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HARRY CLARKE
BY DAVID CALE | THE VINEYARD THEATRE PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY LEIGH SILVERMAN
BY CHARLES DICKENS ADAPTED BY CAREY PERLOFF AND PAUL WALSH MUSIC BY KARL LUNDEBERG CHOREOGRAPHY BY VAL CANIPAROLI DIRECTED BY PETER J. KUO BASED ON THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION BY CAREY PERLOFF
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WELCOME
Welcome! We are, collectively, in the presence of truly extraordinary artists. Sometimes, when an artist makes a splash, as Billy Crudup, Leigh Silverman, and David Cale each did when they first arrived on the scene, we think first of talent. Of a gift. Something that is intrinsic, granted by some external force of genetics or good fortune. And, of course, there is some truth to that — there are people whose inherent presence, wit, physical beauty, or melodious singing voice makes an immediate impact. But I think we do a disservice to artists of all kinds not to speak more about craft — the ability through rigorous practice, education, or acquisition of specific skills to hone one’s abilities, to develop an approach, a set of techniques in the creation and exploration of art. Billy, Leigh, and David have throughout their careers, together and separately, on stages small and large, been unrelenting in their pursuit of betterment. Theatre itself is the wedding of impulse and labor. As you watch Harry Clarke, consider the fact that the elements that seem effortless, whether it be performance, costume, sound, or text, are each the result of an initial moment of inspiration and imagination, realized through intense collaboration, experimentation, iteration. Harry Clarke is a great reminder that something thrillingly theatrical need not be dependent on pyrotechnics, but can be built solely out of meticulously constructed words, stagecraft, and performance. It only truly comes alive in your presence. Lean in. Enjoy! Warmly,
Johanna Pfaelzer Artistic Director
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Rep and David Cale’s wickedly funny thriller, Harry Clarke. As you experience Billy Crudup’s tour-de-force performance, we are also excited for a newly added special event in January, direct from Broadway, Alex Edelman's Just for Us. Expertly crafted by one of comedy’s most distinctive voices, this singular theatrical experience is an exploration of identity and our collective capacity for empathy. Your support makes Berkeley Rep a home for the leading artists of our time, who craft ambitious theatre in our intimate venues to provoke civic engagement and inspire us to experience the world in new and surprising ways. As the year draws to a close, I hope you will join in sustaining our nonprofit mission, productions, education programs, and community engagement initiatives that improve the lives of so many. Your tax-deductible gift, no matter the size, makes a huge difference. Donation reply envelopes are available throughout the theatre. You may also contribute online at BerkeleyRep.org. Thank you in advance for helping to spread the joy of live theatre. Theatre also makes a great gift, providing an opportunity to share precious time with friends or loved ones. With four fabulous mainstage productions still ahead this season — including the highly anticipated Broadway-bound musical, Galileo — we offer several great gift options from gift certificates to speciallypriced ticket packages. From all of us at Berkeley Rep, may you and yours have a very happy and healthy holiday season and New Year. With deep appreciation,
Tom Parrish Managing Director
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Celebrating Our Donors and Their Impact! We’re celebrating Donor Appreciation Month, a chance to express our heartfelt gratitude to the incredible individuals and organizations that make all of our work possible.
Our education programs build a critical-minded, engaged, and empathetic citizenry in the Bay Area. This year we engaged with over 9, 500 Bay Area children , teens, and adults through our acting, playwriting, improv, and specially designed classes and workshops. We launched the Bay Area High School Theatre Festival to invest in the next generation of artists and change-makers, and we also officially debuted Dig In, a digital theatre access initiative that brings professional theatre and theatre arts instruction to underserved urban and rural communities. We've sent teaching artists to more than 84 schools in 11 counties. All thanks to you!
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH IN DIALOGUE In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, In Dialogue (which places our theatre-making skills and resources in service of our community) partnered with La Peña Cultural Center to host a Hispanic Heritage Night Celebration prior to a performance of POTUS. The free event featured a performance by Oakland based singer/ songwriter Dizzy Jenkins. In Dialogue also hosted a Community Dialogue following a performance of POTUS. The panel discussion On Sisterhood, Empowerment, and Slaying the Game was facilitated by Sara Guillermo (CEO of iGNiTE), and featured Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, Gabriela Chavez-Lopez (executive director of Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley), Alondra Esquivel Garcia (director of SF Youth Commission/Alumna of iGNiTE ), Susan Hauser (treasurer of League of Women Voters Alameda), and Cassidy Chan (Volunteer League of Women Voters Alameda). Representatives from the League of Women Voters Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville were in the lobby with a voter registration table.
ARTIST STEWARDSHIP THROUGH THE GROUND FLOOR The Ground Floor encompasses all of Berkeley Rep’s new play development activities and supports artists at all stages of the creative process.
“Together with the amazing staff I helped shepherd 20 early-indevelopment projects, with over 100 artists, over a three-week residency at Berkeley Rep’s Harrison Street campus. Creating a new play is an intricate journey that demands time, resources, and unwavering commitment. This is precisely what Berkeley Rep offers to artists around the country and, by extension, theatregoers like you.”
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A FULL 2023/24 SEASON THANKS TO YOU! Berkeley Rep is committed to being a home for artists, students, families, community members, and audiences eager to connect through the power of storytelling. Your commitment to us is truly inspiring, and we are incredibly fortunate to have you as a part of our community. Donors make all this extraordinary work possible. We look forward to continuing this important journey together. Thank you!
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BILLY CRUDUP THEN AND NOW
1995: Just one year out of grad school, Billy makes his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia.
Known for his work on high-profile films and television series, Billy Crudup has also had an illustrious, award-winning career on stage over
2002: Billy receives his first Tony Award nomination for The Elephant Man.
the past three decades. Here are some highlights.
2005: Billy receives his second Tony Pillowman. 2006-07: Billy receives his third Tony nomination and first win for Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia: Part 1 & 2. 2011: Billy returns to Arcadia and receives his fourth Tony nomination. 2013: Billy makes his Berkeley Rep debut starring opposite Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart in Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land, which transfers to Broadway. 2017: Billy stars in David Cale’s Harry Clarke, premiering at the Vineyard Theatre and transferring to the Minetta Lane Theatre. 2023: Six years after his Harry Clarke premiere and 10 years after his Berkeley Rep debut, Billy brings Harry Clarke to the Bay Area.
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nomination for Martin McDonagh’s The
Q&A:
David Cale Who are your earliest influences? Bette Midler, Joseph Chaikin, Samuel Beckett , Judy Garland, Sam Shepard, Harold Pinter, Ntozake Shange, John Guare, Laurie Anderson, Joni Mitchell.
Which musician inspires you? I love the band The National. Aaron and Bryce Dessner compose the music, and Matt Berninger and his wife Carin Besser write the lyrics. I’m inspired by Taylor Swift’s productivity and growth.
Where is the best place to write?
“Seeing Bette
My house upstate New York.
Do you get writers’ block? No, I don’t get it. I have periods where I’m
perform in London in more productive than others, but so far, I haven’t ground to a halt. (Tempting fate the late ’70s was what saying that!) really inspired me What gives you comfort or peace? to do theatre, to try Poetry. Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, and affect people Mary Oliver, Rumi, etc. South Park and the way she was affilm noirs oddly relax me. And listening DAVID CALE'S to Billie Holiday. 10-SONG PLAYLIST: fecting me. It was If you could have any singer perform kind of incredible Shirley Horn "Here's to Life" your songs, who would it be? John Prine "Hello in There" that 10 years later Harry Styles. Joni Mitchell "Amelia" I’d be a guest on Marvin Gaye "What's Going On?" Where do you find inspiration for a story? Leonard Cohen "A Thousand Kisses Deep" her HBO special.” A romance. Joan Armatrading "Love and Affection" What solo performers inform your work? Laurie Anderson, Karen Finley, John O’Keefe — his show Shimmer, Spalding Gray, Marie
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Brassard, a Canadian artist . Her piece David Cale and Bette Midler at the screen-
Jimmy was a big influence on Harry Clarke.
ing party for the HBO
What excites you most about revisiting Harry Clarke with the original team?
Special Bette Midler’s
Watching Billy and Leigh work together
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performance will go. It grows and grows and
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grows. It’s a living thing.
Aretha Franklin "Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)" Joni Mitchell "Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig’s Tune) " Moby "The Sky Is Broken" Moby "My Weakness"
LISTEN TO THE DAVID CALE PLAYLIST:
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HaRRy cLaRke
In a 2018 interview for Audible, actor Billy Crudup, director Leigh Silverman, and playwright David Cale discussed with Vineyard Theatre Co-Artistic Director Sarah Stern the process of imagining and embodying the world of Harry Clarke. The following excerpts have been edited for clarity and are reproduced with permission from Audible. DAVID ON WRITING THE PLAY:
It was written very intuitively, very instinctively. I was initially curious how it would be if I started a show with the line, “I could always do an immaculate English accent,” because I was doing shows in places that some people knew who I was, and I thought it would tilt the whole thing, that, suddenly — “Is he not actually English?” Philip and Harry led the story, and I just kind of wrote it down. It was written out loud, and it sort of took on a life of its own. BILLY ON TAKING IT ON:
One of the things that is extremely exciting about being an actor is getting opportunities to do things that you feel like are beyond you, in a way. So, there’s no question from the first line, “I could always do an immaculate English accent,” which I can’t, this is going to be a really huge challenge. And then, the story — there was something to me that struck me emotionally about Philip’s story, and about his search for intimacy and connection to people and how contorted it became and despite the lack of an emotional base he had, he still tried in every way he knew how to connect to other people. And that to me seemed like a very human story, and the more contorted it got the more human it became to me. And so, I responded to those things initially. BILLY ON LEIGH SILVERMAN:
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LEIGH ON DIRECTING SOLO WORK:
It’s so interesting in a play, because really you are building towards a conflict between people onstage, usually more than one person, and in a solo show the conflict is between a person and themselves. And so figuring out how to mine that conflict so that it feels like drama, so that it feels like a piece of theatre, and articulating that, and being able to have someone smart enough to understand what that conflict is and how to do that, is I kind of feel like my job as the director. And to work with somebody like David, who has been a solo performer for many years and is in fact one of our great, great, great solo performers, to take the material he’s written and to give it to arguably the greatest actor in the American theatre, it’s like, yeah, sign me up. DAVID ON WORKING WITH BILLY:
There wa s a rea l ly wonderf ul moment when we first met in the room — because I’m really instinctive, and I really trust my instincts, by and large, and I trust them over my brain, by far — and when we first came together, and Billy jumped in and just read it, and I thought we’re just going to talk about it, and Billy just jumped in — and I thought to myself, "This is why you listen to your instincts. This is it." It was really a beautiful moment for me, personally. BILLY ON ENTERING THE PLAY:
Trying to enter [Cale’s] world, which is kind of one of the things you do as
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CREATING THE WORLD OF
nity is a small community and kind of gets smaller the older you get, so the people you want to populate your experience within the theatre gets clearer and clearer — the people you want to collaborate with, the people you don’t want to collaborate with, and these were three that just felt like the perfect environment for me to try to get to do something I’ve never done before and to hopefully grow and learn and change as an artist and all those things.
an actor when you get material is you try to enter the world of the storyteller so that you know what piece of the story — are you going to be the good guy, are you going to be the bad guy, are you going to be the confused person — and getting into David’s head is a whole different scenario. There are things that are going on simultaneously as a storyteller and as characters in the world that are a challenge for my brain, that’s not the way I typically operate. I don’t operate as a dramaturg usually. I count on rehearsals to be the period where you shape the story and then you get onstage, and you try to create an event with the other actors. Having to be the dramaturg at the same time, kind of pick up on where the story needs momentum now, what the audience is getting, what they’re not getting, that’s a whole new thing, so I’m learning a lot. LEIGH ON CREATING THE WORLD ON STAGE:
My idea, that the designers and I worked towards, was creating a space that was — kind of immediately put the audience at ease, like, “Oh I know what this place is, I know what it looks like, it’s a deck, or it’s a —.” For me, the nightmare of going to see a solo show is that you walk in and it’s like a stool and, like, a rack with hats. [David Cale: That’s my last show!] ’Cause you’re just like “Oh God.” And so, I wanted to create a space that — except for David’s shows. [DC: I can pull a hat rack off.] Yeah, you sure can. But I wanted to create a space that felt like something, and that transformed over the course of the night the way that the character did. BILLY ON PERFORMING ALONE:
Anytime you put yourself in an unfamiliar environment, you know, it can be unnerving and unsettling, that’s one of the reasons you do it. Out of that you force yourself to change, because you’re scared, most of the time. So, most of the process was a scary process, because this is a beautiful story when you read it insofar as a piece of drama. But then when you get to the practical part of how one performs that, it’s totally new terrain for me. I’ve spent most of my career putting a wall up right there, for sure, anytime I get freaked out onstage, the mandate is you look at the person who is onstage with you and you be like, “We’re in this together, right?” Like that is how I know how to recover. And so, the first number of weeks onstage, these two were so supportive, they would kind of be, like, “Okay, go ahead, it’s okay, go out there, we’re here, we’re just offstage, it’s fine, you’ll be fine.” And I come back offstage afterwards and I’m like [panting] “What happened?” Full-on blackout. So, you know, I don’t even know how to begin to describe how many things I’ve learned, but the one thing that has been thrilling is that I wanted to create and collaborate with these guys. And this performance you see, despite it being just me onstage, is the three of us, working together for months, trying to orchestrate what
To listen to the complete interview and download the Audible Theater production of Harry Clarke, which also features a performance of Cale’s Obie Award-winning one-man show Lillian, starring the playwright himself, visit audible.com
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SHOW PROGRAM: HARRY CLARKE
BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE Johanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director | Tom Parrish, Managing Director presents
The Vineyard Theatre Production of
HARRY CLARKE BY
DAVID CALE DIRECTED BY
LEIGH SILVERMAN
SCENIC DESIGN
COSTUME DESIGN
LIGHTING DESIGN
SOUND DESIGN
ALEXANDER DODGE
KAYE VOYCE
ALAN C. EDWARDS
BART FASBENDER
VOCAL COACH
DIALECT COACHES
DEBORAH LAPIDUS
DEBORAH HECHT JESSICA BERMAN
STAGE MANAGER
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
CYNTHIA CAHILL*
EMILY BETTS
HARRY CLARKE was produced by the VINEYARD THEATRE (Douglas Aibel, Artistic Director, Sarah Stern, Artistic Director, Suzanne Appel, Managing Director) in New York City, 2017. Subsequently Produced Off-Broadway By Audible (Alexander Dodge, set, Kaye Voyce, costuming, Alan Edwards, lighting, Bart Fasbender, sound design) in New York City, 2018.
Harry Clarke is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. concordtheatricals.com
November 15-December 23, 2023 Roda Theatre THIS SHOW HAS NO INTERMISSION
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SHOW PROGRAM: HARRY CLARKE
CAST Philip Brugglestein/Harry Clarke
Billy Crudup*
*Indicates a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States This theatre operates under agreements with the League of Resident Theatres, Actors’ Equity Association (the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States), the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, and United Scenic Artists.
The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production and distributing recordings or streams in any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author(s)’s rights and actionable under United States copyright law. For more information, please visit: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists
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Edie Barschi & Robert Jackson
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THE ARTISTS
(Aurora Theatre, San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award). Leigh Silverman
Billy Crudup Harry Clarke
Film: After the Wedding, Justice League, Alien: Covenant, 20th Century Women, Jackie, Spotlight (Screen Actors Guild Award), The Stanford Prison Experiment, Glass Chin, Rudderless, The Convincer, Too Big to Fail, Eat Pray Love, Watchmen, Public Enemies, Dedication, Mission Impossible III, Trust the Man, The Good Shepard, Stage Beauty, Big Fish, Almost Famous, Jesus’ Son (Independent Spirit Award nomination), Sleepers, Everyone Says I Love You, Grind, World Traveler, Charlotte Gray, Princess Mononoke, The Hi-Lo Country, Waking the Dead, Inventing the Abbotts, Without Limits (National Board of Review Award), Monument Avenue. Television: The Morning Show (Primetime Emmy Award), Hello Tomorrow!, Gypsy. Broadway: No Man’s Land, Waiting for Godot, 2011 revival of Arcadia (Tony nomination), The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Pillowman (Tony nomination), The Elephant Man (Tony and Outer Critics Circle nomination), The Three Sisters (Drama Desk nomination), Bus Stop, Arcadia (Theatre World and Clarence Derwent Award, Outer Critics Circle nomination). Off Broadway: Harry Clarke (Outer Critics Circle Award, Off Broadway Alliance Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Obie Award, Drama Desk Award, Drama League nomination), The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Measure for Measure, Oedipus, The Metal Children, America Dreaming. Billy is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and New York University. David Cale Playwright
David Cale’s recent works include his solo musical memoir, We’re Only Alive for A Short Amount of Time, for which he wrote the book, lyrics, co-composed the music with Matthew Dean Marsh, and starred (The Public Theater, NYC, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Obie Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Lucille Lortel Award nomination, Drama Desk Award nomination, Jeff Award) and the solo plays Harry Clarke, starring Billy Crudup (Audible at Minetta Lane Theatre, Vineyard Theatre, NYC, Lucille Lortel Award), and Sandra starring Marjan Neshat (Vineyard Theatre), both directed by Leigh Silverman. Earlier solo works in the Bay Area for which Cale was both writer and performer include Deep in a Dream of You (Life on the Water), Lillian (Magic Theatre), and Palomino
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Director
Leigh Silverman attended Ground Floor’s inaugural year with Madeleine George on the play that became Pulitzer finalist, The Curious Case of the Watson Intelligence. She has directed over 60 world premiere new plays and musicals. She received a Tony nomination for her direction of the musical Violet and received a 2011 Obie Award and 2019 Obie for Sustained Excellence. She previously directed Chinglish and In the Wake at Berkeley Rep and is extremely excited about returning to direct Harry Clarke. Her Broadway credits include Grand Horizons (2ST, Williamstown Theatre Festival), The Lifespan of a Fact (Studio 54), Violet (Roundabout, Tony nomination), Chinglish (Goodman Theatre, Longacre), Well (Public Theater, ACT, Longacre). Recent Off-Broadway: SUFFS (Public Theater), The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (Shed, Taper), Soft Power (Public Theater, Ahmanson Theatre/Curran Theatre, Drama Desk nomination), Hurricane Diane (New York Theatre Workshop, Two River Theater); Harry Clarke (Vineyard Theatre/Audible, Minetta Lane, Lortel nomination). Encores: Violet, The Wild Party, Really Rosie. She has directed streaming concerts for Sutton Foster, FYC shorts for Amazon, and Audible projects including Harry Clarke and the recently released Dykes to Watch Out For. Alexander Dodge Scenic Design
Broadway: I Need That, Anastasia, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Tony nomination), Present Laughter (Tony nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley, Hedda Gabler. Off Broadway: The Whisper House: 59E59 Theatres; Harry Clarke: Vineyard Theatre/ Audible Theatre; Ripcord: Manhattan Theatre Club; Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Trust; The Water’s Edge: Second Stage; Rapture Blister Burn: Playwrights Horizons; The Understudy: Roundabout; Measure for Pleasure, Paris Commune: Public Theater; Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Toward the Somme (Lortel winner), Chaucer in Rome: Lincoln Center. Alexander is a professor of set design at the State University of New York, Purchase College. Training: MFA, Yale School of Drama. Kaye Voyce Costume Design
Broadway: Sea Wall/A Life (co-design), True West, The Nap, Significant Other, The Real Thing, The Realistic Joneses, and Shining City. Recent Off-Broadway: The Bedwetter
(Atlantic Theater, book by Sarah Silverman), Shhhh (Atlantic), Morning Sun (MTC), Mud/Drowning (set and costume design, Mabou Mines), Anatomy of a Suicide (Atlantic), Marys Seacole, After the Blast (LCT3), Mary Page Marlowe (2ST), The Antipodes, Signature Plays, The Wayside Motor Inn (Signature), Coriolanus, Hamlet, Measure for Measure (Public Theater), Greater Clements (LCT). Other recent credits include Stranger Love, a seven-hour opera/dance/orchestral event with the LA Philharmonic. Alan C. Edwards Lighting Design
Broadway: Associate to Jennifer Tipton on The Testament of Mary. Off-Broadway: Kill Move Paradise (National Black Theatre), Harry Clarke (Vineyard), Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Signature NYC & ART), Fires in the Mirror, The Hot Wing King (Signature NYC), Twelfth Night (Classical Theatre of Harlem). Regional: Sally & Tom (world premiere by Suzan-Lori Parks at The Guthrie), Paradise Blue, Lights Out: Nat King Cole (Geffen Playhouse). Dance: Chasing Magic and Where We Dwell by Ayodele Casel, In the Same Tongue by Dianne McIntyre, Lifted by Christopher Rudd for American Ballet Theatre. Awards: Lucille Lortel and Audelco Awards, Drama Desk nomination. He is a graduate of Yale School of Drama, where he is also an assistant professor of lighting. alancedwards.com Bart Fasbender Sound Design
Broadway: Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Off Broadway with Ms. Silverman: On the Exhale, All the Ways to Say I Love You, The Way We Get By, Bright Half Life. Other off-Broadway credits for The Public Theater, Primary Stages, Atlantic Theater, Classic Stage Company, BAM, Second Stage, The New Group, Rattlestick, WP Theater, The Play Company, Ars Nova. Regional: The Old Globe, Center Theatre Group, American Conservatory Theater, Geva Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Bucks County Playhouse, KC Rep. Proud member of USA 829 and Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association. Deborah Lapidus Vocal Coach
Broadway: Singing coach for Fat Ham, Trip to Bountiful (Cicely Tyson), 33 Variations (Jane Fonda). Off Broadway: Harry Clarke (Minetta Lane and Vineyard Theatre), Joan of Arc (Public Theater), and Carnegie Hall Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds (also Great Performances, PBS). Film: (on-set) Happythankyoumoreplease (singing coach to Kate Mara), Evening (Claire
Danes) and The Girl in the Park (Sigourney Weaver). Pre-production: Eyes of Tammy Faye (Jessica Chastain). She serves on the faculties of NYU Tisch School of the Arts and the Juilliard School. Deborah Hecht Dialect Coach (New York)
Berkeley Rep: The Misanthrope, A View from the Bridge, The Stick Wife, Lulu, The Virgin Molly. Broadway: 98 productions including Sweeney Todd, Hangmen, How I Learned to Drive, The Collaboration, The Ferryman, Angels in America (both original and recent productions). Full list at IBDB. Off Broadway: Hundreds of productions at Signature, The Public, NYTW, Vineyard, others. Regional/international: Seattle Rep, ACT, Yale Rep, RSC, Royal National Theatre. Film/ TV: We Were the Lucky Ones (upcoming), Fosse/Vernon, Tokyo Vice, Fall of the House of Usher, All the Money in the World, Under the Skin, others at IMDB. Taught at ACT, NYU Grad Acting, Juilliard, and others. Jessica Berman Dialect Coach (Berkeley)
Jessica Berman is a dialect, voice, and text coach. With Berkeley Rep, she has coached School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, Becky Nurse of Salem, The Good Book, Paradise Square: A New Musical, Angels in America, What the Constitution Means to Me, and Monsoon Wedding, among others. Most recently, she served as co-head of voice and dialects for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child at The Curran, SF. Jessica is a lecturer in the department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at U.C. Berkeley. She holds an MFA from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Cynthia Cahill Stage Manager
Cynthia Cahill has spent the majority of her career as a production stage manager. Broadway: Songs for a New World, Don’t Bother Me I Can’t Cope (Encores! Off-Center), Junk, Passing Strange. Off-Broadway: Second Stage, The Public, The Vineyard, Atlantic Theater, Culture Project. National tours: King Lear (London’s Globe Theatre), Tristan & Yseult (Kneehigh Theatre Company). Regional: 18+ seasons at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Arena Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre, Guthrie Theater, McCarter Theatre, Hartford Stage, Lookingglass Theatre Company. International: Hello Hi There (Production Manager, European Tour). Emily Betts Assistant Stage Manager
Emily Betts is thrilled to return to Berkeley Rep after working on the ripple, the wave
that carried me home; Cambodian Rock Band; Let the Right One In; POTUS; and The Ground Floor Fall & Summer Labs. Other theatre credits: A Christmas Carol, The Headlands (American Conservatory Theater), Indecent (Arden Theatre Company), and The Rose Garden (Philadelphia Fringe Festival). Emily was the production management fellow for Berkeley Rep’s ’21/22 season and received a BFA in Directing, Playwriting, & Production from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia (go birds!). Endless gratitude to Mom, Dad, and the incredible Berkeley Rep staff. Vineyard Theatre (Douglas Aibel and Sarah Stern, Artistic Directors; Suzanne Appel, Managing Director) Vineyard Theatre is one of America’s preeminent homes for the creation of new plays and musicals. Notable premieres include David Cale’s Harry Clarke, Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive (Pulitzer Prize) and Indecent (two Tony Awards), Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women (Pulitzer Prize), Avenue Q (Tony Award, Best Musical), The Scottsboro Boys, [title of show], Wig Out!, The Lyons, Gloria, Is This A Room, Dana H. and many more over four decades. Recipient of special Drama Desk, Obie, and Lucille Lortel Awards for artistic excellence. vineyardtheatre.org
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Johanna Pfaelzer Artistic Director
Johanna joined Berkeley Rep in 2019 as its fourth artistic director, following 12 years as artistic director of New York Stage and Film (NYSAF), a New York City-based developer of new works for theatre, film, and television. Johanna is proud to have developed work by notable established and early career writers like Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda; Goddess by Saheem Ali, Michael Thurber, and Jocelyn Bioh; The Humans by Stephen Karam; Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell; The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe; The Invisible Hand by Ayad Akhtar; A 24-Decade History of Popular Music by Taylor Mac; The Homecoming Queen by Ngozi Anyanwu; The Great Leap by Lauren Yee; Doubt by John Patrick Shanley; The Fortress of Solitude by Michael Friedman and Itamar Moses; The Jacksonian by Beth Henley; and Green Day’s American Idiot. Johanna previously served as associate artistic director of American Conservatory Theater and is a graduate of Wesleyan University and the Actors Theatre of Louisville Apprentice Program. She lives in Berkeley with her husband, Russell Champa, and their son, Jasper.
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ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION CREDITS Louis Blachman (Bret C. Harte Artistic Fellow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Director Clayton Dombach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Associate Scenic Designer Amanda Gladu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Assistant Costume Designer Sophie Lynd (Lighting Fellow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Lighting Designer Belle Alatorre (Harry Weininger Sound Fellow) . . . . . . . Assistant Sound Designer Henry Russell Bergstein, CSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Original Casting James McGregor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Stage Technician Desiree Alcocer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Light Board Programmer/Operator Barbara Blair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wardrobe Supervisor Angela Don . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sound Board Operator Carl Martin, Sean Miller, Maggie Wentworth, Laurel Capps (Scenic Construction Fellow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scene Shop Kenzie Bradley, Julie Ann Brown, Neena Holzman, E Wayman-Murdock (Scenic Art Fellow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scenic Art Brittany Watkins, Katie Owen (Props Fellow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Props Courtney Jean, Camille Rassweiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sound
Tom Parrish Managing Director
Tom has served as a theatre leader and arts administrator for over 20 years, with experience in organizations ranging from multi-venue performing arts centers to major Tony Award-winning theatre companies. Prior to Berkeley Rep, he served as executive director of Trinity Repertory Company, Geva Theatre Center, and Merrimack Repertory Theatre and as associate managing director/general manager of San Diego Repertory Theatre. His work has been recognized with a NAACP Theatre Award for Best Producer and “Forty Under 40” recognition in Providence, Rochester, the Merrimack Valley, and San Diego. He received his MBA/MA in Arts Administration from Southern Methodist University; BA in Theater Arts and Economics from Case Western Reserve University; attended the Commercial Theater Institute, National Theater Institute, and Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management; and is certified in Leading Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by Northwestern University. He and his husband live in Berkeley.
Tiffany Hernandez Alberto, Shy Baniani, Ash Brown, Travis Clark, Dieyla Diop, Jordan Goldstein, Adie Jimenez, Jason Joo, Charlie Mejia, Taylor Rivers, Cal Swan-Streepy, Matthew Sykes, Ben Visini. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lighting Kayla Badia (Production Management Fellow). . . Assistant Production Manager Faith Elder (Company Management Fellow) . . . . . . . Assistant Company Manager Medical Consultation for Berkeley Rep provided by Agi E. Ban DC, John Carrigg MD, Cindy J. Chang MD, Christina Corey MD, Neil Claveria PT, Patricia I. Commer DPT, Kathy Fang MD PhD, Steven Fugaro MD, Olivia Lang MD, Allen Ling PT, Liz Nguyen, DPT, Christina S. Wilmer OD, and Katherine C. Yung, MD Special thanks to Matt Gehring.
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EXCELLENCE Members of the Michael Leibert Society are dedicated supporters who have included Berkeley Repertory Theatre in their estate plans. These gifts help to secure the Theatre’s future and ensure that for generations to come, Berkeley Rep will be creating ambitious theatre that entertains and challenges its audiences . For more information, please contact Andrew Maguire, Philanthropy Officer at 510-647-2904 or amaguire@berkeleyrep.org.
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THANK YOU to our supporters! We thank the many organizations, companies, and individuals who enrich our community by championing Berkeley Rep’s artistic, education, and community engagement programs.
Institutional Funders FOUNDATION
Anonymous (3) The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation The California Wellness Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation JEC Foundation Koret Foundation Laurents/Hatcher Foundation
Civic Foundation, Inc.
Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
Davis/Dauray Family Fund
The Maurer Family Foundation
The William H. Donner Foundation, Inc.
The Bernard Osher Foundation
Edgerton Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
The Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Philanthropic Fund
Taube Philanthropies
PUBLIC FUNDING
Alameda County Arts Commission ARTSFUND Berkeley Civic Arts Program and Commission California Arts Council National Endowment for the Arts State of California
Woodlawn Foundation
Corporate & Hospitality Sponsors SEASON SPONSORS
EXECUTIVE SPONSORS
SPONSORS
Donkey & Goat Winery Mechanics Bank Wealth Management Semifreddi’s Wells Fargo Foundation CORPORATE PARTNERS
Armanino LLP Aurora Catering Bank of Marin Comal Covenant Wines Eureka! Hugh Groman Catering The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
PERFORMANCE SPONSORS
Andrea Gordon Real Estate Bayer BluesCruise.com BENEFACTOR SPONSORS
Gallagher Risk Management Services Heroic Italian Kermit Lynch Lucia’s Berkeley Picante Residence Inn Downtown Berkeley Revival Bar + Kitchen
The Resilience Campaign Berkeley Repertory Theatre gratefully recognizes the following contributors for their transformational contributions to The Resilience Campaign that support the Theatre’s future. California Wellness Foundation
Bruce Golden & Michelle Mercer
Jack & Betty Schafer
Stephen & Susan Chamberlin
Marcia Grand
Pat & Merrill Shanks
Robin & Rich Edwards
Frances Hellman & Warren Breslau
Michael & Sue Steinberg
David & Vicki Fleishhacker
Dugan & Philippe Lamoise
The Strauch Kulhanjian Family
Kerry Francis & John Jimerson
The Jonathan Logan Family Foundation
Kelli & Steffan Tomlinson
Jill & Steve Fugaro
Sandra & Ross McCandless
Gail & Arne Wagner
Karen Galatz & Jon Wellinghoff
Gisele & Kenneth F. Miller
Linda & Steve Wolan
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We thank the many individuals in our community who help Berkeley Rep produce adventurous, thought-provoking, and thrilling theatre and bring arts education to thousands of people every year. We gratefully recognize our donors at the Champion level and above, who made their gifts between September 1, 2022 and October 5, 2023. We also express our deep gratitude to all of the Friends of Berkeley Rep that we are unable to recognize here due to space limitations.
Sponsors Circle SEASON SPONSORS
Stephen & Susan Chamberlin Bruce Golden & Michelle Mercer Frances Hellman & Warren Breslau Wayne Jordan & Quinn Delaney Gisele & Kenneth F. Miller Jack & Betty Schafer The Strauch Kulhanjian Family Kelli & Steffan Tomlinson Gail & Arne Wagner LEAD SPONSORS
Anonymous Barbara Bass Bakar Kerry Francis & John Jimerson Marcia Grand Mary Ruth Quinn & Scott Shenker Allan Smith/Peet's Coffee Michael & Sue Steinberg EXECUTIVE SPONSORS
Anonymous Anne & Anuj Dhanda Bill Falik & Diana Cohen
Scott & Sherry Haber Melanie Maier Sandra & Ross McCandless Pat & Merrill Shanks Christopher Doane & Neal Shorstein, MD Jean & Michael Strunsky Steven & Linda Wolan SPONSORS
Shelley & Jonathan Bagg David & Vicki Cox Christina Crowley Robin & Rich Edwards Jill & Steve Fugaro Karen Galatz & Jon Wellinghoff Melinda Haag & Chuck Fanning Paul Haahr & Susan Karp Ms. Wendy E. Jordan Rosalind & Sung-Hou Kim Jack Klingelhofer Susan & Moses Libitzky Ed Messerly & Sudha Pennathur Jack & Valerie Rowe
Chris & Mike Rupp, Descendant Cellars Joan Sarnat & David Hoffman Felicia Woytak & Steven Rasmussen Anonymous (2) Edith Barschi & Robert Jackson Lynne Carmichael Cindy J. Chang, MD & Christopher Hudson Narsai & Venus David William T. Espey & Margaret Hart Edwards David & Vicki Fleishhacker Steven Goldin Dr. Daniel F. Goodman Elise Haas Earl & Bonnie Hamlin Lynda & Dr. J. Pearce Hurley Fred Karren, in memory of Beth Karren Sy Kaufman & Kerstin Edgerton Suzanne LaFetra Collier
Dugan & Philippe Lamoise Eileen & Hank Lewis Ali Long, In Honor of T. Dixon Long Helen M. Marcus, in memory of David J. Williamson Phyra McCandless & Angelos Kottas Erin McCune Martin & Margi Cellucci McNair Juan Oldham & Deborah Morgan Tom Parrish & Steve Dow Norman & Janet Pease Johanna Pfaelzer & Russell Champa Gary & Noni Robinson Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Leonard X & Arlene B. Rosenberg David S. H. Rosenthal & Vicky Reich Patricia Sakai & Richard Shapiro Cynthia & William Schaff Sarah E. Shaver Audrey & Bob Sockolov Salomon Strategic Development Susan West Wendy Williams
Richard & Anita Davis Ilana DeBare & Sam Schuchat Bill DeHart Corinne & Mike Doyle Linda Drucker Sandra & Ken Eggers William & Susan Epstein Jerry Falk The Flatows Dean Francis Sharon & Tom Francis Herb & Marianne Friedman Mio & Jon Good Mary Graves Robert & Judith Greber Migsy & Jim Hamasaki Dan & Shawna Hartman Brotsky Tamra C. Hege Ruth Hennigar Thomas & Elizabeth Henry Elaine Hitchcock Bill Hofmann & Robbie Welling Paula Hughmanick & Steven Berger Marilyn & Michael Jensen-Akula Bill & Lisa Kelly Dana Kirkland Stephen F. Kispersky Michael H. Kossman
Jane & Mike Larkin, in memory of Lynn & Gerald Ungar Jay & Eileen Love Susanna & Brad Marshland Rebecca Martinez Henning Mathew & Michelle Deane Miles & Mary Ellen McKey Susie Medak & Greg Murphy Stephanie Mendel Andy & June Monach Geri Monheimer Muriel Mora Pam & Mitch Nichter Carol J. Ormond Janet & Clyde Ostler Sandi & Dick Pantages Barbara L. Peterson Richard A. Rubin & H. Marcia Smolens Monica Salusky & John K. Sutherland Jeane & Roger Samuelsen Dan Scharlin & Sara Katz Jackie Schmidt-Posner & Barry Posner Jon and NoraLee Sedmak David & Lori Simpson Karen Stevenson & Bill McClave Alison Teeman & Michael Yovino-Young Henry Timnick
ASSOCIATE SPONSORS
Artistic Directors Circle PARTNER Anonymous (4) Edward D. Baker Byers Family Italo & Susan Calpestri Jennifer Chaiken & Sam Hamilton Karen & David Crommie Richard DeNatale & Craig Latker Thomas W. Edwards & Rebecca Parlette-Edwards Merle & Michael Fajans Cynthia A. Farner Linda Jo Fitz Lisa Franzel & Rod Mickels Dennis & Susan Johann Gilardi Rico & Maya Green Karen Grove & Julian Cortella Richard N. Hill & Nancy Lundeen The Jackson Family Foundation Duke & Daisy Kiehn Peggy Kivel Randy Laroche & David Laudon Joel Linzner & Teresa Picchi Rosa Luevano & Charles Marston Elsie Mallonee Marymor Family Fund Peter Pervere & Georgia Cassel
Pure Dana Fund Sue Reinhold & Deborah Newbrun Barbara Sahm & Steven Winkel Jaimie Sanford & Ted Storey Emily Shanks Shirlen Fund, in memory of Shirley & Philip Schild Ed & Ellen Smith Deborah & Bob Van Nest Elizabeth Werter & Henry Trevor Sheila Wishek BENEFACTOR Anonymous Norman Abramson, in memory of David Beery Eric Allman & Kirk McKusick George & Marcia Argyris Linda & Mike Baker Michelle L. Barbour Ashvini Bhave & Kishore Bopardikar Becky & Jeff Bleich Broitman-Basri Foundation Ronnie Caplane Constance Crawford Dr. Jim Cuthbertson Barbara & Tim Daniels
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Friends of Berkeley Rep CHAMPION
ADVOCATE
Anonymous (5) • Michael Barnett and Judith Bloomberg • Don
Anonymous (13) • Philip Arca & Sherry Smith • Berit Ashla & Aron Cramer • Anne M. Baele • Celia Bakke Deborah Barrera &
& Gerry Beers • Caroline Beverstock • Eric Brink & Gayle
John Steinbuch • Paul Bendix • Patti Bittenbender • John Brennan & Stephanie McKown • Cathy Bristow • Tracy Brown &
Vassar • Jon Carr • Paul Feigenbaum & Judy Kemeny • Donald
Greg Holland • Jane V. Buerger • Fran Burgess • Robert & Margaret Cant • Bruce Carlton • Laura Chenel • John Clawson &
& Dava Freed • Sally Freedman • Marjorie Ginsburg & Howard
Teri Behm • Barbara & Rodgin Cohen • Bart Connally • Pam & Mike Crane • Lynne Dal Poggetto • Harry & Susan Dennis
Slyter • Anne & Peter Griffes • Henry L. Hecht • Alan Karras &
Jacqueline Desoer • Dr. Donald J. Dodelson • Adrienne M. Edens • Ben & Mary Feinberg • Martin & Barbara Fishman • Mary
David Schulz • Janet Kornegay & Dan Sykes • Woof Kurtzman
& Stan Friedman • Chris R. Frostad • Ellen Geringer & Chris Tarp • Jane Gottesman & Geoffrey Biddle • Karen Greig & Mike
& Liz Hertz • Shirley Langlois • Sherrill Lavagnino & Scott
Frank • Don & Becky Grether • Ellen Haddock • Dennis & Juanita Harte • Al Hoffman & David Shepherd • Rick Hoskins & Lynne
McKinney • Andrew Leavitt & Catherine Lewis • Ellen & Barry
Frame • Barbara & Peter Jensen • May Johnston • Jeanne Killian • Robert Kinosian • Susan Kolb • The Komoroske Family •
Levine • Marcia C. Linn • Tom Lockard & Alix Marduel • Lois &
Andrea & Kenneth Krueger Susan Carol Ledford • Jennifer S. Lindsay • Steve & Judy Lipson • Paulette Lueke & Robert
Gary Marcus, in memory of Ruth Weiland • Mose & Selma
McCully • Gerry & Kathy MacClelland Paul Mariano & Suzanne Chapot • M. Mathews & K. Soriano • Christopher McKenzie
Marcus • Jane Neilson • Shanna O'Hare & John Davis • Judy
& Manuela Albuquerque • Steven & Patrece Mills • Judy Minor • Ron Nakayama • Thomas Nelson • Judy Ogle • Patti Oji Haas
O'Young, MD & Gregg Hauser • Bob & MaryJane Pauley • Teresa
• Judith & Richard Oken • Geraldine Paddock • Lynne Parode & Sterling Lim • Tina & Thomas Parrish • Regina Phelps • Susie
L. Remillard • John & Jody Roberts • Mitzi K. Sales • Dorothy
& Eric Poncelet • Kathleen Quenneville & Diane Allen • Daniel & Barbara Radin • Elizabeth Raffin • Lisa Regul & Rand Hawkins
Saxe • Amrita Singhal & Michael Tubach • Suzanne Slyman •
• Orna Resnekov & David Tennenhouse • Maxine Risley, in memory of James Risley • Deborah Dashow Ruth, in memory of
Cherida Collins Smith • Lisa Salomon • Valerie Sopher • Henry
Leo P. Ruth • Gretchen Saeger • Helen Schulak • Teddy & Bruce Schwab • Deborah Sedberry & Jeff Klingman • Jacob Sevart
Spencer & Nicky Cass • Gary & Jana Stein • Trevor & Anne-
• Steve & Susan Shortell • Christine Silver • Betsy Smith • George & Camilla Smith • Linda Snyder • Monroe W. Strickberger
Marie Strohman • Sam Test • William van Dyk & Margi Sullivan
• Ragesh Tangri & Daralyn Durie • Fred & Kathleen Taylor • Ruthann Taylor • John & Christine Telischak • Karen Tiedemann
• Gerald & Lynda Vurek-Martyn • Brian Watt & Daisy Nguyen •
& Geoff Piller Dana Tom & Nancy Kawakita • Sarah Van Roo • Liz Varnhagen • Marcia & David Vastine • Rhona & Harvey
Jonathan & Kiyo Weiss
Weinstein • Peter Wiley • H. Leabah Winter
The Michael Leibert Society Berkeley Rep gratefully acknowledges the following individuals who have generously provided for the theatre in their estate plans: Anonymous (9) Norman Abramson & David Beery* Sam Ambler Carl W. Arnoult & Aurora Pan Ken & Joni Avery Nancy Axelrod Edie Barschi Neil & Gene Barth Susan & Barry Baskin Linda Brandenburger Broitman-Basri Family Bruce Carlton & Richard G. McCall* Victoria Carter* Stephen K. Cassidy Paula Champagne & David Watson Terin Christensen Sofia Close Andrew Daly & Jody Taylor Narsai & Venus David M. Laina Dicker Thalia Dorwick Robin & Rich Edwards Thomas W. Edwards & Rebecca Parlette-Edwards Bill & Susan Epstein William Espey & Margaret Hart Edwards Bill Falik & Diana Cohen Dr. Stephen E. Follansbee & Dr. Richard A. Wolitz Kerry Francis Dr. Harvey & Deana Freedman Joseph & Antonia Friedman Paul T. Friedman Laura K. Fujii David Gaskin & Phillip McPherson* Marjorie Ginsburg & Howard Slyter Mary & Nicholas* Graves Elizabeth Greene Sheldon & Judy Greene Don & Becky Grether Richard & Lois Halliday
Barry* & Micheline Handon Julie & Paul Harkness Linda & Bob Harris Fred Hartwick Ruth Hennigar Daria Hepps Douglas J. Hill* Peter Hobe & Christina Crowley Hoskins/Frame Family Trust Lynda & Dr. J. Pearce Hurley Robin C. Johnson Janice Kelly & Carlos Kaslow Bonnie McPherson Killip Lynn Eve Komaromi Nancy Kornfield Michael H. Kossman Woof Kurtzman Scott & Kathy Law Jim Lillienthal* Dot Lofstrom Helen M. Marcus Dale* & Don Marshall Rebecca Martinez Sarah McArthur LeValley Sandra & Ross McCandless Suzanne & Charles McCulloch John G. McGehee Miles & Mary Ellen McKey Ruth Medak Susie Medak & Greg Murphy Stephanie Mendel Toni Mester Shirley & Joe Nedham Jane & Bill Neilson Pam & Mitch Nichter Sharon Ott Fr. David Pace Amy Pearl Parodi Barbara L. Peterson Regina Phelps Margaret Phillips
Marjorie Randolph Gregg Richardson Bonnie Ring Living Trust David Rovno, M.D. Tracie E. Rowson Deborah Dashow Ruth Patricia Sakai & Richard Shapiro Brenda Buckhold Shank, M.D., Ph.D. Emily Shanks Kevin Shoemaker Theresa Nelson & Bernard Smits Valerie Sopher Michael & Sue Steinberg Dr. Douglas & Anne Stewart Jean Strunsky Mary, Andrew & Duncan Susskind Jim Tibbs & Philip Anderson Henry Timnick Guy Tiphane Dana Tom & Nancy Kawakita Phillip & Melody Trapp Janis Kate Turner Gail & Arne Wagner Barry & Holly Walter Weil Family Trust - Weil Family Susan West Steven & Linda Wolan The Woolfson Blumenfeld Living Trust Karen & Henry Work Anders Yang, JD Martin & Margaret Zankel *deceased
GIFTS RECEIVED BY BERKELEY REP
Estate of Suzanne Adams Estate of Pat Angell, in memory of theater architect Gene Angell Estate of Nina Auerbach Estate of Helen C. Barber Estate of Fritzi Benesch Estate of Carole B. Berg Estate of Nelly Berteaux Estate of Jill Bryans Estate of Paula Carrell Estate of Nancy Croley Estate of John & Carol Field Estate of Ralph Garrow Estate of Audrey J. Lasson Estate of Zandra Faye LeDuff Estate of Ines R. Lewandowitz Estate of John E. & Helen A. Manning Estate of Richard Markell Estate of Sumner & Hermine Marshall Estate of Margaret D. & Winton McKibben Estate of Robert S. Newton, in honor of John T. & Jean Knox Estate of Sheldeen G. Osborne Estate of Timothy A. Patterson Estate of Gladys Perez-Mendez Estate of Margaret Purvine Estate of Guy T. Roberts, Jr. Estate of Leigh & Ivy Robinson Estate of Stephen C. Schaefer, in honor of Jean and Jack Knox Estate of Peter Sloss Estate of Harry Weininger Estate of Grace Williams
As of August 2023. Berkeley Rep makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of these listings. If there is an error or you would like to adjust your listing, please call 510 647-2905.
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Johanna Pfaelzer
Tom Parrish
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
MANAGING DIRECTOR
ARTISTIC
Karina Fox ASSOCIATE CASTING DIRECTOR & ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE
David Mendizábal ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Todd Almond · Christina Anderson Rafael Casal · Daveed Diggs Dipika Guha · Richard Montoya Nico Muhly · Lisa Peterson Sarah Ruhl · Tori Sampson Jack Thorne · Joe Waechter ARTISTS UNDER COMMISSION GENERAL AND PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Sara Danielsen GENERAL MANAGER
Kali Grau ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION MANAGER
Audrey Hoo DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION
Peter Orkiszewski COMPANY MANAGER STAGE OPERATIONS
Julia Englehorn STAGE SUPERVISOR
Gabriel Holman ASSOCIATE STAGE SUPERVISOR
James McGregor HEAD STAGE TECHNICIAN PROPERTIES
Amelia Burke-Holt
ADMINISTRATION
Maddi Gjovik · Nina Gorham
Jared Hammond
PATRON SERVICES SUPERVISORS
FINANCE DIRECTOR
Kelly Kelley
Kate Horton
FRONT OF HOUSE DIRECTOR
William T. Espey
Gianna Francesca Vescio
PRESIDENT
Jennifer Light
BOX OFFICE SUPERVISOR
PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR
Bruce Golden
BERKELEY REP SCHOOL OF THEATRE
VICE PRESIDENT
MaryBeth Cavanaugh
Juan Oldham
BOOKKEEPER
Katie Riemann ASSOCIATE FINANCE DIRECTOR
Modesta Tamayo DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND DIVERSITY
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Jill Fugaro
CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER
Elizabeth Woolford
CHAIR OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
INTERIM EDUCATION ASSOCIATE
Steven C. Wolan
Laura Fichtenberg ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Elaina Guyett STEWARDSHIP AND EVENTS MANAGER
Ari Lipsky
DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Kelsey Scott
Julian López-Morillas · Dave Maier
INSTITUTIONAL GRANTS MANAGER
Eleanor Maples · Josh Matthews Carolyn McClandish · Patricia Miller Brennan Pickman-Thoon · Hans Probst
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Andrew Maguire PHILANTHROPY OFFICER
Cassidy Milano
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Lindsey Abbott AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Voleine Amilcar DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Beatriz Hernandez MARKETING ASSOCIATE
Calvin Ngu VIDEO AND MULTIMEDIA CONTENT CREATOR
Heather Orth ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF MARKETING
DC Scarpelli CREATIVE DIRECTOR OPERATIONS
CO-TECHNICAL DIRECTORS
Destiny Askin
Read Tuddenham
CRM PROJECT MANAGER
HEAD CARPENTER
Christina Cone
Grant Vocks
WEB AND DATABASE SPECIALIST
SCENIC ART
Lisa Lázár CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST COSTUMES
Barbara Blair WARDROBE SUPERVISOR
Kiara Montgomery RESIDENT DESIGN ASSOCIATE
Star Rabinowitz DRAPER
Maggi Yule
Theresa Drumgoole · Wendi Lau · Sophie Li FACILITIES ASSISTANTS
Adam Johnson FACILITIES MANAGER
Mark Morrisette FACILITIES DIRECTOR
Amanda Williams O’Steen DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Nicole Peña BUILDING MANAGER
Jesus Rodriguez BUILDING TECHNICIAN
COSTUME DIRECTOR
Thomas Tran
ELECTRICS
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Desiree Alcocer
PATRON SERVICES
PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN
Emma Allen-Landwehr Alicia Battle · Megan Bedig Steven Cole · Matthew Hayden Latasha Hayes · Armando Herrera Caitlyn Lee · Jennifer Light Maura Oliverira · Angela Phung Tuesday Ray · Anna Riggin Alana Scott · Debra Selman Sloane Sim · Anna Vorobyev
Kenneth Coté SENIOR PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN
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Chase Nichter
pan ellington · Joelle Joyner-Wong Alanna McFall · Aya Newman Em Parker · Dom Refuerzo Christy Spence
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Akari Izumi SOUND ENGINEER
Bobby August, Jr. · Erica Blue Diana Brown · Rebecca Castelli Yari Cervas · Janel Chanté lu-Hui Chua · Jiwon Chung Robin Dolan · Jim Edgar Deborah Eubanks · Joshua Feltman Nancy Gold · Gary Graves Marvin Greene · William Hodgson Katya Landau · Jasmine Lew
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DRAFTSPERSON
TREASURER
Isabella Chayet
Jillian A. Green
Matt Rohner · Jim Smith
Emily Shanks
Dylan Russell
Karen McKevitt
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VICE PRESIDENT
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August Lewallen · Zach Wziontka
Anthony Jackson
Sudha Pennathur
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Marcela Chacón
Lisa Mei Ling Fong
Patrick Keene
Si Mon’ Emmett
Ashley Lim
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SCENE SHOP
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DEVELOPMENT
Kevin Kopjak, Prismatic Communications
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Alanna McFall
Aus De Los Santos · Joyful Simpson Samuel Tomfohr TEACHING ARTISTS
Matty Bloom · Joy Lancaster Selma Meyerowitz
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Henning Mathew CHAIR OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Susan Chamberlin Christopher Doane Sandra Eggers Chuck Fanning Steven Goldin Jonathan C. Logan Melanie Maier Sandra R. McCandless Anne Nemer Dhanda Tom Parrish Johanna Pfaelzer Leonard X Rosenberg Alfredo Silva Allan Smith Sherry Smith Brian Watt
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BOARD MEMBERS
Ted Bagaman · Michelle Barbour Beth Cohen · Miles Drawdy Alice Galoob · Randi Helly Muriel Kaplan · Ellen Kaufman Jim Krampf · Richard Lingua Mark Liss · Judith O’Rourke Thomas Sponsler · Susan Wansewicz Linda Williams
Rena Bransten Diana Cohen Robin Edwards William Falik David Fleishhacker Paul T. Friedman Karen Galatz David Hoffman Richard F. Hoskins Dugan Lamoise Helen Meyer Peter Pervere Marjorie Randolph Patricia Sakai Jack Schafer William Schaff Richard M. Shapiro Michael Steinberg Roger A. Strauch Jean Z. Strunsky Michael S. Strunsky Gail Wagner Felicia Woytak Martin Zankel
DOCENTS
Eloise Biddle-Gottesman Kelsey Dougherty · Maelle Griffin Lalima Gluesenkamp · Harper Iles Oxford Lewis · Maya Madsen Jaina Manning · Nakayla Moore Chance Newby · Billie Nolfi-Makau Eghosa Otokiti · Blue Pascopella Amy Perez-Soto · Zoe Poyeton-Wolf Arunima Stroller · Tessa Rosen Kailamae Sands · Bree Shennum Jay Trauner TEEN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL 2023/24 BERKELEY REP FELLOWSHIPS
Belle Alatorre HARRY WEININGER SOUND FELLOW
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Gabrielle Bañuelos COSTUMES FELLOW
Louis Blachman BRET C. HARTE ARTISTIC FELLOW
Laurel Capps SCENIC CONSTRUCTION FELLOW
Rebecca Chan PETER F. SLOSS ARTISTIC FELLOW
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Faith Elder COMPANY MANAGEMENT FELLOW
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Helen C. Barber A. George Battle Carole B. Berg Robert W. Burt Shih-Tso Chen Narsai M. David Thalia Dorwick, PhD Nicholas M. Graves Richard F. Hoskins Jean Knox Robert M. Oliver Stewart Owen Marjorie Randolph Harlan M. Richter Richard A. Rubin Emily Shanks Edwin C. Shiver Roger A. Strauch Gail Wagner Martin Zankel PAST PRESIDENTS FOUNDING DIRECTOR
Michael W. Leibert PRODUCING DIRECTOR, 1968–83
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MAKING THE ATRE The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work is at the heart of making theatre. Over the past 11 years, the program has been instrumental in the birth of dozens of shows for the American theatre, including Hadestown, Cambodian Rock Band, Is This a Room, Out of Character, and more. The Ground Floor’s Summer Residency Lab brings artists from across the nation and in our own backyard to Berkeley for one- or t wo -week residencies. “It’s a chance for artists to craft a bespoke residency based on their project’s needs,” says Leigh Silverman, who, in addition to helming Harry Clarke, was the creative consultant for last summer’s lab. Harry Clarke playwright David Cale also joined the 2023 lab to work on Blue Cowboy, a new solo play that’s part love story, part ghost story. Berkeley Rep is proud and grateful to have welcomed David and nearly 100 other artists as they developed 20 different projects. Applications for the 2024 Summer Residency Lab will be available in December. Visit berkeleyrep.org/groundfloor for more information.
Top: Leigh Silverman with 2023 Summer Residency Lab artists; Above: Carey Perloff, Les Waters, and David Cale;
PHOTOS: BEATRIZ HERNANDEZ
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PHOTOS: CALVIN NGU
Below: Artists from the 2023 Summer Residency Lab.
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// 2023–24 Season
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Celebrating its landmark 50th anniversary season!
John Malkovich in
The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer
BAY AREA PREMIERE
common ground[s]
by Germaine Acogny & Malou Airaudo
The Rite of Spring by Pina Bausch
In Michael Sturminger’s absurd and macabre production, multiple Academy Award nominee John Malkovich seduces, shocks, and appalls as the slithering real-life serial killer Jack Unterweger— back from the dead to plug his new autobiography.
A Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables, & Sadler’s Wells production
—This Week in NY
In this double-bill production, Pina Bausch’s iconic The Rite of Spring is performed by an ensemble of more than 30 dancers from 14 African countries. The companion piece common ground[s] is a new duet co-created and danced by Germaine Acogny, known as the “mother of African contemporary dance,” and Malou Airaudo, a longtime dancer with the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
Jan 27–28
Feb 3
Feb 16–18
ZELLERBACH HALL
ZELLERBACH HALL
ZELLERBACH HALL
WEST COAST PREMIERE
BAY AREA PREMIERE
BAY AREA PREMIERE
The exquisite technique and elegant styling of the Trocks, deftly delivered with a hilarious punchline, continues to offer laughs for aficionados and novices alike.
Taylor Mac & Matt Ray’s Bark of Millions
A Parade Trance Extravaganza for the Living Library of the Deviant Theme Taylor Mac visits with an epic four-hour rock opera meditation on queerness. Featuring 54 original songs— one song per year since the Stonewall uprising—this West Coast premiere is inspired by queer antecedents throughout world history and is performed by a diverse cast of 13 ensemble members and a band of 11 musicians.
“Taylor Mac uses his many talents to get us to listen, think and feel. The effect is heartening, vital and liberating.”
“Malkovich is captivating as the smarmy, clearly deranged madman, embodying the role with extra relish”
Batsheva Dance Company MOMO
Ohad Naharin, a titan of contemporary dance, brings his powerhouse Tel Aviv-based company to Berkeley for the Bay Area premiere of a daring new work. In the company’s words, “MOMO has two souls. One sends long roots to the depths of the earth—a soul that embodies archetypes and myths of hardened, raw masculinity, and the other is in a constant search for an individual and distinct DNA.”
The Joffrey Ballet Anna Karenina Berkeley Symphony
Scott Speck, conductor The stunning dancers of the Joffrey Ballet return with Anna Karenina, a ravishing full-length story ballet by Yuri Possokhov based on Tolstoy’s timeless novel and featuring an original score by award-winning composer Ilya Demutsky, performed live by the Berkeley Symphony.
—The London Times
Feb 23–25
Mar 8–9
Mar 15–17
ZELLERBACH HALL
ZELLERBACH HALL
ZELLERBACH HALL
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