Quixote Nuevo at Alley Theatre by Alley Theatre

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Photo by John Everett

WELCOME to Quixote Nuevo. Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote is considered by many to be the first modern novel ever written, as well as the greatest novel ever written. It is an important work for every lover of literature to get to know. Twentieth-century Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges argued that the tragedy of reading Don Quixote today is that so much of the comedy and delight of the novel depends upon the stark contrast between the common everyday world of 17th-century Spain and the fantastical chivalric world of ancient legends that occupies Don Quixote’s mind. Unfortunately today, 17th-century Spain is as mythic and fantastic to us as are the legends that take over Don Quixote’s life, rendering the contrast difficult to discern. Quite miraculously, Octavio Solis has solved Borges' dilemma for us. By bringing the story to present day and to the border of Texas and Mexico, the fantastic world of Cervantes' novel stands in glorious comic relief from our day to day world. The humor that results from this contrast is so delightful that it gives us a taste of what it must have been like for Cervantes’ peers to read the novel when it was first published. I’ve known Octavio for 20 years, since we were both making our careers as theatre artists in the Bay Area. He has a way of bringing poetry into the theatre like no one I have ever met. His love of language and literature permeates his being, but not in a scholarly or stogy way. His love of poetry is passionate and full of humor. He also has a tremendously big heart, which is palpable in his writing. Like many of you, I grew up watching Emilio Delgado (our Don Quixote) on "Sesame Street." In his 40 years on that beloved program, it is hard to imagine the countless number of lives he has touched. Here in Houston, Emilio continues to touch lives with his brilliant and moving portrayal of Quixote/Quijano. As a new Texan, I am in continuous awe of this amazing state and all that makes it unique. Texas wouldn’t be Texas without its Tejano roots and its rich Latinidad culture. It gives me great pleasure to have a show on our mainstage that celebrates this important part of Texas in such a joyful way. I hope you enjoy Quixote Nuevo. Best, Rob Melrose 2

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FROM THE

MANAGING DIRECTOR Photo by Gittings

WELCOME y Bienvenidos to Quixote Nuevo! I’m thrilled to welcome you for this new adaptation of Cervantes’ classic Don Quixote by acclaimed playwright Octavio Solis. Filled with magical realism this production is the third and final stop of a show that has been produced by not only the Alley, but also our colleagues and sister theatres at Hartford Stage in Hartford, Connecticut, and Huntington Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. Each theatre worked together to select the cast and creative team that you will see tonight. It’s been a beautiful work of synergy to create Quixote Nuevo! It is hard to believe that Hurricane Harvey flooded the Neuhaus Theatre, dressing rooms, and prop storage room two and a half years ago. The Alley has been working with FEMA over this time on a weekly basis to address our financial losses and strategy for mitigation. I am happy to report to you that beginning in February, FEMA is funding 90% of the costs to waterproof the building to the 500-year flood level plus two feet. This project will take approximately nine months and will include replacing all the exterior doors with waterproof doors. The main lobby glass will be replaced with thicker glass, and there will be three submarine doors installed in the tunnel level. In addition, we will add a number of other modifications to the Alley to be completely secured against any type of flood by November of 2020. We are very grateful to FEMA and our private donors who have helped us get through the ravages of Harvey. So as you attend the theatre over the next nine months and see construction crews, you will know what we are doing. The Alley is Houston’s theatre and we want to keep it waterproof and state of the art for your enjoyment for decades to come. Thank you for your support. Now please enjoy the show!

Dean R. Gladden

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DEAN R. GLADDEN

ROB MELROSE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

MANAGING DIRECTOR

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

HARTFORD STAGE AND HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY P R ESEN T S

QUIXOTE NUEVO BY

OCTAVIO SOLIS

SCENIC DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGN

TAKESHI KATA

RACHEL ANNE HEALY

BRIAN J. LILIENTHAL

MUSIC & SOUND DESIGN

CO-COMPOSER

MUSIC DIRECTOR

EDUARDO ROBLEDO

JESSE SANCHEZ

VOCAL & DIALECT COACH

NEW YORK CASTING

DAVID R. MOLINA FIGHT DIRECTOR

TED HEWLETT

ALAINE ALLDAFFER

ROBERT RAMIREZ STAGE MANAGER

ROB CHIKAR DIRECTED BY

KJ SANCHEZ G EN ER O US LY S P O N S ORED BY M I K E LOYA

HO N O R A R PR ODUCER

MS . T RI N I MEN D EN HALL AS S OCI ATE PR ODUC ER

J A N UA RY 17 - F E B R U A RY 9 , 2 0 2 0

TONY DIA Z MEDIA SPONSOR

HU B B ARD T HEAT R E

The World Premiere of Quixote Nuevo was produced by California Shakespeare Theater Eric Ting, Artistic Director, Susie Falk, Managing Director A first adaptation of Don Quixote was commissioned by and received its world premiere in 2009 at Oregon Shakespeare Festival Bill Rauch, Artistic Director Paul Nicholson, Executive Director

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CAST

(In alphabetical order)

Manny Dias/Sancho Panza...........................JUAN MANUEL AMADOR Padre Perez/Cardenio/Ensemble........................... ORLANDO ARRIAGA Papà Calaca/Ensemble........................................... HUGO E. CARBAJAL Dr. Campos/Dulcinea/Ensemble....................................... GISELA CHÍPE Jose Quijano/Don Quixote........................................ EMILIO DELGADO Rosario Castillo/Juana/Ensemble..................... KRYSTAL HERNANDEZ Bruno Castillo/Young Quijano/Ensemble............................. IVAN JASSO Magdalena/Perla/Ensemble............................MARIELA LÓPEZ-PONCE Antonia/Inez/Ensemble....................GIANNNA DIGREGORIO RIVERA

SETTING La Plancha, Texas ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER Rachel Dooley-Harris

The Actors and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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B OA RD OF DIREC T OR S EXEC U TI VE C O MMIT T EE Meredith J. Long+

Jesse R. Marion

Butch Mach

Chairman Emeritus

Chairman

President

Kenneth P. Kades

Oscar K. Brown

Peter A. Ragauss

Robert Harrell

Executive Vice President

Vice President, Development

Vice President, Long Range Planning

Vice President, Risk Management

Ron Hulme

Robert Penshorn

Beth Madison

Scott J. Atlas*

Vice President, Endowment

Vice President, Finance

Secretary

Ex-Officio, General Counsel

John A. Carrig

Kathryn L. Ketelsen

Roger B. Plank

Jonathan S. Finger

Mike Loya

Dheeraj “D” Verma

Philip J. John

Stephen C. Morse

D I REC TO R S Mark Allan Smith

Roger D. Aksamit

Edward M. Griffin

Butch Mach

Margaret Alkek Williams

Chad Harkness

Beth Madison

Lois Stark+

Scott J. Atlas*

Robert S. Harrell

Jesse R. Marion

Susana Brener de Stern

Charles L. "Chip" Babcock Patricia P. Hubbard+

Nancy F. Martin

Trent D. Tellepsen

Jonathan Baliff

Ron Hulme

Parker S. Meeks

Michael P. Terracina

Brenda Bazan

Valerie Jalufka

Joseph H. Mongrain

Glenn Vangolen

Rutger Beelaerts

Craig M. Jarchow

Stephen C. Morse

Dheeraj “D” Verma

Oscar K. Brown

Philip J. John

Katharine W. Orton

Thomas R. Walters

John A. Carrig

Kenneth P. Kades

Robert Penshorn

Sharyn Weaver

Jonathan Cox

Kathryn L. Ketelsen

Cynthia A. Petrello

Temple Webber

Mike Dishberger

William K. Kroger

Roger B. Plank

Scott N. Wulfe

Jonathan S. Finger

Meredith J. Long+

Peter A. Ragauss

Lynn Wyatt+

Mignon Gill

Mike Loya

Ron Rand

Kevin W. Yankowsky

Joel Glover*

Isabel Lummis

Arthur H. Rogers III

Stephen M. Greenlee

Richard Lunam

Douglas D. Shanda

A DVISORY BOA RD Birgitt Adenacker

Elsie J. Eckert

Mark Seavers

Jeanna Bamburg

Scott Ensell

Terry Scarborough

Ashok Belani

Sidney Faust

Helen P. Shaffer

Ryan Boehner

Thomas D. Gros

Nancy B. Shelby

Larry A. Campagna

Eve Lieber Harrell

Sandy Shipley

Sylvia Caracio

Debbie McAngus

Elizabeth Smith

Gracie Cavnar

Charlene O’Shea

David B. Symonds

Michele M. Collins

Karen W. Pinson

Dancie Perugini Ware

Denise DuBard

Scotty Reynolds*

Marcy Taub Wessel

* Ex-Officio + Life Trustee

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A LLEY SPON SORS Q UIX OTE NU EVO IS MA D E P O SSI BL E BY T H E G EN E R O U S S U P P O R T O F : Mike Loya is the president of Vitol Inc. and director of the Vitol Group; the world’s largest independent trading company, marketing over 6 million barrels a day of oil and oil products. Vitol has oil production in offshore West Africa and the Ukraine, refining and retailing assets in Europe, Africa and Asia. Mike is on the board of Serina Therapeutics Inc. He has been a board member of Pilot Flying J Travel Centers, Blueknight Energy Partners, The Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, YES Prep Public Schools, and the Contemporary Arts Museum of Houston

M IKE LOYA

HO N O R A RY PR O D UC ER

In addition to the theatre, he enjoys skiing, contemporary art, fine wine, and food. Ms. Trinidad “Trini” Mendenhall and her late husband cofounded Fiesta Mart, Incorporated, in 1972. She is the president of Fulton Shopping Center, a real estate investment company active throughout Houston. In 1997, Ms. Mendenhall fulfilled her philanthropic dream and created the Trini and O.C. Mendenhall Foundation, which empowers women, minorities, and children. Ms. Mendenhall currently serves on the board of trustees for Baylor College of Medicine. She is a member of the United Way Alexis de Tocqueville Society. Previously, she served on the boards of the Alley Theatre, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of GalvestonHouston, The University of St. Thomas, and the Houston Ballet.

M S . TRI NI M ENDENHALL A S S O C I AT E PR O D UC ER

Ms. Mendenhall is a recipient of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation’s Gaia Award, Crohn’s Colitis Foundation of America’s Woman of Distinction Award, Evin Thayer Foundation’s Houston’s 2000 Millennium Makers, and The Willie Velasquez Hispanic Excellence Award. In 2004, she was inducted into Texas Women’s University’s Texas Women's Hall of Fame.

TH E 2019–20 S EAS ON I S M A D E P O SSI BL E BY T H E G E N E R O U S S U P P O R T O F : Houston is home not only to one of United's important hubs, it is also home to so many extraordinary cultural treasures. The entire United family takes immense pride in the role we play in supporting the vibrant arts scene that has made Houston a magnet metropolis for such cherished cultural fixtures like the Alley Theatre, as well as many others. Our support of Houston’s arts and culture, as well as its wonderful charitable organizations, demonstrates our firm commitment to this community and to our shared future. -Oscar Munoz, CEO, United Airlines

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The Alley Theatre's seasonal production and marketing costs are supported in part by the City of Houston through Theater District Improvement Inc. and Houston Arts Alliance.

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This project is funded in part by grants from the Texas Commission on the Arts.

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FRONTERA GLOSSARY BORDER GLOSARIO Quixote Nuevo is a play that welcomes both English and Spanish speakers into its audience. There are phrases in Spanish; however, most are usually translated into English phrases immediately following or before the phrase is spoken in Spanish. “It was important for me to douse the language of Quixote Nuevo with the idioma of my borderland. The characters glide easily from English to Spanish to colloquial Spanglish because that is how we speak in my house. Additionally, this is how I was interested in wresting Cervantes' novel from the vise of Spain and making it New World, making it Nuevo. Therefore, the characters express themselves through highflown lyricism like the original novel, but also in language that’s profane and kooky, code-switching from English to Spanish and vice versa at will and inventing their own neologisms. But it’s also an expression of how languages can so easily defy borders and nationalities, in art and in life.” —Octavio Solis, Playwright Below are a few words your ear might encounter as you follow Don Quixote on his journey throughout La Plancha, Texas.

CALACA: Colloquial Mexican-Spanish word for skeleton

CHANTE: Home (corruption of “shanty”)

CABALLERO: A knight or horseman, lately a term meaning “gentleman”

COLLIGE VIRGO ROSAS: Latin term generally meaning “gather ye rosebuds while ye may”

MUERTE: Death GÜEY: The Mexican slang equivalent of dude or sometimes idiot

MITOTE: Commotion, uproar, ruckus, see also DESMADRE INFANTA: A Spanish or Portuguese royal princess

PALETAS: Ice lollies, sometimes sold by a paletero

CHOLA: A young woman belonging to a Mexican-American urban subculture associated with street gangs MOLE: A slang term for blood (also a type of dark Mexican sauce)

CUCUY: Boogeyman QUE LA CHINGADA: What the f**k!

LOCURA: Madness, craziness

YONQUE: Junk DALE GAS: Go for it (literally “give it gas!”) 12

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EMILIO DELGADO (JOSE QUIJANO/DON QUIXOTE)

KJ SANCHEZ (DIRECTOR)

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“The role of Quixote is the role of a lifetime. I have played many roles in theatre, and this is the one that most resonates with my emotional core as a Chicano! A ‘border boy’ myself, I respond fervently with the story of the family, music, humor, terrain, caló, and the ever present scar of 'the wall.' To me the story of José Quijano is in the style of a corrido, a song that the people sing to commemorate the exploits of one of their tragic heroes.”

MARIELA LOPEZ-PONCE (MAGDALENA/PERLA/ENSEMBLE) "Quixote Nuevo is as much a journey for the actor as it is for the audience: it touches on the deepest, most personal themes of a human being's

ORLANDO ARRIAGA (PA

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ARDENIO/ENSEMBLE) “To present this story with an all Latinid cast at a high ad ly regarded American th in Houston, Te eatre xas means a great deal to and the cast me of Quixote Nu evo. It’s a sto of lost love, ry regrets, and death. Our sto focuses on th ry ose people that society rather swee would p under the rug, like imm and the elde igrants rly. Their strug gle is the sto tell. Houston ry we has never se en anything and I’m prou like this d to be a pa rt of it. Dale Houston, Texa gas s!”

journey through life, in all its comedy, heartbreak, and glory.”

KRYSTAL HERNANDEZ (ROSARIO CASTILLO/JUANA/ENSEMB

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using my “As an actor, my passion lies in stories that tell to l vesse a as y bod voice and the human race emb and e, leng chal , heal characters of experience through the lens of l canvas to do derfu won a is color, and this show I do what I why of ple exam an is e that. This piec do. Adelante!”

OCTAVIO SOLIS (PLAYWRIGHT) "Quixote Nuevo is the culmination of 12 years’ work, spanning several readings of Cervantes’ novel in two separate translations, and encompassing five separate productions in five theatres. The play has evolved from a straight adaptation of Don Quixote to a more personal and socially engaged work, responding to issues closer to my life. But without the work and genius of all my colleagues 13over PLAYBILL the years, it would be nothing."

IVAN JASSO (BRUNO CASTILLO/YOUNG QUIJANO/ENSEMBLE) “Being a part of this journey with Quixote Nuevo has been a revitalizing and inspiring experience. It has been like working with familia. I also feel very connected culturally and personally with the play Octavio has crafted. I’m excited every time I get to share it on the stage so a broader audience can find their own personal and emotional connections.”

HUGO E. CARBAJAL (PAPÀ CALACA/ENSEMBLE)

“Being a part of Quixote

Nuevo has been one of the best theatre experie nces I’ve had in my career. I feel like the univ erse has conspired to align this incredible group of creative minds together to create an artis tic venture unlike any other. As an immigra nt, I am proud to be a part of telling this meaning ful story that speaks to the positive aspects of our experience, while also painting a positive picture that challenges the negative rhetoric plag uing the mainstream voice presently. I want the wor ld to experience this epic adventure.”

DAVID R. MOLINA (MUSIC & SOUND

“Composing the sou

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ndtrack for the play

was a spiritual experie nce. For about two weeks, Ed Robled o, Octavio, and I explored song ideas at my home studio during the day. Late at night, I worked alone on the Calac a soundscapes, the Dulcinea/Young Qu ijano themes, then arranged and record ed the unusual instrumentation for the songs. A lot of the score features my own invented instruments. I love hea ring how people of different backgrou nds relate to the play’s themes of fam ily, death, old age, Alzheimer's, immigra nt rights, being bilingual, or lost love. For myself, as many Latinidades, it’s movin g to see a show about people who look and talk like me . I hope audiences of all races will see tha t we are more alike tha n different.”

GISELA CHÍPE (DR. CAMPOS/DULCINEA/ENSEMBLE) “First of all, thanks for asking about this experience, because it means, with your position and support, you’re elevating the Latinidad perspective and helping change the narrative of how folks see Latinidad

JESSE SANCHEZ (MUSIC DIRECTOR)

gente. We are apart from and also a part of

“It’s been such a pleasure being able

this great country. For many of us, the border

to stand side-by-side with Latinidad

crossed their ancestors, not the other way

artists from all over the country, telling a

around. For me the experience of working on

version of a story that directly reflects the

this play will be a highlight of my life. Working

world we are living in. Working with the

with an all Latinidad cast is so unusual—this is

amazing Emilio Delgado (Mr. 'Sesame

my first time—and yet so natural, like we’ve

Street') has been not only a dream,

known each other for years. We talk about

but one of my favorite opportunities

how we are a 'familia' and it’s evident in how

in my career, and hearing the gritos

we seek to spend time with one another off-

embedded in the musical compositions

stage and have a shorthand with each other

by Ed and David gives me goosebumps

on-stage. As an activist, I believe just seeing

that I’ve never had with any other

us, a cast of brown faces before them, the

show. Oh...and duh...the designers are

audience will be challenged and welcomed

truly remarkable. And I can’t forget the

all at once! This story has universal themes—

moment I got the phone call and was

love, loss, striving, and fart jokes. Who can’t

on a plane a few days later, meeting the

connect with all that?! But it’s funny how

talented KJ Sanchez. Honored? Blessed?

politics polarize. This play pushes past the

Yeah, most definitely. Here’s to more

politics and straight into hearts. I like to wish

Latinidad stories on stage!”

the cast to 'break legs, break hearts' before a show. It’s a mission of mine to heal through art, and cracking open a room of strangers’

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chests every night seems like a good way to start.”

MAKING IT NUEVO A CONVERSATION WITH THE PLAYWRIGHT Considered one of the most prominent Latinidad playwrights in North America, Octavio Solis has been produced from New York to California and everywhere in between. As rehearsals began, he spoke with the production’s dramaturg, J. Sebastián Alberdi, about his play, its characteristic humor, and what keeps him writing.

J. Sebastián Alberdi: How did you

The play adheres to the spirit of the original in

become a writer?

its depiction of a comical hero who doesn’t really cope with the harsh world as it is but as

Octavio Solis: I’ve been interested in

it used to be. My Quixote goes out into the

literature since childhood and I dreamed

desert of West Texas to right the wrongs of his

of becoming a writer, but when I could find

past and, like Cervantes’ knight, conflates his

no other living writers in the phone book, I

readings of chivalric exploits with his own sad,

abandoned that dream. Then, I was stage-

pathetic life. So, just as in the classic novel,

bit in high school and actively pursued

my Quixote explores a world of the lower-

training for a career as an actor, from my

income denizens of La Plancha, Texas for the

sophomore year all the way through grad

first time in his life and wreaks havoc on the

school. I occasionally wrote some poetry and

rules that everyone lives by.

got it published in college literary journals, but nothing ever took hold with me until I

J: Your play engages with topics society

devised some punk one-acts that I wrote

associates with “difficult” conversations—

and directed to feature my acting talent.

aging, cultural identity, racism—yet is also

My theatre folks all loved the writing, but my

deeply funny. In a way, that seems to be acting not so much. So that’s where I made a one of the strongest through lines between complete shift to playwriting. the original novel and your re-imagining of it for the stage. J: The title of the play, Quixote Nuevo, suggests a new re-imagining of Cervantes’

O: To my thinking, Cervantes’ novel

novel. How do you see this play in

represents the first instance of a comic epic

relationship to its 17th-century source

in the canon. Back then, he was dismayed

material?

at how everyone had immersed themselves in the cheap novellas of the time - stories,

O: The title does suggest a re-thinking of the

and poems detailing the adventures of

Quixote saga, but note that I chose the word

knight-errants and dragons and damsels in

“nuevo” as opposed to “new.”

distress - to the same degree that people are immersed in sword and sorcery books,

"I wanted to claim the saga as a Latino story, not as a European one."

films, and video games today. So Cervantes determined to give his readers a story of a pretend knight in order to have them cope with the harsh realities of 17th-century Spain, peopled with merchants, shepherds, milkmaids, convicts, and obsequious clerics who live in a bankrupt country ravaged by years of war.

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"The juxtaposition of fantasy with reality can result in either a tragic collision or a comical discordance." This is one among the chief lessons I learned from this novel. J: In this current moment, “The Wall” immediately conjures the physical border between Mexico and the United States. But the number of walls in this play seems endless: walls between regret and acceptance, youth and old age, memory and myth. O: "The Wall," as the present administration’s monument to xenophobia, dominates our consciousness, and there are as many varied and disparate attitudes toward it as there are people in this country, but in the final analysis, it is only as real as we wish it to be. In this play, it’s the barrier between reality and fantasy; Quixote rides along one side and Sancho along the other, each seeing the world that is exclusively familiar to them, denying the other’s assertions…until one of them (Sancho, usually) dares to peek over

Then there is the wall between life and death, the last barricade of our existence, one which Quixote must bravely confront in order to complete his mission, if he is to feel like he’s atoned for all the mistakes of his life.

"Walls are everywhere in this work, but none of them are insurmountable." J: Anyone familiar with your plays or your book of autobiographical stories Retablos would know that your work is oftentimes set in the Texas Borderlands, like Quixote Nuevo is. Apart from being from El Paso, what is it about this landscape that captures your imagination? O: For me, this part of the country is a story mill. There are so many struggles and tensions that are wrought in this desert town of El Paso, and almost all of them come as a result of the friction between the two worlds at once separated and united by the Rio Grande border. The hopes and dreams of people swirl in the eddies of this river, and in the hardscrabble earth baked by the unrelenting sun; lives are lived and lost with casual aplomb.

the wall into the other’s way of seeing, or

Every time I go home, I can almost hear the

a metaphor for the invisible wall that the Rio

have except to write them down?

until reality smashes them both over the head ghosts whispering their stories to me through the soles of my feet. What alternative do I with brutal, unyielding bluntness. But it’s also Grande already represents, a line on a map that defines otherness and creates a schism

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in Quixote’s mind, which is riven in two by his love and his fear, thereby erecting yet another wall inside him, each brick forged in denial.

Emilio Delgado in Quixote Nuevo. Photo by T. Charles Erickson.

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QUIXOTE & NUEVO THE KNIGHT OF THE WOEFUL COUNTENANCE

Before riding out as the Spanish Knight of La Mancha, Don Quixote is simply Alonso Quijano, a nobleman who has read a few too many romance books of yore. He goes mad and believes he is a chivalrous knight-errant destined to serve his country.

Before riding out as the Latino Knight of La Plancha, JosĂŠ (Joe) Quijano is a retired Cervantes scholar and professor fighting a losing battle against regret and dementia. His dementia and desire to right wrongs create the delusion that he is Don Quixote.

THE FAITHFUL COMPANION

Witty and practical, Sancho is a poor farmer who takes up with Don Quixote as a squire, on the promise that he'll be rewarded an island in return for his efforts. Although he is a little greedy, Sancho becomes a loyal friend to the frail and aging Quixote.

Witty and practical, Manny is a paletas vendor who shows real concern for his neighbor, Joe. Manny agrees to join him as Sancho so he can keep an eye on him. Like the original Sancho, he becomes a loyal friend who admires the mad knight.

THE ENEMIES IN COMBAT

Quixote's most famous enemies are the windmills he mistakes for giants in the countryside of La Mancha. The scene is the origin for the phrase "tilting at windmills," which refers to undertaking futile tasks or fighting imaginary foes. 17

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"Tilting at surveillance balloons" will probably not take off as a new idiom, but it is a fitting replacement for the windmill: both are (relatively) new technologies, specific to the area, and a symbol for the destruction of the past and a new, uncertain future.

ABOUT THE

PLAYWRIGHT OCTAVIO SOLIS

Octavio Solis Alley Theatre Debut. A playwright and director whose works Quixote Nuevo, Mother Road, Hole in the Sky, Alicia’s Miracle, Se Llama Cristina, John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven, Ghosts of the River, Quixote, Lydia, June in a Box, Gibraltar, The Ballad of Pancho and Lucy, The Seven Visions of Encarnación, Dreamlandia, El Otro, Prospect, El Paso Blue, Santos & Santos, La Posada Mágica, Prospect, and Man of the Flesh have been mounted across the country at companies such as the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Magic Theatre SF, the Center Theatre Group, the Theatre @ Boston Court, California Shakespeare Theatre, the Yale Repertory Theatre, INTAR, the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, the Dallas Theater Center, South Coast Repertory Theatre, the San Diego Repertory Theatre, the Marin Theatre Company, Cornerstone Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Shakespeare Dallas, Mixed Blood Theatre Company, Circle X Theatre Company, El Teatro Campesino, Teatro Vista, Teatro Dallas, Teatro Visión, Thick Description, and Campo Santo at Intersection for the Arts. His collaborative works include Cloudlands, a musical co-written with Adam Gown and Shiner, co-written with Erik Ehn. Solis has received the 2019 Distinguished Achievement In The American Theatre award from the William Inge Center for the Arts, the 2018 Imagen Award for his consultancy on Disney-Pixar’s Coco, the 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Texas State University Black and Latino Playwrights Conference, the 2014 Pen Center Literary Award for Drama, the United States Artists Fellowship for 2012, the 2003 National Latino Playwriting Award, the 2000-2001 National Theatre Artists Residency from TCG and the Pew Charitable Trust, the 1998 TCG/NEA Theatre Artists in Residence Grant, the 1998 McKnight Fellowship grant from the Playwrights Center in Minneapolis, the 1995-97 Playwriting Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the 1994 Will Glickman Playwright Award. Solis is a Thornton Wilder Fellow for the MacDowell Colony, New Dramatists alum and member of the Dramatists Guild. His new book, Retablos: Stories From A Life Lived Along The Border, published by City Lights Publishers, received the 2018 Silver Indies Award for Book of the Year and has been chosen by the National Reading Group Month’s Committee for the Great Group Reads 2019 Selections.

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W HO’ S W HO JUAN MANUEL AMADOR (Manny Dias/Sancho Panza) Alley Theatre Debut. National Tours: Nogales (Campo Santo), Tree City Legends (Living Word Project). Regional: Quixote Nuevo (Cal Shakes); Oedipus El Rey, A Lie of the Mind (Magic Theatre); Candlestick (ACT Costume Shop); Between Riverside and Crazy (San Jose Stage); Casa de Spirits (Yerba Buena Center for the Arts); To The Bone (Ubuntu Theater Project); Babylon is Burning (Z Space); Superheroes (Cutting Ball Theater). Web Series East WillyB. Awards: Grammy nominee.

Theatre, Naropa University and The London International School of Performing Arts. Professional Positions: Professor of theatre, director, and actor. Follow @hugoecarbajal.

ORLANDO ARRIAGA (Padre Perez/Cardenio/ Ensemble) Off-Broadway: Don Pedro De La Cebolla (Symphony Space). OffOff-Broadway: Balsero, The Algonquin (Treehouse Theater); The Maltese Walter (Open Tent Theater). Regional: 72 Miles to Go… (Alley Theatre); The Little Foxes, Peter and the Wolf (A.D. Players at the George); Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (4th Wall Theatre); The House of the Spirits (Main Street Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Julie Rogers Theater); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Miller Outdoor Theater). Film: A Question of Selves, Dream to Build a Kiss On. Television: "Follow Your Arrow" (Kacey Musgraves music video). Education: BA Theatre Arts, Lamar University. Instagram: @orlandosaurus.

GISELA CHÍPE (Dr. Campos/ Dulcinea/Ensemble) Alley Theatre Debut. Off-Broadway Emancipation: Nat Turner (Classical Theatre of Harlem); Laws of Motion (PS122). Regional Credits include Humana Festival (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Hamlet: Prince of Cuba (Asolo Repertory Theatre); Indecent (The Guthrie Theater); The Clean House, Blithe Spirit (Syracuse Stage); Water By the Spoonful (Studio Theatre); Bat Boy! The Musical, The Seagull, The Comedy of Errors (Great Lakes Theatre and Idaho Shakespeare Festival); 1001, 9 Parts of Desire (Contemporary American Theater Festival); Doublewide (Florida Studio Theatre); Barrymore Awardwinning Tuesday (PTTP). Film Credits include Diving Normal, Paper Cut, Dog Days, Black?, Monogamish, Luz Marina, her favorite work in the Spanish feature films: Wasp Network opposite Penélope Cruz and Gael García Bernal, and Bel Canto opposite Julianne Moore and Ken Watanabe. Television recurring on "Manifest," CBS’s "The Good Wife," "FBI," "NOS4A2." Producer Credits include Dog Days, Black?, This Boy’s Vida, The Graduate Series, Con Dios. Education MFA, University of Delaware—PTTP. @giselachipe. Company Member of NYC's Upstart Creatures. Dedicated to Familia, born into and chosen.

HUGO E. CARBAJAL (Papà Calaca/Ensemble) Alley Theatre Debut. Regional: Quixote Nuevo (Cal Shakes); The River Bride (Arizona Theatre Company); Freedomland (San Francisco Mime Troupe); Oil & Water (San Francisco Mime Troupe); The Way West (Marin Theatre Company); Heart Shaped Nebula (Shotgun Players). Film: Lifeline, Cumpleañera, El Camino, The Boatman, Silver City. Television: "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Scandal," "Chance," "Good Girls." Education: MFA Physical

EMILIO DELGADO (Jose Quijano/Don Quixote) Alley Theatre Debut. Broadway: Two Gentlemen of Verona. Off-Broadway: Retrospective: Georgia O’Keefe (Manhattan Theatre Source); Night Over Taos (Theater For a New City). Regional: Quixote Nuevo (Cal Shakes, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre); Hamlet: Prince of Cuba (Asolo Repertory Theatre); How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Round House Theatre); A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ). Film: iGilbert, Luz Marina,

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W HO’ S W HO A Case of You, Montauk, Peeples, Elmo in Grouchland, Reggie’s Prayer, Follow That Bird, I Will Fight No More Forever. Television: "The Bravest Knight," "The Get Down," "House of Cards," "Sesame Street" (1971-2015), "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," "Michael J. Fox Show," "Law & Order," "Law & Order: CI," "Law & Order: SVU," "Lou Grant," "Quincy." Guest Singer with Pink Martini at Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Town Hall New York, Portland, Montreal and recorded Sing. Education CalArts, 1971; Misner Technique, New York. Emilio was honored by New York Mayor Bill de Blasio who proclaimed October 15, 2019 as Emilio Delgado Day! KRYSTAL HERNANDEZ (Rosario Castillo/Juana/ Ensemble) Alley Theatre Debut. Regional: Miss You Like Hell, Wig Out (Company One and A.R.T.); Laughs in Spanish (Boston Playwright’s Theatre); Schoolhouse Rock Live! Tour (Moonbox Productions); Jesus Christ Superstar (Firehouse Center for the Arts); Just Like Us Staged Reading, Romeo & Juliet: Shakespeare en el Verano (Trinity Rep). Education: BFA Theatre Performance with minors in Dramatic Literature and Music, Salem State University. Productions include The Drowsy Chaperone, The Seagull, Spring Awakening. Website krystalhernandezofficial. com, @krystalx24. IVAN JASSO (Bruno Castillo/ Young Quijano/Ensemble) Ivan is excited to make his Alley Theatre debut with this show. Recent productions include: Office Hour (Circle Theatre), The Winter’s Tale (Dallas Theater Center); So Go The Ghosts of Mexico Part 1 (Undermain Theatre); Native Gardens (WaterTower Theatre); Jungle Book, Treasure Island Reimagined (Dallas Children’s Theater); Lydia, Bless Me Ultima, Zoot Suit, References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot (Cara Mia Theatre); Antony and Cleopatra, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Dallas); Deferred Action (Dallas Theater Center with Cara Mia Theatre-included as part of the Encuentro 20

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De Las Americas Festival 2017 at the Los Angeles Theater Center) Television: "The Son," "Queen of the South," "The Chosen," "Urban Cowboy." He has voiced several anime characters including those in Radiant, Alderamin on the Sky, Prince of Stride, and Garo: The Animation. Training: KD Studio, NALAC Leadership Institute. MARIELA LÓPEZ-PONCE (Magdalena/Perla/Ensemble) Alley Theatre Debut. Regional Hartford Stage: Quixote Nuevo; Wellesley Repertory: Sonia Flew (Sonia/Pilar); Apollinaire Theater: Hamlet (Gertrude), A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes (Elliot Norton Award), Blood Wedding (Mother); Lyric Stage Boston: Water by the Spoonful, Living Out (IRNE Award for Best Actress); TheatreZone: Bodas de Sangre (Madre); Company One: Twilight LA; Lexington Players: The Lion in Winter (Eleanor); Boston Theater Marathon. Mariela was a founding member of Menagerie Theater and has additionally directed and performed with various theater groups in the Boston area and in her hometown of Miami. Film: The 48 Hour Film Project Beyond Cheesecake. GIANNA DIGREGORIO RIVERA (Antonia/Inez/ Ensemble) Alley Theatre Debut. Regional: Originated the role of Antonia/Inez in Quixote Nuevo (Cal Shakes). A San Francisco Bay Area-born actor and musician, she has performed with many local companies including The Importance of Being Earnest (Aurora Theatre Company), Arcadia (Shotgun Players), How I Learned to Drive (Custom Made Theatre Co.), Guys and Dolls (Berkeley Playhouse), The Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Napa Valley). Education: BA Theater Arts, UC Santa Cruz. Productions include Zoot Suit, Dream Play, Water by the Spoonful. TAKESHI KATA (Scenic Designer) Alley Theatre: Grounded, A Few Good Men, Other Desert Cities, Red, The Farnsworth Invention, Subject to Fits, The Clean House, and Orson’s

W HO’ S W HO Shadow. Broadway: Derren Brown: Secret. Off-Broadway: Office Hour (Public); Man from Nebraska (Second Stage); The Great Leap, Through a Glass Darkly, The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Atlantic); Until the Flood (Rattlestick). Regional: Angels in America (Berkeley Rep), Cambodian Rock Band (South Coast Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival), American Players Theatre, Central City Opera, Dallas Theater Center, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Ford’s Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Goodman, Hartford Stage, Huntington Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf, Mark Taper Forum, Nashville Opera, Old Globe, Resident Ensemble Players, Portland Center Stage, Steppenwolf, Williamstown and Yale Rep. Awards: Obie Award. Drama Desk, Ovation, San Francisco Critics Circle, TBA and Barrymore Award nominations. Kata is an Associate Professor at University of Southern California, School of Dramatic Arts.

BRIAN J. LILIENTHAL (Lighting Designer) Alley Theatre Debut. OffBroadway: I and You (59e59), On the Line (Cherry Lane). Regional: Over 250 productions at Arizona Theatre Company, Arden Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville (over 60 productions), Cleveland Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, GEVA Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre (affiliated artist), Pasadena Playhouse, Playmakers Rep, South Coast Rep, Trinity Rep, among many. Mr. Lilienthal has been one of the resident designers at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center for 11 years. Education: MFA, California Institute of the Arts. Mr. Lilienthal currently teaches lighting design at Tufts University and plays drums in a jump blues/ rockabilly band that performs throughout the Boston metro area. DAVID R. MOLINA (Music & Sound Designer) Alley Theatre Debut. Regional: Two Trains Running (Seattle Rep, Arena Stage), Mojada (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland Center Stage, St Louis Rep), Fade (Trinity Rep), Men of Rabinal (Teatro Campesino). Company Member: NAKA Dance Theater, Human Shakes Dance, Brava Theater Center, USF’s Performing Arts and Social Justice Program. Founding member: El Teatro Jornalero!, Drum Machine Museum, Soapstone Theater Company. Multimedia installation: The Formaldehyde Trip (SFMOMA, The Broad Museum), Coming to California (Oakland Museum of California), Moving Images (McLoughlin Gallery), Along The Way (Sundance Film Festival), pieces by Violeta Luna. Film: Beautiful Sin, Not In Our Town: Light in the Darkness. Awards & residencies: Crossover, Red Poppy (2016); InterMusic SF’s MGP (2016); Bonjour Monogramista (2015); Creative Capital Grant (2009), Wattis Fund (2011) with Secos Y Mojados; LA Ovation, Lydia, Mark Taper Forum (2009). Bands: TAU (Berlin), Emanative (UK), El Paso (Peru), The Pyramids (Strut Records), Impuritan (SF), Ghosts and Strings, Transient.

RACHEL ANNE HEALY (Costume Designer) Alley Theatre Debut. Regional: Lobby Hero, Romance, Boleros for the Disenchanted, The Upstairs Concierge, Carlyle (Goodman Theatre); Tribes, Detroit, The Night Alive (Steppenwolf Theatre); Fences, Three Sisters, King Lear, A Streetcar Named Desire, Romeo and Juliet, All My Sons, Richard III, Troilus and Cressida, The Critic, Another Part of the Forest (American Players Theatre); Jane Eyre, Harvey, Death of a Salesman, Good People, Endgame, Translations, The Seafarer (Milwaukee Repertory); The Book of Joseph, Short-Shakes Twelfth Night, Short-Shakes A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Pinocchio (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Jane Eyre, Cincinnati King (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Around the World in 80 Days (Delaware Theatre); The Seafarer (The Resident Ensemble of Delaware); Death of a Salesman (Arizona Theatre); Doubt, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Company, Arcadia, Next to Normal (Writers Theatre). Education: MFA Stage Design, Northwestern University. Professional Positions Associate Professor of Design, Loyola University. Awards Two-time EDUARDO ROBLEDO (Co-Composer) Joseph Jefferson Award winner. Alley Theatre Debut. Eduardo Robledo 21

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W HO’ S W HO started his musical career at El Teatro Campesino in 1969 where he still composes and performs. From 1975 to 1986, he was an actor/composer for The San Francisco Mime Troupe where he composed music for many shows including Hotel Universe, Squash, Crossing Borders, Secrets in the Sand, Steeltown, and Last Tango in Huahuatenango, winning three Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for composing. In 2017, Mr. Robledo composed the music and the lyrics to a new Pastorela by former Mime Trouper Joan Holden. He is very happy to have been part of this wonderful and important play! JESSE SANCHEZ (Music Director) Alley Theatre Debut. Broadway: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (reading). National Tours: Hamilton (Angelica Tour), Kinky Boots. Regional: Peter and the Starcatcher (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Cabaret (Arizona Theatre Company); Yerma (Huntington Theatre Company); Cambodian Rock Band (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Hairspray (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Alice in Wonderland (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Indecent (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); La Comedia of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); A Walk on the Moon (American Conservatory Theater); Prince of Egypt (TheatreWorks Silicon Valley). jessejsanchez.com. TED HEWLETT (Fight Director) Alley Theatre Debut. Broadway: Shōgun. OffBroadway: Bill W. and Dr. Bob. New York: Pan Asian Rep, Mettawee River Co., Lincoln Center Institute. Boston: Huntington Theatre, SITI Company/ArtsEmerson, American Repertory Theatre, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, New Rep, Boston Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera, SpeakEasy Stage. Regional: Shakespeare & Company, Shakespeare Theatre (D.C.), Kennedy Center, Syracuse Stage, Birmingham Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival. Film: Hook, Army of Darkness. Television: "Brush Up Your Shakespeare." Education: MFA Acting, Brandeis University. Professional Positions: Faculty at Emerson College, Shakespeare & Co. 22

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ROBERT RAMIREZ (Vocal & Dialect Coach) Alley Theatre Debut. Voice and Text Director: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, American Players Theatre, Cleveland Playhouse, and most recently at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Actor: Performed with the New York, Notre Dame, Utah, Illinois, Alabama, Great River, Baltimore, and Wisconsin Shakespeare Festivals and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Director: Directed productions and staged readings for Austin Shakespeare, American Players Theatre and Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre. Audiobooks: Acclaimed narrator of audiobooks for over 20 years, receiving numerous Golden Earphones Awards from Audiophile magazine. Professional Positions: Head of Acting Program at the Department of Theatre and Dance - University of Texas at Austin. Education: Los Angeles Theatre Academy; MFA Professional Theatre Training Program, The University of Delaware. Affiliations Proud member of Actors Equity, the National Theatre Conference, the Voice and Speech Trainers Association; current Vice President of the University Resident Theater Association. ALAINE ALLDAFFER (New York Casting) Playwrights Horizons credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie Awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting), The Flick (Playwright Horizons and The Barrow Street Theater). Regional Theaters include Hartford Stage, The Huntington Theatre in Boston, the Alley Theatre in Houston, Arena Stage DC and Studio Theater DC, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Seattle Rep, ACT and Berkeley Rep, People’s Theatre in Philly, among others. Television Credits include "The Knights of Prosperity" (aka "Let’s Rob Mick Jagger") for ABC. Associate credits include Ed for NBC and Monk for USA. ROB CHIKAR (Stage Manager) Select credits include - Broadway: The King and I, Larry David’s Fish In The Dark, and You Can’t Take it With You. Off-Broadway: American Morning (Prospect Theater); Harry Clarke at

W HO’ S W HO the Minetta Lane Theater, Stuffed by Lisa Lampanelli, Teenage Dick (The Public), Hallelujah Baby! (York Theatre), and Chix 6 The Musical. Regionally: Quixote Nuevo (Huntington Theatre), Quixote Nuevo and Make Believe (Hartford Stage), Kill Local (La Jolla Playhouse), Diner The Musical (Delaware Theater Company), These Paper Bullets (Geffen Playhouse); These Paper Bullets and In a Year With 13 Moons (Yale Repertory Theatre); Travesties (Bay Street Theatre); The 24-Hour Musicals Los Angeles; The Pirates of Penzances (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Education: MFA from Yale School of Drama. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. RACHEL DOOLEY-HARRIS (Assistant Stage Manager) first joined the Alley Theatre in 2013 with A Christmas Carol. She has worked on 25+ productions with the Alley in the past six years. Select credits include (SM) Fully Committed, Vietgone, Constellations, and (ASM) Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, The Humans, Twelfth Night, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, The Great Society, and Describe the Night. Rachel received her BFA from the University of Houston, School of Theatre & Dance. She is a proud member of the Actors' Equity Association. KJ SANCHEZ (Director) is the founder and CEO of American Records, dedicated to theater that chronicles our time, theater that serves as a bridge between people. KJ has directed across the country, including Off-Broadway at Urban Stages, The Gene Frankel Theatre and HERE Arts Center. Regionally, she has directed at (select list) Chicago’s The Goodman Theatre, Studio Theatre in DC, Asolo Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Baltimore’s Center Stage, Round House Theatre in Bethesda and Milwaukee Rep. As a playwright, KJ has been produced across the country and internationally. She is the voice of many characters on the cartoons Dora the Explorer and Go Diego Go. KJ is a Fox Fellow, Douglass Wallop Fellow, a recipient of the 2014 Rella Lossy Playwright Award and the National Endowment for 23

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the Arts/TCG Career Development Program. She is an Associate Professor and Head of the MFA Playwriting and Directing program at the University of Texas at Austin. HARTFORD STAGE’S (Co-Producer) mission is to enlighten, entertain, and educate by creating theatrical works of the highest caliber that have a transformative impact on audiences, the community, and its field. Led by Artistic Director Melia Bensussen and Managing Director Cynthia Rider, Hartford Stage has presented the world premieres of the new musical Anastasia; Rear Window with Kevin Bacon; Reverberation by Matthew Lopez; Big Dance Theatre’s Man in a Case with Mikhail Baryshnikov; Breath & Imagination by Daniel Beaty; A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder on Broadway, winner of four 2014 Tony Awards; and Quiara Alegría Hudes’ Water by the Spoonful, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY (Co-Producer) Founded in 1982, the Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s leading professional theatre. Recipient of the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award, the Huntington brings together superb local and national talent to create award-winning productions, ranging from groundbreaking new works to classics made current, runs nationally renowned programs in education and new play development, and serves the Boston community through its operation of the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. The Huntington is planning a major renovation of its Huntington Avenue Theatre, converting the historic theatre into a first-rate modern venue with a new, expansive 14,000 square foot lobby and greater services to audiences, artists, and the community. Under the direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso, the Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form. huntingtontheatre.org. ROB MELROSE (Artistic Director) is the Artistic Director of the Alley Theatre and directed this season's Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express and The Winter’s Tale. He was formerly the Artistic Director and

W HO’ S W HO co-founder of the Cutting Ball Theater. He has directed at The Public Theater (Pericles, Prince of Tyre), The Guthrie Theater (Frankenstein, Happy Days, Freud’s Last Session, Pen, Julius Caesar – with the Acting Company); The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Troilus and Cressida – in association with the Public Theater); Magic Theatre (An Accident, World Premiere); The Old Globe (Much Ado About Nothing); PlayMakers Rep (Happy Days); Black Box Theatre (The Creature, World Premiere, BATCC Award for direction); as well as Actors’ Collective; The Gamm Theatre; and Crowded Fire, among others. His directing credits at Cutting Ball include Timon of Athens, A Dreamplay, Ondine (World Premiere), Mount Misery (World Premiere), Strindberg Cycle, The Chamber Plays in Rep, Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night (World Premiere), Pelleas & Melisande, the Bay Area Premiere of Will Eno’s Lady Grey (in ever lower light), The Tempest, The Bald Soprano, Victims of Duty, Bone to Pick & Diadem (World Premiere), Endgame, Krapp’s Last Tape, The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Hamletmachine, As You Like It, The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World, among others. He has taught at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, USF, the University of Rhode Island, and Marin Academy. He has a BA in English and Theater from Princeton University and an MFA in directing from the Yale School of Drama. Last winter, he directed Strindberg’s Svarta Handsken (The Black Glove) in Stockholm, Sweden at Strindberg’s Intimate Theater. This was the first time the play was performed on the stage for which it was written, 110 years after it was composed. He has translated Woyzeck, Ubu Roi, Pelleas & Melisande, The Bald Soprano, The Chairs, No Exit, Communique n ̊ 10, Where and When We Died, and The Blind. His translations of Woyzeck, Ubu Roi, Pelleas & Melisande, and Communique n ̊ 10 have been published by EXIT Press. He has written a number of plays including: Helen of Troy, The Flat Earth, Divorsosaurus, When Human Voices Wake Us, Asylum, and Serpentyne and has written a rock-musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s Ozma of Oz with the San Francisco electro-rock group Z.O.N.K. 24

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DEAN R. GLADDEN (Managing Director) is in his 14th season with the Alley Theatre where he is responsible for the administrative, financial, marketing, facilities, and development aspects of the Theatre. His career in the performing arts spans over 40 years. Prior to joining the Alley, he was Managing Director at the Cleveland Play House for 19 years and was the Director of Arts Management Graduate Program at the University of Akron. He has also lectured at Case Western Reserve University, University of Houston, and Bowling Green State University. During his career, he has overseen the production of over 300 plays, including more than 80 world and American premieres and produced internationally with theatres from Russia, Mexico, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia. Mr. Gladden holds a BA in Music from Miami University and a MA in Urban Arts Administration from Drexel University. He also graduated from the Harvard Business School Executive Education Program in Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management. He is currently a board member and immediate past Chairman of the Board for the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau, Treasurer of the Board of the Theater District Houston, serves on the Houston First Operations Committee, and is an American Leadership Forum Fellow. He was past president of The Rotary Club of Cleveland. He has served on the Executive Committee of the League of Resident Theatres, Greater Houston Partnership, and was Vice President of the National Corporate Theatre Fund. Gladden has served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, Wisconsin Arts Council, Kentucky Arts Council, Texas Commission on the Arts and the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage. He has lectured nationally for Theatre Communications Group, American Council for the Arts, Association of Performing Arts Professionals, National Association of State Legislators and American Dance Festival. He has presented at the Santiago a Mil Festival in Chile, and also conducted Arts Management workshops in Budapest, Hungary, under the sponsorship of the United States Information Agency.

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LISTENING ASSISTANCE

Performance spaces are equipped with an infrared listening system and an Induction Loop Hearing System in the Hubbard Theatre. An I.D. deposit is required.

WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBILITY

Wheelchair access is available to both performance spaces. Please notify the Box Office when purchasing tickets and arrive at the Theatre at least 30 minutes before curtain.

LATE SEATING Hubbard Theatre latecomers and patrons re-entering will be seated at times and in locations determined by the House Manager. There is no late seating or re-entry for Neuhaus Theatre performances.

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THEATRE ETIQUETTE

Please refrain from unwrapping candy or making other noises that may disturb surrounding patrons. Cellular phones, beepers and watch alarms should be turned off or set to non-audible mode during the performance. Eating and drinking are permitted only in the Alley Theatre lobbies.

NOTICE

The Alley reserves the right to search persons, parcels, or vehicles. This policy applies to all employees, patrons, and visitors to the Alley.

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AMBULANTES

The Quixote Nuevo Lobby Display The Alley Theatre is always looking for new ways to engage with schools in the greater Houston area and to invest in the education of the next generation. This season, the Education and Community Engagement Department has done something special for Quixote Nuevo’s lobby display. It is an incredible art installation, “Ambulantes,” designed by Latinidad artist Carolina Borja with art projects from schools selected as part of Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest. The installation is the result of months of preparation and pre-and post-show workshops. Ten schools from across Houston participated in the project, which began with the student matinee of The Winter’s Tale in early October. Teaching Artists facilitated discussions with the students surrounding the themes of the play during the pre-and post-show workshops. Students specifically examined their social constructs and structures in their lives that resulted in their art projects. Carolina Borja designed five different art projects for the “Ambulantes” installation, where students imagined a dream-world and created their own social structures. Students, with Borja’s assistance, created headgear, license plates, passports, badges, and collage portraits of their dream-world. “Ambulantes” reflects what we bring with us as we journey through life, such as memories, dreams, experiences, and hopes that we carry through time. Check out the Quixote Nuevo art installation in the lobby and see the amazing work created by these incredible students and Carolina Borja.

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Your team provided a space where he could be who he was. He learned, thrived, and built confidence I haven’t seen him have before. – Play Makers Parent

SPRING BREAK AT THE ALLEY THEATRE Campers join their peers for a full rotation of group activities designed to help even the most timid child find the confidence to step onto the stage.

Ideal for grades K–5

March 16 – 20 9 AM – 3 PM Extended care available 8 AM - 5 PM

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ALLEY THEATRE DONORS The Alley Theatre is honored to recognize the following donors who have supported our work on stage, in schools, and in the community through participation in the Annual Fund and Special Events over the past 12 months.

PRODUCER | $100,000 OR MORE The Brown Foundation, Inc. City of Houston and Theater District Improvement The Cullen Foundation The Cullen Trust for the Performing Arts

The Humphreys Foundation Meredith and Cornelia Long Mike Loya Beth Madison Menninger Foundation Schlumberger Limited

Texas Commission on the Arts The W.T. and Louise J. Moran Foundation The Wortham Foundation, Inc. Lynn Wyatt

HONORARY PRODUCER | $50,000 – $99,999 Janet and John Carrig Anne and Albert Chao ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil Corporation The William Stamps Farish Fund Stephen and Donna Greenlee Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

Mr. and Mrs. Craig Jarchow Mady and Ken Kades M.D. Anderson Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Butch Mach Occidential Connie and Roger Plank The Powell Foundation

PwC Rand Group LLC Karen and Arthur Rogers The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Michele and D Verma

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER | $25,000 – $49,999 Margaret Alkek Williams Arts Midwest, Shakespeare in American Communities Baker Botts L.L.P. Scott and Rita Ballard Oscar Brown and Sarah Morgan Ray C. Fish Foundation Deloitte Valerie A. Jalufka John P. McGovern Foundation Kathryn and Jim* Ketelsen Mr. and Mrs. William K. Kroger The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Inc.

Carol and Michael Linn Macy's Nancy McGregor and Neal Manne Cathy and Jesse Marion Alexandra and Parker Meeks Ms. Trini Mendenhall Christina and Stephen Morse Norton Rose Fulbright Petrello Family Foundation Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. Peter Ragauss and Jennifer Smith Allyn and Jill Risley Ms. Lillie Robertson

Sarofim Foundation Susan and Fayez Sarofim Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Shanda Shell Oil Company Andrea and Trent Tellepsen Karla and Greg Vesey Vinson & Elkins LLP Thomas R. Walters and Hollis B. Kazmann Sharyn and Jim Weaver / The Gordon A. Cain Foundation Wells Fargo

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE – GOLD | $15,000 – $24,999 Anonymous (1) Roger Aksamit Mr. Jonathan E. Baliff Rutger Beelaerts Maria and Bill Boyce Bracewell LLP Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Carter IV Cheniere Energy, Inc Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Cox Debra and Mike Dishberger Daniel D. Domeracki ENGIE Sidney Faust Karen and Jonathan Finger Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Corey Grindal George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation

Eve and Robert Harrell Mr. and Mrs. Ron C. Hulme Integrated Corrosion Companies Jackson Walker LLP Josephine and Phil John KPMG LLP Sally J. Langston Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Loner Mr. and Mrs. Ransom C. Lummis Masha and Richard Lunam Mrs. Barbara Mackey and Dr. James Ferrendelli Marlene Marker Nancy and Rob* Martin National Endowment for the Arts Shelby and Eric Nielsen John and Charlene O'Shea Family Foundation

Debbie and Robert Penshorn Ron and Demi Rand Mark S. Seavers The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Dr. Juan R. Stern and Mrs. Susana Brener de Stern Bonnie and Ralph Stevens Anne and Taft Symonds Michael and Kathleen Terracina Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Trauber Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tumminello Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Vangolen The Vaughn Foundation The William A. and Madeline Welder Smith Foundation Williams Scott and Lori Wulfe

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE – SILVER | $10,000 – $14,999 Anonymous (2) Mr. and Mrs. Ira T. Anderson Chip Babcock and Nancy Hamilton Baker Hughes Bank of America Ms. Lisa Blackwood Evelyn Brennan Larry and Patricia Campagna CenterPoint Energy Dr. Beth Chambers and Mr. J. Michael Chambers Miquel Correll Credit Suisse Securites (USA), LLC Mr. Juan C. Cuesta The Ensell Family Evercore Halliburton

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Mary and Tony Gracely John and Julie Hardie Ralph Herbert and Mary Roediger Thomas and Florence Langford Latham & Watkins LLP The Lewis and Joan Lowenstein Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mattox Amy and John Miller Michele M. Collins and Craig L. Moffatt Joe and Pepette Mongrain Morgan Stanley Mr. Brett Mossman Murphy Oil Corporation Mr. and Mrs. John S. Orton Drs. Steven and Diane Platts Radoff Family Foundation

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Ray, Jr. Bud and Maryjane Scherr Mr. Shawn Skobel Nancy B. and Alan Shelby Gerry and Betty Stacy Lois and George Stark Mr. James. W. Stewart, Jr. Vivian L. Smith Foundation Bruce and Mary Alice Volkert Jane B. Wagner K. C. and Randa Weiner William E. and Natoma Pyle Harvey Charitable Trust Stephanie and Kevin Yankowsky Nina and Michael Zilkha

As of December 23, 2019

ALLEY THEATRE DONORS CENTERSTAGE | $5,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $9,999 Anonymous (2) Gerhard and Birgitt Adenacker Architectural Floors John R. and Mary Arensdorf Mr. and Mrs. Ashok Belani Mr. and Mrs. Rick Bott Jr. Mr. Stephen E. Brice Barbara and Mark Brookner Rob and Tania Bryngelson Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Buck Building Concrete Solutions LP Deborah Cantrell Sylvia Caracio Heather Carr and Aaron Sanders Gracie and Bob Cavnar / The Cavnar Foundation In Memory of Frank and Gene Chambers Ms. Rebecca Crews Chapman Dee and Al Coats John P. Cogan Jr. and Julie Dokell Cogan Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Cook Scott Cutler Bradley and Leslie Davis Linnet F. Deily Linda Dodge Denise DuBard Elsie and Les Eckert

Carolyn and David Edgar Clayton and Shel Erikson David L. Evans John B. and Linda L. Fosseen Jean L. Freeman, PhD and Daniel H. Freeman, PhD Mr. Jack A. Fusco Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gill Janice and Robert Glaser Suzan and Julius Glickman Sheryl and Fred Greene Tom and Barbara Gros Susan A. Han Beth Hentges Dave and Karon Hilditch Carrie M. Horne Patricia P. Hubbard Randall H. Jamail Mr. Steven M. Kass Carolyn J. Keating Kinder Morgan Foundation Ron and Donna Koska Dr. Russell W. H. Kridel Beverly McPhail and Kevin Kulish Gary and Renae Leach Karen and Victor Linck Mr. and Mrs. Craig Llewellyn Peter and Evangeline Mackintosh Mary Margolis and Tony Canino

Debbie McAngus Jillian Jopling and Peter McGillivray Dr. Eric McLaughlin and Eliodoro Castillo Pat and Roger Medors Mile Milisavljevic Mizuho Securities USA LLC Margaret and Ben Morris Beverly and Staman Ogilvie Immanuel and Helen B. Olshan Foundation Martha Farish Oti Mr. and Mrs. Dan Pears Karen and Doug Peck Karen and Harry Pinson Mr. Rick Plaeger Edward and Ellen Randall Foundation Shirley Rose Roz and David Rowan Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. Rycore Capital LP Dayna Salter and Tony Smith Kim and Bill Sanchez Mr. and Mrs. James A. Shaffer Sandy and George Shipley Scott Shorey Elizabeth and Benjamin Smith

Jeff and Pam Smith Kelly Somoza James Stafford and Deborah Keyser Sunbelt Group, LP Mr. David Symonds TC Energy Welela Tereffe Theatre Forward Thompson & Knight LLP Ann G. Trammell Wayne Turner Walter and Beth Ulrich Mr. and Mrs. David M. Underwood, Jr. W.S. Bellows Construction Corporation Marcy Taub Wessel Mrs. Vivian Wise-Heacock Mr. and Ms. Thane Wyman Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Yeats T. Michael Young

Patricia and Tom Martin Richard L. Matthews, D.D.S. Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mazow Michael McGinity Joseph Milton and Patricia Hunt Martha Mortenson Nancy and Skip Neilson David Nelson and Claudia Hackbarth Mr. Erik B. Nelson and Mr. Terry R. Brandhorst Leslie and John Niemand Ms. Luda Orelup Jerre Paseur Bernadette Prakash Patricia Pratt Mr. and Mrs. David Bowen Rae The Rainbolt Family Eric and Noelle Reed

Martha Marberry and Thomas Roraff Joseph H. Rose Ann and Barry Satterwhite David and Logan Shacklett Mr. and Mrs. Jonathon W. Spears Alana R. Spiwak, M.D. and Sam Stolbun Mr. and Mrs. Don Sweet Dr. Estes C. Thomas Candace and Michael Varty Mr. W. Temple Webber III Donna and Douglas Wheeler Ms. Linda Vennema White Norman and Ann Whitton Mr. Charles Williams Cecily and Jim Young Dr. Meredith Zabolio Mr. and Mrs. John Zavitsanos

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Deming Bradley and Kimberly Dennison Kim P. Feazle and M. Richard Diaz Sarah and Fred Dietrich Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Edwards Richard Elbein and Jerry Peperone Linda and Charlie Elder Robert R. Elliott Emerson/Rosemount Gas Analysis EnCap Investments L.P. Mr. John L. Eymann Mr. F. J. Foulks Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Gentle Mark Gibennus Ms. Elizabeth Glass James Graff Bruce and Lynn Granger Greystar Monica and Leonard Gutierrez Zahava Haenosh

Susan Hairston and Charles Soparkar Mr. and Mrs. Sheri and John Hamm Mr. Dan Hanchera Kenneth Harder Kathy Haun In memory of Ralph W. Hovey Thomas Jackson Jean T. Janssen Jefferies LLC Ms. Deanna L. Jones Rodney and Mary Koenig Mrs. Warren Kreft Joe and Laurie Labra Suzy and Bob Laforge The Larsen Family Charitable Fund Rebecca and Robert LeBlanc Andrew Lee and Hilary Beaver

ACTOR | $3,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $4,999 Anonymous (4) Scott and Nancy Atlas Robert and Carolyn Bailey Richard and Marjorie Barclay Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes Joelle and Jeff Berlat Dr. Ed K. Biegert and Ms. Cathleen J. Trechter Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Boates C. Robert Bunch and Lilia D. Khakimova Gayle Buhler Cameron Robin Cooley and Rodney Anderson Chris and Lauri Cragg Ms. Shelly Cyprus Ellena P. Dickerson Dr. and Mrs. Ray M. Fitzgerald

Jeannine and Patrick Flynn Susan and Norbert Flynn Rodi and Bob Franco Gerard and Christine Gaynor Jamie and Joel Grossman Stephen and Dana Halderman Ann Hasselmo Mr. Trevor Heinzinger Steven K. Johnson Debbie and Frank Jones Raymond E. Jones Family Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Kaplan Sandra Elzerman and Martin Kopacz Mr. and Mrs. Victor A. Kormeier, Jr. Glenn and Rebecca Latimer Dr. and Mrs. Morton H. Leonard, Jr. Bryan Margo and Michael Matejcek

ASSOCIATE | $1,500 - $2,999 Anonymous (5) Dr. and Mrs. George J. Abdo Elaine Adams Mr. and Mrs. Matt Albanese Allegiance Bank Dr. Sara L. Ameringer DVM and Mr. Greg Ameringer Carla Sebesta with Texas Landscape Group LLC Apex International Energy Dian Austin and Sandy Altman Jeff Autor Mrs. Margaret C. Bailey Bank of Texas Barclays Capital Terri and George Barile Ms. Vicki F. Barosh Rhonda and Ariel Bass BB&T BDO USA, LLP Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Bell Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bice Boardwalk Pipeline Partners

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Pauline W. Bolton Sally and Bill Boone Dr. Michael and Aimee Bornstein Beverly Brannan FKB Legacy 5 Philanthropic Fund Burns & McDonnell Mrs. Anne H. Bushman Ms. Deborah A. Butler C&J Energy Services, Inc. Cadence Bank Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Caletka Steve Carrier Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Cayea CEMEX United States Operations Carolyn and Ralph Cheek Mr. Chris Clark Madeline Coblenz and Family Jimmy and Lynn R. Coe Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Colbert Randall and Donna Collier Core Laboratories Mike and Kelly Crahan Jayne DeBee

As of December 23, 2019

ALLEY THEATRE DONORS ASSOCIATE CONTINUED | $1,500 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $2,999 Mr. and Mrs. J. Colter Lewis Mr. and Mrs. George Lindahl Mr. John Lionberger Robert J. Llorente Locke Lord LLP Kathy M. Lynn Tom Mach Eric and Isabelle Mayer Yana McFatter Barb and Robert McMillan MetroNational TeriAnn and Nick Miller Richard Miller Penny and Ron Nelson Kenneth Newberry Harold and Jana Newton Julie Sewell and Scott O'Neill Living Water PDR Corporation Ann Phillips Mr. Chris Propst Lou and Joan Pucher

Resco Electric Leonor and Eric Ratliff John Redfield Scott and Vickie Reeve Stuart and Esther Rettie Ibis and David Reynolds Mr. Samuel C. Rizzo Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Roach Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Roberts Safety Management Systems, LLC Rhoda Saka Marci Rosenberg and Ben Samuels Barbara Sanford Drs. Cynthia and George Santos Bob Scott and Susan Bickley Mr. Shane Sealy Andrea and Charles Seay Sequent Energy Management Budweiser/Silver Eagle Distributors

Slack & Co. Contracting Inc. Sandi and John Slack Mark and Linda Smith Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Stastny Donald and Denise Stillwagon John and Susan Stone Allen V. Stover Mr. and Mrs. Adam Szczepanski William Taggart Tetra Technologies, Inc Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Thomas Dr. Adam Thrasher Diana and David VanHorn Jim and Sherry Vetter Cheryl Walker Jeff and Stephanie Waller Alton and Carolyn Warren Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Watkins The Webb family Mr. and Mrs. Paul Weider Western Concrete Pumping Dr. Stephan Wexler

Richard Whiles Kathleen and Mark Williamson Joshua R. Willoughby of The Willoughby Law Firm Reverend William R. Wilson Jr. Winstead PC William A. Wise Bob and Melinda Wolfram Charlene Wright Michele and Dennis Yanta Francene Young

Robert Lorio William and Jaclyn Low Mr. and Mrs. Garry Mack Mr. and Mrs. Moshe Maor Carol Mateo Charlotte Meyer and Russell Miller Margaret Minogue-Heyl The Mithoff Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Moore Dr. and Mrs. Kiran Nair Nathan Navarrete William Nehman Regina and Tom Nichols Ms. Biba Nijjar Miki Lusk Norton Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Palmer Mr. Harry Pefanis Ms. Emily F. Perryman Ms. Brenda J. Peters The Petrov Family Ms. Jan-Claire Philips and Mr. Jerome Kendall Peter and Joanne Prasthofer Mr. Risher Randall Jo-Ann Reilly and Tim McKian Jackie and Al Richey Mr. and Ms. Dan Rizzo Mr. and Mrs. David Rizzo Boris Rubashkin, M.D. Al and Mickey Sanders Ms. Barbara W. Sasser Ms. Donna Scott Patricia H. Chicoine and James Sczudlo Russell and Elizabeth Sellen Paul and Joan Shack Miss Amy Shahda Mr. Jim Slack

Dr. Janis Smeal and Mill Aller J T Smith Ms. Helen Solomos Carol Todd Stamatedes Dr. George Starkschall and Mrs. Frada Boxer Linda and Craig Stewart Philip Tereskiewicz Thomas and Melinda Theis Ms. Nicola F. Toubia John and Jean Unger Tim and Adrienne Unger James Vasquez Caroline Vetterling Suzanne Bruce and Malcolm Waddell Mr. and Mrs. William W. Walton CBM Bill Wasko and Susan Brown Dr. and Mrs. Stuart M. Weil Barbara and Howard Weiner Michael Weller Robert and Konnie Haynes-Welsh Erin Werner Simon Whitney Mr. Bruce Winquist and Ms. Susan Giannantonio Gary and Shari Winston Mr. Neil Wizel Sally Worthington Edgar and Adriana Yzquierdo The Zaafran Family Syma and Walt Zerkow Mr. Yevgeniy Zilberman Jim Zimmerman and Carol Sugimoto

PATRON | $1,000 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $1,499 Anonymous (4) Ms. Leslie Alston Steven Baker Dr. and Mrs. Shakeib Baradhi Mr. Thomas Barbee George Barnes Ms. Jane Bartusch Don Bartusiak Mr. Ragini Basu Philip Bentlif, M.D. A. Maritza Bernal Stephen Bickel Gregory Bond James Hall and Linda Broocks Bundren Painting & Drywall A.J. and Marina Burchard Mary Jo and Mick Cantu Rich and Alma Carrier C.P. Carroll Carol and Frank Cascio Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Clark Nan Coffman and Craig Moore Donna F Cole Mr. Carlos V. Compain Stewart and Melissa Cooper Cynthia and Robert Creager Everett and Diane Crumley Charles and Sue Currie Patrick and Patty Dennis Marv and Mary Dettloff Jeanette and John DiFilippo Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Dougherty Ms. Jamil Driscoll Mrs. Kathleen C. Empsucha Dunbar Consuelo Danner Ms. Nan Earle, in memory of Dr. Edward Earle

Mr. Paul A. Ehrsam Martin and Lisa Estill Tom Eysenbach Enviromental Technical Services Mr. Jason Folkers Harry and Lynn Froeber Ms. Elizabeth Frost William Fu Wanda S. Funchess Ms. M. M. Palisin and Mr. Gary C. Gardner Mr. C. Michael Garver Eugenia C. George, M.D Dr. and Mrs. David Yates Graham Julie Gremillion Bambi Grilley of QB Regulatory Consulting LLC Lloyd Guillory Ms. Jean Guy The Herrington Law Firm Dr. Arthur and Mrs. Ella Hamberger Karen and Jay Harberg Misty Haren L.H. 2 Architecture LLC. Jo and Wayne Hillin Hochglaube & DeBorde P.C., Family Law Firm Judy M. and Steven K. Howell Anna B. Jackson Dena and Justin Jarski Mr. C. Hastings Johnson Charlotte Harrison Jones Anne Lamkin Kinder Mr. Carl Kuhnen Patricia Larson Joseph Levitan William C. Lipscomb

*In-Kind Donation In Remembrance

For more information, or to make changes to your listing, please contact Darryl de Mello at darryld@alleytheatre.org or 713.315.3371.

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NINA VANCE LEGACY SOCIETY

Charter Members as of December 23, 2019

The Nina Vance Legacy Society recognizes individuals who have created a planned gift from their estates for the Alley’s future benefit. Planned gifts include a gift from a will, trust, retirement plan (e.g. IRA, 401k, 403b), life insurance policy or other deferred-giving arrangements to help ensure the Alley’s continued success for generations to come. We are honored to acknowledge the following individuals and thank them for their generosity and foresight. Anonymous (8)

Gina Eandi

Jackie and Malcom

Shirley and Don* Rose

Dr. and Mrs. George Abdo

Nancy D. Giles

James K. Schooler*

Sandy and Russ Andorka

Dean R. Gladden

John and Leslie Niemand

Mark S. Seavers

Dian Austin and Sandy Altman

Tarrant Hancock Charitable Trust

Kathy and John Orton

Nancy B. Shelby in memory

Estate of William Guy Barrow

Ann Hayes Hasselmo

Susan Snider Osterberg

Joelle Berlat

Dorothy Cooke Hayes*

Mr. and Mrs. Edmund and

Estate of Marsha Harris Solomon

Stephen Bishop

Greg Ingram

Alton and Carolyn Warren

Mr. Andrew Bowen

Mr. and Mrs. Raul Irizarry

Jerre Paseur

Gerald T. Burgess Trust

Josephine and Phil John

Howard Pieper*

Mary Kay Wittrock

Larry A. Campagna

Charlotte Harrison Jones

Sue Pilko

Karen and Gerald Woolf

Mr. Efrain Z. Corzo

Barbara and Raymond Kalmans

Don Poole

Jim and Cecily Young

Christy and Lou Cushman

Kathryn and Jim* Ketelsen

Debbie Quinn-Magid

Kim Feazle and Richard Diaz

Beth and Britt Langford

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Randall III

Ellena P. Dickerson

Carol and Michael Linn

Martin P. Rappaport MD* and

Estate of Frank Eyler

Cindy Macias

Bethany A. Rappaport, RN,

John Eymann

Nancy and Rob* Martin

MSN, GNP

Mazow, MD

Megan Pantuliano

of Charles M. Macko

Michael Weller

In Remembrance

For more information, please call 713.315.3378, e-mail marykayw@alleytheatre.org or visit alleytheatre.org/plannedgiving.

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The cast of The Winter's Tale. Photo by Lynn Lane.

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ALLEY THEATRE STAFF 2019–20 SEASON Rob Melrose, Artistic Director Dean R. Gladden, Managing Director

ADMINISTRATIVE Brandon Kahn, General Manager Caitlin Crombleholme, Associate General Manager Bree Welch, Company Manager Madison Turner, Company Manager, Temporary

ARTISTIC

Michael Locher, Director of Design Kevin Rigdon, Associate Director/Design Brandon Weinbrenner, Associate Producer & Casting Director Elizabeth Frankel, Director of New Work Lily Wolff, Literary Manager Christian Gill, Literary Intern Noah Alderfer, Steffanie Alter, Sierra Beckstrom, Sam Ferrigno, Marley Foster, Victoria Gist, Will Grimme, Jesse Jou, Elizabeth Keel, Alexa Kelly, Donna Latham, Leslie Lenert, Brandy Carie-Marrah, Sam Mayer, Mikayla Moats, Sean Moses, Henry Nash, Danielle Ozymandias, Rebecca Pickard, Michael Weems, Catherine Yu, Script Readers

FINANCE

Don Poole, Director of Finance Kay Ross, Controller Iris Hutchison, Accounts Payable Associate Peggy Harvey, Stan Irish, Finance Associates

HOUSE MANAGEMENT Susan Baird, Director of Front of House Julie Rutter, Front of House Manager Suzanne Burck, Rebecca Kutsko, Nancy Leon, Trinity Nobles, Frank Williams, House Managers

HUMAN RESOURCES Sajal Javid, Director of Human Resources Laura Ortiz, Human Resources Generalist Jose Anthony Casiano, Amari Wyatt, Human Resources Interns

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Michael Bell, Director of Information Technology Richard Jackson, Database Administrator Cameron Bahrami, Desktop Support and Jr. Systems Administrator

BOX OFFICE

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Tom O’Dell, Director of Audience Services Ruthie Rodriguez, Box Office Manager Charlotte Weschler, Patron Services Manager Margie Hayden, Shift Supervisor Juan Flores, Shawna Hardy, Jonathan Jefferson, Carian Parker, Karla Sanchez, Julian Waneck, Nathan Wilson, Ticket Service Assistants

Rachel Applegate, Director of Marketing and Communications Tina Berry, Director of Marketing Larisa Gawlik, PR and Communications Manager Francisco Delgado, Senior Graphic Designer Cori Redus, Graphic Designer Mara Koss, Group Sales Manager Lauren Pelletier, Marketing Associate Carrithers Studio, Videography Allyson Huntsman and Lynn Lane, Photography

DEVELOPMENT Deborah B. Lackey, CFRE, Director of Development Darryl de Mello, Director of Individual Giving Kristine Rizzo, Director of Special Events Kathryn Stockbauer, Director of Institutional Giving Mary Kay Wittrock, Director of Planned Giving Colton Larsen, Manager, Foundations and Grants Laura Lee Cale, Manager, Individual Giving Sam Ferrigno, Development Officer, Individual Giving Jessica Williams, Development Officer, Gift Processing Melissa Kelly, Research Analyst Katherine Cunningham, Senior Development Associate, Special Events Matt Speer, Individual Giving Associate

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Mary Sutton, Director of Education & Community Engagement Cathy Bencivenga, Executive Manager of Education & Community Engagement Chaney Tullos, Assistant Director of Education Benito Vasquez, Manager of Community Partnerships Jasmine Thomas, Staging STEM & AIN Manager Esme Wu, School Programs Manager Mara McGhee, ECE Programs Coordinator Jon Montgomery, Staging STEM Associate Elena Valladolid-Rivera, Sales and Marketing Associate Bradley Dean Whyte, Resident Master Teaching Artist Josef Anderson, Brendan Bourque-Sheil, Alan Brincks, Juan Sebastian Cruz, Michelle Elaine, B. Connor Flynn, Sara Gaston, Scott Gibbs, Josh Inocencio, Vincent Johnson, Dayne Lathrop, Laura Marie Moreno, Carian Parker, Rain, Gabe Regojo, Self the Poet, Lee Trevathan, Wesley Whitson, Annie Wild, Whitney Zangarine, Teaching Artists

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OPERATIONS AND ENGINEERING

Dennis Draper, Director of Events & Operations Daniel Naranjo, Chief Engineer Patrick Glass, Ray Martin, Van Shannon, Phillip Vacek, Stationary Engineers Karen Mata, Event Manager Eric Moore, Events and Operations Assistant Greg Brown, Office Services Clerk Lauren Muse, Bar Manager Joel Reed Parker, Assistant Bar Manager Robert Inkel, Receptionist

PRODUCTION Raymond Inkel, Production Manager Julie Ann Arbiter, Associate Production Manager Gitiim Chakamoi, Production Office Manager

COSTUMES

Nancy Julian, Costume Shop Manager Janice L. Lopez, Assistant Costume Shop Manager Michael Farris, Shop Assistant/Stock Manager Kim Cook, Erica Griese, Costume Design Assistants Jerome Schram, Tailor Sarah Rogers, Draper Lynne Kesilis, First Hand Stephanie Orr, Tailor First Hand Marisa Chaney, Wardrobe Supervisor Chelsea O’Herron, Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Desiree Anderson, Ellen Danforth, Stitchers Maria Mignone, Costume Crafts Amy Solomon, Wig Master Alison Hora, Nicholas Parrish, Wig Assistants

ALLEY THEATRE STAFF 2019–20 SEASON LIGHTING Andrew Vance, Lighting Supervisor Dan Jones, Assistant Lighting Supervisor Joe Engler, Master Electrician Merlin Howick, Lead Electrician J.R. Carson, Jesus Pineda, Jacob Moriarty-Stone, Light Board Operators and Electricians

PROPERTIES Karin Rabe Vance, Properties Master Eric C. Brown, Assistant Properties Master Jessica Julien, Prop Shop Assistant/Master Artisan Sarah Powell, Artisan Buyer Travis Nelson, Amelia Templeton, Properties Artisans

RESIDENT ACTING COMPANY Elizabeth Bunch Dylan Godwin Shawn Hamilton Chris Hutchison Melissa Pritchett David Rainey Jay Sullivan Todd Waite

RESIDENT ACTING COMPANY EMERITUS James Black Paul Hope Charles Krohn

SCENERY Aaron Wilson, Technical Director Daniel d'Egnuff, Alexandra Hooper, Assistant Technical Directors Yancy Cooper, Scene Shop Operations Manager/Buyer Kyle Bodiford, Master Carpenter Paul Zappone, Draftsperson Michelle Fullerton, Charge Scenic Artist Rebekah Bryant, Scene Shop Supervisor Noel Greer, Guy Herman, Nicholas Hoovler, Herbert Moore, Carpenters Christie DeBacker, Francisco Robledo, Scenic Artist Eric Breikjern, Stage Supervisor Nicholas Custer, Assistant Stage Supervisor

The Alley Theatre is a member of the League of Resident Theatres.

The Alley Theatre is a constituent of Theatre Communications Group, the national service organization for not-for-profit theatres, the American Arts Alliance and Texans for the Arts.

SOUND

Pierre Dupree, Sound Supervisor Bradley Jay Gowers, Lead Audio Engineer Raul Rivera, Fred Schoppe, Sound Engineers Katie Reif, Sound Observer

This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

STAGE MANAGEMENT

Kristen Larson, Production Stage Manager Emily Bohannan, Katie L. Creeggan, Rachel Dooley-Harris, Rebecca R.D. Hamlin, AEA Stage Managers Jordan Kruis, Rachel Piero, Production Assistants

GENERAL COUNSEL SERVICES Vinson & Elkins

The Director is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatre labor union.

The Scenic, Costume, Lighting, and Sound Designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA - 829, IATSE.

AUDITORS

Blazek & Vetterling

ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR QUIXOTE NUEVO:

Jodi Stone, Hair/Wig and Make-up Designer J. Sebastián Alberdi, Dramaturg Miles Duffey, Brandon Hearrell, Ty James, James Ponder, Cameron Regan, Carpenters Darth Hinson, Jason Mace, Chris Ringeisen, Stage Crew Natalie Broussard, Lexy Canon, Darth Hinson, Jason Mace, Zoë Meyer, Electricians Miranda Jennings, John Santillan, Wardrobe Jasmine Gunter, Assistant Director

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Alley Theatre Program © 2019 Director of Marketing and Communications: Rachel Applegate Director of Marketing: Tina Berry Senior Graphic Designer: Francisco Delgado Graphic Designer: Cori Redus PR and Communications Manager: Larisa Gawlik Marketing Associate: Lauren Pelletier