Robin Hood Program by American Repertory Theater

2013/14 Season

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Artistic Director’s Welcome DIANE PAULUS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Welcome to The Heart of Robin Hood! This thrilling and kinetic interpretation of the famous English legend is the perfect antidote to the winter doldrums. Many of us recall Robin Hood from the legend’s countless retellings and adaptations. The Heart of Robin Hood distinguishes itself with its bold interpretation of Marion. Far from the damsel in distress, Marion is a powerful and ingenious heroine struggling to thrive in a world of not-soMerry Men. As you will soon see, Marion and Robin’s fates intertwine in exciting and surprising ways. I am delighted to welcome Icelandic director Gisli Örn Gardarsson to the A.R.T., who, with his design team and energetic cast, has crafted a completely transportive theater experience. New England meets “olde” England through the ingenious live accompaniment of Connecticut-based folk band Poor Old Shine. Like Greek myths, folk legends survive because of their continued relevance to our society. In the hands of great contemporary artists, we are reminded of the vitality of even the oldest tales. Thank you for joining us to experience The Heart of Robin Hood. Enjoy the show!

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BY DAVID FARR MUSIC BY POOR OLD SHINE LYRICS BY POOR OLD SHINE AND DAVID FARR SET DESIGN BÖRKUR JÓNSSON

COSTUME DESIGN EMMA RYOTT

MUSIC DIRECTOR KRIS KUKUL

LIGHTING DESIGN BJÖRN HELGASON

FIGHT DIRECTOR JOE BOSTICK

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/ AERIAL CONSULTANT SELMA BJÖRNSDÓTTIR

SOUND DESIGN JONATHAN DEANS

CASTING TELSEY + COMPANY WILLIAM CANTLER, CSA PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER MAHLON KRUSE*

DIRECTOR GISLI ÖRN GARDARSSON First performance at the Loeb Drama Center on December 11, 2013 The Heart of Robin Hood was originally produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The RSC in America is presented in collaboration with The Ohio State University. The A.R.T. is dedicating the 2013/14 season to the memory of Jeremy Geidt, beloved actor, revered teacher, and cherished friend, who was a founding member of the A.R.T. and truly embodied its spirit through his generosity, wit, and devotion to the theater. PRODUCTION SUPPORT

MAUREEN AND MIKE SHEEHAN SEASON SUPPORT

CAST (in alphabetical order) Gisborne’s Henchman/Soldier/Prison Guard

MOE ALAFRANGY

Sarah Summers CLAIRE CANDELA* Jethro Summers ANDREW CEKALA* Little John JEREMY CRAWFORD Robin Hood JORDAN DEAN* Will Scathlock ZACHARY EISENSTAT Guy of Gisborne/George LeBrun/ Duke of York/Bishop

DAVID MICHAEL GARRY*

Much Miller ANDY GROTELUESCHEN* Marion CHRISTINA BENNETT LIND* Plug the Dog/Townswoman/Soldier/ Rebecca Summers LAURA SHEEHY* Pierre CHRISTOPHER SIEBER* Makepeace/Friar/Robert Summers/French Lord/ Confessor/Wild Boar/Lord Falconbury

LOUIS TUCCI*

Alice/Lady LeBrun/French Lady/ Lady Falconbury/Soldier

KATRINA YAUKEY*

Prince John DAMIAN YOUNG* (*) Member of Actors’ Equity Association

POOR OLD SHINE Mandolin/Banjo/Vocals Antonio Alcorn Vocals/Banjo/Guitar/Saw Chris Freeman Bass/Vocals/Glockenspiel Harrison Goodale Drums/Percussion/Vocals Erik Hischmann Guitar/Pump Organ/Vocals Max Shakun

ADDITIONAL STAFF Assistant Stage Manager Taylor Adamik* Voice and Dialects Nancy Houfek Assistant Voice and Dialects Jeremy Sortore Fight Captain Jeremy Crawford A.R.T. Production Dramaturg Alexandra Juckno Production Assistant Zach Tucker Production Interns Joey Longstreet, Susanna Wolk Music Intern Josh Bean

SPECIAL THANKS Barry and Fran Weissler, David Mirvish, Alecia Parker, Brian Sewell, David Mucci, B.J. Holt, Daniel Posener, Nadia DiGiallonardo, Sam Kassirer, Digico, d&b audiotechnik, Meyer Sound, Sound Associates, and Hilary Missan and Boston Casting

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Playwright’s Note

This play had two inspirations.

One was personal. I have two daughters, who were constantly complaining to me that women in films and plays rarely do anything but kiss the hero, swoon, cook pretty pastries, and sew. Write something different! was the command. I said I would do my best. The other inspiration was an interest in the journey of Robin Hood through history. We all know the “noble outlaw” of Errol Flynn legend, the fallen aristocrat who chooses to rob the rich in order to aid the poor. But this, I discovered, was a relatively recent invention, primarily that of the English nineteenth-century writer Sir Walter Scott. Hood’s history begins much earlier, somewhere in the twelfth century. And at this time he was anything but the lordly philanthropist. He was dangerous, shadowy, brutal, and anarchic. He was the figure of the forest, possibly legendary, possibly real. He was someone you did not want to meet—a thug, violent, and unpredictable. By Shakespeare’s time his status had risen slightly to that of a yeoman—a kind of smallholding owner if you like. But it would take another 200 years before the Robin of Locksley legend turned him into the fallen aristocrat we now know so well. It occurred to me that over the years history has “civilized” Robin Hood. And how much fun it might be to return the English anti-hero to his roots in the rough soil of the forest. Then I watched As You Like It one evening (it is one of only two Shakespeare plays where Robin Hood is mentioned). In this wonderful forest play, the heroine Rosalind is forced to assume the identity of a man as she flees into the forest of Arden. Watching the actress leap from a woman to a man’s identity in her scenes with Orlando, an idea came to me. What if Marion were the real inventor of the noble outlaw legend? What if it was she who was the true brigand of the forest? David Farr

Forests have always been places of transformation—social, political, and sexual. Whether in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, or Grimm’s Fairy Tales, or The Blair Witch Project, forests are places where what we thought we knew is turned on its head, where the subconscious becomes conscious, where dream becomes reality. They are places where the highwayman rules over the king. Where children turn into adults. Where men become donkeys. And where spirits live in the trees. “It occurred The English forest was the to me that home of an old over the years paganism that history has predates the ‘civilized’ Christianity that Robin Hood. tried to tame it. And how much There’s not much left of the great fun it might legends of The be to return Green Man and the English Robin Goodfellow, anti-hero to these earth spirits his roots in the that could play havoc with your rough soil of life but were also the forest.” there to protect you on behalf of mother nature. Robin Hood is part of that vanished world where woodland was not owned by landowners but was wild and unruly. Then the hunting parks came in, gamekeepers were employed, and the Normans named the land. The old England, anti-establishment, dangerous, and free, faded into the mists of folklore and legend. But Robin Hood survives… The play was written in 2010. It played at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2011 and I am thrilled we are able to bring it to Cambridge and to the A.R.T. this holiday season. —David Farr

Director’s Note

My first instinct

when asked to direct The Heart of Robin Hood was “no thanks.” Mainly because I have seen many Robin Hoods in the past, and to me they all strike a similar tone in which the story is not hugely exciting. But then I read the script by David Farr, who is a longtime collaborator. And I couldn’t have been more happily surprised. His fantastic take on the story, in which not only Robin Hood and his merry men are different from what we are used to, but also our main hero is really Marion. Being a father of a daughter, this was something I wanted to do. Turning the story on its head means everything is possible. So we abandoned the men in tights. And, being from Iceland, I wanted nature, with its mountains and waters to always be very present. Furthermore, the story of the outlaw is echoed through the old Sagas of Iceland, where to this day we still believe that the Elves have their own castles inside our mountains. So creating a huge slope for the production, that reminds us of a mountain where the “castle” can magically appear, has been inspired by our own upbringing. The outlaws are rough, ruthless, and experts in blending in with nature. They hide in the waters, travel on ropes, and run over mountains. They are at one with nature. This is where Marion wants to be: free and surrounded by nature. It sounds, in a way, like being Icelandic. The Heart of Robin Hood is the first family-oriented production I have participated in. Being a father of two, I have been inspired by this Gisli Örn Gardarsson experience to do many more in the future. In the creative surroundings of the A.R.T., with the core Vesturport team by my side, and an ensemble of actors who play instruments and can also drop down on ropes from 24 feet, plus having the wonderful band Poor Old Shine creating a very powerful musical landscape, it is a great pleasure to invite you to the colorful world of The Heart of Robin Hood. And one more thing... look out for the Shark! —Gisli Örn Gardarsson

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The Top 5 Questions About Robin Hood By Alexandra Juckno

Who was Robin Hood?

Robin Hood was a legendary English outlaw. It is unknown exactly when the character originated, but the earliest references to outlaws using the alias Robin Hood occur in the twelfth century. Chroniclers refer to him throughout the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, and written tales of Robin Hood start appearing around 1450. In these stories, Robin is a forest outlaw who steals for pleasure and profit. He is a skilled archer and leader of a band of men that includes Little John, Much the Miller’s Son, and Will Scarlet. Over the centuries, the legend evolved into the story of an aristocratic but inherently good man called Robert, Earl of Huntington, who was outlawed via the machinations of his enemies in the court. Robert fled to the Fifteenth-century forest, renamed himself Robin Hood, and became a champion of representation of the oppressed, robbing from the rich to give to the poor. Robin Robin Hood. Hood has gone through many incarnations over the centuries but has always remained popular as a symbol of goodness and justice, whose “criminal” activities are always undertaken to help those in need who cannot fight for themselves.

So was Robin Hood a real person?

This question is up for debate. There are well-documented attempts to find the person upon whom Robin Hood is based, but most of the evidence is speculative. Records exist of real people named Robin Hoode or Robert Hode, and one surnamed Robynhode, but nothing indicates that these men were lawbreakers. In equal number are references to outlaws who did use those aliases and are described as behaving like “Robin Hoods,” so we know that by the fifteenth century, the name was used to describe disruptive people. Some chroniclers refer to Robin as a real person whose exploits have been fictionalized for their popular appeal, but none of these writers name any individual as the father of the legend. So, while Robin Hood may have indeed been a real person, it is Engraving of a Yorkshire castle, typical currently impossible to trace the origins of the of those in the Robin Hood legends. legendary outlaw to one specific individual.

And Robin Hood didn’t always steal from the rich to give to the poor?

In the earliest tales, he robbed from anyone and kept the spoils for himself. One chronicler mentions Robin’s targets as rich aristocrats and clergymen, and an early ballad ends with the coda that he “did poor men much good,” but the idea that Robin targeted the wealthy for the express purpose of redistributing the spoils among the poor is a late sixteenth-century invention. This version of the generous outlaw was so popular that it was reused in broadside ballads: the seventeenth-

century equivalent of dime-store paperbacks, these single sheets of paper sold for a penny had a story of Robin Hood on one page, and the tune the ballad was sung to on the back. Broadside Robin Hood ballads remained popular well into the 1800s, and, by then, novelists had also gotten in on the Robin Hood action. Robin Hood has remained a generous outlaw ever since, and his story is often appropriated as an example of economic heroism.

The Merry Men have always been a part of Robin’s band. What about Maid Marion?

The earliest Robin Hood tales from the 1400s to the mid-1500s include the usual suspects like Little John Errol Flynn as Robin Hood in and the Sheriff of Nottingham, but Maid Marion didn’t 1938 film The Adventures of enter the tales until the later 1500s. She likely comes Robin Hood. from the summer May Games held in English towns. May Marion and her boyfriend, a lusty friar, were characters in the popular Morris dances that often followed performances of short plays. Robin Hood appeared in the figure of a prominent man of the town; dressed in forest green, this man was elected “Robin Hood” for the length of the carnival, where he collected charity money and led sporting and team-building activities among the young men of the community. Because the May Games were occurring at the same time the early Robin Hood stories began appearing in print, it is sometimes difficult to pinpoint exactly which genre influenced the other. After 1600, Marion starts showing up in the written stories, too, and is promoted to an aristocratic lady and girlfriend of Robin Hood.

How did Robin Hood become associated with King Richard and Prince John?

In early tales, Robin Hood lived in the days of a generic King Edward and was generally indifferent Early wood cutting of Robin Hood. to royal authority. The idea of a popular outlaw who actively opposed local government and openly lived a life of rebellion made the late Tudor monarchs nervous. Though Tudor King Henry VIII enjoyed Robin Hood stories and pageants, his daughter, Elizabeth I, was not so willing to embrace the outlaw. She was aging and without an heir, which was not good for the power dynamics of the crown. Therefore, putting Robin Hood firmly in the past and re-writing him as a nobly-born man forced into outlawry sent a message about obeying your monarch. The reigns of King Richard I and his brother Prince John were a safe choice for Robin’s relocation—a chronicler’s account had already placed Robin Hood in the twelfth century, Alexandra Juckno and John had a ready-made reputation as a bad ruler. Nineteenthis a second-year century writers shored up this relocation in their push to establish dramaturgy Robin Hood as a thoroughly national, thoroughly English hero. student at the Especially helpful in this regard was Sir Walter Scott’s enormously A.R.T./Moscow popular Ivanhoe, which presented Robin as a good Saxon freedomArt Theater fighter rebelling against John and the “Norman yoke.” Despite the School Institute for Advanced ahistoricity of the original Robin Hood stories, it has since become Theater Training traditional to place the time of Robin Hood in the twelfth century at Harvard under Richard’s reign. University.

CAST MOE ALAFRANGY Gisborne’s Henchman/ Soldier/Prison Guard A.R.T.: Debut. Theater: How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular (Teen Viking). Film/Television: Step Up 2 (featured); The 40th day (supporting); “Glee” (guest star); “The ALMA awards” (dancer). Moe is also a 4th degree black belt, stuntman, and professional tricker. CLAIRE CANDELA Sarah Summers A.R.T.: Once (Ivonka). OffBroadway: Once (Ivonka), New York Theatre Workshop. Film/Television: East of Acadia, Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2, “The Folklorist.” ANDREW CEKALA Jethro Summers A.R.T.: Pippin (Theo), Marie Antoinette (Dauphin, I.R.N.E. Award). Broadway: Pippin (Theo). Regional: All My Sons (Bert), Huntington Theatre Company; The Life of Galileo (Andrea Sarti), Underground Railway Theatre; A Christmas Story (Ralphie, I.R.N.E. Nomination), New Repertory Theatre; Ragtime (Edgar), Berklee College of Music; The Full Monty (Nathan), Turtle Lane Playhouse; Oliver (Oliver), Wellesley Players. He also has performed in numerous Watertown Children’s Theatre productions and with Revels.

JEREMY CRAWFORD Little John A.R.T.: Debut. Regional: The Fantastics (Mortimer); Happy Days: A New Musical (Jumpy Malachi); Disney’s Aladdin (Iago); Godspell (Herb). Other theater: King Lear (Lear), Glasgow’s Shakespeare in the City; Doctor Faustus (Good Angel), Blood, Love and Rhetoric; Fever Dream: Southside (Joe), One Academy Production; Desire (Oscar), 2Landa. M.A. in Acting from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

JORDAN DEAN Robin Hood A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Mamma Mia!, Cymbeline. Off-Broadway: Classic Stage Company, Lincoln Center, New York Shakespeare Festival, Ubu Repertory. Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Actors Theater of Louisville. Recently: Macbeth, Manchester International Festival. Television/Film: “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” Law & Order: CI,” “Guiding Light,” Thanks for Sharing, Not Fade Away, Other People, Burning Blue, Virgin Alexander, Jersey Girl. Training: Carnegie Mellon University. ZACHARY EISENSTAT Will Scathlock A.R.T.: The Donkey Show. Regional: On The Town, The Chosen, Lyric Stage Company; Coriolanus, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company; The Play About the Baby, Exquisite Corp. Other theater: Matchmaker, Matchmaker I’m Willing To Settle, 2011 NY Musical Festival; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, staged reading with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra. Mechanical Engineering S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DAVID MICHAEL GARRY Guy of Gisborne/ George LeBrun/ Duke of York/Bishop A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway/ National Tour: The Phantom of the Opera (Don Attilio), Sweeney Todd (Sweeney), Company. Off-Broadway: Road Show; The Rink (Dino); Up in Central Park; Mirette; Miss Liberty; Beowulf (Hrothgar), Irish Repertory. Regional: Sweeney Todd, A.C.T. and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival; Ragtime (J.P. Morgan), Kennedy Center; Merrily We Roll Along, Cincinnati Playhouse; Carnival!, Paper Mill Playhouse; South Pacific, Camelot, My Fair Lady, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Film/Television: Carry Me Home; “Mission Dawn.”

CAST ANDY GROTELUESCHEN Much Miller A.R.T.: Mrs. Smith Presents..., Emerging America Festival. Broadway: Cyrano de Bergerac, Roundabout. Off-Broadway: Taming of the Shrew (Petruchio), Theatre for a New Audience; Cymbeline, Fiasco Theater/Theatre For a New Audience/ Barrow Street; Henry V, The Acting Company. Other New York: Twelfth Night, Fiasco Theater; Balm in Gilead (with Michael Shannon). Regional: Into the Woods, Fiasco Theater/McCarter Theatre; Servant of Two Masters, Yale Rep/ Shakespeare Theatre; TV: “Elementary,” “Still On The Road.” Fiasco Theater company member. M.F.A. Brown/Trinity. CHRISTINA BENNETT LIND Marion A.R.T.: Debut. OffBroadway: Dutchman, Lascivious Something, Cherry Lane; Pool (no water), One Year Lease Theater Company; The Runner Stumbles, TACT; The Desert, HERE. Regional: Ride the Tiger, Long Wharf; Wait Until Dark, The Odd Couple, John W. Engeman Theatre; Mary’s Wedding, Hudson Stage Company; Metamorphoses, Capital Repertory Theatre. Film/Television: The Talk Man; Fireworkers (co-wrote and co-produced); “All My Children.” LAURA SHEEHY Plug the Dog/ Townswoman/Soldier/ Rebecca Summers A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Cabaret, Studio 54. OffBroadway: Joe Fearless, Atlantic Theater Company. Regional: Mental Head Circus, King King; guest artist with Cirque du Soleil. Film/Television: The Shadower in 3D; What’s Left Behind; Glow Ropes; Shooting Livien; “The Miraculous Year” (pilot); “American Idol” (aerialist); “Country Music Awards” (aerialist); “Saturday Night Live”; “As the World Turns.”

CHRISTOPHER SIEBER Pierre A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Pippin, Shrek (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League nominations), Spamalot (New York and West End, Tony nomination), La Cage Aux Folles, Chicago, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Into the Woods, Beauty and the Beast, Triumph of Love, A Christmas Carol. NYC Opera: Cinderella, Eric Idle’s Not the Messiah, a comic oratorio (Toronto Symphony). Off-Broadway: The Kid, Avow, The Boys in the Band. Regional: Hairspray, Company, The Boys from Syracuse (Reprise!). Television/Film: “The Good Wife,” “Elementary,” Morning Glory, “Pushing Daisies,” “Johnny and the Sprites,” See You in September, “It’s All Relative,” “Two of a Kind,” “Sex and the City,” “Ed,” “Guiding Light,” “All My Children,” “Another World.” Mr. Sieber has not appeared on “Law & Order.” LOUIS TUCCI Makepeace/Friar/ Robert Summers/ French Lord/Confessor/ Wild Boar/ Lord Falconbury A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: The Buddy Holly Story. Off-Broadway: The Cider House Rules, The Joy of Going Somewhere Definite, Atlantic; The Fourth Sister, Vineyard Theatre; Woyzeck, Public Theatre; Return to the Forbidden Planet, Variety Arts. Regional: The Arabian Nights, Arena Stage/Berkeley Rep/ Lookingglass. Workshops: The Jungle Book, The End, Still Getting My Act Together. Film: Scream (wrote “Artificial World” for soundtrack). Love to my wife Nancy and our twin girls, Luna and Francesca.

CAST KATRINA YAUKEY Alice/Lady LeBrun/ French Lady/ Lady Falconbury/Soldier A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: War Horse, Billy Elliot, Company, Cabaret. Tours: Billy Elliot, Sweeney Todd, Cabaret, Victor/ Victoria. Off-Broadway: Road Show, The Public Theater. Regional: A.C.T., Cape Playhouse, Totem Pole Playhouse, Westchester Broadway Theatre. Studied Musical Theater and Oboe Performance at Penn State University. Current student at Berklee College of Music, Masters of Music Production and Technology. Plays in the all female all accordion band, The Main Squeeze Orchestra.

DAMIAN YOUNG Prince John A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Sacrilege, All My Sons (directed by Simon McBurney). Recent other theater: The Miser (adapted and directed by Welker White); The Imaginary Invalid, Bard SummerScape. Film: Delivery Man, Edge of Darkness, Hello I Must Be Going, Hope Springs, Everybody’s Fine. Television: “The War Next Door” (series lead), USA; “The Comeback” (series regular), HBO; “Californication” (recurring role); “Damages” (recurring role); “The Adventures of Pete and Pete” (recurring roles), Nickelodeon; “CSI Miami” (recurring role).

CREATIVE TEAM DAVID FARR Writer A.R.T.: Debut. David Farr is a writer and director of theater and film. Recent: Metamorphosis (co-adapted and directed with Gisli Örn Gardarsson), London, Lyric Hammersmith, ArtsEmerson, world tour. Other plays as writer: Night of the Soul, RSC; The UN Inspector, National Theatre; The Nativity, Young Vic; Elton John’s Glasses, West End; The Danny Crowe Show, Bush Theatre. Directing credits: Hamlet, King Lear, Winter’s Tale, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, The Homecoming, Silence with Filter, RSC Coriolanus, RSC/ Old Vic; Julius Caesar, RSC/Lyric Theatre Hammersmith; The Odyssey (adapted and directed), The Birthday Party, Lyric Theatre Hammersmith. Artistic Director of the Gate Theatre, London 199397; Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic 2002-05; Artistic Director and co-chief executive of Lyric Theatre Hammersmith 2005-09; Associate Director of RSC 2009-13. Film/television writing credits: “Spooks” (BBC-TV series); Hanna (co-writer), Focus Features. David is currently writing screenplays for BBC Film, Warner Brothers, Columbia Pictures, and Origin Films.

GISLI ÖRN GARDARSSON Director A.R.T.: Debut. Gisli co-founded the Icelandic film and theatre company Vesturport (www.vesturport.com) in 2001. Vesturport received the European Theatre Award in 2011. Theater includes: The Housewife (Writer and Director), Reykjavik City Theatre; Love the Musical (Writer and Director), Reykjavik City Theatre, The Lyric Hammersmith and commercially in Seoul, S-Korea; Metamorphosis (Adaptor and Director), Lyric Hammersmith, BAM, Arts Emerson, World Tour; Faust (Writer and Director), The Young Vic, BAM, World Tour; Woyzeck, Barbican/BAM/World Tour; Together (Writer and Director; based on the Swedish film with same title), Reykjavik City Theatre and performed commercially in Mexico; The Tempest (director), Residenzteater Munich; Romeo and Juliet, Vesturport, Reykjavik City Theatre, Young Vic, West End/World Tour; Bastard (by Richard LaGravenese), Vesturport, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland. Gisli has worked at the Reykjavik City Theatre, The National Theatre in Norway, Iceland and London, the Malmö City Theatre in Sweden, the Residenzteater

CREATIVE TEAM in Munich, The Sidney Theatre, LG Arts Centre in Seoul, S-Korea, At the State National Ballet and Circus in Belarus and more. Gisli has produced five feature films, four of which he co-wrote. POOR OLD SHINE Music and Lyrics A.R.T.: Debut. Poor Old Shine is a roots band with a grassroots ethos. The Connecticut band prizes the human element that underpins their music, from songwriting to recording to album design. Members include: singer and banjo player Chris Freeman, mandolin and banjo player Antonio Alcorn, Max Shakun on guitar and pump organ, Harrison Goodale on bass, and Erik Hischmann on drums. Poor Old Shine has played live shows in renowned venues, including: the Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington D.C.; Music City Roots, Nashville; Infinity Music Hall, Norfolk, CT; Club Passim, Cambridge; Mercury Lounge, NYC; World Café Live, Philadelphia. Poor Old Shine has just released its self-titled debut studio LP on Signature Sounds. BÖRKUR JÓNSSON Set Design A.R.T.: Debut. Theater design credits include: Der Sturm, Residenzteater; The Heart of Robin Hood, RSC; Return of Ulysses, ENO/Young Vic; King Lear, The Three Penny Opera, Celebration, Chicks, Ohapp, Macbeth, National Theatre of Iceland; Electric Hotel, Fuel; Woyzeck, Vesturport/Reykjavík City Theatre/ Barbican; Romeo and Juliet, Love, Vesturport/Reykjavík City Theatre/Young Vic; Bastard a Family Saga, Vesturport/ Reykjavik City Theatre/Malmo City Theatre/Theater Faar302; Enron, August: Ostage County, Blasted, Together, Terrorism, Canin Canin, Bloodwedding, Reykjavik City Theatre. Awards: Reumert, Danish Theater awards 2013 for Bastard; Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding Design for Metamorphosis; Icelandic Theatre Awards for Stage Design 2006, 2008, and 2010. Nominated for the Evening Standard theatre awards in 2006 for Metamorphosis.

EMMA RYOTT Costume Design A.R.T.: Debut. West End/Braodway: Rock ’n’ Roll. Other theater: Sunset Boulevard, Goteborg; The Heart of Robin Hood, RSC. Opera: Manon Lescaut, ENO, London; Aida, WNO, Cardiff; Falstaff, Wiesbaden; Otello, Salzburg; Orphee et Eurudice, Stuttgart; Mathis der Maler, Theater am der Wien, Vienna; La Damnation de Faust, DO Berlin. Ballet: Woyzeck, Romeo and Juliet, Leonce and Lena, Zurich; Der Sandmann, Lulu; Fraulein Von S., Stuttgart; The Return of Ulysses, Antwerp. Film: Arhat taming the Dragon, Death of Pentheus, Poppea/ Poppea, Arte 3D. BJÖRN HELGASON Lighting Design A.R.T.: Debut. One of the founders of Vesturport Theater and lighting designer for Vesturport productions including: Romeo and Juliet, Metamorphosis, Together. Other lighting design: The Heart of Robin Hood, RSC; The Tempest, Residanz Theater, Munich. Has worked as a technical director for the independent theater “Loftkastalinn” in Reykjavik for five years. Film/television credits as cinematographer, cameraman, and gaffer: “Heimsendir,” Kings Road, Woyzeck (theater for DVD), Heima (Sigurrós documentary), Mezzoforte (concert for DVD), Country Wedding (feature film). JONATHAN DEANS Sound Design A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Pippin, Carrie, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Spiderman, La Cage aux Folles, Young Frankenstein, Pirate Queen, Lestat, Taboo, Follies, Seussical, Music Man, Fosse, Parade, Candide. Ragtime. His work with Cirque du Soleil include: ONE, LOVE, KA, Believe, Zumanity, O, Mystère, La Nouba, OVO, Corteo. Nominated for Tony Awards for Pippin and La Cage aux Folles and has been presented with a USITT award for Distinguished Career in Sound Design.

CREATIVE TEAM SELMA BJÖRNSDÓTTIR Associate Director/Aerial Consultant A.R.T.: Debut. Director: Les Miserable, Oliver, The Town of Cardamom, National Theatre of Iceland; The Heart of Robin Hood (Associate Director/ Choreographer), RSC, Den Nationale Scene in Bergen, Norwary; Grease, Loftkastalinn Theatre; Pinocchio, Reykjavik City Theatre. Actress: Metamorphosis, The Housewife, Vesturport; Ástin er diskó lífið er pönk, National Theatre of Iceland; Footloose, Reykjavik City Theatre. Chorographer/ Assistant Director: Little Shop of Horrors, Rocky Horror, Hair. Solo album 1999 – I Am, Platinum selling album, most sold CD in Iceland 1999. Performer of the year at the Icelandic Music Awards 2000. KRIS KUKUL Music Director A.R.T.: Debut. Recent arrangement/music direction work: The Last Goodbye, Old Globe; Animal Crackers, Williamstown Theatre Festival; LaMama Cantata, Spoleto, Belgrade, Zagreb; From The Fire, Edinburgh; In The Footprint, Civilians; The Daughters, CAP 21; It’s Judy’s Show, DR2/Theatre J; Revolting Rhymes, Lortel; Kaspar Hauser, The Flea. Resident MD for the Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Elizabeth Swados’s Arranger/MD. Composed music for: Wing It!, Camp Monster, Williamstown; Beauty Queen, 3 Graces; Dash Dexter, MTC; Midsummer Night’s Dream, National Theatre of Greece; Oliver Twist, Shakespeare Theatre Of New Jersey. International work; Heracles (dir. Andre Serban); Bokan, Bogota; The Bacchae, Warsaw; The Frogs, Epidauros Festival. Adjunct faculty NYU/Tisch.

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JOE BOSTICK Fight Director A.R.T.: Debut. Fight Director Credits include: Broadway: Ragtime, LiveEnt. Upcoming Broadway: Les Miserables, Cameron Mackintosh. For Mirvish Productions-Toronto: Les Miserables, Lord of the Rings (Assoc.), Dirty Dancing, Beauty and the Beast Canada (Assoc.). Regional: Phantom of the Opera, US National Tour, NETworks & Cameron Macintosh; Ragtime, Toronto & 1st US National Tour; Trainspotting, Canadian Stage; Peter Pan, Crazy for You, Drayton Entertainment; I Hate Hamlet, Stage West. Thanks to Stephanie, Devon, Jesse, Bruce, and David for your support and inspiration. TELSEY + COMPANY Casting A.R.T.: All the Way, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. Broadway/Tours: If/Then, The Bridges of Madison County, All the Way, The Snow Geese, First Date, Motown, Kinky Boots, Annie, Newsies, SpiderMan, Rock of Ages, Wicked, Evita, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Sister Act, Million Dollar Quartet. Off-Broadway: Atlantic, MCC, Signature. Regional: La Jolla, Paper Mill. Film: Into the Woods, The Last Five Years, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Friends with Kids, Margin Call, Sex and the City 1 & 2, I Love You Phillip Morris, Rachel Getting Married, Dan in Real Life, Across the Universe. TV: “Masters of Sex,” “Smash,” “The Big C,” commercials. www.telseyandco.com MAHLON KRUSE Production Stage Manager A.R.T.: Debut. Broadway: Chicago, Pippin, Monty Python’s Spamalot, Man of La Mancha, Oklahoma!, The Lion King, Barbara Cook’s Broadway, Mamma Mia, Avenue Q, Barbara Cook’s Mostly Sondheim, A Thousand Clowns, Aida, Miss Saigon. National Tours: Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera. As Production Supervisor: Original companies of Spamalot 1st US National Tour, London, Las Vegas as well as international companies of Miss Saigon in Stuttgart, Manila, and 2001 Asia Tour. Regional: La Jolla Playhouse.

CREATIVE TEAM TAYLOR ADAMIK Assistant Stage Manager A.R.T.: Stage Manager: The Donkey Show. Assistant Stage Manager: All the Way, The Glass Menagerie, The Lily’s Revenge, Once. Production Associate: Prometheus Bound, The Blue Flower, Cabaret. Production Coordinator: Hansel and Gretel, Nutcracker Turbo: And Other Love Stories, Bob: A Life in Five Acts, As You Like It, The Snow Queen. Graduate of Boston University, Summa Cum Laude, College of Fine Arts.

NANCY HOUFEK Voice and Dialects A.R.T.: Resident vocal coach since 1997; 70 productions, including dialect design for Once, Pippin, The Glass Menagerie. Regional coaching: A.C.T., Guthrie. Worked with directors Diane Paulus, John Tiffany, Sarah Benson, Bill T. Jones, Andrei Serban, David Mamet, Robert Woodruff, among others. Institute faculty (voice, dialects, Shakespeare); heads M.F.A. program in voice pedagogy. Presents workshops nationally on public speaking and storytelling. Performance credits: A.C.T., California Shakespeare, Denver Center, San Jose Rep, Alaska Rep & Joyce Theater. B.A. Stanford, M.F.A. American Conservatory Theater, Master Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework.

TELSEY + COMPANY:

Bernie Telsey CSA, Will Cantler CSA, David Vaccari CSA, Bethany Knox CSA, Craig Burns CSA, Tiffany Little Canfield CSA, Rachel Hoffman CSA, Justin Huff CSA, Patrick Goodwin CSA, Abbie Brady-Dalton CSA, David Morris, Cesar A. Rocha CSA, Andrew Femenella CSA, Karyn Casl CSA, Kristina Bramhall, Conrad Woolfe, Rachel Nadler, Rachel Minow, Sean Gannon

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), founded in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org

The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829 IATSE.

The American Repertory Theater is a proud partner of PoNY 2.0, providing an artistic home for PoNY Playwrights of New York. The American Repertory Theater is a member of ArtsBoston, Stagesource, and Theater Communications Group.

A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University Certificate and MFA Program Acting â&#x20AC;˘ Voice â&#x20AC;˘ Dramaturgy A Two-year professional training program based in Cambridge, MA with residency at the Moscow Art Theater School in Moscow, Russia Fully integrated with the work of the American Repertory Theater For information and application visit: harvardtheatertraining.org

Faculty

Remo Airaldi Jodi Leigh Allen Donna Ames Ilia Bocarnicovs Robert Brustein Thomas Derrah Natalia Fedorova Jane Guyer Fujita Tatyana Gassel David A. Hammond Adrienne Hawkins Arthur Holmberg Nancy Houfek Will LeBow Ryan McKittrick

Current Students Dralla Aierken Natalie Battistone Martha Boles Julia Bumke Billy Calder Erin Callahan Benjamin Crockett Lauren Doucette Robert Duffley Marvin Duverne Eduardo Fernandez -Baumann Marissa Friedman Leslie Gehring Lexa Gluck Morgan Goldstein Danny Goodman Mario Haynes Samara Kelly Steph Jack Lize Johnston Alexandra Juckno Laura Kruegel Fiona Kyle

Robert Najarian Diane Paulus Elaine Smith Purcell Marin Orlosky Randow Brendan Shea Anatoly Smeliansky Julia Smeliansky Marcus Stern Tommy Thompson Marina Van Winkle Robert Walsh Sam Weisman Scott Zigler Igor Zolotovitsky

Sean Yves Lessard Ahmad Maksoud Jason Markoff Alexander Molina Ashley Monet Brenna Nicely Ped Naseri Gustavo Pace Justin Packard Jamie Perkins Ashleigh Reade Christian Ronald Ben Sidell Kay Smith Jeremy Sortore Marissa Stewart Rebecca Strimaitis Corey Sullivan Dereks Thomas Kevin Michael Wade Ingrid Werner Kristin Wetherington Alec Wilson

A.R.T. BOARDS BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Steve Johnson, Chair Laurie Burt Paul Buttenwieser Kevin Cole Costin Mike Dreese Zita Ezpeleta Michael Feinstein Provost Alan M. Garber Lori Gross Ann Gund Sarah Hancock Jonathan Hulbert Alan Jones Fumi Matsumoto Thomas B. McGrath Rebecca Milikowsky Ward Mooney Robert Murchison Andrew Ory Diane Paulus William Russo Mike Sheehan Diana Sorensen Lisbeth Tarlow Donald Ware

BOARD OF ADVISORS Rachael Goldfarb, Co-Chair Ann Gund, Co-Chair Frances Shtull Adams Yuriko Jane Anton Joseph Auerbach* Robert Bowie, Jr. Philip Burling* Greg Carr Antonia Handler Chayes* Bernard Chiu Lizabeth Cohen Kathleen Connor Rohit Deshpande Susan Edgman-Levitan Jill Fopiano Erin Gilligan Candy Kosow Gold Barbara Wallace Grossman Horace H. Irvine II Ethan W. Lasser Dan Mathieu Travis McCready Ellen Gordon Reeves Linda U. Sanger Maggie Seelig Dina Selkoe John A. Shane Michael Shinagel Sarasina Tuchen Alfred Wojciechowski Stephen H. Zinner, M.D. *Emeriti

FOUNDING DIRECTOR Robert Brustein

About the A.R.T. The 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 in 2008, and has since advanced the A.R.T.’s core mission 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 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 I.R.N.E. Awards. The A.R.T. engages with artists around the country and world to investigate new ways in which to develop and create work. It is currently developing a number of multi-year projects, including the Civil War Project, an initiative that will culminate in the staging of three new works in the 2014/15 season. Under Paulus’s leadership, the A.R.T.’s club theater, OBERON, has become 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 and institutions, students and faculty, acting as a conduit between its community of artists and the university. A.R.T. artists also teach 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 Moscow Art Theater School, offers graduate-level 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.

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 July 1, 2012 and November 15, 2013

VISIONARY Anonymous Barr Foundation Sarah Hancock* The President and Fellows of Harvard College Rosemarie and Steve Johnson*

$100,000 and above Janet and Howard Kagan* Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation RN Family Foundation The Shubert Foundation

BENEFACTOR Katie and Paul Buttenwieser* The Dana Foundation Laura and Michael Dreese* Edgerton Foundation E.H.A. Foundation The Hershey Family Foundation

$50,000-$99,999 HILT - Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching Massachusetts Cultural Council The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Alison and Bob Murchison* National Endowment for the Arts

Newbury Comics Inc. The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Lisbeth Tarlow and Stephen Kay* Donald and Susan Ware*

Alan Jones and Ashley Garrett* Karmaloop Lucy and Ward Mooney* Dr. Josephine Murrayâ&#x20AC;

National Corporate Theatre Fund Maureen and Mike Sheehan*

LEADER The Gregory C. Carr Foundation Zita Ezpeleta and Kewsong Lee* Ann and Graham Gund* Hunt Alternatives Fund

$25,000-$49,999

PRODUCER Anonymous Hilary and Philip Burling Laurie Burt Julia Pershan Cohen and Jonathan Cohen Kevin Cole Costin Ted and Joanâ&#x20AC; Cutler Sandi and Andrew Farkas

Bernadette Feeney Michael Feinstein and Denise Waldron Erin Gilligan and Hoil Kim Marcia Head Horace Irvine Judith and Douglas Krupp Lizbeth and George Krupp

PARTNER Anonymous Frances Shtull Adams Lisa and Joel Alvord Yuriko Jane Anton and Philip Anton BD Robert Bowie jr. Amy and Ed Brakeman Joy and Steven Bunson Bernard Chiu Kathy Connor RoAnn Costin Foley Hoag LLP Gerald Flaxer Charitable Foundation

Andrea and Marc G. Gershwin Katia and Garry Ginzburg Candy Gold and Martin Waters Rachael Goldfarb Peggy Hanratty and Geoffrey Peters The Office of the Provost at Harvard University Catherine Hayden and David Thurston The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Jessica and Ethan Lasser Lori Lesser Gregory Maguire

SPONSOR Anonymous (2) Leslie and Howard Appleby Lynne and John Chuang Ethel D. and Clarke Coggeshall Susan Edgman-Levitan and Richard Levitan Juliet Cozzi and Ronald Gumbaz Catherine Gellert Ruth and Mark Golub Joan and Charles Gross Lori E. Gross and Robert Douglas Campbell

Barbara Wallace Grossman and Steve Grossman Nikola and David Hennes Heather and James Higgins The Roy A. Hunt Foundation Melissa Kaish and Jonathan Dorfman Barbara H. Landreth, M.D. Jenifer Wells Megalli and Mark Megalli Hee-Jung and John Moon Marean and Thomas Pompidou Ellen Gordon Reeves

PATRON Anonymous Nancy Adams and Scott Schoen Alexander, Aronson, Finning & Co., CPAs Sheldon Appel Diana and Richard Beattie Carol Beggy Linda Cabot Black Terrie and Bradley Bloom Sissela and Derek Bok Diane Borger Melinda Brown Dorothea and Sheldon Buckler, M.D. The Edmund and Betsy Cabot Charitable Foundation Ronald and Ronni Casty Diane Cataldo Frank Celeste Hemmie and Ralph Chang Charles Cherington Chic to Chic Susan and Mark Clark Betsy and Ed Cohen Frances Cohen Lizabeth Cohen and Herrick Eaton Chapman Nick Corley Rohit Deshpande

Barbara and Michael Eisenson Jill Fopiano and Paul Brickman Robin Freeman Ms. Laura Green and Dr. David Golan Renee Greene Marjorie and Nicholas Greville Joseph Hammer Phyllis Hammer Mel and Brendan Hannigan Pamela Haran and David S. Godkin Ruth and William Hsiao Priscilla and Richard Hunt Karen Johansen and Gardner Hendrie Kay Kane Sheridan and Jerome Kassirer Theresa Kavanaugh and John Lienhard Nancy P. King Lawrence Kotin Lars Foundation Stacey Schneer Lee Marjorie Liner and Christopher Connolly John D.C. Little Jennifer and Nick Littlefield Celine and Alastair Mctaggart Chris Mastrangelo Alan Muraoka

$10,000-$24,999 Kako and Fumi Matsumoto Tom McGrath and Sandy Medallis Stacey and Eric Mindich Diane Paulus and Randy Weiner Janet and Irv Plotkin Valerie Beth Schwartz Foundation Dina and Greg Selkoe*

$5,000-$9,999 Melinda Milberg Karen and Gary Mueller Cokie and Lee Perry Patricia Romeo-Gilbert and Paul Gilbert Maggie and Jonathan Seelig The Shane Foundation Sarasina and Mike Tuchen Lynn and George Vos Mary and Ted Wendell, in memory of Jeremy Geidt Alfred Wojciechowski and Tammerah Martin

$2,500-$4,999 Natasha and Umar Riaz Lisa Sotto and Bruce Saber Dr. Linda U. Sanger* Nichole Bookwalter Savenor and Alan Savenor S. Wade Taylor, Ph.D. and Stephen Zinner, M.D. Gillien Todd and Kingsley Taft John Travis Francis H. Williams Ann Wozencraft and Craig Willey

$1,000-$2,499 Jean and David Nathan Mercedes Nugent-Head and James C. Marlas Jeryl and Stephen Oristaglio Patricia and Finley Perry Gerald Pier Lia and William Poorvu Larry Pratt James Rado Janice Saragoni and Ben Bradlee Adina Schecter NoraLee and Jon Sedmak Dr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Selkoe Michael Shinagel and Marjorie North Deborah Sinay and Charles J. Kravetz Somerled Charitable Foundation Deborah Sweet Janet Tiampo and David Parker The Joseph W. and Faith K. Tiberio Charitable Foundation Brad Voigt and William Burton Mindee Wasserman Joanne and Daniel Weil Ruth and Bill Weinstein The Winter, Wyman Companies Fancy and Jeff Zilberfarb

CONTRIBUTOR Anonymous (3) Evelyn Barnes William M. Bazzy Jane and Leonard Bernstein Francis Biondi and Jamie Nicholls Helen and Joe Bouscaren Ronnie Bretholtz Elaine and Eric Bucher Richard Cacciagrani Brian Carey Antonia H. Chayes Jim Chervenak Tracy Elstein Barbara Fiacco Newell Flather Dr. Alan Garber and Dr. Anne Yahanda Verna C. Gibbs, M.D. Leigh Gilmore and Thomas Pounds Professors Mary Jo and Byron Good Barbara Lemperly Grant and Frederic D. Grant

$500-$999

Dena and Felda Hardymon Megan and David Hinckley Jen Horton and Dave Regan Judy Kanwal Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc., Ms. Susan B. Kaplan & Nancy and Mark Belsky Jane Katims and Dan Perlman Madeleine and Steven Kessler Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Kliman Denise and Ari Korn Laurie Laba Katherine N. Lapp Liberty Mutual, Give with Liberty Program Anita Meiklejohn and Vincent Piccirilli Ms. Patricia Cleary Miller Mary Milton Jonathan Moses Emily Moskowitz Brigette and Suok Noh NSTAR Foundation

Carolyn Perelmuter Rose Polidoro Nancy Rappaport and Colin Flavin Sally C. Reid and John D. Sigel The Reiss Family Foundation Dr. Helen Riess Hathaway Russell Lori and Steven Sater Frank Segall Wendy Shattuck and Sam Plimpton Christine and Rick Shea Stephanie and Fred Shuman Mark Slovenkai Mason and Jeannie Smith W Boston Hotel Ryan West Dyann and Peter Wirth Ms. Kelsey Wirth and Dr. Samuel Myers

Robert Harrington Deborah L. Hicks Caroline and Fred Hoppin Jonathan Hulbert and Sonia Hofkosh Sarah Jaffe and Richard Eisert Cindi Jones Jerry Jordan Belinda Juran and Evan Schapiro CC King and Tom Tarpey Edgar Knudson Lynn Kodama Rena Krasnow and Bob Marx Grace Kyung-Sun Won and Richard Holden Don Law Mary Beth and Greg Lesher Lewise Lucaire Barbara A. Manzolillo Wendy Mariner and Toby Nagurney James D. Marver Donna Friedman Meir and Gadi Meir Ashley Melone Kimberly and Peter Mulligan Professor Suzanne P. Ogden and Peter Rogers

Caren Pasquale William Peake Drs. Hilda and Max Perlitsh Kathryn and Richard Pershan Andreé Robert and Thomas M. Burger Leandrew Robinson Paul Romano Gabriela and Bob Romanow Bonnie Rosse Sarah and Gregory Sands James Scopa Lisa Stern Jean and Michael Strunsky Kathryn Taylor and Tom Steyer M.K. Terrell Diana Walsh and Kent Walker Kathy Williams and Douglas Carlston Mary Winslow William Zinn

SUPPORTER Anonymous (2) Barbara Addison and Stephen Gill Ravin Agrawal Alchemy Foundation James Asp Sybilla and Alexandre Balkanski Maud Cabot Cris and Paul Carter Betsy Ellis Chung and Peter Chung Frederica Cushman Mary and Richard Daniels Jane Mendelsohn Davis and Nick Davis Alma Derricks Mark Diker Julie Farkas and Seth Goldman Anita Feins Anna C. Fitzloff Herbert Fox and Janet Zinner Susan Fried and Jeffrey Rudman Kathleen and Robert Garner Laurie and Jeffrey Goldbarg, M.D. Drs. Shelly Greenfield and Allan Brandt Lindsay and Garth Greimann Homer Hagedorn

$250-$499

* Donors who provide annual operating support of $25,000 or more are members of the Artistic Director’s Circle. † in memoriam

A.R.T. NYC DONORS A.R.T. NYC is a group of donors based in New York that provides generous annual support to the American Repertory Theater. The following gifts of $250 and above were received between July 1, 2012 and November 15, 2013. PRODUCER $10,000 and above Julia Pershan Cohen and Jonathan Cohen, Kevin Cole Costin, Zita Ezpeleta and Kewsong Lee, Sandi and Andrew Farkas, Alan Jones and Ashley Garrett, Janet and Howard Kagan, Rebecca Gold and Nathan Milikowsky, Stacey and Eric Mindich PARTNER $5,000-$9,999 Joy and Steven Bunson, RoAnn Costin, Andrea and Marc G. Gershwin, Lori Lesser, Melinda Milberg, Lynn and George Vos SPONSOR $2,500-$4,999 Anonymous, Juliet Cozzi and Ronald Gumbaz, Catherine Gellert, Ruth and Mark Golub, Joan and Charles Gross, Ann and Graham Gund, Nikola and David Hennes, Heather and James Higgins, Melissa Kaish and Jonathan Dorfman, Barbara H. Landreth, M.D., Jenifer Wells Megalli and Mark Megalli, Hee-Jung and John Moon, Marean and Thomas Pompidou, Ellen Gordon Reeves, Natasha and Umar Riaz, Lisa Sotto and Bruce Saber, Dr. Linda U. Sanger, Ann Wozencraft and Craig Willey MEMBER $250-$2,499 Anonymous, Diana and Richard Beattie, Francis Biondi and Jamie Nicholls, Mark Diker, Tracy Elstein, Jane Mendelsohn Davis and Nick Davis, The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund, Sarah Jaffe and Richard Eisert, Madeleine and Steven Kessler, Rena Krasnow and Bob Marx, Tom McGrath and Sandy Medallis, Ashley Melone, Mary Milton, Jonathan Moses, Brigette and Suok Noh, Mercedes Nugent-Head and James C. Marlas, Caren Pasquale, Rose Polidoro, The Reiss Family Foundation, Adina Schecter, Lisa Stern

IN-KIND SUPPORTERS The A.R.T. thanks the following individual and corporate supporters for their invaluable in-kind donations. As of November 2013.

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NATIONAL CORPORATE THEATRE FUND National Corporate Theatre Fund is a not-for profit corporation created to increase and strengthen support from the business community for this country’s most distinguished professional theatres. The following foundations, individuals and corporations support these theaters through their contributions of $2,500 and above to National Corporate Theatre Fund. Acquis Consulting Group† • American Express • AOL† • Mitchell J. Auslander** • Bank of America • Bloomberg • BNY Mellon • James E. Buckley • Steven Bunson** • Christopher Campbell/Palace Production Center† • Christ Economos** • Cisco Systems, Inc. • Citi • Clear Channel Outdoor**† • CMT/ABC**† • Dantchik Family • Datacert, Inc. • Disney/ABC • Paula Dominick** • Dorfman and Kaish Family Foundation, Inc. • Dorsey & Whitney Foundation • Dramatists Play Service, Inc. • John R. Dutt** • Epiq Systems** • Ernst & Young • Bruce R. and Tracey Ewing** • Pamela Farr • Richard Fitzburgh • Ford Foundation* • Goldman, Sachs & Co. • John Gore for Broadway.com • Jeffrey Gural/Newmark Holdings • Mariska Hargitay** • The Hearst Foundations** • Gregory S. Hurst • Howard and Janet Kagan** • Joseph F. Kirk** • Michael Lawrence and Dr. Glen Gillen • Marsh & McLennan Companies • John R. Mathena • The Maurer Family Foundation** • Jonathan Maurer and Gretchen Shugart** • McGraw Hill Financial • MetLife • John G. Miller • Morgan Stanley • New York Life • Theodore Nixon** • Ogilvy & Mather† • Lisa Orberg** • Frank Orlowski** • Edison Peres • Pfizer, Inc. • Thomas Quick** • RBC Wealth Management** • The Schloss Family Foundation** • Sharp Electronics† • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLC • George S. Smith, Jr.** • Southwest Airlines** • TD Bank • Theatermania.com/Gretchen Shugart • John Thomopoulos** • Time Warner • Evelyn Mack Truitt • James S. Turley • The James S. and Lynne P. Turley Ernst & Young Fund for Impact Creativity** • UBS • Michael A. Wall • Wells Fargo** • Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP • Isabelle Winkles** *Fund for New American Theatre **Impact Creativity †Includes In-kind Support As of November 2013

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INSTITUTE Director Administrative Director Associate Director Co-head of Dramaturgy Co-head of Dramaturgy Resident Literary Advisor Head of Voice and Speech Institute Associate Production Management Associate Technical Director Student Financial Aid Administrator

Scott Zigler Julia Smeliansky Marcus Stern Anatoly Smeliansky Ryan McKittrick Arthur Holmberg Nancy Houfek Josh Glenn-Kayden Charles Hubbard Skip Curtiss Janie Rangel

OBERON Producing Consultant Associate Producer Venue Manager Programming Manager Production Manager House Technician Sound Console Operator

Randy Weiner Ariane Barbanell Leo X. Crowley James Wetzel Skip Curtiss Justin Paice Alex Giorgetti

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEVELOPMENT Director of Development Megan Hinckley Deputy Director of Development Jessica Morrison Grants Manager Meghan Coleman Development Information Coordinator Brendyn Schneider Development Associate Renee Rober MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS Director of Marketing and Communications Anna Fitzloff Director of Press and Public Relations Katalin Mitchell Associate Director of Marketing and Communications Jared Fine Marketing and Communications Manager Grace Geller Graphic Designer Joel Zayac Education and Community Programs Manager Brendan Shea Education and Community Programs Assistant Georgia Young Donkey Show VIP Coordinator Christina Tucker Marketing Interns Kendra Norton, Mark Mauriello, Rachel Stephens Education Interns Jenna Gabriel, Annie Guaghen, Maria Giarrizzo, Erica Glenn, Shanelle Villegas PATRON SERVICES Director of Patron Services / System Administrator Derek Mueller Ticket Services Manager Alicia Curtis Audience Services Manager Stephen Wuycheck Ticket Services Representatives Karen Snyder, Cassandra Long Weekend Shift Supervisor Heather Conroe Ticket Services Staff Taylor Hughes, Natalie Lurowist, Amelia Mason, Janet Mwaura, Tani Nakamoto, Emma Putnam Duty House Managers Marissa Friedman, Anna Kelsey, Megan Nussle, Adam Quinn, Eleanor Regan, Courtney Smith, Matthew Spano Volunteer Usher Coordinator Barbara Lindstrom

THEATER AND FACILITIES Theater and Facilities Manager Receptionists

Tracy Keene Sarah Leon, Maria Medeiros

FINANCE Financial Analyst Senior Financial Analyst Senior Finance Accountant Financial Administrator Financial Assistant

Ann Kellegher Kathryn Rosenberg John Josti Stacie Hurst Nira Tejada

PRODUCTION Production Manager Associate Production Managers COSTUMES Costume Shop Manager Draper Crafts Artisan Wardrobe Supervisor Costume/Props Stock Manager LIGHTS Lighting Supervisor Assistant Lighting Designer Light Board Operator PROPERTIES Props Manager Assistant Props Master Props Carpenter SCENERY Technical Director Associate Technical Director Assistant Technical Director Shop Supervisor Scenic Charge Artist Master Carpenter Scenic Carpenters SOUND Sound Supervisor Sound Console Operator Theatrical Audio Technician STAGE Stage Supervisor Assistant Stage Supervisor Production Assistants

Patricia Quinlan Skip Curtiss, Jeremie Lozier Jeannette Hawley Caitlin Menotti Jeffrey Scott Burrows Stephen Drueke Suzanne Kadiff Matthew Adelman Porsche McGovern Matthew Houstle Cynthia Lee-Sullivan Rebecca Helgeson Stacey Horne-Harper Stephen Setterlun Chris Swetcky Kristin Knutson David Schultz Jerry Vogt Peter Doucette York-Andreas Paris, Kyle Moore, Garret McEntee Sam Lerner Brian Walters Katrina Sistare Henning Malm Christopher Eschenbach Kevin Klein, Matthew Sebastian

ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD Microphone Technician Bryan Atterberry ASL Coach Mikey Krajnak Audio Description Coach Alice Austin Wig Designer Rachel Padula Shufelt Tailors Carmel Dundon, Andrew Poleszak Stitchers Juliana Gregori, Alma Reyes, Sally Ravitz Dressers Emily Damron, Juliana Gregori, Alma Reyes Assistant Costume Shop Manager Ameera Ali Crafts Assistant Jen Bennett Buyer Ryan Anderson Scenic Carpenters Tyler Brown, Sam Cournyn, Chris Eschenbach, Bill Hawkins, Derek Jay, Tom Kee, Susanna Labowitz, Dan Lincoln, Jimmy Lynch, Marty Lynch, Stephen Maurer, Vinca Merriman, Joe Parello, Sophia Rehm, Andrew Remillard, Seth Shaw, Keven Sheehan, Mike Soldati, Nick Stein, Nick Tosches Scenic Painters Brian Crete, Kerri McGill, Heather Morris, Richard Oullette Additional Run Crew Matthew Breton, Lisa Guild, Michael Soldati, Ryan Fitzgerald Rigger Ben Clark

As of November 22, 2013

Up Next at the A.R.T. The Light Princess A whimsical new children’s musical based on the short story by George MacDonald of a princess who is cursed to not have any gravity. The king and queen must find the princess’s gravity before her sixteenth birthday, else the kingdom will fall into the hands of the witch that cursed her. This world premiere is written for all ages. Loeb Drama Center. 12/21–1/5. Witness Uganda When Griffin, a young man from New York City, volunteers for a project in Uganda, he finds himself on a journey that will change his life forever. Inspired by a true story, this rousing new musical staged by Tony-Awardwinning director and A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus, exposes the challenges confronted by American aid workers around the world and explores the question: “Is changing the world possible?” Loeb Drama Center. 2/4–3/16. The Shape She Makes In this world premiere piece, a precocious eleven-year-old seeks to understand what she’s inherited from her absent father and neglectful mother. This profoundly moving and heartrending production uses a fusion of dance and theater to explore how the echoes of childhood relentlessly shape our lives. OBERON. 4/4–4/27. The Tempest Experience Prospero’s wizardry as never before in this startling production, featuring magic created by Teller (of the legendary duo Penn & Teller). When shipwrecked aristocrats wash up on the shores of Prospero’s strange island, they find themselves immersed in a world of trickery and amazement, where Tom Waits’s Dust Bowl balladry and Teller’s magic animate the spirits and monsters. Loeb Drama Center. 5/10–6/15.

Check out what’s on this week at OBERON In addition to A.R.T. season programming, OBERON is a thriving incubator for local and emerging artists. Attracting national attention for its groundbreaking model of programming, the immersive experience at OBERON makes the audience a partner in the theatrical event.

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UPCOMING EVENTS AcousticaElectronica

Touch Performance Art brings you a mindblowing event that blends elements of electronic and classical music, dance, circus arts, and immersive theater with the infectious energy of the contemporary nightclub. OBERON. 12/13 & 1/7.

The Big Quiz Thing

Quizmaster Noah Tarnow presents the world’s greatest multimedia quiz excitement. Do you have what it takes to take home the $200 cash grand prize? FREE ADMISSION! OBERON. 12/16 & 1/13.

Speakeasy Circus

Celebrate the best of the roaring 20s with live jazz, glittering dancers, and jaw-dropping circus spectacle from the Boston Circus Guild. OBERON. 12/20 & 1/3.

Mike the Bubble Man

This interactive 45-minute show about bubbles brings magic and science to the stage! Ages 2+. OBERON. 12/21 & 1/4.

You’re The Expert

The show that uses comedy to make academic research more accessible and exciting! OBERON. 1/7.

The Donkey Show

This celebrated smash hit brings you the ultimate disco experience inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream. Come party on the dance floor to all the 70s disco hits you know by heart as the show unfolds around you. OBERON. Every Saturday Night.

The Shape She Makes

This profoundly moving and heartrending world premiere production uses a fusion of dance and theater to explore how the echoes of childhood relentlessly shape our lives. OBERON. 4/4–4/27.

The Donkey Show TUESDAY, DEC. 31 9PM - CLOSE

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