FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Dear Friends, Welcome to a very special performance. other songs that celebrated and validated And please join me in a warm welcome to the American Experience. Walter Cronkite, the extraordinary pianist-actor-composer- at Berlin’s 100th birthday tribute, said Berlin, playwright Hershey Felder. In his work, this “helped write the story of this country, capturing deeply thoughtful and inspiring entertainer has the best of who we are and the dreams that brought to life not only , but also shape our lives.” such musical legends as Leonard Bernstein, At this divisive current American moment, when Piotr Tchaikovsky, George Gershwin, and immigrants from many countries (including Claude Debussy. Hershey has entertained and present-day Russia) are themselves struggling enlightened audiences across America, and to become a part of the American Dream so his probing, well-crafted solo biographies, celebrated by, among others, Irving Berlin, it garlanded with brilliant music-making, provide gives me poignant pleasure to present the story us with new insights about these great culture- of this gifted composer who embraced his new shaping figures. Here he gives us the life and world with such fervor and diligence and love. music of a man of whom fellow composer Jerome Kern said, “Irving Berlin has no place in American music ­— he is American music.” MARK LAMOS Irving Berlin’s name conjures up music that Artistic Director is a rich, deeply felt part of America’s cultural DNA. Evergreen and never out of date, his cornucopian songbook, filled with an amazing variety of invention, warmth, depth, and sheer joy, is without equal. In fact, his songs have been interpreted and recorded by everyone from the Andrews Sisters to Lady Gaga. This immigrant boy, born in Imperial Russia, arrived in this country at the age of five. By 1911 he had written his first international hit song, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band.” Over his lifetime, this Jewish immigrant would conjure up for his adopted home such classics as “,” “White Christmas,” and many

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MUSIC + LYRICS BY BOOK BY irving berlin hershey felder

SCENIC DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN PROJECTION DESIGN Hershey Felder Richard Norwood Christopher Ash Lawrence Siefert

SOUND DESIGN & PRODUCTION HISTORICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL RESIDENT COSTUME MANAGEMENT RESEARCH & SCENIC ARTIST Erik Carstensen Meghan Maiya, M.A. Stacey Nezda

CONSULTING PRODUCER Joel Zwick

DIRECTED BY trevor hay

Presented by permission of Rodgers & Hammerstein: an Imagem Company, on behalf of the Estate of Irving Berlin, www.irvingberlin.com. All Rights Reserved.

PRODUCTION SPONSORS CORPORATE PRODUCTION PARTNER BARBARA AND JOHN STREICKER PRODUCTION PARTNERS JOHNNA G. TORSONE AND JOHN MCKEON

JULY 16 – AUGUST 3, 2019

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IRVING BERLIN Hershey Felder

HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN WILL BE PERFORMED WITHOUT AN INTERMISSION.

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AMERICAN HE ISMUSIC The Life of Irving Berlin PROGRAM NOTES BY BETHANY GUGLIEMINO, ARTISTIC & MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE EDITED BY DAVID KENNEDY, ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ’’

Delancey Street in ’s Lower East Side, 1908

Irving Berlin was born Israel Beilin in 1888, contributed the lyrics and split the 75-cent the youngest of seven children. His exact royalty with composer Mike Nicholson. The birthplace is unknown, but his family had published sheet music credited the words to roots in Byelorussia (present-day Belarus) “I. Berlin,” the name by which he would soon roughly halfway between Moscow and be known across the country. the Polish border. At the age of five, Berlin By 1909, two years after the publication of and his family left their home to escape “Marie,” Berlin began composing music as the state-sanctioned persecution of Jews, well as lyrics, although he never learned to arriving in New York City’s Lower East Side in play in more than one key signature and used September 1893. a special transposing piano to compose in In 1901, Berlin’s father, a cantor and active different keys. In 1911, his song “Alexander’s participant in the area’s growing Jewish Ragtime Band” began its public life as a community, died. Berlin left school and took vaudeville number. Before long, it became up various odd jobs, eventually working as a his first real hit, selling a million copies in singing waiter at Chinatown’s Pelham Café. sheet music within four months and over two It was during this time that he published his million copies by 1912, making it the fastest first song, “Marie from Sunny Italy.” Berlin selling song of its time. 1912 also brought

HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN 15 “he is american music”: The Life of Irving Berlin personal tragedy, however, when Berlin’s first wife Dorothy Goetz contracted typhoid on their honeymoon in Cuba and died just six months later. As his career developed, Berlin turned his attention to Broadway. He wrote his first full musical score in 1914, and in 1918 he created the first of his military revues, Yip, Yip, Yaphank. After the war, he continued producing successful revues, contributing regularly to the as well as producing at Berlin and Ellin Mackay returning from their honeymoon in 1926. his own venue, the Music Box Theatre, built with producer Sam H. Harris. In 1925, Berlin because in 1917 Berlin had established his turned his hand to composing the score for own publishing house and controlled the a book musical for the Marx Brothers. The management of his royalties. The couple had resulting , created with George three daughters, as well as a son who died S. Kaufman, became a hit in both New York in infancy, and enjoyed 62 years of marriage and , and in 1929 was one of the first until Mackay’s death in 1988. Broadway musicals to be filmed with sound. During the 1930s, Berlin took his talents to Hollywood. In 1935, he contributed five songs to , the most financially successful film made by the legendary team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Over the next decade, a number of films would feature both new songs and old classics by Berlin. In May of 1942, his song “White Christmas” was released as a single and soon became the most popular recording of the wartime era, winning the Academy Award for Best Song that same year. Berlin in the offices of music publishing firm Waterson, Berlin & Snyder, 1914

Berlin’s flourishing career was matched by developments in his personal life. In 1924, he met writer and socialite Ellin Mackay, the daughter of an Irish-Catholic billionaire. When Berlin and Mackay married in 1926, her father disinherited her out of anger over the religious and age differences between the couple (Berlin was 15 years Mackay’s senior). Their fortunes remained stable, however, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in 1935’s Top Hat.

16 WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE | 2019 SEASON The 1940s saw Berlin’s return to Broadway, and with the outbreak of WWII he created another military revue, . In its inclusion of a number of black soldier- performers, the revue marked an important step in the integration of the U.S. armed forces. In 1945, Berlin joined the team of a new Broadway musical after the death of the team’s composer, Jerome Kern. That musical, Annie Get Your Gun, would go on by the numbers to become the longest running of Berlin’s stage musicals and was central to his career- long professional relationship with star Ethel Merman. In 1966, he wrote his last new number for Broadway, “An Old-Fashioned 1,500songs (estimated) Wedding,” specifically for Merman in the revival of the musical.

25number one hits

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Members of the This Is the Army unit in rehearsal. The cast was the only integrated World War II company in the armed forces. 8academy award nominations

On September 22, 1989, Berlin died at home in his sleep at the age of 101. His body of work 3Presidential and defined American popular music for much military honors of the 20th century. Composer Jerome Kern captured the enduring appeal of Berlin’s music with the following assessment: 2tony awards “[Berlin] honestly absorbs the vibrations emanating from the people, manners and life of his time, and in turn, gives these 1grammy lifetime impressions back to the world — simplified, achievement award clarified, glorified.”

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Hershey Felder including the Broadway productions of Irving Berlin/Playwright Jack O’Brien’s Damn Yankees, How the Grinch Named to Time Magazine’s Stole Christmas, and Twyla Tharpe’s The Times 2016 Top 10 Plays and They Are A-Changin’. Included in his 23 seasons Musicals, Hershey Felder at the Old Globe were eleven seasons of the has played over 5,000 Summer Shakespeare Festival Repertory, as performances of his self- well as work on Tracy Letts’ August: Osage created solo productions County, directed by Sam Gold, and Hershey at some of the world’s most Felder’s George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur prestigious theatres and Chopin and Maestro Bernstein. has broken box office records consistently. American Theatre Magazine Joel Zwick has said, “Hershey Consulting Producer Felder is in a category all his own.” His shows Joel Zwick directed , include: George Gershwin Alone (Broadway’s the highest-grossing romantic comedy of all Helen Hayes Theatre, West End’s Duchess time. Recent films include Fat Albert and Elvis Theatre); Monsieur Chopin; Beethoven; Maestro: Has Left the Building Leonard Bernstein; Franz Liszt in Musik, Lincoln: . Mr. Zwick directed the George Gershwin An American Story, Hershey Felder as Irving Broadway production of Alone at the Helen Hayes Theatre. Mr. Zwick Berlin, Our Great Tchaikovsky, and A Paris Love began his theatrical career at La Mama Story. His compositions and recordings include E.T.C., as director of the La Mama Plexus. He Aliyah, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; has directed on Broadway, Off-Broadway Fairytale, a musical; Les Anges de Paris, Suite for Violin and Piano; Song Settings; Saltimbanques and Broadway touring companies. He and Monsieur for Piano and Orchestra; Etudes Thematiques Hershey Felder have collaborated on Chopin, Beethoven As I Knew Him and Maestro. for Piano; and An American Story for Actor and Currently, Mr. Zwick is recognized as one Orchestra. Hershey is the adaptor, director and of Hollywood’s most prolific directors of designer for the internationally performed play- episodic television, having the direction of with-music The Pianist of Willesden Lane with over 650 episodes to his credit. New York Steinway artist Mona Golabek; producer and productions have included Dance with Me designer for the musical Louis and Keely: ‘Live’ (Tony nomination), Shenandoah (Broadway at the Sahara, directed by Taylor Hackford; and national tour), Oklahoma (national tour) and writer and director for Flying Solo, featuring Cold Storage (American Place Theater). He opera legend Nathan Gunn. Upcoming projects acted in the original New York production include Anna and Sergei, a new play featuring of MacBird. He directed Esther (Promenade the music of Sergei Rachmaninoff; as well as a Theater, NY), Merry-Go-Round ( and new musical based on the award-winning book ), Last Chance Saloon and Woycek Out on a Ledge by Eva Libitzky. Hershey has (West End). Mr. Zwick has taught drama at operated a full-service production company , College, Queens since 2001. He has been a scholar-in-residence College, Wheaton College, and the University at Harvard University’s Department of Music of Southern California. He is a graduate (B.A., and is married to Kim Campbell, the first M.A.) of . female Prime Minister of Canada. Richard Norwood Trevor Hay Lighting Design Director Recent designs for Hershey Felder Presents are Directed the world premieres of An American Nathan Gunn: Flying Solo, Louis and Keely ‘Live’ Story for Actor and Orchestra, Abe Lincoln’s at the Sahara, Jamaica Farewell, Monsieur Piano, Hershey Felder As Franz Liszt In Musik Chopin, and Beethoven, As I Knew Him. and Our Great Tchaikovsky. He is Associate Richard’s other recent work includes Lady Day Director for Mona Golabek’s The Pianist of at Emerson’s Bar and Grill for Congo Square, Willesden Lane. Former member of the historic Chicago and Occidental Express for Trap Door Old Globe Theatre in where, at the Theatre, Chicago. Richard is the production age of nine, his first position was selling Old manager for the MCA Stage at the Museum of Globe memorabilia. Over the next 32 years, Contemporary Art, Chicago. Mr. Hay went on to various aspects of production on more than 80 presentations,

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Christopher Ash Stacey Nezda Projection Co-Design Costume & Scenic Artist NYC. Design and Associate Credits Broadway/ An Orange County CA native, Stacey was a UK: On The Town, An Act of God, Crucible, dresser and stitcher at Laguna Playhouse, Prince of Broadway, Lazarus. Theater: Guthrie, South Coast Repertory, and other regional Yale Rep, Soho Rep, Engeman, Theatre Row, theatres for twenty years before joining Drury Lane Oakbrook, Chautauqua Institute, Hershey Felder Presents. Her favorite credits Old Globe, Geffen, South Coast Rep, LATC, include her nieces’ and nephew’s annual San Diego Rep, Arizona, Steppenwolf, Victory Halloween costumes, especially the Frodo Gardens, Theatre For A New Audience, New Baggins complete with big, hairy hobbit feet. York Theatre Workshop, Shakespeare In The Meghan Maiya Park, Signature, Philadelphia Theatre Co. Historical & Biographical Research Opera: Lyric Opera Chicago, Canadian Opera, Meghan is the Director of Research and Special Houston Grand, Salzburg, Royal Opera, Projects for Hershey Felder Presents. She has Metropolitan, Opera Delaware, Summer been doing research for the company’s new Opera DC, Santa Fe Opera Dance: Charlotte theatrical productions since 2013. Productions Ballet, River North, Hubbard Street 2, Heidi include Hershey Felder as Franz Liszt in Musik; Latsky, Anadolu Ateşi (Istanbul), CoisCeim Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin; and Our Great (Dublin), Hershey Park, National Dance Tchaikovsky. Additional projects include Institute. Training: MFA Yale School of Drama. Production Research & Imagery for Louis and www.christopherash.com Keely ‘Live’ at the Sahara; Scenic Decoration Lawrence Siefert for The Pianist of Willesden Lane, Abe Lincoln’s Projection Co-Design Piano, Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, and For over twenty years, Lawrence has been Jamaica Farewell. Formerly, Meghan worked in involved in theatre, corporate events and film. the Department of Family Medicine and Public Some of his credits include projection design Health at the University of California, San Diego for the San Diego Opera’s Wozzeck and Moby as a Senior Program Evaluation Specialist Dick. He is a recipient of two Telly Awards and and Project Manager. She managed multiple one Davy Award for How Do You Build Hope research projects in the fields of Integrative (Habitat for Humanity). Medicine and Behavioral Health. Additionally, Meghan spent twelve years as a psychology Erik Carstensen Sound Designer/Production Manager professor at San Diego State University and local community colleges. Erik has worked for Eighty-Eight Entertainment since 2008. He has served as sound designer Eva Price on Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Jamaica Producer Farewell, Baritones Unbound, Louis and Eva Price is a three-time Tony Award-winning Keely ‘Live’ at the Sahara, Jack Lemmon’s Broadway producer whose credits include Son, Rockstar, An American Story, The Pianist more than fifteen Broadway plays, musicals of Willesden Lane (2012 Ovation Award and concerts. Select credits: Rodgers & Nomination), Maestro: Leonard Bernstein, Hammerstein’s Oklahoma (Tony winner for and Beethoven As I Knew Him (2009 Ovation Best Revival of a Musical); Angels in America Award Winner). Formerly, he was the master (Tony winner for Best Revival); Dear Evan sound technician at the Old Globe Theatre in Hansen (Tony winner for Best Musical); On San Diego and was production engineer on Your Feet!; Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons over 60 productions, including Allegiance, on Broadway!; Peter and the Starcatcher; Robin and the Seven Hoods, A Catered Affair, Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (directed by Hershey Felder’s George Gershwin Alone, Dirty Jerry Seinfeld); Annie; The Merchant of Venice Rotten Scoundrels, Chita Rivera-A Dancer’s Life, starring Al Pacino; Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Drinking; The Addams Family; as well as The Full Monty, Dirty Blonde, and Floyd Collins. several solo shows and critically acclaimed concerts. She is the Executive Producer/EVP for Maximum Entertainment, a producing and general management company focusing on Broadway, Off Broadway, and touring properties. Upcoming: Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill.

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Karen Racanelli for both); productions at Playwrights Horizons, Executive Producer Primary Stages, Signature Theatre, The Public Karen comes to Hershey Felder Presents from Theater, Shakespeare in the Park (As You Like Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where she worked It). He was Artistic Director of Hartford Stage as General Manager for 22 years, overseeing for 16 seasons (1989 Tony Award). Other daily operations, and produced several shows theater: Kennedy Center, Canada’s Stratford performed and/or directed by Hershey Felder. Festival, Guthrie Theater, Yale Repertory She has represented the League of Resident Theatre (Associate Artist), A.C.T., The Old Theatres during negotiations with both Globe, Delaware Rep, Ford’s Theatre, D.C.’s Actors’ Equity Association and the union of Shakespeare Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Stage Directors and Choreographers, served Theater, and others. He was the first American on LORT’s Executive Committee and served to direct a company in the former Soviet Union as a panelist at several LORT meetings. Prior (Desire Under the Elms at Moscow’s Pushkin to her tenure at Berkeley Rep, Karen worked Theatre), and the first to act as dramaturge as an independent producer at several Bay in the creation of a ballet, Alexei Ratmansky’s Area theatre companies and has served on The Tempest for American Ballet Theatre. the boards of Climate Theater, Overtone His work in opera is extensive. For the Theatre Company, Park Day School, and the Metropolitan Opera: New productions of Julia Morgan Center. Karen was named a I Lombardi with Luciano Pavarotti, and Wozzeck 2016 “Unsung Hero of Arts Administration” (both televised for “Great Performances”), by the national arts and culture organization, as well as the world premiere of Harbison's Fractured Atlas. She is married to Bay Area The Great Gatsby, and Adriana Lecouvreur arts attorney MJ Bogatin. with Placido Domingo. He created many productions for NYC Opera, including televised Samantha F. Voxakis Paul Bunyan, Tosca, Central Producer/Company Manager productions of Park, and Madama Butterfly (Emmy Award). Since shortly after joining the company in early Other opera: Glimmerglass, Bergen National, 2004, Sam has been responsible for the day-to- Gothenberg, Munich Biennale, London’s day operations of Eighty-Eight LLC and Hershey Barbican, L’Opera du Montreal, Chicago Lyric, Felder Presents. Prior to that, she spent twelve Santa Fe, St. Louis, Dallas, San Francisco, memorable years in the front office of the and others. Lamos began his career in the Baltimore Orioles. With special thanks to her theater as an actor on and Off-Broadway and family and Mr. Felder. in regional theater and made his film debut Hershey Felder Presents in Longtime Companion. He was awarded Producer the Connecticut Medal for the Arts as well as Hershey Felder Presents is the newest honorary doctorates from Connecticut College, division of Eighty-Eight Entertainment which Trinity College, and the University of Hartford. was created in 2001 by Hershey Felder and In October 2016, he was the recipient of the is devoted to the creation of new works of John Houseman Award. musical theatre. Current projects include the A Paris Love Story Michael Barker musical plays (featuring Managing Director the music of Claude Debussy), Our Great Michael Barker joined Westport Country Tchaikovsky, Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin, Playhouse in 2016 from Mill Valley, CA, where and The Pianist of Willesden Lane. Recordings he was the managing director of Marin Theatre include George Gershwin Alone, Monsieur Company. Previously, Barker was general Chopin, Beethoven, Hershey Felder as Irving manager of Laguna Playhouse in Laguna Berlin, and Our Great Tchaikovsky. Beach, CA, and managing director for the Mark Lamos classical theater ensemble The Artistic Director Antaeus Company. Before moving to California, Westport Country Playhouse: Artistic Director Barker was associate managing director at Yale since 2009. Broadway: Our Country’s Good Repertory Theatre and managing director of (Tony nomination); The Rivals, Cymbeline, Yale Summer Cabaret, and produced the first Seascape (Tony nomination, best revival) for annual Carlotta Festival of New Plays. He was Lincoln Center Theater; The Deep Blue Sea; The Seattle Repertory Theatre’s 2008 Managing Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm. Off-Broadway: Director Fellow. Barker holds an MFA in theater Tiny Alice, Measure for Measure (Lortel Awards management from Yale School of Drama and

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an MBA from Yale School of Management. The videotaping or making of electronic or other At Yale, he was the recipient of the Daniel audio and/or visual recordings of this production and Helene Sheehan Scholarship for theater or distributing recordings on any medium, management and a Kosciusko Scholarship including the internet, is strictly prohibited. for outstanding students of Polish descent. Hershey Felder would like to thank: He served on the Yale School of Management Mary Ellin Barrett, Linda Louise Emmet, and Alumni Advisory Board, and is a current the entire Berlin family for their support and Association of Yale Alumni delegate. He is a encouragement. And in loving memory of member of the inaugural class of artEquity Elizabeth Irving Peters, a dear friend. diversity, equity and inclusion facilitators. He is a member of the vestry at St. Timothy’s on Eva Price, Ted Chapin, Mary G. Campbell, the Hill Episcopal Church in Fairfield. Prior to Nicole Harman; Dan and Phyllis Epstein, Mead graduate school, he was associate director of Killion and Gail Gudmundsen, Susan and marketing for Court Theatre in Chicago, and Moses Libitzky, Jean and Mike Strunsky; Erika also worked with Goodman Theatre, American Bendersky, Beth Schenker, Steve Robinson, Theater Company, Sansculottes Theater Amy Carstensen; Vivian Chiu, Bradley Curtin, Company, and The Playground Theater. Stephen Travers, and Steinway & Sons; MJ Bogatin, Esq. Westport Country Playhouse The mission of Westport Country Playhouse Todd Salovey and Sam Woodhouse, Sheila and is to enrich, enlighten, and engage Jeff Lipinsky and San Diego Rep for hosting the community through the power of Berlin concert presentations. professionally produced theater worth talking Grosses bises à notre famille en Italie et Paris about and the welcoming experience of — Pierre, Isa, Amandine, Teddy, Reglisse, the Playhouse campus. The not-for-profit et Martine. Playhouse provides this experience in multiple ways by offering live theater experiences of A heartfelt thank you to my team of devoted the highest quality, under the artistic direction artists without whom none of our work would of Mark Lamos; educational and community be possible, especially Karen Racanelli, Erik engagement events to further explore the work Carstensen, Trevor Hay, Meghan Maiya, Stacey on stage; the New Works Initiative, a program Nezda, Christopher Ash, Erik Barry, Brian dedicated to the discovery, development, and McMullen, Richard Norwood, Lawrence Siefert, production of new live theatrical works; special Samantha and the entire Greek Family. performances and programs for students and Thanks to Mark Lamos, Michael Barker, teachers with extensive curriculum support Beth Huisking, David Dreyfoos, Bruce material; Script in Hand play readings to Miller, Alexandra Rappaport, the marketing deepen relationships with audiences and department, box office, house staff, and artists; the renowned Woodward Internship everyone at Westport Country Playhouse. Program during the summer months for aspiring theater professionals; Family A special thank you to Candice and Joel Zwick, Festivities presentations to delight young and and Joel Zwick “Alone.” old alike and to promote reading through live My father Jack, my sister and brother-in-law theater; youth performance training through Tammy and Kevin, and their dear children Broadway Method Academy, Westport Country Avery and Kiley. And of course, Leo and Kim. Playhouse’s resident conservatory program; and the beautiful and historic Playhouse campus open for enjoyment and community events year-round.

The production thanks Steinway for their courtesy in providing the concert grand piano.

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FRIENDS CIRCLE SUPPORTER ($350–$749) CONT’D FRIEND ($150–$349) Valerie S. Fischel Prill & Mike Boyle Anonymous (9) Michelle Fitzpatrick Drs. Bobbi & Barry Coller Martha & Lawrence Aasen Heidi & Robert Flicker Kevin & Pamela Collins Brett Adler The Fonteyne Family Scott & Toni Donahue Durelle Alexander Howard Forman David Dreyfoos Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Austin Marguerite Bunny Franco Mrs. Joan Eigen Marlene Marcus Bacher Donna & Ed Fuhrman Susan S. Ellis Harold & Bernicestine Bailey Betty & Joshua Goldberg Joyce N. Fensterstock Gwen & David Baker Emily Gordon Bettina & David Fiore Fran Ball Jen & Matt Gorin Full Spectrum LLC Mr. & Mrs. Henry Banach Marlene Green & Henry Hubbe GE Foundation Michael Barker & Heidi Hanson Jill Greenberg & Mitchell Lester Hilary & Will Gibson Livia DeFilippis Barndollar Ms. Shirley Gura Jack & Amy Gillis Jerry & Peggy Barton Steven & Rosemary Halstead Ellen Graff & Martin Fox Debra & David Bauer Mr. & Mrs. Donald S. Hammalian William Gratz & James Bruno Mr. & Mrs. Baxt Roni & Howard Harmetz Dorothy & Fred Haas Debbie L. Benner John & Ingrid Hess Melody Hunt Thomas C. Bloch Joyce & Robert Hobbie Dan & Wilma Kail David & Laurie Boczar Julia Hood Michael E. Loeb Rebecca Bowman & Rob Bowman Heather Hopkins Terry & Lance Lundberg James & Melinda Brockwell Elissa & James Hyman Jane Malakoff Arvin Brown Bob & Bev Iannucci Peter & Wendy McCabe Christina Tippit Brown Arthur & Mary Ann Jacobs Josie Merck James Burch Richard & Francoise Jaffe Albert Messina Michael Burnette Honorable Edward & Renie Karazin Virginia & Timothy Millhiser Mary Cahalane & David Weil Janet & Leo Karl III William Nolan J Kenneth Campbell Pam & Dallas Kersey Carole Novick Maureen & Rick Campbell Stefanie Kies Debbie O’Malley Joseph Carlucci Lynda Kinney Penny Palmer Roz & Joe Carpentieri Jo Kirsch Karen & Michael Parrella Leslie Cenci Betsy & Robert Knapp Jeff Peterson Benjamin Chalfin Anatole & Rosaria Konstantin Rina & Howard Pianko Mrs. Eleanor Cilo Phyllis & Adam Kurzer Ann & Peter Pollack David Clarke & Mary Maskara Mr. & Mrs. Federico Laffan Don and Kelly Quatrella Dolores Conlon Warren & Lisa Lagerloef Josephine A. Raimondi Kerry & Jim Cooper Ellen Lautenberg Mr. & Mrs. Charles Ramsey Sean & Lauren Costello Craig & Caroline Lazzara Howard Ratech Dana Creanga Ms. Leona R. Lepofsky Barbara & Robert Reback Terrie Cuddy Marc & Janie Levey Paula & David Ridge Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dannies Dana & Paul Levin Eva & Paul Rosenblatt David Adam Realty, Inc. Marc Lewis & Leadership Capital Group (in memory of A.R. Gurney) Patricia & Raymond Dayan Rita & Stephen Lewis Joseph & Carol Rosetti Charlotte & Peter De Nicola Timothy Lewis & Alisyn Camerota Susie Salomon Josephine Deignan Kathy & Wayne Locurto Kassandra Savici Patricia Delano Tom Lombardi Mark Schiff AnnaMaria Desalva Marti LoMonaco & Karl Ruling George & Madeline Shepherd Jo-Ann Dierks Arline & Marvin Lubin Allen & Leslie Silberman Joe & Emily DiMiceli Jo & John Luscombe Christian & Eva Trefz Gina & Peter Dodge William Lutkins & Julie Oh Judith Udell Malcolm A. Duffy Kenneth & Mary Makowka Connie & Vinnie Von Zwehl Deborah Dyer Edward P. Mally Myrtis & Roger White Arlene Ettinger Cheryl Manley Barbara Wojtusik (in honor of Joanna Exacoustos Richard & Cora Martin Michael Barker & Mark Lamos) Lee Ann Fallet Mr. & Mrs. David S. Matlow Merle & Nina Yoder Wendy & Steve Feingold William & Irene McCutchen Richard & Beth Zucker Janet Filling Leigh & Edward McDermott

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FRIENDS CIRCLE FRIEND ($150–$349) CONT’D Shirley Mellor David & Mindy Pritchard Ken Staffey Jennifer Mitchell Gina Pulice Christopher & Sharie Stanathan Montner Tech PR Carol Quinn & David Mayo (in memory of Hope Whittier) Robert E. Morris Jr. Debbie & Larry Rehr Gloria & Michael Stashower Margaret Mudd Paul Reiferson & Julie Spivack David & Gayle Stebbins Kathleen Mufson Betty & Dan Roberts Howard & Jo Stecker John & Sandra Murdock Judy & Bob Rosenkranz Jean M. Steinschneider Sandy & Peter Nathan Jeffrey R. Rosenthal Louise T. Stewart Michael Nayor Michael Ross (in honor of Ricki & Stanley Stern Helen & Melvin Neisloss Eunice & David Bigelow) Tim Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Mark Nickson Patricia & Anthony Rotella Andrew & Jenny Taubman Robert Nixon Becky Ruthven Nechama Tec NM Morris Family Foundation Maria Salgar Thomas Tesoro Judith & Alphonse Noë Barbara H. Schmerzler Wes & Juliann Tyler Marna & Stuart Novack, M.D. Jean R. Schroeder Joseph Valerio Suzanne Novik Mariannne G. C. Seggerman Chris Vatis Barbara Paolini Hal & Sheila Shupack Ms. Olga Vladimirsky Dr. & Mrs. Michael Parry Claudine & Allen Siegel Allan & Carol Wahler Vicki & Bob Patton Edith D. Sillman William Walker Joyce Pauker Eileen R. Simonson Kathleen Walsh & Gene Bernstein Stephen & Kim Penwell Russell Smith Melody Waterhouse Kenneth Perlman Joan Ross Sorkin Mary & Charles Welch John & Elizabeth Peto Sandra Soule Brian Welker Zelie & Andy Pforzheimer Jenny Sozzi Michael Wilens & Carolyn Longacre Dr. & Mrs. Warren R. Pistey Peary & Patti Spaght Ronni & Fred Zinn The Plumitallo Family Benson & Betty Srere

SPECIAL GIFTS NEW WORKS CIRCLE WOODWARD INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IN-KIND DONATIONS Michele Flaster, Chair SPONSORS BetterITS Patricia Blaufuss FOUNDING MEMBERS Howard J. Aibel* Howard J. Aibel* Eunice & David Bigelow Foundation Castle Wines & Spirits Stephen Corman Stephen Corman Hilton Garden Inn Czekaj Artistic Productions Robert & Susan Doran Moffly Media Sandra & Neil DeFeo Jodi & Bill Felton Newman’s Own Foundation Kate & Bob Devlin Michele & Marc Flaster Parks Driving Service Michele & Marc Flaster Fiona Garland & Andrew Bentley Carol & Peter Seldin Susan Jacobson & David Moskovitz The Goss Family Sincerely, Brigitte Cheeses Judy & Scott Phares Angela & Mark Graham / The Graham Two Roads Brewing Barbara & John Samuelson Foundation of Connecticut Westport Inn Barbara & John Streicker Judy & Scott Phares Johnna G. Torsone & John McKeon Carol & Peter Seldin Roz & Bud Siegel ANNUAL MEMBERS Barbara & John Streicker Darlene Krenz* Marietta Battaglia White Teresa Nardozzi Ann Sheffer & Bill Scheffler Roz & Bud Siegel Marietta Battaglia White FRIENDS Molly Alger & Jay Dirnberger Patti & Rick Slavin

All gifts as of May 13, 2019 * Deceased HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN 31

BENEFACTOR TABLES PATRON TABLES Eunice & David Bigelow Athena & Daniel Adamson Kate & Robert Devlin BNY Mellon Joyce Hergenhan Anna Czekaj-Farber Barbara & John Samuelson Eagle Ridge Investment Management Barbara & John Streicker Kerry & Maggie Lehnerd-Reilly Lucinda E. Knuth BENEFACTORS Darlene Krenz Robert & Jan Anestis Ellen Petrino Mary Ellen & Jim Marpe Pitney Bowes Judy & Scott Phares Alison & Mark Smith Janet & Fred Plotkin Nancy & David Tillson Roz & Bud Siegel Marietta Battaglia White

SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR 2019 CELEBRATION ON SEPTEMBER 14! THANKS TO ALL WHO JOINED US TO BENEFIT OUR BELOVED PLAYHOUSE IN 2018!

PATRONS SUPPORTERS DONORS Molly Alger & Anonymous (2) Anonymous Jay Dirnberger Nancy A. Brown Athena & Daniel Adamson Deborah Harper Bono Craig & Karen Chodash Leslie Byelas & Cohen & Wolf Roselle & Brian Crombie Ellen B. Lubell Amy & Richard Corn Ed & Lisa Friedland Paige Couture Paige Couture Tanya Futoryan Mary Ellen Gallagher Jon and Melissa Ellis Mary Gladden & Mr. & Mrs. Frank Gallinelli Joanne & Edward Froelich Claire Auckenthaler Howard & Rina Pianko Jessie Gilbert William Gratz & Joan & Larry Sorkin Teresa Nardozzi James Bruno Anne & Chuck Niemeth Lance & Terry Lundberg

Jeffrey Peterson Mitzi Lyman & David Geronemus Doug & Dana Robinson Beryl Meiner & Carol & Peter Seldin Richard Carleton Jill & Evan Shapiro Nicole Nardozzi Lyla Steenbergen Kelle & Jeffrey Ruden Jonathan Young Leslie & Eric Seidman Maria Mendoza-Smith Lee & Susan Vincent

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Barbara K. Streicker, Chair Jessie A. Gilbert HONORARY TRUSTEES Michele Flaster, Vice Chair Mark S. Graham Elisabeth Morten, Chair Dan Kail Johnna G. Torsone, Vice Chair Joyce Hergenhan Howard J. Aibel* Bill Mitchell David Tillson, Treasurer Carole Hochman Walter Bergen Judith Resnick Anna Czekaj-Farber, Secretary James Earl Jones James P. Bradley Carol West Seldin Michael Klingher Sandra DeFeo Ann Sheffer Richard Slavin, Asst. Secretary Maggie Lehnerd-Reilly Kate Devlin Joel Smilow Athena T. Adamson Roger Leifer Robert Devlin Sharon Sullivan Harold Bailey, Jr. Mary Ellen Marpe Robert H. Forrester John Vaccaro Adam G. Clemens Teresa Nardozzi Edith Hall Friedheim Steven Wolff Stephen Corman Ellen H. Petrino Helen Lee Henderson Joanne Woodward Amy C. Corn Judy M. Phares Catherine Herman Bob Wright Paige S. Couture Janet Plotkin Jay A. Dirnberger Christopher Plummer ARTIST CIRCLE Robert Doran Jake Robards A.R. Gurney * Katia Friend Barbara Samuelson Lynne Meadow Fiona Garland Marietta Battaglia White James Naughton

STAFF LEADERSHIP MARKETING MARK LAMOS Artistic Director KATHARINE MUSSIO Director of Marketing & Audience Development MICHAEL BARKER Managing Director Cynthia Astmann Graphic Design Director Jennifer Carroll Community and Sales Manager ARTISTIC Stephen Emerick Digital Content Manager David Kennedy Associate Artistic Director Patricia Blaufuss Public Relations Manager Anne Keefe Associate Artist Ashli Ferguson Marketing Fellow Bethany Gugliemino Artistic and Management Associate Liam Lonegan Resident Assistant Director PRODUCTION Laura Silence Family Festivities Coordinator DAVID DREYFOOS Associate Producer/Director of Production Jacob Santos Newman’s Own Management Fellow RJ Romeo Technical Director/Assoc. Director of Production Bruce Miller Company Manager GENERAL MANAGEMENT Alexandra Rappaport Company Manager BETH HUISKING General Manager Jason Thomson Head Shop Carpenter Geoff Topalian Business Intelligence Manager Bob McDevitt Head Electrician/Light Board Operator Kelly Mikolasy House and Events Manager Jon Damast Head Sound/Sound Board Operator Rich D’Arinzo Facilities Manager Lisa Ficco Wardrobe and Wig Supervisor Josh Sinclair Box Office Manager Jessie Lizotte ATD Fellow Eve Lyons Asst. Box Office Manager Jake Krasniewicz Box Office Supervisor FINANCE + HUMAN RESOURCES & First-Time Subscriber Concierge SHARON BOILINI Director of Finance Molly Hamilton Box Office Associate Kerry Maloney HR & Finance Manager DEVELOPMENT GRETCHEN WRIGHT Director of Development Clare Livingston Special Events & Engagement Coordinator Kaylee Moran Development Assistant Georgia Sayers Grant Writer Sophia Sherman Development Fellow 3wishes Gala Consultant Deceased HERSHEY FELDER AS IRVING BERLIN 37 2019 SUPPORT

WESTPORT COUNTRY PLAYHOUSE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES GENEROUS LEADERSHIP SUPPORT FOR THE 2019 SEASON.

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AQUARION WATER COMPANY BNY MELLON WEALTH MANAGEMENT Aquarion Water Company applauds the Westport Country Playhouse For more than two centuries, BNY Mellon Wealth Management has for its starring role as one of our area’s most important artistic provided services to financially successful individuals and families, their institutions. We also congratulate the public for its commitment to family offices and business enterprises, planned giving programs, and sustaining not just local cultural resources but the natural ones as endowments and foundations. In 2018, it was ranked the 11th largest U.S. well. With demands on our water supplies growing across our service Wealth Manager by Barron’s. It has $239 billion in total client assets as area, we’ve seen a tremendous response to our requests for increased of December 31, 2018, and an extensive network of offices in the U.S. and conservation. We especially thank all those community members internationally. BNY Mellon Wealth Management, which delivers leading who are now limiting outdoor sprinkler irrigation to two times per wealth advice across investments, banking, custody and wealth and estate week or less. For many more ideas on conserving water, just visit planning, conducts business through various operating subsidiaries of aquarionwater.com. And, remember, any time you’re looking for an The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. For more information, go to alternative to the fine beverages you may be enjoying tonight, Aquarion bnymellonwealth.com or follow us on Twitter @BNYMellonWealth. reminds you that there’s always water.

COHEN AND WOLF BANK OF AMERICA Cohen and Wolf, P.C. is thrilled to support the 2019 Westport Country Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, Playhouse production of Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin. For over serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses 65 years, Cohen and Wolf has been providing personal attention and and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset practical advice to businesses, individuals, and municipalities in a wide management and other financial and risk management products range of matters including litigation, business transactions & finance, and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the real estate & land use, bankruptcy, employment, tax, trusts & estates, United States, serving approximately 66 million consumer and small elder law, securities, and family law. Our team of over 50 attorneys business clients with approximately 4,300 retail financial centers, works from offices in Westport, Bridgeport, Danbury, and Orange. including approximately 1,800 lending centers, 2,200 Merrill Edge For more information, please visit cohenandwolf.com. investment centers and 1,500 business centers; approximately 16,300 ATMs; and award-winning digital banking with more than 36 million active users, including over 26 million mobile users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. www.bankofamerica.com

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FIDELITY INVESTMENTS PITNEY BOWES Fidelity Investments is proud to be a 2019 sponsor of Westport Country Pitney Bowes is proud to support Westport Country Playhouse Playhouse. Fidelity’s mission is to inspire better futures and deliver as a sponsor for the Family Festivities series. Pitney Bowes is a better outcomes for the customers and businesses we serve. We focus on global technology company, powering billions of physical and digital meeting the unique needs of a diverse set of customers helping more than transactions in the connected and borderless world of commerce. 26 million people invest their own life savings. Local investors can access Pitney Bowes and the Pitney Bowes Foundation support literacy, Fidelity’s guidance and investment tools via the web, by telephone, or in education, and the diverse community interests of Pitney Bowes person, working with investment professionals at their local Investor employees. We focus our energies on advancing learning and Center. To learn more about Fidelity Investments, visit one of our three enrichment for students in underserved school districts in an effort to Fairfield County locations — Stamford, Greenwich, or Fairfield — or call address the opportunity gap and prepare the future workforce. 800-544-9797. Please visit fidelity.com. Fidelity Brokerage Services, Member NYSE, SPIC. 831742.2.0

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2019 CORPORATE CLUB

2019 MEDIA SPONSORS

Moffly Media — publisher ofGreenwich, Westport, WSHU is a non-profit, listener-supported group of public New Canaan-Darien, Stamford, and athome magazines — radio stations whose mission is to be a unique and celebrates community with excellence in design and independent voice in our community. Every day, we engage editorial as well as online content, custom events, listeners through a range of thoughtful programming and philanthropic partnerships. that includes NPR News, award-winning local news, entertainment and classical music. www.wshu.org.

2019 TECHNOLOGY SPONSOR

2019 IN-KIND SUPPORT

Castle Wine and Spirits is proud to be a Hilton Garden Inn believes that the arts The Westport Inn is well-known for its sponsor of Westport Country Playhouse. are the fabric of our society and make contemporary New England hospitality. They have been meeting the needs of a community a better place to live and This boutique hotel offers richly appointed their customers and their community for work. After an evening at the theater, rooms with luxurious bedding and more than 20 years. The knowledgeable spend the night at the nearby Hilton onsite dining. Visit www.westportinn.com staff can assist you in finding something Garden Inn Norwalk and discover why or call 203-557-8124 to receive the to enjoy from their more than 1,500 they were voted Best Hotel seven Playhouse’s preferred rate. wines, hundreds of spirits, and an years in a row. Free shuttles to the extensive selection of craft beers. Playhouse. Visit norwalkhilton.com Make Castle at 1439 Post Road East or call 203-523-4000. your one-stop wine and beverage shop.

FINE CHEESES FOR OPENING NIGHTS

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ABOUT THE PLAYHOUSE

We hope to make your experience here as enjoyable as possible. If you need assistance, please notify the house manager or a member of the Playhouse staff. Westport Country Playhouse 25 Powers Court | Westport, CT 06880 BOX OFFICE: (203) 227-4177 westportplayhouse.org

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BOX OFFICE HOURS EMERGENCY CONTACT 12PMPM – 6 Tuesday – Friday Babysitters or other emergency contacts may Closed Mondays call the house manager during the performance EXTENDED HOURS DURING SHOWS at (203) 227-5137 x196. Please have contacts 12PM – 7PM Tuesday provide the location of your seats. 12PM – 8PM Wednesday – Friday CONCESSIONS 11AM – 8PM Saturday A variety of food and beverages are available 11AM – 3PM Sunday for purchase at Playhouse concessions. Tickets also available at westportplayhouse.org. Both cash and credit cards are accepted. ELECTRONIC DEVICES Beverages with a cap are allowed in the theater, For the enjoyment of all patrons, please silence however, all food must be enjoyed in the lobby. all cell phones, pagers, and electronic devices ACCESSIBILITY while in the theater. If you use your phone during A number of accessible seats for patrons with intermission, please remember to silence it for mobility requirements are available throughout the remainder of the performance. the theater. If you require an accessible seat, ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES please notify the box office when making your A limited number of infrared assisted listening purchase. For assistance at the theater, please devices are available from the box office to aid contact the house manager. in your enjoyment of the performance. SUPPORT THE PLAYHOUSE PHOTOGRAPHY The use of photographic or recording devices is The Playhouse is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit strictly prohibited. organization and can only survive with the PLEASE NOTE: The audience may be photographed generous support of donors like you. Your gift by Playhouse staff for archival and publicity matters. Please consider making a gift today. purposes. If you prefer that your likeness not Contact Clare Livingston appear in Playhouse materials, please notify the [email protected] | (203) 571-1134 house manager.

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