“‘Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus”

by directed by Bridget Kathleen O’Leary Othello September 23 – October 25, 2015 The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University | Boston

Othello is presented in association with Suffolk University

866-811-4111 or actorsshakespeareproject.org Dear Audience— It is with proud and humble delight that we welcome you to ASP’s 12th Season, a dirty dozen, and affairs of the heart. Our tenth season felt like an enormous milestone, but there’s something especially impactful in simply saying that we’ve been in business going on a dozen years. We are hitting our stride here at Actors’ Shakespeare Project, and that has been almost entirely due to your friendship, your engagement, and our dialogue with you. Friendship is all, on every scale. All conflict results in friendship being tested on some level, be it personal or professional, and here, among military men. The environment of Othello represents a Petri dish of tested allegiances and what can happen to the mind when suspicions prevail. The unraveling of human decency is accelerated by a mind bent with bad intent. From where I sit at this writing, I can see a hawk circle above the marsh, calmly waiting for prey to come into view. I’m reminded of the tragedy in the close confines of a high speed train in France in August, when an individual bent on destruction was overcome by the forces of good. These indicators of the scope of human paranoia don’t always end well. And in Othello’s world Iago’s destruction goes unchecked because of the power of his subversive mind to manipulate others. The violence of this play is contained to the safety of the stage, but it represents a darker and dangerous universe. Although he’s often considered so, Iago is not an aberration of humankind. His motives and tactics have often been explained away in calling him evil, and yet he is human and possessed of conscience. We let ourselves off the hook at our peril in distancing ourselves from what he, and others, and mankind are capable of. Othello, the play, then becomes a cautionary tale as our hearts ache for Othello, the man, caught up in a web of machination where so much love and good intention went before. We are thrilled to be back at The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University with this production, and we hope you’ll join us for the rest of the year with The Winter’s Tale, Richard II, and The School for Scandal. Please visit our new website for news on a host of ASP projects, including our youth production of Othello at Charlestown Working Theater in November, and our gala later in the year, aptly named Scandalous: A Spectacular Spring Soiree. Thank you for being here!

3 Allyn Burrows, Artistic Director Kimberly Dawson, Interim Executive Producer Mara Sidmore, Director of Education

presents Othello by William Shakespeare directed by Bridget Kathleen O'Leary

Set Designer – Eric Levenson*** Lighting Designer – Chris Brusberg Costume Designer – Tyler Kinney Sound Designer – David Reiffel*** Vocal Coach – Melissa Healey Violence Designer – Ted Hewlett Stage Manager – Michele Teevan* A NUMBER Production Manager – Deb Sullivan by CARyL CHURCHILL dIReCted by CLAy HOPPeR feAtURIng nAeL nACeR And dALe PLACe

Caryl Churchill’s stark and startling examination of the theory of nature ASP’s production is part of Shakespeare in American versus nurture and individuality. Communities, a national program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. by bRANDEN JACObS-JENKINS OCT 10-NOV 1/2015 This production is also made possible in part by support charles mosesian theater DIRECtED by M. bEVIN O’GARA arsenal center for the arts from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. 321 ARSENAL ST, WATERTOWN SEP 12 - OCT 10 newrep.org 617-923-8487 SPEAKEASYSTAGE.COM * Member of the Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States *** Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 5 WHO’S WHO in

Elle Borders (Bianca & Montana) is proud to be making her Actors’ Shakespeare Project Othello CAST debut in Othello. Recent roles include Finn in Turtles (Boston Public Works), She in 27 Tips for Banishing the Blues (Sleeping Weazel), and Actor 6/Black Woman in We Are Proud to (listed alphabetically) Present a Presentation… (Company One). Ms. Borders studied with the Atlantic Theatre Company and holds a BFA in Drama from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. She is grateful Elle Borders . . .Bianca & Montana for the continued support of her friends and family. ILYGG! Josephine Elwood (Desdemona) is ecstatic to be returning to Actors’ Shakespeare Josephine Elwood . . .Desdemona Project after appearing in God’s Ear last season. Other credits include The Whale (SpeakEasy), Macbeth (Shakespeare in the Pub), The Cherry Orchard, Long Ago and Far Thomas Grenon . . .Gratiano, Clown & Duke Away (Walking the dog Theatre), and Anything to Declare (Emerson Stage). Josephine is a recent graduate of Emerson College, where she received a BFA in Acting. Jennie Israel* . . .Emilia & Brabantia Thomas Grenon (Gratiano, Clown, & Duke) Thomas Grenon is thrilled to be back with Actors' Shakespeare Project after appearing in last season’s Measure for Measure John Kuntz* . . .Iago (Escalus). Boston credits include: Bent (ensemble) with Zeitgeist Stage and Loot (McLeavy) with Hub Theatre Company. His regional credits include roles in Hamlet Ross MacDonald* . . .Cassio (Claudius), Macbeth (Duncan) and Much Ado About Nothing (Leonato) for The Bay Colony Shakespeare Company. He has toured with the National Shakespeare Company Johnnie McQuarley* . . .Othello in productions of The Tempest, Julius Caesar, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Oedipus Rex. He produced and directed 8 The Play, the fight for Bari Robinson† . . .Roderigo & Lodovico Marriage Equality for Broadway Impact. He holds a degree in English and Theatre from Westfield State University and attended the two-year actor training program at The National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York City. Jennie Israel* (Emilia & Brabantia) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: founding member and associate artistic director 2004-2009. Roles: Queen Margaret in Henry VI, Part 2, Jacques in As You Like It, the title role in Medea, The Duchess in The Duchess of Malfi, Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Constance in King John, Helena in All’s Well That Ends Well, Goneril in King Lear, Calpurnia/Trebonius/Pindarus in Julius Caesar, Elizabeth in Richard III. Other local credits include Boston Marriage, Tartuffe, and Dollhouse at New Repertory Theater; Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Huntington Theatre; Table Manners and Living Together at Gloucester Stage; Living in Exile and The Heidi Chronicles at the Vineyard Playhouse; Molly Maguire at the Sugan Theatre; Lady Macbeth in Macbeth and There will be one 15 minute intermission. Phoebe in As You Like It for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company; Undine’s Valediction, Summer, The Scarlet Letter, and Macbeth with Shakespeare & Company. Regional credits Recording or taking photos of the performance is not permitted. include Yale Repertory Theatre, Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Lincoln Center Theatre, Theatre Building Chicago, The Greenwich Street Theatre, Ohio Theatre Soho, Sun Valley Shakespeare Festival, and Chautauqua Theatre Festival. Film and television credits include “Rudy” for TriStar Pictures, “Guiding Light,” and “Coming to Litchfield,” an independent film. Directing credits include Measure for Measure and Romeo and Juliet for The Hyperion Shakespeare Company at Harvard College; Twelfth Night for Commonwealth Shakespeare’s apprentice company; The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Chicago, Macbeth, * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional Actors The Beaux Stratagem and Volta (co-directed with David R. Gammons) for The Concord and Stage Managers in the United States Academy Performing Arts Department. In 1992 Jennie founded Chicago’s Eclipse Theatre, † Bari Robinson appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. still in existence today. She has taught Shakespearean text, voice, and acting at Bowdoin College, Emerson College, Boston College, SUNY/Purchase, The Boston Conservatory, Concord Academy, Harvard University, and Ecole International de Boston. Jennie is the lead teacher for ASP’s yearly teacher’s institute at Salem State University and also worked for five years as a lead teacher with incarcerated girls through ASP’s Incarcerated Youth at Play project. Jennie holds an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama. 7 WHO’S WHO in John Kuntz* (Iago) is an ASP founding company member who most recently appeared Playwrights’ Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center and worked as an assistant

as The Flight Attendant/GI Joe in God’s Ear. He is the author of over 15 full-length plays, on new plays by Rebecca Gilman and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Before moving to Boston, Othello including Necessary Monsters, The Hotel Nepenthe and The Salt Girl. He is the recipient Bridget worked in Washington, D.C. with the Olney Theatre Center, Theater Alliance, Cherry of Elliot Norton and IRNE Awards; a New York International Fringe Festival Award; a 2015 Red Productions, Charter Theater, Studio Theatre Second Stage, and Phoenix Theatre DC, MCC Fellowship Award in Dramatic Writing and the Michael Kanin & Paula Vogel National of which she was a founding member. Since 2012, Bridget has curated the Next Voices Playwriting Awards. He is on the faculty of The Boston Conservatory. Reading Series, a program she established for New Repertory Theatre. She serves as the Literary Chair for the National New Play Network and is a member of The New England Ross MacDonald* (Cassio) is delighted and honored to be part of Othello and this New Play Alliance. Bridget received her MFA in directing at Boston University. ASP season. Previous shows with the company: Henry VI, Part 2; Henry VIII; Macbeth; and Troilus and Cressida. He is a graduate of the University of Southampton and The London Chris Brusberg (Lighting Designer) Area credits include: Muckrackers, Closer Than Academy of Performing Arts. Previous credits in Massachusetts include Operation Ever, Camelot, Master Class, Three Viewings, DollHouse, and Frankie and Johnny in the Epsilon - IRNE Best Ensemble (The Nora Theatre Company), Macbeth (The Bay Colony Clair de Lune (New Rep); Red Hot Patriot (Lyric Stage Company); The Other Place (Central Shakespeare Company), Exits and Entrances, Lieutenant of Inishmore (New Repertory Square Theater); Displaced Hindu Gods Trilogy and We Are Proud to Present... (Company Theatre), Hayfever (The Publick Theatre of Boston). His next production will be Arcadia One); Loose, Wet, Perforated (Guerilla Opera); Bride*Widow*Hag and Distant Star (A.R.T. at The Nora Theatre Company. Before moving to the USA, Ross worked in his native UK, Institute); Tragedy of Carmen and Cosi Fan Tutte (Boston Midsummer Opera); Monster and for companies including The Oxford Shakespeare Company, The British Shakespeare I Am My Own Wife (Boston Center for American Performance); Yank (Boston Center for the Company, King’s Head Islington, The Man in the Moon, Royal National Theatre and The Arts); and Dead Man Walking and A Little Night Music (Boston Opera Collaborative). Chris Globe Theatre London. Film credits include Paul Greengrass’s Bloody Sunday. He was the has also worked on projects with Worcester State University, Northwestern University, Cal Associate Artistic Director of The Bay Colony Shakespeare Company, and has directing Lutheran University, and Vassar University. Mr. Brusberg earned a BFA in Lighting Design credits on both sides of the Atlantic. Ross happily resides in Braintree, MA with his wife from Boston University. Please visit ctblighting.com for upcoming projects. and two children. Ted Hewlett (Violence Designer) Previously with ASP: (as Violence Designer, plus roles Johnnie McQuarley* (Othello) is a resident actor with the Actors’ Shakespeare as noted) The Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, Troilus and Cressida, Twelfth Night, Antony Project here in Boston. Johnnie earned his MFA from Brandeis University (2011) and and , Coriolanus (Aufidius), The Duchess of Malfi, Hamlet (Rosencrantz/Priest/ his BA from Alabama State University in Montgomery, AL (2009). Johnnie’s theatre Fencing Master), Julius Caesar. New York: Bill W. and Dr. Bob (Off-Broadway), Mettawee credits include: Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s Henry VI, Part 2, As You Like It, Measure River Co., Pan Asian Rep, Lincoln Center Institute. Boston: Huntington Theatre, SITI Co./ for Measure, Pericles, Henry VIII, , and Troilus and Cressida; Fiasco ArtsEmerson, American Repertory Theatre, New Rep, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Ballet, Production’s Much Ado About Nothing; Company One’s The Brother Sister Plays, You For SpeakEasy Stage, Company One, Merrimack Rep, Gloucester Stage, Stoneham Theatre, Me For You; Happy Medium Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet; New Repertory Theatre’s The Kite Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston Children’s Theatre, Publick Theatre, Vineyard Playhouse, Runner, Race (understudy); Fort Point Channel Theatre’s Hidden Faces of Courage; and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Nora Theatre, Boston Theatre Works, Shakespeare Now, Titanic Theatre’s Wonder of the World. Film credits include Honeydripper and Joy. Johnnie Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. Regional: Shakespeare Theatre, Elm Shakespeare, also works as a teaching artist with Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s education programs. Shakespeare & Co., Syracuse Stage, Kennedy Center, Westchester Broadway Theatre, Fulton Opera House, Berkshire Theatre Festival, New Century Theatre, NYS Theatre Bari Robinson (Roderigo & Lodovico) Bari is making his ASP debut! Recent credits Institute. Film: Gray Area. Training: Brandeis University MFA in Acting; Academy of include Merry Wives of Windsor (Opera House Arts), Julius Caesar (Bridge Rep of Boston), Theatrical Combat. Faculty: Emerson College. A Disappearing Number (Underground Railway Theater), Lauren Gunderson’s By and By (Shotgun Players), Topdog/Underdog (Dramatic Repertory Company), The Snow Queen Tyler Kinney (Costume Designer) is excited to return to ASP after previously designing (Portland Stage Company), Film: Mail.Man (Trailside Studios LLC), The Finest Hours Henry VI, Part 2; Henry VIII* *IRNE Award for costume design. He also designed costumes (Disney Studios). Education: The Public Theater Shakespeare Lab (NYC), Columbia for Appropriate; Bad Jews; Next to Normal; Striking 12 (Speakeasy Stage); Astro Boy University (MFA), Bowdoin College (B.A.). Thanks to Bridget and the entire Othello team! & The God of Comics* *Elliot Norton Award for Design (Company One); One Man, Two Appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. Guvnors; The Temperamentals; Meet Vera Stark (Lyric Stage Company); Meet Me in St. Louis; Marvelous Wonderettes (Stoneham); Collected Stories; Muckrakers (New Rep); Bridget Kathleen O’Leary (Director) is the Associate Artistic Director at New Boys in the Band; Bent (Zeitgeist); Fufu & Oreos; 60 Miles to Silverlake (Bridge Rep). Tyler Repertory Theatre. Most recently, she has directed New Rep’s productions of Scenes also designs for local universities and works in the MA film industry. He is a BFA Theatre from an Adultery, Muckrakers, Pattern of Life (IRNE Award, Best New Play, 2015), Lungs, Design/Technology graduate from Emerson College and a Kennedy Center American Fully Committed, Collected Stories, DollHouse, boom, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, College Theatre Festival national finalist for his scenic design of Bud, Not Buddy. Tyler and Fool for Love. Other directing credits include: The Flick at Gloucester Stage Company, was a designer/curator for the USA’s student design exhibition at the Prague Quadrennial The Other Place for The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater; 2015. www.TylerKinney.com Recent Tragic Events and Aunt Dan and Lemon for Whistler in the Dark; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead for Summer Festival Theatre, Roxbury Latin; The Boys of Winter Samantha Layco (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be working on another (IRNE Nomination, Best New Play, 2008) for BKS productions; Reconsidering Hanna(h) production with the Actors’ Shakespeare Project. Her previous ASP credits include and The Devil’s Teacup (IRNE Nomination, Best New Play, 2007) at Boston Playwrights’ Measure for Measure and Henry VI, Part 2. Other Boston credits include Company One: 8 Theatre. In 2007, she assisted Artistic Director Wendy C. Goldberg at the National The Displaced Hindu Gods Trilogy-Shiv, Colossal (Production Stage Manager); Boston 9 DIRECTOR’SNOTES

Public Works: From the Deep. She studied theatre management at the University of Portland, Portland, OR. Evil, Psychopath, Villain, Savage, Jealous Monster, Dishrag, Eric Levenson*** (Scenic Designer) designed scenery for ASP’s Henry VI, Part 2 Naïve, Honorable, Honest… the list goes on. When we talk of the last season. For the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, he has designed Robert play Othello, we often jump to these labels as though defining Brustein’s The Last Will here at the Modern Theatre, and Julius Caesar on Boston who these people inherently are helps us grapple with the Common. Recent designs include sets for the upcoming Violet at SpeakEasy Stage, and past SpeakEasy productions including Far from Heaven, Bad Jews, The Motherfucker with destruction they bring upon each other. But what if they were the Hat, Blackbird, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Next to Normal. Eric has been the real, tangible, regular people, living on the edge of their own fears set designer for the Celtic Christmas Sojourn shows for the past eleven seasons. He is an and insecurities? What if we looked at all of the circumstances All-Categories member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. that lead to these devastating actions and through that lens, David Reiffel*** (Composer/Sound Designer) is pleased to return to ASP, where he created music and sound for Middletown, As You Like It, and last season’s Measure for began to dismantle each choice, each obstacle, each moment? Measure. His work is widely heard on Boston-area stages including Apollinaire Theatre Then we can begin to see how the “why” can lead to the “who” Company (Norton award, Stupid Fucking Bird), Underground Railway Theatre (IRNE and not the other way around. nomination, A Disappearing Number), New Repertory Theatre (IRNE nomination, Chesapeake), SpeakEasy Stage, Stoneham Theatre, Gloucester Stage, Brandeis Theater What happens to us when we are passed over? What do we do Company, and The Boston Conservatory, and nationally at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Chicago’s Court Theatre. His musical The Rag Doll (book by Silvia Graziano) when we are forced to watch others rise in the ranks, leaving us premiered at Blue Spruce (IRNE Nominee, Best New Play), and he wrote lyrics for Cupcake behind? Iago is so much more than just an evil villain and his (book: Bradley Seeman, music: Michael Wartofsky), produced in 2012 at Club Café. journey through this play is rich and layered. His musical Glory is presently in development at the NOMTI Advanced Writers Lab. He wrote scores and designed sound for five years on the road as a founding member and resident composer with the nationally-acclaimed Cornerstone Theater Company. Visit Othello is a man full of love, courage and honor. But he is also www.davidreiffel.com an outsider, an “other” in this world. What does it take to build a Michele Teevan* (Stage Manager) Actors’ Shakespeare Project credits include career, trust and reverence only to discover that your confidence Phedre (ASM) and Henry VIII (ASM). Boston Area credits include Places, Please! (SM), and your place is more fragile than you originally suspected? What Lips My Lips Have Kissed (SM), All About Election Eve (SM), The Blue Room (SM), Who do you become with each chink in your armor? Big Fish (ASM), Sorry, Wrong Number (ASM), The Whale (PA), Tribes (PA), Clybourne Park (PA), Other Desert Cities (PA), Next to Normal (PA), Red (PA) and The Divine Sister (PA) at SpeakEasy Stage Company; Muckrakers (SM), Pattern of Life (SM), Amadeus In asking these big questions we have uncovered big truths (PA), and Little Shop of Horrors (PA) with New Repertory Theatre; and Middletown (SM) within this larger than life story. Everyone in this play enters the with Emerson Stage. Upcoming credits include Violet (ASM) and Dogfight (ASM) with world wanting something they can never have—and how they SpeakEasy Stage Company. Michele previously spent a year working with Blue Man Group as a Deck 3 sub and spent the past summer touring with the Santa Clara Vanguard as a navigate that is what I think is most fascinating to discover. Tour Manager. Michele earned her BFA in Stage/Production Management from Emerson College and is currently the Business Office Manager for ArtsEmerson. I invite you to sit forward, forget everything you think you know about this story and these people and experience them at their rawest, most human, most frightening. It has been a fantastic

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THESTORY Deb Sullivan – Production Manager Night in Venice. Venetian soldier Iago convinces the lovesick Roderigo that he Michele Teevan* – Stage Manager remains loyal to him and that he hates Othello, the Moorish general of the Venetian Samantha Layco – Assistant Stage Manager Suffolk Theatre Department army, who has secretly married Desdemona. Roderigo, who desires Desdemona Emily Cuerdon – Stage Management Intern is a student-centered for himself, will only keep his chances alive by disrupting the clandestine marriage Nate Punches – Technical Director department. Students with Iago’s help. They rouse Desdemona’s mother, the senator Brabantia, and Ie Dineen – Wardrobe Supervisor write, direct, and design deliver the news that Desdemona has eloped with Othello. Enraged, Brabantia Anne Dresbach – Master Electrician their own original plays and scours Venice with armed men and confronts Othello. Violence is narrowly averted intern with leading theatre Steve Deptula – Sound Engineer by the news that the Duke expects Othello at a war council in progress, and the companies, both at Suffolk’s Melissa Healey – Vocal Coach parties hasten to the council, where it is announced that Othello will embark Modern Theatre and with Ted Hewlett – Violence Designer for Cyprus immediately to beat back the Turkish enemy. Brabantia complains organizations throughout to the Duke that Othello has bewitched her daughter. Othello responds that Omar Robinson – Assistant Violence Designer the United States. Students he wooed Desdemona honestly, and won her love through sharing the story of Emily Cuerdon – Board Operator work in classic, musical, and his extraordinary past. Desdemona is brought to testify and affirms Othello’s Aisha Cruse – House Manager experimental genres with a account. Brabantia is bitter but cannot contest the marriage, and it is decided that Chris Olmsted – House Manager special focus on new work. Desdemona will accompany Othello to Cyprus.

Special Thanks: A great storm at sea destroys the Turkish fleet, but the Venetians arrive safely in Marilyn Plotkins, Jim Kaufman, Jim Bernhardt, Ben Sigda, Rachel Cardillo, Ted Hewlett, Cyprus. First among them is Michael Cassio, lieutenant to Othello, who welcomes Timothy Strauhal, The Modern Theatre in association with Suffolk University, Iago and his wife Emilia, lady-in-waiting to Desdemona, and Desdemona herself. Cambridge Printing Co., Shirley DeLucia, Salvatore’s Restaurant, Center for Digital Arts, Cassio makes great show of courtesy with the ladies, under the watchful eye of Trinity Repertory Company. Iago. Othello is last to arrive, and after the formal greetings, Iago is again left alone with Roderigo, and leads him to believe that Desdemona is in love with Cassio, who now presents a second barrier to Roderigo’s desire. Together they hatch a plan for Roderigo to draw Cassio into a brawl that night and discredit him. After Roderigo exits, Iago vows to use the same fiction of Desdemona’s infidelity to draw Othello into a deadly jealousy. Night falls. Iago plies Cassio with drink beyond his tolerance, and sets Roderigo upon him to incite him to violence. A brawl ensues, and Cassio wounds Cypriot leader Montana, who attempts to break up the fight. Othello is roused from bed and in his displeasure strips the drunken Cassio of his lieutenancy. Left alone, Iago convinces the bereft Cassio that he should seek Desdemona’s help in regaining the favor of Othello. Cassio accepts Iago’s advice, and seeks out Desdemona the next day for her help, which she earnestly agrees to provide. Iago arranges to have Othello witness the meeting of Cassio and Desdemona, and with feigned reluctance, reveals suspicions of Dedemona’s infidelity with Cassio. Othello at first refuses to believe it, and threatens Iago with dire consequences if he cannot provide proof of his suspicions. Iago has Emilia steal Desdemona’s prized handkerchief, which was a gift from Othello, and plants it in the hands of an unwitting Cassio. Othello sees Cassio with the handkerchief, and when Desdemona cannot produce it, Othello suspects adultery. Iago’s intricate plots, daring in their complexity, create a web of deadly and dangerous tensions. With Othello’s consent, he plans the murder of Cassio at Roderigo’s hand, and drives Othello into an obsessive jealousy, with tragic consequences. 13 Resident Acting Company Seasonal Acting Company Staff Steven Barkhimer* Lydia Barnett-Mulligan* Allyn Burrows, Artistic Director Marianna Bassham* Austyn Davis Kimberly Dawson, Interim Executive Producer Jason Bowen* Josephine Elwood Mara Sidmore, Director of Education Programs, Projects & Partnerships Allyn Burrows* Nigel Gore* Erin Baglole, Assistant to the General Manager Brooke Hardman* Thomas Grenon Jesse Hinson* Malcolm Ingram* Laura Bakopolus, Marketing & Development Associate / Patron Services Manager Jennie Israel* Ross MacDonald* Marianna Bassham, Artistic Associate John Kuntz* Bari Robinson Gregory Bloomfield, Director of Finance Paula Langton* Felix Teich Sandra Cohen, Director of Design Doug Lockwood* Jennie Israel, Casting Marya Lowry* Directors Sarah Newhouse, Artistic Associate Johnnie McQuarley* Melia Bensussen** Heather Stern, General Manager Sarah Newhouse* Allyn Burrows Maurice Emmanuel Parent* Bridget Kathleen O’Leary Deb Sullivan, Production Manager Paula Plum* Paula Plum Mia Tavan, Director of Marketing Omar Robinson* Michael Forden Walker, Director of Youth Programs Mara Sidmore* Designers Lindsay Williams, Education & Project Associate Richard Snee* Costume Design: Anna-Alisa Belous***, Bobbie Steinbach* Tyler Kinney, Mary Lauve Adele Nadine Traub* Lighting Design: Chris Brusberg, Michael Forden Walker* Daniel H. Jentzen, John Malinowski, Robert Walsh* Karen Perlow*** Board of Directors Consultants Scenic Design: J. Michael Griggs***, David Sandberg, Chair Joanne Barrett, Joanne Barrett Public Relations Janie E. Howland***, Eric Levenson***, Allyn Burrows The ASP Acting Company is sponsored by Sara Stackhouse, Stackhouse Creative James Noone*** Austin de Besche Sound Design/Composition: G. Neil Harper Denise Jillson Margaret Stewart Lindsay was a citizen of Steven Deptula, Arshan Gailus, Boston and life-long supporter of the arts. The David Reiffel***, Edward Young Sarah Leaf-Herrmann Margaret Stewart Lindsay Foundation proudly Doug Lockwood supports the artists at the Actors’ Shakespeare Violence Design: Ted Hewlett Project so they can, in turn, inspire us. Geoffrey Nunes, Treasurer

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Szczeblowski Patrick & Wendy Barnett-Mulligan Lori Taylor & Gabriel Kuttner Marie & John Murray Jeff Theis

20 “ a MiRaCUlOUS MUSICal!” – nY HERaLD TRIBUnE up Next: SEPT 4 - OCT 10 the Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare directed by Melia Bensussen**

BOOK AND LYRICS BY December 9, 2015 – January 3, 2016 Alan Jay Lerner MUSIC BY Frederick Loewe Willet Hall at United Parish | Brookline ADAPTED FROM GEORGE BERNARD SHAW’S PLAY AND GABRIEL PASCAL’S MOTION ** Member of the Stage Directors and PICTURE “PYGMALION” Choreographers Society, Inc., an independent DIRECTED BY national labor union Scott Edmiston MUSIC DIRECTOR, Catherine Stornetta CHOREOGRAPHY BY David Connolly Jennifer Ellis by Nile Hawver/ nilescottshots.com

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A Spectacular Spring Soirée to benefit Actors’ Shakespeare Project

May 22, 2016

Courageous Cocktails Scintillating Silent Auction Luminous Luminary Awards Decadent Dinner & Desserts Daring Dance Party

Mark your calendars and join us for this not-to-be-missed event!

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