Hold These Truths

Hold These MAR Truths 18 APR By Jeanne Sakata Directed by Desdemona Chiang 19 Welcome to Hold These Truths.

Jeanne Sakata ﬁrst sent me her script about Gordon Hirabayashi in 2007. It was then called Dawn’s Light. In high school, I studied the Japanese internment during World War II, but I never heard of Gordon. By neglect or intent, his impact on our constitutional history sadly eludes many a textbook. I was stunned by Jeanne’s play, the poignancy of Gordon’s story, and eager to share it with the world.

At the time, I co-ran Epic Theatre Ensemble in New York City. Epic supported the development of Jeanne’s script and ultimately produced the play’s Off-Broadway premiere. That production has now toured all over the United States.

For People’s Light, we're excited to create an entirely new production of Hold These Truths, the ﬁrst to be directed and designed by an entirely Asian American creative team. Jeanne joined us for the start of rehearsals and made some further revisions to her script. This election year is quite a time to revisit Gordon’s experiences. To encounter his patriotism, optimism, and resilience despite the injustices he confronted. To do so in our part of the world, so rich in Quaker principles and Constitutional history, feels all the more relevant and, hopefully, healing.

Zak Berkman, Producing Director Thoughts from the Playwright When I first heard of Gordon Hirabayashi in the late 1990s, I was enthralled – and shocked. Shocked that I had never heard of his story before. Born and raised in a thriving Japanese American community in the Bay Area of California, I had studied Japanese American history as a college student and later became actively involved in the Asian American community as a theater artist. And yet, Gordon Hirabayashi’s fascinating story was entirely unknown to me. Gordon was only a 24-year old college student during WWII, when he defied and legally challenged US government orders to mass incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast, including thousands of American citizens – Americans like my own father and aunts and uncles and cousins, who, as children and teenagers, had been forcibly removed from their homes and schools, and penned up behind barbed wire. My family never spoke about those years, as it was such a traumatic experience. But as I grew up and became fully aware of what had happened to them, I absorbed that pain as well. So when I discovered Gordon’s story – so full of heartbreak, but also his irrepressible humor and zest for life – it was a life-changing experience. I knew I had to try to bring his story to the American stage, not just as an act of healing for myself, my family, and my community, but also to inspire and give hope to any American who has been denied equal treatment under the law promised by our Constitution because of factors such as race, gender, or sexual orientation, and who must battle constantly to make those promises a living reality. The more I researched the story, the more intrigued I became. I was fascinated by this unique, riveting and deeply American story, which I found both timely in its political significance, yet timeless in its spiritual themes. Here was an unassuming Japanese American Quaker college student, who took the words of the Constitution deeply to heart and attempted to reconcile its pronouncement that “all men are created equal” with the ugly reality of his country’s betrayal during WWII. And who, in so doing, embarked on a journey of spiritual enlightenment, full of unpredictable twists and turns as tragic and devastating as they were humorous and uplifting. I hope people will leave the play with a deeper, more personal sense of what the true meanings of patriotism and citizenship can be. I hope they will leave with a heightened recognition that our country’s painful and torturous struggle to make the words of the Constitution a living reality depends on each of us making the Constitution “a personal matter.” But I also hope that people will come away quietly inspired by Gordon’s story, with a sense of what true inner liberation of the spirit means – and with a renewed awareness that great leaps toward political liberation and spiritual enlightenment are made up of a thousand smaller steps of everyday individuals who simply and irrevocably decide to take a step in the right direction. Gordon’s story is a vitally important American one that all of us can draw hope from, and his tenacious quest for freedom echoes those of all who hunger and fight for justice – who “hold the truths” of the Constitution – and refuse to let go. JEANNE SAKATA Abigail Adams, Executive Artistic Director Zak Berkman, Producing Director

STEINBRIGHT STAGE MARCH 18 – APRIL 19, 2020

Hold These Truths

By JEANNE SAKATA Directed by DESDEMONA CHIANG

Director of Production CHARLES T. BRASTOW* Set Designer Costume Designer SE HYUN OH KATIE YAMAGUCHI Lighting Designer Sound Designer DAWN CHIANG HIDENORI NAKAJO Dramaturg Stage Manager GINA PISASALE MATTHEW LUPPINO*

THEATRE ARTISANS

Technical Director Scenic Charge Shop Foreman JOSEPH FRANZ KATE COOTS ERIC LANG Assistant Technical Director Properties Master Costume Shop Manager DYLAN JAMISON SARAH PIERCE JENNIFER POVISH Master Electrician Assistant Properties Master Cutter/Draper GREGORY SCOTT MILLER ABIGAIL CAIN LEIGH PARADISE Assistant Master Electrician Sound Engineer Wardrobe Manager MELISSA DEMBSKI-SULLIVAN BRENT HOYER JEAN SWALM

Hold These Truths was originally commissioned by Center Theatre Group's Asian Theatre Workshop in 2003.

*Member, Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers. THE CAST Gordon Hirabayashi Steven Eng*

Although Hold These Truths is inspired by a true story, it is a work blending historical fact with ﬁction, and certain actual events have been compressed or altered in terms of chronology or content for dramatic purposes. The letters in the play are works of ﬁction inspired by Gordon Hirabayashi’s actual writings from the Ring Family Papers in the University of Washington Special Collections, Accession Number #4241-001. Dramatic license has been taken with the actual texts, which have been edited or otherwise altered. Special thanks to Mr. Hirabayashi for allowing other excerpts from his own writings to be used in Hold These Truths.

*Member, Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers.

People’s Light 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.

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Jeanne Sakata Playwright She/her Jeanne Sakata’s Hold These Truths has won accolades in over twenty productions across the country, most recently at the Barrington Stage Company, Arena Stage, San Diego Repertory, the Guthrie Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, and ACT Seattle (Drama Desk nomination, Outstanding Solo Performance; Theatre Bay Awards, Outstanding Lead Performance, Direction and Production). Currently writing a new play commissioned by LA TheatreWorks, Jeanne has also enjoyed recent recurring/guest star TV and film roles in the internationally acclaimed indie film Advantageous, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, NCIS Los Angeles, Big Hero 6, and Dr. Ken. She has twice performed at People’s Light in Romeo & Juliet: A Requiem, and A Single Shard, as well as such theaters as the Vineyard Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Kennedy Center, Public Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, ACT in San Francisco, La Jolla Playhouse, Berkeley Rep and East West Players (Theatre LA Ovation Award, Outstanding Lead Actress, RED by Chay Yew). Websites: jeannesakata.com, holdthesetruths.info Desdemona Chiang Director She/her People’s Light debut. Theatre includes: Snow White, The Journal of Ben Uchida (Seattle Children’s Theatre); White Pearl (Studio Theatre); Vietgone (Alley Theatre); M Butterfly (South Coast Repertory); The Great Leap (Guthrie Theater); Caught (Intiman Theatre); The Winter’s Tale (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Pride and Prejudice (Pittsburgh Public Theater); King of the Yees (ACT Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage); As You Like It (California Shakespeare Theater); Constellations (Seattle Rep); The Crucible (PlayMakers Repertory Company), and Smart People (Long Wharf Theatre), among others. Upcoming: Macbeth (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Eastbound (Adirondack Theatre Festival), The Winter’s Tale (Seattle Repertory Theatre Public Works) and Shrek the Musical (5th Avenue Theatre). Awards: Princess Grace Award, the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise, Gregory Award for Outstanding Direction, SDC Sir John Gielgud Fellowship, and Drama League Fellowship. Co-founder, Azeotrope. Adjunct faculty, Cornish College of the Arts. Training: BA, UC Berkeley. MFA Directing, University of Washington. Website: www.desdemonachiang.com Steven Eng Gordon Hirabayashi He/him People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: The King and I (London West End), Pacific Overtures (2018 Lucille Lortel nomination, Classic Stage Company), New York Philharmonic, Ensemble Studio Theatre, ShakespeareNYC, Prospect Theater Company, A.C.T., 5th Avenue Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Alliance Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, TUTS, Dallas Theater Center, Ordway Center, North Shore Music Theater, and many more, as well as in Germany, Austria, and Cambodia. Film/Television includes: Shanghai, Premium Rush, Blue Bloods. He is a co-founder of the nonprofit National Asian Artists Project in NYC as well as a freelance director. He is currently on the faculties of New York University, Columbia University, Atlantic Theater Company and HB Studio. Training: MFA George Washington University, BFA Southern Methodist University. Website: www.StevenEng.us

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Charles T. Brastow Director of Production He/him Company Member since 1987. People’s Light: Director of Production since 2008, previously Resident Stage Manager for 15 years and Sound Designer for over 125 Productions. Theatre Includes: Arena Stage, Arden Theatre, Primary Stages, Delaware Theatre Company, Philadelphia Shakespeare Company, PlayPenn, Nickelodeon. Training: Clarion University of Pennsylvania; MA in History (West Chester University of Pennsylvania). Dawn Chiang Lighting Designer She/her People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Zoot Suit, co-designer for Tango Pasion (Broadway); Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club (Off-Broadway); co- designer for ﬁrst two seasons of Encores! at City Center/New York; Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, Syracuse Stage, South Coast Repertory, Trinity Repertory Company, Denver Center Theatre Company, and Alliance Theatre. Opera includes: Resident Lighting Designer for New York City Opera, including A Little Night Music broadcast on Live From Lincoln Center (PBS). Awards include: two Lighting Designer of the Year (Syracuse Area Live Theater Awards) and two Dramalogue Awards. Nominations include the Hewes Design Award from American Theatre Wing, Los Angeles Drama Critics and San Francisco Bay Area Critics’ Award. Mentor to high school students for Theatre Development Fund’s Wendy Wasserstein Project. Has served on the board of directors for Theatre Communications Group, Themed Entertainment Association and Behind The Scenes Foundation. Website: dawnchiang.com Hidenori Nakajo Sound Designer He/him People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Broadway: The Front Page (Associate), The Lightning Thief, Be More Chill, Allegiance, Gigi (Assistant); Off-Broadway and others in NYC: OCTET (Henry Hewes Design Awards nomination, Signature Theatre), Ghost Quartet (NYTW), Katsura Sunhine’s Rakugo (SOHO Playhouse), A Hatful of Rain (Lee Strasberg Theatre); Regional: Moby Dick (American Repertory Theatre), Guys & Dolls (Guthrie Theatre), Benny & Joon (Associate, Old Globe Theatre). Served as a JP-EN translator/ venue audio associate for the Lincoln Center Festival (2015-2017). Recipient of the USITT Robert E. Cohen Sound Achievement Award (2012). Upcoming sound design: Little Shop of Horrors (Connecticut Repertory Theatre). Training: MFA (Carnegie Mellon University). Se Hyun Oh Set Designer He/him People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Man of God, Underneath the Lintel (Geffen Playhouse); Silent Sky (Perseverance Theatre); Cambodian Rock Band, A Doll’s House Part 2, Yoga Play, Ofﬁce Hour (South Coast Repertory); The Happiest Song Plays Last (LATC); Death of a Salesman (Ensemble Theatre Company); Three Days in the Country, The Hothouse, Hedda Gabler (Antaeus Theatre); The Judas Kiss (Boston Court Theatre). Se Hyun Oh is from Seoul, South Korea. He resides in the U.S. and works as a set designer for theatre. Website: www.sehyunoh.com / Instagram: @se.hyun.oh

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Gina Pisasale Dramaturg She/her Company Member since 2012. People’s Light: Over 50 productions, workshops, and readings, including all the pantos since 2012. Theatre Includes: PlayPenn, Oregon Shakespeare Festival (5 seasons), BAM, Arden Theatre Company, GoKash Productions, Harrisburg Shakespeare Festival, Villanova Theatre, 1812 Productions, Media Theatre, Hedgerow Theatre, Genesis Shakespeare Festival. Other Dramaturgy credits: A&E Biographies (Rock Idol Week), Dramaturgy Senior Lecturer (University of the Arts). Training: MA (Villanova), PhD candidate (University of Maryland, College Park). Matthew Luppino Stage Manager He/him People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Broadway: Bandstand, The Illusionists: Turn of the Century (2016) & Live on Broadway (2015). Off-Broadway/NYC: The Public Theatre, The Pearl Theatre Company, Elizabeth Swados’s The Nomad (The Flea Theatre). Touring: Apollo 11- The Live Show; The Lightning Thief (TheatreWorks/USA). Regional: Montana Repertory Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Eagle Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Kitchen Theatre Company, 3 seasons with Shakespeare and Company, Barrington Stage Company, and The Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. Training: The College of New Jersey. Proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association. Katie Yamaguchi Costume Designer She/her People’s Light debut. Theatre Includes: Costume Design for Box Clever (Inis Nua), Much Ado About Nothing (Delaware Shakespeare); Ghost, Hello, Dolly!, Gypsy, Billy Elliot, To Kill a Mockingbird, Dogﬁght, 1776 (Media Theatre); Devotedly Sincerely Yours: The Story of the USO (Broadway Theatre of Pitman). Film/Television Includes: Costumer for Creed II, 21 Bridges, Servant, We Need to Talk, Dispatches from Elsewhere. Katie is a local Fashion and Costume Designer in the Philadelphia area. Awards Include: Broadway World Philadelphia “Best of Philly” Theatre Awards, Best Costume Design for Hello Dolly! (2015). Training: Moore College of Art & Design with a BFA in Fashion Design and a minor in Textile Design. Website: https://katieyamaguchi.wixsite.com/katie / Instagram: @katieyamaguchidesigns Executive Leadership Abigail Adams Executive Artistic Director She/her During her 43-year association with the Theatre, Abbey has directed more than sixty plays, including The Children, Our Town, For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday, Morning’s at Seven, Project Dawn, The Matchmaker, Auctioning the Ainsleys, How to Write a New Book for the Bible, The Cherry Orchard, The Rainmaker, The Trip to Bountiful, Dividing the Estate, Nathan the Wise, and In the Blood. She has directed readings and workshops of new plays for Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Circle Rep, New York Stage and Film, and the Public Theatre. Abbey served for ten years on the faculty of Swarthmore College and has also taught at New York University, Bryn Mawr College, Carnegie Mellon University, and The Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario. She holds an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Ursinus College. She is married to Lee Devin. 12 PROFILES

Zak Berkman Producing Director He/him Zak has been at People’s Light since 2011. He has over twenty-five years of experience producing theatre and developing new plays and musicals. Zak was Associate to Broadway producer Margo Lion, and the Founding Executive Director of Artistic Programming with the multiple-award-winning Epic Theatre Ensemble in New York City. Zak is a playwright, director, dramaturg, and former soap opera writer. His plays include The Harassment of Iris Malloy, Beauty on the Vine, and A Breath Short of Breathing. He is the co-author and co-composer of Such Things As Vampires. Zak has published articles on Howlround.com about the New Play Frontiers Residency & Commission program at People’s Light as well as other subjects. Zak is married to Teri Lamm. They have two sons, Eliot and Theo. Erica Ezold Director of Finance She/her Erica joins People’s Light with over fifteen years of experience managing financial and administrative activities for non-profit and commercial theatre companies. Most recently, Erica served as General Manager for Pig Iron Theatre Company in Philadelphia. Prior to that, she lived in New York where she was an Associate General Manager and Company Manager for Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including The Two Character Play, West Side Story (2009 revival), August: Osage County and Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell. Erica holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from New York University and a Master of Business Administration from Baruch College. She lives in Havertown with her husband and two sons, Calvin and Wesley. Erin Sheffeld General Manager She/her Erin has a fourteen-year history with People’s Light, beginning as an actor and teaching artist. After twenty years with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival as Education Director, Playwright, Director, Choreographer, Casting Director, and Actor and five years in Los Angeles teaching, Erin decided to move into arts administration. In 2016, Erin returned to People’s Light as the Executive Associate managing contracts, human resources, company management, and casting. Erin also worked for Morgan Stanley with the Securitized Product Group in New York, gaining her financial and administrative bench strength. Erin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Acting and Directing from DeSales University, where she also taught. Her Master of Fine Arts in Acting is from Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Play House. Erin lives in Malvern with her husband Bryan and their children, Alden and Johnny Grace.

13 about People’s Light Mission

People’s Light, one of the largest Our ties are local, our reach People’s Light, a cultural and civic center with theatre at its core, professional theatres in Pennsylvania, is national. We surround our invites and creates opportunities for diverse communities to forges cultural and civic connections productions with activities that discover and celebrate our shared humanity. throughout our rapidly growing connect us with our neighbors, region. In the landscape of American weaving the onstage work into the regional theatres, we count ourselves fabric of community life. We lead the among the few located outside of nation in accessible theatre practices, a metropolitan area. Our home in and strive to create programs and the heart of Chester County places performances that can be enjoyed by us at a unique crossroads of rural, everyone. As part of a longstanding urban, and suburban populations. history of new work development, Throughout our year-round season, People’s Light commissions and we produce contemporary plays, produces world premiere plays, classics, new forms of music theatre, many of which go on to additional and original work. Beyond the stage, productions across the country. We we host a wide array of cultural established a nationally recognized experiences and education programs model for locally inspired plays that that inspire meaningful engagement aim to awaken a greater collective with, and sustained investment consciousness of our American in and from, our surrounding experience. communities.

The seven-acre campus at People’s What’s in a Name This Wonderful Life, 2012. Light features a restored, 18th- century farmhouse, two black box Our unusual name honors the past performance spaces, scenic shops, and embodies our aspirations. When For your information classrooms, rehearsal space, picnic our Theatre began in 1974, one of areas, and our administrative offices. the founders ran a lighting design firm 39 Conestoga Road Box Offce Hours We also serve as a local polling called People’s Light. Our fledgling Malvern, Pa 19355 12pm-6pm M-F place. The farmhouse is home to our company added “& Theatre” to the www.peopleslight.org 12pm-curtain on performance dates for-profit business: a premier event name. Shortly thereafter, we registered 610.644.3500 venue, The Farmhouse at People’s for 501 (c) 3 nonprofit status as, “The SMOKING IS NOT PERMITTED IN OUR IN CASE OF FIRE - Walk in a calm & orderly Light, and an onsite restaurant, People’s Light & Theatre Company”, THEATRES. manner to the nearest exit. the Bistro. 75,000 people visit a moniker that carried us through THE USE OF CAMERAS, TAPE RECORDERS, FIRST AID - For first aid assistance, please contact our campus each year. Nowhere four decades. Then during our 40th CELLULAR PHONES, PAGERS is strictly the House Manager or nearest usher. prohibited in the theatre. Please ensure that else in the region can patrons see Anniversary Season in 2014, we your wristwatch alarm does not sound during ACCESSIBILITY - Our theatres are fully accessible exceptional theatre, attend a town- dropped the “& Theatre” to reinforce a performance. to individuals with disabilities and include wheelchair seating. Please notify the box office hall discussion, have dinner with our identity as a center for both cultural LATECOMERS - People’s Light respectfully in advance. Accessible parking is available near friends, take a class, celebrate a and civic exploration, and officially reminds you that in order not to disturb the entrance to the buildings. We offer assistive wedding, and cast a vote, all in one became People’s Light. patrons already seated, latecomers will be listening devices and Smart Caption Glasses in place. seated in the first available seats when there both spaces. Please see the Box Office to request is an appropriate pause in the performance. a device. Patrons may then move to their original seats at intermission. RESTROOMS - Patrons may use whichever restroom they are most comfortable in, and caregivers may WEAPONS - All guns, weapons, or knives enter any restroom to provide assistance. of any type, concealed or unconcealed, are People’s Light is a member of the Theatre Communications Group, The League of Resident Theatres, prohibited at People’s Light. Anyone who fails People’s Light does not tolerate harassment on our American Arts Alliance, Theatre Trustees of America, The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, and The to comply with this policy will be asked to campus. If you are made to feel unsafe, please Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership. People’s Light is an equal opportunity employer. immediately leave the property. speak to the House Manager. 14 about People’s Light Mission

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The tax credit equals 75% of the charitable contribution, but can be as high as 90% if a business commits to the same contribution for two consecutive years — up to a maximum of $300,000 per taxable year.

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The New Voices Ensemble, one of the EITC-eligible programs at People’s Light, performs an original play on the Leonard 16C. Haas Stage. Photo by Darcie Goldberg. STAFF Executive Artistic Director Accounting Manager AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT/ Master Electrician ABIGAIL ADAMS* SHREEDA PATEL COMMUNICATIONS GREGORY SCOTT Producing Director Accounting Associates Director of Marketing MILLER ZAK BERKMAN* JIM ANDERSON & Communications Assistant Master Electrician Director of Finance CATHERINE KILBURN ROSEMARY DEVINE MELISSA DEMBSKI- ERICA EZOLD Administrative Consultant Director of Digital Media SULLIVAN General Manager GRACE GRILLET & Graphic Design Sound Engineer ERIN SHEFFIELD Administrative TORI HARVEY BRENT HOYER ARTISTIC & EDUCATION & IT Assistant Marketing Manager Costume Shop Manager Director of Education and GERI NONNEWITZ LEVI GRAY JENNIFER POVISH Civic Practice Company Manager Marketing Apprentice Cutter/Draper KATHRYN MORONEY MOLLY JO GIFFORD DEJA MORGAN LEIGH PARADISE Resident Teaching Artist PATRON EXPERIENCE DEVELOPMENT Costume Shop Assistant NADIRA BEARD* Director of Patron Director of Development MEGAN ROSE Education Assistant Experience JANE P. MOSS Wardrobe Manager NICOLE DVORIN LEIGH JACKSON Development Manager JEAN SWALM Resident Dramaturg Director of Ticketing JENNIFER MULLEN Stage Manager GINA PISASALE* and Sales Development Operations KATE MCSORLEY Co-Founder/Guest Director EVE TROJANOV Coordinator FOSSNER* KEN MARINI* Front of House Manager MEGAN LEA Production Associates Artistic Associates CAMILLE O’CONNOR Philanthropy Partner KAT LARSON PETER DELAURIER* Assistant Box Ofﬁce ERIN RILEY ALEXIS WELLS MARY ELIZABETH Manager Manager of Special Events Production Technician SCALLEN* AMELIA COUDERC+ MICHELLE JOHNSON JOHN GRIFFITH JR. STEPHEN NOVELLI* Patron Experience Development Assistant OPERATIONS KATHRYN PETERSEN* Representatives VYN DAVIS Facilities New Play Frontiers DANIELLE BROWN STEPHEN BARNAIK + COMMUNITY INVESTMENT Commissioned Writers CASSANDRA CLAIR Director of Community Landscaping EISA DAVIS OLIVIA DIIORIO Investment PENNSYLVANIA LANDSCAPE SANJIT DE SILVA MARY ELKS MARCIE BRAMUCCI MANAGEMENT JAMES IJAMES JULIA FRANCO Group Sales Associate THE FARMHOUSE & BISTRO DEEPA PUROHIT ZOE GOLDBERG KELLY BENEDICT Director of Farmhouse and LAURA SCHELLHARDT NICKOLETTE JONES PRODUCTION Bistro Operations Adaptation Commission DIANNE MACRIDES RICHARD D. PORTNEY + Director of Production JOSEPH HANREDDY MARK MARANO Farmhouse Sales and Panto Commission ELISA MUZZILLO CHARLES T. BRASTOW* Technical Director Event Manager ALEX BECHTEL ROBYN PRICE DAWN KOLLER JEN CHILDS JESSICA REAGAN+ JOSEPH FRANZ Assistant Technical Director House Steward VAL SCHMIDT NICK BERGERON ADMINISTRATION ABIGAIL SCOTT DYLAN JAMISON Shop Foreman Executive Chef Director of IT & Data ANDREA SELITTO SCOTT BURNS Insight MARK WHEELER ERIC LANG Scenic Charge Sous Chef MATTHEW LAZORWITZ BRANDES YENCHICK JORGE MEZA CASTRO Senior Accountant CHRIS YINGLING KATE COOTS & Beneﬁt Specialist Subscription Sales Properties Master SUE SHEA DAVE CLEMENS SARAH PIERCE MICHELL MULDOON Assistant Properties Master ABIGAIL CAIN

* Member of Resident Ensemble + Assistant House Manager

HOLD THESE TRUTHS PRODUCTION STAFF CLAIRE LEITNER AMBER MANGABAT CAILIN KUCERA ANNA WEBB

17 BOARD AND COMPANY BOARD OF TRUSTEES Michael Smith COMPANY OF ARTISTS Mark Lazar Kenneth B. Mumma, Sarah Laureene Snyder Abigail Adams Larry Malvern President John E. Spellman Nadira Beard Ken Marini Katherine H. McNabb, L. Frederick Sutherland Carla Belver Rosemarie McKelvey Vice President Karin B. Takiff Kevin Bergen Susan McKey Jeffrey B. McGroarty, DJ Thornton Zak Berkman Aubie Merrylees Paul Meshejian Treasurer HONORARY BOARD OF David Bradley Kathleen C. Gubanich, Charles T. Brastow Christopher Patrick Mullen TRUSTEES Stephen Novelli Secretary Hal Real, Chair Audrey M. Brown Abigail Adams Christopher Colucci Dennis Parichy Earl M. Baker Kathryn Petersen Barbara Austell William C. Buck Alda Cortese Jeb Barth Russell Davis Gina Pisasale Sally S. Bullard Pete Pryor Diane Bishop Anne M. Congdon Peter DeLaurier Brian D. Doerner Lee Devin James F. Pyne, Jr. Carole Haas Gravagno Samantha Reading Kenneth R. Hamm Leonard C. Haas Elizabeth Webster Duke Heather Hoyt Melanye Finister Marcia Saunders Kenneth D. Hill Mary Elizabeth Scallen Thomas H. Johantgen Josephine Klein Kate McSorley Fossner Patrick D. Lusk Leonard C. Haas Cathy Simpson Sam S. McKeel Graham Smith Mo Paknejad Benjamin R. Neilson Saige Hassler Gina Pisasale David Ingram Tom Teti Marilyn Steinbright Greg Wood Romona Riscoe Benson Penelope P. Watkins Claire Inie-Richards James Ryland Marla J. Jurglanis Julianna Zinkel Nicole Sakowitz Andrew Kane John S. Schmader Teri Lamm List complete as of January 31, 2020 THE SPOTLIGHT SOCIETY The Spotlight Society is comprised of individuals who support People’s Light with gifts of $1,000 or more. We are deeply grateful to everyone listed below for their generosity toward and their belief in People’s Light and its future. Spotlight Society members enjoy a number of exclusive beneﬁts that provide rich behind-the-scenes experiences of the Theatre and its programs. If you are interested in learning more about The Spotlight Society, contact Jane Moss at 610-647-1900, ext.102. To make an online donation, visit PeoplesLight.org and click on Support Us. TRAILBLAZER CHAMPION L. Stockton Illoway and Eleanor Nancy and Richard Bevan Estate of Gladys M. Black Anonymous Morris Illoway Robert and Elaine Bielski Anne M. Congdon David and Diane Bishop Robin and Jonathan Moll Elia D. Buck Kathy and Chris Gubanich Rebecca H. Bradbeer Joan Walkup Diane M. Disney, Ph.D. Patrick and Janietta Lusk Larry and Pat Brotzge Emilio Emini and Janet Skidmore Katherine and William McNabb Brian and Lucy Doerner ADVOCATE Shannon and Ted Farmer The FM and Dave Mooberry Fund Sam McKeel Anonymous Melissa and Greg Gonville The June Corey and Richard O. Jessie Mooberry Jim and Janet Averill Jane and Sean Hagerty Smith Charitable Lead Unitrust Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin R. Eleanor and James Barkley Mrs. Mary E. Heiser Mr. and Mrs. L. Frederick Neilson Peter A. Benoliel and Willo Carey Sassan Hejazi and Yassmin Sutherland Nicole Sakowitz and Bill Pikounis Michael and Clairellen Catalano- Gramian Deborah Holt Weil Hope Rosenlund Johnson Kate Holzle Wyncote Foundation Sylvia Louise and James Ryland Barbara R. Cobb Lewis B. Kinter and Terry Michael Smith and Amy Smith- Steve and Sarah Connelly Timberlake-Kinter PARTNER Moniz Michael and Emme Daley Mr. and Mrs. Allan Klein Anonymous Dr. and Mrs. John E. Spellman William Gross and Jan Clarke Jeff Lewis and Mary Ann Rossi John and Tracy Abercrombie Don and Nancy Weaver Kenneth and Irene Hill Sally and Eric Loken Barbara Austell Rita and Keith Kaplan Jim and Ellen Lutz Mr. Marc and Dr. Evelyn Duvivier AMBASSADOR Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Ludington Dwight and Christina McCawley Mrs. W. Perry Gresh Ann Sullivan and Alice L. The John and Shirley Nash Doug Myers and Kim Brosnan- Kenneth R. Hamm Bartmer Foundation Myers Jeffrey and Darcy McGroarty Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Berkman Graham Smith and Audrey Brown Alexander and Marianne Nikas Ken and Moira Mumma Bill and Laura Buck In Memory of Roy H. Stahl, Esq Mo and Debra Paknejad John and Sarah Schmader Bob and Cheryl Carfagno Keith Pension Penelope and Thomas Watkins Tom and Michelle Garg SUPPORTER Pam and Lawrence Phelan The Frederick and Colette B. Anonymous Tony and Joyce Ring Heldring Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. Jeb Barth Joan Stanley Volkert List complete as of February 12, 2020 THE LEGACY CIRCLE It is with gratitude and pride that People’s Light recognizes the members of the Legacy Circle at People’s Light. These forward-thinking individuals have informed us that the Theatre is included in their estate plans. For more information about joining the Legacy Circle and helping to secure the future of People’s Light with a planned gift, please contact Jane Moss, Director of Development, at 610-647-1900 x102 or [email protected] or Grace Grillet at x122 or [email protected]. There is also information available at http://peopleslight.org/legacycircle Abigail Adams and Lee Devin Dr. Deane Lappin Katherine H. and F. William Mr. and Mrs. L. Frederick Gladys Black* Anne M. Congdon and McNabb Sutherland Rebecca H. Bradbeer Dr. Don LaRossa* Robin and Jonathan Moll Joan and William* Walkup Dr. Maria Cuddy-Casey and Ms. Ruth Hauptfuhrur Lott FM and David Mooberry* Hon. and Mrs. Tom Watkins Mr. Thomas Casey Patrick and Janietta Lusk Ken and Moira Mumma Deborah Holt Weil Grace E. Grillet Gwynne McDevitt Tony and Joyce Ring Tina and Ken Witek Estate of Alexandra Hawkins* Sam S. McKeel Michael Smith and Amy Smith-Moniz *In Remembrance

18 MEMBERS AND DONORS We are deeply grateful to the following individuals for their generous financial support of People’s Light. Benefactors, Patrons and Friends enjoy a number of wonderful benefits, including ticket discounts and special opportunities. If you would like to learn more about the benefits available to you as a donor, please contact Jennifer Mullen at 610-647-1900, ext. 115 or [email protected]. To make an online donation, visit PeoplesLight.org and click on Support Us.

BENEFACTOR Christine and Taylor Casey Audrey and Peter Wilding Anthony and Regina Jurewicz Anonymous (2) Sarah L. Caspar Ken and Tina Witek Debbie M. Kandebo Stella Bates Mr. and Mrs. John Corbett Minturn Wrighti In Memory of John Stedman Marilyn B. Benoit, MD Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Craven Jr. Caroline R. Kemmerer Pauline Lewin and Karen Y. Cromley FRIEND Charles and Charline Kitson Robert Broberg Gilbert and Valerie Cullen Anonymous (12) Harriet Ravdin and Greg Kleiber Mr. and Mrs. James M. Buck III Neil and Betsey Cullen Duncan and Fiona Allison Mr. and Mrs. David Linton Gregory Coleman Lenora Dame Dr. Donald Bakove and Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Janis Dardaris Victoria B. Damiani Margaret G. McLaughlin Littlewood Ron Davis Bonnie Davis In Memory of Mary M. Brion Alice B. Long Nancy and Dick Eales Nancy B. Davis Steven and Lisa Baxter Tom and Donna Loyle Laura and Anthony Fiorenza Bob and Pam DiFilippo Tom and Carol Beam Clare and Jim Mackie John R. Fish/Eagle Eye Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Donley Chuck and Nancy Benedict Karen and David Mainhart Associates In Memory of Al and Jackie Bill Benton and Jim and Cheryl Marple Karin Takiff and John Franck Bullock Margaret Perryman Taryl and Clyde McKee Mark Garvin Epstein Family Charitable Trust In Honor of Gregory Rowe Steve and Margee Michaels Carl and Ann Gersbach Jeff and Lyn Evans Allen Bonner and Carol Buettger Obie Mild Bob Haver Ruth and Ed Fackenthal Mr. and Mrs. James M. Boyce Jacqueline and Aaron Miller Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hill Joan and Ryan Forry Karen Brofee Mr. and Mrs. Savas Ozatalay Melanye Finister and Terry and Frank Foster Friend Dennis and Adriana Park David Ingram Phil and Joan Fredricks Susan and Stephen D. Brown Bill Patten Thomas Johantgen and Issy and John Gallen The Bullotta Family Mr. and Mrs. William Pentz Leslie Roy Carolyn and Edward Gilardi Anne and McBee Butcher David Phelan David G. and Sallie B. Jones Isabel Giordano Betty and Kevin Casey Kay and Edward Philipps Christine Kanter The Bruce and Adele Greenﬁeld Dr. Maria Cuddy-Casey and Richard and Debbie Phillips Debra Kratzer Foundation Mr. Thomas Casey Clemens and Claudia Pietzner Wanda and Donald Lamm Judy Guise Marcy and James Chartrand Thomas and Patricia Platt Richard Feynman The Gutsch Family Dr. Joseph J. Cicala and Beverly and Jerry Potter Eliza Lewis Sharon Harris Dr. Joanne C. Conlon Drs. Scott and Suzanne Pugh Perrett Family Fund of The Barbara and Richard Heller Darlene Clapp Mr. Paul Rabe and Philadelphia Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Leonid Hrebien Rosemarie and John Cleaver Dr. Cheryl Gunter In memoriam - William Ann Ingram Jayme and Bryan Colket Robin M. Ratliff Lyster May Pete Jakubowski Donald H. Cook, M.D. Dr. and Mrs. Martin Rawdin Jay and Sue Meloy Lee and Sheri Kentner Patricia and Bob Corado Mary Jo Reilly Paul Nemeth and Jean Flood Melissa Kobelin Mr. and Mrs. Gerald T. Davis Peter and Denise Rittenhouse Joe O’Bryan Charles and Sandra Koenig Richard and Anne De Francesco Karyn L. Scher Shirley Pitcairn Mary Ladd Deb and Edward Dickinson Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Schmidt Bill and Bobbie Potsic Betsy and Bob Legnini Patricia D’Innocenzo Ray Schneider and Donna Debs James and Natalie Price In Memory of Paul J. Levine Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. DiPuppo William and Linda Seybold Hal Real and Anne Sheppard Howard and Elisa Lewis Jeffrey and Nancy Dore Craig Sheetz Lawrence and Phyllis Sager Paul and Kathleen MacMurray Lisa Dorsey Bob and Susan Shenkin James M. Savage Edward and Priscilla MacNeal Val and Bob Downing Joan and Richard Shusterman A. Roy Smith Sue and Thomas Markley Dr. and Mrs. Bradley J. Dyer Carl and Elizabeth Siewert James L. Smith Lorraine and Larry McClain Kenneth and Evelyn Easter Peter and Terri Silvester Valerie Smith Gwynne McDevitt Peggy and Joe Ewing Mary Rose Smochek Sarah Laureene Snyder Bernadette Manning and Arthur Alice and Robert Fanelli Fay and John Snyder Margot Sullivan Melnick Phyllis M. Fear Patricia Spampinato Summers Family Ronald Mintz Robert and Gail Foti Pamela Rootenberg and Maureen A. Thompson Joan and James Moore Larry and Bonnie Fuller David Springer Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Underwood Patrick and Susan Moran Carol Napierkowski and Susan Stedman Joan Vaughan Susan and Dave Norris Angelo Gadaleto The Stillman Family Anne Ward Brenda J. Oliphant Jean and Doug Gessl Rosalie Phipps and Craig Stock Nan Lynne Ward Jean and Peter Oraschewksy Janet M. Lis and In Memory of Jean and Jim Wilson Nicholas and Edwina Patruno Jerry M. Gonzales Mr. Harvey M. Mumma Michael and Carolyn Young Joanna and Kenneth Phelan Bob Graham and Sandi Kwisz Jean and Steve Thomas Jean G. Zeien Vasanth Prabhu The Guistwhite Family Carol and Steve Trojanov Alfred Rasch/DishFunctional Dr. and Mrs. Hendrick F. Hameka Caroline L. and PATRON Betty and Al Reading Nancy Hansen Lloyd A. Unger III Anonymous (5) Peter and Terri Silvester Richard and Anne Harris Jim and Lou Anne Vike Judy Salzer Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Smith III Joan Harrison Martin Warner and Paula Dale Marvin and Kathryn Andersen Mr. Robert C. Smith Jr. and Robbe Healey Everett and Shirley Warren Charles L. Arnao and Dr. Ms. Patricia Rocap Leslie C. Hempling Peggy and Larry Way Rosemary Watt Edward and Robin Stevens Tom and Sharon Higgins Glenn and Nancy Wenger Thomas and Patricia Bierl Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Story III Lois V. Hill John and Donna Wetzel Kevin and Kristine Boettcher Denise and Barton Tom and Sheila Hinkle Drake and Sandy Williams Wes and Annette Bowers VanValkenburgh Mr. and Mrs. James R. Holt Jr. Bertram Wolfson Earle and Yvette Bradford Barb and Jim Wakeﬁeld Mary Alice and Ian James Paul and Marcia Woodruff Hans and Wendy Buitendijk Inger Wallin Leslie Wright Jones Mike Wyatt Tim and Mercedes Case Bruce and Judy Weintraub Valerie M Jones Mark and Karene Zimmerman

List complete as of February 12, 2020 Due to space limitations, we are unable to list the hundreds of donors who contribute gifts of $1 - $124. Many, many thanks to these generous supporters.

19 CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES $25,000 and Above William Penn Foundation $5,000–$9,999 J.P. Mascaro & Sons The Andrew W. Mellon Woodward McCoach, Inc. Brightview Senior of Living Victory Foundation Award Foundation of Devon for Outstanding Theatre The Arcadia Foundation $10,000–$24,999 National New Play Network Education Program Edgerton Foundation The 1830 Family Foundation Philadelphia Insurance West Pharmaceutical Services Hamilton Family Charitable Trust CHUBB Companies The Horace W. Goldsmith Connelly Foundation Whole Foods Market $1,500–$2,499 Foundation Customers Bank WSFS Bank Charlotte Cushman Foundation The Marshall-Reynolds DNB First Citizens for the Arts in Foundation Independence Foundation $2,500–$4,999 Pennsylvania National Endowment for the Arts The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Andrea Mills Barbieri Foundation Dolﬁnger-McMahon Foundation Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Charitable Trust Devereux Advanced Behavorial East Whiteland Township PECO Vanguard Group Foundation Health Voya Financial Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith $1,000–$1,499 Pew Center for Arts and Heritage First Priority Bank PNC Arts Alive Voya Foundation Memorial Fund The Shubert Foundation West Chester LLC Indepedence Public Media $500–$999 Foundation Actors’ Equity Foundation Inc. List complete as of February 12, 2020 MATCHING GIFTS Does your company provide a match for your charitable contributions? If so, you could double or triple your gift to People’s Light. Ask your company today! The Boeing Company Johnson & Johnson Family of Merck Partnership for Giving The Vanguard Group Foundation Exelon Foundation Companies Prudential VISA FMC Corporation JPMorgan Chase Susquehanna International Group, Voya Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Mastercard LLP SPECIAL EVENTS & CORPORATE CIRCLE Thank you to our special event sponsors. To learn more about our upcoming events and how you can get involved, contact Jane Moss at (610) 647-1900 ext.102 or [email protected]. In Honor of Katie and Bill McNabb Eagle Eye Associates Danilo Maffei John and Sarah Schmader Barbara Austell Susan and George Evans Sally Marley Sedgwick Eleanor and James Barkley Julie and Ritson Ferguson Bill and Randi Marrazzo Susan Martinelli Shea Barley Snyder Angela Francesco Mr. Fred Massanova Michael Smith and Jeb and Colleen Barth Karin Takiff and John Franck McCausland Keen + Buckman Amy Smith-Moniz Alice Bartmer and Ann Sullivan Free Library of Philadelphia Gwynne McDevitt Sarah Laureene Snyder Elizabeth Bennett Kirk and Sandi Gorman McGriff Insurance Services Dr. and Mrs. John E. Spellman David and Diane Bishop Mrs. W. Perry Gresh Jeffrey and Darcy McGroarty Laurel and Stephen Spielberg Rebecca H. Bradbeer Kathy and Chris Gubanich Katie and Bill McNabb Susan Stedman Brightview Senior Living of Devon Carole Haas Gravagno Robin and Jonathan Moll Robert and Marla Sullivan Susan and Stephen D. Brown Sassan Hejazi and Yassmin Gramian Kay Moon Fred and Barbara Sutherland Bill and Laura Buck Tom Hogan Ken and Moira Mumma Tim Neely Creative Doug and Elizabeth Caskey Bob Hoyt O’Hagan Meyer Francis VanKirk CHUBB Tayo and Ade Ibikunle Richard and Christine Oliver Joan Stanley Volkert Barbara R. Cobb J.P. Mascaro & Sons Dr. Louisa O’Neal and Dr. Harvey Penelope and Thomas Watkins Anne M. Congdon Julie Kaewert Kushner Don and Nancy Weaver Tom and Paula Corcoran Rita and Keith Kaplan Mo and Debra Paknejad Mary Webb CTDI Keneﬁc Search LLC PECO Deborah Holt Weil Hal and Eleanor Davis Dave Kille Keith Pension WSFS Bank Nancy B. Davis Eunice and David King Bill Pikounis and Nicole Sakowitz Wyncote Foundation Kitty and Bob DeMento Robert and Patt Kirkpatrick PNC Bank Jennifer A. Yue DDS Family and Diane M. Disney, Ph.D. Betsy and Bob Legnini Vasanth Prabhu Cosmetic Dentistry Brian and Lucy Doerner Ruth Lott Daniel T. Rubino, M.D. James and Debora Zug Grace E. Grillet and Richard Eagan Patrick and Janietta Lusk Sylvia Louise and James Ryland

List complete as of February 12, 2020 ITEM SPONSORS Dot: Lynn & Lisa – Oreo Cookies; Anonymous – Christmas Tree; Dwight & Jennifer Edwards – Wigs Little Red Robin Hood: Bert & Val Cullen – Lady Nottingham Costume; The Antonacci Family – Candy; Anonymous – Dame Eyelashes; Nancy Jeffreys – Dame Eyelashes; Diane DiSandro – Red Cape & Arrows; Maddie Miller, Logan Miller, Annabelle Miller, Lucas Wendt, Miles Wendt, & Lucy Miller – Arrows; Victoria M. Robinson & Stephen A. Shalet – Arrows Shakespeare in Love: Diane M. Disney, Ph.D – Queen’s Headpiece, Will Keech – Will’s Quill, Sherry Pomelear – Glo-Tape