Where Did We Sit on the Bus?

by Brian Quijada

ADDITIONAL COMPOSITIONS

BY SATYA CHÁVEZ

Directed by Matt Dickson

Performed by Satya Chávez

MAY 4-28, 2023

MARIN THEATRE COMPANY NATIVE LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Marin Theatre Company acknowledges our theatre and administrative offices are located on the ancestral, occupied, and unceded land of the Coast Miwok peoples. We recognize we currently benefit from living and working on their traditional homelands, and affirm their sovereign rights as first peoples. We are committed to learning and to strengthening our relationships with members of our local community, and to work toward dismantling the harmful effects of white supremacy and colonization. We acknowledge the Coast Miwok as the original caretakers of this land. We pay our respects to the Coast Miwok community and their elders both past and present, as well as future generations.

The Coast Miwok, from the areas of Novato, Marshall, Tomales, San Rafael, Petaluma and Bodega, are members of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, a community which includes the Southern Pomo peoples from the Sebastopol area.

We pledge to build relationships with sovereign tribal nations and to never cease ongoing learning, to ensure Marin Theatre Company becomes a more inclusive and welcoming space.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE COAST MIWOK AND THE FEDERATED INDIANS OF GRATON RANCHERIA:

Coast Miwok:

Facebook.com/SouthernCoastMiwok.com1

coastmiwokofmarin.org

marinmiwok.com

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria: GratonRancheria.com

Support indigenous rights organizations on a national or global level:

IllumiNative

Native American Rights Fund

Cultural Survival

Indigenous Environmental Network

LABOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We acknowledge that the country we live in today has been made possible by the labor of enslaved Africans and their descendants. We are indebted to their labor and their sacrifice, and we acknowledge the tremors of anti-Black violence throughout the generations and the resulting impact that can still be felt and witnessed today.

(Language developed by Dr. TJ Stewart)

Letter from Managing Director and CEO

What a thrilling season we’ve had thus far — and a stunning way to bring it home: Where Did We Sit on the Bus? exemplifies many facets of Marin Theatre Company’s mission. Brian Quijada’s play tells a culturally illuminating, relatable, and groundbreaking story; Satya Chávez’s immense talent creates an incomparable live experience each night; and Matt Dickson’s direction helps create a shape that feels both familiar and surprising.

With all of you here, joining as our audience, the work becomes more than just art — it becomes a bond for our community. Every individual who enters this theatre space, whether to stand on the stage or run the box office or sit in the seats, becomes both contributor and witness to the human experience.

As we continue our end-of-year campaign centered around our unique love for live theatre, 100 Reasons Why We Love Live Theatre, I’m reminded of Audra McDonald’s quote about the beauty and power of this art form: “Theatre is a safe place to take risks, where we can try on new ideas and new ways of thinking.”

We want to not only be the safe space but the brave space that Satya, Matt, Brian, and more artists can utilize to take artistic risks that activate all of us in our seats — and as we leave the theatre — to try on new ideas and new ways of thinking, much like those introduced by the character Bee Quijada and the clean and complex soundscape of Satya’s musical performance.

Bee Quijada’s journey begins with a question and ends with a promise to the future — a promise to tell future generations the truth of their origin so they can carry the story forward. In much the same way, the end of a theatre’s season is actually a beginning, and a promise to the future: this season is closing so we can create a new cycle of profound stories that need to be told. We can promise you cutting-edge and incomparable work; your support can make fulfilling this promise possible, so thank you for joining us in the theatre and being a part of our community. I hope to see you all return as subscribers for our 2023–2024 season as we carry new ideas forward. After all, the final performances of this season simply mark the beginning of the next — and a promise to continue telling our stories.

Meredith Suttles, Managing Director and CEO

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Wendy Feng Chair

Matthew Purdon Vice-Chair

John Chesley Secretary

Barbara Reynolds Treasurer

Naima Dean

Kipp Delbyck

Doug Frazier

Denmo Ibrahim

Jennifer McEvoy

Vera Meislin

Kathryn Olson

Josh Rafner

Barbara Roberts

Stacy Scott

Tara Sullivan

Penny Wright

Marin Theatre Company presents the West Coast Premiere of

Where Did We Sit on the Bus?

by Brian Quijada

ADDITIONAL COMPOSITIONS BY SATYA CHÁVEZ

Directed by Matt Dickson°

CAST OF CHARACTERS

BEE QUIJADA .................. Satya Chávez*

CREATIVE TEAM

Scenic Designer Tanya Orellana+

Costume Designer Alice Ruiz

Lighting Designer Pablo Santiago+

Sound Designer Lane Elms+

Props Lead Liam Rudisill

Assistant Costume Designer Daria Perkova

Assistant Lighting Designers Edgar Alamo, Krys Swan

Associate Sound Designer Chase Nichter

Stage Manager Nick Carvalho*

Assistant Stage Manager Jo Davita Ortiz*

WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS? is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

SETTING

Here. Now.

WHERE DID WE SIT ON THE BUS? runs 90 minutes with no intermission.

PRODUCTION TEAM

Technical Director / COVID Safety Manager

Assistant Technical Director ..............................

Costume Shop Manager / Wardrobe Lead

Lead Electrician / Light Board Programmer.................

Assistant Lead Electrician / Light Board Operator

Assistant Light Board Programmer ........................

Lead Sound Technician

Sound Technicians ......................................

Carpenter

Scenic Charge

Scenic Painter

Jeff Klein

Liam Rudisill

Daria Perkova

Krys Swan

Clare Brewer

Brittany Mellerson

Camille Rassweiler

Olivia Vazquez, Courtney Jean

Miguel Wacher

Stephanie P Jucker

Neil Ballard

Electricians Gabriel Dumapias, Joshua Graves, Benjamin Miller, Olivia Prink, Xavier Priven-Troncoso, Taylor Ryan Rivers

Properties Assistant

Miguel Wacher

This production was made possible in part through the generous support of:

° The Director is a member of the SOCIETY OF STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS, INC., an independent national labor union.

Please remember to turn off all cell phones or other devices that could make noise and be distracting to the cast and people around you. Photographs and recordings of any kind are strictly prohibited.

We ask that patrons please wear masks covering your nose and mouth at all times while in our building to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.

* The Actor and Stage Managers employed in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association.

+ The scenic, lighting, and sound designers in this LORT Theatre are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.

Latiné Civil Rights in America

LATINO CIVIL RIGHTS TIMELINE, 1903 TO 2006

The Latino Civil Rights Timeline is an online classroom resource for grade levels 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12, created by the organization Learning for Justice. It is a companion piece to the website’s lessons: ‘Understanding the History of Latino Civil Rights’ and ‘Exploring the History of Latino Civil Rights’. “When reading this timeline, it’s important to remember that the fight for civil rights doesn’t happen in a vacuum. In many cases, the events listed have fueled—and have been fueled by—other social justice movements, like the African American Civil Rights Movement and the fight for equal employment and education among Chinese and Japanese immigrants. The Latino civil rights struggle did not begin in 1903 and will not end in September 2006. Watch the news and listen to politicians, and you will see the fight for equal rights for ALL people is not over.” CLICK HERE to view the Timeline.

Brown Beret women march in step, 1970. Patricia Borjon-Lopez. Source link

This poster was created for the Office of War Information (OWI), the World War II agency responsible for wartime propaganda. Source link

Group of Puerto Rican children in C class / World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Aumuller. New York, 1947. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress. Source link.

A LATINX RESOURCE GUIDE:

Civil Rights Cases and Events in the United States

This online research guide from the Hispanic Reading Room at the Library of Congress focuses on 20th and 21st century American court cases, legislation, and events that had important impacts on civil rights in Chicana/o/x, Hispanic, Latina/o/x, MexicanAmerican and Puerto Rican communities. “Each page provides an overview and timeline of a civil rights topic and some breadth of research material for further study at the Library of Congress or your local library. The first of its kind, this comprehensive online compendium of Civil Rights resources includes references to search and seizure, legal representation, selfincrimination, immigration, medical care, and equal access to educational resources. The Hispanic Reading Room will link this guide to webinar and podcast content in which scholars and community members help contextualize these court cases, legislation, and events. Since civil rights events are ongoing in Latinx communities, these references aim to connect the past with the present.” CLICK HERE to view the Guide, and see “Print Resources” tab for further reading.

Three young Pachuca women, Dora Barrios, Frances Silva, and Lorena Encinas, held in the Los Angeles County Jail during the 1943 Sleepy Lagoon murder trial, a spark for the Zoot Suit Riots. By Herald Examiner Collection - Los Angeles Public Library, Public Domain. Source link

César Chávez shakes hands with John Giumarra Jr. after signing an agreement in 1970 to end the five-year Delano Grape Strike. By John Malmin, Los Angeles Times. Source link

Zoot suiters lined up outside Los Angeles jail en route to court after feud with sailors, 1943. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. Source link

Monarch Butterflies as Symbols of Immigration

In Where Did We Sit on the Bus?, when Bee Quijada is 18 years old, Bee visits Ellis Island in New York City. Bee’s perspective on immigration in America is changed indelibly and months later proclaims:

“Let them dream big when the time calls. Because after all, aren’t immigrants the foundation of our country? So let them in.

Let them in.”

Immigrants, much like Monarch Butterflies, are resilient and persevere as they travel long distances in search of a safer home.

About the Monarch

• The Monarch is well known for its ability to travel great distances, and the migrations in North America are one of the greatest natural phenomena in the world.

• Every autumn, millions of Monarch butterflies migrate 3,000 miles from their breeding grounds in northeastern North America to spend the winter in the forests of southwestern Mexico.

• Monarch butterflies must migrate because they cannot survive long, cold northern winters. When they arrive in Mexico, they huddle together on Oyamel Fir trees, [also called sacred fir, native to the mountains of central and southern Mexico and western Guatemala. These trees protect the Monarchs and serve as both a blanket and umbrella during the winter]. Each tree may be blanketed in tens of thousands of ‘roosting’ butterflies. They hang almost motionless in semi-dormancy, surviving the winter on their stored energy.

National Museums Scotland

Above: Monarch butterflies ( Danaus plexippus) Próxima estación: Esperanza.

Credit: Sonia

Carolina Madrigal Loyola. CC BY-SA

2.0. Source link

Below: Swarm of monarchs preparing for their migration.

Credit: Raina Kumra, flickr. CC BY 2.0.

Source link

At left: Monarchs in refuge, Morelia, MX.

Credit: gailfisher, flickr. CC BY 2.0.

Source link

BIOS CAST

SATYA CHÁVEZ (they/she/ he – Bee Quijada / Additional Compositions) is a Chicagobased, queer, MexicanAmerican actor, musician, composer, and director. As a composer their work includes: Refuge, co-created with Andrew Rosendorf, received an NNPN Rolling World Premiere, Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award, a Venturous Theater Fund Grant, and a MAP Fund Grant, and has been produced at Curious Theatre (True West Award), Theo Ubique (three Jeff Awards for Original Music, Ensemble, and Artistic Specialization), Unicorn Theatre, and Theatre Lab FAU; an original score for Where Did We Sit on the Bus?, by Brian Quijada, at Actors Theatre of Louisville (virtual production nominated for a Drama League Award), Cleveland Playhouse, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and now at Marin Theatre Company; and musical compositions for Late, A Cowboy Song (Wirtz Center); Hamlet and Ophelia (The Artistic Home); Empanada (The Public San Antonio); Life on Paper (Jackalope Theatre Company); and Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night (Colorado Shakespeare Festival).

As an actor their credits include: Goodman Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center, Cleveland Playhouse, John F. Kennedy Center, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, Actors Theatre of Louisville, South Coast Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, Arvada Center, Curious Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, The Public San Antonio, Aurora Fox, Jackalope

Theatre Company, 16th Street Theater, Porchlight Music Theatre, and San Diego

Rep. Proudly represented by Paonessa Talent Agency, stay connected at www.satyachavez. com or follow @satyachachachale

CREATIVE TEAM

BRIAN QUIJADA (he/ him – Playwright) is an Emmy-nominated playwright, actor, and composer whose original work has been developed and produced all across the country. Where Did We Sit on the Bus? has been produced at Victory Gardens, Geva Theatre, Teatro Vista (2 Jeff Awards including Outstanding Solo Performance), Ensemble Studio Theatre (2 Drama Desk Nominations), Boise Contemporary, 1st Stage, City Theatre Pittsburgh, and a digital production at Actors Theatre of Louisville (Drama League Nomination). His TYA play Kid Prince and Pablo premiered at The Kennedy Center in 2019. His newest musical Somewhere Over the Border received a rolling World Premiere at Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre, and TeatroVista, garnering 3 Jeff Awards including Best Musical. His plays have been developed at The Kennedy Center, Pittsburgh CLO’s Spark Festival, Victory Gardens’ Ignition Festival, New Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Festival, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Musical Theatre Conference. Commissioning institutions include A.R.T., 1st Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Woolly Mammoth, Hero Theatre and The Kennedy Center. Brian’s song

“The Always Song” was Nickelodeon’s 2021 Hispanic Heritage Month Song.

MATT DICKSON (he/ him – Director) is a director based in Brooklyn with a focus on new work, classics and musicals. Upcoming: Step Mom by Jahna FerronSmith (InterACT Theatre), Where Did We Sit on the Bus? by Brian Quijada (Denver Center).

Recent: Smart by Mary Hamilton (Ensemble Studio Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Queens College), Where Did We Sit on the Bus? (Cleveland Playhouse, Colorado Springs & a digital creation w/Satya Chávez for Actors Theatre, nominated for Drama League Award), Everything Is Wonderful by Chelsea Marcantel (Juilliard), Macbeth (NYU), We the People: America Rocks! (TheaterWorksUSA, US Tour), Selkie by Krista Knight (Dutch Kills), Lorraine Hansberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (NYU Grad), Machinal (Strasberg Institute), Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh (Drama League DirectorFest), Blood Wedding (Rutgers Mason Gross), Minami by Leah Nanako Winkler (Dramatists Guild), Kid Prince and Pablo by Brian Quijada (Ars Nova), Bizet’s Carmen (New York Opera Exchange), Lanford Wilson’s Home Free! and Michael John Garcés Audiovideo (Williamstown Theatre Festival). As an actor he has appeared on Broadway in War Horse and The Coast of Utopia (Lincoln Center Theater), and most recently Off-Broadway in Nicky Silver’s Too Much Sun (Vineyard Theatre). B.F.A. from Boston University. Member of SDC. www.mattjdickson.com

directed by Rebecca Martinez, Poor Yella

Rednecks: Vietgone 2 directed by Jaime Castañeda, Fefu and Her Friends directed by Pam MacKinnon, Oedipus directed by Jenny Koons at The Getty Villa, The Industry’s Sweet Land, an immersive opera directed by Yuval Sharon and Cannupa Hanska Luger, and LEAR by Marcus Gardley, co-directed by Eric Ting and Dawn Monique Williams. Tanya received her MFA in Scenic Design from CalArts and is the 2016 recipient of the Princess Grace Fabergé Theatre Award. She is a member of Wingspace Theatrical Design and an organizing member of La Gente: The Latine Production Network. www.tanyaorellana.com

ALICE RUIZ (she/her –Costume Designer) Over the years, Alice has been a freelance Costume Designer, Assistant Costume Designer, Costume Mentor, and Theatrical Dresser throughout the SF Bay Area. She’s very excited to bring this piece about the queer latina experience to life. Recent credits include Clue at San Francisco Playhouse, Two Trains Running at Marin Theatre Company, Dream Hou$e at Shotgun Players (Berkeley), and Book of Sand at Oakland Theater Project. You can view her full portfolio at www.aliceruizdesign.com or follow her @costumesandcaffeine

PABLO SANTIAGO

TANYA ORELLANA (she/ her – Scenic Designer) designs performance spaces for theatre and opera.

Originally from San Francisco’s Mission District, she is a core member of the awardwinning ensemble Campo Santo. Previous collaborations include the world premiere of Brian Quijada’s Somewhere Over the Border

(Lighting Designer) is a live performance and digital film lighting designer. Winner of the Richard Sherwood award, Stage Raw Award, and multiple Ovation Award nominations.

Pablo’s designs aim to find evocative images that embody the emotional moment of the show. Images that can spark the imagination of the audience to worlds beyond the stage. Pablo has worked at Santa Fe Opera,

LA Opera, Opera Omaha, Boston Lyric Opera, Detroit Opera, Opera Philadelphia, Long Beach Opera, Prototype Festival, the Industry, Opera Columbus, Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Music Academy of the West, Opera Santa Barbara, Kennedy Center, Teatro Municipal São Paulo Brazil, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Goodman Theater, Arena Stage DC, BAMHarvey Theater, The Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Denver Center, Los Angeles Theatre Center, South Coast Repertory Company, Playhouse In The Park Cincinnati, Broad Museum, Kirk Douglas Theater, Ensemble Theater Company Santa Barbara, Hollywood Bowl.

LIAM RUDISILL (he/him

– Props Lead / Assistant Technical Director)) is a carpenter and props maker who has been working with Marin Theatre Company since moving to the Bay Area in 2014. He’s excited to be back at full capacity as Assistant Technical Director and Props Lead for the company this season. Recent design credits include Boys Go to Jupiter (Word for Word at Z Space), The Sound Inside (MTC), Pass Over (MTC), Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley (MTC), Dunsinane (MTC), August Wilson’s Two Trains Running (MTC), and Justice: A New Musical (MTC).

DARIA PERKOVA (she/they

– Assistant Costume Designer/ Costume Shop Manager/ Wardrobe Lead) is a Bay Area native costume designer. She has designed, stitched and run wardrobe for many theatres around the Bay. Her most recent design works include Anton Chekov’s Uncle Vanya at Chabot College, and How Black Mother’s Say I Love

You at Theatre Rhinoceros. She is the Costume Shop Manager and Wardrobe Lead here at Marin Theatre Company.

NICK CARVALHO (he/ him – Stage Manager) is excited to return to Marin Theatre Company after stage managing the continued world premiere of Justice: A New Musical. Recent credits with MTC include August Wilson’s Two Trains Running, and Dunsinane. Past credits include the world premiere of Monument, or Four Sisters (a sloth play) at Magic Theatre; The Cherry Orchard and Cinderella: A Fairytale (2019) at Town Hall Theatre; Head Over Heels, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Book of Will, Seussical: The Musical, and Our Lady of 121st Street at Diablo Valley College. Nick earned two Associates degrees from Diablo Valley College in 2021. He was awarded three certificates of merit in stage management from the KCACTF for his work on Our Lady of 121st Street, Seussical: The Musical, and The Book of Will. Nick is the Assistant Technical Director and a Production Supervisor at El Campanil Theatre. He would like to thank his partner, Emma, for her continued love and support.

JO DAVITA ORTIZ (they/ them – Assistant Stage Manager) is an AEA Stage Manager and has been stage managing for 6 years. Their favorite part about stage management is bringing the shows together from pre-production through closing. Credits include School of Rock, Funny Girl, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [Abridged], The Agitators, Crumbs From the Table of Joy, August Wilson’s Two Trains Running, and The Travelers

MTC LEADERSHIP

MEREDITH SUTTLES

(she/her—Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer) joined Marin Theatre Company as its new Managing Director in April of 2021. Meredith is an arts leader with an extensive background in creative and performing arts in the areas of development, management, strategic planning, fundraising, and performance. She has held senior leadership roles at TheaterWorksUSA, Soho Repertory Theatre, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and the New York City Opera. Meredith is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and former EmcArts: Arts Leaders as Cultural Innovators (ALACI) Fellow. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., a Steering Committee Member of the Black Theatre Commons and currently serves on the Board of Directors of vibe Theater Experience (Brooklyn, NY). As a visionary leader known for her ability to win community support, develop key coalitions and build strong relationships with a shared sense of purpose, she is passionate about devising meaningful ways to address and further the goals of MTC.

NAKISSA ETEMAD (she/ her—Associate Artistic Director) is the Associate Artistic Director of Marin Theatre Company and an Iranian American Dramaturg, Producer, and French Translator, specializing in new BIPOC plays and musicals for 30 years. She is a Resident Artist of Golden Thread Productions, Regional VP Metro Bay Area for LMDA, and a member of MENA Theater Makers Alliance and LMDA’s Anti-Oppression Task Force. Recent dramaturgy credits: the continued world premiere of Justice: A New Musical by Gunderson, Lowdermilk, and Kerrigan (Marin Theatre Co.) and Hotter Than Egypt by Yussef El Guindi (Denver Center for the Performing Arts; and its world premiere co-production at MTC & ACT in Seattle, which she selected and produced for the MTC season). Frequent collaborations include several world premieres with Marcus Gardley and with Marisela Treviño Orta, Lead Dramaturg for ReOrient Festivals, and Dramaturg for nine Bay Area Playwrights Festivals. She also serves as MTC’s Casting Director and a Producer on MTC shows such as Justice: A New Musical, August Wilson’s Two Trains Running, Brilliant Mind, Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley, and The Catastrophist. Former Dramaturg & Literary Manager of The Wilma Theater, San Jose Rep, and San Diego Rep. MFA in Dramaturgy, UCSD. Elliott Hayes Award winner 2015 for The Lark’s four-city premieres of Marcus Gardley’s the road weeps, the well runs dry.

MARIN THEATRE COMPANY Marin Theatre

Company is the Bay Area’s premier mid-sized theatre and the leading professional theatre in the North Bay. MTC is committed to the development and production of new plays, with a comprehensive New Play Program that includes productions of world premieres, readings, and workshops by the nation’s diverse emerging and established playwrights. MTC’s numerous education programs serve more than 4,500 students from over 40 Bay Area schools each year. MTC envisions theatre as a vital space for sharing diverse stories to build a more just and equitable world. MTC is dedicated to inspiring conversation, learning and action to build more inclusive communities. We do this by providing a sustainable home for developing the work of diverse American playwrights and producing innovative theatrical experiences. MTC was founded in 1966 and is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

SPECIAL THANKS

Berkeley Repertory Theatre

The Bernard Osher Foundation

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Kimberly Hughes & Steve Moazed

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Playa Mill Valley

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Meredith Suttles (she/her)

Associate Artistic Director Nakissa Etemad (she/her)

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Interim General Manager Nichole Gantshar (she/her)

Technical Director Jeff Klein (he/him/they)

Assistant Technical Director & Props Lead Liam Rudisill (he/him)

Costume Shop Manager & Wardrobe Lead Daria Perkova (she/they)

Lead Electrician Krys Swan (he/him)

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Assistant Box Office Manager ..................................... Perry Parsons (they/them)

Special Events Coordinator ....................................... Zphyna Caldwell (she/her)

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+Supported by the National New Play Network Producers in Residence program.

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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER | $10,000+

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PREMIERE PRODUCER | $5,000+

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ASSOCIATE PRODUCER | $3,000+

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PRODUCER | $1,000-2,999

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ºIn-Kind Donation

FOUNDATION SUPPORT

MTC TOMORROW

THE LEGACY GIVING SOCIETY OF MARIN THEATRE COMPANY

Linden + Carl Berry‡ • Jack Bissinger‡ • Dave + Bobbie Chapman • John + Shelley Chesley

Sheldon Doing + Steve DeHart • Fred Drexler‡ • Thomas W. Edwards + Rebecca Parlette Edwards

Joseph + Antonia Friedman • Brian + Tracy Haughton • Sandra Hess • Shirley Loube‡ • Melanie Maier

Gladys Perez-Mendez‡ • Ivan + Lochiel Poutiatine‡ • Leigh + Ivy Robinson‡ • Gage Schubert • Beverly Tanner

Fred + Kathleen Taylor • Nancy Thomson‡ • Phil Woodward + Connie Majoyy

‡Deceased

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IN MEMORY OF CARL G. BERRY

Linden Berry

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IN MEMORY OF GLORIA GUTH

David Pasta

IN MEMORY OF HENRY HIGGINS

Bill & Vanessa Higgins

IN MEMORY OF JIM HORAN

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IN HONOR OF CHERYL BRANDON

Lori and Bob Brandon

IN HONOR OF JIM CONDIT

Karen Hirsch

IN HONOR OF MARY GRANGER

Edward Granger

IN HONOR OF JIM HORAN

Mardi Finegan

IN HONOR OF JIM HORAN

Matt and Robin Hoffman

IN HONOR OF JIM HORAN

Mary Malaspina

IN HONOR OF MELANIE MAIER

Judy Camp

IN HONOR OF JASSON MINADAKIS

David Catania & Diana Gay-Catania

IN HONOR OF JASSON MINADAKIS

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IN MEMORY OF CARY JAMES

Elaine James

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IN MEMORY OF CATHY TEAGUE

Nanette Londeree

TRIBUTE GIFTS

IN HONOR OF OUR SON, DAVID EVERETT MOORE

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IN HONOR OF THE REYNOLDS FAMILY

Jean Ihle

IN HONOR OF CARRIE SCHOENBACH

Ruth Schoenbach and Lynn Eden

IN HONOR OF TARA SULLIVAN AND MOLLY HORAN, AND IN MEMORY OF JIM HORAN

Stephen Symonds

IN HONOR OF TARA SULLIVAN

Gail Gallagher

IN HONOR OF MEREDITH SUTTLES

Donald & Edith Suttles

MTC PRODUCTION UNDERWRITERS

Marin Theatre Company’s 56th Season and this production of Where Did We Sit on the Bus? is generously underwritten by the following:

PARTNER CIRCLE

MTC SUSTAINER

Terry Berkemeier + Lori Lerner

Gage Schubert

Christopher B. + Jeannie Meg Smith

MTC PARTNER

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Marin Community Foundation

Melody Wireless Infrastructure

Buffington Miller, Clay Foundation-West

Bob + Paula Reynolds

The Shubert Foundation

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

SEASON PARTNER

The Bernard Osher Foundation

David Catania + Diana Gay-Catania

John + Shelley Chesley

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Foundation

Barbara + Jim Kautz

Kathy King + Gerald

Cahill Vera + Ken Meislin

Fred + Kathleen Taylor

Vickie Soulier

PRODUCER CIRCLE

VIP PRODUCER

Lynn Brinton + Dan Cohn

California Art Council

Suzanne + Mark Darley

Tracy + Brian Haughton

Haughton Family Charitable Fund

Kimball Foundation

Gene + Neil Barth

Gerry Goldsholle + Myra Levenson

Kimberly Hughes + Steve Moazed

Koret Foundation

The Marymor Family Fund

Peter + Melanie Maier, The John Brockway Hungtington Fund

Ivan Poutiatine

Matthew Purdon

The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation

Stacy Scott Fine Cateringº

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Foundation

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Kiki Pescatello

Michael + Jean Strunsky, Ira and Leonore Gershwin Philanthropic Fund

Paul + Sandy Zuber

ºIn-Kind Donation