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Dear Friends, While it is my fervent belief that all plays find And I can not imagine right now, at any rate, a some sort of relevance in the moment they are play that speaks so deeply to the moment we produced, Thousand Pines was written in direct are living in, barely a half hour’s drive from response to a local tragedy of unparralled evil. Newtown, Connecticut. This play is not about This is its world premiere. You are its first audience. gun violence. It is about the effect of sudden, unimaginable loss on good people. It is about The Sandy Hook tragedy has spawned much how we cope. It is about how we are human. grief, much discussion, much pain, much more horror. But Matthew Greene’s Thousand Pines I hope this either continues a conversation or isn’t about the tragedy itself, but its direct begins one. effect on the lives of people attempting to cope with it in the most personal way. When I first read the script, in one sitting, I knew we had to MARK LAMOS invest ourselves in it. We invited Matthew to Artistic Director be a part of the Playhouse’s New Works Circle Initiative. He’d already begun collaborating on it with master director/actor Austin Pendleton, but indeed expressed interest in developing the play further. A bit over a year ago, we did a reading of it for our New Works supporters —­ a group of Playhouse trustees who are passionate about the development of new writing at a theater that was founded 88 years ago with the same goal. Its premiere on our stage is the beginning of a dream fulfilled for me personally, and I could not be more proud of the play and this stunning production of it.

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PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF

BY MATTHEW GREENE

DIRECTED BY AUSTIN PENDLETON

SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN Walt Spangler Barbara A. Bell Xavier Pierce

SOUND DESIGN AND COMPOSER FIGHT DIRECTOR PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Ryan Rumery Michael Rossmy Roxana Khan

CASTING Tara Rubin Casting

PRODUCTION PARTNERS STEPHEN CORMAN CAROLE HOCHMAN AND STAN GREEN

MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM

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ACTOR 1 Kelly McAndrew *

ACTOR 2 William Ragsdale *

ACTOR 3 Anne Bates *

ACTOR 4 Joby Earle *

ACTOR 5 Katie Ailion *

ACTOR 6 Andrew Veenstra *

SETTING The dining room of three identical suburban tract houses, Thanksgiving day.

Thousand Pines will be performed without an intermission

This theatre operates under an agreement between The League of Regional Theatres and ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The Director is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.

Westport Country Playhouse employs members of the INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES, Local 74.

The Scenic, Costume, Lighting, and Sound Designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association

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matthew greene on particularly of-the-moment, it’s true. At its heart, thousand pines though, this play is about far more than any voters’ “wedge issue.” If I’ve done my job, the piece isn’t a political polemic; rather, it’s a reminder of what binds us together, even when the world around us seems hell-bent on tearing us apart.

All that being said, it honestly breaks my heart to know it’ll likely be a long time before Thousand Pines becomes a “period piece.” I’d love for us all to leave behind the pain, the division, the confusion, and the anger that so many are feeling. I’d love for us to resolve the issues that are literally destroying our friends and loved ones.

But alas, I’m a realist. So I know that no play, even To be honest, I’d love for this play one as well-served by its company as this one, to stop being “relevant.” can cure what ails us as a society. Still, in an era After all, that would mean we had found a way to so marked by division, there’s something sacred overcome the scourge of public shootings. It would about the communal act of theatre. I’m still naive mean children could feel safe when the first bell rang enough to believe that miracles can happen when in the morning, that we’d stepped up as a society to a group of strangers gathers to sit quietly in the ensure that positive change truly came to pass. dark as a story unfolds, laughing together, crying together, and dreaming together of a better world. However, the constant heartbreak of breaking news keeps the subject matter of Thousand Pines ... the piece [is] a reminder of stubbornly and tragically in the zeitgeist. We’re confronted every day with senseless violence what binds us together, even from one direction or another and have grown when the world ... seems accustomed to images of mourning parents, of hell-bent on tearing us apart. frightened children, of bewildered human beings doing their best to navigate this brutal world of ours. In the meantime, though, we press on. We hold on to each other, search for answers, and fight for the Still, there’s nothing new about grief, nothing things we believe in. And we try, along with the novel about ruminations on the fragility of life characters onstage, to keep believing. and the constant human need to connect. The unending legal and moral debates swirling around us about gun control, school safety, mental health, and public responsibility feel

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PROGRAM NOTES BY BETHANY GUGLIEMINO, ARTISTIC & MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE. EDITED BY DAVID KENNEDY, ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. apr 20, 1999 in Columbine High School Littleton, CO 15 KILLED, 21 INJURED memoriam

march 21, 2005 october 28, 2002 Red Lake Senior University of Arizona High School Tucson, Arizona Red Lake, Minnesota 4 KILLED 4 KILLED

october 2, 2006 West Nickel Mines School Nickel Mines, PA 6 KILLED, 3 INJURED april 16, 2007 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 33 KILLED, 23 INJURED february 14, 2008 Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL 6 KILLED, 21 INJURED

april 2, 2012 December 14, 2012 Oikos University Sandy Hook Elementary School Oakland, CA Newtown, Connecticut 7 KILLED, 3 INJURED 28 KILLED, 2 INJURED

JUNE 7, 2013 Santa Monica College FEBRUARY 14, 2018 Santa Monica, California 6 KILLED, 4 INJURED Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Parkland, Florida 17 KILLED, 17 INJURED OCTOBER 24, 2014 Marysville Pilchuck High School Marysville, Washington 5 KILLED, 1 INJURED

OCTOBER 1, 2015 Umpqua Community College Roseburg, Oregon 10 KILLED, 9 INJURED

MAY 18, 2018 Santa Fe High School There have been over 200 school shootings Santa Fe, Texas in the United States since Columbine. 10 KILLED, 13 INJURED Most never make the national news. 18 WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE | 2018 SEASON

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Katie Ailion has an M.F.A from the Yale School of Drama. He Actor 5 teaches at Columbia, NYU, Yale, CUNY, as well Westport Country Playhouse as privately. debut. Katie Ailion is so grateful to join this Kelly McAndrew powerful production for her Actor 1 WCP debut. Recent stage Westport Country Playhouse credits include Red Herring debut. Broadway: Cat on a (Portland Stage Co), and Hot Tin Roof. Off-Broadway: A Midsummer Night’s Dream St. Vincent’s Project (NC Symphony). Katie was featured in Comedy (Rattlestick Theatre), Men on Central’s Virolocity pilot and the YouTube series Boats (Playwrights Horizons/ Don’t Suck (Official Selection NY Film Fest). Mad Clubbed Thumb), The Wolves thanks to the WCP family, her team and the (Clubbed Thumb), Perfect incomparable teachers of the UNC School of the Arrangement (Primary Stages), Abundance (TACT), Arts (BFA ‘16) for their infinite wisdom. Love to Almost, Maine (Transport Group), Good Television her family, friends, and dearest Max for always (Atlantic Theatre Company), Still Life (MCC), The being her champions. Cataract (The Women’s Project), Book of Days (Signature Theatre). TV: “Daredevil” (recurring), Anne Bates “The Sinner,” “The Good Fight,” "House of Cards,” Actor 3 "Orange is the New Black” (recurring), “,” Westport Country Playhouse “Law & Order: SVU,” “Elementary.” Film: A Kid debut. Off-Broadway: Dan Like Jake, Island Zero, Appropriate Behavior, In Cody's Yacht (Manhattan the Family, Everybody’s Fine. Training: UMKC Theatre Club), The Effect www.kellymcandrew.com (Barrow Street/National Theatre of London), Tartuffe William Ragsdale and The Tempest (Acting Actor 2 Company), FAB founding Westport Country Playhouse member doing various productions with TBG, debut. Broadway: Biloxi Icebound and Alison's House (Metropolitan Blues, Getting Away With Playhouse), Discord (Culture Project). Select Murder. National Tours: Biloxi other credits: Sex With Strangers (Cardinal Stage), Blues, Broadway Bound. Off- Long Division *Best supporting Nom. (Abingdon), Broadway and Regional: A Delicate Balance (Dramaworks), Unexpected Man From Nebraska (Second Guest (Fulton), Proof (Red Door/Barrow Stage), Briar Patch (EST), Group), Ondine (Soho Rep), Othello (HSF), The Importance of Being Earnest (Berkeley Rep), Dysteria (Atlantic Studio). Film: Stella; The The Doctor is Out (The Old Globe), West Side Collective*Audience Choice Award; Paul Sorvino’s Story (Paper Mill Playhouse). Film: Fright Night, King Lear. TV: "Law & Order SVU,” "Sneaky Pete,” Mannequin II, The Reaping. Regular and recurring "Us & Them,” "Unforgettable,” "30 Rock.” AEA and TV: “Herman’s Head,” “Justified,” “Grosse Pointe,” SAG. Juilliard Graduate. “Ellen,” “Judging Amy,” “Brother’s Keeper,” and numerous guest star roles. He would like to thank Joby Earle his amazing team at Stone Manners Salners and Actor 5 his even more amazing family: Ande, Ogden, Westport Country Playhouse Stokes and Walker. debut. Broadway: War Horse. Off-Broadway: Familiar Andrew Veenstra (Playwright’s Horizons), Actor 6 Julius Caesar, Romeo and Westport Country Playhouse Juliet (Smith Street Stage). debut. New York: Hamlet Selected Regional: Yale Rep: (Hamlet, LCT); An Error of the Native Son, Owners; These Moon (John Wilkes Booth). Paper Bullets (Geffen Playhouse); The Tempest 1st Broadway National Tour: (A.R.T and South Coast Rep); The Puppetmaster War Horse (Albert Narracott). of Lodz (Berkshire Theatre Group). TV: “The McCarter Theater & Hartford Blacklist,” “The Good Fight,” “The Exorcist.” He Stage: The Age of Innocence

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(Newland Archer, World Premier); Shakespeare and ). Mr. Pendleton is also an Theatre of D.C. (Affiliated Artist): Romeo & Juliet actor (Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off Broadway, (Romeo); As You Like It (Orlando); Two Gentlemen regional theatre), and an Ensemble Member of of Verona (Valentine); The Heir Apparent (Eraste, ’s Steppenwolf Theatre, where he has David Ives’ World Premier). Long Days Journey frequently acted and directed. His plays – Orson’s into Night (Edmund), The Lion in Winter (Philip), Shadow, Uncle Bob, and Booth are all published Measure for Measure, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and have been produced nation-wide, including Tartuffe, Dial “M” For Murder, The Seagull, Parade, New York, Chicago, England, and France. He Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol. Film: Blue teaches acting, and sometimes directing, at HB Door, Rabbits Foot, Kingdom of Hills TV: “Unveiled,” Studio in New York. “Bones,” “Law and Order: SVU.” Training: Eastman School of Music: Piano; Brigham Young University: Walt Spangler BFA Acting. www.andrewveenstra.com Set Designer Walt is delighted to work with Austin Pendleton Matthew Greene on another world premiere play. Previous designs Playwright for Austin include the Pulitzer Prize winning play Matthew Greene’s works have been seen on both Between Riverside and Crazy. Broadway: Escape coasts and a few places in between. His play to Margaritaville, Tuck Everlasting, Scandalous, Gregorian premiered at Walker Space, produced A Christmas Story, Desire Under The Elms, Hollywood by Working Artists Theatre Project. Adam and Arms. Walt designs all around the country and is Steve and the Empty Sea had its sold-out world delighted to work with the wonderful staff at premiere at Plan B Theatre in January, where it Westport Country Playhouse. was named “Best Original Play” by the 2013 Salt Lake City Arty Awards. It subsequently had a run Barbara A. Bell at the 2013 New York International Fringe Festival Costume Designer and was presented as part of OUTReach’s LGBTQ Designs include Saintliness of Margery Kempe Youth Summit. His other plays include Good (Duke Theatre); It’s a Wonderful Life (Irish Standing (Plan B Theatre and the 2018 United Solo Repertory); The Show-Off (Peccadillo Theatre); Festival); Job Well Done (national finalist, American Heartbreak House (Gingold Theatrical/Lion College Theatre Festival); Bread of Affliction Theatre); Disgraced (Northern Stage); Doctor’s (Society for the Study of Jewish American and Dilemma (Peterborough Players); Taste of Holocaust Literature); #Mormoninchief (New York Honey, Uncle Vanya, Figaro, Vieux Carre, Bald International Fringe Festival). His film Boy with Soprano (43 shows @ Pearl Theatre & recipient Blue was awarded Best of Fest at the Oceanside of Princess Grace Award for her Pearl designs); Film Festival. His play Good Standing will premiere ’s Way of the World, Outside at the upcoming United Solo Festival in New York. Mullingar (Dorset Theatre Festival); Widowers' He spends his days working with Opening Act, Houses (TACT); Soldier (HERE); Trip to Bountiful, an organization that provides theatre education The Seafarer, Boston Marriage (Capital Repertory); to underserved high schools. A California native Clybourne Park (Barrington Stage); Tenderly, To and proud foster father, Matthew earned a B.A. Kill A Mockingbird (Weston Playhouse); Tempest, in Theatre at Brigham Young University and (Williamstheatre); Over the Tavern currently lives in New York City. (Virginia Stage). barbarabellcostumedesign.com

Austin Pendleton Xavier Pierce Director Lighting Designer Westport Country Playhouse: Park Your Car Westport Country Playhouse: A Raisin in the Sun. in Harvard Yard. Pendleton has most recently Theatre credits include Othello, Shakespeare been represented as a director in New York in Love (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Native with his productions of Between Riverside and Gardens, Harvey, Blithe Spirit (The Guthrie); Crazy (by Stephen Adly Giurgis, Pulitzer Prize Smart People, Native Gardens (Arena Stage); winner); A Lovely Sunday for Creve Couer (by The Roommate (Steppenwolf Theatre); Yours Tennessee Williams, La Femme Productions, Unfaithfully, A Day by the Sea (Mint Theatre starring Kristine Neison and Annete O’Toole); NYC); Misery (Cincinnati Playhouse); Noises Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, Ivanov, Hamlet (CSC, Off! (Syracuse Stage); Fences (Long Wharf and featuring between them Peter Sarsgaard, Maggie the McCarter); Peter and the Starcatcher, 4000 Gylenhall, Ethan Hawke, and Marin Ireland); Fifty Miles, The Mountaintop, Detroit ’67 (PlayMakers Words (by Michael Weller, with Elizabeth Marvel Rep); Two Trains Running (Arden Theatre); Outside

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Mulingar (Arizona Theatre Company), The Piano Tara Rubin Casting Lesson (Olney Theatre Center), Fly (Florida Studio Casting Theatre); Common Enemy, Red (Triad Stage); Two Sixth Season at Westport Country Playhouse. Trains Running (Two River Theater Company); Selected Broadway: King Kong (upcoming), Everybody, , black odyssey, Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, The Band’s Fences (California Shakespeare Theatre); Hamlet, Visit, Prince of Broadway, Indecent, Bandstand, Pippin (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre); Pipeline Sunset Boulevard, Miss Saigon, Dear Evan Hansen, (Indiana Repertory Theatre). A Bronx Tale, Cats, Falsettos, Disaster!, School of Rock, Les Misérables, The Heiress, The Phantom Ryan Rumery of the Opera, Billy Elliot, Shrek, Spamalot, … Sound Designer and Composer Spelling Bee, The Producers, Mamma Mia!, Jersey Ryan Rumery is a musician, composer, and Boys Off-Broadway: Smokey Joe’s Café, Jersey producer. His music is in the films The Spectacular Boys, Here Lies Love. Selected Regional: Berkeley Rise and Fall of Paul Manafort (Washington Post), Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Afghan Cycles (Brooklyn Film Festival 2018), La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Asolo Rep. Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock (Tribeca www.tararubincasting.com 2017), How to Let Go of the World (And Love All the Things Climate Can't Change) (Sundance Tara Rubin Casting 2016, HBO), and City of Gold (Sundance, SXSW Tara Rubin, CSA; Laura Schutzel, CSA; 2015). Recent theatrical projects include Apologia Eric Woodall, CSA; Merri Sugarman, CSA; (Roundabout), Be More Chill (Signature Theatre), Kaitlin Shaw, CSA; Lindsay Levine, CSA; the Pulitzer Prize-winning Between Riverside Claire Burke,CSA; Felicia Rudolph, CSA; and Crazy (Atlantic/Second Stage), and Fool For Xavier Rubiano Love (Broadway). Rumery recently received the Obie for Sustained Excellence in Sound Design Roxana Khan and Composition, and was a selected composer Production Stage Manager for the Sundance Institute of Music and Sound Westport Country Playhouse debut. Off- Design Labs at Skywalker Sound. Broadway: Kings (Public Theater), Pride and Prejudice by Kate Hamill (Primary Stages/Hudson Michael Rossmy Valley Shakespeare Festival). Selected Regional: Fight Director Richard II, Taming of the Shrew, General From Westport Country Playhouse: Man of La Mancha, America (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), The Understudy, A Flea In Her Ear, Flyin’ West, Shakespeare in Love, The Siegel, All the Way (South Romeo and Juliet, Appropriate, Lettice and Lovage, Coast Repertory); Head Over Heels, The Count of Camelot, The Invisible Hand, Art, Red, Broken Glass, Monte Cristo, Guys and Dolls, The Cocoanuts, Into The Liar, Nora, Room Service, Harbor, Loot, A Raisin the Woods, King Lear, The Tenth Muse, Romeo and in the Sun, Tartuffe, Into the Woods. Broadway: A Juliet, Animal Crackers, Henry IV, Part II (Oregon Tale of Two Cities. Regional: The Public Theatre, Shakespeare Festival). Pasadena Playhouse, Asolo REP, Yale Repertory Theatre, The Old Wallis Annenberg Center, Laguna Playhouse, Kirk Globe, Geffen Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, Douglas Theatre, Boston Court Pasadena. McCarter Theatre, Primary Stages, Delaware REP, SoHo Repertory Theatre, The MUNY, Baltimore’s Page Tazewell Center Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Paper Assistant Stage Manager Mill Playhouse, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse: Man of La Mancha, Huntington Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, The Understudy, A Flea in Her Ear, Flying West, Rattlestick Theater, Pace University, Cherry Lane Romeo and Juliet, Sex With Strangers, Appropriate, Theatre, Smith Street Stage, and others. He was Grounded, Lettice and Lovage. NYC: Twelfth Night nominated for a 2016 for (Classic Stage Company), You Can’t Take it With You Outstanding Fight Direction. Michael is a faculty (St. Bart’s Players). member at the Yale School of Drama where he teaches Stage Combat, and the Stage Combat Mark Lamos Supervisor for all undergraduate productions at Artistic Director Yale College. He is also the Creator/Coach of the Westport Country Playhouse: Artistic Director physical training program, "The Actor as Athlete.” since 2009. Broadway: Our Country's Good (Tony nomination); The Rivals, Cymbeline, Seascape (Tony nomination, best revival) for Lincoln Center Theater: The Deep Blue Sea; The Gershwins'

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Fascinating Rhythm. Off-Broadway: Tiny Alice, Sheehan Scholarship for theater management and Measure for Measure (Lortel Awards for both); a Kosciusko Scholarship for outstanding students productions at Playwrights Horizons, Primary of Polish descent. He served on the Yale School Stages, Signature Theatre, The Public Theater, of Management Alumni Advisory Board, and is a Shakespeare in the Park (As You Like It). He was current Association of Yale Alumni delegate. He Artistic Director of Hartford Stage for 16 seasons is a member of the inaugural class of artEquity (1989 Tony Award). Other theater: Kennedy diversity, equity and inclusion facilitators. Prior Center, Canada's Stratford Festival, Guthrie to graduate school, he was associate director of Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre (Associate marketing for in Chicago, and also Artist), A.C.T., The Old Globe, Delaware Rep, worked with , American Theater Ford’s Theatre, D.C.'s Shakespeare Theatre, Company, Sansculottes Theater Company, and Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and others. He The Playground Theater. was the first American to direct a company in the former Soviet Union (Desire Under the Elms Westport Country Playhouse at Moscow's Pushkin Theatre), and the first to The mission of Westport Country Playhouse is act as dramaturge in the creation of a ballet, to enrich, enlighten, and engage the community Alexei Ratmansky's The Tempest for American through the power of professionally produced Ballet Theatre. His work in opera is extensive. theater worth talking about and the welcoming For the Metropolitan Opera: New productions of experience of the Playhouse campus. The I Lombardi with Luciano Pavarotti, and Wozzeck Playhouse creates this relationship with the (both televised for “Great Performances”), as community and provides this experience well as the world premiere of Harbison's The in multiple ways by offering: Live theater Great Gatsby, and Adriana Lecouvreur with Placido experiences of the highest quality, under the Domingo. He created many productions for NYC artistic direction of Mark Lamos, from May Opera, including televised productions of Paul through November; educational and community Bunyan, Tosca, Central Park, and Madama Butterfly engagement events and opportunities to further (Emmy Award). Other opera: Glimmerglass, explore issues presented by the work on stage; Bergen National, Gothenberg, Munich Biennale, the New Works Circle, a program dedicated to London's Barbican, L'Opera du Montreal, Chicago the discovery, development, and production of Lyric, Santa Fe, St. Louis, Dallas, San Francisco, new live theatrical works; special performances and others. Lamos began his career in the theater and programs for students and teachers with as an actor on and Off-Broadway and in regional extensive curriculum support material; Script in theater and made his film debut inLongtime Hand play readings throughout the year to deepen Companion. He was awarded the Connecticut relationships with audiences and artists alike; Medal for the Arts as well as honorary doctorates the renowned Woodward Internship Program from Connecticut College, Trinity College, and the during the summer months for aspiring theater University of Hartford. In October 2016, he was professionals; Family Festivities presentations the recipient of the John Houseman Award. from November through April to delight young and old alike and to promote reading through live Michael Barker theater; and the beautiful and historic Playhouse Managing Director campus open for enjoyment and community Michael Barker joined Westport Country events year-round. In 2017, The Playhouse Playhouse in 2016 from Mill Valley, CA, where proudly named the Broadway Method Academy he was the managing director of Marin Theatre as its resident conservatory program, training Company. Previously, Barker was general hundreds of young performers annually. The manager of Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Beach, value of the Westport Country Playhouse to all it CA, and managing director for the Los Angeles touches is immeasurable. classical theater ensemble The Antaeus Company. Before moving to California, Barker was associate For This Production managing director at Yale Repertory Theatre and Assistant Scenic Designer: Axel Mark managing director of Yale Summer Cabaret, and Assistant to the Costume Designer: Annie Manning produced the first annual Carlotta Festival of New Assistant Lighting Designer: Cheyenne Sykes Plays. He was Seattle Repertory Theatre’s 2008 Assistant Sound Designer: Nicole Wilke Managing Director Fellow. Barker holds an MFA in Production Assistant: Derek Rainey theater management from Yale School of Drama and an MBA from Yale School of Management. At Thousand Pines rehearsed at Chelsea Studios at Yale, he was the recipient of the Daniel and Helene TheatreWorks USA

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PREMIERE CIRCLE FRIENDS CIRCLE PRODUCER ($100,000 & ABOVE) Ellen Petrino CHAMPION ($1,000–$1,499) Howard J. Aibel* Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth J. Seel Anonymous (2) Eunice & David Bigelow Foundation Joan & Joel Smilow Jim Arata Maureen & Edwin Schloss Nancy & David Tillson The Ashken Family AMBASSADOR ($50,000–$99,999) PATRON ($5,000–$9,999) Shelly & Drummond Bell Jean H. Bennett Burry Fredrik Foundation Anonymous (2) Seth & Vani Birnbaum CT Department of Economic & Community Molly Alger & Jay Dirnberger Prill & Mike Boyle Development, Office of the Arts Aquarion Water Company Aileen & Jeffrey Brill Michele & Marc Flaster The Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Pamela Farr & Buford Alexander Lucille Lortel Foundation Foundation, Inc. Jack & Amy Gillis Newman’s Own Foundation The Neil & Sandra DeFeo Family Foundation Harold Gordon The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Jodi & Bill Felton Malcolm Gordon & Nan Miller Barbara & John Streicker Edith Hall Friedheim Jane Green & Ian Warburg Sandra Wagenfeld The Goss Family Stan Green Ms. Shirley Gura SPONSOR ($25,000–$49,999) Jacobson/Moskovitz Family The Harry Donenfeld Foundation Bank of America Lux Bond & Green Marta Jo Lawrence Connecticut Health & Education Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pizzella Mark Manus Facilities Authority Nancy & Roger Sachs Harold Matzner Stephen Corman Ann Sheffer & Bill Scheffler Peter & Wendy McCabe Anna Czekaj-Farber Kimberly Mullen & Brian Foster Kate & Bob Devlin, The Devlin Foundation SUSTAINER ($3,000–$4,999) The Navon Family Fidelity Investments Robert & Jan Anestis Jeff Peterson Jerome Levy Foundation Andrea & Theron Hoffman Patrice C. Peugnet (in honor of Judy & Scott Phares Richard & Terry Lubman actor Christopher Walken) Pitney Bowes, Inc. John & Sharon Miller David & Mindy Pritchard Barbara & John Samuelson Anne & Chuck Niemeth Vivian Rosenberg Roz & Bud Siegel Westport Young Woman’s League Paul & Jeanne Russ Marietta Battaglia White Deborah Shear CONTRIBUTOR ($1,500–$2,999) The Winston Foundation Cleo & Jon Sonneborn Anonymous Michael & Bridget Streicker PARTNER ($15,000–$24,999) Ballet Etudes (in honor of Nannette Vallas) Vincent & Connie VonZwehl BNY Mellon Bruce & Susan Barnet Sylvia Wall & Pamela Wall Cohen & Wolf, P.C. Sharon & Stephen Baum Sara & John Walsh CT Humanities Dr. & Mrs. Garry Boxer Robert & Susan Doran Arthur Cohen LEADER ($750–$999) Angela & Mark Graham / The Graham Barbara & Fred Colin (in honor of Steve Gloria & Franchon Smithson Foundation of Connecticut Corman) Joan Ross Sorkin Michael Klingher & Lindsay Schine Elwood & Catherine Davis Joan Waricha Darlene Krenz Mr. R. Bradford Evans on behalf of PTM Mary Ellen & Jim Marpe Charitable Foundation SUPPORTER ($350–$749) National Endowment for the Arts Barbara & Greg Joseph Anonymous (4) Janet & Fred Plotkin / Adolph & Ruth Steven & Yvette Kohn Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc. Schnurmacher Foundation Lucinda E. Knuth Daniel Aibel & David Pittman Carol & Peter Seldin Mitzi Lyman & David Geronemus Dr. & Mrs. Todd E. Arnold Johnna G. Torsone & John McKeon Marianna & Mark McCall Nadine Baccellieri Emil & Toby Meshberg Helen Martin Block BENEFACTOR ($10,000–$14,999) Bill & Sue Mitchell Susan & Michael Boyar Athena & Daniel Adamson Marjorie Neville & Michael Jacoby James & Janey Campbell Galia & Adam Clemens Allen & Lorraine Noveck Andrea & David Cross Amy & Richard Corn Alan & Frances Offenberg Paal & Roseann Elfstrum The David & Geri Epstein Private Foundation Rina & Howard Pianko Susan S. Ellis Katia Friend The Richenthal Foundation Joyce N. Fensterstock Fiona Garland & Andrew Bentley Steve & Frances Rowland Mary & Frode Foss-Skiftesvik Jessie A. Gilbert Susan & Gene Shanks Stephanie Ercegovic & Brian Foster Joyce Hergenhan Tom & Helen Sheehy Full Spectrum LLC Carole Hochman Patti & Rick Slavin Sally & Bob Galan Laura & Dale Kutnick Lyla & Peter Steenbergen, MD Joe Godfrey & Keith Halstead Beryl & Roger Leifer Catherine & Chris Stroup William Gratz & James Bruno Thomas & Paula McInerney Mr. Arthur C. Tauck, Jr. Craig & Caroline Lazzara Teresa Nardozzi Cathy & Colin Walker Michael E. Loeb Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, Jane & Richard B. Wolf Tom Lombardi The Bender Financial Group 32 WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE | 2018 SEASON THANKS OUR TO SUPPORTERS!

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FRIENDS CIRCLE SUPPORTER ($350–$749) CONT’D Jane Malakoff Patricia & Raymond Dayan Anatole & Rosaria Konstantin Josie Merck Patricia Delano Phyllis & Adam Kurzer Virginia & Timothy Millhiser Wendy DiChristina Michael Kyle Barry Nalebuff & Helen Kauder Jo-Ann Dierks Warren & Lisa Lagerloef William Nolan Joe & Emily DiMiceli Leona Lamberson Douglas Ormond Jill & Alex Dimitrief Gordon & Lynne Leibowitz Karen & Michael Parrella Gina & Peter Dodge Ms. Leona R. Lepofsky Joan Phillips Alexander Dunev Marcia Levy Playhouse Staff Deborah Dyer Doree & Robert Levy Josephine A. Raimondi Frank & Ellen Estes Lillian Lewis Susanne Risoli Eva & Paul Rosenblatt (in memory of A.R. Gurney) The greatest use of life Susie Salomon Kassandra Savici is to spend it for something Christopher E.G. Saxe Mark Schiff that will outlast it. George & Madeline Shepherd WILLIAM JAMES Allen & Leslie Silberman Isaac & Ellen Sonsino Barbara Ettinger Rita & Stephen Lewis Benson & Betty Srere Joanna Exacoustos Amber Llorens Ricki & Stanley Stern Lee Ann Fallet Kathy & Wayne Locurto Christian & Eva Trefz Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Farber Tom Lombardi Mr. & Mrs. Lee D. Vincent Dina Ferdman Marti LoMonaco & Karl Ruling Richard & Beth Zucker Virginia Ferrari Marilyn Lord & James Meisner FRIEND ($150–$349) Gael Thomas Ficken & Barry E. Ficken Arline & Marvin Lubin Anonymous (5) Thomas & Anita Field William Lutkins & Julie Oh Martha & Lawrence Aasen Sue & Steve Fields James & Margot Mabie Elizabeth Albertini Valerie S. Fischel Mrs. Mary Makowka Durelle Alexander Michelle Fitzpatrick Peter & Carol Maloney Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Austin Carolaline Flaumenhaft Susan Manicke Bob & Barbara Bachner Heidi & Robert Flicker Rebecca Martin & John Donoghue J. Edward Backus Tim & Pam Foarde Richard & Cora Martin Harold & Bernicestine Bailey Claire Ford Mr. & Mrs. David S. Matlow Mr. & Mrs. Henry Banach Howard Forman Fern & Joseph Mayer James R. Barker Marguerite Bunny Franco William & Irene McCutchen Debra & David Bauer Doris Fuertes Leigh & Edward McDermott Michelle Benner Hilary & Will Gibson Jessica McEntee Geoffrey Beringer Givenik.com Beryl Meiner & Richard Carleton Thomas C. Bloch Betty & Joshua Goldberg Nadine Melniker David & Laurie Boczar Jill Greenberg & Mitchell Lester Albert Messina Chris & Laurie Bradbury Matt & Kristen Haines Lois & Richard Miller Wesley Broderick Gladys Handelman Elizabeth Molinelli Nancy Brown Roni & Howard Harmetz Jack & Lu Morris Mr. & Mrs. Matthew R. Bud Peter Harrar Robert Morris Lois & Robert Bull Kevin Harrington Stanley Morten Michael Burnette Aleta Mitchell & Thomas Haskell Kathleen Mufson Maureen & Rick Campbell Patricia Hayman Mark Neidig Benjamin Chalfin Nancy Herzog Helen & Melvin Neisloss Peter & Megan Chenot Louise Kerz Hirschfeld Kenneth Ng Dupre Cocrhan Mr. Leigh Hoffman Richard & Alyona Nicholson John & Eva-Lena Cody Julia Hood Mr. & Mrs. Scott E. Niven Jacquelyn Conlon Bob & Bev Iannucci Robert Nixon Kerry Connell Arthur & Mary Ann Jacobs Judith & Alphonse Noë Kerry Cooper Barbara James Marna & Stuart Novack MD James Corgel Estelle & Charles Jones Carole Novick Christopher Cunningham Nancy Kail Salvador & Audrey Novoa Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dannies Honorable Edward & Renie Karazin Dacey & Dennis O’Connor Carol & Joel Davis Janet & Leo Karl III Fran & Ed O’Neill Daniel Kiely & Gretchen Johanns Alexander Orthwein

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FRIENDS CIRCLE FRIEND ($150–$349) CONT’D Samantha Owades Barbara & Greg Schindler Fran & Martin Stuttman Penny Pearlman Lois G. Schine Tara Tanzer Joan Pendergast Howie Schmuck Jenny Taubman John and Elizabeth Peto Josef & Vicki Schoell Margaret & Alan K. Temple Steve Pincus Tricia & Matthew Schwartz Nancy Thiel Dr. & Mrs. Warren R. Pistey Jean T. Sells Charlotte & Cooper Tirola Louis Pittocco Jim & Sharon Seymour Chrissy Toeplitz Anne & Saul Pollack Jennifer Seymour Joseph Valerio John & Kim Porio Jerome & Catherine Shereshewsky Irma & Henri Van Dam Dr. Joan Poster & Dennis Poster Edith D. Sillman Donna Volpitta (in honor of Meredith Poster) Cheryl P. Slater & James A. Slater, M.D. Janine Waldman Julie Potack Sabina Slavin Carol & John Waxman Carol Quinn & David Mayo Sara Lev & Michael Sloan Mary & Charles Welch Ms. Marilyn Rappoport Gregory Smith Brian Welker Jim Reesman Jenny Sozzi Eden & Joel Werring Paula & David Ridge Peary & Patti Spaght Marion & Joe Wertheim Mr. & Mrs. Dominic Rispoli Ken Staffey James White & Ann Jacobi-White Megan Robbins David & Gayle Stebbins Michael Wilens & Carolyn Longacre Betty & Dan Roberts Katina Stefanova Michelle Wiles Donna Rodenburg Sybil & Harold Steinberg C. Webb Williams & Sallie Walter Williams Benjamin Romney Warren Steinberg, M.D. Caroline Williams Patricia & Anthony Rotella Kristine Story Cynthia Wood Dr. & Mrs. Steven Rothenberg Christopher & Sharie Stanathan Richard & Robin Woods Katherine Ryden (in memory of Hope Whittier) Suzanne Zelinski Ronni & Fred Zinn SPECIAL GIFTS BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE WOODWARD INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN-KIND DONATIONS Howard J. Aibel* SPONSORS Asylum Distillery Judy & Scott Phares Howard J. Aibel* BetterITS Barbara & John Samuelson Eunice & David Bigelow Foundation Patricia Blaufuss Joyce Hergenhan Stephen Corman Broken Shed Vodka Roz & Bud Siegel Robert & Susan Doran Castle Wines & Spirits Czekaj Artistic Productions Jodi & Bill Felton Greenhook Ginsmiths Lindsay Schine & Michael Klingher Michele & Marc Flaster Hilton Garden Inn Barbara & John Streicker Fiona Garland & Andrew Bentley Bruce & Beth Miller The Goss Family Moffly Media NEW WORKS CIRCLE Angela & Mark Graham / The Graham Newman’s Own Foundation Parks Driving Service Michele Flaster, Chair Foundation of Connecticut Judy & Scott Phares Peter & Carol Seldin FOUNDING MEMBERS Carol & Peter Seldin Westport Inn Howard J. Aibel* Roz & Bud Siegel WSHU Public Radio Stephen Corman Barbara & John Streicker Ania Czekaj-Farber Marietta Battaglia White Sandra & Neil DeFeo Ann Sheffer & Bill Scheffler Kate & Bob Devlin Michele & Marc Flaster FRIENDS Susan Jacobson & David Moskovitz Molly Alger & Jay Dirnberger Judy & Scott Phares Patti & Rick Slavin Barbara & John Samuelson Barbara & John Streicker Johnna G. Torsone & John McKeon The theatre was created to ANNUAL MEMBERS Darlene Krenz tell people the truth about Terry Nardozzi life and the social situation. Roz & Bud Siegel Marietta Battaglia White STELLA ADLER

34 WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE | 2018 SEASON THOUSAND PINES 35 BENEFACTOR TABLES PATRON TABLES Eunice & David Bigelow Athena & Daniel Adamson Kate & Robert Devlin BNY Mellon Joyce Hergenhan Ania Czekaj-Farber Barbara & John Samuelson Eagle Ridge Investment Management Barbara & John Streicker Kerry & Maggie Lehnerd-Reilly Lucinda E. Knuth BENEFACTORS Darlene Krenz Robert & Jan Anestis Ellen Petrino Mary Ellen & Jim Marpe Pitney Bowes Judy & Scott Phares Alison & Mark Smith Janet & Fred Plotkin Nancy & David Tillson Roz & Bud Siegel Marietta Battaglia White

All gifts as of August 1, 2018 DINNER! PERFORMANCE! DANCING! AUCTION!

PATRONS SUPPORTERS DONORS Molly Alger & Anonymous (2) Anonymous Jay Dirnberger Nancy A. Brown Athena & Daniel Adamson Deborah Harper Bono Craig & Karen Chodash Leslie Byelas & Cohen & Wolf Roselle & Brian Crombie Ellen B. Lubell Amy & Richard Corn Ed & Lisa Friedland Paige Couture Paige Couture Tanya Futoryan Mary Ellen Gallagher Jon and Melissa Ellis Mary Gladden & Mr. & Mrs. Frank Gallinelli Joanne & Edward Froelich Claire Auckenthaler Howard & Rina Pianko Jessie Gilbert William Gratz & Joan & Larry Sorkin Teresa Nardozzi James Bruno Anne & Chuck Niemeth Lance & Terry Lundberg

Jeffrey Peterson Mitzi Lyman & David Geronemus Doug & Dana Robinson Beryl Meiner & Carol & Peter Seldin Richard Carleton Jill & Evan Shapiro Nicole Nardozzi Lyla Steenbergen Kelle & Jeffrey Ruden Jonathan Young Leslie & Eric Seidman Maria Mendoza-Smith Lee & Susan Vincent

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

WCP | BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Barbara K. Streicker, Chair Mark S. Graham HONORARY TRUSTEES ARTIST CIRCLE Michele Flaster, Vice Chair Joyce Hergenhan Elisabeth Morten, Chair A.R. Gurney* Johnna G. Torsone, Vice Chair Carole Hochman Howard J. Aibel* Lynne Meadow Walter Bergen Kenneth Seel, Treasurer Michael Klingher James P. Bradley Carol West Seldin, Secretary Sandra DeFeo Darlene Krenz Richard Slavin, Asst. Secretary Kate Devlin Roger Leifer Robert Devlin Mary Ellen Marpe Robert H. Forrester Athena T. Adamson Teresa Nardozzi Edith Hall Friedheim Harold Bailey, Jr. Ellen H. Petrino Helen Lee Henderson Adam G. Clemens Judy M. Phares Catherine Herman Stephen Corman Janet Plotkin Dan Kail Amy C. Corn Bill Mitchell Anna Czekaj-Farber Jake Robards Judith Resnick Ann Sheffer Robert Doran Barbara Samuelson Joel Smilow Katia Friend David Tillson Sharon Sullivan Fiona Garland Marietta Battaglia White John Vaccaro Jessie A. Gilbert Joanne Woodward Steven Wolff Bob Wright WCP | STAFF LEADERSHIP MARKETING MARK LAMOS Artistic Director Cynthia Astmann Graphic Design Director MICHAEL BARKER Managing Director Jennifer Carroll Community and Sales Manager Stephen Emerick Digital Content Manager ARTISTIC Patricia Blaufuss Public Relations Manager David Kennedy Associate Artistic Director Anne Keefe Associate Artist PRODUCTION Bethany Gugliemino Artistic and Management Associate DAVID DREYFOOS Associate Producer/Director of Production Liam Lonegan Directing Fellow RJ Romeo Technical Director/Assoc. Director of Production Laura Silence Family Festivities Coordinator Bruce Miller Company Manager Alexandra Rappaport Associate Company Manager GENERAL MANAGEMENT Anthony Servetas Head Stage Carpenter/Flyman BETH HUISKING General Manager Bob McDevitt Head Electrician/Light Board Operator Geoff Topalian Data Analyst Jon Damast Head Sound/Sound Board Operator Kelly Mikolasy House and Events Manager Jason Thompson Head Shop Carpenter Rich D’Arinzo Facilities Manager Lisa Ficco Wardrobe Supervisor Josh Sinclair Box Office Manager Jess Ploszaj Scenic Artist Eve Lyons Asst. Box Office Manager Aaron Moss Cohen Carpentry/ATD Fellow Jake Krasniewicz Box Office Supervisor; First-Time Subscriber Concierge FINANCE + HUMAN RESOURCES Molly Hamilton Box Office Associate SHARON BOILINI Director of Finance Kerry Maloney HR and Finance Manager DEVELOPMENT CAROLE SOUTHALL Director of Development Clare Livingston Special Events & Engagement Coordinator Kaylee Moran Development Assistant Georgia Sayers Grant Writer

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WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES GENEROUS LEADERSHIP SUPPORT FOR THE 2018 SEASON.

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BNY MELLON WEALTH MANAGEMENT AQUARION WATER COMPANY BNY Mellon Wealth Management is a leading wealth manager. Aquarion Water Company applauds the Westport Country In 2016 it was named by Family Wealth Report as the top U.S. Playhouse for its starring role as one of our area’s most important Private Bank and rated the Top Private Bank for Family Offices by artistic institutions. We also congratulate the public for its Professional Wealth Management magazine. Barron’s ranked it commitment to sustaining not just local cultural resources but the 8th largest U.S. wealth manager in 2016. The firm has more the natural ones as well. With demands on our water supplies than two centuries of experience in providing services to clients growing across our service area, we’ve seen a tremendous who today include financially successful individuals and families, response to our requests for increased conservation. We their family offices and business enterprises, planned giving especially thank all those community members who are now programs, and endowments and foundations. It has nearly $205 limiting outdoor sprinkler irrigation to two times per week billion in total private client assets, as of December 31, 2016, and or less. For many more ideas on conserving water, just visit an extensive network of offices in the U.S. and internationally. aquarionwater.com. And, remember, any time you’re looking for BNY Mellon Wealth Management, which provides investment an alternative to the fine beverages you may be enjoying tonight, management, custody, wealth and estate planning and private Aquarion reminds you that there’s always water. banking services, conducts business through various operating subsidiaries of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. For more information go to bnymellonwealth.com or follow us on Twitter @BNYMellonWealth.

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS PITNEY BOWES Fidelity Investments is proud to be a 2017 sponsor of Westport Pitney Bowes is proud to support Westport Country Playhouse as Country Playhouse. Fidelity’s mission is to inspire better futures a sponsor for the Family Festivities series. Pitney Bowes is a global and deliver better outcomes for the customers and businesses we technology company, powering billions of physical and digital serve. We focus on meeting the unique needs of a diverse set of transactions in the connected and borderless world of commerce. customers helping more than 26 million people invest their own Pitney Bowes and the Pitney Bowes Foundation support literacy, life savings. Local investors can access Fidelity’s guidance and education and the diverse community interests of Pitney Bowes investment tools via the web, by telephone, or in person, working employees. We focus our energies on advancing learning and with investment professionals at their local Investor Center. enrichment for students in underserved school districts in an To learn more about Fidelity Investments, visit one of our three effort to help close the academic achievement gap and prepare Fairfield County locations — Stamford, Greenwich, or Fairfield — the future workforce. or call 800-544-9797. Please visit fidelity.com. Fidelity Brokerage Services, Member NYSE, SPIC. 831742.2.0

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2018 CORPORATE CLUB

2018 MEDIA SPONSORS

Moffly Media — publisher of Greenwich, Westport, New Canaan- WSHU is a non-profit, listener-supported group of public radio Darien, Stamford, and athome magazines — celebrates community stations whose mission is to be a unique and independent voice with excellence in design and editorial as well as online content, in our community. Every day, we engage listeners through a custom events and philanthropic partnerships. range of thoughtful programming that includes NPR News, award-winning local news, entertainment and classical music. www.wshu.org.

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2018 IN-KIND SUPPORT

Castle Wine and Spirits is proud to be a Hilton Garden Inn believes that the arts The Westport Inn is well known for its sponsor of Westport Country Playhouse. are the fabric of our society and make contemporary New England hospitality. They have been meeting the needs of a community a better place to live and This boutique hotel offers richly their customers and their community for work. After an evening at the theater, appointed rooms with luxurious more than 20 years. The knowledgeable spend the night at the nearby Hilton bedding and onsite dining. Visit staff can assist you find something to Garden Inn Norwalk and discover why www.wesportinn.com or enjoy from their more than 1500 wines, they were voted Best Hotel 7 years in a call 203-557-8124 to receive the hundreds of spirits and an extensive row. Free shuttles to the Playhouse. Visit Playhouse’s preferred rate. selection of craft beers. Make Castle at norwalkhilton.com or call 203-523-4000. 1439 Post Road East your one-stop wine and beverage shop.

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WCP | ABOUT THE PLAYHOUSE

We hope to make your experience here as enjoyable as possible. If you need assistance, please notify the house manager or a member of the staff.

Westport Country Playhouse 25 Powers Court | Westport, CT 06880 BOX OFFICE: (203) 227-4177 westportplayhouse.org

Photo: Robert Benson

BOX OFFICE HOURS EMERGENCY CONTACT 12PM–6PM Tuesday–Friday (and through Babysitters or other emergency contacts may show time on performance days) call the house manager during the performance 11AM–8:30PM Saturday performance days at (203) 227-5137 x196. Please have contacts provide the location of your seats. 11AM–3:30PM Sunday performance days CLOSED Other Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays CONCESSIONS Tickets available online 24 hours a day: A variety of food and beverages are available westportplayhouse.org for purchase at the Playhouse concessions stand on the orchestra level of the lobby. ELECTRONIC DEVICES Beverages are only allowed in the theater in For the enjoyment of all patrons, please silence a souvenir glass purchased at concessions. all cell phones, pagers, and electronic devices No food is allowed in the theater. while in the theater. If you use your phone during intermission, please remember to ACCESSIBILITY silence it for the remainder of the performance. A number of accessible seats for patrons with ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES mobility requirements are available throughout the theater. A limited number of infrared assisted listening devices are available from the box office to aid If you require an accessible seat, please contact in your enjoyment of the performance. the house manager.

PHOTOGRAPHY The use of photographic or recording devices The Playhouse is a non-profit theater, is strictly prohibited. and can only survive with the PLEASE NOTE: The audience may be generous support of donors like you. photographed by Playhouse staff for archival Please make your gift today. and publicity purposes. If you prefer that your likeness not appear in Playhouse materials, Contact Clare Livingston please notify the house manager. [email protected] | 203 571 1134

2018 RESTAURANT PARTNERS

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