees, Jonathan Zwickel extensive school tours, post-show discussions, and theatre camps, classes, and Senior Editor conservatories for youth. Gemma Wilson Associate Editor For more information on our 2015/16 season, New Works Festival, and Education Amanda Manitach Programs, please visit theatreworks.org or call 650.463.1950. Visual Arts Editor Amanda Townsend Events Coordinator www.cityartsonline.com AFFILIATIONS—TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and 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, TheatreWorks is a member of Theatre Bay Area, the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, and the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce. TheatreWorks’ 2015/16 Season is presented in cooperation with the City of Mountain View and the City of Palo Alto, Community Services Department, Division of Arts and Sciences. Paul Heppner President The director is a member of the Society Mike Hathaway of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Vice President Inc., an independent national labor union. Genay Genereux The scenic and lighting designers are members of United Scenic Artists. This Accounting season is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Corporate Office 425 North 85th Street Seattle, WA 98103 p 206.443.0445 f 206.443.1246 [email protected] Garden Court is the official J. Lohr is the official wine 800.308.2898 x113 hotel of TheatreWorks. of TheatreWorks. www.encoremediagroup.com The Mercury News is TheatreWorks’ Hengehold Trucks is the official trucking provider of Encore Arts Programs is published monthly by Encore Media 2015/16 Season Media Sponsor. TheatreWorks. Group to serve musical and theatrical events in the Puget Sound and San Francisco Bay Areas. All rights reserved. ©2015 Encore Media Group. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. 2 THEATREWORKS A new choice for senior health care is here Introducing new Medicare health plans STANFORD HEALTH CARE ADVANTAGE (HMO) FOR SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENTS At Stanford Health Care Advantage, we want you to have every confidence in your care. With a choice of benefit Call now to learn more. plans, a provider network built on the trusted expertise of Stanford Medicine doctors and our affiliated network, and 1-844-778-2636 (TTY 711) the convenience of having all your care needs coordinated for 8am–8pm, seven days a week you—the leading edge care you deserve is here and now. With Attend one of our seminars or primary care doctors from Palo Alto to San Jose, Stanford schedule a personal appointment. Health Care Advantage has you covered. StanfordHealthCareAdvantage.org Stanford Health Care Advantage has a contract with Medicare to offer an HMO plan. You must reside in Santa Clara County to enroll. Enrollment in the Stanford Health Care Advantage plan depends on contract renewal. This information is available for free in other languages. A sales person will be present with information and applications. For accommodation of persons with special needs at sales meetings call 1-844-778-2636 (TTY 711). H2986_MM_108_Accepted 2015 Untitled-29 1 9/16/15 4:09 PM Untitled-3 1 9/4/15 9:38 AM From the Board Chair In this Issue I confess. I’m a theatre program junkie. Not only do I leaf through 2 About TheatreWorks the program before the performance begins and then again at Silicon Valley intermission, but I also always take it home with me. This ritual started when I was a kid in New York and my parents brought Coming Next: EMMA home their Playbills after a night at the theatre. We’d talk about 8 the play and the actors, and I’d look up their pictures and bios and almost feel as if I, too, went to the theatre. Then I’d write the 9 From the Artistic Director date on the program and file it neatly away in a shoebox, which I moved from apartment to apartment for way too many years! 10 Playing with Math These days, when I return from the theatre, I’ll sit down on the couch and read (again!) about the artists who helped create the wonderful performance I’ve just seen. 11 Female Mathematicians I’m always amazed at how many people are involved with putting on a show, but it wasn’t until joining TheatreWorks’ Board of Trustees that I fully appreciated 12 The Beauty of Mathematics the cost of mounting a production: set and costume builders, lighting and electrical experts, marketing and sales folks, and so many others. But today, let’s talk about actors, directors, designers, and playwrights, and what it takes to bring outstanding talent to every TheatreWorks production. It starts with season selection, when the executive team determines which of the plays under consideration could require out-of-town artists, and whether our budget can afford their transportation and lodging. Plane fare and housing are two of the most expensive budget items every year! Leslie Martinson, TheatreWorks’ Associate Artistic Director and Casting Director extraordinaire, then works with each show’s director and playwright to audition actors wherever they may be. Two of the four cast members of Proof are from New York. And, looking forward to our holiday show, Emma, many of the original cast members from our Playwright David Auburn 2007 world premiere are returning from around the country to reprise their roles. This can only happen because of our community’s generosity. We are enormously 14 About Playwright David appreciative when supporters donate airline miles, private rooms, or guesthouses Auburn and Proof for visiting artists—for as little as a week or as long as two months. So, if you have miles to spare, an empty apartment, or a poolhouse longing Diversity at the University to be occupied by a grateful actor or designer, give us a call. It will make that 15 show’s program especially meaningful, knowing that you helped make its artist’s of Chicago work possible. 16 Director’s Notes Barbara Shapiro 17 TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents Proof BOARD OF TRUSTEES 19 Who’s Who Barbara Shapiro, Chair Jayne Booker Derry Kabcenell Nancy Ginsburg Stern 24 Contributors Bill Coughran Michael Kahn Debra Summers Lynn Szekely-Goode Jenny Dearborn Julie Kaufman TWSV Staff Susan Fairbrook Robert Kelley Mark Vershel 27 Ciro Giammona Tom Kelley Holly Ward Anne Hambly Ray A. Rothrock Lisa Webster 29 Join the Encore Club Judy Heyboer Adam Samuels Jane Weston Larry Horton Phil Santora Gayla Lorthridge Wood 29 TWSV General Information Loren Saxe BOARD EMERITUS Nancy Meyer, Founder Continue the conversation online! William F. Adler • Edward T. Anderson, MD • Doug Barry • Lauren Berman • Chuck Bernstein • Sharon Anthony Bower • Michael Braun • Polly W.
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