#SIXboston @AmericanRep 2019/20 Season A.R.T. Artistic Director’s Welcome Welcome to SIX! No longer on the outskirts of history, these Queens are taking over the world. Creators Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss began writing SIX while undergraduates at Cambridge University in the UK. These young writers had the idea to give new voice to the women who—among their own numerous accomplishments— were married to England’s King Henry VIII. Using the format of a modern singing competition, Marlow and Moss asked what these women’s voices might sound like today, and what they might tell us in their own words. SIX explores these questions in a fusion of past and present. In today’s female pop icons, the creators found harmony with their historical subjects, and the result is a celebration of sisterhood that resonates through the centuries. SIX debuted at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and after a lauded run on London’s West End, the global fan base for the show’s soundtrack has continued to grow, with millions of listeners online. Now SIX makes its debut in Cambridge, Massachusetts, following a run at Chicago Shakespeare Theater earlier this summer. This production launches the A.R.T.’s 2019/20 Season, which features a roster of shows that place history in conversation with the present. We begin with this contemporary take on Tudor England, and by the season’s end, we will reexamine the founding of our country and the Declaration of Independence, through a new staging of the musical 1776. Thank you for joining us! DIANE PAULUS Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director American Repertory Theater @AmericanRep #SIXboston #SIXthemusical Anna Uzele in SIX. A.R.T. Ad (Great Theater Lives Here) Divorced. Beheaded. Subscribed. Enjoyed SIX and want to see more from the A.R.T.? By purchasing tickets to three or more shows as a subscription you secure the best seats at the best prices. AmericanRepertoryTheater.org/subscribe Photo: Liz Lauren American Repertory Theater by arrangement with Kenny Wax, Andy & Wendy Barnes, George Stiles and Kevin McCollum in association with Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents by TOBY MARLOW & LUCY MOSS Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design EMMA BAILEY GABRIELLA SLADE TIM DEILING PAUL GATEHOUSE Music Direction Orchestrations Casting ROBERTA DUCHAK TOM CURRAN BOB MASON New York Casting Production Stage Manager TARA RUBIN CASTING ALFREDO MACIAS PETER VAN DAM, CSA Music Supervision JOE BEIGHTON Choreography CARRIE-ANNE INGROUILLE Directed by LUCY MOSS & JAMIE ARMITAGE Additional Production Support THE CHUNG FAMILY FOUNDATION STACY OSUR AND KEITH GILBERT MAGGIE GOLD SEELIG & FAMILY AND MGS GROUP REAL ESTATE First performance at the Loeb Drama Center on August 21, 2019. A.R.T. Season Support The A.R.T. 2019/20 Season is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which receives support from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts. A.R.T. Ad See(19/20 Season) more from A.R.T. AmericanRepertoryTheater.org Brittney Mack and Adrianna Hicks in SIX. Gloria: A Life JAN 24 - FEB 22, 2020 History. Her story. Our story. This new play about Gloria Steinem and the women she has partnered with in a decades-long fight for equality is brought to life by a dynamic ensemble of performers. Fifty years after Gloria began raising her voice and championing those of others, her vision is as urgent as ever. Gloria’s belief in talking circles DON’T MISS as a catalyst for change ofers us all a path forward. The first act is Gloria’s story; the second is our own. PRE-SALES:Patron Circle ($1,000+) access THE REST begins Nov 7. Friends of A.R.T. ($50-$999) OF 2019/20 begins Nov 14. Public access begins Nov 21. Macbeth In Stride APR 23 - MAY 10, 2020 AT A.R.T. Macbeth In Stride is an electrified look at the descent of Lady Macbeth and her husband Black Light through the iconic music of Ike and Tina SEP 19 - 29, 2019 Turner, The Doors, and more. Featuring Daniel Alexander Jones performs as the iconicA.R.T. Shakespeare’s Ad text, the show takes an intimate Jomama Jones in a spiritual revival for (19/20look Season) at a relationship in turmoil and the efects turbulent times. This intimate journey through of vaulting ambition. This concert play is a the darkness of personal and political upheaval battle cry for Black female power and desire and the shards of shattered illusions is that excavates the underbelly of female illuminated by spontaneous humor and what ambition. How do we punish and celebrate The New Yorker calls Jones’ “very particular women who push too hard, who want too radiance.” With all original music, drawing much, who sing too loud? influence from Prince, Sade, Diana Ross, and A.R.T. Member pre-sale tickets are now Tina Turner, Black Light is marked significantly available. Public access begins Feb 13. by the Black American Freedom movement, Afromysticism, goddess mythology, and divination. This immersive performance piece 1776 removes the barrier between artist and MAY 22 - JUN 28, 2020 audience through inquiry, story, and song. They knew they would make history, but not On sale now. what history would make of them. Fed up with living under the tyranny of British rule, John Adams attempts to persuade his fellow Moby-Dick members of the Continental Congress to vote DEC 3, 2019 - JAN 12, 2020 in favor of American Independence and sign “We are all in the belly of the whale...” From the Declaration. But how much is he willing to the creative team behind A.R.T.’s 2015 compromise in the pursuit of freedom? And production of Natasha, Pierre & The Great who does that freedom belong to? Terrie and Comet of 1812 comes a new musical Bradley Bloom Artistic Director Diane Paulus adaptation of Moby-Dick. As Ishmael, Captain directs a new production of this Tony Ahab, and his crew pursue the elusive great Award-winning musical, reexamining this white whale aboard the Pequod, Herman pivotal moment in American history. Melville’s nineteenth-century vision of America collides head-on with the present. Patron Circle ($1,000+) begins Dec 19 A.R.T. Member pre-sale tickets are now Friends of A.R.T. ($50-$999) begins Jan 2. available. Public access to previews begins Public access to previews begins Jan 17. Aug 29. Public access to full run begins Oct 3. Public access to full run begins Mar 26. Photo: Liz Lauren CAST (The Queens, in historical order) Catherine of Aragon............................................................ADRIANNA HICKS Anne Boleyn.....................................................................ANDREA MACASAET Jane Seymour...........................................................................ABBY MUELLER Anna of Cleves.........................................................................BRITTNEY MACK Katherine Howard................................................................COURTNEY MACK Catherine Parr..................................................................................ANNA UZELE ALTERNATES For Aragon, Cleves, Parr: NICOLE KYOUNG-MI LAMBERT For Boleyn, Seymour, Howard: MALLORY MAEDKE Alternates never substitute for listed players unless a specific announcement for the appearance is made at the time of performance. DANCE CAPTAIN MALLORY MAEDKE BAND (The Ladies in Waiting) Associate Music Director/Conductor/Keyboard: JULIA SCHADE Bass/Contractor: KATE FOSS Guitars: KIMI HAYES Drums: ELENA BONOMO ADDITIONAL STAFF Associate Director.................................................................................................MEGAN E. FARLEY Associate Choreographer..................................................................................MELODY SINCLAIR Assistant Choreographer...................................................................................MALLORY MAEDKE Assistant Stage Manager, Production Stage Manager Alternate............JOHN MEREDITH Assistant Stage Manager Alternate.......................................................................KATE HAUSLER Costume Associate....................................................................................MIEKA VAN DER PLOEG Lighting Associate.............................................................................................................PAUL TOBEN Sound Associate..........................................................................................................JOSH MILLICAN Additional Sound Equipment provided by Sound Associates, Inc. A.R.T. SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Ainsleigh Caldicott, Wesleyan University ’21, Marketing Ruva Chigwedere, Harvard University ’21, Artistic^ James DiSandro, Kenyon College ’22, Education Emma Dumont, Ithaca College ’20, Marketing Jacob Freedgood, Emerson College ’20, Development Patricia Garza, Brown University ’20, Development Ece Hakim, Harvard University ’21, Artistic^ Marcus Illingworth, Ithaca College ’21, Marketing Allie Jefay, Harvard University ’21, Artistic^ Genevieve Lefevre, Harvard University ’20, Artistic^ Chloe E.W. Levine, Harvard University ’22, Artistic^ Lindsay McAulife, Harvard University ’20, Artistic^ Nina Rodriguez, Emerson College ’19, Community Engagement Eli Troen, Harvard University ’20, Artistic^ ^With support from the Harvard University Ofce of Career Services SIX was originally performed by Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society, directed by Jamie Armitage with Original Musical Arrangements by Joe Beighton and Original Orchestrations by Joe Beighton and Steve Gage. We’d like to thank the original SIX Queens: Megan Gilbert, Ashleigh Weir, Holly Musgrave, Matilda Wickham, Annabel Marlow, and Shimali