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Letter from Vivienne Donor Spotlight: Amy & Kevin Guskiewicz Support PlayMakers Who We Are Title Page Cast List Program Notes Author Bio Actor Bios Up Next: Life of Galileo Creative Team Bios General Information PlayMakers Staff Friends of PlayMakers Corporate and Foundation Partners Advertisers

Shanelle Nicole Leonard, April Mae Davis and Trevor Johnson Photo by HuthPhoto.

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PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

VIVIENNE BENESCH

Dear Friends, Twenty minutes to midnight on New Year’s Eve, and I’m sitting across my dining room table from Zack Fine and Charly Evon Simpson, two extraordinary young theater artists in town to make their regional theatre playwrighting debuts here at PlayMakers. They’re in conversation about upcoming projects in New York and around the country and I flash forward to this moment: introducing these incredible artists to you, our patrons, neighbors and friends, via two world premiere plays. I can’t suppress my enthusiasm. What a way to start the year: shifting ground!

Of the hundreds of scripts I read last year, Jump cast a spell on me that simply didn’t let go. While in person, Charly is kind and reserved, in her writing she is also assured and expansive, a master manipulator of time and space. Her plays make room — for her characters’ complexities, for life’s ambiguities, and for all of us. It was no surprise to learn that several other theatres across the US had already signed up to produce Jump through the National New Play Network.

We are thrilled that PlayMakers gets to be the first among them to give it life.

The third dinner guest at my house that night was another blazing comet of the American theatre: director Whitney White, recent recipient of the 2018 Susan Stroman Directing Award. Whitney is in an electrifying moment in her career, as she forges bold new theatrical visions that are already inspiring audiences all over to sit up and take notice.

As I prepare for our first rehearsal of Life of Galileo in a few weeks, I do so with an extraordinary wind in my sails. Zack, Charly, Whitney, and their teams have helped to blow open the doors on this new year. Their fresh and urgent voices have inspired me to look at Brecht’s masterpiece with new eyes and to ask: what if Life of Galileo were premiering in 2019? What does it have to say to us, here, today?

Jump reminds us that we’re all crossing bridges of one kind or another. We’re lucky to do so in such good company—and that starts with our own exquisite home team.

See you up there,

Vivienne

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DONOR PROFILE

AMY & KEVIN GUSKIEWICZ

Amy and Kevin Guskiewicz have called Chapel Hill home for more than 20 years. Amy, who grew up casually participating in theatre throughout middle and high school in Maryland, is a real estate agent with Fonville Morisey and enjoys sharing with others her love of Chapel Hill. Prior to her career as a realtor, Amy taught elementary school and once had the pleasure of directing her class of 3rd–5th graders in a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in the Forest Theatre.

Kevin is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Exercise and Sports Medicine, Athletic Trainer, and founding director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has served on faculty since 1995. Over the past 25 years, his research has helped sports medicine clinicians to improve diagnosis and management of sport-related concussions. In 2016, Kevin was appointed Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at UNC-CH. Amy and Kevin have four children: Jacob, Nathan, Adam, and Tessa.

Amy and Kevin often enjoy a short walk through Battle Park from their Franklin Street home to the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art for an evening of theatre. They have been actively involved with PlayMakers for the past few years as subscribers and supporters of our annual gala. Amy also serves as a member of the PlayMakers Advisory Council and is a founding member of the PlayMakers women’s leadership council, WPOV (Women’s Point of View). This year, Amy is excited to take on a new leadership role as Vice Chair of the Advisory Council.

“We give to PlayMakers because it is a place that our family enjoys gathering to see how theatre brings together students, faculty, staff, and the community in a meaningful way,” says Amy. We are grateful to Amy and Kevin for their enthusiastic support of PlayMakers and its role in the Chapel Hill community!

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SUPPORT US Now is a wonderful time for PlayMakers Repertory Company, as they help celebrate 100 Years of Playmaking at Carolina.

We have launched the 100 Years of Playmaking campaign not only to celebrate the rich history of the dramatic arts here at Carolina, but more importantly, the impact this award-winning theatre has in our community. From their world-class productions to meaningful K-12 arts-in-education programs and community engagement, PlayMakers does it all. The 100 Years of Playmaking campaign will help ensure that PlayMakers can continue to inspire, entertain, and challenge our community for the next 100 years.

Your support has the power to influence all aspects of the theatre, from the innovative work you see onstage to making ticket prices affordable for all and training for the artists of tomorrow. If you enjoy and believe in the impact of theatre as I do, make a yearly gift to the Annual Fund; give a little each month as a Sustainer; or offer a campaign gift to show you stand behind their mission of producing relevant and courageous work.

Join me in supporting an organization that makes a difference to our community.

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“One of America’s Best Regional Theatres” (American Theatre Magazine), PlayMakers Repertory Company is North Carolina’s premier professional theatre company, proudly in residence on the dynamic campus of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The professional company was founded in 1976, growing out of a storied 100-year tradition of playmaking at Carolina. Our mission is to produce relevant, courageous work that tells stories from and for a multiplicity of perspectives. We believe that theatre can have a transformational impact on individuals and entire communities, and we are committed to making our work accessible to all.

PlayMakers produces ten shows on two stages each year in our home venue, the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art bringing the transformative power of theatre to up to 50,000 audience members annually from over 50 counties. At the very heart of the PlayMakers experience is one of the nation’s last remaining resident theatre companies, made up of accomplished performers, directors, designers, artisans and technicians, and supported by exceptional graduate students in UNC’s Department of Dramatic Art. Our company works side by side with guest artists from all over the world and our alumni include Pulitzer Prize, Tony, Emmy, and Grammy Award winners.

Creating Tomorrow’s Classics, Today Producing Artistic Director Vivienne Benesch is continuing PlayMakers’ tradition of producing vibrantly reimagined classics, large-scale musical theatre and significant contemporary work, but is also broadening the company’s reach to become a home for new play development and a true hub of social and civic discourse in the region. Her first three seasons have already given life to six important new American plays.

Provoking Conversation Our hugely popular PRC2 series is programmed to provoke thought, stimulate discussion, and push the boundaries of the theatrical form. Every PRC2 production in the intimate Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre is followed by an “Act 2” opportunity for direct, dynamic engagement between audiences, artists, and subject matter experts.

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Theatre for the People PlayMakers Mobile is an initiative that seeks to positively contribute to the civic and social life of our region by taking world-class theatre out of our building and into the community. We create astreamlined production of one classic play each year and take it to Title-1 schools, homeless shelters, and treatment facilities around the Greater Triangle area. It’s all free of charge, since too often the people who can benefit from theatre the most are the ones who don’t have access to it.

WHO WE ARE

Leaving Eden, 2018. Photo by HuthPhoto A Hub of Engagement Beyond being the region’s go-to for dynamic and entertaining stories, PlayMakers is a home for memorable conversations that allow us to make connections with the work and with each other well beyond the experience of a production. In the Wings, Vision Series, and a host of other post-show discussions and unique engagement opportunities enrich our audience’s experience of the live arts.

Passing the Torch PlayMakers’ award-winning Summer Youth Conservatory is the only professionally-supported training program of its kind in the region. The Theatre Quest program provides classes to area middle school students, while the Theatre Intensive and Theatre Tech programs allow Triangle high-schoolers to apprentice directly with professional directors, choreographers, musical directors, and technicians, culminating in a professional-quality production on the PlayMakers mainstage for the whole community to enjoy.

Eliminating Barriers With a commitment to eliminating barriers for attendance, PlayMakers offers All Access performances for our patrons living with disabilities, Community Nights where all tickets are just $15, and tickets reduced to jut $10 for UNC students and $12 for all other students. Our Spotlight on Service program also offers complimentary tickets to local service organizations.

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Jump by

Charly Evon Simpson Director

Whitney White Scenic Designer Alexis Distler Sound Designer Sinan Zafar

Costume Designer Tristan Raines Dramaturg Mark Perry

Stage Manager Elizabeth Ray

Lighting Designer Amith Chandrashaker

Movement Coach Tracy Bersley

Vocal Coach Tia James

Assistant Stage Manager Charles K. Bayang

JAN 23–FEB 10, 2019 Jump is produced at PlayMakers Repertory Company as a part of a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Other partnering theaters are Milagro & Confrontation Theatre (Oregon), Shrewd Produtctions (Texas) and Actor’s Express (Georgia). For more information please visit nnpn.org JUMP was developed at the NNPN/KCACTF MFA Playwrights’ Workshop.

JUMP was developed, in part, at SPACE on Ryder Farm.

JUMP was developed as part of Chautauqua Theater Company’s New Play Workshop series, 2018, underwritten by the Roe Green Foundation.

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

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THE CAST

In alphabetical order

Fay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April Mae Davis* Dad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor Johnson Judy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shanelle Nicole Leonard* Hopkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Poole*

place

a city with a bridge that goes over a gorge a bridge that people like to linger on a bridge that makes people nervous but also a house near the bridge with at least a living room and a bedroom where one can see the bridge out of the window

time

this is a world of past, present, and some fantasy mixed in. it is late summer to early fall.

There will be no intermission

STAGE MANAGERS

Charles K. Bayang* Elizabeth Ray*

*Indicates members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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PROGRAM NOTES

Notes on Charly Evon Simpson’s “Jump”

By Mark Perry, Dramaturg

How bad does it have to be for a person to jump?

Charly Simpson was fifteen years old, all packed up for the drive to her New Hampshire prep school, when her attention was drawn upwards to the towers of the World Trade Center. Like many other New Yorkers who happened to be downtown that clear September morning, she stared up—horrified, mesmerized—and watched as tiny figures descended from the smoking towers, figures she knew were people, people making the unthinkable choice—to jump. For them, a cold hard plunge was preferable to the more grueling fate of a living cremation.

Soon she, like so many other bystanders, would be coated head to toe with the sediment of the South Tower, the first to fall, at 9:59am. The question stuck with her like a sediment from that day that could not be so easily washed off.

How bad would it have to be inside there for someone to jump?

In Jump, now receiving its world premiere here at PlayMakers, the playwright considers the question from a more figurative angle. And, perhaps more pointedly, what is it that keeps us from jumping?

Charly Evon Simpson, now 32, is rather open about her own struggles with mental health, which predated her experience on 9/11. Depression and mental health are a repeated theme in her plays. In Jump, Depression certainly makes its appearance, while being upstaged by its more dynamic sibling, Grief.

We are introduced in the first scene to Fay, a young African-American woman who is grieving. One cannot simply toss away grief, the way one could toss an unwanted object off a bridge. You let it go one moment, and it returns the next, heavy as ever. It is a burden that refuses to be put off by choice. And when one cannot share that burden, when one is isolated—through whatever combination of circumstance and choice—the burden can become so great, hope is vanquished and the ultimate release (and the universal taboo) is sought.

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And so we come to our bridge—the central object of the play’s meditation. By design, a bridge is an instrument of connection, of facilitating human progress. It also can have the converse effect, facilitating human tragedy. A fascinating 2003 New Yorker article, called “Jumpers,” explored the perennial allure of the Golden Gate Bridge for suicidal individuals, and it served as a source of inspiration for the playwright.

“I wanted to disappear,” one man said. “So the Golden Gate was the spot. I’d heard that the water just sweeps you under.” …

“That bridge is more than a bridge,” said the bridge’s spokeswoman, “it’s alive, it speaks to people…” (“Jumpers,” The New Yorker, 9/13/2003) In this play, the bridge is a character of its own. It is a rarefied and liminal space, a subject of fascination, of ideation for its characters. Critical choices center on or around it, whether the extravagant purchase of a family home, the courageous opening up to a stranger or the shattering undoing of a life that then splinters out into so many others.

As described in the stage directions, the bridge is as intimidating as it is inviting. It stands above a gorge, serving as a touchstone of the characters that approach it. Some find peace, some are struck with fear, and some hear l’appel du vide—the call of the void.

Jump breaks from realism in its ambition to describe the Real. The play relies on a somewhat atypical dramaturgy. It is perhaps only at the play’s climax that we glimpse the nature and full urgency of the preceding interactions.

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The drama starts out traditionally enough: A grieving family needs to adapt, and the family home is too much for Dad to keep. This might be a central source of conflict in other plays, but here not so much. Playwright Charly Evon Simpson keeps a low flame burning and seems to abhor melodramatic displays.

Instead this move-out creates a scenario for coming together, where the deeper issues of grief play out, layered as they are atop a legacy of depression, anxiety, and estrangement. Letting go of objects is easy next to letting go of loved ones—especially when the unspoken truths of their lives were never reconciled.

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Language fails these characters. They cover up, they speak in monosyllables, they deny and project. They struggle to find the trust to speak their truth to even one other person or to eke out the hope that it would do any good. When one is so isolated, so lonely and one’s interior is so cold, so inhospitable, one just might jump—almost as if to protect oneself from a more grueling injury. With such burden of grief, depression or despair, the question turns eventually to ”What is keeping me from jumping?”

Our playwright’s vision, although disinclined to sentimentality, finds at least a partial answer in the valiant act of reaching out, whether to family or to stranger, whether one is the afflicted or the rescuer. Once the burden is shared, it becomes lighter, and the processing can begin, and, perhaps, in time, the healing.

Excerpts from an interview with Playwright Charly Evon Simpson Mark Perry, Jump Dramaturg: What’s the main thing you want people to know about the background of the play?

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Charly Evon Simpson: One of the things that I think about a lot is that we often don’t see a black family deal with grief and suicide in this manner. A lot of our stories as of late have been about horrific things, and for good reason. I was asked this summer “Why is this specifically a black family?” It’s because we

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experience this too. It’s a universal story, therefore we should be able to step into those roles as well. It’s important to me to recognize this subject matter.

My goal isn’t to make people cry! But to explore these realities and explore them in the bodies of folks that we don’t often get to explore them in.

MP: Are there signal ways that you see in the play that are specific to it being a black family?

CES: My short answer is ‘no.’ There are specific things that are not in the play, but that I’m thinking about: For instance, traditionally, black families haven’t had access to therapy or haven’t been comfortable going to therapy. It’s not explicitly said, but often we have black families dealing with these things and not feeling like therapy is an option. It seems to be changing as mental health is talked about more and more in different communities. But the absence of that might be the most prominent example of the race of the family being a subject of the play.

MP: What’s the play’s relationship with bridges?

CES: I think the way that I personally connect to the play is that I’m not necessarily a bridge-walker, but I am a ‘let-me-go-to-a-water-source-andstare-at-it’ person. I think, for me, the play is about characters who want to take a break from their life, to take a breath. I was interested in a place that people go to take that breath, but that also can be the site of something where people have no hope. They also can decide to take their lives or contemplate the heaviness of that place. For me, a site like that helps me gather the energy to go back into the world, but I recognize that for others they realize that they can’t go back into the world. Bridges literally connect us from one place to another, but they’re also these liminal spaces in between.

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My bridge is the George Washington Bridge, and I would never walk across because it’s too high. (Laughter) But I still love looking at it longingly, and I still like to drive past it. For most

people, they just pass through on their cars. But some people stop. These two characters, Fay and Hopkins, are standing there together, having this intense conversation, and there’s somebody just in their car going by. They’re all for a moment in this one space and having a very different relationship with that one space. I was interested in finding a space that held all of that.

From a theater perspective, there’s the height of the bridge. From the perspective of the audience, we’re the water. We don’t usually have that relationship to a bridge, so I thought that would make a beautiful stage picture, of people elevated in their passion or disconnectedness or something.

MP: Does this family have any safety net outside of themselves?

CES: We mention that there’s an Auntie that Dad stays with. There’s an element of isolation, for some reason they’ve carved out this family unit for just themselves. There probably is family out and about but they know each other really well and it’s in their hands to deal with this. I picture Dad, Fay, and Judy declining support from that family. Plenty of black families would not be like that at all. But this is an example of a family that has carved out their own unit.

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MP: This is endemic in our society, more and more people are this way. Part of it has to do with how people move around, but part of it is chosen.

CES: I don’t know how to write two parents in a household. Often one parent is gone in my stories. I’m clearly personally dealing with this question in this play.

Who takes care of who? Who can you connect with? How do you grieve? How do you protect each other? How do you hide from those that we know who know us the best? … I lost three family members while writing this play. That unit getting smaller and smaller and smaller. I think I’m obsessed with those questions …

MP: Where do you think redemption is? How do we rebound from where you start us off ?

CES: By the end of the play, everyone is forced to be more honest and open. I do think that I hope that the more honest we can be with each other, at least we know where we’re coming from. If you can truthfully tell where you are with a person, you can take care of each other, be with each other, grieve with each other, and try to understand each other MP: And that requires trust and trustworthiness.

CES: I think it’s really hard. It’s fascinating how hard it feels to be that way. There are people who say, “I had no idea you felt that way.” Because at some level, I don’t trust that people will be that way. I’m certainly learning who the people are that you should trust. Who’s worth that work? For your sake, you have to be able to share that. I do hope that in the play is like at the end, the healing process is only beginning. That this can be a unit, but a more open unit. I hope sometimes that maybe that’s the only thing we can ask for. That your chosen family, you can be that open and honest and transparent with. I hope there’s redemption in that.

Thanks to Connor Nielsen for transcription and editing help.

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AUTHOR BIO Charly Evon Simpson Playwright

Charly Evon Simpson’s plays include Jump, Scratching the Surface, form of a girl unknown, it’s not a trip it’s a journey, and more. Her work has been seen and/ or developed with Ensemble Studio Theatre, Ars Nova, The Lark, Page 73, Chautauqua Theater Company, Salt Lake Acting Company, National New Play Network through its NNPN/ Kennedy Center MFA Playwrights Workshop and National Showcase of New Plays, and others.

Jump is receiving a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere with productions at PlayMakers Repertory Company (Chapel Hill, NC), Milagro Theatre in a co-production with Confrontation Theatre (Portland, OR), Shrewd Productions (Austin, TX), and Actor’s Express (Atlanta, GA) in 2019. Behind the Sheet is premiering at Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York City this January.

She’s currently a member of WP Theater’s 2018-2020 Lab, The New Georges Jam, The Amoralists 18/19 ‘Wright Club and she’s The Pack’s current playwright-in-residence. Charly is a former member of SPACE on Ryder Farm’s The Working Farm, Clubbed Thumb’s Early Career Writers’ Group, Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood, and Pipeline Theatre Company’s PlayLab. She is currently an adjunct lecturer at SUNY Purchase. BA: Brown.

MSt: University of Oxford, New College. MFA: Hunter College. www.charlyevonsimpson.com

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SPECIAL THANKS

PlayMakers Repertory Company would like to thank the Renewable Energy Special Projects Committee (RESPC) at UNC for awarding us a $155,000 grant for new, energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) house lights and a new lighting console to operate the LED lights in the Paul Green Theatre.

With approximate savings of 239,550 kWh per year, PlayMakers is thrilled to be working with RESPC to make our theatre greener while increasing energy efficiency on campus.

RESPC is a student-run and student-funded group that facilitates renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy education projects on campus. RESPC pursues the use of new energy-related technologies that will help Carolina set the standard for campus sustainability.

To learn more about RESPC, visit respc.web.unc.edu.

PlayMakers continues our efforts to improve all aspects of our theatre, including our lighting and sound, to ensure that you—our audience members—have the best possible experience each and every time you join us for a show. Ticket sales only cover 50% of our costs to produce world-class theatre.

If you would like to get involved in supporting the work we do, please contact our Development Office at 919.962.2481.

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CAST BIOS April Mae Davis Fay

PlayMakers: Company member in second year of UNC’s Professional Actor Training Program. Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Tartuffe, Sense and Sensibility. Regional: In the Red and Brown Water (National Black Theatre Festival) The Right Reverend Dupree in Exile (NC Black Repertory Company), Crowns the Musical (The Barn Dinner Theater), The Art of Murder (Barn Dinner Theater), Black Nativity (NC Black Repertory Company) Film: Monsters (Rev Films) Education: BFA from NC A&T State University, British American Drama Academy Midsummer in Oxford.

Trevor Johnson Dad

PlayMakers: Leaving Eden. Regional: Manbites Dog Theatre, Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern, Theatre Delta, Piedmont Performance Factory, Kennedy Theatre (Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts), Hayti Heritage Center. Education/Other: Graduated summa cum laude from NCCU. Undergraduate Tenure at UNC-Chapel Hill, recipient of Wall Ray Pepper’s award for Excellence in Performing/Interpreting African American Literature.

Shanelle Nicole Leonard Judy

PlayMakers: Company member in third year of UNC’s Professional Actor Training Program. Skeleton Crew, Tartuffe, Dot, Sense and Sensibility, My Fair Lady, Intimate Apparel, The Crucible. Regional: Shanelle has performed at Seattle Shakespeare Company, Village Theater and Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater, among others. Education/Other: A 2012 graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, her favorite performances include Bessie in Eclipsed and Luna C in Oo-Bla-dee.

Adam Poole Hopkins

PlayMakers: Company member in second year of UNC’s Professional Actor Training Program. She Loves Me, Tartuffe, Dot, Sweeney Todd; PlayMakers Mobile Macbeth. Regional: Big Fish, Significant Other, Lombardi, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, A Few Good Men, Crimes of the Heart, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Avenue Q (Theatre Raleigh); Grease (North Carolina Theatre), The Full Monty, Annie Get Your Gun (Theatre Workshop of Nantucket); The Glass Menagerie (Bartlett Theatre); Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Broadway Series South). Film/TV: Max Steel, Well Wishes, Adrenaline, Turn: Washington Spies, The Originals, Under the Dome, Revolution. Education: BA in Theatre (Performance Concentration) from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

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MORE ON JUMP The Making of a World Premiere Chautauqua Theater Company was honored to bring Charly Evon Simpson’s Jump to their stage in 2018 as part of their New Play Workshop series. CTC’s NPW series is extended Alex J. Gould and Margaret Odette. Photo by Dave Munch beyond a typical music stand reading, and provides playwrights and directors with several days of rehearsal that culminates in a fully staged, script-in-hand public performance with design support provided by CTC’s Artistic Fellows. In Charly’s case, and in all New Play Workshops, the creative team is in residency at the Chautauqua Institution for the whole week as CTC provides travel and housing.

Past New Play Workshops have featured new work by Lauren Yee, Anna Ziegler, Zayd Dohrn, Molly Smith Metzler, Nick Gandiello, Chelsea Marcantel, Heidi Armbruster, Kate Fodor, Rinne Groff, Quincy Long, and Michael Mitnick, among others.

We are thrilled to see Charly’s beautiful play come to life on PlayMakers stage.

Margaret Odette and Johnique Mitchell. Photo by Dave Munch

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MY ROMANCE WITH THE WARPED SIDE OF THE UNIVERSE From black holes and wormholes to time travel and gravitational waves

THURSDAY, FEB. 21

5:30 p.m., Memorial Hall Auditorium (free) See more cosmos events at college.unc.edu/frey Cosmos events are supported by the Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor Fund

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An engaging evening of stellar science for all audiences

ONE OF THE 12 ASTRONAUTS TO WALK ON THE MOON

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 7 P.M. THE SONJA HAYNES STONE CENTER for BLACK CULTURE AND HISTORY THE UNIVERSITY of NORTH CAROLINA at CHAPEL HILL

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FEB 27–MAR 17

“If one masterwork seems more timely than ever, it is ‘Life of Galileo’–I can’t think of a more prescient play for our times.”

–The Guardian

See previous pages for more exciting cosmic events.

“Last season’s Leaving Eden was the most challenging and ultimately rewarding process I’ve ever been a part of and Life of Galileo is shaping up to be its own unique challenge—way outside my comfort zone! In the spirit of this play, I consider that a good sign.”

–Vivienne Benesch Director, Life of Galileo

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MEMORIAL HALL, CHAPEL HILL

The Firebird SUN, JAN 27 | 7:30PM Grant Llewellyn, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin Stravinsky’s dazzling score to The Firebird is paired with the Sibelius Violin Concerto, featuring Grammy winner Augustin Hadelich.

Valentine’s Romantic Classics THUR, FEB 7 | 7:30PM Grant Llewellyn, conductor Dovid Friedlander, violin Strauss’ famous “Blue Danube” waltz, selections from Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake featuring the Symphony’s own Dovid Friedlander, and the whirling energy of Ravel’s La Valse will set your heart in motion.

Brahms Symphony No. 2 THUR, FEB 28 | 7:30PM Clemens Schuldt, conductor Jinjoo Cho, violin The cheerful Brahms Symphony No. 2 and the romantic Korngold Violin Concerto deliver a program that speaks directly to the soul.

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CREATIVE TEAM Whitney White Director

PlayMakers: Debut. Off-Broadway/New York: What to Send Up When it Goes Down by Aleshea Harris (The Movement); This Land Was Made by Tori Sampson (Vineyard Theatre Lab); Macbeth in Stride ( Joe’s Pub). She has developed work at: Ars Nova, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York Theatre Workshop, Juilliard, Bushwick Starr, NYU Tisch, Playwrights Realm, Page 73, Bard College, Luna Stage, Princeton University, SUNY Purchase, The Tank, The Lark, and more. Regional: Br’er Cotton by Tearrance Chisholm (Endstation Theatre); Rita Tambien Rita by Tony Meneses ( Juilliard); Othello (Trinity Rep). Education/Other: Whitney is 2018 recipient of the Susan Stroman Directing Award. She is currently in residency with Ars Nova as part of their 2018 Makers Lab, where she is developing Definition an original concert-play, and The Drama League as part of their Next Wave Residency where she is developing an original adaptation of Anton Chekov’s Three Sisters, with music. She is an Associate Artist at Roundabout Theatre Company and was a 2050 fellow at New York Theatre Workshop. MFA Brown University / Trinity Rep. BA Northwestern. Whitney White is based in Brooklyn.

Alexis Distler Scenic Designer

PlayMakers: The Christians, Tartuffe, Three Sisters, Trouble in Mind. OffBroadway/New York: The Turn of the Screw, Il Turco in Italia, The Marriage of Figaro, Curlew River ( Julliard Opera); The Government Inspector (New World Stages and The Duke); Toast (The Public Theater). Regional: The Piano Lesson, Having Our Say (Hartford Stage); Intimate Apparel (McCarter Theatre); Nureyev’s Eyes, Daddy Long Legs (George Street Playhouse); In the Next Room or The Vibrator Play—Winner of the Barrymore Award (The Wilma Theater). Education/Other: MFA: NYU. www.alexisdistler.com

Tristan Raines Costume Designer

PlayMakers: Debut. Off-Broadway/New York: The Convent (Rattlestick Theater/Weathervane), New York Pops Christmas Concert (Carnegie Hall ‘15/’16); Would You Still Love Me If, Stalking the Bogeyman, Bare (New World Stages); The Eternal Space (Theater Row); Moving Light (New York Theatre Ballet); Soul Doctor (Actor’s Temple); Tribes (Barrow Street Theatre); Murder in the First (59E59); Falling (Minetta Lane); AZAK, Scarcity (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); Gormanzee (Flea Theater); Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus (New World Stages/National Tour). Regional: Jesus Christ Superstar, Singing in the Rain, Meet Me in St Louis (The Muny); Jersey Boys (Ogunquit Theater); Crazy For You (Signature Theatre); Tribes (Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse); San Francisco Symphony Christmas Spectacle

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(Davies Hall); South Pacific (Maltz Jupiter Theater); Thieves (Rattlestick Playwrights West); Selkie (Rising Phoenix Rep); Treasure Island (FMT Festival); Blue Sky Boys, Assisted Loving, Paris Time (Capital Rep); Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big Playhouse Christmas Show (Bucks County Playhouse). Education/ Other: Received his MFA from Boston University.

Amith Chandrashaker Lighting Designer

PlayMakers: She Loves Me. Theater/Opera: The Drawer Boy (Soho Playhouse), Middletown (Atlantic Theater School), Twelfth Night (Mile Square Theater Company), Home for the Holidays (LTOTS), World of Wires ( Jay Schieb/ ICA Boston), A Lasting Impression (4th St Theater), Baal (Hoi Polloi), Carmen, La Boheme, Die Fledermaus (NJAVO), Rough Sketch (59e59), Angry Young Women…

(Players Theatre), Measure for Measure (NYU Tisch), Festenmacher (Robert Woodruff/NYU Tisch). Dance: Premieres by Sidra Bell, Alexander Ekman, Aszure Barton, Kate Weare, Benoit Swan-Pouffer, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. Television: NBC Coverage of the 2012 Democratic Convention, CNN, WNBC, SNY Sports, MLS Soccer. Education: BFA Rutgers University: Mason Gross School of the Arts 2005, MFA NYU Tisch School of the Arts 2012.

Sinan Refik Zafar Sound Designer

PlayMakers: Debut. Off-Broadway/New York: What the Constitution Means to Me (New York Theatre Workshop, Clubbed Thumb); What To Send Up, And She Would Stand Like This (The Movement Theatre Company); Intelligence (Next Door @ NYTW); Hamlet (Waterwell); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Tiltyard). Regional: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, Dorset Theatre Festival, Two River Theater, TheaterSquared. University: Yale Drama, Dartmouth University, NYU, Sarah Lawrence College. Education/Other: Member of Wingspace Theatrical Design. MFA: Yale School of Drama.

Mark Perry Dramaturg

PlayMakers: Company member for 12 seasons. The Cake, De Profundis, The Crucible, Trouble in Mind, Metamorphoses, Surviving Twin, A Raisin in the Sun, An Iliad, Noises Off, The Parchman Hour, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment, The Little Prince. Mark teaches play analysis and playwriting in the Department of Dramatic Art. His plays The Will of Bernard Boynton and A New Dress for Mona have been produced in our Kenan Theatre, and both have now been published by Drama Circle. Mark has recently directed two classic plays with Kenan Theatre Company: Hedda Gabler and The Cherry Orchard. Education/ Other: MFA, Playwright’s Workshop, University of Iowa. Former recipient of NC Arts Council Literature Fellowship for Playwriting.

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Tia James Vocal Coach

PlayMakers: Company member in her first season as head of Voice and Speech for the Professional Actor Training Program. Director of PlayMakers Mobile‘s Macbeth (2018). Broadway: The Merchant of Venice. Off Broadway/New York: The Merchant of Venice, The Winter’s Tale (Shakespeare in the Park, The Public Theater) Regional: The Review (Women’s Project) Loving and Loving (Stella Adler) Civilization: All You Can Eat (Woolly Mammoth). Directing: NYU Grad: Hamlet, The Mystery Cycles, Othello, Shakespeare Academy @ Stratford CT: Richard III, Two Gentlemen from Verona, Atlantic: A Bright New Boise. TV: Nurse Jackie, Treme. Teaching/Coaching: NYU Graduate Acting, NYU Dance, Atlantic Acting School, Montclair Univ. Education/Awards: MFA NYU Tisch Graduate Acting Program, BFA Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Teacher Training under Scott Miller from NYU Grad Acting and John Patrick from UNC Chapel Hill. Recipient of the 2014 NYU Graduate Acting Diversity Mentorship Scholarship, 2003 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship winner for Best Actor.

Charles K. Bayang Assistant Stage Manager

Charles is in his eleventh 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 Stage Manager

PlayMakers: Company member in her second full season. 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 third season as a company member and PlayMakers’ Producing Artistic Director. 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. She directed over fifteen productions

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at CTC including an acclaimed re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet featuring the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Theatre, Opera and Dance companies.

She brought CTC’s production of Amadeus, performed with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and Buffalo Philharmonic, to the Virginia Arts Festival featuring PlayMakers company member Ray Dooley. She has helmed productions of Leaving Eden, Mr. Joy, The May Queen, Three Sisters, Love Alone, RED and In The Next Room for PlayMakers, the world premiere of Noah Haidel’s Birthday Candles for Detroit Public Theatre, directed extensively for The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, and directed The Heidi Chronicles for Trinity Repertory Company.

As an actress, Vivienne has worked on and off-Broadway, in film and television, and at many of the country’s most celebrated theatres. She has appeared with Gene Wilder, Al Pacino and Blythe Danner, performed with Maggie Smith in the London revival of Edward Albee’s The Lady from Dubuque, 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. Vivienne also holds a BA from Brown University. She is the 2017 recipient of the Zelda Finchandler Award given by the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation.

Justin Haslett Managing Director

Justin Haslett is in his third season as a company member at the helm of PlayMakers’ administrative operations. He has more than 15 years in not-forprofit theatre management experience. From 2007-2016, Justin served as Associate General Manager to Boston’s largest not-for-profit theatre, the Huntington Theatre Company, recipient of the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award. During his time at the Huntington, he oversaw production budgets, negotiated contracts with agencies and unions, managed Company Management, and worked with award-winning regional and national talent. Prior to his time at the Huntington, Justin served as Director of Development for Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell, MA where he strengthened its foundation of engaged and generous community support. He also held multiple positions in development, marketing and management/administration for the Yale School of Drama, Yale Repertory Theatre and the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. Justin holds an MFA in Theatre Management from the Yale School of Drama and a BA in Theatre and Anthropology from Bowdoin College. He currently serves as the Chair of the Chapel Hill Cultural Arts Commission, serves on the Carborro Arts Committee and the Orange Country Arts Commission, and teaches classes in theatre management at UNC-CH.

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Michael Rolleri Production Manager

Michael is in his 32nd 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 USITT, he is a three-time winner at Tech Expo for the United States Institute For Theatre Technology. He is Associate 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.

National New Play Network

National New Play Network is an alliance of professional theaters that collaborate in innovative ways to develop, produce, and extend the life of new plays. Since its founding in 1998, NNPN has supported more than 250 productions nationwide through its innovative National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere program, which provides playwright and production support for new works at its Member theaters. Additional programs - its annual National Conference, National Showcase of New Plays, and MFA Playwrights Workshop; the NNPN Annual and Smith Prize commissions; its residencies for playwrights, producers and directors; and the organization’s member accessed Collaboration, Festival, and Travel banks and online information sessions - have helped cement the Network’s position as a vital force in the new play landscape. NNPN also strives to pioneer, implement, and disseminate ideas and programs that revolutionize the way theaters collaborate to support new plays and playwrights. Its most recent project, the New Play Exchange, is changing the way playwrights share their work and others discover it by providing immediate access to information on more than 22,000 new plays by living writers. NNPN’s 32 Core and almost 90 Associate Members - along with the nearly 300 affiliated artists who are its alumni, the thousands of artists and artisans employed annually by its member theaters, and the hundreds of thousands of audience members who see its supported works each year - are creating the new American theater. nnpn.org | newplayexchange.org

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CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS FEBRUARY 15

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GENERAL INFO

JOAN H. GILLINGS CENTER FOR DRAMATIC ART CB# 3235, UNC-CHAPEL HILL CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599-3235 BOX OFFICE: 919.962.7529 WEBSITE: WWW.PLAYMAKERSREP.ORG facebook.com/playmakersrep @playmakersrep instagram.com/playmakersrep playmakersrep.org/blog

Box Office Hours Monday-Friday 12:00 noon-5:00pm and 90 minutes prior to each performance.

Use of Cell Phones and Other Electronics Texting and using cell phones, laptops, smart watches, and other devices that make sounds or emit light are strictly prohibited during the performance. It disturbs other patrons and the actors. Please turn all electronic devices to silent or off during the show.

Cameras or Recording Devices Taking photographs or videotaping inside the auditorium is strictly prohibited during performances. However, before the show, during intermission, and after the show, you are invited to take and share your photos of the stage and scenery.

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PLAYMAKERS Parking Come early to have a complete PlayMakers experience! Plan to arrive 30 minutes before the show so that you have time to park, find your seat, and enjoy the playbill with a drink or a light snack. Please note that campus parking is maintained by UNC’s Department of Public Safety, and while free and open to the public after 5:00pm and on weekends, parking is frequently used by the larger UNC population and the Chapel Hill community. Therefore, please allow yourself time to find parking. More information is on PlayMakers’ website: www.playmakersrep.org/visitor-info.

Policy on Young Children As a courtesy to our patrons, it is the policy of PlayMakers not to admit children under the age of 5. All of our shows have age recommendations based on the content of each production. If you are considering bringing your child, please refer to our age recommendations, or contact our Box Office for further information.

All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket.

Headsets for Hearing Impaired Patrons Our theatres are equipped with sounds systems that amplify the sound from the stage. Patrons who wish to use the system may obtain headsets on a first-come, first-served basis from the coat check. Headsets must be returned immediately after the performance.

Late Seating and Leaving Your Seat During the Performance In order to minimize disturbance to other patrons and the actors, late seating will be provided at the discretion of the house manager at an appropriate break in the action on stage. Patrons who need to be seated late must be escorted by house staff to seats at the rear entrance of the auditorium. Patrons can take their regular seat at intermission. We discourage patrons from leaving their seats during the performance. Be advised that you most likely will not be able to return to your regular seat; patrons will be reseated by house staff at the rear of the auditorium.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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PLAYMAKERS Administration Vivienne Benesch, Producing Artistic Director Justin D. Haslett, Managing Director Martha Shannon, Grant Manager ARTISTIC OFFICE Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Company Artistic Associate Students: Taylor Brunson, Mahika Kawale, Alejandro Rodriguez, Producing Associate Ashley Legoas, Madison Walters Jeri Lynn Schulke, Engagement Associate MARKETING & AUDIENCE SERVICES Tracy Bersley, Movement Coach Diana Pineda, Director of Sales & Marketing Tia James, Vocal Coach Thomas Porter, Box Office Manager Gregory Kable, Dramaturg Rosalie Preston, Associate Director of Marketing Jacqueline E. Lawton, Dramaturg Alex James, Audience Services Associate Mark Perry, Dramaturg Julie Lucier, Audience Services Manager Adam Versényi, Dramaturg McKenzie Millican, Tessitura Coordinator Students: Gabriella Cila, Zaire Cullins, Brittany Petruzzi, Marketing & Comm. Associate Allyx Miles, Jada Poteat, Nijah Poteat, Gage Tarlton, Box Office Students: Logan Anderson, Joshua Wahab, Sophie Wise Liam Becker, Briana Colbert, Ashley Curry,

ADMINISTRATION

Ben Finsel, Ursula Gamache, Matthew Gregoire, Lauryn Hyatt, Chloe Jones, Gillian Montgomery, Giuliana Palasciano, Sydnni Poole Front of House Students: Aubree Dixon, Imani Edwards, Philip Guadagno, Grey Howard, Priya Naik, Agustin Noguera, Geomae Peterson, Alex Schmidt, Nya Spinks, Jenna Zottoli Marketing Students: Brooklynn Cooper, Cai Davis, Jamya Graham, Elizabeth Holmes, Rob Piscitelli, Tamara Royster, Salihah Siddiqui

Joe Emeis, General Manager Frank Bermel, Accountant Abbey Toot, Company Manager/Executive Assistant Lauren Vandemark, Business Operations Coordinator Anna Longenecker, Management Assistant DRAM 193: Marika O’Hara, Emily Pirozzolo, Briana Small, Sam Yancey

DEVELOPMENT Lenore Field, Corporate Relations & Events Manager Shea Fitzgerald, Assistant Director of Development

Department of Dramatic Art Adam Versényi, Professor and Chair

FACULTY

Jeffrey Blair Cornell, Associate Chair, Teaching Prof.

Dominic Abbenante, Teaching Assistant Professor David Adamson, Lecturer Judy Adamson, Professor of the Practice Milly S. Barranger, Alumni Distinguished Prof. Emerita Vivienne Benesch, Professor of the Practice Tracy Bersley, Assistant Professor Jan Chambers, Professor McKay Coble, Professor Howard Craft, Professor of the Practice Ray Dooley, Professor Samuel Ray Gates, Assistant Professor Julia Gibson, Assistant Professor Jennifer Guadagno, Teaching Assistant Professor David A. Hammond, Professor Emeritus Justin Haslett, Teaching Assistant Professor

Kathryn Hunter-Williams, Teaching Assoc.Professor Tia James, Teaching Assistant Professor Gregory Kable, Teaching Professor Jacqueline E. Lawton, Assistant Professor Adam Maxfield, Teaching Associate Professor Triffin Morris, Professor of the Practice David Navalinsky, Associate Professor Bobbi Owen, Distinguished Professor Kathy A. Perkins, Professor Emerita Mark Perry, Teaching Assistant Professor Rachel E. Pollock, Teaching Assistant Professor Bonnie Raphael, Professor Emerita Michael Rolleri, Associate Professor Aubrey Snowden, Teaching Assistant Professor Craig Turner, Professor Emeritus

Frank Bermel, Accountant Betty Futrell, Student Services Specialist

Jamie Strickland, Business Officer Lauren Vandermark, Business Operations Coordinator

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STAFF

OUR 2018/19 SEASON Production Michael Rolleri, Production Manager Charles K. Bayang, Stage Manager Elizabeth Ray, Stage Manager DRAM 193: Marisa Antuna, Jordan Blazek-Guinan, Kathryn Brown, Briseydi Castro Perulero, Alyssa Geary, Joseph Hattan, Livian Kennedy, Cammie McMahan, Mikaela Mock, Annabelle Rahal, Amanda Roberts, Emily Smith, Shea Stanley, Josh Wahab, Zack Watkins

COSTUMES

Triffin Morris, Costume Director Jennifer Guadagno, Assistant Costume Director Kelly Anne Johns, Wig & Wardrobe Supervisor Rachel Pollock, Costume Craftsperson Alex Ruba, Costume Collection Coordinator Costume Production Graduate Students: Ellen Cornette, Cami Huebert,Samantha Reckford, Jane Reichard, Erin Rodgers, Danielle Soldat, Lauren Woods Undergraduate Assistant: Olivia Herrera DRAM 192: Pareen Bhagat, Alexis Bigelow, Dalia Blevins, Aeris Carter, Aneia Chanthaboury, LJ Enloe, Danny Ferguson, Michele Metzger, Lawson Park, Miriam Sanchez, Isabella St. Onge, Grace Sword Work Study Students: Hannah Berg, Karmen Black, Riley Brozovsky, Carla Diaz, Indigo Laibida, Amelia Locklear Volunteers: Pareen Bhaget, Emily-Jane Jackson, Isabella St. Onge, Naomi Eckhaus

LIGHTING

Dominic Abbenante, Lighting/Video Director Students: Jahel Gomes, Madison Haines, Rebecca Henry, Nathan Jenkins, Lara Madrid, Carrington Newland, Alessandra Quattrocchi, Autumn Skerlec

PROPS

Andrea Bullock, Properties Master Adrienne Call, Props Artisan Kevin Pendergast, Props Artisan Students: Kayla Bailey, Anna Ballard, Meghan Chandless, Kenly Cox, Hannah Fatool, Macy Jones, Nhi Nguyen, Gabby Reenstra

SCENIC

Adam Maxfield, Technical Director Laura Pates, Assistant Technical Director Donald Quilinquin, Master Carpenter Jessica Secrest, Scenic Artist Technical Production Graduate Students: TJ Hansen, Rocky Love, Nate Pohl, Kyle Spens Undergraduate Assistant: Laika Maganga DRAM 191: Kathryn Brown, Emily Buckner, Elizabeth Durham, Zach Eanes, Sydnie Kavanaugh, Frankie Lipscomb-Cobbs, Anna Longenecker, Connor Nielsen, Anish Pinnamaraju, Shea Stanley Work Study Students: Afua Abonuhi, Faith Benton, Abigail Carter, James Faucette, Carlexa Fevry, Susan Huynh, Cole Kordus, Julia Kwierzynski, Cheyenne Lowery, Lindsay Pendleton, Nathaniel Phelan, Sarah Pollack, Lesly Portillo Ramirez, Nina Quevedo, Kari Spenser

SOUND Derek Graham, Audio Designer/Engineer Student: Marisa Clemente

PlayMakers’ Resident Acting Company David Adamson Jeffrey Blair Cornell

Ray Dooley Julia Gibson Samuel Ray Gates Kathryn Hunter-Williams Professional Actor Training Program: Emily Bosco, Geoffrey Culbertson, April Mae Davis, Rishan Dhamija, Alex Givens, Brandon Haynes, Sarah Elizabeth Keyes, Jenny Latimer, Shanelle Nicole Leonard, Christine Mirzayan, Tristan Parks, Adam Poole, Dan Toot

For this Production of Jump Tristan Parks, Assistant Director TJ Hansen, Technical Director Rocky Love, Shop Foreman Barbara Kaynan, Cameron Wade, Drama Therapists

Jennifer Guadagno, Asst to the Costume Designer Samantha Reckford, Draper First Hands, Cami Huebert, Jane Reichard Stitchers, Ellen Cornette, Lauren Woods 45 Erin Rodgers, Asst to the Crafts Artisan

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 is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, an independent national labor union.

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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING WORLD CLASS INSTRUCTION

HIGH SCHOOL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Honored by the North Carolina Theatre Conference with its Youth Theatre Award, the Conservatory has been recognized as a “model program for youth theatre in North Carolina.”

THEATRE QUEST JUNE 10 - JULY 26

For middle school students, Theatre Quest is an exciting program that offers young actors with the opportunity to study a variety of disciplines and train with professional theatre artists in a professional setting—come and train with us for one week or all seven!

All classes meet at the Center for Dramatic Art on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill from 10:00am– 5:00pm with early drop-off available at 9:00am for an additional fee (free for UNC employees).

THEATRE INTENSIVE

THEATRETECH

The Triangle’s premier actor training program for rising 9th graders through recent high school grads, Theatre Intensive offers young people the opportunity to train, rehearse and perform under the guidance of professional artists.

AUDITION REQUIRED.

This unique program provides high school students and recent high school grads, with the chance to apprentice with PlayMakers’ professional staff in Costumes, Scenic Design/ Stage Craft, Lighting and Stage Management.

INTERVIEW REQUIRED.

JUNE 17 - JULY 31

JUNE 17 - JULY 28

Performances: July 17–28 *Financial Aid is available

FOR MORE INFORMATION

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Trustees Tom and Lisa Hazen Matt and Bobbi Hapgood * Brian Hargrove and David Hyde Pierce The Lewis R. Holding Fund of the North Carolina

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Ashley and John Wilson Rick and Jennifer Woods * David and Heather Yeowell

Supporter ($250–499) Anonymous Virginia Aldige Tony and Susan Barrella Adam Beck ^ John W. Becton and Nancy B. Tannenbaum Shula and Steve Bernard Jim and Martha Bick Frank and Sally Binkowski Julie Blatt and Arthur Greenberg Julia Borbely-Brown ^ David Brehmer and Megan Matchinske Ken and Margie Broun Joyce Carver Bumann Lucille Burkett-Hoffman ^ Keith Burridge and Patricia Saling Glenn and Patricia Camp Philip and Linda Carl Sarah Casey * Beverly Long Chapin Norm and Portia Christensen

Dennis Clements and Martha Ann Keels Marshall and Phyllis Clements Joseph and Elizabeth Cook Lawrence S. Craige Patricia Lockwood Davis Nancy and Mark Dewhirst Dr. Carrie Donley Steven and Sandra Dykes Jo Anne and Shelley Earp Claire Ebbitt ^ Jeff and Kamie Edwards Jerry and Adelia Evans Mr. and Mrs. Philip W. Ewing Barbara and Chris Exton James Faber and Mary Musacchia Paul and Anita Farel Pat and Frank Fischer ^ Beth Furr John and Ann Gabor Ruth and Art Gerber Linda Grimm Albert and Mary Guckes Carol and Nortin Hadler Toby and Cheryl Harrell David and Lina Heartinger Marianna Matthews Henry Don and Kay Hobart Terrence Holt and Laurie Langbauer Mr. and Mrs. David G. Hubby William W. Hurd Gerda G. Hurow Lynne and Walter Jacobs ^ Charles and Ellen Johnson Mary Kerrigan Brian and Moyra Kileff Lynn K. Knauff Richard and Lynne Kohn Dr. Leonard and Ruth Kreisman ^ Marie E. Kulchinski Joseph Labenson Carol and Alexander Lawrence Judi Lilley Dayna Lucas Mort and Cheryl Malkin Raleigh and Betsy Mann Shelley Masters Sharon and Alan McConnell Ellen McDaniel Ross and Margaret McKinney Sr. Larry McManus Herbert and Jeanne Miller

Roy and Bev Milton Susan Minnix and Ronald Manka Cecelia D. Moore ^ Rick Muise Betty Nies Pat and Mary Norris Oglesby Lois Oliver Lee and Barbara Pedersen Beth and Larry Peerce Mark and Eugenea Pollock Jodi and Glenn Preminger George and Carol Retsch-Bogart Sandra and Stephen Rich Drs. Sharon and Chris Ringwalt Margaret Anne Rook Dr. Michael Salemi Jan F. and Anne P. Sassaman Stephanie Schmitt John and Lucia Sehon Martha and Michael Shannon William Sharpe Barry Slobin and Carol Land Dr. and Mrs. Sidney C. Smith John and Carol Stamm Margaret Griswold Teasley Barney and Vivian Varner Glenn Veit and Judy Kane Patrick Wallace and Laurie McNeil Katherine White Ann and Frank Wilson Meribeth Withrow

Patron ($100–249)

Anonymous (6) Fouad Abd-El-Khalick and Lama Boufajreldin * Mary Altpeter Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Archie Tony and Bonnie Armer Dr. Elaine Arrington Katie Baer Phil and Ellen Baer Clifford and Robin Bailin Guy and Ingrid Baird Frank and Anna Baldiga Kim Ball Dan and Susan Barco Samuel and Laura Baron Judith Barton Barry Bayus and Anna Chao Larry and Sheila Benninger Kitty Bergel

Robert and Christine Berndt Patricia C. Beyle Dorothy and Justin Biddle Dolores Bilangi Sara and Richard Bird Mr. and Mrs. David Birnbaum Jill and Dick Blackburn Mr. Joseph Blair and Sandra Peyser Peter and Denise Bleckner Scott and Victoria Bouldin Donald A. Boulton Thomas W. Boyer Carol Brainard and Nancy Hardin Mitchell Breit William Brettmann ^ Maurice and Mary Hughes Brookhart Mr. and Mrs. William Browder Charles and Renee Brown Greg and Lisa Brown * Lyndon E. Brown, PhD Renee A. Brown Patricia Bryan and Tom Wolf Dean and Catherine Burnette * David Burr and Rustine Unger Maurice and Joan Bursey Douglas Call and Susan Warwick Dr. Leigh Fleming Callahan Paul and Amelia Carew Hodding Carter Clara Cazzulino Dr. Margaret Champion Richard Chase and Terry Parsons Dr. and Mrs. Jason K.S. Ching Steve Clark and Becky Luce-Clark Ellen Clevenger-Firley Betty and Gilles Cloutier Anne Coenen Margaret Cohen Robert F. Coleman, III

In memory of Susan Hurst Rappaport Geneva Collins and Theodore Fischer ^ Jeffrey Collins and Rose Mills Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf J. Colloredo-Mansfeld Mrs. Michael Colvin Marcella Congdon Elizabeth Cook Jeanette and Matthew Cook Jay and Barbara Cooper Greg Copenhaver Josephine Corro Dr. Mary Covington and Mike Patil

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Adrienne and John Cox Ellen and James Cox Linda G. Craney Karen Dacons-Brock Jacobi and Jerry Daley Julie Daniels Barbara and Allen Dearry Hampton and Jolynn Dellinger * Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bigelow DeMaine Aravinda Desilva and Amy Weil Leslie Deslis Todd Dickinson and Helen Kalevas Judith Dimon Artie Dixon Alec and Georgia Donaldson Caroline Donaldson and Ephraim Firdyiwek Ray Dooley and Rebecca Bailey * Kerry and Julia Draeger Dr. and Mrs. Claude Wallace Drake Ginny and David Dropkin Terry Byrd Eason and Jonathan D. Whitney Connie Eble Bobette Eckland and Richard Kamens E.M. Eddy and D.A. O’Brien Jan Elliott Jonathan Engel and Meryl Kanfer Donald and Audrey Esposito George Evans Melinda Evans Carrie Faber * Fearrington Friends of the Arts Laurice Ferris ^ Joao de Figueiredo Karen Fink Jon and Susan Fish Brian K. Flatley Christina and Richard Folger Dorathea Foote ^ JoAnn and Stan Fox Stanley and Rabbi Suri Friedman W. Patrick Gale ^ Bennett Galef Maggi Gallagher and Don Castro Harolyn J.L. Gardner Betty Garland Mat Gerard * Adam and Jennifer Gerdts Tom and Victoria Gerig Mike and Bonnie Gilliom Ugo Goetzl goingbarefoot.inc

Scott Goldsmith Nathalie Goodrich Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grabowski John and Lucy Grant Dorothy Gration Christina Graybard and Nicholas Mirra Terry Greenlund Elizabeth Grey Gail and Steve Grossman Shontel and Whitney Grumhaus Kay Gruninger Priscilla Guild Pickett Guthrie Owen Gwyn Gayla Halbrecht Nancy Haltom Bruce Hamilton and Jennifer Weiss Christopher Harris Janet Hartman Mr. & Mrs. James C. Hayes Thomas and Gail Heath Charlotte Henshaw William Hicks and William Sadler Shayna A. Hill Ann Hillenbrand Ann Holloman Elizabeth and Donald Holt Jewel Hoogstoel Mary Howes, In Memory of Jonathan B. Howes John and Joyce Hren Brad and Debra Ives * Abby Jablin Charles and Betty James Justin Johnson Robert and Cecelia Jolls Christy Jones Ann Moss Joyner Rynita and Eric Julien David Jung Bobby and Claudia Kadis Daniel and Linda Kaferle Richard and Sally Kahler Drs. John F. and Joy S. Kasson Naomi Kaufman Tom Keeler and Dr. Keturah Faurot Paul and Edith Keene Charles R. Keith and Muki W. Fairchild Marie-Beatrice and Robert Keller Vance and Marilyn Kelley Michael E. Kelly Jack and Carol Kepler

Kristi Kerins Moise Khayrallah * Carole and Gary Kibler Ted and Marilyn Koenig Frank Konhaus and Ellen Cassilly ^ Elizabeth K. Koonce David and Vivian Kraines Timothy A. Kuhn Shrawan Kumar Randi and Brian Kurtzer Ted and Debbie LaMay Randy and Cathy Lambe Betty-Ann Landman Benjamin Landman and Jen Feldman

In honor of Ms. Betty-Ann Landman Robert Lauterborn

In memory of Sylvia Lauterborn William Leary John and Ruth Leopold Rick and Kathleen Lessard Arnold and Annette Levine Dr. Philip and Anne Lewis ^ Betty and John Leydon Roy Lindahl and Marian Stephenson Erika Lindemann David Linquist * Joan Lipsitz and Paul Stiller Clarissa Liu James and Mary Lou LoFrese Dr. and Mrs. Miles Lovelace Carol Lucas Taylor and Thomas Ludlam * John Ludlow and Kathy Davies Samuel Magill and Eunice Brock William Mahony and Joyce Boucheron H.R. and Betsy Malpass Rosalie Marcus Chris and Caroline Martens Bill and Susan Mattern Karen McCall Ann and Webb McCracken Patrick Joseph McLane ^ Lee McLean Pat and Bob McQueen Cathleen Melton and Larry Greenblatt Carol and Eric Meyers Amey Miller and David Kiel Dori Mitzi Dana Mochel Kristen Monahan Gustavo and Joan Montana

Laura Moore and Brad Murray Merry-K Moos Joseph and Barbara Moran Kristy Merrell Morley Suzanne Morrah and Robert Jenkins Charles Mosher and Pamela St. John Margaret B. Mullinix Kate Murphy Judy Murray Lee and Ava Nackman Ursula Nebiker Nancy Oates Edward and Shirley O’Keefe Glenn E. O’Neal Marilyn and Peter Ornstein Barry and Lois Ostrow Heather and Russ Owen Norman and Roberta Yule Owen ^ Patsy Owens * Elizabeth Paley and Stefan Zauscher William Palmer and JoAnn Hotta Michael Patrick Julie and Ronald Paxton Dr. Cort Pedersen Robert Peet Arnold Pender Diane Pettifor Nancy Smith Pfeiffer

In memory of Betty Smith Bepi Pinner John and Sally Pinnix Gordon and Jo Ann Pitz Stephen and Lyn Pizer Chris Plaks Dr. Martin and Barbara Poleski Theodore and Margaret Pratt Steven E. Quasny Maureen Quinn-Rubin Elizabeth Raft Dr. Donald J. Raleigh Jean Rhyne Geraldine and Gary Richards Kay Richardson Richard and Sue Richardson Sandra Roberts * Mrs. Paul Rohrdanz Louise Romanow and Bill Swallow Frances Ross Judith L. Ruderman Mary Ann Ruegg Laura and Reid Russell

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Florence and Paul Safran Dale Sandler Allie and Ian Scales ^ Carol Schachner ^ Tanya L. Schreiber Jim and Cindi Schrum Bill Schwab Dr. Caryl Jane Schwartzbach Georganne Sebastian Joan Seiffert Pat Shane Andrew Shapanka Carl and Eve Shy Ilene Siegler and Charles Edelman Caroline Sikorsky Howard Simon Karen Sindelar and Douglas Schiff Ron and Mary Sinzdak Sim Sitkin and Vivian Olkin Dr. Robert Sealock and Cecile Skrzynia Mike and Kim Slomianyj Mariechen W. Smith Peter and Rosalyn Smith Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Solomon ^ Chuck and Marlene Spritzer Kimberly W. Spurr Susan F. Stedman Cathy and Sefton Stevens Andy Stewart and Peggy Kinney ^ Lee and Barbara Strange Dr. Lishan Su ^ James and Sarah Swenberg Dr. Mary Lou Szymkowski and Dr. Lindsey Puryear Beverly Taylor Daniel and Linda Textoris Charles Thomas and Suzanne Maupin Patti and Holden Thorp Bruce and Carol Tomason

Ara Tourian Jeff and Nancy Tudor Nancy Tunnessen Nancy Tusa and Andy Brawn Robert W. Upchurch John and Donna van Arnold ^ Carol and Jim Vorhaus Lynn H. Voss Deborah and Jonathan Wahl Sandy and Bill Wall David and Marsha Warren Phil Washburn and Mary Jenne Anna Washington The Rev. Wendy R. and Mr. W. Riley Waugh Tovah Wax and Lucjan Mordzak Nan Weiss Marlene and Ken Whitt Coleman Whittier Jane Williams Blanche S. Williamson Calvin and Carrie Williamson * William and Katherine Wilson Maureen A. Windle and Douglas Cary ^ Jane Pettis Wiseman Peter Witt Jerry Worsley Janice and Richard Woychik Edward and Phyllis Wright David and Dee Yoder Kristen Smith Young and Dylan Young Elizabeth Youngs and Richard Haynes * Justin Yung ^

^ Sustainers Club Member * PlayMakers Gala Supporter + Women’s Point of View (WPOV) Leadership Council Member

This list is current as of December 31, 2018. 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.

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Merry men, Maid Marian, and much merriment

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A holiday musical that goes straight to the heart

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HOW I LEARNED TO

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An unexpected bridge between sorrow and hope

How long can a truth be denied?

A survivor's guide to the rules of the road

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