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november 27 through december 27, 2015
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Sara Garonzik
Priscilla M. Luce
Executive Producing Director
Executive Managing Director presents
featuring
Henry clarke
Set Design daniel ostling
crystal finn adam green ron menzel matt zambrano
Costume Design jess goldstein
Lighting Design philip S. rosenberg joel shier
Sound Design joshua horvath
Wig Designer leah J. Loukas
Fight Director
Dialect Coach
Production Stage Managers
Director of Production
thomas schall
melanie julian
alison cote leslie S. allen
roy W. backes
Casting
PTC Casting
PTC Dramaturg
binder casting jack bowdan, CSA
Amy dugas brown
carrie chapter
Directed by
amanda dehnert “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Ludwig)� is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. This production has been generously supported by:
We put our energy into the arts. Arts and culture organizations have an impact of more than $1 billion on our local economy. Through PECO-sponsored programs we help people of all ages and backgrounds enjoy and experience the arts throughout our region. PECO is proud to support Philadelphia Theatre Company. Thank you for presenting entertaining and imaginative contemporary theater, focused on the American experience, that ignites the intellect and touches the soul. Find out more at www.peco.com/community Š PECO Energy Company, 2015
from the executive producing director Dear Friends, As many of you know, Philadelphia Theatre Company’s long- standing mission continues to focus upon producing and developing plays, musicals (and everything in between) by our nation’s most noteworthy and imaginative playwrights. More often than not, this diverse group of creators asks us to consider aspects of contemporary American life from political, cultural or social points of view. Once in a while, however, these same writers step away from the here-and-now and provide us with the opportunity to time- trip to another country, another century or even another planet! And that is certainly the case with Ken Ludwig and his delightful re-imagining of The Hound of the Baskervilles, arguably the most popular of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Many of us at PTC journeyed up to McCarter Theatre last winter to see their production of “Baskerville” which they co-produced with Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. What we experienced was a far cry from your father’s Sherlock, so to speak. This time around, the brilliant Holmes and his trusty side-kick Dr. Watson were at the center of some daft Python lunacy, all of which took place in what can only be described as a magic box of theatrical invention. Visual wizardry abounded, coming and going as quickly as flash paper. Three actors changed costumes over 35 times and with such speed, even we couldn’t quite figure out how! All in all, it was a beguiling fusion of mystery, comedy and magic---perfect for the holidays. And so tonight we bring you that same production, albeit with a brand new cast of quick-change artists, once again under the inspired direction of Amanda Dehnert and her creative team. As an added treat, we are proud to present on December 14th a brand new evening from the brilliant Tony Awardwinning actor and master clown, Bill Irwin, called On Beckett. This is a funny, moving and highly personal celebration of the work of Samuel Beckett by an artist of equal caliber who has had a lifelong affinity for Mr. Beckett --- his language as well as his soul-deep view of humanity. You will not want to miss this rare opportunity to be a part of this exceptional event. On behalf of everyone at Philadelphia Theatre Company, we thank you for coming tonight and wish you the happiest of holidays!
Education at Philadelphia Theatre Company The mission of PTC Education is to give students multiple and varied opportunities to:
ENGAGE directly with the dynamic worlds of PTC productions.
CREATE theatre that is relevant to their lives and communicates their passions.
DEVELOP skills of collaboration, compassion and creativity that will help them become successful human beings.
In 2015, PTC Education PrOVIDEd 763 Hours of programming provided by PTC Teaching Artists for 712 Unique Students
PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY at the
PRESENTS
A funny & moving celebration of the work of Samuel Beckett Written & performed by Tony Award-winning actor, Bill Irwin
Join us on December 14th for a special,
one night only
engagement!
“One of the most beloved physical comedians working today! ” - American Masters, PBS
The Board of Directors & the staff of Philadelphia Theatre Company Mourn the passing of
Susan Kaiserman, Wife of our former Board President, The late Kenneth S. Kaiserman
Her wisdom, humor, and generosity will be greatly missed by all.
cast sherlock holmes ................................................................................................... ron menzel*† doctor watson .................................................................................................... henry clarke* actor one: stapleton, et al. ........................................................................... adam green* actor two: sir henry baskerville, et al. ....................................... matt zambrano* actress one: miss beryl stapleton, et al. ............................................. crystal finn* * Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association † Denotes Fight Captain
Ken Ludwig’s BASKERVILLE is performed with one intermission SETTING England
TIME Late 1890s
This production was originally produced by McCarter Theatre Center Emily Mann, Artistic Director; Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director and Arena Stage Molly Smith, Artistic Director; Edgar Dobie, Executive Director.
The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. All electronic devices such as beepers, cell phones, and watch alarms must be turned off prior to the performance. 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.
THE SCENIC, COSTUME, LIGHTING AND SOUND DESIGNERS IN LORT THEATERS ARE REPRESENTED BY UNITED SCENIC ARTISTS LOCAL USA-829, IATSE. PRODUCTION EMPLOYEES ARE REPRESENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES, MOVING PICTURE TECHNICIANS, ARTISTS AND ALLIED CRAFTS OF THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND CANADA, LOCAL 8. PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE LEAGUE OF REGIONAL THEATRES (LORT), A CONSTITUENT MEMBER OF THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC. (TCG), A MEMBER OF THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA CULTURAL ALLIANCE (GPCA), THEATRE ALLIANCE OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA (TAGP), THE GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. ONE OPEN CAPTION PERFORMANCE IS PROVIDED FOR EVERY PRODUCTION TO OUR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PATRONS. ONE AUDIO DESCRIPTION PERFORMANCE IS PROVIDED FOR OUR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PATRONS. LARGE PRINT, AND AUDIO CASSETTE PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
Support for Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Accent on Accessibility Program Comes From: Independence Foundation Louis N. Cassett Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
PEP Events Our FREE Patron Enrichment Programing (PEP) gives the audience an opportunity to see behind-the-scenes of each production and to discover more about the themes and issues suggested by each production.
Meet-the-Artists (MTA) 12/3 and 12/17, post-show Stay with us right after the show for a talkback and audience Q&A with the cast of Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery.
SPECIAL TOPICS 12/8, post-show
Join us as PTC Dramaturg Carrie Chapter talks Sleuths and Spies with Kathy Haas, Assistant Curator at the Rosenbach Museum and Library.
Backstage Tour 12/12, post-matinee Join a member of PTC’s staff for a post-matinee backstage tour of the set. Learn how the set was conceived and built, and how the crew runs the show!
for a listing of all of our pep events for the season, visit:
PhilaTheatreCo.org/pep
who’s who Henry Clarke (Doctor Watson) Regional: Private Lives (Hartford Stage); Venus in Fur (American Conservatory Theater); No Man’s Land (American Repertory Theater); RFK: The Journey to Justice, and Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers (L.A. Theatre Works and NPR); Henry IV parts 1&2, Henry V, Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare & Co.); The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told (SpeakEasy Stage).Television: House, Chuck, Lie To Me, and Action English on CCTV. Education: MFA, acting, ART/MXAT Institute at Harvard University. Crystal Finn (Actress One: Miss Beryl Stapleton, et al.) New York: Pocatello (Playwrights Horizons); 16 Words or Less, La Brea, Luther, Five Genocides, affiliated artist (Clubbed Thumb); Breaking the Spell, Some Women…, Brack’s Last Bachelor Party (59E59); Bird in the Hand (Fulcrum Theater). Regional: Cleveland Play House, Two River Theater, George Street Playhouse, Dorset, Merrimack Rep. Her play The Faire premiered worldwide in 2013 at the Fault Line Theatre in New York. MFA: Brown/ Trinity, BA in English: UC Berkeley. Adam Green (Actor One: Stapleton, et al.): New York: Pearl Theatre, Red Bull, Second Stage, Cherry Lane, Lion Theatre, Theatre at St. Clement’s, New York City Opera, 59E59, Theater for the New City, Walkerspace. Regional: Midsummer Night’s Dream, world premiere of The Liar, affiliated artist (Shakespeare Theatre of DC, two-time Helen Hayes nominee); Figaro in The Figaro Plays, The Understudy (McCarter Theatre); Hartford Stage (CT Critics Circle nominee); Barrington Stage; Alley Theatre; Peter in Peter and the Starcatchers (La Jolla Playhouse); Geva Theatre; Actors Theatre of Louisville;
Awake and Sing! (Arena Stage, Rose Robinson Cowen Fellowship); Alliance Theatre; Shakespeare on the Sound. TV/Film: The Good Wife. MFA: NYU, BA in English: Harvard. www.adamwgreen.com. Ron Menzel (Sherlock Holmes) Regional: Chimerica (Studio Theatre); The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (Oregon Shakespeare); Much Ado About Nothing, A View From the Bridge, Merchant of Venice, Jane Eyre, Edgardo Mine, Hamlet, Intimate Apparel, Pericles, Sex Habits of American Women, world premiere of The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide... (Guthrie Theater); Ten Thousand Things; Geva Theatre; City Theatre; South Coast Rep; The Cape Playhouse; Jungle Theater; Mixed Blood Theatre; Huldufolk Theatre. Matt Zambrano (Actor Two: Sir Henry Baskerville, et al.) is thrilled to be making his debut with Philadelphia Theatre Company. He is a nationally acclaimed writer, slam poet, teaching artist and actor from Denver, Colorado. New York: Broken Box Mime Theater Company, Accomplice! The Show, The Story Pirates, Becket. Regional: The Santaland Diaries, As You Like It, The Liar, The Taming of the Shrew, A Christmas Carol (Denver Center); Peter and the Starcatcher, Richard II, Loves Labours Lost, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Scapin (Utah Shakespeare); Richard III, Nicholas Nickelby, Top Girls, Our Town, Uncle Vanya, Charly’s Aunt, Farenheit 451 (National Theatre Conservatory). Film/TV: The People Vs. George Lucas. MFA: National Theatre Conservatory. www.mattzambrano.com. Ken Ludwig (Playwright) has had six shows on Broadway and seven in London’s West End, and his plays and musicals have been performed in more than thirty countries in over twenty languages. His first play on Broadway, Lend Me A Tenor,
who’s who which The Washington Post called “one of the classic comedies of the 20th century,” won two Tony Awards and was nominated for seven. He has also won two Laurence Olivier Awards (England’s highest theater honor), the Charles MacArthur Award, two Helen Hayes Awards, the Edgar Award for Best Mystery from The Mystery Writers of America, the SETC Distinguished Career Award, and the Edwin Forrest Award for Services to the American Theatre. His plays have been commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Bristol Old Vic. He has written twenty-two plays and musicals, including Crazy For You (five years on Broadway and the West End, Tony and Olivier Award Winner for Best Musical), Moon Over Buffalo (Broadway and West End), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Broadway), Treasure Island (West End), Twentieth Century (Broadway), Leading Ladies, Shakespeare in Hollywood, The Game’s Afoot, The Fox on the Fairway, The Three Musketeers and The Beaux’ Stratagem. His play A Comedy of Tenors was chosen to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Cleveland Playhouse and was co-produced by the McCarter Theatre earlier this year. His newest book, How To Teach Your Children Shakespeare, won The Falstaff Award for Best Shakespeare Book of 2014 and is published by Random House. His plays have starred Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Lynn Redgrave, Mickey Rooney, Hal Holbrook, Dixie Carter, Tony Shalhoub, Anne Heche, Joan Collins, and Kristin Bell. His work is published by the Yale Review, and he is a Sallie B. Goodman Fellow of the McCarter Theatre. He holds degrees from Harvard, where he studied music with Leonard Bernstein; Haverford College and Cambridge University. For more information, please visit www.kenludwig. com. Amanda Dehnert (Director) Recent productions include: King Lear (California Shakespeare Theatre), Into The Woods (Oregon Shakespeare Festival/WallisAnnenberg Arts Ctr.), My Fair Lady (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, named Wall St.
Journal Best Revival of 2013), Eastland: A New Musical (Libretto by Andrew White, Music by Andre Pluess and Ben Sussman; director and orchestrator, world premiere, Lookingglass Theatre Company) Richard III (Public Theatre Mobile Shakespeare Unit; director/adapter/composer) Julius Caesar (Oregon Shakespeare Festival; director/ adapter), The Verona Project (words and music by Amanda Dehnert, world premiere, California Shakespeare Theatre), Peter Pan: A Play (by Amanda Dehnert, Lookingglass Theatre Company, Joseph Jefferson Award nomination, best new adaptation), Death of a Salesman (Dallas Theatre Center), The Fantasticks (South Coast Repertory, Long Wharf Theatre, and Arena Stage Company, Helen Hayes Award nomination, outstanding direction), Cloudlands (book by Octavio Solis, Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon, world premiere, South Coast Repertory), All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, director/adapter), Cabaret (Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Canada), Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, director/ adaptor/composer), My Fair Lady (Actors Theatre of Louisville/Cleveland Playhouse 2006, Virginia Stage Company 2008, Trinity Repertory Co. 2000; director/music director) and a staged concert version of The Two Gentlemen of Verona – The Rock Opera (Shakespeare Theatre, D.C.) She currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Theatre Department at Northwestern University in Chicago where she is tenured. Prior to that, she was a Clinical Professor for the Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA program. Daniel Ostling (Set Designer) is a Tony Award-nominated Scenic Designer based in San Francisco and NYC. He has been an ensemble member of Lookingglass Theatre Company (2011 Regional Tony Award recipient) since 1997 where he has designed more than 20 productions. He is a longtime collaborator with fellow Lookingglass ensemble member
who’s who Mary Zimmerman (MacArthur Fellow) with whom he has designed over 23 productions, including Metamorphoses (Circle in the Square/Broadway, 2003 Tony Award nominee-Best Set Design). Recent productions include Clybourne Park (Walter Kerr Theater/Broadway; 2012 Tony Award nominee-Best Set Design, 2012 Tony Award winner-Best Play); Jungle Book (Goodman/ Huntington); North China Lover, Eastland (Lookingglass); Stuck Elevator (A.C.T.); White Snake (Oregon Shakespeare/Berkeley Rep); Candide (Chicago, DC, Boston tour); and Danai Gurira’s The Convert (Princeton, LA, Chicago tour; Ovation Award winner-Best Set Design). In 2011, he made his professional directing debut with Jacques Brel is Alive and Well… at Two River Theater. Regional: Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), New York Shakespeare, Lincoln Center, The Public Theater, Playwright’s Horizon, Shakespeare Theatre of DC, Long Wharf, McCarter, Huntington, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Oregon Shakespeare, A.C.T., Berkeley Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Seattle Rep, Arena Stage, Portland Center Stage. Opera designs include Lucia Di Lammermoor & Sonnambula (Metropolitan Opera); Merry Widow (Lyric Opera); Ainadmar (Tanglewood Music Festival/LA Philharmonic); Phillip Glass’ Galileo Galilei (NYC, London, Chicago tour); and Suor Angelica, Gianna Schicchi (SF Opera Center). International: Pacific Overtures (Donmar Warehouse in London, 2003 Olivier Award winner-Best Musical). He was a tenured Associate Professor at Northwestern University from 2003 to 2011 and now teaches there part-time.
and Hewes Awards winner). Off Broadway: Il Trittico (Metropolitan Opera). TV/Film: Tony Goldwyn’s A Walk on the Moon. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and has taught design there since 1990. He was the 2015 recipient of the Irene Sharaff Lifetime Achievement Award. www.jess-goldstein. com. Philip S. Rosenberg (Lighting Designer) Broadway: The Elephant Man, It’s Only A Play, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Off Broadway: Explorers Club, Cactus Flower. Regional: Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Guthrie, Old Globe, Huntington, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Hartford Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theater, Westport Country Playhouse. Joel Shier (Lighting Designer) Select Design: Road Show (Signature); L.M.N.O.P. (Goodspeed); Pregnancy Pact (Westin); Ghost Light Sessions; The Memory Show (Barrington); Fugitive Songs, Broadway Bares. Select Associate Design: Matilda (Tony Award winner), Ghost (Tony Award nominee), If/Then, The Elephant Man, Finding Neverland, Soul Doctor, Godspell, Moonshine, Wicked (tour), Sister Act (tour), Sweeney Todd (tour), productions in Argentina and China, 2nd Stage, Lincoln Center, A.C.T., A.R.T., Roundabout, Westport, D.T.C.
Joshua Horvath (Sound Designer) is a Bay area and Chicago award-winning Sound Designer/Composer/Music Producer. Regional: Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, Centerstage, Alliance Theatre, Goodman, Steppenwolf, The Court, Lookingglass, Jess Goldstein (Costume Designer) Milwaukee Rep, The Arena, Cincinnati Broadway: On the Town, Jersey Boys, Disney’s Playhouse in the Park, Kansas City Rep, Newsies, The Merchant of Venice with Al McCarter, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Pacino (Tony Award nominee), Henry IV with Kevin Kline (Tony Award nominee), The Rivals California Shakespeare, Mark Taper Forum and Oregon Shakespeare. He has (2005 Tony Award winner), The Apple Tree taught sound design for theatre and film with Kristin Chenoweth, Orphans with Alec Baldwin, Buried Child, Proof, Take Me Out, Love! at Northwestern University and DePaul University. He is a four-time Joseph Jefferson Valour! Compassion!, How I Learned to Drive, Dinner With Friends, The Mineola Twins (Lortel Award winner and LA Ovation winner, a
who’s who company member of the House Theatre of Chicago, an artistic associate of Lookingglass Theatre Company and a collaborative partner with The Goodman. Leah J. Loukas (Wig Designer) Broadway: The Heidi Chronicles, On The Town, A Night with Janis Joplin, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, American Idiot, Irena’s Vow. Off Broadway: Into the Woods, Love’s Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare in the Park); Barbecue, Fortress of Solitude (Public); Heathers: The Musical; Bare: The Musical; Carrie: The Musical; Tribes; The Dance and The Railroad, Our Lady of Kiebeho, Love and Money (Signature Theatre). Regional: The Sound of Music, The Little Mermaid, Oliver!, South Pacific, Grease, Elf!, Ever After (Paper Mill Playhouse); Hartford Stage; Dallas Theater Center; A.R.T.; Long Wharf. BFA: University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.
undergraduate and MFA Acting programs. Since moving to Philadelphia she has worked with a number of local theaters as a vocal coach: the Arden Theatre, Passage Theatre, Theatre Exile, BRAT Productions, EgoPo Classic Theater, Luna Theater, Plays and Players, and Quince Productions. As an actress she has worked with Northern California’s Mondavi Arts Center, the Soho Playhouse, Mauckingbird Theatre Company, the Pittsburgh Playhouse, Penumbra Theatre, and the Minnesota Orchestra, among others. She will be appearing next in EgoPo Classic Theater’s production of Clare Booth Luce’s The Women. She is an Associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and a proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association.
Thomas Schall (Fight Director) More than fifty Broadway shows: Allegiance, China Doll, The Country House, A Delicate Balance, This Is Our Youth, Of Mice And Men, Casa Valentina, Romeo And Juliet, Lucky Guy, Death Of A Salesman, Venus In Fur, War Horse, Merchant Of Venice, A Free Man Of Color, A View From The Bridge, Mary Stuart, The Seafarer, Waiting For Godot, Rock N’ Roll, Coram Boy, Art, Journey’s End, Wicked. Off Broadway: Murder Ballad, Ruined, The Explorers Club (Manhattan Theatre Club); Father Comes Home From The Wars, Mother Courage, Hamlet, King Lear, Titus Andronicus (Public); Disgraced, Blood And Gifts (Lincoln Center); Look Back In Anger, Dinner With Friends (Roundabout Theatre); Homebody/Kabul (BAM); The Marriage Of Figaro, Il Trovatore (Metropolitan Opera).
Alison Cote (Production Stage Manager) is pleased to be working on Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville at PTC having stage managed productions of the show at McCarter Theatre and Arena Stage. Alison is in her 20th season at McCarter Theatre, where highlights also include The White Snake directed by Mary Zimmerman; Danai Gurira’s The Convert directed by Emily Mann; Fetch Clay, Make Man directed by Des McAnuff; Sorrows and Rejoicings directed by Athol Fugard; Stephen Wadsworth’s adaptations of The Figaro Plays, and most recently Ken Ludwig’s A Comedy of Tenors. Other credits include Edward Albee’s Me, Myself & I at Playwrights Horizons; Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays at The Public Theater, Second Stage, Old Globe, Goodman Theatre, Paper Mill, Kennedy Center, Long Wharf, Center Theatre Group, Berkeley Rep, Bard Summerscape, Pittsburgh Public, Williamstown and 16 productions with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.
Melanie Julian (Dialect Coach) is happy to be back at Philadelphia Theatre Company as dialect coach for the fifth time; she previously coached PTC’s productions of Grey Gardens, Ruined, Tribes, and Outside Mullingar. She has been a member of the theater faculty at Temple University since 2008, where she teaches in both the
Leslie S. Allen (Production Stage Manager) is very honored to join the Philadelphia Theatre Company family this season and to be back in Philly. Regional: Medea, A Raisin in the Sun (SM), A Christmas Carol, ’14 & ‘12, Rocky Horror Show, Fly By Night, King Lear, Death of a Salesman, The Who’s Tommy (ASM, Dallas Theater Center). Titanic, The
who’s who Human Comedy; Blue Roses (PSM, Lyric Stage), Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, the Musical (PSM, Wishing Star Productions); Camelot (PSM, Casa Manana); The Best Christmas Pageant Ever; The Neverending Story; And Then They Came for Me; Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type; Madeline’s Christmas (SM, Dallas Children’s Theater); Forever Plaid, A Christmas Carol (ASM, The Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia). Tours: Barney: Let’s Go Live!; Kelly Clarkson’s Addicted; George Strait, 2007. BFA, Texas State University. Thank you to my family and friends in Dallas and beyond for their love and support.
& the Beast, Last Night of Ballyhoo, Chicago, King & I, Damn Yankees, Lost in Yonkers, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, The Goodbye Girl. Film/TV: Dreamgirls, Chicago, Nine, Hairspray, Carousel (PBS/NY Phil), Six by Sondheim (HBO), So You Think You Can Dance. Regional/Other: Hartford Stage (currently 4th season), NY City Center Encores! series, West Side Story (San Francisco Symphony), Lyric Opera of Chicago, TUTS. Ten–time Artios Award winner.
Carrie Chapter (Literary Manager/ Dramaturg) is a graduate of Washington College and Villanova University. Her workshop and production credits include Roy W. Backes (Director of Production) is a the National Music Theatre Conference and top honors graduate of Point Park University’s the National Playwrights Conference at the O’Neill Theater Center, PlayPenn New BFA Conservatory Theater Program in his hometown of Pittsburgh. He began his career Play Development, Geva Theatre Center, as Prop Master for the late, great Fred Rogers Playwrights Horizons, Primary Stages, and Inis Nua Theatre Company. Ms. Chapter on the landmark PBS show, Mister Rogers has provided workshop dramaturgy for Neighborhood. Mr. Backes has spent over Broadway’s The Book of Mormon. She is three decades in the professional theater, also an instructor at Temple University. working as a Production Stage Manager, Ms. Chapter is a member of the Literary Production Manager, and General Manager, Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas both on and Off-Broadway and at regional (LMDA). theaters throughout the country, including Pittsburgh Public Theater, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Roundabout Theatre Company, Sara Garonzik (Executive Producing Director) has led Philadelphia Theatre Freedom Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Company (PTC ) since 1982. Now celebrating Festival, Bay Street Theatre, Hartmann Theater, Prince Music Theater, Wilma Theater, its 41st Season, PTC is a nationally-respected Walnut Street Theatre, and many more. Roy is theatre and the only one in its region a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association with a mission dedicated to producing and developing new American plays and and The Production Managers Forum. Roy musicals. She has introduced more than 140 thanks his wife, Lisbeth, and son, Oliver, for world and regional premieres, including new their love and undying support. work by Terrence McNally, Bill Irwin, Anna Accept grace. Deavere Smith, Christopher Durang, Tracey Binder Casting (Casting) Broadway: Scott Wilson, John Henry Redwood, Naomi Dames at Sea, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Wallace, Jeffrey Hatcher, Bruce Graham and Murder, Lion King, Nice Work If You Can Get It, others. These productions have garnered Born Yesterday, The Miracle Worker, Finian’s 59 Barrymore Awards and 189 nominations. Rainbow, Brighton Beach Memoirs, A Chorus In 2007, PTC opened the Suzanne Roberts Line, Gypsy, 39 Steps, White Christmas, Is He Theatre, a universally-designed, fullyDead?, Inherit The Wind, Journey’s End, Butley, accessible, state-of-the-art facility on the Virginia Woolf, Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Avenue of the Arts. PTC now serves a diverse Movin’ Out, 42nd Street, Music Man, Iceman audience of more than 60,000, including Cometh, Charlie Brown, Sound of Music, Beauty thousands of Philadelphia public high school
who’s who students through its award-winning Drama Contact program, established in 2004. PTC has won two awards from the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia—one for Arts Management Excellence (1997) and the other for its partnership with developer Carl Dranoff in creating the Suzanne Roberts Theatre/Symphony House development (2008.) In 1991, Sara was named to PTC ’s Board of Directors. She has also served as President of the Board of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund (2009-12) and was a member of the Mayor’s Advisory Council. Other previous board service includes Artreach and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (GPCA). She currently sits on the Advisory Boards of both the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia and PlayPenn, a new play development organization. In addition to board service, she has reviewed grant proposals on a number of theater panels for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio State Arts Councils as well as for the Knight Foundation Arts Challenge in Philadelphia, the TCG Fox Foundation Actor Fellowships, the McKnight Foundation Advancement Awards for Playwriting, the O’Neill Playwrights Conference, The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She is listed in Who’s Who of American Women and was named one of Business Philadelphia’s and Philadelphia Magazine’s “People to Watch.” In 2010, she became a Distinguished Daughter in the Court of Honor at Philadelphia High School for Girls. Other honors include the President’s Award from Philadelphia Young Playwrights, the Achievement Award from the American Association of University Women - an honor she proudly shared with Dawn Staley and Terry D’Alessandro - and Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown’s Arts Pioneer Award. She has lived and worked in Center City Philadelphia since graduating from Temple University. Priscilla M. Luce (Executive Managing Director) has a broad background that covers virtually all aspects of non-profit
management, positioning, philanthropy, and volunteerism. She served for 11 years as Vice President of a national, non-profit, fundraising and management consulting firm, guiding the boards of trustees and staff of more than 50 schools, colleges, museums, performing arts vicinities, hospitals, and other organizations in raising annual, capital endowment and deferred gifts for their institutions. Previously, she held public relations positions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Mount Holyoke College, and she spent the majority of her long career in corporate communications with TRW Inc., a Fortune 100 company based in Cleveland, OH. She served as Vice President of Corporate Communications, leading TRW’s media relations, employee communications, marketing communications, and contributions programs, also serving as Executive Director of the TRW Foundation. She has been listed in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who of American Women. She is an expert in crisis management, strategic planning, marketing communications, and issue communications. Luce has been volunteer President and Executive Director of The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation in Philadelphia since 2000. She is Executive Producer of a documentary film, Mr. Philadelphia – The Story of Albert M. Greenfield, which aired on WHYY in Philadelphia. Luce has consulted with non-profit organizations as well as companies in the manufacturing and real estate sectors. Her work has included strategic and operational planning, fundraising feasibility analysis and planning, constituency development, organizational positioning, and marketing communications. Luce is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in English, and attended executive marketing programs at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, the London Business School, and the J. L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. She currently serves as Treasurer of the Philadelphia Regional Arts Consortium and is a member of the Union League of Philadelphia.
who’s who McCarter Theatre Center Under the leadership of Artistic Director Emily Mann and Managing Director Timothy J. Shields, McCarter Theatre Center is one of America’s leading regional theatres and is the only organization in this country that is a professional producing theater while simultaneously presenting major performing artists. World premieres include Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2013 Tony Award, Best Play), Miss Witherspoon; The Brother/Sister Plays; Me, Myself & I; Having Our Say and The Convert. Other plays include Broadway productions of Translations; Anna in the Tropics (Pulitzer Prize); and Electra. McCarter presents artists such as Lang Lang, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Wynton Marsalis, David Sedaris and more. Our education/outreach efforts serve tens of thousands through student matinees, in-school residencies, and adult education classes. McCarter is supported by Princeton University, the New Jersey State
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An author’s dossier:
sir arthur
conan doyle The following content is reprinted with permission from McCarter Theatre. Edited by Carrie Chapter, PTC Dramaturg Image courtesy of the George Grantham Bain Collection, The Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/ggbainhtml/ggbainabt.html Name: Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle ALSO KNOWN AS: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Born: May 22, 1859; Edinburgh, Scotland Knighted For: Work on a non-fiction pamphlet regarding the Boer War. (War correspondent - services rendered to the Crown during the Boer War by King Edward VII).
Hobbies: Conan Doyle was on the same cricket team as Peter Pan writer, JM Barrie. He was also an avid skier (and one of the first). Guilty Pleasure: Spending lunch money on second-hand books. Teenage Aspirations: To become a doctor, he began medical studies in 1876 at the University of Edinburgh. Alma Mater: Stonyhurst College (inspiration for Baskerville Hall).
An author’s dossier: sir arthur conan doyle Original Names for His Most Famous Protagonists: Ormond Sacker and Sherrinford Holmes (to become Dr. Watson and Sherlock). Inspiration for the Famous Sherlock Holmes: Joseph Bell, surgeon at the Edinburgh Infirmary (incredible powers of observation and diagnosis). Religious Beliefs: Spirtualism, the belief that the dead can communicate with the living (+ fairies; wrote The Coming of the Fairies in 1921). Holmes Onstage: Conan Doyle, who tried his hand mostly unsuccessfully at playwriting, finally had a hit with The Speckled Band, which put his most famous detective/character onstage. Most Distinguishable Facial Feature: Moustache. First attempt at fiction: “The Mystery of Sasassa Valley,” inspired by Edgar Allan Poe. First Paycheck as a Writer: Paid 3 guineas for “The Mystery of Sasassa Valley” (treasure-hunt yarn set in South Africa) published by Chambers’ Journal. Taste for Adventure: In 1880, he served as a surgeon on an Arctic whaler (6 months on SS Hope). Wife: Louisa Hawkins how they met: Louisa was the sister of a patient who died from cerebral meningitis. His Best Story Never Published: The Narrative of John Smith (a personal, socialpolitical novel, one of his first, which went missing after he sent his only copy to a London publisher. “Of course it was the
best thing I ever wrote. Who ever lost a manuscript that wasn’t?” First Sherlock Holmes Story: A Study in Scarlet, which he sold copyright to for 25 pounds (after series of prompt rejections). First response to A Study in Scarlet, 1st Sherlock Holmes Story: “We could not publish it this year, as the market is flooded at present with cheap fiction.” From Ward, Lock & Co. (purchased copyright for 25 pounds). Response from editor of Strand Magazine: “What a God-send to an editor jaded with wading through reams of impossible stuff! The ingenuity of plot, the limpid clearness of style, the perfect art of telling a story! […] I realized at once that here was the greatest short story writer since Edgar Allan Poe.” - H. Greenhough Smith. Flair for the Dramatic: After finishing his novel, The White Company, he cried, “Well, I’ll never beat that!” and threw his pen against the wall, leaving a mark. Children: Mary and Kingsley by Louisa; Denis, Adrian, and Jean by Jean Leckie, his second wife. Favorite Child (Rumored): Youngest daughter, Jean, who was the Air Commandant of the Women’s Royal Air Force and later, the executor of her father’s literary estate. Powers of Resurrection: Conan Doyle killed his popular detective off in the “The Final Problem” in December 1893 only to bring him back in The Hound of the Baskervilles, published in 1901 (with no mention of Holmes’ death).
geography of dartmoor/the moors
Devon, England
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Rolling pasture lands curved upwards on either side of us, and old gabled houses peeped out from amid the thick green foliage, but behind the peaceful and sunlit country-side there rose, ever dark against the evening sky, the long, gloomy curve of the moor, broken by the jagged and sinister hills. - Doctor Watson, The Hound of the Baskervilles
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any illustrious writers have turned to the English moors to provide an eerie atmosphere for their novels; famous examples include Thomas Hardy’s Tess D’Urbervilles and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. While the first few chapters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Hound of the Baskervilles takes place in London, Watson soon travels with Sir Henry Baskerville to his family’s gloomy estate in Dartmoor, where earlier generations of Baskervilles met grisly ends. In Watson’s detailed account of his time at Baskerville Hall, he describes the moor almost as another character in this suspenseful story. Below, you can read about the actual locations that inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as descriptive quotes from his original novel: Devon (also known as Devonshire) – a county in the southwest of England, approximately 200 miles from London. Moorland (or, moor) – a type of habitat found in upland areas characterized by lowgrowing vegetation on acidic soils. Also, generally used to mean uncultivated hill land or low-lying wetlands. Dartmoor – an area of moorland in south Devon. Dartmoor National Park covers over 350 square miles of some of the highest altitude land in southern England. Because of its altitude, Dartmoor is subject to high winds and moisture off the Atlantic, and has cooler temperatures than much of the surrounding area. Impermeable granite forms the uplands of Dartmoor and the moorland is capped with exposed granite hilltops. Despite its reputation as a desolate location, Dartmoor has a rich history of human activity dating back over 10,000 years. Most of the visible remains on Dartmoor date
geography of dartmoor/the moors back 4,000 years and reflect the religious, agricultural, and industrial uses of the land.
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Prehistoric people on Dartmoor cleared the forests (trees once covered most of the land) and used the area as a burial ground, erecting stone monuments and mounds (known as cairns). The clearing of the woodlands contributed to the acidification of the soil and the accumulation of peat and bogs, which—along with the cooling climate—eventually made the moors inhospitable.
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Around 1600 BC, Dartmoor became an important farming region (used mainly for grazing)—circular houses were built and fields were laid out with stone boundary walls. The remains of prehistoric round houses, built from granite slabs, are still visible.
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Dartmoor was a significant industrial area between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries: tin ore was mined, granite was extracted from the ground and quarries, and peat was cut and sold as fuel.
We had come to a point where a narrow grassy path struck off from the road and wound away across the moor. A steep, boulder-sprinkled hill lay upon the right which had in bygone days been cut into a granite quarry. The face which was turned towards us formed a dark cliff, with ferns and brambles growing in its niches.
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Starting in the nineteenth century, a large area of the moorland has been used as a military training ground.
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The Dartmoor Preservation Association was formed in 1883, but Dartmoor was not designated as a National Park until October 30, 1951.
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Dartmoor
Bog – an area of soft, naturally waterlogged ground. More rain falls on Dartmoor than in the surrounding lowlands. As much of the national park is covered in thick layers of peat, the rain is usually absorbed quickly and distributed slowly, so the moor is rarely
geography of dartmoor/the moors dry. In areas where water accumulates, dangerous bogs or mires can result.
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‘That is the great Grimpen Mire,’ said he. ‘A false step yonder means death to man or beast. Only yesterday I saw one of the moor ponies wander into it. He never came out. I saw his head for quite a long time craning out of the bog-hole, but it sucked him down at last. Even in dry seasons it is a danger to cross it, but after these autumn rains it is an awful place.’
Mire – an area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog.
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Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odor of decay and a heavy miasmatic vapor into our faces, while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around out feet. Its tenacious grip plucked at our heels as we walked, and when we sank into it, it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths, so grim and purposeful was the clutch in which it held us.
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Peat – partially carbonized vegetable matter, usually mosses, found in bogs and used as fertilizer and fuel.
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The wagonette swung round into a side road, and we curved upwards through deep lanes worn by centuries of wheels, high banks on either side, heavy with dripping moss and fleshy hart’s-tongue ferns. Bronzing bracken and mottled bramble gleamed in the light of the sinking sun. Still steadily rising, we passed over a narrow granite bridge, and skirted a noisy stream, which gushed swiftly down, foaming and roaring amid the grey boulders. Both road and stream wound up through a valley dense with scrub oak and fir. […] Yellow leaves carpeted the lanes and fluttered down upon us as we passed. The rattle of our wheels died away as we drove through drifts of rotting vegetation—sad gifts, as it seemed to me, for Nature to throw before the carriage of the returning heir of the Baskervilles.
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Tors – high rock or pile of rocks on the top of a hill formed by weathering; a rocky peak or hill. More than 160 of the hills of Dartmoor have the word tor in their name.
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In the evening I put on my waterproof and I walked far upon the sodden moor, full of dark imaginings, the rain beating upon my face and the wind whistling about my ears. God help those who wander into the Great Mire now, for even the firm uplands are becoming a morass. I found the Black Tor upon which I had seen the solitary watcher, and from its craggy summit I looked out myself across the melancholy downs. Rain squalls drifted across their russet face, and the heavy, slate-colored clouds hung low over the landscape, trailing in grey wreaths down the sides of the fantastic hills. In the distant hollow on the left, half hidden by the mist, the two thin towers of Baskerville Hall rose about the trees. They were the only signs of human life which I could see, save only those prehistoric huts which lay thickly upon the slopes of the hills.
REFERENCES:
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Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Hound of the Baskervilles. Ed. W.W. Robson. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1993. Print. Weller, Philip. The Dartmoor of The Hound of the Baskervilles: A Practical Guide to the Sherlock Holmes Locations. 2nd. ed. Hampshire, England: Sherlock Publications, 1992. Print. Dartmoor National Park The History of Dartmoor (Timeline) A Guide to the Archaeology of the Open Moor The Hound of the Baskervilles, Masterpiece Theatre (PBS:) The Lure of the Moor
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D O N OR S P OTLIGHT
L AUR A S TEE L We like to shine a light on the people who mean the most to us! This issue of Playwise turns the spotlight to a wonderful supporter and friend to PTC, Laura Steel. We extend our greatest thanks to Laura for her dedicated patronage. Laura Steel and her husband, attorney Richard Steel
Q: What is the first production you saw at PTC? What about it made you want to return?
Q: What do you like best about PTC productions?
A: Hannah Senesh [by Lori Wilner and David A: I love the access I have to back stage Schechter; adaptation of Senesh diaries; PTC’s 1988-89 Season]. I learned things, and it gave me something to think about. The staging was wonderful.
Q: What kind of theatre do you enjoy? A: I like stories about people and events. I
like to think about the show after the production and have discussions.
Q: How would you compare the quality of
PTC productions to what you might see in New York?
A: I think the productions compare very
favorably with NY productions. Sometimes it is interesting to see a show with different casts and sets.
information. I love meeting the playwrights and the actors and hearing from all the people involved with the productions. The staff is very knowledgeable and accessible; the box office staff is very nice and accommodating.
Q: Besides theatre, what are your other interests and passions? A: My husband Richard (pictured) and my
three grandchildren are my priority; Jordan 10, Samantha 5, Eliza 1. I am a volunteer at the nursing home, Abramson Center for Jewish Life, where I am involved in fund-raising and interacting with the residents. I love to read, love to travel and go to movies, and I also knit.
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Major GiftS Philadelphia Theatre Company is grateful to the following major donors for their foresight in helping us in achieving a bright future. It is because of their commitment, goodwill and continued generosity that PTC has grown to become one of the finest theatres in the region. Thank you!
$1,000,000+
$50,000 to $99,999
Suzanne F. and Ralph J. Roberts
Dorothy J. del Bueno Sue Perel Rosefsky** Harriet & Larry Weiss Alan and Janet Widra
$100,000 to $999,999 Dr. Peter H. Arger* David and Nancy Colman Julia & Eugene Ericksen The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Kaiserman Family Kaiserman Company, Inc. Victor Keen and Jeanne Ruddy H.F. and Marguerite Lenfest The Miller Worley Foundation Daniel M. Ritt William Penn Foundation
$20,000 to $49,999 Tracy and Rick Burke Alice L. George Estate of Ellis K. Ginsberg Patricia Imbesi Sally Lyn Katz Monika Krug Dale Penneys Levy & Richard Levy
Susan & James Meyer Carol Saline and Paul Rathblott Ann B. Ritt Charitable Foundation Ronald and Marcia Rubin Bryna and Andrew Scott James T. Smith and Debra Klebanoff June and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation *The Peter Arger and Donald Wilf New Play Fund **Kenneth S. Kaiserman Fund for Artistic Excellence This list acknowledges major gifts from 1/01/10 through 11/16/15
*The Peter Arger and Donald Wilf New Play Fund ** Kenneth S. Kaiserman Fund for Artistic Excellence
Capital Campaign Contributors 2004-2009
Philadelphia Theatre Company applauds these major donors for their generous support of the campaign to help bring Philadelphia Theatre Company and the Suzanne Roberts Theatre to the Avenue of the Arts.
LEAD DONORS
Aileen K. and Brian L. Roberts
The Arcadia Foundation
Diane and Douglas A. Roberts
Marilyn and J. Robert Birnhak
Sue Perel Rosefsky
City of Philadelphia
Lisa S. Roberts and David Seltzer
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Anita and Terry Steen
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Kaiserman Family
Shel and Karen Thompson U.S. Airways Community Foundation
THE CORNERSTONE SOCIETY PATRONS Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Tracy and Rick Burke Citibank Michael M. Coleman David and Nancy Colman Dorothy J. del Bueno
Harriet and Larry Weiss
Roberta and Carl Dranoff
Alan and Janet Widra
Ernst & Young
Suzanne F. and Ralph J. Roberts
THE CORNERSTONE SOCIETY BENEFACTORS
Donna and Barry Feinberg
Weight Watchers of Philadelphia, Inc.
Ken and Edna Adelberg
Independence Foundation Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest
June and Steve Wolfson The William Penn Foundation
THE FOUNDERS CLUB
Valla Amsterdam Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Beneficia Foundation
Debbie and Bob Fleischman Matt and Marie Garfield Teresa Gavigan and Larry Besnoff Hamilton Family Foundation Independence Blue Cross
Blank Rome LLP
Eleanor M. and Herbert D. Katz Family Foundation
The Comcast Family
Connelly Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Maher
Cozen O’Connor
Will and Lucille Daniel
The Dietrich Foundation
Sir David Bruce Duncan and Lady Deana Pitcairn Duncan
Richard and Alice Norman Mandel
Catherine Roberts Clifton and Anthony A. Clifton
Linda and David Glickstein Daniel B. and Florence E. Green Family Foundation Phoebe W. Haas Charitable Trust A at the recommendation of Carole Haas Gravagno Mr. and Mrs. Jon Harmelin KieranTimberlake Associates Monika Krug Richard and Dale Levy Kim and Rob Roberts The Fulcrum Foundation Lincoln Financial Foundation Susan and James Meyer
Frank and Barbara Osinki
Samuel S. Fels Fund
PNC
Otto Haas Charitable Trust #2 at the recommendation of Leonard C. Haas
Don and Lynne Rosenblit
Sally Lyn Katz
Neal and Sheila Schneider
The Lida Foundation
Shire Pharmaceuticals
Jerry and Cookie Riesenbach
James T. Smith and Debra I. Klebanoff
Carol Saline and Paul Rathblott Bryna and Andrew Scott
Kenneth M. Rutherford
Laura and Richard Steel
Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams, Jr.
Tracey B. Weiss and William I. Goldberg
Leslie MIller and Richard Worley
Special thanks to our many other donors.
THE HARD PROBLEM
Tom Stoppard directed by Blanka Zizka January 6 – February 6, 2016 by
“A rich, ideas-packed work that offers a defense of goodness whatever its ultimate source.” – The Guardian
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the Suzanne Roberts Theatre
(2007 - Present) 2015 - 16 DISGRACED by Ayad Akhtar 2014 - 15 DETROIT by Lisa D’Amour OUTSIDE MULLINGAR by John Patrick Shanley MOTHERS AND SONS by Terrence McNally l brownsville song (b-side for tray) by Kimber Lee MURDER FOR TWO Book & Lyrics by Kellen Blair, Book & Music by Joe Kinosian 2013 - 14 4000 Miles by Amy Herzog NERDS Book & Lyrics by Jordan Allen-Dutton and Erik Weiner, Music by Hal Goldberg nl TRIBES by Nina Raine Vanya and sonia and masha and spike by Christopher Durang Colin quinn unconstitutional 2012 - 13 mvSTARS OF DAVID book by Charles Busch adapted from book by Abigail Pogrebin, Various composers THE MOUNTAINTOP by Katori Hall SEMINAR by Theresa Rebeck l VENUS IN FUR by David Ives LOVE LOSS AND WHAT I WORE A collection of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, Based on the book by Ilene Beckerman 2011 - 12 red by John Logan The Scottsboro boys music and Lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb book by David Thompson nthe outgoing tide by Bruce Graham reasons to by pretty by Neil LaBute
RUINED by Lynn Nottage Colin Quinn: Long Story short 2009 - 10 Humor Abuse by Lorenzo Pisoni and Erica Schmidt The Light in the Piazza by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel mvGolden Age by Terrence McNally mvRed Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins by Margaret Engel & Allison Engel Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by August Wilson Chicago’s the second city 50th anniversary tour 2008 - 09 mvUnusual Acts of Devotion by Terrence McNally 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother by Kate Moira Ryan & Judy Gold Resurrection by Daniel Beaty At Home at the Zoo by Edward Albee Grey Gardens book by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel, Lyrics by Michael Korie vthe city of nutterly love co production with Chicago’s The Second City 2007 - 08 vBeing Alive music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, conceived and directed by Billy Porter M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang Third by Wendy Wasserstein vThe Happiness Lecture by Bill Irwin plays & Players theater (1982 - 2007) 2006 - 07 nMurderers by Jeffrey Hatcher The Frog Bride by David Gonzalez mvNerds://A Musical Software Satire by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Erik Weiner, music by Hal Goldberg lIn The Continuum by Danai Gurira & Nikkole Salter Orson’s Shadow by Austin Pendleton 2005 - 06 vmAdrift in Macao book & lyrics by Christopher Durang, music by Melnick Ben Franklin: Unplugged by Josh Kornbluth in collaboration with David Dower After Ashley by Gina Gionfriddo Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage vmSome Men by Terrence McNally
2010 - 11 the 25th annual putnam county spelling bee book by Rachel Sheinkin Music and lyrics by William Finn RACE by David Mamet LET ME DOWN EASY 2004 - 05 Written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith Trumbo by Christopher Trumbo mvBella: the color of love with Bill Irwin by Theresa Tova and Mary Kerr The Story by Tracey Scott Wilson
Elegies: A Song Cycle by William Finn Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg 2003 - 04 Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks Nickel and Dimed by Joan Holden vAccording to Goldman by Bruce Graham The Goat Or, Who Is Sylvia? by Edward Albee 2002 - 03 Fully Committed by Becky Mode King Hedley II by August Wilson The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown vmA Picasso by Jeffrey Hatcher 2001 - 02 Dinner With Friends by Donald Margulies nThe Infidel by Bruce Norris The Play About the Baby by Edward Albee Barbra’s Wedding by Daniel Stern 2000 - 01 mCompleat Female Stage Beauty by Jeffrey Hatcher vmNo Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs by John Henry Redwood This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman and Members of the Tectonic Theater Project 1999 - 00 lDinah Was: The Dinah Washington Musical by Oliver Goldstick vWhite People by J.T. Rogers Wit by Margaret Edson Side Man by Warren Leight 1998 - 99 How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel vmLives of the Saints by David Ives Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde by Moisés Kaufman The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh 1997 - 98 Full Gallop by Mark Hampton and Mary Louise Wilson Minutes from the Blue Route by Tom Donaghy A Question of Mercy by David Rabe nmBirdy by William Wharton, adapted by Naomi Wallace 1996 - 97 vmBunny Bunny by Alan Zweibel Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel lSylvia by A.R. Gurney Seven Guitars by August Wilson 1995 - 96
Philadelphia Theatre Company Productions Three Viewings by Jeffrey Hatcher I Am A Man by Oyamo Broken Glass by Arthur Miller Love! Valour! Compassion! by Terrence McNally 1994 - 95 All in the Timing by David Ives Keely and Du by Jane Martin The Woods by David Mamet vmMaster Class by Terrence McNally 1993 - 94 Sight Unseen by Donald Margulies The World Goes ‘Round by John Kander and Fred Ebb n“2” by Romulus Linney Night Sky by Susan Yankowitz 1992 - 93 Prelude to a Kiss by Craig Lucas Mountain by Douglas Scott with Len Cariou vTiny Tim is Dead by Barbara Lebow Lips Together, Teeth Apart by Terrence McNally 1991 - 92 National Anthems by Dennis McIntyre Miss Evers’ Boys by David Feldshuh nLady-Like by Laura Shamas vmNagasaki Dust by W. Colin McKay 1990 - 91 Speed-the-Plow by David Mamet The Cocktail Hour by A.R. Gurney with Celeste Holm nPill Hill by Samuel Kelley 1989 The Middle of Nowhere songs by Randy Newman and Tracy Friedman 1988 - 89 Elaine’s Daughter by Mayo Simon The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune by Terrence McNally Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet Hannah Senesh by Lori Wilner and David Schechter adapt: of Senesh diaries Avner the Eccentric with Avner Eisenberg 1987 - 88 vlStauf by Eric Saltzman and Michael Sahl co-produced with the American Music Theater Festival Orphans by Lyle Kessler nSouthern Exposure: Sister and Miss Lexie by Eudora Welty, adapt. by Brenda Curran; and From The Mississippi Delta by Endesha Ida Mae Holland vmHospitality by Allan Havis Out! by Lawrence Kelly
First fully-mounted production 1986 - 87 Williams & Walker by Vincent D. Smith vlCitizen Tom Paine by Howard Fast with Richard Thomas, co-produced with The Kennedy Center Days and Nights Within by Ellen McLaughlin As Is by William M. Hoffman 1985 - 86 Painting Churches by Tina Howe lSplit Second by Dennis McIntyre. Co-produced with Freedom Theatre. Original commissioned from Grover Washington, Jr. Great American Sideshow: One Acts by Romulus Linney, Alan Zweibel and Robert Pine Extremities by William Mastrosimone 1984 - 85 Terra Nova by Ted Tally Geniuses by Jonathan Reynolds To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday by Michael Brady Fool for Love by Sam Shepard 1983 - 84 Getting Out by Marsha Norman True West by Sam Shepard Strange Snow by Steve Metcalfe Fifth of July by Lanford Wilson 1982 - 83 Wings by Arthur Kopit Lone Star/Laundry & Bourbon by James McLure Final Passages by Robert Schenkkan Dylan Thomas by Jack Aranson with Jack Aranson 1981 - 82 When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder by Mark Medoff The Vietnamization of New Jersey by Christopher Durang Nuts by Tom Topor various theatres (1975 - 1981) 1980 - 81 The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson Alice Through The Looking Glass company developed by Lewis Carroll Hooters by Ted Tally Jesse and the Bandit Queen by David Freeman Getting Out by Marsha Norman 1979 - 80 Streamers by David Rabe vThe Insanity of Mary Girard
by Lainie Robertson The Emperor Jones by Eugene O’Neill vDementia 80 by Don Steele 1979 Ashes by David Rudkin vThe Exhibition by Thomas Gibbons vSome of My Best Friends are Women by Don Steele and Edward Earle 1978 The Seagull by Anton Chekhov The Transfiguration of Benno Blimpie by Albert Innaurato vThe Persecution of Eugene Waterman by Louis Lippa vThe Final Concert Tour of Mickey Colossus by Peter Mattaliano A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare vCenter City Soap by Dorothy Louise 1976 - 77 vThe Lion and the Lamb by Joseph Orazi vFuture Tense by John Sevcik vThe Keeper by Karolyn Nelke 27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams vMars by Clay Goss She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith (Theatre in the Court) Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (Theatre in the Court) 1976 vMarlowe by John Yinger Rain by W. Somerset Maugham, adapted by Colton and Randolph vThe Crossing/As I Lay Dying A Victim of Spring by David Rabe & Leslie Lee vThe Three Daughters of M. Dupont by E. Brieux, translation by Pauline Jones Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (NewMarket)
1975 The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice Sargeant Musgrave’s Dance by John Arden vBetween Now and Then by Leslie Lee
about our THEATRE The Suzanne Roberts Theatre, designed by Kieran Timberlake Associates, is owned and operated by Philadelphia Theatre Company and is the Company’s first permanent home. PTC is proud that the creation and development of its home, in partnership with Symphony House Developer, Carl Dranoff, has become a model for civic redevelopment - one that capitalizes on the ability of the arts to reinvigorate districts for residential and commercial revival. The space is contemporary, elegant, and urbane, and features a 160’ double-height glass facade on the Avenue of the Arts. The interior is defined by a uniquely warm and sculptural, 365-seat main stage auditorium with a proscenium arch of interlocking leather tiles, a spacious and contemporary mezzanine, and a planned 100-seat, flexible second stage for new play development, intimate performances, and educational programming. Our stage house significantly enhances our ability to respond to the most imaginative visions of our creative teams with its spacious wings, soaring fly gallery, and trapped stage. The Theatre offers a full range of public amenities with an on-site box office, an ample amount of public rest rooms, a concession stand, and multiple lobbies designed for patron comfort and engagement with the City, visible through large expanses of glass. The grand staircase leads from the main floor to the double-height mezzanine lobby. The Theatre’s contemporary, universal design makes it one of the country’s most accessible performing arts venues and supports one of PTC’s core values to ensure that our artistry is accessible to everyone in our community.
about suzanne Roberts Philadelphia Theatre Company is honored to name its home after Suzanne Roberts--actress, playwright, director, educator, producer, and philanthropist. For more than 40 years, Suzanne has been a leading champion of the Philadelphia theater community. An actress by training, Suzanne has engaged as an artist in meaningful public service with projects as diverse as performing in dramas to inspire the purchase of war bonds during World War II to national appearances in plays discouraging racism and alcoholism. Demonstrating the breadth of her artistry, Suzanne has performed on many stages throughout our region in plays from Shakespeare to A.R. Gurney. She has also performed in a variety of media including radio and television and is well known to audiences as the creator and host of the Emmy AwardWinning Seeking Solutions with Suzanne. One of Suzanne’s lifelong passions has been using theater to improve the lives of young people. Through the Suzanne Roberts Cultural Development Fund, she has supported the outreach work of theater and dance companies in sharing their creativity with school children and young adults. Portrait of Suzanne Roberts by Alan Kole. Photo of Mainstage of Suzanne Roberts Theatre, home of Philadelphia Theatre Company, by Mark Garvin
2015/16 board of directors E. Gerald Riesenbach, Esq., John M. Hanamirian, Treasurer Chairman Brigitte F. Daniel, Secretary Sara Garonzik David L. Cohen, Vice Chairman Elliot Schwartz, President Teresa Gavigan Julia Ericksen, Ph.D., Sally Lyn Katz Executive Vice President Tom KirdahyA Monika Krug David L. Colman, AIA, Vice Dale Penneys Levy President Priscilla M. Luce Glenn Gundersen, Vice President Stephen J. McConnell Victor F. Keen, Vice President
Terrence McNallyA James M. Meyer, CFA Donald Rosenblit, Chairman Emeritus Carol Saline James T. Smith, Esq. Harriet Weiss Alan Widra
Members Emeritus Joanne Harmelin Sheldon L. Thompson Bettyruth Walter, Ph.D. Tracey Weiss, Ph.D.
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former board presidents Donald Rosenblit William F. O’Donnell Monika Krug Cheryl Green Bernard A. Weidenaar Sheldon L. Thompson
Kenneth Kaiserman* Robert Greenfield* Thomas M.S. Wheelock Lewis C. Ross Carole Phillips* John Friedman
E. Gerald Riesenbach, Esq. Michael M. Coleman Priscilla M. Luce
*deceased
PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COMPANY STAFF LEADERSHIP Executive Producing Director Sara Garonzik Executive Managing Director Priscilla M. Luce artistic/ programming staff Literary Manager & Dramaturg Carrie Chapter Director of Education Maureen Sweeney Manager of Education and Community Programs Will Dennis Interim Education Coordinator Joshua Campbell Teaching Artists Madison Auch, Christina Binder, Raven Buck, Jarrett McCreary, Ah-Keisha McCants, Lee Minora, Griffin StantonAmeisen, Michael T. Williams administrative staff Manager of Board & Administrative Services Sharon Kling Director of Institutional Advancement Gina Range Development Manager Jessica Pasquariello Development Associate Kait Finegan Prospect Research Assistant Laini Clunes Business Manager Caroline Gu Director of Marketing Tom Thompson Sales Director Carol Flannery Graphic Designer & Marketing Coordinator Christina Mastrull Audience Services Manager Kristen Norine Venue Services Manager Danielle Commini Publicist Deborah Fleischman Audience Services Coordinator Alexander Rioh Audience Services Supervisor Erin Washburn Audience Services Associates Hannah Sandler, Jane Sorensen House Managers Aaron Bell, Ben Coppolla, Arlen Hancock, Randi Hickey, Jarrett McCreary, Jennifer MacMillan, Jack Tamburri, Sara Totora Production staff Director of Production Roy W. Backes Production General Manager Bridget A. Cook
Production/Operations Manager Matthew F. Lewandowski II Assistant Director Flordelino Lagundino Associate Set Designer Jeff Van Velsor Associate Costume Designer Cynthia A. Thom Associate Sound Designer Zachary McKenna Assistant Stage Manager Annie Halliday Assistant Stage Manager Anne Ketcham Carpentry/Rigging Supervisor Paul Hewitt Lighting Supervisor Alyssandra Docherty Sound Supervisor Daniel A. Little Production Electrician Terry Smith Utility Stagehand Jay Wojnarowski Wardrobe Supervisor Maxine Johnson Lighting Programmer Uel Bergey Custodians Marvin Smith, Dorene Hobbs run crew Lighting Board Operator Alyssandra Docherty Sound Board Operator Daniel A. Little Deck Crew William Thompson, Dan Stevenson, Thomas Cristaldi, Jacob Goddard, John Shiner Flyman Jay Wojnarowski, Christopher Nichols A2 Bryant Hamilton Wardrobe Maxine Johnson, Janet Connors, Danielle Joh Wigs Mark Mariani casting BINDER CASTING Jay Binder, CSA, Jack Bowdan, CSA, Mark Brandon, CSA, Jason Styres, CSA Joanna Levinger Casting Intern Ryan Brodsky Special thanks 12th Street Gym Enterprise Rent-a-Car; Melanie Hazzard, Prospect Park, PA Branch Manager
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