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FALL REP: The American Dream, Then and Now Death of Skeleton a Salesman Crew by Arthur Miller by Dominique Morisseau 2017–18 SEASON • Your Home for Dramatic Discoveries • TrinityRep.com Skeleton_2017.indd 1 9/11/17 10:50 AM Meet the stars of A HEALTHY MOUTH Cavity Fighter Sealant Whitener Making his debut in The Filling Making her debut in The Gel, Recently starred in Pearly by warding off harmful sugars where she plays the role of Whites, where he covered that stick around for too long. reducing decay and cavities unsightly stains to help his at a young age. character shine bright. Royal Crown Straightener Molar Replacing Damaged Tooth Reprising her role in Recently starred in Back of in The Post to help improve Orthodontia to help fix the Mouth as a recurring and strengthen the appearance crooked or crowded teeth character who helped grind of the ensemble. in the mouth. food during chewing. Let your teeth play the leading role in a healthy lifestyle. Visit deltadentalri.com for tips on how to keep your mouth happy and healthy. Skeleton_2017.inddDelta Dental_SKEL.17.indd 2 1 9/11/178/28/17 10:50 4:42 PMAM 2017–18 Season at the Lederer Theater Center under the direction of Meet the stars of Curt Columbus Tom Parrish Arthur P. Solomon and Executive Director A HEALTHY MOUTH Sally E. Lapides Artistic Director Fall Rep: The American Dream, Then and Now September 28 – November 26, 2017 in the Sarah and Joseph Dowling, Jr. Theater • Sponsored by CORNISHA SSO CIATES Cavity Fighter Sealant Whitener Death of a Salesman Skeleton Crew By Arthur Miller By Dominique Morisseau Director Brian McEleney Director Tiffany Nichole Greene Production Stage Manager Meg Tracy Leddy* Production Stage Manager Julia Perez* THE CAST Willy Loman Stephen Berenson*‡ THE CAST Dez Will Adams Linda Loman Phyllis Kay*‡ Shanita Shenyse LeAnna Harris* Biff Loman Matt Lytle Reggie Jude Sandy*‡ Making his debut in The Filling Making her debut in The Gel, Recently starred in Pearly Happy Loman Billy Hutto Faye Lizan Mitchell* by warding off harmful sugars where she plays the role of Whites, where he covered Bernard Tyler Herman* that stick around for too long. reducing decay and cavities unsightly stains to help his ‡ at a young age. character shine bright. Charley Fred Sullivan, Jr.* Skeleton Crew is performed with one intermission. ‡ Howard, Uncle Ben Mauro Hantman* Skeleton Crew was developed at the Lark Play Development Center, New York City The Woman, Jenny, Letta Rachel Dulude* and the 2014 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort. Miss Forsythe Shenyse LeAnna Harris* Winner of the 2014 Sky Cooper New American Play Prize at Marin Theatre Company, Royal Crown Straightener Molar Stanley Will Adams Mill Valley, CA, Artistic Director, Jasson Minadakis; Managing Director, Michael Barker World premiere presented by Atlantic Theater Company, New York City, 2016 Death of a Salesman is performed with one intermission. Death of a Salesman is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. THE ARTISTIC TEAM Set Designer Sara Brown Costume Designer Toni Spadafora Trinity Rep’s 54th Season is sponsored by Lighting Designer John Ambrosone Trinity Rep gratefully acknowledges the past support of the B.B. Lederer Replacing Damaged Tooth Reprising her role in Recently starred in Back of Sound Designer Justin Ellington Sons Foundation, the State of Rhode Island, and the City of Providence. in The Post to help improve Orthodontia to help fix the Mouth as a recurring Associate Lighting Designer and strengthen the appearance crooked or crowded teeth character who helped grind Southwest is the official airline of Trinity Rep. of the ensemble. in the mouth. food during chewing. Maranda DeBusk Bottles is the official sommelier of Trinity Rep. Production Director Laura E. Smith Program printing and advertising sales by Let your teeth play the leading role in a healthy lifestyle. PLEASE TURN OFF cell phones, beepers, pagers, and alarms during the performance. Texting and cell phone use are limited to Visit deltadentalri.com for tips on how to keep your mouth happy and healthy. * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors & stage managers intermission, outside the theater. Photography, video and/or audio ‡ Trinity Rep Resident Acting Company member recording of this performance by any means are strictly prohibited. ON THE COVER: STEPHEN BERENSON & SHENYSE LeANNA HARRIS • COVER ART BY MICHAEL GUY TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY • 201 WASHINGTON STREET • PROVIDENCE • RHODE ISLAND • (401) 351-4242 • WWW.TRINITYREP.COM Delta Dental_SKEL.17.indd 1 8/28/17 4:42 PM Skeleton_2017.indd 3 9/11/17 10:50 AM HIP OR KNEE PAIN? 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LAPIDES ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WELCOME TO your Trinity Reper- WELCOME TO tory Company, and the first two our 54th Season of shows of Trinity making world-class Rep’s 2017-18 theater together. Season, our 54th. Trinity Rep is your From the Compa- home for dramatic ny’s inception, we discoveries, exploding IP OR have committed with activity that feeds the soul and inspires H dialogue through unparalleled theatrical experiences. Recognized nationally for to producing work from the European and American canons, as well as to staging new work from the most interesting and innova- excellence and innovation, and cherished locally for high quality and diverse tive authors writing for the American Theater today. With the bold project that programming, we are proud to be a creative home for Rhode Island’s artists, opens our season, this repertory of two great plays about American workers audience, students, and community partners to reinvent the public square. KNEE PAIN and the American Dream, we are doing both at the same time. ? I am continually intrigued by the ways in which there are resonances and Reflections on the 2016-17 Season rhymes between theatrical work of different eras. It is the reason that I like to Last season was a tremendous artistic success, with many memorable see canonical work staged at all; I find myself reading a contemporary layer ™ performances, sold-out shows, and celebratory moments. The season Mako Robotic-Arm Assisted Technology of text into the original, even if it was written hundreds of years ago. That is opened with the rocking musical Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage and Now for Total Knee Replacement because humans define themselves through story, and every text sheds light continued with the biting, contemporary comic-drama Appropriate. Southern on human nature, which does not change, no matter the era. 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These comparisons happen all the time during the performances, The Mountaintop’s breathtaking and cathartic reimagining of replacement, partial knee resurfacing, and now course of a season at Trinity Rep, and we often talk about the themes for a Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last night on earth was particularly memorable and total knee replacement offers unprecedented level season or a series of shows, but they rarely happen in the same room, on the timely. Tyler Dobrowsky’s fresh, 1980s-inspired production of A Midsummer of precision to help restore mobility same stage, at the same time. Night’s Dream became the hit of the season, marking the 50th Anniversary of Project Discovery and introducing over 7,000 students to the work of • Consistent pinpoint accuracy, optimal implant The Fall Rep William Shakespeare. The world premiere of Faithful Cheaters by playwright- positioning, superior outcomes The tradition of repertory has been part of the theater for centuries. It in-residence Deborah Salem Smith exceeded sales goals and capped the was common practice in the English theater of Shakespeare’s day to perform season in the Dowling Theater. And Like Sheep to Water, or Fuente Ovejuna one play in the afternoon, and a completely different one in the evening. In was a spectacular, epic-scale production that brought the community together Europe, this practice remains alive and well; at the Comédie-Française or the shouting “Yo soy Fuente Ovejuna.” For a consultation with a physician Moscow Art Theatre, their websites will tell you what is playing today. At these In addition, I am happy to report that the 2016-17 Season was financially at Ortho Rhode Island South County, theaters, productions can stay in a repertory for years at a time, recurring strong as well.