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Mothers and Sons By

terrence mcnally featuring

patrick gibbons Jr.

hugh kennedy

James lloyd reynolds Set Design John arnone

Costume Design richard st. clair

Director of Production roy w. backes

Michael Learned

jacob wilner Lighting Design josh epstein

Production Stage Manager DANielle Commini

Casting stuart howard & Paul hardt

Sound Design daniel perelstein PTC Dramaturg Carrie chapter

PTC Casting Amy dugas brown

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from the executive producing director Dear Friends, We are delighted to continue our 40th Anniversary celebration with Terrence McNally’s moving and timely Mothers & Sons, as powerful and true a play as has been written by this playwright with four Tony Awards to his credit and a body of work that spans five decades and over forty plays and musicals. It is only fitting that we include this play as a part of our anniversary season because Terrence’s work has made such an indelible impact on our artistic profile -- one that began in 1989 when we produced the regional premiere of his now classic two-hander, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. It was not until 1995, however, that our relationship with him began to blossom. We had the great good fortune to be asked by Terrence (and Broadway producer Robert Whitehead) to mount the world premiere of Master Class, a new play he was writing about Maria Callas with the legendary actress Zoe Caldwell on board to play the fabled diva. We later added Audra McDonald to the cast who, though young, had already won the first two of her six Tony Awards. Needless to say, the entire experience was magical, interrupted only by the intermittent white-knuckled terror you feel when you are on the threshold of creating something truly great. Over the next ten years we went on to premiere three more plays: Some Men, Unusual Acts of Devotion and Golden Age (soon after presented by the Kennedy Center as a part of their Terrence McNally’s Nights at the Opera festival). While each of these works explored a wide spectrum of themes, they shared two key elements that, for me, define the essence of the McNally oeuvre. The first is his ability to create rich, complex characters (many for women) which actors love to explore. The second is his intrinsic belief in the transformative power of art which he treats either head-on in plays such as Master Class or obliquely as in Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune which closes with Debussy’s exquisite composition, adding grace and nobility to this rough hewn couple’s search for connection. All of which brings me back to Mothers and Sons, a play both intimate in its playing, and epic in its depiction of a beautifully normal marriage which happens to be a gay one. We are happy to welcome Wendy C. Goldberg, making her PTC directorial debut as well as a wonderful cast headed up by actress Michael Learned. We are also excited that Terrence McNally will be with us for an on-stage interview after the February 15th matinee performance ! We hope you join us for this very special event as well as for our Special Topics panel February 17th called “Loud, Proud and Legal: Fifty Years of LGBT Activism in Philadelphia.” Looking forward to seeing you throughout the run!

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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.

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CAST Bud Ogden-Porter.......................................................................Patrick Gibbons Jr. +, Jacob Wilner ++ Will Ogden.............................................................................................................................. Hugh Kennedy * Katharine Gerard................................................................................................................ Michael Learned* Cal Porter.....................................................................................................................James Lloyd Reynolds* * Denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association + Performs Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday ++ Performs Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday

PLACE A desirable apartment on Manhattan’s Central Park West with a maximum view of the park. It belongs to Cal and Will. TIME The present. A blustery and very cold winter's day. The shortest day of the year. It will be dark soon. MOTHERS AND SONS runs WITHOUT intermission The video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever is strictly prohibited. All electronic devices such as beepers, cell phones, and watch alarms must be turned off prior to the performance.

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who’s who Patrick Gibbons Jr. (Bud Ogden-Porter) is very excited to be part of the cast of Mothers and Sons. Patrick lives in Plymouth Meeting, PA, and enjoys the electric guitar and playing ice hockey for the Wissahickon Warriors. Patrick first came to national attention on the TV Soap Opera One Life to Live, playing the adorable Sam Manning from 2010 – 2013. His stage experience came by way of interstitial video in the production of A Little More Alive, playing Young Jeremy. He extends his gratitude to his family, Carson Kolker, Divine Management and Stuart Howard Casting. Patrick dedicates his performance to the memory of his grandfathers’ Dan McCormick and Jack Gibbons and Uncle PJ McGonagle. Hugh Kennedy (Will Ogden) Hugh was a company member at the Guthrie Theater and played there in 15 productions including Othello, Tribes, Buzzer, Pride and Prejudice, The Primrose Path, Arsenic and Old Lace, Two Gentlemen of Verona, A View from the Bridge, The Government Inspector, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Carson Kreitzer’s Be Here Now, as well as five productions of A Christmas Carol. He joined the 2011 national tour of Romeo and Juliet co-produced by the Acting Company (NYC) and most recently acted in Dominique Serrand’s reimagined Love’s Labour’s Lost with the Moving Company. In 2011 he played the title role in the Jungle Theater’s production of Hamlet. After the close of Hamlet’s critically acclaimed run, he traveled to the United Arab Emirates to join an international company of actors in Anthony Tassa’s new production of Macbeth Arabia. Hugh is a Presidential Scholar of the Arts and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. In 2012 he won the IVEY Award for his performance in the Pillsbury House Theater’s world premiere of Buzzer. He mentors young actors and directors and maintains a working relationship with the National YoungArts Foundation. He lives in Brooklyn. www.HughKennedy.me Michael Learned (Katharine Gerard) is a four-time Emmy awardwinning actress—three for her work as Olivia Walton on the acclaimed TV series, The Waltons and one for her role as Mary Benjamin in her own series Nurse—and three-time Golden Globe nominee. On stage she most recently appeared in Driving Miss Daisy at both the New Theatre and The Rubicon, and also in Lewis Black’s One Slight Hitch at the Falcon Theatre. Other theatre appearances include Elizabeth the Queen at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Edward Albee’s All Over at The Gramercy Theatre and the McCarter Theatre, on Broadway in Gore Vidal’s The Best Man and Wendy Wasserstein’s The Sister’s Rosenzweig. West Coast premieres include Woman in Mind and Hapgood, both for American Conservatory Theatre. Ms. Learned’s involvement as a leading lady with ACT dates back to 1967. In Los Angeles she has appeared at the Ahmanson in Mary Stuart and Picnic, at The Mark Taper in A Month in the Country and at the Geffen in Looking for Normal. She has toured nationally in A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters and Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women. Michael premiered in Arthur Miller’s The Ride Down Mt. Morgan at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Ms. Learned has appeared in the films For the Love of Mary, Life During Wartime, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and Power, directed by Sidney Lumet. Television appearances include Law and Order: SVU, Living Dolls, Profiler, A Father for Brittany, A Walton Easter, A Walton Wedding, Murder in New Hampshire, Roots: The Gift and All My Sons, to name a few.

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who’s who James Lloyd Reynolds (Cal Porter) Mothers and Sons marks James’ PTC debut and he is grateful for the opportunity to be a part of another Terrence McNally production, having previously played the role of Arthur in Love! Valour! Compassion! at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. Other favorite roles include Julian Marsh in 42nd Street and Beauregard in Mame, both at the Goodspeed Opera; Phil in On the Mountain at Playwrights Horizons; JFK in Dirty Business at Florida Stage; Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird at the Westin Playhouse; and Alceste in The Misanthrope at New Repertory Theatre. TV appearances include The Affair, Person of Interest, White Collar, In Treatment, Deception, and Law and Order X 3. He is a 2004 graduate of the Yale School of Drama. Jacob Wilner (Bud Ogden-Porter) just finished his regional debut at the Walnut Street Theatre as Michael Banks in Mary Poppins. He is thrilled to join the talented cast of Mothers and Sons in this dramatic production. Other credits include Carousel Production’s Beauty and the Beast (Chip) and Summer Stage’s Fiddler on the Roof (Son). Jacob has been developing his skills at Facetime Theatre in Phoenixville, PA, with a focus on singing, acting and improv. Special thanks to Facetime Theatre, Pamela Decker, Mom, Dad and Brother Nathan! www.jacobwilner.com Terrence McNally (Playwright) was awarded the Dramatists Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. He is the winner of Tony Awards for his plays Love! Valour! Compassion! and Master Class (PTC world premiere) and his books for the musicals Ragtime and Kiss of the Spiderwoman. In 2010, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts presented Terrence McNally’s Nights at the Opera, a three-play festival of his work. Last season, Golden Age (PTC world premiere) opened at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Stage One at City Center and the Pearl Theatre premiered his new play And Away We Go at their new home on 42nd St. in early fall. His newest play Mothers and Sons premiered on Broadway this past spring. It was his 20th Come to Jet before or after the show. Broadway production and received a 2014 Great food, great wines, Tony Nomination for Best Play. Other plays great atmosphere. include Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Book your holiday party in our private room! Lune, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, The Lisbon Traviata, Corpus Christi, The Ritz, Some Men, A Perfect Ganesh, It’s Only a Play, Bad Habits, The Stendhal Syndrome, Dedication or The Stuff of Dreams, Deuce and Unusual Acts of Devotion at Philadelphia Theatre Company and La Jolla Playhouse. He has written the books for the Eat. Drink. Enjoy. musicals The Full Monty, A Man of No ImporAll at our global vineyard. tance and The Visit. He also wrote the libretto for the opera Dead Man Walking, which had 1525 South Street its premiere at the San Francisco Opera. He 215.735.1116 • jetwinebar.com won the Emmy Award for Andre’s Mother.

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who’s who Wendy C. Goldberg (Director) is in her 11th season as Artistic Director of the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. In 2010, The O’Neill received the TONY Award for Excellence in Regional Theater. Directing credits include: Tribes, Dollhouse (Guthrie Theater), the world premieres of Leveling Up (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), Two Things You Don’t Talk About At Dinner (Denver Center) How We Got On (Humana Festival 2012), False Creeds (Alliance Theatre), Off-Broadway commercial productions at the McGinn/Cazale and Daryl Roth 2, multiple productions for The Denver Center (5 productions), Actors Theater of Louisville (3 productions), Arena Stage (5 productions), Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park (4 productions, including the upcoming Circle Mirror Transformation), Goodman Theatre, Playmakers Rep, and her last collaboration with Terrence McNally on Master Class for Paper Mill Playhouse. Artistic Associate, Arena Stage (2000-2005), Executive Board Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Wendy was represented on Broadway for five and a half years as the Creative Advisor for Rock of Ages. She holds the same title on Broadway’s Soul Doctor and the upcoming Off-Broadway musical One Day. Wendy received the distinguished alumni award from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television in 2014. Wendy is on faculty for The Commercial Theater Institute in New York and a visiting faculty member at the Iowa Playwrights Workshop and the Yale School of Drama. She lives in Brooklyn with her partner and her son, Max.

who’s who John Arnone (Scenic Designer) At Philadelphia Theatre Company: Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins. He is a Tony Award winner for The Who’s Tommy on Broadway. Other Broadway credits include How to Succeed in Business; Twilight: Los Angeles 1992; Sacrilege; Tommy Tune’s productions of Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and Grease; Sex and Longing; The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?; Fortune’s Fool; The Full Monty; Marlene; The Deep Blue Sea; Lone Star & Pvt Wars; Minnelli on Minnelli; The Best Man; The Ride Down Mt. Morgan; and Lennon: The Musical. Awards: Tony, two Obies, Dora Mavor Moore, Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, and NAACP Awards. His work has been seen in Great Britain and Europe, Japan and Australia. Richard St. Clair (Costume Designer) Philadelphia Theatre Company: Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Venus in Fur, the world premiere of Terrence McNally’s Golden Age, Orson’s Shadow, The Laramie Project, and Gross Indecency: the Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. Richard is a two-time Barrymore Award winner for A Year With Frog and Toad and Sleeping Beauty, both at the Arden Theatre. Also at the Arden: Beauty and the Beast, Sideways Stories From Wayside School, Wanamaker’s Pursuit, Our Town, The Baker’s Wife, Baby Case (world premiere), Into the Woods, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and The Grapes of Wrath. Richard was resident costume designer/director for the Opera Company of Philadelphia for 26 seasons, where he most recently designed the American premiere of Henze’s Phaedra. Currently, Mr. St. Clair is the head of Costume Design for Penn State University. For my husband. Josh Epstein (Lighting Designer) Regional Theater: The Guthrie, The Goodman, Mark Taper Forum, Kirk Douglas Theater, Trinity Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Alliance Theater, Actor’s Theater of Louisville, Playmaker’s Rep, and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. New York: New Georges Theater Company, Julliard School of Drama, Joyce Theater, Clubbed Thumb, Target Margin Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, La MaMa, Naked Angels, and designed the lighting for the Macy’s New York City Holiday Windows. Teaching: Adjunct faculty at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and Sarah Lawrence College. Education: MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Awards: Recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers, Member of O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Artistic Council. www.joshepsteindesign.com. Daniel Perelstein (Sound Designer) Philadelphia Theatre Company: Detroit. He is a freelance sound designer, composer, and musical director in Philadelphia. Recent and upcoming designs at McCarter Theatre, Opera Philadelphia, Wilma Theater, Arden Theatre, InterAct Theatre, FringeArts, People’s Light, Kimmel Center, Theatre Exile, others. Daniel is the resident sound designer for the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, and has been active in the new play development community as conference composer at PlayPenn and as a member of the Artistic Circle of the Arden Theatre Writer’s Room. Daniel is honored to be the recipient of the past two Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Sound Design (Don Juan…, Wilma Theatre; Knives in Hens, Theatre Exile, with Christopher Colucci). In two seasons, Daniel received eleven Barrymore Award nominations in three categories, including recognition as a finalist for the F. Otto Haas award. Independence Foundation Fellowship, 2013. B.S. Engineering, B.A. Music, Swarthmore College. In memory of Dad.

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—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!. 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.

who’s who 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 their 7th production a t Philadelphia Theatre Company. They also cast for Broadway, Off Broadway, and national and international tours. 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. 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

who’s who 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 covering virtually all aspects of non-profit management, positioning, philanthropy, and volunteerism. She served for 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. Luce spent the majority of her long career in corporate communications with TRW Inc., a Fortune 100 company based in Cleveland, ultimately becoming the company’s top corporate communications executive directing TRW’s public and media relations, employee communications, corporate advertising and branding activities and serving as executive director of the TRW Foundation. 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.

Terrence

McNally

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Power of

Mothers and Sons The following is a reprinted excerpt of an interview with playwright Terrence McNally conducted by Jerry Portwood for OUT Magazine.

By Jerry Portwood 3.25.2014

The message that remains at the core of most of playwright Terrence McNally’s work is that people must continue to change and evolve so that society may survive. McNally says he wanted to write about this “new world we live in” after a stage revival of his Emmy-winning 1990 teleplay, Andre’s Mother was proposed and he realized how radically the world had changed within his lifetime. So does it matter if we don’t know the play Andre’s Mother? Have never seen it?

It doesn’t matter at all. It’s not a sequel to Andre’s Mother. Jed [Bernstein] asked me if he could do Andre’s Mother with Tyne [at Bucks County Playhouse]. She’s a great actress, and they were going to do the teleplay, which won an Emmy when it was televised on PBS. But when I re-read it, I realized so much has happened in the past 25 years. Why re-visit the past when I had the opportunity to write a new play for a great actress? I jumped at it. Andre’s Mother is a character in both plays but the similarity begins and ends there. In the original, she is silent. Now she has a lot to say for herself. It’s the same confrontation, only 25 years later. The world has changed.

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Tell me about the title. It made me recall D.H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers. What is it about mothers and sons that is so powerful? It seemed to be the right title for it. I was aware of the other one [by Lawrence], but this sounds more primordial, about the basic need men have for their mothers. Cal never knew his mother and he wanted Katharine to hold him that day at his lover’s memorial service. She’s a mother, and she can’t help but blame this stranger for taking her son Andre from her. If her son hadn’t met Cal, she thinks he would have been straight. He definitely would be alive. You’re known for writing moving narratives that focused on the destruction of AIDS on friends and families. How have things changed since those days? There seems to be more optimism in this play. AIDS certainly transformed the lives of all Americans but especially gay men and women. Life keeps evolving. We have to change. Life deals us some really bad things, such as AIDS, but we emerge different people, stronger than before. That’s one thing that’s great about the way we live our lives. The little boy in the play, too, is going to change the world. He already has by being the son of two legally married men. We see that the world is going to go on without us. People, a thousand years from now, they will have evolved into a whole other order. Are you surprised by all the things that happened last year and continue to happen for marriage equality? My play Some Men was reviewed as a “what if” play. “What if” men will be able to be married one day? And Some Men isn’t even 10 years old! Marriage equality was defeated so roundly in Albany that year, I thought, Gee, I better write about it.

Actually, I went to Vermont first and entered into a civil union with the man who is now my husband. Then I wrote Some Men, which had its world premiere at the Philadelphia Theatre Company. But, no, I’m not surprised, I’m happy that there’s been such incredible change in our lives, for all of us. When I came to New York at 17, I went to Columbia and if you were gay, you kept it to yourself. There were other gay students, but most of the gay men I knew were living in the Village. You’d go down these dark little streets to dark little bars, often in basements, all of them fire traps.. We are such a long way from those dark dangerous days. It’s hard to believe. But the Supreme Court decision striking down DOMA is barely a year old. The real impact hasn’t really sunk into the national consciousness yet. There have been enormous changes about how people thought and viewed gay relationships for hundreds and hundreds of years. It’s not going to change overnight. I wonder, is this play a revenge play or ultimately about forgiveness? Katharine does want revenge, as she says at one point in the play. But I think it’s about forgiveness and trying to understand. I wanted to know what makes a Katharine a Katharine. It’s about generations and family. It was more challenging for me to write a character like Will who is a very young man than Cal or Katharine who are both closer to me in age and experience. There are four generations in this play, and the youngest, Bud, accepts Katharine right away. He hasn’t been taught, as the son of two gay men, you’re not supposed to like people like her. I do think there’s healing and forgiveness in this play. There was for me in writing it. I can’t imagine

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that there’s not at least one character that someone isn’t going to identify with. I know you got married, so you basically think the marriage equality fight is the most important thing at the moment? When you’re married, that gives you an equality, which is also a responsibility; you really have to take your full place in the world and in our own communities. You can’t hide out anymore. Before we thought, We’re gay and we don’t have to be interested in who’s going to be school superintendent. And now, there’s no excuse not to be in the middle of all these fights. It’s leveled the playing field, this

marriage right, that’s for sure. Much more than anything else has. Of course homophobia still exists. We still have racism. A stroke of the legislative pen does not do away with prejudices. But there’s no legislation that denies the rights of people with color. You have to change the laws first. That’s paramount. Same with gay men and women. You don’t have to like us but you do have to give us our rights, the same as yours. But there’s still racism. I grew up in a South with separate drinking fountains. It’s hard to remember such a time. So much has changed in the 75 years that I’ve been conscious. It’s all wonderful, these changes. We need more.

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Laura & Richard Steel Shel & Karen Thompson Designers Circle ($2,500-$4,999) Anonymous Mr. Edward A. Comer Dorothy J. del Bueno Jane & 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

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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 Mark Garvin 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 Geoffrey and Susan Kahn Donald and Dorothy Kardon Rhena & Steven Kelsen Debra Fein & Kenneth Kleinman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kleinman George F. Koch, Jr. & Santo A. DiDonato Jim & Nina Korsh 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 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 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 Bob Hedley & Harriet Power Mr. Jack Hewes Mr. Paul M. 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 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 Susan Muller 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 & Jeff Price Dulcie Romm Tony & Barbara Rooklin Barbara Ann Rosenberg Joel Rosenbloom 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 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 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 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 Jerry Riesenbach and Sara Garonzik from Lynn and Joe Manko In honor of Carol Salineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Birthday from the Book Club This list acknowledges donors as of January 16, 2015.

Corporate Partners Let Philadelphia Theatre Company put your business in the spotlight. For more information about corporate memberships, sponsorships and in-kind support, please call 215.985.1400 x117 season Sponsors AKA Rittenhouse Center City Film and Video PECO Wines Til Sold Out - WTSO.com Corporate Sponsors ($25,000+) Lincoln Financial Foundation PECO 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 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.

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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

$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 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

Co-Production

East Coast, Professional or American Premiere

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 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.

12/28/15 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 2/21/15 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 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. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 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 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 Production General Manager Bridget A. Cook Production/Operations Manager Matthew F. Lewandowski II

Assistant Stage Manger Annie Halliday Child Wrangler C. J. Celeiro Assistant to the Director Mattie Hawkinson Assistant Costume Designer Bridget Beauchamp Master Carpenter/Rigger Paul Hewitt Production Electrician Terry Smith Production Electrician Matthew Sharp 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 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 Miss Learnedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suit built by Laura Robinson Stitcher Carly Reeder Custom knit accessories by Mary Jane Reilly Musicians Soprano Jessica Lennick Piano David Hughes Violin Lorenzo Raval Recording Engineer Peter Richan at Buckeye Studio

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)

2/15 post-show

Join us for an on-stage conversation with playwright, Terrence McNally.

Meet-the-Artists (MTA) 2/12 and 2/26, post-show Stick around right after the show for a talk-back and audience Q&A with the cast of Mothers and Sons.

Audio Description 2/21 - 2PM performance

Open Captioning 2/28 - 2PM performance

SPECIAL TOPICS

2/17 post-show “Loud, Proud, and Legal: 50 Years of LGBT Activism in Philadelphia” with guest moderator, Dr. Lance Wahlert, Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Ethics & Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Catch the onstage conversation immediately following the 6:30pm performance!

Book Club Like us on Facebook and join the online conversation about The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin.

Backstage Tour 2/21 - 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!

Community Outreach Sponsor

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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.

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