Directed by Scot Reese WendyBy Wasserstein UMD of Theatre, School Dance, and Studies Performance presents

May 4 – May 11, 2019 KOGOD THEATRE at The Clarice 1 LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS SCHOOL OF THEATRE, DANCE, AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman Leigh Wilson Smiley, Producing Director Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman Screenplay by Charles Griffith THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Ron Himes, director MFA DANCE THESIS CONCERT by Wendy Wasserstein KAY THEATRE dwelling OCTOBER 5-12, 2018 by Stacey Carlson Hamlet THE HEIDI CHRONICLES is presented by special arrangement with by Christine Hands Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. KOGOD THEATRE OCTOBER 12 & 14, 2018 CITIZEN: AN AMERICAN LYRIC Director ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Scot Reese by Claudia Rankine adapted for the stage by Stephen Sachs Scenic Designer �������������������������������������������������������������������������� Yunpu Hu (胡云溥) Shirley Jo Finney, director, SDCF Denham Fellow Costume Designer ...... Madison Booth KOGOD THEATRE Lighting Designer...... Michael Winston NOVEMBER 9-16, 2018 Projection Designer...... Jeremy Bennett FACULTY DANCE CONCERT Paul Jackson, director Sound Design...... Justin Schmitz DANCE THEATRE Dramaturg...... Maria Claudia Viera DECEMBER 7-9, 2018 Stage Manager...... Michelle Janota

MFA DANCE THESIS CONCERT TIDES Playwrights Horizons, New York City, first produced THE HEIDI CHRONICLES by Ama Law Off-Broadway in 1988 following a workshop production by the ’s (apostrophe s) Seattle Repertory Theatre. by Shawn Stone HAMLET REPLAYED KOGOD THEATRE Produced on Broadway by the Shubert Organization, Written and directed by Leslie Felbain FEBRUARY 8-10, 2019 KAY THEATRE Suntory International Corp., and James Walsh FEBRUARY 22 – MARCH 2, 2019 in association with Playwrights Horizons.

FEARLESS NEW PLAY FESTIVAL This performance will last approximately 2 hours with a 15-minute intermission. Jennifer Barclay, festival director DANCE THEATRE The sound designer in this production is represented by FEBRUARY 17, MARCH 7-9, 2019 United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE.

THE HEIDI CHRONICLES by Wendy Wasserstein Scot Reese, director KOGOD THEATRE This production uses the Artist Engagement Services of the MAY 4-11, 2019 University Resident Theatre Association. UMOVES: UNDERGRADUATE DANCE CONCERT Adriane Fang, director VIDEO OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS DANCE THEATRE

18-19 SCHOOL OF THEATRE, OF SCHOOL DANCE, AND PERFORMANCE18-19 STUDIES SEASON MAY 10-12, 2019 PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. 3 CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) TIME AND SETTING Heidi - Amber Smithers

CAST ACT ONE Susan - Erin Valade Prologue: A Lecture Hall, New York, 1989 Chris/Mark/TV Attendant/Waiter/Ray - Evan Thanicatt Scene 1: High School Dance, Chicago, 1965 Peter - Koki Belikow Scene 2: Eugene McCarthy Dance, New Hampshire, 1968 Scoop - Anthony Kiser Scene 3: Church Basement, Ann Arbor, MI, 1970 Jill/Debbie/Lisa - Maia Cayrus Scene 4: Outside Art Institute of Chicago, 1974 Fran/April/Molly/Betsy - Lauren Alberg Scene 5: Anteroom, Pierre Hotel, NY, 1977 Becky/Clara/Denise - Dion Denisse Penaflor

ACT TWO UNDERSTUDIES All scenes take place in New York. Heidi - Miranda Hall Prologue: A Lecture Hall, Columbia University, 1989 Susan - Gabrielle Allen Scene 1: Scoop and Lisa’s Apartment, 1980 Chris/Mark - Elijah Williams Scene 2: TV Studio, 1982 Peter - Philippos Sourvinos Scene 3: A Restaurant, 1984 Scoop - Chase Stouter Scene 4: Plaza Hotel Banquet Room, NY 1986 Jill/Debbie/Lisa - Kelsey Diggs Scene 5: Children’s Ward, Hospital, 1987 Fran/April/Molly/Betsy - Taylor Stokes Scene 6: Heidi’s Apartment, 1989 Becky/Clara/Denise - Star Patkus TV Attendant/Waiter/Ray - Jake Walker

4 5 DRAMATURGY NOTE Progress: A Fight for True Believers

What price are you willing to pay for self-expression? In the search for identity, In 1974, Heidi defends women in art at the Chicago Women’s Art Coalition do we sometimes lose key aspects of ourselves? When do we reach true outside of the Chicago Art Institute. Over forty years later, we continue to happiness, or is happiness merely a concept that we have fabricated as a fight similar battles. Heidi and Susan demand gender equality at an art means of motivation? Do we find true fulfillment in our careers? Our families? museum. Today we gather in major cities to defend women’s voice, science, Our salaries? Is it possible to strike a balance? and different sexual orientations. We ask for protection of our identity. We have won some fights, such as the legalization of gay marriage. However, These questions of self-identity were applicable in the late 1960s during changing laws is simply one step in an indefinitely long process. Adversity, Heidi’s school dance and remain relevant in today’s political climate. Although stereotypes, biases, and differences in values and beliefs will always hinder The Heidi Chronicles takes place over thirty years ago, its characters and their advancements. Therefore, we cannot risk taking steps backwards. As we DRAMATURGY NOTE DRAMATURGY struggles continue to resonate with modern audiences. We present Heidi’s continue to face struggles like those of Heidi and search for our own identity story to a particularly relevant audience – college students – currently in the and self-fulfillment, we need to continue to be true believers and fight for thick a “search for self.” As college students we are constantly trying to figure progress. out who we are, where we fit in, and where we want to go. Will our major land us our dream job? Will that dream job take us away from our loved ones, and are we willing to make that sacrifice? Will our parents accept our career choice, friend group, or sexual orientation? Maria Claudia Viera, dramaturg

Our title character, Heidi, is an art historian, professor, women’s right advocate, and a woman – a fearlessly independent woman who is driven by her career and serves as an example to other young women. Yet, at the end of the day, she still longs for things that society portrays as strictly feminine. Is it acceptable that society has created a construct that makes women choose either their career or motherhood? Why are women not allowed to strike a balance? Why do so many companies still lack maternity leave policies? Does a desire for romance, love, and a family mean that a woman cannot reach her full professional potential? Today, more and more women are taking on being full time moms while holding full time jobs, yet society continues to impose hindering stereotypes on gender roles.

Furthermore, within Heidi’s story, we are presented with two very different men who are also on the search for their identity. Peter, a successful doctor who may be denied full happiness given society’s biases, and Scoop, a man who seems to have it all – the career, the money, the woman, the perfect family – yet asks: “What is it all for?” We study, we work, we make money, but when we are looking back on our lives, what is it all for? Do we work to leave a legacy for ourselves? Or for our children? Perhaps both?

6 7 ABOUT THE ARTISTS Lauren Alberg (Fran/April/Molly/Betsy) sophomore theatre performance Miranda Hall (Heidi u/s) junior theatre performance major with a minor in major. Mulitz-Gudelsky Family Scholarship in Theatre recipient. Outside credits: Spanish. UMD credits: Fearless New Play Festival (performer). Outside credits: Urinetown (Pennywise), Cry-baby (Lenora), Parade (Lucille Frank). Twelfth Night (Lady Olivia), Eurydice (Orpheus), The Marriage of Figaro (Suzanne), and Mary Stuart (Elizabeth Tudor). Gabrielle Allen (Susan u/s) sophomore theatre performance major. UMD credits: Fearless New Play Festival 2018 and 2019 (Charlene, Catherine). Outside Yunpu Hu (胡云溥) (scenic designer) second-year MFA candidate in scenic credits: Fiddler on the Roof (Golde), Father of the Bride (Ms. Bellamy), Hello Dolly design. This is his UMD debut. He is originally from Beijing, China. He holds a BFA (ensemble). in theatre in stage design from Central Academy of Drama.

Katie Arnold (assistant director) third-year theatre major. UMD credits: Fearless Michelle Janota (stage manager) senior theatre and environmental science New Play Festival (assistant director of 3 plays), UMoves: Undergraduate Dance double degree. Stage manager credits: Fearless New Play Festival (UMD),

ABOUT THE ARTISTS THE ABOUT Concert (assistant stage manager). Outside credits: Catch Me If You Can (assistant Landscapes of the Soul (Word Dance Theatre), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers director). (Montgomery College). Assistant stage manager credits: Dialogues Des Carmelites (UMD School of Music), The Schooling of Bento Bonchev (UMD). Koki Belikow (Peter) first-year theatre and film major. Presidential Scholar. This is his first UMD production. Outside credits: Breaking Point (Avery), Pretty Much Anthony Kiser (Scoop) senior English major. Pre-law. Studied acting in Los Legal (Leo), The Handmaid’s Tale (background actor). Angeles. This is his first UMD production. Outside credits: Blood Relations (Dr. Patrick), The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (Freud), The Runner Stumbles (Father Jeremy Bennett (projection design) first-year MFA candidate in projection Rivard). design. UMD credits: Spring MFA Dance Thesis Concert 2019: Tides and ‘s (apostrophe s) (projection design), Citizen: An American Lyric (assistant projection Peter Leibold VI (assistant lighting designer) Peter has worked across the US, design). Outside credits: Meet the Beatles, The Weathervane Theatre Company including Sierra Repertory, Andy’s Summer Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, (projection design). Signature in the Schools, Great American Melodrama, and more. Recent designs include , Little Shop of Horrors, and How to Catch a Star. Madison Booth (costume design) first-year MFA candidate in costume design. www.PeterLeibold.com. Outside design credits: Merrily We Roll Along (2018), 42nd Street (2018), (2018), Meet Me in St. Louis (2017), Blood Brothers (2017), Weathervane Jasmine Abigail Mitchell (assistant director) junior theatre major. UMD credits: Playhouse, Newark, OH. Madison has previously worked with Studio Theatre. Babel, Fall MFA Dance Thesis Concert 2018: Hamlet, Hell is a Bubble Tea Shop (director), Kreativity Diversity Troupe. Upcoming: directing Breath, Boom Maia Cayrús (Jill/Debbie/Lisa) second-year theatre performance major. Mulitz- and Soundtrack by Diallo Adams. KCACTF Stage Director and Choreographer Gudelsky Family Scholarship in Theatre recipient. UMD credits: Eurydice (Loud Competition Finalist. Phil. 4:6-7. Stone u/s). Outside credits: Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse (Lilly), Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), In the Heights (Ensemble). UMD Film Club: Art Vox (Lead). Training: Star Patkus (Becky/Clara/Denise u/s) third-year theatre performance and public Dodecá Film School (Uruguay). health science double major. UMD credits: Fearless New Play Festival 2018 and 2019, Little Shop of Horror (wardrobe). Outside credits: The Sound of Music (Sister Kelsey Diggs (Jill/Debbie/Lisa u/s) freshman theatre performance major. Sophia), Hamlet (Ophelia). Creative and Performing Arts Scholar. UMD credits: Fearless New Play Festival (performer). Outside credits: Little Shop of Horrors Dion Denisse Penaflor (Becky/Clara/Denise) third-year theatre major. Artistic (Audrey), Transformations (Character 2/Anne Sexton), and Urinetown! the Musical director of Kreativity Diversity Troupe. UMD credits: Eurydice (Big Stone u/s), (stage manager) at Studio 39. Second Season’s Dust of the Earth (Gabriel) and Breaking Point (Daughter), The Muses’ Original Works Project: The Number Prophet (Lady Byron). Instagram: 8 @dion.denisse. 9 ABOUT THE ARTISTS Scot Reese (director) Professional theatre credits include productions from Chase Stouter (Scoop u/s) theatre major. UMD credits: Fearless New Play Los Angeles to New York. Television credits include daytime dramas, situation Festival (performer: Ceasefire, Standardization, and It's a Queer Thing), Little comedies, variety specials, commercials, and an Emmy Award in performance. Shop of Horrors (scenic build), The Vagina Monologues (performer). Outside Recent credits include world premieres of Oliver du Brasil, A Cricket in Times credits: Chicago (Sergeant Fogerty; ensemble), Sketch Comedy (ensemble). Square, and Blues Journey at the Kennedy Center, and the Waiter at Arena Stage. Additional recent credits include the opera Dr. of Alcantara at Strathmore Music Evan Thanicatt (Chris/Mark/TV Attendant/Waiter/Ray) freshman theatre major. Center, Once on This Island at the Round House Theatre, Pretty Fire for the African College Park Scholars Arts Program. Kreativity Diversity Troupe. This is his UMD Continuum Theatre Company, and Barefoot in the Park (with Laura Linney and debut. Eric Stoltz) at LA Theatre Works. Dylan Uremovich (assistant projection designer) is in his final year in the MFA Justin Schmitz (sound design) is thankful to be back for The Heidi Chronicles, Design program, specializing in lighting and projection design. Recent UMD

ABOUT THE ARTISTS THE ABOUT having previously designed: Antigone, The Call, The Wild Party, and Little Shop of credits: Hamlet Replayed and Citizen: An American Lyric (projection design), Clove Horrors. He has designed for: The Kennedy Center and TYA, Signature Theatre, (lighting design), Spring MFA Dance Thesis Concert 2018: Equinox and Solstice Round House Theatre, Theater J, Olney Theatre Center, Woolly Mammoth, (projection design), and Love and Information (lighting design). Recent outside Studio Theatre, Imagination Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Rorschach credits: Analog II (SJ Ewing and Dancers) at Dance Place and Bhoomi (KalanidhI Theatre, Forum Theatre, WSC Avant Bard, Chautauqua Theatre Company, Triad Dance) at the Kennedy Center. You can view his work at UremovichDesign.com. Stage, Catholic University, Gallaudet University, amongst others. He has two Helen Hayes nominations: The Wild Party at Constellation Theatre, and I Call My Erin Valade (Susan) senior theatre performance and communications dual Brothers with Forum Theatre. Design fellowships: The Kennedy Center (2015) degree. Creative and Performing Arts Scholar, Presidential Scholar. UMD credits: through the Kenan Institute, KCACTF to attend The Orchard Project (2011), and Little Shop of Horrors (Audrey), So Um Thank You (Fearless New Play Festival), Chautauqua Theatre Company (2013). www.justinschmitztheatre.com. Clove (Therapist/Ruby), The Wild Party (Phil D’Armano, Kate u/s), The Schooling of Bento Bonchev (Sandy u/s). Ilana Simon-Rusinowitz (assistant stage manager) sophomore theatre major. UMD credits: Spring MFA Dance Thesis Concert 2018 (lightboard operator), Fall Maria Claudia Viera (dramaturg) senior theatre and marketing double degree. MFA Dance Thesis Concert 2018 (assistant lighting designer), Spring MFA Dance UMD credits: Fearless New Play Festival (stage manager), Little Shop of Horrors Thesis Concert 2019 (lightboard operator). Second Season: Rockfish and Lost (assistant stage manager), Eurydice (assistant stage manager), Antigone (Girl Sons (lighting designer). & Chorus), The Importance of Being Earnest (Jack u/s), New Visions/New Voices (Jinks), Second Season: Hapa and Fuse (stage manager), Another Side of You and Amber Smithers (Heidi) junior theatre performance major. Tau Sigma member. Akwantuo: The Journey (assistant stage manager). UMD credits: Fearless New Play Festival: Szia Ruth (playwright). Psalms 37:4. Jake Walker (Chris u/s) senior theatre major. Voice actor. UMD credits: Fearless Philippos Sourvinos (Peter u/s) second-year theatre and public policy double New Play Festival 2019, New Play Festival 2018 (Lloyd). degree. Creative and Performing Arts Scholar. Honors Humanities program, TDPS representative for Dean’s Advisory Board. UMD credits: Little Shop of Kate Wander (assistant stage manager) first-year theatre major. Creative and Horrors (ensemble). Outside credits: Into the Woods, Highwood Theater (Baker). Performing Arts Scholar. UMD credits: Hapa and Fuse (assistant stage manager), Hell is a Bubble Tea Shop (assistant stage manager), Lost Sons and Rockfish Taylor Stokes (Fran/April/Molly/Betsy u/s) junior theatre and English double (sound board operator), Little Shop of Horrors (Q-lab operator). major. The Muses board member. UMD credits: Fearless New Play Festival (performer), Little Shop of Horrors (Chiffon), Clove (light board operator), The Weekday Players’ The Melancholy Play (Joan), Second Season’s The Breaking Point (Friend A). 10 11 PRODUCTION STAFF PRODUCTION B. Benjamin Weigel (assistant costume designer) Previous designs include ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, DESIGNERS, AND STAGE MANAGERS Little Shop of Horrors, Eurydice and The Schooling of Bento Bonchev (TDPS), Assistant Directors Katie Arnold, Jasmine Abigail Mitchell Zaubernacht, Mahagonny Songspiel and Dialogues of the Carmelites (Maryland Assistant Costume Designer B. Benjamin Weigel Opera Studio). Outside designs include Macbeth and Dinner (4615 Theatre), Assistant Lighting Designer Peter Leibold VI Assistant Projection Designer Glory Denied (Opera Idaho), A Midsummer Night's Dream and This Mortal's Mosaic Dylan Uremovich Assistant Stage Managers Ilana Simon-Rusinowitz, Kate Wander (Ballet Idaho). COSTUMES Elijah Williams (Chris u/s) second-year theater major. UMD credit: Fearless New First Hand Amy VanderStaay Play Festival. Member of Kreativity Diversity Troupe. Wardrobe Supervisor Jasmine Gibbs Graduate Assistants Michele Currenti, Jazmine Owalia Costume Shop Assistants Elizabeth Beers, Viola Costen, Sydney Lemelin, Michael Winston (lighting designer) first-year MFA candidate in lighting design. Anu Odusanya, Katie Park ABOUT THE ARTISTS THE ABOUT UMD design credits: Faculty Dance Concert 2018: Holding Fast (lighting designer), Stitchers Lauren Alberg, Erica Chanaud, Chloé Costello, Gabriela Grant, Citizen: An American Lyric (assistant lighting designer). Outside credits: The Madison Minesinger, Nina Parekh, Maddiie Valikhovskaya America Play, Titus Andronicus (lighting designer). You can see more of his work at www.forthewinston.weebly.com. TECHNOLOGY Technology Graduate Assistants Jacob Hughes, Michael Winston Lighting Supervisors James Newman, Cody Petenbrink Electricians Samuel Bluk, Molly Klezer, Harsh Patel Production Technology Student Crew Sergio Bastos, Bayardo "B" Martinez Cruz, Darien Djourabtchi, Billy Griffis

PROPERTIES Properties Shop Assistant Andrea Ball Prop Shop Graduate Assistant Rochele Mac Prop Shop Student Workers Mary Beckle, Zavar Blackledge, Morgan Fitrell, Madison Freedman, Georgina Gabbidon, Isabel Kayton, Lydia Mohamed, Dion Denisse Penaflor, Deanna Stephen Properties Student Crew Zavar Blackledge, Trayonna Hutchins, Ben Panah

PAINTS Scenic Artists Chrissy Curtis, Winnie Dong, Molly Hall Graduate Assistant Sarah Beth Hall Student Scenic Painters Katie Arnold, Ghazal Bazargan, Maia Cayrús, Aliyah Jackson, Elizabeth Prideaux

SCENIC Set Construction Crew Earl Browne, Ryan Coia, Kaitlin Graham, Annemarie Gray, Devin Kohn, Rachel Lobel, Eric Rhodes, Everett Richmond, Aexander Shiryaev, Shira Liezel Werner, Charlie Youngmann Student Set Construction Crew Noa Bass, Ivan Carlo, Merissa Collins, Ben Fish, Sophia Mattison, Jake Walker

SHOW CREW Dressers Abigail Olshin, Gabryś Wronka, Zachary Van Grack Light Board Operator Margaret Hansen Sound and Projection Board Operator Jennifer Kasnadi 12 Run Crew Zoe Thomas, Trayonna Hutchins 13 SCHOOL OF THEATRE, DANCE, AND PERFORMANCE STUDIES FACULTY AND STAFF FACULTY AND STUDIES PERFORMANCE AND DANCE, SCHOOL OF THEATRE, LEIGH WILSON SMILEY Director MAURA KEEFE Associate Director JENNIFER BARCLAY Director of Undergraduate Studies CRYSTAL U. DAVIS Head of MFA Dance JAMES HARDING Director of Graduate Studies; Head of MA/PhD Theatre Scholarship and Performance Studies; Head of History/Theory MISHA KACHMAN Head of MFA in Design ALVIN MAYES Head of Dance Performance and Scholarship SCOT REESE Head of Theatre Performance

FACULTY

JENNIFER BARCLAY FRANKLIN J. HILDY LEIGH WILSON SMILEY Playwright and Performance Theatre History and Theory Voice for the Actor, Acting, Speech & Dialects FAEDRA CARPENTER HELEN Q. HUANG Theatre History and Diversity Costume Design PATRIK WIDRIG Modern Dance Technique TABITHA CHESTER PAUL D. JACKSON Black Performance Production and Lighting Design KAREN BRADLEY Professor Emerita ANDREW CISSNA MISHA KACHMAN Lighting Design and CAD Design Costume and Scene Design PATTI P. GILLESPIE Professor Emerita DANIEL CONWAY MAURA KEEFE Scene Design Dance History and Theory; ROGER MEERSMAN Choreography Professor Emeritus CRYSTAL U. DAVIS Dance Education, BRIAN Ma cDEVITT WILLIAM V. PATTERSON Movement Analysis, Lighting Design Associate Professor Emeritus and Dance Ethnography CAITLIN MARSHALL DANIEL WAGNER ADRIANE FANG Theatre History and Theory Professor Emeritus Modern Dance Technique ALVIN MAYES ANNE WARREN LESLIE FELBAIN Modern Dance Technique Professor Emerita Movement for Actors and Acting JARED MEZZOCCHI ALCINE WILTZ LAURIE FREDERIK Production Media and Technology Professor Emeritus Performance Studies LISA NATHANS JAMES HARDING Voice and Acting ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Theatre and Performance Studies SARA PEARSON KENDRA PORTIER MITCHELL HÉBERT Choreography and Improvisation Modern Dance Technique Acting and Directing SCOT REESE Directing, Black Theatre, and Musical Theatre

LECTURERS

DREW BARKER CARY GILLETT KATE SPANOS Presentation and Communication Stage Management and Subversive Cultures Production Management and Performance LISA BURGESS Costume Crafts MANÉ REBELO-PLAUT IVANIA STACK Ballet Design Studio MICHAEL DRIGGERS Technical Production ZVI SAHAR AND LESLIE STRONGWATER Puppet Cinema: When Film & Puppetry Meet on Stage

GRADUATE ASSISTANTS AND FELLOWS Kristen P. Ahern, Ronya-Lee Anderson, Lindsay Barr, Jeremy Bennett, Madison Booth, Olivia Brann, Christopher Brusberg, Stacey Carlson, Po-Hsien Chu, Austin Conlee, Patrick Crowley, Tara Demmy, Paul Deziel, Heidi Dinkler, Jordan Ealey, Amanda Fair, Ryan Fox, Lauren Gallup, Renee Gerardo, Jenna Gerdsen, Jack Golden, Les Gray, Grace Guarniere, Sarah Beth Hall, Christine Hands, Q-mars Haeri, Kristina Harris, Allison Hedges, Kelley Holley, Yunpu Hu, Jacob Hughes, Mariama Law, Peter Leibold VI, Gianina K. Lockley, Rochele Mac, Christen Mandracchia, Medha Marsten, Gabriel Mata-Ortega, Alex Miller, Rose Xinran Qi, Leticia Ridley, Victoria Scrimer, Alexander Shiryaev, Mollie Singer, Fraser Stevens, Shawn Stone, Jared Strange, Channing Tucker, Dylan Uremovich, Kiana Vincenty, Jonelle Walker, B. Benjamin Weigel, Michael Winston 15 Cast of TDPS’ Spring 2018 production, CLOVE. Photo by Geoff Sheil. KEEP ME MARYLAND Students in the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies have the profound advantage of learning in a world-class facility while engaging in cross-disciplinary collaborations with faculty and artists who are transforming the way we think. They also have the benefit of onsite research in the building’s special performing arts library. Thoughtful support from alumni, parents and friends helps ensure that the School has significant financial aid to be more competitive with other top-tier programs in the country.

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