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CAST Aoife Muldoon................................................................................................................................Beth Dixon* Tony Reilly....................................................................................................................................David Howey* Anthony Reilly......................................................................................................................Anthony Lawton* Rosemary Muldoon.......................................................................................................Kathleen McNenny*
* Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association
Time: December 2008-2013 Place: A cattle and sheep farm outside Killucan, in Ireland. OUTSIDE MULLINGAR runs WITHOUT intermission
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who’s who Beth Dixon (Aoife Muldoon) Broadway: Major Barbara, Wrong Mountain, and Royal Family (u/s Rosemary Harris). Lincoln Center: City of Conversation. Off-B’way: Rapture, Blister, Burn; Wings, Vieux Carre, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Mary Stuart, Endpapers, Terese Raquin, Booth is Back, America Dreaming, Unbound, and The Grille Room. Regional: 4000 Miles (Philadelphia Theatre Company – Barrymore Nom), Three Tall Women, Tartuffe, All My Sons, The Grapes of Wrath, The Glass Menagerie, Vincent in Brixton, The Constant Wife, Fuddy Meers, King Lear, etc. Film: Non-Stop, Infinitely Polar Bear, Off- Ramp, Ballad of the Sad Café, and Dark Tides. Television: Storm of the Century, Queen, Home Improvement, Law and Order, L&O Criminal Intent, Game Change, Zero Hour, Black List, Mozart in the Jungle, and The Good Wife. David Howey (Tony Reilly) is head of the Acting Program at the Ira Brind School of Theatre at the University of the Arts. He was an actor in England for 30 years, working with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre Company in London’s West End, and in innumerable TV series and films. He has appeared on Broadway twice and performed Shakespeare across the USA, including Macbeth at the Annenberg Center, Prospero at Arcadia University, and Shylock and Malvolio and Leontes for the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre. He has performed with the Walnut Street Theatre, Bristol Riverside, 1812 Productions, Interact, the Arden, Lantern, Sympatico, People’s Light, and Wilma and with the Philadelphia Orchestra, for whom he narrated the Cocteau/Stravinsky “Oedipus” at Carnegie Hall. Anthony Lawton (Anthony Reilly) has been acting in Philadelphia for 22 years. He last appeared at PTC in The Outgoing Tide. Favorite roles include George in Of Mice and Men (Walnut St. Theatre); Gideon in Athol Fugard’s Playland (Wilma Theater); Friar Laurence in Romeo and Juliet (Arden Theatre); Coleman in The Lonesome West and Feste in Twelfth Night (Lantern Theater); Autolycus in The Winter’s Tale, Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons, and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival); and Dr. Parker in Bat Boy Come to Jet before or after the show. and “man” in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Great food, great wines, (1812 Productions). Film: Unbreakable, Invincible, great atmosphere. and Silver Linings Playbook. TV: Hack and Cold Book your holiday party in our private room! Case. In 1999, the Philadelphia City Paper named him the city’s “Best One-Man Theatre” for his solo productions of Shel Silverstein’s The Devil and Billy Markham and C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce and The Screwtape Letters. For more info, see his website: anthonylawtonactor.com. In 2003, he was Eat. Drink. Enjoy. awarded an Independence Foundation grant to All at our global vineyard. develop a production of his first original play, The 1525 South Street Foocy, which garnered Barrymore nominations in 215.735.1116 • jetwinebar.com 2005, including Best New Play.
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who’s who Kathleen McNenny (Rosemary Muldoon) was last seen in Philly in Othello at the Philadelphia Drama Guild under the direction of Mary Robinson 20 years ago. Her credits include: Broadway: Enemy of the People, A Death of a Salesman, Coram Boy, The Constant Wife, After the Fall, and A Few Good Men. Off- Broadway: Gates of Gold, Mind Game, Three Travelers, Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, and The Winter’s Tale. Regional: Equus (Guild Hall), Moon for the Misbegotten (McCarter), Richard III (New Jersey Shakespeare Festival), Beyond Therapy and Good German (Westport Playhouse (CT critics nom Best Actress)), and Our Town, Sylvia, Sight Unseen, and Human Events (George Street Playhouse). TV: Person of Interest, The Black Box, The Good Wife, New Amsterdam, Law and Order (original, CI, and SVU), Third Watch, Pennsylvania Miners Story MOW, and numerous failed pilots. FILMS: A Happy House, Morning Glory, Music and Lyrics, School of Rock, Life with Mikey, and It Could Happen to You. Kathleen is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Drama. John Patrick Shanley (Playwright) is from The Bronx, New York. His plays include Outside Mullingar, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Savage in Limbo, Italian-American Reconciliation, Welcome to the Moon, Four Dogs and a Bone, The Dreamer Examines His Pillow, Dirty Story, Defiance, Beggars in the House of Plenty, and Storefront Church. His theatrical work is performed extensively across the United States and around the world. For his play, Doubt, he received both the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In the arena of screenwriting, he has nine films to his credit, most recently Doubt, with Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams, which was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Adapted Screenplay. The film of Doubt was also directed by Mr. Shanley. Other films include Five Corners (Special Jury Prize, Barcelona Film Festival), Alive, Joe Versus the Volcano, which he also directed, and Live From Baghdad for HBO (Emmy nomination). For his script of Moonstruck he received both the Writers Guild of America Award and an Academy Award for best original screenplay. The Writers Guild of America awarded Mr. Shanley the 2009 Lifetime Achievement In Writing. Mary B. Robinson (Director) Past productions at PTC include 4000 Miles, At Home at the Zoo, Third, Dinner with Friends, This is Our Youth, Molly Sweeney, and Three Viewings. Her work is also known to Philadelphia audiences from her five years as Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Drama Guild, where she directed A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, A Moon for the Misbegotten, A Normal Life, Dancing at Lughnasa (with Beth Dixon), and Of Mice and Men (Barrymore Award), among others. In New York, she directed Women on Fire at the Cherry Lane, with Judith Ivey, and String Fever at Ensemble Studio Theatre, with Cynthia Nixon. She was nominated for the Drama Desk Award in 1986 for her production of Lanford Wilson’s Lemon Sky at Second Stage, and she was the first recipient of the Alan Schneider Award in 1987. Regionally, she worked most recently at Arena Stage in Washington DC, Pittsburgh Public Theater, and Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City. Earlier this fall she directed Intimate Apparel at Westport Playhouse in Connecticut. She teaches at Brooklyn College in New York City.
who’s who Jason Simms (Set Designer) PTC productions include Venus in Fur and 4000 Miles. Other Philadelphia area productions include Little Shop of Horrors, Lost in Yonkers, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, and Rent (Bristol Riverside Theatre) and Dear Elizabeth (People’s Light and Theatre). New York productions include Urge for Going (The Public Theater), The Bad Guys (Second Stage Uptown), A Bright New Boise and After (Partial Comfort Productions), When January Feels Like Summer, Finks, and Headstrong (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Uncle Vanya (Pearl Theatre Company), and American Treasure and Melancholy Play (13P). Other regional credits include The Whale (Denver Center Theatre Company), Be A Good Little Widow (The Old Globe, San Diego), A Thousand Clowns (Two River Theater), Dutch Masters and The Puppetmaster of Lodz (Berkshire Theatre Group), and The Loudest Man On Earth (TheatreWorks, Silicon Valley). Simms received an MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts. He received the 2012 USITT Rising Star Award. Janus Stefanowicz (Costume Designer) is very happy to be part of this amazing production team. Outside Mullingar will be her 28th costume design for PTC. Past productions include Detroit, Tribes, reasons to be pretty, Ruined, The Story, and How I Learned to Drive. Janus also designed the Best Costume Barrymore Award Winner Intimate Apparel in 2006. Janus has worked at numerous regional theatres, including Manhattan Theatre Club, ACT Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, NY Stage & Film, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Wilma Theatre, Delaware Theatre Company, The People’s Light and Theatre Company, Arden Theatre Company, and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. Janus is the resident Costume Designer and Shop Manager for Villanova University’s Theatre Department. Since 1996, she has been nominated for sixteen Barrymore Awards and has won three: the above mentioned Intimate Apparel in 2006; Big Love in 2003 and On the Razzle in 1998 (both at the Wilma Theater). Dennis Parichy (Lighting Designer) has been designing lights professionally for over fifty years, working on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off Broadway and in regional theatres throughout the United States. For PTC, he designed last season’s production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. He has designed over twenty-five shows for Peoples Light & Theatre Co., including last season’s The Rainmaker and Ghosts. He has received an OBIE and Drama Desk and L.A. Drama-Logue Awards for his designs. His most recent designs in New York include Flight of the Ibis and Titus Andronicus. He teaches Lighting Design at Purchase College, SUNY. Christopher Colucci (Original Music and Sound Designer) makes sound and music as a theater artist, composer, and guitarist. Recent work: Arcadia (Lantern), Row After Row (People’s Light), Blood Wedding (PAC), and Red Speedo (Theatre Exile). Christopher has received 5 Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Original Music and Sound Design, with 4 nominations in 2014 (True West, The Rainmaker, Down Past Passyunk, and The 39 Steps (co-design with Dan Perelstein)). For more sounds please visit http://soundcloud. com/cmsound and http://www.youtube.com/user/cmsound. Melanie Julian (Dialect Coach) is very pleased to be back at Philadelphia Theatre Company as a Dialect Coach for the fourth time; she previously coached PTC’s productions of Grey Gardens, Ruined, and Tribes. She has been a member of the theater faculty
who’s who at Temple University since 2008, where she teaches speech, acting, and voice. Since moving to Philly 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 various companies around the U.S., including Northern California’s Mondavi Arts Center, the Soho Playhouse, EgoPo Classic Theater, the Pittsburgh Playhouse, Penumbra Theatre, and the Minnesota Orchestra. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and an Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework. Roy W. Backes (Director of Production) is a top honors graduate of Point Park University’s BFA conservatory theater program in his hometown of Pittsburgh. He began his career as Prop Master for the late, great Fred Rogers on the landmark PBS show Mister Rogers Neighborhood. Mr. Backes has spent over three decades in the professional theater, working as a Production Stage Manager, Production Manager, and General Manager both on and Off-Broadway and at regional theaters throughout the country, including Pittsburgh Public Theater, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Roundabout Theatre Company, Freedom Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theatre, Hartmann Theater, Prince Music Theater, Wilma Theater, Walnut Street Theatre, and many more. Roy is a proud member of Actors Equity and the Production Managers Forum. Roy thanks his wife Lisbeth and son Oliver for their love and undying support. Accept grace. Danielle Commini (Production Stage Manager) Philadelphia Theatre Company: Production Stage Manager - Detroit, Colin Quinn’s Unconstitutional, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Tribes, Nerds, 4000 Miles, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, Venus in Fur, Seminar, and Bella: The Color of Love. Assistant Stage Manager -The Mountaintop, Stars of David, reasons to be pretty, The Outgoing Tide, The Scottsboro Boys, Red, Colin Quinn: Long Story Short, Ruined, Let Me Down Easy, Race, and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Opera Company of Philadelphia: Stage Management Intern - Otello. Walnut Street Theatre: Stage Management Apprentice - Fiddler on the Roof, Fallen Angels, The Eclectic Society, and Oliver!. Received a B.F.A. from University of the Arts. Special thanks to the PTC staff, especially Bridget and Annie. Much love to Mom, Dad, and Will for unending support. Carrie Chapter (Literary Manager/Dramaturg) is a graduate of Washington College and Villanova University. Her workshop and production credits include the National Music Theatre Conference and the National Playwrights Conference at the O’Neill Theater Center; PlayPenn New Play Development; Geva Theatre Center; Playwrights Horizons; Primary Stages; and Inis Nua Theatre Company. Ms. Chapter also provided workshop dramaturgy for Broadway’s The Book of Mormon. She is also an instructor at Temple University. Ms. Chapter is a member of the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA). Stuart Howard and Paul Hardt (Casting) are very happy to be casting at the Philadelphia Theatre Company for the fifth time. They also cast for Broadway, Off Broadway, and National and International tours.
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THE GIFT OF
CONVERSATION:
JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY TALKS ABOUT LOVE, LOSS,
AND HIS LATEST PLAY,
OUTSIDE
MULLINGAR
The following article is an excerpt of an interview with playwright John Patrick Shanley conducted by Marilyn Cole Lownes for the April/May 2014 edition of Irish America. *
“Outside Mullingar was very much inspired by my family’s farm in Ireland,” Shanley says. “My cousin Brendan was here for the opening night, he flew over. He lives down the road from the farm, which is still owned by my family and where my father was born.” As a writer, Shanley is well-known for Italian-American characters. He won the Academy Award for his screenplay of Moonstruck, and wrote plays such as Italian American Reconciliation. He once wrote that “as a writer and a man, my one central struggle in life is to accept who I really am.” Today, sipping hot green tea, he smiles and says, “When you start out in the Bronx as a kid trying to figure out who you are, you don’t want to just take what you are given. I needed to break out and find my own way. I didn’t want to be another IrishAmerican guy from the Bronx. I didn’t want any of it; and then bit by bit, I started
to reclaim what I had been given in the first place.” It was in 1993 that Shanley first went to Ireland to visit the farm where his Uncle Tony and Aunt Mary lived with several of their children including his cousin Anthony, who runs the farm today. “My father was too old to travel alone, and he asked me to take him home. When an old man asks you to take him back home you have to do it,” says Shanley. “I certainly felt like a fish out of water growing up, and for most of my life, and then when I went to the farm, hearing the way those people talked, I thought, ‘Hey, I feel very much at home.’” Going back to Outside Mullingar, he says, “I enjoyed writing this play more than most of my plays. I finally had the permission to use all of the language available to me.” He opines, “You can only write as well as the characters can talk. In other words,
if you are writing about a middle-class guy in New York City he’s just not that eloquent. On the other hand, if you are writing about an Irish farmer, these are some of the most eloquent people in the world. And you have the permission because of that, you have carte blanche to write as well as you know how, as funny as you know how, and as sad and true as you know how, because those people talk just that way.” “This play is not only descriptive, it’s prescriptive,” Shanley continues. “In other words, we still could have these values. We still could live this way. We could still talk this way. It’s about what I love, what I value about being alive, what I think is worth passing on to my children. It’s about what makes families function rather than fall to pieces.” These are very important ideas to Shanley but they are not necessarily Irish. “I don’t know if it’s very Irish. A lot of different things happened in Ireland. The subjugation of the Irish by the British caused emotional repression, which is a curse that many Irish people still suffer from,” says Shanley. “It’s very difficult for them to say they love each other.... The British were very controlling of Irish behavior in many ways; they even had edicts against poets. They took away the Irish language because they couldn’t understand what the people were saying. They were afraid of insurrection. “[Put that together] with the priests who considered dancing provocative, and only allowed step dancing with arms stiff at the sides, because they were afraid of wild emotions.
was an altar boy, the Italian funerals were the most dangerous; invariably an Italian woman would go running down the aisle and throw herself on the coffin, screaming, ‘Don’t leave me!’ That would never happen at an Irish funeral,” he offers. “With Outside Mullingar I wanted to write a love story,” Shanley explains. “I wanted to find all the words I had not been able to find, because what I have been unable to express has caused me anguish. “If words fail people that is a painful meridian. If there is something in you that you cannot express it feels like a failing. “The fact is, the Irish part of me is the gift of the gab! The Irish thing is that you should be able to express yourself.” The Irish have what Shanley calls “a linguistic optimism; they can carry on and on, continuing to talk [on any subject.]” And did his family react well to Shanley writing a play about them? “My cousin Brendan said that when he was watching the play he felt like he was watching his parents. He wrote to me afterwards and said, ‘Thank you for bringing my mother and father back from the dead.’” And Anthony, on whom the main character is based, how did he react? “My cousin Anthony read the play but he couldn’t leave the farm to come over and see it. He has eighty animals to look after.” Referring to a statement he made about being frustrated by “this unpoetic world,” Shanley says, “So many people don’t make the effort these days to express themselves. There is a prosaic style with no particular way of fashioning language.
“It’s no wonder that the Irish find it difficult to be tactile. Whereas with the Italians “In Doubt, I could write about Sister Aloy“it’s all out there,” Shanley says. “When I
sius in the way that I did because the nuns What is Shanley’s current state of mind? who taught me spoke very well.” Is he happier now that the play is doing well? Why do you think this loss of expression has happened. Can we attribute it to “Something happened to me this week,” technology? he announces seriously. “Roomba came into my life.” “It’s because people are increasingly cut off from the earth,” he says. “In the play A new romance? Anthony says, ‘Stars are suffocating in the “Roomba is my robotic cleaner,” laughs sky and the earth is choking on itself.’ Shanley. “She even talks to me!” “We have a shattered attention span “Anthony has his metal detector on the today,” Shanley says. “Peaceful contemplafarm, and now I have Roomba, my own tion of looking at the sun, at animals and ‘modern madness!’” fields, makes us more grounded. We are *Reprinted with permission from Irish losing that way of life. The countryside is America disappearing.”
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40 th anniversary season In celebration of our 40th anniversary season, Philadelphia Theatre Company worked with local artist, Emily Schnall, to create original ink and watercolor illustrations that speak to the heart of each play. We hope you enjoy this portfolio of Ms. Schnall’s work as we honor a talented young artist and the playwrights who inspired her. About the artist: Emily Schnall grew up in South Jersey with an ardent love for the natural world; she channels this passion into both scientific and artistic pursuits, often mingling the two. Fossil species feature prominently in her art as well as living animals and fantastic creatures. Emily’s work includes murals, medical textbook illustration, creature and character design, paleontological illustration, graphic novels, and sculpture. In 2013, Emily exhibited a series of life-size papier-mâché dinosaur busts and other selected works at Philadelphia Theatre Company’s First Friday Open House. Emily is currently studying illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design. This past year she visited the Rupinuni region of Guyana where she studied the region’s biodiversity through scientific and artistic means, and in the future she hopes to raise awareness of conservation efforts in the area. Check out the complete illustration series online:
PhiladelphiaTheatreCompany.org/art
ANNUAL FUND 2014-2015 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 November 14, 2014. The Artists Circle Where great theatre and great theatre friends meet Executive Producers Circle ($25,000+) David & Nancy Colman Julia & Eugene Ericksen Victor Keen and Jeanne Ruddy Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lenfest Dale Penneys Levy & Richard Levy Leslie Miller & Richard Worley Mr. Daniel M. Ritt Alan & Janet Widra Producers Circle ($10,000 - $24,999) Marilyn & Robert Birnhak Fran & Neal Cupersmith David and Linda Glickstein Daniel Green Glenn Gundersen & Susan Manix Mr. Tom Kirdahy Monika Krug Susan & James Meyer Jerry & Cookie Riesenbach James T. Smith & Debra Klebanoff Kristen Phillips and Matt Schreck Harriet & Larry Weiss Directors Circle ($5,000-$9,999) Anonymous Ms. Lee Ducat Alice L. George Carole Haas Gravagno & Emilio Gravagno Joal Greenberg & Marcy Gringlas Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Kardon Sally Lyn Katz Don & Lynne Rosenblit Carol Saline & Paul Rathblott Elliot Schwartz Bryna & Andrew Scott Laura & Richard Steel Shel & Karen Thompson Stephen & Rosalyn Weinstein
Designers Circle ($2,500-$4,999) Anonymous Tracy & Rick Burke Mr. Edward A. Comer Dorothy J. del Bueno Jane and Joe Goldblum Christine Kanter Arthur M. Kaplan & R. Duane Perry Madeleine & Steve Kessler David Lerman & Shelley Wallock Priscilla M. Luce Maureen E. Pugh June & Stephen Wolfson Playwrights Circle ($1,000-$2,499) Dr. Peter H. Arger Charlotte & Dirk Ave Jim & Kim Balaschak Carol Blank & Dr. Horace Barsch Arthur & Janice Block Louis Bluver Linda & Jonathan Chorney John & Priscilla Clement Michael & Ellen Singer Coleman Diane Cribbs & Arthur M. Mann Brigitte F. Daniel, Esq. Dr. James F. Dougherty Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Edelman Phyllis & Howard Fischer Esther Flaster Teresa Gavigan & Larry Besnoff Sally Walker & Thomas Gilmore Henry & Sheila Gladstone Rosalie Burns Goldberg & Herbert I. Goldberg Mignon Groch John & Meredith Hanamirian Tom & Wendy Hibberd A. Ron Hunter Harvey & Virginia Kimmel William L. Leonard Fran & Leon L. Levy Charisse R. Lillie Lynn & Joe Manko
Seymour Millstein Robin Palley Joyce & Tim Ratner Barbara Rice & Tina Phipps Noel Rosales & Vic Spain Sue Perel Rosefsky Jeannette & Dick Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Rubenstein Andrew and Melinda Rudolph Vesna & Howard Sacks Patricia Saddier Michael Sanyour & Laurada Byers Sherrie Savett Dr. Nathan & Dolly Beechman Schnall Eric & Robin Settle Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sheerr Marjorie & Howard Silverman Gayle & David Smith Kathleen Stephenson, Esq. Barbara & Robert Tiffany Bettyruth Walter, PH. D. Bernie & Marilyn Weidenaar Jeanne P. Wrobleski, Esq. PTC Performers Impresarios ($500-$999) Jane & Peter Cohen Edwin & Judy Gerber Marjorie & Jeffrey Honickman Marc & Susan Howard Bruce McKittrick & Wendy E. Wilson Mary Ann B. & Joel I. Lawson Drs. Selina Luger & Michel Hoessly Mrs. Catherine Rawcliffe Chris & Cecelia Ross Antoinette F. Seymour Dr. Stanton & Sara Kay Smullens Mr. Leon C. Sunstein Jr. STAR PERFORMERS ($250-$499) Dr. Ronald Abraham Barbara Abrahams Dr. Victor & Arlene Adlin Barbara & Mickey Black
Sandra A. Bloch Mrs. Marilyn A. Brown Andrea & Alexander Ehrlich Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Freeman II Elizabeth H. Gemmill Esq. Kenneth L. George Joseph S. Holman Fund of the Community Foundation of New Jersey John E. Holohan Fred and Beth Jacoby Donald and Dorothy Kardon Rhena & Steven Kelsen Debra Fein & Kenneth Kleinman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kleinman George F. Koch, Jr. & Santo A. DiDonato Pamela D. Laws & Robert I. Whitelaw Mr. Daniel T. Lee Mr. Paul R. Levy Dr. Joseph Lex David S. Miller Mr. Jerome Napson Paul Nutaitis & Robert Clark Mr. and Mrs. David B. Pudlin Esq. Paul Rabe & Cheryl Gunter Mary Jo Reilly Barbara & Dan Rottenberg Carl & Mary Ellen Schneider James L. Smith Robert Smith and Maris Ogg Robert Taglieri & Timothy Moir Mr. F. Gordon Yasinow Tom and Jackie Zemaitis Ensemble Performers ($100-$249) Anonymous (6) Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Aaron Alan Aarons Dr. Christina Ager Ms. Janet M. Andereck Robert & Betty Anderson Dr. Nancy Aronson Ann Auerbach Mrs. Liesel Baker Dr. William F. Barr Herbert and Rochelle Bass Robert & Sandy Clay Bauer Bruce and Sara Berger Drs. Alice Hausman & Jesse Berlin Leonard and Ellan Bernstein Ann & Tom Blackburn Mr. Alvin Brothers David & Ann Brownlee Ms. Elizabeth Carmalt
Ms. Sarah Carmalt Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Carozza Lani & John Carrow Timothy P. Carey Keith Case and Maurice D. Gross John & Teresa Cavenagh Scott & Nelly Childress Saul & Sandra Clair Matt & Barbara Cohen Judy Cohen Mr. and Ms. Stephen D. Cohen Mr. Brian Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Commini Darlene & John Cooke Rosalie Coombs James D. Crawford & Judith Dean Dr. and Ms. John A. DeFlaminis Mr. and Mrs. Anthony C. Demarco Mr. & Ms. Henry Donner Ellen Dooneief Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dorsey Ms. Beverly M. Dotter Dr. & Mrs. William Douglass Elizabeth Dow Lois & John Durso Susan J. Ellis Herbert Ershkowitz Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Evans Sue and Jim Fagnani Judy & Leonard Feldman Mr. and Mrs. H. Robert Fiebach Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Fields Mary Flournoy Geraldine and Richard Fox Amie & Mark Frankel David Furniss Ms. Phyllis Furst & Mr. Bill Davol Bernardo Garcia Mark Garvin Emilia DeMarco & James F. Giblin Dave & Sandy Gift Dr. and Ms. Alex Glijansky Joan Gmitter Mr. and Mrs. Morris Gocial Dr. and Mrs. Allan Gold Jeanne Goldberg Mr. Milton Goldberg Toni Alperin Goldberg Judy & Joel Golden Richard & Claire Goldman Ms. Brenda Goode Stewart and Harriet Golen Ms. Janet Golup Ms. Sandra S. Gordon
Rick & Diane Graboyes Phillip Graneto and Janice Breen Dr. Tamar Ezekiel Granor Paul D. Green Marsha Gross Elaine Hamilton Ms. Mary Hardwick Judy C. Harris Sharon Harris Karen & Bruce Harrison Adrienne & Eric Hart Ms. Gail Hauptfuhrer Mr. Jack Hewes Mr. Paul M. Hirshorn Dr. and Mrs. Marc R. Inver Sandy & Richard Josephs Mr. Jeffrey Josephson Tudy & Hy Kahn Mary & Donald Kane Ms. Judith M. Katz Doug & Ruth Keating Mr. and Mrs. David H. Kilmer Ms. Linda G. Kirshner Richard & Marcia Klafter Jim & Nina Korsh Mr. and Mrs. Don Kramer Leslie & Marvin Kreithen Selma & Goncer Krestal Mr. & Mrs. Harry Landrum Magdalyn Y. Lawton Mrs. Ilene Lefko Joe & Virginia Leonard Harvey & Joan Levitan Mr. Stuart Levy Terri Loring & Robert Margolies Ronnie & Larry Margel Jim and Cheryl Marple Dr. Frances G. Martin Ms. Barbra Maxwell Lynne Maxwell Jim McCaffery Deborah McColloch & Charles Valentine Mr. Michael K. McClure Mrs. Patricia Metzger Judith & Martin Miller Dr. and Mrs. Manley Mincer Mr. Richard Mitchell Mark & Laura Moffa Dr. Wanda Mohr Jeff & Maxine Morgan Mr. James R. Murray Jr. Mr. Kenneth Myers Earnestine P. Neal Mr. and Mrs. Larry Ness
Eliot & Bonnie Nierman Stuart & Carol Ockman Linda L. Osler John & Sandi Packel David Pierson & Barrie Trimingham Claudia Pine-Simon Ronald E. Powers Barbara Z. Presseisen Mr. & Mrs. F. Jerome Purcell Mr. Donald Quiring Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Rassas Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rathmill Robert & Wanda M. Rauch Margery and Raymond Reed Lorraine & Marvin Riesenbach Mrs. George Roberts Ms. Gail Robinson Cintra Rodgers Avery Rome Dulcie Romm Tony & Barbara Rooklin Barbara Ann Rosenberg Sally & Edwin Rosenthol Mr. Leonard Rossio Bernard & Harriet Rothman Dr. Harvey Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Rubin Lisette & Jerry Ruderman Arlene D. Schaller Dr. Daniel B. Schneider Neal & Sheila Schneider Kate & Stanley Schreiner David A. Schwartz Dr. Louis & Linda Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. David Scott Bob and Didi Scott Marilyn & Jerome Segal Bubbles Seidenberg Dr. Larry and Bonnie Seidman Dr. David Shapiro
Keith Shively & Thomas Williams Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shulman Anne C. Singer Mr. Israel Skolnick Mrs. Constance Smukler Ronnie and Dr. Robert Somers Mr. & Mrs. Peter Sorauf Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Spallone Debbie & Gary Stahl Mr. and Ms. Paul Stark Lucille B. Stein Bette Steinberg Ethan and Patricia Stenger Dr. Robert E. Stern Ms. Corrine Stone Mr. and Ms. Jim Sumerson Nina E. Tafel Dr. and Mrs. John Taylor Tom & Joan Tropp Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Trudel John R. Urofsky Norman K. Walker Linda & Alan Warshaw Mr. Thomas E. Watkins Mr. James Weber Eileen Weinberg Mr. David Weinstein George H. Weiss, M.D. Tracey Weiss & Bill Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Wells Jr. Mr. Peter Wellhofer Fran and Marvin Welsch Ms. Carolyn L. Whitaker Connie & Sankey Williams Sherry Shamansky & Wallace Wing Anne H. Woodworth Roger & Lillian Youman Bernie & Barbara Zbrzeznj Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Zutz
Gifts in Memory In Memory of Laurie Beechman from Dr. Nathan & Dolly Beechman Schnall In Memory of Ken Kaiserman from Arthur M. Kaplan & R. Duane Perry In Memory of Annie Richardson from Jerome Napson In Memory of Donald Stanley Wilf and in Honor of Dr. Peter Arger from Elaine W. Baer and Gloria A. Moskowitz In Memory of Donald Stanley Wilf From Dr. Peter Arger Gifts in honor
In Honor of Jerry Riesenbach from Fred and Beth Jacoby
In Honor of Jerry Riesenbach and Sara Garonzik from Lynn and Joe Manko In honor of Carol Saline’s Birthday from the Book Club This list acknowledges donors as of November 14, 2014
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 x115 season Sponsors AKA Rittenhouse Center City Film and Video PECO Wines Til Sold Out - WTSO.com Corporate Sponsors ($25,000+) Lincoln Financial Foundation PECO cOrporate producers ($10,000 – $24,999) Blank Rome LLP CRW Graphics Corporate pARTNERS ($5,000 – $9,999) Dranoff Properties, Inc. Republic Bank Sage Financial Group Corporate mEMBERS ($3,000 – $4,999) Samuel T. Freeman & Company Shamrock Clean Spring Garden Construction Company Wells Fargo Foundation other Corporate gifts Aribella Events The Bourse Merchants Association Carl Alan Floral Designs The Chubb Corporation Mr. Nicola Cinalli Cupersmith, Wilensky, Steiger, Stempler & Company, LLP DoubleTree by Hilton, Philadelphia Center City Electronic Ink Firstrust Bank O’Donnell & Naccarato, Inc. Philadelphia Event Planners Valley Green Bank
Matching Gifts Alliance Bernstein Bank of New York Mellon GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Matching Gifts Program Merck Partnership for Giving Lincoln Financial Foundation Matching Gift Program UBS Employee Giving Program FOUNDATION SUPPORT Ann B. Ritt Charitable Foundation The Civic Foundation, Inc. The Charlotte Cushman Foundation Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation Dramatists Guild Fund Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award Linda & David Glickstein Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation 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 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 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph J. Roberts 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
Government SUPPORT Philadelphia Theatre 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. Philadelphia Theatre Company gratefully acknowledges the support of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.
This list acknowledges donors as of November 14, 2014 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
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, goodwill and continued generosity that PTC has grown to become one of the finest theatres in the region. Thank you!
$1,000,000+
$20,000 to $49,999
Suzanne F. and Ralph J. Roberts
Tracy and Rick Burke Alice L. George Estate of Ellis K. Ginsberg Sally Lyn Katz Monika Krug Dale Penneys Levy & Richard Levy Susan & James Meyer Carol Saline and Paul Rathblott Bryna and Andrew Scott James T. Smith and Debra Klebanoff
$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 Mr. Daniel M. Ritt $50,000 to $99,999 Dorothy J. del Bueno Priscilla M. Luce Sue Perel Rosefsky** Harriet & Larry Weiss Alan and Janet Widra
*The Peter Arger and Donald Wilf New Play Fund ** Kenneth S. Kaiserman Fund for Artistic Excellence
Capital Campaign Contributors 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
All productions are Philadelphia premieres unless otherwise note v
World Premiere
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Co-Production
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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
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 2008 - 09 King Hedley II by August Wilson m Production moved on to NY mvUnusual Acts of Devotion The Last Five Years or other regional theater. by Terrence McNally by Jason Robert Brown 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother vmA Picasso by Jeffrey Hatcher by Kate Moira Ryan & Judy Gold the Suzanne Roberts Theatre Resurrection by Daniel Beaty (2007 - Present) 2001 - 02 At Home at the Zoo by Edward Albee Dinner With Friends 2012 - 13 Grey Gardens book by Doug Wright, Mu- by Donald Margulies 4000 Miles by Amy Herzog sic by Scott Frankel, Lyrics by Michael Korie nThe Infidel by Bruce Norris NERDS Book & Lyrics by Jordan Allen-Dutton vthe city of nutterly love The Play About the Baby and Erik Weiner, Music by Hal Goldberg co production with Chicago’s The Second City by Edward Albee nl TIRIBES by Nina Raine Barbra’s Wedding by Daniel Stern 2007 - 08 Vanya and sonia and masha vBeing Alive music & lyrics by and spike by Christopher Durang 2000 - 01 Stephen Sondheim, conceived and Colin quinn unconstitutional mCompleat Female Stage Beauty directed by Billy Porter by Jeffrey Hatcher 2012 - 13 M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang vmNo Niggers, No Jews, No Dogs mvSTARS OF DAVID book by Charles Third by Wendy Wasserstein by John Henry Redwood Busch adapted from book by Abigail v The Happiness Lecture by Bill Irwin This Is Our Youth by Kenneth Lonergan Pogrebin, Various composers The Laramie Project by Moisés THE MOUNTAINTOP by Katori Hall plays & Players theater Kaufman and Members of the Tectonic SEMINAR by Theresa Rebeck (1982 - 2007) Theater Project l VENUS IN FUR by David Ives 2006 - 07 LOVE LOSS AND WHAT I WORE A collection 1999 - 00 nMurderers by Jeffrey Hatcher of stories by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, lDinah Was: The Dinah Washington The Frog Bride by David Gonzalez Based on the book by Ilene Beckerman Musical by Oliver Goldstick mvNerds://A Musical Software vWhite People by J.T. Rogers 2011 - 12 Satire by Jordan Allen-Dutton, Erik Wit by Margaret Edson red by John Logan Weiner, music by Hal Goldberg Side Man by Warren Leight The Scottsboro boys lIn The Continuum by Danai Gurira music and Lyrics by John Kander & Nikkole Salter 1998 - 99 and Fred Ebb book by David Thompson Orson’s Shadow by Austin Pendleton How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel nthe outgoing tide by Bruce Graham vmLives of the Saints by David Ives 2005 - 06 reasons to by pretty by Neil LaBute Gross Indecency: The Three Trials vmAdrift in Macao book & lyrics by of Oscar Wilde by Moisés Kaufman 2010 - 11 Christopher Durang, music by Melnick The Beauty Queen of Leenane the 25th annual putnam county Ben Franklin: Unplugged by Martin McDonagh spelling bee book by Rachel Sheinkin by Josh Kornbluth in collaboration with music and lyrics by William Finn David Dower 1997 - 98 RACE by David Mamet After Ashley by Gina Gionfriddo Full Gallop by Mark Hampton LET ME DOWN EASY Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage and Mary Louise Wilson by Anna Deavere Smith vmSome Men by Terrence McNally Minutes from the Blue Route mvBella: the color of love by Tom Donaghy 2004 - 05 by Theresa Tova and Mary Kerr A Question of Mercy by David Rabe Trumbo by Christopher Trumbo RUINED by Lynn Nottage nmBirdy by William Wharton, with Bill Irwin Colin Quinn: Long Story short adapted by Naomi Wallace The Story by Tracey Scott Wilson 2009 - 10 Elegies: A Song Cycle by William Finn 1996 - 97 Humor Abuse by Lorenzo Pisoni Take Me Out by Richard Greenberg vmBunny Bunny by Alan Zweibel and Erica Schmidt Molly Sweeney by Brian Friel The Light in the Piazza lSylvia by A.R. Gurney by Craig Lucas and Adam Guettel Seven Guitars by August Wilson
Philadelphia Theatre Company Productions 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 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
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
1979 - 80 Streamers by David Rabe 1986 - 87 vThe Insanity of Mary Girard Williams & Walker by Vincent D. Smith by Lainie Robertson vlCitizen Tom Paine by Howard Fast The Emperor Jones by Eugene O’Neill vDementia 80 by Don Steele with Richard Thomas, co-produced with The Kennedy Center 1979 Days and Nights Within Ashes by David Rudkin by Ellen McLaughlin vThe Exhibition by Thomas Gibbons As Is by William M. Hoffman vSome of My Best Friends are
1985 - 86 Women by Don Steele and Edward Earle Painting Churches by Tina Howe 1978 lSplit Second by Dennis McIntyre. The Seagull by Anton Chekhov Co-produced with Freedom Theatre. Original The Transfiguration of commissioned from Grover Washington, Jr. Benno Blimpie by Albert Innaurato Great American Sideshow: vThe Persecution of Eugene One Acts by Romulus Linney, Alan Zweibel Waterman by Louis Lippa and Robert Pine vThe Final Concert Tour of Mickey Extremities by William Mastrosimone Colossus by Peter Mattaliano 1984 - 85 A Midsummer Night’s Dream Terra Nova by Ted Tally by William Shakespeare Geniuses by Jonathan Reynolds vCenter City Soap by Dorothy Louise To Gillian On Her 37th 1976 - 77 Birthday by Michael Brady vThe Lion and the Lamb by Joseph Orazi Fool for Love by Sam Shepard vFuture Tense by John Sevcik
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 1988 - 89 Final Passages by Robert Schenkkan Elaine’s Daughter by Mayo Simon Dylan Thomas by Jack Aranson with The Voice of the Prairie by John Olive Jack Aranson Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de 1981 - 82 Lune by Terrence McNally When You Comin’ Back, Red Ryder Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet by Mark Medoff Hannah Senesh by Lori Wilner and David The Vietnamization of New Jersey Schechter adapt: of Senesh diaries by Christopher Durang Avner the Eccentric Nuts by Tom Topor with Avner Eisenberg 1989 The Middle of Nowhere songs by Randy Newman and Tracy Friedman
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
Hooters by Ted Tally Jesse and the Bandit Queen by David Freeman Getting Out by Marsha Norman
various theatres
(1975 - 1981)
1980 - 81 The Rimers of Eldritch by Lanford Wilson Alice Through The Looking Glass company developed by Lewis Carroll
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, ample public rest rooms, a concession stand, and 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 ensuring 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 Award winning “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
for your information Box Office Hours:
During Productions Monday - Sunday: 12:00pm to showtime Between Productions Monday – Friday: 10:30am to 5:30pm Saturday & Sunday: Closed
Open Caption Performance:
Photography
The use of photographic or recording devices is strictly prohibited. Please note: The audience may be photographed by PTC staff for archival and publicity purposes. If you prefer that your likeness not appear in PTC materials, please notify the House Manager.
12/20/14 at 2pm
Group Ticketing & Events
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.
Student Matinees, In-School Workshops, and Summer Camp
Assisted Listening Devices:
State-of-the-Art assisted listening headsets that use an infrared signal to 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. Please ask about T-coil device options that are compatible with your hearing aid.
Audio Description Performance & Sensory Workshop 12/13/14 at 2pm
For audience members who are blind or low vision. Assistive listening devices are provided, through which a trained audio describer fills in the visual details and action on stage, live while it is being performed. 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. PTC’s accessibility programming is sponsored by the Lincoln Financial Foundation and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ Accessibility to the Arts in Pennsylvania for Individuals with Disabilities Program. Accessibility technology in the Suzanne Roberts Theatre was made possible by a grant from the Lincoln Financial Foundation.
Contact PTC’s Sales Director, Carol Flannery at 215.985.0420 x104
Contact PTC’s Education Department at 215.985.1400 x111
Facility Rentals
Contact R. Eric Thomas at 215.985.0420 x105 or ethomas@philadelphiatheatrecompany.org
Volunteer Opportunities
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Advertising Opportunities
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Parking and Public Transportation
The Theatre is easily accessible by the Walnut/Locust and Lombard/South SEPTA Broad Street Subway stations, 15th/16th PATCO station, Route “C” bus, or taxi. On-site parking is available at the InterPark lot, as well as nearby garages along Broad Street. PTC Subscribers can pick up $2-off parking vouchers for the Interpark at the Box Office.
Rest Rooms, Elevator, Water Fountains
LADIES’ & MEN’S ROOMS are located on the orchestra level of the Theatre. All rest rooms are ADA compliant. The ELEVATOR is located to the left of the concession stand which may be used to reach the mezzanine level. WATER FOUNTAINS are located outside the restrooms.
Lost & Found
If you have lost or found an item, please see the Box Office or House Manager. PTC is not responsible for loss or theft of personal belongings.
2014/15 board of directors E. Gerald Riesenbach, Esq., Chairman Elliot Schwartz, President Julia Ericksen, Ph.D., Exec. Vice President David L. Colman, AIA, Vice President Glenn Gundersen, Vice President Victor F. Keen, Vice President Monika Krug, Treasurer Brigitte F. Daniel, Secretary
Members Emeritus
Sara Garonzik Sally Lyn Katz Priscilla M. Luce James M. Meyer, CFA Donald Rosenblit, Chairman Emeritus Carol Saline James T. Smith, Esq. Harriet Weiss Alan Widra
Joanne Harmelin Sheldon L. Thompson Bettyruth Walter, Ph.D. Tracey Weiss, Ph.D.
former board presidents Kenneth Kaiserman* Robert Greenfield* Thomas M.S. Wheelock Lewis C. Ross Carole Phillips* John Friedman
Donald Rosenblit William F. O’Donnell Monika Krug Cheryl Green Bernard A. Weidenaar Sheldon L. Thompson
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 Assistant Director of Education Will Dennis Interim Education Coordinator Joshua Campbell Teaching Artists Susan Berger, Christina Binder, Jarrett McCreary, David Pershica, David Stradley, Josh Yoder, Jessica Wickes Literary Intern Paige Klaniecki administrative staff Manager of Board & Administrative Services Sharon Kling Development Consultant Christine Mickletz Manager of Annual Giving Jessie Pasquariello Sales Director Carol Flannery Marketing Manager Rose Schnall Marketing Assistant Samuel Chattin Venue Services Manager R. Eric Thomas Audience Services Manager Kristen Norine Publicist Deborah Fleischman Audience Services Supervisors Lesley Berkowitz, Alexander Rioh Audience Services Associates Kasual Owens-Fields, Hannah Sandler, Jane Sorensen, Erin Washburn House Managers Aaron Bell, Ben Coppolla, Arlen Hancock, Randi Hickey, Antoine Jones, Jennifer MacMillan, Jack Tamburri, Sara Tortoro Development Intern Kait Finegan
Production staff Director of Production Roy W. Backes Company Manager Bridget A. Cook Production/Operations Manager Matthew F. Lewandowski II Assistant Stage Manger Annie Halliday Assistant Costume Designer Courtney Boches Master Carpenter/Rigger Paul Hewitt Production Electrician Terry Smith Sound Supervisor Daniel A. Little Prop Master Melissa A. Cristaldi Little Lighting Supervisor Alyssandra Docherty Utility Stagehand Jay Wojnarowski Wardrobe Supervisor Maxine Johnson Production Apprentice Joe Samala Lighting Programmer Uel Bergey Custodians Dorene Hobbs, Marvin Smith RUN CREW Lighting Board Operator Alyssandra Docherty Sound Board Operator Daniel A. Little Deck Crew Jacob Lyon Goddard Flyman Jay Wojnarowski Wardrobe Maxine Johnson , Janet Conners, Danielle Joh Special thanks 12th Street Gym Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Melanie Hazzard, Prospect Park, PA Branch Manager Scenery by Proof Productions, Scenery First, and Imagine Factory-Steve Marrone
PEP Events
Our FREE Patron Enrichment Programming gives the audience a chance to see behind-the-scenes of each production and discuss the ideas and issues raised by each show.
Meet-the-Artists (MTA)
Backstage Tour
December 4 and December 18
December 13 - post-matinee
Stick around right after the show for a talk-back and audience Q&A with the cast of Outside Mullingar.
Join a member of PTC’s staff for a backstage tour of the set. Learn how the set was conceived and built, and how the crew runs the show!
Special EVENT
December 2 post-show
Directors Gathering Dialogues series with director Mary B. Robinson
Please join us immediately following the 6:30pm performance for an onstage conversation with OUTSIDE MULLINGAR director, Mary B. Robinson. This event is in co-partnership with Philadelphia’s Directors Gathering (DG), a service organization devoted to advancing the craft of theatre directing through community, advocacy, pedagogy, and praxis.
SPECIAL TOPICS
12/9 post-show “Til One Day Something Gave Way” Join us post-show on the mezzanine for a light-hearted chat with three couples who experienced the wonder of love later in life.
Book Club Like us on Facebook and join the online conversation about That They May Face the Rising Sun by John McGahern.
Audio Description December 13 - 2PM performance
Open Captioning December 20 - 2PM performance
Community Outreach Sponsor
P h i l a d e l p h i aT h e at r e C o m pa n y. o r g / p e p
NEW for 2014/2015 POST-SHOW HAPPY HOUR Join your fellow theatre lovers in the Suzanne Roberts Theatre lobby after every show for cocktails and conversation! Our bar will stay open one hour after the conclusion of the performance with Happy Hour-priced beer and wine, plus a specialty cocktail created for each production.
Up Next in our 40th Anniversary Season
Mothers and Sons Terrence McNally directed by Wendy C. Goldberg by
Featuring
Michael Learned PHILADELPHIA THEATRE COM PA NY at the
FEB 6 - MAR 8
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