THE FOLGER BOARD OF GOVERNORS Louis R. Cohen, Chair Susan Sachs Goldman, Vice-Chair Roger Millay, Vice-Chair Andrew Altman D. Jarrett Arp Simon Russell Beale The Lord Browne of Madingley Rebecca Bushnell Vinton Cerf Florence H. Cohen Lady Darroch Philip Deutch Peter Edwards Wyatt R. Haskell Deneen C. Howell Maxine Isaacs May Liang Carol L. Ludwig Ken Ludwig Andrew J. Nussbaum Andrew Oliver Gail Kern Paster Stuart Rose Loren Rothschild James Shapiro Laura J. Yerkovich Ex Officio Michael Witmore
SENIOR DIRECTORS Michael Witmore, Director Abbey Silberman Fagin, Chief Advancement Officer Melody Fetske, Director of Finance and Administration Janet Alexander Griffin, Director of Public Programs Eric M. Johnson, Director of Digital Access Kathleen Lynch, Executive Director, Folger Institute Peggy O’Brien, Director of Education
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DIVISION OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS Beth Emelson, Associate Director of Public Programs David Polk, General Manager Charles Flye, Production Manager Rebekah Sheffer, Assistant Technical Director Kate Abbott, Audience Services Coordinator Emma Poltrack, Public Programs Administrative Assistant Bridget Reilly, Intern Teresa Wood, Casting Assistant Renee Beaver, Courtney Feiman, Kate Gifford, Elyse Jacks, Kaiya Lyons, Bridget Reilly, John Royals, House Managers Jennifer Bowman, Folger Consort Manager Teri Cross Davis, Poetry Coordinator Darlene Taylor, Executive Director, PEN/Faulkner Foundation Grace Ann Roberts, Humanities Program Assistant Peter Eramo, Jr., Events Publicity and Marketing Manager WiT Media, Graphics Designer and Advertising Agency Barbara Shaw, Playbill Typesetter Emily Tartanella, Marketing Design Consultant Jane Pisano, Publications Consultant Krohn Design, Graphic Designer Christina Pinnell Rawls, Box Office Manager Heather Newhouse, Box Office Lead Associate Amanda Duchemin, Box Office Associate for Group Sales Xavier Boudreaux, Francesca Chilcote, Annie Immediata, Rachel Messbauer, Ian Patrick, Marianne Wald, Box Office Assistants EXTERNAL RELATIONS Garland Scott, Head of External Relations Esther French, Communications Associate Ben Lauer, Communications and Social Media Assistant Emory Blackstone, Videography and Digital Marketing Intern DIVISION OF EDUCATION Corinne Viglietta, Assistant Director of Education Danielle A. Drakes, School Programs Manager Kate Haase, Visitor Education Programs Manager Katherine Dvorak, Education Programs Assistant Greg Armstrong, Education Administrative Assistant Carrol Kindel, Docent Chair Michael LoMonico, Senior Consultant on National Education Louisa Newlin, Senior Consultant OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT Mary Zehe, Assistant Director of Development for Operations Winnie Harrington Robinson, Senior Development Officer for Major Gifts Connie L. Perez, Senior Development Officer for Institutional Relations Cari Romeu Mozur, Senior Development Officer for Annual Giving Leslie Gehring, Development Services Coordinator Elizabeth Stevens, Development Associate for Annual Giving Colleen Robinson, Development Associate for Major Gifts Elena Forbes, Development Associate for Institutional Relations DIRECTOR’S OFFICE Yvonne Barton, Executive Assistant to the Director
FOLGER THEATRE 2016/17 SEASON Janet Alexander Griffin Artistic Producer Beth Emelson Associate Artistic Producer
David Polk General Manager Charles Flye Production Manager
By William
Shakespeare Directed by Robert Richmond† Scenic Design
Costume Design
Lighting Design
Tony Cisek*
Mariah Hale*
Andrew F. Griffin*
Sound Design
Projection Design
Resident Dramaturg
Matt Otto*
Francesca Talenti
Michele Osherow
New York Casting
Folger Casting
Production Stage Manager
Daryl Eisenberg, CSA
Teresa Wood
Diane Healy**
Eisenberg/Beans Casting
Assistant Stage Manager
Megan Ball** Season Sponsors Helen and David Kenney and Family Roger and Robin Millay Neal T. Turtell Scott and Liz Vance
†Member of Stage Directors and Choreography Society *Member of United Scenic Artists **Member of Actors’ Equity Association
Contributing Sponsors Keith and Celia Arnaud Judy Areen and Richard Cooper
Associate Sponsors Bill and Evelyn Braithwaite Jeffrey P. Cunard Barbra Eaton and Ed Salners Wendy Frieman and Folger Theatre’s openDavid Johnson captioned performances William L. Hopkins are generously sponsored Andrea Kasarsky by Vinton and Sigrid Cerf Rick Kasten Julianna Mahley Peter and Mary Jay Michel Carolyn and Mark Olshaker This production is supported in Craig Pascal and part by an award from the Victor Shargai National Endowment for the Arts. Tessa van der Willigen and Jonathan Walters
FROM THE DIRECTOR I am delighted to return to the Folger for this production of Timon of Athens and to be working with such a talented group of artists on this play. For many people this production will be the first time they have encountered this play and the creative team, cast, and crew do not carry that responsibility lightly. Timon of Athens is a cautionary tale about society’s relationship and obsession with money. Within this potent and relevant story, Shakespeare writes an allegory that is truly timeless. It questions society’s greed for materialistic wealth, our misconception that money equals power, and the old adage that no amount of financial security will bring you love, loyalty, or happiness. However, our production deals with a deeper, darker subject than the downfall of the rich aristocrat. It explores the physiological destruction of the human spirit when outcast by a society and left to survive with nothing. The second half of the play focuses on Timon’s self-exile as he rants and rails against those that brought him to such an existence. Like a homeless person on the streets of Washington, D.C., he expounds his hatred for those that have rejected him in his time of need, curses those that have received his generosity but have shown none in return. Here, Shakespeare gives the story one of the most amazing twists as Timon discovers gold! In fact, it’s enough wealth to reinstate him into his life of luxury in Athens. However, he chooses not to return. Instead, his deep loathing for society gives him motivation to give away his new 4
fortune to fund the rebel army and to aid its fight to destroy Athens. His hatred runs so deep that he wants nothing more than to destroy humanity and ultimately himself. To this end, we have brought to the foreground the mental and psychological condition of the title character, highlighting his alienation, and exploring the theme of social anxiety.
Photo by Teresa Wood
Timon in the 21st Century
This adaptation has been a collaboration between the very talented design team, producers, actors, and the dramaturg. We have been working on distilling the essence of Shakespeare’s play and bringing the story into the 21st century, while remaining faithful to the language and imagery of the original. As we studied the play, we found the text to be complex and the plot line often unclear. The modern setting takes the play into a world of contemporary technology, a world with which we are all somewhat familiar—where friendship is weighed by one’s generosity, the meaning of loyalty has been lost, materialistic wealth is the only measure of one’s success, and friendship is an electronic acquaintance. A cautionary tale that needs to be told right here, right now! I would like to thank everyone at the Folger for allowing us to breathe new life into this much forgotten play. We hope you enjoy it. –Robert Richmond
CAST
(in alphabetical order)
Ventidius, Bandit Phrynia Alcibiades Cupid, Senator, Bandit, Servant Timandra Jeweler, Sempronius, Bandit Apemantus Painter, Lucullus Timon of Athens Flavius Poet, Lucius, Senator Merchant, Senator
Louis Butelli* Aliyah Caldwell Maboud Ebrahimzadeh* John Floyd Amanda Forstrom* Sean Fri * Eric Hissom* Andhy Mendez* Ian Merrill Peakes* Antoinette Robinson* Michael Dix Thomas* Kathryn Tkel*
Understudies Laura Artesi (Timandra, Cupid, Phrynia) Matthew Castleman (Alcibiades, Lucius) Sean Fri*(Timon of Athens)
Katelyn Manfre (Flavius, Merchant, Senator) Matthew Pauli (Apemantus, Sempronius) Michael Dix Thomas* (Ventidius, Lucullus)
*Members of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote, and foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 49,000 actors, singers, dancers, and stage managers working in hundreds of theaters across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theater as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www.actorsequity.org.
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This production is performed with one 15-minute intermission. Please refrain from using cell phones, cameras, or other recording devices during Timon of Athens. 5
FROM THE DRAMATURG Timon of Athens is a stand-out among Shakespeare’s plays, an unusual blend of tragedy and satire that juggles two inherited traditions about Timon dating back to the 2nd century: one depicts Timon as an outrageous misanthrope; the other as a man warped by the ingratitude of friends and empire. The play is unusual. We don’t know for sure that it was staged in Shakespeare’s lifetime, or that the text printed in the 1623 Folio is even complete. Timon seems to have been a last-minute addition to the collected works, perhaps because Shakespeare is only one of two playwrights responsible for it. Shakespeare’s collaborator, by most scholarly accounts, was the young Thomas Middleton, whose plays were performed by the King’s Men in the early years of the 17th century. Middleton was forging a name for himself with his popular city comedies and satirical portraits, and we see those impulses here. But though Timon is rich with satire, irony, and allegory, the play engages both mind and heart. Timon appears among the tragedies in the Folio, and this production is sympathetic to Timon’s misfortune: to his vulnerability, isolation, and mistreatment by those he thought were friends. No one around our rehearsal table denied the character compassion. The play prepares us from the start for a great man’s fall and links his demise to Lady Fortune’s “shift and change of mood.” But even Fortuna at her most fickle is less brutish than the “good friends” Timon entertains. 6
These men (and, in this production, women) are gluttons of self-interest; their lust for Timon’s gold and gifts and their ducking the bonds of friendship contribute more to Timon’s decline than does the mythic lady at her wheel. It’s not that Timon is innocent of wrongdoing, but his vice of immoderate generosity (and whatever vanity inspires it) is tenable enough; as Timon tells it, “faults that are rich are fair.” Philosophic cynic Apemantus remarks that Timon’s experience is rooted in extremes; the result is Timon’s detachment. Director Robert Richmond’s staging shows how wealth enables Timon’s self-imposed estrangement through an excessive use of technology. Human relationships are difficult for Timon, which explains his reliance on gifting to sustain connections. But a man for whom gold is a given may be ignorant of its complete allure. Timon assumes that the friends clamoring for his attention are inspired by something other than material perks. The cast often used the word ‘naïve’ to describe Timon’s blindness. It’s a blindness that, at least in part, is willful. Both Apemantus and the devoted Flavius try to tell Timon he’s being duped, that men “dip their meat in [Timon’s] blood.” It’s a truth Timon accepts only when its fallout leaves him in physical, mental, and financial ruins. The play’s focus on credit, influence, and greed leads scholar Marjorie Garber to view Timon as “most
pertinent to modern and post-modern life.” “If Timon is timeless,” she writes, “it is because it is always timely”(Shakespeare After All). That timeliness shows itself, too, in the way cash becomes a marker of ability and aptitude to rule. A dubious Senate offers Timon “absolute power” if he’ll prop up Athens in a desperate time. By this point, however, Timon is too full of loathing to hold dominion over men. He announces himself “Misanthropos,” and his language— once generous—is given over to invective and abuse. Timon’s curses are potentially as heartbreaking as they are vile. In railing against humankind, Timon rails against Timon. We get the sense that nothing he threatens approaches the wretchedness he chooses to take on. And yet, a kind of enlightenment
suggests itself when he acknowledges an affinity and honesty he had previously denied. It’s not enough to make him leave off cursing, but it’s a show of friendship, a variant gift. In the throes of his misanthropy, Timon insists he is “sick of this false world.” Surely that falsehood extends to Timon’s careless definition of friendship. It’s another way in which this play feels contemporary. Today, the swipe of a finger is enough to signal friendship in cyberspace. Relationships forged on screen seem particularly vulnerable to what Timon calls “knot-of-mouth” and “trencher” friends upon whom he’s unable to rely. Timon’s story alerts us to the danger of similar investments, the losses of which are so profound we may hardly know an honest friend when we see one. –Michele Osherow
SYNOPSIS In Timon of Athens, Timon discovers the limits of wealth and friendship. He spends freely on others and hosts banquets for many guests. Despite Flavius’ warnings, he spends so excessively that his money runs out. The philosopher Apemantus condemns Timon’s flatterers as insincere. Soon Timon’s creditors begin to call in their loans. Timon expects help from his friends, but they all refuse him money. Furious, he invites them again to a banquet, but reviles and dismisses them. Cursing Athens,
Timon exiles himself to the wilderness. There, the embittered Timon finds gold. He gives some to the enemies of Athens. When Senators beg him to return to Athens as a military leader to save the city from his banished friend Alcibiades, he refuses and retreats to a cave to die. Alcibiades defeats Athens, but promises to protect the city and its citizens. –Folger Digital Texts www.folgerdigitaltexts.org
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PRODUCTION CREDITS Assistant Technical Director Fight Director Assistant Director Assistant to the Director Production Assistant Scenic Design Assistant Props Master Set Construction Assistant Costume Designer Wardrobe Head Costume Construction Stitchers Sound Engineer Assistant Lighting Designer Master Electrician Assistant Master Electrician Projection Design Assistant For Daryl Eisenberg Casting Casting Coordinator Casting Assistant Advertising Agency Marketing Design Consultant Promotional & Cover Photography Production Photography Promotional & Production Video Archival Video Open Captioning
Rebekah Sheffer Joe Isenberg Emily Lyon Bailey Nassetta Elizabeth Brodie Audrey Bodek Tony Koehler Bella Faccia, Inc. Adalia Tonneyck Cidney Forkpah Ansaldo Costumes and Adalia Tonneyck Noelle Greata Courtney Leigh Wood Brandon Roe Mary Keegan Alex Keen Amanda Kircher Paul Deziel Jon Farber Sasha Pensanti WiT Media Emily Tartanella James Kegley Teresa Wood Lee Fanning, Mark Fastoso, APTV WAPAVA C2
Acknowledgements: Abbie Weinberg, Preferred Arms and Robb Hunter, World Travel Services. Folger Docents, Volunteer Ushers, and the Junior League of Washington DC are vitally important to our success. Heartfelt thanks to these generous donors of time and talent.
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CAST Louis Butelli Ventidius, Bandit Folger Theatre: Gravedigger’s Tale, Mary Stuart, Julius Caesar (2014, 2000), Twelfth Night (Helen Hayes nomination), Henry V, Henry VIII (Helen Hayes Award), Othello; Shakespeare Theatre Company: The Taming of the Shrew. Regional: Hartford Stage, ART, South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Yale Repertory, Long Wharf Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Off-Broadway: Sleep No More, Much Ado About Nothing, The Comedy of Errors, Agamemnon, Othello, Twelfth Night; The New Victory Theater: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; 47th St. Theater and Ars Nova: CYCLOPS: A Rock Opera (also director, co-writer, NYMF Award, Pulitzer Jury nomination, 3 LA Weekly Award nominations). Television: The Knick, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Unusuals, All My Children, Benders. Numerous national and international tours. Co-founder, Psittacus Productions. psittacusco.org. @louisbutelli.
Aliyah Caldwell Phrynia Dayo N Dance Contemporary Performance Company: UP! Dance Project; DANCE IQUAIL: Black Swan; Ballet Nouveau Contemporary Theatre: Winter Wonderland; BalaSole Dance Company: Mixtus; Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts: Journey. caldwell15aliyah.wixsite.com/aliyahycaldwell
Maboud Ebrahimzadeh Alcibiades Folger Theatre: Julius Caesar; Theatre Exile: The Invisible Hand; Forum Theatre: The Pillowman, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Bobrauschenbergamerica, Scorched; Gulfshore Playhouse: The Liar; CenterStage: The Container; The Kennedy Center: Mockingbird; Round House Theatre: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; Studio Theatre: Water by the Spoonful, Edgar and Annabel; Theater J: The Tale of the Allergist’s
Wife, Boged; Keegan Theatre: A Few Good Men; Imagination Stage, and The National Theatre: The BFG; Taffety Punk: Henry VI Part I, Pericles, Love’s Labour’s Lost; Hub Theatre: A Man, His Wife, and His Hat; 1st Stage: Side Man; Rorschach Theatre: After the Quake. Ebrahimzadeh recently starred in the film Imperium and Sally Pacholok. www.maboudebrahimzadeh.com
John Floyd Cupid, Senator, Bandit, Servant Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival: Unknown Soldier; Trustus Theatre: Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet, Peter and the Starcatcher, Marie Antoinette; Theatre SC: The Three Musketeers, Hamlet, The Trojan Women, The Women of Lockerbie, Ajax in Iraq, Yellowman, King Lear, The Importance of Being Earnest. @iJohnFloyd
Amanda Forstrom Timandra Folger Theatre: Sense and Sensibility (u/s), Julius Caesar (AD), Twelfth Night (u/s); Round House Theatre: Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Tartuffe (u/s); First Stage: Trevor; Keegan Theatre: Picasso at the Lapin Agile; Taffety Punk Theatre Company: The Tempest, Titus Andronicus, Bloody Poetry, Charm, Pericles, The Two Gentlemen of Verona; Rorschach Theatre: Very Still & Hard To See (Helen Hayes Award nomination, Outstanding Production), She Kills Monsters; SCENA Theatre: War of the Worlds (Prague Fringe Festival), Antigone Now (Preseren Festival), Handbag; WSC Avant Bard: Orlando; Arts on the Horizon: Adventures of Mr. Bear, Snow Day, Point A to Point B. Regional: Virginia Shakespeare Festival: Cymbeline, The Lost Colony; Pacific Performance Project/East: A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Off-Broadway: Irondale Ensemble: Julius Caesar, Color Between the Lines. Film and television: Redemption, UNION, Bennie’s, NewsWatch. amandaforstrom.net
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CAST Sean Fri Jeweler, Sempronius, Bandit Folger Theatre: Richard III; Signature Theatre: The Threepenny Opera; Shakespeare Theatre Company: The Tempest. Regional: Totem Pole Playhouse: Almost, Maine, Travels With My Aunt, Honus and Me, Suite Surrender, It Could Be Any One of Us, Sherlock Holmes, The Final Adventure, Murder in Green Meadows, Lone Star; Little Theater on the Square: Sanders Family Christmas; N.Y. Fringe: M (an adaptation of Macbeth). Off-Broadway: Kirk Theater: Heat Lightning; Aquila Theatre Company: Cyrano de Bergerac. Tours: Aquila Theatre Company: Much Ado About Nothing, Cyrano de Bergerac.
Eric Hissom Apemantus Folger Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Cyrano, Arcadia (Helen Hayes Award), Macbeth; Round House Theatre: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company: In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; Actors Theatre of Louisville: Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged); Asolo Repertory Theatre: Glengarry Glen Ross, The Games Afoot; Arden Theatre Company: Our Town, August: Osage County; Milwaukee Repertory Theater: Eurydice; Two River Theater Company: Melissa Arctic; Syracuse Stage: Around the World in Eighty Days; Cape Playhouse: The Mystery of Irma Vep; Orlando Shakespeare Theater: Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s Tale, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Private Lives, Art, Wittenberg. Off-Broadway: New York Fringe Festival: China–The Whole Enchilada. National Tour: The 39 Steps. Film and Television: Out of Time, Mortal Kombat, Sheena, One Tree Hill.
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Andhy Mendez Painter, Lucullus Regional Theatre: ASOLO Rep: Hamlet: Prince of Cuba. Off-Broadway: 777 Theatre: Strawberry and Chocolate; TNC: Sotto Voce, Daughter of the Waves. Film: Half the Perfect World, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story, Cuban Blood. Television: Orange is the New Black, Forever, Blue Bloods, Blacklist, Gossip Girl, NYC 22, Golden Boy. andhymendez.com
Ian Merrill Peakes Timon of Athens Folger Theatre: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Helen Hayes Award), Othello, Henry VIII (Helen Hayes nomination), Macbeth (Helen Hayes nomination), The Game of Love and Chance (Helen Hayes nomination), Measure for Measure, The Clandestine Marriage, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Melissa Arctic, Twelfth Night; Shakespeare Theatre Company: King Charles III, The Taming of the Shrew. REGIONAL: Arden Theatre: Equivocation, Something Intangible (Barrymore Award), All My Sons (Barrymore Award), Three Days of Rain; Wilma Theater: Body of an American, The Invention of Love; Philadelphia Theatre Company: Sideman (Barrymore Award); Theatre Exile: Invisible Hand (Barrymore Award nomination), Red Light Winter (Barrymore Award nomination); Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival; Walnut Street Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher; People’s Light & Theatre; Denver Center for the Performing Arts: The Catch, Glengarry Glen Ross, When Tang Met Laika; Actors Theatre of Louisville: The Crucible, Twelfth Night; Shakespeare Santa Cruz: Much Ado About Nothing; Pittsburgh Irish & Classical Theatre: The False Servant. Television: Still Standing, Hack, Homicide. FILM: Lebanon, PA, Gentleman’s Game.
Antoinette Robinson Flavius Folger Theatre: As You Like It. Regional: Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival: As You Like It, Our Town; Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival: Much Ado About Nothing; Seattle Children’s Theater: Edge of Peace; Guthrie Theater: Time Sensitive; Hyde Park Theater: Mr. Marmalade, The Motherf***er with the Hat; The Queen’s Company: Sir Patient Fancy, The Winter’s Tale, The Taming of the Shrew. Off-Broadway: New York Classical Theater: As You Like It. Film: Ol’ Daddy, Consumed, 9 Actors.
Michael Dix Thomas Poet, Lucullus, Senator Shakespeare Theatre Company/ACA: Love’s Labour’s Lost. Regional: Theater at Monmouth: Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Real Inspector Hound, Boeing Boeing, Macbeth, Hamlet; Portland Stage Company: The Sisters Rosensweig, A Christmas Carol; Shakespeare & Company: Measure for Measure; American Irish Repertory Ensemble: Brendan.
Kathryn Tkel Merchant, Senator Folger Theatre: Sense and Sensibility; Round House Theatre: Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley; Olney Theatre Center: Fickle: A Fancy French Farce; Woolly Mammoth Theater Company: An Octoroon; Ford’s Theatre: The Guard; Mosaic Theater Company: Promised Land; Rep Stage: Venus in Fur, Hunting and Gathering; Everyman Theatre: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Kennedy Center TYA: Mockingbird. Regional: Arizona Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet; San Jose Repertory Theatre: Legacy of Light, Secret Order; San Francisco Playhouse: Den of Thieves, The Story; Lorraine Hansberry Theatre: Almost Nothing, Day of Absence; California Conservatory Theatre: Steel Magnolias; Willows Theatre Company: The Kentucky Cycle; Just Theatre: 1001; Boxcar Theatre: Museum, Headspace, Animal Kingdom, Manners and Civility.
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CREATIVE TEAM Robert Richmond
Mariah Hale
Director Folger Theatre: Julius Caesar (2014, 2001), Richard III, Twelfth Night, Henry V, Othello, Henry VIII. As the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library audio recordings: Julius Caesar, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Regional theaters include: The Lost Colony; La Jolla Playhouse; Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Two River Theater Company. Off-Broadway: Much Ado About Nothing, The Comedy Of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Iliad: Book One, King Lear, Twelfth Night, Agamemnon. He is Artistic Director of Theatre South Carolina, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of South Carolina. Directed Dreadful Sorry, winner of the South Carolina Film Commission’s 2010 Production Grant. Robert Richmond is an Associate Artist of Folger Theatre.
Costume Design Folger Theatre: Sense and Sensibility, Mary Stuart, Julius Caesar, Richard III, Twelfth Night (Helen Hayes nomination), Henry V, Henry VIII (Associate) Helen Hayes nomination), Othello (Associate). Regional: Papermill Playhouse: A Comedy of Tenors, A Bronx Tale (Assoc.); Cleveland Playhouse: A Comedy of Tenors (Assoc.); Goodspeed Opera/Norma Terris Theatre: Both Barrels; McCarter Theatre: Murder on the Orient Express (Assoc.); Algonquin Arts Center: The 39 Steps (Perry nomination); Freehold FPAC: Tartuffe (Count Basie Theater Award); American Stage Co.: The Butter and Egg Man; Dallas Theater Center: Arsenic and Old Lace (Assoc.); Roundabout Theatre: for WIL Studios: Picnic, Company. Off-Broadway: Variety Arts Theater: A Good Swift Kick. National Tours for WIL Studios: Crazy for You, Guys and Dolls, Music of the Night. Broadway for WIL Studios: A Bronx Tale, Chicago, Smokey Joe’s Café, Laughter on the 23rd Floor. mariahhaledesign.com
Tony Cisek Scenic Design Folger Theatre: District Merchants, Mary Stuart, Julius Caesar, Richard III, Twelfth Night, Henry V, The Taming of the Shrew, Othello (2011), The Comedy of Errors, Henry VIII, Much Ado About Nothing (2009, 1998), 1 Henry IV, The School For Scandal, The Tempest (2007, 2000), Romeo and Juliet (2005, 1997), Melissa Arctic, Elizabeth the Queen, Twelfth Night (costumes), As You Like It (2001), Shakespeare’s R & J, Hamlet; Folger Consort: The Second Shepherds’ Play (2016, 2007), Comus. Work at other DC theatres includes: Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, Signature Theatre, Theater J, Theater Alliance, The Kennedy Center. Regional theaters include: Guthrie Theater, Goodman Theatre, Alliance Theatre, South Coast Rep, Milwaukee Rep, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Cleveland Play House, Intiman Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Syracuse Stage, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Two River Theater Company, Delaware Theatre Company. OffBroadway: Beyond Glory, columbinus. tonycisek.com
Andrew F. Griffin Lighting Design Folger Theatre: Twelfth Night, Henry V (Helen Hayes Award), Othello (Helen Hayes nomination); Olney Theater Center: The Producers, Avenue Q, A Chorus Line, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown; Signature Theatre: The Last 5 Years; Woolly Mammoth: You for Me for You; Synetic Theater: King Lear (Helen Hayes Award), The Tempest (Helen Hayes nomination), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello; Theatre J: Race. New York: TiltYard: Midsummer; Cantata Profana: Diary of One Who Vanished; Artist Crossin at Access Theatre: The War Boys. Regional: Delaware Theatre Company: Hefty Feather; Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre: Jelly’s Last Jam; Yale Repertory Theatre: The Moors; Riverside Theatre: A Chorus Line; Yale Dramatic Association: The Wild Party; Yale Summer Cabaret: Midsummer, Orlando, Antarctica!, Phaedra’s Love; Tricities Opera: La Boheme. International: He Left Quietly (Toronto, Canada). MFA Yale School of Drama. AFGLighting.com
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STORIES TO SPARK
BY
DIRECTED BY
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ROBERT RICHMOND OCTOBER 10 – NOVEMBER 19, 2017
A NEW COMEDY ADAPTED FROM THE CONGREVE PLAY WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
THERESA REBECK
JANUARY 9 – FEBRUARY 11, 2018
THE IMAGINATION
BY
DIRECTED BY
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AARON POSNER MARCH 13 – APRIL 22, 2018
“FOLGER THEATRE IS THE CLASSIEST SHOWCASE FOR THE BARD IN TOWN AND POSSIBLY THE NATION.” —MD THEATRE GUIDE
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CREATIVE TEAM Matt Otto Sound Design Adventure Theatre: Ella Enchanted; Solas Nua: Johnny Meister and the Stitch (Helen Hayes Award nomination). Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival: Our Town; Brown/ Trinity Rep: In the Next Room, or the vibrator play; Yale Rep: Stones in His Pockets; Colt Couer: Empathitrax; Barrow Group: Abigail’s Party, Pavilion; Leviathan Theatre Company: Living Room Series: Immigration; Ma-Yi Theater Company: Alamat: Filipino Gold; Cherry Lane Theatre: King Lear. OffBroadway: Fractured Atlas: The Fatal Eggs; 59e59: Hi Hitler; The Edinburgh Fringe (SCT); Tectonic Theatre Project: Square Peg Round Hole. MFA: Yale School of Drama. mattotto.co
Francesca Talenti Projection Design Folger Theatre: Pericles, Hamlet. Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Festival: Pericles; REDCAT: Palm Quart; PlayMakers Repertory Company: Penelope, Pericles; Burning Coal Theatre Company: Hysteria. Off-OffBroadway: The Brick Theatre: The Uncanny Valley (Playwright/Director). Film and television: Writer/ director of more than 20 independent films and animations. Awards: Best Animation, Adobe Digital Cinema Festival; Sundance Film Festival; Grants: Kauffman Foundation, WGBH, The Independent Television Service and Latino Public Broadcasting. Teaching: Professor Emerita, the University or North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Education: MFA, the University of Southern California; BA, Brown University.
Joe Isenberg Fight Director Folger Theatre: Macbeth. Work at other theaters includes: Arena Stage, The Washington National Opera, Kennedy Center’s Theatre for Young Audiences, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, Studio Theatre, Signature Theatre, and Theatre J. Regional theaters: Bard SummerScape, Humana Festival 2011 and 2012, Florida Stage, and InterAct Theatre. Assistant Fight Choreographer at
Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and the Metropolitan Opera. Teaching: The University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Howard University, Georgetown University, and the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Awards: 2013 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Choreography. Received the Kennedy Center/Keenan Fund for the Arts Fight Choreographer in Residence for 2010-11. Training: The North Carolina School of the Arts.
Diane Healy Production Stage Manager Folger Theatre: Sense and Sensibility. Regional theaters include: McCarter Theatre, Shakespeare & Company, Oldcastle Theatre Company, Bard College, Green Mountain College, East Tennessee State University, and St. Andrew’s University. Off-Broadway: Bedlam: Cry Havoc!, Twelfth Night and What You Will, Sense & Sensibility; Theatre for a New Audience: The Father, A Doll’s House; Mabou Mines: Imagining the Imaginary Invalid; Primary Stages: Perfect Arrangement; Barrow Street Theatre: Hit The Wall, Tribes. Work in other theaters includes: Playwrights Realm, Atlantic Theatre Company, LCT3, Soho Playhouse, Keen Company, LaMama, The Civilians, Ensemble Studio Theatre.
Megan Ball Assistant Stage Manager Folger Theatre: As You Like It; Taffety Punk Theatre Company: Bootleg Shakespeare Henry VI, Part 1, An Iliad, The Rape of Lucrece, Phaeton. Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival: Becoming Sylvia, The Last of the Red Hot Lovers; Tent Theatre: Steel Magnolias, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940. meganmball.com.
Michele Osherow Resident Dramaturg Folger Theatre: As You Like It, Sense and Sensibility, District Merchants, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2016, 2006), texts&beheadings/ElizabethR, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Mary Stuart, Julius Caesar; Fiasco Theater Company: The
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CREATIVE TEAM Two Gentlemen of Verona, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet (dramaturg and actor), Twelfth Night, Henry V, The Conference of the Birds, The Taming of the Shrew, The Gaming Table, Othello (2011, 2001), Cyrano, The Comedy of Errors, Henry VIII, Hamlet, Orestes: A Tragic Romp, Much Ado About Nothing, Arcadia, The Winter’s Tale, 1 Henry IV, Macbeth, The Tempest, Measure for Measure (dramaturg and actor). Regional: Quotidian Theatre Company: Afterplay (actor), A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur (actor), Captain Drew on Leave, Dublin Carol, The Carpetbagger’s Children, The Mollusc, Tomorrow (actor), The Seagull (actor), Valentine’s Day (actor), While We Have the Light (actor), Uncle Vanya (actor), A Little Trick (actor); Jewish Repertory Theatre: The Dybbuk (actor). Arden Theatre Company: The Chosen, As You Like It (actor), Love’s Labors [sic] (actor); Associate Professor of English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Janet Alexander Griffin Artistic Producer Director of Public Programs for the Folger Shakespeare Library since 1982. She has produced 85 plays, including 30 Shakespeare plays, for which Folger Theatre has been recognized with 154 nominations and 24 awards for excellence in acting, direction, design, and production from Washington’s Helen Hayes Awards. Among new work she has developed at Folger was Lynn Redgrave’s solo show, Shakespeare for My Father, which in final development toured internationally and earned Redgrave a Tony Award. Responsible for the Folger Shakespeare Library’s season of performing arts and cultural events, she has overseen the growth of the Folger Consort early music series and developed contemporary literature and lectures at Folger, including the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series and Folger’s partnership with the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, bringing the country’s most renowned writers to the Washington, DC area. She is the 2015 recipient of the Burbage Award from the American Shakespeare Center.
Beth Emelson Associate Artistic Producer Folger Theatre: since 2004. Off-Broadway: Producing Director, Atlantic Theater Company (OBIE and Drama Desk Award winner); Producing Director, Classic Stage Company (Lortel and OBIE Award winner). Broadway and Off-Broadway: Associate Executive Producer, Lincoln Center Theater (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle, Lortel and OBIE Award winner); General Management Associate: Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Public Theater; Producing Director and Member, Naked Angels. She has also produced several short films, a comedy series for HBO and she produces for both the Nantucket and Tribeca Film Festivals as well as teaching producing for New York University.
Daryl Eisenberg, CSA Eisenberg/Beans Casting New York Casting Folger Theatre: As You Like It, Sense and Sensibility, District Merchants, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Mary Stuart, Julius Caesar, Richard III, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Henry V. Theater credits include: Who’s Your Baghdaddy, Brave New World, That Bachelorette Show, White’s Lies, The Anthem, The Dodgers, Speakeasy Dollhouse/The Brothers Booth, Around The World In 80 Days, My Big Gay Italian Wedding, Miss Abigail’s Guide…, My First Time, The Awesome 80s Prom, F#%king Up Everything, Altar Boyz. Norwegian Cruise Line, Davenport Reading Series, Aaron Grant Theatrical, Stageworks Media, Gotham Stage Company, and countless festivals, readings, and workshops. Film credits include: Cheerleader, EVOL, Hypebeasts, Sleep (HBO). Television credits include: Casting Associate on Gossip Girl (Warner Bros/The CW) and Cashmere Mafia (Sony/ABC). Web/New media includes: Limetown, The Bunny Hole, Pipture: Characters. Graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Member of Casting Society of America. @DECasting
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Additional support for Folger Theatre comes from: Joan and Peter Andrews Mildred Grinnell Clarke Public Programs Endowment Wyatt R. and Susan N. Haskell Public Programs Endowment Fund John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Public Programs Endowment Fund Dimick Foundation The Helen Clay Frick Foundation MARPAT Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Shakespeare in American Communities Shubert Foundation Share Fund Theatre Programs Endowment
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With special thanks to the family Clark-Winchcole Foundation and friends of Lily St. John McKee Marshall B. Coyne Foundation (1987-2015), recognizing the D.C. Commission on the Arts and creation of the Lily St. John McKee Humanities, an agency supported Memorial Fund. in part by the National Endowment for the Arts Dimick Foundation Corporate, Foundation, and Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Government Support: The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Folger Shakespeare Library gratefully Foundation, Inc. acknowledges the kind support of the The Lee & Juliet Folger Fund following institutional donors. The list John Edward Fowler Memorial below includes gifts of $1,000 or more received between March 16, 2016 and Foundation March 15, 2017. The Helen Clay Frick Foundation The Ann & Gordon Getty Anonymous Foundation American Friends of the Graham Holdings Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, The Richard & Mica Hadar Inc. Foundation The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Hannay Reels Foundation Capitol Hill Community Foundation Heinz Family Foundation Holland & Knight LLP Anthony & Anna L. Carozza Mark and Carol Hyman Fund Foundation
SUPPORTERS iTunes KieranTimberlake Lannan Foundation MARPAT Foundation The Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation Mars Foundation Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Moleskine The Mosaic Foundation (of R. & P. Heydon) National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program & the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities National Recreation Foundation Overseas Hardwoods Company The Carl & Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Renaissance Charitable Foundation The Nora Roberts Foundation Nadia Sophie Seiler Memorial Fund Share Fund The Shubert Foundation Weissberg Foundation
Individual Donors for Folger: Folger Shakespeare Library gratefully acknowledges the kind support of the following individuals. The list below includes gifts and pledges of $250 or more received between March 16, 2016 and March 15, 2017.
$50,000+ The Lord Browne of Madingley David Hannay $25,000-$49,999 Jarrett & Nora Arp Vinton & Sigrid Cerf Louis & Bonnie Cohen J. May Liang & James Lintott Eugene A. Ludwig & Dr. Carol Ludwig Roger & Robin Millay Darcy & Andy Nussbaum Neal T. Turtell $15,000-$24,999 Twiss & Patrick Butler Florence & Neal S. Cohen Susan Sachs Goldman Helen & David Kenney The Honorable John D. Macomber William & Louisa Newlin Gail Kern Paster Loren & Frances Rothschild
Mr. & Mrs. B. Francis Saul, II Scott & Liz Vance $10,000-$14,999 Mr. Harry Bookey Nicky Cymrot Maygene & Steve Daniels Peter & Rose Edwards Miguel & Patricia Estrada Mr. Douglas Evans David & Margaret Gardner William L. Hopkins Mr. & Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. Nancy & Steve Howard Deneen Howell & Donald Vieira Maxine Isaacs Jacqueline Badger Mars John & Connie McGuire Andrew Oliver & Melanie Du Bois Timothy & Linda O’Neill Mary Parsons Mr. & Mrs. H. Axel Schupf Mr. & Mrs. Albert H. Small Drs. Michael L. Witmore & Kellie Robertson $5,000-$9,999 Anonymous Judy Areen & Richard Cooper Keith & Celia Arnaud Roger & Julie Baskes Bill & Evelyn Braithwaite Rebecca Bushnell & John Toner Heather & Dick Cass Dr. Thomas Cohen & Dr. Lisa Cohen-Fuentes Brian & Karen Conway Denise Gwyn Ferguson Dr. Stephen H. Grant & Ms. Abigail B. Wiebenson The Honorable C. Boyden Gray Dr. David E. Johnson & Ms. Wendy Frieman Andi H. Kasarsky Karl K. & Carrol Benner Kindel Richard & Jane Levy Ken Ludwig & Adrienne George J.C. & Mary McElveen Ms. Penny Moden Carl & Undine Nash Courtney & Scott Pastrick Mr. Ben Reiter & Mrs. Alice Goldman Reiter Gabriela & Douglas Smith David & Liz Steinglass Louis B. Thalheimer & Juliet A. Eurich Tara Ghoshal Wallace Nyla & Gerry Witmore Ellen & Bernard Young
$2,500-$4,999 Anonymous (2) Gary & Mary Ellen Abrecht D. James Baker & Emily Lind Baker Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Brown Howard M. Brown Susan & Dixon Butler Professor Carmen A. CasĂs Mr. & Mrs. Perry Cofield Jeffrey P. Cunard Philip J. Deutch & Marne L. Levine Ms. Dorothea W. Dickerman & Mr. Richard Kevin Becker Barbra Eaton & Ed Salners Mr. & Mrs. Michael Eig Professor Peter Erickson & Ms. Lisa Corrin Mr. & Mrs. Harold B. Gill Brent Glass & Cathryn Keller Wyatt R. & Susan N. Haskell Catherine Held Ms. Deidre Holmes DuBois & Mr. Christopher E. DuBois Rick Kasten Arthur and Yvonne Koenig Col. Denny Lane & Ms. Naoko Aoki Dr. David Eric Lees & Dr. Daniele F. Huntington Abbe D. Lowell & Molly A. Meegan Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Lyon Julianna Mahley Mark McConnell & Leslie Delagran Mr. & Mrs. Leander McCormickGoodhart Pam McFarland & Brian Hagenbuch Peter & Mary Jay Michel Martin & Elaine Miller Jane & Paul Molloy Cullen & Anna Marie Murphy Mr. Terence R. Murphy & Ms. Patricia A. Sherman Dr. Rebeccah Kinnamon Neff Carolyn & Mark Olshaker Gail Orgelfinger & Charles Hanna Craig Pascal & Victor Shargai Deborah C. Payne Drs. Eldor & Judith Pederson Earl & Carol Ravenal Ms. Lola Reinsch Ms. Joanna S. Rose Stuart & Mimi Rose Mary Jane Ruhl Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Salinger Howard Shapiro & Shirley Brandman John & Alison Steadman Robert J. & Tina M. Tallaksen Mr. Leslie C. Taylor
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SUPPORTERS Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Tonkel Tessa van der Willigen & Jonathan Walters Toby & Stacie Webb Professor R L Widmann $1,000-$2,499 Anonymous (5) John & Nancy Abeles Michael S. Berman & Deborah Cowan Ms. Gigi Bradford & Mr. Jim Stanford Mr. & Mrs. David G. Bradley Mr. & Mrs. I. Townsend Burden, III William J. Camarinos Mr. Richard H. Cleva Leslie & Ray Clevenger Mr. Mark D. Colley & Ms. Deborah A. Harsch Mr. Edwin P. Conquest, Jr. Mr. Eric Cooper Dr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Cooper Mr. Douglas R. Cox Ms. D. Elizabeth Crompton Professor Adele S. Davidson Ms. Harriet H. Davis Porter & Lisa Dawson Mr. Daniel De Simone & Ms. Angela Scott Mr. John F. Downey Steve Dunn & Tom Burkhardt Rose & John Eberhardt Marjorie & Anthony Elson The “Folger Five” 1998-1999 Long-term Fellows: Patricia Fortini Brown Ann Rosalind Jones Susan Lanser Jessie Ann Owens Peter Stallybrass Mr. Robert Fontenrose Carla & George Frampton Eric Friedenwald-Fishman Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Galvin Jere Gibber & J.G. Harrington Ms. Barbara Goldberg Ms. Patricia J. Gray Ann Greer Dr. Martha Gross & Mr. Robert Tracy Elizabeth H. Hageman Mr. & Mrs. Ridgway Hall Ruth Hansen & Lawrence Plotkin Ms. Agnes M. Hardison & Mr. Francisco J. Sanchez Mrs. O.B. Hardison, Jr. Martha Harris Florence & Peter D. Hart
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Mr. Joseph M. Hassett & Ms. Carol Melton Terrance & Noel Hefty Ms. Anita G. Herrick Eric H. Hertting Michael J. Hirrel Mrs. Wilhelmina Holladay Mr. Michael B. Jennison Mr. & Mrs. David H. Jones Mr. & Mrs. Sherman E. Katz Mr. Derek Kaufman & Mrs. Leora Horwitz Mr. & Mrs. Robert Keatinge Dr. Anne M. King Professor John N. & Pauline King Dr. Marcel C. LaFollette & Mr. Jeffrey K. Stine Ms. Faith S. Lambert Mr. & Mrs. J. Ronald Langkamp Mr. Hiram G. Larew Dr. Carole Levin Mr. Robert Liberatore Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Liden Mr. & Mrs. Robert Case Liotta David Lloyd, Realtor Sandra Lotterman Mr. & Mrs. David J. Lundsten Mr. Thomas G. MacCracken Mr. & Mrs. John McGinnis Ms. Chloe Miller Dr. Barbara A. Mowat Ms. Essence Newhoff & Dr. Paul Gardullo Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nordhaus Dr. & Mrs. George R. Packard, III Charles & Susan Parsons Anne Parten & Philip Nelson Ms. Rebecca Penniman & Mr. Louis Wittenberg Ms. Cynthia L. Rapp Mr. David Roberts & Dr. David Spencer Dr. Markley Roberts Ms. Laura Selene Rockefeller Mr. Josh Samet & Ms. Juli Baer Mr. & Mrs. K. Dudley Schadeberg Dr. Marianne Schuelein & Mr. Ralph M. Krause Dr. Lois Green Schwoerer Prof. Barbara A. Shailor Ph.D. & Prof. Harry W. Blair II Ph.D. Dr. James Shapiro Cary Sherman Mr. James B. Sitrick David Smith & Ilene Weinreich Ms. Joanne M. Sten Mr. Hubert M. Stiles Jr. (& Obe’s Book Club, 6/10/16 gift)
Mr. & Dr. Ron Tenpas Mary Augusta & George D. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Tim Thornton Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Trooboff Mr. & Mrs. James T. Turner Mr. Nigel Twose & Ms. Priscilla Annamanthodo The Honorable Seth Waxman & Ms. Debra Goldberg Mrs. Eric Weinmann Mr. David Weisman & Ms. Jacqueline Michel Ms. Gloria M. Weissberg Mr. Donald E. White & Ms. Betty W. Good-White Ms. Mary-Sherman Willis & Mr. C. Scott Willis Ms. Nicole Winard Philip & Tricia Winterer Beverly & Christopher With Mr. Douglas Wolfire Anne & Fred Woodworth Laura Yerkovich & John Winkler Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Zarr $500-$999 Anonymous (3) Mr. & Mrs. Howard Ahmanson Dr. Peter J. Albert & Ms. Charlotte Mahoney Bess & Greg Ballentine Mr. & Mrs. David B. Barefoot Ms. Kyle Z. Bell & Mr. Alan G.R. Bell Mr. Brent James Bennett Mr. Richard Ben-Veniste & Ms. Donna Grell Ms. Kathleen Bergin Dr. James E. Bernhardt & Ms. Beth C. Bernhardt Drs. Robin & Clare Biswas Dr. Jean C. Bolan Mr. Henry H. Booth Dr. Mary H. Branton Lord & Lady Browne of Ladyton Kathleen Burger & Glen Gerada John Byrd & Lina Watson Mr. & Mrs. Lewis R. Cabe Barbara Fahs Charles & Robert Staples Ms. Melissa W. Clark Mr. & Mrs. John J. Collins Ronald M. Costell, M.D., & Marsha E. Swiss Robert W. Cover II & Bonnie Lepoff Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Daniels Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. DeVincentis Mr. & Mrs. Clark Evans Downs Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Eater Dr. William E. Engel
SUPPORTERS Louise H. Engle Ms. Marietta Ethier Dr. Robert J. Fehrenbach Mr. Gerald M. Feierstein Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Feinberg Charles Fendig & Maria Fisher Melody & Albert Fetske Ms. Tracy Fisher Mr. Roland M. Frye, Jr. & Ms. Susan M. Pettey Ms. Nancy C. Garrison Ms. Michelle Gluck & Dr. Walter Smith Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. Goelzer Jill Hartman John & Meg Hauge Mrs. Anthony E. Hecht Mr. David H. Hofstad Dr. & Mrs. James R. Howe Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Hurst Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Jackson Mr. Kenneth Karmiole Sarah & David Kelly Mr. Christopher Kendall & Ms. Susan Schilperoort Katherine & Duncan Kennedy Ms. Caroline Kenney Wendy & Robert Kenney Mr. Robert L. Kimmins Kim & Elizabeth Kowalewski Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Lauzon Dr. Robert Lawshe Frances & Emery Lee Mr. & Mrs. Terry Lenzner Mr. Roy Lind Mr. & Mrs. Michael S. Lopez Ms. Giovanni Lynch Dr. Kathleen Lynch & Mr. John C. Blaney Wes MacAdam Mr. James Mach Mr. Carl Mahoney Mr. & Mrs. Mark A. Mancini Ms. Catherine McClave Dr. Heather A. McPherson Mr. David Messer Mr. & Mrs. Aaron Miller Mr. & Mrs. George K. Miller Mr. Hilary B. Miller & Dr. Katherine N. Bent Hazel C. Moore Theodore & Mary Eugenia Myer Mrs. Nancy Nelkin Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm B. Niedner Betty Ann Ottinger Mr. & Mrs. Peter Parshall Ms. Sheila J. Peters Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Carl F. Pfeiffer
Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Phillips Dr. & Mrs. Warren S. Poland Ms. Valerie Elizabeth Powell Mr. Jonathan Rich Joan Shorey Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bland Smith Marilyn & Hugh South Mr. Robert Spann & Ms. Elizabeth Whiteley Mr. George H. Spencer Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Stanley Mr. & Mrs. Donald Street Allan & Kim Stypeck Ms. Constance Sullivan Ms. Susan Sutton Ms. Kathryn M. Truex James & Carol Tsang Mr. Scott F. Turow Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Van Voorhees Drs. Alden & Virginia Vaughan Mr. & Mrs. Howard R. Webber Mr. Christopher White Webster Ms. Carolyn L. Wheeler Clint White, WiT Media Mr. & Mrs. Kevin B. Wilshere Professor Michael Winkelman Ms. Abby L. Yochelson & Mr. Wallace Mlyniec Phyllis Jane Young $250-$499 Anonymous (3) Ms. Monica Lynn Agree Mr. Thomas Ahern Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Charles T. Alexander Dr. Boris Allan & Ms. Kathleen L. Pomroy Mr. & Mrs. Stewart F. Aly Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Andrews Ms. Jerrilyn V. Andrews & Mr. Donald E. Hesse Ms. Doris E. Austin Ms. Suzanne Bakshian & Mr. Vincent A. Chiappinelli Mr. Seymour Barasch Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Barry Mr. & Mrs. David M. Beckmann Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Benson Ellen S. Berelson & Larry Franks Dr. Katherine Berry & Mr. Christian Buchmann Mr. & Mrs. Stephen F. Black Ms. Mary C. Blake Ms. Mary Josie Blanchard Dr. & Mrs. David W. Blois Mr. Steven Bloom Mr. James L. Blum Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Bochner Mr. George H. Booth, II
Ms. Gwen W. Brewer Mr. & Mrs. James D. Bridgeman Drs. John Brineman & Sandra Chai Mr. & Mrs. John R. Brinkema Dr. James C. Bulman Mr. Stanley C. Burgess, Jr. Colonel & Mrs. Lance J. Burton Ms. Victoria Butler & Mr. Tim Carney Professor Charles Butterworth Mr. Jerry Calistein Ms. Patricia Catalano Colonel & Mrs. Larry M. Cereghino Mr. Wallace W. Chandler Mr. John Chester Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Cohen Doug & Kathy Cook Ms. Melissa Cook Mr. & Mrs. William E. Cooke Mr. & Mrs. Gary R. Correll Dr. John Cox & Dr. Lo-Ann Nguyen-Cox Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Craft, Jr. Ms. Katheryn L. Cranford Ms. Sarah A. Davidson Vice Adm. Dirk J. Debbink Marilyn Dillihay & Guy Standen Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Donaldson Mr. & Mrs. Bill Donohue Ms. Frances G. Durako Dr. Terry Dwyer & Dr. Marcy F. Petrini Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Eager Mr. David J. Edmondson Ms. Roberta L. Ellington Mrs. John Eustice Arthur & Shirley Fergenson Mr. & Mrs. Charles F. Field Anne & Lucas Fischer Ms. Laurie Fletcher & Dr. Allan Fraser Nancy M. Folger & Sidney Werkman Mr. Douglas Freeman Ms. Rhonda Friedler Mrs. Joanne Garris Mr. & Mrs. William B. Garrison, Jr. Donald Gilman Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Mr. Gregg H.S. Golden Mr. & Mrs. Michael Goldstein Ms. Ann V. Gordon & Mr. Martin Singer Professors Suzanne & Philip Gossett Mr. John E. Graves, RIA & Ms. Hanh Phan Sayre N. Greenfield, Ph.D. & Linda V. Troost, Ph.D.
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SUPPORTERS Mr. Bruce N. Gregory & Ms. Paula Causey Neal & Janice Gregory Janet & Christopher Griffin Ms. Maria E. Grosjean Mr. & Mrs. C. David Gustafson Dr. Nancy E. Gwinn & Dr. John Y. Cole Mr. & Mrs. Donald B. Haller Dr. Susan R. Haynes & Dr. Carl C. Baker Ms. Barbara W. Hazelett Robert E. Hebda Patricia Henkel Mr. & Mrs. Keith B. Hennessey Ms. Rebecca Higgins Mr. Erich S. Hintze & Ms. Kristina G. McNeff Dr. Heather A. Hirschfeld & Prof. Anthony Welch Larry & Amanda Hobart Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hut Mr. Gregory Jackson Ms. Elizabeth M. Janthey Dr. & Mrs. Russel C. Jones Mr. & Mrs. James Jordan Dr. & Mrs. Ralph J. Justus Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Kalb Ms. Sara W. Kane Dr. John Kelley Mrs. Margot Kelly Mr. Edward Kenney Andrea & Joseph Kerr Ms. Lynne Myers Klimmer Mr. James Knighton Mr. Michael Kolakowski Mr. & Mrs. George Koukourakis Edward & Kathleen Kovach Mr. Richard Krasnow Mr. & Mrs. Simon C. Krinsky Dr. Karen Ordahl Kupperman Dr. David R. Lampe Mr. David W. Lankford David Larch & Deborah Roudebush Mr. Michael Lebovitz Lilly S. Lievsay Dr. Frances Litrenta Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Livingston Mr. Joseph Loewenstein & Ms. C. Lynne Tatlock Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Lynch Dr. Deborah L. Malkovich & Dr. William Freimuth Mr. James W. McBride Ms. Elizabeth McClary Ms. Susan McCloskey Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. McHenry Marilyn & Charles McMillion
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Dr. Brian R. McNeill Beverly J. Melani & Bruce E. Walker Mr. Steven J. Metalitz & Ms. Kit J. Gage Eric Minton & Sarah J. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey C. Morell Mr. E. James Morton & Ms. Matthild C. Schneider Ms. Sheila A. Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Myers Mr. Mike Newton & Dr. Linda Werling Ms. Alice L. Norris Michael & Karen O’Connell Mr. & Mrs. Ernest T. Oskin Mr. & Mrs. David M. Osnos Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Palmer Mr. Stephen Partridge Ms. Barbara A. Patocka Linda Levy Peck Mr. Joseph Perta Ms. Julie Pfeiffer Professor Anne Lake Prescott Ms. Gerit Ann Quealy Mrs. Jacqueline L. Quillen Mr. Terry Quist Mr. Robert E. Ramsey & Ms. Elizabeth Brown Mr. and Mrs. Steve Randolph Mr. & Mrs. Firoze Rao Mrs. Donald Rappaport Mr. & Mrs. Erik M. Rasmussen Mr. John Ratigan Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Reynolds Winnie & Alexander Robinson Dr. Kenneth Rock Ellen & Richard Rodin Mr. Peter Rogen Mr. Philip K. Rogers Mr. Edward Rowland & Mrs. Salley Cotten-Rowland Ms. Theresa Rusch Mr. Thomas Glenn Saunders Drs. Alan N. & Geraldine P. Schechter Mr. D. Stanton Sechler Mr. & Mrs. Mark Shields Dr. Sherry Wood Shuman & Mr. Philip B. Shuman Kay & George Simmons Professor Richard E. Spear & Professor Athena Tacha Dr. Edward Starr Mr. & Mrs. Albert P. Stauderman Mr. Daniel Steiner Mr. Carl Wesley Stephens & Ms. Catherine L. Moore
Ms. Jeneva Stone Ms. Theresa A. Sullivan Mr. & Mrs. Bruce N. Tanzer Mr. Jonathan Taylor & Ms. Dianne Shaughnessy Amy & Mark Tercek Mr. & Mrs. John V. Thomas Dr. Nancy Eve Thomas & Mr. Nick Olmos-Lau Mr. & Mrs. Warren Dean Thrasher Ms. Elizabeth Tobey Mrs. Ellen Tunstall Ms. Susan Wilcox Turner Dr. Arina van Breda Dr. & Mrs. Peter J. Ventimiglia Drs. Betsy & Alkinoos Vourlekis Bryan & Diana Watabe Mr. Forrest F. Weight Mr. & Mrs. William J. Weinhold Dr. & Mrs. John R. Wennersten Ms. Teresa S. Whiting Ms. Beverly Wicker Gary & Josephine Williams Ms. Mele Williams Mr. & Mrs. Roy L. Williams Dr. Howard Wolf Ms. Elizabeth Workman Mr. & Mrs. Alan S. Wyatt The Yacobucci Family Dr. Robert G. Young Dr. Georgianna Ziegler The First Folio Society The list below includes all friends who have included the Folger Shakespeare Library in their estate plans through a will commitment, a life income gift, or a beneficiary designation in a life insurance policy or retirement plan.
Anonymous (2) Professor Judith H. Anderson Ms. Doris E. Austin Dr. Carol Barton Professor Carmen A. Casís Ms. Mary Cole The Honorable Esther Coopersmith Susan Fawcett & Richard Donovan Wendy Frieman & David Johnson Dr. Elise Goodman (bequest will be in memory of Elise Goodman & Rolf Soellner) Mrs. Karen Gundersheimer Dr. Werner L. Gundersheimer Dr. Elizabeth H. Hageman Dr. Jay L. Halio Catherine Held Eric H. Hertting Mr. Michael J. Hirrel Dr. Dee Ann Holisky
SUPPORTERS Ms. Deidre Holmes DuBois & Mr. Christopher E. DuBois William L. Hopkins Ms. Elizabeth J. Hunt Maxine Isaacs Bruce Janacek Mrs. Robert J.T. Joy Dr. Elizabeth T. Kennan Karl K. & Carrol Benner Kindel Professor John N. King Pauline G. King Merwin Kliman Professor Barbara Kreps Dr. Carole Levin Lilly S. Lievsay Dr. Nancy Klein Maguire Pam McFarland & Brian Hagenbuch Mr. Gene B. Mercer Roger & Robin Millay Dr. Barbara A. Mowat Ms. Sheila A. Murphy Gail Kern Paster Linda Levy Peck Dr. Sylvia Holton Peterson Professor Kristen Poole
Professor Anne Lake Prescott Dr. Mark Rankin Dr. Markley Roberts Dr. Richard Schoch Mrs. S. Schoenbaum Lisa Schroeter Dr. Lois Green Schwoerer Mr. Theodore Sedgwick Albert H. Small Neal T. Turtell Drs. Alden & Virginia Vaughan Barbara Wainscott Dr. Barbara A. Wanchisen Dr. Richard M. Waugaman, M.D. & Elisabeth P. Waugaman, Ph.D. Professor R L Widmann The Honorable Karen Hastie Williams Dr. Georgianna Ziegler Every effort has been made to ensure that this list of donors is correct. Please accept our sincere apologies if you find any information here to be incorrect. Call the Development Office at 202.675.0321.
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From left to right: Folger Shakespeare Library doors; Shakespeare’s Birthday celebration; Wayne T. Carr in Pericles; Michael Sharon and Deidra LaWan Starnes in Julius Caesar.
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