TONY KISER THEATER LETTERS of SURESH by RAJIV JOSEPH DIRECTED by MAY ADRALES Letters of Suresh Is the Recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award

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TONY KISER THEATER LETTERS of SURESH by RAJIV JOSEPH DIRECTED by MAY ADRALES Letters of Suresh Is the Recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award JULY 2021 – TONY KISER THEATER KATE BALDWIN IN CONCERT THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT KATE BALDWIN IN CONCERT THE SAME, BUT DIFFERENT July 22-25, 28-31 CAST KATE BALDWIN CREATIVE Music Director .............................................GEORGIA STITT Director ....................................................TRAVIS GREISLER Lighting Design ..................................HERRICK GOLDMAN Sound Design ............................................. JASON CRYSTAL Stage Manager ...............................................KYRIE BAYLES SONGS Where or When/I Didn’t Know What Time it Was (Rodgers/Hart) Look to the Rainbow/How are Things in Glocca Morra (Lane/Harburg) I’m the Bravest Individual (Coleman/Fields) Water is Wide (arr. Stitt) One Minute Song Cycle (Stitt, various poets) Breeze off the River/I Don’t Need a Roof (Yazbeck/Lippa) You Could Drive a Person Crazy (Sondheim, arr. Loud) Lorna’s Here (Strouse/Adams) Still Haven’t Found/Taking Chances (U2/Celine Dion) New York, New York (Kander & Ebb) Look for the Silver Lining (Kern) Special Thanks to the Creative Team of We’re Gonna Die by Young Jean Lee Directed & Choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly, Scenic Design by David Zinn, Costume Design by Naoko Nagata, Lighting Design by Tuce Yasak, Sound Design by Jason Crystal TONY KISER THEATER 2ST.COM FOLLOW US @2STNYC 2 SECOND STAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Terry Lindsay, Co-Chair of the Board Timothy J. McClimon, Co-Chair of the Board ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA KHADY KAMARA GABRIELLE LONDON PALITZ ELIZABETH C. BERENS ANTHONY C. M. KISER BAMBI PUTNAM KEVIN BROCKMAN STEVEN B. KLINSKY CAROLE ROTHMAN LOUISE HENRY BRYSON JANET LYNNE KNOPF NATHAN E. SAINT-AMAND MIA CAMPBELL PATRICIA J. LANGER IRA SCHRECK DEBRA MARTIN CHASE GINA MARIA LEONETTI STEPHEN C. SHERRILL SALLY DAYTON CLEMENT DRE TAYLOR LINDSAY SYDNEY R. SHUMAN LAWRENCE G. CREEL GEORGE S. LOENING STEWART R. SMITH LAURIE ERLANDSON OREN MICHELS JOHN SORKIN FRANCES DALY FERGUSSON ROBERT NASH ANGELA SUN TONY GOLDWYN ELIN NIERENBERG MARJORIE VAN DERCOOK MARY TAVENER HOLMES LYNN NOTTAGE SUSAN WASSERSTEIN WENDY EVANS JOSEPH ALICE PACTHOD CANDACE K. WEIR PRODUCTION STAFF FOR THE CONCERT Mixer CURTIS MILLER A2 STANLEY WIERCINSKI Head Electrician JOHN TEES Follow-Spot JAMIE CROCKETT Light Board Operator ASA LIPTON Light Board Programmer MARYAM SWEIRKI Lighting Tech ROME BROWN SECOND STAGE THEATER STAFF President & Artistic Director CAROLE ROTHMAN Executive Director KHADY KAMARA ADMINISTRATIVE General Manager SARA DANIELSEN Associate General Manager REED WILKERSON Company Manager, Hayes Theater LEE POULIN Director of Operations JIM JOSEPH Hayes Theater Building Superintendent RICKY DEOSARRAN Tony Kiser Theater Building Manager STEVEN GANPAT Hayes Theater Porter TRAVIS CHINAPEN Director of Human Resources, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion MANUEL BEJARANO Director of Finance SAMUEL J. BELLINGER Administrative Manager JOHN MACKESSY 3 SECOND STAGE THEATER STAFF Controller GUANYING LAN Finance Management Associate, Payroll/HR MATTHEW LOWE Finance Management Associate, AP/AR BENJAMIN TRELA Director of Development LINDSEY FORDEN Director of Institutional Partnerships CATHERINE SUMNER Director of Special Events BRIANNA SAUVAGE Senior Manager of Individual Giving ELEANOR REGAN Individual Giving Associate CONNOR STRIBLING Director of Marketing & Communications LAURA DiLORENZO Sales & Marketing Manager DAYNA JOHNSON Digital & Social Media Associate JAKE LEBOWITZ Community Outreach & Group Sales Manager STACY LEIGH Director of Ticket Services ARTIE SIEVERS Ticket Services Manager KAYLA EISENBERG Ticket Services Manager ED PRECHT Ticket Services Assistants TORA ALEXANDER, IAN EDLUND ARTISTIC Director of Artistic Production BENNETT LEAK Manager of Artistic Development GEORGE STRUSS Artistic Assistant JONATHAN CHANG PRODUCTION Director of Production PETER DEAN Assistant Production Manager KYRIE BAYLES Master Technician, Kiser Theater CHRISTOPHER STEPANEK TONY KISER THEATER STAFF House Manager JOSHUA SCHLEIFER Front of House Staff MARLENY FIGUEROA, EMILY JEPPESEN, JUSTIN JONES, DAMON ROSENBERG, ANASTASIA ZEILER BEGINS SEPTEMBER 14 – TONY KISER THEATER LETTERS OF SURESH BY RAJIV JOSEPH DIRECTED BY MAY ADRALES Letters of Suresh is the recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award. The production is supported by a grant from the Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation. The play was commissioned with support from the Time Warner Foundation. 2ST.COM 4.
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