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A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING BY RUTH OZEKI
Adapted by Laura Ferri Directed by Desdemona Chiang** CAST
in alphabetical order
Khanh Doan* Mi Kang Mariko Kita Scott Koh Kevin Lin Michael Patten* Rachel Rene Annie Yim Jeremiah L. Givers* Shawna Grajek
Jiko / Ensemble Nao Ruth Haruki #2 / Ensemble Haruki #1 / Ensemble Oliver / Ensemble Muji / Ensemble Babette / Ensemble Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager
PRODUCTION AND ARTISTIC TEAM Catherine Cornell Tristan Roberson Christine Tschirgi Robertson Witmer Jessica Jones Kendra Lee Lada Vishtak
Scenic Designer Lighting and Projections Designer Costume Designer Sound Designer Associate Sound Designer Assistant Director Japanese Cultural Consultant
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CREATIVE TEAM A Tale for the Time Being is a deeply spiritual story, and like any good piece of art, awakens us from complacency and taps into all the large unanswerable questions about life, death, and human connection. It reminds us that we have the capacity to make a profound impact on each other and our world, in surprising and unexpected ways. — Director Desdemona Chiang
Director Desdemona Chiang and her team; photo by Sasha Bailey.
AUTHOR
Adapting this complex, 400 plus page novel (with 5 Appendices and multiple footnotes) has been both an enormous challenge and a joy. As one trajectory—the Ruth and Oliver story line— proceeds in a traditional linear fashion; Nao’s diary and the mysterious letters bounce back and forth on the timeline in a most decidedly non-linear manner. As I wove these threads, I played with the multiple languages, concurrence of theme and imagery across space, time, and culture, endeavoring to remain
RUTH OZEKI
Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest. She was born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut and is a graduate of Smith College. On a Japanese Ministry of Education Fellowship, she pursued graduate work in classical Japanese literature at Nara Women’s University. During her years in Japan, she worked in Kyoto’s entertainment or “water” district as a bar hostess, studied Noh drama and mask carving, founded a language school, and taught at Kyoto Sangyo University. In 1985, Ruth returned to New York City and began pursuing a career in film as an art director and
making her own films starting in 1994. Her first two novels, My Year of Meats (1998), and All Over Creation (2003), have been translated into 11 languages and published in 14 countries. A Tale for the Time-Being (2013) won the LA Times Book Prize, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and has been published in over 30 countries. Ruth’s documentary and dramatic independent films, including Halving the Bones, have been shown on PBS, at the Sundance Film Festival, and at colleges and universities across the country. A longtime Buddhist practitioner, Ruth was ordained in 2010 and is affiliated with the Brooklyn
“Life is full of stories. Or maybe life is only stories.” —from Ruth Ozeki’s A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING
THE SPIRITUAL LIFE Lada Vishtak is a cultural consultant working with Book-It on details in our adaptation of A Tale for the Time Being. She was in Japan this summer, and had a chance to speak with the Buddhist monk Seijun of Koushyoin, Jodo sect. He helped clarify various Buddhist practices in the story. Lada Vishtak: How did you become a monk? Seijun: Starting with my great-grandfather, we have been running this temple. Before the Meiji era, monks could not marry, but then things became more open, so the role of the monk usually got passed down to the next generation of that temple. In my case, I was a chemistry teacher until I was handed down the role of monk from my father.
Kevin Lin, Mi Kang, and Ms. Chiang in rehearsal; photo by Sasha Bailey.
true to the spirit of the original work while creating our unique version of the tale. The audience has a special role in the production, replacing the reader of the novel, and for those that are the right kind of time being, together “we’ll make magic!” — Adapter Laura Ferri
Zen Center and the Everyday Zen Foundation. She is married to the German-Canadian environmental artist Oliver Kellhammer and divides her time between Cortes Island, British Columbia, and New York City. She is currently the Elizabeth Drew Professor of Creative Writing at Smith College.
LV: What is a typical day for you? S: I wake up early, clean the temple, read the sutras, eat breakfast, then sutras again at noon. In the afternoon, I conduct various rites at the temple or at other venues, study-sessions at large temples, and listen to and advise people who are struggling in life. LV: Is it always the same sutras? S: Yes, from my daily prayer book, in order. The first part of it is about purifying myself before addressing Buddha, then I chant one of the most important sutras, bupposo, which is basically saying, I will follow these three important rules (sanpou, which means, the three treasures): 1. Butsu: revere the enlightened ones, look towards the Light, lead a life full of positivity. 2. Hou: to take care of the words and values of Buddha, and lead a proper life. 3. Sou: get along with the Buddhist community and live harmoniously. LV: Why is it important for human beings to have a spiritual life? S: In Buddhism, you cannot be materialistic, or covet other people’s things, even in your mind. This is why monks only have the minimum amount of things. To become closer to Buddha is to clear away such materialistic and envious thoughts. If you have desires, and you can’t get them, then you have your struggles. The spiritual life is important because without it, you cannot reach enlightenment. Reincarnation has six levels, so only through prayers to Amida can we escape this cycle, which is one of perpetual struggle and suffering. Amida decides whether you can leave the cycle and your spiritual self will move on to be with Buddha. LV: Characters in the play deal with suicide and suicidal thoughts. What is the Buddhist belief on suicide? S: Fundamentally, we do not believe in suicide. It is also written that we should not intentionally harm ourselves.
THE GREAT GARBAGE PATCH “I’ve been thinking about the Great Garbage Patches—those enormous masses of garbage and debris floating in the oceans? You must have heard about them…” —Oliver, A Tale for the Time Being
In the middle of the North Pacific Gyre is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It is a massive concentration of plastics, sludge, and other debris that has been dumped into the ocean over time. First discovered between 1985 and 1988, it extends over an undetermined area. The patch is not easy to see because it consists of very small pieces of debris that are almost invisible to the naked eye, and most of its contents are suspended beneath the ocean’s surface, thus making it almost invisible to satellite photography.
digestive tracts, and baby birds have died from being fed plastic by their mothers. The toxins in the plastic are then released into fish, which are often eaten by humans, resulting in the ingestion of toxic chemicals. Steps have been taken to stop the flow of garbage into the oceans and to clean up the Garbage Patch, but progress remains slow. Around the world, organizations have arisen to clean up the Pacific Ocean, and to educate and raise awareness about the garbage pollution.
Because of the small sizes of the debris, it is easily swallowed by fish, birds, and other wildlife; marine birds have been found with plastic in their
Dramaturgy by Helen Raines, Book-It Artistic Intern
ABOVE: Debris on the beach of Kanapou Bay on the Hawaiian island of Kaho’olawe; photo from NOAA.
BELOW: This large and heavy dock measuring 7’ tall, 19’ wide and 66’ long washed ashore on Agate Beach, one mile north of Newport, Oregon on June 6, 2012.
ABOVE: Marine debris accumulation locations in the North Pacific Ocean. Image: NOAA Marine Debris Program.
HOW FAR CAN A FOOTBALL FLOAT? As of 2015, approximately 1 million tons of debris was still lingering in the Pacific Ocean after the March 2011 magnitude 9.0 earthquake—the most powerful ever recorded in Japan—set off a series of massive tsunami waves that killed 15,000 and devastated much of the country’s Pacific coastline. Millions of tons of wreckage were swept into the Pacific Ocean, most of which sank. However, items with buoyancy were swept up by the ocean’s currents and onto western shores of North America via the system of currents in the Pacific Ocean called the North Pacific Gyre. Because of the Earth’s rotation, winds, and storms, the floating debris makes its way to
coastlines from southern Alaska to Mexico. Even five years after the tsunami, debris continues to arrive by wave: refrigerators, motorcycles, sports balls, and fishing boats have made the journey and are being collected, catalogued, and returned if the owners can be found. “Each gyre orbits at its own speed. And the length of an orbit is called a tone. Isn’t that beautiful? Like the music of the spheres. All that stuff from people’s homes in Japan that the 2011 tsunami swept out to sea? They’ve been tracking it and predicting it will wash up on our coastline.” —Oliver, A Tale for the Time Being
MEET THE Khanh Doan
CAST
Jiko / Ensemble Khanh Doan is excited to make her debut at Book-It Repertory Theatre in this thoughtprovoking play. Her regional theatre credits include Ramayana, A Christmas Carol (ACT); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Busytown, Peter Pan, Lyle the Crocodile, Sleeping Beauty (Seattle Children’s Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar (Village Theatre); Miss Saigon, Baseball Saved Us (The 5th Avenue Theatre); The Tempest (Island Stage Left); Macbeth, Julius Caesar (Wooden O); A Eulogy for Citizen (Theater Schmeater); You For Me For You (Portland Playhouse); Redwood Curtain (Profile Theatre); Children of Eden (American Musical Theatre of San Jose); Blood Brothers (Palo Alto Players); Jake’s Women (Santa Clara Players), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shady Shakespeare Company). Her television and film credits include “Chop Socky Boom,” “Leverage,” Switchmas, Knights of Badassdom, and The Big Bang.
Mi Kang
Nao Mi Kang is pleased to appear in A Tale for the Time Being at Book-It Repertory Theatre. This is her first play in the Seattle area, and she is very excited to be playing Nao and working with the amazing cast and crew. Mi is originally from Texas and graduated from The University of Texas at Austin. She has worked with student theatre groups at UT Austin participating in productions of The Country Wife, Life x3, Julius Caesar, 12 Angry Men, and more. Outside of theatre, Mi works at a Seattle tech company, teaches yoga, and loves to read. She is very grateful for the opportunity and experience of being in A Tale for the Time Being and hopes everyone enjoys!
* Member Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. † Book-It Acting Intern
Mariko Kita
Ruth Mariko is thrilled to be returning to BookIt in this wonderful adaptation. She previously appeared in Red Ranger Came Calling, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, and booked-it all over in Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. She was born in Japan and raised in Seattle. A mother of three wonderful girls, she studied voice at Peabody Conservatory before pursuing a career in medicine. She has appeared locally with numerous theater companies including Live Girls! Theater, Pork Filled Productions, Annex Theatre, ReAct Theatre, The 14/48 Projects, Lyric Light Opera, StoryBook Theater, and many others.
Scott Koh
Haruki #2 / Ensemble Scott last appeared in a Book-It production 25 years ago as Terry Wu in How I Came West, and Why I Stayed. Since then, his work as an actor and director has been seen at The Public Theater, The Northwest Asian American Theater, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and Seattle Repertory Theatre. Scott is also a teaching artist and works in classrooms throughout the Puget Sound. As a commercial actor, Scott has been featured in countless industrial training videos, usually playing the befuddled co-worker who forgets his password. Scott is a graduate of Boston University’s College of Fine Arts.
Kevin Lin
Haruki #1 / Ensemble Kevin is honored to be back at Book-It Repertory Theatre, where he was last seen in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. He completed Intiman Theatre’s Emerging Artist Program last summer and recently appeared in Seattle Public Theater’s Caught. Other credits include SIS Productions, The Horse in Motion, Pork Filled Productions, UW School of Drama, and UW Undergraduate Theatre Society.
Michael Patten
Oliver / Ensemble Previously for Book-It: Lady Chatterly’s Lover, Great Expectations, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Little Bee, and Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant. In Seattle, he has worked with New Century Theatre Company (Founding Company member), Seattle Repertory Theatre, ACT, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Opera, Intiman Theatre, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, among others. Regional credits include All the Way and The Great Society, directed by Bill Rauch with Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Seattle Repertory Theatre; Alabama Shakespeare Festival, McCarter Theatre, Huntington Theatre, Mill Mountain Theatre, Camden Shakespeare Festival, Interplayers, and Tacoma Actors Guild. Film and Television credits include Prefontaine, Georgia, Highway, “Grimm,” “Leverage,” “The Commish,” among others. Michael is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.
Rachel Rene
Muji / Ensemble Rachel Rene began working in theatre nearly three decades ago and is thrilled beyond measure to be a part of Book-It’s season. Her passion for performing led her to obtain a BA in theatre arts at Western Washington University. Recent performances include ReBoot’s all-female production of 1776 (Lewis Morris), Twelfth Night’s Into the Woods (Cinderella’s Stepmother), Living Voices’ Within the Silence (Emiko), and Seattle Musical Theatre’s 9 to 5 (Kathy) and South Pacific (Bloody Mary). Behind-the-scenes work includes directing, music directing, choreographing, stage managing, and co-producing, with such companies as ReAct Theatre, Redwood Theatre, SIS Productions (where she met the love of her life), Twelfth Night Productions, and UPAC Theatre Group.
Annie Yim
Babette / Ensemble Annie Yim is an actor newly based in Seattle. Favorite roles include Jean in the world premiere of Charles Mee’s Coney Island Avenue (New York Theatre Workshop), Mrs. Smith in The Bald Soprano (New York Fringe Festival), Queen Elizabeth in Richard 3 (La MaMa E.T.C.), Lucetta in The Two Gentleman of Verona (Colorado Shakespeare Festival). Film roles include Rammy Park’s The Homecoming Queen premiering at Independent Filmmaker Project. Directing credits include The Gifted Program and Crimes of the Heart in State College, Pa. Annie earned her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and her MFA from Columbia University.
MEET THE
ARTISTIC STAFF Laura Ferri
Adapter A company member for over 25 years, Laura most recently directed Prairie Nocturne, winner of a 2012 Seattle Times Footlight Award. She adapted and directed Broken for You for the main stage and as well as the Danger: Books! series for Book-It All Over. Her adapting and/or directing credits also include Special Editions of The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, Stories for Boys, and The Call of the Wild. Laura’s most memorable Book-It stage appearance was as Mrs. Bennet/ Lady Catherine in Book-It’s acclaimed production of Pride and Prejudice, which she also choreographed along with company productions of Emma, Anna Karenina, Sense and Sensibility, My Ántonia, and Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Her work has been commissioned by Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, Seattle Arts and Lectures, the Women’s University Club, JTNews, and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, among others.
Desdemona Chiang
Director Desdemona Chiang is a stage director based in Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area and the co-founder of Azeotrope. Her directing credits include Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre (upcoming), Playmakers Repertory Company, Aurora Theatre Company, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Shotgun Players, Crowded Fire Theatre Company, Impact Theatre, Playwrights Foundation, Washington Ensemble Theatre, among others. Desdemona’s assisting and new play development credits include Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Intiman Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, California Shakespeare Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, Mark Taper Forum, Magic Theatre, Theatreworks, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, among others. Her awards and affiliations include Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Theatre, Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Sir John Gielgud Directing Fellow, and Drama League Directing Fellow. Desdemona is Adjunct Faculty at Cornish College of the Arts; she received her BA from University of California at Berkeley and her MFA in Directing from University of Washington.
Catherine Cornell
Scenic Designer Catherine’s local scenic designs include Buyer and Cellar (Seattle Repertory Theatre); Slaughterhouse-Five, Truth Like the Sun, Jesus’ Son, and Book-It Arts and Education Tours (Book-It Repertory Theatre); Into the Woods (STAGEright); Master Harold…and the boys (West of Lenin); Buzzer (AJ Epstein Presents and ACTLab); Red Light Winter and 25 Saints (Azeotrope and ACTLab); Emboldened and Henry IV (Freehold Theatre); and many others. Beyond Seattle, she designed Cloud Nine for the University of Michigan and worked as a scenic artist for the Walt Disney film Oz: The Great and Powerful. www.catcornell.com
Tristan Roberson
Lighting Designer Tristan Roberson is a lighting and projection designer based in Seattle and is delighted to be back designing with Book-it. His work has been seen at many theatres across Seattle including ACT Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, ArtsWest, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Teatro ZinZanni, and On the Boards. Recent
designs include Daisy (ACT), Giselle Deconstruct (The Three Yells), The Things are Against Us (Washington Ensemble Theatre), and Crimes of the Heart (Village Theatre). Tristan is the resident lighting designer at Washington Ensemble Theatre and adjunct faculty at Cornish College of the Arts.
Christine Tschirgi
Costume Designer Christine Tschirgi is thrilled to be a part of A Tale for the Time Being. In Seattle she has designed with Seattle Repertory Theatre (Constellations), Azeotrope (most recently, Sound), Theater22, The 5th Avenue Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, Susie Lee Dance, The 14/48 Projects, Cornish Dance Theater, StoryBook Theater, and Circus Contraption. Christine has worked nationally with Portland Playhouse, Performing Arts Company of Jackson Hole, The Fireside Theatre, Coast Playhouse, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and internationally with The Kinoshita Circus (Japan). She holds an MFA in costume design from the University of Washington and is a member of the United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829.
Robertson Witmer Sound Designer
Rob’s recent credits include Daisy, The Mystery of Love & Sex, and Stupid Fucking Bird (ACT); Romeo & Juliet, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Mother Courage (Seattle Shakespeare Company); and Emma (Book-It Repertory Theatre). His onstage appearances include Mr. Burns, a post-electric play (ACT); A Doctor in Spite of Himself (Intiman Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre) and Fiddler on the Roof (Village Theatre). In 2013, Rob received the Gregory Award for Outstanding Sound Design. He is a member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829.
Jeremiah Givers
Stage Manager Jeremiah is pleased to return to Book-It Repertory Theatre where he recently stage managed Emma and The Brothers K. Jeremiah took a break from stage management and spent a year as a stayat-home dad to his and his wife’s first
son. He previously worked with Book-It in 2014 as assistant stage manager on Truth Like the Sun. His other past works include stage manager for Freehold’s Engaged Theatre Project’s summer tours and as a stage management intern for Seattle Repertory Theatre. He received his BFA in performance production from Cornish College of the Arts in December of 2011.
Shawna Grajek
Assistant Stage Manager Shawna is thrilled to be returning to BookIt after being the production assistant on The Brothers K and the production intern for the 2015-16 season. She received her BA in Russian and Theatre & Dance from Amherst College, and is proud to be The Seagull Project’s Artistic Assistant.
Kendra Lee
Assistant Director Kendra is a director, writer, and poet of action. This is her first production with Book-It and she is very grateful to Desdemona for the opportunity. She graduated from Cornish College of the Arts’ Original Works program and, since then, has had the great fortune of working with OG Theatre, Freehold’s Engaged Theatre, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Splinter Group, Annex Theatre, A Little Burlesque, as well as with her wildly talented friends and peers.
Lada Vishtak
Japanese Cultural Consultant
Lada Vishtak received her MFA from University of Washington. As a performer, she has worked with Actors Theatre of Louisville, ACT Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, The Guthrie Theater, Mixed Blood Theatre, New York Stage & Film, BCT, Majestic Theatre, and Tokyo International Players.
Jane Jones
Founder, Founding Co-Artistic Director Jane is the founder of Book-It and founding co-artistic director of Book-It Repertory Theatre, with Myra Platt. In her 27 years of staging literature, she has performed, adapted, and directed works by such literary giants as Charles Dickens, Eudora Welty, Edith Wharton, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Pam Houston, Raymond Carver, Frank O’Connor, Jim Lynch, Ernest Hemingway, Colette, Amy Bloom, John Irving, John Steinbeck, Daphne du Maurier, and Jane Austen. A veteran actress of 35 years, she has played leading roles in many of America’s most prominent regional theatres. Film and TV credits include The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Singles, Homeward Bound, “Twin Peaks,” and Rose Red. She co-directed with Tom Hulce at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Peter Parnell’s adaptation of John Irving’s The Cider House Rules, Parts I and II, which
enjoyed successful runs here in Seattle, at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles (Ovation Award, best director) and in New York (Drama Desk Nomination, best director). Recently Jane directed Book-It’s Great Expectations at Portland Center Stage, where her credits also include Pride and Prejudice, Cyrano and Twelfth Night (2008 Drammy award for Best Direction and Production). For Book-It, she has directed What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, The Dog of the South, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Uncensored, Truth Like the Sun, The House of Mirth, The Highest Tide, Travels with Charley, Pride and Prejudice, Howard’s End, In a Shallow Grave, The Awakening, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Tale of Two Cities, and The Cider House Rules, Parts I and II, winner of the 2010 and 2011 Gregory Awards for Outstanding Production. In 2008 she, Myra Platt, and Book-It were honored to be named by the Seattle Times among seven Unsung Heroes and Uncommon Genius for their 20-year contribution to life in the Puget Sound region. She is a recipient of the 2009 Women’s University Club of Seattle Brava Award, a 2010 Women of Influence award from Puget Sound Business Journal, and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation’s 20th Anniversary Founders Grant, and was a finalist for the American Union for Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation’s 2012 Zelda Fichandler Award.
Taper Forum. Myra is the recipient, with Jane Jones, of a Paul G. Allen Family Foundation Anniversary grant, the 2010 Women of Influence from Puget Sound Business Journal, and was named by The Seattle Times a 2010 Unsung Hero and Uncommon Genius for their 20-year contribution to life in the Puget Sound region.
PRODUCTION
STAFF Dan Schuy
Production Manager
Benjamin Radin Technical Director
Suzi Tucker Charles R. Minshall Scenic Carpenters
Jessica Jones
Associate Sound Engineer Sound Board Operator
Trevor Cushman
Myra Platt
Master Electrician / Light Board Operator
Myra has helped Book-It produce over 100 world-premiere mainstage productions and over 30 education touring productions. Most recently she directed and adapted Little Bee, and directed The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, which won the 2014 Gregory Award for Outstanding Production and received a Seattle Times 2014 Footlight Award. She directed Persuasion, Plainsong, Cry, the Beloved Country, and Sweet Thursday, and she adapted and directed The Financial Lives of the Poets, The River Why (by David James Duncan), Night Flight, Red Ranger Came Calling, The House of the Spirits, Giant, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Cowboys Are My Weakness, Roman Fever, A Little Cloud, A Telephone Call, and A Child’s Christmas in Wales. She adapted The Art of Racing in the Rain, co-adapted Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant with Jane Jones, and composed music for Prairie Nocturne, Night Flight (with Joshua Kohl), Red Ranger Came Calling (with Edd Key), The Awakening, Ethan Frome, Owen Meany’s Christmas Pageant, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, A Telephone Call, and I Am of Ireland. Her acting credits include Prairie Nocturne, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, The Awakening (West Los Angeles Garland Award), Howards End, and the original production of The Cider House Rules, Parts I and II. She has performed at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre, New City Theatre, and the Mark
Production Assistant Stage Management Intern
Founding Co-Artistic Director
A.J. Heinen
Robin Macartney Props Artisan
Cedric Wright Props Supervisor
Anna Bowen Wardrobe Head
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THANKS Jeff Blair French pronunciation Françoise Canter French translation Robin Fleming Post-play Discussion Speaker Ruth Ozeki And her assistant Molly Schulman Lada Vishtak Japan Photography
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LEADERSHIP CIRCLE, CONT. Shirley Roberson Kate & Stephen Robinson Steve Schwartzman & Daniel Karches Charyl Kay & Earl Sedlik Nancy & Warren Smith Drella & Garth Stein Deborah Swets† Tulalip Tribes Charitable Fund U.S. Bank Foundation
NOBEL PRIZE CIRCLE $1,000+
Anonymous (3) Cinnimin Avena Salli & Stephen Bauer Lenore & Dick Bensinger Judy Brandon & H. Randall Webb Karen Brandvick-Baker & Ross Baker Sally Brunette Bryan Burch Joann Byrd The Carey Family Foundation Karen & Tom Challinor Donna Cochener Carol & Bill Collins Laura & Greg Colman† Nora & Allan Davis DeNormandie, Sidlo & Associates PLLC Merck Foundation Shannon & Graham Gardner Susan George Jean Gorecki & Dick Dobyns Craig & Darcy Greene Mary Fran & Harold Hill Robert Hovden & Ronald DeChene KeyBank Foundation Debbie Killinger The Kowal Family Richard LeBlanc Leslie Fund, Inc. Ed Littlefield Darcy & Lee MacLaren Melissa & Don Manning Marcia Mason
NOBEL PRIZE CIRCLE, CONT. Mary Metastasio Terry & Frank Michiels Minar Northey LLP Moccasin Lake Foundation Kelly Munn & Steven Thues Terri Olson Miller & Tom Miller Deborah & Jeff Parsons† Michelle Rebert & Tom Laughlin Nathan Rodriguez John Schaffer The Seattle Foundation SEI Giving Fund Martha Sidlo Mary Snapp Gen & Chuck Tremblay Karen Van Genderen Ruth & Jerry Verhoff Elizabeth Warman Leora & Robert Wheeler Judith Whetzel Williams Miller Family Foundation Margaret Winsor & Jay Hereford Anne McDuffie & Tim Wood
PULITZER PRIZE CIRCLE $500+
Anonymous (5) Janet Boguch & Kelby Fletcher Patricia Britton Margaret Bullitt Linda & Peter Capell Cathy & Michael Casteel Clipper Seafoods, LTD. Mark Dexter & Deborah Cowley Julie Edsforth & Jabez Blumenthal Sara Elward Kim & Rob Entrop Judi & Steve Finney Margaret Griffiths† Mark Hamburg Kathryn Hazzard Barbara & Randy Hieronymus Chris Higashi Sallie Hirsch John & Joyce Jackson Jane Austen Society of Puget Sound Jamie & Jeremy Joseph Melissa & Bill Joyce Marsha Kremen & Jilly Eddy Hana Lass & Connor Toms Karen Lorene & Don Bell Ruth Valine & Ed McNerney Tami & Joe Micheletti Ann Morris & John Sobieck Susan & Furman Moseley Cheryl & Tom Oliver
Honoring Book-It Contributors PULITZER PRIZE CIRCLE, CONT.
Glenna Olson & Conrad Wouters Cathy & Jeff Peda Christiane Pein & Steven Bull Neave Rake Doris & Charles Ray Mike & Shawn Rediger Jo Ann & Jim Roberts Jain Rutherford Gail & John Sehlhorst Jo & Michael Shapiro Virginia Sly Gail Tanaka Sara Thompson & Richard Gelinas Wendy & Rhea Thompson Judith Jesiolowski & David Thompson Kathy & Jim Tune Janet & Stanley Vail Vanguard Charitable Rebecca Wakefield & Murray Johnson Paula & Bill Whitham Hope & Ken Wiljanen Russ Young Freddie Yudin
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD CIRCLE $250+
Anonymous (8) • Robin Dearling & Gary Ackerman • Carla & Brad Berg • Nancy Bittner • Inez Noble Black • Marisa Bocci • Elizabeth Braun • Jonathan Buchter • Kris Campbell • Mary Casey-Goldstein • Mary Therese Chambers • Melissa Chase • Pam & Ollie Cobb • Steve Miller & Pamela Cowan • Dottie Delaney • Wendy del Valle • Lynn Dissinger • The Dole Family • Lori Eickelberg & Arni Litt • Jane & Stanley Fields • Jayn & Hugh Foy • Lisbeth & Alan Fritzberg • Siobhan Ginnane • Carla Granat & Stephen Smith • Diane Grover • Karyn Henry • Patricia Highet • Carol Hoerster • Lisa & William Holderman • Trish & Doug Honig • Cynthia Huffman & Ray Heacox • Angela & Thomas Johnson • Janet Jones • The Keegan & Lennon Family • Gary Kneepkens • Karen Koon • Joyce Latino & John O’Connell • Jeff & Kathy Lindenbaum • Craig Lorch • Paul Martini • Anne McBride • Ruth McCormick† • Jill & Joe McKinstry • Susan & Bob Mecklenburg • Grace Nordhoff & Jonathan Beard • Cecilia Paul & Harry Reinert • Corliss Perdaems & Carl Kassebaum • Sherry Perrault & Michael Harding • Judy Pigott • Linda Quirk • Laura & Brian Readdy • Janey L. Repensek • Paula Riggert • Mig Schaaf • Schwab Charitable Fund • Alice C. Smith • Loma Smith • Barbara Snyder • Spencer Family Charitable Fund • Colleen & Brad Stangeland • Jenness & John Starks • Linda
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD CIRCLE, CONT.
& Hugh Straley • Pat & Janice Strand • Liann & Stephen Sundquist • Jennifer Lee Taylor • Linda Walton & Andy Hoyal • Jerry Watt • Gregory Wetzel • Carol & Bryan Willison • Jonella Windell • Christina Wright & Luther Black
PEN/FAULKNER AWARD CIRCLE $100+
Anonymous (12) • Douglas Adams • Janet & Terry Allen • Maile & Ginny Anderson • Joel Aslanian • Maxine Bailey • Anne & Roger Baker • Leslie Bateman • Carlton Baxter • Janice Behr Block & Kenneth Block • Maribeth Berberich • Diane Bisset • Bob Blazek • Cheryl Boudreau • Mary Anne Braund & Steve Pellegrin • Stan & Alice Burgess • Zimmie Caner • Casey Family Programs • Joyce Chase • Carl Chew • Catherine Clemens • Mary Kay & Ian CluniesRoss • Sandy Condiotty • Samantha Cooper • Mary & Robert Cooper • William Covington • Rebecca Crichton • Brenda Croft • Margaret Curtin & James Wilder • Claudette Davison • Sandra & Paul Dehmer • Ron Dohr • Marcia Donovan† • Marcia Douglas • Beth Dubey† • Donna Dughi • Lynne & Hollie Ellis • Marilyn Endriss • Constance Euerle • Expedia Matching Gifts Program • Laura Fischetti • Carolyn & Robert Fletcher • K. Denise & James Fortier • Mike Garner • Shelley Gibson • Rachel Glass & David Quicksall • Terry Graham • Patricia Graves & David Nash • Kathryn & Albert Greenberg • Mike Grimm • Nancy & Bob Grote • Linda Haas • Marina & Hunter Hanahan • Lenore Hanauer • Faith Hanna • Phyllis Hatfield • Elena Hein • Lloyd Herman & Richard Wilson† • Stephanie Hilbert • Wendy Hilliker & Eric Tishkoff • Mariko & John Hirasawa • Susan Hoffman & Bryan Turner • Beth Hogg • Kate Hokanson • Elizabeth Hubbard • Harriet Huber • Mary & Robert Hunter • Melissa Huther • Fred Jackson • Kent Johnson • Susan Jones • Kristin Jorgensen • Gil Joynt • Joan Kalhorn • David Kasik • Pam Kendrick • Owen Kikuta • Mary Beth & Marty King • Art Kobayashi • Emily Krebill • Alan Kristal • Akshay Kulkarni • Kristen Laine & Jim Collins • Donna & Jeff Lark • Eleni Ledesma & Eric Rose • Meredith Lehr & William Severson • Peggy & Ronald Levin • Lois Levy • Sylvia & Wayne Levy • Bonnie Lewman • Scott Maddock • Lynn Manley & Alexander Lindsey • Elaine Mathies • Ann McCurdy & Frank Lawler • Mary McHugh • Anna & Paul McKee • Kelly Meagher • Ellen & Mark Mills • Marion & George Mohler • Min Moon • Margaret Morrow • Catherine Mudge • The Mudge-Burns Family • M. Lynn Murphy • Susan Nivert • Pam & Scott Nolte •
PEN/FAULKNER AWARD CIRCLE, CONT.
Chris Ohlweiler • Janice Cummings • O’Mahony • Carrie Oshiro • Cheryl Papadakis • Cheryl Peterson • Felicia Porter & George Gilbert • Susan Porterfield • Andrea Ptak • Barb & Dan Radin • Esther Reese • Eric & Karen Richter • Jennifer Ridewood • Rebecca Ripley • Rebecca Roe & T. A. Greenleaf • Beth Rollinger • Robert Romeo† • Fernne & Roger Rosenblatt • Ann Rowberg • Beth Rutherford • Donna Sand • Lisa Schafer • Carol Schapira & Michael Levin • Lee Scheingold • Julie & Jeff Schoenfeld • Heidi Schor • B. Charlotte Schreiber • Kinza & Philip Schuyler • Lavonne & Josh Searle • Patti & Mark Seklemian • Julie Howe & Dennis Shaw • David Shellenbarger • Kael Sherrard & Anne Kiemle • Marilyn Sherron • Marcia & Peter Sill • Marilyn Sloan • Penny & Dan Smith • Linda Snider • Diane Stark • Pat Starkovich • Christine & Josh Stepherson • Julie Stohlman • Audrey & David Stokes • Constance Swank • Cassandra & Eric Taylor • Anne Terry • Michele & Alan Tesler • Richard Thorvilson • Marcellus Turner • Eugene Usui • Marcia Utela • Elizabeth Valentine • Verizon Foundation • Jorie Wackerman • Cathy Wales • Mary Wallace • John Bianchi & Scott Warrender • Susan Warwick • Suzanne & Brent Weaver • Kristi & Tom Weir • Joella Werlin • Jean & David White • Sara White • Jane Wiegenstein • D.D. Wigley • Rob Williamson • Bo Willsey • Patricia & Walter Wilson • Gina & Anthony Winkler • Michael Winters • Jean Worthen • Wright Runstad & Co.
O’HENRY AWARD CIRCLE $50+
Anonymous (2) • Page Abrahamson • Rebecca Adler • Judith Alexander • Marilee Amendola • Jo Ann Bardeen • Rebecca Barnett & Roger Tucker • Sybil Barney • Brenda Bennett • Chris Bennion • Kimberly Berge • Lisa Bergstrom • Benjamin & Beth Berman • Ellen Bezona & Shawn Baz • John Bradshaw • Becky Brooks & Jeff Youngstrom • Karen & Don Brown • Thomas Burns • Ursula Burns • P. Caswell • Dee & Rich Childs • Deborah Christensen • Richard O. Coar • Joseph F. Copeland • Barbara & Ted Daniels • Richard Detrano • Marie Doman • Ellen Downey • Betty Drumheller • Jim & Gaylee Duncan • Susan Dyer • Pamela Eakes • JoLynn Edwards & Hal Opperman • Nancy Ellingham • Mary Ellen Flanagan • Kai Fujita • Mitzi & Calvin Gligorea • Ann Glusker • Anke Gray • Joanne Harding • Shuko Hashimoto • Heather Hawkins Weinland & Jay Weinland • Kate Hemer • Carol Horton • Susan Howell • Avis Jobrack • Eve Keller • Harriet & Norman Klein • Nancy Koning •
Honoring Book-It Contributors Teresa Kottcamp • Art & Barb Lachman • Teri Lazzara • Jane Lear • Larry Lewin • B. Parker Lindner • Cynthia Livak & Peter Davenport • Christine Livingston • Carol Lumb • Mary Frances Lyons • Barbara & Jeffrey Madula • Elizabeth Maurer • Dan Mayer • Susan McCloskey • Morna McEachern • Theresa & Doug McLean • Tracy Middlebrook • Brian Mooney • William Mowat • Chris O’Brien • JoLynn Edwards & Hal Opperman • Pat O’Rourke • Paige Packman • Elizabeth A. Pearson & Jacyn Stewart • Louise Perlma • Carolita Phillips • Candace Plog • Roberta & Brian Reed • David Richards • Carla Rickerson • Roberta Roberts • Debby & Dave Rutherford • Cheryl Seraile • Linda & Larry Snyder • Kyoung Kim & Eric Sorenson • Vicki Sosey • Dana Standish & Noah Seixas • Ericka Stork • Cappy Thompson • Diane Tinker • Marilyn Tracey • Shelley Tucker • Mary Vollert • Joan Voorheis • Laura Weese • Kayla Weiner • Jennifer Weis • Julie Weisbach • Tim West • Kim Winward • Jodie Wohl & Richard Hert • Diana Woodruff†
IN-KIND DONORS
ACT Theatre • John Aldaya & Tom DeFelice • Monica Alquist • Anthony’s Restaurants • Babeland, Inc. • Karen Brandvick-Baker & Ross Baker • Banya 5 Urban Spa • James Barnett • Beneath the Streets • N. Elizabeth McCaw & Yahn W. Bernier • The Boeing Company • Patricia Britton • Sally Brunette • Bryan Burch • Caffe Vita, Inc. • Caruh Salon & Spa • Chateau Ste. Michelle • Jane & Bob Cremin • CrossFit Belltown • Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley • Elliott Bay Book Company • Myra Platt & Dave Ellis • EMP Museum • Encore Media Group • Fairmont Olympic Hotel • Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum • Stuart Frank & Marty Hoiness • Fremont Brewing Company • Frye Art Museum • Grand Central Bakery • Hale’s Ales Brewery & Pub • HBO • Hilliard’s Beer • Tom Hoffman • Icicle Creek Center for the Arts • Rachel Jackson • Pamela Johnson • Jane Jones & Kevin McKeon • Kiehl’s • Margaret Kineke & Dennis West • The Kowal Family • KUOW • Donna Lark of Lark Studios • Sam Crannell of Lloyd Martin • Maryhill Winery • Ten Mercer • Mary Metastasio • Shyla Miller • Museum Quality Framing • Northwest Outdoor Center • On The Boards • OOLA Distillery • Pacific NW Life Stories • Pacific Science Center • Michell & Larry Pihl • Myra Platt & Dave Ellis • Poquito’s • Queen Anne Book Company • David Quicksall & Rachel Glass • Redhook Brewery • Lynne & Nick Reynolds • Shirley Roberson • Kate & Stephen Robinson • Angela Ruggeri • Schilling Cider • Steve Schwartzman & Daniel Karches •
IN-KIND DONORS, CONT.
Seattle Art Museum • Seattle International Film Festival • Seattle Repertory Theatre • Seattle Shakespeare Company • Secret Garden Books • Shaker + Spear • Loma Smith • Something Silver • Starbucks • Jennifer & Bill Stauffacher • Ten Mercer • Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge • Town Hall • Two Beers Brewing Co. & Seattle Cider • University Book Store • UW World Series • Village Theatre • W Hotel • Wing Luke Museum • Margaret Winsor • Woodland Park Zoo
GIFTS IN HONOR & MEMORY In honor of Ross Baker Anonymous In honor of Charyl Kay & Earl Sedlik Nancy & Bob Grote In honor of Margaret Kineke D.A. Davidson & Co. Gretl Galgon In honor of Julian Mudge-Burns’ passion project AJ Silva, Lori Mudge, Thomas Burns, Catherine Mudge, Kimberly Berge, Ursula Burns, & Jackie McGuire In honor of Myra Platt Carol Schapira & Michael Levin
BOOK-IT’S 2015-2016 SEASON BY THE NUMBERS
Gavin Hoffman, Alexandra Tavares in The Brothers K.
O’HENRY AWARD CIRCLE, CONT.
$1,750,000 budget
56%
In honor of Stephen Robinson Janet & Terry Allen
of income from contributions
In honor of Rainier Beach High School graduate Adam Sedlik Anonymous
individual donors
In honor of Al Worch Ellen & Michael Rosenberg
608 68
business, foundation, & government donors
20
In memory of Robert Dean Peterson Deborah KnetzgerIn
full- and part-time staff
In memory of Elizabeth Ann Robinson Kate & Stephen Robinson
actors, designers, and technicians
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Emma Dottie Delaney The donor list reflects gifts received July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. Book-It makes every attempt to be accurate with our acknowledgments. Please contact Development Associate Ian Stewart at ians@bookit.org or (206) 428-6202 with any corrections.
†Denotes member of the Silver Jubilee Society
of donors making recurring donations in support of Book-It
104 6
interns
175
volunteers
14,000
patrons at mainstage productions
55,000
students and educators at Arts & Education programs
THANKS FOR HELPING TO MAKE THESE ACHIEVEMENTS POSSIBLE!
OUR MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM GREAT LITERATURE INTO GREAT THEATRE THROUGH SIMPLE AND SENSITIVE PRODUCTION AND TO INSPIRE OUR AUDIENCES TO READ.
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2010 Mayor’s Arts Award-winner, recipient of the 2012 Governor’s Arts Award and the 2014 Inaugural Sherry Prowda Literary Champion Award, Book-It Repertory Theatre began 27 years ago as an artists’ collective, adapting short stories for performance and touring them throughout the Northwest. The company incorporated as a non-profit in 1990. Today, with over 125 world-premiere adaptations of literature to its credit—many of which have garnered rave reviews and gone on to subsequent productions all over the country—Book-It is widely respected for the consistent artistic excellence of its work.
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