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A VERY HERRERA HOLIDAY By Alexis Scheer Directed by Sarah Shin

[keyp-ing] By Miranda Austen ADEkoje Directed by Dawn M. Simmons

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2020-2021 season 1 Michael J. Bobbitt MOSESIAN CENTER FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE THE ARTS 80 Elm Street Artistic Director 321 Arsenal Street Watertown, MA 02472 Watertown, MA 02472 617-923-7060 BUSINESS 617-923-8487 BOX OFFICE 617-923-7625 FACSIMILE

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PRESENTS SHOWSTOPPER VIRTUAL PLAY SERIES: A VERY HERRERA HOLIDAY

WRITTEN BY DIRECTOR ALEXIS SCHEER SARAH SHIN

EMMA HERRERA STAGE MANAGER AMANDA FIGUEROA* GEENA M. FORRISTALL*

PROPS MASTER COSTUME DESIGNER STEVEN DOUCETTE ZOË SUNDRA

LIVESTREAM DESIGNER SOUND DESIGNER VIJAY MATHEW ERICA HUANG

AUDIO DESCRIBER AUDIO DESCRIBER ASSISTANT CORI COUTURE TANJA MILOJEVIC

DIALECT COACH CAPTION CONSULTANT ADRIANO CABRAL RUTH CELIA KAHN

LIVE CAPTIONS LIVE CAPTIONS ABBY LASS DEVYN ITULA

SHOWSTOPPER VIRTUAL PLAY SERIES: [KEYP-ING] WRITTEN BY DIRECTOR MIRANDA AUSTEN ADEKOJE DAWN M. SIMMONS

MONICA JENAE STAGE MANAGER JASMINE M. RUSH* ELIZABETH RAMIREZ*

PROPS MASTER COSTUME DESIGNER LAUREN CORCUERA ZOË SUNDRA

LIVESTREAM DESIGNER SOUND DESIGNER VIJAY MATHEW BRENDAN F DOYLE°

AUDIO DESCRIBER AUDIO DESCRIBER ASSISTANT CORI COUTURE TANJA MILOJEVIC

DIALECT COACH CAPTION CONSULTANT ADRIANO CABRAL RUTH CELIA KAHN LIVE CAPTIONS LIVE CAPTIONS ABBY LASS DEVYN ITULA

◊ Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society °Member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

2 new repertory theatre SPECIAL THANKS

John ADEkoje Diana Bradshaw Lauren Collins Miles Craigwell Noah Craigwell Alesha Gunn Courtney Leonard The Pickle Council Ramona Rose King Sloth Levine Ian Sullivan Dan Ryan

Thank you for joining us for New Rep’s Showstopper Virtual Plays Series. This page provides dramaturgical information to supplement the shows.

◊ Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society https://www.newrep.org/productions/showstopper-virtual-plays/ °Member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

2020-2021 season 3 meet the artists - A Very Herrera Holiday

ALEXIS SCHEER (She/ AMANDA FIGUEROA* (She/Her/ Her/Hers, Playwright) Hers, Emma Herrera) makes her Alexis’s plays include Our New Repertory Theatre debut with Dear Dead Drug Lord this production of A Very Herrera (WP Theater/Second Holiday. Recent credits include The Stage, NYT Critic’s Pick, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Outer Critics Circle John Gassner Award, Prime Video), Dead House (Boston Kilroy’s List, LTC Carnaval of New Latinx Playwrights’ Theatre), The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood Work, Relentless Award semifinalist);Laughs (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre). Figueroa earned a in Spanish (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, BFA in Acting (full tuition talent-based scholarship) Kennedy Center’s Harold & Mimi Steinberg from Boston University. She is from New York and National Student Playwriting Award, NNPN is a first-generation actor whose mother was born Showcase), Christina (Roe Green Award), and in Dominican Republic and whose father was born The Sensational (Actors’ Theatre of Louisville). in Puerto Rico. She is grateful to be working with Her work has been developed at Oregon friendly familiar faces and doing so with her first one Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre woman play! Center, Cleveland Playhouse, San Diego GEENA M. FORRISTALL* REP, and others. Currently commissioned (They/Them/Theirs, Production by Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage, Stage Manager) makes their and Northern Stage. BFA: The Boston New Repertory Theatre Conservatory. MFA: Boston University. www. debut with this production alexisscheer.com of A Very Herrera Holiday. Geena is a producer, stage SARAH SHIN (She/Her/Hers, manager, and artist whose Director) Sarah is a Korean work centers on queerness, inclusive storytelling, American theatre artist and community building. They have stage managed making her New Reperto- with Central Square Theater, Lyric Stage Company, ry Theatre debut. Recent Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Off The directing credits include The Grid Theatre Company, Company One Theatre, First Pineapple and Other Folktales, (Cen- and the international tour of Kultar’s Mime, among tral Square Theater), Nothing Rhymes with others. In addition to stage management, they Juneteenth (Free Soil Arts Collective), and are the Membership Manager at StageSource Amputees (Boston University). Assistant cred- (stagesource.org), and recently produced the virtual its include My H8 Letter 2 the Gr8 American productions of Nosferatu, the Vampyr and Tales Theatre (Assistant Director, Public Theater, From Camp Strangewood with Sparkhaven Theatre Ma-Yi Theatre/AYE DEFY), Endlings (Assistant (sparkhaventheatre.com). BFA: Hofstra University. Director, NYTW), Moby Dick (Choreography Assistant, American Repertory Theater). She STEVEN DOUCETTE (He/Him/ is the Co-Founding Artistic Producer of Asian His, Props Master) makes his American Theatre Artists of Boston New Repertory Theatre debut @aataboston). Sarah is also a proud Board with this production of A Very Member of StageSource, and a Steering Herrera Holiday. Recent credits Committee Member of API Arts Network. BFA include Props Apprentice, Theatre Arts, Boston University (@sarsi_bu). Huntington Theatre Company sarah-shin.com @shinnysarah 2020 Season Co-Props Master, Little Women

4 new repertory theatre meet the artists - A Very Herrera Holiday meet the artists - AVHH con’t ADRIANO CABRAL (They/ (Wheelock Family Theatre 2020) Props Master, Burst AMANDA FIGUEROA* (She/Her/ Them/Theirs, Dialect Coach (Longwood Payers 2019) Props Intern, Des Moines Hers, Emma Herrera) makes her for both shows) is a voice Metro Opera 2018 Season Props Intern, Central New Repertory Theatre debut with and dialect coach, actor, City Opera 2017 Season. Doucette earned a BFA in this production of A Very Herrera director, and intimacy Scenic Design from Boston University, and is from Holiday. Recent credits include The choreographer. Cabral has Melrose, MA. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon coached professionally at the Arvada Center Prime Video), Dead House (Boston ZOE SUNDRA (She/Her/Hers, for the Arts and Humanities (CO), the Repertory Playwrights’ Theatre), The Tragic Ecstasy of Girlhood Costume Designer) returns to Theatre of St. Louis (MO), and the Stella Adler (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre). Figueroa earned a New Repertory Theatre after Studio of Acting (NY). Adriano is a certified BFA in Acting (full tuition talent-based scholarship) working on Nixon’s Nixon, Oliver!, teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and from Boston University. She is from New York and and Hair. Other recent credits Fitzmaurice Voicework and is a certified Master is a first-generation actor whose mother was born include Costume Designer, Bright Reiki Healer and Teacher. They currently serve as in Dominican Republic and whose father was born Half Life at Actor’s Shakespeare Assistant Professor of Voice and Movement at the in Puerto Rico. She is grateful to be working with Project; and Costume Designer, Ragtime at Wheelock University of Nevada, Reno where their research friendly familiar faces and doing so with her first one Family Theatre at Boston University. Sundra has focuses on training methods for the LGBTQ+ woman play! a degree from the Massachusetts College of Art Identified actor. Cabral is the coauthor of the text and Design, and teaches Costumes at Boston Arts Here’s How to Teach Voice and Communication Academy. Originally from Farmington, CT, she Skills to Transgender Women and is serving this currently resides in Cambridge, MA. season as the Voice Coach for TEDxCambridge. For more information, please visit www.adriano- VIJAY MATHEW (He/Him/His, cabral.com. Livestream Designer) makes his New Repertory Theatre debut CORI COUTURE (She/Her/ with productions of A Very Herrera Hers, Audio Describer) Holiday & [keyp-ing]. He is the Co- returns to New Repertory founder and Cultural Strategist of Theatre after describing HowlRound Theatre Commons at Emerson College. 1776 and The Charles W. He lives in Cambridge, MA, and is a member of Lenox Experience, as well Crux: a visionary studio at the intersection of Black as many productions for New Rep’s touring storytelling and immersive technology. Instagram @ company, Classic Rep. Recent description credits cruxxr include Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s ERICA HUANG (She/Her/Hers or online reading of The Tempest, Sweat for The They/Them, Sound Designer) makes a Huntington, and Little Women: The Musical for New Repertory Theatre debut with this Wheelock Family Theatre @ BU. At WGBH’s production of A Very Herrera Holiday. Descriptive Video Service (DVS), Cori wrote Recent credits include My H8 Letter description for many PBS programs and for to the Gr8 American Theatre (Ma-Yi movies on home video. She has also narrated Theatre Company), The First Pineapple description for a slate of Paramount films, some STEVEN DOUCETTE (He/Him/ and Other Folktales (Central Square Theatre), Songs of these are available on Netflix. These include His, Props Master) makes his About Trains (New Ohio Theatre). Podcasts: “And Rugrats in Paris, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and New Repertory Theatre debut Nothing Less” (composer, PRX), “Constellations” Stardust. She has provided audio description for with this production of A Very (sound designer, Constellations Audio), “Three on the upwards of 70 Boston-area theatre and dance Herrera Holiday. Recent credits Aisle” (producer/editor, American Theatre Magazine), productions, and was recently interviewed on the include Props Apprentice, “Mobituaries” (asst. editor, CBS), “Clear + Vivid with subject of live-theatre audio description for the Huntington Theatre Company Alan Alda” (asst. editor, Discovery), upcoming Netflix Picture This audio description podcast. 2020 Season Co-Props Master, Little Women and Spotify titles. erica-huang.com.

2020-2021 season 5 meet the artists - [keyp-ing]

TANJA MILOJEVIC (She/ MIRANDA AUSTEN Her/Hers, Audio Describer ADEKOJE (She/Her/Hers, Assistant) makes her New Playwright) is thrilled to be Repertory Theatre debut working with Michael Bobbitt with A Very Herrera Holiday and the New Rep team as a and [keyp-ing]. Tanja is a writer for the first time.Mrs. voice actor for radio dramas, ads, commercials, ADEkoje attended Brown University where she stories, museum exhibits and games from graduated with a B.A. in literature and cultures home. She has been an avid supporter of the in English, after which she trained in London American Council of the Blind for many years, at the Rose Bruford college for Drama and and is involved in The NetFlix Project and has received a Master’s degree with Distinction in benefited from services like Audio Description. Theatre Practices. Her plays include I Am This She has a podcast LightningBolt Theater of the Place (Revolutionary Spaces), Shelter of Last Mind, (www.lightningbolt.podbean.com.) With Resort (Front Porch Arts Collective Summer her microphone she records various radio dramas reading series, The Huntington Theatre and games and continues to voice act today and Breaking Ground Reading Series, Company has her own studio booth from QC acoustics One XX PlayLab), 36 Days (Apollinaire Theatre which are used at home for both paid and unpaid New Play Night reading, Bob Jolly Fellowship gigs. Reading Series, Emerson College Student Workshop), The Strongest Shape (Paines RUTH CELIA KAHN (She/ Plough Future Perfect Finalist), Reply Please, Her/Hers, Caption Con- Requests and Sugar Moth. ADEkoje is an sultant for both shows) award-winning actress whose credits include is passionate about the Shelia in Lost Tempo (Boston Playwright’s convergence of the arts and Theatre), Mrs. Mueller in Doubt (Stoneham accessibility. In conjunction Theatre), Valerie in the world premier of Lydia with The Caption Coalition, Ruth makes the- Diamond’s Smart People for which she won ater accessible by captioning productions for an IRNE for best supporting actress in a large patrons who are hard-of-hearing. As an audio Production (The Huntington Theatre), Lady describer, she describes the on-stage action Capulet in Romeo and Juliet and Silvia in Two live for blind and visually impaired patrons. In Gentlemen of Verona (Actors’ Shakespeare the performance realm, Ruth has joyfully sung Project), Shylock in Merchant of Venus (Zero with The Victorian Carolers, performed in Point Theater), Susan in Race (New Repertory voice recitals with the Sue Ellen Kuzma Voice Theatre), and Oya/Shaunta Iyun in The Brother/ Studio, served as a church soloist, and partic- Sister Plays (IRNE Award for Best Ensemble) ipated in many choral concerts. As an actor, and Selector in How We Got On (Elliot Norton Ruth had the honor of performing in a training Award nomination for Best Ensemble) at video for RIDE drivers prepared by the Boston Company One. Area Rape Crisis Center, the Boston Center for Independent Living, and the MBTA. At DAWN M. SIMMONS (She/Her/ Boston Medical Center, she serves as Co-chair Hers, Director) - Dawn is thrilled of the Patient Family Advisory Council and as to be making her New Repertory the consumer representative on the Accessi- Theatre debut. Recent credits bility Committee. Ruth is thrilled to be making include: The Nora Theater/WAM her captioning debut at New Rep! Theatre, (Pipeline),

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Lyric Stage Company, (The Wiz, Warrior Class and ELIZABETH YVETTE RAMIREZ* Saturday Night Sunday Morning), Hibernian Hall, (She/Her/Hers, Stage Manager) (With Glittering Eyes), Actors’ Shakespeare Proj- returns to New Repertory Theatre ect (Macbeth), The Front Porch Arts Collective/ after working as the ASM/ Greater Boston Stage Company (The Three Mus- Replacement Stage Manager for keteers), Greater Boston Stage Company (The Lonely Planet & Statements After Irish and How They Got That Way), SpeakEasy an Arrest Under the Immorality Stage Company (Just Cause (The Boston Project), Act. Recent credits include Front Porch @ Starlight, Men On Boats), Bad Habit Productions (The Real Vanity Fair, A Christmas Carol (Central Square Inspector Hound), Boston Public Works (Hard Theater); King Lear (Actor’s Shakespeare Project); and Fast: A Love Story), New Exhibition Room Three Musketeers, The Salonierres, Being Earnest (Smile), Fresh Ink Theatre (The Embryos). Dawn is (Greater Boston Stage), Caroline or Change also the Artistic Director of The Front Porch Arts (Moonbox Productions); Who is Eartha Mae (Bridge Collective Online: www.frontporcharts.org and Repertory Theatre); Music Man, Anything Goes Executive Director of StageSource Online: www. (Reagle Music Theater). Ramirez is a Teaching Artist stagesource.org and Theater Director at Kidstock! Creative Theater in Winchester. She is a Company Member with Flat JASMINE M RUSH* (She/Her/ Earth Theater, an egalitarian fringe company that Hers) ) makes her New Repertory also operates at the Mosesian Center in Watertown. Theatre debut with this production She is an elected delegate representing Boston of [keyp-ing]. Recent credits include for Actor’s Equity Association. Originally from San Shakespeare Theatre Company: Pedro, CA, and currently lives in Malden, MA. The Amen Corner; Sierra Rep Theatre: Intimate Apparel; Philip LAUREN CORCUERA (She/ Glass Days and Nights Festival: MUD; TV: Bull, Her/hers, Prop Designer) Blue Bloods, The Sinner, Difficult People.Off makes her New Repertory Broadway credits include Joe’s Pub / The Public Theatre debut with this Theatre: As Much As I Can. BOSTON: Lyric Stage production of [keyp-ing]. Company of Boston (select): Barbecue, Saturday Recent credits include Men Night/Sunday Morning; Greater Boston Stage on Boats, Stupid F***ing Bird (Emerson Stage), Company/Stoneham Theatre: Laura; Bridge Rep of The Cake, Little Shop of Horrors, Breath and Boston: The Forgetting Curve. Classically trained, Imagination (Lyric Stage), Barefoot in the Park, she has worked nationally on stage, film, and the Agitators (Gloucester Stage), Circle Mirror television. She holds a BA in Theatre Arts from Transformation (Brandeis University), and Noire University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and earned Hamlet (CentAstage). Corcuera earned a BFA in her MFA in Classical Acting from Shakespeare Theatre Design and Technology from Emerson Theatre Company’s Academy of Classical Acting at College, and is currently the assistant prop George Washington University. Rush is a Brooklyn director at Emerson College. She is originally from based African American actress and writer born Amsterdam, NY, and currently lives in Watertown, and raised in Milwaukee, WI, a company member MA. of Quick Silver Theater Company (NYC), and is a proud member of both SAG-AFTRA and Actor’s Equity Association. Instagram/Twitter: @ jasmineMrush WEBSITE: jasmineMrush.com.

2020-2021 season 7 meet the artists - [keyp-ing] con’t

ADRIANO CABRAL (They/ ZOE SUNDRA (She/Her/Hers, Them/Theirs, Dialect Coach Costume Designer) returns to for both shows) is a voice New Repertory Theatre after and dialect coach, actor, working on Nixon’s Nixon, director, and intimacy Oliver!, and Hair. Other recent choreographer. Cabral has credits include Costume coached professionally at the Arvada Center Designer, Bright Half Life at for the Arts and Humanities (CO), the Repertory Actor’s Shakespeare Project; and Costume Theatre of St. Louis (MO), and the Stella Adler Designer, Ragtime at Wheelock Family Theatre Studio of Acting (NY). Adriano is a certified at Boston University. Sundra has a degree from teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Fitzmaurice Voicework and is a certified Master and teaches Costumes at Boston Arts Academy. Reiki Healer and Teacher. They currently serve as Originally from Farmington, CT, she currently Assistant Professor of Voice and Movement at the resides in Cambridge, MA. University of Nevada, Reno where their research focuses on training methods for the LGBTQ+ VIJAY MATHEW (He/Him/His, Identified actor. Cabral is the coauthor of the text Livestream Designer) makes Here’s How to Teach Voice and Communication his New Repertory Theatre Skills to Transgender Women and is serving this debut with productions of season as the Voice Coach for TEDxCambridge. A Very Herrera Holiday & For more information, please visit www.adriano- [keyp-ing]. He is the Co- cabral.com. founder and Cultural Strategist of HowlRound Theatre Commons at Emerson College. He CORI COUTURE (She/Her/ lives in Cambridge, MA, and is a member of Hers, Audio Describer) Crux: a visionary studio at the intersection of returns to New Repertory Black storytelling and immersive technology. Theatre after describing Instagram @cruxxr 1776 and The Charles W. Lenox Experience, as well BRENDAN F DOYLE° (He/Him/ as many productions for New Rep’s touring His, Sound Designer) makes company, Classic Rep. Recent description credits his New Repertory Theatre include Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s debut with this production of online reading of The Tempest, Sweat for The [keyp-ing} Brendan F Doyle is a Huntington, and Little Women: The Musical for sound designer, engineer, and Wheelock Family Theatre @ BU. At WGBH’s artisan working primarily in live performance Descriptive Video Service (DVS), Cori wrote applications: theatrical sound design, live music, description for many PBS programs and for and bespoke audio objects. He holds a MSc in movies on home video. She has also narrated Sound Design from the University of Edinburgh, description for a slate of Paramount films, some and a BFA in Theatre Design and Technology of these are available on Netflix. These include from Emerson College. His work has been Rugrats in Paris, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and heard in theatres, concert halls, bars, basements Stardust. She has provided audio description for and other venues around the northeast and in upwards of 70 Boston-area theatre and dance Scotland. He is a proud member of United Scenic productions, and was recently interviewed on the Artists Local USA 829. He is originally from subject of live-theatre audio description for the Niskayuna, NY and lives in Millis, MA. Picture This audio description podcast.

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TANJA MILOJEVIC (She/ Her/Hers, Audio Describer Assistant) makes her New Repertory Theatre debut with A Very Herrera Holiday and [keyp-ing]. Tanja is a voice actor for radio dramas, ads, commercials, stories, museum exhibits and games from home. She has been an avid supporter of the American Council of the Blind for many years, and is involved in The NetFlix Project and has benefited from services like Audio Description. She has a podcast LightningBolt Theater of the Mind, (www.lightningbolt.podbean.com.) With her microphone she records various radio dramas and games and continues to voice act today and has her own studio booth from QC acoustics which are used at home for both paid and unpaid gigs.

RUTH CELIA KAHN (She/ Her/Hers, Caption Con- sultant for both shows) is passionate about the convergence of the arts and accessibility. In conjunction with The Caption Coalition, Ruth makes the- ater accessible by captioning productions for patrons who are hard-of-hearing. As an audio describer, she describes the on-stage action live for blind and visually impaired patrons. In the performance realm, Ruth has joyfully sung with The Victorian Carolers, performed in voice recitals with the Sue Ellen Kuzma Voice Studio, served as a church soloist, and partic- ipated in many choral concerts. As an actor, Ruth had the honor of performing in a training video for RIDE drivers prepared by the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, the Boston Center for Independent Living, and the MBTA. At Boston Medical Center, she serves as Co-chair of the Patient Family Advisory Council and as the consumer representative on the Accessi- bility Committee. Ruth is thrilled to be making her captioning debut at New Rep!

2020-2021 season 9 Indigenous Peoples’ Land Recognition

All teaching and learning takes place on Indige- nous Lands. We are coming to you from a place originally called Pigsgusset, which means Mead- ows At The Widening Of The River. Now re- ferred to as Watertown, this land is the tradition- al and ancestral homelands of the Pequossette Band of the Massachusett Tribe. While Pigs- gusset is a rendering of the name, according to spelling by English colonial settlers, and we do not know the original pronunciation according to the First Peoples of the land, we make this ac- knowledgement to offer recognition and respect to the original inhabitants of this place, espe- cially since the Indigenous history of Watertown has been mostly erased. New Repertory Theatre commits to supporting Indigenous peoples and their cultures by hiring and supporting artists who are Indigenous.

Michael J. Bobbitt & Dr. Mishy Lesser

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New Rep’s Anti-Racism/Diversity Statement

New Repertory Theatre will create internal or- ganizational systems, processes, structures and cultures that encourage any person to engage with us. In creating an equitable culture, we ac- tively seek diversity, inclusivity and accessibility because we want the stories of all people to be reflected in the stories we tell in our productions.

“Anti-Racism, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access, Accountability, etc. is an ACT OF LOVE – show- ing love to people who have never been loved by this country. This work is to end a race war, not start one. New Rep aspires to be a predom- inantly multicultural theatre company because we know that our differences are our greatest strengths. What we all bring to the conversations make the experiences richer and more visceral. These are not just principles or beliefs; they are the fuel that drives everything we do. At New Rep, your uniqueness is revered. Bring all of who you are to the table and come and “play” with us.” - Michael J. Bobbitt

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LILLIAN SOBER AIN, MICHELLE AGUILLON, BENNY SATO AMBUSH, LISA BREIT, RUTH BUDD, ALBIE ALVAREZ-COTE, SHANNON FAIRLEY-PITTMAN, CHRIS FLYNN, DON GILLER, CHRIS JONES, STANLEY KAY, DAVID KLUCHMAN, SHARI MALYN, CAROLINE MORTIMER, LAURIE NASH, DANIELLE NAUGLER, CHRIS NOBLE, CHERYL PRICE, ANUSH SAHAKIAN, CHRIS SHEARER, NATALIE STEVENSON, PAMELA TAYLOR, JO TROMPET, ROBERT TURNER

ADVISORY COUNCIL Andrew Brilliant & Carol Palmer, Gregory Bulger & Richard Dix, Kathryn E. Cade & Fred Miller, Judi Cantor, Marcy Crary & Tim Hall, Diane DiCarlo & Jeanne Leszczynski, C. Nancy Fisher, Christopher Flynn & Daniel Newton, Ralph Fuccillo & Paul Newman, Joan Gallos & Lee Bolman, Miriam Gillitt, Virginia Inglis, Farida Kathawalla, B.J. Krintzman, Ann & Ted Kurland, Paul & Randi Levine, Michael McKay & Daniel Salera, Peter & Beatrice Nessen, Chip Phinney, Carlos Ridruejo & Alisa Kahn, Mary Rivet & Christopher Meyer, Phyllis Strimling, Richard Walker, Curtis Whitney

ARTISTIC AND PRODUCTION ARTISTIC DIRECTOR – MICHAEL J. BOBBITT DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION – HANNAH HULING ARTISTIC & ENGAGEMENT MANAGER – SARAH MORRISETTE ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION INTERN – WENQIAN CHEN ARTISTIC DIRECTION INTERN – DEVYN ITULA ARTISTIC & ENGAGEMENT INTERN – ABBY LASS

PATRON SERVICES PATRON SERVICES MANAGER – ANGELICA POTTER SALES & PATRON SERVICES ASSOCIATE – ALEXIS RAPPAPORT

ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS – DOUG DULANEY

DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR – LISA FIELD-COLEMAN INDIVIDUAL GIVING MANAGER – ROBBIE FLANAGAN DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE – SHANNON FARRELL

MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR – JACLYN DENTINO MARKETING ASSOCIATE – NADA SHAABAN MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT INTERN – CARLA MCDONOUGH GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN – DANE MENDOZA

LEGAL COUNSELORS STANLEY B. KAY JAY FINKELSTEIN OF DLA PIPER

ACCOUNTANT ELIOTT MORRA, CPA

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FOUNDED IN 1984, NEW REP IS AN AWARD-WINNING PROFESSIONAL THEATER LOCATED ON THE HISTORIC ARSENAL ON THE CHARLES CAMPUS, A VIBRANT CULTURAL HUB IN WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS FEATURING AMPLE FREE PARKING AND RESTAURANT DINING.

PERFORMANCE & OUTREACH

IN RESIDENCE AT THE MOSESIAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS, NEW REP STAGES CONTEMPORARY AND CLASSIC PLAYS AND MUSICALS, INCLUDING WORLD PREMIERES, THAT AWAKEN THE HEART, CHALLENGE THE MIND, AND EXPAND THE HUMAN SPIRIT. WE MOUNT PRODUCTIONS IN TWO FULLY ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCE SPACES: THE STATE-OF-THE-ART 340-SEAT MAINSTAGE THEATER AND THE INTIMATE 90-SEAT BLACKBOX THEATER, WHICH PROVIDE EXCELLENT VIEWS FROM EVERY SEAT.

CONNECTION & EXPLORATION

NEW REP EMBRACES THEATRE AS THE BASIS FOR ENDURING CONNECTIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. THROUGH ENTERTAINING, INNOVATIVE, AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING LIVE THEATRE PERFORMED AT THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE, WE SEEK TO SPARK COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE CRUCIAL ISSUES OF THE DAY. OUR SPOTLIGHT SYMPOSIUM SERIES AND POST-SHOW TALK-ABOUTS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS TO EXPLORE A PLAY’S THEMES WITH ESTEEMED EXPERTS AND SEASONED DRAMATURGS.

ADVOCACY & ACTION

NEW REP HAS LONG BEEN AN ACTIVE ADVOCATE FOR THE ARTS AND A MAJOR VOICE IN THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE DEFINING THE ROLE OF THEATER IN OUR CULTURE. UNDER THE BOLD NEW LEADERSHIP OF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL J. BOBBITT, NEW REP IS NOW AT THE VANGUARD OF A MOMENTOUS DRIVE TO DEVELOP ANTI-RACIST THEATER PRACTICES IN THE GREATER BOSTON COMMUNITY. WE AIM TO CREATE AN AUTHENTIC SENSE OF BELONGING FOR ARTISTS AND AUDIENCES ALIKE. n e w r ep donors & partners

New Repertory Theatre would like to thank all of our generous donors. The philanthropic contributions of the following individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies make possible all the art we produce. For more information, or to become a New Rep donor, please contact Robbie at 617-923-7060, x8212 or [email protected] co r p o r at e partnership pr o gr a m

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14 new repertory theatre i n d i v i d ua l d o n o r s

At New Repertory Theatre, we strive to build a community of theatre lovers and advocates that is people-first. From this point forward, we will not be doing tiered donor listings in the spirit of equity. From the bottom of our hearts, we would like to thank each and every donor on this list. Without your support, we would not be able to do what we do. For more information, or to become a New Rep donor, please contact Robbie Flanagan at 617-923- 7060, x.8212, or [email protected].

Carlos & Alisa Kahn Hawes Heidi Brooks Ridruejo Myron Barnett & Rebecca Nancy Brown Jon Abbott & Shari McLeod-Barnett Robert Brown Malyn Leslie Bass Janet Brown Beverly W. Abegg Henry & Sue Bass Roberta Brown Denise Abell Joseph Bates & Kristin Danielle Buckman Leonard & Rita Aberbach Loeffler Ruth Budd Rev. Lois K. Adams Caroline Bays Gregory Bulger & Richard Marty Ahrens & Gary M. Barbara Becker Dix Madison Kathleen & Theodore Julie Buring Lillian Sober Ain Postol Gail Bursell Mark & Carolyn Ain Lawrence Bell Judi Burten & Kevin Soll Bob Airasian Pamela Belleman Ann Buxbaum (anonymous) Lynne Stein Benzion Elizabeth Cabot Naomi Allen Edward Berger Mary Kate Caffrey Deborah J. Alsebai Lois Landau Berman Myfanwy Callahan Albie Alvarez-Cote & Harris A. Berman, MD & Lauren Cameron James Cote Ruth Nemzoff Anne S. Campbell Benny Sato Ambush Frank Bernstein Ronald & Elizabeth Katie Ames Paul & Linda Bicknell Campbell Adam Amsterdam Elizabeth Bjorkman Judi Taylor Cantor Mary Antes Jared Blake Jane Capaldi Janet Armstrong Howard Rossman Lauren Capitani Joanne Arnish Lynn Bloom Donald & Sondra Caplin Janet Aronson Michael J. Bobbitt MaryAnn Carberry Gwen Art Edward Boesel Marty Carlock Robert & Linda Asher Mariel Bossert John Carlow Bennett Aspel & Joyce Mark Ashley Boyle Jane & Christopher Plotkin John & Kathleen Bradley Carlson Jane Audrey-Neuhouser Ashley Branum Ralph Casale Nina Avergun Stephen & Lisa Breit Susan Case Christina Aylward Charles Breitroser Judith Chaffee Jeannine Ayotte Paul Brewster McGinley Maria Chandler Sandi Williams Andrew Brilliant & Carol Judith Chasin Eric Bailey Palmer Miriam Chernoff Patricia Baillieul Bill & Maria Brisk Catherine & Earl Christie Terri Baker Phyllis & Jerry Briskin Anna Clark Charles G. Baldwin Michael Broad & Grace Margaret Cleland Atissa Banuazizi Massey Bonnie Clendenning Emily Barclay & John Phyllis Brody Linda Cocca

2020-2021 season 15 Nancy Cockerham Eric Donohue Fischman Bruce Cohen J. Patrick & Susanne Sue Fish Jacqueline Colby Dowdall C Nancy Fisher Evan Coleman James Doyle Glenda & Bob Fishman David Coleman Owen Doyle Robert Fitzgerald Diamond Coleman Margaret Drain Judy Fitzsimmons Susan C. Collings Maria & Arthur Drane Robbie Flanagan Frederick Colson & Peter & Karen Draymore Margaret & Warren Flint Suzanne Turcotte Laura & Michael Dreese Delia C. Flynn Chris Connolly Janet & Dan Dubner Christopher Flynn & Kelly Cook Doug Dulaney Daniel Newton Jason Coombs Thembi Duncan Christopher Flynn & Lisa Cordeiro Priscilla Cogan & CW Daniel Newton Stephanie Cornell Duncan James & Sharon Foley Patricia Elen Costello Pierce Durkin Carol Forbes Kevin Cranston Glenn Edelson Gita & David Foster Holly Crary Robert Edward Zaret & Kim Fox and Ken Green Marcy Crary & Tim Hall Jean Holmblad Eugene Freuder Ken & Nancy Crasco Mary-Ellen Efferen Patricia Freysinger Dorothy D. Crawford Barbara Egan Leslie Friedman James & Linda Crawford Jeff Einsen Tali Friedman Harold Crowley Bob & Peggy Ellertsen Rosemarie Mullin & Sandra Cullison Jane & David Ellis Thomas Friedman Charlene Cunniffe Lee & Amy Ellsworth Nancy & Richard Dorothy & Robert Curtiss Gail Elson Fryberger Margaret Ann Brady & Jim Rebitzer & Kathleen Ralph Fuccillo & Paul Robert Dall Engel Newman Alissa Daniels Deanne England Donald Fulton Virginia L Danielson & Inge Thorn Engler Kurt Gaertner & Priscilla James F Toth Louise Enoch Geigis Veronica Darer Miriam Enos Frank V. Gages Barry David Howard Epstein Sandra Galejs Lloyd David Barbara Epstein & Scott Nancy Galligan Nancy Davidoff Kelton Hebert Joan Gallos & Lee Michael & Beth Davis Karen Ernst Connolly Bolman Frances Davis Sandra Eskin Peggy Gardiner Alexis Dearborn Barbara Estabrook Annkatrine Gates Margarita Dekoli Ryan Evans David & Karen Gaylin Jaclyn Dentino Monica Fairbairn David Siegel & Erika Joyce Desize Shannon Fairley-Pittman Geetter Tori Devine Harold & Susan Farkas Florence & Seymour Paula Dickerman Edith Fenton Gellerman Sharon Dickinson Es Ferguson Ernestine Gianelly Mary Dill Anthony Fernandez Katharine Gibson James Dill Heather Ferrari Don & Pam Giller Arthur & Nicky Dimattia Joseph & Lissa Ferreira Miriam Gillitt Vesna Dimitrijevic Lisa Field-Coleman Jade Gingerich Claudia Doherty Aidan Finnan & Carolyn Herbert Gish & Alfreda Anthony J Donato Thall Piecuch Rachael Donnelly Mitchell & Carol Nyla Gislason

16 new repertory theatre Ellen Glanz & Richard Joanne Hammil Claudia James Berger Jay Hanflig Judit Jane-Valbuena Pam and David Glass Ilana Hardesty & John Rachel Jellinek Judith Glixon & Nelson Emery Carol J. Jensen & Steven Caldwell Jonathan Harris P. Willner Patricia Glowacki Melissa Hart DWayne Johnson Cynthia Price Glynn Laura and Bill Hartman Steve and Rosemarie Sheila & Howard Robert Harvey Johnson Goldberg Michael & Sharon L. Abby Johnson & Chris Paul Goldberg Haselkorn McKown Barry Goldin & Alice Dr. Adrian and Angela Donna Johnston Lichtenstein Haugabrook Christopher Jones Phyllis Goldman Peter Haydu & Dona Steven Jones and David Ron Goldman Sommers Langer Vivien Goldman Marcia Head Hubert & Katherine Sandra Goldsmith Virginia Hecker Jones Max & Bea Goldsmith Ari Herbstman Christopher Jones Donald Peter Goldstein Joel Hersh Gopal Kadagathur MD Margaret Herzig Cynthia Kagno & David Marjorie Goode Mary Hickey Wittenberg Dina Goodfriend Liz Hiser & Charlie Hoban Peter Kalil Jodi Goodman Kathleen Hodges Jeffrey & Judith Kalla John Goodman & Jane Holden Janet Kamenstein Virginia Jordan Anita Hollander James Kane Ross Ozer & Scott Alice Holt Fern R Kaplan Gortikov Henry Hoover Judy Kaplan Mark & Janet Gottesman Jane Hopkins walsh Howard Kaplan Harriet Gould John Hostage A. Kassim and G. Jones Patti Gould Alexander Houser Farida Kathawalla Jonathan Grand Greg Hovanesian Yetta Katz David Grebber Elisabeth Howe Shiri Katz-Gershon Richard Greene Catie Hsieh Stanley B. & Joanne Kay Michael Greene Sallie Craig Huber Beth Kemler Howard Cohen Jean Humez Eric and Tyler Kemp- Garth & Lindsay Charles & Shirley Hurwitz Benedict Greimann Daniel Hutchins Barbara Keough Christopher Griffith Nora Huvelle & David Nancy & Jon Kerbs Katherine Grindeland Lubin William & Rheta Keylor Nancy E Grissom Anne Hyde Doreen Killkelley Kiki & Jim Gross Othon Iliopoulos William Kirby Tod & Jacqui Gross Virginia Inglis Ben Klass Shari & Mitchell Grunes Jennie Israel Richard & Ronnie Klein Stephen Gundersheim Liliane Klein David & Chris Kluchman Carol Sue Hai Bruce Jackan Edgar A. Knudson & Alexis Halbert Cerise Jacobs Louis P. Mula Todd Michael Hall Margaretha Jacobson Paul Koch & Patti Marcus Christina & Chip Hall Henry & Martha Jacoby Kevin K. Rona S. Hamada Sakina Jaffrey Jeff Kolodney Otis Hamlett Mrinalini Jaikumar Martin & Phyllis Kornguth Nancy Hammett Julie Jakubowski Ellen Kranzer

2020-2021 season 17 Ann Russo & Lawrence George & Lynn DuVal Mary Mercier Krasnow Luse Stanley Mescon & Val Kirstin Krinsky William & Anastasia Treloar Maureen Kruskal Lyman Peter J. Metz Walter Kuhn & Beth Wendy L. and Robert Arielle Miles Alpern MacDonald Steve Miller Becky Kung Ross & Alison MacDonald Margaret & Alan Miller Carl M. La Mell James Doyle, Meg Macri Karen Miller Kathleen Lampert & Seamus Doyle Roberta Miller & Alan Misia Landau Lori Mahler Medville J. Casey Lane & Adrienne Ben Mahnke & Elisa Emily Miller Mlcak Norris Derby John Miner Kevin Larocque Noreen & Ted Major Martha Minow Pam LaRue Maury Malyn Maureen Mintz Anne Lauriat Kathleen O’Connor Ross Ozer Elsa Lawrence Halcyon C. Mancuso Dorothy Mohr Alice Lawson Richard & Candace Davron Monroe Marsha Lawson Mandel Lynne & Rick Montross Mariya Layurova Eric Mankin & Carol Yun Timothy & Deborah Kristin Leahey Cindy Mapes Moore Elizabeth Learner David Kovacs & Alisa Maggie Moore Abdow Virginia Leavy Marshall Michael J. Moran Carolyn Lee Joan Martin Susan Moriarty Paul & Mary Lee Robert Mashal & Shawna Eliott Morra Shannon Lee Jones Giggey-Mashal Robert & Celia Morris Chirstine & David Letts Dr. Jackie Masloff Viola Morse Ronnie Levin Charlo Maurer Caroline Mortimer Nancy Levine Earl & Denise May Ann & Tom Mottl Paul & Randi Levine Michael McConnell Victoria Moule Elaine P. Levine John McCormack Eleanor Mullen Jillian Levine Kevin McCormick & Jane Edmond Murad Rachel Levine McKeon Joe Murphy Bradley & Kristen Lewis Lisa and Nicole The Michael Bobbit Fan Vivien Li McCullough Club Lawrence Lieb Nancy McCusker Eva Guinan & Lee Nadler Reuel & Malvina Liebert Cynthia McDonagh Laurie Nash Wendy Liebow & Scott Mary McDonough Susan Nason Burson Carla McDonough Kelly & Don Naugler Brooke & Paul Lipsitt Peggy McDormand Danielle Naugler John Little Lilian McGrail William Neely Jessica Locke Adrienne McGrath Leslie Nelken Susie & Chuck Longfield Carol McKeen & John M.B. Nelting Leonta Longman Dunton Sarah Newhouse & Steve Michael Lopez Jan Donohoe McNamara Mikulka Lucy Lovrien & Charles McNamara Richard & Judy Nicholas Margaret Lowe Josephine McNeil Steve & Judi Nichols Chafen Lu Erin Mcneill Chris Noble & Chris Kathy Lubar & Georger Thomas & Deborah Farrow-Noble Kinder Melone Tom Norris William & Sheila Lukesh Karole Mendelsohn Susan Nye

18 new repertory theatre Margaret & Stephen Jennifer Proctor Rothenberg Ober Judy, Kevin & Ken Rose Rothstein Antonio Ocampo- Proctor Ruth Ryals & James A Guzman & Doug Baron Pugh & Rob Cornie Lockwood Fagnant Joanne Ryan Yewande Odentoyinbo Carolyn Pyburn Lora Sabin & Jonathan Suzanne Freudberg Donna Qualters Hecht Michael Ofori John A Quatrale Anush Sahakian Keith Ohmart & Helen Michael Quinn Maria E. Saiz & Athelia A. Chen Rosamond Rabinowitz Tilson Jerry Olderman Heather Radovich Leslie Sargent Bridget O’Leary Marie Raduazzo Serge & Tanya Savard Danny Omalley Lisa Rafferty Carolyn Saxon Olaperi Onipede Nancy Raphael Andrew Scheff Anne O’Sullivan Andy Rappaport Jody Scheier Carol & Gene Ott R. Lynn Rardin & Lynne A. Karl Scherrer Melanie Overley O’Connell Jeffrey Scherz & Rachel Jack Paradise Madis Raukas Mele Maurics E. Parent Diana Rauner John & Lily Schlafer Doris Partan David Ray Alvin Schmertzler Lowell Partridge Katharine & William Naomi Schmidt Bob & Jackie Pascucci Reardon Tamar Schneider Vivian Aliotta Carol Redfield Nancy Schon Ellen Penso Jeanette Reed Chuck Schwager Joan Perera Joan Regan Martha Scott Roy and Jean Perkinson Michal Regunberg Charlotte Seeley Ellen Perrin Suzanne Ricco Stephen & Peg Senturia Jan Perry & Paul Landrey Jack Rich Orit Shaer Joy & A.W. Phinney Sharon Rich & Nancy Glenn Shane Vincent Piccirilli & Anita Reed Lisa & Stephen Shapiro Meiklejohn Cilicia Rios Abby Shapiro Pamela & Philip Jay Ilyse Robbins & Glen Jill Shaw Pierce Mohr Christopher Shearer Diane Pierce-Williams Patricia Robinson & Elizabeth Shearer Ian Pilarcyzk Henry Finch Harriet Sheets & Dave Ronald Piretti Peter & Sandra Roby Brown Joyce Plotkin Elizabeth Rose Evelyn Shen David & Donna Podolsky Mona & Phil Rosen Sanford Sherizen Elizabeth Pollock Janet B Rosen Cynthia Shulman Alice Poltorick Glenn Rosen & Ann Candelaria Collins Bancroft Poor Dannenberg Harvey & Rita Simon Barbara Poplack Dawn & Mike Rosenberg James Singleton Lisa Portscher Jean Rosenberg & Peter Susan Skelley Jeff Poulos Southwick Todd and Gina Skelton Jeff Poulos & Brad Eva Rosenberg Carole Slattery Peloquin Seth Rosenberger Beverly Smith William & Helen Pounds Ann Ross Gloria Smith Bruce Price Joseph Rotella Joel Snider Suzanne Priebatsch Arnold & Linda Roth Kate Snodgrass Donna Prince Pauline & Robert Bonnie Clendenning

2020-2021 season 19 Mason Snyder Mark & Janis Urbanek Gifts to New Repertory The- Wendy Sohn Elaine Vaan Hogue atre, received and recorded Rachael Solem Dennis & Karen Vaccaro between 8/17/2020 and Jeffrey Song Joyce Van Dyke 9/17/2020. We apologize if we inadvertently omitted Ruth Spack Karen Van Kennen or misspelled your name. David & Kristen Spector Darshna Varia Please contact our Individual Elizabeth Grady & Rick & Eileen Vincent Giving Manager, Robbie, Duncan Spelman Kathleen & Ted Wade with corrections at 617-923- Gina Fried & Toba Spitzer Richard Walker 7060, x.821 2 or robbieflana- Barbara Spivak Melanie Wallace & Andre [email protected] Kathy St. George Martin Ricky Stacy Jean Walsh and Graham Linda Stantial Davies Nancy Stauffer & Jeffrey Barbara Wands Hughes Patricia Warner Martha Stearns David Warnock & Molly Bob & Bobbie Steinbach Trainer Gloria Gilbert Stoga Leslie Warshaw Elizabeth Stone Miriam Weil Kate Stookey Josh Weiss Susan Stott Amy & Irwin Weiss Lisa Stott Dorothy E. Weitzman Alan J. Strauss Denise Wernikoff Phyllis Strimling Ellen Westheimer Christian Strong Eveline Weyl Ted & Emily Sturr Jerry Wheelock & Herman & Joan Suit Elizabeth Wood Katie Sullivan Nancy White Felicia Sullivan David & Sharon White Marilyn Swartz-Lloyd Donene Williams Bernie Sykes Roberta Williamson Paul Syrakos Melody Winnig Ildiko Szabo Nancy Richmond Winsten Sheila Tamkin Simons Debra Wise Derek Tarson Howard Wishnie Pamela Taylor Marcy Bennett Wolke Chris Thayer Julie Wolkoff Judith Thomson Benjamin Wolozin & Martin & Carol Thrope Danielle Murstein Greg Thumith David Woodruff Crystal Tiala Maryann Wyner George Purefoy Tilson Todd Yard Frank Tipton Rebecca Yturregui Catherine Tomey Mona Zeftel Jo Trompet Debra Zides Barbara Truscello Elizabeth Zorowitz Dawn C. Tucker Sarah Zuckerman Evan Turissini Robert and Leslie Turner Evelyn & Joel Umlas

20 new repertory theatre