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A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS

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The Oregon Shakespeare Festival TABLE OF CONTENTS Production of MOTHER ROAD 5 Artistically Speaking FEBRUARY 7 – MARCH 8 7 From the Executive Producer

World-Premiere Power Play 8 Dramaturgy Note CELIA AND FIDEL 11 Title Page FEBRUARY 28 – APRIL 12 13 Setting / Cast

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ARTISTICALLY SPEAKING

I’m a voracious reader — books, magazines, essays, and of course, the news. For over 18 years, the United States has been engaged in Afghanistan, and it’s almost impossible to ignore the headlines coming from overseas. Coverage of ethnic violence, crimes against women and children, famine, poverty and the Taliban’s repressive extremism flood our newsfeeds. We can thank journalists for providing us with invigorating accounts of the sweeping military and political events in the Middle East and Central Asia, but art gives us a different kind of glimpse of the humanity that’s been swept up in the war. It infuses the headlines that are particularly profound in this moment with empathy, lyricism and the universal truths that connect us. No artist has done more to bring Afghanistan into the American consciousness than Khaled Hosseini. His novels, which include the internationally bestselling The Kite Runner, And the Mountains Echoed and A Thousand Splendid Suns, ask us to see Afghans not as faceless statistics, but as human beings who love, struggle and yearn. It’s easy to see why A Thousand Splendid Suns spent over 70 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List. In the novel, Hosseni chronicles the lives of Afghan women in a society riddled with violence and obstructive laws that are intended to protect them but render them powerless. The novel’s heroines become exemplars of all that is indomitable in the Afghan spirit and their unlikely bond carries us through a war-torn community with resiliency and hope. Every city has its own language, its own nuances and its own history, and our language is politics. D.C. audiences are hungry for these stories, and there is no other place in the country where these plays could have such an impact. Plays like Lisa Loomer’s Roe or Mary Kathryn Nagle’s Sovereignty fill the void between profound moments in history and the people at the center of those events. To have Ursula Rani Sarma’s adaptation of A Thousand Splendid Suns at Arena is moving for us. This production premiered at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, where it was the crowning achievement of Carey Perloff’s remarkable 25-year run as the company’s artistic director. Her impact on the cultural life of the city has been immense, as has her influence on the theatrical landscape of the West Coast and the nation. Carey is an artist of intelligence and humanity and it is evident from her profound interpretation of Hosseini’s novel. Her staging transports us to another world and takes my breath away. I am honored to have my colleague’s work represented on our stage and to have this story reveal itself to you in this exquisite production.

Molly Smith Artistic Director

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2019/20 SEASON 5

FROM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

In 2017, San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater premiered Ursula Rani Sarma’s adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. A.C.T.’s production, directed by its former Artistic Director Carey Perloff, received an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award and was subsequently remounted at Seattle Rep and San Diego’s Old Globe, as well as Theatre Calgary and the Manitoba Theatre Centre in Canada. Carey, along with her design team and composer David Coulter, have created a production that is both intimate and expansive and we are thrilled to partner with A.C.T. to bring their work to our audiences here in D.C. It’s always an exciting time when we have a chance to bring a production to our patrons that has had a life elsewhere. As an early pioneer of the resident theater movement, Arena Stage was one of only a few theaters in the country committed to creating theater in our communities. Now the movement is 500+ theaters strong. Our “national theater” of America is the network of these resident theaters. Given our location in the nation’s capital, Arena is in a unique position to share American stories with our sister companies. Why do theaters like Arena partner with other companies to co-produce new work? Collaboration has many benefits just as it does challenges. It is wonderful to share artists between cities, including directors, designers, actors and musicians. Our Washington, D.C., audiences get to experience talent from all over the country, just as our sister theaters get to enjoy the great talent we employ in Washington, D.C. We take great pride in not only producing world premieres, but also in presenting the second and third iterations of new work from across the country. This allows artists to refine their work, hear new things in the text and witness a fresh perspective from our patrons. However, with a shared physical production also comes the challenge of making a show work well in several different spaces. Actors must adapt their performances to different houses along the way and remember that different audiences will react differently to the same lines or actions. For instance, some of the performers in this production have travelled with the show before; others are new additions to the company. Also, A.C.T.’s flagship theater — the Geary — seats over a thousand patrons; the Kreeger is a more intimate house at about half the size. In the Fichandler, director Bill Rauch has been tasked with adapting the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of Mother Road from a proscenium-style staging to one that works in the round. Armed with passion for a project and a joint vision, these partnerships with our sister resident theaters promote new and exciting works that energize us all as new voices are added to our season. Arena opens its arms to many different companies, and the sharing of ideas and discovering of new artists is always exhilarating. With our doors open we can continue to create an atmosphere of learning and sharing with our peers.

Edgar Dobie Executive Producer President of the Corporation

2019/20 SEASON 7 DRAMATURGY NOTE A BRIEF GUIDE TO AFGHANISTAN AND THE WORLD OF A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS by Naysan Mojgani, Literary Manager

In A Thousand Splendid Suns, Ursula Rani Sarma adapts Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling novel for the stage. The story is a work of fiction, but is set against an all-too-real backdrop of war, oppression and violence. The experiences of these characters and the actual population of Afghanistan have been deeply impacted by the United States’ Cold War with the Soviet Union and our ongoing conflicts with the Taliban, al-Qaeda and ISIS, as well as other regional and internal disputes; with the recent publication of The Washington Post’s Afghanistan Papers, detailing the failures of the U.S.’s military involvement in the region, we are only now coming to terms with the true extent of our responsibility for the suffering and lives lost. On these pages, you will find some useful background information that should help with understanding the story and the role America has played in creating the difficulties faced by the characters.

70 YEARS OF AFGHAN HISTORY

1921 The Emirate of 1933 After a series of 1947 The Partition of British Afghanistan wins assassinations and India results in the two independence from abdications, Zahir Shah independent nations of Britain in British- takes the throne, ruling India and Pakistan, which Afghan War for the next 40 years borders Afghanistan 1926 Emir Amanulla Khan 1934 The U.S. formally 1953 General Mohammed converts Afghanistan to a recognizes the state of Daoud Khan becomes constitutional monarchy, Afghanistan Prime Minister of including several Aghanistan, and begins socioeconomic reforms cultivating relations with the Soviet Union, as well 1929 Khan abdicates and as introducing several flees the country due to progressive social violent unrest reforms

8 2019/20 SEASON UZBEKISTAN

TAJIKISTAN

TURKMENISTAN CHINA

Herat Kabul Peshawar AFGHANISTAN INDIA IRAN

Kandahar Turkmen 3% Baloch 2% Aimak 4% Others 4%

PAKISTAN Uzbek 9% Hazara 9% Pashtun 42%

The Afghan Constitution recognizes 14 distinct ethnic Tajik 27% groups within the population. While much of the population historically identified as Afghan first, there has been more friction along those ethnic divisions in recent decades. The civil war throughout the 90s was split primarily along ethnic lines, and those tensions continue in the form of both official and unofficial quota systems in everything from military and university admissions to government jobs and political representation. As a result, the gathering and discussion of these numbers is a delicate subject, and the numbers are mere estimates.

70 YEARS OF AFGHAN HISTORY

1973 In a Soviet-backed 1988 Osama bin Laden 1991 USSR dissolves — military coup, Prime forms al-Qaeda in putting an end to any Minister Khan takes Pakistan, growing from aid and support for the power as president and feeding on the Afghan regime Afghan conflict 1978 President Khan is himself 1992 Mujahideen forces the victim of a coup by 1989 The USSR withdraws capture the capital city the Afghan Communist from Afghanistan; the of Kabul, but immediately Party, although their rule communist regime begin to fracture is shaken by infighting continues fighting and a growing guerilla with the guerilla revolt (which received mujahideen forces support from the U.S.) 1979 The USSR invades Afghanistan, nominally in support of the communist regime

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SETTING Afghanistan, beginning in 1992.

CAST (in alphabetical order) Mariam...... HEND AYOUB* Ensemble...... SARAH COREY* Fariba / Nana...... LANNA JOFFREY* Rasheed / Fight Captain...... HAYSAM KADRI* Babi / Zaman / Interrogator...... JOSEPH KAMAL* Wakil...... JASON KAPOOR* Laila...... MIRIAN KATRIB* Zalmai...... RAVI MAMPARA Zalmai...... JUSTIN XAVIER POYDRAS Ensemble...... YOUSOF SULTANI* Aziza...... NIKITA TEWANI* Tariq / Driver...... ANTOINE YARED*

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FOR THIS PRODUCTION Associate Costume Designer...... RICHARD LURIE Associate Lighting Designer...... ANDREW GRIFFIN Associate Sound Designer...... BETH LAKE Assistant Lighting Designers...... CATHERINE GIRARDI, NIC VINCENT Technical Director...... NATALIE BELL Properties Director...... JENN SHEETZ Costume Director...... JOSEPH P. SALASOVICH Master Electrician...... CHRISTOPHER V. LEWTON Sound and Video Supervisor...... BRIAN BURCHETT Original Fight Consultant...... JONATHAN RIDER Fight Consultant...... LEWIS SHAW Original Production Dramaturg...... MICHAEL PALLER Original Cultural Consultant...... HUMAIRA GHILZAI Cultural Consultant...... YOUSOF SULTANI Youth Company Supervisor...... MALEK MAYO Stage Management Fellows...... STEPHEN BUBNIAK, DELAYNIE RIZER Directing Fellow...... GREGORY KENG STRASSER Deck Carpenters...... HANNAH MARTIN, RACHAEL ALBERT Props...... KYLE HANDZIAK Light Board Operator...... SCOTT FOLSOM Sound Technician...... ALEX CLOUD Wardrobe Supervisor...... ALICE HAWFIELD Wardrobe...... KRISTINA MARTIN First Hand...... ELIZABETH SPILSBURY

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Howard Zinn (Park Theatre); and They Promised Her the Moon honoring the life of CAST Jerrie Cobb (Old Globe). Lanna’s verbatim HEND AYOUB (Mariam) is play of women’s war stories, Valiant, has excited to be making her travelled the U.K. and U.S. — going to Arena Stage debut. Her Edinburgh Fringe, Theatre503, Women and credits include: Broadway’s War Festival, NY Fringe, InterAct Theatre and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad others. Lanna earned awards for Zoo with Robin Williams, as performances at NYFringe (Valiant), IRNE in well as its previous run at Los Boston (Nine Parts of Desire) and Denver Angeles’ Mark Taper Forum; Kiss (Yale Ovation (1001). Her spoken word and writing Repertory Theatre); Veils (world premiere, have been featured online and in print. Portland Stage; Barrington Stage). Television www.lannajoffrey.com credits include: Homeland, Orange Is the New Black, The Looming Tower, Madam HAYSAM KADRI (Rasheed / Secretary, Royal Pains, Feed the Beast, Fight Captain) has appeared in Comedy Central’s The Watch List and A Thousand Splendid Suns recurring roles on Transparent and Damages. (Seattle Rep, The Old Globe, For film, she co-starred in the Emmy Award- Theatre Calgary, A.C.T.); Enron, winning filmDeath of a President and the To Kill a Mockingbird, Much Ado award-winning filmPrivate . about Nothing, The Crucible and A Christmas Carol (Theatre Calgary); The SARAH COREY (Ensemble) is Hollow, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the making her Arena Stage debut. Jersey Lily, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Most recently she played The Twelve Angry Men, Dr. Jeykll & Mr. Hyde and Grocer’s Wife and Mrs. Beouf Black Coffee (Vertigo Theatre); Richard III, in Rhinoceros at Tantrum Macbeth, Othello, William Shakespeare’s Land Theater. Favorite NYC credits of the Dead and The Winter’s Tale (The include: Love and Real Estate Shakespeare Company); and The Last Wife, (59e59) and A Letter to Harvey Milk (Acorn Cockroach, The Motherfu**er with the Hat and Theatre). In D.C. she has been seen as Barbara Shakespeare’s Dog (Alberta Theatre Projects). DeMarco in Shear Madness at the Kennedy His film and TV credits include:The Revenant Center; Anne / Ana / Aminah in Oil at Olney and Hell on Wheels. Kadri is artistic producer Theatre Center; and in Love Sick at Theater J. of The Shakespeare Company and program Other favorite regionals include: Anisah in the director of Theatre Calgary’s Shakespeare by world premiere of In the Book of at Alabama the Bow. Shakespeare Festival; Rose Gellman in Caroline, or Change at SpeakEasy Stage; Kate JOSEPH KAMAL (Babi / Zaman / in Lippa’s The Wild Party at New Repertory Interrogator) will be making Theatre (IRNE award); and Kate Jerome in his third appearance with both Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Arena, previously seen in Bound at Oldcastle Theatre Company. AB Anthems: Culture Clash and Princeton University. www.sarah-corey.com. Love in Afghanistan. Recently, he was in the Broadway LANNA JOFFREY (Fariba / Nana) company of the Tony Award-winning musical is thrilled to make her Arena The Band’s Visit. He has appeared in world Stage debut reprising her role premieres by Tony Kushner, Ethan Coen, Rajiv in A Thousand Splendid Suns Joseph, Charles Mee, Lee Breuer, Betty (The Old Globe, A.C.T. and Shamieh, Herbert Siguenza and Richard Seattle Rep). Based in London, Montoya of Culture Clash, and Charles Lanna recently performed The Randolph-Wright, as well as in West Coast Eyes of the Night (Cervantes Theatre); The premieres and the national tour of plays by Time of Our Lies chronicling the life of Theresa Rebeck and Lynn Nottage. A long

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#ARENASTAGE70 WHO’S WHO time ago he was a company member of The JUSTIN XAVIER POYDRAS Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. (Zalmai) is excited for his first Recent television credits include: Murphy appearance at Arena Stage. Brown, Animal Kingdom, Madam Secretary He was introduced to musical and Seal Team, among others. He has done a and drama play production at lot of voiceover work including the video Capital City PCS (CCPCS) game Call of Duty. @JosephKamal8 Theatre in Washington, D.C. Beginning in first grade, he has spent the last JASON KAPOOR (Wakil) is six years performing notable roles, including thrilled to be making his D.C. Simba (The Lion King); Dr. Seuss (Seussical); debut at Arena Stage. He has Pinocchio (Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit); and been seen in the Off- his breakout role as Dromio of Syracuse in Broadway premiere of Ideation Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors (CCPCS by Aaron Loeb and in all of the Theatre). Previous roles include: Antigounus, American productions of A Camillo and Polixenes, in Shakespeare’s The Thousand Splendid Suns, as well as the Winter’s Tale (The Theatre Lab, School of Canadian premiere at Theatre Calgary. He Dramatic Arts). He received the CCPCS “Light received his B.A. from San Jose State Leadership Award” for exemplary school University and an M.A. from the London spirit and actively displaying community Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. values of kindness, courage, creativity, responsibility and perseverance. He MIRIAN KATRIB (Laila) most maintains “Habits of Scholar” goals in all his recently appeared as Laila at academic classes at school. The Grand Theatre’s (London) production of A Thousand YOUSOF SULTANI (Ensemble) Splendid Suns. Other recent is thrilled to be making his theater credits include: The Arena Stage debut! He was Prisoner of Tehran (Theatre most recently seen on stage Passe Muraille) and Me and You (Talisman in And Then There Were None Theatre). Mirian’s TV credits include: Condor, at Drury Lane in Chicago. American Gods and many other commercial Other credits include: credits. Mirian is also an internationally Photograph 51 (Court Theatre); Heartland touring musician and singer / songwriter. (InterAct Theatre); Miss Bennet: Christmas at Instagram @miriankatrib Pemberley and Guards at The Taj (Milwaukee Repertory Theater); The Doppelgänger: An RAVI MAMPARA (Zalmai) International Farce and The Fundamentals performed most recently in A (Steppenwolf Theater); United Flight 232 Christmas Carol at Ford’s (House Theatre); Disappearing Number and Theater. He has performed at Inana (TimeLine Theatre); Othello (Chicago the Theater Lab’s Annual Shakespeare Theater); and The Hundred Cabaret Benefit, the Flowers Project (Silk Road Rising). Film Shakespeare Theatre’s annual credits include: Glass House. Television Gala and is an alumnus of Camp Arena Stage credits include: The Brave (NBC); Empire where he has been an enthusiastic camper (FOX); and Chicago Fire (NBC). Yousof for three summers. He is 10 years old and in received his B.F.A. in performance from fifth grade at Washington Latin. He loves to Virginia Commonwealth University. He will be play soccer and piano, sing, dance and dedicating his performance to his father, perform. He is an avid musical theater fan Wahid Sultani. aspiring to perform in plays and musicals, to compose music and to choreograph dance. Ravi is thrilled to have the opportunity to join the cast of A Thousand Splendid Suns.

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NIKITA TEWANI (Aziza) is thrilled to be reprising the role CREATIVE of Aziza in her Arena Stage debut. She is part of the URSULA RANI SARMA (Playwright) is original cast that performed an award-winning writer of Irish Indian the world premiere at A.C.T. descent. She has written plays for the and toured the West Coast. Abbey Theatre, the Dublin National Theatre, Off-Broadway, Nikita played Nasrin inThe Fall A.C.T., Ambassador Theatre Group, the at Soho Playhouse. Regionally, she played Traverse Theatre, Paines Plough, and the Mahwish in The Who and The What at BBC, amongst many other companies. Milwaukee Repertory Theater. She will be Recent productions include Joanne (Clean seen as a recurring role on an upcoming Break / Soho Theatre), Débris (Théâtre La Netflix series in 2020. She has co-starred on Licorne), The Ripple Effect (Ambassador TV shows including The Affair (Showtime) and Theatre Group / London Cultural Olympiad), Divorce (HBO) and completed a number of Yerma (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Riot (A .C.T. independent films. Most recently, she played Young Conservatory / Theatre Royal Bath), the lead role in the upcoming feature filmI’ll The Dark Things (Traverse Theatre), and Meet You There. Nikita received her B.F.A. in Birdsong (Abbey Theatre, Dublin). Sarma has drama at NYU Tisch. been writer in residence for Paines Plough, @NikitaTewani imdb.com/NikitaTewani the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and the Royal National Theatre, among other ANTOINE YARED (Tariq / Driver), companies. She is currently developing plays born in Lebanon and raised in for the Abbey Theatre, Dublin; the Traverse Montreal, has performed in Theatre; and Djinn Theatre Company. For theaters across the Canadian screen, her work includes Raw, Red Rock, provinces of Ontario, Quebec Anywhere But Here, and Judge Dee. She is and the Maritimes, as well as currently adapting the book Henry’s Demons performing in A Thousand for BBC 1 and writing an original drama Splendid Suns last year in San Diego, San entitled Guardian for Channel 4. Francisco and Seattle. He most recently appeared in Indecent at the Seattle KHALED HOSSEINI (Author) was born in Repertory Theatre, A Christmas Carol at Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. In 1976, his Soulpepper in Toronto and The Last Wife at family relocated to Paris. They were ready the Centaur Theatre in Montreal. He also to return to Kabul in 1980, but by then appeared in Groundling Theatre’s production the Soviet invasion was underway, so of LEAR in Toronto. Other career highlights the Hosseini family moved to San Jose, include Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at the California. Hosseini went on to become a Stratford Festival where he spent five doctor, practicing medicine as an internist seasons appearing in productions like The between 1996 and 2004. He is the author Madwoman of Chaillot, John Gabriel Borkman, of three award-winning and internationally Macbeth, As You Like It, King John, The best-selling novels: The Kite Runner (2003), A Alchemist, Mother Courage and Her Children, Thousand Splendid Suns (2007), and And the The Merchant of Venice and Pericles. Mountains Echoed (2013). In 2006, Hosseini was named a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency. After a trip to Afghanistan in this position, he was inspired to establish The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.

2019/20 SEASON 21 WHO’S WHO

CAREY PERLOFF (Director) recently is a movement at UCSD and a graduate completed an acclaimed 25-year tenure of Calarts and the Dell’ Arte International as artistic director of the American School of Physical Theater. Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, an DAVID COULTER (Original Music Written artistic journey documented in her award- and Performed by) Since the 1980s David winning 2015 book Beautiful Chaos: A Life Coulter has directed, recorded, produced, in the Theater (City Lights Press). Known and played with numerous artists such for innovative productions of classical as The Pogues, Kronos Quartet, Laurie plays and for championing new voices and Anderson, Yoko Ono and Gorillaz. Credits new forms of theater, Perloff is celebrated include: [Musical Director] The Black Rider for her decades-long collaborations with (Robert Wilson / Tom Waits), Monkey: Journey Tom Stoppard and Harold Pinter, and for to the West (Gorillaz), Double Fantasy Live, ambitious multi-disciplinary commissions Rain Dogs Revisited, Discreet + Oblique: The such as A Thousand Splendid Suns (which Music of Brian Eno, Twisted Christmas, In has been seen throughout the West Coast Dreams: David Lynch Revisited, Jim Jarmusch and across Canada) and Tosca Café. Recent Revisited and Swordfishtrombones Revisited. work includes Ghosts with Uma Thurman [Composer] An Anatomy Act, A Thousand at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Private Splendid Suns (A.C.T.), Hamlet (A.C.T.), Ghosts Lives at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Medea and Colm Toibin’s Pale Sister at the Gate (Legion of Honor), The Eldership Project Theatre. As a playwright, Perloff’s work (Improbable) davidcoulter.co.uk includes The Fit (SF Playhouse), Kinship (Theatre de Paris starring Isabelle Adjani KEN MACDONALD (Set Designer) is so happy and Williamstown Theater Festival starring to be working again with Molly and the Cynthia Nixon), Luminescence Dating (EST amazing people at Arena Stage. Previous and Magic Theatre), Higher (A.C.T. and LJP’s productions there include The Shoplifters, DNA Festival) and her new play Bastiano, Sovereignty, Anything Goes and Newsies. written on a 2018 Bogliasco Foundation Most recently, Ken designed the American Fellowship. Perloff is a Chevalier de l’Ordre tour of A Thousand Splendid Suns (ACT San des Arts et des Lettres of the French Francisco; The Old Globe, San Diego; Seattle government, holds an honorary doctorate Repertory). His design for the international from University of San Francisco and an hit The Overcoat won him several awards. honorary M.F.A. from A.C.T. She is thrilled to He has designed over 100 shows with bring work to Arena Stage where she saw his partner, Morris Panych (director and her first theater as a child. playwright), from Vigil (starring Olympia Dukakis / Mark Taper Forum and ACT) to 7 STEPHEN BUESCHER (Choreographer) has Stories across Canada. Ken designed at the choreographed Hamlet, Monstress, Orphan Shaw Festival (Niagara-on-the-Lake) for 16 of Zhao, Stuck Elevator, Let There Be Love seasons. He designed Private Lives at the and Underneath the Lintel (American Stratford Festival Ontario and this season will Conservatory Theater); The Imaginary Invalid design there again for Frankenstein Revived. (Old Globe Theater); Stockholm (Tryptych Then he will design This London Life with Theater Company) (nominated for Best The Grand Theatre. Ken’s awards include a Choreography); A Midsummer Night’s Dream Gemini (Best Production Design / film “The and Private Lives (Long Wharf Theater); A Overcoat”), four Dora Mavor Moore Awards Christmas Carol (Trinity Repertory Company); (Toronto) and 17 Jessie Awards (Vancouver). and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare Santa www.kenandmorris.com Cruz). Stephen is currently working on Karen Zacarias’ world premiere Copper Children at LINDA CHO (Costume Designer) won the Tony the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Stephen Award and the Henry Hewes Design Award is making his Sundance professor Film for the Broadway musical A Gentleman’s Festival debut working with Shariffa Ali on Guide to Love and Murder. In 2017, she was Atomu, a virtual reality experience. Stephen

22 2019/20 SEASON WHO’S WHO nominated for the Tony, Outer Critic’s Circle Everybody (California Shakespeare Theater); and Drama Desk Awards for Best Costume Angels in America and An Octoroon (Berkeley Design of a Musical for the Broadway Repertory Theatre); we, the invisibles (Actors production of Anastasia. In 2018, she was Theatre of Louisville); A Thousand Splendid proud to be part of Broadway’s first all- Suns (A.C.T., Theatre Calgary, Grand Theater, female creative team for Lifespan of a The Old Globe); The Christians (Playwrights Fact. She is the recipient of the Theatre Horizons, the Mark Taper Forum); Girlfriend Development Fund’s Irene Sharaff Young (Kirk Douglas Theatre); and Mr. Burns, a post- Master Award. Linda attended the Paris electric play (A.C.T., the Guthrie Theater). American Academy to study fine arts Jake is the recipient of a 2004 Princess and fashion, received a B.A. from McGill Grace Award. University in Montreal majoring in psychology and received her M.F.A. from the Yale School HAYSAM KADRI (Associate Director) of Drama. See bio on page 17.

ROBERT WIERZEL (Lighting Designer) has ANITA MAYNARD-LOSH (Vocal Coach) is the worked with artists from diverse disciplines Director of Community Engagement / Senior and backgrounds in opera, theatre, dance, Artistic Advisor at Arena Stage. Now in her and contemporary music on stages 16th season at Arena Stage, Anita has been throughout the country and abroad. His NYC involved in an artistic capacity on 40+ Arena Broadway productions include Lady Day Stage productions: she directed the world at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, the musical FELA! premiere of Our War as part of the National (Tony Award nomination), David Copperfield’s Civil War Project, and has been an associate debut Dreams and Nightmares. Wierzel has director, text director and vocal / dialect designed productions with opera companies coach on multiple other productions. in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Norway, Toronto, Anita trained and taught at the American Vancouver, Wexford; Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Conservatory Theater, was on the faculty San Diego, Houston, Dallas, Washington at Webster University, headed the theater D.C., Virginia, Atlanta and Chicago, as well department at the University of Alaska as numerous productions (30 seasons) with Southeast and was the associate artistic Glimmerglass Festival. Wierzel’s dance work director of Perseverance Theater in Juneau, includes decades with the Bill T. Jones / Arnie Alaska. Vocal / dialect coaching: ACT, Arena Zane Company. He has designed at regional Stage, Kennedy Center, Washington National theaters across the country, including A.C.T.; Opera, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Shakespeare Theatre (Washington D.C.), Portland Center Stage and the Broadway Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Guthrie revival of Ragtime. Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, Goodman Theatre, The Old Globe, Asolo Repertory DANI BAE (Stage Manager) is thrilled be Theatre and the Mark Taper Forum, among at Arena Stage for A Thousand Splendid many others. Wierzel is a creative partner Suns. She has worked on A Thousand at Spark Design Collaborative and is on the Splendid Suns since its debut at American faculty of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Conservatory Theater in 2017. Her most recent credits include Testmatch, Her JAKE RODRIGUEZ (Sound Designer) is a Portmanteau, Heisenberg, The Birthday Party, sound designer and composer based in the and A Thousand Splendid Suns (American San Francisco Bay Area. His recent credits Conservatory Theater), A Thousand include Top Girls (American Conservatory Splendid Suns (Seattle Repertory Theatre), Theater); Wink (Marin Theatre Company); Urinetown: The Musical (American Theatre of Oedipus el Rey (Magic Theatre); Between Actors), and the Bard Music Festival (Bard Two Knees (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); SummerScape). She has a BFA in stage The Great Leap, Her Portmanteau, Sweat, management from Syracuse University. and Vietgone (A.C.T.); Women Laughing Alone with Salad and The Events (Shotgun Players);

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CHRISTI B. SPANN (Stage Manager) returns to Arena Stage for her seventh season. ARENA STAGE LEADERSHIP Recent Arena Stage productions include Junk and Kleptocracy. Christi spent 12 MOLLY SMITH (Artistic Director) has served seasons on the stage management staff as Artistic Director since 1998. Her more at the Denver Center Theatre Company than 30 directing credits at Arena Stage and has also worked with The Great River include large-scale musicals like Disney's Shakespeare Festival in Winona, MN; Virginia Newsies, Anything Goes, Carousel, Fiddler on Repertory Theatre in Richmond, VA; and the the Roof, Oklahoma!, My Fair Lady, The Music Shakespeare Theatre Company here in D.C. Man, Cabaret, South Pacific; new plays like Sovereignty, The Originalist, Camp David, MARNE ANDERSON (Assistant Stage Manager) Legacy of Light, The Women of Brewster Place, is thrilled to continue her season at Arena How I Learned to Drive; and classics like Stage with A Thousand Splendid Suns. Arena Mother Courage and Her Children, A Moon Stage credits include Disney’s Newsies, Ann, for the Misbegotten, The Great White Hope, Jubilee, The Heiress, Indecent, Dave, August and All My Sons. Her directorial work has Wilson’s Two Trains Running, The Great also been seen Off-Broadway at 59E59 in Society, Nina Simone: Four Women, A Raisin in New York, Portland Center Stage, Canada’s the Sun, Moby Dick, All the Way, King Hedley II, Shaw Festival, The Court Theatre, The Old Five Guys Named Moe, The Mountaintop, Globe, Asolo Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, Metamorphoses, Long Day’s Journey into Trinity Repertory, Toronto’s Tarragon Theatre, Night, Arabian Nights and Duke Ellington’s Montreal’s Centaur Theatre and Perseverance Sophisticated Ladies. She is a graduate of Theater in Juneau, Alaska, which she founded the University of North Carolina School of the and ran from 1979 – 1998. Molly has been a Arts and a proud member of Actors’ Equity leader in new play development for over Association. 40 years. She is a great believer in first, second and third productions of new work AMERICAN CONSERVATORY THEATER and has championed projects including (A.C.T.) is a Tony Award–winning nonprofit Dear Evan Hansen; Next to Normal; Passion theater and educational institution in San Play, a cycle; and How I Learned to Drive. Francisco dedicated to cultivating the She led the re-invention of Arena Stage, art of live theater through our dynamic focusing on the architecture and creation productions, intensive actor training in our of the Mead Center for American Theater Conservatory, and ongoing engagement and positioning Arena Stage as a national with our community. Under the leadership center for American artists through its of Tony and Obie award–winning Artistic artistic programming. During her time with Director Pam MacKinnon and Executive the company, Arena Stage has workshopped Director Jennifer Bielstein, we embrace our more than 100 productions, produced 39 responsibility to refresh, renew, and reinvent world premieres, staged numerous second the rich theatrical traditions and literatures and third productions and been an important that are our collective legacy, while exploring part of nurturing nine projects that went on to new artistic forms and communities. Since have a life on Broadway. In 2014, Molly made opening our first San Francisco season in her Broadway debut directing The Velocity of 1967, A.C.T. has presented more than 400 Autumn, following its critically acclaimed run productions to a combined audience of at Arena Stage. She was awarded honorary more than seven million people. Today, doctorates from American University and our performance, education, and outreach Towson University. In 2018, she was honored programs reach almost 250,000 people in as Person of the Year by the National Theatre the Bay Area each year. Conference and inducted into the Washington DC Hall of Fame.

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EDGAR DOBIE (Executive Producer) Born in the border and both sides of the commercial Vernon, British Columbia, a village next to the and non-profit theater divide. Arriving here in Rocky Mountains (three years after Arena had Southwest with my good wife Tracy and our its first performance in 1950), I am one of five daughter Greta Lee in 2009 makes me feel like brothers raised by my Dad Edgar, a mechanic I am well-equipped to do a good job for you all. and small businessman, and Mom Connie, a telephone operator and union organizer. I am This theater operates under an agreement between the only Dobie to make a career in theater. the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Luckily for me, drama was an arts elective I was Association. offered at the tender age of 12 so I hung up my The actors and stage managers hockey skates and joined the drama class, led are members of Actors’ Equity by teacher Paddy Malcolm and her fledgling Association, the Union of Professional Powerhouse Community Theater after school. Actors and Stage Managers in the By the time I graduated from high school, we United States. volunteers had built ourselves a 200-seat, fully The scenic, costume, lighting and equipped theater on its own piece of land sound designers in LORT theaters are in the center of town and found a sold-out represented by United Scenic Artists, audience for the full season of plays we had Local USA-829 of the IATSE. on offer. That experience taught me so many The Director and Choreographer are lessons about the power of theater to foster members of the STAGE DIRECTORS collaboration and share meaningful stories, as AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a well as the public values that attach themselves national theatrical labor union. to building a safe place where everyone is Arena Stage is a constituent of the Theatre welcome. All those lessons served me well as Communications Group (TCG), the national a managing leader and producer both sides of organization for the American theater.

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CHAIR TRUSTEES HONORARY TRUSTEES LIFE TRUSTEES Decker Anstrom Andrew R. Ammerman Jim Abdo Norman Bernstein Linda A. Baumann Ashok Bajaj Lee G. Rubenstein VICE CHAIRS David Becker Joanne Barker Judith N. Batty Marc Blakeman Steven R. Bralove EMERITUS TRUSTEES Michele G. Berman Joseph P. Digangi Susan Haas Bralove Arlene And Robert Kogod Sander Bieber John Edelmann John Derrick Hubert M. Schlosberg Eric Braverman Elliot Feldman Jeri Epstein CORPORATE OFFICERS Edgar Dobie Maggie Fitzpatrick Nancy M. Folger Richard Feinstein Stephenie Foster Larry Franks PRESIDENT Rick Froehlich Nicholas Goad Natwar Gandhi Edgar Dobie Catherine Ann O. Hamilton Fruzsina Harsanyi Guttman-McCabe TREASURER Ellen K. Harrison Patti Herman Joe Berardelli Sue Henry Alethia Jackson Kay Kapoor Vicki J. Hicks Dr. Donald Wallace Jones Margot Kelly SECRETARY Daniel Korengold Ricki Kanter Judy Lansing Kovler Alison Irvin Joyce Moorehead Elissa Leonard Mark Levine Richard A. Newman John Lynham David O. Maxwell Lucia Riddle B. Thomas Mansbach Joan P. Maxwell Beth Newburger Schwartz David B. H. Martin Terry R. Peel Ronald A. Paul M.D. Beverly Perry Robert Pincus Judy Lynn Prince Ilene Rosenthal Gene Samburg David Bruce Smith Raymond Sczudlo Molly Smith David E. Shiffrin Sheila Stampfli Richard W Snowdon Nneka Ukpai Robert Stout Shawna Watley Margaret Tomlinson

YOUNG PATRONS BOARD 2019/20 THEATRE FORWARD FUNDERS The Arena Stage Young Patrons Board seeks to strengthen and support the future of American (as of December 2019) theater at Arena Stage. The Young Patrons Board Theatre Forward advances the American theatre supports the artistic mission of Arena Stage by being and its communities by providing funding and other active ambassadors to the community and arranging resources to the country’s leading nonprofit theatres. opportunities for people under 40 years old to engage Theatre Forward and our theatres are most grateful to with the theater. the following Educating Through Theatre funders: MEMBERS THEATRE EXECUTIVES OFFICIAL AIRLINE Michael Baylis Brittany McCants ($50,000+) PARTNER Paul Bolaji Shannon McNeal Bank of America Southwest Airlines Victoria Clark Anna Katherine (AK) Moody The Schloss Family PACESETTERS Sarah Cohn Margaret Rubin Foundation ($15,000 – 24,999) Reshad Favors Brandon Slade Buford Alexander & Mitchell J. Auslander/ Pamela Farr Whitney Hubbard Mignon Smith Willkie Farr & Gallagher Sakisha Jackson Hillary Stemple CitiBank Steven & Joy Bunson BNY Mellon Lucrecia Johnson Adrienne Thompson Mr. Anthony C. Lembke & Jason Kelley Tony Woods BENEFACTORS Ms. Diane S. Lembke* Ashley Lawrence Conrad Woody ($25,000 – 49,999) Southwest Airlines † Ashley M. Lewis Yvesner Zamar The Augustine Foundation TD Charitable Foundation Marisa Maleck Cognizant DONORS MetLife ($10,000 – 14,999) Goldman Sachs Maurer Family Foundation Dorsey Lisa Orberg MorganStanley *National Society Membership † Includes In-kind support

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FULL CIRCLE SOCIETY — ARENA STAGE’S PLANNED GIVING PROGRAM Arena Stage gratefully acknowledges these individuals who ensure the future of Arena Stage by making a planned gift. These gifts ensure that Arena Stage will continue to challenge, educate and entertain audiences, and maintain its excellence in theater nationally, and internationally, for generations to come. Arena can help you accomplish your personal, family and philanthropic goals while benefiting the theater. Supporters who make planned gifts to Arena are invited to join the Full Circle Society and enjoy special benefits. For more information about planned giving, please contact Maya Weil at 202-600-4158 or [email protected]. The following are members as of December 15, 2019. MEMBERS Thomas Jesulaitis Estate of Dorothy Bunevich Anonymous (9) Margot Kelly Estate of Patricia Carroll Esthy and Jim Adler Drs. Susan and Perry Klein Estate of Albert Chaiken Dr. Bill Santford Ashley Dr. Seth A. Koch and Estate of Helen G. Codding Sue Benson Barbara Bellman Koch Estate of Marcus Cohn Steven Bralove Herb and Dianne Lerner Estate of Israel and Augusta Dr. Robert and Mary Jo Brenner John and Patricia Long Convisser Bonnie and Jere Broh-Kahn John and Lenora Lynham In Memory of Martin "Marty" Davis Louise Budelis Judy Lynn Prince Estate of Robert D. Davis Jr. and John P. Cahill Paul Rose Henry J. Schalizki Ellen MacNeille Charles Hank Schlosberg Estate of Zelda Fichandler Donald J. and Anita P. Cowan Richard Schwartz* and In Memory of Helen W. and Captain Joan Darrah and Beth Newburger Schwartz Felix E. Geiger Ms. Lynne Kennedy Dr. and Mrs. Mark Shugoll Estate of Ann Gibbons Joseph P. DiGangi Molly Smith and Estate of Ezra Glaser John Edelmann and Jeff Love Suzanne Blue Star Boy Estate of George Grizzard Lisa Eggers Dick and Katie Snowdon Estate of Giselle Hill Jeri and Gary Epstein Sheila Stampfli Estate of Joan E. Kain William E. Faragher Helga Tarver In Memory of Jean Russ Kern Donald H. Flanders Terri L. Tedford and Jeannette G. Kern Nancy M. Folger Helene Toiv Estate of Herbert A. Lindow Catherine F. and James F.* Fort, Sr. Margaret L. Tomlinson Estate of LaRue R. Lutkins Larry Franks and Ellen Berelson Estate of Suzy Platt Arlene Friedlander BEQUESTS AND GIFTS Estate of Toni Ritzenberg IN REMEMBRANCE George and Duffy* Ftikas Estate of Dr. and Estate of Gruine Robinson Bob Gronenberg Mrs. Clement C. Alpert Barbara R. Walton Endowment Dr. JC Hayward Estate of H. Max and Fund for New Playwrights Vicki J. Hicks Josephine F. Ammerman Estate of Eric Weinmann Sallie L. Holder Estate of Audrey J. Barnett Estate of Frankie and Lauren and Glen Howard Estate of Harry J. Boissevain Jerry Williamson David Insinga and Robert McDonald Estate of Henrietta T. Braunstein * Deceased

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You don’t have to be wealthy to make a significant gift. Bequests and other planned gifts allow you the opportunity to make a significant contribution that will ensure the future of Arena Stage. The Full Circle Society allows us the opportunity to recognize you for that gift during your lifetime. For more information about making a planned gift or to inform us of your existing planned gift, please contact Maya Weil at 202-600-4158 or [email protected]. “We feel the long-term viability of theater really has to come from two sources — annual fundraising efforts and long-term donations [in the form of a planned gift] from the people who love the theater and are willing to commit to it in perpetuity.” — Beth Newburger Schwartz and the late Richard Schwartz

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THANK YOU — ANNUAL FUND

THE ANNUAL FUND Arena Stage gratefully acknowledges the many individuals, families, foundations and corporations who support the theater’s work by contributing to the Annual Fund. These gifts make it possible for the theater to continue presenting high-quality productions and innovative education programs that strengthen the community in which we live. For more information on the benefits of becoming an Annual Fund contributor, call the Development Department at 202-600-4177. The following are contributors as of December 5, 2019.

OVATION CIRCLE Community Foundation Meg and John Hauge Christopher and Claudette Christian and Anonymous (3) for Northern Virginia/ John and Shelly Hazel Carol Fromboluti Donald Hertzmark Decker Anstrom and James I. Chatman Fund Liz Hilder and Randy Smith The Honorable William and Victoria Clark Sherry Hiemstra Joseph P. DiGangi Thomas Jesulaitis and Linda Garvelink Manny and Ruthy Cohen Joanne Barker Edgar and Tracy Dobie Barrie Seidman David and Anne Grizzle Sarah H. Cohn Larry Franks and John Edelmann and Jeff Love James Johnson and Paul R Henderson Nadine R. Cohodas Ellen Berelson Jeri and Gary Epstein Matthew Shepard Theo W. Hodge Jr., MD and Dr. Jack H. Colwell and Arlene and Robert Kogod Mr. and Mrs. David Fisher James and Deborah Karesh Frederick Eugene Taylor, Jr. Dr. Rita R. Colwell The Estate of Stephenie Foster Mark Levine and Kay Kendall and Jack Davies Annemargaret Connolly and Herbert A. Lindow Rick and Carol Froehlich Sara Imershein Judge Gladys Kessler Kenneth Frank Lola C. Reinsch Henock Gebreamlak and Robert Liberatore and Knight Kiplinger Janice Crawford Beth Newburger Schwartz Nicholas Goad Debra Kraft Cal and Barbara Klausner Valerie and John Cuddy and Richard Schwartz* Chris and Catherine Nancy and Dan Longo Caroline S. Klemp Woody Cunningham and Guttman-McCabe Laura L. McAuliffe Lauren S. Kogod Jessie Harris FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Patti and Mitchell Herman Richard and Erin Mills Leslie S. Kogod Mr. and Mrs. James Dake Andrew R. Ammerman Vicki J. Hicks Dr. Alfred Munzer and Stephen and Mary Lou Dauray The Family of H. Max* and Alethia Jackson Mr. Joel Wind Willoughby Laycock Anita Difanis and Josephine* F. Ammerman Ricki and Joel Kanter Melanie and Larry Nussdorf Caroline Lewis Richard Krajeck Diane and Norman Bernstein Sheldon and Audrey Katz Craig Pascal and Abby Mandel Deirdre Donahue and Foundation Judy and Peter Kovler/ Victor Shargai Steve Mayer and Jamie Dahlberg Susan and Steven Bralove The Kovler Fund Beverly Perry Vera Oye’ Yaa-Anna Patricia D’Orazio The Estate of John and Lenora Lynham Wesley Pickard and Robert G. and Carolyn and William Doying Dorothy A. Bunevich B. Thomas Mansbach Jeanette Studley Joelen K. Merkel Gloria Edwards John and Linda Derrick Thomas and Judy Lynn Prince Sue Cunningham and Steve Escobar Maggie FitzPatrick Joyce Moorehead Franklin D. Raines and Howard Moore Bob and Sue Faron David C. Frederick and Ann and Terry R. Peel Denise Grant Alan and Roberta Munro Peter and Alison Fenn Sophia Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Pincus Janis Reed and Jack Requa Frank and Linda Nutter Lorry M. Fenner, PhD Joan and David Maxwell Hubert (Hank) Schlosberg Margaret Ann Ross Michael and Penelope Pollard Marc L. and The Estate of Raymond and William and Linda Rule Nan and Robert Ratner Phyllis S. Fleischaker Henry J. Schalizki Deborah Sams Sczudlo Susan Scanlan Bill and Donna Roberts Martin and JoEllen Frost David Bruce Smith Peggy and David Shiffrin George L. Shields Foundation Talmadge and Edward Gaddy BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE Molly Smith and Shugoll Research Mary E. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Anonymous (1) Suzanne Blue Star Boy McAdo Shuler, Jr. Bruce and Davis R. Gamble Jr. Judith N. Batty Robert and Jan Stout Thalia Sinnamon in memory Lori Laitman Rosenblum Colonel Lenue and Sander M. Bieber and Nneka Ukpai of Lyn Sinnamon Helen Ross Colonel Barbara Gilchrist Linda E. Rosenzweig Shawna Watley Judi and Richard Sugarman Eugene* and Alice Schreiber Ruth Bader Ginsburg David Becker and The Estate of Frankie and Gladyce T. Sumida Dr. and Mrs. Gene Simaitis Gregg H. S. Golden Leslie Seeman Jerry Williamson Tim and Grace Terpstra The Souders Family Michael Greenbaum and Barbara* and Arthur Bushkin Suzanne Thouvenelle and Dr. Harvey A. Sweetbaum and Sherry Liebes Ellen MacNeille Charles PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE Dennis Deloria Mrs. Selma Sweetbaum Linda Griggs and Bill Swedish Anonymous (1) The Drutz Family Fund Anne Marie Tighe Laura L. Tosi Judy and Sheldon Grosberg Jeff Busch for Musical Theater Anita Winsor Mary Vavrina Carol and Bill Gross Kimberly Engel and Family— Pam and Richard Feinstein Judy and Leo Zickler Jim and Elizabeth Williams Tim and Norene Guilford, The Dennis and Judy Engel Joan Wills Guilford Retirement Drs. Elliot J. Feldman and Lily Charitable Foundation Gardner Feldman DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Richard and Leslie Services Seth and Caroline Hurwitz Anonymous (4) Virginia McGehee Friend Wojciechowicz Loren and Phyllis Haag Herb and Dianne Lerner Carolyn Alper George and Duffy* Ftikas Richie and Jim Wright Honorable Robert and Mark T. Lewellyn Priscilla Aycock Ann O. Hamilton Deborah and David Yaffe Susan Hale The Robert and Natalie Elfreda Baptist Annette and Colin Young Laura Hart Ellen K. Harrison Mandel Family Foundation Dr. and Mrs. C. Wrandle Barth Jean Schiro-Zavela and Patricia Harvey Sue Henry and Carter Phillips Terri L. Tedford Kyle and Alan Bell Vance Zavela Sonia Herson Dr. Donald Wallace Jones, Peggy and Alec* Tomlinson Dr. Betty Jean Tolbert Jones Jim Bellas and Kip Fenton Margot Lurie Zimmerman Steven and Tanya Hilton Bill and Terry Witowsky and Tracey Tolbert Jones Deborah Bowles in memory of Linda Lurie Hirsch Christopher Wolf and Margot Kelly Cynthia Boyer Paul Zimmerman Tom Healy and James Beller Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Korengold Joe and Sue Bredekamp Fred P. Hochberg Bonnie and Jere Broh-Kahn PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLE Erich Hosbach and David and Martha Martin PRODUCER’S CIRCLE Anonymous (3) Richard and Janice Newman Anonymous (2) Arlene Brown and Franklin Moore Gene Bialek The Estate of Dr. and Mrs. Edward C. and Toni and Ronald Paul Jim and Mai Abdo Clement C. Alpert The Revada Foundation Esthy and Jim Adler Blain and Peg Butner Patricia G. Houser Lee Calligaro Dean Amel and Terry Savela Whitney Hubbard of the Logan Family Celia and Keith Arnaud Leon and Robyn Andris R. Lucia Riddle Alan Asay and Clotilda Bowie Cassidy David Insinga and John Chester Erin and Derek Arrison Robert McDonald The Estate of Mary Sturtevant Ted Bean and Kathy Brown Toni A. Ritzenberg Richard H. Cleva Sakisha Jackson Morton and Grace Bender Jan Boyce Steven and Ilene Rosenthal Dr. Sharon A. Bennett Geri and David Cohen Joseph and Anne Jarboe Ellen and Michael Cronin Rita Braver and Annelle Johnson Gene Samburg Richard and Evelyn Bynum Robert Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Wes Callender and Belle N. Davis in Memory of Lucrecia P. Johnson, Esq. Martin “Marty” Davis Jerry Bridges and Anne B. Keiser and Richard W. Snowdon Mary Davis Sally Turner Mr. Floyd E. Davis, III Doug Lapp Sheila Stampfli Kathy and Jody Dreyfuss Sharie A. Brown The Lois and The Charles Delmar Tom and Clare Klanderman LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Foundation Julie Burton and Jean and John Lange Richard England Family Roger Hickey Anonymous (1) Barbara and David Ehrlich Ashley J. Lawrence Amitai Etzioni Susan and Dixon Butler Linda A. Baumann Skip and Laurette Farmer Ashley M. Lewis Nancy M. Folger Buffy and William Cafritz Michele and Allan Berman Lorraine Fleming and David Lloyd, Realtor Amnon and Sue Golan Family Foundation Marc Blakeman Harry Parrish Walter and Betsy Lohmann Woolf Gross William Caldwell and Eric Braverman and Sallie Forman and Susan B. Haight Michele Toth John and Trish Long Neil Brown Jonah Gitlitz Fruzsina M. Harsanyi and Dr. Myla Carpenter Laird Lott and Linda Gooden Raymond Garcia Susan Carter William and Ruth Lubic

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Dan and Karen Mayers Geraldine Feaster and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rothkopf Robert Gronenberg Harold Settler and Jean Allen Mark and Marsha Mazz Calvin Bethea* Richard and Sue and Bruce Guenther Ken Simonson and Mary McGann and Dan Felger and Jean Herz Jacqueline Sellers Gail Gulliksen Jan Solomon Gerry Lamb James and Patricia Flanigan Dr. Sidney Shankman Frank Guzzetta and Ida Fernanders Smith Nancy McGuire Mr. and Mrs. Michael Flyer James and Lisa Shannon Paul Manville Lynette R.F. Smith Shannon McNeal The Henry J. Fox Trust Leslie Shapiro Jack E. Hairston, Jr. Aileen and Jack Sullivan Nancy Miron The Samuel Freedman Trust James Skiles and Mr. Maurice Hamilton CPA Emil and Judy Sunley Anna Katherine Moody Lawrence and Joanie Friend Lynne Church Chris Harris Dr. Sheila Taube Dee Morris Amy C. Gilbert Margo Smith and Joan B. Harvey Elizabeth and Jerry Teles Meenakshi Nandedkar Mark* and Sara Goldberg Gerry Levine Marianne Harwit Al Thomson and Martha Newman Catherine and Warren Gorrell Dr. Earl P. Steinberg and A. H. Hatry Carol Michaelsen Ray Olson Ed Gray and Sherri Blount Claire E. Reade Doris Hausser Roberta K. Van Haeften Joe Oppenheimer and Grace R. Gregg Patricia Stonesifer and The Sylvia-Heleen Family Dr. Carolyn Peoples Veiga Edith Fraser Alfred and Lynne Groff Michael Kinsley Robin Crawford Heller Ed and Maria Ward Mr. and Mrs. David M. Osnos Ellie and John Hagner Barbara Toohill Donald E. Hesse and Shani Waugh Marina and David Ottaway Mr. and Mrs. Peter D. Hart Joanne Tornow and Jerrilyn Andrews Cameron and David Pawlik and Ardelia Hayward Neil Lehrer John and Debra Howard Susan Weiffenbach Susan Albertine S. Ross and Judge and Mrs. Drew Huffman Jack and Sue Whitelaw James T. Turner Mike Payne and Susan L. Hechinger Dr. and Mrs. David Humm Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Wilshere Roger and Diane Warin Barbara Johnson Jack Hehn Andrea Jackson Robert Wilson Joan and Mark Weiss Howard and Shawn C. Helm and Timothy S. Jameson Scott and Lucy Wilson John and Val Wheeler Dorothy Pedolsky J. Thomas Marchitto Robin Jenkins John Wingard Mr. Gerry Widdicombe Laura Peebles and Lucia Hill Olivia and Brian Kane Mara Yachnin Susan Wiener Ellen Fingerman Michael Hindi and John Keator and Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel G. Pitts Gregory Schultz Ken and Dorothy Woodcock Virginia Sullivan SUPPORTING ROLE Anonymous (26) Margaret J. Pollack and Richard and Pamela Hinds Tony Woods Dr. Sandra D. Key Gen. Clara L. Adams-Ender Paula Reed Lynch Judy Honig Irene and Alan Wurtzel Mr. Albert Kramer Dr. and Mrs. Nelson Adamson Allen Purvis and Jan Johnson Paul and Bonnie Hopler Jeffrey and Johanna Zinn Richard and Teresa Kramer Judith Agard John and Wendy Reaves The S. Kann Sons Co. Thomas Kuchenberg Ann Richards LEAD Bill Allen and Jenna Lane Foundation Anonymous (3) Steven Leinwand and Massimo and Marilou Righini Amb. and Mrs. Gary Kemp Anthony Aldwell Ann Lawrence Marvin and Joan Rosenberg Frank Almaguer Mary Kimble Michele A. Manatt and John and Jane Lewis Jo Ella Samp James Amaral Kenneth and Wolfram Anders Dr. and Mrs. Randall J. Lewis Carol Schwartz Marilena Amoni and Carol Doran Klein Michael Baker Lucinda Low and Linda and Arthur Schwartz Don Ryan Tuke and Pierce Klemmt William Bales Daniel Magraw Richard and John and Patricia and John Koskinen Ann and Mal Barasch Lory Manning Rosemary Schwartzbard Sarah Allen Anderson Simeon M. Kriesberg and Paul and Jeanette Barkley Ken Marks and Edith Arias Steve and Nancy Silcox Martha L. Kahn Ms. Judith Anderson Dr. and Mrs. John Barnes Lou Mayo Mike and Patti Sipple Ms. Jane Mary Kwass Jean W. Arnold Michael Barrett and Glen McCarthy Carl Wayne Smith and Dr. Bill Santford Ashley William and Grace LaChance Danielle Beauchamp Bernice K. McIntyre Michael Burke Thomas and Sharon Atkins Patricia Lark and Lutz Prager David and Janet Batlan Michael McLeod Linda Smith Mark Austrian Richard and Cecilia Larkin Dava Berkman Patricia McMahon Annelise and Robert H. Smith Lawrence Ausubel Drew Lebby and Robert C. and David and Sarah McMeans Larry and Arlene Spinelli Diana Aviv and Wendy Schwartz Elissa B. Bernius Charles and Marilyn McMillion Hillary M. Stemple Sterling Speirn Elizabeth C. Lee Benevity Community Sally and Bill Meadows Seema Sueko Thelma K. Leenhouts Martin Malsch and Impact Fund Stephen Meyer and Jane Axelrad Mr. and Mrs. Robert Surovell Albert L. and Ms. Mindy Berry Erica Summers Mr. David Talbird and Doris M. Lindquist Elinor R. Bacon Dennis and Bernard Meyers Peter and Marjory Bankson Dr. Darlene Jean-Pierre Ronald Long and Shirley Bloomquist Dr. Florence K. Miller Robert Tanner Barbara Atwell Nancy G. Barnum Richard and Eleanor Bochner MaryAnn Miller Loretta C. Beaumont Peter and Ann Tanous Virginia MacLaury Karen J. Bopp Richard and Judith Morrissey Keith and Jeanie Thackrey Paul and Patricia Maenner Carolyn and John Beck Dr. and Mrs. Gerald Borsuk Terence Murphy and Martin Bell Dr. Adrienne Thompson John and Mary Lee Malcolm Patricia Sherman Murphy Harold R. Bucholtz Mark Bellamah Linda and Steuart Thomsen Linda Marks Donald and Lynne Myers Plater and Faye Campbell Susan and Don Bennett Ralph Timmons and Janet Hill Russell Matthias Carole and John Nannes Louis and Karen Carson John and Sylvia Benoit Rear Adm. and Emmy McArver Jeffrey Neal and Cynthia Cessna and Mathilde and Mrs. Sidney Wallace Susan Hall McCannell Kevin Loeffler Marc Tobin Martin Bienstock Anne Paine and Fowler West Eddie and Lynne McCormick Sherry and Lou Nevins Henry Chamberlain and Thomas J. Billy Richard and Susan Westin J. Douglas and Lisa Burns Sonja M. Palomaki Mark and Ria Weston Martie McDowall Ann Blackman and Gail Chambers and Doris Parker and Michael Putzel Conrad Woody Ms. Jane McGrew Scott Baker Michael Spatz Constance Bohon MD Jane Yanulis Edward and Loretta Merrow Mr. and Mrs. John H. Clark James T. Parson, Jr. Vincent and Veronica Boles Robert and Anne Yerman John and Paula Millian Kenneth T. Cline Jane Passman Mickey and Sally Bolmer Beth York and Art Rubin Nancy and Herbert Milstein Francis and Terry Coates Norval Peabody Randall A. Bowman David Montgomery Susan M. Crawford Nthakoana Peko and STAR Anne Boyden Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Moore Phil and Joan Currie Don Spicer Anonymous (7) Terri Brady and Steve Verna Judie and Fred Mopsik Terrence Currier Alan and Andrea Pendleton Lynn J. and Lynne A. Barden Mr. and Mrs. Nancy Newman Alvin A. Perkins Nan Beckley Lisa and Tony Delity A. Stanley Brager, Jr. Shelia Newman Randy Perry Peter and Ellen Berty David Dunn Ann Breen Rita O’Brien, Esq. and Jeanne and Burnie Peters Gypsy Black Ann Elliott Valerie Briggs John Imparato Mary Irene Pett Lucille A. Bland James Ellzy and Bill and Emily Brittle Gregg Ottinger Franc O’Malley Randy and Kathy Pherson David and Judy Bonior Hazel Broadnax Mr. and Mrs. P. David Pappert Carol Faulb William Phillips Roger and Nancy Brown Perry L. Brown Charles and Janet Parker Linda and Jay Freedman Thomas and Jane Reckford Sharon M. Brown Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Perry Jean C. Fulton Margaret Rice and Bill Sette Candice C. Bryant Ronald K. Browning Dr. Patricia Petrick and Jim and Lorrie Fulton Dr. Tommie L. Robinson, Jr. Joseph N Cannon Rita Bruce Dr. William Mullins Katherine Ann Gardner Michael P. Rogan and Robert and Rose Capon Marian Bruno Alvin Phillips and Tia Johnson Louise Gary Susan Schaffer N. Chesser and J.M. Rowe Sallybeth Bumbrey Beth Pile Linda Gehr Gareth Rosenau John and Sheila Compton Mike and Susan Burk Gail Povar and Larry Bachorik Richard Gervase and Steven M. Rosenberg and Camille Cook Patricia Burke Ane Powers Stuart Delery Stewart C. Low III Beth Cunningham Patricia and Mike Burke Whayne and Ursula Quin Laura Gifford Dr. Ted and Lorraine Day Avery Burns Jane Ellen Ramsey and Eileen M Gleimer Judge Barbara Rothstein Regina K. Dillard, Esq. Timothy Burr Joseph Inbar Lynne and Bill Glikbarg Alan and Florence Salisbury Diane and Lowell Dodge N. Elois Burrell J. Paul and Diane Reason Dr. and Mrs. Michael Gold Art and Nancy Saltford Douglas Dowling Matt Butcher and Liz Pennisi Joe and Ginny Redish Dr. Donna M. Gollnick Jean Sammon Sue Duncan and Leo Fisher Nancy Regan Ms. Gail Sattler Donna Butts and John M. Goodman William Libro Mrs. Elizabeth Edgeworth Clyde Relick and Julie Davis Linda B. Schakel Debra and Chris Gordon Sandra and Paul Byrne Sarah G. Epstein and Deborah Remmers James F. and Ola S. Scott C. O. Gregory Christine Cabell Donald A. Collins Alan and Terry Rettig Diane Seeger and Sally Williams Gresham John Cahill Barry and Joan Rosenthal Karen T. Grisez Tom Christein

30 2019/20 SEASON THANK YOU — ANNUAL FUND

Leslie Calman and Allan Friedman Edward Jones and Marilyn L. Muench Sandra and David Sellers Jane Gruenebaum Bob Fugate Peggy Marshall Jim and Ellen Myerberg Erin Shannon Larry and Caroline Carbaugh Paul Gamble Edward P. Jones Hedy Nash and Ruth and Phil Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. James Gentle Elizabeth Blair Jones John Wetterau The Hon Mattie R. Sharpless Herb and Ann Carlson Dr. Kirk Geter Joyce E. Jordan Brad Neilley Kathy Sheehan Angela Carole Virginia Giroux-Rollow Belinda Kane John and Carol Noble John and Roma Sherman Ms. Patricia Carter Jane Glickman and Dr. and Mrs. Arnold Kaplin Matthew and Lillian Nolan Laura Shiffrin Carla Cartwright Charles Sacks Jane C. Karpick Jeremy Novak and Bobbi and Larry Shulman Mr. and Mrs. James Carty Maggie Godbold and Jody Katz and Jeffrey Gibbs Elaine Mattaire Barbara Shutt Ruth Hughes Carver Steve Bershader Paul and Masako Kaufman Kingsley and Hugh and Ruth Sickel Tanja Castro Judith and Joel Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. James Keightley Magdalene Obaji Dr. and Mrs. Rubin Siegel Malcolm R. Chaires Ms. Alisa Goldstein Joan Kelsch R. Frances O’Brien Patricia Silverman Wallace Chandler Mr. Joel C. Goldstein Mr. Peter Kimmel and Judy Olmer Sally Simms Brian and Allayne Chappelle Jannie Goldston Dr. Stephanie Jackson Michael P. Onder Irene and Robert Sinclair Mark and Linda Chastang Andy and Donna Gomer Carol King Michael and Virginia Sloss Richard G. and Niki K. Chavez Michael M. Gottesman Janet King Kathleen Opincar Margaret Smith Joy and Jerry Choppin Barbara and Tom Gottschlak Mrs. William Kingsbury Colonel Tommy T. Osborne Pamela Brown Smith Tracey Chunn A. Steven and Pris and Bill Kirby Laney Oxman Cecile Srodes Ms. Maxine M. Clark Janet Hall Graff Marty and Marica Klein Gary and Maxine Pagliano Donna Staton William and Louise Cleveland Brad Gray and Helen Darling Robert M. Klein Zannis and Jackie Pappas Shellie Steinberg Adam Cohen Mr. Alan Green Steve and Karen Klemp Andrew and Ruth Parr Donald R. and Edward Cohen and Madi Green, in memory of John Knapp Wilson H. Parran Dorothy T. Stone Charlene Barshefsky Duff Green III Lindy Knapp Ms. Barbara Patocka Barbara Strong and Mr. and Mrs. Maxine Green Emily Kohler Keith and Rhonda Patterson Michael Kielbiewicz W. Joseph Coleman Jr. Susan and David Green John Kramer Renate G Pawlik Antia and Donald Taylor Kenneth Coleman Mike and Jen Greer Kenneth Kramer Alice Pearson Stephen C. Taylor Mary Beth Collins Christian Griffin Mr. Robert Larke Kevin and Sherry Pearson Ryan Terry Drs. Houston and Patrick Griffin Eileen Lawrence Mary Pedigo Debra Therit Mary Conley Susan Gutchess and Leslie Lawson Anne E. Peret Dennis and Rosalind Thomas John and Barbara Conway Helen Ingalls Robin Lee Mr. Gary Peterson Deborah Thompson Carl and Nancy Cooper Robert and Carol Hall Sunita and Daniel Leeds Margaret and Carl Pfeiffer Patricia Thorne Andrea and Tim Corcoran Artis Hampshire-Cowan Andrew J. Leighton Mr. Daniel T Piekarski and Barbara Tobias Gina Courtney Roy Hamrick Stuart and Brock Lending Ms. Ivin Way Juergen Tooren Barbara and Paul Couture Marilyn Handy Michael Lestingi Dr. Gwendolyn W. Pla Darrell Totman Drs. Joanne and Frank Crantz Susan and Allen Hanenbaum Sharron Levine Diane and Arnold Polinger Lyanne Trumbull John and Isabella Cummings Ms. Barbara Hanson Michael and Paula Levy Mrs. Ruth Pontius Sheila Truxon Karla Curtis Dr. Michael Harrington Marion Ein Lewin Jean Pool Judith Turner George A. Dalley Betsy Ann Harris Marjorie and John Lewis Anna Powell Cori Uccello Dr. Linda H. Daniel Patricia Hartwell Frank and Jim and Sue Price Emanuel and Marilyn Vegh Donald and Susan Davis Toba and Tony Hausner Marianne* Liebermann Richard and Louise Priest Katy Vickland Tinesha Davis Jerry Hawke Carol Ann and Wendell and Kathy Primus Susan and Jeff Vincent Deanna K. Dawson Elizabeth Hayes Kenneth Linder Dr. Johnny Railey James Vollman Ted Deming and Roz Ridgway Deborah Healey and Gail Lione and Edward Ramos Ms. Maria Wagner Michael Denny and Margaret Mohrmann Barry Grossman Mr. Charles Ramsey Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Wald Christel Schaefers Cynthia Heckmann Ace and Linda Lipson Janice Rasgus Michael Waldman and Mr. Jacob Heilbrun and James Heegeman Margo London and Sandra Reed-Bryant Linda Coe Sarah Despres Elizabeth Herington Townsend Belser Anna Marie Reeder Marnie Walfort and Kimberly Dixon Paul Herman and Cynthia Long Elise and Dennis Reeder Cliff Elgarten Marion Dodd Karen Goldman Shirley Loo Catherine Remijan Chip Walgren and Lee Allen Walter B. Doggett III and Ruth Herman Kenneth Lowenberg Maria Farese Rendine Pamela Walker Joanne Doggett Peggy Herron and Mary and Hal Lucius Connie and Richard Richards Cynthia Wallace James Donaldson John Libonati Nan Lukmire David and Lynn Rickard Krystyna Wasserman Molly Donovan and Richard and Mary-Ellen Hibey Ronald and Marilyn Lundquist Jo Ricks and Jeffrey Clark Dr. and Mrs. Harlan Watson Barry Wepman Timothy Higgins Joan Lunney Lynda Robb Helene Weisz and Don Douglas and Dorothea Hiltenbrand Bonnie Lutz Clyde Robbins Richard Lieberman Carolyne Weil Donald and Diana Hirsch Margot Machol and Markley Roberts Stevenson Weitz Mr. John Downey Jessica Hirschorn and Mark Bisnow Mrs. Cheryl K Robertson Joseph and Rosemary Weller Clark and Emilie Downs Henry Howard, Jr. Chris and Christine Magee Marietta S. Robinson Drs. Stephan and Ann Werner Ms. Cheryl Dragoo William and Marie Hoffman Gerald and Constance Robey Mark A. Westman and Joan Duncan Sallie L. Holder Madeline Malovany Marietta Robinson Christopher Duff Mr. and Mrs. Dunhem Thomas Holland Barbara Mander Ann and Vincent Rogers Carolyn L. Wheeler Michael and Mary Durr Clarence G. Hoop Hon. John E. Mansfield Dr. and Mrs. Norman Rogers Greg and Mary Whiteman Alma Edgerly John and Claudia Hopkins Phyllis and Philip Margolius Dr. Sheila Rogovin and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Whitten Barry and Joyce Eisenstein Lauren and Glen Howard Teddi Marshall Dr. Stewart Aledort Jon and Sandra Willen Marjorie and Anthony Elson John Hughes and Anne Martin Denise Rollins Dr. Susan Willens Roxanne Englund Estelle DeMaio Michelle Mason Bob Rose and Lauren Swartz Dan and Debbie Williams Tina Eskridge Sidney and Carol Hurlburt Stanley Matchett Rosalind Rosenberg Robert and Ralph and Gwendolyn Everett Stephen and Margaret Hut Marlene Mayo Mary Jane Ross Gwendolyn Williams Peggy Ewoniuk Thomas Hyde Hans and Marianne Mayr Dr. Bernard and Bernetta and Kevin Willams Mr. William Faragher Geraldine Inge Lou Mazawey Louise Rostker Lawrence Williams Ralph and Gae Fasold Ann Ingram William McBride and Richard and Carol Roth Patricia Page Williams Beth Feldman Mike and Carol Ireland Susan Caporaso McBride Maryann Rozzell J. David Willson Mr. and Mrs. Patricia Jackman and Fred and Jeanne McCarroll Nuhad D. Ruggiero Ms. Janet Wishner Charles Feldmayer Stephen L. John Michael and Al Russell Peter Work Gary Felser Barbara and John R. Jackson Bonnie McClellan Jane and Bruce Ryan Beth and John Wright Joan Fina Dr. and Mrs. Elizabeth Ann McGrath Kathy Waldman and Elaine Wunderlich Jack L. Finglass William B. Jackson, II Mr. and Mrs. William McKaig Steve Sabat James Yenckel Robert and Sally Fish Lorie D. Jackson John and Marie McKeon Barbara Sable Beverly and Daniel Yett Dr. J.D. Fletcher Smyrna N. Jackson Martha McQuade Mr. and Mrs. John Sacchetti Susan Yurchak Nicolle Fleury Paul Jaikaran Cheryl McQueen Kenneth and Chris Sale Heidi Zimmerman James and Carla Flug Edward and Victoria Jaycox Tom and Terry Melo Stephen and Doreen Sanborn Donale and Cathy Fogel Daphne Jefferson Phil Mendelson Lee Saunders * Deceased Heather Foley Diane Johnson-Quinn and Mr. William Michie Ernest Schichler and Robert and Vincent Quinn Barbara Mintz John Murray Carole Fontenrose Jason Johnston John E. Mitchell Carol Seary Schneider Ellen Fox Kenneth Johnston Dr. Robin Mockenhaupt and Lisa and Mark Schneider Harry Foxwell Kimberly and Tad Johnston Dr. Ralph Popp Pauline A. Schneider David Franz Mr. and Mrs. Wayne and Hazel C. Moore Dr. Frederick and Karen L. French Susan Jonas Melanie and Rene Moreno Peri Schuyler Deborah Freund and William A. and Virgie H. Jones Kent and Dale Morrison Karren E. Scott Doug White Helaine G. Morss

2019/20 SEASON 31 THANK YOU — INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

OUR INSTITUTIONAL DONORS (as of September 15, 2019)

OVATION CIRCLE PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE (continued) Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts Discovery Inc. The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. The Edelmann Love Group Realtors K&L Gates, LLP The Meredith Foundation Northrop Grumman Corporation Alice Shaver Foundation Theatre Forward National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program/ Venable, LLP U.S. Commission of Fine Arts PRODUCER’S CIRCLE Accenture FOUNDER’S CIRCLE Amtrak BMW of Sterling BP America The Bay & Paul Foundations CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Clark-Winchcole Foundation Collins Aerospace Dimick Foundation Edison Electric Institute Friends of Southwest DC Graham Holdings Company Hoffman Madison Waterfront JBG Smith The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation The Knightsbridge Restaurant Group Share Fund Mars Foundation Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP BENEFACTOR’S CIRCLE Southwest Business Improvement District Union Plus

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE Aronson, LLC Bormel, Grice & Huyett, P.A. Foley & Lardner, LLP The Kiplinger Foundation Wawa Foundation Weissberg Foundation

PLAYWRIGHT’S CIRCLE Cabot Creamery Fisher Dachs Associates, Inc Floyd E. David Family Foundation Potomac Law Group, PLLC

Legend: LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Ovation Circle $100,000 and above Founder’s Circle $50,000 – 99,999 Benefactor’s Circle $25,000 – 49,999 Leadership Circle $15,000 – 24,999 President’s Circle $10,000 – 14,999 Producer’s Circle $5,000 – 9,999 Director’s Circle $2,500 – 4,999 Playwright’s Circle $1,500 – 2,499 Anonymous Star $1,000 – 1,499 Hattie M. Strong Foundation Lead $600 – 999 The Theodore H. Barth Foundation, Inc. Supporting Role $300 – 599

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE APCO Worldwide We endeavor to provide a complete listing of all donors Arent Fox, LLP in the above categories. However, if your name is not The Bernstein Companies listed, please contact the Development Department at The Boeing Company 202-600-4177. We are also grateful to the thousands of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP other contributors to Arena Stage, whose names space The Boston Consulting Group will not permit us to print. Brookfield Properties Central Parking System

32 2019/20 SEASON THANK YOU — SPECIAL EVENT DONORS

OUR SPECIAL EVENT DONORS A special thank you to the many individuals, families and organizations who support Arena Stage’s award-winning Artistic Productions and Community Engagement Programs through their patronage and sponsorship of our fundraising events.

2019 ARENA STAGE GALA THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2019 Event Chair Lavern J. Chatman and Honorary Chair Annie Simonian Totah Beth Newburger Schwartz Award presented to Nina Totenberg; Lindsey Brittain Collins recognized as Emerging Leader

PLATINUM SPONSOR GEICO Henock Gebreamlak and Nicholas Goad AT&T Hoffman Madison Waterfront Marilyn and Michael Glosserman Exelon JMA Solutions Catherine and Chris Guttman-McCabe Arlene and Robert Kogod R. Lucia Riddle Jerry Hagstrom Saul Ewing Arnstein and Lehr, LLP Susan B. Haight GOLD SPONSORS Southwest Business Sheila Harley-Washington Sue Henry and Carter Phillips Improvement District Barbara Brown Hawthorn The Reef Team of TTR Sotheby’s TSG, Inc. Patti and Mitchell Herman International Realty George Vrandenburg Sonia Herson Beth Newburger Schwartz Vicki J. Hicks ADVOCATE SPONSORS Dr. Donald Wallace Jones, SILVER SPONSORS Aronson, LLC Dr. Betty Jean Tolbert Jones and Andrew R. Ammerman Stephenie Foster Tracey Tolbert Jones APCO Worldwide James Gale and Lisa Barry Guinevere Jones-Wood Arent Fox, LLP William Kennard and Karen Kaub Joanne Barker Deborah Kennedy Kennard Gail W. Laster and Donald B. Verrilli Judith N. Batty Elissa Leonard Wilee and Finlay Lewis David Becker and Leslie Seeman Herb and Dianne Lerner Hazel C. Moore The Bernstein Companies David and Martha Martin Dale Mott and Ken Hyle Boies Schiller Flexner, Inc. Ridgewells Catering Northern Trust Company Deborah C. Brittain Keith Taylor and Enoh Ebong Brookfield Properties Mrs. Robin O’Neil, Susan E. Carmel PATRON SPONSORS Passports to College, Inc. Carol & Rick Froehlich Michele and Allan Berman Ann and Terry R. Peel Ann O. Hamilton Sander M. Bieber and Michael and Maria Price Seth Hurwitz Linda E. Rosenzweig Judy Lynn Prince Ricki and Joel Kanter Deborah Bowles Dick and Katie Snowdon Daniel Korengold and Martha Dippell Eric Braverman and Neil Brown Sheila Stampfli Dr. Sachiko Kuno Jeff Busch Dr. Nickolai Talanin Mele and Michael E. Melton Tony Cammarota, ReMax Distinctive Grace Terpstra Ourisman Automotive of Virginia Joshua and Moira Carin Peggy Tomlinson A. Gene Samburg Joseph P. DiGangi Maya Weil Peggy and David Shiffrin Thelma Duggin IN-KIND SPONSORS Venable John Edelmann and Jeff Love Total Wine & More Jeri and Gary Epstein BRONZE SPONSORS Nancy M. Folger AARP, Inc. Larry Franks and Ellen Berelson Legend: Decker Anstrom and Sherry Hiemstra Platinum Sponsor $25,000 and above Linda and Jay Freedman BMW of Sterling Gold Sponsor $15,000 – 29,999 Ms. Brooke Friedman Katherine and David Bradley Silver Sponsor $10,000 – 14,999 Mr. Charles and Dr. Barbara Friedman Susan and Steven Bralove Bronze Sponsor $5,000 – 9,999 Mr. Yale Friedman CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advocate Sponsor $2,500 – 4,999 Virginia McGehee Friend Patron Sponsor $1,000 – 2,499

EIGHTH ANNUAL MILITARY THANKSGIVING FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2019

FOUR STAR SPONSOR TWO STAR SPONSORS IN-KIND SPONSORS Raytheon Company Clark Construction Group, LLC Ace Beverage Rick and Carol Froehlich The Coco-Cola Company THREE STAR SPONSORS GEICO Discovery Inc. David Bruce Smith in Legend: Northrop Grumman Corporation honor of Max Smith Four Star Sponsor $25,000 and above Three Star Sponsor $10,000 – 24,999 CONE STAR SPONSOR Two Star Sponsor $5,000 – 9,999 The Wawa Foundation One Star Sponsor $2,500 – 4,999

2019/20 SEASON 33 THEATER STAFF

Artistic Director...... Molly Smith DEVELOPMENT Executive Producer...... Edgar Dobie Chief Development Officer...... Jon Kevin Gossett Founding Director...... Zelda Fichandler (1924-2016) Director of Institutional Relations...... Shayla Hines Founding Executive Director...... Thomas C. Fichandler Director, Ovation Campaign...... Ryan Merkel ...... (1915-1997) Director of Individual Giving...... Ann Sagle ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT Director, Development Operations and Events...... Maria Corso Deputy Artistic Director...... Seema Sueko Director of Board and Literary Manager...... Naysan Mojgani Donor Relations...... Anne Paine West Casting Director/Line Producer...... Teresa Sapien Leadership Giving Officer...... Ana Teslik Dramaturg...... Jocelyn Clarke Development Research Analyst...... Molly Federman Artistic Development Major Gifts and Campaign Manager...... Taylor Rambo Administrative Assistant...... Asha Moses Foundation Relations Manager...... Abigail Cady Literary Fellow...... Dante Flores* Gift Planning Specialist...... Maya Weil Directing Fellow...... Gregory Keng Strasser* Corporate Sponsorships Manager...... Charity Harris Casting Fellow...... Mary Estrera* Major Gifts Coordinator...... Casey Radner Current Commissioned Writers...... Kia Corthron, Membership Manager...... Ryan Impagliazzo Nathan Alan Davis, Emily Feldman, Idris Goodwin, David Henry Hwang, Rajiv Joseph, Membership Coordinator...... Gwendolyn Tunnicliffe Kenneth Lin, Craig Lucas, Eduardo Machado, Development Operations Octavio Solis, Theresa Rebeck, Lauren Yee, Assistant...... Hannah Guy-Mozenter Karen Zacarías, Zack Zadek Development Communications Assistant...... Lauren Lopaty ADMINISTRATION Development Fellow...... Kayli Modell* Chief Financial Officer...... Joe Berardelli Leadership Office Manager...... Alison Irvin HUMAN RESOURCES Leadership and Business Fellow...... JP McLaurin* Director of Human Resources...... Jackie Rucker Bohi General Counsel...... Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Human Resources and Jacobson; Robbins, Russell, Englert, Benefits Associate...... Kathryn Perry Orsek, Untereiner & Sauber, LLP MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION BUSINESS OFFICE Managing Director...... Khady Kamara Controller...... John Monnett Payroll Manager...... Larry Bright AUDIENCE SERVICES Staff Accountant...... Christopher Murk Senior Director of Sales Accounting Associate...... Mark Runion and Audience Services...... Lindsey Wareing Pisani Auditors...... Bormel, Grice & Huyett, P.A. Assistant Director of Counsel...... Arent Fox, LLP Audience Services...... Sabrina Clark Assistant Director of Sales Services...... Isaac Evans COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Visitor Services Manager...... Jody Barasch Director of Community Engagement/ House Managers...... Bruce Perry, Andrew Rampy, Senior Artistic Advisor...... Anita Maynard-Losh Renata Wilson Director of Education...... Ashley Forman Assistant Manager of Group Sales...... Ellison Roberts School Programs Manager...... Rebecca Campana Group Sales Associates...... Bria Hall, Master Teaching Artist...... Psalmayene 24 X. Alexander Durden Training Programs Manager...... Sean-Maurice Lynch Managers of Sales Services...... Brian Antin, Community Programs Manager...... Mauricio Pita Marsha Kangas Community Engagement Sales Associates...... Sean Carpenter, Alvin Deskins III, Assistant...... Alan Gonzalez Bisnes Jocelyn Harris, Kiana Livingston, Colin O’Bryan, Jacob Savage, Community Engagement Fellows...... Tres McMichael*, Austin Sternlicht Megan Philippi*

34 2019/20 SEASON THEATER STAFF

EVENTS AND RENTALS SCENIC Assistant Director of Technical Director...... Natalie Bell Events and Rentals...... Emma Latimer Associate Technical Director...... Zachary Fullenkamp Events and Rentals Assistant Technical Director...... Travis Smith Assistant Managers...... Brittany Lamback, Interim Shop Supervisor...... Amanda Srok Demi Mohamed Charge Scenic Artist...... Li Qiang Events and Rentals Assistant...... Cameron Appel Carpenters...... Matt Grisdela, Craig Hower, Events Fellow...... Tommy Stack* Sean Malarkey, Hannah Martin, INFORMATION SYSTEMS Logan McDowell, Frank Miller Director of Information Systems...... Travis Armbuster PROPERTIES Systems Administrator...... Jarett Poole Properties Director...... Jennifer Sheetz Database Manager...... Rachel Schlaff Associate Properties Director...... Lance Pennington Help Desk Associate...... Edward Wieland Assistant Properties Director...... Jonathan Borgia MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Master Prop Carpenter...... Michael Ritoli Props Artisan...... Niell DuVal Senior Director of Marketing and Communications...... Renée M. Littleton Property Assistants...... Marion Hampton Dubé, ...... Kyle Handziak Digital Communications Manager...... Brieahn J. DeMeo LIGHTS Publicist...... Lauren McMillen Master Electrician...... Christopher V. Lewton Communications Associate...... Samantha Schneider Assistant Master Electrician...... Paul Villalovoz Senior Graphic Designer...... Shawn Helm Electricians...... Scott Folsom, Brian Flory, Website and New Media Manager...... Ben Nolan Kelsey L. Swanson Multimedia Designer...... Nicole Brate Lighting Fellow...... Minjoo Kim* Assistant Manager of Publications...... Kate Thompson Marketing Fellow...... Tristin Evans* SOUND Publications Fellow...... Brandon Pelar* Sound and Video Supervisor...... Brian Burchett Media Relations Fellow...... Caroline Austin* Master Sound and Artwork Creation...... Nicky Lindeman Video Technician...... Timothy M. Thompson Illustrators...... Jonathan Bartlett, Charles Chaisson, Sound Technicians...... Alex Cloud, Raul Colón, Charlie Davis, Adam W. Johnson, Tim O’Brien, Roberto Parada, Drew Moberley Paul Rogers, Jason Seiler, Owen Smith COSTUMES OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES Costume Director...... Joseph P. Salasovich Senior Director of Operations...... Marissa LaRose Associate Costume Director...... Cierra Coan Operations Manager...... Alicia Sells Drapers...... Carol Ramsdell, Steven Simon Operations Coordinator...... Jenna Murphy First Hands...... Michele Macadaeg, Mallory Muffley Assistant Company Manager...... Maddie Newell Craftsperson...... Deborah Nash Company Management Fellow..... Katharine Templeton* Wardrobe Supervisors...... Alina Gerall, Alice Hawfield Facilities and Engineering Manager...... Jerry Sampson Costume Assistant...... Kitt Crescenzo Maintenance Technicians...... Vincent Gregg, Costume and Wardrobe Assistant...... Adelle Gresock Henry Williams, Keaun Windear STAGE MANAGEMENT Porter...... Lawrence Wise Stage Managers...... Rachael Danielle Albert, Stage Door Attendants...... Ra’Chelle Carey, Marne Anderson, Kurt Hall, Kay Rogers Martha Knight, Emily Ann Mellon, PRODUCTION Christi B. Spann, Susan R. White Director of Production...... Robert Hand Stage Management Fellows...... Stephen Bubniak*, Delaynie Rizer* Production Manager...... Karen O. Mayhew Assistant Production Manager...... Trevor A. Riley * Allen Lee Hughes Fellow

2019/20 SEASON 35 “A rich and powerful narrative that has a compelling unity” — Mail Tribune

THE OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL PRODUCTION OF MOTHER ROAD BY OCTAVIO SOLIS DIRECTED BY BILL RAUCH BEGINS FEBRUARY 7

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