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We are thrilled to welcome DC native Gina Gionfriddo back to Round House with her 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist, Rapture, Blister, Burn. Gina’s last play here, 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist Becky Shaw, was the first big hit of my tenure as Producing Artistic Director, so it’s fitting that she’s the first playwright I’ve chosen to produce twice. What I love about Gina’s writing is that she tackles big issues in a way that is incredibly entertaining. She doesn’t hit us over the head with her ideas. Rather, she presents us with flawed characters that are struggling with those ideas as much as we are. They are relatable, and that’s a big part of what makes them so damn funny. Our heart goes out to her characters because they are as screwed up as we are. Who hasn’t wondered if the grass is really greener in your neighbor’s yard, as both Gwen and Catherine do in this play? Like them, we all look back to those defining moments in our life, wonder if we made the right decision, and yearn for something different when we’re feeling low. But Rapture, Blister, Burn isn’t just a personal story; it’s a political one as well. Gionfriddo asks her characters to make these difficult life decisions in the context of a class on feminism. In so doing, we see all of the decisions in this play — and by comparison, the decisions in our own lives — through the lens of feminist theory. By presenting us with characters for whom the personal is political, we are challenged to ask big questions about not just ourselves, but about our society as a whole. In an interview last year with The San Francisco Chronicle, Gina was asked how she hopes the audience would react to Rapture, Blister, Burn. She said, “I don’t have a desired result. I just want to stir the pot and start a conversation.” Our goal with this production is to realize Gina’s desire - to stir the pot in hopes that you’ll stick around at one of our many post-show discussions and debate the ideas here with us, or that you’ll go home and discuss it over drinks with your friends. Part of our mission at Round House is “to captivate audiences with stories that inspire compassion, evoke emotions, and demand conversation.” We hope you’ll agree that Rapture, Blister, Burn does all three. Thanks as always for coming to Round House! We hope to see you back here soon.

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remains to opt back in when they are ready. It is important to note, too, that not only white, middle class American women have done the writing. The feminist and civil rights movements separated in the late 1960s for both cultural and strategic reasons. Many African Americans felt their concerns being pushed to the margins of the women’s movement by its overwhelmingly white leadership. Others consciously reserved their own prose for what they felt was the more urgent struggle for racial equality. But many important writers have insisted that their fight for equality as African Americans and their fight for equality as women must not — cannot — be separated. In 1984, Audre Lorde’s seminal collection of essays, Sister Outsider, spoke directly to the figure of patriarchal culture. “Perhaps… I am the face of one of your fears,” Lorde wrote, “Because I am a woman, because I am Black, because I am a lesbian, because I am myself — a Black woman warrior poet doing my work — come to ask you, are you doing yours?” In 1990, Patricia Hill Collins’ Black Feminist Thought sought for the first time to produce a theoretical framework for reading some of the most important feminist thinkers of the era. And in 1999, Joan Morgan’s When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost articulated a “hip hop feminism” for the 21st century. These works continually remind us that the essential ques-

Can a woman “have it all”? That is, can she create a meaningful and successful life for herself both at work and at home? And if she is fortunate enough to create such a life, what are the chances that she can sustain it? For more than half a century, American women have labored to answer this question. Betty Friedan is often credited with being the first to put the question in writing. In her 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique, Friedan identified the “problem that has no name” — the dissatisfaction of many middle class women with a life lived entirely in the domestic sphere. A decade later, in her landmark study of rape, Against Our Will, journalist Susan Brownmiller raised public consciousness about an epidemic of violence against women that plagued the country. How could women find fulfillment in either work or family in a culture that continually forced them into subordination? Arguing that mediated images of sexual violence fueled this epidemic, law professor Catherine McKinnon and activist Andrea Dworkin took up their pens in the 1980s to draft anti-pornography legislation in several states. And since the mid-1990s, women of what has been called the Opt Out Generation — those who have left work to raise a family — have written visibly and prodigiously about how difficult it

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tion of feminism is not just whether women can have it all but whether all women can have it all? Nor have feminist writers restricted themselves to the genre of nonfiction. Poets such as Adrienne Rich and Gwendolyn Brooks have crafted a feminism that is not a matter of the intellect but of the soul. Novelists such as Toni Morrison and Jean Rhys have demonstrated that the faculty of imagination is central to the progress of feminism and, indeed, to all struggles for liberation. And then, of course, there are the

playwrights, women whose works — from Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes to Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, from Paula Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive to Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles, from Sarah Ruhl’s The Vibrator Play to Gina Gionfriddo’s Rapture, Blister, Burn — have dramatized feminism as an embodied practice. For them, as for we who sit in their audiences, feminism lives not only on the page but in the breath, the voice, and the flesh.

Significant Events in the History of American Women 1848 The First Woman’s Rights Convention, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott and held in Seneca Falls, New York 1866 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucy Stone found the American Equal Rights Association to promote universal suffrage. Three years later it will change its name to The National Women’s Suffrage Association. 1896 The National Association of Colored Women is founded. Mary Church Terrell is its first president. 1920 In February, the National League of Women Voters is founded. Six months later, the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution grants women the right to vote. 1960 The Food and Drug administration approves birth control pills. 1963 The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan is published. 1966 The National Organization for Women (NOW) is founded. 1967 Inaugural issue of The Phyllis Schlafly Report is mailed to 3,000 supporters. 1968 Cornell University offers the nation’s first accredited course in women’s studies. 1970 At the second annual Congress to Unite Women, twenty lesbian feminists challenge straight feminists to confront their homophobia. 1972 Ms. Magazine begins monthly publication. 1973 Through Roe v. Wade and its companion case, Doe v. Bolton, the Supreme Court overturns antiabortion statues. 1979 At New York University, Andrea Dworkin and Catherine McKinnon organize the first meeting of what will become Women Against Pornography (WAP). 1981 Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the first woman Supreme Court justice. 1982 ERA fails to be ratified in three states. Although the amendment is reintroduced in 1983 and 1984, it fails both times due to lack of support in Congress. 1984 Geraldine Ferraro wins the Democratic nomination for vice president. 1993 President Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act. 2005 Hilary Clinton becomes the first First Lady to be elected to public office when she wins a seat in the U.S. Senate, representing New York. 2009 Sonia Sotomayor becomes the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice.

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T S A C MICHELLE SIX (Catherine Croll) returns to Round House after playing the title role in Becky Shaw. In NYC, she has performed off-Broadway for the HERE Arts Center and with the Rude Mechanicals Theater Company. Regional appearances include roles at Baltimore Center Stage, The Alliance Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Pioneer Theater Company, American Conservatory Theater, San Jose Civic Light Opera, Cape Playhouse, TheatreWorks, Olney Theatre Center, and seasons with the California, San Francisco, Utah and Nebraska Shakespeare festivals. Television and film credits include Third Watch, Conviction, The Beat, and Rodger Dodger. She received a BA from Tufts University, an MFA from A.C.T., and her JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. When not on stage, Michelle is Of Counsel at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and she thanks the entire DC office for graciously hosting her during this visit. For Grandma Mae.

TIM GETMAN (Don Harper) is thrilled to return to Round House having last appeared Fool for Love and The Retreat from Moscow. He has worked onstage for 15 years in the Washington/Baltimore area, most recently performing in The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide..... at Theater J. He has also been seen at Arena Stage, Folger Theatre, Rep Stage, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Studio Theatre, Everyman Theatre, and Center Stage, among others. Tim is a Woolly Mammoth company member, seen in The Unmentionables, Gruesome Playground Injuries, Detroit, and Appropriate. Recent television credits include The Men Who Built America and Veep.

BETH HYLTON (Gwen Harper) is delighted to make her Round House Theatre debut. DC area credits include many productions at Everyman Theatre in Baltimore, where she is a member of the resident company; Appropriate and Martha Josie and Chinese Elvis (Woolly Mammoth); Clybourne Park (Baltimore CenterStage); Ford’s Theatre; Kennedy Center; Olney Theatre Center. NYC credits include Gorilla Rep; Vital Theatre Company; NYC Fringe Fest; the OntologicalHysterical; Todo Con Nada. Favorite regional credits include Private Lives and An Ideal Husband (Pittsburgh Irish and Classical

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Theatre); A Doll’s House and Blithe Spirit (Gulfshore Playhouse); Suddenly Last Summer (the Hipp); The Cocktail Hour (the Public Theatre of Maine); Death of a Salesman, (Weston Playhouse); Skylight (Hot Summer Nights Playfest); The 39 Steps (the Maltz Jupiter). Television: One Life to Live, As The World Turns, House of Cards, Shrink Rap (pilot). Beth is the co-producer of The Actors Salon. MFA: Professional Actor’s Training Program at UNC-Chapel Hill/PlayMakers Rep. www.bethhylton.com

MAGGIE ERWIN (Avery Willard) DC area credits include Bad Jews (Studio Theatre); She Kills Monsters (Rorschach Theatre); Abominable and Failure: A Love Story (The Hub Theatre); Sunny and Licorice (Arts on the Horizon); Edgar and Annabel (Studio 2nd Stage); Aquarium (Imagination Stage); GO, DOG. GO! (NextStop Theatre Company); A Frontier: As Told By the Frontier (2013 Source Festival); 2013 New Play Festival (Young Playwrights’ Theatre); and The Pirate Laureate of Port Town (Flying V Theatre). Next up, Maggie’s in the remount of Sunny

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and Licorice at Arts on the Horizon and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz at Adventure Theatre. Maggie is a recipient of Boston University’s Award for Theatrical Collaboration and interned with the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney, Australia. She is a graduate of the Boston University School of Theatre and holds a BFA in Acting.

Burn was a finalist for the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Drama. The show had a twice extended run off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons and also recently had a successful run at the Hampstead Theatre in London. Ms. Gionfriddo’s play Becky Shaw, also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama enjoyed a long off-Broadway run at Second Stage (Outer Critics Circle Award) and in London at the Almeida Theatre, where it received two Evening Standard Award nominations. Her other plays include After Ashley (Vineyard Theatre, Obie Award); U.S. Drag (Clubbed Thumb and the stageFARM); Squalor and America’s Got Tragedy (one-acts at the stageFARM) and Guinevere (O’Neill Playwrights Conference). Ms. Gionfriddo received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Playwriting, as well as the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Helen Merrill Award for Emerging Playwrights and an American Theatre Critics Association/Steinberg Citation. She has worked as a writer and producer for Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and as a writer for Cold Case. Her other TV work includes Borgia and House of Cards. Ms. Gionfriddo is a graduate of Barnard College and Brown University’s MFA playwriting program. She has taught at Brown University and Providence College.

HELEN HEDMAN (Alice Croll) was previously seen at Round House in The Chemistry of Change and The Rehearsal. Area credits include A Delicate Balance, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, The Women, The Importance of Being Earnest, others (Arena Stage); Lady Windermere’s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, The Country Wife and Camino Real, others (Shakespeare Theatre); The Year of Magical Thinking (Studio); Sabrina Fair, A Christmas Carol (Ford’s); Beaches, Show Boat, My Fair Lady and The Sex Habits of American Women (Signature); Piaf (Helen Hayes nomination), Triumph of Love, Omnium Gatherum, many others (Olney); Mrs. Farnsworth, The Seagull and Kimberly Akimbo (Rep Stage); August, Osage County, Pygmalion, School for Scandal, The Cripple of Inishmaan (Everyman Theatre, Baltimore). Regional credits include The Glass Menagerie and An Inspector Calls (Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma); Tough Choices for the New Century (CATF) Press Cuttings (International Shaw Conference) and Canterbury Tales (St. Louis Rep).

C I T S I T AR TEAM GINA GIONFRIDDO (Playwright) is an award-winning playwright and accomplished television writer. Her play Rapture, Blister,

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SHIRLEY SEROTSKY (Director) is currently the Acting Artistic Director at Theater J, where she recently directed a production of Yentl, with new music by Jill Sobule. For Theater J she has also directed The Argument, The Hampton Years, The History of Invulnerability, The Moscows of Nantucket, Mikveh (which received two Helen Hayes Nominations for Best Actress); and The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall (which received a Helen Hayes Nomination for Best New Play). She works as a freelance director in the DC area and beyond, and is passionate about the development of new work. Select directing credits include: The Jungle Book (Adventure Theatre); a 21/24 Signature Lab Workshop presentation of

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The Break (Signature Theatre); Working: The Musical (Keegan Theatre); Blood Wedding (Constellation Theatre); A Man, His Wife, and His Hat and Birds of a Feather (which won the 2012 Charles MacArthur Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play for The Hub Theatre); Juno and the Paycock (Washington Shakespeare Company); Reals, Five Flights and Two Rooms (Theater Alliance); Crumble (Lay Me Down Justin Timberlake) and We Are Not These Hands (Catalyst Theater); References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot (Rorschach Theater, for which she received a 2007 Helen Hayes nomination for outstanding direction); and Sovereignty (The Humana Festival of New Plays). Training: BFA, North Carolina School of the Arts.

Festival. She has also worked at Woolly Mammoth, Studio Theatre 2ndStage, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Forum Theatre, and The Hub Theatre, among others. Upcoming projects include costume designs for G-d’s Honest Truth at Theater J and Double Trouble at Imagination Stage. She is a Faculty Artist in Residence at Georgetown University, company member at Rorschach theatre, and a recipient of a DCCAH Individual Artist Grant. She has an MFA in costume design from the University of Maryland, a BA from Middlebury College and is a proud member of USA 829.

DANIEL CONWAY (Scenic Designer) has designed over a dozen productions for Round House Theatre including One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, directed by founding Artistic Director Jerry Whiddon. Recent productions include: The Last Five Years at Signature Theatre, directed by Aaron Posner; The Merry Wives of Windsor at Shakespeare Theatre, directed by Stephen Rayne; Dying City at Signature Theatre, directed by Matt Gardiner; The Diary of Anne Frank at Milwaukee Rep, directed by KJ Sanchez; The Games Afoot at Cleveland Play House, directed by Aaron Posner; The Adventures of Homer P Figg at The Kennedy Center, directed by Gregg Henry; The Aliens at Studio Theatre directed by Lila Neugebauer (his 25th production in a 20 year association with that theatre), and A Raisin in the Sun at The Arden Theatre directed by Walter Dallas. DEBRA KIM SIVIGNY (Costume Designer) is excited to be working with Round House for the first time. Recent work includes costume designs for Mockingbird (Kennedy Center TYA); She Kills Monsters (Rorschach Theatre); Yellow Face (Theater J); Orlando (WSC Avant Bard); Lobster Alice (Flying V); and scenic designs for the 2014 Source

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ANDREW CISSNA (Lighting Designer) last designed Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo at Round House Theatre. DC Credits include 1984 for Catalyst Theatre Company (2008 Helen Hayes Nomination); Sex with Strangers (Signature Theatre); One Destiny (Ford’s Theatre); After the Revolution and Yentl (Theater J); Passion for Justice (Olney Theatre Center); Mockingbird, Blues Journey, American Scrapbook, Teddy Roosevelt and the Ghostly Mistletoe (Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences); Birds of a Feather, Act a Lady (HUB Theatre); Pinkalicious, Alexander, The Happy Elf, Holes (Adventure Theatre); Blue/Orange, In On It, Gross Indecency (Theatre Alliance). Regional credits include Noises Off and Harvey (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); Noises Off (Perseverenace Theatre Company in Juneau, AK). Andrew holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and an MFA from the University of Maryland. MATTHEW M. NIELSON (Composer/Sound Designer) Sound design and composition credits include Two Trains Running, Young Robin Hood, Double Indemnity, Crown of Shadows, Next Fall, Amadeus, Around the World in 80 Days, My Name is Asher Lev, Eurydice, The Book Club Play, and A Prayer for Owen Meany (Helen Hayes Award). Other credits: Cincinnati Playhouse, Forum Theatre (Helen Hayes Award, The Illusion), Catalyst

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Theatre (Helen Hayes Award, 1984), Woolly Mammoth, Signature Theatre, Olney Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Rorschach, Delaware Theatre Company, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Barrington Stage Company, CATF, the Smithsonian Institution, Ford’s Theatre, Arena Stage, and Adventure Theatre. OffBroadway sound design credits include the Joseph Papp Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival. Film and TV credits include Elbow Grease, From Hell to Here, A Sleepover Story, The Long Road, Epix Drive-In, the Discovery Channel, National Geographic and Delivery.com. He is a founding member of audio theater company The Audible Group and creator of the series Troublesome Gap. He runs Sound Lab Studios, a premiere recording studio and production house in North Carolina. Samples can be heard through his publishing company, curiousmusic.com.

Round House Theatre. Dr. Kanter has written two books on performance and American culture, Performing Loss: Rebuilding Community Through Theater and Writing (Southern Illinois University Press, 2007) and Character-in-Chief: Performing American Identity at Presidential Libraries (forthcoming). She serves on the editorial board of the national journal Text and Performance Quarterly and works frequently with local nonprofit organizations on using theater to foster social change. Dr. Kanter holds a B.A. in English Literature from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University. MARGOT STURC (Assistant Director) is thrilled to be back at Round House Theatre after previously interning here in the summer of 2012. She has also worked with the Atlantic Theater Company, the New York Musical Theatre Festival, and Theatre for a New Audience. She is a proud graduate of Barnard College. Many thanks to Danisha, Ryan, and Shirley for this opportunity, and to Mom and Dad for their love and support.

KASEY HENDRICKS (Props Master) is thrilled to be joining Round House for a second time to work on Rapture, Blister, Burn. She has previously worked on Round House’s production of Seminar and is so grateful to be back working with this artistic team. In the past, she has worked on such productions as Woolly Mammoth Theatre’s The Convert and Stupid F***ing Bird, as well as Constellation Theatre’s 36 Views. In the summer, she works for Wolf Trap Opera on such productions as La Traviata, Carmen, and Falstaff. Currently, she is working on Synetic Theater’s Much Ado About Nothing. Kasey is so proud to be a part of the amazing artistic team for this show. It has been a truly amazing process!

BEKAH WACHENFELD (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to return to the Round House team for her second season after stage managing Becky Shaw, Seminar, This, The Lyons, Two Trains Running, Ordinary Days, Fool for Love, Fetch Clay, Make Man, and The Nutcracker. Select DC area stage management credits include An Iliad (Studio Theatre); The Religion Thing, New Jerusalem, The Whipping Man (Theater J); If You Give A Moose A Muffin (Adventure Theatre MTC); Mad Forest (Forum Theatre). Select regional credits include Miss Saigon, White Christmas, Amadeus (Walnut Street Theatre); Bad Dates, The Musical of Musicals…, The Light in the Piazza, Les Misérables (Weston Playhouse); Morini Strad (Primary Stages); Boy Wonders (Second Stage). International credits include The Time of Your Life, Cradle Me (Finborough Theatre) in London, UK. Ms. Wachenfeld also freelances in corporate event planning. She

JODI KANTER (Dramaturg) is an associate professor of theater at The George Washington University, where she teaches and directs. She has provided dramaturgical support at many of the area’s major theatres, including Arena Stage, Forum Theatre, Theater J, and Olney Theatre, and is happy to be working for the first time with

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is a proud member of AEA and graduate of James Madison University. Love to DSKMAT. ROUND HOUSE THEATRE is one of the leading professional theaters in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Its mission is to serve as “a home for outstanding ensemble acting and lifelong learning” and “to captivate audiences with stories that inspire compassion, evoke emotions, and demand conversation.” In its 37-year history, Round House has been nominated for 140 Helen Hayes Awards (including eight in 2014) and has won 27 (including three in 2014). Its productions have won “Outstanding Resident Play” four times. It produces a six-show season of modern classics, new plays, and musicals for more than 40,000 patrons each year at its 395-seat theater in Bethesda. Round House’s educational programs serve more than 2,500 students of all ages at its six-classroom Education Center in Silver Spring and in schools throughout

Montgomery County. Its many innovative education programs encompass Full Day Programs for Youth, including Summer Programs for K – 12; a Teen Performance Company, with classes and events for teens throughout the year culminating in The Sarah Metzger Memorial Play, the only play produced by a regional theater that is directed, acted and designed by high school students; School Outreach, including Intersections, Student Matinees, and Play It Forward, a program that allows Montgomery County high school students to attend Round House shows for free; and Classes for Adults and Youth.

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION STAFF Production Assistant: Rachel Zucker Run Crew: Kathryn Dooley, Chris Hall, Ethan Levin Additional Carpentry: Peter Gambardella, Chris Hall, Kyle McGruther, Holly Milch, Matthew Szeflinksi Electricians: Peter Gambardella, Chris Hall, Sarah Mackowski, Xena Petkanas, Beth Regalbuto, Will Voorhies Assistant Scenic Designer: Andrew Cohen Special Thanks: Crisitian Bell - UMBC Full time staff listed on page 20.

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K N A H T YOU

…to all of the CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, GOVERNMENT and INDIVIDUAL donors who made generous annual contributions to Round House Theatre during the 2014/2015 season. These taxdeductible gifts help the theatre continue to produce excellent productions and education programs and keep them accessible to our entire community. Please consider joining one of our giving circles. For more information about making a donation of cash, securities, or in‑kind services, please contact the Round House Theatre Development Department at 240.644.1403.

D I A M O N D C I R C L E ($ 10 0 , 0 0 0 +) Maryland State Arts Council

P L AT I N U M C I R C L E ($ 5 0 , 0 0 0 – $ 9 9, 9 9 9) Alan and Bonnie Hammerschlag Jeffrey and Carolyn Leonard

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Judy and Leo Zickler

Heidi and Mitch Dupler Margaret Abell Powell Fund of the William S. Abell Foundation MARPAT Foundation

Linda Ravdin and Don Shapero The Share Fund The Shubert Foundation Town of Chevy Chase

S I LV E R C I R C L E ($ 10 , 0 0 0 – $ 24 , 9 9 9) Esthy and Jim Adler Michael Beriss and Jean Carlson Clark Charitable Foundation Clark-Winchcole Foundation Cora and John H. Davis Foundation Pam and Richard Feinstein

Susan Gilbert and Ron Schechter The Homer and Martha Gudelsky Family Foundation J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation Ann and Bruce Lane Susan Freeman McGee

Nora Roberts Foundation Pasternak & Fidis The Rowny Foundation Dick and Katie Snowdon Sulica Fund Bernard and Ellen Young

Marion Ein Lewin Judy and Brian Madden Heidi and Bill Maloni Paul and Zena Mason Chris and Kathleen Matthews Susan and Bill Reinsch Hank and Charlotte Schlosberg

Laura and Robert Walther Robert and Virginia Walther Alan and Irene Wurtzel Anne and Robert Yerman Lynda and Joseph Zengerle

C O P P E R C I R C L E ($ 2 , 5 0 0 – $ 4 , 9 9 9) Marla and Bobby Baker, BakerMerine Family Foundation Terry Beaty Sue Ann and Ken Berlin Lorraine and Doug Bibby Chevy Chase Trust Frances Chyatte City of Rockville Clark Construction Group, LLC Community Foundation for Montgomery County Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts Bunny R. Dwin

Robbin and Giles Hopkins Reba and Mark Immergut Alan King Cathy Kwart Rona and Allan Mendelsohn

Lynn and Philip Metzger Stacy Murchison Larry and Melanie Nussdorf Marilyn and Barry Scheiner TrueTheatergoer

Jan and Jim Eisner David and Jane Fairweather Laura Forman and Richard Bender Eric and Jessica Glantz Hank and Carol B. Goldberg Graham Holdings Company Stuart and Beverly Greenfeig Daniel Kaplan and Kay Richman Lerch, Early & Brewer Nina McLemore Scott and Louise Melby Montgomery County Executive’s Ball Marlene Moser

Nancy and Dan Balz Tessie and Thanos Castambas Bill and Donna Eacho Robin Hettleman and Matthew Weinberg Linda Lurie Hirsch Allan and Shelley Holt

Erin and Mark Kopelman Frank and Joanne Lavin Judy Levey Geoff and Lisa Lewis Winton Matthews, Jr. Louis and Sherry Nevins Ilga Pakalns

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pohoryles Cynthia Rohrbeck Dian and Steve Seidel David and Peggy Shiffrin Carol Trawick Jerry and Jean Whiddon Andrew A. and Marcia D. Zvara

Rachel H.M. Abraham Michael and Nancy Arons Bethesda Magazine Community Fund Brent and Teresa Blackwelder Gail and Samuel Broder Susan and Laird Burnett Tom Calhoun and Thelma Triche Calvert Investments Jane and Fred Cantor Katherine Chase

DMW Peggy Dugan David Ehrhart EuroMotorcars Charles Gebbert Mary and Bill Gibb Jean and Christopher Gilson Albert Glickman Sheldon and Sherri Gottlieb The Greene-Milstein Family Foundation Harv Lester and Don McMinn

Ellen Hatoum William L. Hopkins and Richard B. Anderson Denise and Alexander Liebowitz Douglas McManus and Susan Albert in honor of Laura Forman Jeffrey Menick David Metzger Ann Morales Elissa and Bill Oshinsky

P. David Pappert Laurance M. Redway Sheldon and Barbara Repp Eric and Shelley Rubin Leslie Smith Pamela and John Spears Luanne and Marc Stanley Ed Starr and Marilyn Marcosson Lance Tucker Vivian Cavalieri LLC

Linda and Joseph Dominic Laurie Edberg Clare Evans Sally A. Fasman Duane and Barbara Fitzgerald Carole and Robert Fontenrose Mr. and Mrs. Larrie Greenberg M.D. Norman Gurevich Michael G. Hansen Ilana Heintz Susan R. Hoffmann Terry Ireland Judy and Peter Jablow Gail Jensen Larry and Sue Jeweler

Richard Kasten Dana and Ray Koch Suzanne and Jon Lawrence The Honorable Isiah Leggett and Mrs. Catherine Leggett Darrell Lemke and Maryellen Trautman Erik Lichtenberg Joan and James Lynn Louise Maillett Leslie Maitland and Daniel Werner Keith Martin Lisa Mezzetti and Linda Soldo Joan Mican and Skip Mahon Martha Newman

Geri and Dick Olson Posner-Wallace Foundation in honor of Rachel Abraham Nancy E. Randa Ryan and Christy Rilette Gene and Gail Rubinson Mary Schellinger Sarah Sexton Howard and Harriet Shapiro Harlan and Beverly Sherwat Linda and Leslie Smith Jacqueline R. Werner and Richard L. Soffer Joan and Stanley Weiss Wiley Rein LLP Kathryn Winsberg

Doyle Printing & Offset Co. Four Seasons Gansevoort Hank’s Oyster Bar Hilton Garden Inn Bethesda Honest Tea The Irish-Inn at Glen Echo The Iron Bridge Wine Company Jaleo Barry and Beth Lindley Max Brenner Microsoft

Mon Ami Gabi Montage Resort Montgomery County Government Nina McLemore The Patton Alliance Paul’s Liquor Propellor Provisions Red Door Spa Residence Inn Bethesda Richard Nader Entertainment Ritz Carlton

River Falls Rothschild Chateau Salamander Resort & Spa Shugoll Research Signature Theatre Strathmore Studio Theatre SunTrust The Taproot Foundation Theatre J Vamoose The Washington Kastles Zeke’s Coffee

A S S O C I AT E S ($ 2 5 0 – $ 4 9 9)

B R O N Z E C I R C L E ($ 5 , 0 0 0 – $ 9, 9 9 9) Elaine and Richard Binder Don and Nancy Bliss Freddie Mac Foundation Ann and Frank Gilbert Henry B. & Jessie W. Keiser Foundation Mark and Anastasia Joelson

Natalie Abrams Kathy and Norm Barker Dimick Foundation Carol Sue Fromboluti Robert E. Hebda

A DVO C AT E S ($ 5 0 0 – $ 9 9 9)

G O L D C I R C L E ($ 2 5 , 0 0 0 – $ 4 9, 9 9 9) Dr. and Mrs. Clement Alpert Cathy S. Bernard Don and Jan Boardman Data-Prompt, Inc.

F E L LO W S ($ 1 , 5 0 0 – $ 2 , 4 9 9)

B E N E FAC TO R S ($ 1 , 0 0 0 – $ 1 , 4 9 9)

ROUND HOUSE INNER CIRCLE Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County

ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS

Actors’ Equity Foundation, Inc. Deborah and David Astrove Kate and Stephen Baldwin Nan Beckley Robert and Carol Bennett Ellen L. Berman Marian Block and Ed Rosie David Bradley Lynn Bregman and Barry Malter Joan Bullmer Michael Burke Martin and Barbara Buzas Stacey Colino Ernest Cordova

IN-KIND DONORS Sally J. Patterson Anne & Henry Reich Family Foundation, Lee G. Rubenstein, Co-President Victor Shargai and Craig Pascal Robin Sherman Susan and John Sturc Weissberg Foundation Tim Westmoreland Roger Williams and Ginger Macomber Mier and Cathy Wolf Margot and Paul Zimmerman

Round House Theatre is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government, The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, and the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive (MSAC is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, which believes that a great nation deserves great art). The theatre is deeply grateful for the continued support of its federal, state, and local elected officials.

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American Plant Amtrak Assagi Barrel Oak Winery Bethesda Court Hotel Cabot Creamery of Vermont Café Deluxe Calvert Woodley Contemporary American Theater Festival Chevy Chase Florist Community Forklift Daily Grill

S P EC I A L F U N D S Donald B. Hirsch Scholarship Fund The Jeffrey and Carolyn Leonard Fund The Sarah Metzger Memorial Fund Melissa Blake Rowny Fund for Artistic Development

Every gift is important to us, and we’re grateful to those who contribute at all levels. Due to space constraints, however, we are only able to list donors giving $250 or more. This list is current as of January 20, 2015.

While we make every effort to provide accurate acknowledgement for our contributions, occasionally errors occur. We appreciate your patience and assistance in keeping our lists current. To make corrections, please contact the Development Department at 240.644.1403.

ROUND HOUSE THEATRE DIRECTORY

AUDIENCE SERVICES

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

LOCATIONS

ADVISORY BOARD

Mitchell S. Dupler, President Sally J. Patterson, Immediate Past President Susan Gilbert, Vice President Cathy S. Bernard, Treasurer Bruce S. Lane, Secretary Michael Beriss Elaine Kotell Binder Donald M. Boardman Laura Forman Ann Gilbert Eric Glantz Bonnie Hammerschlag Mitchell Hébert Erin Kopelman Marion Ein Lewin

Geoffrey P. Lewis Susan Freeman McGee Brian M. Madden Paul Mason Scott Melby Stacy Murchison Linda J. Ravdin Ryan Rilette Laura Walther Roger Williams Mier Wolf Judith H. Zickler General Counsel: Ann Marie Mehlert Lerch Early & Brewer, Chtd.

Jerry B. Whiddon, Producing Artistic Director Emeritus Guido Adelfio Esthy and James Adler Norman A. Barker Sue Ann Berlin Jean Carlson Donna W. Eacho Zelda Fichandler Carol Brown Goldberg Reba Immergut Peter A. Jablow Mark and Tory Joseph Betsy Karmin Audrey and Sheldon Katz Ann Lane Frank and Joanne Lavin Gordon and Jocelyn Linke

Dorothy and William F. McSweeny Chuck Muckenfuss Eliot Pfanstiehl Trina and Lee G. Rubenstein Ron Schechter Marilyn Scheiner Jeremy W. Schulman Victor Shargai Robin Sherman William J. Sim Richard W. Snowdon, III Jonathan R. and Shellie Steinberg Manny Strauss Kathy Yanuck Wenger Andrew A. Zvara

Bethesda Mainstage

Paid parking is available in the

4545 East-West Highway

Chevy Chase Trust building

Bethesda, MD 20814

parking garage, adjacent to

www.RoundHouseTheatre.org

the theatre. The eastern-most

Education Center

elevator in the garage provides

925 Wayne Avenue

direct access to the theatre.

Silver Spring, MD 20910

Parking is also available in various nearby lots including

Administrative Office

the metered garage on Waverly

One Veterans Place

Street. Meters run until 10 p.m.

Silver Spring, MD 20910

weekdays, with free parking on Saturday and Sunday. Pay-by-Cell

BOX OFFICE HOURS

Phone parking is available in the

M – F noon – 5 p.m.

ARTISTIC / PRODUCING

2014 – 15 ARTISTS

Producing Artistic Director: Ryan Rilette Associate Producer: Danisha Crosby Artistic Apprentice: Sarah Scafidi

House Management Staff: Lorraine Ebbins, Samara Fantie, Brian Jones, Sondra Katz, Nora O’Reilly, Lori Lentner Schwartz, Rachel Spears, Richard Taylor

ADMINISTRATION

PRODUCTION

Actors Evan Casey Katie deBuys Sherri L. Edelen Maggie Erwin Gabriela Fernandez-Coffey Will Gartshore Danny Gavigan Tim Getman Kimberly Gilbert Laura C. Harris Deborah Hazlett Mitchell Hébert Helen Hedman Beth Hylton Eddie Ray Jackson Mark Jaster Thomas Keegan Vincent Kempski Marty Lodge Brandon McCoy Roscoe Orman Lawrence Redmond Ryan Rilette Nancy Robinette Jefferson A. Russell Todd Scofield Eric Shimelonis Robert Sicular Michelle Six Katherine Renee Turner Erin Weaver James Whalen Jerry Whiddon Lauren Williams Joy Zinoman

General Manager: Tim Conley Accountants: Raffa, P.C.

DEVELOPMENT

Director of Development: Laura Blackwelder Manager of Institutional Giving: Patricia Germann Development Associate: Jennifer Culotta

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Director of Marketing & Communications: Bryan Joseph Lee Associate Director of Marketing & Communications: Sarah Pressler Graphic Design: Scott Shumaker Season Artwork: Esther Wu Branding: Propellor

Production Manager: Jesse Aasheim Technical Director: Amanda Stultz Assistant Technical Director: Kevin Maresca Master Electrician/Audio Supervisor: Liz Sena Costume Shop Manager: Rachel Schuldenfrei Scenic Charge: Jenny Cockerham Carpenter: Shaun Bartlow Production Stage Manager in Residence: Bekah Wachenfeld

EDUCATION

Director of Education: Brianna McCoy Education Intern: Meribor Matusow Lead Teaching Artists: Jessica Pearson Brandon McCoy

AUDIENCE SERVICES FACULTY Director of Audience Services: Wil E Johnson III Box Office Manager: Donna Hall Group Sales: Steve Langley Box Office Associates: Marquita Dill, Alessandra Dreyer, Giovanni Sayles, Claire Smith Lead House Manager: Michele Cesar Turner

Nora Achrati Audrey Bertaux Elizabeth Jernigan Casey Kaleba Timothy Kerber Marin Leggat Matt McGee Bri Manente David Mavricos Jessica Pena Melissa Richardson Andrew Stoffel Rick Westerkamp

Round House Theatre

Designers Christopher Baine Colin K. Bills Tony Cisek Andrew R. Cissna Daniel Conway Heidi Leigh Hanson Kasey Hendricks Helen Huang Jennifer Crier Johnston Misha Kachman Caite Hevner Kemp James Kronzer

2014/2015 Season

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES

PARKING

Waverly Street garage.

When there is a performance Frank Labovitz Andrea Moore Matthew M. Nielson Courtney O’Neill Meghan Raham Eric Shimelonis Debra Kim Sivigny Paul Toben Daniel MacLean Wagner Directors Joe Calarco Meredith McDonough Ryan Rilette Derrick Sanders Shirley Serotsky John Vreeke Edgar Gonzalez (Assistant) Orion Jones (Assistant) Sarah Scafidi (Assistant) Margot Sturc (Assistant) William Yanesh, Musical Director Dramaturgs Jodi Kanter Otis Ramsey-Zoe Brent Stansell Fight Choreographers Casey Kaleba Teen Performance Company Isabel Brodsky Milena Castillo-Grynberg Declan Conditt Nate Fellner Ronee Goldman Zoe Johnson Francis Kpue Derek Lamb Pamela Lawrence Zoe Malhotra Meribor Matusow Willa Murphey Natalia Pichardo Ilana Simon-Rusinowitz Megan Thompson Tyler Tripler Megan Wirtz

the box office is also open: Tuesday: noon – 7:30 p.m.

METRO BETHESDA

Wednesday & Thursday: 10 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Round House Theatre

Friday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.

is at 4545 East-West Highway,

Saturday: Noon – 8 p.m.

one block east of Wisconsin

Sunday: Noon – 3 p.m.

Avenue and of the Bethesda station on the Red Line.

TICKET SALES AND SUBSCRIBER EXCHANGES

SILVER SPRING Round House Theatre Education Center is at 925 Wayne Avenue,

Phone: 240.644.1100

adjacent to the Wayne Avenue

Fax: 240.644.1101

parking garage and two blocks

Tickets and subscriptions

from the Silver Spring station on

may also be purchased at

the Red Line.

the box office or online at www.RoundHouseTheatre.org.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS GROUP SALES

Cameras and recording devices

Discounts are available for

are not allowed in the theater.

groups of 10 or more. Call

Please turn off all pagers,

240.644.1100 for details.

telephones, watch alarms, and

LOBBY CONCESSIONS

the performance. Latecomers will

other electronic devices during be seated at the management’s

Food and beverages are

discretion.

available for purchase before the performance and during intermission. Food is

Program design by

not allowed in the theatre

Scott Shumaker at

auditorium, although drinks

Precision Design LLC.

with lids or caps are permitted.

Round House Theatre

2014/2015 Season

DESIGNER DISCUSSION Join the design team for a pre-performance discussion and get a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the show. Held in the theatre at 6:45pm prior to the first Wednesday performance. DIRECTOR DISCUSSION Join the director and/or Round House Theatre’s Producing Artistic Director for a pre-performance discussion of the show you are about to watch. Held in the theater at 7:15 p.m. prior to the first Friday performance. POST-SHOW TALKBACKS Join us for a post-show discussion of the play following the Wednesday and Thursday evening and Sunday matinee performances. Round House Theatre facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. Please request special needs seating at time of ticket purchase. Audio-description is provided at the second Saturday matinee. Sign-interpretation is provided at the fourth Saturday performance. (Reservations for sign interpreting services must be made at least 2 weeks before the performance.) Audio-enhancement systems are available for all productions. Please ask an usher for assistance.

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at Round House Theatre

The 2015 Sarah Metzger Memorial Play – Teen Performance Program

Directed by

Zoe Malhotra March 13 – 16, 2015 Six teenagers, communicating only via the internet, talk about everything from pop stars to Willy Wonka to suicide. From this chilling premise is forged a funny, compelling, and uplifting play that tackles the issues of teenage life and cyber-bullying headon and with great understanding.

Directed by

John Vreeke

April 8 – May 3, 2015 Baker’s award-winning Uncle Vanya reintroduces audiences to Chekhov’s enduring wit, insight, and emotional depth. It was hailed as one of the top 10 shows of 2012 by both The New York Times and New York Magazine. John Vreeke (The Lyons) directs a powerhouse cast of DC actors in a production that re-envisions our performance space.

240.644.1100 or RoundHouseTheatre.org