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Sara Garonzik
Priscilla M. Luce
Executive Producing Director
Executive Managing Director presents
Written by
lucas hnath featuring
todd cerveris alice M. gatling john procaccino lindsay smiling Scenic & Costume Design arnulfo maldonado
Lighting Design tyler micoleau
Sound Design daniel perelstein
Production Stage Manager Director of Production Dramaturg leslie S. allen roy W. backes carrie chapter Casting PTC Casting KELLY GILLESPIE, CSA Amy dugas brown Directed by
ken rus schmoll HILLARY AND CLINTON World Premiere Produced by Victory Gardens Theater Chicago, Illinois (Chay Yew, Artistic Director; Chris Mannelli, Managing Director) HILLARY AND CLINTON was developed by The Cape Cod Theatre Project, Hal Brooks, Artistic Director HILLARY AND CLINTON is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
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from the executive producing director Dear Friends, With the election campaigns starting to intensify, we find ourselves riveted to newsfeeds offering endless analyses of the candidates and their latest strategic moves and revelations. Few of these candidates have endured more scrutiny, however, than Hillary Clinton who, along with her husband, has spent over thirty years in a very intense national spotlight. Hillary and Clinton, however, has other things on its mind – preferring to eschew the biographical in order to inhabit a far more interesting realm. To me, the play is a funny and absorbing rumination on a number of ideas that transcend the Clintons: marriage, power, gender, mortality, and relevance just for starters. The playwright, Lucas Hnath, has written several works about potent individuals (Walt Disney, Isaac Newton, Anna Nicole Smith) at key moments in their lives, using a particular technique to uncouple them from their tabloid versions. My colleague, Chay Yew, at Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theater explained it eloquently, “Lucas has a remarkable ability to deconstruct and reinvent historical narratives. Then, with precision and delicacy, he pieces them back together in unique and humanistic ways, inviting us to view the refracted, intimate portrait of a particular historic individual that mirrors our very own experience. Quoting Lucas, ‘Here’s a person audiences already know, and then you do some things contrary to the image they hold in their heads, there’s a dissonance. And if you can get audiences to hold both of these images in their minds at once, something exciting and mind-expanding and psychically beneficial happens. It’s uncanny and titillating all at once.’” Although Hillary and Clinton had its world premiere last month at Victory Gardens, it is still very much a “new” play and we have been fortunate in having Lucas continue his work with us in our rehearsals here in Philadelphia, alongside his frequent collaborator, director Ken Rus Schmoll, and a wonderful, smart cast. Hillary and Clinton concludes our current season, but we will be back in September with a truly exciting and unexpected new one that includes a world premiere about the brilliant painter, Thomas Eakins; a totally charming and original new musical bound for a bright future; a reprise of Theatre Exile’s soldout show about Frank Rizzo starring the amazing Scott Greer, plus so much more! Check out our complete season within this Playwise and see how easy and fun it is to become a part of Philadelphia Theatre Company. Have a wonderful summer!
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cast mark ............................................................................................................................ todd cerveris* hillary .................................................................................................................. alice M. gatling* bill ....................................................................................................................... john procaccino* other guy ............................................................................................................ lindsay smiling* * Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association
HILLARY AND CLINTON is performed WITHOUT intermission. SETTING/TIME January 6, 2008, 10AM, New Hampshire January 7, 2008, late at night, New Hampshire January 8, 2008, early evening, also late at night, also New Hampshire
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Our FREE Patron Enrichment Programming (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.
American Playwrights in context (Apic) 5/29, post-show Join us after the show for a special interview with Hillary and Clinton playwright, Lucas Hnath.
Meet-the-artists (MTA) 6/2 & 6/16, post-show Stay with us right after the show for a talkback and audience Q&A with the cast of Hillary and Clinton.
SPECIAL TOPICS 6/7, post-show Stick around after the show for an engaging panel discussion: Pantsuits and Power Plays: How Gender Affects Political Game.
Backstage tour 6/11, 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!
who’s who Todd Cerveris (Mark) has toured Philadelphia and many other cities in the national tours of Twelve Angry Men, Spring Awakening, and War Horse. New York credits include the Broadway productions of South Pacific and Twentieth Century, and the OffBroadway premieres of Almost, Maine, Southern Comfort, The Butcherhouse Chronicles, Somewhere, Someplace Else, and Dick In London. Regional experience includes Arena Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe Theatre, Actors Theater of Louisville, Portland Stage, and Cincinnati Playhouse In The Park. Film & television credits include Allegiance, One Bad Choice, White Collar, Nurse Jackie, One True Thing, Living and Dining, and Law & Order. He joined London’s Actors Touring Company at the Euripides Now! Festival in Greece and is co-author and lead performer of The Booth Variations (NYC/Edinburgh Fringe). His work as a writer/director for TheWoods.nyc, providing creative content for non-profits, has received four national Tellys, two ADDYs, and a PRIME award.
(Pearl/regional premiere); People’s Light and Theatre Co: As You Like It (Celia), A Flea in Her Ear (Ginette), The Icarus Box (Eddie Mower/originated role); Stages Repertory Theatre: Nickel and Dimed (multiple roles), Black Pearl Sings! (Pearl/ originated role); Main Street Theatre: Caroline or Change (Washing Machine), Intimate Apparel (Esther), Woof! (Ruby Freeman/originated role); The Ensemble Theatre: No Child…. (one woman show/ Giorgee Award Best Actress), The Piano Lesson (Berniece), Fences (Rose), Flyin’ West (Sophie); Judith Shakespeare Co: Julius Caesar (Mark Antony); Turnip Theatre Co: Lives of the Great Waitresses (Kay/OOBR Award Winner); Everyman Theater: Under the Skin (reprised original roles).
John Procaccino (Bill) Broadway: Our Mother’s Brief Affair (MTC), A Time to Kill, An Enemy of the People (MTC), An American Daughter, A Thousand Clowns, Conversations with My Father, Art. Off-Broadway: Love and Information (NYTW); Blood and Gifts, Nikolai and the Others (Lincoln Center); The Qualms (Playwrights Horizons); Incident at Vichy Alice M. Gatling (Hillary) (Signature Theatre). National tour: The Alley Theatre: Doubt Light in the Piazza. Regional: The Normal (Mrs. Muller), To Kill A Heart (Arena); ‘Art’, Good Boys and True Mockingbird (Calpurnia), (Steppenwolf ); Death of a Salesman Our Lady of 121st St. (Old Globe); A Prayer for My Enemy, (Inez), The Exonerated (Georgia), The Curse of the Starving Class, A Moon for Crucible (Tituba); Arden Theatre: Under the Misbegotten (Long Wharf ); All the the Skin (Marlene/Dr Badu/Barista Kings Men, Arms and the Man (Intiman); originated role), Much Ado About Tartuffe, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Long Nothing (Beatrice); Interact Theatre: Day’s Journey into Night (Seattle Gidion’s Knot (Corryn Fell/Barrymore Repertory); Dinner with Friends, Side Best Actress); Florida Studio Theatre: Man, The Crucible (ACT-Theater). Film Ruined (Mama Nadi), Black Pearl Sings! and TV: A Most Violent Year, The Runner
who’s who Stumbles, Three Fugitives, Born to Be Wild, Law & Order, NYPD Blue, Northern Exposure, Smash, The Good Wife and Elementary. Lindsay Smiling (Other Guy) is honored to make his Philadelphia Theatre Company debut. Recent stage credits include The Hard Problem (Wilma), Metamorphosis (Arden Theatre Co.), Peter and the Starcatcher (The Walnut Street Theater), Moon Man Walk (Orbiter 3), North of the Boulevard (Theatre Exile) and Othello (Milwaukee Rep). Mr. Smiling has performed Off-Broadway and at numerous regional theaters including: Shakespeare Theater of NJ, Syracuse Stage, People’s Light and Theatre Co., Pittsburgh Public, Two River Theatre, Victory Gardens, ACT, Dorset Theater Festival, Human Race Theatre, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Illinois Shakespeare Festival, Mixed Blood Theater, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Brave New World Rep, Ensemble Studio Theater, Lantern Theater Co. and Shakespeare on the Sound. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University and his M.F.A. from Temple University. Mr. Smiling is a Wilma Hothouse company member. More info at www.lindsaysmiling.net. Lucas Hnath (Playwright) Plays include Red Speedo (New York Theatre Workshop, Studio Theatre), The Christians (Humana Festival, Playwrights Horizons); A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney (Soho Rep); nightnight (Humana Festival); Isaac’s Eye (Ensemble Studio Theatre, 2013); Death Tax
(Humana Festival, Royal Court Theatre). Hnath’s work is published by Dramatists Play Service and Overlook Press. He has been a resident playwright at New Dramatists since 2011, and is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre. He is the recipient of the 2015 Kesselring Prize, a 2015 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2015 Whiting Award, the 2012 Whitfield Cook Award, and two Steinberg/ ATCA New Play Award Citations. He is also a recipient of commissions from the Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Civilians, EST/Sloan Project, Playwrights Horizons, Royal Court Theatre and South Coast Repertory. Ken Rus Schmoll (Director) is a freelance director who resides in Brooklyn, New York. He directed Lucas Hnath’s Death Tax at the 2012 Humana Festival of New American Plays. Recent credits include Anne Washburn’s Antlia Pneumatica at Playwrights Horizons, Max Posner’s Judy for Page 73, Kate E. Ryan’s Card and Gift for Clubbed Thumb, Ayad Akhtar’s The Invisible Hand at New York Theatre Workshop, and John Banville’s Love in the Wars at Bard SummerScape. He is a Usual Suspect at New York Theatre Workshop, an affiliated artist with Clubbed Thumb, a three-time Sundance Theatre Institute alum, co-chair of the Soho Rep Writer/ Director Lab, co-mentor of the Clubbed Thumb Directing Fellowship, and the recipient of two Obie Awards and a Lucille Lortel nomination. Arnulfo Maldonado (Set & Costume Designer) is a New York City-based set and costume designer. Recent credits include: As You Like It (Baltimore Center Stage), the world premieres of Anne
who’s who Washburn’s transadapted Iphigenia In Aulis (Classic Stage Company), Max Posner’s Judy (Page 73), and Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond’s Iowa (Playwrights Horizons). New York credits include: Baryshnikov Arts Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Classic Stage Company, EST, HERE Arts Center, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, Soho Rep. Regional credits include: Anchorage Opera, Barrington Stage Company, Center Stage, Central City Opera, Cleveland Play House, Opera Theater of St Louis, Peak Performances, Perseverance Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, Studio Arena, Two River Theater, Westport Country Playhouse. Arnulfo is a Clubbed Thumb Affiliated Artist, recipient of a Princess Grace Theater Fellowship (Faberge Theater Award) and a graduate of NYU Tisch’s Department of Design for Stage and Film. Upcoming: Macbeth (Old Globe), Jaclyn Backhaus’ Men On Boats (Playwrights Horizons), Jenny Rachel Weiner’s Kingdom Come (Roundabout Underground). www. arnulfomaldonado.com.
Tyler’s work here has garnered him four Barrymore nominations. He is also the recipient of two Village Voice OBIE awards, one for his design of the 2004 NY premiere of Tracy Letts’ Bug and a 2010 award for Sustained Excellence. Daniel Perelstein (Sound Designer) is a freelance sound designer, composer, and musical director in Philadelphia. At PTC: Detroit, Mothers & Sons, Exit Strategy. Recent designs and original music at McCarter Theatre, Opera Philadelphia, Wilma Theater, Arden Theatre, People’s Light, others. Daniel is an Associate Artist at the Wilma Theater, and the resident sound designer for the Bearded Ladies Cabaret. He received Barrymore Awards for Don Juan… at the Wilma Theatre and Knives in Hens at Theatre Exile with Christopher Colucci, and fourteen Barrymore Award nominations in three categories. Independence Foundation Fellowship, 2013. B.S. Engineering, B.A. Music, Swarthmore College. In memory of Dad.
Leslie S. Allen (Production Stage Manager) is very honored to be a part Tyler Micoleau (Lighting Designer) In of the Philadelphia Theatre Company the last twenty years, Tyler has designed family this season with Sex with lighting for over 350 live productions, Strangers, Exit Strategy, and Baskerville. including plays, dance, opera, multiRegional: Medea, A Raisin in the Sun media performance, installation, and (SM); A Christmas Carol ’14 & ‘12, Rocky puppetry. With Philadelphia Theatre Horror Show, Fly By Night; King Lear; Company: Red. Other area credits: Death of a Salesman; The Who’s Tommy Kimmel Center PIFA 2016 (Kinetic Tree); (ASM, Dallas Theater Center); Titanic, Wilma Theater (My Wonderful Day, The Human Comedy, Blue Roses (PSM, Macbeth, Eurydice, The Life of Galileo); Pig Lyric Stage); Rudolph the Red Nose Iron Theatre (Twelfth Night, Isabella, Love Reindeer, the Musical (PSM, Wishing Unpunished); Curtis Opera (The Cunning Star Productions); Camelot (PSM, Casa Little Vixen); Delaware Theater Company Manana); The Best Christmas Pageant (Mary’s Wedding, Turn of the Screw); and Ever, The Neverending Story, And Then the Prince Music Theater (A Night In The They Came for Me, Click Clack Moo: Cows Old Marketplace, Bright Lights Big City).
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who’s who 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 Women’s Project Theater); The Good Person of Szechwan (Foundry & Public Theaters); Melancholy Play, A Map of Virtue, The Zero Hour and Monstrosity (13P); Photograph 51 (E.S.T.). Regional: Residence, 4000 Miles, Dot, The Roommate, and Eat Your Heart Out (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Swimmer (Marin Theatre Company), Sex With Strangers (City Theatre, Pittsburgh), Out Roy W. Backes (Director of of the City (Merrimack Rep). She is a Production) is a top honors graduate of Casting Director for Manhattan Theatre Point Park University’s BFA Conservatory Club and the Resident Casting Director Theater Program in his hometown for TACT (The Actors Company Theatre). of Pittsburgh. He began his career as She also cast the 2007 season for the Prop Master for the late, great Fred Dorset Theatre Festival, and six seasons Rogers on the landmark PBS show, for Off-Broadway’s Keen Company. Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Mr. Backes Graduate of the University of Michigan. has spent over three decades in the Carrie Chapter (Literary Manager/ professional theater, working as a Production Stage Manager, Production Dramaturg) is a graduate of Washington College and Villanova Manager, and General Manager, both University. Her workshop and on and Off-Broadway and at regional production credits include the National theaters throughout the country, Music Theatre Conference and the including Pittsburgh Public Theater, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Roundabout National Playwrights Conference at the O’Neill Theater Center, PlayPenn Theatre Company, Freedom Theatre, New Play Development, Geva Theatre Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bay Center, Playwrights Horizons, Primary Street Theatre, Hartmann Theater, Stages, and Inis Nua Theatre Company. Prince Music Theater, Wilma Theater, Walnut Street Theatre, and many more. Ms. Chapter has provided workshop dramaturgy for Broadway’s The Book Roy is a proud member of Actors’ of Mormon. She is also an instructor Equity Association and The Production at Temple University. Ms. Chapter is a Managers Forum. Roy thanks his wife, member of the Literary Managers and Lisbeth, and son, Oliver, for their love Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA). and undying support. Accept grace. Kelly Gillespie, CSA (Casting) Casting Director at Manhattan Theatre Club. Recent MTC: Incognito, The Father, Prodigal Son, and Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (MTC). Other Off-Broadway: Ironbound, Dear Elizabeth, and Bright Half Life
Brey Ann Barrett (Co-Dramaturg/ Assistant Director) is a freelance director and dramaturg. She directed the world premieres of Haygen Walker’s Nightmares in Neverland: Boyfight (Fringe Festival) and Ciara Ni Chuirc’s Self:Same (UArts) as well as the first
who’s who readings of Sam Henderson’s HEART (Theatre Exile), Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Trish Tinkler Gets Saved (Theatre Exile) and Jeremy Gable’s Go Ahead (Azuka Theatre). She also assistant directed Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Passion (Arden), Photograph 51 (Lantern) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Theatre Exile). Brey received her BFA in Directing from The University of the Arts. Thank you to Ken, Lucas, and Carrie. This has been an amazing opportunity. Hey Gab. Sara Garonzik (Executive Producing Director) has led Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC ) since 1982. Now celebrating its 41st Season, PTC is a nationally-respected theatre with a mission dedicated to producing and developing new American plays and musicals. She has introduced more than 140 world and regional premieres, including new work by Terrence McNally, Bill Irwin, Anna Deavere Smith, Christopher Durang, Tracey Scott Wilson, John Henry Redwood, Naomi Wallace, Jeffrey Hatcher, Bruce Graham and others. These productions have garnered 59 Barrymore Awards and 189 nominations. In 2007, PTC opened the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, a universallydesigned, fully-accessible, state-of-theart facility on the Avenue of the Arts. PTC now serves a diverse audience of more than 60,000, including thousands of Philadelphia public high school 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 is 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
who’s who 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.
General information Box Office Hours During Productions: Mon. - Sun.: 12:00 pm - curtain Between Productions: Mon. - Fri.: 10:30 am - 5:30 pm; Sat. & Sun.: Closed Open Caption Performance 6/18/16 at 2pm For audience members who are hearing impaired. A large LED captioning screen, positioned beside the stage, scrolls text of the lyrics/dialogue in tandem with the lyrics/ dialogue of the performance. Assisted Listening Devices State-of-the-Art assisted listening headsets that wirelessly deliver all dialogue, music, and sound from the show at a personally adjustable volume are available for free at every PTC performance through the House Manager or concessionaire. Audio Description Performance & Sensory Workshop 6/15/16 at 1pm For audience members who are blind or low vision. Through provided assisted listening devices, a trained audio describer fills in the visual details and action on stage while it is performed live. A sensory workshop is provided before the show in which teaching artists provide in depth explanations of the visual aspects of the show, with patrons often invited on stage to touch and experience the set and costumes. Large print programs available upon special request. Contact the box office to make a reservation for this workshop and/or performance. Support for Philadelphia Theatre Company’s Accent on Accessibility program comes from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ Accessibility to the Arts in Pennsylvania for Individuals with Disabilities Program, VSA arts of Pennsylvania, Barra Foundation, Louis N. Casset Foundation, Independence Foundation, Lincoln Financial Foundation, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, R.K. Mellon Family Foundation, William Penn Foundation, and The Pew Charitable Trusts. Photography The use of photographic/recording devices is strictly prohibited. Please note: The
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Award-winning Playwright
LUCAS HNATH
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I tend to write plays about people who are trying to do something that is impossible or nearly impossible. I’m interested in people who are trying accomplish things that very few people will ever accomplish: to become leader of the free world or go to space or, in the case of Walt [Disney], build a perfect city. Huge ambition brings with it aspects of wonder, high stakes, and danger. But even more interesting than that, when you combine enormous ambitions with the small conflicts we experience everyday, the ordinary becomes illuminated. There’s a Virginia Woolf quote that I like very much: “The paraphernalia of reality have at certain moments to become the veil through which we see infinity. We are neither roused nor puzzled; we do not have to ask ourselves, What does this mean? We feel simply that the thing we are looking at is lit up, and its depths revealed.” Conflating the mythic with the miniscule has become my strategy for piercing Woolf’s veil.
-lucas hnath
Quote of Lucas Hnath from an interview by Raphael Martin, Literary and Humanities Manager at Soho Rep, about Hnath’s play, A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay about the Death of Walt Disney.
ANNUAL
MAY 6, 2016
On Friday May 6, 2016, three hundred guests gathered at the Hyatt at Bellevue to celebrate PTC’s Annual Gala and to honor Carole Haas Gravango and Blank Rome. This event raised over $250,000 to support PTC’s Education Program.
Gala Honoree Carole Haas Gravagno with Husband Emilio Gravagno (left) and Gala Chairs Shel and Karen Thompson (right).
Play On Philly students performed special pieces for Carole Haas Gravagno during Cocktail Hour.
Guests mingle before festivities begin in the Ballroom.
PTC Teen Council performed an adaptation of Beyoncé’s “Formation,” changing the lyrics to reflect PTC’s Education Program.
Composer and Lyricist Eli Bolin performed a special preview from the musical PTC Teen Council brought Gala Guests to their feet for Found, which will be one of the highlights of the 2016-17 Season. a standing ovation.
Gala guests with long time PTC Board Member, Don Rosenblit (center).
Managing Partner, Alan Hoffman, accepted the award on behalf of Corporate Honoree, Blank Rome, presented by PTC Executive Managing Director, Priscilla M. Luce.
PTC Executive Producing Director Sara Garonzik (left) with Hillary and Clinton Playwright Lucas Hnath (right).
Gala Sponsor and Artists Circle Member Janet Widra (left) with friends Carol Kulla (center) and Carole Rubin (right).
Actor/playwright James Ijames (right) joined us to pay tribute to Gala Honoree Carole Haas Gravagno (left).
Suzanne Roberts (center) with PTC Executive Producing Director, Sara Garonzik (left) and PTC Executive Managing Director, Priscilla M. Luce (right).
PTC Board Members Don Rosenblit (left) and Jim T. Smith (Blank Rome) share a laugh.
Fred Hagan (left) bids on the live auction! Pictured with PTC Board Member Victor Keen (right) and Performance Garage Executive Director, Jeanne Ruddy (back).
Gala guests danced late into the night! Photography by Paola Nogueras.
Join us for our
2016/2017
SEASON
WHEN THE RAIN STOPS FALLING October 12-November 6, 2016 By Andrew Bovell, Directed by Blanka Zizka
“A powerful metaphor for the impossibility of escaping the past, for the way we are all shaped by what came before — and are living in the shadow of what comes next.” – Time Magazine, Best New Play of the Year
CONSTELLATIONS January 11-February 5, 2017 By Nick Payne, Directed by Tea Alagic
“Who knew that higher physics could be so sexy, so accessible — and so emotionally devastating? This story of parallel universes is universal in every sense of the word.” – The New York Times
A WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION March 29-April 16, 2017 Featuring the Wilma HotHouse resident acting company, with international artists. To be announced June 2016.
LIMITED ENGAGEMENT PRODUCTIONS:
Subscribers choose one of the two following shows, with the option of seeing both at an additional cost.
NOTES OF A NATIVE SONG September 5-11, 2016 By Stew and Heidi Rodewald, Co-presented with FringeArts
“The show is really a celebration of Baldwin’s legacy as an inspiration for artists to create their own work that, like his, defies genres and expectations.” – The New York Times
SEULS November 29-December 11, 2016 Written, Directed, and Performed by Wajdi Mouawad
“[Mouawad] works his way into the depths of your soul... the latest piece by this native Lebanese artist had the effect of an exploding bomb.” – Le journal de Montreal
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ANNUAL FUND 2015-2016 Philadelphia Theatre Company is deeply grateful for the support it receives from the many generous individuals, corporations, foundations and government partners who contribute to the Annual Fund. For more information about PTC’s artists, productions, and programs, please call the Development Office at 215-985-1400 ext. 117. This list acknowledges donors as of May 12, 2016. The Artists Circle Where great theatre and great theatre friends meet Executive Producers Circle ($25,000+) David & Rhonda Cohen David & Nancy Colman Julia & Eugene Ericksen Victor Keen and Jeanne Ruddy Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lenfest Dale Penneys Levy and Richard Levy Daniel M. Ritt Suzanne F. Roberts Marcia & Ronald Rubin Alan & Janet Widra June & Steve Wolfson Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Producers Circle ($10,000 - $24,999) Teresa Gavigan and Larry Besnoff Marilyn & Robert Birnhak David & Linda Glickstein Glenn Gundersen and Susan Manix Stephen J. McConnell The Estate of Kenneth S. Kaiserman Sally Lyn Katz Tom Kirdahy Monika Krug Directors Circle ($5,000-$9,999) Anonymous Alice L. George Jane & Joe Goldblum Joan Gubernick and Alan Ruttenberg Tracy & Rick Burke John & Meredith Hanamirian Susan & James Meyer Jerry & Cookie Riesenbach Carol Saline and Paul Rathblott Don & Lynne Rosenblit Elliot Schwartz James T. Smith & Debra Klebanoff Laura & Richard Steel
Shel & Karen Thompson Stephen & Rosalyn Weinstein Designers Circle ($2,500-$4,999) Anonymous Dr. Peter H. Arger Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Block Linda & Jonathan Chorney Dorothy J. del Bueno Lee Ducat Harmelin Media* Lynn & Joe Manko Christine Kanter David Lerman and Shelley Wallock Bettyruth Walter, PH. D. Playwrights Circle ($1,000-$2,499) Jim & Kim Balaschak Mr. Bernard Brownstein Sandra A. Bloch Arthur & Janice Block Louis Bluver John Clement Michael & Ellen Singer Coleman Brigitte F. Daniel, Esq. Esther Flaster Mr. and Mrs. Alan S. Fellheimer Mr. and Mrs. Steve G. Filton Sally Walker and Thomas Gilmore Henry & Sheila Gladstone Mr. Jack Hewes Tom & Wendy Hibberd Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Honickman Bill and Marta Kiesling William Lake Leonard Diane Cribbs & Arthur M. Mann Seymour Millstein Frank and Barbara Osinski* Robin Palley Barbara Rice and Tina Phipps Helen & David Pudlin Maureen E. Pugh Noel Rosales and Vic Spain
Sue Perel Rosefsky Vesna & Howard Sacks Kristen Phillips and Matt Schreck David A. Schwartz Bryna & Andrew Scott Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sheerr Paul & Aviva Silberberg Gayle & David Smith Kathleen Stephenson, Esq. Barbara & Robert Tiffany Bernie & Marilyn Weidenaar Harriet & Larry Weiss PTC Performers Impresarios ($500-$999) Scott & Abby Applebaum Charlotte & Dirk Ave Jane & Peter Cohen Marjorie & Sidney Gable Lynn & Don Haskin Marc & Susan Howard Geoffrey and Susan Kahn Jim & Nina Korsh* Bruce McKittrick and Wendy E. Wilson Paul Nutaitis and Robert Clark Chris & Cecelia Ross Patricia Saddier Neal & Sheila Schneider Mr. Leon C. Sunstein Jr. Tom & Jackie Zemaitis STAR PERFORMERS ($250-$499) Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Aaron Drs. Ronald and Marcia Abraham Barbara Abrahams Dr. Victor & Arlene Adlin Ms. Tamica Allen Dan Austin & Ellen Brotman Drs. Alice Hausman and Jesse Berlin Andrea Biondo Jean Brody Larry and Susan Chane* Ms. Beverly M. Dotter
Andrea & Alexander Ehrlich Mark Garvin Kenneth L. George Edwin & Judy Gerber Ron & Marcia Goldstein Joel Greenberg & Marcy Gringlas Paul D. Green Fred Hamilton and Jill Porter Fred & Beth Jacoby Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Kardon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kleinman George F. Koch, Jr. & Santo A. DiDonato Michael Loughran & Jim Leach Seth & Ellyn Lehranne Dr. Joseph Lex Ms. Maryanne Lyons David S. Miller Dr. Wanda Mohr Mr. Cesar Orosco Avery Rome and Jeff Price Mary Jo Reilly Eric & Robin Settle Morton Simon and Claudia Pine-Simon James L. Smith Robert Taglieri and Timothy Moir Ensemble Performers ($100-$249) Anonymous (12) Alan Aarons Dr. Christina Ager Ms. Janet M. Andereck Robert & Betty Anderson Ann Auerbach Mrs. Liesel Baker Dr. William F. Barr Rochelle & Herbert Bass Robert & Sandy Clay Bauer Mr. and Ms. Mark L. Baum Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Bernstein Esq. Ann & Tom Blackburn Mr. Jonathan Block Mr. Charles Brennan Mr. Alvin Brothers David & Ann Brownlee Bernard & Pamela Brownstein Stephen & Eleanor Bulova Ms. Sarah Carmalt Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Carozza John & Teresa Cavenagh Scott & Nelly Childress Saul & Sandra Clair Matt & Barbara Cohen
Mr. and Ms. Stephen D. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cotler Darlene & John Cooke Rosalie Coombs Sharon Corbin Elizabeth P. Cornman Mr. and Mrs. Neil Courtney James D. Crawford and Judith Dean John and Fern Culhane Dr. and Ms. John A. DeFlaminis Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Demarco Ellen Dooneief Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dorsey Dr. & Mrs. William Douglass Susan J. Ellis Herbert Ershkowitz Sandy & Len Feldman Mr. and Mrs. H. Robert Fiebach Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Fields Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Fine Mary Flournoy Philip Frank & Clifford Eyler Mr. and Ms. John R. Fulton III David Furniss Ms. Phyllis Furst & Mr. Bill Davol Bernardo C. Garcia, PhD Eva Ray and Suresh Ghosh Emilia DeMarco & James F. Giblin Dave & Sandy Gift Dr. and Ms. Alex Glijansky Joan Gmitter Sarita & Morris Gocial Dr. and Mrs. Allan Gold Bill Goldberg Mr. Milton Goldberg Toni Alperin Goldberg Judy & Joel Golden Mr. and Ms. Richard P. Goldman Stewart & Harriet Golen Ms. Brenda Goode Drs. Paul & Judith Goode Ms. Sandra S. Gordon Maxwell P. Gorson Rick & Diane Graboyes David Grande Mr. and Dr. Marshal S. Granor Esq. Susan V. Greene Marsha Gross Ms. Margaret C. Hallenbeck Elaine Hamilton Raezelle Zinman & Brian Hanna Mr. Karl Hardman Ms. Mary Hardwick
Sharon Harris Karen & Bruce Harrison Ms. Gail Hauptfuhrer Bob Hedley & Harriet Power Dr. Nancy Aronson and Mr. Mark Herring Terry Hirshorn Drs. Selina Luger & Michel Hoessly Mr. and Mrs. Millage Holloway Jr. John E. Holohan Dr. and Mrs. Marc R. Inver Keneseth Israel Ms. Carol B. Jessup Sandy & Richard Josephs Mr. Jeffrey Josephson Dr. Ernest & Mrs. Marcia Kahn Tudy & Hy Kahn Luci & Edwin W. Kane Rhena & Steven Kelsen Mr. and Mrs. David H. Kilmer Mr. Alan King Mr. Gary King Ms. Linda G. Kirshner Richard & Marcia Klafter Dr. & Mrs. David Koch Mr. and Mrs. Don Kramer Leslie & Marvin Kreithen Selma & Goncer Krestal Carol LaBelle Mr. and Mrs. Harry Landrum Magdalyn Y. Lawton Mr. Daniel T. Lee Mrs. Ilene Lefko Joe & Virginia Leonard Harvey & Joan Levitan Ms. Deborah Levy Mr. Stuart Levy Terri Loring & Robert Margolies Ronnie & Larry Margel Alexis & Joel Marmar Jim & Cheryl Marple Dr. Frances G. Martin Dr. Rosalie Matzkin Ms. Barbara Maxwell Lynne Maxwell Jim McCaffery Dr. Michael K. McClure Deborah McColloch & Charles Valentine Dr. Donald Bakove & Margaret G. McLaughlin Judith & Martin Miller Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Miller Dr. and Mrs. Manley Mincer Mr. Richard Mitchell
Mark & Laura Moffa Mr. and Dr. Brian Mohr Ms. Elizabeth Montserat Jeff & Maxine Morgan Ms. Susan Muller Mr. James R. Murray Jr. Kenneth and Susan Myers Margaret Goodman & Jack Nachamkin Larry and Stephanie Ness Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nissman Stuart & Carol Ockman Linda L. Osler John & Sandi Packel Mr. and Ms. Lanny Patten John & Jo Anne Pinto Ronald E. Powers Barbara Z. Presseisen Mr. and Mrs. F. Jerome Purcell Mr. Donald Quiring Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Rassas Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rathmill Mrs. Joyce Harwood Ratner Robert & Wanda M. Rauch Dr. Edward Lundy & Debbie Reiff Lorraine & Marvin Riesenbach George & Zara Roberts Cintra Rodgers Ellen Rosan Rogoff Dulcie Romm Tony & Barbara Rooklin Joan & Joel Rosenbloom Sally & Edwin Rosenthol Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Rossio Bernard & Harriet Rothman
Dan & Barbara Rottenberg Mr. and Ms. Harvey Rubin Lisette & Jerry Ruderman Mr. and Mrs. James Santangelo Arlene D. Schaller Carl & Mary Ellen Schneider Dr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Schneider Kate & Stanley Schreiner Dr. Louis & Linda Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. David Scott Marilyn & Jerome Segal Bubbles Seidenberg Dr. Larry and Bonnie Seidman Antoinette F. Seymour Keith Shively and Thomas Williams Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shulman Anne C. Singer Mr. Israel Skolnick Jay K. Snyderman Peter & Susan Soraruf Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Spallone Judith Spiller Debbie & Gary Stahl Mr. and Ms. Paul Stark Lucille B. Stein Bette Steinberg Ethan and Patricia Stenger Robert Stern Barbara Barnett-Stewart & Robert Stewart Mr. Paul Stone Mr. and Ms. Jim Sumerson Nina E. Tafel Ms. Joy Tartar Dr. and Mrs. John Taylor
Mr. Blair Thompson Mr. Edward Tierney Mr. Paul Tierney David Pierson and Pamela Trimingham Tom & Joan Tropp Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Trudel Gaylen Uhlich John R. Urofsky Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Van Laar Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Vogel Norman Walker and Christine Shamborsky Linda & Alan Warshaw Thomas E. Watkins Dr. Charlotte C. & Carroll Weinberg Eileen Weinberg Mr. and Mrs. David Weinstein Mr. Peter Wellhofer Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Wells Jr. Ms. Carolyn L. Whitaker Howard Wiener Mrs. Doris A. Williams Sherry Shamansky and Wallace Wing Ms. Anne Woodworth Kuna & Sam Yankell Gordon Yasinow Roger & Lillian Youman Mr. and Ms. Richard Zeitlin Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Zutz
*Kenneth S. Kaiserman Fund for Artistic Excellence.
A legacy of theatre The aspirations of Philadelphia Theatre Company have always been fueled by the generosity of theatre enthusiasts from the region. The Visionary Society, named after the theatre’s founders, was formed to pay tribute to the special group of visionary supporters who have remembered Philadelphia Theatre Company in their wills or in other gift plans. When you join the Society you help ensure that PTC’s rich tradition of artistic excellence will be preserved for generations to come. If you have included PTC in your estate plans, please notify us. For more information regarding The Visionary Society and how to include PTC in your estate plans, please contact: Gina Range | Director of Institutional Advancement 215-985-1400, x115 | grange@philadelphiatheatrecompany.org
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Corporate Partners Let Philadelphia Theatre Company put your business in the spotlight. For more information about corporate memberships, sponsorships and in-kind support, please call 215.985.1400 x117 season Sponsors Center City Film and Video AKA PECO Corporate Sponsors ($25,000+) Lincoln Financial Foundation PECO LG Arts Marketing CRW Graphics Corporate partners ($5,000 - $9,999) Dranoff Properties, Inc. Republic Bank Sage Financial Group Cozen O’Connor Corporate members ($3,000 - $4,999) Samuel T. Freeman & Company Shamrock Clean Spring Garden Construction Company Wells Fargo Foundation Corporate gifts DoubleTree by Hilton, Philadelphia Center City Electronic Ink Firstrust Bank Masque Sound The Safegard Group Inc. Valley Green Bank
Matching Gifts Alliance Bernstein Bank of New York Mellon GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Matching Gifts Program Lincoln Financial Foundation Matching Gift Program Merck Partnership for Giving Sunoco Foundation UBS Employee Giving Program FOUNDATION SUPPORT Ann B. Ritt Charitable Foundation AYCO Charitable Foundation Chatham Foundation The Civic Foundation, Inc. The Charlotte Cushman Foundation Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Dramatists Guild Fund The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation The Hamilton Family Foundation The Eleanor M. and Herbert D. Katz Family Foundation Independence Foundation Knights Arts Challenge of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Virginia and Harvey Kimmel Arts-Education Fund Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater The Lida Foundation Lomax Family Foundation The Miller-Worley Foundation Performing Arts Foundation, Inc. Fund for Children of The Philadelphia Foundation The Suzanne F. and Ralph J. Roberts Foundation The Caroline J. Sanders Trust The Victory Foundation Archie D. & Bertha H. Walker Foundation June and Steve Wolfson Family Foundation The William Penn Foundation The Wyncote Foundation
Company receives State arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a State agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. Philadelphia Theatre Company is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges the support of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.
This list acknowledges donors as of 5/12/16 PTC strives for accuracy in its donor listings. If there is a misprint or your name has been inadvertently omitted, please call 215.985.1400 x117
A special thanks to Sally Katz and David Price for their generous donation for the lobby improvements in the Suzanne Roberts Theatre.
Government SUPPORT Philadelphia Theatre
Contact the development office: 215.985.0420 x117
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, good will, 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 3/21/16
Gifts in honor of
Gifts in Memory of Patsy Brandt From Dale and David Brandt
Kenneth and Susan Kaiserman From Jim and Nina Korsh
Michael Coleman
Ginny From Mark Garvin
Donald Stanley Wilf and in Honor of Dr. Peter Arger from Elaine W. Baer and Gloria A. Moskowitz
Elijah Dornstreich’s Birthday
Shep Goldberg From Toni Alperin Goldberg Paul Hogan From Mark Garvin Kenneth S. Kaiserman From Susan Balder Susan Kaiserman From Joel Greenberg and Marcy Ginglas As of May 12, 2016.
Donald Stanley Wilf From Dr. Peter Arger
From Leonard and Ellan Bernstein
From Carol Saline and Paul Rathblott
Monika Krug From Mojdeh Keykhah
Lois H. Meyers From Paul Stone
Sonia Triester From Dr. Charlotte C. & Carroll Weinberg
Harriet and Larry Wiess From Herbert and Sissie Lipton
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.
Philadelphia Theatre Company Productions Key Code
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the Suzanne Roberts Theatre
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2015 - 16 DISGRACED by Ayad Akhtar BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY by Ken Ludwig ON BECKETT Written & performed by Bill Irwin n EXIT STRATEGY by Ike Holter Excerpts from NOTES FROM THE FIELD: DOING TIME IN EDUCATION Conceived & presented by Anna Deavere Smith l SEX WITH STRANGERS by Laura Eason 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 m NERDS Book & Lyrics by Jordan Allen-Dutton and Erik Weiner, Music by Hal Goldberg nlTRIBES by Nina Raine Vanya and sonia and masha and spike by Christopher Durang Colin quinn unconstitutional
reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute 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 Written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith mvBella: the color of love by Theresa Tova and Mary Kerr 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 th Chicago’s the second city 50 anniversary tour
After Ashley by Gina Gionfriddo Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage vmSome Men by Terrence McNally 2004 - 05 Trumbo by Christopher Trumbo with Bill Irwin 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 v According 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 n The Infidel by Bruce Norris The Play About the Baby by Edward Albee Barbra’s Wedding by Daniel Stern
2000 - 01 m Compleat Female Stage Beauty by Jeffrey Hatcher by Terrence McNally vmNo Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother by John Henry Redwood by Kate Moira Ryan & Judy Gold This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan Resurrection by Daniel Beaty The Laramie Project by Moisés Kaufman At Home at the Zoo by Edward Albee and Members of the Tectonic Theater Project Grey Gardens book by Doug Wright, Music by Scott Frankel, Lyrics by Michael Korie 1999 - 00 lvthe city of nutterly love l Dinah Was: The Dinah Washington co-production with Chicago’s The Second City Musical by Oliver Goldstick 2008 - 09
mvUnusual Acts of Devotion
v White People by J.T. Rogers 2007 - 08 Wit by Margaret Edson v Being Alive music & lyrics by Stephen Side Man by Warren Leight Sondheim, conceived and directed by Billy Porter M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang 1998 - 99 Third by Wendy Wasserstein How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel v The Happiness Lecture by Bill Irwin vmLives of the Saints by David Ives Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of 2012 - 13 plays & Players theater Oscar Wilde by Moisés Kaufman mvSTARS OF DAVID book by Charles Busch (1982 - 2007) The Beauty Queen of Leenane adapted from book by Abigail Pogrebin, 2006 - 07 by Martin McDonagh Various composers n Murderers by Jeffrey Hatcher THE MOUNTAINTOP by Katori Hall 1997 - 98 The Frog Bride by David Gonzalez SEMINAR by Theresa Rebeck Full Gallop by Mark Hampton mvNerds://A Musical Software Satire l VENUS IN FUR by David Ives and Mary Louise Wilson by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Erik Weiner, LOVE LOSS AND WHAT I WORE A collection of Minutes from the Blue Route music by Hal Goldberg stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, Based by Tom Donaghy l In The Continuum by Danai Gurira on the book by Ilene Beckerman A Question of Mercy by David Rabe & Nikkole Salter nmBirdy by William Wharton, 2011 - 12 Orson’s Shadow by Austin Pendleton adapted by Naomi Wallace red by John Logan 2005 - 06 The Scottsboro boys music and Lyrics by 1996 - 97 vmAdrift in Macao book & lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb vmBunny Bunny by Alan Zweibel Christopher Durang, music by Peter Melnick book by David Thompson Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel Ben Franklin: Unplugged by Josh n the outgoing tide by Bruce Graham Kornbluth in collaboration with David Dower l Sylvia by A.R. Gurney
Philadelphia Theatre Company Productions Seven Guitars by August Wilson 1995 - 96 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 v Tiny 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 n Lady-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 n Pill Hill by Samuel Kelley 1989 The Middle of Nowhere songs by Randy Newman and Tracy Friedman
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 l Split 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
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 various theatres Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet Hannah Senesh by Lori Wilner and David (1975 - 1981) Schechter adapt: of Senesh diaries 1980 - 81 Avner the Eccentric with Avner Eisenberg The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson 1987 - 88 Alice Through The Looking Glass vlStauf by Eric Saltzman and Michael Sahl company developed by Lewis Carroll co-produced with the American Music Hooters by Ted Tally Theater Festival Jesse and the Bandit Queen Orphans by Lyle Kessler by David Freeman n Southern Exposure: Sister and Miss Getting Out by Marsha Norman Lexie by Eudora Welty, adapt. by Brenda Curran; and From The Mississippi Delta by 1979 - 80 Endesha Ida Mae Holland Streamers by David Rabe vmHospitality by Allan Havis v The Insanity of Mary Girard Out! by Lawrence Kelly by Lainie Robertson
The Emperor Jones by Eugene O’Neill v Dementia 80 by Don Steele 1979 Ashes by David Rudkin v The Exhibition by Thomas Gibbons v Some 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 v The Persecution of Eugene Waterman by Louis Lippa v The Final Concert Tour of Mickey Colossus by Peter Mattaliano A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare v Center City Soap by Dorothy Louise 1976 - 77 v The Lion and the Lamb by Joseph Orazi v Future Tense by John Sevcik v The Keeper by Karolyn Nelke 27 Wagons Full of Cotton by Tennessee Williams v Mars by Clay Goss She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith (Theatre in the Court) Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (Theatre in the Court) 1976 v Marlowe by John Yinger Rain by W. Somerset Maugham, adapted by Colton and Randolph v The Crossing/As I Lay Dying A Victim of Spring by David Rabe & Leslie Lee v The 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 v Between 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., Chairman David L. Cohen, Vice Chairman Elliot Schwartz, President Julia Ericksen, Ph.D., Executive Vice President David L. Colman, AIA, Vice President Glenn Gundersen, Vice President
Victor F. Keen, Vice President John M. Hanamirian, Treasurer Carol Saline, Secretary Brigitte Daniel Sara Garonzik Teresa Gavigan Joan Gubernick Sally Lyn Katz Tom KirdahyA Monika Krug
Members Emeritus Joanne Harmelin Sheldon L. Thompson Bettyruth Walter, Ph.D. Tracey Weiss, Ph.D.
Dale Penneys Levy Priscilla M. Luce Stephen J. McConnell Terrence McNallyA James M. Meyer, CFA Donald Rosenblit, Chairman Emeritus James T. Smith, Esq. Alan Widra
A
denotes Arts Board member
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 Teaching Artists Anthony Adair, Madison Auch, Christina Binder, Raven Buck, Jarrett McCreary, Ah-Keisha McCants, Lee Minora, Griffin Stanton-Ameisen, Michael T. Williams administrative staff Manager of Board & Administrative Services Sharon Kling Director of Institutional Advancement Gina Range Development Manager Jessica Pasquariello Development Associate Colleen Gill Business Manager Petal Miller Bookkeeper Carol Nitzberg Interim Director of Marketing Carol Flannery Graphic Designer & Marketing Coordinator Christina Mastrull Marketing Associate Alison Carter 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 Andrew Carroll, Jarrett McCreary, Hannah Sandler, Jane Sorensen House Managers Aaron Bell, Alison Carter, Arlen Hancock, Randi Hickey, Antoine Jones, 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 Scenic Design Assistant Anshuman Bhatia Costume Design Assistant Jenny O’ Donnell Assistant Sound Designer Mary Kate Smyser Assistant Stage Manager Annie Halliday Carpentry/Rigging Supervisor Paul Hewitt Props Master Jeffery Bazemore Production Electrician Terry Smith Sound Supervisor Daniel A. Little Lighting Supervisor Alyssandra Docherty 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 Reed Brooks Deck Crew Jacob Lyon Goddard Wardrobe Maxine Johnson, Danielle Joh Special thanks 12th Street Gym Anne Ketcham Enterprise Rent-a-Car; Melanie Hazzard, Prospect Park, PA Branch Manager Scenery Built by Proof Productions
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.
...This is our mission.
EDUCATION PHILADELPHIA T H E AT R E CO M PA N Y at the
ActOut Camp Drama Teens Philly Reality Student Matinees Study Units Teen Council
Summer programs starting soon!
contact us: 215.985.1400 x122 wdennis@philadelphia theatrecompany.org
visit:
philatheatreco.org/ education
Phila d elp hia Thea tre Com p a n y ’ s
ActOut Summer Camp July 25th - August 12th, 2016
Ages 13-18 yrs.
Be a part of Philadelphia’s only fully subsidized theatre camp! Join us at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre to create a show from the ground up in just three weeks! Campers will explore different aspects of creating theatre through classes and workshops just before joining ensembles to create their own show. Our world premiere theatre lab performance will be presented on Friday, August 12, 2016. Space is limited, but several slots are still available. Register now to ensure your participation in ActOut Summer Camp 2016!
Want to Join? Does camp sound perfect for you or someone you know? Give us a call at 215.985.1400 x111 or visit philatheatreco.org/education to register.
Want to Help? Make a contribution that sends students to camp! Call 215.985.1400 x117 or visit philatheatreco.org/donate and select “Education” to support ActOut Summer Camp 2016.