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brownsville song (b-side for tray) By
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curtiss cook jr.
anthony martinez-briggs Set Design scott bradley
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catrina ganey kaatje welsh
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from the executive producing director Dear Friends , brownsville song (b-side for tray) by Kimber Lee premiered last season at the Humana Festival for New American Plays to enthusiastic public response. While I did not experience it there, I had a chance to read the script soon after and felt a similar appreciation. I recall being struck by the simplicity and power of Lee’s writing, as well as how she transformed what could have been a sorrowful tale of gun violence into a beautiful celebration of life and family. What registered so powerfully on the page also makes for an emotionally compelling piece of theatre and we are honored to be producing its Philadelphia premiere. brownsville song is about Tray, a teenage boy, doing his best to navigate the life he shares with his grandmother and half-sister. He loves his family, works at Starbucks, has a passion for boxing and hates having to write his college essay. He must also deal with his estranged stepmother who now seeks forgiveness. He moves through his life like any young person---in fits and starts-- trying to figure it all out. And then, one day, he is in the wrong place at the wrong time and his story comes to a sudden end. What becomes of Tray’s legacy? Kimber Lee wants to take the measure of his loss by reminding us that every life lived, even that of an anonymous teenage boy in someone else’s neighborhood, has meaning and impact. Far from being a play “ripped from the headlines,” brownsville song is an up- close and personal portrait of one very specific family and their memories of Tray. Because we feel so strongly that brownsville song (b-side for tray) is a universal story that should be seen by the entire community, we have created programs to encourage broad participation. This production is serving as the launch for our new TheatreACCESS program which allows us to offer tickets at an affordable price range of $5 – $59, making attendance truly barrier-free. We have also created opportunities for public conversation in partnership with organizations throughout the city. Please join us May 12th for our Special Topics panel “A Community of Survival: Turning Tragedy to Advocacy and Hope,” moderated by Reggie Shuford, Executive Director of the ACLU. On May 17th, Kimber Lee will appear on stage as a part of our American Playwrights in Context interview. This production has led to many productive relationships in our community with many organizations from WURD Radio, to the Asian Arts Initiative to Mighty Writers, Philadelphia Young Playwrights, the West Philadelphia Alliance for Children and the Afterschool Activities Partnership. Our most long-standing partnership, however, has been with the invaluable Brothers Network (led by Gregory Walker) which has worked with us for six years to help us frame the issues and deliver the message raised by so many of our productions. brownsville song (b-side for tray) is a co-production between Philadelphia Theatre Company and the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, one of our nation’s leading regional theatre companies. Together we have assembled a wonderful cast and creative team, led by the talented director Eric Ting. Perhaps two theaters in two cities - joining hands - can do a little bit of good in helping to move the dial in the movement for peace and gun control.
cast Merrell.......................................................................................................................Sung Yun Cho* Tray...........................................................................................................................Curtiss Cook Jr.* Lena..............................................................................................................................Catrina Ganey* Junior/Brooklyn College Student.............................Anthony Martinez-Briggs* Devine...............................................................................................................................Kaatje Welsh * Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association
setting Late Spring, Mid-Summer, and Late Summer of the same year. Various locations in and around the Brownsville and East Flatbush Neighborhoods in Brooklyn, NY. brownsville song (b-side for tray) runs WITHOUT intermission
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who’s who Sung Yun Cho (Merrell) is grateful to be working at Philadelphia Theatre Company. She made her professional and Broadway debut in Lanford Wilson’s Redwood Curtain directed by Marshall Mason. Her regional credits include M. Butterfly (Northern Stage), Wit (Theatre Virginia), The Women directed by Anne Bogart (Hartford Stage), Junk Bonds (Cleveland Public Theatre), and Redwood Curtain directed by Marshall Mason (The Old Globe). New York credits include Apocrypha, I Am Yours (Soho Rep); R.A.W (‘Cause I’m Woman); Jack (Home Theatre); Gravity Falls From Trees, The Trellis, The Assassined Imagination, Scapino, Women Beware Women, Cousins, Sarcophagus, and Tartuffe. Her T.V. credits include The Prosecutors and Crossing Jordan. She is a graduate of the State University of New York at Purchase Conservatory for Acting. Sung would like to thank her family and friends for their incredible love and support. Curtiss Cook Jr. (Tray) is happy and grateful to be performing at this prestigious theatre. Selected credits include: Off-Broadway: Seven Minutes In Heaven, High School Confidential (Primary Stages, originated role of David). Film: Naz & Maalik (SXSW Selection), Amateur (Short, Vimeo Staff Pick), Holy Soul (Music Video, Vimeo Staff Pick). Curtiss would love to thank his terrific representation: Jody Prusan of Connecting Talent Company and Eddie Rabon of Take 3 Talent. He also sends thanks and love to his Grandparents, Dad, Mom, Siblings and extended supportive (family). Catrina Ganey (Lena) is excited to be making her Philadelphia Theatre Company debut. She has appeared at the Shakespeare Theater in DC in Cyrano. She has worked at the Colonial Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park plays Romeo and Juliet, Twelve Night, and Nunsense. Her other stage performances include Spunk (Fulton Opera House), The Colored Museum (Hartford Stage), From The Mississippi Delta (Arkansas Rep), and Miss Evers’ Boys (Stamford Theater Works). She appeared Off-Broadway in the 20th Anniversary Revival of Colored Girls at the Henry Street Settlement. She also appeared on several TV dramas, including CBS’s Blue Bloods, HBO’s Girls, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Sopranos; NBC’s Law and Order: S.V.U., Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and Law and Order and on the HULU series Deadbeat. Her film credits include Nasty Baby with Kristin Wiig, Bringing Out The Dead with Nicholas Cage, Freedomland opposite Julianne Moore and Samuel L. Jackson, Carry Me Home with Jane Alexander, and 3 Backyards. She recently filmed the DirecTV’s new half-hour show Coop starring Steve Pasquale, Terry Kinney and Jane Alexander. Ms. Ganey is the recipient of the Irene Ryan Acting Award and Audelco Award, and was nominated for Best Actress of the Year by the Connecticut Critic’s Choice Award for her work in Miss Evers Boys. She has a B.F.A. (Howard University), M.A.(University of Michigan), and studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. She would like to dedicate her performance to her Mom! Miss ya! Anthony Martinez-Briggs (Junior/Brooklyn College Student) is eternally grateful for the support of his loved ones as well as being blessed to be able to travel and collaborate with new artists in different communities. He is a Philadelphia-based teaching artist (Philadelphia Young Playwrights, Arden Theatre), actor (Recently seen
who’s who in Sideways Stories from Wayside School, Arden Theatre) director, writer, and a proud member/owner of the band ILL DOOTS. ILL DOOTS recently completed their third independently funded tour the “I Love Living//I Love Learning Tour” to great success. It’s not just art, it’s a movement. Join the movement, the #ILLMOVEMENT. Kaatje Welsh (Devine) is thrilled to make her Philadelphia Theatre Company debut. Theatre credits include brownsville song (b-side for tray) (Long Wharf Theatre) She appeared as a Town’s Person in Thorton Wilder’s Our Town, directed by Gordon Edelstein. Her other stage credits include: The Library Project (A Broken Umbrella Theatre Company); The Hundred Dresses directed by Lara Morton. Kaatje was featured in two music videos and modeled for a live / runway show for American Girl Doll. Kaatje enjoys reading, spending time with family and friends and her cat Orzo. Kimber Lee (Playwright) Kimber Lee’s plays include fight, tokyo fish story, and brownsville song (b-side for tray), which premiered at the 2014 Humana Festival and also at Lincoln Center/LCT3, Long Wharf Theatre, and now at Philadelphia Theatre Company. In May 2014, Center Theatre Group presented the world premiere of her play different words for the same thing directed by Neel Keller, and tokyo fish story will premiere at South Coast Rep in March 2015. Her work has also been presented by Lark Play Development Center, Page 73, Hedgebrook, Seven Devils, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, TheatreWorks (Palo Alto), Old Globe, Magic Theatre, and Great Plains Theatre Conference. Kimber is a Lark Playwrights Workshop Fellow (2014-2015), member of Ma-Yi Writers Lab, and is currently under commission at Lincoln Center Theater/ LCT3, South Coast Rep, Denver Center Theatre Company, Long Wharf Theatre, Hartford Stage, and the Bush Theatre (London). Recipient of the 2014 Ruby Prize, the 2013-2014 PoNY Fellowship, the 2014-2015 Aetna New Voices Fellowship, and the inaugural 2015 PoNY/Bush Theatre Playwright Residency in London. MFA: UT Austin. Eric Ting (Director) is an Obie Award-winning director. Recent credits include The World of Extreme Happiness (Manhattan Theatre Club and Goodman Theatre; World Premiere), Parable of the Sower (Under the Radar Festival at the Public), A Great Wilderness (Williamstown Theatre Festival), We Are Proud to Present a Presentation… (Soho Rep and Victory Gardens), Miriam (BAM Next Wave), Warrior Class (Alliance), and Rising Son (Singapore Rep). Celebrating his 11th season at Long Wharf, Ting has directed the world premieres of January Joiner, Agnes Under the Big Top, and The Old Man and the Sea (which he also co-adapted). Also: The Bluest Eye (a co-production with Hartford Stage), Underneath the Lintel (CT Critics Circle awards for best play and best direction), 4000 Miles, Sylvia, Italian American Reconciliation, It’s a Wonderful Life, and MacBeth 1969. Ting is a recipient of a TCG New Generations fellowship, a Jerome & Roslyn Milstein Meyer Career Development Prize, and a 2012 MAP Fund Award for the development of Motherland/Foreign Relations (We All Here Why You Never Call?) by Meiyin Wang. Ting is a founding member of the artists’ collective Intelligent Beasts. Upcoming: Appropriate (Center Theatre Group) and To Kill a Mockingbird (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park).
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who’s who Scott Bradley (Set Design) Broadway: premieres of August Wilson’s Seven Guitars (Tony Nomination, Drama Desk Award for best set design) and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Drama Desk Award for best Set Design). Long Wharf Theatre: Italian American Reconciliation, The Bluest Eye. Recent openings: Much Ado About Nothing (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Chapatti (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Camelot (Two River Theater). Notable productions: world premiere of Samuel D. Hunter’s A Great Wilderness (Seattle Rep), Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice, and The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci by Mary Zimmerman (Bay Area Critic’s Award. Lucille Lortel nominations, Second Stage), Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Steppenwolf and Second Stage Theater). Graduate of The Yale School of Drama, 1986. Toni-Leslie James (Costume Design) In memory of our beloved son, Jett Gerald Higham, 03/15/1995 - 07/02/2013. For PTC: The Scottsboro Boys. Broadway: Lucky Guy, The Scottsboro Boys, Finian’s Rainbow, Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, King Hedley II, One Mo’ Time, The Wild Party, Marie Christine, Footloose, The Tempest, Twilight…Los Angeles 1992, Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Jelly’s Last Jam. Awards: Tony nomination, three Drama Desk nominations, four Lucille Lortel nominations, Hewes Design Award and four additional nominations, Connecticut Critics Circle Award, Irene Sharaff Young Masters Award, and the 2009 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design. Ms. James is Head of Design at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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who’s who Russel H. Champa (Lighting Design) For PTC: The Story, Wit, The Laramie Project, Beauty Queen of Leenane, Third, Ruined and Red Hot Patriot: the Kick Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. Long Wharf Theatre: Italian American Reconciliation, A Doll’s House, The Bluest Eye, and Yellowman. Current and recent projects include: 27th Man (Old Globe Theater), You Got Older (Page 73/HERE), Zealot (South Coast Rep), To The Bone (Cherry Lane), The Qualms (Steppenwolf ), When We Were Young AndUnafraid (MTC). Broadway: In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play (Lyceum Theater/Lincoln Center), and Julia Sweeney’s God Said “Ha!” (Lyceum Theater). Other New York Companies: Lincoln Center, The Public, Pilobolus, Second Stage, The Vineyard, New York Stage & Film. Regional: ACT/SF, Old Globe, Wilma, CalShakes, Trinity Rep, Mark Taper Forum, and Kennedy Center. Thanks J + J. Peace. Ryan Rumery (Sound Design) is a musician, composer, and designer. For PTC: The Light in the Piazza; Grey Gardens, Unusual Acts of Devotion, Golden Age, and Murderers. Recent scores include: Between Riverside and Crazy (Atlantic/Second Stage), By the Water (MTC), Placebo (Playwrights Horizons), Verite (LCT3), and Fool for Love (Williamstown). He performs with The Painted Bird (KioSK Festival, BAC, La MaMa, PS122, Legion Arts, and Wexner). Sound Consultant for Nonesuch at 50 Festival at BAM, for performances featuring Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish, and Alarm Will Sound. He is currently producing an album for Jeremy Bass. Additional albums include: The Joy of Harm, Methods, 4000 Miles, Ivanov, and FlowerMan. Film credits: City of Gold (Sundance and SXSW 2015), Gatewood, FlowerMan, and And, Apart. www.ryanrumery.com
who’s who 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—Mothers and Sons, Outside Mullingar, 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!. The applause is getting Received a B.F.A. from University of the Arts. Special thanks to the PTC staff, louder for REX 1516 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).
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who’s who Calleri Casting (James Calleri, Paul Davis, Erica Jensen) Long time Casting Director for Long Wharf Theatre. Broadway: Hedwig and The Angry Inch, Of Mice and Men, Venus in Fur, 33 Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, Chicago, James Joyce’s The Dead, and the upcoming The Elephant Man with Bradley Cooper. Off-Broadway: Satchmo at The Waldorf, Buyer & Cellar, Murder for Two, The Revisionist, All in the Timing, Passion, My Name is Asher Lev, Fuerza Bruta, and Silence! The Musical. Casting for Rattlestick, CSC, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Flea, Bay Street, McCarter, and Berkeley Rep. Playwrights Horizons (10 seasons). TV: Army Wives, Lipstick Jungle, Monk, Hope & Faith, and Ed. Lots of film including Mike Cahill’s Sundance winners Another Earth and I Origins. Awarded 12 Artios Awards for Outstanding Casting Achievement. Member CSA. Amy Dugas Brown (PTC Casting Director) is a casting director, director, audition coach, senior lecturer at University of the Arts, and project director for the Actors’ Project at University of Pennsylvania’s Brain Behavior Laboratory. She spent ten seasons as Associate Artistic Director at Arden Theatre Company and is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University. She is married to Philadelphia actor Ben Dibble and together they have three children.
who’s who Sara Garonzik (Executive Producing Director) has led Philadelphia Theatre Company (PTC ) since 1982. Now celebrating its 40th Anniversary Season, PTC is a nationally respected theatre and the only one in its region 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 universally designed, fully accessible state-of-the-art 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 was a member of the Mayor’s Advisory Council. Other previous board service includes Artreach and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance (GPCA). She currently sits on the Advisory Boards of both the Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia and PlayPenn, a new play development organization. In addition to board service, she has reviewed grant proposals on a number of theater panels for the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio State Arts Councils as well as for the Knight Foundation Arts Challenge in Philadelphia; the TCG Fox Foundation Actor Fellowships; the McKnight Foundation Advancement Awards for Playwriting, the O’Neill Playwrights Conference; The Philadelphia Theatre Initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. She is listed in Who’s Who of American Women and was named one of Business Philadelphia’s and Philadelphia Magazine’s “People to Watch.” In 2010 she became a Distinguished Daughter in the Court of Honor at Philadelphia High School for Girls. Other honors include the President’s Award from Philadelphia Young Playwrights; the Achievement Award from the American Association of University Women, an honor she proudly shared with Dawn Staley and Terry D’Alessandro; and Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown’s Arts Pioneer Award. She has lived and worked in Center City Philadelphia since graduating from Temple University. Priscilla M. Luce (Executive Managing Director) has a broad background that covers virtually all aspects of non-profit management, positioning, philanthropy, and volunteerism. She served 11 years as vice president of a national non-profit fund-raising and management consulting firm, guiding the boards of trustees and staff of more than 50 schools, colleges, museums, performing arts, 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 spent the majority of her long career in corporate communications with TRW Inc., a Fortune 100 company based in Cleveland. She also directed a $16 million fund-raising campaign for the Cleveland Public Schools, and is an expert in crisis management, strategic planning, marketing communications, and issue communications.
who’s who Luce has been volunteer president and executive director of The Albert M. Greenfield Foundation in Philadelphia since 2000. Under her leadership, this family Foundation is developing a leading-edge grant making style that emphasizes collaboration with non-profit partners to implement innovative approaches addressing evolving community and social needs in Philadelphia. 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, Duke University; the London Business School, and the J. L. Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. She is a member of the Union League of Philadelphia, the Forum of Executive Women, and the Pennsylvania Society. Long Wharf Theatre was founded in 1965 by Jon Jory and Harlan Kleiman and is currently led by Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein and Managing Director Joshua Borenstein. Long Wharf Theatre is an organization of international renown and has been a leader in American theatre, producing fresh and imaginative revivals of classic and modern plays, rediscoveries of neglected works and a variety of world and American premieres. Under the artistic leadership of Arvin Brown for over 30 years, Long Wharf Theatre established itself as an important force in the regional theatre movement. Following Brown’s leadership, Doug Hughes served as Artistic Director for four seasons. Throughout its history, Long Wharf Theatre has created a unique home in New Haven for theatre artists from around the world, resulting in the transfer of over 30 productions to Broadway or Off-Broadway, including Satchmo at the Waldorf, My Name is Asher Lev, The Glass Menagerie, Durango, BFE, Sixteen Wounded, Wit (Pulitzer Prize), Hughie, American Buffalo, Requiem for a Heavyweight, Quartermaine’s Terms (Obie Award/Best Play), The Gin Game (Pulitzer Prize), The Shadow Box (Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award/Best Play), The Changing Room, The Contractor (NY Drama Critics Circle/ Best Play), and Streamers, among many others now in the American Theatre canon. In 1978, Long Wharf Theatre was honored with a Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Currently in its 50th season, Long Wharf Theatre produces an annual season of six plays on its two stages, along with children’s programming, new play workshops and a variety of special events.
The following article is a reprint of an interview conducted by Elizabeth Nearing, Literary Manager at Long Wharf Theatre. Photo by Reed Young.
An Interview
with the
playwright
KIMBER LEE What inspired you to write this play?
only time we hear about them is when something violent has happened. Often there can be this sort of headshaking resignation - “oh well - that’s It was something I read on a blog, a story about the loss of a young man in just what happens there” - and implicit Brownsville. The post was very simply in that thought is the idea that these deaths are acceptable somehow. That written but it sort of lodged in my gut if you look a certain way, and live in a and wouldn’t let go. I kept thinking about this boy’s family and loved ones certain zip code, your life is worth less, you matter less - and this was going - what they must be going through. I around in a circle in my head. I didn’t kept thinking about the tremendous loss of life in some of our communities, know what I could do about it, what I could offer - how to bear witness in and how easy it is in this hyper-connected world for these losses to disap- meaningful way. And I was trying to pear from our consciousness. And how work on another project, but when I sat down to write, Lena’s voice came that is especially true for some of our blazing out of me. more challenged neighborhoods - the
Can you talk a little bit about rhythm and the nature of time in this play, for this family?
to eat it. And I think this manifests most clearly in the play for Devine - the internal world of a child is such mysterious, unknowable terrain. For this introspective little girl, the passages back to moments with Tray are very The rhythms of the play moves befluid and easily accessed, and then tween language and silence, but in a she instinctively uses this imaginative lot of ways the silent moments are the memory ability to help herself survive most active - vibrating with the need or the loss of her brother. And for Merintense emotion of the character. Simirell and Lena, the rhythm of past and larly, the way time pivots, pulling the present is always part of the tension characters to before and after Tray’s between them, but is also the only way death is a rhythm I associate with the they can find their way back toward shock of loss. When you lose a person each other. that way, your sense of time become very fluid, and their presence in your You have a background life is still so recent, there’s a big part as a boxer, something of you that can’t quite make sense of their absence. You keep picking up the that’s also important to Tray. What is it phone to call them, and then realizing you can’t. You buy almond butter about boxing that you’re because they’re allergic to peanuts, drawn to? then remember they won’t be there Oh man - it’s hard for me to focus my love of boxing into a tidy statement, because it is so vast and always changing. I think the rigor of it, the demands on both the physical and spiritual aspects of a person, the fact that there are no shortcuts in boxing. Natural talent may allow you to advance more quickly, but no one gets a pass on putting in the daily work. I love the way I get emptied out after a hard training session - there’s a meditative quality that settles over me after I’ve spent everything I got. And there’s no bypassing any of the stages of your development - you’re going to be bad at it, for a very long time, and
everyone in the gym is going to watch you be bad. There’s a kind of strength you build internally when you have to come back into the gym, day after day, just being humiliatingly bad at it until hopefully, one day, you’re not. The only way out is through. I love the elegance of strategy in the ring, the chess game that is played between you and your opponent, and how your mental processes are inextricably linked to your emotional strength and physical reflexes and endurance. Every single challenge I have in my life, in work, in relationships - fears, habits, self-imposed limitations - all of those tendencies surface in maddening multitudes when I spar. Some days I beat them, some days they beat me. But even on the days when I struggle, there’s a spiritual and physical muscle being trained. I love it. In case you couldn’t tell, I could talk about it all night. :)
Why did you decide to set this story in Brownsville, Brooklyn? The short answer is that Brownsville is where the young man I read about was killed. The deeper truth is that I believe we are all responsible for the creation and continuation of circumstances that lead to the kind of challenges faced by a community like Brownsville. And then we avoid those neighborhoods because they are so “dangerous” - there is a great feeling of separateness, and though most of these places are a short train ride away they can sometimes feel like they are on another planet. What is our collective responsibility here? What hous-
ing policies create and perpetuate the troubles of the projects? What are the forces that combine to make options for a future for our young people seem impossibly out of reach? What is the untruth of the seductive and well-used “one who made it out of the hood” storyline, and how does it obscure the broader societal responsibility for the conditions in these neighborhoods? All of these questions swirl around for me, but the deepest truth about the writing of the play is that I simply wanted to bring that family’s pain and loss into close, personal contact with audiences who may never even have heard of Brownsville, Brooklyn. As I have worked on this play, it has also remained an urgent matter to ensure that the picture of this community is whole, and not just another stereotypical depiction of the “dark, violent ghetto.” Brownsville is a place that has seen more than its fair share of trouble, but it is also a place of great vibrancy, humor, love, and hope - and there are many wonderful people there who are fighting for change every day.
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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.
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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 April 13, 2015. The Artists Circle Where great theatre and great theatre friends meet Executive Producers Circle ($25,000+) David & Nancy Colman Julia & Eugene Ericksen Sally Lyn Katz Victor Keen and Jeanne Ruddy Mr. and Mrs. H.F. Lenfest Dale Penneys Levy & Richard Levy Leslie Miller & Richard Worley Ronald and Marcia Rubin Harriet & Larry Weiss Alan & Janet Widra June & Stephen Wolfson Producers Circle ($10,000 - $24,999) Marilyn & Robert Birnhak Tracy & Rick Burke Fran & Neal Cupersmith Hamilton Family Foundation Alice L. George David and Linda Glickstein Daniel Green Glenn Gundersen & Susan Manix Mr. Tom Kirdahy The Estate of Kenneth S. Kaiserman Monika Krug Susan & James Meyer Jerry & Cookie Riesenbach Carol Saline & Paul Rathblott James T. Smith & Debra Klebanoff Kristen Phillips & Matt Schreck Directors Circle ($5,000-$9,999) Anonymous Ms. Lee Ducat Carole Haas Gravagno & Emilio Gravagno Joal Greenberg & Marcy Gringlas Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Kardon Don & Lynne Rosenblit
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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 Bob Hedley & Harriet Power Mr. Jack Hewes Terry N. Hirshorn Dr. and Mrs. Marc R. Inver Sandy & Richard Josephs Mr. Jeffrey Josephson Dr. Ernest & Mrs. Marcia Kahn 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 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 Dr. Rosalie Matzkin Ms. Barbra Maxwell Lynne Maxwell Jim McCaffery Deborah McColloch & Charles Valentine
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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 Eric & Robin Settle 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 Paul Tierney 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 Dr. Charlotte C. & Carroll Weinberg 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 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 In Memory of Ginny From Mark Garvin Gifts in honor
In Honor of Michael Coleman from Leonard and Ellan Bernstein
In Honor of Jerry Riesenbach from Fred and Beth Jacoby In honor of Carol Saline’s Birthday from the Book Club This list acknowledges donors as of 4/13/15
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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.
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Major GiftS Philadelphia Theatre Company is grateful to the following major donors for their foresight in helping us in achieving a bright future. It is because of their commitment, goodwill and continued generosity that PTC has grown to become one of the finest theatres in the region. Thank you!
$1,000,000+
$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 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
$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
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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 2013 - 14 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 TRIBES 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.
5/23/15 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 5/16/15 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
Contact R. Eric Thomas at 215.985.0420 x105
Advertising Opportunities
Contact Carol Flannery at 215.985.0420 x104 or cflannery@philadelphiatheatrecompany.org
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
Sara Garonzik Teresa Gavigan John M. Hanamirian Sally Lyn Katz Dale Penneys Levy Priscilla M. Luce James M. Meyer, CFA Donald Rosenblit, Chairman Emeritus Carol Saline
James T. Smith, Esq. Harriet Weiss Alan Widra
Members Emeritus Joanne Harmelin Sheldon L. Thompson Bettyruth Walter, Ph.D. Tracey Weiss, Ph.D.
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 Director of Institutional Advancement Gina Range Manager of Annual Giving Jessie Pasquariello Development Assistants Lani Clunes, Kait Finegan Director of Marketing Tom Thompson Sales Director Carol Flannery Marketing Manager Rose Schnall Thomas Audience Services Manager Kristen Norine Venue Services Manager R. Eric Thomas Marketing Assistant Samuel Chattin Publicist Deborah Fleischman Audience Services Supervisors Lesley Berkowitz, Alexander Rioh Audience Services Associates Hannah Sandler, Jane Sorensen, Erin Washburn House Managers Aaron Bell, Ben Coppolla, Arlen Hancock, Randi Hickey, Antoine Jones, Jennifer MacMillan, Jack Tamburri, Sara Totora
Production staff Director of Production Roy W. Backes Production General Manager Bridget A. Cook Production/Operations Manager Matthew F. Lewandowski II Assistant Costume Designer Devario Simmons Costume Illustrator Gloria Young Kim Associate Sound Designer M. Florian Staab Assistant Stage Manger Annie Halliday Child Wrangler C. J. Celeiro 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 Lighting Programmer Uel Bergey Custodians Marvin Smith, Dorene Hobbs RUN CREW Lighting Board Operator Alyssandra Docherty Sound Board Operator Daniel A. Little Deck Crew Jacob Lyon Goddard, 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
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. AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS IN CONTEXT (APIC)
5/17 post-matinee
Join us for an on-stage conversation with playwright, Kimber Lee.
Meet-the-Artists (MTA) 5/7 and 5/28, post-show Stick around right after the show for a talk-back and audience Q&A with the cast of brownsville song (b-side for tray).
Audio Description 5/16 - 2PM performance
Backstage Tour 5/16 - post-matinee 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 TOPICS
5/12 post-show “A Community of Survival: Turning Tragedy to Advocacy and Hope” moderated by Reggie Shuford, the Executive Director of the PA ACLU Catch the onstage conversation immediately following the 6:30pm performance!
Open Captioning
Book Club
5/23 - 2PM performance
Like us on Facebook and join the online conversation about Hiding Place by John Edgar Wideman.
Community Outreach Sponsor
Sung Yun Cho (left) and Catrina Ganey in brownsville gon (b-side for tray) © T Charles Erickson Photography
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