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A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR By Vincent M. Lancisi, Artistic Director
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elcome. I love the first show of the season. It’s always the beginning of an exciting journey. The theatre’s 26th season has officially begun. I look forward with anticipation to the exciting slate of plays before us this year. Last season we celebrated 25 years of Everyman with a huge roster of iconic classic plays. We paid homage to some of the great American playwrights who gave us Pulitzer Prize winning plays that became standard bearers influencing entire generations of writers to come. These were big, brawny, serious plays that tested our directors, actors, and design teams. Audiences responded by coming in record numbers. If you were a part of our 25th anniversary celebration, I celebrate you and your participation here at Everyman. You’re the reason we’re here and the artists love performing for you. If this is your first visit to Everyman, WELCOME! This season we will produce the work of some bright new voices in the American Theatre. We will laugh more and discover the new writing about contemporary issues. We will bring you the hottest, newest plays right here to Baltimore. With three comedies in the line-up, I think you’ll sense a variety from last season to this year that is refreshing. Not that it’s all light and fluffy. There’s still plenty of important, meaty, layered stories to explore this season. Sometimes even the comedies E V E RYM A N T H E AT R E
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create laughter amid situations and issues that have serious undertones. It’s this layering of styles and substance that attracts me to these plays. If you are usually a casual theatre-goer who sees a play here and one there or if you don’t usually come to see all the plays in a season, I invite you to become a subscriber. Subscribers understand it’s the collection of stories that makes up a dynamic theatergoing experience throughout the year. I select not a single play but a group of plays that together show a dimension that you can’t experience just by cherry picking one or two or three plays in a year. I see and read hundreds of plays each year in the hunt for the right combination of six plays that make up our special season. Often audience members tell me that the play that they weren’t excited about seeing ended up being their favorite of the year. They often talk about a play in comparison with the one before it or after it that had similarities or contrasting themes. Come experience the full season at Everyman. It’s the fall. The start of the school year. The beginning of a thrilling theatre season with so much engaging drama to come. Speaking of “thrilling,” you are about to witness one of the great thrillers of the stage. Get ready! You never know what will happen next. Enjoy the show.
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Vincent M. Lancisi, Founding Artistic Director Jonathan K. Waller, Managing Director
WAIT UNTIL DARK Playwright FREDERICK KNOTT Adaptor JEFFREY HATCHER Director DONALD HICKEN
Susan..................................................................................... MEGAN ANDERSON* Gloria.................................... UI-SENG FRANCOIS, SHANNON HUTCHINSON Mike........................................................................................... ERIC M. MESSNER* Roat........................................................................BRUCE RANDOLPH NELSON* Carlino...........................................................................................TODD SCOFIELD* Sam....................................................................................... ARTURO TOLENTINO Set Design
Lighting Design
Costume Design
DANIEL ETTINGER
JAY A. HERZOG
Sound Design
Fight Choreography
PATRICK CALHOUN Dramaturgy
BEN ARGENTA KRESS
LEWIS SHAW
JOHANNA GRUENHUT
Props Master
JILLIAN MATHEWS
Stage Manager
AMANDA M. HALL*
Time: October 1944 Place: A basement apartment of an old brown stone in Greenwich Village.
This production will be performed in two acts with one intermission.
PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES. NO TEXTING. NO EATING IN THE THEATRE. Wait Until Dark is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production or distributing recordings on any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author’s rights and actionable under United States copyright law. For more information please visit: www.samuelfrench.com/whitepaper * Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
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A NOTE FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR By Jonathan K. Waller, Managing Director
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elcome back! It’s hard to believe that summer has come and gone already. For me, personally, I was able to take some time this summer to work on my new home, garden, go to Orioles games with the family, and most importantly, get some much needed rest before the start of the next season. We have a joke in the offices here that there should be a missing month between July and August called “Jaugust”—and that’s the month where we get EVERYTHING done that we have had on the “to do list” for the past 12 months (but we never got around to doing). We’re still searching for this mysterious month…. In the non-Jaugust months of the summer, we did have a lot of great things happen here at the theatre. Here are just a few highlights: We welcomed our brand new Director of Education, Brianna McCoy, to our staff. Brianna comes to us with years of experience as the Director of Education at Roundhouse Theatre in Bethesda. A graduate of Catholic University, Brianna has a passion for teaching and educating through the use of theatre. We’re thrilled to have her on board with us. Speaking of Education, this July we hosted 16 students in our annual High School Summer Intensive. I’m always amazed at the commitment and heart these students have. They come to Everyman for 4 weeks, 7 hours a day (basically, school!) and they dive head first into the worlds of Shakespeare, scene study, improvisation, monologue work, and so much more. The Intensive culminated with an original work E V E RYM A N T H E AT R E
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that the students performed for parents, friends and Everyman staff. For the start of the season, we’re excited to bring a new offering to our concessions this year. Before and during every performance, the new LB Bakery at Everyman will be open on the Mezzanine of our lobby. This satellite location of the Lord Baltimore Bakery will feature delicious show-themed desserts that are custom made by the Bakery’s Pastry Chef. Not ready for dessert during the show? We’ll box up your selected sweet and have it waiting for you at the bar to bring home with you after the show. Last year you may remember we opened our Gift Shop on the Mezzanine. This year, we’re moving it downstairs into the lobby next to the elevator. If you haven’t stopped by yet, make sure you check out our one-of-a-kind gifts—local artisans use “upcycled” materials from our productions (such as set pieces, costumes and props) to make truly unique souvenirs, jewelry, wall hangings and much more. As you can see, the work never stops here regardless of summer vacations. We’re looking ahead to all of the exciting things we have in store for you this coming season. If you haven’t already subscribed, don’t miss a moment of what’s ahead and join the nearly 5,000 subscribers who have already claimed their seats for the season. To our returning subscribers and ticket buyers—welcome back to season 26! To our new ticket buyers—welcome! We hope you’ll now call Everyman home.
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A BRIEF PRODUCTION HISTORY By Johanna Gruenhut, Dramaturg
1966
Wait Until Dark written by Frederick Knott opened on February 2, 1966, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. Within the next eleven months, it transferred to the Shubert, the George Abbott and the Music Box Theatres before it ended its run of 374 performances. Its cast featured Lee Remick as Susan Hendrix (a Tony nominated role) and Robert Duvall as Roat. It was directed by Arthur Penn.
1967
Audrey Hepburn was nominated for both the Academy Award and Golden Globe for her portrayal of Susan in the film version of Wait Until Dark. Warner Bros.-Seven Arts purchased the film rights in 1966 soon after the play’s Broadway opening and it premiered on October 26, 1967. The film was directed by Terence Young with a screenplay by Robert Carrington and Jane Howard-Carrington and a score by Henry Mancini. The film also featured actor Alan Arkin. It has been said that in an effort to replicate the suspense on-screen, cinemas dimmed the lights to their legal limits then turned them off one by one as each light in the film was shattered until the theater was plunged into complete darkness.
1998
A revival of Frederick Knott’s Wait Until Dark, starring Academy Award winning actress Marisa Tomei as Susan and film director and sometimes actor Quentin Tarantino as her principal tormentor, opened on Broadway on April 5. It closed after only 97 performances.
2013
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Forty-seven years after Wait Until Dark premiered on Broadway, Jeffrey Hatcher adapted Frederick Knott’s 1966 original, giving it a new setting, 1944 Greenwich Village. This new adaptation premiered at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles starring Alison Pill.
FILM NOIR
By Johanna Gruenhut, Dramaturg
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oir: a term usually applied to film (as opposed to theatre) is less a genre, and more a mood, a point-of-view. In particular, film noir was a dominant mode in the decade after World War II. A counter-point to Hollywood’s musicals and comedies, these movies captured the new tensions and insecurities of the Cold War era, the patina of stability alongside the threat of nuclear destruction. Mistrust, paranoia, anxiety, alienation, and suspense permeate these movies and their largely urban settings. Above all they portray an ambiguous moral universe.1 Frederick Knott’s Wait Until Dark was originally set in the 1960s. But when Jeffrey Hatcher adapted it, he placed it in Greenwich Village, 1944. He turned it into a noir. That’s an interesting choice! Hatcher clearly wanted to complicate the story’s moral universe. Susan, the protagonist, has been made blind by a car accident. She met her husband, Sam, while recovering from Filmsite.org/filmnoir
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that accident, in the same hospital where he recovers from the war’s physical and psycholigical trauma. Their homecoming eventually begets smuggling (possibly unintentional), professional crooks and murder. As they negotiate the tribulations, blame is hard to ascribe, no one—not even a young neighbor—is truly innocent, and it is unclear who is more capable of protecting whom, and who really needs protection. Instead of a David and Goliath story, we get noir. In this case, specifically, Hatcher manages to reveal a wrinkle in America’s social fabric caused by World War II with respect to the roles of men and women. Soldiers went off to fight, while women "held down the fort," entering the workforce at unprecedented levels and into vocations where they were previously excluded. Noir captures the sexual and social tensions that arise when the men come home. Its femme fatales are unlike the damsels in distress of past generations. Neither is Susan. WAIT UNTIL DARK | 7
WHY DO WE ENJOY SUSPENSE IN FICTION? By Dr. Jonathan Flombaum, Director of The Visual Thinking Lab at Johns Hopkins University
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t has probably happened to you: you come home late one night. The house is dark, and it feels at once familiar yet strangely foreign. Maybe the porch light has gone out, and it is darker than usual. Maybe a trinket seems slightly out of place. Has someone been here? Is someone inside the house now…? When you finally get the lights on, you are overcome with relief—maybe you even left a few things in unusual places in a rush to get to the theatre. Your mind was just playing tricks on you and even the most familiar spaces can seem foreign in the dark. Notice that you don’t experience pleasure, though. Excitement, perhaps, but not the positive kind. So why is the same kind of experience fun when it is vicarious, when you view it in the third-person in a movie, or in a play like Wait Until Dark? According to social psychologists the answer is that suspense in fiction works something like a vaccine. It gets your psychological immune system pumping in a safe and controlled environment, possibly even aggrandizing its forces. As you experience suspense in fiction, you experience stress and even anxiety; but there remains a part of you, indeed a separate part of your brain, that knows you are safe. Cortisol levels in your body rise—as they always do in response to stress. And as they always do, they induce the release of blood glucose. Usually, those sugars serve to prepare you for fight or flight. In the comfort of your Everyman seat, however, they are well, just sugar. They produce a little buzz. One way that social psychologists have investigated these mechanisms is by modulating the degree to which an audience identifies with a protagonist in suspense. Too little identification, and an audience may not even experience suspense. But too much, and it the experience can cease to be pleasurable. That part of your brain needs to know that you are safe. Modulating identification can be as simple as manipulating distance—how far or near in space to you the action seems to take place. So if you don’t like rollercoasters, and are a little afraid of the dark, you may want to sit in the back of the house tonight! WAIT UNTIL DARK | 9
PERSPECTIVES INTO BLINDNESS FROM COGNITIVE SCIENCE By Dr. Marina Bedny, Director, Neuroplasticity and Development Lab, Johns Hopkins University
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n Wait Until Dark the blind character Susan Hendrix attempts to get the best of her attackers by facing them in the dark. Because Susan is blind, her senses of hearing and touch are heightened. She is able to navigate better in the dark, giving her an edge over her opponents. Is there truth to the common sense notion that blind people hear and feel better than people who are sighted? Scientists have looked at this question by measuring blind people’s perceptual abilities in the laboratory. The answer turns out to be yes and no. People who are blind are better at some hearing and touch tasks, such as localizing sounds in the horizontal plane. On the other hand they are equal to or sometimes even a little worse than sighted people on other seemingly similar tasks, such as localizing sounds in the vertical plane. When blind people are more successful, they often achieve these benefits by attending more carefully to the non-visual senses. It is not the perception itself that’s different but attention to what is perceived. It is also not always blindness per se that gives the benefit. Blind Braille readers E V E RYM A N T H E AT R E | 10
have more acute tactile perception on their Braille-reading finger. Studies using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) show that the representations of the Braille-reading finger is expanded in the brains of blind readers. This plasticity and increased acuity comes not from being blind per se but from practicing tactile discrimination through Braille-reading. If you want to have better tactile acuity, learn to read Braille! Nor are perceptual benefits found in all people who are blind. Many are specific to those who are blind from birth. Both because there is greater brain plasticity during childhood and because congenitally blind individuals have many more years of practice at navigating the world without sight. On the whole, scientists have found that blindness tends to improve perception through non-visual senses but it does not give blind people superhero like abilities, as it did for the comic superhero Daredevil who developed bat-like sonar perception. Human perceptual abilities are defined in part by the structure of our sensory organs and our brains. Something all humans share, whether blind or sighted.
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CAST BIOGRAPHIES MEGAN ANDERSON (Susan): Everyman Theatre (Resident Company Member): Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Under the Skin, Blithe Spirit, Grounded, Tribes, The Dresser, Crimes of the Heart, The Beaux’ Stratagem, God of Carnage, You Can’t Take It With You, Fifty Words, All My Sons, Blackbird, The Exonerated, Rabbit Hole, The Cherry Orchard, Filthy Rich, Turn of the Screw, Much Ado About Nothing, And a Nightingale Sang, The School for Scandal, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Proof, Taking Sides, My Children! My Africa, The Crucible, The 5th of July, The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Regional: Theater J: After the Revolution; Olney Theatre Center: Grounded, Rabbit Hole (Helen Hayes, nominated for Outstanding Ensemble); Rep Stage: The Whale, The Violet Hour, The Seagull (Helen Hayes Nomination); Round House Theatre: Heartbreak House, The Cherry Orchard, Our Town, Problem Child; Woolly Mammoth: The Faculty Room; Totem Pole Playhouse: Proposals, Crimes of the Heart, Proof; LA Theatreworks/Voice of America: Bus Stop. TV/Film: 3 seasons on The Wire ( Jennifer Carcetti); Hit and Run ( Jane) (Lionsgate/ MGM). Teaching: Everyman Theatre, Page to Stage for Young Actors and the Summer Intensive, Acting I and Auditioning. Other: Audition Coach. UI-SENG FRANCOIS (Gloria): Everyman Theatre: debut. Meyerhoff Symphony Hall: Hairspray! in Concert with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (Lorraine); Hampton National Historic Site: Hampton: Finding the Story (Anita); Baltimore School for the Arts: Sophomore Monologues: Rosa’s Eulogy ( Jeanne), Hansel and Gretel Ballet (The Witch, Villager, Candy Cane, Gingerbread, Cat, Swan, Fairy), Nutcracker
Ballet (Clown, Party Child); Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School: Finding the Gap: A journey Through Our Choices (Zae), Misunderstood: A Journey Through Adolescence ( Jenna); Center Stage: (Camp Center Stage) Carnival Cabaret (Varied roles); Modell Lyric Opera House: A BSA production of The Nutcracker (Party Child, Little Clara Understudy); Clifton Performance Theatre: Pinocchio (Lorenzo the Puppet Master); Enoch Pratt Free Library: The Popcorn Tree (Flower); Training: Baltimore School for the Arts. SHANNON HUTCHINSON (Gloria): Everyman Theatre: debut. Shannon attends the Baltimore School for the Arts with a focus on Acting. She was recently the lead in the feature film Assassinaut, and the JHU senior film The Little Chef. Some of her favorite theatre roles include Sandy (Grease), Sally Brown (YAGM, Charlie Brown), Mushu (Mulan Jr.), Olive (Closed Door Original Cast), Hermione (A Winter’s Tale). She would like to thank her family immensely for their ceaseless support! ERIC M. MESSNER (Mike): Everyman Theatre: Time Stands Still ( Jamie) Regional: Arena Stage: The Book Club Play (Rob), Hub Theatre: Birds of a Feather (Birder), John and Beatrice ( John), Theatre J: G-d’s Honest Truth ( Josh), Stonington Opera House: Julius Caesar (Caesar), Spooky Action Theatre: Can’t Complain (Man in Blue), Olney Theatre Center: Is He Dead? (Agamemnon Buckner), Imagination Stage: Jack and Phil, Slayers of Giants, Inc. (Bill/Giant). National Tour: Much Ado About Nothing (Benedick) International: Death of a Salesman (Howard) Television: Veep, The Wire, The Men Who Built America. Training: BFA, UMBC.
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BRUCE RANDOLPH NELSON (Roat): Everyman Theatre (Resident Company Member): Death of a Salesman (Charley/Howard), A Streetcar Named Desire (Steve Hubbell), Blithe Spirit (Charles), Ghosts (Jakob Engstrand), Ruined (Harari), Deathtrap (Sidney Bruhl), The Dresser (Norman), Red (Mark Rothko, Baltimore Magazine’s Best Actor), The Beaux’ Stratagem (Boniface/ Foigard), August: Osage County (Steve), You Can’t Take it With You (Kolenkhov), Private Lives (Elyot), Shipwrecked! (Louis/Best Actor City Paper), I Am My Own Wife (Charlotte), The Pavilion (Narrator/Best Actor City Paper), Irma Vep (Enid). Regional: Center Stage: Amadeus (Antonio Salieri), Animal Crackers (Groucho), The Final Strange Tale of Edgar Allen Poe (Poe), Galileo (Professor), Arms and the Man (Soldier/Bear); Rep Stage: The Goat (Martin), Hysteria (Dali), The Violet Hour (Gidger/Helen Hayes Award), The Dazzle (Langley/Helen Hayes Award), Irma Vep (Enid/Helen Hayes Nomination), Faith Healer (Teddy/Helen Hayes Nomination); Folger Theatre: The Comedy of Errors (Antipholus of Ephesus), She Stoops to Conquer (Tony); Olney Theatre Center: Farragut North (Paul), The Underpants (Cohen); Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Company Member): Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Dwight/Originated Role), Fuddy Meers (Limping Man/Helen Hayes Nomination); The Shakespeare Theatre: The Taming of the Shrew (Tranio); Signature Theatre: Never the Sinner (White); Tour: National Players; Facilitation: McCormick Spice, Johns Hopkins University. Teaching: Howard Community College, Everyman Theatre, Stevenson University. Education: Towson University.
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TODD SCOFIELD (Carlino): Todd is very happy to be making his Everyman debut. Over the past 13 years in DC he has done numerous shows at Shakespeare, Folger, and Round House Theatres, as well as shows at Theater J, Ford’s, Adventure Theatre, Imagination Stage, and Olney. Outside of the DC area Todd worked at Arden Theatre in Philadelphia, PlayMakers, Charlotte Rep, and four seasons at North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Television: recurring role in seasons 3 and 5 of The Wire. ARTURO TOLENTINO (Sam): Everyman Theatre: Death of a Salesman (Stanley), A Streetcar Named Desire (Pablo Gonzales); Regional: The American Century Theatre: Bang the Drum Slowly ( Jonah), Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All (Aloysius), The Country Girl (Larry); Actor’s Repertory Theatre: An Adult Evening With Shel Silverstein (Harvey/George), The Imaginary Autopsy (Lelio/Bertoldo), The Fetish (Trey), Reckless (Tom/Tom Jr.), Escape From Happiness (Stevie), As You Like It (Orlando); Tour: Discovery Theatre: African Roots/ Latino Soul (Choco); Source Theatre: He Is Heavy (Argile), Game Over (Nikhil); Active Cultures Theatre: Off The Block (Abner); Charter TYA: K.T. For Prez (Press); Firebelly Theatre: Hamlet (Player King/Marcellus/ Fortinbras); Adventure Theatre: Holes (Armpit). Directing: Deranged Durang, Lala Theatre Company; Our Lady of Sandwich, Actor’s Repertory Theatre. Training: National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts.
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DIRECTOR AND DESIGNER BIOGRAPHIES PATRICK CALHOUN (Sound Design/ Composition): Everyman Theatre: debut. Regional: Woolly Mammoth: An Octaroon; Shakespeare Theatre: Henry IV-Parts 1 & 2 (Assist); Kennedy Center: Jason Invisible (Assist), The MTA of Homer P. Figg (Assist); Roundhouse Theatre: Glengarry Glen Ross (Assist), Young Robin Hood (Assist); Theater J: Sons of the Prophet, God’s Honest Truth, After The Revolution; Folger Theatre: Mary Stuart, Richard III (Assist), Twelfth Night (Assist); The Hub Theatre: In A Word, The Typographer’s Dream, Failure-A Love Story, A Man-His Wife-And His Hat, How I Paid For College (Assist); Barrington Stage Company: Butler, Romance in Hard Times, The Golem of Havana, Southern Comfort; Philadelphia Theatre Company: Stars of David (Assist); Resident Ensemble Players: To Kill A Mockingbird (Assoc.); International Tour: Wits End Puppet Theatre: Saudade. Education: Graduate– University of North Carolina School of the Arts; Undergraduate- Greensboro College. Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. For more information visit www.patrickcalhoun.info DANIEL ETTINGER (Set Design): Everyman Theatre (Resident Set Designer): Death of A Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Outside Mullingar, Blithe Spirit, Ghosts, The Understudy, By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, Red, The Glass Menagerie, The Beaux’ Stratagem, August: Osage County, Time Stands Still, You Can’t Take It With You, The Brothers Size, Private Lives, Pygmalion, All My Sons, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment. The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told By Himself), Our Town, Two Rooms, Rabbit Hole, Soul Collector, I Am My Own Wife, Filthy Rich, Viva La Vivienne! (Background Design), Gem of the Ocean, Much Ado About Nothing, Sight Unseen, Betrayal, E V E RYM A N T H E AT R E | 16
Going to St. Ives, School for Scandal, Proof, Nude With Violin, Red Herring, A Number. Off-Broadway: The Blue Angel Theatre, Pageant; Roundabout Theatre Company, A Man For All Seasons, Room Service; The York Theatre Company, Talley’s Folly, Luv. Regional: Woolly Mammoth: You for Me for You, Eclipsed, Vigils, Recent Tragic Events, Kiki and Herb, Starving, The Mineola Twins; Theatre J, The Disputation; Rep Stage: Venus in Fur, Boeing, Boeing, God’s Ear, Mrs. Warren’s Profession; Barter Theatre, Thoroughly Modern Millie, She Loves Me, and over 100 other productions. Teaching: Towson University Design Program. AMANDA M. HALL (Stage Manager): Everyman Theatre (Resident Stage Manager): Over 70 productions, including Death of A Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Outside Mullingar, An Inspector Calls, Blithe Spirit, Deathtrap, The Understudy, Tribes, The Dresser, Red, Topdog/Underdog, August: Osage County, Time Stands Still, You Can’t Take It With You, The Brothers Size, A Raisin in the Sun, All My Sons, Our Town, The Mystery of Irma Vep, Art, Sight Unseen, Betrayal, Opus, The Last Five Years, Uncle Vanya, Proof, Red Herring, The Pavilion, Fences, Glass Menagerie; Regional: MD Stage Company, The Guthrie Theatre, Rep Stage. JAY A. HERZOG (Lighting Design): Everyman Theatre: Resident Lighting Designer 20 years; Off Broadway: LaMama, Theatre for the New City, Riverwest Theatre, Westbeth Arts Center, 13 th Street Playhouse, An Evening with F. Murray Abraham, Carol Hall in Concert. Regional: George Street Playhouse, Woolly Mammoth, Rep Stage, Minolta Camera Industrial, Barcelona Spain; TV/ Film: Two Front Teeth; Teaching: Lighting and Sound Designer, Towson University Department of Theatre Arts; Other: Iago’s Plot, Cairo Egypt; Electrician: Lincoln Center, Public Theatre, Joyce Theatre, Candlewood Playhouse, Douglas
Fairbanks Theatre, Julliard, McCarter Theatre, Guggenheim Museum and many others; Special Recognition: Glass Menagerie, Helen Hayes Award Best Production. Helen Hayes award 2000 for Rep Stage in Lighting. DONALD HICKEN (Director): Everyman Theatre: Outside Mullingar, Ghosts, Red, Heroes, Fifty Words, Shooting Star, Our Town, I Am My Own Wife, The Turn of the Screw, Betrayal, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Children’s Hour, Jacques Brel..., My Children! My Africa!, Watch on the Rhine, The Road to Mecca, The Glass Menagerie, The Lion in Winter. Regional: The Annapolis Shakespeare Company: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Three Sisters; The Berkshire Theatre Festival, The Kenyon Festival, Round House Theatre: The Belle of Amherst; Round House Theatre and Everyman Theatre: The Glass Menagerie (Helen Hayes Award - Outstanding Director Resident Production and Outstanding Resident Production 2000); Rep Stage: The Children’s Hour; Pennsylvania Stage Company: A Moon for the Misbegotten; The Columbia Festival of the Arts (Artistic Director 1989-1998). Education: BA Speech and Theatre, MacMurray College; MFA Acting and Directing, The Catholic University of America. Teaching: The Baltimore School for the Arts (Dept. Head of Theatre 1979-2016), Everyman Theatre, The Berkshire Theatre Festival, Center Stage (Director of Training 19761981), The Actors’ Conservatory, (Finalist 2015 Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre Education). VINCENT M. LANCISI (Founding Artistic Director) founded Everyman Theatre in October of 1990 and has directed over 35 productions including Death of A Salesman, Under the Skin, Blithe Spirit, Deathtrap, Tribes, The Glass Menagerie, The Beaux’ Stratagem, August: Osage County, You Can’t Take It With You, Stick Fly, All My Sons, Two Rooms, Rabbit Hole, The
Cherry Orchard, Doubt, Much Ado About Nothing, The Cone Sister, And a Nightingale Sang, The School for Scandal, A Number, Amadeus, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Buried Child, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, A Delicate Balance, Hedda Gabler, Proof, Uncle Vanya and The Last Five Years. In addition to his work at Everyman, he has taught acting and directing at Towson University, University of Maryland, Catholic University, Howard Community College, and at Everyman Theatre. He is a member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Vincent is the President of the Bromo Tower Arts & Entertainment District board. He is also on the Market Center Merchants Board. In the past, he has sat on the boards of the Baltimore Theatre Alliance and the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance as well as panels for the Maryland State Arts Council. Vincent holds his undergraduate degree in Theatre from Boston College and his master’s degree in Directing from The Catholic University of America. BEN ARGENTA KRESS (Costume Design): Everyman Theatre (Designer): Outside Mullingar; (Assistant Designer): A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Blithe Spirit, Ruined; Rep Stage (Designer): Technicolor Life; Center Stage (Assistant Designer): Detroit ‘67, Next to Normal; The Collaborative Theatre (Designer): The Elephant Man; Bay View Music Festival (Designer):Ragtime; Opera: Bay View Music Festival (Designer): La Boheme; Collegiate: Loyola University Maryland (Designer): Bus Stop. Education: Bachelor of Arts, Theatre and Psychology, Kenyon College. LEWIS SHAW (Fight Choreography): Everyman Theatre (Resident Fight Choreographer): Death of A Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Blithe Spirit, Ruined, Deathtrap, The Dresser, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Topdog/Underdog, God of Carnage, August: Osage County, WAIT UNTIL DARK | 17
You Can’t Take It With You, Fifty Words, Private Lives, A Raisin in the Sun, Stick Fly, All My Sons, Blackbird, The Mystery of Irma Vep, The Cherry Orchard, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Red Herring, The Lion in Winter, Much Ado About Nothing. Regional: The Shakespeare Theatre, Baltimore Opera, Rep Stage, Studio Theatre; Performed at The Shakespeare Project, The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival. Broadway: Weapons Creator for Addams Family, Shrek, A Life In The Theatre, Aida, Into the Woods, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Pirate Queen. International: The Globe Theatre, London. TV/Film: America’s Most Wanted. Other: Vulcan’s Forge Fine Dueling Supplies (Owner).
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DANIIL TRIFONOV, PIANO
Apr 2
SUSAN GRAHAM, MEZZO- SOPRANO
MALCOLM MARTINEAU, PIANO
Apr 23
SPECIAL EVENT SUNDAY @ 5:30PM ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET
Nov 20
Co-presented with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Feb 12
8-Concert Subscription: $249 Single Tickets: $42 Student Tickets: $10 restrictions apply
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WHAT IS THE BROMO DISTRICT? Imagine an arts district that connects the Stadiums and Downtown with a major corridor of Theatres, Galleries, and other public displays of art. Heading north, up the main arteries of Eutaw and Howard Streets, encounter Theatres, a public marketplace, and incubators spawning pop up galleries and emerging artists to be discovered. Continue on to find arts organizations celebrating the history and heritage of Baltimore and cultural institutions leading visitors up to the northern reaches of the district at Read and Howard Streets. In the next decade the Bromo Tower Arts and Entertainment District will become a premiere district for performances and arts exhibitions sought out by citizens of Baltimore and visitors alike. The district will offer opportunities for artists of all disciplines to live, work, and create here. The district encourages the collaboration among its stakeholders and will attract new ones offering resources towards the creation and display of the arts.
GET TO KNOW THE BROMO ARTS DISTRICT AT WWW.BROMODISTRICT.ORG
LET EVERYMAN THEATRE PROVIDE THE BACKDROP FOR A TRULY DRAMATIC EVENT. Whether you are looking to host a birthday party, a pre- or post- show reception, a wedding or Bar Mitzvah, or your company’s board meeting, Everyman Theatre’s spaces offer a variety of intimate and adaptable areas to fit your needs. Contact Beth Brenner Rose at brose@everymantheatre.org or call 443.615.7055 x 7153 for a tour or more information.
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EVERYMAN’S 2016-17 SEASON IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR GENEROUS DONORS Sponsors listed as of August 16, 2016
SEASON SPONSORS
NEIL AND ELLEN MELTZER
MAJOR SUPPORT FROM
PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN SPONSOR
DR. E. LEE AND BEA ROBBINS
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ANNUAL FUND DONORS Thank you to all our generous annual fund donors. Your support is essential and allows us to present the very best in live professional theatre. Gifts listed here were received from donors between July 1, 2015 and August 10, 2016.
GOVERNMENT, FOUNDATIONS, FUNDS AND CORPORATIONS ANGEL $20,000+
Paul M. Angell Family Foundation William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation, Inc. The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation Bunting Family Foundation, Inc. France-Merrick Foundation David And Barbara B Hirschhorn Foundation Maryland State Arts Council J. Mayo Greenberg Theatre Fund + The Shubert Foundation
RESIDENT COMPANY SPONSOR $10,000 - $19,999
Baltimore County Commission On Arts And Sciences Bank Of America Foundation Goldsmith Family Foundation Hecht-Levi Foundation Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds Legg Mason Corporate Citizenship LifeBridge Health Lockhart Vaughan Foundation M.P.H. Bank Foundation, Inc. T. Rowe Price Foundation Talcott-Gran Charitable Trust +
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER $5,000 - $9,999
Anonymous Abell Foundation, Inc. American Trading And Production Corporation Eddie C. and C. Sylvia Brown Family Foundation Fancy Hill Foundation Benno and Elayne Hurwitz Family Foundation John J. Leidy Foundation, Inc. Logan, Yumkas, Vidmar & Sweeney, LLC Lord Baltimore Capital Corporation Helen Pumphrey Denit Trust, U.S. Trust, Bank of America, Trustee Earle and Annette Shawe Family Foundation
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake & the City of Baltimore Creative Baltimore Fund Sun Trust Venable Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation
PRODUCER $2,500 - $4,999
Charlesmead Foundation Herschel and Judith Langenthal Philanthropic Fund IBM Corporation Muller Charitable Foundation, Inc.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER $1,000 - $2,499
Anonymous Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Jaye and Dr. Ted Bayless Fund Campbell Foundation, Inc. Richard and Rosalee C. Davison Foundation Susan Sachs Fleishman Fund Harbor Bank Lois and Philip Macht Family Philanthropic Fund Harvey M. Meyerhoff Fund, Inc. M. Sigmund And Barbara K. Shapiro Philanthropic Fund Sinsky-Kresser-Racusin Memorial Foundation Inc. Mary Jean and Oliver Travers Foundation in honor of Stan and Laurie Miller The Wolman Family Foundation
DIRECTOR $500 - $999
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Bank Family Fund Doctrow Family Fund Exelon Foundation Helen M. Hughes Trust Francine Manekin and Family Philanthropic Fund Mccormick & Company Norfolk Southern Foundation Matching Gifts Program Eugene and Alice Schreiber Philanthropic Fund
PLAYWRIGHT $250 - $499 Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc. Cantler Fulwiler Family Fund Gabbay Family Fund Jacob S. Shapiro Foundation Jencks Family Fund Ransome-Wilcox Family Fund Reliable Churchill Taylor Foundation, Inc.
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INDIVIDUALS ANGEL $20,000+
Anonymous Susan W. Flanigan Gina and Dan Hirschhorn John and Susan Nehra George Roche Vic and Nancy Romita
RESIDENT COMPANY SPONSOR $10,000 - $19,999
David and Betsy Nelson Dr. E. Lee and Bea Robbins
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER $5,000 - $9,999
Bunny and Alan Bernstein Mary Catherine Bunting Richard Friedler Ronnie Kleiman Mark Paul Lehman and Kurt Davis Ellen and Neil Meltzer Stan and Laurie Miller Elizabeth K. Moser Diane and Pete Nachtwey Bryan and Jennifer Rakes John and Marsha Ramsay Frank and Ann Rosenberg Stephen and Gail Shawe Lawrence Yumkas and Miriam Fisher
PRODUCER $2,500 - $4,999
Anonymous William and Pat Bettridge Stan and Edie Brown Shaun Carrick and Ronald Griffin Paul and Kathleen Casey Dr. Larry and Nancy Fishel Corie Godine Lisa Harris Jones and Sean Malone Phyllis and Joe Johnson In honor of Vinny Lancisi Sandy and Mark Laken In memory of Shawn Laken Wil Love and Carl Schurr Kenneth C. and Elizabeth M. Lundeen Brian and Eileen O’Rourke Grant and Elissa Roch Len and Selma Sherman
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER $1,000 - $2,499 A nonymous
George and Frances Alderson Brenda K. Ashworth and Donald F. Welch Robert R. Bair and Dorothy D. Bair Penny Bank Emile A. Bendit Patty Bond Winnie and Neal Borden Robert and Teresa Brookland Diane E. Cho and David W. Benn Chuck Cohen and Ann Amernick James C. Storey and Janice L. Collins Michael Borowitz and Barbara Crain Jennifer Engel Louis B. Thalheimer and Juliet A. Eurich Nelson and Sara Fishman Gwen DuBois & Terry Fitzgerald Fran and John Flanigan Elborg and Robert Forster Jason and Laurie Frank Charlton G. C. Friedberg Debra and Maurice Furchgott Jill and Ira Gansler Mitzi and Norman Glick Philanthropic Fund Herbert and Harriet Goldman Marci Gordon and Andrew Barnstein Stephen and Julie Gottlieb James and Catherine Hammond Michael Hayes and Lori Clawson Sandra and Thomas Hess June and George Higgins William C. Jacob and Jennifer S. Williams Shirley A. Kaufman Kelly Keenan Trumpbour Paul Konka and Susan DuganKonka Francine and Allan Krumholz Vincent Lancisi and Robin Vanscoy Bernard and Steffi Liberman Sara Lombardo and James MacNicholl
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Phyllis McIntosh John and Shanae McLean John and Mary Messmore Joseph and Jane Meyer Charlie and Marcia Moylan Ian Watkins and Franchella Pailen-Watkins Fred and Grazina Pearson Mike Plaisted and Maggie Webbert Reid Reininger Larry Koppelman and Liz Ritter Harriet Roberts Rona and Arthur Rosenbaum Robert and Lelia Russell Monica and Arnold Sagner Gilda B. Sherman Rachelle and Ronnie Silverstein Joaneath A. Spicer Ruth and Chuck Spivak Fred and Joan Steffens Damie and Diane Stillman Margaret Taliaferro Karen and Jim Trennepohl Dr. Laurie S. Zabin
DIRECTOR $500 - $999
Anonymous James and Ellen Adajian David and Suzanne Alexander Tim and Joy Ambrose Dr. Sania Amr In memory of Jo Tyson Tildon Neil Axel Dr. Wendy Matt & Dr. Sukumar Balachandran Joel Balsham Bruce and Amy Barnett Frank Eisenberg and Catherine C. Blake Dr. and Mrs. Mordecai Blaustein David and Elizabeth Block Harriet and Bruce Blum Mr. and Mrs. A. Stanley Brager, Jr. Livio and Diane Broccolino David Brown Donald D. Brown and Linda W. Brown Arnold D and Joyce Ann Bruckner Hank Bullwinkel and Teri Majewski Jennifer Burdick Dr. Elizabeth Burin and Dr. Avishai Ben-David
Evelyn Cannon Vera Case and Adam Ehart Glenda Chernoff Susan L. Chomicz Suzanne F. Cohen Harlan and Jean Cramer Ken Davies Michael and Judith DeHaemer Walter B. Doggett III and Joanne Doggett Ross and Michele Donehower Rosemary Eck Sandra Levi Gerstung Barbara Glynn George Goodale Judith A. Gottlieb Hannah and Thorne Gould Jon Greenberg and Connie Rosemont Richard B. Gross Michael Guarnieri Donald M. and Dorothy W. Gundlach Betty Gunther in honor of Robert Gunther Robert and Cheryl Guth Stephen P. & Jacquelyn M. Hall Richard Manichello and Margo Halle/Ram Films Inc Terry Halle and Wendy McAllister Fritzi K. and Robert J. Hallock Barbara L. Hecht Charles Henck and Karen Malloy Holly Hertsgaard Samuel and Barbara Himmelrich Robert and Abigail Hoffman Frank and Anne Hubbard Dave and Katherine Hurst Ruth B Hurwitz Dr. and Mrs. Iredell W. Iglehart III Lois and Joseph Johnson, Jr. Ann H. Kahan Edi and Barbara Karni Joan Klein Ann and David Koch Ann Koontz Harriet and Jay Kramer Jessica Lanzillotti Harry and Beth Lebow Greg Lehne Diane Leonard Vernon and Doris Lidtke Kathleen Liparini
Joy Mandel and Tim Nehl Frank and Joyce Margolis Patrick Martyn and Eric Lomboy Linda Matheson Dennis G. McGough Herb and Miriam Mittenthal Charlotte Modly and Paul Tarantino Tracy Namie In memory of Stephen Namie Carl and Undine Nash Linda Nevaldine Andrew and Sharon Nickol Ruth Nolan Lewis and Dee Noonberg Drs. Mary O’Connor and Charles King Steve and Sherri O’Donnell Gretchen Schmidl and Tim O’Leary Joan W. Orso Thomas L. and Leslie V. Owsley William and Susan Paznekas Dale and Dorothy Piper Leslie and Gary Plotnick Dorothy Holliday Powe In memory of Ethel J. Holliday Scott and Gwyneth Radloff Karen Ray and Howard Turk Sarah S. Robinson Zelig and Linda Robinson Domingo and Karen Rodriguez Carla Wolf Rosenthal and Alan Schwartz Leslie and Jay Rosenthal Bette Rothman + Jamie and Sarah Ryan Jean Savina and Gayle Barney Riva and Dr. Al Shackman David and Sarah H. Shapiro In honor of Gina Hirschhorn Joy and Steven Sibel Dr. Rhoda Harrison Peter and Cheryl Snyder Susan and John Spencer Linda Stewart Pat Thompson and Ed Sledge JoAnn Tracey Elizabeth Trexler Henry and Barbara Valeri Dr. and Mrs. Peter Warschawski Peter Cohen and Ann Watson In honor of Stan & Laurie Miller Maria Wawer Michael and Helen Weiss
William Marshall and Camille Wheeler Beverly Winter Carol Yumkas Marvin and Cindy Zelkowitz
PLAYWRIGHT $250 - $499 Anonymous Anonymous In honor of Maurice and Debra Furchgott Lissa Abrams and Abe Wasserberger Ronald and Baiba Abrams Brad and Lindsay Alger Eleanor Allen Taunya L. Banks Richard Baum and Kathleen Petersen In memory of Ron Pototsky Helen Blakey Jan Boyce Brooks Bradley Jason and Melinda Brandt Jean Brune Joseph and Barbara Cirelli Joan Coley and Lee Rice Cynthia Conklin Will Cooke Joan S. Cornblath Gwen Davidson Albert DeLoskey and Lawrie Deering Michael Domue In honor of Wil Love and Carl Schurr Neil and Deborah Eisenberg Susi Ettinger Tony and Jaymee Farinacci Edgar and Faith Feingold Susie and Bob Fetter John and Dorothy Foellmer Rhona and Sonny Freiman Mrs. Noris and Mr. Avi Friedman Mark and Patty Gillen Mr. and Mrs. David Glickman in memory of David Glickman Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Goldberg Stephanie Graham Ben Greenwald Dale and Alonzo Griffin Thomas and Rebecca Hamer Gary C. Harn Ricki and George Henschel Ken and Ellen Himmelstein
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Shirley T. Hollander In memory of Naomi Greenberg-Slovin Harriet S. Iglehart Louise and Richard Kemper Townsend and Bob Kent Robert Knodell Ron and Marianne Kreitner Evan Toni Krometis Rosalind and Alfred Kronthal Stanford and Lynne Lamberg Jonna & Fred Lazarus Sara W. Levi Naomi Levin Howard and Peggy Levinton Peter Levy and Diane Krejsa Barry Linkner Alison Loughran In memory of Donna MacLeod Loughran Sam and Suzie Macfarlane Diane Maloney-Krichmar Richard Marriott Jeanne E. Marsh Hans and Judy Mayer Stephanie F. Miller Todd Myers and Lois Schneck Barry Narlines In memory of Dr. Ronald Pototsky Ted Niederman and Ricka Neuman Jeffrey Nover Dr. and Mrs. Crossan O’Donovan Robert and Patricia Orr Margaret Palmer in honor of Kyle Prue Bob and Shirley Prue Hazel D. Radowsky Alan and Pamela Ray Jill Ann Rodenburg In memory of Joan Burns Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Rosenstein Dr. and Mrs. Steven Sandler Richard and Kayleen Saucier Frederica Saxon + Susan Scheidle Barbara K. Scherlis Thomas M. Scott III Norman A. and Leonora D. Sensinger Betsy and Carlton Sexton Terry E. Singer In memory of Reuben and Ethel Singer
James Slaughter III and Anne Cowan Slaughter Eric Snyder In honor of The Wiesters Sid and Sandy Socolar In memory of Vivienne Shub and Naomi Greenberg-Slovin Judy and Carl Sterling Steve and Sue Sternheimer Hugh and Kitty Stierhoff Ellen Stifler Ellen M. Heller and Shale D. Stiller James Stofan and William Law Harriet Stulman Elizabeth Trimble Bonnie Binder and Bob Tucker Eli Velder Joanne Wallach Jonathan and Rachel Waller Joe and Debra Weinberg Mark I. Whitman Raymond Kraft and Gregory Wise Patricia A. Yevics- Eisenberg Miriam and Robert Zadek
WINTER GALA 2016 CORPORATE SPONSORS
American Trading And Production Corporation Baltimore Orioles Bank Of America Foundation BGE Brown Advisory Carefirst, Bluecross Blueshield Cho Benn Holback & Associates Evergreen Health Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP J.S. Plank & D.M. Dicarlo Family Foundation, Inc. Legg Mason Corporate Citizenship LifeBridge Health M&T Bank Charitable Foundation P. Flanigan and Sons PNC Bank Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP Sun Trust The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation The Shelter Foundation
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Yumkas, Vidmar, Sweeney & Mulrenin, LLC
INDIVIDUALS PRODUCERS’ CIRCLE
Randy Brown Susan W. Flanigan Dan and Gina Hirschhorn Stan and Laurie Miller Lee and Bea Robbins Vic and Nancy Romita Larry Yumkas and Miriam Fisher
ARTISTS’ CIRCLE
Bunny and Alan Bernstein Jane Daniels Dana DiCarlo and Scott Plank Lisa Harris Hones and Sean Malone Susan and John Nehra David and Betsy Belson Bryan and Jennifer Rakes Helga Surratt
DIRECTORS’ CIRCLE
James and Allison Abromitis Andrew Barnstein and Marci Gordon Jody and David Berg Maurice and Debra Furchgott Mark Paul Lehman and Kurt Davis Lawrence and Ellen Macks Christine Miki Eileen and Brian O’Rourke Bob and Jackie Smelkinson Telly Keenan Trumpbour Joan Young
Please bring any errors or omissions to our attention by contacting Dustin Morris: dmorris@everymantheatre.org 443.615.7055 x7122
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DON’T MISS OUT ON FALL CLASSES! YOUTH CLASSES MUSICAL THEATRE EXPLORATION with Sabrina Sikes-Thornton Grades 3–5 Saturdays, Sept 10–Oct 8, 10–11:30 AM Unpack the actor’s tools of body, voice, and imagination as an ensemble. Experience the joy of dance, discover your voice in song, and celebrate the stories we share through this special theatrical world of musical theater. YOGA STORYTELLING with Judy Sellman-Hrybyk Ages 3–5 Saturdays, Sept 10–Oct 8, 9–9:45 AM Students combine yoga with creative play as they journey into stories discovering the powerful connection between body, voice, and imagination to become the ultimate story warrior. STORY EXPLORERS: GRAND ADVENTURES with Christine Demuth Grades K–2 Saturdays, Sept 10–Oct 8, 10–11 AM Story explorers enter into creative adventures that allow them to bring a world of life through drama, dance, music, and design. They build artistic vocabulary, fuel their imaginations, and create characters who bring home wild tales! PAGE TO STAGE PLAYBUILDERS with Marianne Angelella Grades 6–8 Saturdays, Sept 10–Oct 29, 10–11:30 AM How does a playwright turn a book into a play? How does an actor illuminate the words on the page for performance? Our young artists tackle the delightfully mysterious story of Sleepy Hollow this Fall. From Ichabod Crane to fantastic spirits, students will exercise their creativity as they craft the text, create dynamic characters and ultimately perform the piece for family and friends.
YOU & ME DRAMATIC DISCOVERIES with Sabrina Sikes-Thornton Ages 1–3 (with trusted caretaker) Saturdays, Oct 22–Nov 19, 9–9:45 AM With favorite books as our guide, trusted caretakers and our littlest actors engage all of the senses in creative exploration. We live the story using theatrical tools of music, movement, dance, drama, and design.
ADULT CLASSES ACTING 1 with Bruce Nelson (OCTOBER SESSION) Mondays, Oct 3–24, 6:30–9:30 PM (NOVEMBER SESSION) Mondays, Nov 7–28, 6:30–9:30 PM This introductory course on character development will teach actors how to create clear and dynamic characters through understanding the importance and complexity of character motivation, playing strong objectives, and script analysis. IMPROVISATION AS SOUL WORK with Bruce Nelson Mondays, Dec 5–19, 6:30–9:30 PM This session will help students learn to trust their creative instincts, improve listening skills and hone their connections through the art of Improv. A safe and supportive classroom environment will allow students to vulnerably expose their own sense of unplanned goofy play.
Visit everymantheatre.org/education for more information.
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SAL N SER ES • WOMEN'S VOICES •
Join Everyman Theatre for a series of play readings directed by the women of the Resident Acting Company. Our rehearsal hall will transform into a funky, stripped-down performance space with a bar, where audience and performer come together for conversations and cocktails.
COCKTAILS AT 6 PM | READINGS AT 7 PM
September 19
February 6
By Nancy Harris Directed by Beth Hylton
By Rinne Groff Directed by Megan Anderson
OUR NEW GIRL
THE RUBY SUNRISE
October 31
March 27
By Caryl Churchill
By Julia Cho
TOP GIRLS
THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE
December 12
June 5
By Suzan Lori Parks Directed by Deborah Hazlett
By Alice Childress Directed by Dawn Ursula
THE BOOK OF GRACE
TROUBLE IN MIND
TICKETS: $15 Adult | $5 student (with ID) SUBSCRIBE FOR $72 TO SEE ALL SIX!
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WELL TOLD.
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RESIDENT COMPANY MEMBERS
Megan Anderson
Eric Berryman
Danny Gavigan
Deborah Hazlett
Beth Hylton
Wil Love
Bruce Randolph Nelson
Carl Schurr
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Susan W. Flanigan, President Vic Romita, Vice President W. Bryan Rakes, Vice President Mark Paul Lehman, Secretary Eileen M. O’Rourke, Treasurer Alan Bernstein, Jr. Edie Brown Jean W. Brune Diane Cho Corie Godine Marci I. Gordon Lisa Harris Jones Gina Hirschhorn Bridget M. Horner Vincent M. Lancisi Johnnie L. Lewis John McLean Neil Meltzer Dr. Stanley Miller Peter Nachtwey Susan L. Nehra Betsy Nelson E. Lee Robbins, M.D. James Ryan Leonard Sherman Kelly Keenan Trumpbour Lawrence J. Yumkas
EVERYMAN THEATRE IS LOCATED AT
315 W. Fayette St. Baltimore, MD 21201
CONTACT INFORMATION Dawn Ursula
Stan Weiman
RESIDENT ARTISTS Daniel Ettinger, Scenic Designer David Burdick, Costume Designer Jay A. Herzog, Lighting Designer Gary Logan, Dialects Coach Lewis Shaw, Fight Choreographer Amanda M. Hall, Stage Manager E V E RYM A N T H E AT R E | 30
Box Office 410.752.2208 Administration 443.615.7055 Email boxoffice@everymantheatre.org
Everyman Theatre is a member of the Theatre Communications Group. Everyman Theatre is a member of the Bromo Arts and Entertainment District.
STAFF
Vincent M. Lancisi, Founding Artistic Director Jonathan K. Waller, Managing Director
ARTISTIC
Noah Himmelstein, Associate Artistic Director Johanna Gruenhut, Artistic Associate
PRODUCTION
Kyle Prue, Director of Production Amanda M. Hall, Associate Director of Production Bill Jamieson, Technical Director Rick Gerriets, Asst. Technical Director Andrew Gaylin, Audio Engineer Juan Juarez, Master Electrician Jillian Mathews, Properties Master Patrick Squibb, Scene Shop Foreman Evan McDougall, Resident Carpenter Joseph Martin, Michael Rasinski, Mason Ross, House Carpenters Amy Kellett, Scenic Charge J. R. Schroyer, Deck Chief Lucy Wakeland, Wardrobe Supervisor Amanda M. Hall, Cat Wallis, Stage Managers Kayla Whisman, Assistant Stage Manager Juan Juarez, Katie Salvi, Light Board Operators Reese Siedlecki, Sound Board Operator Kelsey Schneider, Captioning Operator Ren Brault, Matthew Casella, Daniel Chaloux, Kelsey Schneider, J.R. Schroyer, Reese Siedlecki, Ben Werfel, Trevor Wilhelms, Carpenters Parker Damm, Jesse Herche, Jeremy Mayo, Katie Salvi, Elliott Shugoll, Electricians Thomas Gardener, Design Assistant
ADMINISTRATION
Jessica Lanzillotti, General Manager Mike Watson, Operations Manager Laura Weiss, Special Assistant to the Artistic & Managing Directors Shammah Moore, Porter Pat Brent, Bookkeeper Beth Brenner Rose, Rentals Coordinator
DEVELOPMENT
EDUCATION
Brianna McCoy, Director of Education Andrew Stromyer, Education Coordinator Melani Douglass, Community Engagement Manager Leiah Poindexter, Jayla Norris, Education Interns Marianne Angelella, Tonya Beckman, Julia Brandeberry, Tara Cariaso, Christine Demuth, Nick Horan, Rachel Hynes, Bruce Randolph Nelson, Steven Satta, Judy Sellman-Hrybyk, Lewis Shaw, Sabrina Sikes-Thornton, Dawn Thomas Reidy, Josh Thomas, Ann Turiano, Teaching Artists
MARKETING
Michele Alexander, Director of Marketing Nick Horan, Marketing & Media Relations Manager Kiirstn Pagan, Graphic Designer & Video Producer Katherine Marmion, Graphic Designer Matthew Shea, Social Media Coordinator Kelly Myslinski, Marketing Intern Jeff Rogers, 2016-17 Season Show Art Design
FRONT OF HOUSE
Matthew Shea, Audience Services Manager Nadine Klatt, Box Office Manager David Brasington, Michelle Burke, Lacy Comstock, Danny Romeo, Faith Savill, Matthew Schleigh, Bartenders Eddy Collett, Anna-Marie Epps, Cierra Harman, Jonathan Jacobs, Jamil Johnson, Thom Purdy, Matthew Schleigh, Benairen Swanson-Tomhave, Erika Williams, Box Office Assistants/Gift Shop Kate Appiah-Kubi, Jonathan Jacobs, Jamil Johnson, Derrell Owens, Danny Romeo, Nickole Scroggins, Amber Wright, House Managers Daniel Gugliuzza, Volunteer Services Coordinator
Timothy Ambrose, Director of Development Allie Dreskin, Institutional Giving Manager Dustin Morris, Development Assistant
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