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All rights reserved. ©2017 Encore Media Group. Reproduction without written permission is prohibited. 4 ACT-SF.ORG SAN FRANCISCO'S THEATER COMPANY American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco’s Tony Award– A.C.T.’s 50-year-old Conservatory, led by Melissa Smith, is at winning nonprofit theater, nurtures the art of live theater the center of our work. Our three-year, fully accredited Master through dynamic productions, intensive actor training, of Fine Arts Program is at the forefront of America’s actor and ongoing engagement with our community. Under the training programs. Meanwhile, our intensive Summer Training leadership of Artistic Director Carey Perloff and Executive Congress attracts students from around the world, and the San Director Peter Pastreich, we embrace our responsibility to Francisco Semester offers a unique study-abroad opportunity conserve, renew, and reinvent our rich theatrical traditions for undergraduates. Other programs include the world-famous and literatures, while exploring new artistic forms and Young Conservatory for students ages 8 to 19, led by 28-year new communities. Founded by William Ball, a pioneer of veteran Craig Slaight; Studio A.C.T., our expansive course of the regional theater movement, A.C.T. opened its first San theater study for adults; and the Professional Development Francisco season in 1967. We have since performed more than Training Program, which offers actor training for companies 350 productions to a combined audience of more than seven seeking to elevate their employees’ business performance skills. million people. Every year we reach more than 250,000 people Our alumni often grace our mainstage and perform around the through our productions and programs. Bay Area, as well as on stages and screens across the country. Rising from the wreckage of the earthquake and fire of 1906 A.C.T. also brings the benefits of theater-based arts education and hailed as the “perfect playhouse,” the beautiful, historic to more than 12,000 Bay Area students and educators each Geary Theater has been our home since the beginning. When year. Central to our ACTsmart education programs, run by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ripped the roof apart, San Director of Education & Community Programs Elizabeth Franciscans rallied together to raise a record-breaking $30 Brodersen, is the longstanding Student Matinee (SMAT) million to rebuild the theater. The Geary reopened in 1996 with program, which has brought hundreds of thousands of young a production of The Tempest directed by Perloff, who took over people to A.C.T. performances since 1968. We also provide in 1992 after the retirement of A.C.T.’s second artistic director, touring Will on Wheels Shakespeare productions, teaching- gentleman artist Ed Hastings. artist residencies, in-school workshops, and study materials to Bay Area schools and community-based organizations. Perloff’s 24-season tenure has been marked by groundbreaking productions of classical works and new translations creatively With our increased presence in the Central Market neighborhood colliding with exceptional contemporary theater; cross- marked by the renovation of The Strand Theater and the disciplinary performances and international collaborations; opening of The Costume Shop Theater, A.C.T. plays a leadership and theater made by, for, and about the Bay Area. Her fierce role in securing the future of theater for San Francisco and commitment to audience engagement ushered in a new era the nation. of InterACT events and dramaturgical publications, inviting everyone to explore what goes on behind the scenes. American Conservatory Theater Board of Trustees (As of April 2017) The Board of Directors of the M.F.A. Program Nancy Livingston Ray Apple Carey Perloff Joan Danforth CHAIR Lesley Ann Clement Robina Riccitiello Dagmar Dolby Abby Sadin Schnair Kirke M. Hasson Richard T. Davis-Lowell Dan Rosenbaum William Draper III CHAIR PRESIDENT Jerome L. Dodson Sally Rosenblatt John Goldman Michael G. Dovey Abby Sadin Schnair Kaatri Grigg Sara Barnes Celeste Ford VICE CHAIR Olympia Dukakis Jeff Spears James Haire Carlotta Dathe Sarah M. Earley Robert Tandler Kent Harvey Frannie Fleishhacker Priscilla Geeslin Frannie Fleishhacker Patrick S. Thompson Sue Yung Li Arnie Glassberg VICE CHAIR Ken Fulk Joaquin Torres Christine Mattison Christopher Hollenbeck David Riemer Dianne Hoge Jeff Ubben Joan McGrath Luba Kipnis VICE CHAIR Jo S. Hurley Adriana Lopez Vermut Deedee McMurtry Linda Kurtz Steven L. Swig Jeri Lynn Johnson Susy Wadsworth Mary S. Metz Jennifer Lindsay VICE CHAIR Alan Jones Nola Yee Toni Rembe Toni Miller Linda Jo Fitz James H. Levy Kay Yun Rusty Rueff Toni Rembe TREASURER Heather Stallings Little Cherie Sorokin Sally Rosenblatt Janet V. Lustgarten EMERITUS Alan L. Stein Anne Shonk Daniel E. Cohn SECRETARY Jeffrey S. Minick ADVISORY BOARD Barry Lawson Williams Melissa Smith Michael P. Nguyen Barbara Bass Bakar Carlie Wilmans Alan L. Stein Alan L. Stein Martim Oliveira Rena Bransten Patrick S. Thompson CHAIR EMERITUS Peter Pastreich Jack Cortis American Conservatory Theater was founded in 1965 by William Ball. Edward Hastings, Artistic Director 1986–92 415.749.2228 5 COURTESY OF T. CHARLES ERICKSON OF T. COURTESY PHOTO OF JOHN DOUGLAS THOMPSON THOMPSON OF JOHN DOUGLAS PHOTO A.C.T. depends on support from friends like you. Help us thrive for another 50 years. DONATE TODAY! Visit act-sf.org/support to give online or call Stephanie Swide at 415.439.2353. Starting July 1, 2017, many of A.C.T. INVITES YOU our membership levels will TO JOIN OR RENEW YOUR DONOR change, enabling all parts of our organization to continue to thrive. MEMBERSHIP BEFORE OUR BENEFIT LEVELS INCREASE! JOIN OR RENEW BY JUNE 30! TO LEARN MORE about our benefits, visit act-sf.org/memberships. DON’T JUST SIT THERE . At A.C.T.’s free InterACT events, you can mingle with cast members, join interactive workshops with theater artists, and meet fellow theatergoers at hosted celebrations in our lounges. Join us for A Night with Janis Joplin and InterACT with us! A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN AT THE GEARY THEATER BIKE TO THE THEATER NIGHT June 7, 7 PM Ride your bike to A.C.T. and take advantage of secure bike parking and low-priced tickets at our preshow mixer, presented in partnership with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. KDFC PROLOGUE June 13, 5:30 PM Go deeper with a fascinating preshow discussion with a member of the Night with Janis Joplin artistic team. Janis Joplin THEATER ON THE COUCH* performing on the June 16, 8 PM television program Take part in a lively conversation in our Music Scene. lower-level lounge with Dr.