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2015/16 Season
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Life in a city is full of infinite possibilities. PHOTOS: JOAN MARCUS; ILLUSTRATION: ZINA SAUNDERS
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Artistic Director's Welcome DIANE PAULUS The Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director American Repertory Theater
Welcome to In the Body of the World! It is not an exaggeration to say that Eve Ensler has been a source of inspiration to over a billion people. She has fearlessly tackled the most challenging issues of our time and motivated people into action worldwide. This season, Eve returns to the A.R.T. to again explore bold and critical questions with our audiences as she did with her play O.P.C. last season. Many of us know Eve through The Vagina Monologues, her landmark play that led to the launch of V-Day, a global not-for-profit movement which has raised over one hundred million dollars for groups working to end violence against women. In 2012, Eve launched the One Billion Rising campaign, calling on women and men in over 200 countries to come together to demand an end to violence against women and girls. When I first read In The Body of the World, I immediately knew it could be a powerful piece of theater. Eager to provide Eve with the developmental support of an artistic home, the A.R.T. commissioned this dramatic adaptation of her memoir, which features Eve as performer. In the Body of the World welcomes back to the A.R.T. projection designer Finn Ross (Crossing) and movement director Jill Johnson, Director of Dance at Harvard University (O.P.C., Crossing). Set and costume designer Myung Hee Cho, my longtime collaborator, makes her A.R.T. debut along with lighting designer Jen Schriever. One of my goals as Artistic Director at A.R.T. has been to extend theatrical experiences beyond the stage. In this spirit, we invite you to participate in "Act II," a conversation that will take place after every performance and feature a roster of guests including doctors, activists, and scholars from Harvard, the Mayo Clinic, V-Day, and other organizations. Thank you for joining us to experience this story of healing, transformation, and love.
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SHAKESPEARE & DISCO COLLIDE EVERY SATURDAY Directed by Diane Paulus | Inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream
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February 5– September 18, 2016
in Indigenous Art from Australia
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American Repertory Theater presents
Written & Performed by EVE ENSLER Set & Costume Design MYUNG HEE CHO Movement JILL JOHNSON
Lighting Design JEN SCHRIEVER
Sound Design M.L. DOGG
Associate Director ALLEGRA LIBONATI
Projection Design FINN ROSS
Production Stage Manager CAROLYN RAE BOYD
Directed by DIANE PAULUS First performance at the Loeb Drama Center on May 10, 2016. PRODUCTION SPONSOR Sid Yog
PRODUCTION SUPPORT In the Body of the World was generously commissioned by The Umsizi Fund. This production is supported, in part, by The Robert Brustein Endowment for New Work.
SEASON SUPPORT
The 2015/16 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.
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ADDITIONAL STAFF Stage Manager...........................................................................KATIE AILINGER Assistant Stage Manager.....................................................JENNY KENNEDY Assistant Director..................................................................SAMMI CANNOLD Associate Sound Designer.....................................................JOSH MILLICAN Projections Assistant....................................................NORAH SOLORZANO Programmer.................................................................................MATT HOUSTLE Dramaturg..............................................................................RYAN MCKITTRICK A.R.T. Institute Production Dramaturg......................................AIDA ROCCI Assistant to Eve Ensler.....................................................TONY MONTENIERI Voice..................................................................................................ERIKA BAILEY
SPECIAL THANKS Carole Black, Jennifer & Peter Buffett, KimberlĂŠ Crenshaw, Christine Schuler Deschryver, Dr. Sean Dowdy, Dr. Eric Dozois, Sue Grand, Lucas Hall, George Lane, James Lecesne, Jeanne Mahon, Joe Mantello, Colette McDermott, Meadow Mist Farm, Pat Mitchell, Dr. Deborah Rhodes, Nancy Rose, David Stone, Susan Celia Swan, Maryanne Travaglione, Monique Wilson.
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TURNING PAIN TO POWER by Christine Schuler Deschryver, Director of City of Joy and V-Day Congo
BUKAVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO—Millions people have died in the conflict here, hundreds of thousands of women have been raped and violated, where we were invaded by almost all the surrounding countries, who steal our natural resources. Our country is scarred by a brutal history of colonialism, our land and our resources repeatedly pillaged, from rubber to minerals, extracted by foreigners in the name of a colonial crown and flag, or more recently a corporate logo, all culminating in a decades-long war that has been suffered by the Congolese people, most brutally by her women. Since 1996, sexual and gender violence in the Eastern DRC has been used to torture and humiliate women and girls and destroy families. Advocates on the ground estimate that over half a million women and girls have been raped since the conflict began. In addition to the severe psychological impact, sexual and gender violence leaves many survivors with genital lesions, traumatic fistulae, severed and broken limbs, unwanted pregnancies, and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. What the human brain can understand is stories. I am thrilled that Eve Ensler’s In The Body of The World has come to A.R.T., as the stories of women in the Congo play a key role within her memoir. And Eve has played a key role in our work in the Congo. I live and work in Bukavu, the epicenter of some of the worst sexual violence in the world. In 2005, a woman patient was brought to us who seemed like many women we see: she had been brought to the edge of physical destruction by multiple extremely violent rapes by militiamen. Her name, Jane Mukuninwa. To give her even a chance at survival, she needed nine separate surgeries and will probably need more. The women who were operated on, if they survived, would face enormous barriers to justice and often there was nowhere for them to go. Survivors usually suffer in silence, fearing stigma, rejection, and ostracism if their ordeal is made public and are often thrown out or shunned by their communities, their families. Jane lived. But it was not much of a life. Then, in 2007, Dr. Denis Mukwege, the founder of the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu who has been twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, met Eve in New York and invited her to come to Congo, so that she could see what women were experiencing here, and what he was facing as a doctor, in his daily strife to repair and heal them after the brutal rapes that were taking place. He wanted her to help us take our stories and plight to the world, so that people could understand what Congolese women were undergoing, in the hope to join efforts to stop the violence. He introduced Eve to me, and we spent weeks on her first visit talking to women, listening to their stories and bonding with each other. To be candid, we get a lot of foreign visitors, who come to have their picture taken and to shed some tears, and then leave. So I didn’t expect much. But Eve did something nobody had done before. She asked Jane, and the other women, "What help do you need?" The women explained that they would like to build a safe space for the women who have had everything taken from them to rebuild their confidence, their sense of self, and their sense of joy—and for those women, once they had recovered, to go back to their communities, and to lead them. 8
"It can be hard to explain to people in the outside world what has happened here in our country, the Democratic Republic of Congo—except for in one way. The only way."
(L-R) Christine Schuler Deschryver, Jane Mukuninwa, and Eve Ensler at City of Joy in Bukavu, DRC
The women whispered dreams like this. Their bodies were leaking from the rapes; they would apologize with shame. Many people would have laughed at this very idea that these women could ever speak to their families again, never mind become leaders. Eve did not. She told them that she would return, with financial support so the women themselves could build City of Joy, a place where they could turn pain to power. By 2011, it was built in full. Jane was part of the first class there and has since become one of its leaders. There, the women begin to choose their own path in life—to explore their feelings and fears and dreams. At Panzi Hospital, Dr. Mukwege and his team can reconstruct them physically; but in City of Joy, they reconstruct themselves emotionally and become political agents of their own lives. It welcomes, twice a year, 90 survivors of gender violence. They stay for six months, over which they undergo intense therapies, holistic recovery and healing. They are taught about leadership, their rights, and other empowerment programs. I have watched as women who were as broken as a human being can be— emotionally and physically disemboweled—learn to live and love again. I have watched women I did not think could bear to take another breath dance again. And—even more incredibly—I have seen that Jane’s seemingly impossible ambition has come to pass: women are now returning to their communities as leaders. They have become the strongest points of their community, spreading the City of Joy revolution across the whole of eastern Congo. In her memoir, In The Body of The World, Eve tells the story of how she has been tutored, inspired, and changed by the women we know so well. It is not the story of a rape. It is the story of a rising—of women who, in the most horrific of circumstances, are achieving the most incredible things. And Eve tells of how, when she then faced a life-threatening crisis of her own, it was the strength of the women of the Congo, and what they taught her, that helped her to survive. At City of Joy, we have developed a unique strength. We believe it is a strength that has something to teach all human beings—about how to live, and love, and dream. In The Body of The World carries that spirit across the ocean to A.R.T. I invite you to learn more about the rising revolution that is taking place at City of Joy. Visit drc.vday.org. This article was originally published in the A.R.T. Guide, available in the theater lobby and online.
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THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: From Colonization to the Present
Prepared by A.R.T. Institute Production Dramaturg Aida Rocci 1885-1908: King Leopold II of Belgium privately purchases the rights to the territory of Congo, inhabited by Bantu tribes. He names it Congo Free State. Leopoldville is established as the capital. The exploitation of rubber and ivory makes Leopold a fortune. Disease and brutalization under Leopold’s rule reduce the population by half. 1908: Amidst international protests over killings, the Belgian Parliament annexes Congo Free State and turns it into a Belgian colony, renaming it Belgian Congo. The plundering of natural resources continues. 1960: Congo gains its independence and is renamed Republic of the Congo. Patrice Lumumba is democratically elected as prime minister. Twelve weeks afterwards, a secessionist movement sets off the Congo Crisis, a civil war that lasts 5 years. 1965: Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, supported by the United States and Belgium as an opponent to communism, leads a successful a coup d’état on November 25. Lumumba is imprisoned and executed. Mobutu’s 30-year rule is characterized by corruption, a 65% decrease in GDP, political repression, and human rights violations. He dominates the political life of the country, restructuring the state on more than one occasion, and claiming the title of "Father of the Nation." 1971: Mobutu renames the country Zaire and the capital Kinshasa. Under the authenticity policy of the early 1970s, Zairians are obliged to adopt "authentic" names. Mobutu changes his name to Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga, or, more commonly, Mobutu Sese Seko, roughly meaning "the all-conquering warrior, who goes from triumph to triumph." 1996-1997: The First Congo War is precipitated by the Rwandan genocide spilling over into Zaire. It ends when Laurent-Désiré Kabila, supported by Rwanda and Uganda, takes control of Zaire. The country is renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This marks the beginning of the Congolese Civil Wars (also called the African World War), a conflict that has lasted 20 years. 1998: Rebel attempts to overthrow Kabila set off the Second Congo War. It soon becomes an international conflict involving Rwanda, Uganda, Angola, Namibia, Chad, Sudan and Zimbabwe. 2001: Kabila is assassinated. His son, Joseph Kabila, succeeds him. A UN panel reports the warring parties are deliberately prolonging the conflict to plunder gold, diamonds, tin, copper and coltan. The profits from the illegal mining and sale of these minerals finance fighting. Control over lucrative mines becomes a military objective. For more reading, go to kemet.com/ConflictFreeBrochure. 2003: The Second Congo War ends when the Transitional Government of the DRC takes power. 2004: The Kivu Conflict begins. Rebel militia groups appear and terrorize the eastern part of the country. 2009: Death rates escalate to 45,000 per month. Systematic, brutal rape becomes a war tactic to control natural resources by driving miners out of the regions. Amnesty International reports: “rape is cheaper than bullets.” DRC becomes “the rape capital of the world.” 2015: Kabila attempts to pass a reform that would allow him to remain in power indefinitely. After protests, the Senate omits this controversial allowance from the reform. At present: Millions of people have died as a result of the ongoing conflict. The UN has estimated that 7.5 million people in DRC are in need of food and other humanitarian aid. A total of 3 million people have been displaced. It is estimated that half a million women and girls have been raped. Elections are expected to take place in November 2016, 10 although the international community fears a delay.
PHOTO: Paula Allen for V-Day
ONE BILLION RISING at City of Joy in Bukavu, Congo, February 14, 2013
CITY OF JOY 10 GUIDING PRINCIPLES Like all communities, the City of Joy has its own culture, one that is grounded in love and respect for each other and the unique experiences each woman brings to the table. The 10 Guiding Principles of the City of Joy are: 1. TELL THE TRUTH 2. STOP WAITING TO BE RESCUED; TAKE INITIATIVE 3. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS 4. RAISE YOUR VOICE 5. SHARE WHAT YOU’VE LEARNED 6. GIVE WHAT YOU WANT THE MOST 7. FEEL AND TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH 8. USE IT TO FUEL A REVOLUTION 9. PRACTICE KINDNESS 10. TREAT YOUR SISTER'S LIFE AS IF IT WERE YOUR OWN
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Great theater lives here. 2016/17 SEASON
OBERON PRESENTS
Notes from the Field: Doing Time in Education
Our Carnal Hearts
Created, written, & performed by Anna Deavere Smith
The Plough and the Stars
The Abbey Theatre's acclaimed production of Sean O'Casey's classic Irish drama
Fingersmith
A Victorian crime thriller based on the novel by Sarah Waters
Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women
Drawn from candid interviews with transgender women
The Night of the Iguana
Tennessee Williams’ sensuous drama comes to life
Arrabal
Sergio Trujillo directs this dance theater piece about Argentina's Disappeared
Rachel Mars gleefully rummages through our darkest urges through song and revelry
A Ride on the Irish Cream This coming-of-age musical explores the relationship between a girl and her family's pontoon boat
ONTHEFLOOR
The Dance Cartel takes Cambridge by storm in this whirlwind of electrifying movement
CURATED SERIES Sound Society at OBERON
A new music series of one-night only events co-curated by local producer Sam Kassirer
GLOWBERON
This season-long collaboration with the Afterglow Festival brings world-class cabaret and solo performance to Cambridge
The Mini Series
Designed for audiences from one to twenty-five, these intimate experiences blur the boundaries between performer and spectator
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Nyree Yergainharsian in The Plough and the Stars, playing Sept. 25 - Oct. 9, 2016
Cast & Creative Team EVE ENSLER Writer/Performer Eve Ensler is a Tony Award-winning playwright, activist, and author of the theatrical phenomenon and Obie Award winning The Vagina Monologues, which has been published in 48 languages and performed in over 140 countries. Eve’s plays include Necessary Targets, The Good Body, Emotional Creature, O.P.C. (which premiered at A.R.T. in 2014) and The Fruit Trilogy, which just premiered at the WOW Festival in London and the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Her books include Insecure At Last: A Political Memoir; the New York Times bestseller I Am An Emotional Creature, and her critically acclaimed memoir In the Body of the World on which this play is based. She has written numerous articles for The Guardian, Time, Elle France and the International Herald Tribune. Ensler’s film credits include an HBO film version of The Vagina Monologues. She also coproduced the film What I Want My Words to Do to You, winner of the Freedom of Expression Award at the Sundance Film Festival and premiered on PBS’s “P.O.V.” Ensler was a consultant on the 2016 Oscar nominated film Mad Max Fury Road. In 1998 Ensler founded V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls and in 2013, its evolution, ONEW BILLION RISING, a global mass action campaign linking racial, gender, economic and climate injustice in over 200 countries. She was named one of Newsweek’s “150 Women Who Changed the World” and The Guardian’s “100 Most Influential Women.” Eve is thrilled to be working with Diane Paulus and the entire A.R.T. team.
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DIANE PAULUS Director Diane Paulus is the Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University, and was selected for the 2014 TIME 100, TIME Magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Paulus is the 2013 recipient of the Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical (Pippin). A.R.T.: Waitress (currently on Broadway at the Brooks Atkinson Theater), Crossing (a new American opera with music and libretto by Matt Aucoin), Finding Neverland (currently on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre), Witness Uganda, Pippin, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Prometheus Bound, Death and the Powers: The Robots’ Opera, Best of Both Worlds, Johnny Baseball, The Donkey Show. Her other recent work includes Cirque du Soleil’s Amaluna, currently on tour in Europe, Invisible Thread at Second Stage, The Public Theater’s Tony Awardwinning revival of HAIR on Broadway and London’s West End. As an opera director, her credits include The Magic Flute, the complete Monteverdi cycle, and the trio of Mozart-Da Ponte operas, among others. Diane is Professor of the Practice of Theater in Harvard University’s English Department. She was selected as one of Variety’s “Trailblazing Women in Entertainment for 2014” and Boston Magazine’s “50 Thought Leaders of 2014.” MYUNG HEE CHO Set and Costume Designer A.R.T.: Debut. Opera: The Thieving Magpie (upcoming), Glimmerglass Opera; The Marriage of Figaro, Washington National Opera; The Magic Flute, Canadian Opera Company. Off-Broadway: Emotional Creature, Linney Theatre (Berkeley Repertory Theatre). Regional: Stuck Elevator, American Conservatory Theater; Black Odyssey, Denver Center; Miss Julie, Geffen Playhouse; Yellow Face, Mark Taper Forum and Public Theater; The Piano Teacher, South Coast Repertory. International: The Good Person of Szechuan, Landestheater, Austria; Awaking, Singapore Theatre Festival. Recipient of Princess Grace Awards and Professor of Design, UCLA.
JEN SCHRIEVER Lighting Design A.R.T.: Debut. Theater: Broadway: Eclipsed, Public Theater; Ghetto Klown. Off-Broadway: ToasT, A Second Chance, Public Theater; Night is a Room, Signature; Mala Hierba, American Hero, Second Stage; Sunset Baby, Labyrinth; Bright Half Life, Women’s Project. Regional includes: Goodman, Goodspeed, Studio, Woolly Mammoth, Papermill, CenterStage, Signature, Williamstown Opera: The Pearl Fishers, ENO, Met; Die Fledermaus, Met; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Faust, La Traviata, Mariinsky Theater (Russia). Dance: Liz Lerman’s Healing Wars. jenschriever.com. M.L. DOGG Sound Design A.R.T.: The Shape She Makes. M.L. Dogg has designed for such companies as Actors Theatre Of Louisville, Cherry Lane Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Colt Coeur, New Group, MCC Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Roundabout Theatre Company, Royal National Theatre, Debate Society, Ars Nova, Joey Parnes Productions, South Coast Repertory, Signature Theatre, Pearl Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Public Theatre, Second Stage Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Nicholas Ward Productions, Scott Sanders Productions, and Women’s Project. Drama Desk, IRNE, and IT nominee; Lortel award for Here Lies Love, fringeNYC award for GoGo Kitty, GO!. FINN ROSS Projection Design A.R.T.: Crossing. Broadway: American Psycho, Almeida, West End; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the NightTime, West End; Betrayal. London: Frankenstein, Royal Ballet; The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Royal Opera House; Chimerica, Almeida; Closer, Donmar Warehouse; Master and Margarita, All My Sons, Shunkin, Complicite; Top Girls, West End. Opera: The Feeling of Going, Skånes Dansteater and Malmö Opera; Death of Klinghoffer, Death in Venice, Onegin, Simon Boccanegra, The Damnation of Faust, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute,
ENO; Hansel and Gretel, A Dog’s Heart, The Magic Flute, Netherlands Opera; La clemenza di Tito, Mr Brouček, Opera North; Theatre an der Wien; Imago; Glyndebourne; RNT; Scottish Opera; LA Phil; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Schauspielhaus, Köln; Traverse; Gothenburg Opera; Bregenz. Ross has won two Olivier Awards, a Tony, and a Drama Desk Award. Training: Central School of Speech and Drama. JILL JOHNSON Movement A.R.T.: Crossing, O.P.C. Director of Dance, Senior Lecturer in Music and Theater, Dance & Media; Artistic Director of the Harvard Dance Project, at Harvard University. Graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School; a 28-year veteran of the dance field, Johnson choreographs for film, television, and the stage; has danced in over 50 tours on 5 continents. Was soloist with the National Ballet of Canada and a principal dancer and researcher in William Forsythe’s company Frankfurt Ballet. Stages Forsythe’s work worldwide, including for Paris Opera Ballet, La Scala, Batsheva Dance Company, Norwegian National Ballet, Netherlands Dance Theater, Boston Ballet, and American Ballet Theater. Is a founding collaborator of The Movement Invention Project in New York, and has served on the faculties of and created choreographic work for Princeton University, Columbia University, the Juilliard School and NYU; and has created 12 new works at Harvard since 2011 including, Paper Wing, What Moves You?, and dance installations RE: RE: RE:, and LOOK UP. Recent collaborations include those with the Harvard Choruses, Harvard Mahindra Humanities Center, Boston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Dries Van Noten and the Louvre Musee des Arts Decoratif, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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Creative Team ALLEGRA LIBONATI Associate Director A.R.T.: The Pirate Princess, The Light Princess, Hansel and Gretel (Director); The Snow Queen (Director/Adapter); The Donkey Show (Resident Director); The Tempest, Prometheus Bound (Associate Director), Death and the Powers: The Robots’ Opera, Best of Both Worlds (Assistant Director). OBERON: Once In Hell: Dante’s Inferno in 10 Dinner Courses; Matchmaker, Matchmaker, I’m Willing to Settle: A Musical Guide to Internet Dating. Broadway: HAIR (Assistant Director, Tony Award-winning Revival). Summer Theater of New Canaan: South Pacific, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, H4 (an original adaptation of Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2). CAROLYN RAE BOYD Production Stage Manager ART: Crossing, Witness Uganda, Death and the Powers: The Robots' Opera, Sleep No More, Let Me Down Easy. International: Death and the Powers: The Robots’ Opera. Off-Broadway: Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, McKittrick Hotel; Invisible Thread, Second Stage. Many productions at Williamstown Theater Festival, Boston Ballet, Huntington Theater, Hangar Theater. BFA in Stage Management from Boston University College of Fine Arts. KATIE AILINGER Stage Manager A.R.T.: Nice Fish, The Tempest, The Lily’s Revenge, The Donkey Show, Woody Sez, Futurity: A Musical By The Lisps, Ajax. Off-Broadway: Nixon’s Nixon, Fresh Play Festival, MCC Theater; Trial by Water, I Land, Ma-Yi Theatre. Boston area: Choice, The Second Girl, Cry of the Reed, Streamers, Huntington Theatre Company; A Delicate Balance, The Secret Rapture, Trinity Rep; Other Desert Cities, RED, The Divine Sister, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, SpeakEasy Stage Company; God’s Ear, Pericles, Henry VIII, Actors’ Shakespeare Project. Graduate of the University of Southern California with a BFA in Stage Management and a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. 16
JENNY KENNEDY Assistant Stage Manager A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: The King & I, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Red. Off-Broadway: The Wedge Horse, Fault Line Theatre; A Minister’s Wife, When I Come To Die, Lincoln Center Theater; Mr. & Mrs. Fitch, Second Stage Theatre; The Play Company. New York: Retro Productions, The Civilians, BC/EFA, Baryshnikov Arts Center. Regional: Nine seasons with Chautauqua Theater Company; Kavinoky Theatre; Jewish Repertory Theatre. SAMMI CANNOLD Assistant Director A.R.T.: Violet on a moving bus (Director, upcoming), OBERON Mini Series, The Pirate Princess (Assistant Director), Finding Neverland (PA). Broadway: The Great Comet of 1812 (Second Assistant Director, upcoming), Finding Neverland (PA), Beautiful (Out-of-Town PA). Other: The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess First National Tour (PA), Tony Awards (PA). B.A., Stanford University—directing credits included Evita, Les Misérables, and Machinal—and M.Ed, Harvard University. Sammi is the A.R.T. Hasty Pudding Artistic Fellow and a proud SDC Associate. Diane(s), thank you. sammicannold.com.
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. United Scenic Artists represents the designers and scenic painters for the American Theatre. The Director and Choreographer are members of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union. Partial support for open captioning provided by Theatre Development Fund.
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A.R.T. BOARDS
About the A.R.T.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES Steve Johnson, Chair Amy Brakeman Laurie Burt Paul Buttenwieser RoAnn Costin Mike Dreese Zita Ezpeleta Michael Feinstein Provost Alan M. Garber Catherine Gellert Rebecca Grafstein Lori Gross Ann Gund Sarah Hancock Jonathan Hulbert Alan K. Jones G. Barrie Landry Herman "Dutch" Leonard Dennis Masel Thomas B. McGrath Rebecca Milikowsky Ward Mooney Bob Murchison Andrew Ory Diane Paulus Diane Quinn Mike Sheehan Diana Sorensen Sid Yog
BOARD OF ADVISORS Karen Mueller, Co-Chair Ann Gund, Co-Chair Paolo Abelli Frances Shtull Adams Yuriko Jane Anton Robert Bowie, Jr. Philip Burling* Greg Carr Antonia Handler Chayes* Lucy Chung Lizabeth Cohen Lisa Coleman Kathleen Connor Rohit Deshpande Susan Edgman-Levitan Jill Fopiano Shanti Fry Erin Gilligan Jonathan Glazer Candy Kosow Gold Rachael Goldfarb Barbara Wallace Grossman Peggy Hanratty Marcia Head James Higgins Horace H. Irvine II Brenda Jarrell Emma Johnson Jerry Jordan Dean Huntington Lambert Ursula Liff Tim McCarthy Travis McCready Irv Plotkin Martin Puchner Ellen Gordon Reeves Pat Romeo-Gilbert Linda U. Sanger Maggie Seelig Dina Selkoe John A. Shane Michael Shinagel Lisbeth Tarlow Sarasina Tuchen Susan Ware Stephen H. Zinner, M.D. *Emeriti
FOUNDING DIRECTOR Robert Brustein
The American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University is a leading force in the American theater, producing groundbreaking work in Cambridge and beyond. The A.R.T. was founded in 1980 by Robert Brustein, who served as Artistic Director until 2002, when he was succeeded by Robert Woodruff. Diane Paulus began her tenure as Artistic Director in 2008. Under the leadership of Paulus and Executive Director Diane Quinn, the A.R.T. seeks to expand the boundaries of theater by programming events that immerse audiences in transformative theatrical experiences. Throughout its history, the A.R.T. has been honored with many distinguished awards, including the Tony Award for Best New Play for All the Way (2014); consecutive Tony Awards for Best Revival of a Musical for Pippin (2013) and The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (2012), both of which Paulus directed; a Pulitzer Prize; a Jujamcyn Prize for outstanding contribution to the development of creative talent; the Tony Award for Best Regional Theater; and numerous Elliot Norton and IRNE Awards. The A.R.T. collaborates with artists around the world to develop and create work in new ways. It is currently engaged in a number of multi-year projects, including a new collaboration with Harvard's Center for the Environment that will result in the development of new work over several years. Under Paulus’s leadership, the A.R.T.’s club theater, OBERON, has been an incubator for local and emerging artists and has attracted national attention for its innovative programming and business models. As the professional theater on the campus of Harvard University, the A.R.T. catalyzes discourse, interdisciplinary collaboration, and creative exchange among a wide range of academic departments, institutions, students, and faculty members, acting as a conduit between its community of artists and the university. A.R.T. plays a central role in Harvard's newly launched undergraduate Theater, Dance, and Media concentration, teaching courses in directing, dramatic literature, acting, voice, design, and dramaturgy. The A.R.T. Institute for Advanced Theater Training, which is run in partnership with the Harvard Extension School and the Moscow Art Theatre School, offers graduate training in acting, dramaturgy, and voice. Dedicated to making great theater accessible, the A.R.T. actively engages more than 5,000 community members and local students annually in project-based partnerships, workshops, conversations with artists, and other enrichment activities both at the theater and across the Greater Boston area. Through all of these initiatives, the A.R.T. is dedicated to producing world-class performances in which the audience is central to the theatrical experience.
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Donors
The American Repertory Theater is deeply grateful for the generous support of individuals, foundations, corporations, and government agencies whose contributions make its work possible. The following gifts were received between September 1, 2014 and April 14, 2016.
VISIONARY Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Sarah Hancock*
$100,000 and above President and Fellows of Harvard College Rosemarie and Steve Johnson* Janet and Howard Kagan* Bob and Alison Murchison*
The Linda Hammett Ory and Andrew Ory Charitable Trust RN Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation
E.H.A. Foundation The Hershey Family Foundation Alan Jones and Ashley Garrett* Massachusetts Cultural Council Thomas B. McGrath and Sandy Medallis* Lucy and Ward Mooney*
National Endowment for the Arts Maureen and Mike Sheehan* The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Sid Yog*
Rebecca and Laurence Grafstein* Graham and Ann Gund* Marcia Head* John W. Henry Family Foundation Hill Holliday Barbara and Amos Hostetter* Jeanne and Dennis Masel*
Newbury Comics Inc. The Pemberton Family Foundation Starcom & Digitas LBi Lisbeth Tarlow and Stephen Kay* Theatre Forward
The Office of the Provost at Harvard University Investment Technology Group Horace H. Irvine II Jerry Jordan Judith and Douglas Krupp Lizbeth and George Krupp G. Barrie Landry Priscilla Lawrence and Patrick Melampy Serena and Bill Lese, in memory of Melva Bucksbaum Liberty Mutual Cary Lynch Sally McNagny and Robert Green Sharon and Daniel Milikowsky Hee-Jung and John Moon Karen and Gary Mueller Octagon Marjorie and Robert Ory
Stacy Osur and Keith Gilbert Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner Cokie and Lee Perry Julia Pershan and Jonathan Cohen Janet and Irv Plotkin Stan Ponte and John Metzner Rafanelli Events Andrea and Ron Rodericks Pat Romeo-Gilbert and Paul S. Gilbert Valerie Beth Schwartz Foundation Melinda B. Thaler Charlotte and Herb Wagner Susan and Donald Ware Weber Shandwick Fran and Barry Weissler Nadine Wong and David Chang The Xander Group Inc.
Shanti Fry and Jeffrey Zinsmeyer Jody and Thomas Gill Erin Gilligan and Hoil Kim Candy Kosow Gold and Martin Waters Rachael Goldfarb Lawrence Golub Garth and Lindsay Greimann Rosa Hallowell and Mark Stein Peggy Hanratty Pamela Haran and David S. Godkin Perry Hewitt and Robert B. Hudson Heather and James Higgins Jonathan Hochwald Ambassador Swanee Hunt Janice and Ralph James Karen Johansen and Gardner Hendrie Terry and Gene Kaufman Landry Family Foundation ^ Lars Foundation
Lori Lesser Tristin and Martin Mannion Fumi and Kako Matsumoto Annette and Dan Nova Janny and Dave Offensend Carolyn and Phil Perelmuter Diane Quinn and Keith Freiter Cynthia and John Reed Rosse Family Charitable Foundation Nichole Bookwalter Savenor and Alan Savenor Lisa Schmid and Joel Alvord Maggie and Jonathan Seelig The Shane Foundation John Travis Sarasina and Mike Tuchen Davin T. and David P. Wedel Mary and Ted Wendell Stephen H. Zinner and S. Wade Taylor
BENEFACTOR The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. Amy and Ed Brakeman* Katie and Paul Buttenwieser* RoAnn Costin* The Dana Foundation Laura and Michael Dreese*
$50,000 - $99,999
LEADER Amy and David Abrams* Laurie Burt* The Gregory C. Carr Foundation Zita Ezpeleta and Kewsong Lee* Sandi and Andrew Farkas* Michael Feinstein and Denise Waldron* Fresh Sound Foundation
$25,000 - $49,000
PRODUCER Yuriko Jane Anton and Philip Anton Jill and John Avery John Bailey Robert Bailey Brigham and Women's Hospital Amanda Brown and Justin Chang Hilary and Philip Burling Chung Family Foundation Barbara and Rodgin Cohen Alexi and Steve Conine Karen and Brian Conway Crystal Financial CVS Health Dewey Square Group, LLC The Elphaba Fund Drew Faust Lori Finkel and Andrew Cogan Catherine Gellert Jonathan Glazer Perrin and Bruns Grayson
$10,000 - $24,999
PARTNER Anonymous (4) The Acorn Foundation/Barbara and Theodore Alfond Frances Shtull Adams Peter Antoszyk Patricia Beilman and David Poor Robert R. Bowie jr. Denise Casper Chet and Carol Cekala Kate and Gerald Chertavian Bernard Chiu Christopher Connolly and Marjorie Liner Kathy Connor Debbie DeCotis Susan Edgman-Levitan and Richard Levitan EY Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation
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$5,000 - $9,999
SPONSOR Anonymous (5) Alexander, Aronson, Finning & Co., CPAs Dianne Anderson Nancy and David Berman Willa and Taylor Bodman Diane Borger Joy and Steven Bunson Ronni and Ronald Casty Katherine Chapman Lynne and John Chuang Clarke and Ethel D. Coggeshall Anne and Christopher Connor Lizabeth Cohen and Herrick Chapman Beth and Richard Compson Lynn Dale and Frank Wisneski Jonathan Davis Rohit Deshpande Nat Dodge Andrew Dominus and Stephanie Altman Dominus Walter Donovan Amy Edmondson and George Daley Silvia Gosnell Barbara and Steve Grossman Corinne Grousbeck
$2,500 - $4,999 Mady and Sandy Harman Peter Hornstra The Roy A. Hunt Foundation Steven Hyman and Barbara Bierer* Susan Jacobs Madeline Jacquet Debbie Jean and Darin Samaraweera Kay Kane Sheridan and Jerome Kassirer Barbara H. Landreth, M.D. Ms. Hadley Leach Susan and Steven Levkoff Joyce Linde John D.C. Little Larry Lucchino Barbara Manocherian Professor Timothy McCarthy and CJ Crowder Kathy Metcalfe and Langdon Wheeler Emily Moskowitz Diana Nelson and John C. Atwater Nitin Nohria Mercedes Nugent-Head and James C. Marlas William O. Nutting and Veronica Zoani Quinterno
Mary-Kathleen O'Connell and Jeffrey Bernfeld ^ The Open Gate Inc. Madeline Osit and Dan Maude Gabrielle and Michael Palitz D. Randy Peeler Gerald Pier Amy and Jonathan Poorvu Ellen Gordon Reeves Jeffrey Richards Helen Riess, M.D. and Norman Nishioka, M.D. Susan and Glenn Rothman Janice Saragoni Molly Schoeck and Guy MacDonald Kristine Shadek Deborah Sinay and Charles J. Kravetz Rachael Solem Deborah Sweet and Steven Lazar Jack Tantleff Delia and Robin Thompson Deb Tolman and Luis Ubinas WBUR Ruth and Bill Weinstein Dyann and Peter Wirth
Jeanne Hagerty Melinda Hall and Larry Pratt Joseph Hammer Phyllis Harrington Nikola and David Hennes Kathy and Ernie Herrman Linda A. Hill and Dr. Roger E. Breitbart Megan and David Hinckley Alice Hoffman Maisie and James Houghton Hunt Alternatives Hurlbut Family Charitable Lead Unitrust Allison Johnson Alexandra Juckno Melissa Kaish and Jonathan Dorfman Susan B. Kaplan Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc. Priscilla Kauff Stephanie and Rakesh Khurana Stephen Kidder Nancy P. King Joseph Kittredge Mr. Kevin Klett Lawrence Kotin Ann and Ted Kurland Peri and Jim Kutchin Laurie Ann Laba and Neale I. Eckstein Hunt and Kelly Lambert Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine William Leblanc Stacey Schneer Lee Lori Leif Herman "Dutch" Leonard and Kathryn Angell Karen and Nathaniel Levy Harriet and Alan Lewis Amy Lieberman Mr. and Mrs. Hambleton Lord Monique Sullivan Lowitt and Ian Lowitt Macy's Inc. Marcia Marcus Alice and Coleman Mark Jennifer Maseda Kelly and Steven Migliero Barbara Millen and Markley Boyer Anne Mitchell Deborah and Timothy Moore Dr. Ann Moritz and David Arnold Jonathan Moses Nadine and Peter Mowschenson The Cozen O'Connor Foundation Inc. Kate Olmsted and John Grossman Tracy Palandjian
Eunice Panetta Alecia Parker Julianne Pemberton Patricia and Finley Perry The Pilot House Dr. Vibha PinglĂŠ and Ashutosh Varshney Fern Portnoy and Roger Goldman Suzanne Priebatsch Jean Renfield-Miller and Doug Miller Karen Foote Richards Jill Richardson and Peter Chinetti AndrĂŠe Robert and Thomas M. Burger Ms. Gabriela Romanow Carol and Jim Rosen Judi and Bill Rosensweig Amy Russo Allison K. Ryder and David B. Jones Linda Sallop and Michael Fenlon Cynthia Samuelson Claire and Edward Saxe Susan Schechter Stephanie and Jeff Schwartz Lori and Jon Shaer Richard and Christine Shea Harry Sherr Michael Shinagel and Marjorie North The Sholley Foundation, in honor of Jeremy Geidt Stacie Simon and Hal Tepfer Dr. Mark Slovenkai Somerled Charitable Foundation Megan and Soyoun Song Ildiko Sragli and Barry Appelman Susan Stafford Leslie Anne Sullivan Robert Svikhart Linda Swartz Dune Thorne and Neville McCaghren ^ Janet Tiampo and David Parker The Joseph W. and Faith K. Tiberio Charitable Foundation Brad Voigt and William Burton Mindee Wasserman, Esq. Dr. Norman Weeks Brenda and Barry Winston Janet and Jim Wirtz Claudia and Charlie Wu Gwill York and Paul Maeder Jonathan Yorks Fancy and Jeff Zilberfarb
PATRON Anonymous (4) Mary Akerson and Steven Cohen Muffy and Paul Antico Bruce Auerbach James Basker Barbara and George Beal Carol Beggy The Beker Foundation Janet L. Berkeley and Robert Duboff Nancy Bernhard and David Margolin Lisa Bevilaqua Linda Cabot Black Marc D. Blakeman Barbara and William Boger Garen Bohlin Boston Capital Corporation Charity Brown Brown Advisory Charitable Foundation, Inc. ^ Dorothea and Sheldon Buckler Cindy and Scott Burns Jonathan Bush The Edmund and Betsy Cabot Charitable Foundation Elizabeth Washburn Cabot Antonia H. Chayes Charles Cherington Jim Chervenak Eleanor and Brian Chu Mr. and Mrs. Stewart L. Cohen Jason Cole Elizabeth Creighton Brit d'Arbeloff Robert J. Davis Paula L. and Anthony M. Demarco Leigh Denny Mark Diker and Deborah Colson Nancy Donahoe and John Cohen Alexandra Drane and Antonio Bertone Eastern Bank Mary and Juan Enriquez Deborah and Ronald Feinstein Linda and Michael Frieze Kathleen Gaffney Sylvia Gerson Kathryn Keohane Glassberg Mark Glasser David Golan and Laura Green Lisa Katz Golod Andy Grasier James Gray Stacey and Mike Grealish Marjorie and Nicholas Greville Lori E. Gross and Robert Douglas Campbell
$1,000 - $2,499
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CONTRIBUTOR Anonymous (3) Tina Aronson and Koby Rotstein Jenny Lyn Bader Evelyn Barnes and Mary Carter William M. Bazzy Kathleen Begala and Yves-AndrĂŠ Istel Leonard and Jane Bernstein Ms. Kathryn Biberstein Suzanne and Jeff Bloomberg Renee Brant Kathleen Brochin Lauren Budding Andrew Burns Marla Capozzi and Tim Harned Cris and Paul Carter Elizabeth Colt and Peter Simonds Dino DiPalma Esta and Robert Epstein Eversource Energy Foundation Homa Farjadi and Mohsen Mostafavi Judith and Warren Feder Anna May and Timothy Feige Scott D. Feinstein Chris Flynn Donald Fulton Dr. Alan Garber and Dr. Anne Yahanda Brian Gerson Helen Glikman and Dan Bartley Leigh Gilmore and Thomas Pounds Givenik LLC Beth Golden Professors Mary Jo and Byron Good Phil Gormley and Erica Bisguier Grafton Street
$500 - $999 Shelly F. Greenfield and Allan M. Brandt Lisa Gruenberg and Martin Carmichael ^ Dena and Felda Hardymon Harvard University Public Affairs and Communications Department Ruth and Stephen Hendel Joan and George Hornig Dawn Jardini Brent Jones Belinda Juran and Evan Schapiro Marjie and Robert Kargman Jane Katims and Dan Perlman Jim Keegan Lisabeth Kundert Kathleen Malley Wendy Mariner and Toby Nagurney Stephen Martyak and Ryan Means Scott Mauro The Max Productions Dr. Lindsay McNair Anita Meiklejohn and Vincent Piccirilli Cordelia and Carl Menges Patricia E. Cleary Miller Ph.D Sandra Moose and Eric Birch Mylar Productions LLC Newton at Home Sabrina and Robert Nicholson Susan Novick Virginia Osborne Andrew Perlmutter Susan Pett David Pettit Sarah Piper
SUPPORTER Anonymous (5) Shari Malyn Abbott and Jon Abbott Jennifer Aronson Elizabeth Ascher and Michael Yogman Sue and Henry Bass Mrs. Nicolette Beerel and Dr. Gustav H. Beerel, PhD Barbara Berke Margie and Michael Bogdanow Breen Family Southie Bundy and Richard Hermon-Taylor James Clarkeson Ellen Clegg Mr. Stephen Columbia Rina Spence Countryman Nancy Dellarocco Jane and Stephen Deutsch Thomas Engelman Lisa Ennis Elizabeth Fennell Anna Fitzloff Brenda and Harvey Freishtat Constance and Michael Fulenwider Howard Gardner, M.D. Kathleen and Robert Garner Laurie and Jeffrey Goldbarg, M.D. Jody Gorton Mark Granovsky Ilene Greenberg and Michael Maynard Liz Grinspoon Robert Harrington John Hart Sally and Mark Harty
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Jill Rachesky Daniel Rakowski Sally C. Reid and John D. Sigel Carolyn G. Robins Ruthie Rohde and Sigmund Roos Deborah Ross Christine and Don Rothman Adina Schecter Deborah Sharpe Wendy Shattuck and Sam Plimpton Steven Showalter and Jeffrey Davis George Sing Mason and Jeannie Smith Nancy and Edward Stavis Lisa Stern David Stonestreet, in honor of Beth Pollock Tavneet Suri T&C Main Street Inc. Beth and Anthony Terrana Toscano Vitality Personal Fitness Inc. Ashley and Alexander von Perfall Kristen Wainwright and Richard Harriman Richard Walton and Susan Olsen Walton Janice Webb and Seth Davis Stacey Gillis Weber and Jeffrey Weber Bruce Whitacre Ms. Kelsey Wirth and Dr. Samuel Myers Joanne Wise Melissa and Jim Woodman Carolyn Zern
$250 - $499 Marija and John Hauser Georgene and Dudley Herschbach Robert and Mary Higgins William S. Hildreth Diane and James Hirshberg Hoban Family Sonia Hofkosh and Jonathan Hulbert Amy and Paul Holt Caroline and Fred Hoppin Sarah Jaffe and Richard Eisert Cyndi Jones and Steve Birnbaum Rona and Robert Kiley Lynn Kodama Claire Kohn Deborah and Jonathan Kolb Steven Lampert and Anita Feins Katie Lapp Lisa and Bill Laskin Ms. Susan B. Lelyveld Liberty Mutual, Give with Liberty Program Jonathan Litt Kenneth Livak Barbara A. Manzolillo W. Kathy Martin and David L. Johnson James Mattimore Daniel McCarthy Sharon Miller Jessica Morrison Evelyn and Mac Musser Christian Nolen Professor Suzanne P. Ogden and Peter Rogers Ann Marie Oliver
Carol Paik and Daniel Slifkin Drs. Hilda and Max Perlitsh Brett Pierce Tom Quintal and Naomi Kaufman Brett Robbins Kathryn and David Rosenberg Bruce Saber and Lisa Sotto Wendy Sarasohn Nina Schwalbe and Sally Girvin Pamela Schwartz Ellen and Mark Silverman Janet and Gil Slovin Gayle Speck Frederick and Ruth Stavis Stephen Stulck Tides Foundation Gloria and Arnold Tofias Jane and William Vaughn III William Waters Ellen Weissberg and Lewis Gould Ryan and Amanda West Sharon Goddard White and David White San San Wong Lisa and Clark Wright William Zinn *Donors who provide annual operating support of $25,000 or more are members of the Artistic Director's Circle ^ Donors who have given in memory of Bryan Bernfeld
A.R.T. N.Y.C. DONORS A.R.T. N.Y.C. is a group of curious, committed, and engaged individuals who provide generous annual support to the American Repertory Theater. The following gifts were received between September 1, 2014 and April 14, 2016. LEADERSHIP CIRCLE $10,000 and above
The A.R.T. N.Y.C. Leadership Circle includes New York-based donors of $10,000 and above, and all New York-based Trustees and Advisors. Amanda Brown and Justin Chang, Barbara and Rodgin Cohen, Zita Ezpeleta and Kewsong Lee, Sandi and Andrew Farkas, Lori Finkel and Andrew Cogan, Catherine Gellert, Rebecca Gold and Nathan Milikowsky, Rebecca and Laurence Grafstein, Heather and James Higgins, Alan Jones and Ashley Garrett, Janet and Howard Kagan, Serena and Bill Lese, Jeanne and Dennis Masel, Hee-Jung and John Moon, Julia Pershan and Jonathan Cohen, Stan Ponte and John Metzner, Ellen Gordon Reeves, Melinda B. Thaler, Nadine Wong and David Chang
A.R.T. N.Y.C. SUPPORTERS Anonymous, Jenny Lyn Bader, Kathleen Begala and Yves-André Istel, Patricia Beilman and David Poor, Amy and Ed Brakeman, Kathleen Brochin, Joy and Steven Bunson, Laurie Burt, Chung Family Foundation, Mark Diker and Deborah Colson, Andrew Dominus and Stephanie Altman Dominus, Anna May and Timothy Feige, Michael Feinstein and Denise Waldron, Brian Gerson, Sylvia Gerson, Kathryn Keohane Glassberg, Candy Kosow Gold and Martin Waters, Beth Golden, Lawrence Golub, Jody Gorton, Andy Grasier, Nikola and David Hennes, Joan and George Hornig, Sarah Jaffe and Richard Eisert, Rosemarie and Steve Johnson, Melissa Kaish and Jonathan Dorfman, Priscilla Kauff, Barbara H. Landreth, M.D., Lori Lesser, Monique Sullivan Lowitt and Ian Lowitt, Cordelia and Carl Menges, Lucy and Ward Mooney, Jonathan Moses, Bob and Alison Murchison, Susan and Ed Novick, Mercedes Nugent-Head and James C. Marlas, Carol Paik and Daniel Slifkin, Sarah Piper, Jill Rachesky, Deborah Ross, Bruce Saber and Lisa Sotto, Adina Schecter, George Sing, Lisa Stern, Linda Swartz, Deb Tolman and Luis Ubinas, Ashley and Alexander von Perfall, Stacey Gillis Weber and Jeffrey Weber, Fran and Barry Weissler, Bruce Whitacre
IN-KIND SUPPORTERS The A.R.T. thanks the following individual and corporate supporters for their invaluable in-kind donations. Southwest Airlines (Official Airline Sponsor) southwest.com
Ilex Designs/ Andrew Anderson (Floral Sponsor) ilexflowers.com
Aesop Allagash Brewing Company, Inc. Beat Brasserie Amy and Ed Brakeman Cambridge, 1. The Catered Affair The Charles Hotel Citi Performing Arts Center Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Laura and Michael Dreese Google
The Urban Grape/ Hadley and T.J. Douglas (Wine Sponsor) theurbangrape.com
DigBoston (Publishing Partner) digboston.com
Rebecca and Laurence Grafstein Grafton Street The Graphic Group Grendel's Den Harvest Henrietta's Table Georgene and Dudley Herschbach Megan and David Hinckley Alan Jones and Ashley Garrett Bob and Alison Murchison Night Market Noir Bar
Peterson Party Center (Party Rental Sponsor) Petersonpartycenter.com
Mary-Kathleen O'Connell and Jeffrey Bernfeld Linda Hammett Ory and Andrew Ory Parsnip Regattabar Rialto Anne Rogal The Sinclair Melinda B. Thaler Toscano United Staging and Rigging
THEATRE FORWARD Theatre Forward is a not-for-profit organization that advances the American theatre and its communities by providing funding and other resources to the country’s leading nonprofit theatres. The following foundations, individuals, and corporations support these theatres through their contributions of $2,500 and above to Theatre Forward. Buford Alexander and Pamela Farr *◊ American Express * Mitchell J. Auslander *◊ Bank of America * Bloomberg BNY Mellon Steven & Joy Bunson *◊ Cisco Systems, Inc. * Citi Disney/ABC Television Group* Paula Dominick *◊ Dorfman and Kaish Family Foundation, Inc. ◊ Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Dramatists Play Service, Inc. * John R. Dutt *◊ Epiq Systems * EY * Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing *◊ Jessica Farr *◊ Alan & Jennifer Freedman *◊ Goldman, Sachs & Co. Mason and Kim Granger *◊ Brian J. Harkins*� Ted Hartley & RKO Stage * Gregory S. Hurst *◊ Howard and Janet Kagan ◊ Karen A. & Kevin W. Kennedy Foundation Joseph F. Kirk *◊ Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. John R. Mathena *◊ Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart *◊
Dina Merril & Ted Hartley* MetLife Morgan Stanley National Endowment for the Arts ◊ Newmark Holdings * Ogilvy & Mather † Lisa Orberg ◊ Frank & Bonnie Orlowski *◊ Pfizer, Inc. Presidio* Thomas C. Quick ◊ RBC Wealth Management ◊ The Schloss Family Foundation ◊ Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. * Daniel A. Simkowitz *◊ George S. Smith, Jr. *◊ Southwest Airlines ◊† S&P Global TD Charitable Foundation ◊ Theatermania.com/Gretchen Shugart *◊ John Thomopoulos *◊ Evelyn Mack Truitt * James S. & Lynne Turley *◊ UBS Wells Fargo *◊ Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP * Isabelle Winkles *◊
*Theatre Forward/DeWitt Stern Fund for New American Theatre ◊ Educating through Theatre Support †Includes In-kind support As of January 2016 Theatre Forward supporters are former supporters of National Corporate Theatre Fund and Impact Creativity.
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Education & Community Programs A.R.T. Education & Community programs offer in-depth access to A.R.T. artists and productions for everyone in our community.
public spaces through site-specific audio plays written by local children and teens, available on our website.
Education Experience A.R.T. experiences spark meaningful discourse, inschool and out. In addition to fostering creativity, collaboration, and intellectual curiosity in our community, we support teachers with free artsintegrated teaching tools, free classroom visits, and affordable tickets to world-class theater at the A.R.T.
WORDplay Summer Theater & Writing Program Each year, A.R.T. and writing center 826 Boston students write scripts, design sets, costumes, and perform plays on a professional stage, inspired by the A.R.T. season.
Community Connections A.R.T. partners with Boston-area non-profit organizations, bringing high-quality arts experiences to underserved families and individuals. Community Connections pair subsidized tickets to A.R.T. performances with enrichment programming ranging from private artist talks to in-depth workshops. Neighborhood Podcast Play Series A.R.T. works with non-profit partners around the city to enliven and creatively engage with our
A.R.T. Kids Company Children ages 5-10 join us on Saturday mornings to learn the fundamentals of theater in the fall and spring by creating weekly re-imaginings of classic and contemporary fairy tales, live! Proclamation An ensemble of local high school juniors and seniors team up with A.R.T. artists and Harvard scholars for an eight-week afterschool playmaking intensive. The result is a vivid, provocative, extremely fresh performance work on one of the A.R.T.'s stages. This season, Proclamation 3 explored topics of environmental crisis.
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American Repertory Theater Staff THE TERRIE AND BRADLEY BLOOM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DIANE PAULUS DIANE QUINN
ARTISTIC
Producer Diane Borger Director of Artistic Programs/Dramaturg Ryan McKittrick Director of Special Projects Ariane Barbanell Line Producer Mark Lunsford Resident Director Allegra Libonati Artistic Associate Shira Milikowsky Company Manager Ryan Sweeney Hasty Pudding Artistic Fellow Sammi Cannold Artistic Interns Emily Bergquist, Mitch Polonsky
INSTITUTE
Director Administrative Director Associate Director Co-head of Dramaturgy Co-head of Dramaturgy Resident Literary Advisor Head of Voice & Speeach Institute Associate IATT Production Manager Associate IATT Stage Manager Technical Director Student Financial Aid Administrator
OBERON
Associate Producer Venue Manager Programming Manager Production Manager Programming Associate Assistant Venue Manager House Technician House Sound Engineer House Lighting Programmer
Scott Zigler Julia Smeliansky Marcus Stern Anatoly Smeliansky Ryan McKittrick Arthur Holmberg Erika Bailey Sean Cummings Katherine Clanton Elizabeth Haroian Skip Curtiss Sophia Henderson
Director of Development Deputy Director of Development Grants Manager Development Officer Development Information and Database Specialist Development Associate
Megan Hinckley Jessica Morrison Meghan Coleman Lily Lewis-McNeil Darnell Graham Jonathan Remmers
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Director of Marketing and Communications Anna Fitzloff Director of Press and Public Relations Katalin Mitchell Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications Grace Geller Senior Graphic Designer Joel Zayac Senior Education and Community Programs Manager Brendan Shea Education and Community Programs Associate Brenna Nicely Publications and Artistic Programs Associate Robert Duffley Social and Digital Media Assistant Nicole Banks Videographer Johnathan Carr Marketing Interns Durra Jingfeng Liang, Shannon Reed Education Intern Pablo Hernandez Basulto
PATRON SERVICES
Director of Patron Services/ System Administrator Derek Mueller Ticket Services Manager Alicia Curtis Audience Services Manager Stephen Wuycheck Senior Ticket Services Coordinator Karen Snyder Ticket Services Representative Cassandra Long Weekend Shift Supervisor Heather Conroe Ticket Services Staff Taylor Hughes, Nickolas Mellace, Jessica Mullen, Tani Nakamoto, Emma Putnam Front of House Manager Matt Spano Duty House Managers Heather Conroe, Marissa Friedman, Anna Kelsey, Courteney Smith Volunteer Usher Coordinator Barbara Lindstrom
As of April 2016
General Manager Associate General Manager
FINANCE
Director of Finance Senior Finance Accountant Financial Administrator Payroll Administrator Accounting Assistants
Steven Showalter Teresa Gozzo
Kathryn Rosenberg John Josti Stacie Hurst Paul Ravelo Toufiq Aitelfqih, Michele Hammel
PRODUCTION
Production Manager Associate Production Managers HRDC Technical Supervisor
Patricia Quinlan Skip Curtiss, Jeremie Lozier Kathryn Nakaji
COSTUMES
Costume Shop Manager Assistant Costume Shop Manager Crafts Artisan Wardrobe Supervisor Wig Runner Costume/Props Stock Manager
Jeannette Hawley Carson Eddy Jeffrey Scott Burrows Alma Reyes Burgos Emily Damron Suzanne O. Kadiff
LIGHTS
Lighting Supervisor Assistant Lighting Design Light Board Operator
Matthew Adelman Sean Pieroth Jeremy Goldenberg
PROPERTIES Ariane Barbanell Leo X. Crowley Julia Kraus Skip Curtiss Emma Watt Megan Minger Alex Giorgetti Michael Policare Violet Gayzagian
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEVELOPMENT
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Props Master Assistant Props Master Props Carpenter
SCENERY
Technical Director Assistant Technical Director Assistant Technical Director Scene Shop Supervisor Scenic Charge Artist Master Carpenter Scenic Carpenters Scenic Painter Purchaser
Cynthia Lee-Sullivan Rebecca Helgeson Nicholas Menge Stephen Setterlun Mike Hamer Kristin Knutson David Schultz Jerry Vogt Peter Doucette Dan Lincoln, Garrett McEntee, York-Andreas Paris Heather Morris David Jewett
SOUND
Sound Supervisor Sound Board Operator Audio Technician
Sam Lerner Katrina Sistare Michelle Reiss
STAGE
Stage Supervisor Assistant Stage Supervisor Props Runner Fly and Stage Hand Stage Hand
Henning Malm Christopher Eschenbach Matthew Sebastian Keelia Liptak Ricky Roman
THEATER AND FACILITIES Theater and Facilities Manager
LOEB RECEPTION DESK Main Receptionists Receptionists
Tracy Keene Sarah Leon, Maria Medeiros Barbara Lindstrom, Sean O'Leary, Sarah Rodman, Matt Spano
FOR IN THE BODY OF THE WORLD Additional Carpenters
Peter Birren, Thomas Eckenfels, Derek Jay, Greg Miller, Alex Phillips, Alex Platt, Johnathan Proctor, Ray Reyes, Rachel Shainwald, Nick Tosches, Bryan Wheat, Nat Taylor Open Captioning c2 Primary Audio Describer Alice Austin Secondary Audio Describer Janet Stankus HGSE Education Intern Shanae Burch
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Notes & Masthead
PLEASE NOTE: The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photgraphing or recording inside this theater, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection, and violations may render the offender liable for monetary damages. EMERGENCIES: In case of emergency, contact the House Manager or nearest usher.
Post-performance discussions follow select matinees, visit our website for specific dates and times.
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LARGE PRINT
All venues are fully accessible.
WEST LOBBY
Assistive listening devices are available for all A.R.T. performances. Large Print and Braille programs are available at select performances. A.R.T. offers Open Captioning, Audio Description, ASL interpreted, & Sensory Friendly Programming at Designated performances throughout the year. email: ticketservices@amrep.org/call: 617.547.8300
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FIRE NOTICE: Please take a moment to locate the nearest emergency exit. In the event of a fire or other emergency, remain calm and listen for directions from management and/or via our public address system. ALL ADMISSIONS INTO THE THEATER, ONCE THE PERFORMANCE HAS BEGUN, WILL BE AT THE DISCRETION OF MANAGEMENT.
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