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Gala Season in Beantown Cambridge YMCA. For more information, visit The New Year has barely begun and winter still longwoodplayers.org. holds New England in its icy grip, yet already Later this upcoming spring, the Huntington Boston’s theatre devotees are marking their cal- Theatre Company’s Spotlight Spectacular endars as gala season begins to heat up. occurs on May 7 at Boston Center for the Arts’ Established in 1998, The Longwood Cyclorama. This year’s honorees include trustee Players celebrate two decades of commu- Neal Balkowitsch and director Liesl Tommy, who nity development and cultural enrichment in will be presented with the prestigious Wimberly Greater Boston at its annual cabaret fundraiser Award. Notable for entertainment provided by on February 3. “A Night at the Cabaret” takes theatre luminaries and for attracting glamorous place at Chelsea Theatre Works, home to The attendees, the Spotlight Spectacular always lives up Longwood Players’ current season in CTW’s to its name. For tickets, go to huntingtontheatre.org. brand-new black box theatre. Previously, The Longwood Players performed at the A New Season for Hub Theatre Company The Hub Theatre Company of Boston announced the three plays that comprise its sixth season. Sam Shepard’s tale of sibling rivalry between a Hollywood screenwriter and his thieving older brother, True West, kicks off the 2018 season in April. July sees the Boston premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s comedy The Taming, about a Miss America pageant con- testant with political ambitions that draws inspiration from Shakespeare’s The Taming of IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Trustee Neal Balkowitsch the Shrew. Finally, the Tony Award-winning (above left) and director Liesl Tommy (right) are the honorees at the Huntington Theatre Company’s prequel to J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, Peter and the 2018 Spotlight Spectacular fundraising gala at Starcatcher, ends the season in November. For Boston Center for the Arts’ Cyclorama (top). more details, go to hubtheatreboston.org. 4 MALA BACKSTAGE (continued)

More Opera in Boston Boston is becoming a burgeoning hub for all things opera, especially when it comes to the development of exciting new operatic projects. In December, the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC) held its first-ever public appearance at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge. The inaugural Run AMOC! Festival of new works by AMOC company members premiered three pieces. A Study on Effort matched the music of Bach and Westhoff in a collaboration between dancer- MEN WITH A PLAN: Artistic directors Matthew choreographer Bobbi Jene Smith and violinist Aucoin (pictured above left) and Zack Winokur (above right) helm American Modern Opera and poet Keir GoGwilt. Cage Match featured a Company, a new Boston-based opera troupe. series of duets between pianists, violinists, and baritones in music by Telemann, Donati, Wolff, troupe, new-music ensemble and artists’ col- and Monteverdi, as well as an original piece lective” that will focus on producing bound- by AMOC artistic director Matthew Aucoin. ary-breaking projects. Aucoin explained Finally, Were You There invited the audience to that, “for [AMOC], the essence of opera is participate in a theatrical presentation of hymns to be the field where all artistic disciplines and spirituals on themes of police brutality and collide.” The company will be in residence black lives lost. at Harvard University in February, before With no permanent home, AMOC traveling to New York and San Francisco. describes itself as “at once a traveling theatre Visit runningamoc.org for details.

WHAT’S ON STAGE in January Our picks for the hottest plays and musicals on local stages this month

BAD DATES ROAD SHOW HUNTINGTON LYRIC STAGE COMPANY THEATRE COMPANY January 12–February 11 January 26–February 25 Stephen Sondheim’s lat- One of the most popular est musical is inspired plays in the Huntington’s by the true-life stories history returns in this 15th of the Mizner brothers’ anniversary production of the fortune-seeking journeys comedy by Theresa Rebeck across America, from the (actress Haneefah Wood pic- Klondike gold rush to a tured) about a string of hilari- Florida real-estate boom. ously horrible dates. Refer to Refer to listing, page 42.

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Mala will be performed without an intermission.

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MALA

Written and Performed by Melinda Lopez Directed by David Dower

Dramaturg Scenic Design Lighting Design P. Carl Kristine Holmes Scott Pinkney

Projection Design Sound Design Ari Herzig Arshan Gailus

Production Stage Manager Stage Manager Debra A. Acquavella Lizzy Gordon

Mala will be performed without an intermission.

The Huntington is pleased to present the ArtsEmerson production of Mala which premiered in Boston at the Emerson Paramount Center in October 2016.

The Huntington Theatre Company is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and by more than 6,000 individual, foundation, and corporate contributors.

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This 2018, support the Huntington as a subscriber with a special limited-time offer: See all 4 plays for just $189 or pick any 3 for $149. BAD DATES TOP GIRLS by Theresa Rebeck by Caryl Churchill Directed by Jessica Stone Directed by Liesl Tommy Jan. 26 – Feb. 25, 2018 Apr. 20 – May 20, 2018 Huntington Avenue Theatre Huntington Avenue Theatre IRRESISTIBLE DAZZLING CONTEMPORARY COMEDY CLASSIC SKELETON CREW FALL by Dominique Morisseau by Bernard Weinraub Directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian Directed by Peter DuBois Mar. 2 – 31, 2018 May 18 – Jun. 16, 2018 Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA RIVETING & TIMELY FASCINATING UNTOLD STORY NEW PLAY OF ARTHUR MILLER

Audiences were on their feet for the cast of Merrily We Roll Along. T. CHARLES ERICKSON

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Draft rendering of the Huntington Avenue redevelopment project. HUNTINGTON AVENUE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WINS APPROVAL On December 14, 2017 the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) voted to approve the proposed redevelopment of 254-264 Huntington Avenue, which includes the renovation of the Huntington Avenue Theatre and the theatre’s support wing, as well as a new apartment building next to the theatre.

This approval sets in motion a gathering spaces, an expansive donation by commercial developers second floor lobby that will double QMG Huntington LLC of the historic as an event space and intimate Huntington Avenue Theatre and performance venue, and more its support wing to the Huntington restrooms! The Huntington will Theatre Company for its ownership expand its programming to provide in perpetuity. It will also lead to the year-round activity in the theatre creation of a new, 14,000 square feet and lobbies, and will make these of cultural space expanding the theatre new spaces available for use by at the base of their apartment building, the community. with a 100-year lease for the price of $1. This critical moment would not have The Huntington will be responsible been possible without our deep and for outfitting the new contemporary loyal community of supporters. We space, which will serve as the are excited to fulfill our bold dream, Huntington Avenue Theatre’s new and we hope we can continue to entrance and will provide public count on your support until it is amenities including increased fully realized.

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 9 A NOTE FROM MELINDA

PAUL MAROTTA PAUL LOPEZ:

I don’t usually perform my own work. I write my plays, and other people act in them. But I am also a performer; so when I wrote Mala, it seemed this play was a story that I should tell, because it is so personal to me.

I caught myself off guard with it. The first parts of Mala were notes that I wrote to myself on my iPhone during the Boston winter of 2015, a historically epic winter for New England that was also epic in more personal ways for my family. I wrote the notes when I felt like I was losing my mind in the back of a cab or sitting in a waiting room; I’d jot off a note and then dive back into the moment. T. CHARLES ERICKSON T.

Melinda first appeared at the Huntington in 2002 in Turgenev’s classic tale of passion and pathos, A Month in the Country (pictured with Mark Setlock and Alice Duffy).

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Amelia Alvarez, Will LeBow, and Carmen Roman in Melinda Lopez’s Sonia Flew, the inaugural production of the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA in 2004.

I didn’t discover them again on my phone until much later, and they surprised me, because the notes suggested a story. As I worked on it, it started to become a character, Mala, and I started to find the distance that I needed — because I never wanted the audience to like this character too much; she makes big mistakes, the kind we all do.

I want the play to remind us that however poorly you may have behaved in your life, I behaved worse, and there’s camaraderie there, honesty and humor. I knew early on that the play had to be funny. Funny in the way that the truth is funny, that families are funny, that honesty is funny, even sometimes sad things are funny.

An honest laugh can give us some space together, and then maybe we’ll talk about things we never talk about. I performed this play a year ago at ArtsEmerson, and then last fall, we took the play to the Guthrie in Minneapolis; it is great to be back in Boston with it now. The best comments have been about how the play made someone feel a little less alone, and that’s my point; we’re in this together.

— MELINDA LOPEZ

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 11 SNOWMAGEDDON: A LOOK BACK AT A LEGENDARY BOSTON WINTER

The winter of 2015 notched 108.5 inches of snow in Boston, and Lowell topped out at a whopping 120.6 inches, the highest total since the weather service started keeping records. Sidewalks turned into surreal and narrow corridors of ice, and the snow drifts crept up the sides of buildings. It became a season that we will all remember for where we were when the flakes fell.

• The first snow of the winter was November 27, 2014, a scant .3 inches in the late hours of the evening. • Even by January 23, 2015, only 5.5 inches had fallen in total for the year. • Named Winter Storm Juno, the first blizzard of the year dropped an extraordinary 24.6 inches on January 26–27. Streets flooded in communities like Scituate, and a cascade of major storms began, progressively called Kari, Linus, Marcus, Neptune, Octavia and Pandora. • From January 24 to February 10, 72.5 inches fell in just 10 days, smashing the record for the fastest period of accumulation on record, and the stretch was dubbed “the Great Snow of 2015.” • Days on end below freezing prevented any snow melt, sometimes stretching four or five days of temperatures below 20 degrees Fahrenheit. • The final snow of the season landed on March 21, a relatively minor 1.2 inches. • On July 14, 2015, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced that the last snowflake of the winter had melted, and commemorated the winter with a city-wide barbecue.

— CHARLES HAUGLAND

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TICKETS START AT $20! ARTSEMERSON.ORG / 617.824.8400 ABOUT THE COMPANY Melinda Lopez* (Playwright, Performer) is the playwright- in-residence at the Huntington Theatre Company. Mala won MALA the 2017 Elliot Norton Award for Best New Play, and recently ran at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Upcoming projects include a translation of Yerma (Federico García Lorca) for the American Conservatory Theater. Her award-winning play Sonia Flew (Elliot Norton Award, IRNE Award) had its world premiere as the Huntington’s inaugural production in the Wimberly Theatre, and has since been produced all over the country, including at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Contemporary American Theater Festival, San Jose Repertory Theatre, and many others. Other plays include Becoming Cuba (Huntington Theatre Company), Back the Night (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), Caroline in Jersey (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Orchids to Octopi (Central Square Theater, commissioned by the National Institutes of Health for the Darwin bicentennial), Gary (Steppenwolf First Look Repertory and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), Alexandros (Laguna Playhouse), Midnight Sandwich/Medianoche (Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, Coconut Grove Playhouse), and multiple short plays. Ms. Lopez is among the first cohort of playwrights to receive a three-year residency grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and she was the first recipient of the Charlotte Woolard Award, given by The Kennedy Center to a “promising new voice in American theatre.” She has served as a panel member for the City of Boston, the National Education Association, and the Cambridge Arts Panel, and she has enjoyed residencies with Sundance, the Lark, New York Theatre Workshop, and Harvard University. Ms. Lopez is also an actress and has appeared in regional theatre (Huntington Theatre Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Guthrie Theater and Portland Stage), film, and radio. She teaches theatre studies at Wellesley College and playwriting at Boston University. Ms. Lopez was mentioned by President Obama in his joint address to the Cuban and American people, and Mayor Marty Walsh declared October 29, 2016 “Melinda Lopez Day” in the City of Boston. She is active in the local Cuban American community and works to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Cuba. For more information, visit friendsofcaritascubana.com and melindalopez.com.

David Dower (Director) is artistic director at ArtsEmerson, where he staged the world premiere of Mala, as well as Guillermo and Calderon’s Kiss, Marc Kudisch’s Baritones Unbound, Daniel Beaty’s Breath and Imagination, Mr. Joy, and Emergency. He has directed new works at Arena Stage, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre, and dozens of world premieres in the San Francisco Bay area. He spent six seasons as associate artistic director at Arena Stage, leading the artistic development team on over 50 productions, including the Tony Award-winning productions of 33 Variations, Next to Normal (Pulitzer Prize), and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He is a co-founder of HowlRound and a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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CALL: ABOUT THE COMPANY P. Carl (Dramaturg) is a distinguished artist in residence at Emerson College in Boston. He is also a writer and lecturer on theatre, gender, inclusive practices, MALA and innovative models for building community and organizations. He is an accomplished theatre artist, most recently serving as a key creative collaborator (dramaturg and producer) on a range of diverse projects, including Claudia Rankine’s new play The White Card, Melinda Lopez’s Mala (2017 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script), Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s How to Be a Rock Critic, and Deborah Stein and Suli Holum’s The Wholehearted. Dr. Carl is the founder of the journal HowlRound and co-founder of the subsequent online platform HowlRound Theatre Commons. In 2017, Dr. Carl was given a prestigious Art of Change Fellowship from the Ford Foundation, was named Theatre Person of the Year in 2015 (National Theatre Conference), and was named an alum of notable distinction from the University of Minnesota. His former positions include director of HowlRound Theatre Commons, co-artistic director of ArtsEmerson (Emerson College), director of artistic development at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, and producing artistic director at The Playwrights’ Center, Minneapolis. Dr. Carl holds a PhD in comparative studies in discourse and society from the University of Minnesota, and is currently working on his memoir, Becoming a White Man.

Kristine Holmes (Scenic Design) is the full-time prop shop manager at the Huntington Theatre Company, where she has been employed for 25 years. She has put her designer skills to work, assisting others in realizing their designs for over 175 productions, some of which, including Hedda Gabler and Private Lives, have made their way to Broadway. Her latest design endeavor was Kiss at ArtsEmerson. Summer vacations find her traveling with PBS’ “Antiques Roadshow” as the set decorator.

Scott Pinkney (Lighting Design) was represented on Broadway by Harvey Fierstein’s Tony Award-winning Torch Song Trilogy. Off Broadway credits include Vincent, Becoming Dr. Ruth, Majestic Kid, Divine Fire, Nymph Errant, and The World is Made of Glass. Regional credits include Mala for the Guthrie Theater, Don Juan for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Denver Critics Circle Award), My Fair Lady for TheatreVirginia (Phoebe Award), The Best of Enemies for George Street Playhouse, Secret Garden for the Olney Theatre, and Texas Flyer for Theatre Under The Stars. He has designed more than 30 productions for Barrington Stage Company (named an associate artist in 2014), including American Son, Whipping Man, The Crucible, A Streetcar Named Desire, Carousel, Follies, and West Side Story. For Bristol Riverside Theatre, he designed more than 30 productions, including Balkan Women (Barrymore Award nomination), Hamlet, The Dresser, Evita, Chicago, Alive and Well, and Dear World. Internationally, he designed Art and Kiss of the Spider Woman for Singapore Repertory Theatre, and concerts for Club Mohamed-Ali in Cairo. In Boston, he has recently designed Ulysses on Bottles for Israeli Stage (IRNE Award nomination); The Comedy of Errors for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (Elliot Norton Award); Don Giovanni for New England Conservatory Opera; Freud’s Last Session, Broken Glass, Race, and Opus for New Repertory Theatre; The Glass Menagerie, Side Show, and Adrift in Macao for Lyric Stage Company; and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Merrily We Roll Along at the Majestic

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ABOUT THE COMPANY MALA Theatre. His company, Pinkney Associates, LLC, counts among its clients IBM, Estee Lauder, BMW, and the Smithsonian Institution. Mr. Pinkney is a professor at Emerson College. slpinkney.com.

Ari Herzig (Projection Design) previously designed Ryan Landry’s “M” for the Huntington Theatre Company. Other credits include Albatross (Poets’ Theatre); The Bridges of Madison County and Tribes (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Fast Company, Dear Elizabeth, and Chinglish (Lyric Stage Company); and The Snow Queen (New Repertory Theatre). They received an IRNE Award for Projection Design for a Small Stage in 2016 for Albatross at the New Repertory Theatre. They work as the lighting and projection supervisor for the Office of the Arts at Emerson College and graduated from Emerson College in 2008 with a BFA in theatre design/technology. ariherzig.com.

Arshan Gailus (Sound Design) previously designed and composed original music for Becoming Cuba for the Huntington Theatre Company. He has designed sound and created original music for companies including Shakespeare & Company, Contemporary American Theater Festival, ART Institute, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Brandeis University, New Repertory Theatre, The Nora Theatre Company, Lyric Stage Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Gloucester Stage Company, and Company One Theatre. He was awarded the 2016 IRNE Award for Best Sound Design (Small Theatre) for his design of appropriate

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 17 ABOUT THE COMPANY (SpeakEasy Stage Company) and was a member of the Elliot Norton Award- winning design teams for The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity (Company One MALA Theatre, 2012) and Twelfth Night (Actors’ Shakespeare Project, 2011). Mr. Gailus teaches sound design at Emerson College where he serves as resident sound designer for Emerson Stage, and he has designed sound and composed original music for independent video games in the Boston area and internationally. Mr. Gailus holds a BS in music from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. arshangailus.com.

Debra A. Acquavella* (Production Stage Manager) has previous Huntington credits that include Good People and Betrayal as a substitute stage manager. On Broadway, she was production stage manager of the long-running Metamorphoses at Circle in the Square Theatre, Master Harold…and the boys, and Jane Eyre, The Musical. Off Broadway credits include Radio Macbeth, directed by Anne Bogart; Falsettos at Playwrights Horizons; The Thing About Men at the Promenade Theatre; and Metamorphoses at Second Stage Theater. Regional credits include 15 seasons as production stage manager of Actors Theatre of Louisville, where she stage managed dozens of premieres in the Humana Festival of New American Plays, and, currently, 12 seasons at Contemporary American Theater Festival. Other credits include four seasons at Baltimore Center Stage, ArtsEmerson, Guthrie Theater, Trinity Repertory Company, and Shakespeare Theatre Company, among others.

Lizzy Gordon* (Stage Manager) previously worked as a production assistant on Ripcord for the Huntington Theatre Company in 2017. In the fall of 2016, she stage managed Mala for ArtsEmerson in the Jackie Liebergott Black Box. During the production of Circus 1903’s time in Boston, she substituted as their assistant stage manager. Ms. Gordon is currently a senior stage and production management major at Emerson College. Recent Emerson Stage credits include Middletown, We Are Pussy Riot or Everything is P.R., Guys and Dolls, and Getting Out. She also works as a guest service manager for Broadway In Boston.

ArtsEmerson (Producer) is Boston’s leading presenter of contemporary world theatre. It is dedicated to engaging all communities through stories that reveal and deepen connections to each other. By cultivating diversity in the art and in the audience, ArtsEmerson ignites public conversation around the most vexing societal challenges as a catalyst for overcoming them. ArtsEmerson is committed to welcoming everyone into its landmark venues, located in Boston’s downtown Theatre District, for a diverse program of contemporary theatre, film, and music from around the city and around the world. In addition, ArtsEmerson engages in a range of community partnerships and produces a series of initiatives that make visible the rich diversity of cultural activity in the region. These programs are core to ArtsEmerson’s mission and expresses commitment to civic responsibility to create a more cohesive society. ArtsEmerson is the professional presenting and producing organization of the Office of the Arts at Emerson College and is led by Artistic Director David Dower and Executive Director David Howse. For more information, visit ArtsEmerson.org.

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY MALA Peter DuBois (Artistic Director) is in his 10th season as Artistic Director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music; the world premieres of Gina Gionfriddo’s Can You Forgive Her?, Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People, Evan M. Wiener’s Captors, Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet (2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist), Bob Glaudini’s Vengeance is the Lord’s, and David Grimm’s The Miracle at Naples; the regional premieres of A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible the things I do, Stephen Belber’s The Power of Duff, Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw and Rapture, Blister, Burn, Moliére’s Tartuffe and Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss. His West End/ London credits include Sex with Strangers and Rapture, Blister, Burn (Hampstead Theatre); All New People with Zach Braff (Duke of York’s Theatre); and Becky Shaw (Almeida Theatre). His New York credits include Can You Forgive Her? (Vineyard Theatre); The Power of Duff with Greg Kinnear (New York Stage and Film/Powerhouse Theater); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons, 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout Theatre Company, 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Modern Terrorism, Becky Shaw, Trust with Sutton Foster, All New People, and Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage Theater); Measure for Pleasure, Richard III with Peter Dinklage, Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?, and Biro (The Public Theater/NYSF); and Jack Goes Boating with Philip Seymour Hoffman and The View From 151st Street (LAByrinth Theater Company/The Public Theater). He served for five years as associate producer and resident director at

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ABOUT THE COMPANY MALA The Public Theater, preceded by five years as artistic director of the Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. Prior to his work at Perseverance, Mr. DuBois lived and worked in the Czech Republic where he co-founded Asylum, a multi-national squat theatre in Prague. His productions have been on the annual top 10 lists of The New York Times, Time Out, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsday, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, The Evening Standard, The Boston Globe, and Improper Bostonian, and he received an Honorable Mention for 2013 Bostonian of the Year by The Boston Globe Magazine.

Michael Maso (Managing Director) has led the Huntington’s administrative and financial operations since 1982. He has produced more than 200 productions in partnership with three artistic directors and is one of the most well-regarded managing directors in the theatre industry. Under his tenure, the Huntington has received over 140 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Mr. Maso received the 2016 Massachusetts Nonprofit Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as TCG’s 2012 Theatre Practitioner Award, the Huntington’s 2012 Wimberly Award, StageSource’s 2010 Theatre Hero Award, the 2005 Commonwealth Award (the state’s highest arts honor) in the category of Catalyst, and the 2000 Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. In 2004, the Boston Herald honored him as Theatre Man of the Year. Mr. Maso led the Huntington’s 10-year drive to build the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, which opened in September 2004, and is currently leading the redevelopment and renovation of the Huntington Avenue Theatre. He currently serves on the Boston Cultural Planning Steering Committee and previously served as a member of the board for ArtsBoston, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and StageSource, and as a site visitor, panelist, and panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts. From 1997 to 2005 Mr. Maso served as the president of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of 70 of the country’s major not-for-profit professional theatres. In 2005, he was named as one of a dozen members of the inaugural class of the Barr Fellows Program. Prior to the Huntington, he served as the managing director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival, general manager of New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, business manager for PAF Playhouse on Long Island, and as an independent arts management consultant based in Taos, New Mexico.

Christopher Wigle (Producing Director) is in his 18th season at the Huntington where he has produced over 80 productions. He has worked on Broadway, Off Broadway, and regionally for Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, the Bay Street Theater, and the Royal National Theatre. Working primarily as a stage manager, his credits include the original productions or New York premieres of Six Degrees of Separation (John Guare), subUrbia (Eric Bogosian), The Designated Mourner (Wallace Shawn), Some Americans Abroad (Richard Nelson), Desdemona (Paula Vogel), Racing Demon (David Hare), Sex and Longing (Christopher Durang), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Alfred Urhy), and Sophistry (Jonathan Marc Sherman). Additional credits include the award- winning Broadway revivals of The Heiress and The Most Happy Fella, as well as two seasons as workshop director for the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

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Sign up at Globe.com/Newsletters ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY The Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s leading professional theatre and one of the region’s premier cultural assets. Since its founding in 1982, the Huntington has received over 140 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. In the past 35 years, the Huntington has played to an audience of 3.5 million, presented over 200 plays (18 of which went on to Broadway or Off Broadway), and served over 500,000 students, community members, and other cultural organizations. Under the direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso, the Huntington brings world-class theatre artists from Boston, Broadway, and beyond together with the most promising new talent to create eclectic seasons of exciting new works and classics made current. Long an anchor cultural institution of the Avenue of the Arts, the Huntington’s primary home will remain on Huntington Avenue on a permanent basis. The Huntington plans to renovate and expand the current theatre into a first-rate, modern, state-of-the-art venue with enhanced services for audiences, artists, and the community. The Huntington built the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts in 2004 as a home for its new works activities and to provide a much- needed resource for the local theatre community. At the Calderwood Pavilion, the Huntington provides first-class facilities and audience services at significantly subsidized rates to dozens of organizations each year, including some of Boston’s most exciting small and mid-sized theatre companies. The Huntington serves 200,000 audience members each year at the Huntington Avenue Theatre and the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. Through a diverse and impactful range of nationally renowned education and community programs, the Huntington reaches 36,000 young people and underserved audience members each year. These programs include the Poetry Out Loud national recitation contest, the August Wilson Monologue Competition, the Huntington Community Membership Initiative, and the student matinee series. The Huntington is a founding partner of Codman Academy Charter Public School and has collaborated with Codman year-round for 16 years to create and teach its innovative, interdisciplinary Humanities curriculum. A national leader in the development of new plays, the Huntington has produced more than 120 world, American, and New England premieres to date. Through the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, the cornerstone of its new work activities, the Huntington supports local writers through two-year fellowships and is also proud to serve as a home for Playwright-in-Residence Melinda Lopez. The Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form and is committed to mentoring local playwrights, educating young people in theatre, and serving as a catalyst for the growth of dozens of Boston’s emerging performing arts organizations.

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY TRUSTEES & OVERSEERS

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

David R. Epstein James J. Dillon Mitchell J. Roberts Chairman Betsy Banks Epstein Robert H. Scott William Finard John D. Spooner Sharon Malt David Firestone Wendell Taylor President John Frishkopf Linda H. Thomas Ann T. Hall Linda Waintrup Carol B. Langer Thomas Hamilton III J. David Wimberly Treasurer Arthur C. Hodges Veronica Wiseman Frederick Jamieson Mary Wolfson Sherryl Cohen Nada Despotovich Kane Fancy Zilberfarb Clerk Michelle Karol David Leathers Warren R. Radtke Carole Alkins Rumena Manolova- Trustee Emeritus David Altshuler Senchak Neal Balkowitsch William P. McQuillan Michael Brown Ann Merrifield John Cini Sandra Moose Gerard H. Cohen Anne M. Morgan John Cohen Cokie Perry Carol G. Deane Bryan Rafanelli

COUNCIL OF OVERSEERS

Nancy S. Adams Alan S. Johnson Stephen M. Trehu Kitty Ames Katherine Jones Juliet Schnell Turner Steven M. Bauer Linda Kanner Tracey A. West Camilla Bennett Loren Kovalcik John Taylor Williams Nancy Brickley Sherry Lang Bertie Woeltz Jim Burns Joie Lemaitre Christopher R. Yens Suzanne Chapman Tracie Longman Linda Zug J. William Codinha Nancy Lukitsh Bette Cohen Charles Marz Elizabeth Cregger Noel McCoy Catherine Creighton Thalia Meehan Deborah First Daniel A. Mullin Anne H. Fitzpatrick Tania Phillips Maria Farley Gerrity Gail Roberts Eilene Davidson Grayken Valerie Shey Paul Greenfield Ben Taylor Janice Hunt Kate Taylor as of December 15, 2017

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 25 BENEFACTORS CIRCLE

The Benefactors Circle recognizes our lead Annual Fund donors and offers its members a range of special benefits. We are deeply grateful to the members of the Benefactors Circle and to all donors whose generous Annual Fund gifts support our artistic programs, and our award-winning youth, education, and community initiatives. Please visit huntingtontheatre.org/support to learn about making a gift or contact the Development Office at 617 273 1523.

$100,000+ Dr. John and Bette Cohen Carol B. Langer Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Susan and David Leathers Wayne Davis and Ann Merrifield Sharon and Brad Malt Carol G. Deane Bill and Linda McQuillan Betsy and David Epstein Jill and Mitchell Roberts Denise and William Finard Mr. J. David Wimberly Eilene Davidson Grayken 1 anonymous gift Jane and Fred Jamieson

$50,000-$99,999 Karen and David Firestone Jane and Neil Pappalardo Gardner C. Hendrie and Nancy and Ed Roberts Karen Johansen 1 anonymous gift Ms. Anne M. Morgan

$25,000-$49,999 Nancy Adams and John Burgess Sandra Moose and Eric Birch Dr. and Mrs. Reinier Beeuwkes Cokie and Lee Perry Stephen Chapman John D. Spooner Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske Faith and Joseph Tiberio Ann and John Hall Charitable Foundation Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Linda and Daniel Waintrup Barbara and Amos Hostetter Howard and Veronica Wiseman Nancy Lukitsh Linda and Brooks Zug

$10,000-$24,999 Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Shelley and Steve Karol Fay Chandler‡ Loren B. Kovalcik / IntePros Consulting Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Counts Mr. and Mrs. David Long Linda L. D’Onofrio Tracie L. Longman and Debbie and Bob First, in memory of Chaitanya Kanojia Susan Spooner Paula and Bill O’Keeffe John Frishkopf Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips Nicki Nichols Gamble Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson Karen and Gary Gregg Jan and Joe Roller Tom and Nancy Hamilton Dr. Paul S. Russell Cassandra Hyland Henderson Darin and Debbie Samaraweera Joyce Huber and Randall Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan Elizabeth and Woody Ives Linda H. Thomas Nada Despotovich Kane Mary Wolfson Marjie and Robert Kargman Genevieve and Justin Wyner

26 MALA PATRONS PROGRAM $5,000-$9,999 Alice and Walter Abrams Mr. and Mrs. William Fink Gail Roberts Steven M. Bauer Anne H. Fitzpatrick, Robert M. Rosenberg, Charles and Kathleen Ames in honor of Dan Mullin in honor of Marianne Baldwin and Donald Fulton Mary Wolfson Eva Marie Mancuso Maria and Daniel Gerrity Marilyn and Jay Sarles Coralie Berg and Mary Beth and Rumena and Alexander Steve Schwartz Chris Gordon Senchak Amy and Joshua Boger Donna and Jay Hanflig Valerie Shey Susan and Michael Brown Ned Murphy and Bruce and Emily Stangle Jim Burns Ann-Ellen Hornidge Ellie Svenson and Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Paul and Tracy Klein Mark Klempner Susan and Alfred Chandler David A. Kronman Ben and Kate Taylor Suzanne Chapman Sherry Lang Jean C. Tempel Nancy Ciaranello Joie Lemaitre John Travis John Cini and Star Lancaster Cecile and Fraser Lemley Drs. Stephen and Beth Trehu J. William Codinha and John and Jean Lippincott Juliet Schnell Turner Carolyn Thayer Ross Gregory Maguire Elizabeth and Caleb White Betsy and David Cregger Jack Fabiano and Ike Williams Laura and Neil Cronin Noel McCoy Bertie and Anthony Woeltz Amey A. DeFriez Thalia Meehan and Christopher R. Yens and Margaret Eagle and Rev. Gretchen Grimshaw Temple Gill Eliezer Rapaport Sharon Miller Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Steve Elman and Daniel A. Mullin Zilberfarb Joanne D’Alcomo Brant Cheikes and 1 anonymous gift Robert Fine and Janine Papesh Matthew Fine

$2,500-$4,999 Patricia Bellinger and Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Jackie and Bob Pascucci Richard Balzer‡ Hibbard, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Michael Barza and David Wimberly Powell Judith Robinson Carmela M. Hilbert Deborah and S. Caesar Carolyn Birmingham Prof. and Mrs. Morton Z. Raboy Edward Boesel Hoffman Sally C. Reid and Nancy and Richard Brickley Emily Hughey John D. Sigel Kevin and Virginia Byrne Janice and Roger Hunt Victoria and John Rizzi McLane and Tenney Cover Linda and Steven Kanner Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Robbins Catherine and Peter Seth and Mary Kaufman Richard Powers and Creighton Susie and David Kohen Stephen Schram Ellen and Kevin Donoghue Ted and Ann Kurland Vivian and Lionel Spiro Jonathan Dyer and Anthony Lucas Helen and Jack Stewart Thomas Foran Ann D. Macomber Lisbeth Tarlow and Norman and Madeleine Charles Marz Stephen Kay Gaut Mike and Mary McConnell Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tritman Thomas and Joanne Gill Amy Merrill, in honor of Pamela Tucker‡ and Mark E. Glasser and Donna Glick George Pettee Frank G. McWeeny Charles Merrill‡ Mary Verhage Paul Greenfield and Paul Odland Mindee Wasserman Sandy Steele Coleen and David Norman Weeks Betsy and David Harris Pantalone 2 anonymous gifts

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$1,000-$2,499 James Alexander and Lori and Michael Gilman Bill and Ginny Mullin Thomas Stocker Peter and Jacqueline Gordon Bob and Alison Murchison Carole and Leonard Alkins Phil Gormley and Jonette Nagai and Dr. Ronald Arky Erica Bisguier Stephen O’Brien Carol Baker Mr. K. Frank Gravitt Eric and Elizabeth Nordgren George and Katharine Baker Garth and Lindsay Greimann Mary Owens Kate and Gordon Baty Irene and Stephen Grolnic Joy Pak and David Deutsch Bruce and Denise Bauman Katherine Haltom Susan Pak Dr. Susan E. Bennett and H. Patricia Hanna Dr. and Mrs. John William Dr. Gerald Pier Theodore and Sally Hansen Poduska, Sr. Susana and Clark Bernard Mr. and Mrs. James L. Warren R. Radtke and Jerry M. Bernhard Hartmann Judith Lockhart-Radtke Christina and Ky Bertoli♦ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas High Jessica and David Reed Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon C. Barbara Hirshfield and Lynn and John Reichenbach Bolton III Cary Coen, in honor of Ellen Remmer Lori Bornstein and Sherry and Gerry Cohen Sharon and Howard Rich Alan Rithman Bob Hiss and Mary Riffe Hiss Jean and Richard Roberts Joseph L. Bower and Richard and Priscilla Hunt Sarah Rothermel Elizabeth Potter Susan M. Hunziker Susan and Geoffrey Rowley Geri and Bill Brehm Terence Janericco Rohini Sakhuja Jane Brock-Wilson, in honor Alan Johnson Susan Pioli and of Carol Deane Leonard W. Johnson Martin Samuels Kenneth Brown Holly and Bruce Johnstone Mr. and Mrs. William R. Paul Buddenhagen Katherine and Hubie Jones Sapers Betsy Cabot Rev. Dr. Katherine Kallis Jane E. Shattuck Ronald G. Castly Paul and Elizabeth Kastner Ellen Sheehy and Peggy and Anton Chernoff John Keane Scott Aquilina Dominic Cioffoletti and Cathie and Clarke Keenan Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke Christopher Scinto Dorothy and Richard Koerner Rebecca Jean Smith Dorothy Coffin Yuriko Kuwabara and Beth and Michael Kenneth R. Traub and Walter Dzik Stonebraker Pamela K. Cohen Barrie Landry John H. Straus and Rosalie Florence Cohen Drs. Lynne and Sidney Liza Ketchum Ken and Ginny Colburn Levitsky Hope and Adam Suttin Dennis Condon and Jon A. Levy Lise and Myles Striar Robert Cummings Ms. Susan Lincoln Jared Tausig, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dayton Janet Mack David Wimberly Dean K. Denniston, Jr. Stuart and Yvonne Madnick David Parker and George Dhionis Mahmood Malihi Janet Tiampo Linda and Tim Diering The Mancuso Family Robert C. Volante Virginia Drachman and Joan and John McArdle Dr. Ronald Weinger Douglas Jones Louise and Sandy McGinnes Scott and Jacqueline Jerome and Vivien Facher Kathy McGirr and Wellman Barbara and Larry Farrer Keith Carlson Wendling Charitable Fund Newell Flather Jack and Susan McNamara Tracey Allyson West Donna and Harley Frank Mary Rivet and Wilson Butler Architects Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Christopher Meyer Dr. Elaine Woo Gardiner Neal and Lynne Miller Jerold and Abbe Beth Young Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, 5 anonymous gifts Garrison in memory of Sharon and Irving Gates Virginia Wimberly

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$500-$999 Lindsay Miller and Peter Ambler Terry Rockefeller and Janet and David Offensend Elizabeth Aragao♦ William Harris Ray O’Neill John and Rose Ashby, Dr. and Mrs. George Hatsopoulos William Pananos in honor of Ann T. Hall John and Holliday Heine Marianne Pasts Robin Barnes and David Bor Dr. Galen Henderson and Patricia Patricelli Molly and John Beard Dr. Vanessa Britto Ellen C. Perrin Louis and Nancy Beckerman Kathleen Henry and Kim Maarkand Mr. and Mrs. Murray Preisler Kathleen Beckman Peggy and Ronald Hillegass, Suzane Priebatsch Howard H. Bengele in honor of Nancy and Margaret Ramsey Jonas Berman Tom Hamilton Robert Raymond Martin S. Berman and Rosalind and Herbert Hill Edith Rea Mary Ann Jasienowski Peter K. Jenkins Charles Reed and Ann Jacobs Leonard and Jane Bernstein Peter Jenney Gretchen Reilly Margaret and James Blackwell, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Karofsky Michelle and Aaron Rhodes♦ in honor of David Wimberly Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Karon Audrey Rideout Stephen and Traudy Bradley Nancy R. Karp Christina Rifkin Pam and Lee Bromberg Jane Katims and Daniel Perlman Michael and Jane Roberts Barry Brown and Ellen Shapiro Amelia and Joshua Katzen Sue Robinson Mrs. Barbara Buntrock-Schuerch Michael and Dona Kemp Christine and David Root Thomas Burger and John T. Kittredge Diane Rosenberg Andree Robert Jill Kneerim Sari Rosman Eric Butler♦ Edgar Knudson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rotenberg A. William and Carol Caporizzo John and Sharon Koch Pauline and Robert Rothenberg Carrig Kitchens LLC Cheryl and James Kolb Dr. Glenn S. Rothfeld and Cara and Anthony Casendino Dale Koppel Magi McKinnies Patricia Chadwick and Jeanne and Allen Krieger Kathleen and William Rousseau Norman Cantin Patricia Leighfield, Phyllis and Sam Rubinovitz George and Mary Chin in memory of Robert Crisp Diane and Richard Schmalensee John Clippinger Jenny and Jay Leopold William Schutten Herbert Stuart Cohen Nancy Levy David W. Shukra and Janet L. Comey Katherine Lewandowski and Clifford S. Wunderlich Alison Conant and Richard Frank Adam Guren♦ Omar Saddiqi Stephen Conner June K. Lewin, in memory of Gilda Slifka Paul Curtis Ted Kazanoff Mark Smith and John O’Keefe Lloyd and Gene Dahmen Elizabeth Lintz Edward Sonn Josh and Jennifer Davis Mark H. Lippolt Nancy and Edward Stavis Marguerite Davoren Babette and Peter Loring Lee Steele Judy DeFilippo‡ Barbara A. Manzolillo Gail Steketee and Brian McCorkle Joan Dolamore Amy and Bill Marshall Jennifer Stone and Robert Waldinger Mr. Glenn Edelson Bronwyn Martin, in memory of Bob and Dorothy Stuart Gordon Edes Travis Martin Darline Lewis and Marshall Sugarman Dr. Rachela Elias and Kathy Martin and David Johnson Beth and Larry Sulak Gedalia Pasternak James D. Maupin Margaret M. Talcott and Martha A. Erickson Kenneth Virgile and Helene Mayer L. Scott Scharer Peter and Jan Eschauzier Geraldine McManus and Todd Trehubenko Maggi Farrell Richard Hand Rosamond B. Vaule Gail Flatto Frank B. Mead Sumer and Kiran Verma Pierre Fleurant Dan Miller Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Walther Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd Dorian Mintzer and David Feingold Scott and Brenda Warner Hilary and Chris Gabrieli Nicole Moceri Constance V.R. White Tony and Melissa Gallo Mary Ellen Moore Karolye and Fernando Cunha William Gault Kevin Morris P.T. Withington Drs. Laura Green and David Golan The Munzer Family Clark Wright and Suzanne Greenberg Eileen Murray Lisa Goldthwait Wright Tracy Griffin and David Long Fred and Julie Nagle Robert E. Zaret Gail and Jan Hardenbergh Tom Norris 5 anonymous gifts HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 29 SUPPORTERS PROGRAM (continued)

$250-$499 Jonathan Aibel and Julie Rohwein Howard S. Crowley Amal Hussein Rosanna Alfaro James F. Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Howard Israel Fidler Family Zoltan and Cristina Csimma Jill Jackson David and Holly Ambler Karen Davis and Randy Block Maggie Jackson and Pat Mawn♦ Robert Allen Bill and Kay DeFord Roland Jacobson Nancy T. and Jack W. Ammerman Charlotte Delaney and Ali Jadbabaie and Nikroo Hashemi Michael Ansara Steve Pattyson Toini and Carl Jaffe Tammy Arcuri Raymond De Rise Peter and Adrienne Jaffe Tom Austin Joel Desilets Norman W. Johnson Carolyn Baird Jane and Stephen Deutsch The Jolly Family Mr. and Mrs. James Banker Mary L. Dill Peter Jones Emily Barclay and John Hawes Soroor Dowlati Jess and Aran Kadar Marilyn Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Downey Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kalowski Peter Barrett Owen Doyle Jane Kamer David Barry Raya Dreben Sondra Katz and Jess Klarnet Nancy Barry Grace Durrani Yetta Katz Caitlin Bearce Harriett M. Eckstein Rob and Mary Keane-Hazzard Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Berglund Diane F. Engel Jim Keefe and Family James Berkman Mr. and Mrs. James Feldman Glenn Kelly Gregory Bialecki and Mary Herlihy Roger Ferguson and Paul Kelly Robert Bienkowski Chris Gaucher Judy and Dan Kennedy, Clinton Blackburn and Mr. and Mrs. Barry Fireman in honor of Michelle Lessly♦ Kathleen McGrath Fitts Stephen Sondheim Donald and Ellen Bloch Thomas M. Formicola and Margie Kern Drs. Brian and Rachel Bloom Lenny Goldstein David Kettner Scott Chisolm and Afshan Bokhari Mr. and Mrs. Peter Frumkin Gail King and Anthony Boral and Leah Rugen Stephen Gaal Christopher Condon Sandy Bornstein Michael and Leslie Gaffin Remsen M. Kinne Richard and Dorothy Botnick Michael Gallerstein Jason Knutson Payne/Bouchier Inc. Kathryn M. Gallucci Nancy Korman and Ken Elgart Jonathan Golding and Judith L. Ganz Gail and Dr. Marcel Korn Sally Bradley-Golding Clifford Garnett Mrs. Charlotte Krentzel Eric and Sandra Brenman Gisele Garraway Drs. Carol and Ben Kripke Ellen and Jeremiah Bresnahan Vincent Genest Joan Kuhn S. Britt Jack and Maureen Ghublikian Oldrich Kyn Deborah B. Brown Celia and Walter Gilbert Andreas Laddis Ruth Budd and John Ehrenfeld Silvia Glick Susan Lane and William Kane Allan and Rhea Bufferd Michael and Sophie Gordon Carol Lazarus Diane Burman Amelia and William Graham Dr. and Mrs. Lucian Leape Daniel C. Burnes Susan Greco Michelle Lewis Pauline H. Bynum Thomas Greeley Dr. and Mrs. David Lhowe Missage Cadet, M.D. Paul and Martha Green Virginia Litle Cathy Campbell and Jack Orrock Dr. William and Susan Griever Lida and Francis Lloyd Colleen Campion Steven and Barbara Grossman Jim and Allie Loehlin Judith Carmany and David Grossman Ms. Barbara Lurvey Charles R. Carr Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Groves Kim and Paul Mahoney Frank Carrano Stella M. Hammond David and Christine Manns Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Eunice Harps Arthur Mattuck Cheston, Jr. Judith Harris Stephen T. McAvinn Mary Chin Mary Hayes Kevin McCarthy Maria Church Lizbeth Hedstrom Terri-Lynn McCormick Krista Clouse Margaret N. Henderson and Hope and Shaw McDermott Valerie Cloutier Loretta Henderson Robert McOwen Priscilla Cogan Alfio Hernandez Gabriella Meyer Steven Cohen Erin Higgins Forrest and Sara Milder Stuart Cole David Hollowell Gale Minot Steven Coleman and Ken Horn Joseph Misdraji Christine Tunstall Lyle Howland Adam and Denise Moehring Silvia Coulter Andrea Humez Margaret Mone Robert Crone Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hunsicker Barbershop Deluxe Anne Crowley Barbara Bradlee Michael and Donna Moskow 30 MALA SUPPORTERS PROGRAM (continued)

Bob Muti, in memory of Abby Rosenfeld Patrick Tally James Robinson Leila Joy Rosenthal Jacob Taylor and Jean Park Thomas Novak Mathilde and Robert Ross M.K. Terrell Chukwuemeka Nwanze Susan Rothenberg Janet Testa Richard Belin and Debra Ruder Mary Anne Thadeu Rosanne O’Brien Ryan Ruopp Karen Thompson Kathryn O’Connell George and Faye Russell Judy Thomson Nancy and Chris Oddleifson Nancy L. Russell Patricia Tibbetts Linda Ordoukhanian Jeremy Ryan Mr. Robert Toomey Robert and Beverly Parke Vinod and Gaile Sahney Mr. and Mrs. Mario Umana Marian Pasquale David and Anne Salant Thomas and Barbara Van Dyke Ted and Josie Petersen Robert and Susan Schechter Barbara Van Zoeren Mr. and Mrs. Harry Photopoulos Molly Schen Pat and Steve Vinter Stephen Pike Kim and Eric Schultz Lori and Christopher Wadsworth, Josephine Pizzuto, in memory of Eric Searls and April Levin in appreciation of Pat Pizzuto Karen J. Shack Dave Wimberly James Poterba and Nancy Rose Tom Shapiro Mr. and Mrs. David Wahr Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Proulx Elisabeth Shields Carolyn Walton Helene M. Quinn and James Shields and Gayle Merling Jerry Warshaw Tony Kanopt James Shuman Susan Weiler Mr. and Mrs. Martin Quitt David Siegel David White Jennifer Rabold Mr. and Mrs. Edward Siegel Nancy White Kerry Mulligan Railey Drs. Margaret and Michael Simon Leslie Wilcox Tom Redburn Ellen L. Simons Richard and Frances Winneg Jodi Rand Nancy Sklar Elizabeth P. Wolf Peter and Suzanne Read Dr. and Mrs. Carl Soderland Janis Woodman, in honor of Katharine and William Reardon Renai Stalzle Christopher Woodman Mary Rench, in honor of Candace Steingisser Alfred Woodworth David Wimberly Bob and Susan Stevenson David C. Wright Suzanne Ricco Glenn and Katherine Strehle Natalie Wright Roger Riggs Debbie London and Ted Sturman Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman Patricia Robinson Ellen Beth Suderow Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Zafft Barbara Roby Dr. and Mrs. Herman D. Suit Lorena and Robert Zeller Daniel P. Romard Linda Sutter and Carolyn Zern Anne Romney Stephen Centore 13 anonymous gifts Jean Rosenberg and Kenneth Sweder Peter Southwick Richard A. Sweeney

This list reflects gifts received during the 14 months prior to December 15, 2017. ♦ Member of The Hunt, the Huntington’s community of young donors. For more information or to join, visit huntingtontheatre.org/thehunt. ‡ Deceased Every effort has been made to assure accuracy of listings. Please bring errors or omissions to the attention of Elizabeth MacLachlan at 617 273 1523 or [email protected].

“Irresistibly charming FEB.25 and bubbling over - with good cheer!” DIRECTED BY — THE BOSTON GLOBE JESSICA IRRESISTIBLE COMEDY STONE

BY AVENUE OFTHERESA THE ARTS JAN.26HUNTINGTON AVENUEREBECK THEATRE BAD DATES HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 31 CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT DONORS

The Huntington Theatre Company is grateful to receive support from a wide range of corporations, foundations, and government agencies that support the Huntington’s annual operations, as well as our award-winning productions and education and community programs. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Diana Jacobs-Komisar, Institutional Giving Manager, at 617 273 1514 or [email protected].

Executive Season Producers Kingsbury Road Charitable Members ($100,000+) Foundation** ($2,500-$4,999) The Andrew W. Mellon Lucy R. Sprague Memorial Boston Cultural Council Foundation Fund** Bruner/Cott & Associates* The Barr Foundation MEDITECH Cambridge Savings Bank** Liberty Mutual Insurance** Schrafft Charitable Trust** Jackson and Irene Golden Massachusetts Cultural Council 1989 Charitable Trust** The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Patrons Roy A. Hunt Foundation** ($10,000-$14,999) Surdna Foundation Season Co-Producers Eaton Vance Investment ($50,000-$99,999) Counsel Thank you to our in-kind Hershey Family Foundation The Tiny Tiger Foundation** contributors Constangy, Brooks Production Sponsors Supporters & Smith, LLP ($25,000-$49,999) ($5,000-$9,999) High Output Bank of America** Berkshire Partners MAX Ultimate Food Edgerton Foundation Cue Ball Group Noble Ford Productions National Endowment Goodwin for the Arts Nixon Peabody Proskauer LLP Benefactors Ramsey McCluskey Family ($15,000-$24,999) Foundation** BPS Arts Expansion Fund Rodgers Family Foundation at EdVestors** Ropes & Gray LLP Harold and Mimi Steinberg Theatre Communications Group Charitable Foundation WilmerHale

** Education and community programs donor

32 MALA THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY

BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE — The Huntington Legacy Society recognizes those who play a lasting role in securing the Huntington’s strong, successful future beyond their lifetime by making a bequest or other planned gift.

We are grateful to these members of the Huntington Legacy Society:

Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Sharon and Brad Malt Howard H. Bengele Bill and Linda McQuillan Suzanne Chapman Mary C. O’Donnell Brant A. Cheikes Steve Stelovich Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Robert C. Volante Carol G. Deane Linda and Daniel Waintrup Susan Ellerin Margaret J. White Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges J. David Wimberly Jane and Fred Jamieson Veronica and Howard Wiseman Mary Ellen Kiddle Genevieve and Justin Wyner Carol B. Langer 1 anonymous Joie Lemaitre

THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE

“Our participation is not only a legacy we leave for the Huntington, it’s a legacy we leave our family as well. We want them to think about the mark they will leave on society and culture.” — SHARON & BRAD MALT

If you have already included the Huntington as part of your will or estate plans, or if you wish to discuss how you can participate, please contact Celina Valadao, Major Gifts Officer, at 617 273 1536 or [email protected].

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 33 CALDERWOOD PAVILION AT THE BCA• GENERAL INFORMATION

Contact Information Refreshments for the Huntington Theatre Company Snacks, wine, beer, soft drinks, and coffee are available The Huntington Theatre Company performs in three before opening curtain in the main lobby. Food is beautiful theatres in two dynamic Boston neighborhoods. not permitted inside the theatre. Drinks purchased at The 890-seat Huntington Avenue Theatre is on the concessions are permitted inside the theatre. Avenue of the Arts (264 Huntington Avenue), diagonally across from Symphony Hall. The 370-seat Virginia Babes in Arms Wimberly Theatre and 250-seat Roberts Studio Theatre Children under the age of five are not permitted in are part of the Calderwood Pavilion in the historic South the theatre. End, on the campus of the Boston Center for the Arts (527 Tremont Street). Cameras The use of all cameras and recording devices, including Website: huntingtontheatre.org cell phone cameras, in the theatre is strictly prohibited. Box Office: 617 266 0800 Box Office email: [email protected] Pagers and Cellular Phones Please silence all watches, pagers, and cell phones during Administrative office: 617 266 7900 the performance. Administrative office email: [email protected] Wheelchair Accessibility Lost and Found: 617 933 8608 The Calderwood Pavilion is fully accessible, and can accommodate both wheelchair and companion Box Office Hours seating in the orchestra and mezzanine sections. Please The Box Office is generally open Tuesday-Saturday, notify us when you purchase your tickets if wheelchair noon-curtain (or 6pm); Sunday, noon-curtain (or 4pm). accommodations will be required and confirm Hours change weekly. For the most up-to-date hours, arrangements with the House Manager at 617 933 8672. please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office at 617 266 0800. Hearing Enhancement The Calderwood Pavilion is equipped with an FM hearing Huntington Group Discounts enhancement system. Wireless headphones are available Discounts available for groups of 10 or more, plus groups free of charge at the coat check in the main lobby for have access to backstage tours, talks with artists, and your use during a performance. space for receptions. Contact Victoria Swindle for more information at 617 273 1657 or Restrooms [email protected]. Located in the main lobby and mezzanine lobby. All restrooms are wheelchair-accessible. Public Transportation We encourage patrons to use public transportation Coat Check to the Calderwood Pavilion whenever possible. The Located in the main lobby. Pavilion is located near the MBTA Green Line Copley and Arlington Stations; Orange Line and Commuter Rail If You Arrive Late Back Bay Station; and the Tremont Street & Union Park In consideration of our actors and other audience stop on the #43 Bus which travels between Park Street members, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of and Ruggles Station. For more information, please visit the management. huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office. If Your Plans Change Parking near the Calderwood Pavilion We hate to see empty seats when so many of our Parking is available at the Atelier 505 Parking Garage performances sell out. Please consider donating any located next to the Calderwood Pavilion at 505 Tremont tickets you can’t use. For more information please call Street (entrance on Warren Avenue), the Garage @ 100 the Box Office at 617 266 0800. Clarendon Street, and other nearby locations. For more Large Print Programs information about parking, please visit huntingtontheatre. Large print programs are free of charge and are available org or call the Box Office at 617 266 0800. at the coat check. Please note that these parking options are independently owned and operated, and are not affiliated with the Huntington or the Calderwood Pavilion.

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Peter DuBois Michael Maso Norma Jean Calderwood Managing Director Artistic Director

ADMINISTRATION Theatre Operations General Manager...... Sondra R. Katz Associate Director of Theatre Associate General Manager...... Conwell Worthington III Operations — Calderwood Pavilion...... Katie Most Assistant General Manager...... Annie Walsh Calderwood Pavilion Management Assistant...... Matt Feldman Company Managers...... Jazzmin Bonner, Meagan Garcia Calderwood Pavilion Apprentice...... Micaela Slotin Assistant to the Managing Director...... Gabrielle Jaques Calderwood Pavilion Custodians...... Jose Andrade, Mike Brown Finance Director of Financial Management...... Glenda Fishman Associate Director of Theatre Accounting Manager...... June Zaidan Operations — Huntington Avenue Theatre...... Katrina Alix Accounting Coordinator...... Laura Casavant Huntington Avenue Theatre Accountants...... Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA Management Assistant...... Kendrick Terrell Evans Huntington Avenue Theatre Custodians...... Jose Andrade, Human Resources Nelson DaSilva, Calvin Traylor III Director of Human Resources...... Nina E. Nicolosi Security Coordinator...... Greg Haugh Human Resources Coordinator...... Michael Comey Payroll and Reporting Specialist...... April Swiniuch ARTISTIC Administrative Support Assistant...... Sarah Schnebly Producing Director...... Christopher Wigle Associate Producer...... Rebecca Bradshaw Information Technology Director of New Work...... Charles Haugland IT Director...... Scott Poole Assistant to the Artistic Director...... Billy Cowles Network Administrator...... Dan Moloney Playwright-In-Residence...... Melinda Lopez Literary Apprentice...... J. Sebastian Alberdi Patron Services Producing Apprentice...... Kat Klein Associate Director of Theatre Huntington Playwriting Fellows...... MJ Halberstadt, Operations - Patron Services...... Stephen Reinstein Brenda Withers

Calderwood Pavilion House Manager...... Julie Cameron DEVELOPMENT Calderwood Pavilion Assistant Chief Development Officer...... Elisabeth Saxe House Managers...... Paul Fox, Gabe Hughes, Director of Major Gifts...... Margaret J. White Ksenia Lanin, Maura Neff, Dalton Zogleman Major Gifts Officer...... Celina Valadao Calderwood Pavilion Special Events Manager...... Kirsten Doyle Front of House Staff...... Chabreah Alston, Institutional Giving Manager...... Diana Jacobs-Komisar Natasha Bonfield, Ellie Brelis, Robert Caplis, Individual Giving Manager...... Annalise Baird Mia Coffin, Barbara Crowther, Talia Curtin, Linnea Donnelly, Development Database Coordinator...... Lisa McColgan Katie Flanagan, Madeleine Gibbons. Ryan Impagliazzo, Development Associate...... Elizabeth MacLachlan Josh Luckens, Kerry Lydon, Terry McCarthy, Laura Meilman, Development Assistant...... Sam Buntich Tiniqua Patrick, Nick Perron, Sarah Schnebly, Katharine Silva, Ciera-Sadé Wade EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Interim Co-Directors of Education...... Meg O’Brien, Huntington Avenue Theatre House Manager...... Andrew Elk Alexandra Smith Huntington Avenue Theatre Assistant Education Associate...... Marisa Jones House Manager...... Annie Walsh Education Apprentices...... Lauren Brooks, Ivy Ryan Huntington Avenue Theatre Teaching Artists...... Kortney Adams, Naheem Garcia, Front of House Staff...... Sebastian Alberdi, Charlie Carr, Lydia Graeff, Keith Mascoll, Terrence Dowdye, Kristina Dugas, Robin Goldberg, Allie Meek, Trinidad Ramkissoon Ariana Goldsworthy, Ruth Killisch, Kat Klein, Annalise Lamberty, Patrick Mahoney, MARKETING Tommy Melvin, Will Morrison, Samantha Myers, Director of Marketing...... Temple Gill Katie O’Connor, Sarah Patterson, Evan Pott, Associate Director of Marketing...... Meredith Mastroianni Margot Spanu, Padraig Sullivan, Dan Victor Communications Manager...... Desiree Barry Tessitura Analytics Manager...... Derrick Martin Assistant Manager — Ticketing Systems...... Katie Catano Digital Content Manager...... Carolyn MacLeod Assistant Manager — Patron Services...... Victoria Swindle Promotions & Community Coordinator...... James Boyd Calderwood Pavilion Graphic Design Coordinator...... Lauren Calder Ticketing Coordinator...... Noah Ingle Community Membership Huntington Avenue Theatre Coordinator...... Candelaria Silva-Collins Ticketing Coordinator...... Brenton Thurston Communications Associate...... Leah Reber Subscriptions Coordinator...... Amy Klesert Marketing Associate...... Clare Lockhart Full-Time Customer Service Reps...... Michaela Buccini, Co-op Student, Shana Jackson Northeastern University...... Carla Mirabal Rodríguez Customer Service Reps...... Nick Boonstra, Sue Dietlin, Katelyn Reinert, Brittany Schmitke, Yurika Watanabe

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PRODUCTION Paints Director of Production...... Todd D. Williams Charge Scenic Artist...... Kristin Krause Associate Director of Production...... Bethany Ford Assistant Charge Scenic Artist...... Romina Diaz-Brarda Stage Management Apprentice...... Jamie Carty Scenic Artist...... Chelsey Erskin Production Management Apprentice...... Rachael Hasse Scenic Painting Apprentice...... Molly Hall

Scenery Costumes Technical Director...... Dan Ramirez Costume Director...... Nancy Hamann Associate Technical Director...... Adam Godbout Assistant Costume Director...... Virginia V. Emerson Assistant Technical Director...... Dan Oleksy Costume Design Assistant...... Mary Lauve Scene Shop Foreman...... Mike Hamer Head Draper...... Anita Canzian Master Carpenter...... Larry Dersch Draper...... Sarah Pak Scenery Mechanic...... Jesse Washburn Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer...... Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs Carpenters...... Andrew Cancellieri, First Hand...... Rebecca Hylton Milosz Gassan, Christian Lambrecht, Nick Hernon Wardrobe Supervisor...... Christine Marr Carpenter/Scene Shop Assistant...... Carolyn Daitch Associate Wardrobe Supervisor...... Barbara Crowther Huntington Avenue Theatre Wigmaster...... Troy Siegfried Stage Carpenter...... Chris Largent Electrics Properties Lighting & Projections Supervisor...... Katherine Herzig Properties Master...... Kristine Holmes Assistant Lighting Supervisor...... Bridget Collins Assistant Properties Master...... Justin Seward Calderwood Pavilion House Electrician...... Taylor Ness Properties Artisan...... Ian Thorsell Huntington Avenue Theatre House Electrician...... Sean Baird Properties Run...... Andrew DeShazo Properties Apprentice...... Margot Adolphe Sound Sound Supervisor...... Ben Emerson Sound Engineer...... J. Jumbelic Calderwood Pavilion House Sound Operator...... Jesse McKenzie Sound Apprentice...... Valentin Frank

Additional Staff for Mala

Production Assistant...... Elizabeth Kamla Sound Board Operator...... Jennifer Timms Assistant Lighting Designer...... Tyler Ericson

The Huntington Theatre Company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of the nation’s leading resident professional theatres; Theatre Communications Group, a national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre; StageSource, a regional alliance of theatre artists and producers; and ArtsBoston, the voice and resource for the arts in Greater Boston. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The director and choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 37 GUIDE to LOCAL THEATRE

DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT ANTIGONE PROJECT: A PLAY IN 5 PARTS, Emerson Stage, Semel Theater, Tufte Performance & Production Center, 10 Boylston Place, 617-824-8400. Feb 22–25. Five award-winning female playwrights bring five very different explorations of Sophocles’ tragedy to life. With such settings as World War I, a modern African village and the underworld of Hades, this work presents a sister’s love and devotion through many lenses. RETURN OF THE PHANTOM: Love Never Dies, BRAZEN, Emerson Stage, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to his blockbuster Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824- The Phantom of the Opera, makes its Boston debut 8400. Feb 1–4. In this tale loosely based on the work of English at the Boston Opera House January 30–February 11. novelist Angela Carter and American photographer Sally Mann as well as the French Bluebeard folktale, Cameron, a brilliant photographer, uses fairy tales as a basis for her work and her shows of Coney Island while still yearning for his one true love ever-changing daughter Miranda as a model. When Miranda and musical protégée, Christine Daaé, who is now one of the joins a feminist girls’ band in order to escape her upbringing, world’s finest sopranos. she finds herself in trouble in part due to her mother’s work. SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton St., BRODSKY/BARYSHNIKOV, Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 617-426-5225. Ongoing. It’s a day like any other at the Shear 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400. Jan 17–21. This one-man Madness salon, when suddenly the lady upstairs gets knocked show based on the poems of Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky off. Whodunit? Join the fun as the audience matches wits with and performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov is an emotional journey the suspects to catch the killer in this wildly popular comedy. deep into the poet’s visceral and complex compositions. Performed in Russian, Brodsky’s mother tongue, Baryshnikov TORREY PINES, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre, Emerson recites a selection of his long-time friend’s poignant and Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Feb eloquent works. 14–17. Based on a true story, this trans-queer-punk coming- of-age tale is rich with ’90s pop-culture references in the BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., likes of “Star Trek,” Nintendo and MTV. The Seattle band Your 800-BLUE-MAN. Ongoing. This giddily subversive off- Heart Breaks performs the vivid score live in tandem with the Broadway hit serves up outrageous and inventive theatre film, with original music recorded in collaboration with Kimya where three muted, blue-painted performers spoof both Dawson and Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie). contemporary art and modern technology. Wry commentary and bemusing antics are matched only by the ingenious ways WAITRESS, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 866- in which music and sound are created. 523-7469. Feb 20–Mar 4. Inspired by Adrienne Shelly’s be- loved film and featuring original music and lyrics by five-time IN THE ERUPTIVE MODE, Sulayman Al-Bassam Theatre, Rob- Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles, this new hit musical tells the ert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Wash- story of Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker who dreams of ington St., 617-824-8400. Jan 24–28. In 2011, democratic a way out of her small town and loveless marriage. uprisings erupted all over the Arab world. Citizens challenged their leadership and questioned regimes. Internationally ac- THE WHITE CARD, ArtsEmerson and American Repertory claimed Anglo-Kuwaiti writer and director Sulayman Al-Bassam Theater, Robert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center, presents six monologues of ordinary citizens—all women— 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Feb 24–Mar 25. At a caught in the violence and chaos of the Arab Spring. dinner party thrown by an influential Manhattan couple for an up-and-coming artist, questions arise about what—and LOVE NEVER DIES, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington who—is actually on display. Claudia Rankine’s 2014 New York St., 866-523-7469. Jan 30–Feb 11. The hit sequel to Andrew Times best-selling book Citizen unpacked the insidious ways in Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera transports the which racism manifests itself in everyday situations. Now, this action to 1907 New York, where the Phantom has escaped to world-premiere play poses the question, “Can American society a new life living amongst the screaming joy rides and freak progress if whiteness stays invisible?”

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PAULETTE’S BALLET STUDIO

String Masters Series • January 28 Violist Kathryn Lockwood of the Lark Quartet is joined by pianist Jon Klibonoff in a program of works by Brahms, Poulenc, Schumann and Sollima. Paulette between shows, rooftop Radio City Music Hall Piano Masters Series • January 30 Conservatory professor of piano, Janice Weber, Choreography Showcase performs works by Beethoven, Ornstein and Liszt. January 27, 2018 at 4 p.m. Newton Studio Tickets: 617-912-9222 or 190 Oak St., Newton bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events 617-527-9565 • paulettesballetstudio.com

BOSTON YOUTH SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS Federico Cortese, Music Director and Conductor Edward Berkeley, Stage Director With professional vocal soloists Mistaken identities, courtly intrigue, and January 28, 2018 backstage drama are all part of the fun at 3 p.m. in this raucous romantic comedy of errors based on the Academy Award-winning film. Ages 10 and up • Tickets from $40 Sanders Theatre, Cambridge Now through February 10 only! 617-496-2222 • bysoweb.org 617-933-8600 • SpeakEasyStage.com

LYRIC STAGE

Stephen Sondheim’s latest musical about two brothers’ adventures and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast search for riches. Music by Alan Menken Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice Book by Linda Woolverton January 12– Based on the Academy Award-winning film February 11, 2018 February 2–March 4, 2018 200 Riverway Lyric Stage • Copley Square [email protected] • 866-811-4111 617-585-5678 • lyricstage.com wheelockfamilytheatre.org

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LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATRE 30–Feb 11. After the fall of the totalitarian regime in a South American country, a former political prisoner finds herself face- BAD DATES, Huntington Theatre Company, Huntington Avenue to-face with the man she believes was her captor, a sadistic Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., 617-266-0800. Jan 26–Feb doctor who’s face she never saw. Is he guilty beyond a reason- 25. Restaurant manager and shoe connoisseur Haley Walker able doubt, or is her paranoia getting the better of her? is finally ready to re-enter the dating world. From the privacy of her bedroom, she relates a series of hilarious tales while THE DONKEY SHOW, American Repertory Theater, Oberon, 2 preparing for, and recovering from, one dreadful date after Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Ongoing. Bringing the another in Theresa Rebeck’s sweet and sharp comedy. ultimate disco experience to Boston, this crazy circus of mirror balls, feathered divas, roller skaters and hustle queens tells BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The the story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through great ’70s Riverway, 617-879-2300. Feb 2–Mar 4. Based on the Acad- anthems you know by heart. emy Award-winning animated film, this “tale as old as time” follows Belle, a young woman who doesn’t quite fit in her AN EDUCATION IN PRUDENCE, Open Theatre Project, St. John’s village, and the Beast, a cursed prince, who, if he can learn to Church, 1 Roanoke Ave., Jamaica Plain, theopentheatre.com. love and be loved, will have his curse lifted and be transformed Feb 9–24. In 1833, two dozen African American girls who trav- into his former self. eled across the free states to a new school in Connecticut met insults, assaults and a new law threatening fines and whippings CABARET, Moonbox Productions, Wimberly Theatre, Stanford if they remained. When the teacher, a white Quaker woman, was Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont jailed, the school challenged the law, claiming the girls were St., 617-933-8600. Apr 14–29. Kander and Ebb’s iconic musical, citizens entitled to every right of citizenship. Weaving together set in the world of the Kit Kat Klub on the eve of Hitler’s rise to past and present, the play traces the story through the eyes of power, tells the story of Cliff Bradshaw, a young American writer young women learning about these events in the modern day. newly arrived in Berlin who falls in love with cabaret singer Sally Bowles. Their romance sizzles amid the back room culture of the FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE/WHEN club and the tumultuous atmosphere of pre-Nazi Germany. THE RAINBOW IS ENUF, Praxis Stage, Hibernian Hall, 184 Dud- ley St., Roxbury, praxisstage.com. Feb 15–25. Ntozake Shange’s DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, Commonwealth Shakespeare series of 20 poetic monologues set to music and accompanied Company, Sorenson Black Box, Sorenson Center for the Arts at by dance movements tells the stories of seven women who Babson College, 231 Forest St., Wellesley, 866-811-4111. Jan have suffered oppression in a racist and sexist society.

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HEAR WORD! NAIJA WOMAN TALK TRUE, American urban romance as fresh as the day Pierre Corneille wrote it in Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cam- the 17th century—is brilliantly adapted for today by All in the bridge, 617-547-8300. Jan 26–Feb 11. Featuring a cast of Timing’s David Ives. leading Nigerian actresses, this work combining song and dance with intimate portraits of resilience and resistance LONELY PLANET, New Repertory Theatre, Black Box Theater, is inspired by multi-generational stories of inequality and The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 transformation. The show grapples with the issues affecting Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Feb 3–Mar 4. This the lives of women across Nigeria, and the factors that limit 25th anniversary revival of Steven Dietz’s humorous and their potential for independence, leadership and meaningful touching play about friendship, loss and hope tells the story of contribution in society. two friends during the height of the AIDS epidemic in America. While Carl is able to see beyond the confines of Jody’s map HYPE MAN: A BREAK BEAT PLAY, Company One Theatre, Plaza store, Jody refuses to acknowledge what’s happening. Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933- 8600. Jan 26–Feb 24. After years of struggle, Pinnacle and his rap NOMAD AMERICANA, Fresh Ink Theatre Company, Boston crew finally have the world’s attention, but on the eve of their glo- Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. betrotting tour, the shooting of an unarmed black teenager shakes Feb 2–17. Bridgette Echo didn’t grow up in a typical American the dynamics of the group. The latest work from break beat poet family. Her father sells soap sculptures, her mother is a yoga and playwright Idris Goodwin (How We Got On) asks: Who has the guru, her younger sister plays with tarot cards and they all live privilege of staying silent in the face of social injustice? together under one roof in a continuously mobile RV. When the family decides to put down temporary roots in a Texas trailer IN THE NEXT ROOM, OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY, The Footlight park, this whimsical family soon discovers there’s a lot under Club, 7A Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, 617-524-3200. Feb 2–17. Set in the hood that they’ve been suppressing. the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity and based on the bizarre historical fact that doctors used vibrators to treat “hysteri- ORLANDO, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617- cal” women (and some men), the play centers on a doctor and his 585-5678. Feb 23–Mar 25 . After a particularly wild night in wife and how his new therapy affects their entire household. 17th-century Constantinople, Orlando the man wakes up to find himself a woman, and abandons herself to five centuries THE LIAR, Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Ruth Nagel Jones The- of change with an insatiable appetite to discover what it means atre, 106 Central St., Wellesley, 781-283-2000. Jan 11–Feb to live fully in the present, in her own skin and in her own time 4. One of the Western world’s greatest comedies—a sparkling in Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s novel.

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PROOF, The Nora Theatre Company, Central Square Theater, town, 866-811-4111. Jan 13–Feb 4. This tongue-in-cheek 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Jan send-up of Jules Verne’s classic work follows a motley crew 18–Feb 18. After the discovery of a groundbreaking proof, of adventurers as they navigate some mighty troubled waters Catherine is confronted with the question of how much of her under the command of mad genius Captain Nemo. Join young mathematician father’s brilliance did she inherit—and is that Yves, the fisher lad, and his Salty Cat as they set out to explore the only thing he passed on to her? Winner of the Pulitzer the wonders of the world, only to discover the true meaning of Prize for Drama, David Auburn’s play is a moving exploration heroism and friendship along the way. of the nature of genius, women in mathematics and father- daughter relationships. UNVEILED, New Repertory Theatre and Greater Boston Stage Company; Black Box Theater, The Dorothy and Charles RIPE FRENZY, New Repertory Theatre and Boston Center for Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617- American Performance, Studio ONE, Boston University, 855 923-8487, Jan 10–28; 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279- Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Feb 24–Mar 11. Winner 2200, Feb 7–16. Racism. Hate crimes. Love. Islam. Culture. of the National New Play Network’s 2016 Smith Prize for Politi- Language. Life. Five Muslim women in a post-9/11 world serve cal Theatre, this site-specific premiere brings us to Tavistown, tea and uncover what lies beneath the veil in this critically New York, where a recent tragedy has rocked the community acclaimed one-woman show. to its core. Narrator and town historian Zoe recounts the days leading up to the incident as the high school prepares for the semi-annual production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town. DANCE LES BALLETS JAZZ DE MONTRÉAL, Emerson Cutler Majestic ROAD SHOW, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400. Feb 2 & 3. The inter- 617-585-5678. Jan 12–Feb 11. Stephen Sondheim’s true nationally renowned repertory company defies categories with boom-and-bust story of two of the most colorful and outrageous its blend of hip, funky moves infused with infectious energy, fortune-seekers in American history takes the audience from the humor and imagination. Led by artistic director Louis Robitaille, Alaskan Gold Rush to the Florida real estate boom in the 1930s the troupe presents the Boston premiere of O Balcão de Amor with entrepreneur Addison Mizner and his fast-talking brother by choreographer Itzak Galili, inspired by Pérez Prado’s classic Wilson, who were proof positive that the road to the American Cuban mambo music. Dream is often a seductive, treacherous tightrope walk. COMPAGNIE ACCRORAP, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, ROMEO AND JULIET, The Underlings Theatre Co., Black Box, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Feb 2 & 3. Artistic director, Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, 617- dancer and choreographer Kader Attou is a leading representa- 887-2336. Feb 23–Mar 3. This classic tale of star-crossed tive of the French hip-hop dance movement. Emphasizing lovers divided by their families’ hatred is presented in its humanistic engagement and cultural blending, his troupe original pronunciation, a recreation of how Shakespeare and embodies a unique alchemy of hip hop, circus and contempo- his contemporaries pronounced their speech. Expect a high rary dance. school setting and costumes a la Heathers, where everything’s funny until it’s not anymore. GRUPO CORPO, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Trem- ont St., 866-348-9738. Jan 26–28. With its seductive move- SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Wimberly ment, scintillating music, vibrant costuming, sets and lighting, Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center Grupo Corpo reflects the amazing diversity and rich color of for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Jan 12–Feb Brazil. The company is renowned for its stunning physicality, 10. Based on the Academy Award-winning film, this stage dynamic ability and rich visual finesse. adaptation tells the story of young Will Shakespeare, who, in the midst of a severe case of writer’s block, meets the headstrong Viola. When the playwright and his muse fall in love, the plot un- OPERA dergoes some surprising rewrites as mistaken identities, courtly AS ONE, Boston Opera Collaborative, Edward M. Pickman Hall intrigue and backstage bickering become part of the fun. at Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St., Cam- bridge, 617-517-5883. Jan 25–28. Accompanied by a string STATEMENTS AFTER AN ARREST UNDER THE IMMORALITY quartet, a mezzo-soprano and a baritone share the journey of a ACT, New Repertory Theatre and Boston Center for American sole transgender protagonist—Hannah before and Hannah af- Performance, Black Box Theater, The Dorothy and Charles ter transition—as she strives to reconcile the discord between Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617- her identity with the outside world. 923-8487. Jan 27–Mar 3. In apartheid South Africa, where intimate interracial relationships are illegal, a black man and a CARMEN, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, Sanders white woman share more than just their love, baring all in the Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, 617-496-2222. Jan 28. face of oppression and uncertainty. This semi-staged performance of Bizet’s fiery opera about seduction and betrayal features professional vocal soloists and THREE SISTERS, Apollinaire Theatre Company, Chelsea the BYSO Opera Chorus. Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, 617-887-2336. Through Jan 21. This intimate staging presents Chekhov’s JEANNE D’ARC AU BÛCHER, Odyssey Opera, Sanders Theatre, compelling comic tragedy about Olga, Masha and Irina, who 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, 617-496-2222. Feb 17. This large- all deal with their disappointment with life while dreaming of scale dramatic production takes place during Joan of Arc’s returning to Moscow, where they all grew up. last minutes on the stake, with flashbacks to her trial and her younger days. The work is a dramatic mix of Swiss/French 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, imaginary beasts, composer Arthur Honegger’s eclectic score and sung/spoken Charlestown Working Theater, 442 Bunker Hill St., Charles- libretto by poet/playwright Paul Claudel. 42 MALA Your Winter Wonderland

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DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 75 Arlington 49 SOCIAL, 49 Temple Pl., 617-338-9600. This eclectic bar St., 617-357-4810. This Boston institution is located in Park and restaurant at Downtown Crossing serves refined modern Square, within walking distance to all theatres. The Northern American cuisine. The seasonal dinner menu draws inspiration Italian steakhouse menu includes a selection of homemade from around the globe while also incorporating ingredients pastas and Brandt meats (aged New York sirloin, Niman Ranch from local New England farms. D, C. 49social.com. pork chop, Provini porterhouse veal chop), as well as Davio’s classics and selection of fresh seafood, before or after the the- ARAGOSTA BAR & BISTRO, Three Battery Wharf, 617-994- atre. Enjoy a lighter fare menu in the spacious bar and parlor 9001. This latest addition to Boston’s vibrant waterfront area. D Sun–Tue 5–10 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til 11 p.m., L Mon–Fri. restaurant community offers a new take on Italian cuisine by VP. davios.com. award-winning chef David Daniels who shows his signature flair through hand-made pastas, prime meats and classic New FAJITAS & ’RITAS, 25 West St., 617-426-1222. Established in England seafood. Using quality, local farm-raised ingredients, 1989, Fajitas & ’Ritas is an easygoing restaurant and bar that Aragosta offers a warm, social atmosphere in a stunning features fresh, healthy Texan and barbecue cuisine at bargain waterfront setting. Also offering an open kitchen with Chef’s prices. An all-around fun place to eat, drink and hang out, the Counter and an outdoor terrace. B, L, D. Mon–Sun 6:30 a.m.– walls are decorated with colorful murals and the bar boasts 10 p.m.; Sat & SB 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. aragostabistro.com. some of Boston’s best—and sturdiest—margaritas. L, D Mon & Tue 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed, Thu & Sat ’til 10 p.m.; Fri ’til 11 AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT, Hyatt Regency, One Avenue de p.m.; Sun ’til 8 p.m. C. fajitasandritas.com. Lafayette, 617-912-1234. Newly renovated and located in the heart of the Theatre District, Avenue One restaurant and lounge THE HUNGRY I, 71½ Charles St., 617-227-3524. In a two- serves contemporary New England cuisine in a relaxed atmo- story townhouse with three working fireplaces and an outdoor sphere. Enjoy a refreshing cocktail, three-course prix fixe dinner or patio, Chef Peter Ballarin celebrates 30 years of French coun- a delectable dessert. Discounted parking available. B 6:30–11:30 try cuisine and creative desserts. Signature dishes include a.m., L noon–3 p.m., D 5–10 p.m. C, VP regencyboston.hyatt.com. venison au poivre and braised rabbit a la moutard. Private dining rooms available. L, D, SB, C. hungryiboston.com. BACK DECK, 2 West St. (corner of Washington), 617-670- 0320. With three deck spaces and a menu of grill-focused JASPER WHITE’S SUMMER SHACK, 50 Dalton St., 617-867- favorites, Back Deck invites everyone to gather around patio 9955; 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500. tables and chairs for a charcoal-cooked meal and backyard- Enjoy top-notch seafood such as pan-roasted lobster, award- inspired cocktails. Its ambiance brings the outdoors inside with winning fried chicken and an impressive raw bar in a casual floor-to-ceiling open windows, carriage lighting, lush green setting. L, D. summershackrestaurant.com. planters, glazed brick and an open kitchen. Drawing inspiration from a roof deck, this restaurant is the ultimate urban retreat. LEGAL SEA FOODS, 558 Washington St., 617-692-8888; 26 L, D, Sat & SB, C. BackDeckBoston.com. Park Plaza, Park Square Motor Mart, 617-426-4444; 255 State St., Long Wharf, 617-227-3115; Copley Place, 100 Huntington BLU, 4 Avery St., 617-375-8550. Located in the heart of the Ave., 617-266-7775; 270 Northern Ave., Liberty Wharf, Theatre District next door to the Ritz Carlton on the fourth floor, 617-477-2900; other locations. Legal Sea Foods, a Boston blu Restaurant and Bar is celebrating its 15th anniversary tradition for more than 50 years, features more than 40 variet- with a feast for the senses. Its contemporary American menu ies of fresh fish and shellfish as well as an award-winning includes the all-time favorite lobster club. Featuring spec- wine list. Named “Boston’s Most Popular Restaurant” (Zagat tacular floor-to-ceiling windows, blu is perfect for a pre-show 2010/2011). L & D. legalseafoods.com. dinner, corporate events, weddings, cocktail receptions and private dining. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., D Mon–Sat MASSIMINO’S CUCINA ITALIANA, 207 Endicott St., 617-523- 5–10 p.m. blurestaurant.com. 5959. Owner/chef Massimino—former head chef of Naples’

44 MALA BOSTON DINING GUIDE (continued) “A HEAVY DOSE OF Hotel Astoria and Switzerland’s Metropolitan Hotel—offers POLITICAL COURAGE specialties like the veal chop stuffed with arugula, prosciutto, AND MENTAL CLARITY. smoked mozzarella and black olives, amongst numerous other ” delights. L, D, C. Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 - AL-AKHBAR p.m. massiminosboston.com.

MERITAGE RESTAURANT + WINE BAR, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-439-3995. Known for its excellence in wine and food pairings, Meritage enters a new era with an exciting transformation featuring a stylish, refined dining room, sophisticated wine bar and the addition of two new private dining rooms overlooking Boston Harbor. To complement the bold and elegant interiors, Chef Daniel Bruce has introduced a unique vineyard-to-table menu. D Tue–Sat 5–10 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–2 p.m. C, VP. meritagetherestaurant.com. TICKETS

PARKER’S RESTAURANT, Omni Parker House, 60 School START AT St. at Tremont Street, 617-725-1600. Executive chef Gerry Tice celebrates nostalgic cuisine with a contemporary flair at $20! Parker’s Restaurant, the birthplace of Boston Cream Pie, the Parker House Roll and Boston Scrod. B Mon–Fri 6:30–11 a.m., Sat–Sun 7–11:30 a.m., offering an elaborate buffet in addition to a la carte selections. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.; D Mon– Thu 5:30–10 p.m., Fri & Sat 5–10 p.m.

ROWES WHARF SEA GRILLE, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-856-7744. Rowes Wharf Sea Grille delivers the sea straight to your table. Enjoy power breakfasts and lunches followed by a vibrant after-work cocktail and dinner scene. The sunlight-filled dining room or seasonal outdoor terrace is an ideal spot for a leisurely lunch or special date night. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Afternoon Tea 2:30–4 p.m., D 4:30–10 p.m. roweswharfseagrille.com.

RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE, 45 School St., 617-742-8401. At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, each steak is hand-selected from These are voices the top 2% of the country’s beef, broiled to perfection at 1,800 degrees and served in the restaurant’s signature style—on of the Arab Spring. a sizzling, 500-degree plate so every bite stays hot and delicious. Located at Old City Hall, Ruth’s Chris also features fresh seafood, an award-winning wine list and a gracious environ- ment with warm hospitality. L, D, C. ruthschris.com.

THE TAJ BOSTON, 15 Arlington St., 617-536-5700. This 1927 landmark offers dishes reflecting the seasonal flavors of New England as well as authentic Indian dishes for dinner. The Cafe: B, L, D, Sat & SB. The Lounge: L, D, C. The Bar: L, D, C. tajhotels.com/boston.

TOP OF THE HUB, 800 Boylston St., Prudential Center, JAN 24 - 28 617-536-1775. Located 52 stories above the city, Top of EMERSON PARAMOUNT CENTER the Hub is Boston’s special occasion favorite. With upscale ROBERT J. ORCHARD STAGE American cuisine, live entertainment nightly, a spectacular view and romantic atmosphere, Top of the Hub promises a unique experience for both visitors and native Bostonians alike. L, D, C, SB. topofthehub.net. ARTSEMERSON.ORG 617.824.8400 YE OLDE UNION OYSTER HOUSE, 41 Union St., 617-227- 2750. America’s oldest restaurant, now celebrating 191 years, serves Yankee-style seafood, beef and chicken, and is famed for the oyster bar where Daniel Webster dined daily. Specialties include clam chowder and fresh lobster. L & D Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 10 p.m. C ’til midnight. unionoysterhouse.com.

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Davio’s ometimes an evening out can get derailed by and tomato sauce and hand-rolled potato gnocchi; the simplest of debates—for example, Ital- modern Italian cuisine like lobster risotto or Sian food or steak? Luckily, Bostonians have roasted veal sirloin with oyster mushrooms, cipol- the perfect answer to this particular dilemma— lini, potatoes and marsala; and hearty meat Back Bay favorite Davio’s Northern dishes like grilled Niman Ranch pork Italian Steakhouse, which combines chop or the seared Atlantic salmon. At the bold flavors of a superior Italian DAVIO’S lunchtime, Davio’s also boasts a selec- 75 Arlington St. eatery with the class, sophistication 617-357-4810 tion of gourmet pizzas and panini and unmistakable flair of a classic Refer to Dining Guide, filled with everything from shrimp to upscale steakhouse. page 44 grilled chicken. Diners at Davio’s can begin their By night, Davio’s delivers every- meal with a selection from a superb thing you expect from a top-notch Davio’s delivers wine list that earned the eatery an “ steakhouse. Whether you opt for the Award of Excellence from Wine Spec- everything you center cut filet mignonor natural aged tator magazine in 2011, or dive right expect from a top- New York sirloin, these mighty, meaty into a wide array of antipasti. From cuts of beef come cooked to perfec- the bold taste of Davio’s Kobe beef notch steakhouse. tion. Enjoy them with a la carte meatballs to the restaurant’s trademark sides ranging from steakhouse faves Philly cheese steak spring rolls, from ”like creamy mashed potatoes, grilled salads like the arugula with shaved parmigiano and asparagus and crispy onion rings to Mediterranean- lemon olive oil to the baby iceberg with bacon, toma- influenced treats likebaked eggplant with fresh toes, onions, croutons and herbed buttermilk dressing, mozzarella or the special spinach alla Romana. guests will find something distinctive and delicious Located just blocks from both the fabulous to kick off their dining experience. shopping on Newbury and Boylston streets and From there, Davio’s diverse entrees take the first-rate entertainment of the Theatre Dis- center stage: diners can sample tempting pasta trict, Davio’s is a prime spot for either a night on dishes like tagliatelle with braised veal, beef, pork the town or simply lunch with friends.

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