Much Ado About Nothing

THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY | 2014 SEASON

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY

Board of Trustees The Honorable Thomas H. Kean Honorary Chairman John Rathgeber President John Barr, III Jeanne Barrett David N. Bradford Bryan Burrough Patricia A. Connell James M. Deaver Frank DiPrima Suzanne Engel

Sarah Fargo Richard Fuchs James R. Gillen T. Randolph Harris Thomas W. Keffer James B. Kobak Jr. Gregory McCarthy

Honorary Board Members

Dr. MaryAnn Baenninger President of Drew University

Joseph McDonald Richard B. McGlynn Bonnie J. Monte Edward Ng James Pohlman Philip Rosenbach Rick Sordelet Claire Zweig

Bob Conley

Mayor of Madison

Trustees Emeritus: S. Dillard Kirby

Heath B. McLendon

Karl Meister

Founded in 1963 by Paul Barry and Philip Dorian, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is the State’s largest professional theatre company dedicated to Shakespeare’s canon and other world classics. Now in its 52nd season, the Theatre is one of the leading Shakespeare theatres in the nation, and the longest-running on the East Coast.

Designated a Major Arts Institution by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the company is a member of the New Jersey Theatre Alliance, the statewide association of professional theatres; and a member of ArtPRIDE New Jersey, the Shakespeare Theatre Association, and the Madison Arts and Culture Alliance.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is committed to creating an environment that is accessible to everyone. Our Main Stage venue, the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre, is fully accessible to persons with disabilities.

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THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE OF NEW JERSEY BONNIE J. MONTE is now in her 24th season as the company’s Artistic Director. Under her leadership, the Theatre has evolved into one of the largest and most respected classical theatres in the nation. Ms. Monte has garnered national recognition for her highly successful revitalization of the institution, and for her outstanding commitment to arts education and professional training. The Theatre has become one of the nation’s leading training grounds for emerging classic theatre artists.

During her more than two decades at the helm, the institution successfully completed a major capital campaign resulting in the complete renovation and expansion of the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre in 1998. She is currently working on The Legacy Project, the Theatre’s new campaign to perfect and protect the institution’s future. In 2002, the Theatre’s 40th anniversary year, she initiated a new partnership with the College of Saint Elizabeth, attaining a second summer performance venue for the organization: the Outdoor Stage, a unique and stunning Greek amphitheatre on St. Elizabeth’s campus. That same year, The Star-Ledger named the company “Regional Theatre of the Year,” and The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation awarded The Shakespeare Theatre a prestigious Strategic Partnership Grant in the amount of $1 million.

In its January 2003 issue, New Jersey Monthly named Ms. Monte one of “40 New Jerseyans We Love.” She has received numerous awards and honors including a Women of Achievement Award, sponsored by the New Jersey General Assembly; an Alumni Achievement Award from Bethany College in West Virginia; and a Person of the Year Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters, for her longtime efforts to nurture young artists. She has also been named Professional Artist of the Year by the Arts Council of the Morris Area, and one of the 25 Most Influential People in the Arts in New Jersey

by The Star-Ledger.

Prior to arriving in New Jersey, Ms. Monte was a casting director at the prestigious Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City. From 1981 to 1989, she was Associate Artistic Director at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts, working closely with renowned Artistic Director Nikos Psacharopoulos. While there, Ms. Monte initiated many new programs, including a second stage and an outdoor free theatre. In 1982, she was part of a writing team, which

included Psacharopoulos and Tennessee Williams, collaborating on Tennessee Williams: A Celebration, a major retrospective tribute to Mr. Williams’ entire literary canon. During her tenure at Williamstown, Ms. Monte also cast and helped produce joint ventures with other major theatres, including Sweet Bird of Youth at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway at Circle-in-the-Square, The Glass Menagerie at The Long Wharf Theatre, and Arms and the Man at The Pasadena Playhouse.

Since 1990, she has directed over 50 productions for The Shakespeare Theatre, including stagings of numerous Shakespeare plays, as well as work from the Russian classic canon with a focus on Chekhov and Ostrovsky. Her special affinity for Tennessee Williams has resulted in highly acclaimed productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real and Sweet Bird of Youth. She also directed shows for the Theatre’s Shakespeare LIVE! touring company including The Myths of Ancient Greece: Old Echoes, New Ears, which she also authored.

She has created a number of original translations/ adaptations for the company’s Main and Outdoor stages, including Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Marivaux’s The Triumph of Love, Pirandello’s Enrico IV, Ostrovsky’s Artists and Admirers, Maeterlinck’s The Blue Bird, Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters, which was published by Playscripts, Inc, and this year’s The Alchemist.

Ms. Monte has been actively involved in the training of new talent for the American stage through numerous training programs for over 30 years, and has also engaged in residencies at the University of South Carolina, where she directed The Trojan Women, and the University of Notre Dame, where she directed The Bacchae. She has been on the faculty of Drew University and The New School in Manhattan. Ms. Monte obtained a postgraduate conservatory degree in directing from The Hartman Conservatory and a B.A. in theatre from Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia. She has Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees from Drew University and the College of Saint Elizabeth.

She is originally from Stamford, Connecticut.

Bonnie J. Monte, Artistic Director & Jeanne Barrett, Managing Director, present

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

by William Shakespeare directed by

SCOTT WENTWORTH scenic designer

MICHAEL GANIO

costume designer

CANDIDA NICHOLS

sound designer

STEVEN L. BECKEL composer

PETER FOLEY

lighting designer

PETER WEST

production stage manager

DENISE CARDARELLI* period dance consultant

DAPHNE CUNLIFFE

* Denotes a member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s programs are made possible, in part, by funding from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional major support is received from The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, F.M. Kirby Foundation, The Edward T. Cone Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, CTW Foundation, and Drew University, as well as contributions from numerous corporations, foundations, government agencies and individuals.

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey is proud to be a member of The Shakespeare Theatre Association (STA).

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Cover illustration by Scott McKowen

On the Main Stage: the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre December 3–December 28

THE PLAYERS (in order of appearance)

Leonato...................................................................................Raphael Nash Thompson* Beatrice........................................................................................................ Marion Adler* Hero................................................................................................................. Susan Maris* Margaret...........................................................................................................Rachael Fox Ursula.......................................................................................................... Victoria Nassif Balthasar......................................................................................................James Costello Don Pedro....................................................................................................John Hickok* Benedick............................................................................................... Scott Wentworth* Claudio................................................................................................ Charles Pasternak* Don John..................................................................................... Michael Stewart Allen* Borachio........................................................................................................ Austin Blunk Conrad.........................................................................................................Travis Johnson Dogberry..............................................................................................Jeffrey M. Bender* Verges......................................................................................................Conan McCarty* The Watch...................................James Costello, Rachael Fox, & Victoria Nassif Father Francis........................................................................................... Andy Paterson* Sexton/Nun.......................................................................................... Christine Sanders

There will be one 15-minute intermission.

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers

For Our Audience!

The Shakespeare Theatre provides a wonderful online Audience Guide for each and every one of our shows. These guides are very helpful for those who like to read up on a play before attending, or for those who are eager to peruse a synopsis of the plot. And in the spirit of spoiler alerts, the guides remain online for those who wish to investigate a play more after viewing the production!

And a P.S. from the actors and your fellow audience members: Remember, texting is just as bad as talking during a performance!

THE EQUITY COMPANY

MARION ADLER

MICHAEL STEWART ALLEN

JEFFREY M. BENDER

JOHN HICKOK

SUSAN MARIS

CONAN MCCARTY

CHARLES PASTERNAK

ANDY PATERSON

RAPHAEL NASH THOMPSON

SCOTT WENTWORTH

MARION ADLER (Beatrice) is in her fifth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: The Learned Ladies (The Outdoor Stage); Our Town, The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Enter the Guardsman (Lyricist). Regional credits: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Othello, The Man in the Iron Mask, Henry IV, Part Two, and Henry V (Shakespeare Santa Cruz). Other Shakespeare credits: King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night (Stratford Festival of Canada).

Other favorite productions include Candida, The Rivals, Into the Woods, and her own musical Gunmetal Blues, in which she starred as The Blonde in the Off-Broadway production.

MICHAEL STEWART ALLEN (Don John) is in his thirteenth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Coriolanus, Hamlet, Cymbeline, Pride and Prejudice, Galileo, Macbeth, The Tempest, Enrico IV, Pericles, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet, among others. Company directorial credits: The Comedy of Errors and London Assurance (Next Stage Ensemble), Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare LIVE!). Recent credits: Klausen/Allan in the first national tour of War Horse (National Theater of Great Britain); The Madness of King George, King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew, Amadeus, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing (The Old Globe). New York credits: The Tempest, Moby Dick (rehearsed), The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Love, Shakespeare (The Acting Company), and Don Carlos in Don Carlos (Prospect Theatre). Television credit: Law & Order: SVU. JEFFREY M. BENDER (Dogberry) is in his fifteenth season with The Shakespeare Theatre.

Company credits: The Alchemist, The Tempest, Fallen Angels, Oliver Twist, Henry IV, Part One, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The Servant of Two Masters, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (The Outdoor Stage), The Rivals, Life of Galileo, The Tempest, Enrico IV, Three Sisters, and The Blue Bird, to name a few. Broadway credits: A Time to Kill (The Golden Theater) and Cymbeline (Lincoln Center). Regional credits: Denver Center Theatre, Arena Stage in D.C., Old Globe in San Diego, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and numerous regional and NYC theatre companies.

Graduate of the University of Michigan.

JOHN HICKOK (Don Pedro) is in his sixth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: The Learned Ladies (The Outdoor Stage), Pericles, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, and Henry VI: Blood and Roses. Company directorial credits: Romeo and Juliet (Next Stage

Ensemble). Broadway credits: Man and Boy (Roundabout), Governor Slaton (Parade), Zoser (Aida), and Professor Bhaer (Little Women). He can be heard on all three cast albums. Off-Broadway and Regional credits: John Adams in Frank Galati’s 1776 (American Conservatory Theatre), Eye of the Beholder (Beckett Theatre), Foxfire (George Street Playhouse), All’s Well That Ends Well (Hartford Stage), and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet (Boston Shakespeare Company). He taught Shakespeare at Bard College and directed the critically-acclaimed world premiere of Burning Blue at the Theatre Royal Haymarket on London’s West End (two Olivier Awards). www.JohnHickok.net.

SUSAN MARIS (Hero) is in her fifth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: A Christmas Carol, Othello, The Grapes of Wrath on the Main Stage, The Learned Ladies and The Servant of Two Masters on the Outdoor Stage, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Nevermore with Shakespeare LIVE! NYC: Henry V, King Lear, and The Edwin Booth Company Presents (Titan Theatre), The Merry Wives of Windsor, and The House of Bernarda Alba (The Prospect Theatre Company), Toy Box Theatre, The Wild Project, The West End Theatre. Regional: Happy (New Jersey Repertory Company), Cymbeline (Theatreworks Colorado). Film, TV, & Web credits: She Gave Me Water, Limitless, Discovery ID, and College Humor.

CONAN MCCARTY (Verges) is in his sixth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Henry IV, Part One, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Tempest, Henry V, and The Merchant of Venice. Broadway credits: Macbeth with Christopher Plummer and Glenda Jackson, A Few Good Men and A Life In The Theatre. Regional credits: Center Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, Cleveland Playhouse, Dallas Theater Center, The Old Globe, and George Street Playhouse. Film and TV credits: The Closer, all Law & Order family members, Nurse Jackie, Stuart Little 2, and the web series Downsized.

CHARLES PASTERNAK (Claudio) is in his first season at The Shakespeare Theatre. Regional credits: Four seasons with Shakespeare Santa Cruz, select roles included Romeo, Prince Hal, and Henry V; Valentine in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Indiana Repertory Company); Hotspur in Henry IV and the Dauphin in Henry V (Shakespeare Festival St. Louis); Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and King Louis XIII in The Three Musketeers (The Denver Center); The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet (The Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles); Creditors (Ensemble Theatre, Santa Barbara) (Indy Award); A Shayna Maidel (International City Theatre, Long Beach), among others.

Artistic Director of the Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Co. based in Los Angeles, where he has directed over a dozen of Shakespeare’s plays and has played roles including Henry V, Hamlet, and Oedipus.

ANDY PATERSON (Father Francis) is in his eleventh season with The Shakespeare Theatre.

Company credits: A Most Dangerous Woman, Oliver Twist, A Child’s Christmas In Wales, The Tempest, Pericles, The Blue Bird, School For Scandal, Henry V, The Winter’s Tale, and Two Gentlemen Of Verona–The Musical. Regional and New York credits: Pig Iron Theatre Company, Pioneer Theatre Company, The Acting Company, Great Lakes Theater Company, Baltimore’s Center Stage, Portland Center Stage, Triad Stage, McCarter Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, Geva Theatre, New York Classical Theatre, Yale Rep, Indiana Rep, Paper Mill Playhouse, La Mama, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and Montana Shakespeare in the Park.

RAPHAEL NASH THOMPSON (Leonato) is in his seventh season with The Shakespeare Theatre.

Company credits: The Alchemist, Measure for Measure, Henry V, Othello (2003), Macbeth, and As You Like It (The Outdoor Stage). Recent credits: Morocco in The Merchant of Venice (Theater for a New Audience) with F. Murray Abraham as Shylock; Lord Hastings in Richard III (Shakespeare Theatre Company and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival); Caesar in Julius Caesar (Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis); Gower in Pericles (Red Bull Theatre); Aegisthus in Electra (Hartford Stage); Bob in Every Day A Visitor (Clurman Theater); and MacHeath in The Threepenny Opera (Wilma Theatre).

Television credits: Ed (NBC), Third Watch (NBC), and Soul Food (Showtime).

SCOTT WENTWORTH (Benedick, Director) is in his eighth season with The Shakespeare Theatre.

Company credits: The Madwoman of Chaillot and As You Like It (2005, director Bonnie J. Monte).

Company directorial credits: Enter The Guardsman, Othello, As You Like It, The School For Scandal, Henry V and The Winter’s Tale. Broadway credits: Welcome To The Club (Tony Award nomination), Getting Married, Anna Karenina, and Lost in Yonkers. Stratford Festival Acting Company credits: Macbeth in Macbeth, Iago in Othello, Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, and Tevye in Fiddler On The Roof. He has written the books for two musicals: Gunmetal Blues and Enter The Guardsman (World premiere at London’s Donmar Warehouse, Olivier Award nominee). His adaptation of The Man In The Iron Mask premiered at Shakespeare Santa Cruz in 2012.

THE NON-EQUITY COMPANY

AUSTIN BLUNK

JAMES COSTELLO

RACHAEL FOX

TRAVIS JOHNSON

VICTORIA NASSIF

CHRISTINE SANDERS

AUSTIN BLUNK (Borachio) is in his first season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Libation Bearers (2014 Next Stage Ensemble). Regional credits: Much Ado About Nothing (Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theatre) and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged )(Shake on the Lake, inaugural season). Graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design.

JAMES COSTELLO (Balthasar/First Watch) is in his third season with The Shakespeare Theatre.

Company credits: The Alchemist, The Tempest, As You Like It (the Outdoor Stage), and Timon of Athens. He was a member of The Shakespeare Theatre’s Apprentice Company in 2011. Other credits include: Hamlet (Hamlet), King Lear (Kent), Twelfth Night (Orsino), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon). He is a third year MFA candidate at the University of South Carolina.

RACHAEL FOX (Margaret/Second Watch) is in her third season with The Shakespeare Theatre.

Company credits: Tovarich, Trelawny of the Wells, and Measure for Measure on the Main Stage, The Learned Ladies and As You Like It on the Outdoor Stage, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream with ShakespeareLIVE!. Off-Broadway credits: The Inferno (Sleep No More) and The Forgotten (the McKittrick Hotel). Other regional credits: King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing (Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre). Film: Campus Life with Ray Liotta and Martin Scorsese, NeverForever, The Sound of Ill Days, and Manhattan. Graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse two-year conservatory program in New York, and Kansas State University.

TRAVIS JOHNSON (Conrad) is in his fourth season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: The Physicists, Julius Caesar, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014 Shakespeare LIVE!), Henry V and Metamorphoses (2014 Next Stage Ensemble), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Servant of Two Masters (The Outdoor Stage). Other credits: Henry VI, Parts One, Two, and Three (Hamlet Isn’t Dead), Taming of the Shrew (The Gage Players), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Annie’s Shakespeare Shakedown), and Of Mice and Men (Amarillo Little Theatre). Alumnus of the Shakespeare Theatre’s Summer Professional Training Program. West Texas A&M University graduate.

VICTORIA NASSIF (Ursula/Third Watch) is in her first season with The Shakespeare Theatre.

Previous credits: Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, and The Doctor's Dilemma (The American Players Theatre), Taming of the Shrew and Henry V (Shakespeare Santa Cruz), and King Lear (Great River Shakespeare Festival, apprentice). BFA from Southern Methodist University.

CHRISTINE SANDERS (Sexton/Nun) is in her third season with The Shakespeare Theatre.

Company credits: The Learned Ladies on the Outdoor Stage, Timon of Athens on the Main Stage, Henry V and Ovid’s Metamorphoses with the Next Stage Ensemble, and the Summer Professional Training Program. Regional credits: Our Town (George Street Playhouse) and Tony n' Tina's Wedding (Count Basie Theatre). Additional credits: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Comedy of Errors, Love's Labor's Lost, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Assassins, Cabaret, Godspell, and Rent. BA in Theatre from Kean University.

THE ARTISTIC STAFF STEVEN L. BECKEL (Sound Designer) is in his twelfth season with The Shakespeare Theatre, where he is Director of Production & Facilities. Company sound design credits: Henry VIII, Wittenberg, The Devil’s Disciple, The Playboy of the Western World, Man of La Mancha, Oliver Twist, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Grapes of Wrath, Noises Off, Private Lives, Much Ado About Nothing, and Othello, among others, on the Main Stage; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Servant of Two Masters, That Scoundrel Scapin and A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings on the Outdoor Stage; and numerous shows for Shakespeare LIVE!. Other credits: sound supervisor for Mark Morris’ The Hard Nut at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; resident sound designer and master electrician at The Mountain Playhouse for over 40 shows, including My Way, The Gin Game, Forever Plaid, Lend Me a Tenor, The Miracle Worker, Wait Until Dark, Romeo and Juliet, The Woman in Black and original adaptations of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn and Great Expectations. He attended Penn State University.

DENISE CARDARELLI (Production Stage Manager) is in her eleventh season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Rehearsal Stage Manager for The Learned Ladies; Production Stage Manager for Wittenberg, Man of La Mancha, A Christmas Carol, All’s Well That Ends Well, and Twelfth Night on the Main Stage; As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Servant of Two Masters, and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) on the Outdoor Stage; Shakespeare LIVE! Tour Manager (2007) and three and a half seasons as the Assistant Production Manager. Off-Broadway: ReEntry (Urban Stages) and Dov and Ali (The Playwright’s Realm). Other New York credits: Autumn’s Harvest (Lincoln Center Education), Much Ado About Nothing (Boomerang Theatre Company), Dutch Masters (LAByrinth Theatre Company), Flip Side and Imminence (The Talking Band). Regional credits: Two River Theater Company, THEATREWORKS (Colorado), The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, CenterStage (Baltimore), Roundhouse Theatre, and Stages Repertory Theatre.

DAPHNE CUNLIFFE (Period Dance Consultant) is in her first season with The Shakespeare Theatre. She has 30 years experience as a professional ballroom dance instructor and is recognized as a Fellow of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. Regional choreography credits: the New Jersey Ballet and the Barn Theater. Adjunct faculty member at Drew University, teaching ballroom for the past 12 years and a guest lecturer in the music department at William Patterson University, discussing dance from Elizabethan to modern times. Graduate of Regis College.

PETER FOLEY (Composer, Songs & Original Music) is in his second season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: Henry V (dir. Scott Wentworth.) Recent credits: The Hidden Sky (World Premiere, Prince Music Theater; NY premiere, Prospect Theater Co.) earned him an NEA grant,

the Richard Rodgers Award, the Stephen Sondheim Award and a Jonathan Larson Foundation Award. Other recent credits: Songs From an Unmade Bed (New York Theater Workshop, original cast recording, Sh-K-Boom Records) as well as commissions from the Public Theater and Signature Theatre. Lyricist credits: English translation of Kurt Weill's Magic Night (pub. European American Music Corporation). His songs have been performed at Lincoln Center’s American Songbook, New York Festival of Song, Symphony Space, Town Hall, Joe's Pub, and venues across the country.

He is also composer of the Emmy-nominated PBS series Art21 as well as several other television documentaries.

MICHAEL GANIO (Set Designer) is in his third season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Company credits: The Tempest and The Comedy of Errors. Regional credits: Love’s Labors Lost, Henry IV, Part One, Henry IV, Part Two, and Romeo and Juliet (dir. Scott Wentworth); Agrippina (Chicago Opera Theatre); Fidelio and Tristan und Isolde (Virginia Opera); The Magic Fire (Milwaukee Repertory Theatre); Other Desert Cities (Repertory Theatre of Saint Louis); and The Trip to Bountiful (The Clarence Brown Theatre Company). Additional credits: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Repertory Theatre, The Denver Center Theatre Company, and Portland Opera, among others.

Recently named Head of Scenic Design at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at the University of California, Irvine.

CANDIDA NICHOLS (Costume Designer) is in her third season with The Shakespeare Theatre.

Company credits: The Devil’s Disciple, Our Town, Playboy of the Western World, and The Liar.

Regional credits: Lincoln Center Theater/Institute (Hamlet), Prospect Theatre (Tamar of the River), the National Asian American Theatre Company (Blind Mouth Singing, Outcry and A Play on War), On-Site Opera (Blue Monday), Gotham Chamber Opera (Scenes from Gypsy Life), the Perseverance Theater (Raven Odyssey), and the Nerve Tank, among others. Resident artist with Theater Mitu, which produces work in the United States and the United Arab Emirates. Show credits include: Chaos, Death of a Salesman, and the upcoming Ur-Hamlet in Abu Dhabi. Candida is the recipient of the Richard L. Hay Design Fellowship at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Roy Crane Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in the Performing Arts.

PETER WEST (Lighting Designer) is in his third season with The Shakespeare Theatre. Recent design credits: Angels In America: Millenium Approaches (The Julliard School); Belleville (Studio Theater); The Mystery Of Irma Vep (Red Bull Theater); The Importance Of Being Earnest (Shakespeare Theatre) New York credits: Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Primary Stages, Rattlestick, Fordham, and over 40 productions with the Juilliard Drama Division. Regional credits: Seattle Rep., Berkeley Rep., Arena Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Geva, Playmakers, California Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and Pig Iron Theater. Dance credits: Edisa Weeks, Amy Spencer/Richard Colton, Peter Pucci, Danny Eszralow, and David Parker (Bang Group). Peter is a proud long time associate of the Red Bull Theater Company.

SCOTT WENTWORTH (Director) Please see Equity Company bio.

ADDITIONAL ARTISTIC STAFF Assistant to the Director

A. JULIAN VERNER

Assistant to the Stage Manager

ERICA FURNALD

Assistant to the Stage Manager

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

JACKIE MARIANI

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DRAMATURGICAL NOTES

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uch Ado About Nothing was most likely written between 1598 and 1600, though no specific performance of the play is noted before May of 1613. It was penned during the peak of Shakespeare’s greatest comic writings, just before As You Like It and Twelfth Night. These plays all contain richly drawn characters, fast-paced wit, and thrilling romantic intrigue. They also share dark and sinister undertones (an overthrown duke in As You Like It, the loss of family in Twelfth Night, and a cruel plot to undo a young woman’s reputation in Much Ado), which Shakespeare masterly interweaves with the story to create his richest comedies.

SOURCES OF THE PLAY There are several literary works from which Shakespeare may have gained inspiration in crafting Much Ado About Nothing. There is an Italian novella by Matteo Bandello (mid 1550s) which clearly shares many of the plot points of the Hero and Claudio story. A canto in Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso (1560) does as well. The tale can also be found in Spenser’s Fairie Queene (1590). It is also likely that Shakespeare read or attended a performance of Fedele and Fortunio which was presented in London around 1584. All of these sources tell the story of a young woman who is wrongly accused of infidelity, cast aside by her would-be groom, and then finally, after many trials, reunited with him.

Though the principle story was no doubt borrowed and modified from existing sources, the most memorable characters of the play are solely Shakespeare’s creation. The “merry war” between the feisty Beatrice and the forever-bachelor Benedick is technically a subplot of the play, but for many it is the most memorable aspect of the play. In fact, when the play was performed for Princess Elizabeth’s wedding celebrations in 1613, it was under the title Benedicke and Betteris. The delightfully bumbling characters of Dogberry and Verges are also Shakespeare’s creation.

WHAT’S IN A NAME? “We call this play Much Ado About Nothing, but it seems clear to me that Shakespeare and his contemporaries called it Much Ado About Noting; a pun being intended between ‘nothing’ and ‘noting,’ which were then pronounced alike and upon which pun depends by far the more important significance of the title. The play is Much Ado About Nothing only in a very vague and general sense, but Much Ado About Noting in one especially apt and descriptive; for the much ado is produced entirely by noting. It begins with the noting of the Prince and Claudio, first by Antonio’s man, and then by Borachio, who reveals the conference to Don John; it goes on with Benedick noting the Prince, Leonato, and Claudio in the garden, and again with Beatrice noting [Hero] and Ursula in the same place; the incident upon which the action turns is the noting of Borachio’s interview with Margaret by the Prince and Claudio; and finally, the incident which unravels the plot is the noting of Borachio and Conrade by the Watch. That this sense, “to observe,” “to watch,” was one in which “note” was commonly used, it is quite needless to show the reference to the literature and the lexicographers of Shakespaeare’s day; it is hardly obsolete.”

–Richard Grant White, Introduction to Much Ado (1889) Photos: Left, Scott as Jacques © Carol Rosegg, 2003. Right, Marion as Mrs. Gibbs © Gerry Goodstein, 2013.

FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR On This Beatrice and Benedick

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hirty-six years ago, after completing post-graduate studies, I moved to Manhattan to pursue my dream of being a director. A dear friend introduced me to his circle of peers, and we quickly became a tight group of aspiring young theatre artists, all trying to “make it” in a fiercely competitive field. Scott Wentworth was one of those young artists.

Over the years, one by one, our friends were claimed by various fates and chosen paths, causing that tight group to slowly disperse, leaving only me and Scott still pursuing our original dreams. Our careers led us to places far removed from each other, but we remained friends and stayed in touch. Along the way, Scott married Marion Adler, a lovely actress that he met at the Stratford Festival in Canada. When I took the helm of The Shakespeare Theatre, Scott was one of the first guest directors that I invited here, and we were finally able to work together. Over the years, Scott has directed numerous productions here, including the legendary football-field Henry V during our homeless season in 1997. Marion also became a company member and has appeared here in plays directed by Scott, me, and various other directors.

In 1998, Scott and Marion offered us the opportunity to present the American premiere of a musical they had written called Enter the Guardsman, based on Molnár’s original play The Guardsman. Under Scott’s direction, it was a huge success, and it was the show that first brought Bob Cuccioli to the company. In 2005, Scott switched hats again, appearing as Jacques in my production of As You Like It. Last season, while Marion was here playing Mrs. Gibbs in Our Town, Scott and Marion and I worked together on a reading of The Madwoman of Chaillot. It was then that we began a discussion about Scott and Marion returning soon to do a show where they could finally be on stage together at the same time That was the inception for this season’s Much Ado About Nothing, and they are the second husband and wife team that will be playing the renowned couple here at The Shakespeare Theatre. In 2003, Sherman Howard and Donna Bullock graced our stage in the same roles, under my direction. This time round, our Benedick is doing double duty, directing the show as well. Whether working together or solo, Scott and Marion have been integral members of this company for over 20 years now, bringing their many talents to us in various ways, on a wide variety of projects. Their long-time relationship with us is something of which I am very proud and for which I am very grateful.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND PRODUCTION STAFF ADMINISTRATION

Artistic Director...................................................................................................................................................Bonnie J. Monte Managing Director.................................................................................................................................................Jeanne Barrett Artistic Associate & Casting Director.................................................................................................... Stephen Brown-Fried Assistant to the Artistic Director............................................................................................................................Kristen Saran Business Manager................................................................................................................................................. Duane P. Dietz Information Systems Manager.................................................................................................................................. Colin Gallo Company Manager.................................................................................................................................................Amanda Lenti Director of Education...........................................................................................................................................Brian B. Crowe Associate Director of Education..................................................................................................................................Doug West Professional Training & Outreach Coordinator................................................................................................... Maria Souza Director of Marketing..................................................................................................................................................Rick Engler Marketing Associate....................................................................................................................................Elizabeth Greenfield Marketing Assistant............................................................................................................................................. Lauren Biscaldi Director of Development....................................................................................................................................Heidi Speckhart Associate Director of Development................................................................................................................Anneke Demarest Development Associate......................................................................................................................................Sarah Braverman Development Assistant...................................................................................................................Elizabeth Codey Sales & Patron Services Manager........................................................................................................ Antonio Romero Assistant Patron Services Manager & House Manager.......................................................................................Kyle Conner Patron Services Associates.................................................................... Chelsea Binkert, Lauren Biscaldi, Jessica Bonder, Lèna Chilingerian, Elizabeth Greenfield, Peter Kendall, Gina McCrostie, & Janice McCrostie

PRODUCTION & FACILITIES

Director of Production & Facilities..................................................................................................................Steven L. Beckel Production & Facilities Assistant..................................................................................................................Benjamin Kramer Technical Director....................................................................................................................... Latiana Gourzong Assistant Technical Director....................................................................................................................................Chance Rush Master Electrician & Sound Engineer................................................................................................... Hamilton E.S. Smith Sound Technician......................................................................................................................................Nicholas Gackenbach Lighting Technician..........................................................................................................................................Samantha Brewer Costume Shop Manager........................................................................................................................ Joleen Addleman Loyd Draper..........................................................................................................................................................................Tiffany Lent Stitchers................................................................................................................................ Suzanne Hawley & Leslie Palmer Wardrobe Supervisor............................................................................................................................................Nina Escobedo Costume Vision Manager.............................................................................................................................................Kate Kelly Carpenters..................................................................................................................... Giacinto Mirto & Stephen Trammell Facilities Coordinator......................................................................................................................................Nelson Rodriguez

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DEUS EX MACHINA $25,000 AND ABOVE Arch Reinsurance Company Bank of America Mr. & Mrs. David N. Bradford The Edward T. Cone Foundation CTW Foundation Mr. James M. Deaver The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Ms. Suzanne Engel Mr. & Mrs. James R. Gillen The F.M. Kirby Foundation Mr. & Mrs. S. Dillard Kirby The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Heath B. McLendon Mrs. Marjorie Monte, in Memory of Gene Monte The National Endowment for the Arts/Arts Midwest New Jersey State Council on the Arts Mr. & Mrs. James Pohlman The Prudential Foundation John & Lynne Rathgeber The Shubert Foundation LEADING PLAYERS $10,000–$24,999 Anonymous The Anela Kolohe Foundation The C.R. Bard Foundation The Thomas & Agnes Carvel Foundation Mrs. Buena H. Chilstrom Ms. Patricia A. Connell & Mr. Martin A. Schwarz Helen & Frank DiPrima Rich & Jean Fuchs Johnson & Johnson The Honorable & Mrs. Thomas H. Kean Tom & Lynn Keffer Peter R. & Cynthia K. Kellogg Foundation Jim & Carol Kobak

Joseph & Kelly McDonald Mr. & Mrs. Richard B. McGlynn Mr. & Mrs. Karl H. Meister Mr. Nikolaos Monoyios & Ms. Valerie Brackett The Provident Bank Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Philip Rosenbach Turrell Fund Claire & Gil Zweig TOUCHSTONES $5,000–$9,999 Anonymous Mr. Joseph Baker & Ms. Judy Armstrong Ms. Susan Blount & Mr. Richard Bard Mr. John Campbell & Ms. Jean Walker Colbert Family Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Ms. Sarah Fargo The Graymer Foundation Ms. Bonnie J. Monte Andy & Becky Moody Mr. Edward Ng & Ms. Marla Jackson Mr. Wayne Paglieri & Ms. Jess Chang Mr. & Mrs. Nelson Schaenen, Jr. William E. Simon Foundation Willard E. Smucker Foundation Joan M. Thuebel HEROES $2,500–$4,999 Anonymous Henry Baker Mr. & Mrs. John Barr, III The John Bickford Foundation Clifford Chance US, LLP Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Cohen Ms. Carolyn Dorfman & Dr. Gregory S. Gallick Lawrence & Dawne Drake Ms. Jan Draper

Mr. & Mrs. John Gallagher Merrill G. & Emita E. Hastings Foundation Mr. T. Randolph Harris & Ms. Barbara A. Sloan Mrs. Sue A. Idleman Investors Bank Foundation Jacobs Levy Equity Management Mr. & Mrs. Ellwood R. Kerkeslager Ms. Donna Krebsbach & Mr. William Yacker Sue & Bob Mackie Manley-Winser Foundation Sandra & James McTernan Ms. Deborah Mori Mr. & Mrs. Gregory J. Richardson Ms. Leslie Unger The Verizon Foundation Ms. Ruth Zowader & Mr. Philip Anderson KNIGHTS $1,000–$2,499 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Steven Adler Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Allen The MCJ Amelior Foundation Ms. Christine Carmody Arey Mr. & Mrs. James F. Barrett, II Bollinger Insurance Anne E. Bosch Ms. Marjorie C. Brandriss & Mr. David Kristol Robert J. & Vivian A. Bull Mr. Bryan Burrough Dr. Pamela Canada Dick & Bobbie Cheshire Jim & Rozella Clyde The S. Leigh Pierson & Douglas R. Conant Family Cookie Jar Foundation, Inc. Gay & Russ Culin Ms. Blythe Danner John P. De Neufville Sean Devlin & Lucy Hughes

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Diffley William G. Donnelly William V. Engel Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Evans Farewell Architects, LLC Mr. Thomas Fontana Lynn M.K. Franklin Mr. & Mrs. David J. Friedland Philip Gaffney Mr. & Mrs. James Galt Mrs. Sarah E. Garrison The Gelfand Family Foundation, Inc. Goldman Sachs Gives Arnold & Betty Goldstein Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence Gould Mr. Dale S. Hagstrom & Ms. Eileen M. Leonard Ms. Jennifer Harmon Mr. James C. Harris & Mrs. Kathleen Jones Harris Barbara K. Hart Ms. Clare Hart & Mr. Greg Baer Patricia Haverland & Mark McBride Frank Hershkowitz & Missy Staples Leo & Helen Hollein Mr. Samuel G. Huber & Ms. Catherine Weiss Mr. & Mrs. John P. Hyland Nancy & Laird Johnson Paul & Susan Jones Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson W. Kirby Frederick K. Kleen, III & Virginia DeLalla Phyllis & Phil Lieberman Ms. Susan G. Macy Ken & Henrietta Mahon Mr. John F. Manfredi Marisa & Robin Marks Mr. Paul Marshall Jennifer L. McClear Mr. John D. Mullins Mr. & Mrs. Andrew J. O'Connor, III Mr. Timothy J. Olson Mr. & Mrs. Henry G. Parker, III Mr. & Mrs. John Poole Mr. & Mrs. Martin Prentice Ms. Nancy Priest & Mr. David Rogers Mr. & Mrs. Leslie C. Quick, III Mr. Stephen Quick Mr. & Mrs. Michael W. Ranger Mrs. Pratibha Reddy Susan Reidenbach The Rickert Family Fund Mr. & Mrs. Edmund P. Rogers Rotary Club of Madison Ms. Juliann Shalack Craig Silliman & Kate Ransom-Silliman Ms. Pamela Smith Dee & Randy Snook

Donald & Mary Kaye Sparaco Jim Stanard Mr. & Mrs. George Starr Bob & Gaba Steele Harold & Seema Tepper Anne & John Thomas Ral Turbeville & Kristi Soutar Mr. & Mrs. Dirck Uptegrove Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Vaccacio Annelies & Alfred Walton Lynn & John Ware Mr. & Mrs. Lennard Wharton Dansby & Tracey White Martha Bannister Wien Lisa and Matthew Winkler Mr. David M. Wise & Ms. Debra A. Chudnow Ms. Nancy Wynant Sylvia Zucker CHAMPIONS $500–$999 Ms. Laura Aden Packer Susanne K. Albert Mr. & Mrs. Flores Alfonso Ms. Janet Amento AT&T United Way Employee Giving Campaign Bruce & Jennifer Auerbach Margaret Beach Edward & Barbara Becker Ronald & Nancy Bendelius Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Bergmann Mr. & Mrs. Grosvenor Blair William I. Blanchard Ms. Paige Blansfield Deborah C. Block & Howard S. Dubin Aimee Bloom Mr. Frank Boffa & Ms. Gail Mattia Thomas R. & Jane R. Brooks The Buscemi Family Peter H. Cade Mr. Laurence G. Capo Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Carson Brenda & Robert Catalanello Mr. & Mrs. David Clair Kate Clark & Richard Frankel, in Memory of Everett R. Clark and Eugene Monte Helen Cox & Alan Fendler Robert Cuccioli Ms. Amy Curry Ms. Bridget Daley & Mr. Christoper Hart Barbara & David Demarest Mike & Mary Ann Denton Mr. & Mrs. Thomas DePaola Ms. Margaret L. Domber & Mr. Emil Baur Mr. Jack Dorer

Ms. Susan Earley Jay Eisenberg & Gail Safian Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Eisenbud The Engelstein Family Peter & Dina Engler Mr. & Mrs. Alanson T. Enos, IV Mr. & Mrs. James A. Ferguson Jack & Lisa Fraebel Anne & Stanley Freeny Jane & George Fuller Ralph & Beth Fylstra Mr. & Mrs. Harrison Gardner Edmond Genest & Pat Curtin Mr. & Mrs. Milton Gottlieb Mr. & Mrs. Brian Hegarty Dr. Friedrich Holzapfel Peter & Marcia Hunter Mr. Haywood Huntley, Jr. & Ms. Beirne Donaldson Mr. & Mrs. George Johnson Drs. Neill & Julia Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Michael Kaminski Mr. Fred Kann Margo Kay William & Valerie Keefauver Mr. & Mrs. H.C. Kilgore, III Mr. & Mrs. Stanlee G. Kissel Stephen H. Knee Drs. Peter & Susan Lederman Mr. & Mrs. Michael Lipper Dr. & Mrs. Robert MacFarlane Allison Mackie Dennis Mancl & Susan Aurin Rebecca & Jed Marcus Marilyn & Monroe Markovitz Charlie Maros Elizabeth Mauro & David Bumke Doug & Pat McKenzie Jane & Peter Mercer Mr. & Mrs. Sameer Merchant David & Julia Miller Ms. Nancy Mintz Connie Mitchko & Jerry Grossman George Mittl Lisa Renee Monte, in Memory of Gene Monte Ms. Deborah Mori, in Memory of Mary Scarcello Ms. Debbie Mori, in Memory of Her Uncle Gene Monte The Monte Family, in Memory of Mary Scarcello Barbara & Richard Murphy Vincent Murphy Dr. Rita G. & Mr. W. Leonard Newman Mr. Dennis M. O'Dea Mr. Arnold Olshan Mr. Marcus Porcelli Mr. & Mrs. Peter James Quirk

Bruce & Karen Rand Mr. & Mrs. David Robertson Edward & Robin Roffman Steven Rosen & Susan Gouchenour Mrs. Patricia Sarasohn Hank & Jackie Schram David Seabrook & Sherry Barron-Seabrook, M.D. Paul Sedlacek Ms. Joanne Serraino Mr. & Mrs. Glen M. Skar John & Heidi Speckhart Mr. & Mrs. Thayer Talcott, Jr. Renee Troiano Donald & Frances Trott Mr. & Mrs. Roger Vellekamp Wallerstein Foundation for Geriatiric Life Improvement B. & C. Welsh Family Fund AMBASSADORS $250-$499 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Allocca Mr. Edward S. Atwater, IV Dr. & Mrs. Edward F. Babbott Joeseph L. Balwierczak Dr. John Bauer Dr. Mitchel Bernstein Ricki and Fred Bernstein Dr. & Mrs. Vidor Bernstien Ms. Dee Billia Liz & Sid Blanchard Ann & Stan Borowiec Nancy Boucher Trevor & Janet Bowmer Bob & Ann Bryan Mr. & Mrs. Lynn E. Burket Danzey Burnham Barbara Bye Susan & Nicholas Camera Clark & Lynn Carmichael Marc Chubbuck John & Lynne Collins Ellen Contino & Friends Mr. & Mrs. Bob Courtemanche Mr. Brian B. Crowe & Mr. Walter M. Egbert, III Mr. John Cusano Kathie & Peter Daley Kenneth & Suzanne David Alessandro DeGregori & Sarah Hitchcock-DeGregori Duane Dietz & Jayanti Tamm Connie & Tom Donvito The Honorable William & Mrs. Sandra Dreier Edmund Duffy Rick Engler & Brad Caswell Philip & Linda Falcone Rhonda & Todd Federman Martha W. Flynn

Mr. Joshua Friedlander Mr. Larry P. Fuhro Bob & Diana Gaizband Ciro A. & Gail P. Gamboni Mr. & Mrs. Robert Garman Dr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Garutti Mr. Berdine Groel Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Grohol Mr. Mitchell Grossman Rick & Linda Haan Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Haller Harry & Denise Hamill Susan Hammell & Hans Weber Dr. Steven Handel Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Hauge Mrs. George Hayes Kristin & Will Henson The Hidden Pond Foundation John & Suzanne Higgins Mr. Richard Hill Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Horn Lorraine & Joseph Hughes Mr. George W. Hunter Ms. Kathleen Hutchins Ms. Melissa Insinga The Jane & Lawrence Gould Charitable Fund Jeffrey Jaye Mr. Robert Jennes Mr. Edward Johnson Rita & Dennis Johnson The Kane Family John & Kathleen Keane I. Keim Margaret Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Peter Kendall Robert A. & Caral G. Klein Polly & Ron Lacey Mr. & Mrs. Gerard Lahn Kevin & Patti Lamb Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Lewinsohn Mr. & Mrs. Paige B. L'Hommedieu Joseph & Carol Licata Mr. & Mrs. Mark Lichtenfeld Ms. Karen Lombardo Mr. & Mrs. David B. Luber Stela Lupushor Mr. Frank Magalhaes Mr. & Mrs. Dominick A. Mazzagetti Richard McAdams The McClester Family Russell & Christine McIntyre Ms. Anisa Mehdi & Mr. Peter Zimmermann Mr. Robert Messerschmidt James H. Mohr Stanley & Paula Mont The Monte Family, in Memory of Robert Thompson Ms. Deborah Mori, in Memory of Donald Thompson

The Family and Friends of Graciela M. Mori, in Memory of Mary Scarcello Rachel Mullen Ms. Judy Mullins Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. Neidorff Martin & Barbara Nielson Mr. & Mrs. Robert L. Newton James W. Northrop Mr. Julian Ochrymowych Stephan O'Neill Ms. Susan Oxman Susan Papp Gerard & Ann Paradiso Ms. Pilar Maria Paxton Ms. Nancy Perricone John & Beth Pfaff Jennine & Laurent Pommier Rob & Rowena Pullan Bethany and Jonathan Rabinowitz Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Ralph April & Thomas Reeve Helen & Barry Reiter Evangelia Repousis Mr. & Mrs. James L. Rintoul, III Donald Robbins & Nancy Green Ms. Joan Rogauskas Alice & Donald Roth Jack & Joslin Ruffle Gary & Irene Sanderson Bonnie Saulnier Jan & Bill Scheerer Bill & Valeria Schiemann Ms. Lois Segman Mr. Jeffrey Sell Harold Small Mr. Len Smith & Ms. Molly Dunn Phil & Shelagh Smith Allan & Barbara Staats Linda Wellman Stansfield The Honorable & Mrs. Reginald Stanton Barbara & Steven Stern Ms. Katherine Stinson & Mr. Richard Muldoon Dr. & Mrs. Justin Stone Michael Stotts & David Mayhew Mr. Matt Sullivan & Ms. Harriet Harris John F. Swift Mr. & Mrs. Morris Tanenbaum Mr. Carl A. Teschemacher, Jr. Ms. Sharon Lee Thompson Mr. Patrick Toon Mr. & Mrs. R. Charles Tschampion Charles Tureo Mr. Rick Vander Wende Mr. & Mrs. Peter Vernon Justin & Arlene Victoria Debbie Whittemore Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Wolcott

Gary S. Young GOODFELLOWS $100-$249 Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Abbott Reverend Lauren Ackland & Mr. George Hayman Nancy Adamczyk Richard & Ree Adler Ms. Marjorie Ahrens Aiche, in Honor of Susan Vice Mr. & Mrs. Rolf Altorfer Janyce & Nat Anapolle Mr. & Mrs. Graham Argent-Belcher Byron & Arlene Arison Mr. Joseph Aronson Beau & Gretchen Atwater Mrs. Peggy Auer Adolph & Janet Austin David PR Bailin Dylan & Becky Baker Ms. Patricia Bankowski Kim Barnett Ms. Pat Bartinique Mr. & Mrs. Edward Bauers Katherine Becker Lauren Becker & Greg Epelbaum Dr. Lois E. Beekey The Beier Family Mary Bentzlin Ms. Marjorie Berson Tom & Joanne Bintinger Sid & Liz Blanchard Melody & Michael Blasenheim Joelle M. Bochner Amelia Bonomini Ms. Margaret Bowie Mr. & Mrs. Alphonse J. Briand, Jr. Lesley & Stuart Briggs Hazel & Roy Broadfoot Ms. Mary Brooks Mark & Beth Brownstein Eunice E. Bryant Susan Buffum Thomas J. Butler Maureen & Tom Byrne Sherri & Bob Byrnes Dennis A. Cafiero Martine & Ralph Calder Dale & Nan Canfield Ms. Andrea P. Carroll John T. Chandler Charles & Jean Chapin Sarah Chapman Ms. Arlene S. Chasek Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Chien J. Choy Mrs. June Claburn Mr. & Mrs. John Clancy Brian & Debora Clifford

Mr. Andrew Coate Erin Coffey Mr. Samuel L. M. Cole Edwin & Anne Collins Bernadette Conrad David & Marilyn Conrad G. Constable Mary & Bob Cooley Mr. & Mrs. John W. Cooper Mr. & Mrs. R. John Cooper Lewis & Lynn Coopersmith Patricia Costa James Costello Thomas & Patricia Cotter Cathie & Bob Coultas Charles & Bonnie Courtney Susan & Steve Cramer Charles E. Crandall, MD, in Memory of Bob Chilstrom Ann-Margret Crater Michael & Christine Cullen Mr. & Mrs. Robert Cushman Lorraine Cutillo-Saa Fang Fang Dai Allison Daugherty Mrs. Rosa David Joan & John Davidson Mr. Bruce C. Davis Deborah & Vincent De Lisi Ron & Janet Demeo Mr. Paul Dentz Ms. Mary Dierson & Mr. Tom Galantich Digiplex Theatres Ms. Rosaria Di Grande Laura & Paul Dillon Mr. & Mrs. F. Dimaggio Ms. Ashley Dimayorca Daniel Dinubila Sandra & Arthur D'Italia Dr. Rosina B. Dixon Ms. Patricia Docherty Neil Dornbaum & Kathleen Peregoy Ms. Ruth Dorney Dr. Irwin Dorros Patricia B. Dufort Mrs. Katherine Dulan Marie Dumbra Mr. Peter James Dykema Jill & Steve Eckel Ms. Cheryl L. Ehrgott Mr. Don Ehrgott Mrs. Judith M. Eisner Tilly-Jo Emerson Ms. Lyn Ertle Diane Esty Lauren Fairley Deborah Fallon Mr. John Farmer Richard and Marisa Farnum Harold J. Fields

Ms. Rebecca Fields Ms. Patricia Flannery John & Judith Flint Mr. & Mrs. William Forsell Mr. Anthony Freakes Mr. & Mrs. Peter M. Fried Bill Fuller Frank & Jane Fyffe Marie & John Gabrielson Ms. Diane A. Gallo Doralee & Larry Garfinkel Mrs. Melinda Geberth David, Andrea, Jacob, & Ben Gelber Rainer & Karen Gerbatsch Mr. John M. Gilris Dr. & Mrs. Stephen A. Goldman Mr. & Mrs. Richard A. Gorman Ms. Kathy Gossweiler John H. Gotberg David Gould Dr. Donatella Graffino Mr. & Mrs. David Grant Barbara and Andy Green Wayne & Catherine Greenfeder Ms. Harriet Grose Margaret Gross Mr. William S. Gross Mr. John J. Grosso Mrs. Jean Grove Mr. Robert Gunhouse Mr. Einar Gunn Mrs. William Gural Dr. Suzanne Hampton Ms. Lynn Harrison Mr. John Haschak, III Russell & Virginia Hawkins Mr. & Mrs. Garo Hazarian Jeffrey L. Heineman Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hemsen Brad & Florence Henry Robin J. Herbison & Les J. Wu Marilyn Rhyne Herr Marion & John Herrmann Ms. Charlotte Hershkowitz Helen Heumann Richard & Joy Hill and Roger & Rhoda Asch, in Honor of Gerard Paradiso's 80th Birthday Brian Hochstadt Mr. & Mrs. John L. Hogge, II Fred & Roberta Horowitz The Hort Family Mr. & Mrs. J. Hosmer David & Laurie Humm Mr. Peter Humphreys Mary & John Iacuzzo Ms. E. Adele Irving Mr. & Mrs. Michael Israel Ms. Judith Isserlis Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Izzo

Mr. Stewart Jaslove Dr. & Mrs. Lubomir Jawny Ms. Susan Jeans Mr. David Johnson & Ms. Dorothy Wilson The Johnson Family Peter & Nancy Johnson Mr. & Mrs. William Joyce Patricia & Marc Julius Mr. & Mrs. William M. Kearns, Jr. Elizabeth A. Keat Ann & Dennis Kennedy Marion J. Kennedy Mr. Herschel Kenney Pamela Kevelson Alisa & Jeffrey Kigner Mr. Harold Kenneth King & Ms. Michele Paradiso Constantine & Lynne Kitsopoulos Linda Klein Mr. & Mrs. Barrett Kolton Lois & Rodger Kopf Mr. Robert Krakovski Diana Krauss & Jere Lapointe Mr. George M. Kunath Paul & Elizabeth Kuny Patricia P. Lagan Dr. & Mrs. Gregory M. La Gana Ms. Monica Landry Drs. Gudrun Lange & Benjamin Natelson Mr. David Laska & Ms. Christel Aussicker Ms. Judy Leane The LeClair Family Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Leddy Mark Lichtenfeld & The Somerset Hills Group at UBS Irene & Steven Lieberman Marilyn Linden Mr. Leon Lipp Patricia Lombreglia Lucy Loux CK Lukasik Mara Lundstrom Kathleen & Kevin Lyons Virginia Lyttle Ms. Carol MacLennan Nadine Maleski, LLC Harold Maloney Dr. Steven & Alice Mandel Raymond Mann Ms. Cordelia Manning Rocky Marcelle Mr. Thomas J. Marlowe Ms. Tracy Martinez Loretta A. Mascaro Ms. Marie N. Mastorakis Tania Mather Leslie McCafferty

Mr. George W. McCarter Dr. David McElroy Mr. John McEwen Eileen McInerney Alan & Kathleen McNamee Ms. Lucinda Mercer Professor & Mrs. Ronald J. Meyers Mrs. Sylvie Meyers Tom & Margaret Meys Ms. Anne Miano Professor Alyce Sands Miller Mrs. Christa Miller Jeannette & Philip Miller Mr. & Mrs. Richard Miller Mr. Donald Mills Mr. & Mrs. Martin Minnicino Ms. Geraldine Mirabelli Mr. John Mocenigo Aedin Moloney Ms. Bonnie J. Monte, in Memory of Tom Brennan Lisa Renee Monte & Willian Mendez, in Honor of Gene Monte Mrs. Marjorie Monte, in Memory of Tom Brennan Mr. Mark E. Monte, in Memory of Donald Thompson Cindy & Laurent Morisse Robert W. & Pam M. Morse Barbara & Ron Moskowitz Drs. Robert & Sandra Moss Austin F. Muldoon Ms. Dorothy Mullen Mr. & Mrs. R.B. Murphy Arnold & Roz Mytelka Andras Nagy Ms. Anna B. Nelson Anne & Frank Nicastro Ms. Mary Lynne Nielsen Northgate Condo Association Ellen O'Connell Mr. Jim O'Hara Mr. & Mrs. Jonathon Olesky Ms. Peter Oliff Ms. Clarice Olinger Eugene F. O'Neill Edward & Mary Orlando Mr. Maxim Pakhomov Linda Palazzolo & Arthur Schackman Robert & Sharon Palmer Dr. Eugene B. & E. Jewell Papowitz Ms. Cara Parmigiani Mr. Karl Parshall Mr. Emmett Partain Ms. Erin L. Partin Mr. Bruce Pasquale Mr. Arthur Allan Patchett Nigel & Constance Paton Gregg Pavlak & Doug Moody

Dr. Robert F. Peirano Dr. & Mrs. Murray S. Peyton Mr. Henry Pfeiffer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Pigott Daria A. Pishko & Michael J. Komichak Don & Newly Preziosi Nancy L. Purdy Judge & Mrs. John H. Pursel George S. & Jeanne P. Querido Ms. Beverly Raffman George & Andrea Ragno Mark & Lenore Rattner Jim & Karen Reeds Mr. & Mrs. Franz Reidinger Jean Rich Mr. & Mrs. Donald Richardson Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Riggs Elna & Murray Robbins Edward & Gloria Robin Leo & Carole Rogers Ms. Lynne Rogerson Betsy & Ed Roland Patricia & Ken Rolston Dr. Theresa M. Rosania Dr. Hamish Ross Ms. Ruth Ross Selma & Jack Rossen Adrienne & Morris Rothblatt Barbara Rowen Chris Rowland & Mamie Bowers Barbara Ruane Ms. Mary Pat Ruane Mr. & Mrs. Ted Ryan Ms. Marcia N. Samuel Mr. Joel Sanders Lois and Len Sanders Harold Sarvetnick Helen A. Sass Ms. Barbara Scanlan Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Scheffer Edward A. Schroeder Claudette R. Scutari Ms. Jody Seidenberg Mr. John Seidman Rosalind Seneca Ms. Michele Senko Mr. & Mrs. Ravi Sethi Mr. & Mrs. David R. Shailer Matthew & Judi Sills Robin & Mark Simon Edie Simonelli Jon Sinclair and Carol Bernstein Alyson & Richard Slutzky Eric W. Smith Kevin & Caroline Smith Sharon Snapp Mr. W. MacDonald Snow, Jr. Lillian Sperling Anita V. Spivey & Dean A. Dent John & Judith Spressert

Tom & Ann Stainton Ms. Susan Stalker Richard & Susan Stanley Dr. Barbara & Robert Starr Paul & Ruth Steck Mr. & Mrs. Michael Steele Linda & Brian Sterling Karen & Stan Stevinson Samarpana Tamm Mr. Thomas Tansey Michael Q. Tatlow Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Teller Arthur M. Thomas, in Memory of Jean Thomas Carrie Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Tobitsch John P. Toolan Mr. & Mrs. S. Bleecker Totten The Tuesday Night Girls

Ellen & Gary Tureck James & Joanne Vasios Mr. Ernest Vernachio Susan F. Vice David & Joanna Vickroy Mr. & Mrs. Andrew G. Viggiano Mr. & Mrs. James von Klemperer Thomas & Rebecca Wafer Mr. & Mrs. Jack Walcott Ms. Alana Walker, in Memory of Mary Scarcello Mark Walker & Sharon Zydney Mike Walker Ms. Deborah Ward Mr. & Mrs. Carver L. Washburn Ms. Beverly D. Weber Alicia & Larry Weimer Susan Weinstock Karen Wendell & Joseph Scordato

Mrs. Barbara Westergaard Jackie Wiegand Kristen & Mathew Williams Janet Wilson Ms. Mary Wilson John & Eileen Witkowski Larry Wolff Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Wright Brigid & Stephen Zajac Meg Zaleski Paul & Alicia Zeiser Alan Zucker Mr. Richard Zucker & Ms. Susan Rivkind Ms. Sue Zwick

IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey wishes to acknowledge the following donors of in-kind gifts received between April 1, 2013 and November 1, 2014.

Mr. Ames Adamson Anthropologie Mr. & Mrs. Richard Armstrong Ms. Linda Bacha Ms. Carolyn Barrett Jeanne & Jim Barrett Steven & Sarah Beckel Ms. Marjorie C. Brandriss & Mr. David Kristol Ms. Marcia Casais Ms. Lisa Ciccone Ms. Elizabeth Codey Ms. Patricia A. Connell & Mr. Martin A. Schwarz Ms. Rose Cosentino Kevin & Joy Cox Brian B. Crowe Bridget Daley & Christopher Hart Marc Daniels Robert Daniels Mr. James M. Deaver Ms. Mary Dierson & Mr. Tom Galantich Helen & Frank DiPrima Mr. Mark H. Dold Mr. H. Ward Dorer & Ms. Hilary Thomas Ms. Jan Draper Ms. Nancy Eberhardt Ms. Suzanne Engel Corinne & Rob Farkas Rhonda & Todd Federman

Mr. & Mrs. Christopher R. Fernandez Florham Shoe Shop Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Mr. & Mrs. John Gallagher Colin Gallo Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill Ms. Penelope Giordano Philip Goodwin Ms. Jackie Gunn Joseph Hamel Hanover Printing of New Jersey Mr. Hugh Hanson Ms. Tracy Hart V. Heidenreich Ms. Margaret Horan Wood Huntley & Beirne Donaldson Mr. Bob Huryk Mr. & Mrs. John P. Hyland JMB Consulting Associates Tom & Lynn Keffer Kate Kelly Mr. & Mrs. Peter D. Kendall Joan Kenny Ruth & Woody Kerkeslager Jim & Carol Kobak Mr. & Mrs. Robert Krakovski Amanda Lenti Mrs. Alice Majkowski Ms. Rosalie Majkowski Susan McDonald Dr. & Mrs. Terrence McGarty

Rich & Vicky McGlynn Ms. Susan McHugh Mr. Jim Mohr Bonnie J. Monte Mrs. Marjorie Monte Museum Store Products, Inc. Marianne Nickalus Andrew O'Connor Erin Partin Ms. Dorianne Perrucci Ms. Anne Peterson Mr. John Pivarnik Pro Bono Partnership, Inc. John & Lynne Rathgeber Jim Reilly Ms. Antonia Russomano Ms. Barbara Schaffer Bill & Margaret Shuler Mr. Val Simson Soho 33 John Solu Heidi Speckhart Stop and Shop Ms. Nisi Sturgis & Mr. Jordan Coughtry Trader Joe's Tamara Tunie Ms. Christine Whalen & Mr. Jeff Bender Albert Wickens Ms. Joan Wigdor Ms. Helena Zodrow

MATCHING GIFTS

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey gratefully acknowledges the corporations that have matched employee gifts received between April 1, 2013 and November 1, 2014 American Express Foundation Arch Reinsurance Company Assurant Foundation AT&T Foundation Bank of New York Mellon Boeing Chevrontexaco Chubb & Son, a Division of Federal Insurance Company

Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation Ericsson, Inc. ExxonMobil Google IBM Corporation Johnson & Johnson Family of Co. Lexis Nexis Cares The McGraw-Hill Foundation The Merck Company Foundation

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