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MAGAZINE Volume 38 Issue 2
The Berlin Diaries
AUDIO DRAMA
by
Andrea Stolowitz
directed by
Dámaso Rodríguez
Mercury
musical composition and sound design by
Rodolfo Ortega
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OUR MISSION Artist Repertory Theatre’s mission is to produce intimate, provocative theatre and provide a home for a diverse community of artists and audiences to take creative risks. ANTI-RACIST STATEMENT Artists Repertory Theatre recognizes that we are a predominately white organization and operate within systemic racism and oppression, and that silence and neutrality are actions of complicity. We recognize the critical role the arts play in our culture and national conversation, and accept our responsibility to make positive change through our work, our practices, and our policies. We commit ourselves to the work of becoming an anti-racism and anti-oppression organization, and will work with urgency to end racial inequities in our industry and our culture.
ARTISTS REP gratefully acknowledges our theatre rests on the traditional lands of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin Kalapuya, Molalla and many other tribes who made their homes along the Columbia River. ARTISTSREP.ORG 2
THE BERLIN DIARIES AUDIO DRAMA by ANDREA STOLOWITZ
Mercury Company
Dámaso Rodríguez, Executive Artistic Director J.S. May, Executive Director Kisha Jarrett, Managing Director
CAST
Andrea/Ensemble ................................................................................ Michael Mendelson^* Andrea ................. ............................................................................... Miriam Schwartz Hg
CREATIVE TEAM AND CREW
Playwright ............................................................................................ Andrea Stolowitz^ Director................................................................................................ Dámaso Rodríguez~Hg Associate Director/Auxiliary Content Producer ................................... Avital Shira Hg Producer/Dramaturg ........................................................................... Luan Schooler Hg Producer ............................................................................................. Kristeen Willis Hg Sound Engineer, Sound Designer, & Composer .................................... Rodolfo Ortega^# Producing Director .............................................................................. Shawn Lee Hg Line Producer ...................................................................................... Karen M Hill Hg Dialect Coach .................................... ................................................. Karl Hanover* Hg
TIME: 2006 - present RUN TIME: APPROXIMATELY 100 MINUTES WITHOUT INTERMISSION Max’s Theme inspired by “Hebrew Melody” by Joseph Achron Op. 33 (St. Petersburg, December 1911) Other Pieces Used as Inspiration and Referenced
“Das pekele,” “The Little Bundle” by I. Spiwak Arranged by H. Russotto Published by Hebrew Publishing Company, New York, New York, 1903.
“Der Yiddischer martyrer,” Traditional Yiddish March by Louis Friedsell Published Katzenelenbogen and Rabinowitz, New York, 1900
String Trio in G Maj Op. 9 No.1 by Ludwig van Beethoven
SEASON SPONSORS Ronni Lacroute David and Christine Vernier The James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation
The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation Oregon Cultural Trust Oregon Arts Commission
Regional Arts and Culture Council
The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited. * Member of SAG/AFTRA Hg Member of ART Mercury Company + Actors’ Equity Association Candidate ~ Stage Directors & Choreographers Society ^ Artists Repertory Theatre Resident Artist # The scenic, costume, lighting, projections, and sound designers are represented by United Scenic Artists. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatre and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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“WHILE NOTHING CAN DUPLICATE THE EPHEMERAL, COMMUNAL POWER OF LIVE THEATRE, WE HOPE THESE AUDIO PRODUCTIONS KEEP LOCAL AUDIENCES CONNECTED TO ARTISTS REP.”
D IRE C T O R ’S N o t e
“Dear ones, life goes ahead. Let’s get along.” Playwright Andrea Stolowitz’s Great Grandfather, Dr. Max Cohnreich, in The Berlin Diaries Thank you for listening to The Berlin Diaries, the second production of AudioART, Artists Repertory Theatre’s venture into the adaptation of stage plays for an entirely aural experience. Prompted to explore digital mediums by the shutdown of theatres across the world due to the Covid-19 pandemic, AudioART features the work of Artists Rep’s Portland, Oregonbased artistic company in collaboration with playwrights and actors from around the U.S. Throughout 2021, we will release several audio dramas featuring high quality recordings, sound effects, and original musical compositions created in the spirit of Artists Rep’s provocative, timely, and boldly theatrical live performances. In addition to each audio drama, we’ve created bonus podcasts and materials that expand upon the themes of the script and feature members of the creative team. While nothing can duplicate the ephemeral, communal power of live theatre, we hope these audio productions keep local audiences connected to Artists Rep while we await the moment when we can once again sit should to shoulder in a full theatre, safely breathing the same air. Until then, we hope these recordings will expand the reach of these extraordinary writers while introducing audiences from around the world to some of Portland’s vibrant, professional theatre makers. The Berlin Diaries Audio Drama by ART Lacroute Playwright in Residence, and threetime Oregon Book Award winner, Andrea Stolowitz, is adapted from her stage play, which would have premiered Off-Broadway in 2021 were it not for the COVID-19 pandemic. I believe the autobiographical story of Andrea’s quest to untangle her family’s history using her German-Jewish great-grandfather’s reallife diary was already timely and universally
relevant, but the disturbing events of January 6, 2021, which included the vile display of ongoing antisemitism in this country, give this piece an unfortunate, vital urgency. I think The Berlin Diaries–which features Andrea’s great grandfather Max’s diary entries– benefits from the extraordinary intimacy of the audio format. It’s a complex piece of writing in which Andrea employs a bi-furcated narrator to play two-sides of herself (actors Miriam Schwartz and Michael Mendelson each play Andrea Stolowitz throughout the play), with Michael Mendelson playing 14 different characters including Andrea’s relatives and the myriad government officials who helped her track her family’s history in Berlin during the Holocaust. Andrea’s adaptation work was rigorous, as the live version of the play relies on audiences to witness the actors’ physical transformations from character to character. In the audio form, we relied on Andrea’s precise language, the vocal work of the cast, and Composer/Sound Designer Rodolfo Ortega’s cinematic soundscape to tell the story. It was a privilege to collaborate closely with Andrea on something so personal to her, and bringing her great-grandfather Max’s diary entries to life in this medium across time was an unforgettable, moving honor. With hope for a return to live theatre in the year ahead, Warmly,
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PLAYWRIGHT BIO Andrea Stolowitz
Andrea Stolowitz is the Lacroute Playwright-in-Residence and a resident artist at Artists Repertory Theatre. She is a resident playwright at New Dramatists in New York City where she will have the opportunity to develop her plays over the next seven years. Andrea is also a core member of The Playwrights Center in Minneapolis where she will workshop and develop her plays over the next three years. Andrea’s plays have been developed and presented nationally and internationally and theaters such as The Cherry Lane, New York Stage and Film, The Old Globe, The Long Wharf, and English Theatre Berlin/International Performing Arts Center. Andrea’s latest play Recent Unsettling Events is a an Artists’ Rep. commission and has been developed at New Dramatists. Successful Strategies, is an adaptation of a Marivaux farce set on a Willamette Valley Vineyard, was developed at Artists Rep in 2017, world-premiered at Oregon Contemporary Theatre in February, 2018, and is a finalist for the 2019 Oregon Book Award in Drama. The Berlin Diaries Andrea’s semi auto-biographical tour-de-force for two actors was developed at PlayLabs at The Playwrights’ Center, PlayPenn, The New Harmony Project, English Theater Berlin/International Performing Arts Center, and Hand2Mouth Theatre (Portland). The play has toured as a reading nationally and internationally. A recipient of Artists Repertory Theater’s $25,000 Fowler/Levin new play prize in 2012, Andrea premiered her play Ithaka at the theatre in 2013. The play had its mid-west premiere in Chicago in 2014, its Canada premiere in 2016 and won the Oregon Book Award in Drama. Andrea works as a collaborating writer with the award-winning devised ensemble theater company Hand2Mouth Theatre and artistic director Jonathan Walters. Their previous four collaborations are touring nationally. Andrea and Hand2Mouth are currently at work on their latest collaboration, Dream|Logic, an all-ages immersive theater experience. Dream|Logic will premiere in Portland in February 2019. An MFA playwriting alumna of UC-San Diego, Andrea currently serves on the faculty at Willamette University. She has also held faculty positions at The University of Portland, Duke University and UC-San Diego.
DIRECTOR’S BIO Dámaso Rodríguez
Dámaso (he/him/él) is in his eighth season as Executive Artistic Director of Artists Repertory Theatre (ART), Portland’s longestrunning professional theatre company, which became a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) under his leadership. Plays developed during his tenure have been produced in New York, Chicago, London, and throughout the U.S. Acclaim for ART developed projects includes the Dramatists Guild Foundation Award, the Edgerton New Play Award, NEA Funding, American Theatre Magazine’s Most Produced Plays list, and coverage in the New Yorker and the New York Times. In 2021, the Oregon Media Production Association honored ART with the Creative Innovation Award for the company’s pivot to digital mediums in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. He is a Co-Founder of L.A.’s Furious Theatre, where he served as Co-Artistic Director from 2001-2012. From 2007-2010 he served as Associate Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse, where he directed main stage productions and oversaw programming for the Playhouse’s second stage, including its Hothouse New Play Development Program. He has ARTISTSREP.ORG 6
DIRECTOR CREDITS directed a broad range of new and classic plays including over 20 Artists Rep productions, along with work at the Pasadena Playhouse, Intiman Theatre, South Coast Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater, Seattle Rep, A Noise Within, The Playwrights’ Center, The Theatre@Boston Court, Odyssey Theatre, The Blank Theatre, The Road Theatre, The Zephyr Theatre and Furious Theatre. Dámaso is a recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, the Back Stage Garland Award, the NAACP Theatre Award, and the Pasadena Arts Council’s Gold Crown Award. He was honored as a Finalist for the Zelda Fichandler Award by the Stage Directors & Choreographers Foundation and was named a Knowledge Universe Rising Star by Portland Monthly. His productions have received or been nominated for dozens of awards including the L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Award, LA StageScene Award, and the LA Weekly Theatre Award, among others. He is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and serves on the faculty of The Actors Conservatory at Artists Rep. Current directing projects: Magellanica (Audio Drama) by E.M. Lewis, The Berlin Diaries (Audio Drama) by Andrea Stolowitz, The Vertical City (Audio Drama) by Diana Burbano, Today is My Birthday (Audio Drama) by Susan Soon He Stanton, The Great Divide by E.M. Lewis in development at Artists Rep/Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Eight seasons as Artistic Director of Artists Repertory Theatre (ART) Directing credits: Romeo and Juliet at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the World Premiere of We, the Invisibles by Susan Soon He Stanton for the Humana Festival of New American Plays, Kings by Sarah Burgess at South Coast Repertory, the World Premiere of Wolf Play by Hansol Jung, the World Premiere of Magellanica by E.M. Lewis, the World Premiere musical Cuba Libre by Carlos Lacámara featuring the 3-time Grammy nominated band Tiempo Libre, Portland premieres of La Ruta by Isaac Gomez, The Humans by Stephen Karam, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ An Octoroon and Everybody, Nina Raine’s Tribes and David Ives’ The Liar, the Northwest premieres of Carlos Lacámara’s Exiles and Nick Jones’ Trevor, the west coast premieres of Dan LeFranc’s The Big Meal, Charise Castro Smith’s Feathers & Teeth, 1984 by George Orwell adapted by Duncan Macmillan & Robert Icke, and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig; the U.S. premiere of Dawn King’s Foxfinder, The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, The Miracle Worker by William Gibson, The Playboy of the Western World by J.M. Synge, at Artists Rep; Ruth & Augustus Goetz’ The Heiress (starring Richard Chamberlain), Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes (starring Kelly McGillis), Austin Pendleton’s Orson’s Shadow (starring Sharon Lawrence) and the reading of Ellen Simon’s Aunt Stossie’s Coming for Five Days (starring Marsha Mason & Mary Steenburgen) at the Pasadena Playhouse; the reading of Steven Drukman’s The Prince of Atlantis for the Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Repertory, Clifford Odets’ Paradise Lost at Intiman Theatre; Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit, Tennessee Williams’ The Eccentricities of a Nightingale, Eugene O’Neill’s Desire Under the Elms, Bernard Shaw’s The Doctor’s Dilemma at A Noise Within. Furious Theatre credits include the Los Angeles premieres of Craig Wright’s Grace, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s Boom and Hunter Gatherers, Bruce Norris’ The Pain and the Itch, Yussef El Guindi’s Back of the Throat, Richard Bean’s The God Botherers, Neil LaBute’s The Shape of Things, and the world premieres of Alex Jones’ Canned Peaches in Syrup and Matt Pelfrey’s An Impending Rupture of the Belly and No Good Deed, among others.
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“I BELIEVE KISHA IS POISED TO BE AN INSPIRING LEADER FOR ART AND I WANTED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BOARD BEGIN NOW TO PLAN FOR MY DEPARTURE, WITH KISHA IN MIND AS MY SUCCESSOR.”
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S NOTE I am delighted that the Board of Directors of Artists Repertory Theatre announced Kisha Jarrett as Managing Director, as part of a succession plan to ensure a smooth leadership transition following my planned retirement. This will occur in 2023 following the completion of ART’s capital campaign to revitalize its existing facility. I always envisioned my time at ART as a 4-5 year project to help fund and build the theatre’s new home venue while cultivating support and visibility worthy of the art on its stages. While working hand in hand with Kisha on everything from creating the new ART brand, to launching a new website and implementing new fundraising systems, I’ve watched her innovate and problem-solve while facing ever more complex challenges. Kisha is and will be an inspiring leader for ART. Speaking of RISE, The Campaign for Artists Repertory Theatre, to date, more than $20.8 million has been pledged on the $32.8 million goal. We have phased our construction plan. Phase 1 is complete at an investment of $4.2 million. Phase 1 included the tear down of the Alder Street
Theatre, filling in the holes created from the tear down, moving utilities, initial seismic upgrades, demolition and abatement of hazardous materials. This created a clean slate for Phase 2 construction. The Phase 2 investment is $8.3 million and will complete the core, shell and mechanical systems. We have approximately $6 million in the bank and need $2 million to begin construction on Phase 2. Phase 3 will complete the interior of the building. The remaining construction timeline is approximately 14 months. If we are successful in our fundraising, ART and the ArtsHub Companies could be in the new building during the spring of 2022. You can see the design of the building and learn more at https://artistsrep.org/support/ capital-campaign/ or contact me at jsmay@ artistsrep.org or 503-807-6224. Best,
J.S. May
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S BIO J.S. May
J.S. (he/his) is a seasoned fundraising and communications professional and has worked with a wide range of local, regional, national, and international nonprofit organizations. He and his teams have raised more than $500 million. For eleven years prior to ART, he was the chief Fundraising, Marketing & Communications Officer, and strategist for the Portland Art Museum — Oregon’s premier visual arts institution. Before the Art Museum, for seven years, J.S. led the fundraising practice for Metropolitan Group, a Portland-based social marketing firm that works to create a more just and sustainable world. For the six years prior to MG, he supported the growth of the region’s leading pediatric teaching and research hospital as Executive Director for the Doernbecher Children’s Hospital Foundation at OHSU. Before Doernbecher, J.S. spent six years supporting the expansion and growth of the region’s most trusted media source as the Director of Corporate Support for Oregon Public Broadcasting. J.S. currently serves as President of Cycle Oregon board and is a board member for the Cultural Advocacy Coalition. J.S. is an avid yogi, cyclist, and reader. ARTISTSREP.ORG 9
MANAGING DIRECTOR’S NOTE The new Managing Director of Artists Repertory Theatre
NEW ROLE, VISION, MERCURY COMPANY W
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hat a year it’s been already with insurrections, inaugurations, and innovations. For Artists Rep, this has been a time of continuous pivoting and we are learning how to navigate doing all of the things while staying true to what we do best, connection and creation.
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Every version of the innovative Mercury Company has been a remarkable way for ART to remain connected to various artists we typically work with (actors, directors, designers, playwrights) and expand production teams through the multimedia projects we have tackled during the pandemic (audio dramas and films). With Mercury I and II (or since June 2020), we have created 34 projects with 144 artists, most of which are Portland based. How extraordinary a time where we can still carve the space for content development.
In my new capacity at Artists Rep, I have an extraordinary opportunity to help lead the organization into the future. To work alongside an Artistic Director like Dámaso and have the creative input into steering the organization is a working relationship not usually found with Managing Director positions. I lean into my role as an innovator and while I celebrate being a black woman in this position at Artists Rep, our evolution is not finished. We have only just begun to make moves that challenge the traditional regional theatre model and we will continue to do work that challenges and inspires while we have ongoing analysis of our operating model to ensure we truly and organically offer a shared space that reflects the diversity of Portland and the Pacific Northwest. I’m here to listen and learn and create and I can’t wait to get to work!
Kisha Jarrett Managing Director
MANAGING DIRECTOR’S BIO Kisha Jarrett
Kisha (she/her) is the Managing Director at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon. She is a creative change-maker with a background in marketing and development throughout her ten-year career in Arts Management that has helped raise over $50 million dollars for various organizations and has a cumulative earned revenue of over $5 million. A Virginia native, she has lived all over the country but now calls Portland, Oregon home. Kisha is also a writer, director, producer, actor, musician, and storyteller. She has performed for both stage and screen, been a musician at SXSW, and has been a costume designer for the stage and television, and an independent bakery owner. Through storytelling, she has performed for the Moth (2017 and 2018 GrandSLAM winner), Seven Deadly Sins, Wildfang, and Back Fence PDX where she is a co-host and story producer. Most recently, Kisha was seen onstage at Portland Center Stage @ The Armory as the Headmistress in School Girls; or The African Mean Girls Play, a co-production with Artists Rep. Currently, she is working on her second feature-length screenplay, pre-production for a feature-length documentary (Black Girl in the Woods, documenting a hike-thru of the Pacific Northwest Trail) and an educational piece for the Oregon Bar Association (about the four black suffragettes in Oregon who deserve to have their stories told), post-production on the first devised DNA:Oxygen short film (See Me), and writing her first novel. Kisha is proud to be a co-founder of the DNA: Oxygen program at ART. She is in the inaugural cohort of the LORT EDI Mentor/Mentee program and serves on the LORT EDI committee. Kisha is on the Literary Arts Festival of the Book Committee and has served as an Event Producer for Oregon Media Production Association (OMPA), Children’s Book Bank, Boys and Girls Club, Artists Rep, Live Arts, MTV Woodie Awards, Invisible Children, World Monuments Fund, and School of Visual Arts. She serves on the board of directors of Global Works Community Fund.
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CAST & CREW MICHAEL MENDELSON Andrea/Ensemble Michael (he/his/him) is a Resident Artist at Artists Rep since 2008 and has been a part of well over 40 productions with this outstanding company. His acting credits include Indecent, 1984, Doll’s House, Part 2, Everybody, Small MouthSounds, Magellanica, An Octoroon, Marjorie Prime, Trevor, Mothers and Sons, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Price, The Playboy of the Western World, Tribes, Blithe Spirit, The Quality of Life, Mistakes Were Made, Ten Chimneys, Red Herring, Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Christmas Carol, God Of Carnage, Superior Donuts, Design For Living, Holidazed, Becky’s New Car, Three Sisters, Eurydice, Orson’s Shadow, Mr. Marmalade, Theater District, Present Laughter, and Love! Valour! Compassion!. With Artists Rep, Michael has directed The Importance of Being Earnest, The Understudy, Intimate Apparel, and Mistakes Were Made. Local credits include work with Portland Shakespeare Project, Portland Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Portland, Profile Theatre, Northwest Classical, Miracle Theatre, triangle productions!, TygresHeart Shakespeare, Portland Center Stage, A Contemporary Theatre, New Rose, Portland Rep NYC: Revolving Shakespeare Co., Theatre 1010, Lincoln Center/Clark StudioTheatre, Genesius Guild, The Barrow Group. Regional work includes: PlayOn Shakespeare Company, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, PCPA Theatrefest, Paper Mill Playhouse, Saint Michael’s Playhouse, Penobscot Theatre, Arkansas Rep, First Stage Milwaukee, Idaho Rep, Attic Theater, and Wisconsin, Utah, and Berkeley Shakespeare Festivals. Michael received a BFA from Wayne State University and an MFA from the University of Washington’s PATP. He is ARTISTSREP.ORG 12
the Artistic Director of Portland Shakespeare Project, and a member of Actors’ Equity Association and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Michael teaches acting privately and is an instructor on staff with Portland Actors Conservatory
MIRIAM SCHWARTZ Andrea
Miriam (she/her) is a PNW native and graduate of the Guthrie Theatre’s BFA Actor Training Program. She has spent the majority of her career in Minneapolis where past credits include roles at the Guthrie Theater, Mixed Blood Theatre, Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company, Artistry MN, 7th House Theatre Company, Arrow Theatre Company, and The Playwrights’ Center, among others. She is the recipient of a 2018 MN Theatre Award for Exceptional Individual Performance for her work in the Guthrie’s production of Indecent -- a role she was thrilled to play again at Artists Rep in 2020. Since moving to Portland, she has had the great fortune of continuing to work with Artists Rep on Mercury Project collaborations, as well as with Portland Shakespeare Project. AVITAL SHIRA Associate Director/ Auxiliary Content Producer Avital (she/her/hers) is particularly drawn to language-rich, ensembledriven work that encourages us to embrace the cultural traditions that preceded us, while crafting art that speaks to the here and now. Currently an MFA directing candidate at Boston University, Avital is also a founding company member of Sycamore Theatre Co. Avital’s recent directing credits include Everthing That Ever Happened by Sarah B. Mantell (Boston University),
CAST & CREW My Fair Lady (Boston University), Winter People by Laura Neil (Boston Playwrights Theatre), Cymbeline (Boston University), Intimate Apparel (Boston University), Lifeboat (Corrib Theatre), Between Friends (Sycamore Theatre Co @ The Brick), and Love’s Labours Lost (Post 5). Avital also has a strong interest in developing new work, and recently directed the NYMF reading of new musical, Bisland And Bly by Susannah Jones and Marialena DiFabbio. A community organizer and political activist, Avital worked for two years, leading community engagement strategy on the ground in Colorado for the Markle Foundation’s Skillful initiative. Avital holds a degree in Theatre Studies and English literature from Yale University, where she was awarded the James S. Metcalfe Prize for theatre and the Branford Arts Prize. Avital is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. She was named Best Director at the 2012 Portland Outdoor Shakespeare Festival for her production of Twelfth Night. RODOLFO ORTEGA Sound Engineer, Composer, & Sound Designer Rodolfo (he/him/his) is an award-winning composer for film, television, and theatre. Rodolfo received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music from the University of Arizona and his Master’s of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music where he studied piano and composition. He has sound designed and composed for some of the most prestigious theatre companies in the United States including The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Romeo & Juliet, The Tenth Muse) and Denver Center Theatre Company (The Three Musketeers and Romeo & Juliet). Rodolfo is an Associate Artist with Santa Cruz Shakespeare (Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth,
Julius Caesar, Man in the Iron Mask, and Winter’s Tale). For Artists Rep, he has designed and composed music for La Ruta, 1984, Small Mouth Sounds, Caught, Trevor, Feathers and Teeth, The Talented Ones, and The Liar. Rodolfo recently won the Prague Quadrennial Competition in Music for his composition for ART’s Magellanica. www. rodyortega.com KRISTEEN WILLIS Producer Kristeen (she/her/hers) received her BA from Centre College in Danville, KY and received her MFA in Lighting Design from Wayne State University, Hilberry Company in Detroit, MI. Previously, she designed lights for several Artists Rep productions, including 1984, Wolf Play, Everybody, I and You, Feathers and Teeth, American Hero, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Miracle Worker, The Understudy, Foxfinder, The Cherry Orchard and Eurydice. She designed the set for Between Riverside and Crazy, Marjorie Prime, We Are Proud To Present…, Broomstick, 4000 Miles and Foxfinder. She has designed scenery and/or lighting for several area theatres including Northwest Children Theatre’s Shrek, The Musical; Profile Theatre’s True West and Master Harold And The Boys (2013 Drammy) and Thief River; Coho Productions’ Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune and The Outgoing Tide; Miracle Theatre’s Oedipus El Rey (2012 Drammy).
LUAN SCHOOLER Producer/Dramaturg ART Mercury Company Luan (she/hers) was born in West Texas, where she trailed her big sister into dance classes and community theatre. When she was twelve, the family moved to Anchorage, Alaska. After being ARTISTSREP.ORG 13
CAST & CREW kicked out of high school, she studied theatre at CalArts. She has worked with many theaters including Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska (where she met and married the marvelous Tim), Denver Center Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Berkeley Rep. She once detoured from theatre to open a cheese shop, but then did a U-turn, and joined Artists Rep as the Director of New Play Development & Dramaturgy in 2015. In addition to overseeing the commissioning and development work, she also directed Artists Rep’s World Premiere of The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse, A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath, and The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart by David Greig. SHAWN LEE Producing Director ART Mercury Company Shawn Lee recently codirected the short film Better Maybe in Mercury Company I. Additional directing credits include Small Mouth Sounds and American Hero by Bess Wohl. In 2017, he directed Christopher Chen’s Caught, which was a multi-media theatre/art installation and collaboration with Portland visual artist, Horatio Law. He directed and co-produced the international tour of E. M. Lewis’ The Gun Show, starring Artists Rep Resident Artist, Vin Shambry, which premiered in CoHo Productions’ 21st season. After a sold out run, The Gun Show was remounted at Artists Rep before touring to the Logan Festival of Solo Performance at 1st Stage in Virginia, the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival
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in Scotland, Portland Public Schools, and Willamette University. Shawn is the Producing Director at Artists Rep and is now in his sixth season. In 2001, he co-founded the Furious Theatre Company in Los Angeles where he served as co-Artistic Director before moving to Portland in 2014. KAREN M HILL Line Producer ART Mercury Company Karen (she/her/hers) is happy to be at Artists Rep for her sixth season. She has worked on Wolf Play, Teenage Dick, Skeleton Crew, Magellanica, The Humans, An Octoroon, The Importance of Being Earnest, Marjorie Prime, A Civil War Christmas, American Hero, Grand Concourse, Miracle Worker, Cuba Libre, and Exiles. She also works at Portland Shakespeare Project, Profile Theatre, and the Portland Opera as a Stage Manager and Production Manager. She is grateful every day that she gets to create beautiful art, and would like to thank her husband, Mike, for his continued support of this crazy lifestyle.
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It would be very nice if all my beloved ones would meet on my birthday anniversaries and one of my grandchildren would read a chapter from my diary. - Max, The Berlin Diaries
The mission of the ArtsHub is to create a cultural center by supporting Portland’s rich artistic ecosystem. Programs and services include: below market rates for rehearsal, performance, and meeting space; shared administrative work space for individuals and organizations; and production services such as set construction, scenic painting, and professional technical support from design through performance. Our goal is to help a diverse range of arts and community organizations thrive. We prioritize artists and organizations that support ART’s values of equity, diversity and inclusion, and seek to provide a home for artists and audiences to take creative risks. While the program’s origin six years ago was in response to an opportunity to share underutilized performance space, we have found that the most vital and lasting impact of the ArtsHub is the bustling community that has been formed, and the myriad ways it has led to the empowerment of local artists and the accelerated growth of participating organizations. On any given day, staff members and dozens of artists from multiple arts and community organizations are rehearsing, utilizing administrative support and meeting spaces, with chance encounters in shared spaces leading to increased communication and unanticipated future collaborations between organizations. In the 2018/19 season alone, over 1,500 events were held in our building by 42 local nonprofits, including 11 resident companies — 380 ArtsHub public events, 462 rehearsals, 422 classes, and 306 ART events. Our new facility is being designed so that the ArtsHub can include even more organizations than it currently serves.
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Andrea Stolowitz’s Family Tree 100's of cousins in BerlinFlora Cohnreich Betty Stein etc. Lillian's Mom etc.
At least 20 relatives from Berlin perish in the Holocaust Sisters
Flora Cohnreich Weigert
M. Cohnreich
Siegfried Cohnreich Pappi
Helene
1st Cousins (once removed)
Heinrik Anker
Griseldis Anker (nee
Alice
Max
Hedwig(Dies in The Reinstadt)
Werner
Cohnreich)
Gunther
Eva
Kids
Mom
Nancy
Andrea
Lucas
David
Claire
5th Cousin (once removed) Paul
Lillian Lathrop
2nd Cousin
Kids
From Andrea, January 17, 2021: One of my family members found me because of the play!!!! A third cousin once removed. Indeed as Andrea the character states; I don’t know why I’m scanning all this material, but now in real life can give him his family’s restitution file.
Dear Andrea Stolowitz,
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In the process of researching my family I came across your play Berlin Diary. In page 36 you mention “my cousin Siegfried Blochert.” Followed by Santiago, Chile, and the address Fasanenstraße in Berlin My maternal grandfather was Siegfried Blochert. ARTISTSREP.ORG 16
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And suddenly while I’ve been agonizing about all those who died — I forgot, I forgot to think about those who lived. The ones who lived.
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OUR SUPPORTERS IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT WE CAN’T MAKE THEATRE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR INCREDIBLE DONORS. THE APPLAUSE FOR THE SHOW IS NOT ONLY FOR THE ACTORS, DESIGNERS, AND TECHNICIANS, BUT FOR YOU, OUR COLLABORATORS. THANK YOU! This list celebrates Artists Rep donors who gave $100 or more to the Annual Fund between October 1, 2019 and December 31, 2020. Join us in supporting the creation of outstanding theatre by contacting Kisha Jarrett kjarrett@artistsrep.org or by making a gift online at www.artistsrep.org.
GAME CHANGERS ($100,000+) Anonymous (2) James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Multnomah County Cultural Coalition The Oregon Cultural Trust Joan V Peacock Living Trust Robert & Mercedes Eichholz Foundation PRODUCERS ($25,000 - $49,999) Oregon Community Foundation Creative Heights Regional Arts & Culture Council Patricia Reser Shiels Obletz Johnsen The Shubert Foundation Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Education and Arts Fund ECONorthwest Grady Britton Advertising Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund PATRONS ($10,000 - $24,999) Anonymous (2) Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation, Arlene Schnitzer & Jordan S Julia & Robert S. Ball Jacqueline Becklund Michael Davidson Tom Gifford & Patti Fisher Hampton Family Foundation Arthur & Virginia Kayser The Kinsman Foundation Koener Camera Systems
OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation Regional Arts & Culture Council Charlotte Rubin Richard & Marcy Schwartz Bill & LaRue Stoller John & Jan Swanson Ann & Bill Swindells Charitable Trust STAGEMAKERS ($5,000 - $9,999) Karl & Linda Boekelheide Bob & Janet Conklin Susan Gendein-Marshall & Lee Marshall Polly Grose Herbert A. Templeton Foundation Diane Herrmann Howard S. Wright The Jackson Foundation The Juan Young Trust Drs. Dolores & Fernando Leon J.S. & Robin May Steven & Linda McGeady Oregon Arts Commission, a state agency Portland General Electric Foundation Lorraine Prince Julia Rea & Jim Diamond Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust John Saurenman Rosalie & Ed Tank Doris Duke Charitable Foundation & Theatre Communications Group US Bank David and Christine Vernier The Estate of David E. Wedge
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DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($2,500 - $4,999) Anonymous Adelsheim Vineyard Advance Gender Equity in the Arts Andersen Construction Ankrom Moisan Architects Randy & Patty Bateman Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation Jeffrey G. Condit Norma Dulin & James Barta Barbara Holisky & Gary McDonald Anneliese Knapp Shawn Lee & Vonessa Martin Lever Architecture Mair & Hugh Lewis Jim & Eva MacLowry Carter & Jenny MacNichol Allen & Frances Nause NW Natural Gas Alan Purdy Steve & Trudy Sargent Drea Schmidt & Emilee Preble Schwab Charitable Marilyn & Gene Stubbs John & Sandra Swinmurn Wood Partners BACKSTAGE PASS ($1,000 - $2,499) Anonymous Ruth & Jim Alexander Phyllis Arnoff Glenda Beiermann Brian Benavidez Bruce Blank & Janice Casey Lesley Bombardier Lagunitas Brewing Company Sonia Buist, M.D. Molly Butler & Robin Manning Cleveland H. Dodge
Foundation Communicare Students of Roosevelt High School Anne Conway & Louis Baslaw Barbara & Tom Cooney Allison Couch & Tom Soals Marcia Darm MD & Bruce Berning Marvin & Abby Dawson Edward & Karen Demko Wolfgang Dempke in memory of Alise Rubin Susan Dietz Margaret Dixon Richard & Betty Duvall Carmen Egido & Abel Weinrib Mary Elizabeth Ellis Day Trish & Bennett Garner Dan Gibbs & Lois Seed Susan & Dean Gisvold Al & Penny Greenwood Curtis Hanson Roy Schreiber & Carole Heath Pam Henderson & Allen Wasserman Cody Hoesly & Kirsten Collins Mike & Judy Holman Mark Horn & Mark Wilkinson Lynne Johnston Kalberer Company Kristen & Michael Kern Carol Kimball Jody Klevit Kirsten & Christopher Leonard Robert A. Lowe & Michelle Berlin-Lowe Anonymous (2) Michael & Deborah Marble Tara McMahon Laurie & Gilbert Meigs Deanna & Wilfried Mueller-Crispin
THANK YOU! Nathan Family Charitable Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Cheryl R. Neal Neilsen Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Network for Good Kristine Olson Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Patricia Perkins John Ragno Wendy & Richard Rahm Bonnie & Pete Reagan Robert Reed Thomas Robinson Richard & Mary Rosenberg Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Miriam Rosenthal Dr. William & Susan Sack Dianne Sawyer & Richard Petersen Wayne D. Schweinfest Josie Seid Bert Shaw & Liana Colombo Phillip Smith James G. & Michele L. Stemler John Taylor & Barbara West Tonkon Torp LLP Marcia Truman Vanguard Andrew Wilson & Dr. Ronnie-Gail Emden Maureen Wright & Lane Brown Charlene Zidell SUPERSTARS ($500 - $999) Anonymous (2) Linda Apperson Susan Bach & Douglas Egan Ann Balzell & Joe Marrone Ms. Judy Bartha Richard & Leslie Bertellotti Bloomfield Family Fund Louise Bloomfield Bridgetown
Conservatory of Musical Theatre Nita Brueggeman & Kevin Hoover Merrily Burger Diana Burman Rick Cady Don Caniparoli & Sarah Rosenberg Charles & Barbara Carpenter Denise Carty & Roger Brown Family Fund of The Oregon Community FDN Marie Cattalini Stephen Early & Mary Shepard Ken Edwards Leslye Epstein & Herman Taylor Sherry and Paul Fishman Larry & Marilyn Flick Carol Fredlund & John Betonte Kyle & Charles Fuchs Beverly Galen Paul Gehlar Lynn Marchand Goldstein Melissa & Bob Good Gray Family Fund Great Oregon Tours Jamey Hampton Richard L. Hay Carol & Tom Hull Corey Schuster Constance Jackson & Xavier Le Héricy The Nathan Cogan Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation Jessie Jonas Richard and Jean Josephson Judith & Gregory Kafoury Mike & Margo Kalberer Beth & Chris Karlin Katie Jane Band David Katz Catherine & Timothy Keith Pamela Knowles Leslie Kolisch Jill Lam Bill & Shelley Larkins Reed Lewis Patty & Greg Mamula Linda & Ken Mantel Carol Marmaduke
Scott & Jane Miller Melanie Schnoll Begun Don & Connie Morgan Katherine Moss Joseph Murphy & C. Branson Michael & Dr. Whitney Nagy Joanna Nowak Cathy & Jack O’Brien Alfred & Eileen Ono Katherine Pease Olliemay Phillips Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club Jay & Barbara Ramaker Andrew & Peggy Recinos Michael Sands & Jane Robinson Dámaso Rodriguez & Sara Hennessy Dianne Rodway Charlie Rosenblum Carol Schnitzer Lewis Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation Ursula Scriven Norm & Barbara Sepenuk Vin Shambry Jinny Shipman & Dick Kaiser Scott Stephens & Leslie Houston Donald & Roslyn Sutherland Carole Whiteside Pam Whyte & Ron Saylor Rick Woodford Kathleen Worley INSIDERS ($250 - $499) Anonymous (2) Kay & Roy Abramowitz Gerry & Jory Abrams Chuck & Meg Allen Bob Amundson & Sully Taylor Kara Anderson Elizabeth & Stephen Arch Atticus Hotel Susan & Grover Bagby Matt Baines Jean Carufo Mike Barr George Bateman Pamela Berg in Membory of Glenda Goldwater The Big Foody Ann Brayfield & Joe
Emerson Kacia & Clark Brockman Corey Brunish Lauretta Burman Carol Burns Ms. Ellen Cantwell Tom Capps, in honor of Charlie Capps Cecile Carpenter Michael Chellis Valri & Vince Chiappetta John & Kathryn Cochran Laurette Cosby Leslie Crandell Dawes & Andrew Dawes Jim & Vicki Currie Christina DeYoung & Andrew Rogers Elizabeth & John Ehrsam Cheri Emahiser Donna Flanders & Carl Collins, in honor of Cody Hoesly Bernard Froelich Martha & Eugene Fuchs Amy Fuller Krista Garver Roswell & Marilynn Gordon Paul & Teresa Graham Theresa Graham Candace Haines Jeff Hamm Marlene & Clark Hanson Ulrich Hardt & Karen Johnson Joan Heinkel & Ben Massell Joe & Diana Hennessy Diane Herrmann Hotel deLuxe Joni & Bill Isaacson Ms. Cecily A. Johns Leslie Johnson Colleen Kelly Elaine & Ed Kemp Carol & Jeff Kilmer Ted Labbe & Kelly Rogers Robert & Helen Ladarre Jill & Tri Lam Nicole Lazo Roger Leo Richard Lewis & Meg Larson Noah & Dena Lieberman Jodi Lietz Leonard & Susan Magazine, REAL ESTATS Earlean Marsh
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Ms. Nancy Matthews Dolores & Michael Moore Susan D. Morgan VMD Linda Nelson & Ted Olson The Oregon Golf Club Senator Bob Packwood Duane & Corinne Paulson Sue Pickgrobe & Mike Hoffman Dee Poujade Julie Poust Karen & John Rathje Ed Reeves & Bill Fish Scott & Kay Reichlin Martha & David Richards Joanne & James Ruyle Rick & Halle Sadle Vincenza Scarpaci Curtis Schade Luan Schooler & Timothy Wilson Erika Schuster & Clay Biberdorf Luisa Sermol Doug Sheets Mary Shepard H. Joe Story Chen Subramanian Aaron Tabacco Robert Taylor & Maude May The Rotary Foundation Lynn Tobar Cyrus Vafi Jennifer Van Meter Gillian Wildfire Carol Ann & Patrick Wohlmut FRIENDS ($100 - $249) Anonymous (4) Michael & Deborah Aiona Alchemy Restaurant Alder Creek Kayak Susan Anderson Thomas Robert Anderson Kristin Angell Ruby Apsler ArborBrook Vineyards Herman Asarnow Arlene Ashcraft Nancy Ashton Katherine Atkinson Adriana Baer Thomas Bahrman Claudia Barnard Linda Barnes & Robert Vanderwerf Vicki L. Barron Sumann Laura Barton F. Blair Batson
Joanne & John Bauer Johnathan Beck Alan and Sherry Bennett Linda Blakely & Lou Fernendaz Catherine Blosser Jeffrey Bluhm Brian Blum Michael Simon & Suzanne Bonamici Evan Boone Jane Bottomley Risa Brainin John Braunger Bobby & Gabrielle Brewer-Wallin Margaret Bromley Nancy & Gerry Brown Marlene Burns & Jon Dickinson Sudarshan Cadambi Barbara Canavan Chuck Carpenter & Carl Brown Judy & Steve Carroll Sue Caulfield Nicholas Cernoch Rita Charlesworth Karl Citek Clackamas Repertory Theatre susan Climo Clinton Street Theater Elaine & Arnold Cogan Jonathan Cole Charlotte Corelle Harriet Cormack John Cornyn Corrib Theatre Mark Crislip Deborah Cross Howard Cutler & Pamela Echeverio Mr. Ken Dale Carol Daniels John and Liz DeBarro Becky Denham Sandra Denton Elaine & Bill Deutschman Dinah Dodds Norma Dody Jeanne & Lauren Donaldson Steven Dotterrer Anne Driscoll Joseph Eckert Lakita Edwards Laury Ellis & Kathy Fode Nevill Eschen Mary Fellows Steve Fenwick & Martha Wilson Mary Finneran Gillian Floren Denise & Robert Frisbee Juliane Fry
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Fullerton Wines Kay Gage & Ketan Sampat Joann Gilles George Goodstein Virginia and Jeff Graham David and Caroline Greger Lydia Grimm Stephen Haber Jan & Dave Halsey Val Harder Paul Harmon The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust in honor of Marcia Darm Adrian Harris-Crowne Meredith Hartley & Jeremiah Pyle Robert & Amy Hayes Maynard Hedum Doren Helterline Judith A. Henderson Sarah Hershey Jon Hirsch Kirk Hirschfeld Marlene Holder Lynette & Don Houghton Karen Hudnall Steve & Kris Hudson Deborah Indihar Colleen & Jeff Johnson North Country Productions, Alan & Sharon Jones Becky Gardner The Jupiter Hotel Erika & Tom Kane Steve & Anita Kaplan David Goldman & Merliee Karr Stephanie Kerley Schwartz Heather Kientz Margaret Kieweg Doris & Eric Kimmel Rev. Larry King PJ Kleffner Dahv Kliner Knot Springs Social Club Peter Kohama Priscilla & Tony Kostiner Penelope Kreinberg Bruce & Cathy Kuehnl Deborah Kullby Louise Kurzet Kristi Lamont Elyse & Ron Laster Mary Lavelle Mary Lou & Ross Laybourn Jeanette Leahy Clif Leonard Robert Leventer David D. Levine
Mari & Louis Livingston Henry C. Louderbough Jane Luddecke & Robert Anderson Christina Luther Jacklyn Maddux Robin Magdahlen Sheila Mahan James Hager & Michelle Maida Hager Jim & Midge Main David Mandelblatt Susannah Mars & Gary Johnson Maude May Deborah Jo McCoy Kathy McLaughlin Frank & Joan McNamara William Meyer Mary Middendorf Dale Miller Matthew Miller Ina Milloff Leila Moharram, in honor of Carmen Egido & Abel Weinrib Lois Montgomery Nate Moss Tim Neighbors Heidi Nelson Victo Ngai Robert Nimmo & Linda Jensen Patricia Oldham Peter Olson Oregon Helicopters Oregon Shakespeare Festival Oregon Symphony Kathy Parker Alan Pasternack Kate Patricelli Patrick Lumber Company Debra & Paul Pellati Justin Peters Kellie Petruzzelli Donna Philbrick Pike Road Wines Daniel Pollack-Pelzner Portland Center Stage Portland Japanese Garden Portland Opera Portland Spirit Portland Timbers Shannon Pratt Anne Prescott Gregory Pulver & Rick Woddford Rob Johnson Diane Redd & Dan Wilson Diane Redd Betty & Jacob Reiss Resonance Winery
Jesus Reyes Patricia Reynolds Judith Rice Charles & Judith Rooks Kathryn Ross Kurt Ross Rebecca Ross Beth Rubin Ellen Rubinstein Martin Salinsky & Erin Peters Jeffrey Sapiro William & Meredith Savery Pancho Savery Gil Sharp & Anne Saxby Craig Sayers Robin Selig Sally Sellers & Michael Subocz Mary Ann & John Wish Shap Shapiro Michele Sharp
Ariel Shattan Tiffany Smith Neil Soiffer & Carolyn Smith Dawn Sorem Linda Sowray Desta Spence Charles & Karen Springer Adrianne Stach William Steuernagel Kristin Stevens Cynthia Stowell Julia Surtshin & Richard Sessions Wenda Tai Gary Taliaferro Rick Talley & Mary Ann Barr Talley Leslie Taylor Megan Taylor Tektronix Jane Terzis
DONATIONS AND PLEDGES TO ARTISTS REP’S RISE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN Anonymous ART Guild Julie & Robert S. Ball Glenda Beiermann Nita Brueggeman Barbara and Charles Carpenter City of Portland Bob & Janet Conklin Anne Conway and Louis Baslaw Marcia Darm & Bruce Berning Michael Davidson Carmen Egido and Abel Weinrib The Robert & Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
Tracy Thornton and Ernie Conway Patricia Tidmarsh Dwight McFaddin Jane Unger Sarah Vhay Janet Vining & Eric Vega Pamela Vohnson & David Streight J. Wandres Janet F. Warrington Maureen K. Wearn & Frederick Wearn, MD M. Howard Weinstein Hilda Welch Karen Whitaker Megan Wilkerson Willamette Valley Soaring Club Claire Willett Susan Willis Carl Wilson & Evan Boone
Chris Wilson Amy Fuller & Frank Wilson Richard Winkel Joe Wonderlick Susan Woods Kathleen Worley Merri Souther-Wyatt Vincent & Emma Yoswick Jon Younkin
Hampton Family Foundation/OCF Beth & Chris Karlin Carol Kimball Dolores and Fernando Leon Len and Susan Magazine Nancy Matthews Shiels Oblitz Johnsen PLANAR Pat Reser Andrea Schmidt & Emilee Preble Leslie Houston and Scott Stevens Tonkon Torp Tonkon Torp Ann & Bill Swindells Charitable Trust Darci & Charlie Swindells David & Christine Vernier Frederick Wearn, MD
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STAFF Artistic Director: Dámaso Rodríguez Executive Director: J.S. May Managing Director: Kisha Jarrett ARTISTIC Producing Director: Shawn Lee Associate Producer: Kristeen Willis Director of New Works: Luan Schooler Dramaturgy Scholar: Pancho Savery Casting Director: Vonessa Martin Lacroute Playwright-in-Residence: Andrea Stolowitz Andrew W. Mellon Playwright-in-Residence: E. M. Lewis Resident Intimacy Choreographer: Amanda K Cole Resident Fight Choreographer: Jonathan Cole Resident Artists: Lava Alapai, Linda Alper, Adriana Baer, Ayanna Berkshire, Bobby Brewer-Wallin, Amanda K Cole, Jonathan Cole, Chris Harder, Sarah Gahagan, Sara Hennessy, Michelle Jazuk, JoAnn Johnson, Kevin Jones, Val Landrum, E.M. Lewis, Sarah Lucht, Susannah Mars, Michael Mendelson, Allen Nause, Amy Newman, Vana O’Brien, Rodolfo Ortega, Sharath Patel, Gregory Pulver, John San Nicolas, Josie Seid, Vin Shambry, Andrea Stolowitz, Andrea Vernae, Joshua J. Weinstein, Megan Wilkerson, Carol Ann Wohlmut, Barbie Wu ADMINISTRATIVE General Manager: Vonessa Martin MARKETING & DEVELOPMENT & BOX OFFICE Audience Development & Marketing Manager: Leslie Crandell Dawes Patron Services Manager: Christina DeYoung Data Analyst & Ticketing Sales Manager: Jon Younkin EDUCATION Director of Education: Karen Rathje PRODUCTION Production Manager: Kristeen Willis BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jeffrey Condit, Chair Pancho Savery, ViceChair Tom Gifford, Treasurer Patricia Garner, Secretary Mike Barr, Past Chair Julia Ball
Michael Davidson Norma Dulin Erik Opsahl Justin Peters Andrea Schmidt Michael Szporluk Marcia Darm, MD, Trustee Emeritus
Founded in 1982, Artists Repertory Theatre is the longest-running professional theatre company in Portland. ART became the 72nd member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) in 2016 and is an Associate Member of the National New Play Network (NNPN). Table | Room | Stage (T|R|S) was established in 2015 and is Artists Rep’s new play program whose mission is to develop and produce new work that vividly expresses Artists Rep’s aesthetic values. The mission of the ArtsHub is to create a cultural center by supporting Portland’s rich artistic ecosystem. While the program’s origin six years ago was in response to an opportunity to share underutilized performance space, we have found that the most vital and lasting impact of the ArtsHub is the bustling community that has been formed, and the myriad ways it has led to the empowerment of local artists and the accelerated growth of participating organizations. The Resident Artist title is offered by the Artistic Director in appreciation of each artist’s achievements with ART and in the spirit of continued collaboration. These multidisciplinary theatre makers are deeply committed to ART’s success, share organizational values, and participate in decisionmaking processes that impact the theatre’s mission and its future. Artists Rep’s education program is dedicated to developing theatre artists, students, business and arts professionals, and life- long learners at every ability, interest, and level of expertise.
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