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STANFORD TheatreWorks SHOPPING CENTER SILICON VALLEY Fallen angels June 2015 About TheatreWorks Volume 45, No. 8 TheatreWorks is proud to be celebrating its 45th anniversary producing award- winning theatre in Silicon Valley. Led by Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley and Managing Director Phil Santora, it presents a wide range of programming, from mainstage productions to education programs and new works for the American theatre. Paul Heppner Founded in 1970, the company continues to celebrate the human spirit and the Publisher diversity of our community by nurturing new work, championing arts education, Susan Peterson and revitalizing the great works of the past. TheatreWorks has produced 64 Design & Production Director world premieres and 150 US and regional premieres. In the 2014/15 season, Ana Alvira, Deb Choat, TheatreWorks adds the world premiere of The Great Pretender and three more Robin Kessler, Kim Love regional premieres to its résumé. Design and Production Artists TheatreWorks’ 2013/14 season included the world premieres of The Loudest Mike Hathaway Man on Earth, as well as regional premieres of Other Desert Cities, Warrior Bay Area Sales Director Class, Silent Sky, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. The company also Staci Hyatt, Marilyn Kallins, produced the musical Little Women, which became the second-highest selling Terri Reed, Tim Schuyler Hayman show in TW’s history. In the course of the year, shows that debuted at TW San Francisco/Bay Area Account Executives played off-Broadway and at theatres throughout the US. Marty Griswold Seattle Sales Director With an annual operating budget of $8 million, TheatreWorks produces eight Joey Chapman, Gwendolyn Fairbanks, mainstage productions at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto and the Mountain Ann Manning, Lenore Waldron View Center for the Performing Arts. Fourteen years ago, TW launched the New Seattle Area Account Executives Works Initiative, rededicating itself to the development of new works for the Carol Yip theatre. That program inspired The Mercury News to call the company “a Sales Coordinator premiere breeding ground for new musicals, which has put the company on the national map.” The Initiative has developed over 130 new works through retreats, Jonathan Shipley ENCORE STANFORD HOSPITAL Ad Services Coordinator workshops, staged readings, developmental productions, and the annual New Works Festival, offering plays and musicals in various stages of development. www.encoreartssf.com

TheatreWorks believes in making theatre accessible to the entire Silicon Valley community. As a part of these efforts, the TW Education Department reaches more than 35,000 students in 92 schools in 8 counties annually. It sponsors outreach programs that include the Children’s Healing Project at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, the Young Playwright’s Initiative, specially-priced student matinees, school tours, post-show discussions, and theatre camps, classes, and conservatories for youth. Paul Heppner President For more information on TheatreWorks’ 2014/15 season, New Works Festival, and Education Programs, please visit theatreworks.org or call 650.463.1960. Mike Hathaway Vice President

Erin Johnston Communications Manager AFFILIATIONS—TheatreWorks is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and operates under agreement between LORT and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors and stage Genay Genereux managers in the United States. TheatreWorks is a constituent member of Theatre Communications Group, Inc., Accounting the national organization for the nonprofit professional theatre. TheatreWorks is a member of the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, a national service organization for musical theatre. In addition, TheatreWorks is a member of Theatre Bay Area, the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, and the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce. TheatreWorks’ 2014/15 Season is presented in cooperation with the City of Mountain View and the Corporate Office City of Palo Alto, Community Services Department, Division of Arts and Sciences. 425 North 85th Street Seattle, WA 98103 The director is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, p 206.443.0445 Inc., an independent national labor union. f 206.443.1246 The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound [email protected] designers are members of United Scenic Artists. This season is supported in part by 800.308.2898 x105 an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. www.encoremediagroup.com

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From the Board Chair In this Issue Summer Studio @ TheatreWorks About TheatreWorks As we near the June 30 end of TheatreWorks’ 45th season, we 2 A brand new summer program for teens grades 7–12 have much to celebrate. Eight amazing shows, an education program that reached 35,000 students, and a fiscal year that again 4 Summer Studio @ TW looks to end in the black (something not many theatres are expe- created by the ensemble, and performed as a riencing these days). We have you to thank for all of that—thank 6 The New Works Festival World Premiere play in a professional studio at you for coming to the theatre, for sending your children to our TheatreWorks. classes, and if you also donate to the company, thank you again. 8 The 2015/16 Season But before we can congratulate ourselves, we cannot rest on In addition to expanding their creative and From the Artistic Director our laurels. Like many arts organizations, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley relies on 11 performance skills, students develop essential life donations for half of its annual budget. We still have work to do to complete the skills in problem solving, self-expression, and year on plan. collaboration. Subscriptions are our lifeblood. If you have not yet subscribed for the 2015/16 season, please do so. Subscribers enjoy many benefits. One particularly important This summer, TheatreWorks will offer two engaging one is that you can easily exchange your tickets for a different performance. Yes, studio tracks: you could buy single tickets, but how often did you mean to see a show and just not find the time, or did not hear about a great show until it was too late to go? HAMBLY TRACK (grades 7–9) If you subscribe, TheatreWorks will remind you to attend, and you can quickly July 6–July 31, 2015 exchange to a different performance if necessary. In fact, on most shows if you Monday–Friday, 10am–4pm miss your performance, TheatreWorks will find you tickets for another night! Subscription plans are available for four or more plays, and you can tailor

P H O T S B Y M A R K I & C N Tuition: $1000 the choices to suit your taste and schedule. I always tell friends to subscribe to TheatreWorks’ Summer Studio gives creative teens all eight, because it’s impossible to know in advance which will be their favorites. STERN TRACK (grades 10–12) The coming season ranges from the world premiere musical Triangle to an opportunity to collaborate with peers and study July 13–August 7, 2015 TheatreWorks’ favorite classic, Jane Austen’s Emma, with exciting new dramas, Playwright Noël Coward under Broadway and Equity actors, as they learn to Monday–Friday, 10am–4pm recent Broadway comedies, and Pulitzer-winning classics soon to come. I am write, stage, and perform a unique piece of theatre. Tuition: $1500 especially excited to see The Velocity of Autumn, after a fellow board member 13 Noël Coward: A Man of Style A fast-paced and immersive experience, the Summer raved about its New York production last year. So pick your season. Send your donation. We are so fortunate to have a Studio offers comprehensive instruction in acting, 15 A Fashionable Fallen Angels playwriting, and staging as well as custom Studio nationally acclaimed professional theatre right here in Silicon Valley. Keep it classes such as “Costume Crush” and “Guerilla strong with your support this year. Thank you! 17 TheatreWorks presents Soundtrack,” providing participants with a variety of Fallen Angels tools and experiences to inform their art. www.theatreworks.org/shows/1516-season/ Julie Kaufman www.theatreworks.org/give 19 Who’s Who Led by a faculty of professional actors, directors, and playwrights, students begin with a story and 23 Broadway Actress to Teach BOARD OF TRUSTEES this Summer at TW characters from a classical piece of theatre, then turn Julie Kaufman, Chair them upside down and inside out by using their own Jayne Booker Derry Kabcenell Loren Saxe Experience TW as an Insider original writings, ideas, and individual creative skills. Bill Coughran Michael Kahn Barbara Shapiro 24 The result is a fresh and exciting piece of theatre, Jenny Dearborn Robert Kelley Nancy Ginsburg Stern Susan Fairbrook Tom Kelley Debra Summers 25 Contributors Ciro Giammona Robin Kennedy Lynn Szekely-Goode Anne Hambly Michael Kwatinetz Mark Vershel Judy Heyboer Ray A. Rothrock Holly Ward 28 TW Staff Financial aid is available to families who qualify, so Larry Horton Adam Samuels Lisa Webster no one is excluded from attending. Free extended Lisa Jones Phil Santora Gayla Lorthridge Wood 29 TW General Information care is also offered for all participants. BOARD EMERITUS The Summer Studio is located at TheatreWorks’ Nancy Meyer, Founder Continue the conversation online! professional rehearsal space in the Sobrato Center William F. Adler • Edward T. Anderson, MD • Doug Barry • Lauren Berman • Chuck Bernstein • Sharon Anthony Bower • Michael Braun • Polly W. Bredt • Bruce C. Cozadd • Jeff Crowe • Become our fan on Facebook! for Nonprofits, 350 Twin Dolphin Drive, Redwood Peggy Dalal • Yogen Dalal • Michael R. Flicker • Peggy Woodford Forbes • Dan Garber • Doug Garland • Aaron Gershenberg • Marcia Goldman • Emeri Handler • Susan M. Huch • Follow us on Shores, CA 94065. Perry A. Irvine • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Gina Jorasch • Roberta R. Katz • Dick Maltzman • Suzanne Martin • Patti McClung • Don McDougall • Bruce McLeod • Cynthia S. Miller • Twitter and Instagram For more information or to register for the Leslie Murphy-Chutorian • Eileen Nelson • Karen Nierenberg • Carrie Perzow • Carey Pickus • @TheatreWorksSV Margot Mailliard Rawlins • John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Sandi Risser • Lynn Wilson Roberts Summer Studio, call 650.463.7146 or email #FallenAngels • Denise Stanford • Rosina Lo Sun • James Sweeney • Cathie Thermond • Helaina Titus • [email protected]. Robert J. Van der Leest, MD • Ronni Watson • Elissa Wellikson

4 THEATREWORKS From the Board Chair In this Issue Summer Studio @ TheatreWorks About TheatreWorks As we near the June 30 end of TheatreWorks’ 45th season, we 2 A brand new summer program for teens grades 7–12 have much to celebrate. Eight amazing shows, an education program that reached 35,000 students, and a fiscal year that again 4 Summer Studio @ TW looks to end in the black (something not many theatres are expe- created by the ensemble, and performed as a riencing these days). We have you to thank for all of that—thank 6 The New Works Festival World Premiere play in a professional studio at you for coming to the theatre, for sending your children to our TheatreWorks. classes, and if you also donate to the company, thank you again. 8 The 2015/16 Season But before we can congratulate ourselves, we cannot rest on In addition to expanding their creative and From the Artistic Director our laurels. Like many arts organizations, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley relies on 11 performance skills, students develop essential life donations for half of its annual budget. We still have work to do to complete the skills in problem solving, self-expression, and year on plan. collaboration. Subscriptions are our lifeblood. If you have not yet subscribed for the 2015/16 season, please do so. Subscribers enjoy many benefits. One particularly important This summer, TheatreWorks will offer two engaging one is that you can easily exchange your tickets for a different performance. Yes, studio tracks: you could buy single tickets, but how often did you mean to see a show and just not find the time, or did not hear about a great show until it was too late to go? HAMBLY TRACK (grades 7–9) If you subscribe, TheatreWorks will remind you to attend, and you can quickly July 6–July 31, 2015 exchange to a different performance if necessary. In fact, on most shows if you Monday–Friday, 10am–4pm miss your performance, TheatreWorks will find you tickets for another night! Subscription plans are available for four or more plays, and you can tailor

encoreartsprograms.com 5 2015New WorksFestival Attracting theatregoers from across the country, TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival is the artistic highlight of the summer. An extraordinary opportunity to experience new musicals and plays in their early stages of development, the Festival has launched many new works onto TheatreWorks’ stage and on to productions nationally. This season’s Triangle and tokyo fish story first came to life in the Festival, as did our triumphant musical Emma and Broadway’s Tony Award-winning Memphis. For two weeks in August you’ll applaud, debate, and help shape five new shows of America’s future, sharing fine wines with their authors in the starlit courtyard of Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Theatre. August 8 – 16, 2015 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto

The Man in the Ceiling Confederates An Illustrated Musical Comedy A High Stakes Drama Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa By Suzanne Bradbeer Book by Jules Feiffer Dad’s running for President. Daughter’s running wild. Based on the illustrated novel by Jules Feiffer Reporters are running out of time. Then someone Someday he’ll be an artist! But for now, Jimmy is a flop unfurls a Confederate flag. This headline-hunting MARIMEKKO as a boy: hopeless in class, helpless at sports, clueless as political drama is a fresh, fascinating, and intense look Mom and Dad. Can you find happiness with just a pen? at today’s muckraking media. A Pulitzer Prize cartoonist joins a Tony-nominated composer to find out. A SPECIAL LATE-NIGHT EXTRA: $19 Marie and Rosetta The Paper Raincoat A Gospel Journey A New Musical in Concert By George Brant By Alex Wong, Amber Rubarth, & Devon Copley With competition growing on the 1940s Gospel Circuit, Featuring songs from their new musical in development Sister Rosetta Tharpe unveils a new partner, a beauty and hits from their self-titled album, New York’s with a voice made in heaven. Will they blend, will they nationally-touring (with Vienna Teng!) indie band The break, will life’s truths and tragedies find harmony at last? Paper Raincoat chronicles a woman’s poignant, memory-driven journey into what might have been. Man and Beast A Dark Comedy with Bite See all five readings plus a Meet the Festival Artists Panel for just one low price with a By Lynn Rosen As his predictable life crumbles around him, a white FESTIVAL PASS: Subscribers $49 Non-Subscribers $65 social worker cares for a black client who cares for an SINGLE TICKETS: $19 per event orange tiger. Does everyone bite the hand that feeds them? Caregiving has rarely been more conflicted, or complex. A O K K I T

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A MUSICAL JOURNEY THROUGH TIME THE HIT BROADWAY COMEDY A BRILLIANT CONTEMPORARY DRAMA A MUSICAL ROMANCE FOR THE HOLIDAYS Triangle The Country House Proof Jane Austen’s Emma Music by Curtis Moore By Donald Margulies By David Auburn Music, lyrics, & book by Paul Gordon Lyrics by Thomas Mizer Directed by Robert Kelley Directed by Leslie Martinson Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen Book by Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore, & Joshua Scher Northern California Premiere Pulitzer Prize for Drama—Tony Award Best Play Directed by Robert Kelley Directed by Meredith McDonough A revered stage and film star summons her show-biz family to Proof is a riveting drama of the heart, a captivating tale of a Reprising TheatreWorks’ World Premiere WORLD PREMIERE her Berkshires home for a summer stock season soon over- faded mathematical genius and his brilliant but damaged TheatreWorks’ beloved musical hit makes a triumphant In an inspiring journey through time, a high-tech scientist stocked with memories. In a Chekhovian blend of witty comedy daughter, a young woman caught in a quest for legitimacy in return for the holidays, featuring one of Jane Austen’s most learns that his New York lab was once the site of the 1911 and poignant drama, they grapple with fame, art, the promise the male-dominated world of top-level science. It is a mystery delightful heroines, an effervescent ingénue whose match- Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, and discovers his mysterious of romance, and the frustration of faded dreams —and as of family instability and fledgling attraction, an exhilarating, making mischief inevitably misfires. Obsessed with romance, connection to several of its Jewish immigrant victims. In this always, each other. This recent Broadway hit is the latest from funny, and fulfilling tribute to the humanity that permeates our but clueless about her own feelings, Emma navigates the compelling contemporary musical, parallel affairs unfold a the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Dinner with Friends.* world of equations, equivocations, and codes.* course of true love with a generous heart and an indomitable

century apart, interweaving two star-crossed couples willing “Funny and poignant.” USA Today “Rich and compelling. Full of life, laughter, and hope.” spirit. A masterpiece brought to joyous life, this funny, to risk everything they have, and believe, for love. Don’t miss irresistible revival features a glorious score by the Tony Award- Aug 26 – Sept 20, 2015 Mountain View Center New York Daily News this favorite from TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival.* nominated composer of Jane Eyre and Daddy Long Legs. Oct 7 – Nov 1, 2015 Mountain View Center July 8 – Aug 2, 2015 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto “Everything a musical should be!” The Mercury News Dec 2 – 27, 2015 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto

A NEW MUSICAL PLAY A DELECTABLE COMIC DRAMA THE SWASHBUCKLING ROMANCE Hershey Felder as tokyo fish story Cyrano AN EXPLOSIVE COMEDY By Kimber Lee By Edmund Rostand The Velocity of Autumn Irving Berlin Directed by Kirsten Brandt Translated by Michael Hollinger By Eric Coble Lyrics & music by Irving Berlin Northern California Premiere Adapted by Michael Hollinger & Aaron Posner Directed by Giovanna Sardelli Book by Hershey Felder Generations, gender, and tradition collide as a revered Sushi Directed by Robert Kelley Regional Premiere Regional Premiere Directed by Trevor Hay Master struggles to preserve ancient artistry in a society An octogenarian artist has barricaded herself in her Brooklyn Northern California Premiere obsessed with change. In pursuit of perfection, Koji inspires Alive with swashbuckling swordplay, witty wordplay, and brownstone, booby-trapped with enough homemade bombs The inspiring story of “America’s Composer” Irving Berlin his brilliant protégé of a son, intimidates a parade of young irresistible romance, this classic tale of unrequited passion and to take out the neighborhood. In a wry, spirited quest to takes center stage in this tour-de-force performance by piano apprentices, and discovers that in today’s world, even a panache flows from the rollicking theatres of 17th century “not go gentle” into a retirement home, Alexandra battles virtuoso Hershey Felder, internationally acclaimed for bringing three-star chef has much to learn. Set in a legendary sushi Paris to distant battlements long besieged. Here literature’s both the fears of her family and the ravages of time, to life such composers as Gershwin, Beethoven, Chopin, and restaurant, this warm-hearted comic drama was a highlight of greatest love triangle evolves in a modern, intimate, and good- negotiating the terms of her future with a long-estranged Bernstein. Capturing the rhythms of the Lower East Side, and TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival.* humored adaptation that entangles the enchanting heiress son who has battles of his own.* Roxane, handsome cadet Christian, and nose-challenged eventually enchanting the entire world, Berlin epitomizes the “Captivating, thought-provoking theatre.” StageSceneLA “Wickedly funny and wonderfully touching.” Broadway World swordsman Cyrano in the love affair of a lifetime. American dream. From “Blue Skies” to “White Christmas,” Mar 9 – Apr 3, 2016 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto June 1 – 26, 2016 Mountain View Center this remarkable evening with Irving is an unforgettable journey “Sterling. Illuminating. A joy to watch.” Philadelphia Inquirer in song. April 6 – May 1, 2016 Mountain View Center * Contains mature language “A remarkable portrait…richly entertaining.” Los Angeles Times Jan 13 – Feb 6, 2016 Mountain View Center Join us for all 8 shows! theatreworks.org 650.463.1960 8 THEATREWORKS THEATREWORKS SILICON VALLEY 2015/16 SEASON

A NEW MUSICAL PLAY A DELECTABLE COMIC DRAMA THE SWASHBUCKLING ROMANCE Hershey Felder as tokyo fish story Cyrano AN EXPLOSIVE COMEDY By Kimber Lee By Edmund Rostand The Velocity of Autumn Irving Berlin Directed by Kirsten Brandt Translated by Michael Hollinger By Eric Coble Lyrics & music by Irving Berlin Northern California Premiere Adapted by Michael Hollinger & Aaron Posner Directed by Giovanna Sardelli Book by Hershey Felder Generations, gender, and tradition collide as a revered Sushi Directed by Robert Kelley Regional Premiere Regional Premiere Directed by Trevor Hay Master struggles to preserve ancient artistry in a society An octogenarian artist has barricaded herself in her Brooklyn Northern California Premiere obsessed with change. In pursuit of perfection, Koji inspires Alive with swashbuckling swordplay, witty wordplay, and brownstone, booby-trapped with enough homemade bombs The inspiring story of “America’s Composer” Irving Berlin his brilliant protégé of a son, intimidates a parade of young irresistible romance, this classic tale of unrequited passion and to take out the neighborhood. In a wry, spirited quest to takes center stage in this tour-de-force performance by piano apprentices, and discovers that in today’s world, even a panache flows from the rollicking theatres of 17th century “not go gentle” into a retirement home, Alexandra battles virtuoso Hershey Felder, internationally acclaimed for bringing three-star chef has much to learn. Set in a legendary sushi Paris to distant battlements long besieged. Here literature’s both the fears of her family and the ravages of time, to life such composers as Gershwin, Beethoven, Chopin, and restaurant, this warm-hearted comic drama was a highlight of greatest love triangle evolves in a modern, intimate, and good- negotiating the terms of her future with a long-estranged Bernstein. Capturing the rhythms of the Lower East Side, and TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival.* humored adaptation that entangles the enchanting heiress son who has battles of his own.* Roxane, handsome cadet Christian, and nose-challenged eventually enchanting the entire world, Berlin epitomizes the “Captivating, thought-provoking theatre.” StageSceneLA “Wickedly funny and wonderfully touching.” Broadway World swordsman Cyrano in the love affair of a lifetime. American dream. From “Blue Skies” to “White Christmas,” Mar 9 – Apr 3, 2016 Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto June 1 – 26, 2016 Mountain View Center this remarkable evening with Irving is an unforgettable journey “Sterling. Illuminating. A joy to watch.” Philadelphia Inquirer in song. April 6 – May 1, 2016 Mountain View Center * Contains mature language “A remarkable portrait…richly entertaining.” Los Angeles Times Jan 13 – Feb 6, 2016 Mountain View Center Join us for all 8 shows! theatreworks.org 650.463.1960 encoreartsprograms.com 9 After crossing the pond, my life expanded.

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Playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, novelist, British spy Fashion led the charge, casting aside long skirts and during World War II, Knight of the realm, the ever- long hair and de-emphasizing the female figure; but intriguing and controversial Noël Coward was known other conventions were crumbling as well, with domes- for his wit, flamboyance, and personal style. Although ticity and marital submissiveness increasingly perceived many of his most popular works might be called light as obsolete. Women’s athleticism soared, smoking and Pcomedies, his career was defined by his ability to satirize drinking became acceptable, and, both onstage and in romance and expose society’s hypocrisy toward sex, the uncensored films of the era, sex began to be looked morality, and the role of women. TheatreWorks’ last at for what it was: common ground. As Coward noted Coward production was Present Laughter in 1998. when Fallen Angels was first published, “Sex being the Tonight he closes our 45th season—with flair! most important factor of human nature is naturally, and Already a success at 24, Coward opened Fallen always will be, the fundamental root of good drama.” Angels in 1925. The popular hit amused but shocked I began to see the play as epitomizing the emerging, audiences with its provocative story of female friends yet conflicted women of the 1920s. Increasingly liberated, imbibing away their inhibitions as they await a former yet engaged in conventional, sometimes passionless lover with whom each had a premarital affair. Coward relationships; open-minded, yet bound by the lingering went on to write many of the theatre’s best-loved constrictions of gender and class; independent in spirit NCPHS/RSVP comedies, as well as a wealth of popular songs. His love but dependent financially; and in the case of Saunders, song Même les anges figures prominently in Fallen the overqualified maid, not quite at ease being better Angels, and its translated first line perfectly expresses educated, more accomplished, and more discreet than the theme of the play: Even the angels succumb to love. her upper class “superiors.” I began to see a play of For decades I thought the play no more than a intriguing social commentary and deep understanding funny show about women drinking. It took me years to of human nature, exquisitely enhanced by Coward’s realize it was more—a wry and insightful exploration satirical comedy. Here was a vital, yet underappreciated of women, their relationships, and their place in the classic that truly defined an era. rapidly evolving society of the 1920s. If the era of One phrase of Même les anges, the Coward song women’s liberation dramatically changed our world in you’ll hear tonight, translates as a romantic prayer: the 60s and 70s, the 1920s rocked convention at every God who arranges our days and our stays, turn. After two decades of suffragist struggles, women Grant me one more hour of paradise. embraced both the vote and the premise of equality In the case of Fallen Angels, he’s granted us two. with a radical assault on social convention and restriction.

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returned for three of those years and learned stage- craft and playwriting from Hawtrey.

Coward did not receive a very traditional education. At one point, his mother became concerned about how much time he was spending away from school because of the theatre, and at an auditorium-style psychic performance by fortune-teller Anna Eva Fay, Mrs. Coward asked for advice on the upbringing of her son. Miss Fay replied, “Mrs. Coward, Mrs. Coward. You asked me about your son. Keep him where he is. He has a great talent and will have a wonderful career.” Violet never questioned his path again. While in Manchester with a young touring company, Noël and his co-stars were forced by law to attend school. Noël announced to the teacher that he had FIRST REPUBLIC BANK no intention of answering any questions and if he should be punished in any way he would go back to London. From that moment on he sat in the back of the classroom reading whatever book he chose. A lifetime of reading and keen observation made up for his lack of formal education. B Y A L N W R E

P H O T In 1921, at the age of 22, Coward left England and went to New York City. He arrived with very little oël Peirce Coward was born on December 16, money and just before the theatres closed for the hot 1899 in Teddington, England. His parents, summer. His hope of selling his plays to American Arthur and Violet Veitch Coward, were not theatre companies fell through immediately. He was wealthy: his father was an unsuccessful piano broke, hungry, and lonely. After surviving the summer n on meager means, he managed to sell two short salesman. His mother gave him his name because of the close proximity of his birthday to Christmas. stories, “I’ll Leave It To You” and “The Young Idea,” for $500 each. He used this money to improve his Violet took young Noël to the theatre as often as situation and pay back his debts to those who had possible. After seeing a show he was frequently able to helped him through the summer. It was at this time play the greater part of the musical score from memory that he cemented long-lasting and life-changing on the family piano. As a child, Noël had a lisp, forcing friendships with Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt. One him to develop his trademark clipped, staccato speech evening over dinner, the three friends predicted they to mask it. At the age of six, he started working as a would all become international superstars of equal child actor. Charles Hawtrey had seen Noël perform and magnitude and they prophesied that Coward would instantly recognized his potential. Hawtrey recruited write the perfect play in which all three of them him for a production of The Great Name and used him would star. This self-prophecy, like the fortune-teller’s again in 1911 in the premiere of Where the Rainbow pronouncement, would come true—though not for Design for Ends, which became such a popular show that it was another twelve years, when Coward’s play revived every year at Christmastime for 40 years. Noël

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Renderings by Costume Designer Fumiko Bielefeldt advantage: “stretching [the word’s] connotations— almost playing on the fact that there [was] not a specif- ic homosexual implication.” His songs also dealt with homosexuality via seemingly innocent lyrics, as Coward reveled in the misunderstanding of a large portion of his audience who did not read between the lines.

Coward’s plays, with their unique and sophisticated veneer, are as much social commentary as they are entertainment. By ending his plays with a sense of life continuing after the curtain has descended, Coward leads the audience members to question

N Y P L . C O M societal norms in their own lives. By confronting social Noël Coward acting with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in conventions in this way, Coward did not endear Design for Living his play . himself to everyone. But as he once wrote, “I write what I wish to write—later the world can decide [what Living provided the opportunity of which he and the to think about it] if it wishes to. There will always be a Lunts had dreamed. few people, anyway, in every generation, who will find my work entertaining and true.” Noel Coward is known for a very distinct style in both his writing and his personality. His work explores many Fallen Angels was written early in Coward’s career, social issues but also epitomizes glamorous living when he was only twenty-four years old. Charming, through the structure, language, and content of his witty, and highly entertaining, the play explores social plays. codes without engaging in the disillusionment of Coward’s later work. Fallen Angels is the delightfully Similar to Oscar Wilde before him, Coward makes provocative and frank story of two close female friends heavy use of paradox. He first draws the audience in and what happens when a former flame reemerges in with charm and humor, and then reveals the foibles the midst of their happy but complacent marriages. or hypocrisies in the characters that have won our affection. Clever use of language is key to Coward’s On his 25th birthday, Coward’s first big hit, The Vortex, development of character. Always eloquent, his premiered in London’s West End. Shortly after opening characters often use biting wit to mask their emotional this show, two more—Fallen Angels and On With the states. Strategic use of song and music also helps Dance—were up and running in the West End. This dictate the tempo and mood of individual scenes, and was the beginning of the high degree of celebrity that Coward’s precise writing guides the actors through Coward enjoyed for the rest of his life. Until his death intense psychological and often comic minefields. on March 3, 1973, Noël Coward continued to work as a dramatist, actor, writer, composer, lyricist, and In the early to mid-20th century, when Coward began painter. He wrote over 140 plays and hundreds of writing, English comedy was characterized by a stereo- songs. Three years before he died, he was knighted by typical English repression. Coward, however, attacked Queen Elizabeth II. taboo subjects. While Coward explored heterosexual relations overtly, he commented on homosexual orien- —————————————— tation in more subtle ways—enough to spark the atten- Originally published by the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. tion of the new generation without explicitly offending Abridged and used here with permission. the older generation. The word “gay” had not yet become synonymous with “homosexual,” and, accord- JULIA, Act 2 JANE, Act 2 SAUNDERS, Act 2 ing to scholar Alan Sinfield, Coward used this to his

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The costumes in the show reflect the dress of the British upper- Fallen angels middle class of the period. The By Noël Coward ladies would spend their time lunching, attending dinner parties, Directed by Robert Kelley theatre, opera, and traveling about. I adopted a stylish Scenic Designer J.B. Wilson Costume Designer Fumiko Bielefeldt French fashion for the women’s Lighting Designer Steven B. Mannshardt costumes, incorporating some Sound Designer Cliff Caruthers Art Deco motifs. Vocal Coach / Pianist William Liberatore Dialect Coach / Cultural Consultant Richard Newton For the men, British country style Casting Director Leslie Martinson Stage Manager was my choice. Norfolk jackets Randall K. Lum for traveling, argyle sweaters THE VIDEOTAPING OR OTHER VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. and tweed plus fours for golfing— the very epitome of British We dedicate our production of Fallen Angels to the memory of outdoor wear. Kathryn Green and Ray Bacchetti cherished friends and supporters of TheatreWorks. Costume Designer Fumiko Bielefeldt

PRODUCERS Judy Heyboer and Brian Shally Larry Horton and George Wilson AV Flox and Yonatan Zunger

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WILLY, Act 1 FRED, Act 1 FALLEN ANGELS PLAYS JUNE 3 – 28, 2015

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PRODUCERS Judy Heyboer and Brian Shally Larry Horton and George Wilson AV Flox and Yonatan Zunger

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WILLY, Act 1 FRED, Act 1 FALLEN ANGELS PLAYS JUNE 3 – 28, 2015

encoreartsprograms.com 17 THE CAST Who’s Who (In order of appearance) ALDO BILLINGSLEA Masters). Mr. Brown also hosts a Julia Sterroll Sarah Overman (Maurice) has been monthly storytelling series, The Shout. Fred Sterroll Mark Anderson Phillips seen previously at Saunders Tory Ross TheatreWorks in REBECCA DINES The Elephant Man, (Jane) recently Willy Banbury Cassidy Brown Radio Golf, and The returned from the Jane Banbury Rebecca Dines Old Settler. Favorite North American Maurice Duclos Aldo Billingslea roles include Othello, Tour of Blithe Spirit The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, Paul Robeson, Frederick Douglas, starring Angela the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Nigger Jim, and Oberon. Other Bay Lansbury. Ms. Dines Area theatre credits include Marin was last seen at Theatre Company, Aurora Theatre TheatreWorks in Time Stands Still TIME & PLACE Company, The Cutting Ball Theater, (Sarah). Favorite roles include Liz Fall 1927. The dining-drawing room of the Sterrolls’ flat in London. Magic Theatre, Playground, and Essendine (Present Laughter, Morning. Evening. The next morning. American Conservatory Theater. He TheatreWorks); Margie Walsh (Good has performed with Shakespeare People, Capital Stage); and Veronica Festivals in Dallas, Illinois, Marin, (God of Carnage, Pacific Repertory FALLEN ANGELS WILL BE PERFORMED WITH ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION Oregon, Santa Cruz, Utah, and Theatre). She has directed and AND A SHORT INTERLUDE. Arabia. Mr. Billingslea is a professor acted for the Lake Tahoe and SF of Theatre Arts at Santa Clara Shakespeare Festivals where favorite University where he teaches acting, roles include Beatrice (Much Ado V V V V V directs plays, and serves as Associate about Nothing) and Kate (Taming of Provost for Diversity and Inclusion. the Shrew). Award-winning roles Mr. Billingslea has also served on the include Ruth (The Homecoming, NOËL COWARD’S “LOVELY SONG” boards of the Renegade Theatre Aurora Theatre Company); Lorraine Experiment, Mexican Heritage Sheldon (The Man Who Came To JULIA: And then that lovely song he used to sing all the time—sometimes on the Corporation, and currently serves Dinner, TheatreWorks); and Alexa terribly cracked piano at the hotel, and sometimes just walking along the street. AVENIDAS with Gritty City Youth Repertory Vere de Vere (As Bees In Honey – Fallen Angels, Act I, Scene 1 Theatre. Drown, TheatreWorks). She has appeared at Berkeley Repertory There’s no question the French version is lovely, but if you’ve been wondering what Maurice has really CASSIDY BROWN Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, been singing to Jane and Julia, here’s a line-by-line translation: (Willy) has South Coast Repertory, Magic performed with Theatre, B Street Theatre, and The Même les anges TheatreWorks in Laguna Playhouse. Même les anges succombent à l’amour, The Loudest Man Even the angels succumb to love, on Earth (Man), The SARAH OVERMAN 39 Steps (Clown), (Julia) was last seen C’est pourquoi donc je vous en prie— Distracted (Dr. Jinks at TheatreWorks as So this is why I beg you— et al), and Doubt (Father Flynn). His Catherine in Proof Dieu qui arrange les jours et les séjours, regional credits include San Jose (Bay Area Theatre God who arranges our days and our stays, Repertory Theatre (Game On); Center Critics Circle Award) REPertory Company (Ella, Don’t Dress and Slippy Helen in Laisse moi encore une heure de paradis. for Dinner, The 39 Steps, The The Cripple of Grant me just an hour of paradise. Underpants); Marin Shakespeare Inishmaan. She’s also worked with Company (The Tempest, The the California Shakespeare Theater, Tous mes amours me semblent comme les fleurs, Complete History of America); SF American Conservatory Theater, All my loves seem to me like flowers, Shakespeare Festival (The Comedy of Marin Theatre Company, Magic Leurs parfums restent douces quand même— Errors); Aurora Theatre Company Theatre, Eureka Theatre, and San Jose Their perfume still remains sweet— (Bosoms and Neglect); Capital Stage Stage Company. Regional credits (Hunter Gatherers, The North Plan); include Portland Center Stage, Artists Donne moi tes lèvres, ton âme, et ton coeur, Shotgun Players (The Death of Repertory Theatre, Park Square Give me your lips, your soul, and your heart, Meyerhold, Cabaret); and Pacific Theatre, and the Minneapolis Repertory Theatre (Twelfth Night, The Children’s Theatre Company. Films Parce que follement je t’aime—je t’aime—je t’aime! Country Wife, God of Carnage, The include Haiku Tunnel (Sony Pictures Because it’s madly that I love you—I love you—I love you! Winter’s Tale, A Servant of Two Classics) and Love & Taxes (2015).

18 THEATREWORKS THE CAST Who’s Who (In order of appearance) ALDO BILLINGSLEA Masters). Mr. Brown also hosts a Julia Sterroll Sarah Overman (Maurice) has been monthly storytelling series, The Shout. Don’t let Fred Sterroll Mark Anderson Phillips seen previously at Saunders Tory Ross TheatreWorks in REBECCA DINES The Elephant Man, (Jane) recently aging Willy Banbury Cassidy Brown Radio Golf, and The returned from the Jane Banbury Rebecca Dines Old Settler. Favorite North American uproot Maurice Duclos Aldo Billingslea roles include Othello, Tour of Blithe Spirit The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, Paul Robeson, Frederick Douglas, starring Angela Lansbury. Ms. Dines you. the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Nigger Jim, and Oberon. Other Bay Area theatre credits include Marin was last seen at Theatre Company, Aurora Theatre TheatreWorks in Time Stands Still TIME & PLACE Company, The Cutting Ball Theater, (Sarah). Favorite roles include Liz Fall 1927. The dining-drawing room of the Sterrolls’ flat in London. Magic Theatre, Playground, and Essendine (Present Laughter, Morning. Evening. The next morning. American Conservatory Theater. He TheatreWorks); Margie Walsh (Good has performed with Shakespeare People, Capital Stage); and Veronica Festivals in Dallas, Illinois, Marin, (God of Carnage, Pacific Repertory FALLEN ANGELS WILL BE PERFORMED WITH ONE 15-MINUTE INTERMISSION Oregon, Santa Cruz, Utah, and Theatre). She has directed and AND A SHORT INTERLUDE. Arabia. Mr. Billingslea is a professor acted for the Lake Tahoe and SF of Theatre Arts at Santa Clara Shakespeare Festivals where favorite University where he teaches acting, roles include Beatrice (Much Ado V V V V V directs plays, and serves as Associate about Nothing) and Kate (Taming of Provost for Diversity and Inclusion. the Shrew). Award-winning roles Mr. Billingslea has also served on the include Ruth (The Homecoming, NOËL COWARD’S “LOVELY SONG” boards of the Renegade Theatre Aurora Theatre Company); Lorraine Experiment, Mexican Heritage Sheldon (The Man Who Came To Who says you JULIA: And then that lovely song he used to sing all the time—sometimes on the Corporation, and currently serves Dinner, TheatreWorks); and Alexa terribly cracked piano at the hotel, and sometimes just walking along the street. haveAVE NtoI DleaveAS with Gritty City Youth Repertory Vere de Vere (As Bees In Honey – Fallen Angels, Act I, Scene 1 Theatre. Drown, TheatreWorks). She has your home just appeared at Berkeley Repertory There’s no question the French version is lovely, but if you’ve been wondering what Maurice has really because you’ve CASSIDY BROWN Theatre, San Jose Repertory Theatre, been singing to Jane and Julia, here’s a line-by-line translation: (Willy) has South Coast Repertory, Magic gotten older? performed with Theatre, B Street Theatre, and The Même les anges TheatreWorks in Laguna Playhouse. Avenidas Même les anges succombent à l’amour, The Loudest Man Village can help Even the angels succumb to love, on Earth (Man), The SARAH OVERMAN 39 Steps (Clown), (Julia) was last seen you stay in the C’est pourquoi donc je vous en prie— Distracted (Dr. Jinks at TheatreWorks as So this is why I beg you— et al), and Doubt (Father Flynn). His Catherine in Proof home you love. Dieu qui arrange les jours et les séjours, regional credits include San Jose (Bay Area Theatre God who arranges our days and our stays, Repertory Theatre (Game On); Center Critics Circle Award) For more information, REPertory Company (Ella, Don’t Dress and Slippy Helen in Laisse moi encore une heure de paradis. for Dinner, The 39 Steps, The The Cripple of call (650) 289-5405 Grant me just an hour of paradise. Underpants); Marin Shakespeare Inishmaan. She’s also worked with or visit us online at Company (The Tempest, The the California Shakespeare Theater, Tous mes amours me semblent comme les fleurs, Complete History of America); SF American Conservatory Theater, avenidasvillage.org. All my loves seem to me like flowers, Shakespeare Festival (The Comedy of Marin Theatre Company, Magic Leurs parfums restent douces quand même— Errors); Aurora Theatre Company Theatre, Eureka Theatre, and San Jose Their perfume still remains sweet— (Bosoms and Neglect); Capital Stage Stage Company. Regional credits (Hunter Gatherers, The North Plan); include Portland Center Stage, Artists Donne moi tes lèvres, ton âme, et ton coeur, Shotgun Players (The Death of Repertory Theatre, Park Square Give me your lips, your soul, and your heart, Meyerhold, Cabaret); and Pacific Theatre, and the Minneapolis Repertory Theatre (Twelfth Night, The Children’s Theatre Company. Films Your life, your way, in your home Parce que follement je t’aime—je t’aime—je t’aime! Country Wife, God of Carnage, The include Haiku Tunnel (Sony Pictures Because it’s madly that I love you—I love you—I love you! Winter’s Tale, A Servant of Two Classics) and Love & Taxes (2015).

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In 2014 she wrote, produced, and of Kinky Boots (Pat). Her other Repertory Theatre of St. Louis (Kevin Todd, Marry Me a Little, Once on This TheatreWorks, having won numerous Her many TheatreWorks directing directed the pilot for her original Broadway, National Tour, and London Klein Awards Nominee). Her designs Island, Little Women, Being Earnest, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, credits include the regional premieres web series Afterglow, currently in credits include 9 to 5 (Daphne), have appeared in the Bay Area at Big River, The Secret Garden, [title of Theatre Bay Area and Dean of Water by the Spoonful, Warrior development. As a playwright her Cry-Baby (Hatchet-Face), Wicked American Conservatory Theater, show], A Christmas Memory, Grey Goodman Choice Awards for his Class and Time Stands Still, and the work has been seen at HERE: (The Midwife), The Producers (Shirley Aurora Theatre Company, California Gardens, Harold and Maude, Crowns, work. His regional design credits West Coast premieres of The Pitmen NYC, New York Theatre Workshop, Markowitz), White Christmas (Mrs. Shakespeare Theatre, Magic Theatre, My Ántonia, Jane Eyre, Ragtime, and include Long Wharf Theatre, New Painters and Superior Donuts. A 29th Street Rep, and The Astoria Snoring-Man), and Silence! the musi- Marin Theatre Company, San Jose Pacific Overtures. He was musical Haven; A Contemporary Theatre, graduate of Occidental College, she Performing Arts Center. Ms. Overman cal (Clarice Starling). Her regional Repertory Theatre, and The Eureka director at American Musical Theatre Seattle; American Repertory Theater, has been a Watson Fellow in political holds an MFA in Acting from the credits include Jerry Springer the Theatre, among others. She graduated of San Jose, conducting over 30 shows Cambridge; Studio Arena Theatre, theatre, a member of Lincoln Center University of Minnesota/Guthrie Opera at Carnegie Hall, Brigadoon from Waseda University (Tokyo) and including Flower Drum Song, Gypsy, Buffalo; Magic Theatre; Pasadena Director’s Lab, a member of the Theatre. (Meg) for Sacramento Music Circus, studied costume design at Stanford. A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, Follies, Playhouse; The Weston Playhouse La MaMa International Directing and Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Ms. Bielefeldt has received many Children of Eden, and Crazy for You. Theatre Company, Vermont; Symposium, and has served on MARK ANDERSON Musical (Rosemary) for The Human design awards, including the 2004 He has won Bay Area Theatre Critics Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Theatre Bay Area’s Theatre Services PHILLIPS (Fred) is Race Theatre. Her film credits Barbara Bladen Porter Special Award, Circle Awards for A Little Night Music, Company; and Olympia Theatre, Committee since 2002. She was happy to be back at include Frozen, Sex and the City 2, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle South Pacific, and Damn Yankees Dublin, Ireland. Mr. Mannshardt awarded an Individual Artist TheatreWorks, where and The Producers. Ms. Ross earned Awards, Dean Goodman Choice (AMTSJ), and Bat Boy: The Musical; previously taught lighting design at Fellowship in Stage Direction from he was last seen in her BFA from Cincinnati's College– Awards, and Back Stage West Into the Woods; Emma; Caroline, or Santa Rosa Junior College for 14 the Arts Council of Silicon Valley for Time Stands Still. Conservatory of Music. Garland Award. Change; and The Light in the Piazza years and now runs an organization artistic achievement and community Other TheatreWorks www.ToryRoss.com (TheatreWorks). He is also the director dedicated to improving the educa- impact. In addition to directing, she credits include The CLIFF CARUTHERS (Sound Designer) of the award-winning Gunn High tion system for both children and leads master classes and workshops 39 Steps, Opus, Snow Falling on SIR NOËL COWARD (Playwright) is designing his 67th production for School Choirs. adults in Nepal. www.nepal.wwep.org in the Bay Area, and teaches in the Cedars, Theophilus North and Proof. was born on December 16, 1899, TheatreWorks. Recent work includes Musical Arts department at Notre Recently, Mark was seen in Ideation in Teddington, England. He started TheatreWorks’ The Hound of the RANDALL K. LUM (Stage Manager) LESLIE MARTINSON (Casting Dame de Namur University. at San Francisco Playhouse and As out as a child actor and was soon Baskervilles and The Loudest Man on has stage managed TheatreWorks’ The Director) is TheatreWorks’ Associate You Like It and The Merry Wives of drawn to writing his own plays and Earth; Death of a Salesman and On Lake Effect, Peter and the Starcatcher, Artistic Director and Casting Director. Windsor, both with Santa Cruz songs. His mature work includes Hay the Waterfront for San Jose Stage Water by the Spoonful, Marry Me a Shakespeare. Other regional work Fever, Easy Virtue, Private Lives, Company; American Night and The Little, Once on This Island, Little includes roles with Magic Theatre, Design for Living, Present Laughter, Tempest for California Shakespeare Women, Time Stands Still, and Other Aurora Theatre Company, San Jose Blithe Spirit, and many more, as well Theater; Elektra and Dead Metaphor Desert Cities. Other companies and Repertory Theatre, A Contemporary as over 300 songs, several volumes for American Conservatory Theater; selected credits include four seasons Theatre–Seattle, Arizona Theatre of stories, and a novel. Fallen Angels Troilus and Cressida for Oregon at Oregon Shakespeare Festival Company, Repertory Theatre of St. debuted in 1925 at the Globe Shakespeare Festival; Vanya and (Equivocation, American Night: The Louis, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Theatre, London, starring Tallulah Sonia and Masha and Spike for Alley Ballad of Juan José, Dead Man’s Marin Theatre Company, Word for Bankhead. Mr. Coward frequently Theatre; Lasso of Truth and Circle Cell Phone, Fences, Ruined, The Word and Center Repertory dealt with subjects that were Mirror Transformation for Marin Unfortunates–Workshop); La Jolla Company. Film and TV appearances controversial for the time, such as Theatre Company; Crime and Playhouse; Center Theatre Group include Nash Bridges, Flummox and homosexuality and marital infidelity, Punishment and TRAGEDY: a tragedy (The Royale, American Night: The Friends, Joan Rivers–A Piece of Work, and he was known for his wit and for Berkeley Repertory Theatre; The Ballad of Juan José); The Old Globe; This is Macbeth and This is Hamlet. flamboyance. He was knighted in Happy Ones for Magic Theatre; American Conservatory Theater; Directing credits include The 39 1970, and died in 1973 in Jamaica. Gidion's Knot and The Elaborate Berkeley Repertory Theatre (The Steps and Sleuth, both with Center In 2006, the former Albery Theatre Entrance of Chad Deity for Aurora Birds); California Shakespeare Theatre REPertory Company. in London was renamed the Noël Theatre Company; Happy Days for (Restoration Comedy); Seattle GLEIM www.markandersonphillips.com Coward Theatre in his honor. Guthrie Theater; Julius Caesar for Repertory Theatre; Laguna Playhouse; The Acting Company; Bug for San Pasadena Playhouse; and 18 Seasons TORY ROSS FUMIKO BIELEFELDT (Costume Francisco Playhouse; and Ubu Roi and over 90 productions as resident (Saunders) was most Designer) has designed over 60 and Pelleas & Melisande for Cutting stage manager at South Coast recently seen as productions for TheatreWorks since Ball Theater. Repertory (Wit, Intimate Apparel, Mrs. Lovett in 1983, including Sweeney Todd, Silent Three Days Of Rain, Blue Door, Sweeney Todd for Sky, Little Women, Being Earnest, ROBERT KELLEY (Director) Please The Further Adventures of Hedda TheatreWorks. Last 33 Variations, Sense and Sensibility, see bio on page 22. Gabler, Kimberly Akimbo, Safe In year, she relocated Snow Falling on Cedars, The Light in Hell, Princess Marjorie). to the South Bay the Piazza, A Civil War Christmas, WILLIAM LIBERATORE (Musical from New York City, where she was Yellow Face, Twentieth Century, and Director) is TheatreWorks’ resident STEVEN B. MANNSHARDT (Lighting appearing on Broadway in the Emma, which traveled to Cincinnati musical director and has conducted Designer) has been the lighting original Tony Award-winning cast Playhouse in the Park and the over 25 shows including Sweeney designer for over 70 productions at

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Struggling (Dialect (Artistic Director) RICHARD NEWTON ROBERT KELLEY Before the summer TR: I’m glad you mentioned this! As a working actor, Coach/Cultural Consultant) is a native is a Bay Area native and Stanford to hear season kicks off in the I really love auditioning. This often surprises people, of Liverpool, England, with extensive University graduate. He founded Education Department, since auditioning has a bad rap for being fraught with dialect experience in the Bay Area. TheatreWorks in 1970 and has the show? Associate Director of Previous shows for TheatreWorks directed over 165 TheatreWorks stress and tension. We hope to help students find include Peter and the Starcatcher, The productions, including many world and Education-Playwriting, and present great, individualized material that can be Hound of the Baskervilles, The 39 regional premieres. He has received Jake Arky, asked used in many audition scenarios so that auditioning Steps, Emma, and The Secret Garden. the Silicon Valley Arts Council’s Legacy Teaching Artist and becomes a chance to show off your fabulous skills, as Other theatre credits include the Laureate Award; the Bay Area Theatre mainstage actor, opposed to a sweaty, nerve-wracking experience. annual A Christmas Carol: The Musical Critics Circle Paine Knickerbocker Tory Ross, what she’s (Notre Dame de Namur University Award for lifetime achievement; excited about in TW’s JA: Who is an inspiring teacher in your life on whom Dept of Theatre & Dance and the BATCC Awards for Outstanding you model your style of education? Performing Arts Company); Oliver! Direction for his productions of The brand new program: (Coastal Repertory Theatre); Hound of the Baskervilles; Into the Summer Studio @ TR: Jake, that’s a tough one! Seriously, I have had Pygmalion (Pear Avenue Theatre); Woods; Pacific Overtures; Rags; TheatreWorks. such amazing teachers along the way, all with different and SMASH! and The Woman in Sweeney Todd; Another Midsummer styles. I suppose my style has evolved into a mix of Black (Dragon Productions Theatre Night; Sunday in the Park with Company). He is slated to direct at George; Jane Eyre; and Caroline, or these, with a focus on kind honesty and realism about Coastal Repertory Theatre in 2015/16. Change; and Back Stage West Garland the business. Performing takes superhuman bravery. He holds an MFA in Directing/ Awards for his direction of Side Show Jake Arky: So Tory, let’s get down to brass tacks: What It is important to both nurture and push these souls to Dramaturgy and non-profit manage- and Sunday in the Park with George. excites you about being a teacher for Summer Studio @ realize their full potential. Depending upon what I’m ment from Roosevelt University, He recently directed Peter and the TheatreWorks? teaching, I’m always using components from improv, Chicago. He is also an animal commu- Starcatcher, Sweeney Todd, Marry Me Meisner, text analysis, and life lessons. Over 35 years of premier nicator, body and energy worker a Little, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Tory Ross: I’m so excited to see the student talent the audiology service in the specializing with horses and dogs. Once on This Island, Little Women, Silicon Valley’s premiere theatre company attracts. PACIFIC JA: With Summer Studio, students are handed an Bay Area. www.giftedhealinghands.com Being Earnest, Big River, 33 Variations, And the facilities and resources at their disposal are unfinished script that’s an adaptation of a classic HEARING and Of Mice and Men. incredible. When you put excited, motivated students (Scenic Designer) play. Together, with all the teaching artists and the J.B. WILSON in a room with exciting artists in a fabulously creative previously designed TheatreWorks’ PHIL SANTORA (Managing Director) ensemble, they will flesh out this summer’s production Menlo Park Office environment, magic is sure to occur. 3555 Alameda De Las Pulgas Clementine in the Lower 9, Light in joined TheatreWorks in 2007. He called Lysa. How do you imagine the musical compo- Menlo Park, CA 94025 the Piazza, Yellow Face, Grey has served as Managing Director of nent will help tell this story? JA: What is your favorite aspect of teaching? 650-854-1980 Gardens, Third, Into the Woods, Northlight Theatre (Chicago) and Ragtime, Cabaret, The Secret Garden, Georgia Shakespeare Festival You guys, Lysa is amazing! And Jake wrote it! TR: For me, the best part about teaching is helping TR: The World Goes ‘Round, Marvin’s (Atlanta), as well as Development Los Altos Office an individual unlock their creativity. Every artist and Here’s how I think musical moments work in theatre: Room, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Director for Great Lakes Theatre 496 First Street performer is different, so the key to that quest is in a scene, the emotions become so intense, that Los Altos, CA 94022 Once on This Island, and Miami Festival (Cleveland) and George Street different in every person. Young people have so much you just have to sing. And then, if the emotions 650-941-0664 Lights. During the past 36 years, Mr. Playhouse (New Brunswick). He holds Wilson has designed more than two an MFA in Theatre Administration bravery and it’s so amazing to watch. become so intense that singing isn’t enough, you hundred stage productions, which from the Yale School of Drama and a dance. I will work with the students to find those have appeared on the stages of BA in Drama from Duke University. JA: What are you teaching at Summer Studio this year? moments in the script and create those musical national venues as well as many small He is Vice President of the National moments. and large stages in the Bay Area, and Alliance for Musical Theatre Board. TR: My performing background is primarily musical he is grateful to have been honored Prior board service includes the theatre, so without saying that I am teaching a “Musical JA: Are there similarities between working on a with numerous awards for his work. League of Chicago Theatres, Atlanta Theatre class,” I will be the music component to a very professional Broadway stage and teaching theatre? Mr. Wilson is a graduate of Carnegie- Coalition of Theatres, and the solid acting and writing curriculum at TheatreWorks. Mellon University School of Drama, executive committee of the League By studying and recreating numbers from landmark TR: Absolutely! Both take an incredible amount of a member of United Scenic Artists of Resident Theatres (LORT). He was musicals, we will see how music enhances theatre and energy and focus. I love teaching because I never Jane Baxter, Au.D. & Deborah Clark, Au.D. Local 829, and was Assistant named 2000’s Best Arts Administrator know what’s going to happen. You walk in with a Board-certified doctors of audiology. Professor for nine years at Stanford by Atlanta Magazine and received the then create our own numbers for the students’ final curriculum, which very often changes in the moment. before joining the faculty of San Atlanta Arts and Business Council’s production. It’s thrilling work. Call to schedule Francisco State University’s 1998 ABBY Award for Arts Department of Theatre Arts. Administrator. JA: In addition, you are also teaching an audition work- a complimentary shop as part of the program. What can students expect consultation! to learn in those sessions?

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(Dialect (Artistic Director) RICHARD NEWTON ROBERT KELLEY Before the summer TR: I’m glad you mentioned this! As a working actor, Coach/Cultural Consultant) is a native is a Bay Area native and Stanford season kicks off in the I really love auditioning. This often surprises people, of Liverpool, England, with extensive University graduate. He founded Education Department, since auditioning has a bad rap for being fraught with dialect experience in the Bay Area. TheatreWorks in 1970 and has Associate Director of Previous shows for TheatreWorks directed over 165 TheatreWorks stress and tension. We hope to help students find include Peter and the Starcatcher, The productions, including many world and Education-Playwriting, and present great, individualized material that can be Hound of the Baskervilles, The 39 regional premieres. He has received Jake Arky, asked used in many audition scenarios so that auditioning Steps, Emma, and The Secret Garden. the Silicon Valley Arts Council’s Legacy Teaching Artist and becomes a chance to show off your fabulous skills, as Other theatre credits include the Laureate Award; the Bay Area Theatre mainstage actor, opposed to a sweaty, nerve-wracking experience. annual A Christmas Carol: The Musical Critics Circle Paine Knickerbocker Tory Ross, what she’s (Notre Dame de Namur University Award for lifetime achievement; excited about in TW’s JA: Who is an inspiring teacher in your life on whom Dept of Theatre & Dance and the BATCC Awards for Outstanding you model your style of education? Performing Arts Company); Oliver! Direction for his productions of The brand new program: (Coastal Repertory Theatre); Hound of the Baskervilles; Into the Summer Studio @ TR: Jake, that’s a tough one! Seriously, I have had Pygmalion (Pear Avenue Theatre); Woods; Pacific Overtures; Rags; TheatreWorks. such amazing teachers along the way, all with different and SMASH! and The Woman in Sweeney Todd; Another Midsummer styles. I suppose my style has evolved into a mix of Black (Dragon Productions Theatre Night; Sunday in the Park with Company). He is slated to direct at George; Jane Eyre; and Caroline, or these, with a focus on kind honesty and realism about Coastal Repertory Theatre in 2015/16. Change; and Back Stage West Garland the business. Performing takes superhuman bravery. He holds an MFA in Directing/ Awards for his direction of Side Show Jake Arky: So Tory, let’s get down to brass tacks: What It is important to both nurture and push these souls to Dramaturgy and non-profit manage- and Sunday in the Park with George. excites you about being a teacher for Summer Studio @ realize their full potential. Depending upon what I’m ment from Roosevelt University, He recently directed Peter and the TheatreWorks? teaching, I’m always using components from improv, Chicago. He is also an animal commu- Starcatcher, Sweeney Todd, Marry Me Meisner, text analysis, and life lessons. nicator, body and energy worker a Little, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Tory Ross: I’m so excited to see the student talent the specializing with horses and dogs. Once on This Island, Little Women, Silicon Valley’s premiere theatre company attracts. PACIFIC JA: With Summer Studio, students are handed an www.giftedhealinghands.com Being Earnest, Big River, 33 Variations, And the facilities and resources at their disposal are unfinished script that’s an adaptation of a classic HEARING and Of Mice and Men. incredible. When you put excited, motivated students (Scenic Designer) play. Together, with all the teaching artists and the J.B. WILSON in a room with exciting artists in a fabulously creative previously designed TheatreWorks’ PHIL SANTORA (Managing Director) ensemble, they will flesh out this summer’s production Clementine in the Lower 9, Light in joined TheatreWorks in 2007. He environment, magic is sure to occur. called Lysa. How do you imagine the musical compo- the Piazza, Yellow Face, Grey has served as Managing Director of What is your favorite aspect of teaching? nent will help tell this story? Gardens, Third, Into the Woods, Northlight Theatre (Chicago) and JA: Ragtime, Cabaret, The Secret Garden, Georgia Shakespeare Festival You guys, Lysa is amazing! And Jake wrote it! TR: For me, the best part about teaching is helping TR: The World Goes ‘Round, Marvin’s (Atlanta), as well as Development an individual unlock their creativity. Every artist and Here’s how I think musical moments work in theatre: Room, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Director for Great Lakes Theatre in a scene, the emotions become so intense, that Once on This Island, and Miami Festival (Cleveland) and George Street performer is different, so the key to that quest is you just have to sing. And then, if the emotions Lights. During the past 36 years, Mr. Playhouse (New Brunswick). He holds different in every person. Young people have so much Wilson has designed more than two an MFA in Theatre Administration bravery and it’s so amazing to watch. become so intense that singing isn’t enough, you hundred stage productions, which from the Yale School of Drama and a dance. I will work with the students to find those have appeared on the stages of BA in Drama from Duke University. JA: What are you teaching at Summer Studio this year? moments in the script and create those musical national venues as well as many small He is Vice President of the National moments. and large stages in the Bay Area, and Alliance for Musical Theatre Board. TR: My performing background is primarily musical he is grateful to have been honored Prior board service includes the theatre, so without saying that I am teaching a “Musical JA: Are there similarities between working on a with numerous awards for his work. League of Chicago Theatres, Atlanta Theatre class,” I will be the music component to a very professional Broadway stage and teaching theatre? Mr. Wilson is a graduate of Carnegie- Coalition of Theatres, and the solid acting and writing curriculum at TheatreWorks. Mellon University School of Drama, executive committee of the League By studying and recreating numbers from landmark TR: Absolutely! Both take an incredible amount of a member of United Scenic Artists of Resident Theatres (LORT). He was musicals, we will see how music enhances theatre and energy and focus. I love teaching because I never Local 829, and was Assistant named 2000’s Best Arts Administrator know what’s going to happen. You walk in with a Professor for nine years at Stanford by Atlanta Magazine and received the then create our own numbers for the students’ final curriculum, which very often changes in the moment. before joining the faculty of San Atlanta Arts and Business Council’s production. Francisco State University’s 1998 ABBY Award for Arts It’s thrilling work. Department of Theatre Arts. Administrator. JA: In addition, you are also teaching an audition workshop as part of the program. What can students expect to learn in those sessions?

encoreartsprograms.com 23 VISIONARY SPONSORS CORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS Jayne Booker, Chair Experience TheatreWorks as an Insider! Foundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits. Contact Kathleen Dederian at 650.463.7160 or [email protected] for more information. For 45 years, TheatreWorks has flourished under the watchful eye and the generous donations of its “We like supporting TheatreWorks Visionary Sponsors Sponsors Perkins Coie LLP ($50,000 and above) ($10,000 to $14,999) Synaptics contributors. Our donors support our eight mainstage with our Inner Circle membership, The Garden Court Hotel* Adams Wine Group* Tiffany & Co.* productions, our New Works Initiative to foster and and especially appreciate the The William & Flora Hewlett Aeris Communications, Inc. Wells Fargo nurture new artistic endeavors, and our outreach Foundation The Leonard C. & Mildred F. J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines* Ferguson Foundation Friends programs which serve over 35,000 students through reserved seats at the summer The Mercury News* Gerstco ($1,000 to $2,499) Arts in Education programming. Did you know that The David & Lucile Packard Heising-Simons Foundation Anonymous New Works Festival Foundation Hengehold Motor Company* Applied Materials Excellence in the tickets cover only 50% of what it costs to produce a The Shubert Foundation Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Arts Grants, a program of Silicon TheatreWorks season? and Inner Circle dinners.” The Sobrato Family Foundation* Trusts Valley Creates Joyce Reynolds-Sinclair & Gerald Sinclar, Silicon Valley Bank ChaseVP* PRESENTING SPONSORS Presenting Sponsor Tarlton Properties DES Architects + Engineers Our family of donors help to sustain our mission Inner Circle Members ($25,000 to $49,999) The Dramatists Guild Fund through volunteer time and financial support. And Avant! Foundation Benefactors Goodwin Procter LLP* interestingly, most stay involved year after year, after It’s a love affair! And to show our appreciation at every Harrell Remodeling ($5,000 to $9,999) International ProInsurance Services LLC National Endowment for the Arts Bloomingdale’s Luther Burbank Savings year, after year….! level, our donors receive great benefits and enjoy Sand Hill Foundation Dodge & Cox Investment Nikon Precision, Inc. TheatreWorks as true insiders. For example, as a SAP Managers Peter Michael Winery* Benefactor you will receive invitations to special Nordstrom The Law Office of Nanette S. Stringer Supporting Sponsors Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund TBS Construction behind-the-scenes events, and enjoy a special Green ($15,000 to $24,999) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Room Party exclusively for Benefactors. Our Inner Applied Materials Pittman LLP Matching Gifts Carla Befera Public Relations* Many companies will double or triple their Circle members are our front line supporters and if you Fenwick & West LLP Supporters employees’ contributions to nonprofits. It’s a great way to make your gift to become a member of The Inner Circle today you will The Kimball Foundation ($2,500 to $4,999) TheatreWorks go further at no extra cost. receive two passes to our New Works Festival in Microsoft Corporation Avidbank Call 650.463.7160 for more information. The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Cooley LLP* August along with many other fun benefits. Charitable Trust S. H. Cowell Foundation * Indicates donors whose gifts include Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati The Morrison & Foerster in-kind goods or services. Foundation Foundation SUPPORTING SPONSORS “I volunteer at and donate to Palo Alto Weekly* TheatreWorks because I’m passionate about having ENDOWMENT FUND TheatreWorks thanks the following lead donors for their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts. world-class theatre here Marsha & Bill Adler • William C. Anderson • Ann S. Bowers • Polly & Tom Bredt • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • Peter & Melanie Cross • Yogen & Peggy Dalal • Carl H. Feldman • The John & Marcia Goldman in my community. Foundation • Emeri & Brad Handler • Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts • Charles & Roberta Katz Family Whether I’m in the office Foundation • Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan • The Rathmann Family Foundation • Eddie Reynolds • John & Diane Savage • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode or in the audience, FUTUREWORKS D E V I N TheatreWorks feeds my soul.” FutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of life Cindi Sears, Producer and Volunteer SPONSORS insurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact [email protected] for more information.

TheatreWorks Trustee and Inner Circle Member Holly Ward Anonymous (6) • Marc Abramson • The Estate of William C. Anderson • Ray & Carol Bacchetti • Pauline Berkow P H O T B Y S C Making a donation to TheatreWorks is making an & Ronald Kauffman • David & Lauren Berman • Jayne Booker • James & Diane Bordoni • Ann S. Bowers • Steve investment in the cultural fabric of our community. & Gayle Brugle • The estate of Cathryn Z. Cannon • Eleanor W. Caughlan • Steven & Karin Chase • Jodi Corwin • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • George & Susan Crow • John & Linda Elman • Frances Escherich • Susan “My favorite perk of being a We can’t do it without you. Fairbrook • Harriett Ferziger • Gayle Flanagan • Carole & David Florian • Peter & Rose Friedland • Terry & member of The Inner Circle Carolyn Gannon • Ed Glazier • Marcia & John Goldman • Kathryn Green • Lorie Griswold • Maureen Hoberg • To make a gift or for more information, please contact Anne & Emma Grace Holmes • Kenny Hom • Sam & Elaine Housten • Susan M. Huch • Edward Hunter & is access to house seats at Michelle Garcia • John W. & Nancy Lee Jalonen • Barry Lee Johnson • Claiborne S. Jones • Dr. Steve Kelem • Jodye Friedman, Advancement Director at Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro • Bill & Terry Krivan • Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler • Woof Kurtzman • Mr. & Mrs. Robert Broadway (and other) theatres.” [email protected] or 650.463.7135. Mangelsdorf • Steve Mannshardt • Suzanne Martin & John Doyle • Leigh Metzler & Jim McVey • Cynthia S. Miller • Tami & Craney Ogata • Karen & John Reis • Eddie Reynolds • Betsy Boardman Ross • Adam Samuels • Holly Ward, Board of Trustees Philip Santora & Cristian Asher • Dorothy Saxe • Loren & Shelley Saxe • Edward & Jane Seaman • Barbara Shapiro & Mark Lewis • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Gerry Sipes • Carol Snell & Mindy Rauch • Esther Sobel • Jim & Mary Southam • Cherrill M. Spencer • Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern • Susanne Stevens • Mark Stevenson • Carol Watts • Renee & Herman Winick

24 THEATREWORKS VISIONARY SPONSORS CORPORATE CIRCLE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS Jayne Booker, Chair Experience TheatreWorks as an Insider! Foundations and Corporate Circle members sponsor productions, support new works, and fund education programs for K–12 students. Sponsors may host events at the theatre, receive heightened community visibility, and enjoy other hospitality benefits. Contact Kathleen Dederian at 650.463.7160 or [email protected] for more information. For 45 years, TheatreWorks has flourished under the watchful eye and the generous donations of its “We like supporting TheatreWorks Visionary Sponsors Sponsors Perkins Coie LLP ($50,000 and above) ($10,000 to $14,999) Synaptics contributors. Our donors support our eight mainstage with our Inner Circle membership, The Garden Court Hotel* Adams Wine Group* Tiffany & Co.* productions, our New Works Initiative to foster and and especially appreciate the The William & Flora Hewlett Aeris Communications, Inc. Wells Fargo nurture new artistic endeavors, and our outreach Foundation The Leonard C. & Mildred F. J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines* Ferguson Foundation Friends programs which serve over 35,000 students through reserved seats at the summer The Mercury News* Gerstco ($1,000 to $2,499) Arts in Education programming. Did you know that The David & Lucile Packard Heising-Simons Foundation Anonymous New Works Festival Foundation Hengehold Motor Company* Applied Materials Excellence in the tickets cover only 50% of what it costs to produce a The Shubert Foundation Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Arts Grants, a program of Silicon TheatreWorks season? and Inner Circle dinners.” The Sobrato Family Foundation* Trusts Valley Creates Joyce Reynolds-Sinclair & Gerald Sinclar, Silicon Valley Bank ChaseVP* PRESENTING SPONSORS Presenting Sponsor Tarlton Properties DES Architects + Engineers Our family of donors help to sustain our mission Inner Circle Members ($25,000 to $49,999) The Dramatists Guild Fund through volunteer time and financial support. And Avant! Foundation Benefactors Goodwin Procter LLP* interestingly, most stay involved year after year, after It’s a love affair! And to show our appreciation at every Harrell Remodeling ($5,000 to $9,999) International ProInsurance Services LLC National Endowment for the Arts Bloomingdale’s Luther Burbank Savings year, after year….! level, our donors receive great benefits and enjoy Sand Hill Foundation Dodge & Cox Investment Nikon Precision, Inc. TheatreWorks as true insiders. For example, as a SAP Managers Peter Michael Winery* Benefactor you will receive invitations to special Nordstrom The Law Office of Nanette S. Stringer Supporting Sponsors Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund TBS Construction behind-the-scenes events, and enjoy a special Green ($15,000 to $24,999) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Room Party exclusively for Benefactors. Our Inner Applied Materials Pittman LLP Matching Gifts Carla Befera Public Relations* Many companies will double or triple their Circle members are our front line supporters and if you Fenwick & West LLP Supporters employees’ contributions to nonprofits. It’s a great way to make your gift to become a member of The Inner Circle today you will The Kimball Foundation ($2,500 to $4,999) TheatreWorks go further at no extra cost. receive two passes to our New Works Festival in Microsoft Corporation Avidbank Call 650.463.7160 for more information. The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Cooley LLP* August along with many other fun benefits. Charitable Trust S. H. Cowell Foundation * Indicates donors whose gifts include Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati The Morrison & Foerster in-kind goods or services. Foundation Foundation SUPPORTING SPONSORS “I volunteer at and donate to Palo Alto Weekly* TheatreWorks because I’m passionate about having ENDOWMENT FUND TheatreWorks thanks the following lead donors for their extraordinarily generous Endowment gifts. world-class theatre here Marsha & Bill Adler • William C. Anderson • Ann S. Bowers • Polly & Tom Bredt • Bruce Cozadd & Sharon Hoffman • Peter & Melanie Cross • Yogen & Peggy Dalal • Carl H. Feldman • The John & Marcia Goldman in my community. Foundation • Emeri & Brad Handler • Hurlbut-Johnson Charitable Trusts • Charles & Roberta Katz Family Whether I’m in the office Foundation • Patricia McClung & Allen Morgan • The Rathmann Family Foundation • Eddie Reynolds • John & Diane Savage • Joyce Reynolds Sinclair • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Dr. Richard Goode or in the audience, FUTUREWORKS D E V I N TheatreWorks feeds my soul.” FutureWorks members have made an estate gift from a will or living trust, a beneficiary designation in an IRA, a gift of life Cindi Sears, Producer and Volunteer SPONSORS insurance, a gift that returns lifetime income, or another planned gift. Contact [email protected] for more information.

encoreartsprograms.com 25 Ranae DeSantis Players Lynda & Steve Fox Carey & Josh Pickus TheatreWorks Contributors John & Wynne Dobyns ($1,500 to $2,999) Diane & Bob Frankle John & Valerie Poggi Richard & Josephine Ferrie Anonymous (7) Barbara Franklin & Bernie Loth Susan Pritzker THE PRODUCER CIRCLE Gayle Flanagan Marc & Sophia Abramson Katherine Fraser & Steve Larson Kathy & Gary Reback Peter & Rose Friedland Douglas & Loretta Allred Jodye & Jonny Friedman Karen & John Reis Anne & Larry Hambly, Executive Producer Co-Chairs • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Gayla Lorthridge Wood, Producer Co-Chairs Terry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of Mary Ann Anthony & Ken Fowkes Jay & Joyce Friedrichs Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones TheatreWorks Producers have made a gift of $10,000 or more. They are invited to exclusive events with visiting artists, and on special theatre trips. Producers may select Robert Kelley Lisa Backus & Anthony Montefusco Markus Fromherz & Heike Schmitz Edward & Verne Rice a production to follow from “page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits. Elaine & Eric Hahn Bill & Marti Baerg Betsy & Tom Furst Paul & Sheri Robbins Contact Jodye Friedman at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information. Emeri & Brad Handler Shirley Bailey Marilee Gardner Alicia Rojas & Howard Lyons Maureen Hoberg Doug & Marie Barry Aaron & Julia Gershenberg Libby Roth & Ron Katz Visionary Producers Ray & Meredith Rothrock Susan Fairbrook Leslie & Douglas Murphy-Chutorian D & J Hodgson Family Foundation Pat Bashaw & Gene Segre Nancy & Charles Geschke Robert & Suzanne Rubenstein ($50,000 and above) Cynthia Sears Dan & Catharine Garber Beth & Charlie Perrell Barbara Jones Jim Bassett & Lily Hurlimann Renee & Mark Greenstein Jim & Maureen Sansbury Claiborne S. Jones Elizabeth & George Bechtel Nancy & Bill Grove Joseph & Sandy Santandrea Ann S. Bowers Janet Strauss & Jeff Hawkins Sylvia & Ron Gerst The Frank & Denise Quattrone Jack Jorgenson Don & Deborah Bennett Barbara Gunther Elizabeth & Mark Schar Lynn Szekely-Goode & Kathryn Green Dr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr. Foundation Louise Karr Stuart & Marcella Bernstein Peter & Laura Haas Lee & Kim Scheuer Bruce Cozadd & Dr. Richard Goode Richard & Kathy Hawes Adam Samuels Arthur Keller Dr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory of Jim & Linda Hagan Tom & Hilary Schroeder Sharon Hoffman The Tiphane Foundation Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Philip Santora & Cristian Asher Chris Kenrick Dr. Kevin J. Gilmartin Russell & Debbie Hall Charles G. Schulz & Claire E. Taylor Anne & Larry Hambly William J. Higgs Dorothy Saxe Steve Knight & Steven Schwartz Charlotte & David Biegelsen Jane Hamlin & Steven Schow Carolyn Schutz* Hal & Iris Korol Bob & Martha Bowden David & Noreen Henig Pamela & Rick Shames The Morgan Family Foundation Producers Pitch & Cathie Johnson Loren & Shelley Saxe Bill & Terry Krivan Michael & Leslie Braun Craig & Deborah Hoffman in Jack & Dorothy Shannahan ($10,000 to $24,999) Lisa & Marc Jones Lisa Webster Martha Seaver & Scott Walecka Arlene & Jack Leslie Kathy Bridgman memory of Susan Woods Jim & Margie Shaughnessy TheatreWorks Board Emeritus Anonymous (2) Mike & Martha Kahn Leonard Shustek & Sue & Dick Levy Ellen & Marc Brown Anne & Emma Grace Holmes Sarah Shema & Neyssa Marina Marsha & Bill Adler Julie Kaufman Donna Dubinsky Robert J, Lipshutz & Chet & Marcie Brown David Hornik & Pamela Miller-Hornik Marge & Jim Shively Executive Producers Katharine & George Alexander Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro Larry & Barbara Sonsini Nancy Wong, MD Jeff & Maureen Burnham Susan M. Huch Ron & Ellen Shulman The Merrimac Fund Christine B. Butcher+ Perry A. Irvine & Linda Romley-Irvine Carolyn & Rick Silberman ($25,000 to $49,999) Lois & Dr. Edward Anderson Tom & Sharon Kelley Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern Gillian & Tom Moran Eric Butler MD & Sudhanshu & Lori Jain Gerry Sipes Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Robin & Don Kennedy Anonymous (2) Debra Summers Richard Niblock Suzanne Rocca-Butler Dean & Patricia Johnson Ellen & Ed Smith Yogen & Peggy Dalal Lucy Berlin & Glenn Trewitt Dorothy Lazier Mark & Teri Vershel Roy & Margo Ogus Jeff & Deborah Byron Leigh & Roy Johnson Timothy Sparks The John & Marcia Goldman Jayne Booker Mark & Debra Leslie Watkins Family Charitable Fund Janine Paver & Eric Brown Ron & Sally Carter Craig & Gina Jorasch Family Fund Jim & Denise Stanford Foundation Bredt Family Fund at Truckee Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro Carol Watts In memory of Pearl Reimer Mark Chandler Mr. & Mrs. Abdo Kadifa Geraldine Steinberg Orli & Zack Rinat Dean & Wilma Chu Ruth Ann & David Keefer Jim Stephens & Abraham Brown Larry Horton & George Wilson Tahoe Community Foundation Marks Family Foundation Harriet & Frank Weiss Tom Rindfleisch & Carli Scott Fran Codispoti & Ken Schroeder James Kern & Monica Donovan The Sher-Right Fund Steve & Gayle Brugler The Marmor Foundation/ The Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell Bill & Janne Wissel Betsy Boardman Ross William & Nancy Cohen Alison & Steve Krausz Laura Strand Foundation Steven & Karin Chase Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor Gayla Lorthridge Wood & Mark & Martha Ross Martha Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Kubal Mark & Sherrie Taguchi Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler George & Susan Crow Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Walt Wood Rita & Robert Rove Robert A. Cook Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz Jan Thomson & Roy Levin Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Mary & Don McDougall AV Flox & Yonatan Zunger Edward & Jane Seaman Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchovny in Linda Lester Helaina Titus Bart Sears Donald & Rachel Levy Tzipor Ulman & Yigal Rubinstein Mendelsohn Family Fund Jenny Dearborn & John Tarlton memory of Milt, Michael, & Jack Francesca Sherrill & Tony diBellis David & Ann Crockett Dan’l & Susan Lewin Robert J. Van der Leest, MD Joyce Reynolds Sinclair & Richard & Anita Davis Janet Littlefield & William Coggshall Mimi & Jim Van Horne Dr. Gerald M. Sinclair Scott & Edie DeVine Drs. John & Penny Loeb Margaret & Curt Weil Sheri Sobrato Douglas Dexter Tom & Sally Logothetti Edward Weiss, MD & Sydney Marsden THE INNER CIRCLE Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir Dennis & Cindy Dillon Joe Margevicius Elissa Wellikson & Tom Shroyer Holly Ward & Jayne Booker, Co-Chairs Anthony & Rosina Lo Sun* Pamela Dougherty Anne B. McCarthy Nancy & Bart Westcott Members of The Inner Circle contribute a minimum of $1,500 each season and enjoy Polly & Ted Taylor Robert & Carol Dressler Gerald & Betty McIntyre Bruce & Elinor Wilner 45 for 45Circle a variety of benefits including priority subscription seating, VIP ticket purchases and Craig & Susie Thom Jack & Marcia Edelstein Dave & Carolyn McLoughlin Lynn Wilson & Howard Roberts exchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artists John & Sandi Thompson Shauna Mika & Rick Callison Dan & Sharon Winnike TheatreWorks 45 for 45 Circle members have made a multi-year Ann & Matt Eisenberg events. Contact Anne Holmes at 650.463.7113 or [email protected] for more Brent & Michèle Townshend Sue & Jeff Epstein Buff & Cindy Miller Neil & Ann Wolff pledge of $45,000 or more to honor Robert Kelley and TW’s information. Ted & Betty Ullman Frances Escherich Myrna & Hy Mitchner, PhD Judith & Peter Wolken 45th Anniversary. Contact Jodye Friedman at 650.463.7135 or Griff & Lynne Weber Annie Nunan* Bill & Sue Worthington Associate Producers Joe, Nancy, Sam & Sara Ragey Curtis Feeny [email protected] for more information. Barbara & Paul Weiss Lynn & Susan Orr M Yee ($6,000 to $9,999) Ron & Lila Schmidt Sheldon Finkelstein & Jane Weston & J. Horn David Pasta in memory of Anonymous Catherine & Jeff Thermond Beatriz V. Infante Karen Carlson White & Ken Jaffee Gloria J.A. Guth Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Mark & Debra Leslie Katherine Bazak & Holly Ward & Scott Spector Peggy Woodford Forbes & Mark & Sheila Wolfson Carrie Perzow & Von Leirer Ann S. Bowers Marks Family Foundation John W. Dohner Harry Bremond Gayle & Steve Brugler Suzanne Martin & Greg & Michelle Becker Directors Bruce Cozadd & John Doyle David & Lauren Berman ($3,000 to $5,999) Steven & Michele Boal Anonymous (2) Sharon Hoffman Mendelsohn Family Fund John & Susan Diekman Paul Asente & Ron Jenks Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Rebecca & James Morgan David E. Gold & Irene Blumenkranz Ray & Carol Bacchetti Benefactors Sylvia & Ron Gerst Cynthia Sears Linda M. Hinton & Vince Foecke Paul & Debbie Baker ($750 to $1,499) Anne & Larry Hambly Barbara Shapiro & Jerre & Nancy Hitz Joel & Wendy Bartlett Anonymous (2) • Lynn Bahrych • Mr. & Mrs. David W. Beach • Caroline Beverstock • Maria Brabb • Joan Brennan • James B. Brennock • Bob & Maggie Cant • Lee & Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Mark Lewis Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia Anne & Buz Battle Amy Christel • Bud & Rebecca Colligan • Shazad Contractor • Andrew & Heidi Cotton • Peter & Melanie Cross • Anne Dauer • Bunny Dawson • Romar De Claro • Ronald Thomas Kailath & Anu Maitra The BelleJAR Foundation Dickel • Robert Dutton • Karen & Lorry Frankel • Mark Gorenberg • Sue & Bill Gould • Mary Ann & John Grilli • Kovin Hagan • Susan & Doug Hanson • Tom & Mary Julie Kaufman Mark & Teri Vershel Dick & Cathy Lampman Wendell & Celeste Birkhofer Haverstock • Mitzi Henderson • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Scott Joachim • Eva L. Jones • Deborah Karlson • The Guy Kawasakis • Lisa Kenkel • Professor & Mrs. David Kennedy Tom & Sharon Kelley Carol Watts Irv Lichtenwald Marah & Gene Brehaut • Bob & Edie Kirkwood • Michael & Ina Korek • Allan & Linda Kramer • Shawn Lampron • Jim & Marilyn Lattin • Stephen & Nancy Levy • George & Ann Limbach • Robert & Paige Locke • Alex & Anne Long • Anders & Juneko Martinson • Bob & Kathie Maxfield • Karen & Bob McCulloch • Nancy & Patrick McGaraghan • Linda & Tony Lisa Webster Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Rob & Ann Marangell John Chambers Meier • Gus Meyner in memory of Miriam • David Morgenthaler • Dale & Cathy Pfau • Shirley & David Negrin • Oshman Family Foundation • Dale & Cathy Pfau • Bob Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Janne & Bill Wissel Kevin McCoy Bruce & Gail Chizen Rodert & Bev Kiltz • Dr. Condoleezza Rice • Vic & Jan Schachter • Steven & Rita Schlosser • Maria and Mitch Segal • Maria & Mitch Segal • Rob Skinner • Diane Talbert Dorothy Lazier Bruce McLeod & Carla Befera Diane & Howard Crittenden • Thomas Vogelsang • David Vroom • Glen Wong • Mike & Patti Workman • Alan & Judy Zafran Gillian & Tom Moran Jeff & Amy Crowe Contributions listed were received between 4/18/2014 and 4/18/2015. Program deadlines and space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. Yvonne & Mike Nevens Randy Curry & Kay Simon For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Michelle Piasecki at 650.463.7132 or [email protected]. Bill & Janet Nicholls Craig Dauchy & Sue Crawford * Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts. Please consider TheatreWorks in your will or estate plan. Call 650.463.7135 or email [email protected] for more information.

26 THEATREWORKS Ranae DeSantis Players Lynda & Steve Fox Carey & Josh Pickus TheatreWorks Contributors John & Wynne Dobyns ($1,500 to $2,999) Diane & Bob Frankle John & Valerie Poggi Richard & Josephine Ferrie Anonymous (7) Barbara Franklin & Bernie Loth Susan Pritzker THE PRODUCER CIRCLE Gayle Flanagan Marc & Sophia Abramson Katherine Fraser & Steve Larson Kathy & Gary Reback Peter & Rose Friedland Douglas & Loretta Allred Jodye & Jonny Friedman Karen & John Reis Anne & Larry Hambly, Executive Producer Co-Chairs • Lynn Szekely-Goode & Gayla Lorthridge Wood, Producer Co-Chairs Terry & Carolyn Gannon in honor of Mary Ann Anthony & Ken Fowkes Jay & Joyce Friedrichs Eddie Reynolds & Ed Jones TheatreWorks Producers have made a gift of $10,000 or more. They are invited to exclusive events with visiting artists, and on special theatre trips. Producers may select Robert Kelley Lisa Backus & Anthony Montefusco Markus Fromherz & Heike Schmitz Edward & Verne Rice a production to follow from “page to stage” by attending the design presentation, rehearsals, and opening nights. Producers also receive all Inner Circle benefits. Elaine & Eric Hahn Bill & Marti Baerg Betsy & Tom Furst Paul & Sheri Robbins Contact Jodye Friedman at 650.463.7135 or [email protected] for more information. Emeri & Brad Handler Shirley Bailey Marilee Gardner Alicia Rojas & Howard Lyons Maureen Hoberg Doug & Marie Barry Aaron & Julia Gershenberg Libby Roth & Ron Katz Visionary Producers Ray & Meredith Rothrock Susan Fairbrook Leslie & Douglas Murphy-Chutorian D & J Hodgson Family Foundation Pat Bashaw & Gene Segre Nancy & Charles Geschke Robert & Suzanne Rubenstein ($50,000 and above) Cynthia Sears Dan & Catharine Garber Beth & Charlie Perrell Barbara Jones Jim Bassett & Lily Hurlimann Renee & Mark Greenstein Jim & Maureen Sansbury Claiborne S. Jones Elizabeth & George Bechtel Nancy & Bill Grove Joseph & Sandy Santandrea Ann S. Bowers Janet Strauss & Jeff Hawkins Sylvia & Ron Gerst The Frank & Denise Quattrone Jack Jorgenson Don & Deborah Bennett Barbara Gunther Elizabeth & Mark Schar Lynn Szekely-Goode & Kathryn Green Dr. & Mrs. W. M. Coughran, Jr. Foundation Louise Karr Stuart & Marcella Bernstein Peter & Laura Haas Lee & Kim Scheuer Bruce Cozadd & Dr. Richard Goode Richard & Kathy Hawes Adam Samuels Arthur Keller Dr. Barbara L. Bessey in memory of Jim & Linda Hagan Tom & Hilary Schroeder Sharon Hoffman The Tiphane Foundation Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Philip Santora & Cristian Asher Chris Kenrick Dr. Kevin J. Gilmartin Russell & Debbie Hall Charles G. Schulz & Claire E. Taylor Anne & Larry Hambly William J. Higgs Dorothy Saxe Steve Knight & Steven Schwartz Charlotte & David Biegelsen Jane Hamlin & Steven Schow Carolyn Schutz* Hal & Iris Korol Bob & Martha Bowden David & Noreen Henig Pamela & Rick Shames The Morgan Family Foundation Producers Pitch & Cathie Johnson Loren & Shelley Saxe Bill & Terry Krivan Michael & Leslie Braun Craig & Deborah Hoffman in Jack & Dorothy Shannahan ($10,000 to $24,999) Lisa & Marc Jones Lisa Webster Martha Seaver & Scott Walecka Arlene & Jack Leslie Kathy Bridgman memory of Susan Woods Jim & Margie Shaughnessy TheatreWorks Board Emeritus Anonymous (2) Mike & Martha Kahn Leonard Shustek & Sue & Dick Levy Ellen & Marc Brown Anne & Emma Grace Holmes Sarah Shema & Neyssa Marina Marsha & Bill Adler Julie Kaufman Donna Dubinsky Robert J, Lipshutz & Chet & Marcie Brown David Hornik & Pamela Miller-Hornik Marge & Jim Shively Executive Producers Katharine & George Alexander Robert Kelley & Ev Shiro Larry & Barbara Sonsini Nancy Wong, MD Jeff & Maureen Burnham Susan M. Huch Ron & Ellen Shulman The Merrimac Fund Christine B. Butcher+ Perry A. Irvine & Linda Romley-Irvine Carolyn & Rick Silberman ($25,000 to $49,999) Lois & Dr. Edward Anderson Tom & Sharon Kelley Rick Stern & Nancy Ginsburg Stern Gillian & Tom Moran Eric Butler MD & Sudhanshu & Lori Jain Gerry Sipes Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Robin & Don Kennedy Anonymous (2) Debra Summers Richard Niblock Suzanne Rocca-Butler Dean & Patricia Johnson Ellen & Ed Smith Yogen & Peggy Dalal Lucy Berlin & Glenn Trewitt Dorothy Lazier Mark & Teri Vershel Roy & Margo Ogus Jeff & Deborah Byron Leigh & Roy Johnson Timothy Sparks The John & Marcia Goldman Jayne Booker Mark & Debra Leslie Watkins Family Charitable Fund Janine Paver & Eric Brown Ron & Sally Carter Craig & Gina Jorasch Family Fund Jim & Denise Stanford Foundation Bredt Family Fund at Truckee Mark Lewis & Barbara Shapiro Carol Watts In memory of Pearl Reimer Mark Chandler Mr. & Mrs. Abdo Kadifa Geraldine Steinberg Orli & Zack Rinat Dean & Wilma Chu Ruth Ann & David Keefer Jim Stephens & Abraham Brown Larry Horton & George Wilson Tahoe Community Foundation Marks Family Foundation Harriet & Frank Weiss Tom Rindfleisch & Carli Scott Fran Codispoti & Ken Schroeder James Kern & Monica Donovan The Sher-Right Fund Steve & Gayle Brugler The Marmor Foundation/ The Dirk & Charlene Kabcenell Bill & Janne Wissel Betsy Boardman Ross William & Nancy Cohen Alison & Steve Krausz Laura Strand Foundation Steven & Karin Chase Drs. Michael & Jane Marmor Gayla Lorthridge Wood & Mark & Martha Ross Martha Cohn Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Kubal Mark & Sherrie Taguchi Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler George & Susan Crow Suzanne Martin & John Doyle Walt Wood Rita & Robert Rove Robert A. Cook Woof Kurtzman & Liz Hertz Jan Thomson & Roy Levin Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Mary & Don McDougall AV Flox & Yonatan Zunger Edward & Jane Seaman Jodi Corwin & Irv Duchovny in Linda Lester Helaina Titus Bart Sears Donald & Rachel Levy Tzipor Ulman & Yigal Rubinstein Mendelsohn Family Fund Jenny Dearborn & John Tarlton memory of Milt, Michael, & Jack Francesca Sherrill & Tony diBellis David & Ann Crockett Dan’l & Susan Lewin Robert J. Van der Leest, MD Joyce Reynolds Sinclair & Richard & Anita Davis Janet Littlefield & William Coggshall Mimi & Jim Van Horne Dr. Gerald M. Sinclair Scott & Edie DeVine Drs. John & Penny Loeb Margaret & Curt Weil Sheri Sobrato Douglas Dexter Tom & Sally Logothetti Edward Weiss, MD & Sydney Marsden THE INNER CIRCLE Susanne Stevens & Monte Mansir Dennis & Cindy Dillon Joe Margevicius Elissa Wellikson & Tom Shroyer Holly Ward & Jayne Booker, Co-Chairs Anthony & Rosina Lo Sun* Pamela Dougherty Anne B. McCarthy Nancy & Bart Westcott Members of The Inner Circle contribute a minimum of $1,500 each season and enjoy Polly & Ted Taylor Robert & Carol Dressler Gerald & Betty McIntyre Bruce & Elinor Wilner 45 for 45Circle a variety of benefits including priority subscription seating, VIP ticket purchases and Craig & Susie Thom Jack & Marcia Edelstein Dave & Carolyn McLoughlin Lynn Wilson & Howard Roberts exchanges, access to house seats on Broadway, and invitations to Meet-the-Artists John & Sandi Thompson Shauna Mika & Rick Callison Dan & Sharon Winnike TheatreWorks 45 for 45 Circle members have made a multi-year Ann & Matt Eisenberg events. Contact Anne Holmes at 650.463.7113 or [email protected] for more Brent & Michèle Townshend Sue & Jeff Epstein Buff & Cindy Miller Neil & Ann Wolff pledge of $45,000 or more to honor Robert Kelley and TW’s information. Ted & Betty Ullman Frances Escherich Myrna & Hy Mitchner, PhD Judith & Peter Wolken 45th Anniversary. Contact Jodye Friedman at 650.463.7135 or Griff & Lynne Weber Annie Nunan* Bill & Sue Worthington Associate Producers Joe, Nancy, Sam & Sara Ragey Curtis Feeny [email protected] for more information. Barbara & Paul Weiss Lynn & Susan Orr M Yee ($6,000 to $9,999) Ron & Lila Schmidt Sheldon Finkelstein & Jane Weston & J. Horn David Pasta in memory of Anonymous Catherine & Jeff Thermond Beatriz V. Infante Karen Carlson White & Ken Jaffee Gloria J.A. Guth Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer Mark & Debra Leslie Katherine Bazak & Holly Ward & Scott Spector Peggy Woodford Forbes & Mark & Sheila Wolfson Carrie Perzow & Von Leirer Ann S. Bowers Marks Family Foundation John W. Dohner Harry Bremond Gayle & Steve Brugler Suzanne Martin & Greg & Michelle Becker Directors Bruce Cozadd & John Doyle David & Lauren Berman ($3,000 to $5,999) Steven & Michele Boal Anonymous (2) Sharon Hoffman Mendelsohn Family Fund John & Susan Diekman Paul Asente & Ron Jenks Gordon & Carolyn Davidson Rebecca & James Morgan David E. Gold & Irene Blumenkranz Ray & Carol Bacchetti Benefactors Sylvia & Ron Gerst Cynthia Sears Linda M. Hinton & Vince Foecke Paul & Debbie Baker ($750 to $1,499) Anne & Larry Hambly Barbara Shapiro & Jerre & Nancy Hitz Joel & Wendy Bartlett Anonymous (2) • Lynn Bahrych • Mr. & Mrs. David W. Beach • Caroline Beverstock • Maria Brabb • Joan Brennan • James B. Brennock • Bob & Maggie Cant • Lee & Judy Heyboer & Brian Shally Mark Lewis Edward Hunter & Michelle Garcia Anne & Buz Battle Amy Christel • Bud & Rebecca Colligan • Shazad Contractor • Andrew & Heidi Cotton • Peter & Melanie Cross • Anne Dauer • Bunny Dawson • Romar De Claro • Ronald Thomas Kailath & Anu Maitra The BelleJAR Foundation Dickel • Robert Dutton • Karen & Lorry Frankel • Mark Gorenberg • Sue & Bill Gould • Mary Ann & John Grilli • Kovin Hagan • Susan & Doug Hanson • Tom & Mary Julie Kaufman Mark & Teri Vershel Dick & Cathy Lampman Wendell & Celeste Birkhofer Haverstock • Mitzi Henderson • Nancy Lee Jalonen • Scott Joachim • Eva L. Jones • Deborah Karlson • The Guy Kawasakis • Lisa Kenkel • Professor & Mrs. David Kennedy Tom & Sharon Kelley Carol Watts Irv Lichtenwald Marah & Gene Brehaut • Bob & Edie Kirkwood • Michael & Ina Korek • Allan & Linda Kramer • Shawn Lampron • Jim & Marilyn Lattin • Stephen & Nancy Levy • George & Ann Limbach • Robert & Paige Locke • Alex & Anne Long • Anders & Juneko Martinson • Bob & Kathie Maxfield • Karen & Bob McCulloch • Nancy & Patrick McGaraghan • Linda & Tony Lisa Webster Phil Kurjan & Noel Butler Rob & Ann Marangell John Chambers Meier • Gus Meyner in memory of Miriam • David Morgenthaler • Dale & Cathy Pfau • Shirley & David Negrin • Oshman Family Foundation • Dale & Cathy Pfau • Bob Michelle & Michael Kwatinetz Janne & Bill Wissel Kevin McCoy Bruce & Gail Chizen Rodert & Bev Kiltz • Dr. Condoleezza Rice • Vic & Jan Schachter • Steven & Rita Schlosser • Maria and Mitch Segal • Maria & Mitch Segal • Rob Skinner • Diane Talbert Dorothy Lazier Bruce McLeod & Carla Befera Diane & Howard Crittenden • Thomas Vogelsang • David Vroom • Glen Wong • Mike & Patti Workman • Alan & Judy Zafran Gillian & Tom Moran Jeff & Amy Crowe Contributions listed were received between 4/18/2014 and 4/18/2015. Program deadlines and space limitations prevent us from listing all of our greatly appreciated patrons. Yvonne & Mike Nevens Randy Curry & Kay Simon For corrections, or to make a contribution, please contact Michelle Piasecki at 650.463.7132 or [email protected]. Bill & Janet Nicholls Craig Dauchy & Sue Crawford * Indicates donors whose gifts include in-kind goods or services. + Indicates members of the Encore Club, who make ongoing monthly or quarterly gifts. Please consider TheatreWorks in your will or estate plan. Call 650.463.7135 or email [email protected] for more information.

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ARTISTIC SCENERY DEVELOPMENT MARKETING CONTACT US INDIVIDUAL TICKET PRICES* AUDIO-CAPTIONING Mailing Address: Preview Prices: TheatreWorks productions have designated Associate Artistic Director Technical Director Director of Advancement Director of Marketing PO Box 50458, Palo Alto, CA 94303-0458 Adult: $53 Senior: $43 performances where audio captioning is avail- Leslie Martinson Frank Sarmiento Jodye Friedman Lorraine VanDeGraaf-Rodriguez Phone: 650.463.1950 Fax: 650.463.1963 Educator: $43 30 & Under: $25 able for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Please E-mail: [email protected] Director of New Works Lead Scenic Artist / Craftsman Director of Major Gifts Art Director Sections A / B / C: call 650.463.1960 for details. Giovanna Sardelli Tom Langguth Anne Holmes Ev Shiro TICKET SERVICES Tues, Wed, Thurs, Sun Eves & Wed Matinee: LATE ARRIVALS Adult: $68/$59/$25 Senior: $55/$47/$25 Company Manager/ Master Carpenter Stewardship and Events Manager Associate Director of Marketing Tickets to all TheatreWorks performances Latecomers will not be seated until appropriate Educator: $55/$47/$25 Casting Associate Bill Roberts Jodi Corwin Syche Phillips are sold through the TheatreWorks Box Office intervals, and may not be seated in their exact Hours: Monday–Friday, 11am–6pm; 30 & Under: $35/$25/$19 Jeffrey Lo seat locations until intermission. Carpenters Development Operations Manager Associate Director of Saturday-Sunday, 12pm-6pm Fri and Sat Eve, Sat and Sun Matinee: FutureWorks Fellow Esteban Calvillo, Rodrigo Frausto, Michelle Piasecki Patron Services Phone: 650.463.1960 Adult: $74/$69/$25 Senior: $64/$56/$25 PLEASE REMEMBER Educator: $64/$56/$25 Akemi Okamura Henry Ing Margaret Purdy Tickets may also be obtained through the There is no smoking in the theatres or lobbies. 30 & Under: $42/$35/$25 Cameras and recording devices of any kind Mountain View Ticket Office TCG/Fox Foundation Marketing and Digital *Prices do not include $6 per ticket convenience fee. are strictly prohibited. Neither food nor drink is EDUCATION Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, noon–6pm Resident Artist Communications Manager Prices subject to change. permitted in the theatres. Please ensure PROPERTIES Phone: 650.903.6000 Cindy Im Director of Education Jonathan Amores that all electronic devices are set to the “off“ GROUP SAVINGS position while you are in the theatre. Interim Properties Master Amy Cole-Farrell WALK-UP TICKET SERVICES Resident Musical Director Ticket Services Supervisor Savings are available for groups of 8 or more. Tunuviel Luv The walk-up ticket office will open one hour Children 5 and under are not permitted in William Liberatore Associate Education Director— Alix Josefski For more information, call Alix Josefski at prior to each performance. the theatre. Persons 14 and under must be Properties Master Schools 650.463.7121 or email [email protected]. accompanied by an adult. Every person, regard- New Works Reading Committee Ticket Services Representatives Christopher Fitzer Katie Bartholomew PERFORMANCE TIMES less of age, must have a ticket. Doug Brook, Shareen Merriam, Megan Bartlett, Sarah Benjamin, WHEELCHAIR SEATING Wed, Thur, Fri Previews 8pm Schedules, shows, casts, and ticket prices are Patty Reinhart, Cindi Sears, Properties Stock Manager Associate Education Director— Jennifer Gosk, Tracy Hayden Seating is available for wheelchair patrons. Tuesday & Wednesday Eve 7:30pm subject to change. Amy Sundberg, Scott Walecka Alfred Rudolph Playwriting Please telephone the Ticket Office in advance Graphics Assistant Thursday–Saturday Eve 8:00pm Jake Arky so that special arrangements may be made. Single ticket purchases are non-refundable, but Katie Dai Sunday Eve 7:00pm are exchangeable for $15 per ticket. Master Teaching Artist Wednesday, Saturday, & Sunday Matinee 2:00pm LISTENING SYSTEMS Some restrictions apply. PRODUCTION, COSTUMES Telesales Representatives Piper LaGrelius Both theatres are equipped with listening LIGHTING, & SOUND Costume Director Constance Gannon, Gerald Gist systems for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Teaching Artists Please see the house manager for details. Visit theatreworks.org Production Manager Jill Bowers Company House Managers Caroline Altman for detailed information or to purchase tickets. David A. Milligan Larry Condit, Lois Hopp, Assistant Costumer Brittany Caine Bill McFarland, Ray Vinall Assistant Production Manager Noah Marin Jennifer Debevec Jon Wat Lead Cutter/Draper Martin Rojas Dietrich Public Relations & Advertising Operations Manager/ Yen La Wong Amanda Johnson Carla Befera & Co. Emily Jordan Carla Befera, Molly Kullman Master Electrician Wardrobe Manager Rebecca Longworth Steven B. Mannshardt Thom Hoffman Company Photographers Stephanie Owen Kevin Berne Resident Lighting Designer Costume Rentals Manager Kelly Rinehart Triangle Alessandra Mello Steven B. Mannshardt Conni Edwards Tory Ross A N E W M U S I C A L Elissa Stebbins Sound Supervisor Assistant Cutter/First Hand Mia Tagano Music by Curtis Moore Lyrics by Thomas Mizer Brendan Aanes Michelle Earney ADMINISTRATIVE Maryssa Wanlass Book by Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore, & Joshua Scher Production Coordinator Stitchers General Manager Playwrights-in-Residence Karen Szpaller Nhan Thi Luu, Son Pham Scott DeVine Jake Arky, Jeffrey Lo Electricians Hair Stylist Database Administrator Kelly Jean Mack, Steven Fetter, Jeanne Naritomi Ken Maitz Carolyn Foot, Elizar Ivanov, Bookkeeper Dan Kaminski, Nick Kumamoto, Jason Hyde Harris Meyers, Gary Nelson, STAGE MANAGEMENT Seth Tuthall, Becca Van De Vanter, Staff Accountant Resident Stage Manager Jarku Virtanen, Jackson Wijtman Barbara Sloss Randall K. Lum Load-in/Strike Volunteers Front Desk Volunteers Rick Amerson, Ed Hunter Joan Doherty Cindi Sears FALLEN ANGELS ADDITIONAL STAFF

Fight Coach Kit Wilder Sound Board Operator And thanks to our fabulous Sara Ragey Understudy Caitlin O’Leary TheatreWorkers! Show Carpenter Patrick Biggs Production Assistant July 8 – August 2 Ashley Taylor Frampton Properties Runner Megan Hall TheatreWorks Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto Light Board Operator Dressers Thom Hoffman, Elizar Ivanov Christine Huynh S I L I C O N V A L L E Y theatreworks.org 650.463.1960

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encoreartsprograms.com 29 OUNTAIN VIEW CENTER MFOR THE PERFORMING ARTS MAILING ADDRESS BOOKING INFORMATION Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts’ three City of Mountain View theaters and support spaces may be booked for perform- Post Office Box 7540, Mountain View, CA 94039-7540 ing arts events, meetings, conferences and other events. For booking information, please call 650-903-6556. TICKETS & INFORMATION 650.903.6000 (24 hours) mvcpa.com HOME COMPANIES [email protected] The Center is proud to serve as host to two Home Com panies: TheatreWorks and Peninsula Youth Ticket Office Hours: Wednesday–Saturday, 12 noon Theatre. These arts organizations perform a significant to 6 pm, and one hour prior to event curtain time. portion of their seasons in our theaters and contribute Ticket Services also features a telephone information to the overall success of the Center. hotline. Ticket orders may be placed 24 hours a day. Phone: 650-903-6000 Fax: 650-965-1727 PLEASE NOTE • All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket. GENERAL INFORMATION • Due to contract restrictions and the dangers posed 500 Castro Street, Mountain View to performers, cameras and recording devices are Administrative Office prohibited in the theaters during most events. Phone: 650-903-6565 Fax: 650-962-9900 Unauthorized cameras and recording devices will be removed and held by the Center until FIND OUT WHAT’S HAPPENING the close of the performance. To receive Preview Magazine by mail, call 650-903-6000. • Please do not bring food or drink (except bottled Visit our web site mvcpa.com for the latest information water) into the theaters. on events at the Center and to sign up for eSpotlight to • To avoid disruption of the performance, please set get the special offers and event updates by email. pagers to vibrate and disengage alarmed watches and cellular phones before entering the theater. ENCORE • Please become familiar with the exits. In an MainStage REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES emergency, listen for instructions from Center staff. There are no refunds unless a performance is canceled If instructed to do so, walk—do not run—to the exit. or rescheduled. Exchange policies vary and are set by In the case of an earthquake, remain seated, or the presenter of each event. For more information, crouch below seats, then listen for instructions please call Ticket Services at 650-903-6000. from Center staff.

LATE ARRIVALS Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the producing organization. We recommend that patrons arrive at the u u u u u u u Center a minimum of 20 minutes prior to curtain time. If you are purchasing or picking up tickets, please allow additional time. Our ticket office closes one half hour after curtain time. MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL John McAlister, Mayor • Patricia Showalter, Vice Mayor Christopher Clark • John Inks • Michael Kasperzak EMERGENCY NUMBER Ken Rosenberg. • Lenny Seigel Our House Manager has a cell phone (650-740-0093) to receive emergency calls during performances. Daniel Rich, City Manager

DDITIONAL ERVICES PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE A S Raymond Chan • Carol Donahue • Ellen Murray The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is fully Daniel Palay • Lucia Milone Williams accessible. Patrons who require wheelchair seating or SecondStage other assistance may make arrangements with Ticket Services at the time of ticket purchase 650-903-6000. CENTER STAFF Notifying the Center in advance will make it possible to The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is a better serve your needs. Assistive listening system division of the City of Mountain View’s Community Services headsets are available in the lobby for performances. Department, J.P. de la Montaigne, Director. Audio-described services for patrons who are visually impaired are available at some performances. Patrons Executive Director W. Scott Whisler who are hearing impaired may request translation Marketing & Public Relations Manager Michele Roberts services (for information call 650-903-6000). Assistive Business Manager Cindy Miksa ambulatory devices will be checked at the back of the Booking Coordinator Jennifer Poret theater unless the device fits completely beneath the seats. Technical Services Manager Bernadette Fife VOLUNTEER AT THE CENTER Ticket Services Director Gary Voss The Center owes a great deal of its success to Audience Services Manager Liz Nelson its dedicated volunteer staff who serve as Ushers, Senior Ticket Representatives Art Docents and Office Volunteers. Join us, support Morry Goldstein • Carolyn Marie Len the arts and be a part of the Center! For more information, please call 650-903-6568. Senior Stagehand Steven Crandell

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DDITIONAL ERVICES PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE A S Raymond Chan • Carol Donahue • Ellen Murray The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is fully Daniel Palay • Lucia Milone Williams accessible. Patrons who require wheelchair seating or SecondStage other assistance may make arrangements with Ticket Services at the time of ticket purchase 650-903-6000. CENTER STAFF Notifying the Center in advance will make it possible to The Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts is a better serve your needs. Assistive listening system division of the City of Mountain View’s Community Services headsets are available in the lobby for performances. Department, J.P. de la Montaigne, Director. Audio-described services for patrons who are visually impaired are available at some performances. Patrons Executive Director W. Scott Whisler who are hearing impaired may request translation Marketing & Public Relations Manager Michele Roberts services (for information call 650-903-6000). Assistive Business Manager Cindy Miksa ambulatory devices will be checked at the back of the Booking Coordinator Jennifer Poret theater unless the device fits completely beneath the seats. Technical Services Manager Bernadette Fife VOLUNTEER AT THE CENTER Ticket Services Director Gary Voss The Center owes a great deal of its success to Audience Services Manager Liz Nelson its dedicated volunteer staff who serve as Ushers, Senior Ticket Representatives Art Docents and Office Volunteers. Join us, support Morry Goldstein • Carolyn Marie Len the arts and be a part of the Center! For more Senior Stagehand Steven Crandell information, please call 650-903-6568. redefining possible

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