ROOSEVELVIS
2015/16 Season
Artistic Director’s Welcome DIANE PAULUS The Terrie and Bradley Bloom Artistic Director American Repertory Theater
Welcome to RoosevElvis
COVER ART: ROOT (THISISROOT.CO.UK)
RoosevElvis explores the evolution of our national identity through a hallucinatory journey from the Badlands of South Dakota all the way to Graceland. This production puts Teddy Roosevelt and Elvis Presley, played by the actresses Kristen Sieh and Libby King, in conversation to contrast two archetypes of American masculinity. With this piece, Brooklyn-based devised theater ensemble the TEAM returns to OBERON for the first time since A.R.T.'s 2010 Emerging America festival, when they performed Particularly in the Heartland. Led by Artistic Director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Three Pianos), this dynamic troupe mixes athleticism and artistic risk-taking, offering us new perspectives on American characters and stories. Please join me in welcoming these remarkable artists to OBERON, and buckle up for an unforgettable theatrical road trip.
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Created by RACHEL CHAVKIN, LIBBY KING, JAKE MARGOLIN, & KRISTEN SIEH
with MATT HUBBS, ANDREW SCHNEIDER, & NICK VAUGHAN Set Design NICK VAUGHAN
Costume Design KRISTEN SIEH
Video Design ANDREW SCHNEIDER
Associate Director JAKE MARGOLIN
Sound Design MATT HUBBS
Associate Director (Tour) ANNIE TIPPE
Lighting Design AUSTIN R. SMITH
Associate Production Video Design Stage Manager STEPHEN MEG ARNOCZY MCDONALD*
Director RACHEL CHAVKIN First performance at OBERON May 6, 2016. RoosevElvis premiered at The Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn in October 2013. Production Sponsor
Sarah Hancock 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.
CAST Ann/Elvis ............................................................................LIBBY KING* Brenda/Teddy..............................................................KRISTEN SIEH*
ADDITIONAL STAFF Associate Lighting Design .......................................ERIC FURBISH Associate Sound Design...................................... STOWE NELSON Assistant Sound Design ................................... ERIK SKOVGAARD Technical Director for the TEAM .......... AARON MINERBROOK Producing Director for the TEAM .....................MANDA MARTIN Associate Producer for the TEAM .....................LUCY JACKSON Ann-Margret Dance and Additional Movement Consultation ...............SAM PINKLETON Video Footage Shot and Edited............ANDREW SCHNEIDER Original Video Design .........................................JOE CANTALUPO Assistant Director ...............................................KEVIN HOURIGAN Development Stage Managers ..............................DAVE POLATO, KEVIN HOURIGAN Production Intern ......................................................... EMILY MOLER
(*) Member of Actors' Equity Association
SPECIAL THANKS Paula Marie Black, Janet and Howard Kagan, Noel Allain, Sue Kessler and everyone at the Bushwick Starr, Vallejo Gantner and PS122, Sarah Stern and Vineyard Theatre, Annie Tippe, Jenny Worton, Sam Pinkleton, James Hill, Herbert and Shirley Chavkin, Gavin Compton, David Chavkin, Sara Rosenbaum, T. Stowe Nelson, Jake Heinrichs, Sean Linehan, Doug Filomena, The Lighting Syndicate, JAG Fabrications, Joe Howell, David Fowler, Ryan Dougherty, PRG, Kate Freer, Dave Tennent, Alex Koch, Chris Haydon, Iona Tallia Firouzabadi, Noah Schechter, James Scruggs, David Baloche, Kevin Hourigan, Kailee Ayyar, Liz Rogers, Chloe Treat, Elsa Gay, Brandon Powers, Noah Rubenstein, Emily Watson, the rest of the members of the TEAM, and the many individuals and locations that hosted us during our filming road trip. Heather Cole and the Theodore Roosevelt Collection at Houghton Library. RoosevElvis was developed and premiered at The Bushwick Starr, and was made possible with support from The Jerome Foundation, London’s Almeida Theatre and Gate Theatre, The Drama League, A.R.T./New York Creative Space Grant supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Production design support provided by the Edith Lutyens and Norman Bel Geddes Design Enhancement Fund, a program of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York.
PHOTO: KEVIN HOURIGAN
A NOTE FROM ONE OF THE WRITERS
From my late teens through my early thirties I worked as a waiter in coffee shops, breakfast joints, restaurants, and bars. I was pretty good at my job, I think in part because I constantly, half-consciously pictured myself in a movie—a movie in which, by learning the rhythm of keeping the coffee pots filled during a morning rush; by keeping simultaneous conversations going with several different tables, the kitchen staff, and the incessantly ringing to-go telephone customers; by timing cigarette breaks so that nobody noticed I’d left; in short, by mastering all of the small moves that make up the dance of a simple service job, I was part of a romantic, heroic progression. In this ongoing daydream of my life as a film, I generally pictured myself as a compilation of various film waitresses and some of the truly great waitresses I’ve worked with over the years—salty, brash, gorgeous, tough as nails, and a little bit tragic. My movie life was accompanied by a soundtrack ranging from the Judds, to Morricone, to the hauntingly lonesome theme song from Percy Adlon’s Bagdad Café, Bob Telson and Javetta Steele’s “Calling You.” RoosevElvis, like all TEAM shows, was collaboratively written. At the beginning of development we knew only two things for certain: Kristen was going to play Teddy Roosevelt and Libby was going play Elvis Presley. We talked a lot about how we see ourselves in constant relation to icons of “greatness,” regardless of our own potential, and about how we find both solace and inspiration in these imagined connections. We talked about how there are those who live their lives accompanied by an internal soundtrack and those who don’t. Film became a central component of the piece. Much of the action of RoosevElvis takes place on film, shot largely on location during a road trip from the Badlands of South Dakota to Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. The production is set on a film soundstage replete with c-stand lights maneuvered by stagehands and an oversized greenscreen. Ann’s humdrum house was a series of naturalistic movie sets out of which Ann, Brenda, Teddy, and Elvis exploded on their road trips. In the last couple of years I’ve stopped waiting tables and, perhaps coincidentally, I’ve stopped picturing myself in a movie of my life. In my imagination I look more or less like myself and not so much like a weathered diner waitress lit by soft, magic hour light. I’ve noticed that unless the radio is playing I don’t imagine a running soundtrack underscoring my daily activities. I genuinely wonder whether Teddy Roosevelt and Elvis Presley pictured themselves through the eye of a camera and whether they heard a score for their internal biopics. I suspect they did, and as we approach this remount of RoosevElvis with its glorious films and brilliant performances, I wish that I could somehow see the movies of these great men’s lives as they imagined them.
“There are those who live their lives accompanied by an internal soundtrack and those who don’t.”
Jake Margolin is a Collaborating Writer and Associate Director for RoosevElvis.
Cast
LIBBY KING
Ann/Elvis/Collaborating Writer A.R.T.: Particularly in the Heartland, the TEAM, Emerging America Festival. For the TEAM: Mission Drift, Architecting. Other theater: 27 by Abi Morgan; The Laramie Project Cycle with Moises Kaufman and Tectonic; Death of a Salesman with SITI Company/Swine Palace. New York/International: BAM, The Public, PS122 (NYC), The Royal Court, The National, Barbican, The Almeida (London), The Royal Lyceum, The Traverse (Edinburgh), Culturegest (Lisbon).
PHOTOS: KEVIN HOURIGAN
KRISTEN SIEH
Brenda/Teddy/Collaborating Writer/Costume Designer A.R.T: Gatz, Elevator Repair Service; Particularly in the Heartland, the TEAM, Emerging America Festival; Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage, Banana, Bag & Bodice. With the TEAM: Architecting, A Thousand Natural Shocks, Mission Drift (collaborating writer). Off-Broadway: Fortress of Solitude, February House, Public Theater; Iphigenia in Aulis, Classic Stage; Ghost Rings, Half Straddle; O, Earth, The Foundry; Twelfth Night, Pig Iron; The World is Round, BAM. Regional/International includes: The Royal Court, The Barbican Centre (London), Long Wharf, Baltimore CenterStage, Denver Center. TV: "Boardwalk Empire," "Orange is the New Black," "The Blacklist," "Law & Order."
Creative Team RACHEL CHAVKIN
Director A.R.T.: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Three Pianos; Particularly in the Heartland, the TEAM, Emerging America Festival. Rachel Chavkin is a director, writer, dramaturg, and founding Artistic Director of the TEAM, with whom she has co-authored and directed 9 works. She collaborates regularly with writers and composers on new work, including Dave Malloy’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Ars Nova World Premiere, Off-Broadway transfer, A.R.T., Broadway transfer upcoming (New York Times, Time Out NY, and NY Post Critics Pick); folksinger Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown, NYTW, Spring 2016; Chris Thorpe’s Confirmation (2014 Scotsman Fringe First), National and International Tour; and Marco Ramirez’s The Royale, Lincoln Center, Old Globe. 2010 and 2013 Obie Award, Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Nominations for Best Direction, and 2013 & 2014 Doris Duke Impact Award Nominee. Proud member of SDC.
NICK VAUGHAN
Set Designer A.R.T.: Particularly in the Heartland, the TEAM, Emerging America Festival. For the TEAM: Waiting For You on the Corner of..., Sojourn Theatre/Kansas City Rep; Mission Drift, Almeida/ PS122/Culturgest/International Tour; Architecting, National Theatre of Scotland/PS122/International Tour. Other theater includes: The Royale, Old Globe, Lincoln Center; The Lily’s Revenge, HERE.
AUSTIN R. SMITH
Lighting Designer A.R.T.: Futurity: A Musical by The Lisps; Three Pianos. Theater includes: lphigenia in Aulis, Classic Stage Company; The Royale, Old Globe, Lincoln Center; Anna Christie, Arms & the Man, Baskerville, Old Globe; Queen of the Night, Diamond Horseshoe; When January Feels Like Summer, Ensemble Studio; Charles Ives Take Me Home, Rattlestick; Stand Up Tragedy, site-specific; Jesus ln India, Ma-Yi; Massacre, Rattlestick; Sleep No More, McKittrick Hotel; Three Pianos, NYTW, Ontological-Hysteric.
MATT HUBBS
Sound Designer A.R.T.: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812; Marie Antoinette, Three Pianos; Particularly in the Heartland, the TEAM, Emerging America Festival. For the TEAM: The Holler Sessions, On The Boards; Waiting For You on the Corner of..., Sojourn Theatre/Kansas City Rep; Mission Drift, Almeida/PS122/ Culturgest/International Tour; Architecting, National Theatre of Scotland/PS122/International Tour; Give Up! Start Over, A Thousand Natural Shocks. Other theater includes: Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Ars Nova, Kazino; Marie Antoinette, Yale Rep; Three Pianos, NYTW; Indecent, La Jolla Playhouse/Yale Rep; Preludes, LCT3; The Royale, Old Globe/Lincoln Center; Time & the Conways, Old Globe; Stage Kiss, 100 Saints You Should Know, Playwrights Horizons; Hammock, Dance Exchange/Tour; How We Got On, Death Tax, A Devil at Noon, Humana Festival; Futura, NAATCO; The Human Scale, Public Theater; Telephone, The Foundry.
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Creative Team ANDREW SCHNEIDER
Video Designer A.R.T.: Debut. Theater credits include: YOUARENOWHERE, PS122; The Institute of Memory, PiCA, TBA., UTR; DANCE/FIELD, Dance Roulette; Tidal, River to River Festival; WOW+FLUTTER, The Chocolate Factory. Awards include: Obie Award (YOUARENOWHERE).
JAKE MARGOLIN
Associate Director/ Collaborating Writer A.R.T.: Particularly in the Heartland, the TEAM, Emerging America Festival. For the TEAM: Waiting For You on the Corner of..., Sojourn Theatre/ Kansas City Rep; Mission Drift, Almeida/ PS122/Culturgest/ International Tour; Architecting, National Theatre of Scotland/PS122/ International Tour; Howl. For Faye Driscoll (visual design): Thank You For Coming: Attendance, Danspace/ ICA Boston/International Tour. For Yoshiko Chuma: π=. . ., LaMaMa ETC; POONARC, Danspace/Romanian Tour. With Nick Vaughan: 50 States: Wyoming, Art League Houston; A Marriage: 2 (West-er), Invisible Dog Art Center; A Marriage: 1 (Suburbia), HERE/MCLA. 2014 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship.
ANNIE TIPPE
Associate Director (Tour) A.R.T.: Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet, OBERON Presents. Selected Directing credits: Ghost Quartet (NYT Critics Pick); Anne Washburn’s When the Tanks Break, Drama League Director Fest; Washeteria, Soho Rep (NYT Critics’ Pick); Aaron/Marie (codirected with Rachel Chavkin), Under the Radar Incoming! Series; I Heard
Sex Noises, Ars Nova. Associate Director for The TEAM’S Mission Drift, as well as Gabriel Kahane’s The Ambassador (dir. John Tiffany). 2015 Drama League Fall Directing Fellow. Ars Nova’s 2016 “Director-inResidence”. Williamstown Directing Corps. annietippe.com
STEPHEN STIVO ARNOCZY
Associate Video Designer A.R.T.: Debut. Off-Broadway: The Effect (as Assistant Designer), Barrow Street Theater; to the left of the pantry and under the sugar shack, La MaMa Club; The Wildness (as Engineer), Ars Nova. Regional: A Taste of Things To Come, Bucks County Playhouse; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Bucks County Playhouse. Touring: As I Remember It (as Assistant Designer), Kennedy Center; Healing Wars (as Assistant Designer), La Jolla Playhouse; OnTheRoad presented by The Dance Cartel, Wholehearted (as Assistant Designer), Kelly-Strayhorn.
ERIC FURBISH
Associate Lighting Designer A.R.T. Debut. New York Citybased lighting designer with wide variety of experience with design and assisting for theater, opera, broadcast, themed environments in theaters, studios, and venues worldwide. Past projects and venues include work at Lincoln Center, San Francisco Opera, Universal Studios, and regional theatre in the northeast and southeast United States. Broadcast work can be seen in news broadcasts on affiliate NBC, CBS, ABC, and cable networks in variety of markets nation-wide. furbishdesigns.com
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Creative Team STOWE NELSON
Associate Sound Designer A.R.T.: Debut. Previously with the TEAM: Mission Drift. As sound designer: Indian Summer, Playwrights Horizons; Iphigenia in Aulis, Classic Stage Company; The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, The Wayside Motor Inn, Signature. As a company member of the Mad Ones, he has designed sound for The Tremendous Tremendous, The Essential Straight & Narrow and Samuel & Alasdair, NY IT Award, Drama Desk Nomination. wingspace.com/stowe
ERIK SKOVGAARD
Assistant Sound Designer A.R.T.: Pippin, The Glass Menagerie. Off-Broadway: Iphigenia in Aulis, Doctor Faustus, CSC; Verité, LCT3; The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, Signature; Uncanny Valley, 59E59/CATF; Buyer & Cellar, Barrow Street Theater.
AARON MINERBROOK
Technical Director A.R.T.: Debut. As Technical Director: John Jesurun’s Shadowland. Projection Design: Karaoke Bacchae, New Ohio; Chuck Mee’s Hôtel Méditerranée, Yiannis Mavritsakisk, the Wild Project. Aaron has also contributed to projects such as Really, Abrons Arts Center; Cry, Trojans!, St. Ann’s Warehouse; Sticks and Bones, Signature; Uriel Acosta: I Want That Man!, Chocolate Factory; Sleep No More, McKittrick Hotel.
MEG MCDONALD
Production Stage Manager A.R.T.: Debut. As Stage Manager: Healing Wars, La Jolla Playhouse, Hancher Performing Arts Center, Virginia Tech; Blood, Muscle, Bone, Liz Lerman and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar at Wesleyan University; The Matter of Origins, University of Maryland, Peak Performances, Gammage Auditorium; Four Rooms Waking, Capital Fringe Festival. As Assistant Stage Manager: Treasure Island, The Book Club Play, Lord of the Flies, Round House Theatre. With Dance Exchange: Ferocious Beauty: Genome, Hammock, Drift, Blueprints of Relentless Nature, Darwin’s Wife, Language from the Land, Farthest Earth from Thee.
Creative Team THE TEAM
The TEAM is a Brooklyn-based ensemble dedicated to making new work about the experience of living in America today. Founded in 2004, the TEAM has created and toured nine works nationally and internationally. They are four-time winners of the Scotsman Fringe First Award, Winner 2011 Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Prize, 2011 Herald Angel, 2008 Edinburgh Total Theatre Award, Best Production Dublin Fringe 2007, and were nominated for a 2012 Drama League Award for Outstanding Musical. The TEAM was cited on “Best of 2013” lists on three continents, and is a recipient of the American Theatre Wing’s 2014 National Theatre Company Grant. The TEAM has performed all over New York (including the Public Theater, PS122, and the Vineyard Theatre); nationally (including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis); and internationally (including London’s National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Almeida Theatre, and Battersea Arts Centre; Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre; Lisbon’s Culturgest; the Salzburg Festival; the Perth International Arts Festival; and the Hong Kong Arts Festival). The TEAM is Jessica Almasy, Frank Boyd, Rachel Chavkin, Stephanie Douglass, Amber Gray, Jill Frutkin, Brian Hastert, Jake Heinrichs, Matt Hubbs, Libby King, Ian Lassiter, Jake Margolin, Dave Polato, Kristen Sieh, and Nick Vaughan. Artistic Director: Rachel Chavkin, Producing Director: Manda Martin, Associate Producer: Lucy Jackson @theTEAMplays This production operates under an agreement with Actors’ Equity Association.
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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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 Dean Huntington 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 Pinglé and Ashutosh Varshney Fern Portnoy and Roger Goldman Suzanne Priebatsch Jean Renfield-Miller and Doug Miller Karen Foote Richards Jill Richardson and Peter Chinetti Andrée 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
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 Alan Garber and Dr. Anne Yahanda Brian Gerson Givenik LLC Helen Glikman and Dan Bartley Leigh Gilmore and Thomas Pounds Beth Golden Professors Mary Jo and Byron Good Phil Gormley and Erica Bisguier Grafton Street Shelly F. Greenfield and Allan M. Brandt Lisa Gruenberg and Martin Carmichael ^
$500 - $999 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 Contributor Virginia Osborne Andrew Perlmutter Susan Pett David Pettit Sarah Piper 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
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
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 Marija and John Hauser Georgene and Dudley Herschbach Robert and Mary Higgins
$250 - $499
*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 that provide generous annual support to the American Repertory Theater. The following gifts of $250 and above were received between September 1, 2014 and April 14, 2016.
A.R.T. N.Y.C. Leadership Circle 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 $250-$9,999 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. Ilex Designs/ Andrew Anderson (Floral Sponsor) ilexflowers.com
Southwest Airlines (Official Airline Sponsor) southwest.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
Students in Proclamation, an annual afterschool playmaking intensive for Bostonarea high school students led by the A.R.T.'s award-winning Education & Community Programs department.
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 Camp Each year, A.R.T. and writing center 826 Boston partner for a free camp for children in Greater Boston. Students participate in the free, five-week program to write scripts, design sets, costumes, and perform plays 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 tickets to A.R.T. performances with deep enrichment programming ranging from private artist talks to creative 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 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, high-quality performance work. This season, Proclamation 3 explored topics of environmental crisis.
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American Repertory Theater Staff THE TERRIE AND BRADLEY BLOOM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
DIANE PAULUS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DIANE QUINN
ARTISTIC
Producer Director of Artistic Programs/Dramaturg Director of Special Projects Line Producer Resident Director Artistic Associate Company Manager Hasty Pudding Artistic Fellow Artistic Interns
Ryan McKittrick Ariane Barbanell Mark Lunsford Allegra Libonati Shira Milikowsky Ryan Sweeney Sammi Cannold Emily Bergquist, Mitch Polonsky
INSTITUTE
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Diane Borger
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 Student Financial Aid Administrator
OBERON
Associate Producer Venue Manager Programming Manager Production Manager Programming Associate Assistant Venue Manager House Technician Sound Supervisor House Sound Engineer House Lighting Programmer
FINANCE
Director of Finance Senior Finance Accountant Financial Administrator Payroll Administrator Accounting Assistants
PRODUCTION
Production Manager Associate Production Managers HRDC Technical Supervisor Costume Shop Manager Assistant Costume Shop Manager Crafts Artisan Wardrobe Supervisor Wig Runner Costume/Props Stock Manager
LIGHTS
Lighting Supervisor Assistant Lighting Design Light Board Operator
PROPERTIES Ariane Barbanell Leo X. Crowley Julia Kraus Skip Curtiss Emma Watt Megan Minger Justin Paice Alex Giorgetti Michael Policare Violet Gayzagian
DEVELOPMENT
Director of Development Megan Hinckley Deputy Director of Development Jessica Morrison Grants Manager Meghan Coleman Development Officer Lily Lewis-McNeil Development Information and Database Specialist Darnell Graham Development Associate 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 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 Volunteer Usher Coordinator Barbara Lindstrom
As of April 2016
General Manager Associate General Manager
COSTUMES Scott Zigler Julia Smeliansky Marcus Stern Anatoly Smeliansky Ryan McKittrick Arthur Holmberg Erika Bailey Sean Cummings Katherine Clanton Elizabeth Haroian Sophia Henderson
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
PATRON SERVICES
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
SOUND
Sound Supervisor Theatrical Audio Technician Audio Technician
STAGE
Stage Supervisor Assistant Stage Supervisor Props Runner Fly and Stage Hand Stage Hand
THEATER AND FACILITIES Theater and Facilities Manager
LOEB RECEPTION DESK Main Receptionists Receptionists
FOR ROOSEVELVIS Props Runner Stage Crew Wardrobe
Steven Showalter Teresa Gozzo
Kathryn Rosenberg John Josti Stacie Hurst Paul Ravelo Toufiq Aitelfqih, Michele Hammel
Patricia Quinlan Skip Curtiss, Jeremie Lozier Kathryn Nakaji Jeannette Hawley Carson Eddy Jeffrey Scott Burrows Alma Reyes Burgos Emily Damron Suzanne O. Kadiff Matthew Adelman Sean Pieroth Jeremy Goldenberg 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 Sam Lerner Katrina Sistare Michelle Reiss
Henning Malm Christopher Eschenbach Matthew Sebastian Keelia Liptak Ricky Roman
Tracy Keene Sarah Leon, Maria Medeiros Barbara Lindstrom, Sean O'Leary, Sarah Rodman, Matt Spano
Matthew Sebastian Taylor Brennan Emily Damron
Notes & Masthead Post-performance discussions follow select matinees. Visit our website for specific dates and times.
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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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