Edges of Time by PlayMakers Rep

by JACQUELINE E. LAWTON

MAR 22–APR 4, 2021 Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art

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EDGES OF TIME

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PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

VIVIENNE BENESCH

Dear Friends, What a joy it is to welcome you to the world premiere of Edges of Time, also the first fully realized production PlayMakers has been able to produce on our stage since we were forced to close our doors just over a year ago. Collaboration is such an essential part of what we do as artists and practitioners, and getting to create together again was a reminder of just how much we’ve missed it. It was only possible thanks to the work and care of PlayMakers’ entire staff, along with the Edges of Time creative team, led by the intrepid Jules Odendahl-James. While we miss being with you in person, we are grateful to continue our legacy of creating transformational theatre in this virtual way until we can invite you back into our building. What this team has put together for you all is quintessentially PlayMakers. It brings together talent from across the triangle, including PlayMakers company members, and features the talents of Kathryn Hunter-Williams – a force to be reckoned with and a talent we are lucky to have as a leading voice of our company. Best of all, it was written by company member and UNC Department of Dramatic Art faculty member Jacqueline E. Lawton. Jacqueline is a passionate playwright who writes about people, particularly black women, who are bold and ambitious, and achieve much in the face of adversity, all while centering their strength, complex humanity, and capacity for love. We have been looking for the right project to do together, and this story of the singular Marvel Cooke and her truly extra-ordinary life fit the bill perfectly. Edges of Time continues PlayMakers commitment to new work. Since my arrival six years ago, we have produced over ten new plays across our stages, including our first full commission with Leaving Eden in 2018. We are proud to grow that legacy with our @PLAY new works development program, with a focus on supporting women playwrights and spotlighting stories by and about women of a diverse range of identities. The program launches with two new commissions from Bekah Brunstetter and Charly Evon Simpson. Bekah is a North Carolina native and UNC alum who you will remember from our 2017 production of The Cake, while Charly’s Jump was a critical and audience favorite in 2019. PlayMakers’ unique home here at UNC and in the Chapel Hill community ensures that we have audiences who are eager to engage with the brave, thoughtful work from writers who are making their marks on the American Theatre. We are so grateful to you all for your support of PlayMakers, and for the artists whose work we are privileged to share. Now be prepared to lean in and engage... Warmly,

Vivienne

IN MEMORIAM

WE REMEMBER

PlayMakers Repertory Company and the Department of Dramatic Art mourn the extraordinary loss of our dear friend, Joan H. Gillings, who passed away in February surrounded by family at her home in Wrightsville Beach, NC.

Joan was a lover of the arts and her dedication and support of our work was unparalleled. As a member of the PlayMakers Advisory Council for over 10 years, and its chair for 7, she worked closely with our staff on a multitude of projects including serving as chair for our annual PlayMakers Ball for many years, participating in our Producing Artistic Director search in 2015, and building lasting relationships with our students and faculty. Her transformational gift in 2017 has already allowed us to expand

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opportunities for our students, support dynamic new work on our stages, and enhance performance and outreach offerings in our community. For Joan, her philanthropy and enthusiasm always came back to one thing – “the kids,” as she liked to call them – and her love for UNC can be felt and seen all over our campus. She brought an unmistakable joy and enthusiasm every time she entered our building and we aspire to carry that spirit forward in everything we do. We are forever grateful to have known Joan and are honored to carry on her transformational legacy through our work in the building that bears her name. She will be sorely missed.

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Duncan Lascelles Vice Chair

Joanne Garrett Deborah Gerhardt Bobbi Hapgood Lisa Hazen Tom Hazen Janelle Hoskins

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Wyndham Robertson Carol Smithwick David Sontag Jackie Tanner Mike Wiley Lisa Yarborough

The magic of live theatre is its ability to bring together people from all walks of life in order to experience beautiful stories as a community. Until we are safely able to gather again, we have created PlayMakers (Keeping You) Company, an online collection of artist conversations, master classes, and yes, eventually, performances.

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SUPPORT US It is my pleasure to serve another year as the chair of the PlayMakers Advisory Council and welcome you to our 2020/21 season. Our fully virtual All Too Human season was born out of the need to adapt, learn, and change in the face of personal and national upheaval. In addition to an impressive lineup of virtual performances, PlayMakers continues its work serving the Triangle community. We are privileged to provide unique learning opportunities for K–12 classrooms and UNC students, create new ways to engage with our local artists and advocates, and make the magic and power of theatre accessible to underserved communities. Living in Chapel Hill for the past 25 years and raising our family here has created many fond memories sitting alongside family, friends, and visitors at PlayMakers. This year, I look forward to experiencing PlayMakers’ signature variety of shows, which often challenge my thinking, entertain, and move me, from the comfort of my living room! While this season will look a little different than what we are used to, I remain thankful for the gift this innovative, award-winning theatre provides. Though we may be physically distanced this season, theatre is and always will be a place for community. And it is up to us—the community—to ensure that PlayMakers continues to thrive. This year, we have a goal to raise $1.5 million to help recover from the impact of the past six months, maintain our current operations, and emerge strong for the future. If you enjoy and believe in the power of the theatre as I do, I invite you to become a Friend of PlayMakers. Please make a tax-deductible contribution to the annual fund, pledge a monthly donation as a Sustainer, or offer a campaign gift to strengthen and sustain PlayMakers’ vision for the future. There has never been a more important time to support the arts. Join me in championing our local theatre—an organization that makes a difference in our community. As our dear, recently departed Joan Gillings often says, “You will sit a little taller in your theatre seat, knowing you made a difference, too.” Thank you! Warmly, Amy Guskiewicz

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PLAYMAKERS PRESENTS

Edges of Time by

Jacqueline E. Lawton Directed by

Jules Odendahl-James Scenic Designer

Costume Designer

Lighting Designer

McKay Coble

Bobbi Owen

Kathy A. Perkins

Sound Designer

Projection Designer & Video Editor

Asst Director & Dramaturg

Brandon Reed

Alex Maness

Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Charles K. Bayang*

Marvel Cooke Voice of Joe McCarthy

Lormarev Jones

Elizabeth Ray*

The Cast

Kathryn Hunter-Williams* Jeffrey Blair Cornell*

MAR 22–APR 4, 2021 This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.

Jules Odendahl-James is the recipient of the Robert and Margaret Boyer Distinguished Guest Artist Award. *Indicates members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Professional Theatre of the Department of Dramatic Art Adam Versényi, Chair Vivienne Benesch, Producing Artistic Director Produced in association with The College of Arts & Sciences The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

PLAYWRIGHT NOTES By Jacqueline E. Lawton I first learned about Marvel Cooke when I applied for UNC’s Institute for the Arts and Humanities’ Faculty Fellowship Program. Cooke was an investigative journalist and activist, who participated in the labor organizing in the 1930s and worked for civil rights and justice. During her life, Cooke achieved many ‘firsts.’ She was the first woman journalist at the Amsterdam News. She organized New York City’s first Newspaper Guild chapter and was the first woman reporter at the Daily Compass, a prominent progressive paper. While working at the Crisis, the magazine founded by legendary civil rights leader Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, Cooke and fellow civil rights activist Ella Baker collaborated on an essay about the plight of Black women who gathered on street corners to seek hourly domestic work. The essay, “The Bronx Slave Market” revealed great difficulty and mistreatment:

“Rain or shine, cold or hot, you will find them there Negro women, old and young sometimes bedraggled, sometimes neatly dressed but with the invariable paper bundle, waiting expectantly for Bronx housewives to buy their strength and energy for an hour, two hours, or even for a day at the munificent sum of fifteen, twenty, twentyfive or if luck be with them, thirty cents an hour.”

Later, while working for the Compass, a progressive daily newspaper, Cooke returned to the topic of domestic laborers. She also told the stories of sex workers. In both series, Cooke centered the stories on the lives of the women. She was considerate and deliberate. She made sure that readers understood the rich, full, and complex lives of her subjects. With this play, I have been able to tell the powerful story of a woman who fought for justice and equity at a time when civil rights of women and people of color were under attack. She did so a time very much like our own. We are at a pivotal moment in the history of this nation, and I feel strongly that this play will speak the issues of our time and give inspiration to the next generation of writers, journalists, and storytellers.

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BIOS Jacqueline E. Lawton Playwright

PlayMakers: Company member and resident dramaturg as well as a Professor in the Department of Dramatic Art, UNCChapel Hill. She was named one of 30 of the nation’s leading black playwrights by Arena Stage’s American Voices New Play Institute. Her plays include Anna K; Among These Wild Things; Behold, a Negress; Blackbirds; Blood-bound and Tongue-tied; Deep Belly Beautiful; The Devil’s Sweet Water; Freedom Hill; The Hampton Years; Intelligence; Love Brothers Serenade; Mad Breed; Noms de Guerre; and So Goes We. She has worked as a dramaturg and research consultant at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival of New American Plays, Arden Theater, Arena Stage, Ensemble Studio Theater, Ford’s Theatre, Horizons Theater, Interact Theatre, Kennedy Center VSA Program, Round House Theatre, Theater J, Virginia Stage Company and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Education/Affiliations: MFA in Playwriting, University of Texas at Austin; James A. Michener Fellow. TCG Young Leaders of Color, National New Play Network (NNPN), Arena Stage’s Playwrights’ Arena, Center Stage’s Playwrights’ Collective and the Dramatist Guild of America.

Kathryn Hunter-Williams Marvel Cooke

PlayMakers: Company member for over 20 seasons. Recent and highlights include directing No Fear & Blues Long Gone, Count, plus acting in The Storyteller, Julius Caesar, Everybody, Life of Galileo, Skeleton Crew, Leaving Eden, Tartuffe, Dot, Intimate Apparel, The Crucible, Trouble in Mind, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Metamorphoses, The Tempest, Love Alone, A Raisin in the Sun, Imaginary Invalid, Henry IV & V, The Parchman Hour, Angels in America, Fences, Doubt, Yellowman, among others.New York/Regional: Living Stage, The Negro Ensemble Company, Manhattan Class Company, New Dramatists, Archipelago Theater. Education/Other: BFA, UNC School of the Arts; MFA, UNC-Chapel Hill. Kathryn is on the faculty of the Department of Dramatic Art, UNC-Chapel Hill, Company Artistic Associate for PlayMakers Rep and is Associate Director of HiddenVoices, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing life changing stories into a public forum.

Jeffrey Blair Cornell Voice of Joe McCarthy

PlayMakers: This marks Jeff ’s 26th season with PlayMakers. Recently: Paps in The Storyteller, Brutus in Julius Caesar, Father in Ragtime, Uncle Peck in How I Learned to Drive, Sipos in She Loves Me, and Darren (the Woodchuck) in Bewilderness. Some 17

favorites: Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, Caliban in The Tempest, Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility, Roy Cohn in Angels in America, and Herr Schultz in Cabaret. New York: Two by Two, Down to Earth, Serious Business. Regional: Guthrie Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Paper Mill Playhouse, among others. Education/Other: Carbonell Award nominations for Best Actor–Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me and Falsettoland (Caldwell Theatre – FL). Studied at HB Studios in New York with Uta Hagen, Austin Pendleton, and Elizabeth Wilson. Serves as Teaching Professor/Associate Chair in UNC’s Department of Dramatic Art.

Jules Odendahl-James Director

PlayMakers: We Are Proud to Present…, All My Sons, I Have Before Me A Remarkable Document…, 9 Parts of Desire (dramaturg). Regional: In a Word (director, Bulldog Ensemble Theater); Men on Boats (director, Justice Theatre Project); The Moors (director, Manbites Dog Theatre); Life Sucks, Marjorie Prime (dramaturg, Manbites Dog Theatre). University: As You Like It, Vinegar Tom (director, Duke University); Kiss Me Kate (director, William Peace University); Hookman (director, Meredith College); Uncle Vanya, Ragtime: The Musical, A Doll’s House, The Laramie Project (representative dramaturgy, Duke University). Dance: Where Did I Think I Was Going? [Moving into Signal], Cane (dramaturg, SLIPpAGE). An artist/scholar who has been making theatre in the Triangle for over twenty years, Jules Odendahl-James is a co-founding member of Bulldog Ensemble Theater in Durham, NC, an adjunct faculty at Duke University, and was an associate artistic director of Durham’s iconic Manbites Dog Theater. Artistic Memberships: Society of Directors and Choreographers (SDC); Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas (LMDA).

McKay Coble Scenic Design

PlayMakers: Company member for over 30 years. Everybody, Bewilderness, Sherwood, Leaving Eden, Dot, My Fair Lady, Peter and the Starcatcher, An Enemy of the People, The Tempest/Metamorphoses, It’s a Wonderful Life, Red, Noises Off, The Parchman Hour, Big River, Nicholas Nickleby, Amadeus, The Little Prince, The Illusion, Cyrano, Not About Heroes, Playboy of the Western World, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Nutcracker, and many others. Broadway: Production Coordinator, Barbara Matera, Ltd.; La Cage Aux Folles; Big River; Sunday in the Park with George; Singin’ in the Rain; Merlin; Private Lives. Regional: Alley Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Hartford Stage, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Virginia Stage Company. Film: The Cotton Club, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Ghostbusters, Silkwood, Places in the Heart. 19 Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829; NYC.

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Bobbi Owen Costume Design

PlayMakers: Company member during the entire existence of PlayMakers (more than 45 years), a resident costume designer for PlayMakers, and the Michael R. McVaugh Distinguished Professor of Dramatic Art. Recent highlights include Native Son, She Loves Me, Intimate Apparel, The Greeks, Life on the Mississippi (with The Red Clay Ramblers), Once In a Lifetime, All’s Well That Ends Well, Pygmalion, Ring ‘Round the Moon, Our Town, Cyrano De Bergerac (with Michael Cumpsty), Travesties, and The Importance of Being Earnest (with Kathryn Meisle). Off-Broadway: Isadora Duncan Sleeps with the Russian Navy, Therese Raquin. Regional: Indiana Repertory Company, Charleston Stage Company, Alley Theatre, Alcazar Theatre, Houston Shakespeare Festival, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Weathervane Theatre, Carolina Regional Theatre, U.S. Army at Ft. Bragg. Books: Nine books and dozens of articles about theatrical designers. Most recent: The Designs of William Ivey Long. Proud member of USA Local 829 since 1975.

Kathy A. Perkins Lighting Design

PlayMakers: Count, Mr. Joy, Trouble in Mind, Surviving Twin, A Raisin in the Sun, Clybourne Park, The Parchman Hour. Regional Designs: Goodman Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, St. Louis Black Repertory Company, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, American Conservatory Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Congo Square Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Court Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Yale Repertory, and Baltimore Center Stage. Other Credits: Kathy has designed throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and South Africa. In the New York area, her work has been seen at such theatres as The New Federal, Manhattan Theatre Club, Carnegie Hall, The Brick and Brooklyn Academy of Music. For two seasons she was resident designer for the Los Angeles Theatre Center. She is editor/coeditor of six anthologies focusing on African/African Diaspora women, including Alice Childress. She is a senior editor for the Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance. Kathy has served as professor at Smith College and is Professor Emerita at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and UNC-Chapel Hill.

Brandon Reed Sound Design

PlayMakers: No Fear and Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone. Company member in his second season as Resident Sound Designer/Engineer. Regional:

BEAU with Broadway director Michael Wilson, Sequence, The Enlightenment of Percival von Schmootz, Calling All Kates (Adirondack Theatre Festival); The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Sex With Strangers (Cardinal Stage Company); Constellations (Lake Dillion Theatre); Fully Committed, Chapatti, Silent Sky (Bristol Valley Theater); Julius Caesar, Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Music Man (Arkansas Shakespeare); Our Town (Chautauqua Theater Company). University: Because I Am Your Queen with Tectonic Theater’s Barbara Pitts McAdams, Twelfth Night, In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play), A Funny Thing Happened…, The Light in the Piazza (Illinois Theatre). Other: 2019 USITT Robert E. Cohen Sound Achievement Award. 2016 Joseph Jefferson Nomination for A Small Oak Tree Runs Red. 2015 Sound Design Fellowship from Chautauqua Theater Company. Alumnus of the Steppenwolf Professional Leadership Program. MFA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,BS Ball State University. @brandonreedsounddesign www.brandonreedsounddesign.com

Alex Maness Projection Design & Video Editing

PlayMakers: Ragtime, Native Son. Alex Maness is a photographer, filmmaker, and projection designer living in Durham. A graduate of Syracuse University, he is a past staff photographer for The Independent Weekly newspaper and is a co-conspirator at Shadowbox studio. Projection design for theater includes The Laramie Project, Dancing at Lughnasa, (Duke Theater Studies); Donald, Jade City Chronicles, Tarantino's Yellow Speedo, And the Ass saw the Angel, The Emotions of Normal People, Hunchback, (Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern); Wakey Wakey (Manbites Dog); In An Interrogative Mood (UNC-The Performance Collective). Projection design for dance includes Echo, No.19/ Modulations, Show (collaborations with choreographer Justin Tornow) and They Are All (Culture Mill/American Dance Festival). Projection design for visual art includes Cinnabar, And Then The Sun Swallowed Me (collaborations with artist Heather Gordon).

Lormarev Jones Assistant Director & Dramaturgy

Lormarev Jones is a Director, Choreographer, and Educator currently based in Raleigh. She received her MFA in Theatre from Sarah Lawrence College. Lormarev has served as a director and choreographer at many theatres and high schools in the Triangle, including North Carolina State, Meredith College, Raleigh Charter High School, Raleigh Little Theatre and many others. She is also a deviser, playwright, and solo performer. Lormarev currently teaches at NCSU while continuing to freelance in all her areas of expertise.

Charles K. Bayang Stage Manager

Charles is in his thirteenth season with PlayMakers. Work at other regional theatres includes productions at Studio Arena Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Dallas Theater Center and Dallas Children’s Theatre. Charles holds an MFA from the University of Alabama/Alabama Shakespeare Festival and is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Elizabeth Ray Assistant Stage Manager

PlayMakers: Company member in her fourth full season. Love, Loss, and What I Wore, The Storyteller, Everybody, Dairyland, No Fear & Blues Long Gone: Nina Simone, How I Learned to Drive, Jump, Skeleton Crew, Temples of Lung and Air, "A" Train, Tartuffe, Dot, The Cake, Into the Woods, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Private Lives. New York: Shows for Days (Lincoln Center Theater), In the Secret Sea (Theatre Row), Wallenberg, Requiem for Mr. B, Presto Change-O (Frankel Green Production Company), and Welcome to Shoofly (Playwrights Horizons). Work at other regional theatres includes productions at North Carolina Theatre, Theatre Raleigh, Palm Beach Dramaworks, and Cape Fear Regional Theatre. Elizabeth is a member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Vivienne Benesch Producing Artistic Director

Vivienne is in her fifth full season as a company member and Producing Artistic Director at PlayMakers, where she has helmed productions of The Storyteller, Dairyland, Life of Galileo, Leaving Eden, The May Queen, Three Sisters, Love Alone, RED, and In The Next Room. In her five seasons with the theatre, she is particularly proud to have produced ten world-premieres and launched PlayMakers Mobile, a touring production aimed at reaching underserved audiences around the Triangle. For 12 seasons, she served as Artistic Director of the renowned Chautauqua Theater Company and Conservatory, presiding over the company’s transformation into one of the best summer theatres and most competitive summer training programs in the country. Vivienne has also directed for the Folger Shakespeare Theatre (Helen Hayes nomination for best direction 2019), The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Trinity Repertory Company, NY Stage & Film, and Red Bull Theatre, among others. In 2018, she directed the world premiere of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles for Detroit Public Theatre and will be directing it again on Broadway in 2022, starring Debra Messing and Andre Braugher. As an actress, Vivienne has worked on and off-Broadway,

in film and television, at many of the country’s most celebrated theatres, and received an Obie Award for her performance in Lee Blessing’s Going to St. Ives. Vivienne is a graduate of Brown University and NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. As an educator, she has directed for and served on the faculty of some of the nation’s foremost actor training programs, including The Juilliard School, UNC-Chapel Hill’s Professional Actor Training Program, Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program, and at her alma mater, NYU’s Graduate Acting Program. She is the 2017 recipient of the Zelda Fichandler Award given by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation.

Michael Rolleri Production Manager

Michael is in his 34rd season with PlayMakers Repertory Company. He has been Technical Director, Project Manager, Exhibition Technician, and Lighting Designer for industrial shows in the Southeast region, as well as lead carpenter for films, the U.S. Olympic Festival, and scenic studios. He has also been a rigger in the Southeast region and has served on the executive board and as President of IATSE Local 417. Michael is a 30 year Gold Pin member of IATSE. An active member of United States Institute For Theatre Technology (USITT), he is a three-time winner at USITT's Tech Expo. He is a full Professor/Head of the Technical Production Program at UNC-Chapel Hill and was an instructor at High Point University and Tufts University. Education: MFA in Design and Technical Production, UNC-Greensboro.

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WHAT WILL SHOWS LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR? The 20/21 season will feature six  streamed performances  ranging from  audio dramas  to film, ensemble to solo work, all enjoyed in the safety of  home  until we can gather again as a community.

HOW WILL AUDIENCES BE ABLE TO WATCH PLAYMAKERS THIS SEASON? Following health and safety guidelines set by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,  PlayMakers  will take to the virtual stage with our signature mix of  timely  new works  alongside  classic tales reimagined. Our six theatrical experiences will be streamed via online platforms like Vimeo or Zoom. Specific details and instructions about each experience will be sent to ticket holders before each experience.

HOW DO I BUY TICKETS? This season will be a little different from past seasons because of our virtual experiences. You can buy a PlayMakers Pass, which will allow your entire household to view all six theatrical experiences. Pass holders have the ultimate 26

PLAYMAKERS flexibility of watching whenever they like, as many times as they like, for the duration of the viewing period. Approximately 4 weeks before each experience begins, we will also make individual tickets available. Individual ticket holders will have a 48-hour viewing period.

HOW MANY TICKETS DO I NEED TO BUY? For our streaming season, one PlayMakers Pass gives your entire household access to the full 20/21 digital season, which includes all the engaging entertainment you love to explore at PlayMakers—this season coming to you from the comfort of your own couch! Stream all six of our events anytime—and any number of times!—during the period of time each production is available.

I’M A SEASON SUBSCRIBER, WHAT HAPPENS TO MY SEATS THIS SEASON? Don’t worry! When we are allowed to gather again in our theatre spaces, Mainstage and Full Season subscribers will have their same seats waiting for them.

HOW DO I WATCH THE SHOWS? Within one business day of your purchase, you will receive a confirmation e-mail from prcboxoffice@unc.edu. Can’t find your e-mail confirmation? Be sure to check your junk/spam folder! Contact us at prcboxoffice@unc.edu for help or questions. For all single-ticket holders, the video expires 48 hours from the time of purchase, but can be stopped and restarted, rewound and fast-forwarded, and watched an unlimited amount until it expires. Access for PlayMakers Pass holders expires at 11:59pm on the final day of the run of each show. Please note, this link is unique to you, and non-transferrable. Each ticket purchased allows access for one household to view the stream. Log in to your PlayMakers account at tickets.playmakersrep.org. Once you’ve logged in, you should see a list of the digital content you’ve purchased.

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PLAYMAKERS Administration

Vivienne Benesch, Producing Artistic Director

ARTISTIC

DEVELOPMENT

Tracy Bersley, Movement Coach/Choreographer Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Company Artistic Associate Tia James, Vocal Coach Gregory Kable, Dramaturg Jacqueline E. Lawton, Dramaturg Michael Perlman, Associate Artistic Director Mark Perry, Dramaturg Gwendolyn Schwinke, Vocal Coach Adam Versényi, Dramaturg

Shea Fitzgerald, Assistant Director of Development Amelia Stanley, Director of Development

MARKETING & AUDIENCE SERVICES Brittany Petruzzi, Marketing & Comm. Specialist Diana Pineda, Director of Sales & Marketing Thomas Porter, Box Office Manager Rosalie Preston, Associate Director of Marketing

ADMINISTRATION

Joe Emeis, General Manager Lisa Geeslin, Accountant

Department of Dramatic Art Adam Versényi, Professor and Chair

FACULTY Vivienne Benesch, Professor of the Practice Tracy Bersley, Assistant Professor Jan Chambers, Professor McKay Coble, Professor Jeffrey Blair Cornell, Assoc. Chair, Teaching Prof. Ray Dooley, Professor Samuel Ray Gates, Assistant Professor Julia Gibson, Associate Professor Jennifer Guadagno, Teaching Assistant Professor Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Teaching Assoc.Professor Tia James, Assistant Professor Gregory Kable, Teaching Professor Jacqueline E. Lawton, Associate Professor Adam Maxfield, Teaching Associate Professor Triffin Morris, Professor of the Practice

David Navalinsky, Associate Professor Bobbi Owen, Distinguished Professor Laura Pates, Teaching Assistant Professor Mark Perry, Teaching Assistant Professor Rachel E. Pollock, Teaching Assistant Professor Michael Rolleri, Professor Gwendolyn Schwinke, Assistant Professor Aubrey Snowden, Teaching Assistant Professor

STAFF Betty Futrell, Student Services Specialist Lisa Geeslin, Accounting Technician John Rawlings, KTC Technical Director Karen Rolleri, Business Coordinator Jamie Strickland, Business Officer

PlayMakers’ Resident Acting Company

Jeffrey Blair Cornell Julia Gibson

Ray Dooley Kathryn Hunter-Williams

Samuel Ray Gates Tia James

Professional Actor Training Program: Sergio Mauritz Ang, Anthony August, Tori Jewell, Khalil LeSaldo, AhDream Smith, Omolade Wey

OUR 2020/21 SEASON Production

Michael Rolleri, Production Manager

COSTUMES

Jennifer Bayang, Assistant Costume Director Triffin Morris, Costume Director Rachel Pollock, Costume Craftsperson Costume Production Graduate Students: Ellen Cornette, Alex Hagman, Lou Pires, Erin Rodgers, Lauren Woods, Athene Wright, Sherry Wu

SOUND

Brandon Reed, Audio Designer/Engineer Samuel Henry, Undergraduate Assistant

SCENIC

Adam Maxfield, Technical Director Laura Pates, Assistant Technical Director Jessica Secrest, Scenic Artist Technical Production Graduate Students: Brock Burton, Gregory Condon, Paul Edghill, Patrick Hardison, Kevin Pendergast, Luke Robinson, Garrett Weeda

PROPS

Andrea Bullock, Properties Master

STAGE MANAGEMENT Charles K. Bayang, Stage Manager Elizabeth Ray, Stage Manager

For this Production Kevin Pendergast, Production Technical Director Laura Pates, Master Electrician Paul Edghill, Asst to the Lighting Designer Jennifer Bayang, Production Costume Director

Lauren Woods, Draper Erin Rodgers, Sherry Wu, First Hands Kevin Pendergst, Michael Rolleri, Camera Operators

The playwright would like to thank: Institute for Arts and Humanities Vivienne Benesch Kaja Amado Dunn Michael Finkle Kathryn Hunter-Williams Seth Kotch Jules Odendahl-James Michelle Robinson Jamie Strickland William Sturkey Lyneise Williams

PlayMakers Repertory Company is a program of the Department of Dramatic Art, The College of Arts and Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, recognizes PlayMakers as a professional theatre organization and provides grant assistance to this organization from funds appropriated by the North Carolina General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts. PlayMakers is a beneficiary of the Elizabeth Price Kenan Endowment and the Lillian Hughes Prince Endowment. PlayMakers Repertory Company is a Member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre. This Theatre operates under an agreement between the League Of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The scenic, costume, lighting and sound designers in LORT Theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE. The Director and Choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. PlayMakers is a proud partner of The Drama League, which advances the American theatre by providing a life-long artistic home for directors and a platform to dialogue with and between audiences.

Online

playmakersrep.org/give

Phone or Email

Shea Fitzgerald Asst. Director of Development shea.fitzgerald@unc.edu 919.962.2481

Mail

Send your check to: PlayMakers Repertory Company Development Department Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art CB 3235 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3235

Ways to Give

There’s never been a more important time to support PlayMakers and the arts.

As a patron of PlayMakers, you understand the value of the work we do – both onstage and throughout our community. You’ve shown a commitment to that work by purchasing tickets, engaging in community dialogue, and sharing your excitement for our theatre with friends and family. Now we invite you to deepen your commitment to the theatre you love by making a tax-deductible donation. There has never been a more important time to support PlayMakers and the arts. Over the next year, we need to raise $1.5 million to ensure that we can keep creating innovative, inclusive, and entertaining theatre; continue to employ our amazing artists and staff; and have the flexibility to tackle whatever challenges come our way. Your support will help ensure that when we do welcome you back to our theaters, we will be stronger than ever. Every gift, big or small, makes a huge difference!

FRIENDS OF PLAYMAKERS PlayMakers is grateful to the members of the Friends of PlayMakers for their generous support. For more information about how to join this dynamic group of supporters, call the PlayMakers Development Office at 919.962.2481 or visit us at playmakersrep.org.

Director’s Circle ($10,000+)

Anonymous Joan H. Gillings * ~ Chan and Monie Hardwick Brian Hargrove and David Hyde Pierce The Charles Goren and Hazen Family Foundation, Trustees Tom and Lisa Hazen Mrs. Frank H. Kenan * Coleman and Carol Ross Alan H. Weinhouse

Angel ($5,000–9,999)

Betsey Blackwell and John Watson Tom and Holly Carr Munroe and Becky Cobey Cheray Duchin Drucie French and Steve Cumbie Joanne and Peter Garrett Tom and Lisa Hazen Mr. Thomas S. Kenan, III * Kim Kwok Mr. and Mrs. William O. McCoy Paul and Linda Naylor Bobbi Owen The Prentice Foundation Jim and Bonnie Yankaskas

Investor ($2,500–4,999)

Anonymous (3) Richard and Deirdre Arnold ^ Andrew and Katherine Asaro ^ * + Ed and Eleanor Burke Cindy and Thomas Cook Kevin and Amy Guskiewicz Dr. Lyle V. Jones Stuart and Duncan Lascelles Sandy and Ned McClurg ^ Panter Foundation James and Florence Peacock * Nick and Amy Penwarden Jean and Joseph Ritok * Dr. and Mrs. Edward Smithwick * David Sontag * David and Heather Yeowell

Page to Stage ($1,500–2,499)

Anonymous David and Judy Adamson Vivienne Benesch + Steve Benezra ^ Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Breaks Julie R. Daniels Dr. and Mrs. John P. Evans Dustin and Susan Gillings Gross David Howell Joanna Karwowska and Hugon Karwowski ^ Kathryn and Robert Kyle Lee and Barbara Pedersen Rich and Marilyn Jacobs Preyer The Rev. Wendy R. and Mr. W. Riley Waugh Roger and Marlene Werner Jesse L. White, Jr.

Partner ($1,000–1,499)

Anonymous (4) Stephen S. Birdsall June Clendenin Jeffrey Blair Cornell and Maria Savage Joy and Chet Douglass John and Diane Formy-Duval Jo Anne and Shelley Earp Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Kim Fox * Aniko and Imre Gaal Carol Hazard and Winston Liao Bitty and Bill Holton Jack Knight and Margaret Brown ^ Dr. Catherine Kuhn and Glenn Tortorici Shirley and Tom Kunkel Douglas and Nelda Lay Mort and Cheryl Malkin Janet McCarthy Holly and Ross McKinney Mark and Julie Morris Alec Rhodes Rif Riddick James and Janet Robles John and Kathryn Schmidt Carole Shelby Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund, in honor of Carol Vorhaus Sarah West and Thomas Dominick

Backer ($500–999)

Virginia Aldige Howard and Penny Aldrich Pete and Hannah Andrews Evelyn Barrow John and Patti Becherer Diane Beckman + John W. Becton and Nancy B. Tannenbaum Bates Buckner Harold E. Burch Keith Burridge and Patricia Saling Kendall Cadwell Ann Campbell Dede Corvinus Adrienne and John Cox Nancy and Mark Dewhirst Dr. David A. Doll Dr. Carrie Donley Bob and Connie Eby Carolyn and John Falletta Shayne C. Gad W. Patrick Gale ^ Galloway Ridge at Fearrington Mike and Bonnie Gilliom Gunter Glass Ugo Goetzl Toby and Cheryl Harrell C. Hawkins ^ Charles and Ellen Johnson Brenda W. Kirby Lois Knauff and Mike Maness Kyser Foundation Anand and Sandhya Lagoo, In memory of Dr. Shreeram Lagoo Carol and Alexander Lawrence Scott Levitan Javey Lowe and Billy Simpson Lynn K. Knauff Douglas MacLean and Susan Wolf Anthony and Geraldine Massari Ed and Connie McCraw Larry McManus and Pamela Nielsen James and Susan Moeser Cecelia D. Moore ^ Mary N. Morrow Jill Muti Lee and Ava Nackman Stephen Nelson and Peter Vitale Karl Nordling Paul and Sherrie Norton

David and Elizabeth Nuechterlein Pat and Mary Norris Oglesby Mark and Eugenea Pollock Jodi and Glenn Preminger David and Lisa Price Vikram Rao and Susan Henning Pam and Mike Reed * Janice and Richard Schulke Vicki Shinoda Robert and Sandra Shreve Dr. and Mrs. William Stewart Robert and Cindy Stoothoff Tim and Judy Taft Jackie Tanner Scott M. Taylor Brooks de Wetter-Smith and Mary Lou Leiser Smith Richard D. Wilson Alan Young

Supporter ($250–499)

Anonymous (3) David Ball and Susan Pochapsky Reginald M. Barton Jr. Adam Beck ^ Frank and Sally Binkowski Dr. Stanley Warren Black, III Julie Blatt and Arthur Greenberg William and Patricia Blau Andrew Borba Julia Borbely-Brown ^ Maurice and Mary Hughes Brookhart Robert and Jen Buckmire David Burr and Rusty Under Douglas Call and Susan Warwick Glenn and Patricia Camp Philip and Linda Carl Clara Cazzulino Jeffery and Linda Charles Lata Chatterjee and Tiruvarur Lakshmanan Gary and Dianne Clinton Marcella Congdon Britta Couris David DeMarini Alec and Georgia Donaldson Claire Ebbitt ^ E. M. Eddy and D. A. O'Brien Glen H. and Sandy T. Elder George Evans Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Ewing Barbara and Chris Exton

James Faber and Mary Musacchia Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Falvo Robert Farmer Pat Fischer Jaroslav and Linda Folda Jody Forehand Dr. Catherine Forneris James and Beverly Foster Kim and Stephen Fraser Gunter Glass Elizabeth Galvin Albert and Mary Guckes Priscilla Guild Carol and Nortin Hadler Carolyn and Jim Harris David and Lina Heartinger Scott and Emilee Hendrix Marianna Matthews Henry Karen Hills Don and Kay Hobart Ann Holloman John and Joyce Hren David G. Hubby Gerda G. Hurow * Lynne and Walter Jacobs ^ Kathleen Johnson Dan and Linda Kaferle Julie and Robert Keely Brian and Moyra Kileff Jeanette Kimmel Richard and Lynne Kohn Dr. Leonard and Ruth Kreisman ^ Diana and Bob Lafferty Randy and Cathy Lambe Susan Leeb Dayna Lucas Elaine Mangrum Jeff Mason Alice and John May Sharon and Alan McConnell Ann and Webb McCracken Steven Melamut Herbert and Jeanne Miller Dori Mitzi Karen Monaco and George Evans Charles Mosher and Pamela St. John Rick Muise Seth Murray and Jamie Newman Mary Napier Betty Nies

Jeanne Noe Linda W. Norris Lois Oliver Glenn O'Neal Heather and Russ Owen James and Michelle Pendergast Robert and Marilyn Pinschmidt Gordon and Jo Ann Pitz Stephen and Lyn Pizer Robert and Joyce Anne Porter Andrea Reibel Sandra and Stephen Rich Linda and Alan Rimer Victor and Linda Roggli Margaret Anne Rook Patricia Roos Beth Rosenberg Dr. Michael Salemi Jan F. and Anne P. Sassaman Phillip and Betsey Savage Stephanie Schmitt Ernest and Mary Schoenfeld Martha Scotford Dr. Robert Sealock and Cecile Skrzynia Wayne Sherrill Douglas and Joan Shier Stephanie Shipman and Walter Travers Kyle and Jenn Smith Paul Snow John and Carol Stamm Elizabeth Stanley Steven and Madeline Sunshine Roy and Donna Swaringen Monica Taylor Nick and Sally Taylor Margaret Griswold Teasley Dr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson Bruce Tomason Mary E. Traer Carol and Jim Vorhaus Phil Washburn and Mary Jenne George Weinhouse Nan Weiss Mary Robin Wells and Gary Gambrell Sandy and Jennifer Williams Sarah Winkler Jane Pettis Wiseman Jerry Worsley Edward and Phyllis Wright

Patron ($100–249)

Anonymous (5) Trudi Abel Brady and Robin Allan Dwight and Robin Allen Mary Altpeter Elizabeth Amend Mary R. Amend Elizabeth Anthony Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Archie Matthew and Linda Arnold William and Michael-Ann Ashman Phil and Ellen Baer Pam and Don Bailey Jill and John Balogh Jarrett and Robin Barnhill Tony and Susan Barrella Judith Barton Barry Bayus and Anna Chao Donna and Daniel Benjamin Larry and Sheila Benninger Stephen Berenson and Brian McEleney Kitty Bergel Sandy Berman Shula and Steve Bernard Robert A. and Christine S. Berndt Patricia C. Beyle Jim and Martha Bick Katherine L. Bick Dorothy and Justin Biddle Mr. and Mrs. David Birnbaum Jill and Dick Blackburn Joseph Blair and Sandra Peyser Peter Bleckner Tony Boothby Roxana Bossen Melissa Bostrom and Krisztian Horvath Scott and Victoria Bouldin Donald A. Boulton Thomas W. and Vicky V. Boyer Lauren Kennedy Brady and Charlie Brady David Brehmer and Megan Matchinske Philip Breitfeld and Susan Kreissman William Brettmann ^ Lyndon E. Brown, PhD Charles and Renee A. Brown Patricia Bryan and Tom Wolf Edward and Sheila Burgard ^ Jim and Janie Craige Butler Thomas Butler Dr. Leigh Fleming Callahan Robert Cameron Donna Carroll and Gale Lackey Virginia Carson Jean Carter

Michael Case and Lewis Dancy Lorna Chafe Dr. Margaret Champion Beverly Long Chapin Mimi Chapman Nancy Chemtob Norm and Portia Christensen Elizabeth Cisar Steve Clark and Becky Luce-Clark Linda G. Clarkson Thomas B. Clegg Dennis Clements and Martha Ann Keels Marshall and Phyllis Clements Sandra Clemons Ellen Clevenger-Firley Steve Cline Bill Cobb and Gail Perry Anne F. Coenen Cathy Cole Robert F. Coleman, III In memory of Susan Hurst Rappaport Donald and Eunice Collins Geneva Collins and Theodore Fischer ^ Jenn Collins and Paul Runkle Jeffrey Collins and Rose Mills Mrs. Michael Colvin Tracy Larsen Cooke and Benjamin Cooke Sharon Scholl Coop Jay and Barbara Cooper Brian Copenhaver Greg Copenhaver John and Belinda Corpening Sarah Clare Corporandy Daniel Costa and Maryanne Boundy Georgia Court Dr. Mary Covington and Mike Patil Amy R. Csorba Brendan Daley Fred and Jane Dalldorf Bronwyn and John de Figueiredo Mrs. Robert Bigelow DeMaine Christine Devita Todd Dickinson and Helen Kalevas Dail and Artie Dixon Sheila and Joe Dorey Scott and Mia Doron Kerry and Julia Draeger Claude and Anna Marie Drake Anne Dusek Kathleen DuVal and Marty Smith Thomas and Joan East Connie Eble The Eckert Family Bobette Eckland and Richard Kamens Elon and Elizabeth Eidenier Tori Ekstrand

Jan Elliott Paul and Pat Elstro Jane Emeis Sarah and Peter Englis Donald and Audrey Esposito Jerry and Adelia Evans Melinda and Jim Evans Dagmar and J.C. Fahr Kimerly Fahs Shauna and Tom Farmer Ethan Ferguson Pamela Ferguson Prabhavathi Fernandes Velma Ferrell Laurice Ferris ^ Nicole and Bruce Fine Karen H. Fink Karen Fisher and Robert Warren Sara Franks Douglas and Judy Frey Bonnie and Ed Fuchs John and Ann Gabor Bennett Galef Maggi Gallagher and Don Castro Betty and Franklin Garland Mr. and Mrs. Pete Gaskell Tom and Victoria Gerig Nikki and Anthony Giachetti Debra and Eric Goldberg Alix Goldschmidt Eve Benesch Goldschmidt Andreya Gomez Raymond and Susan Goodmon Ronnie K. Graham John and Lucy Grant Virginia Gray Christina Graybard and Nicholas Mirra John Graybeal and Laura Heise Bill Green and Brett Bohnn Terry Greenlund Elizabeth Grey Karolyn Griffith Linda Grimm Jean Gross and Donald Miller Gail and Steve Grossman Joseph Groves Kay Gruninger Pickett Guthrie Tim Hackett and James Konold Betsy and Joe Hackney Janet Hadler Todd Haimes Gayla Halbrecht Bruce Hamilton and Jennifer Weiss Jean Handy Carol Brainard and Nancy Hardin

Joanne Harrell Barbara L. Harris Lynden Harris Jim and Mary Hayes Rachel Heller Richard Hendel Charlotte Henshaw Eric Herget and Sherry Wilner Ellen Herron Scott and Richard Hill Ann Hillenbrand Angelica and Richard Hinchcliff Margaret Hinkle Marin Hinkle Richard Hirschfield Catherine Holcombe Holly Holland Joyce Holland In Memory of Dr. J. Kimball King Joyce Horn Mary Howes In Memory of Jonathan B. Howes Tamsie and Staples Hughes Mary Hulett Malcolm and Wanda Hunter Maria Hunter Leslie Hurtig Beth Isenhour Abby Jablin Betty James Christa and Sheridan Johns Robert and Cecelia Jolls Ann Moss Joyner Eve and Rudy Juliano Claudia Kadis Richard and Sally Kahler Amy Kane Lynne Kane Peter Karpen Marisa and Haresh Kathard Naomi Kaufman Laura Kayser Jean and Lawrence Keene Charles R. Keith and Muki W. Fairchild Marie-Beatrice and Robert Keller Arlon Kemple and Karen Long Sally P. Kennedy Barbara Keyworth Jane Kiernan Dr. Harriet King Ann and Bill Kirkland Rabecca Klemp Joyce Kline Ted and Marilyn Koenig Stephen and Bunny Koff Elizabeth Koonce

Mary Kraft Lloyd Kramer and Gwynne Pomeroy Ernest and Eunice Kraybill Dave and Doris Krepp Shrawan Kumar Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kuntzman Joseph Labenson Ted and Debbie LaMay Benjamin Landman and Jen Feldman In honor of Ms. Betty-Ann Landman Gerry and Ray Larson Robert Lauterborn In memory of Sylvia Lauterborn Priscilla and Russell Leavitt Judith Lechner Philip and Nancy Leinbach John and Ruth Leopold Lucy Leuchtenburg Arnold and Annette Levine Gary and Janet Lewis Joy Lewis and Frederick Annand Betty and John Leydon Judi Lilley Erika Lindemann James and Mary Lou LoFrese Ginger and Derek Long Mildred and Patrick Long Robert and Anne Long Clark Lovelace Carol Lucas Mary Lucas John Ludlow and Kathy Davies Corey Madden Dr. and Mrs. Donald Madison Samuel Magill and Eunice Brock William Mahony and Joyce Boucheron Phil Malinosky H.R. and Betsy Malpass John Manley Raleigh and Betsy Mann ^ Lee and Elaine Marcus Rosalie Marcus Shelley J. Masters Bill and Susan Mattern Michael Mayer Wanda McArn Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. McCall Meredith McClurg J. S. McKnight Patrick Joseph McLane ^ Lee McLean Ewa Meehan Larry and Jerri Meisner Joan and Ron Mendelsohn Julia Merricks and Susan Hauser

Molly Metzler Carol and Eric Meyers Herbert and Jeanne Miller Roy and Bev Milton Erik and Natalia Milz Mark and Alice Mine Susan Minnix and Ronald Manka Gustavo and Joan Montana Jill Moore Merry-K Moos Aela Morgan Eric Muller and Leslie Branden-Muller Margaret B. Mullinix Kate Murphy Judy Murray Nancy D. Myers Michael Naglich William and Ann Nebel Jeanenne Nelson Barbara Nettesheim Michele and Klaus Nettesheim James and Nancy Nutt Nancy Oates Drs. Susan and Raphael Orenstein Marilyn and Peter Ornstein Barry and Lois Ostrow George and Susan Outterson Norman Owen ^ In memory of Roberta Yule Owen Rob Parker and Sarah Taylor Michael Patrick Josie Patton Michael Paul Ron and Julie Paxton Robert and Kay Pearlstein Nancy Pekar Arnold Pender Imara Perera Carol and Al Perlman Meredith Piatt Christina and Michael Plaks Dr. Martin and Barbara Poleski Jim Polga Gary and Susie Pratt Ted and Peggy Pratt Jane Preyer Todd and Nicky Purves James and Barbara Putney Margaret Quinlan Elizabeth Raft George and Carol Retsch-Bogart Linda Robinson Louise A. Robinson Jo Rodgers David and Barbara Rohde

Joel Rosch and Carol Vatz Judith L. Ruderman Jennifer Rudinger Mary Ann Ruegg Daniel and Patti Ryan Nicholas Ryan Dale Sandler Celia Sandford and Stephen Perrin John Saxon Allie and Ian Scales ^ Carol Schachner ^ Laura Schanberg Jeffrey Schlosser Tanya L. Schreiber Richard and Shirley Schuler Dr. Caryl Jane Schwartzbach Gwendolyn Schwinke John and Lucia Sehon Pat Shane Barbara Sharf William N. Sharpe, Jr. Alison Sheehy Barbara and Jonathan Sheline Connie Shuping Nikki Silver Bland Simpson Ron and Mary Sinzdak Sim Sitkin and Vivian Olkin Barry Slobin and Carol Land Mike and Kim Slomianyj Leslie Smith Linda Smith Paige and Jason Smith Dr. Richard L. Smith and Dr. Amy Grady Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Solomon ^ Pamela Somers Janet Sorensen Ilene Speizer Connie Spooner Marcia Spray Kimberly and David Spurr Sally and Jeremy Stander Allen Steckler Susan F. Stedman Adam and Jane Stein Anne Stephens Cathy and Sefton Stevens Andy Stewart and Peggy Kinney ^ Dorcas Stolper Raquel Strauss Edward Strong Jeannie Pfister Stroupe ^ Dr. Lishan Su ^ Ed and Lynne Sullivan Terrence and Marguerite Sullivan

Jeff Surles Susanne Steinmetz, in honor of Bobbi Owen Aimee Tattersall Beverly Taylor David C. Taylor Stephen Tell and Rosemary Hoban Charles Thomas and Suzanne Maupin Estelle and Edward Thomas Janet Thomas David and Kelley Tobin Mary and Thomas Trabert ^ Barrie Trinkle Nancy Trovillion Jeff and Nancy Tudor Nancy Tunnessen Nancy Tusa and Andy Brawn John and Donna van Arnold ^ Mary Van Bourgondien Jerry and Sondra Van Sant Barney and Vivian Varner Adam Versényi Jill Vexler + Robin Visser Deborah and Jonathan Wahl Angela Walter Helen Warner David and Marsha Warren Tovah Wax and Lucjan Mordzak Mr. and Mrs. Robin H. Wendell Dr. Lynn Wesson Shirley H. White in honor of Steven H. White Ernest Thomas Wilkes III Michael Wilson Nancy Worley Ford and Allison Worthy Janice and Richard Woychik Paul Wright David and Dee Yoder Marla Yost Justin Yung ^ Rosilene Ziegler and John Steege ^ Sustainers Club Member + Women’s Point of View (WPOV) Supporter * PlayMakers Gala Supporter ~ Deceased

This list is current as of March 14, 2021. If your name is listed incorrectly or not at all, please contact PlayMakers Development Office at 919.962.2481. We will ensure you are recognized for your thoughtful support.

OUR PARTNERS PlayMakers’ 2020/21 Season is Made Possible in Part by Grants from

Foundation Support The Educational Foundation of America, Fund for the Triangle – Support for the Arts of Triangle Community Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, North Carolina Arts Council, Orange County Arts Commission, Shakespeare in American Communities: National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, The Shubert Foundation, Theatre Communications Group Additional Funding for Guest Artists is Provided by

Robert Boyer and Margaret Boyer Fund, Louise Lamont Fund, Emeriti Professors Charles and Shirley Weiss Fund

Producing Council

American Party Rentals, Glasshalfull, Jujube Restaurant, Linda’s Bar and Grill, Mebane Lumber, Residence Inn Chapel Hill, Spoonflower, Hyatt Place Durham/Southpoint, The Siena Hotel/Il Palio Restaurant

Corporate Council

Aloft, DeMaison Selections, Inc., University Florist

Associates

Cambria Suites, Craven Allen Gallery/House of Frames

OUR ADVERTISERS

16 American Party Rentals 12 The Catering Company 10 Chamber Orchestra of the 27 33 2 23 12 3 21

Triangle Craven Allen Gallery/ House of Frames Glasshalfull Il Palio Jujube Linda’s Bar & Grill Residence Inn University Florist and Gifts

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