What the Constitution Means to Me Digital Program

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“ Heidi Schreck’s

play has tears on

its cheeks and the torch of liberty in its fist. -Helen Shaw, Time Ou New York

PHOTO BY: JOAN MARCUS Photo: Joan Marcus

JANUARY 22 - 23, 2022 SPONSORED BY:


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Diana DiMenna Aaron Glick Matt Ross Level Forward Eva Price Madeleine Foster Bersin Myla Lerner/Jon Bierman Jenna Segal/Catherine Markowitz Jana Shea/Maley-Stolbun-Sussman Rebecca Gold/Jose Antonio Vargas Cornice Productions Lassen Wyse Balsam Nederlander Presentations/Kate Lear present

The Clubbed Thumb, True Love Productions, and New York Theatre Workshop production of

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Heidi Schreck Gabriel Marin

Cassie Beck Jessica Savage

Phillip Taratula

Jocelyn Shek

Emilyn Toffler

Scenic Design

Costume Design

Lighting Design

Sound Design

Rachel Hauck

Michael Krass

Jen Schriever

Sinan Refik Zafar

Production Stage Manager

Nicole Olson

Production Management

Dramaturg

Casting

Bethany Weinstein Stewert

Sarah Lunnie

Taylor Williams, CSA

General Management

Company Manager

MEP Carl Flanigan

Dhyana Colony

Exclusive Tour Direction

National Press Representative

Associate Producers

Associate Director

SL Theatricals Daniel Rakowski

Tatiana Pandiani

Bond Theatrical Matt Ross Public Relations Directed By

Oliver Butler What the Constitution Means to Me was commissioned by True Love Productions. This production originated as part of Summerworks 2017, produced by Clubbed Thumb in partnership with True Love Productions. West Coast premiere produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA, Tony Taccone, Artistic Director/Susan Medak, Managing Director.

What the Constitution Means to Me had its Off-Broadway premiere in New York City at New York Theatre Workshop, Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director, 2018.

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Cassie Beck

Gabriel Marin

Jessica Savage

Phillip Taratula

Jocelyn Shek

Emilyn Toffler

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CAST CASSIE BECK GABRIEL MARIN JESSICA SAVAGE JOCELYN SHEK PHILLIP TARATULA EMILYN TOFFLER JOCELYN SHEK will perform Saturday evening and Sunday matinee performances. UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for a listed performer unless a specific announcement is made at the time of the performance. Understudy for Cassie Beck—JESSICA SAVAGE Understudy for Gabriel Marin - PHILLIP TARATULA INTERMISSION What the Constitution Means to Me will be performed without an intermission.

WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST CASSIE BECK (Heidi). She/her. Beck plays GABRIEL MARIN (Legionnaire). He/him. series regular Courtney Thacker on the anticipated Marin has most recently been seen Off-Broadway upcoming series reboot of “I Know What You Did in Then They Forgot About The Rest (INTAR). He Last Summer” for Amazon Prime. Broadway has appeared in over 60 productions regionally credits include the recent revival of The Rose with American Conservatory Theater, Kansas City Tattoo, original cast member of The Humans Rep, Ensemble Theatre Company, San Francisco (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, LA/London), Playhouse, San Jose Rep, Kitchen Theatre Picnic and The Norman Conquests. Off Broadway Company, Merrimack Rep, TheatreWorks, Marin she’s developed, created and performed premiere Theatre Company, Aurora Theatre Company, leading roles at Playwrights Horizons, Manhattan Magic Theatre, and Center REP, among others. Theatre Club, Atlantic Theatre, Roundabout Marin's recent screen credits include NBC's Theatre, Ars Nova, Classic Stage Company the “Law and Order: SVU” and HBO's “Succession”. Women’s Project and others. She’s done the same gabriel-marin.com regionally, bringing her work to stages all across the country including The Ahmanson, South JESSICA SAVAGE (Understudy for Cassie Coast Rep, The Huntington, Actors’ Theatre Beck). She/her. Jessica has performed on stages in of Louisville – Humana Festival, Long Wharf New York and throughout the country including: Theatre (a world premiere by Heidi Schreck) Manhattan Theatre Club, The Alley Theatre, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. During Contemporary Arts Theater Festival, Vampire the pandemic, she recurred on NBC/Peacock’s Cowboys, Barrington Stage, etc. Television: original sitcom “Connecting”. Additional TV FBI: “Most Wanted” (CBS), “Quantico” (ABC), guest star appearances include “Pose” for FX, “Elementary” (CBS). Awards: The Laura Pels HBO’s “High Maintenance”, CBS’s “Elementary”, International Foundation for Theater Awards in and “Chicago Med” on NBC. Cassie appears Acting. Training: The Juilliard School. opposite Mark Wahlberg in the feature film Joe Bell, currently in theaters. @cassiebeckster OVERTURE.ORG | What the Constitution Means to Me

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST JOCELYN SHEK (Performer). She/her. Shek is a high school junior from Los Angeles who is very excited to be returning to the national tour of What the Constitution Means to Me. She is passionate about theatre, with a love of stage shows and improv, and is dedicated to improving the world around her through debate and political activism. Love to family and friends for their continued support. Instagram: @jocelyn.shek PHILLIP TARATULA (Understudy for Gabriel Marin). He/him. Phillip is thrilled to be a part of this fantastic production. NY theater credits include Riddle of the Trilobites (New Victory); Empire Travel Agency (Woodshed Collective); Taylor Mac’s The Lily’s Revenge (HERE); Die Fledermaus (Metropolitan Opera). Regional: Two River, Actors Theater of Louisville, Tuacahn, Huntington, Portland Stage, Gulfshore Playhouse, La Mirada, Williamstown Theatre Festival, more. Film/TV: Almost Love; “And Just Like That”; “Dr. Death”; “FBI”; “For Life”; “High Maintenance”; “The Outs”. BFA, Boston University School of Theatre. EMILYN TOFFLER (Performer). They/he. Tour Debut! Toffler is an actor/debater from Los Angeles. They are thrilled to be a part of What the Constitution Means to Me! Favorite credits include school plays such as Rosencrantz and Guildernstern are Dead (Polonius), Twelve Angry Jurors (Juror 4), Guys and Dolls (Benny), Shrek the Musical (Shrek) and Into the Woods (The Baker). Emilyn would like to thank their parents and cousin John for helping them prepare for the role, as well as his friends and extended family for supporting him. A special thanks to his theatre teachers, Pam Moser, Ashley Crow, and Dr. Julianne De Sal. Lastly, he would like to thank the entire cast and crew for being so welcoming and supportive. HEIDI SCHRECK (Playwright). She/her. Schreck is a playwright, screenwriter, and performer living in Brooklyn. Her most recent play, What the Constitution Means to Me, was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist and won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best American Play. Schreck also received two Tony Award nominations for What the Constitution Means to Me for Best Play and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading 6

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Role in a Play, the 2019 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, the Horton Foote Playwriting Award, the Hull-Warriner Award, and an Obie. A filmed version of What the Constitution Means to Me, starring Schreck, premiered this past October exclusively on Amazon Prime Video, and was nominated for a Critics Choice Award, a PGA Award, and a DGA Award. Heidi’s other plays include Grand Concourse, Creature, Mr. Universe, and There Are No More Big Secrets. Her screenwriting credits include I Love Dick, Billions, and Nurse Jackie. Schreck has taught playwriting and screenwriting at NYU, Columbia, Kenyon College, and Primary Stages. OLIVER BUTLER (Director). He/him. Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me. Co-Artistic Director of The Debate Society: The Light Years (Playwrights Horizons), Jacuzzi (Ars Nova), Blood Play (Bushwick Starr), Buddy Cop 2 (Ontological), Cape Disappointment (P.S. 122), You’re Welcome, The Eaten Heart, The Snow Hen, A Thought About Raya. OffBroadway: What the Constitution Means to Me (New York Theatre Workshop), Thom Pain (based on nothing) (Signature Theatre), The Amateurs (Vineyard Theatre), The Open House (Signature Theatre, Lortel Award Best Play, Obie Award Direction). Regional: The Plot (Yale Rep), The Whistleblower (Denver Center), Thom Pain (Geffen Playhouse), Legacy (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Bad Jews (Long Wharf), An Opening in Time (Hartford Stage). International: Timeshare (The Malthouse, Australia). He is a Sundance Institute Fellow and a Bill Foeller Fellow (Williamstown). RACHEL HAUCK (Scenic Design). Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me, Hadestown (Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Award nominations), John Leguizamo’s Latin History for Morons. Recent work: The Wrong Man (MCC); Hadestown (National Theatre, London, New York Theatre Workshop); Hurricane Diane (New York Theatre Workshop); Othello, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare in the Park); The Lucky Ones (Ars Nova); you’ll still call me by name (Sonya Tayeh/Jacob’s Pillow); Tiny Beautiful Things, Dry Powder (The Public); Amy and the Orphans, On the Exhale (Roundabout); Parallelogram (Second Stage); Fucking A, Night Is a Room, Our Lady


WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST of Kibeho (Signature); Animal, Harper Regan, Bluebird (Atlantic); Antlia Pneumatica, Grand Concourse (Playwrights Horizons). Princess Grace and Lilly Awards, Drama Desk and Lortel nominations, Obie Award for Sustained Excellence. MICHAEL KRASS (Costume Design). Broadway: Tony nominations for Hadestown, Noises Off, Machinal, and The Constant Wife, plus Charlie Brown, Twelve Angry Men, Heisenberg, and new plays by Joe DiPietro, Stephen Belber, Nicky Silver, and Elaine May. Off-Broadway work includes premieres by Edward Albee, Christopher Durang, John Guare, Theresa Rebeck, Sarah Treem, John Kander/Greg Pierce, Will Eno, Lauren Yee, Lisa Loomer, Donald Margulies, and many more. He teaches in the graduate program at Brown University. JEN SCHRIEVER (Lighting Design). She/her. Broadway: Lackawanna Blues, Grand Horizons, The Lifespan of a Fact,Eclipsed, Ghetto Klown. Recent Off-Broadway: Power Strip (LCT 3); A Strange Loop (Playwrights Horizons);Superhero (2ST); What the Constitution Means to Me (NYTW); Thom Pain, Night is a Room (Signature);Collective Rage, School Girls... (MCC); Usual Girls, Bobbie Clearly, On the Exhale (Roundabout); Dan Cody’sYacht, In the Body of the World (Manhattan Theatre Club); The Amateurs (Vineyard); Strange Interlude (TransportGroup); The Moors (Playwrights Realm); Eclipsed, ToasT, A Second Chance (The Public). Tour: An Officer and a Gentleman and Blue Man Group national. Opera: Die Fledermaus, Pearl Fishers (Metropolitan); Faust, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, La Traviata (Mariinsky, Russia). Adjunct Professor: Purchase College. Mom:Henry. jenschriever.com SINAN REFIK ZAFAR (Sound Design) is a New York-based sound designer and composer. Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me. Off-Broadway: Noura (The Guthrie), Seared (MCC), The Vagrant Trilogy (The Public), Novenas for a Lost Hospital (Rattlestick), What the Constitution Means to Me (NYTW, Berkeley Rep, Clubbed Thumb), What to Send Up When It Goes Down (Woolly Mammoth, A.R.T), And She Would Stand Like This (The Movement Theatre

Company), Hamlet (Waterwell), Intelligence (Next Door @ NYTW), Richard in 49 Poses (Clubbed Thumb). Regional: A Human Being, of a Sort (Williamstown Theatre Festival); The Niceties (Geva Theatre Center); The Language Archive (Theatreworks Silicon Valley); Jump (PlayMakers Rep); peerless (Yale Repertory Theatre); The Wolves, Detroit, Intimate Apparel (TheatreSquared); We are Proud to Present… (Yale Dramat); Midsummer (Tiltyard); Macbeth (dir. Will Frears). Wingspace. MFA: Yale School of Drama. sinanzafar.com SARAH LUNNIE (Dramaturg). Broadway: Grand Horizons, What the Constitution Means to Me (also NYTW, Clubbed Thumb), Hillary and Clinton, A Doll’s House, Part 2. Off-Broadway: The Thin Place (Playwrights Horizons), Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie (Ars Nova), Miles for Mary (Playwrights, Bushwick Starr). New York: The Essential Straight & Narrow (New Ohio), Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War (New Ohio, The Brick). Regional: Shipwreck (Woolly Mammoth), Human Error (Denver Center), Humana Festival premieres of Where the Mountain Meets the Sea, The Christians, The Hour of Feeling, O Guru Guru Guru, Sleep Rock Thy Brain, Death Tax, and Under Construction. TATIANA PANDIANI (Associate Director) She/her. Pandiani is a Latine directorchoreographer. Recent: Blood Wedding (Yale). Upcoming: Our Town (Dallas Theatre Center), Torera (Long Wharf). Tatiana has directed and developed new work at the Park Theatre (London), Cleveland Playhouse, NYTW, IATI, Primary Stages, Signature. As a choreographer, Tatiana collaborates with Latine artists in concerts & music videos. Tatiana is the New Works Director at Miami New Drama and a professor at Hofstra University and the Atlantic Acting School. Member of SDC. MFA: Columbia. Reps: Paradigm. tatianapandiani.com/ TAYLOR WILLIAMS, CSA (Casting). Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me (NYTW, Barrow Street, Broadway) and Jeremy O. Harris’ Slave Play (NYTW, Broadway). Taylor is the Resident Casting Director at New York Theatre Workshop and Page 73 Productions. She has cast various productions

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST in NYC and around the country. Notable productions include Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma! (Fisher Center at Bard), Aleshea Harris’ Is God Is (Soho Rep), Amy Herzog’s Mary Jane (NYTW), Lucas Hnath’s The Thin Place (Humana Festival, ATL Upcoming: Martyna Majok’s Sanctuary City (NYTW), Sam Gold’s Three Sisters (NYTW), Whitney White’s The Amen Corner (Shakespeare Theatre, DC). BOND THEATRICAL (Tour Booking, Marketing & Publicity Direction) is an independently-owned booking, marketing and publicity company for live entertainment productions. Current tour marketing and booking shows include 9 to 5: The Musical, A Soldier’s Play, An Officer and a Gentleman, Annie, Blue Man Group, CATS, Clue, Clueless, Company, Diana, Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Rockin’ On, Girl from the North Country, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kathleen Turner: Finding My Voice, Lempicka, Love Actually Live, The Lehman Trilogy, May We All, Spamilton, The Brat Pack and What the Constitution Means to Me. Current marketing and publicity shows include 1776, Anastasia, Dear Evan Hansen, Escape to Margaritaville, Fiddler on the Roof, Jagged Little Pill, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, The Band’s Visit, The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, The Prom and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. NICOLE OLSON (Production Stage Manager). She/her. National tours: Waitress, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, The Phantom of the Opera, Jersey Boys, Billy Elliot, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. Regional: San Jose Repertory (six seasons including By the Bog of Cats with Holly Hunter), TheatreWorks, Working (Broadway Playhouse-Chicago).BA: Theatre, Univ. of Southern California. Thanks TK.

CATE AGIS (Stage Manager). She/her. National Tours: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hello, Dolly!. Broadway: Miss Saigon, ... The Great Comet. NYC: Sleep No More. Regional: A.R.T., ArtsEmerson, C.A.T.F. Actors’ Shakespeare Project. BFA Emerson College. Endless love to all who have supported and inspired me, thank you. 8

DHYANA COLONY (Company Manager). She/her. Dhyana is thrilled to be back on the road, having played more than 150 cities in the US, Canada and Asia. Credits include Jersey Boys (2nd National Tour), Cats (Troika 30th Anniversary Tour), Chicago (National Tour & Broadway), first National Tours of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Roundabout Theater’s 12 Angry Men, Hairspray, Les Misérables (Marius Company), Lincoln Center Theater’s Thou Shalt Not (Broadway). Dhyana studied at the University of Southern California and lives in Dallas, TX with her husband Justin and pups Lura and Beckley. Proud member of ATPAM. BETHANY WEINSTEIN STEWERT (Production Manage-ment). She/her. Recent: What the Constitution Means to Me (Broadway and National Tour), Titanique, The King’s Speech, Torch Song, Lobby Hero and Straight White Men. Bethany has production managed at Aurora Productions, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Theater Company, Second Stage Theater, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. She is the founder of Stewert Productions, LLC and an adjunct professor. MEP (General Management) is a producing, developing, and management company founded by Avram Freedberg, Mary Beth Dale, and Eva Price, and is joined by Managing Director/ General Manager Carl Flanigan. Select credits: Jitney (national tour), The Hip Hop Nutcracker, Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical, Small Mouth Sounds, The Lion, 50 Shades! The Musical, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on Broadway!, Colin Quinn Long Story Short directed by Jerry Seinfeld. maximumcompany. com 321 THEATRICAL MANAGEMENT (General Management Consultants). Wicked (worldwide), SpongeBob SquarePants, War Paint, Oh, Hello, Fully Committed, Fun Home, If/Then, Peter and the Starcatcher, Bring It On, Sister Act, Traces, Next to Normal, … Spelling Bee, The Vagina Monologues, Man of La Mancha, The Graduate, I Love You, You’re Perfect…, and Bat Boy. 321 includes Marcia

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Goldberg, Nina Essman, Nancy Gibbs, Ken Silverman, and Amy Merlino Coey. DIANA DiMENNA (Producer). She/her. Tony-nominated producer, award-winning documentary filmmaker. Broadway: Network, Three Tall Women, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, Bright Star, A Doll’s House, Part 2, Meteor Shower, The Iceman Cometh, and The Humans (national tour). OffBroadway: Fleabag, Black Light. Film: Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (Chita Rivera Award for excellence in dance on film). AARON GLICK (Producer) He/him. Glick is a Tony and Olivier Award winning producer. Credits include: What the Constitution Means to Me, The Boys in the Band, & Juliet, Fully Committed, Gypsy and The Old Man and the Old Moon. Aaron is an Associate Producer with David Stone and has worked on such shows as: Three Days of Rain, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Wicked, Next to Normal, If/Then and War Paint. Aaron is on the Board of The Musical Theatre Factory, a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College and the recipient of Hal Prince’s T Fellowship. MATT ROSS (Producer) He/him. Ross produced this season’s Pass Over, which recently reopened Broadway’s August WilsonTheatre, and Is This A Room and Dana H., which are playing in repertory at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre. Prior tothe tour, he produced Heidi Schreck’s What the Constitution Means to Me on Broadway and its film adaptation onAmazon Prime Video. He is the founder of MattRoss Public Relations, an agency representing a broad spectrumof theatre productions and entities in New York and beyond. Mattserves as Board Chair for the Brooklyn-basedtheatre company The TEAM, and on the Board of Governors of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents andManagers (ATPAM). Love and gratitude to Alyssa and Sydney. EVA PRICE (Producer) She/her. Price is a three-time Tony Award-winning producer. Credits: Jagged Little Pill (A.R.T., Broadway), Oklahoma! (Best Musical Revival), Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Angels in America (Tony-winning revival starring Nathan Lane

and Andrew Garfield), Dear Evan Hansen (six Tony Awards including Best Musical), On Your Feet!, Peter and the Starcatcher (five Tony Awards), Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons on Broadway!, Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (directed by Jerry Seinfeld), Annie (Tonynominated revival), The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino (Tony-nominated revival), Carrie Fisher’s Wishful Drinking, The Addams Family, Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical, The Lion, Small Mouth Sounds, The Hip Hop Nutcracker with rap icon Kurtis Blow, The Magic School Bus Live! The Climate Challenge, Ella. LEVEL FORWARD (Producer) is an ecosystem of storytellers, businesspeople and social change-makers focused on expanding the access to and opportunity of creative excellence in pursuit of equity and economic transformation. We develop, produce, finance, and distribute stories of stage and screen, advancing work that is resonant, purposeful, and unexpected. Current Broadway productions: Slave Play and Jagged Little Pill. Off-Broadway with New York Theater Workshop, Sanctuary City. Films include The Assistant, Holler, Rebel Hearts, and On The Record viewable online now. Join us, as we work for change on project and systems levels. levelforward.co. MADELEINE FOSTER BERSIN (Producer). She/her. Broadway credits include What the Constitution Means to Me (Tony nomination), The Inheritance (Tony), and Pass Over. Film: Heather Christian’s Animal Wisdom alongside A.C.T. and Woolly Mammoth, Jaki Bradley and Kevin Armento’s Spa Day, starring Molly Ringwald. Album: the Lazours’ Flap My Wings: Songs from We Live in Cairo. Off-Broadway: House Plant, 1969: The Second Man (Next Door @ NYTW). Line producer: projects with A$AP Rocky, A.R.T., BAM, NYTW, the TEAM. www. fosterbersin.org. MYLA LERNER (Producer) Sher/her. Myla is thrilled to bring What the Constitution Means to Me to theatres all over the country. Now, more than ever, this work must be seen and discussed. Broadway: She’s produced ten plays over the last decade, notably Pippin (Tony Award) Glengarry Glen Ross, Hair, Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Chair of Board, Lean Ensemble Theater, Hilton Head Island, SC. Trustee, National Council, Theatre Communications Group, New York. JON BIERMAN (Producer). He/him. Jon’s coproducing credits include What the Constitution Means to Me (Tony Award nominee – Best Play), The Gin Game, Love Letters, and Finian’s Rainbow (Tony nominee – Best Musical Revival). For more than 25 years, he created and supervised advertising campaigns for over 200 productions including Proof, Driving Miss Daisy, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Glengarry Glen Ross, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Fantasticks, and Forbidden Broadway. To view his photography, visit jonbierman.com. JENNA SEGAL (Producer). She/her. Jenna is proud towelcome theater back and support female-led projects. Additional Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include: Hadestown, What We’re Up Against, Gloria: A Life, Small Mouth Sounds, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Gigi. CATHERINE MARKOWITZ (Producer). She/her. Credits include: What the Constitution Means to Me (Broadway), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (Off-Broadway), I Love That Senator For You (Digital). Currently executive producing the upcoming docu-series Here’s to the Ladies Who. Grateful to the whole team, family, friends, and especially to Dan and Lucy. JANA SHEA (Producer). She/her. Cofounder of Broadstream; a new free platform of curated short form arts and arts -related content made by diverse artists for Gen Z and Millenials. Cofounder of Seaview Productions which also champions work that amplifies underrepresented voices. Highlights: 12-time Tony Award Nominated Slave Play, Sea Wall/A Life, Constitution, Pass Over, Sweeney Todd @ Barrow Street, Tony-winning Gentlemen’s Guide, Olivier-winning Gypsy, Upcoming: Thoughts of a Colored Man, Little Dancer, Coldest Winter Ever. MALEY-STOLBUN-SUSSMAN (Producers). Broadway: What the Constitution Means to Me. In development: Love in Hate Nation. Jenn Maley and Cori Stolbun are producers on Be

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More Chill and Reunion. Maley: Indecent (Tony nomination). Rachel Sussman: The Woodsman (Obie Award). Visit jennmaley.com, coristolbun. com, and rachel-sussman.com for more. REBECCA GOLD (Producer). In honor of her daughters, Rebecca is proud to be part of this timely and significant production. A multiaward-winning producer on Broadway (Porgy and Bess) and Off-Broadway (Sleep No More), she is a champion of not-for-profit theatre. JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS (Producer) He/ him. Founder of Define American, a culture change organization dedicated to humanizing the narratives surrounding immigrants. A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Emmynominated filmmaker, he is the author of “DEAR AMERICA: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen”. With Heidi Schreck, he is a producer on the Broadway run of Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s Pass Over. More info on joseantoniovargas.com. CORNICE PRODUCTIONS (Producer) is the Tony Award-winning partnership of Eric Cornell and Jack Sennott. They are currently represented on Broadway with To Kill a Mockingbird. Other recent: Oklahoma!, Anastasia, Lifespan of a Fact, Waitress (UK), A Christmas Carol. Upcoming: Anne of Green Gables. LASSEN WYSE BALSAM (Producer). Cody Lassen, Alex Wyse & Craig Balsam are thrilled to be a part of bringing this incredible show to audiences everywhere. Current and upcoming credits include How I Learned To Drive, Hadestown, Titanic, Alice By Heart, The Band’s Visit, Indecent. LassenWyseBalsam.com NEDERLANDER PRESENTATIONS (Pro­du­cer) is a production division of the multinational theatrical entities owned by James L. Nederlander. Prominent for three generations in management and operation of theatres and productions of distinguished entertainment, they have produced innumerable plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts. KATE LEAR (Producer). She/her. Theatre producer, writer and philanthropist. Co-director of the Frances Lear Foundation and proud Board

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WHO’S WHO IN THE CAST Chair of Ballet Hispánico. Co-producer: Catch Me If You Can, Of Mice and Men. SL THEATRICALS (Associate Producer). Benjamin Simpson and Joseph Longthorne. Off-Broadway: Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (WP Theater). Broadway: The Band’s Visit, Waitress, Oh, Hello. Grateful to work alongside Team Constitution! sltheatricals.com DANIEL RAKOWSKI (Producer). He/him. Previous Broadway credits: On the Town, The Great Comet, and What the Constitution Means to Me. Thank you to Matt Ross for this opportunity. Enjoy the show! CLUBBED THUMB (Producer) commissions, develops, and produces funny, strange, and provocative new plays by living American writers. Clubbed Thumb is a groundbreaker with a precise curatorial vision and a remarkable track record for launching artists’ careers; and an incubator, nurturing plays, collaborations, and artists through thoughtfully deployed resources, opportunities, mentorship, and hospitality. In 24 seasons the company has produced the NYC or professional premieres of Clare Barron, Sarah Ruhl, Tanya Saracho, Lisa D’Amour, Will Arbery, and many others. Clubbedthumb.org

engages inimitable genre-shaping directors, and supports emerging artists in the earliest days of their careers. NYTW has mounted over 150 productions from artists whose work has shaped our very idea of what theatre can be, including Rent, Homebody/Kabul, A Number, Peter and the Starcatcher, Once, Mary Jane, Lazarus, Slave Play, and Hadestown Pocket US Constitutions generously donated by

The ACLU is an organization of people who believe in the power of action. Whether in the courts, statehouses, or Congress, we fight to defend the rights that the Constitution guarantees to all of us—regardless of who we are, where we come from, whom we love, or what we believe. We’re evolving from an organization of lawyers and advocates into a larger coalition of people fighting for what’s right together—for all of us. We seek to be the place where people can come, no matter their political affiliation, to take action.

TRUE LOVE PRODUCTIONS (Producer). Jeanne Donovan Fisher and Laurie Gilmore. Select projects: King Lear, To Kill a Mockingbird, Sweat, Bright Star, Skylight, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Fela!, Norman Conquests, Well, Medea, True Love, Shockheaded Peter, Coraline, and Sleep No More. Run by Tom Cole, The New Play Commissioning Program gives established playwrights the opportunity to create original, new work, free of commercial constraints. Recent artists: Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas, Sheila Callaghan, and Craig Lucas. NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP (Producer) empowers visionary theatre-makers and brings their work to adventurous audiences through productions, artist workshops, community engagement, and educational programs. NYTW nurtures pioneering new writers alongside powerhouse playwrights,

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ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS GENERAL MANAGEMENT MEP Eva Price Carl Flanigan Josh Altman Eric Emauni Casey McDermott Avram Freedberg Mary Beth Dale

Housing/Travel...................................................................Road Rebel Tutoring........................................On Location Education/Ellen Herry Trucking.........................................................................Clark Transfer CREDITS Scenic items fabricated by PRG-Scenic Technologies, a division of Production Resource Group LLC New Windsor, NY. Sound equipment provided by Masque Sound. Additional scenic pieces fabricated by Scenic Highlights.

COMPANY MANAGER Dhyana Colony EXCLUSIVE TOUR DIRECTION BOND THEATRICAL bondtheatrical.com TOUR BOOKING Temah Higgins Mollie Mann Wendy Roberts Megan Savage Madison St. Amour Amber Howard MARKETING & PUBLICITY DIRECTION DJ Martin Marc Viscardi Steph Kelleher Adrienne Richards Phillip Aleman Melissa Cohen Adrienne McKissick Bailey Ford Simon Rosales Janiya Wade

CONSTITUCIÓN DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EN ESPAÑOL Para leer la Constitución de los Estados Unidos en español, visite constitutioncenter.org/learn/educational-resources/historical-documents/ the-constitution-of-the-united-states-html-en-espanol SPECIAL THANKS David Stone, Andy Jones, Jordan Roth, Nicole Kastrinos, Maria Goyanes, Norman Lear, Sherry Chastain Schreck & Larry Schreck, Kip Fagan, Carlo Steinman, Gloria Steinem, William Araiza, Wisdom Kunitz, Anaya Matthews, Didi O’Connell, Morgan Gould, Sue Jean Kim, Arabella Powell, Noah Silva, The Gilder Lehrman Institute, Fractured Atlas, ASCAP, BMI, ERA Coalition, ACLU, American Legion James E. Coffey Post 3, American Legion Post 1, American Legion Memorial Post 71, American Legion Post 398, The American Legion Department of Illinois, Margaret Skoglund, Danielle Karliner Naish, Second Stage Theater, Helen Hayes Theater.

NATIONAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVE MATT ROSS PUBLIC RELATIONS Matt Ross Nicole Capatasto Claire Wojciechowski Sarah Sgro Liz Lombardi LEGAL COUNSEL NEVIN LAW GROUP PLLC Doug Nevin, Esq. Dan Haley, Esq. Ashley Hellberg, Esq. Janine Beach Esq. Miles River Willow Brandon Taylor PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT STEWERT PRODUCTIONS Bethany Weinstein Stewert PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER............................ Nicole Olson Stage Manager...................................................................... Cate Agis Associate Director ...................................................Tatiana Pandiani COVID Safety Manager............................................. Laura Gutierrez Health & Safety Consultant............................. Infectious Economics Associate Scenic Designer..............................Lawrence E. Moten III Assistant Scenic Designer..................................... Jessie Bonaventure Associate Costume Designer.....................................Siena Zoë Allen Associate Lighting Designer...............David Shocket, Greg Solomon Associate Sound Designer..............................................Josh Samuels Touring Technical Director........................................ Otto Martinian Casting Assistant..............................................................Lizi Latimer Banking....................................Signature Bank/Margaret M. Monigan Insurance................................Risk Strategies Company/DeWitt Stern Payroll................................................................ Checks and Balances Finance Director.....................................................KeriAnne Murphy Accountant .............. ...... .WithumSmith+Brown/Robert Fried, CPA, .....................................Karen Kowgios, CP, Anthony W. Moore, CPA Dramaturg....................................................................... Sarah Lunnie Vocal Coaches.........................................................Dawn-Elin Fraser Debate Coaches.......... ............Erin Szczechowski, Aaron Marquette Fact Checker and Researcher.......................................... Sanaz Toossi Assistant to the Author/Artistic Consultant ....................Molly Paige Production Assistants..........................................................Cara Kieni Additional Material....................................................Danny Wolohan Production Photographer.................................................Joan Marcus

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WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME was rehearsed at Sunlight Studios, 321 West 44th Street, NYC, NY 10036

The Actors 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. BACKSTAGE AND FRONT OF THE HOUSE EMPLOYEES ARE REPRESENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES (OR I.A.T.S.E) The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, Inc., an independent national labor union. The Company Manager employed in this production is represented by the Association of Theatrical Press Agents & Managers.


SUPPORT FOR OVERTURE We gratefully acknowledge the following contributors to Overture Center for the Arts.

PUBLIC SUPPORT An annual commitment from the City of Madison helps support Overture Center. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, the Madison Common Council and City of Madison residents deserve our gratitude for their generous support.

LOCAL LEGENDS AND CORPORATE CHAMPIONS The Local Legends and Corporate Champions program honors individuals and organizations who lead by example in their support of the arts and community engagement. We want to acknowledge those who wish to create a legacy through a transformative gift of $100,000 or more to Overture and our community. 2021-22 Deirdre Garton J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.

Vance & Jody Tang Old National Bank

2019-20 Dianne Christensen Bell Laboratories 2018-19 Norman Berven & Barbara Mittelstaedt Berven Vance & Jody Tang Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison 2017-18 Connor Hughes Family Betty Harris Custer & Custer Financial Services Charles & Barbara Saeman Jack & Sarah Salzwedel

2016-17 Jun & Sandy Lee Nick & Judy Topitzes An anonymous couple in honor of Glenda Noel-Ney and Tim Sauers, VP of Programming and Community Engagement, for their dedication to the arts throughout their careers, and their tremendous influence on making Overture this wonderful place to be introduced to, experience and enjoy the arts An anonymous couple because they believe Overture is a beautiful space that everyone should be able to enjoy Exact Sciences Corporation

2015-16 Jim & Sue Bakke Diane Endres Ballweg Jim Imhoff & Kitty Kuhl Jonathan & Susan Lipp Tom & Peggy Pyle 2014-15 An anonymous donor in honor of Ted & Gail DeDee Ron & Deborah Krantz 2013-14 Bea & Lau Christensen Joe & Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner 2012-13 Dianne Christensen Kelly Family Foundation Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc.

CORPORATE & FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS Historic Sponsor American Girl’s Fund for Children Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc. $100,000+ Madison Community Foundation Marriott Daughters Foundation State of Wisconsin – Department of Administration $20,000- $99,999 Associated Bank Bell Laboratories Custer Financial Services Evjue Foundation Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison J. Willard & Alice S. Marriott Charitable Fund Old National Bank

SupraNet Communications, Inc. The Walt Disney Company $10,000-$19,999 American Girl’s Fund for Children Arts Midwest County of Dane CUNA Mutual Group Exact Sciences Corporation John J. Frautschi Family Foundation Kuehn Family Foundation Madison-Kipp Corporation Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation Rogers Behavioral Health Tito’s Handmade Vodka UnityPoint Health - Meriter Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and NEA

$5,000-$9,999 Dane Arts Electronic Theater Controls, Inc. Park Bank Starion Bank University Research Park $2,500 - $4,999 Adesys Kayser Automotive Group Veridian Homes $1,000-$2,499 Herb Kohl Philanthropies Nelnet The Madison Club Think Ink & Design

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SUPPORT FOR OVERTURE We gratefully acknowledge the following contributors to Overture Center for the Arts.

PUBLIC SUPPORT An annual commitment from the City of Madison helps support Overture Center. Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, the Madison Common Council and City of Madison residents deserve our gratitude for their generous support.

LOCAL LEGENDS AND CORPORATE CHAMPIONS The Local Legends and Corporate Champions program honors individuals and organizations who lead by example in their support of the arts and community engagement. We want to acknowledge those who wish to create a legacy through a transformative gift of $100,000 or more to Overture and our community. 2021-22 Deirdre Garton J.H. Findorff & Son Inc.

Vance & Jody Tang Old National Bank

2019-20 Dianne Christensen Bell Laboratories 2018-19 Norman Berven & Barbara Mittelstaedt Berven Vance & Jody Tang Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison 2017-18 Connor Hughes Family Betty Harris Custer & Custer Financial Services Charles & Barbara Saeman Jack & Sarah Salzwedel

2016-17 Jun & Sandy Lee Nick & Judy Topitzes An anonymous couple in honor of Glenda Noel-Ney and Tim Sauers, VP of Programming and Community Engagement, for their dedication to the arts throughout their careers, and their tremendous influence on making Overture this wonderful place to be introduced to, experience and enjoy the arts An anonymous couple because they believe Overture is a beautiful space that everyone should be able to enjoy Exact Sciences Corporation

2015-16 Jim & Sue Bakke Diane Endres Ballweg Jim Imhoff & Kitty Kuhl Jonathan & Susan Lipp Tom & Peggy Pyle 2014-15 An anonymous donor in honor of Ted & Gail DeDee Ron & Deborah Krantz 2013-14 Bea & Lau Christensen Joe & Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner 2012-13 Dianne Christensen Kelly Family Foundation Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc.

CORPORATE & FOUNDATION SUPPORTERS Historic Sponsor American Girl’s Fund for Children Madison Gas & Electric Foundation, Inc. $100,000+ Madison Community Foundation Marriott Daughters Foundation State of Wisconsin – Department of Administration $20,000- $99,999 Associated Bank Bell Laboratories Custer Financial Services Evjue Foundation Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison J. Willard & Alice S. Marriott Charitable Fund Old National Bank

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SupraNet Communications, Inc. The Walt Disney Company $10,000-$19,999 American Girl’s Fund for Children Arts Midwest County of Dane CUNA Mutual Group Exact Sciences Corporation John J. Frautschi Family Foundation Kuehn Family Foundation Madison-Kipp Corporation Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation Rogers Behavioral Health Tito’s Handmade Vodka UnityPoint Health - Meriter Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and NEA

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$5,000-$9,999 Dane Arts Electronic Theater Controls, Inc. Park Bank Starion Bank University Research Park $2,500 - $4,999 Adesys Kayser Automotive Group Veridian Homes $1,000-$2,499 Herb Kohl Philanthropies Nelnet The Madison Club Think Ink & Design


SUPPORT FOR OVERTURE INDIVIDUAL GIFTS $100,000+ Diane Endres Ballweg W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation Pleasant T. Rowland $25,000 - $99,999 Cummings Christensen Family Foundation Mike & Lee Ann Dillis Roma E. Lenehan Charles & Barbara Saeman Sarah & Jack Salzwedel John & Mary Schroeder Joe & Mary Ellyn Sensenbrenner Mike & Mary Sue Shannon Jessica & James Yehle $10,000 - $24,999 Anonymous (3) Anna & Andy Burish Anne & Tim Connor Betty Harris Custer & J. Corkey Custer Marjorie Devereaux & David Hall Eric & Joann Eisenhart Betty & Jerry Fuller Linda & John Hughes Joyce Knutson Scott & Mary Kolar Ron & Deborah Krantz Jun & Sandy Lee Richard & Mary Lynch Julie Marriott & David Harding Jim Matras Thomas & Margaret Pyle $5,000 - $9,999 Anonymous (3) In Memory of Michael Aulik-Beere, Mark Aulik-Beere Juliet Aylward Dean & Nancy Baumgardner Norm Berven & Barbara Mittelstaedt Berven Ellen L. Brothers Dennis & Lynn Christensen Kevin & Sheila Conroy Steve & Shirley Crocker Katie Dowling-Marcus & Ben Marcus Cedric Ellis Dan & Natalie Erdman Curt & Dawn Hastings Steve & Elaine Hathaway Dr. Matthew Hebert & Mrs. Sherri Hebert Peggy Lindberg Norma & Doug Madsen Jean & Walter Meanwell Tim & Joy Neuville Dale & Deborah Nickels John & Susan Pecotte Reynold V. Peterson J.P. Raymond David & Brenda Scidmore Joe Silverberg

Patty Spires-Merkel & Robert Merkel Richard & Marcia Taugher Thomas E. Terry Greg & Jenny Williams Janet Zimmerman $2,000 - $4,999 Anonymous (2) Carla & Fernando Alvarado Kristine & Paul Ashe George Austin & Martha Vukelich-Austin Jeff & Angela Bartell Tom & Sally Basting Juli & Keith Baumgartner Tom & Martha Beach Mark & Gail Bennett Dianne Benson & Kristin Koeffler Linda & Niles Berman Dale & Nanci Bjorling Judy & Mark Bunge Stephen Caldwell & Judi Werner Arthur Chang David Coe Scott & Jacqueline Cooper Sherry L. de Alvarez Greg & MaryAnn Dombrowski Pamela Walgren & Dan Dooge Edmond & Debra Drewsen Russ & Jean Endres Charles N. Ford & Sharon L. James Michael & Susan Fox Dennis Funk & Tom Sanew Jim Sweet & Cate Furay Saul C. & Melody K. Glazer Robin Sweet & John Grande Dr. & Mrs. Frank Greer Wayne Harris Susi Haviland Kirsten Held Paul & Ana Hooker John Delamater & Janet Hyde Jim Imhoff & Kitty Kuhl Stanley & Shirley Inhorn The Kelly Family Charles & Valerie Kime Larry M. Kneeland David & Ann Larson Stuart Levitan Madigan Family J & D Masaki Colleen McCabe Barbara McGlynn Gary & Lynn Mecklenburg Laura Meffert Sharifa Merchant Tom & Ann Merfeld Joe & LuAnn Meyers Shelley M. Moffatt Mark & Nancy Moore Barbie & Terry Murawski Linda Baldwin O’Hern & Vince O’Hern Alicia Ohnstad Maxine & Dennis Palmer

Laura Peck & Gregory Anderson Frank & Laurie Peregrine Beata & Matt Pogodzinski The Pollock Family in memory of C. Fred Pollock Sara E. Rem Tim & Ann Salutz Pablo Sanchez Sarah Schaettle, MD Jayne Squirrell & Gary Lyons Tim & Lori Stadelman Paul Stein Jane Taves Brian & Jennifer Van Wyk Jane (Ginger) Zimmerman Jennifer Zorr William Arthur Zorr $1,500 - $1,999 Anonymous (2) Chris Biller Diane Bless Megan & Christopher Brakebush Kristine & Mark Corey Jessica & Jim Doyle Royle Eenigenburg & Jantina Vonk Emily Gruenewald Wm. Pharis & Carolyn D. Horton Drs. Debra & Fred Kirchner Weed Man/Terry & Kathy Kurth Daniel & Mari Mc Carty Nicholas & Elaine Mischler David S. Morel William & Patricia Jo Paul Evan & Jane Pizer Larry & Doris Schauff Peter & Martha Schram Orange & Dean Schroeder Mike & Cheryl Shult Ronald & Christine Sorkness James & Judith St. Vincent Robert & Marsha Steffen Susan Stites & Jerry Simon Mark Traino Jane & Michael Voichick Peter & Alice Waldron Jim & Linda Welch Daniel & Irene Zimmerman $1,000 – $1,499 Anonymous (4) Danny Andersen Mary Jo Bernhardt Mary Binkley Roger, Pat & Jamie Birkett Marcia Blumer Bryan & Mary Brosamle Mary & Ken Buroker Michael Caliva & Marcy Seiler Diane Kostecke & Nancy Ciezki Robert & Carol Cushing Dr. Mark De Clute Shad Fanta & Nina Kinnunen Dr. Frederick G. Freitag

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SUPPORT FOR OVERTURE Roberta Gassman & Lester Pines Nicholas Ginsberg Betty & Edward Hasselkus Thomas & Mary Beth Haunty Bonnie Hendricksen & Duane Hendrickson Kimberly Hughes Charles James Tom Jemiola, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Steven Johnston Robert & Maryanne Julian Rita & Martin Kades Birke Knipping & Ryan Parks Arthur E. & Robin S. Kurtz Richard & Judy Kvalheim Donald & Jean Kwapil Joshua & Laura Lang Timothy Lardinois Barbara Lazewski Gerald Lefert Peter & Jill Lundberg Ronald Luskin & M. Therese Ruzicka Brian & Rebecca Mayhew Steve & Susan McCarthy McGann Construction Neal & Cathy Miller Tom & Carol O’Connell Frank & Patricia Parker Rev. Tony & Dr. Katherine Patterson Paul Roehr Jim & Carol Ruhly Bill Scheuerell & Ginny Janssen Konya & Matt Schuh Howard & Ellen Louise Schwartz Michelle Slawny Mark & Toni Swandby Michelle Kamin Judith Taylor John & Carol Toussaint Rita Tubbs Brian & Angelica Vetrovec Chris Vogel Wendy Weiler Shela Westrate William F. White Neil F. Wienke Roger & Janet Zimmerman

The Blake Family Roger & Linda Boettcher Robert Bolles M. Lynn Bonneau John & Jan Bonsett-Veal John Borleske Therese Borneman Cathy & Steven Brodbeck Paul & Clio Bushland Carolyn Lazar Butler & Brian Butler Russell Cannon Randy Carey Eric Carlson Benjamin Carter Jeff & Robin Cherwinka Kevin & Connie Chesnik Victoria Cheung Thomas Clark Caroline A. Cole Kenneth Connor Virginia Corwin Tony D’Alessandro & Alison TenBruggencate Susan & Richard Davidson R. Chris & Kathy Davis Erin Decker Kurt Riegel & Jocelyn DeWitt Gib & Gail Docken Peter Doksus Renae Schroeder & Todd Donkle Robin Douthitt Eve Drury and Peter Beatty Lindsey Duca Rabbi Irvin & Vivian Ehrlich Judith & Richard Ela Mark Etzel Robert Fahrenbach David Falk & JoAnne Robbins Jonathan & Tracy Filter Flora & Douglas Flygt Ingrid & Dick Foley Lynette Fons & Bernard White Robert Forbess & Eunice Reep Cheryl Frazier Bonita Sue Friedrich Sara Record Frings & Gary Frings John Fritsch & John Cannon John Frohna & Dawn Cottingham Susan Fulks Kay Gabriel & Fiona McTavish Kimberly & William Giesecke Lynn Gilbertson-Burke David & Jean Glick John & Stacy Graham Leona Grubb Terry Haller James Halverson Mark & Debbie Hamilton Beverly Harris Patrick & Janet Hennessey Marilyn Hoffman Jennifer Hoffman Robert W. Hoffman Rhonda & Carl Holmquist Chris Homburg John Humenik

$500 - $999 Anonymous Eric Adelman John & Donna Andres Charles & Margaret Angevine Colin & Melissa Anglin Julia Arata-Fratta Maneesh & Michelle Arora Mark & Dawn Ashley Alex Averbook & Samantha Daniels-Kolin Jenny Badreddine J Ballard & J Matzner Charles & Elizabeth Barnhill Nina & Thomas Bartell Nancy Bauer Paul Berge & Patricia Sweeney Robert & Kathie Besteman 16 OVERTURE.ORG | What the Constitution Means to Me

Lisa Humenik Alex Hutton Lora Hynek Jay Isaacson Sandy & Glen Jaeckel Norman Jenkins Norman & Nancy Jensen Alan Jentz Caitlyn Johnson Dr. Jonathan Johnson MD Maryl R. Johnson, MD Stanley Kanter David Kassa Sandra Kaul Daniel & Sheree Kehoe Kathleen M. Kelm Randall Kimple Michael Kohlman Steve & Lorene Kowalsky Kristine Krigsvold James & Jill Krogstad Beth Kubly Thomas Kurtz Michael & Megan Kushner David Lahaye Nick Lane Donald Lang Amanda J. Larson Robert Lewin Kurt Lin & Diane Reeber Lin Maija Maki-Laurila Bradley & Susan Manning Helen & Jeff Mattox Dr. Patrick & Linda Mckenna Cary & Brenda McNatt Chris & Kelly Medenwaldt Mike & Sally Miley Steve N. Miller and Margaret J. Miller Kay Millonzi Kyle Miner Mike Modl & Peg Littlefield-Modl Jennifer & Daniel Moehn Ann & David Moffat Kate Morand Stephen Morton Lee Nadolny Stephen Nickels Marv Nonn Douglas & Betsy Nordstrom Leonard Nosal & Gretchen Macht Renee & Andy Olson Ron & Janice Opelt Nancy & Doug Palm Jennifer Parker Zorba & Penny Paster Beauregard W. Patterson Esq Dick & Sandy Pfahler Andrew & Pam Policano Mike Potter Steve & Jeanne Preston Geoffrey & Christine Priest Carolyn & Peter Rank Tom & Jo Ann Reed David & Annette Ringdahl Connie & Bob Roden James & Jane Roeber


SUPPORT FOR OVERTURE Drs. Carol Diamond & Howard Rowley Tina & Joseph Ruskey Albert & Ruth Schams Thomas & Judy Scheidegger Dr. Margaret Schwarze Richard & Christine Schwarze Linda K. Scott Jay & Katie Sekelsky Lynda Sharpe Ana Silva Mark Simmons Susan Skinner Pam Smestad Greg & Bobbi Smith Sharon Smith Thomas Smith & Jennifer Younger Amanda Soelle Michael Cain & Anita Sprenger Tom Steppe & Ms. Ann Meyer Joe & Phyllis Stertz Sue & David Stone John Stott John Surdyk Peter & Ruth Taylor Heather Tiller Gregg & Janice Tipple Deanne Traxler Ellen Twing Fred Urben Stephen Vander Sluis Steven & Kristine Vaughn Michael Verveer Steve & Betsy Wallman Wedding Family Chad Weick & Greg Chesmore Debra Weitzel David L. White Marybeth Wilk & Katherine Brophy Kathryn Wilson Kenneth & Lynn Winter Ellen Wuennenberg Ms. Judy K. Ziewacz Mary Zins $250 - $499 Anonymous (11) Rick Abegglen Chris & Ellen Acker Cecile A. Aday Michael Anger Barbara J. Arnold David A. Babler Rachael Bailine Donald & Christina Barley Paul & Susan Barrett Paul Barth Thomas F. Baxter Christine Beatty & Fred Kauffeld Lawrence Bechler William F. Bedker & Jennifer Wnuk Sellers Bell Susan Benjamin Ms. Jane O. Bennett Kelly & Darren Berg Mr. William Bethke Glen Bever

Anna Biermeier & Roger Hanson Lisa Binkley Dr. James H. Black Tom & Paula Blankenheim Terry Bloom Sandra Bloomfield Randall Blumenstein & Marci Gittleman Gloria Borchert Freya & Jeff Bowen John Braden Patricia Brady & Robert Smith Dr. Valeri J. Briski Bill & Lynne Buckingham Amy & Cenon Buencamino Peggy & Christopher Bugg Mr. Larry Bullen Charles & Joanne Bunge Kelly Busch Katie & Tom Bush Debra Byars Melinda Caldwell Linda Carpenter Mrs. Stephanie S. Carpenter Doc & Karen Casey Connie Chapman Amy & Andrew Cigan Sara Cochrane Marshall & Arlene Colburn Mark & Ellen Cook Ms. Christine Cox Tim Culver Lisa Cvengros & Nancy Nichols Al Dassow William Davis David & Diane Deci Maria Del Rio Shelzi & Michelle Schry Shelley Denure & Mark Ristey Paul D. DiMusto David Dohler Alison Dorner Vicki Drenning Susanne & Randall Dunham Diana Durant Chris Eckerman Shelby Ellison Mary Elvekrog Tim & Vikki Enright Rod & Ruth Erickson Joe & Lori Ernst Rita M. Esch Dan & Deb Esposito Linda Fariss Ms. Patricia A. Fenner Amy Flesch & Sean Bium Carol Flint Ariel Ford Pixi & Bob Foulks Eric Frailing Shari & Gregory Gasper Tim Geier Rick Genin Heather Gerhart Thomas & Joanne Gobel Mary T. Grace Robert Grigg Kirsten Grinde

Randall Grobe & Pamela Murphy Brian Groskopf Nancy & Peter Gunder Elena Gutierrez Paul Hagen Richard Hagensick Shawn Hall Judy Ham Robert Haman Beth Hamelink Mrs. Christine Hampton Susan Hansen Linda Hanson David Hassemer & Sandra Guthrie Cindy & Don Hertrampf Ellen & Kevin Hess Ed Holmes Barbara Hundt Anna Hutchison Jeff & Linda Huttenburg Benny & Jenny Iskandar Ralph & Marie Jackson Sondra Jackson Dr. Paul & Lynne Jacobsen Monica Jaehnig Steven Jellinek Vince Jenkins & Stefanie Moritz Darin Johnson Marilyn Johnson Lee & Rosemary Jones Sam Josvai Sarah Karlen Jerry & Nancy Kaufman Cheryl L. Kendrick Mike Kenig Kim & Lawrence Kieck Daniel King Rochelle Klaskin Larry & Mary Kleinsteiber Laura Kline Robert & Gloria Knipschild Michael Knoedler & Kathleen Warpinski Doug Knudson Lori Koffarnus Ms. Jane L. Kopp Ken & Elaine Kosier Catherine Krier Megan Krueger Sylvia & Lawrence Kruger Dan Kruse Michael & Sharon Kuhn Michael & Debra Kutchin Joanne Kutter Keith Lang & Mary Ellen Havel-Lang Ms. Courtney Lanz Beverly Larson Roger Lautz Charles Leadholm & Jeanne Parus Robert & Jeffrie Leahy Craig & Kathleen Levenick Victor & Judy Levine Thomas & Margie Lindow Marsha Lindsay Richard Linton Efrat Livny & Ken Baun Barbara Loftsgordon

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SUPPORT FOR OVERTURE Dale Loomis Anne Lucke Mary Manering & Dennis Tande Bruce & Ruth Marion Delia Markham Charles Martin & Kathryn Schubert Kimberly Mast Chelsea R. McCord Jennifer McCreadie Marcia & Mark McDermid James McNeil Angela Mehrman Steven Meyers Irene Middlemas Ms. Rosalie Migas Paul & Sherry Minkus Richard & JoAnn Morgan Tess Mulrooney & Paul Eastwood Matthew K. Nelson Kathie J. Nichols Tracy Niesen Breunig Ms. Heather Norton Daniel O’Brien Mary O’Connor Mrs. Samantha O’Connor David Olson Kathleen Olson Scott Paler Amy Pauli Therese & Mark Payne Jon Pernsteiner Lori Pernsteiner Robert Pesselman & Gerri DiMaggio-Pesselman Jeffery & Megan Pierce Amy Plumb Karen Pollack Ken & Sharon Poniewaz Linda & Paul Post Terence & Jean Prahl Barbara Prindiville Thomas & Linda Redding Heather Reeder Gary & Linda Rehfeldt Catherine Richard Georgia & Scott Roeming Pamela Rolfs Richard Roper Elaine R. Rosenblatt Judy Saeman Salar Saleh Renee Moe Salus & Jason Salus Mark Samuelson Wilton Sanders & Ms. Sue Milch Taemie & Michael Saucerman Jeffrey & Gail Schauer Peter Schierloh Dale & Madeline Schoeller David & JoAnn Schoengold

Jean Schomisch & John Luehrsen Theresa Schuster Wayne Schwalen & Barbara Fleeman Robert & Patricia Schwan Kate Sebastian Robert C. Seitz Monica Sentoff Sean Severson Claire Shaffer & Monica Gall Linda Shaw Sonjia Short Maureen Skelton Reeves Smith & Glenna Carter Ed & Jennifer Snow Mark & Lois Solverud Ross & Megan Squires Michael Statz Phillip Stefonik Jerry Steinhauer Kathy Stewart Elaine B. Strassburg Roger L. Stuve James Sugden, III Dan & Barb Takkunen Girma Tefera & Rahel Desalegne Rebecca Thousand & Eric Anderson Beth & David Timm Daniel Treuter Lynn & Vern Tucker Ward & Elizabeth Tucker Deborah Mae Umstead Elizabeth Urban Theresa Ursin Marjorie Van Handel Constance Von Der Heide Lainie Wade Georgia & Burt Wagner Arnold & Ellen Wald Peter & Toby Wallach Kevin & Theresa Walske Anglinia Washington Ms. Elizabeth J. Watson Kent Wedemeyer Steve & Pat Wehrley Vicky Weier Cindy & Jeff Welch Mrs. Kelly Welsh Alan R. West Jacquelyn Whisenant Carl White Phyllis Wiederhoeft Mrs. Juliette C. Williams Siobhan Wilson Mark Wisinski Timothy Wolff Amy Wolfgram Jeffrey Wright & Jatinder Cheema Susan & Rolf Wulfsberg MW Wurl &Julie Thies

Jim & Susan Zerwick Dave & Sandy Zweifel Douglas & Karen Zweizig The Anderson Legacy Circle The Anderson Legacy Circle recognizes and celebrates those generous supporters who are leaving a gift to Overture through their will, retirement plans or other giving arrangements. Anonymous (2) Thomas J. Basting Sr. & Sally C. Basting Richard Christofferson David & Wendy Coe Betty Harris Custer Mike and Lee Ann Dillis Dan Dooge and Pam Walgren Robert N. Doornek Rabbi Irvin and Vivian Ehrlich Robert E. Forbess Roberta Gassman and Lester Pines Larry Kneeland Joyce Knutson Jim Matras Tim and Joy Neuville Reynold Peterson Ginny Janssen and Bill Scheuerell Jeanne* and Joe Silverberg Ron and Christine Sorkness Paul and Joyce Stein Vance and Jody Tang Jane Taves Roger and Kristi Williams Kathleen E. Woit, Ph.D. Bill Zorr

*deceased

Generously sponsored by:

*Gift given from July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021.

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PATRON SERVICES AND INFORMATION Welcome to Overture Center for the Arts Your enjoyment is important to us. Please contact an usher or the ticket office if you have any concerns about your experience here. ORDERING & INFORMATION Order online at overture.org. Buy in person/phone: Visit overture.org/tickets/ buying-tickets for current ticket office hours. Group orders: Groups of 10 or more receive a discount on most performances. Call 608.258.4159 or email groups@overture.org to make reservations. Visit overture.org for event listings, links to artist websites, video, audio, directions, parking and much more. GUEST SERVICES & POLICIES Accessibility: Request accommodations when ordering your tickets. Call 608.258.4452 for information, or to request the following: • Wheelchair-accessible seating • Sign language interpretation • Audio Description • Other accommodations More information: overture.org/tickets/faqs Face Masks: All guests are required to wear face masks (must cover nose and mouth), except when actively eating or drinking in approved lobby areas. Children and lap seating: Every person, regardless of age, must have a ticket to enter the theaters for performances. Discounted lap seats are available for some performances. Children under the age of six are not permitted at certain performances. See our season brochure, visit our website or call 608.258.4141 for information. Event Staff: Stagehand services in Overture are provided by members of Local 251 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. Ushering and other services are provided by Overture volunteers. For information, visit overture.org/volunteer or call 608.258.4962. Lost and Found: Visit the information desk in the Rotunda Lobby or call 608.258.4973.

Rentals: For information on renting spaces for weddings, performances, meetings or other events, visit overture.org/host or email events@overture.org. ETIQUETTE Please turn off all electronic devices. Smoking, including the use of e-cigarettes, is prohibited in Overture Center. The use of cameras or audio recording in the theaters is prohibited without written permission from Overture Center and the performing company’s management. No food or beverages allowed in the theater at this time. Concessions available in our lobbies at select shows. In consideration of audience members with scent sensitivities and allergies, please refrain from use of perfumes, aftershaves and other fragrances. RESIDENT COMPANIES Children’s Theater of Madison ctmtheater.org | 608.255.2080 Forward Theater Company forwardtheater.com | 608.234.5001 Kanopy Dance Company kanopydance.org | 608.255.2211 Li Chiao-Ping Dance lichiaopingdance.org | 608.835.6590 Madison Ballet madisonballet.org | 608.278.7990 Madison Opera madisonopera.org | 608.238.8085 Madison Symphony Orchestra madisonsymphony.org | 608.257.3734 James Watrous Gallery wisconsinacademy.org | 608.265.2500 Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra wcoconcerts.org | 608.257.0638

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Photo: Norma Jean Roy

Upcoming Overture Shows Upcoming shows though February

FEB 3

Dancing with the Stars - Live Tour 2022!

FEB 10

Nicholas Rodriguez “All is Fair in Love...” Cabaret Dinner Theater

FEB 22-27 MAR 1

COMMUNITY PARTNER:

Hairspray Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

LOCAL PRESENTING SPONSORS:

J E F F & T I F FA N Y M AC K

MAR 4

Leanne Morgan: Big Panty Tour

MAR 6

Alton Brown Live: Beyond the Eats

MAR 8-12

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