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STNJ Ads for Programs.indd 5 4/28/17 6:21 PM THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY TODD ROSEN was appointed Managing theaters in key US markets. Director in June 2016. He began his career His accomplishments at Bonnie J. Monte, Artistic Director Todd Rosen, Managing Director with The Shakespeare Theatre 20 years ago as a Theatre forward included member of the acting company appearing in the conceptualizing and executing final three productions staged at the old Bowne targeted programs to Theatre before it was rebuilt into the F.M. Kirby encourage corporate support Shakespeare Theatre. Mr. Rosen exchanged his of resident theatres including: actor’s hat for that of manager soon after his season Broadway Roundtable at with The Shakespeare Theatre and made the move UBS, Chairman’s Awards Gala: Funding New By from the stage to behind-the-scenes. American Theatre, Spotlight Series Diversity Events and other one-of-a-kind corporate theatre Directed by Prior to joining The Shakespeare Theatre, he served events in New York and across the country. as the Development Director with the Kevin Spacey Foundation (KSF). KSF’s purpose is to use Mr. Rosen served as Managing Director of the the esteem and fame associated with its namesake Lark Play Development Center, The Flea Theater, Scenic Designer Costume Designer to create initiatives that discover, train and mentor as well as Development Director at Classic Stage BRIAN RUGGABER CANDIDA NICHOLS emerging artists in drama, dance, music, and film. Company. At The Flea, his producing credits He conceived and produced Under the Lights: included challenging works by Elizabeth Swados, Lighting Designer Sound Designer Stories of Hollywood, Baseball, The Journey to the Roger Rosenblatt, Polly Draper, Len Jenkin, and MICHAEL GIANNITTI KÄRI B. BERNTSON Top and Giving Back, a gala event in 2015 at Arena numerous world premieres from A.R. Gurney, Stage in Washington, D.C. with Mr. Spacey and notably Mrs. Farnsworth starring John Lithgow, Production Stage Manager Cal Ripken, Jr. benefiting their respective charities. Sigourney Weaver and Danny Burstein. ALISON COTE* Mr. Rosen also served for nearly eight years as Mr. Rosen holds a B.F.A. in Theatre from Boston Managing Director of Theatre Forward (formerly University and M.F.A. in Performing Arts known as National Corporate Theatre Fund), Management from Brooklyn College. He resides a New York based association of 19 resident in Summit, NJ with wife Lori and two daughters.

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Cover illustration by Scott McKowen On the Main Stage: The F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre Performances begin May 17 THE CAST THE EQUITY COMPANY (in order of appearance) ANTONIO...... Brent Harris* SALERIO...... Tug Rice* SOLANIO...... Jay Leibowitz* JEFFREY M. IAN ROBERT S. BRENT JOHN WAITER...... Byron Clohessy BENDER GOULD GREGORY HARRIS KEABLER BASSANIO...... John Keabler* GRATIANO...... Ian Gould* LORENZO...... Anthony Michael Martinez*

PORTIA...... Melissa Miller* JAY ANTHONY MICHAEL MELISSA TUG ANDREW LEIBOWITZ MARTINEZ MILLER RICE WEEMS NERISSA...... Rachel Towne JEFFREY M. BENDER (Launcelot Gobbo/Prince of Arragon) is in his eighteenth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits:The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) BALTHAZAR...... Joe Penczak (revised) (as director), Love’s Labour’s Lost, Much Ado About Nothing, The Alchemist, The Tempest, Fallen Angels, Oliver Twist, Henry IV, Part One, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The Servant of Two SHYLOCK...... Andrew Weems* Masters, The Rivals, Life of Galileo, The Tempest, Enrico IV, , The Blue Bird, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (as actor), to name a few. Broadway credits: A Time to Kill PRINCE OF MOROCCO...... Ademide Akintilo (The Golden Theatre) andCymbeline (Lincoln Center). Regional credits: Denver Center Theatre, in D.C., Old Globe in San Diego, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Portland Stage Company, LAUNCELOT GOBBO...... Jeffrey M. Bender* and numerous regional and NYC theatre companies. Graduate of the University of Michigan. LEONARDO...... Byron Clohessy IAN GOULD (Gratiano) is in his first season with The Shakespeare Theatre. His New Jersey credits include King of the Mountains (Theodore Roosevelt) and Copenhagen (Werner Heisenberg) with Luna OLD GOBBO...... Robert S. Gregory* Stage. Off-Broadway: Guildenstern inRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Hamlet, , A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (The Acting Company);A Midsummer Night’s Dream, JESSICA...... Amaia Arana Measure for Measure, The Winter’s Tale (New York Classical Theater);In Bed with Roy Cohn (Theatre Row). Regional: , Center Stage, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, New Harmony PRINCE OF ARRAGON...... Jeffrey M. Bender* Theater, Metro Stage, multiple seasons at Great Lakes Theater and Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Film: The Sandman. He holds an MFA from The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical STEPHANO...... Byron Clohessy Acting. ANTONIO’S MESSENGER...... Byron Clohessy ROBERT S. GREGORY (Duke of Venice/Old Gobbo) is in his first season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Most recently, he was seen as Robert inThe Dressmaker’s Secret at 59E59 Street in NYC. His TUBAL...... Joe Penczak regional Shakespeare credits include Antonio in The Tempest and Antipholus The Comedy of Errors at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.; Iago inOthello and Don John in Much Ado JAILER...... Ademide Akintilo About Nothing at Fort Worth Shakespeare in the Park. He recently completed principal photography on the Dan Simon indie feature film Another Year (starring Richard Mazur and Alexandra Turshen). DUKE OF VENICE...... Robert S. Gregory* Robert also serves as Chair of the College of the Arts Advisory Board at Montclair State University. He is a graduate of Williams College and a long-standing member of the Simon Studio in New York. SETTING: BRENT HARRIS (Antonio) is in his sixth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Venice, Italy; 1910. Exit the King, The Guardsman, The Alchemist, Henry IV, Part One, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Timon . National tour: Scar in , Screwtape in . Regional credits: There will be one 15 minute intermission. of Athens The Lion King The Screwtape Letters Roof of the World (KCREP), L’ Hotel and Twelfth Night (Pittsburgh Public Theatre), Ajax (American Repertory Theatre, IRNE Award Nomination),Present Laughter, Much Ado About Nothing, Dr. * Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers Faustus (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Measure for Measure, Amadeus, Noises Off (Denver Center Theatre Co.),The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Julius Caesar, The Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare Theatre Associate Artist with Noël and Company, and readings with WorkShop Theatre, The Twelfth Company), Heartbreak House (Actors Theatre of Louisville), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Seattle Night Club, Lincoln Center, and Roundabout. He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University. Repertory Theatre),Macbeth and Dracula (Syracuse Stage), Twelfth Night and The Beard of Avon www.tugrice.com. (Drammy Award winner for Outstanding Leading Actor) (Portland Center Stage), Orson’s Shadow ANDREW WEEMS (Shylock) is in his seventh season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company (Philadelphia Theatre Company, Barrymore Award nominee). New York credits: (The Richard III credits: Noises Off, The Time of Your Life, Rhinoceros, , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Pearl Theatre), and (The Promenade Theatre), among others. Television: Long Island Sound Tryst Out Dead, and Accidental Death of an Anarchist. Broadway credits: Born Yesterday, Inherit the Wind, The and . of the Box Green Bird, and London Assurance. Off-Broadway credits: Blood and Gifts (Lincoln Center), A Man’s JOHN KEABLER (Bassanio) is in his second season with The Shakespeare Theatre. He was last seen a Man (Classic Stage), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Bach at Leipzig (New York Theatre Workshop); as Clarence in Richard III. Theatre: Syracuse Stage:To Kill a Mockingbird; The Shakespeare Theatre Troilus and Cressida, Cymbeline, and Pericles (Theatre for a New Audience);Telethon and Somewhere Company: Henry IV, Parts One and Two; The Old Globe: Romeo and Juliet, The Merry Wives of Someplace Else (Clubbed Thumb),Manhatta (Public), The Room Sings (La Mama). Regional credits: Windsor, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, In This Corner (world premiere); Portland Stage Company: Uncle Vanya and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Guthrie), Scenes from Court Life (Yale Rep), As You Arsenic and Old Lace; Virginia Stage Company: K2; Florida Studio Theatre:The Columnist (regional Like It (Shakespeare Theatre Company), Intelligence Slave, Behanding in Spokane (Alley Theater); premiere); Kentucky Repertory: Taming of the Shrew, The Glass Menagerie, Les Liasions Dangereuses; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Center Stage); plus work at La Jolla, Williamstown, Acting Company, Creede Repertory: Crazy For You; Light Up the Sky; Film: Faith, Love and Whiskey, Sugar (starring Arena Stage, Anne Bogart’s Trinity Rep, and R.S.C. (Stratford-Upon-Avon). He is the recipient of Alice Ripley); Television: Madam Secretary, 30 Rock, NASCAR: The Rise of American Speed, The Men the Actor’s Equity Bayfield Award forTroilus and Cressida, the Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Who Built America, ; Training: MFA from The Old Globe. www.JohnKeabler.com. Cymbeline, and the San Diego Theatre Critics Award forDon Juan. He is a Fox Foundation/T.C.G. JAY LEIBOWITZ (Solanio) is in his eleventh season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company Fellow, and the writer/performer of Namaste Man (Intiman Theater, Boise Contemporary Theater, Two River Theater Company) and (Fourth Street Theater, BCT, Chautauqua). credits: Othello, The Grapes of Wrath, Around the World in Eighty Days, Life of Galileo, A Midwinter Damascus Night’s Dream, Enrico IV, Pericles, Carnival!, Hamlet, Camino Real, Measure for Measure, and Romeo and Juliet on the Main Stage; The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), and That Scoundrel Scapin on the Outdoor Stage. Jay is a proud alumnus of The THE NON-EQUITY COMPANY Acting Company’s 2008 national tour of The Tempest and Moby Dick (Rehearsed). He is the primary author of Who Doth Inhabit the Primary Position, a Shakespearean parody of Abbot & Costello’s Who’s On First (Playscripts.com). Jay’s one of the creators of VERY VERY, a new rock and roll adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, which his company has performed in New York City at the Gibson Guitar Hit Factory Showroom, Feinstein’s 54 Below, and the McKittrick Hotel, home of Sleep No More. He has most recently been seen performing prat falls in a cave in Edinburgh, Scotland and on billboards all over Switzerland. ADEMIDE AMAIA ANTHONY MICHAEL MARTINEZ (Lorenzo) is in his second season with The Shakespeare AKINTILO ARANA Theatre. Company credits: Shakespeare LIVE! tours ofRomeo and Juliet and The Comedy of Errors. Off-Broadway: Prince Escalus inRomeo and Juliet (Classic Stage Company, dir. Tea Alagić); I’ll Be Damned (The Vineyard Theatre); Regional: Shakespeare Theatre Company/ACA: Amintor Thein Maid’s Tragedy (dir. by Alec Wild); Love’s Labour’s Lost (dir. by Robert Richmond); Bertram in All’s Well That Ends Well (Triad Stage, dir. by Preston Lane); Iachimo/Queen in Cymbeline (Theatreworks, CO, dir. by Murray Ross); Restoration Comedy (Flea Theater, dir. by Ed Iskandar); International: Orlando in As You Like It (Oxford Shakespeare Co.); Training: BA from Florida State University; MFA in Classical Acting: Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting at The BYRON JOE RACHEL George Washington University. CLOHESSY PENCZAK TOWNE MELISSA MILLER (Portia) is in her third season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Fallen Angels and Macbeth. Melissa received her Equity card in Macbeth, performing with Robert ADEMIDE AKINTILO (Prince of Morocco/Jailer) is in his first season with The Shakespeare Cuccioli in the title role. Broadway: Tartuffe (Roundabout Theatre Company). She played Jessica Theatre. He has performed at The Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre Ain Midsummer Night’s Dream opposite F. Murray Abraham in TFANA’s national tour of The Merchant of Venice, and has performed and at the Crossroads Theatre in the new playBeyond the Oak Trees. He has received training and in New York with Keen Company, Clubbed Thumb, Flea Theater, among others. Regional theaters graudated from the Interlochen Arts Academy, having performed in The 39 Steps, Othello, Beauty include: McCarter, Pittsburgh Public, Long Wharf, Alley Theater, Hartford Stage, Williamstown, and the Beast, and The Tarantino Variation. He has also trained and recently graduated from Rutgers Premiere Stages, and Penguin Rep. TV: The Path, Law and Order: SVU, Elementary, Ed, All My Universty, Mason Gross School of the Arts where he received his BFA in Acting and has performed in Children, and Fire at the Triangle (PBS). Film: Life, Itself (dir. Dan Fogelman). Melissa is a Phi Beta Gabriel(le), Fear and Misery in the Third Reich, The Virgin Woods, The House of Influx, Balm in Gilead, Kappa graduate of Vassar College. www.melissamiller.org. And Appeared Another Wonder, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. TUG RICE (Salerio) is in his second season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credit:The AMAIA ARANA (Jessica) is in her fourth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Royal Family. Regional credits include Cyrano (Sierra Repertory Theatre),Spider’s Web and Rumors Richard III, Coriolanus and Pericles on the Main Stage; A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and (Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre),King Lear and Othello (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival). NYC: Juliet with Shakespeare LIVE!; Next Stage Ensemble 2015, and 2013 Apprentice Company. Film credits: Sara (2016 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner) and I Feel Ya (Art Basel Miami). She is and his alter ego, Mr. Hyde, in the Broadway production of the musical thriller Jekyll & Hyde. Other an alumna of the British American Drama Academy (BADA), MCP. BFA, Savannah College of Art Broadway acting credits include Javert in Les Misérables (Broadway debut) and Spiderman: Turn off and Design. Amaia will be attending NYU Tisch Graduate Acting program starting this fall. the Dark. Among his Off-Broadway credits, he recently starred in the widely celebrated productions of at the York Theatre and at 59E59 Theatre. Robert began his BYRON CLOHESSY (Leonardo/Waiter/Antonio’s Messenger/Stephano) is in his first season Rothschild and Sons White Guy on the Bus directing career in 2001 with his critically acclaimed production of at The Westchester with The Shakespeare Theatre. He has had leading roles in a number of short films since recently Jekyll & Hyde Broadway Theatre and went on to direct his production four more times in other large venues around embarking on an acting career, including: Where I Want to Be, Boy in a Backpack, and The Promotion. the country such as Houston’s Theatre under the Stars and Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera. Other Last year he had his first co-starring role on primetime television in the CBS dramaBlue Bloods. He directing credits include The Glass Menagerie at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. A special also had roles in A Crime to Remember, Deadliest Decade, and The Perfect Murder, all for Investigation thank you to Bonnie J. Monte and the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey for the incredible support Discovery. His first feature film,The Restaurant (Hayride Films), has been submitted to festivals and opportunity to grow as an artist over the years, and for the gift of directing this remarkable play. worldwide. He was on stage last year at the Theatre at St. Clement’s as Rocco Vitilio inGreen Card: A New Musical. He has been featured in Tristan Und Isolde, La Traviata, Fidelio, and Aida at The MICHAEL GIANNITTI (Lighting Designer) is in his twenty-sixth season with The Shakespeare Metropolitan Opera. He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA. Theatre. Company credits:A Song at Twilight, Equivocation, Henry VIII, Playboy of the Western World, JOE PENCZAK (Tubal/Balthazar) is in his first season with The Shakespeare Theatre. He is the Man of La Mancha, A Christmas Carol, The Lion in Winter, Noises Off, The School for Wives, The Time Artistic Director of Troupe of Friends, a non-profit theater company that mounts free Shakespeare in of Your Life, Hay Fever, King John, The Illusion, Rhinoceros, and fifteen additional productions. Other the Park shows in Westfield, NJ each Labor Day Weekend. He has played many Shakespearean roles credits: lighting design for the Original Broadway production of ’s Joe Turner’s Come in his career, including Prince Hal, Hamlet, Macbeth, Malvolio, Richard II and III, Brutus, Demetrius, and Gone, as well as the pre-Broadway resident theatre tour, and the Off-Broadway production of Benedick, Edgar, and Oberon. Joe will be portraying Shylock in the Oxford Shakespeare Company’s Sounding Beckett. He has designed extensively at Trinity Rep, Capital Rep, Shakespeare & Company, upcoming production of The Merchant of Venice to be staged in Venice, Italy. He recently performed Weston Playhouse, and The Studio Theatre in Washington, where he was resident lighting designer for scenes from Hamlet at the Shakespeare Association of America’s annual convention in Atlanta, and at five seasons. Additionally, he designed for Barrington Stage, Chautaqua Theatre Company, Virginia the World Shakespeare Congress in Stratford-Upon-Avon and London. He has performed at Red Bull Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Portland Stage, George Street Playhouse, Mosaic, Yale Rep, Olney, Theater in NYC as well as regionally at Trilogy Repertory, Edison Valley Playhouse, and Westfield and other theatres. Mr. Giannitti was producing director at The Dorset Theatre Festival in Vermont Community Players. for six seasons; he has been on the faculty at Bennington College since 1992. As a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant Recipient, he taught in Romania and New Zealand. RACHEL TOWNE (Nerissa) is in her first season with The Shakespeare Theatre. She most recently performed in The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolyn) and To Kill a Mockingbird (Mayella). CANDIDA NICHOLS (Costume Designer) is in her fifth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Other credits include: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helena), The Comedy of Errors (Adriana), Company credits: The Diary of Anne Frank, Much Ado About Nothing, The Devil’s Disciple, Our Town, Hamlet (Horatio), Sunday in the Park with George (Yvonne), Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Annabella), as Playboy of the Western World, and The Liar. Other credits include: Indianapolis Opera, Lincoln Center well as an original one-woman piece titled Signed with a Blue Star, about Patti Smith and Robert Theater/Institute, Prospect Theatre, The National Asian American Theatre Company, On-Site Opera, Mapplethorpe. She is a graduate of Syracuse University. Gotham Chamber Opera, The Perseverance Theater, Tuacahn, Hale Centre Theatre, Williams College and many others. Candida is a resident artist with Theater Mitu, which produces work in the USA & UAE. Candida is the recipient of the Richard L. Hay Design Fellowship at the Oregon Shakespeare THE ARTISTIC STAFF Festival and the Roy Crane Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in the Performing Arts. BRIAN RUGGABER (Scenic Designer) is in his twelfth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Brian KÄRI BERNTSON (Sound Designer) is in her second season with The Shakespeare Theatre. is an award winning scenic designer who currently heads the scenic design program at the University Company credits: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised). Her regional of Memphis and has designed scenery for over 140 productions including Opera, Drama, Musical credits include Cider House Rules Parts 1 & 2, Absolutely! (Perhaps), Silentium, Scarecrow/Lurker/ Theatre, and Dance. His work has been seen in regional theatres, international festivals, and Off Specter, and Lights Over Phyllo at Rutgers, Beyond the Oak Tree (Crossroads Theatre), andBetrayal Broadway. Brian is an active member of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT), (Miles Square Theatre). She has also assisted onIntimate Apparel (McCarter Theatre). She is a proud where he currently serves as the Vice-Commissioner for Props. Prior to joining UM’s faculty, he graduate of the Rutgers MFA program. was an Assistant Professor and Resident Scenic Design for The University of Cincinnati’s College- ALISON COTE (Production Stage Manager) is in her eighteenth season with The Shakespeare Conservatory of Music (CCM) and an Associate Professor of Design at The University of North Theatre. Company credits:A Song at Twilight, Equivocation, The Devil’s Disciple, Tovarich, The Liar, Carolina at Charlotte. His students have successful careers in theatre, film, television, and themed Accidental Death of an Anarchist, Noises Off, King Lear, , Richard II, King John, entertainment. He is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and has an MFA from Much Ado About Nothing, The Illusion, Three Sisters, Hamlet, Rhinoceros, The Forest, and Camino Real. The University of Massachusetts and BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition to She has spent the past 20 seasons at McCarter Theatre. Regional credits: The Old Globe, Arena Stage, design, Brian has worked extensively in entertainment production and has built, propped, and painted Shakespeare Theatre Company, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, The Public Theater, scenery for both commercial production shops and regional theatres. in L.A., Playwrights Horizon, Long Wharf, Yale Rep, Second Stage, Berkeley Rep, Paper Mill, Mark Taper Forum, Pittsburgh Public, Bard Summerscape, InterAct, and Williamstown. ADDITIONAL ARTISTIC STAFF ROBERT CUCCIOLI (Director) is a proud company member of The Shakespeare Theatre in Assistants to the Director Wig Designer Assistants to the Stage Manager his tenth season, having performed in such plays and musicals as Antony & , Enter the ABIGAIL HIRSCH EMILIA MARTIN CHELSEA BATH Guardsman, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, Carnival!, Amadeus, Hamlet and Othello. Robert earned a Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award and a Tony Award nomination for his portrayal of Dr. Jekyll FIONA ROBBERSON HEATHER MCLEOD DIRECTOR'S NOTES

In the hope of making this play as “accessible” and as meaningful as possible worldliness, sophistication of certain tastes, and melting pot populace, is a place for a modern audience, without placing it in the present day (for doing so would where outsiders are looked down upon. In this Venice, if you are a money-lending create a whole set of plausibility issues for a modern day audience), I have set this Jewish man, you are a pariah. It is an insular, nationalistic, harsh world; one that production in Venice in the early 1900’s. The Industrial Revolution was well underway Shakespeare ironically depicts in what he classifies as a comedy. To me it feels more and lots of people were making loads of money. Venice at that time was considered like a tragedy fighting to come out. the epitome of opulence and wealth. Art and architecture were flourishing, and the wealthier occupants of Venice had the means and the leisure to indulge their desires, This play is about many things – things that are common to all men and both tangible and intangible. The quest for wealth and power, the desire for love, women and common to all ages, and as I said above, it is about some things that feel the endeavor to reach the upper circles of society — all those preoccupations are bitterly real and specific to our place and time. It is a play that conjures up, for many, mirrored in our own society today. And while creature comforts, love, and control the instantaneous connection to the character of Shylock and an immediate reaction over one’s own life and destiny are all good things that most of humankind desires of, “Oh, that’s the play about Anti-Semitism.” In this post-Holocaust era, that is an and aspires to achieve, there is a point when those basic desires evolve past healthy understandable reaction, though not the one that would be cited by an Elizabethan wants and needs and become covetous and injurious obsessions – either at the audience member or perhaps even by a young American audience member. For now, individual level or at a societal one. in addition to the harrowing news that there’s been an 86% rise in Anti-Semitic hate crimes, we are also dealing with bigotry, fear, and growing intolerance against any As with all great plays, musicals or operas that endure over the years, The number of people based on their religions, race, or ethnicities. A young American Merchant of Venice revolves around themes that are deeply woven into the fabric might call The Merchant of Venice “that play about prejudice in general – about the of the human soul. Shakespeare is the grand master of weaving tales that brilliantly fear and hatred of people who are different”. Our ongoing struggles with domestic depict the universal concerns of humanity, which is why his plays endure century race relations are now compounded by our heaping on of our increasing chauvinism. after century.The Merchant of Venice is no exception. It speaks to the eternal in all We all have witnessed racial tensions rise in America in recent years. Every day, every ages and somehow simultaneously manages to speak to the particular concerns of week, year after year, I have heard talking heads, political pundits and commentators each generation in turn. In America, right now, we are indeed experiencing many say such things as, “We need to have a conversation!” I say, “Well, that sounds great! of the difficult dysfunctions that we see rearing up in Shakespeare’s Venice. We Let Theatre be the inspiration and the beginning to that “conversation!” are a nation, at the moment, where a small number of wealthy individuals hold tremendous power; we’ve become a instant result-driven generation, consumed by People have asked me, “Why are you doing The Merchant of Venice? It’s such accumulation — of goods, power, and celebrity — and even love is now something a troubled play!” Is it troubled, or just troubling? Certainly the fact that we are still that one can compete for on television shows, acquire through an app, or seek in an dealing with these same prejudices and more, 400 years later, is indeed troubling. unreal virtual reality. We’ve become far less interested in the journeys that ultimately And in addition, there seems to be, at the center of The Merchant of Venice, a deep bestow worth and meaning on what we endeavor to achieve. Those life journeys cistern of unspoken ills, troubles, and mysteries, all of which are both disconcerting should be undertaken, enjoyed, learned from, and endured as we seek our goals, and fascinating – as humanity often is. No matter what, there are a multitude of for it is the trials, tribulations and rewards along the way that teach us best and that themes in this play which are resonant of and relevant for today, and this is why we make what we achieve so valuable. The Venetians in Shakespeare’s play seem to be, are doing it and why I believe it needs to be done. It is a provocative classic for all despite the absence of our modern devices, as driven as so many sectors of our society ages, and I hope that you enjoy the provocation that it provides. I hope that it does are by a desire for instant gratification, and like our own world, a malaise of the soul inspire conversation amongst you and your friends and family, not only in regard to seems to have set in. Also like our 21st century world, no one is who they seem to the harsh realities of Anti-Semitism and racism of all kinds, but where we are going be, and things are not as they appear. Does any of this sound eerily familiar? And as a human race and what we determine is most important to us all. The real value last, but not least at all, this Venice is a world in which “fear of the other,” suspicion lies in people, not money, and in things that are not purchasable. of outsiders, and outright racism are prevalent and accepted. 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Monte, Mark & Nancy Rodrick The Tuesday Night Girls John & Lynne Collins Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Goldman Dr. Diane Niederhoffer Klein in Memory of Jean Socolowski Lynne Rogerson Mr. Peter L. Twill Mrs. Emily L. Colo Norman & Mimi Golob Linda M. Klein Ms. Lisa Renee Monte, Betsy & Ed Roland Mr. & Mrs. Dirck Uptegrove Mr. & Mrs. David W. Conrad Mr. Richard A. Gorman Jack & Sharon Knightly in Memory of Debbie Mori Dr. Patricia Rose Mr. & Mrs. Roger Vellekamp Mr. Giles Constable John H. Gotberg Daria & Michael Komichak Mrs. Marjorie Monte, Ms. Rochelle Rosen Mr. Earnest Vernachio & Ms. Patricia Woolf David Gould Diana Krauss & Jere Lapointe in Memory of Joseph F. Earley, Sr. Mr. Aaron Rosenberg David & Joanna Vickroy Robert & Mary Cooley Adam Grace & Lisanne Renner Sophie & Thomas Kuzma Hamish Ross Mr. & Mrs. Andrew G. Viggiano Mr. Michael A. Walker Patricia Wilkinson Brigid and Steve Zajac Deb Ward Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Wolcott Paul M. & Valerie Zanardi IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS Mr. & Mrs. Carver L. Washburn Larry Wolff Mr. Tommaso Zanobini The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey wishes to acknowledge the following donors of Rob & Jennifer Welch Robert Worshinski & Ms. Diane Bakst in-kind gifts received between February 1, 2016 and April 15, 2017. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth West Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Wright Alan D. Zucker Mrs. Barbara Westergaard Mr. John Yingling Richard Zucker & Susan Rivkind Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ms. Cynthia Falco Ms. Bonnie J. Monte The Honorable Christine T. Robert Young & Jessica Abend Florham Shoe Shop Ms. Lisa Renee Monte Whitman Miss Catherine Youngdahl Mr. Ames Adamson Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Fuchs Mrs. Marjorie Monte We would also like to thank and acknowledge the many people who give at the $1 – $99 level! Joleen Addleman Loyd Mr. & Mrs. John Gallagher Mr. Paul Mullins Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. James R. Gillen & Mr. Philip Goodwin ACT II: THE LEGACY PROJECT Ms. Jacqueline Antaramian Ms. Helen Goddard Mr. Edward Ng The Legacy Project is the Theatre’s campaign to fully acquire and finish much-needed renovations at our support Dr. John Bauer Ms. Kristen Gongora & Ms. Marla Jackson and education facility in Florham Park. In 2017, we will be engaging in the major public launch of this campaign to achieve our goal of $5 million. To date, over $3 million has been raised. We offer up our profound thanks to all those Mr. Steven Beckel Ms. Jackie Gunn Mr. & Mrs. Frank Occhiogrosso who have provided leadership support in the private phase of the campaign. For more information on exciting naming Mr. Geoff Belinfante Ms. Karen R. Haskell Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. O’Connor III opportunities, obtaining a personal tour, contact our Development office at 973-845-6732. Ms. Dee Billia Sue Hawley Emma O’Donnell Black River Journal Sara Hedgepeth Ms. Lisa Pinter The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey wishes to acknowledge the following donors of Capital Campaign gifts Mr. & Mrs. David Bradford Mr. James Howard Ms. Barbara Ramsay received between January 1, 2009 and April 15, 2017. Ms. Denise Cardarelli Mr. Haywood Huntley, Jr. Erika Rolfsrud $100,000 AND ABOVE Jockey Hollow Foundation $2,500 - $4,999 & Mr. Patrick Toon & Ms. Beirne Donaldson Ms. Patricia Romagna Mr. Joseph Baker Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McGlynn Mr. Duane P. Dietz Ms. Brenda Carlson Mrs. Caroline Jacobus Mr. and Mrs. Todd Rosen & Ms. Judy Armstrong Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Meister Dr. Rosina B. Dixon Ms. Lisa Coen Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Keffer Ms. Ruth Ruben Mr. & Mrs. David Bradford Pfaltz Family Fund of the William V. Engel Ms. Patricia A. Connell Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kendall Meera Singh Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Chilstrom Community Foundation of NJ Mr. S. Joseph Fortunato & Mr. Martin A. Schwarz Ruth & Ellwood Kerkeslager Ms. Kathy M. Solu The CTW Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edmund P. Rogers Michael & Sarah Garrison Ms. Gerry-Jo Cranmer Mr. & Mrs. James Kobak Ms. Cyndi Stellita Mr. & Mrs. James R. Gillen Mr. Haywood Huntley, Jr. Britt Cryer Ms. Donna Krebsbach Christopher Stepanek E.J. Grassmann Trust $10,000 - $24,999 & Ms. Beirne Donaldson Anonymous Ms. Bridget Daley & Mr. William Yacker Mr. Davyd J. Stepper Hyde & Watson Foundation Robert A. & Caral G. Klein & Mr. Christopher Hart Mr. Karl Lazar Gretchen & George Thomas F.M. Kirby Foundation Henry Baker Mr. Robert Krakovski Mrs. Jean Davidson Ms. Tiffany Lent Mr. & Mrs. John Thomas Mr. & Mrs. S. Dillard Kirby Mr. & Mrs. John Barr, III Mr. Paul Marshall Duane Dietz Ms. Anne Matlack Joseph & Margaret Wargo Mr. Nikolaos Monoyios Mr. & Mrs. John Berger Greg McCarthy Helen & Frank DiPrima Joseph & Kelly McDonald Ms. Nancy Wynant & Ms. Valerie Brackett Ms. Patricia A. Connell Ms. Anisa Mehdi The Monte Family & Mr. Martin A. Schwarz & Mr. Peter Zimmermann Ms. Jean Dorr Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McGlynn Mr. & Mrs. Gil Zweig Mr. & Mrs. James Pohlman Mr. & Mrs. Bob Courtemanche Jane & Peter Mercer Dr. & Mrs. John Eickmeyer Ms. Margaret J. McLean John & Lynne Rathgeber Mr. & Mrs. John P. Duffy Mrs. Marjorie Monte, Ms. Suzanne Engel Mr. Wilian R. Mendez Gretchen & George Thomas Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Factor in Memory of Debbie Mori Mr. Philip W. Gaffney Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. O’Connor, III $50,000 - $99,999 Kathleen & Sean Gallagher Dr. Robert & Sonja Rickert Anonymous Mr. T. Randolph Harris MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES Arch Reinsurance Company Mr. & Mrs. John P. Hyland $1,000 - $2,499 The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey gratefully acknowledges the corporations that Mrs. Buena Chilstrom The Honorable Mr. & Mrs. Graham Argent-Belcher have matched employee gifts received between February 1, 2016 and April 15, 2017. Mr. James M. Deaver & Mrs. Thomas H. Kean Ms. Sarah Fargo Ms. Suzanne Engel Mrs. Ellen S. Laird The Honorable American Express Foundation Ericsson, Inc. The McGraw-Hill Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Keffer Phyllis & Phil Lieberman & Mrs. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen Ameriprise Financial ExxonMobil The Merck Company Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Heath B. McLendon Mr. & Mrs. James Kobak Mr. & Mrs. George Horton, AT&T Foundation Glaxosmithkline Moody’s Foundation Mr. Edward Ng in Honor of Dillard The Anela Kolohe Foundation Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Horizon Foundation Pfizer Foundation The Blanche & Irving Laurie & Ms. Marla A. Jackson & Adrienne Kirby AXA Foundation for New Jersey Pitney Bowes Foundation Prudential Foundation Mr. William Keefauver Bank of America IBM Corporation Prudential Foundation Gene & Marjorie Monte Matching Gifts Mr. & Mrs. Paige B. L’Hommedieu Bank of New York Mellon Johnson & Johnson Verizon Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Schaenen, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Philip Rosenbach Mr. Kenneth Parker Blackrock Ms. Joan M. Thuebel The Shilling Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward W. Probert Family of Companies The Union Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Francis X. Wentworth CRBE The Robert Wood Johnson The West Family Trust Claire & Gil Zweig $500 - $999 Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Lisa & Matthew Winkler Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Carson Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation $5,000 - $9,999 Jack & Elizabeth Dorer $25,000 - $49,999 Eileen B. Buckley Frank & Helen MacIoce Make your gift to the Shakespeare Theatre twice as nice! Mr. & Mrs. Mark J. Blunda The Thomas Mr. & Ms. Rick Sordelet Many organizations will double – even triple – your gift! Dr. Pamela Canada & Agnes Carvel Foundation Find out if your organization has a matching gift program by Kevin M. & Charlotte “Joy” Cox Anne & Jack Fritts UP TO $499 Helen & Frank DiPrima Mr. & Mrs. Joseph McDonald Frank & Cindy Cirone calling your Human Resources Department today. Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Fuchs Mr. & Mrs. Martin Prentice Mr. & Mrs. Stephen H. Knee Sue A. 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In June of 2012, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey acquired a centralized support facility at 3 Vreeland Road in Florham Park to house all of its behind-the-scenes operations. Since then, company artisans have transformed the space (formerly a valve factory) into a remarkable work-of-art workplace that embodies, reflects and displays the theatrical art on our stages. Our “recycled” factory space now houses all of our administrative and support functions, from set and costume construction to lab spaces for our wide range of education programs. We are now opening our doors so that the community can grasp the full extent and diverse range of functions that go into creating the work that appears on our stages. On a guided Theatre Factory Tour, your group will visit the spaces where we create our productions, including (but not limited to): the Rehearsal Hall, the Scene and Costume Shops, and Costume Storage, where our vast collection of mens’ and womens’ costumes are housed. You will also be able to observe Shakespeare Theatre artisans at work, creating art inside of a work of inhabitable art! Quick Facts: . The walking tour of the building lasts approximately one hour and tours can be designed for adults or young people. . Adult groups cost $10 per person; children under 16 can tour for $8 per person. The main Tour Coordinator tours for free. . A 20-30 minute informational lecture or question and answer session can be added for $100. . The group size limit is 25. If a group exceeds 25, the group will need to be split into two smaller groups. There will be a $25 fee to split a tour. . Refreshments will not be provided, but food catering and delivery options can be provided for groups that would like lunch Illustration by Scott McKowen at our facility. The tour organizer for the group is responsible for placing food orders and handling payment. . Regular office hours are 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM THE BUNGLER Monday through Friday. Tours outside these hours may be arranged, subject By Molière to availability, and a $25 weekend and evening charge will be added to the total Translated by Richard Wilbur cost of the tour. Directed by Brian B. Crowe For more information or to schedule a tour, contact Kristen Saran at 973-845-6724 or via email at [email protected]. Photos © Avery Brunkus, 2014 Performances begin July 5

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