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Directed by Melory Mirashrafi
Scenic Design by Janie E. Howland** Costume Design by Nina Vartanian Lighting Design by Amanda E. Fallon Sound Design by Ash
Dramaturgy & Cultural Consulting by Vahdat Yeganeh
Dialect Coaching & Design Cultural Consulting by Donya Pooli Yeganeh
Deirdre Benson*, Production Stage Manager Ross Gray, Assistant Stage Manager WITH
Josephine Moshiri Elwood, Lily Gilan James, Deniz Khateri, Leyla Modirzadeh*, and Zaven Ovian*
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States
**Member of United Scenic Artists, Local 829
World Premiere Presented By Atlantic Theater Company and Roundabout Theatre Company New York City, 2022
In 2020, English received the L. Arnold Weissberger Award for Playwrighting, jointly administered by the Anna L. Weissberger Foundations and Williamstown Theatre Festival
This production is sponsored in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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When I first read English, it was the longest I’d gone without visiting Iran.
Three years. It doesn’t seem like much even when I write it now, but in three years, cousins grow taller, grandmothers grow older, the streets change. It was 2019, and every day there was talk of war with Iran, the Muslim Ban, and sanc tions that were destroying the livelihood of everyday people, my family included. I remember reading English and having no choice but to cry.
But, to my surprise, I wasn’t crying because I was sad, not at all. I was crying because, until that moment, I had felt so indescribably lonely, and reading English had made me feel less alone.
The beautiful thing about this play is that it’s not explicitly about the political entity of Iran. It’s about five people, five varied and complex individuals, doing something as normal as taking a language class in one of the most politicized countries in the world. We see these people laugh, struggle, connect, breathe with one another, and know that the moment they leave the classroom, all that might change.
Learning a new language is hard, connecting with other peo ple is hard, leaving your homeland is hard, no matter where you are. Here in the U.S., if you are not an English speaker, you are almost immediately stripped of your humanity, your ability to connect to others, your ability to be your full self. In this play, for a brief moment in a TOEFL classroom in Karaj, all that goes away. Five people get their humanity restored. And for a little while, we get to watch those people just be together.
From here to Iran, I hope this play makes you feel a bit less alone. یدازآ یارب
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Language shapes our identity, desires, fantasies, and wishes. Not only does language structure our unconscious, it becomes a path to discovering that unconscious. Sanaz Toossi’s English takes place in a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) class room in Karaj, Iran, where as much as we see students struggle to learn new words and pronunciations, we see them struggle with their feelings around those words, and the dynamic that new language can create between friends, families, and the self.
Learning a new language creates a new identity; a new way of thinking and feeling. The words mom and maman mean the exact same thing, yet an Iranian mother may feel hurt being called mom. Not because she doesn’t know the word or its meaning, but because her identity exists in the word, sound, and culture of maman. Language opens a small window into a larger world of experiences and feelings that one may never know or experience until learning that language.
By learning a new language, we learn about the collective unconscious of a new world, new feelings, desires, fantasies and wishes. Language signifies the relationship one has with one’s imaginary others, the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious, real ity and dreams. Language becomes critical to create dialogue between cultures.
English also takes place in 2008, a significant year in modern history of Iran.
In 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, dur ing which time many students, activists, and journalists were arrested and tortured, pro fessors were forced to early retirement or laid off, and artists were banned and censored. “Morality Police” that were unseen for the past eight years began working again. Due to foreign policy and international sanctions, Iran’s economy was broken, and more Iranians were experiencing social and financial hardship than ever.
At the time, the U.S. had invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, and talk of war with Iran was daily news. As a result, the desire for change was everywhere. Many Iranians joined political campaigns with the hope that Ahmadinejad wouldn’t win his second term, famously cul minating in the Iranian Green Movement and protests of 2009 and 2010. Others were taking English classes as a necessary step to leave the country. In 2008, the number of Iranian immigrants was at its highest point since the revolution of 1979.
an essay by Dramaturg Vahdat Yeganeh
“The Unconscious is structured like a Language.”
- Jacques LacanEnglish Rehearsal Photos by Anabel Rios Photography.
SANAZ TOOSSI (Playwright) is an Iranian-American playwright from Orange County, California. Her plays include English (co-pro duction Atlantic Theater Company/Roundabout Theatre Com pany; NYT Critics Pick; Weissberger New Play Award) and Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons; Williamstown/Audible, released 2020). She is currently under commission at Atlantic Theater Company (Launch commission; Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation grant), Roundabout Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Manhattan Theatre Club, South Coast Repertory, and Oregon Shakespeare Festival (American Revolutions Cycle). In television, Sanaz recently staffed on Invitation to a Bonfire (AMC); A League of Their Own (Amazon); Five Women (Marielle Heller/ Big Beach); and sold an original idea, The Persians, to FX with Joe Weisberg & Joel Fields attached as Executive Producers. Sanaz is a member of Youngblood and the Middle Eastern American Writers Lab at the Lark, and an alum of Clubbed Thumb’s Early Career Writers’ Group. She was the 2019 P73 Playwriting Fellow and a recipient of the 2020 Steinberg Playwright Award. MFA: NYU Tisch. (she/her)
MELORY MIRASHRAFI (Director) is a first-generation IranianAmerican theatre artist based in Portland, Oregon, where they work as the Artistic & Producing Associate at Artists Repertory Theatre. Melory was the 2019-2020 Literary Apprentice at the Huntington Theatre Company, and is grateful to be back in Bos ton to work on a play so close to her heart. Selected directing credits: The God Cluster (Fuse Theatre Ensemble); The Music Man (Third Rail Repertory Theatre); Shahmaran (Shaking the Tree Theatre); Abundancia (Matchbox Theater Company); Pygmalion: A Tall Tale (Artists Repertory Theatre); The Little Prince (Opera Theater Oregon). Melory’s writing can be found in the Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays and Routledge’s Troubling Traditions: Canonicity, Theatre, and Performance in the US. (they/she/ )
JOSEPHINE MOSHIRI ELWOOD (Elham) returns to SpeakEasy having previously appeared in People, Places and Things; Hand to God; and The Whale. Other Boston credits include Vanity Fair (Central Square Theater); Onegin, Gabriel (Greater Boston Stage Company); Old Money (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Othello, God’s Ear (Actors’ Shakespeare Project). BFA Acting: Emerson College. For Mama Joon. (she/her)
LILY GILAN JAMES (Goli) is so excited to be making their SpeakEasy debut in English, and is honored to be a member of this company. She is currently a senior at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, pursuing a BFA in Musical Theater. Previous credits include The Prince and The Painter (Moonbox Productions); Lord of The Flies (Boston Conservatory); and Dance Nation (EarthStone Theatre Company). Thank you to Mom, Dad, Ava, and my incredible friends for their constant love and support. (she/they)
DENIZ KHATERI (Marjan) is an actor, director, playwright, shadow puppetry artist, and animator based in Boston and New York. Her works experiment with form, and focus on memory, grief, immigration, and the concept of home. Deniz has performed extensively in Tehran, Boston, and New York, and her plays have been performed in several national and international festivals. Some of her Boston credits include Dark Room (Bridge Rep); The Three Sisters (Apollinaire Theatre); Kiss (ArtsEmerson); Arabian Nights (Underground Railway Theatre and Nora Theatre) Deniz has designed and directed shows and shadow puppetry visuals for several contemporary classical composers
and companies, including Guerilla Opera, Long Beach Opera, Chelsea Opera and New Gallery Concert Series. She holds an MA in Theatre from Hunter College of New York, and is recipient of the NYFA Award for her documentary animated web series Diasporan, which explores the daily struggles of immigrants. DenizKhateri.com (she/her)
LEYLA MODIRZADEH* (Roya) is pleased to be making her SpeakEasy debut. Leyla has collaborated with Obie Award-winning theatre artist Ping Chong on projects for over 25 years as performer, co-writer, and director. Her one person shows, Lubbock or Leave It! and Together Tea, have also had successful national tours. Professional acting credits include shows at Lincoln Center, A Contemporary Theatre, The Group Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Wisdom Bridge Theatre, La Mama ETC, and New York Theatre Workshop. She has also enjoyed teaching acting at such institutions as the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco and at UC Berkeley. (she/her)
ZAVEN OVIAN* (Omid) is very happy to return to SpeakEasy, having previously appeared in Shakespeare in Love and Big Fish. This is his first performance since the pandemic began, and he is thrilled to end his three-year hiatus. Other Boston credits include Romeo & Juliet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (The Huntington); The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Water by the Spoonful (Lyric Stage). BoCo ’16! (he/him)
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ASH (Sound Designer) is thrilled to be making their SpeakEasy debut! They are an active composer, arranger, songwriter, sound designer, and music director for choir and theater. Their theatrical credits include productions with Portland Actors Ensemble [2012 Outdoor Shakespeare Festival Award for Best Sound Design of Twelfth Night]; Milagro [2015 Drammy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music for ¡O Romeo!]; Oregon Children’s Theatre; and most recently, Portland Center Stage. Ash serves as Artistic Director to Transpose PDX, a non-profit choral arts organization serving the transgender and non-binary community. musicbyash. com (they/she)
DEIRDRE BENSON* (Production Stage Manager) returns to SpeakEasy having previously stage managed Once on this Island. She is a Boston-based stage and production manager whose recent credits include Pretty Woman: The Musical (1st National Tour); Blue Man Group (Charles Playhouse); and A Christmas Celtic Sojourn (WGBH). Deirdre has previously worked throughout the region with such companies as The Barnstormers, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Greater Boston Stage Company, Boston Circus Guild, and the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. (she/her)
CORI COUTURE (Audio Description Coordinator/Primary Audio Describer) is overjoyed to return to SpeakEasy after shepherding the company through its first audio described season last year, and most recently describing its production of Heroes of the Fourth Turning. Cori has provided audio description for TV, film, and about 100 Boston-area live shows. At WGBH’s Descriptive Video Service, she has described PBS shows, movies, and narrated description for Paramount, Disney Parks, NASA, and the 9/11 Museum. Cori proudly identifies as a person with a disability (spina bifida). Her message: people with disabilities lead fulfilling lives and can have any job! (she/her)
PAUL DAIGNEAULT (Producing Artistic Director) was the recipient of the 2014 Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence, which is presented by the Boston Theater Critics Association. Since founding the award-winning SpeakEasy Stage in 1992, he has produced over 150 Boston premieres. As a director, he is especially proud of his projects that have centered gay and queer stories as well as his passion
for contemporary American musicals. His work as a teacher has brought him to Boston College, the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Emerson College, and the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He was honored in 2007 with the Boston College Arts Council's Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement and served as the college's 2011-2012 Rev. J. Donald Monan S. J. Professor in Theatre Arts. (he/him)
ANDREA DOANE (Secondary Audio Describer) returns to SpeakEasy having been part of the audio description team for Heroes of the Fourth Turning this season, and for People, Places & Things; Once on This Island; and The Inheritance in 2021-22. Andrea has audio described productions at the Wang Center, The Opera House, The Huntington, Wheelock Family Theatre, and ArtsEmerson. In collaboration with the Cultural Access Consortium, she has also co-led training workshops for audio describers in the New England area. In addition, Andrea has been honored with the Bay State Council of the Blind’s Outstanding Service Award for her work in providing theatre access through audio description. (she/her)
AMANDA E. FALLON (Lighting Designer) is pleased to return to SpeakEasy after assisting on Heroes of the Fourth Turning and People, Places & Things. A freelance lighting designer, educator, and director, Amanda has worked throughout New England for professional and educational institutions, including Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, University of Massachusetts - Boston, Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Wheelock Family Theatre, and Brandeis University. Amanda holds an MFA in Lighting Design from Boston University. (they/she)
ROSS GRAY (Assistant Stage Manager) is pleased to be making his SpeakEasy debut, and is honored to be a part of this timely and meaningful play. He is a graduate of Suffolk University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. A native of Tennessee, Ross has lived in Boston for the past five years. His local credits include The Last Catastrophist (Fresh Ink Theatre); The Tempest (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); I Am This Place (Plays in Place); and Black Super Hero Magic Mama (Company One). Ross sends thanks to his friends and family for all of their support and love, especially Danny. (he/him)
JANIE E. HOWLAND** (Scenic Designer) returns to SpeakEasy have previously designed Casa Valentina and The History Boys. Recent designs include Polaroid Stories (Northeastern University); 3 Decembers (Berkshire Opera Festival); West Side Story (Reagle Players); Greater Boston New Works Festival (Moonbox); Paradise Blue (Gloucester Stage). Venues include: NYC Dance Alliance, Lynn Redgrave Theatre (NY), New Rep, ASP, Lyric Stage, Odyssey Opera, Weston Playhouse (VT), Umbrella Stage, North Shore Music Theatre, Central Square Theater, Ohio Star Theatre, Company One, Merrimack Rep, and the NJ Shakespeare Festival. Janie is a four-time Elliot Norton Award winner, a four-time IRNE Award winner, and adjunct faculty at Northeastern, Emerson, and Wellesley College. She also serves as a StageSource Board member, is the founder of the Prop Co-Op, and is a member of USA Local 829. JanieHowland.com (she/her)
JUSTIN LAHUE (Asst. Scenic Designer) is excited to be making his SpeakEasy Stage debut. Previous collaborations include work with Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater, Hub Theatre Company, Seacoast Rep, The Players’ Ring Theatre, New Hampshire Theatre Project, and StageWright Films. As a production designer, Justin has worked on several multi-award winning independent films, earning a 2022 Cannes Film Award and regional Emmy nomination in art direction for Not on This Night. He is a graduate of Suffolk University with a BA in Theatre. JustinLahue.com. (he/him)
RYAN LEMAY (Lead Electrician) returns to SpeakEasy having previously worked as lead electrician on their production of Heroes of the Fourth Turning, and as assistant lead electrician on their production of The Inheritance. He is a freelance theatre electrician in the greater Boston area, and holds a BA in Theatre from the University of New Hampshire. (he/him)
COTY LENNON MARKEE (Sound Board Operator/Run Crew) is pleased to return to SpeakEasy, having worked on Heroes of the Fourth Turning and all of last season’s shows. Most recently, Coty served as the Assistant Production Manager for Can I Touch It? with Company One. Other local credits include productions with Central Square Theater, Gloucester Stage, Seacoast Rep, Wheelock, and The Huntington! He is very happy that theater is back, and can’t wait to see what happens next! (he/him)
E. ROSSER (Wardrobe Supervisor) is thrilled to be working with SpeakEasy for the first time! Rosser moonlights as a backstage wizard and freelance designer in the Boston theater scene, saving daytime for mundane things like engineering and science writing. She's worked with Moonbox Productions, Company One, the A.R.T., the Young Company at Greater Boston Stage Company, and various other local theatre groups. Among her favorite creations are 8-foot-tall giraffe puppets, hospital gowns (think "evening," not "surgical"), rococo zombies, and retro prom kings who are secretly fish. MachinationsByRosser.weebly.com (she/her)
EMME SHAW (Props Designer) is thrilled to be back at SpeakEasy, having worked on the Elliot Norton Award-winning BLKS. Recent regional credits include Paradise Blue, Reparations [Broadway World Award] (Gloucester Stage); and Miss Holmes Returns (acting and designing - Greater Boston Stage Company). Emme is a classically trained actor from CMU, and the props supervisor for the Boston College Theater Department. She thanks her daughter Phoebe for her kindness and patience. (she/her)
NINA VARTANIAN (Costume Designer) SpeakEasy: debut. Nina is a New York-based costume designer whose work spans film, theatre, opera, and dance. Recently, she designed costumes for a series of short films for Disney/ABC and for the Pulitzer Prize-nominated chamber opera Ispa Dixit, directed by Ashley Tata. She also assisted on the recent Broadway production of West Side Story. Nina is also an adjunct teacher at Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus. She received a BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design/The New School and an MFA in Costume Design from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. (she/her)
DONYA POOLI YEGANEH (Design Cultural Consultant/ Dialect Coach) is honored to be making her SpeakEasy debut. She is a resident artist at the Boston Experimental Theatre Company, and has worked at educational institutions for the past 17 years. She also works at the American Repertory Theater and Cambridge Preschool of Art. Some of her productions include Zahhak (2021); M(O)ther (2020); IsNotThatAnymore (2019); and The Last Dream (2018). At the Iran National Theater Festival, Donya received the Best Stage Design and Best Production honors for
her adaptation of King Lear in 2012, and was named Best Actor for Bemovazt in 2008. (she/her)
VAHDAT YEGANEH (Dramaturg/Cultural Consultant) is honored to be making his SpeakEasy debut. Founder of the Boston Experimental Theatre Company (BETC), Vahdat is also a Learning Lead at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.). At BETC, Vahdat created a laboratory to study and practice Towards a Theatre of Unknown and Dialogue of Civilizations, and produced and directed the first Iranian-American coproduction: Creatures in 2013. Vahdat has worked with the ART, Yale Rep, The Nora, Underground Railway Theater, New England Conservatory, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, and Boston University. (he/him)
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Arlene Franklin & Ray Jacques Shelly F. Greenfield & Allan M. Brandt Grace & Bill Gregor Eric R. Greimann Laura Haas & Richard Wood Jennifer Harris & David Condon Rob Harris Peter Haydu Kevin Hemenger Donovan Henry Chris Herring Megan & Chris Holding Ray Houle Dennis Humphrey Thomas H. Kean Karen Kelleher
George Klauber & Jo-Ann Ross Stephen Knowlton & Joseph Pettigrew Nancy F. Korman Adrianne Krstansky & Ted Hewlett Will Lambert Stewart Landers Ginny Lima Danielle Maddon in honor of Ann Teixeira Michael McCay & Dan Salera Mark & Kate McKone-Sweet Lori & David McWeeney Peg Merzbacher Ellen & Jonathan Miller Helaine Miller
Dyan Molina
The Nix Family David O'Brien John Parisi Karen Perlow & Dale Place Marna Peters Norman Posner Sheila Rehrig Glenn Rizzo & Paul Simpson Pamela Roberts & Scott McInturff Chris Rocco, in memory of Kevin Forster Peter A. Rombult & Sean N. Murphy Jeff Rutledge & Tamara Joyce Ann Sanders & Deborah Heller Mark Saperstein & Eric Karnowski
Sara Bravo Schauwecker Chuck Schwager & Jan Durgin Henry Servinskas & Roy Du Bois Tracy & Eric Sharakan
Artan Simeqi
Peter Simkin Douglas & Karen Skillins Ethie Slate
Betty Smithline
Laura Snow Paula Spencer Bob & Bobbie Steinbach Pamela (PJ) Strachman Kelly Sullivan
Elizabeth Tapper & Peter Simkin Catherine Cote Tomey & David Tomey
Troy Tomilonus
Jim Torres & Bryce Avery in memory of Dottie Winer Teresa Turvey
Lanci Valentine Pat & Steve Vinter
Davin T. & David P. Wedel Gift Fund
Kerry Weiss-Pena & Gustavo Pena Christine & Richard Wellman
Frances & Richard Winneg Peter Wulsin & Michael Comey Paula & Simon Young Andrew Zucker Anonymous (2)
FRIEND - $100+ Cindy Aber, in memory of Jack Aber Lenny Alberts & Abbas Khan Paul Alix Henry Allen Randi Alterman
John Amodeo & Brian De Lorenzo Debbie Ankeles & Bob Freedman Diane M. Aramony Martin Arick Ben Asher Elizabeth Augustine Sharyn Bahn
Rick Barber & Mark Renaud Denise Barreira
Ben & Josette Blake
Chris Blaser & Derrick Ingram Emma Blaxter
Bonny E Boatman
Daniel Borges
Sandra Bower Paul Boynton & Michael Wynne Andrew & Nancy Branz
Linda Breen
Robin D. Redding Memorial Trust FundThe Bretschneider Family Jerry & Phyllis Briskin
Peter Britton
Barbara Brown Samantha Burns
Richard J. Carey
John Carlow
Cathy Carswell
Elizabeth Castellana
Stephanie Cave Chester & Carol Cekala Ms. Judith Chaffee F. Charnas
David Clark
Michele Clarke Bennie & Pat Brian Coffey Donna Cohen
James Cohen & Amy Silberstein Nina Cohen & Craig Barrows Isaac Colbert & Thomas Bessette Tom Collings & Lyn Sprague Dave Connelly
Beth & Linzee Coolidge Dr. Jennifer J. Coplon & Robert Frank Susan & Bill Cotter Harold S. Crowley Jenny Dahlstein Susan Daley Agus Darwanto Danné Davis Paula Dickerman Jason Dinges Glenn Dodge Terry Dolan Meghan Dorian Stephen Dreier Kristin Eifler
Norma Elias
Lee W. Ellenberg & Ken Mitchell Anne-Marie Enderby Kathleen C Engel Douglas Evans Judith Fanger
Tim Feeley Kevin Fennessy Roger Ferguson, Jr. & Chris Gaucher Susan Fish Sydney Fisher Carol L. Fishman Ann & Stona Fitch Suzanne Fondriest Francis Fornaro
Sandra Frawley David & Melissa Fristrom Joseph Frusciante Rolf Fuessler & Norman Goulet Lisa Furlong Bill Furmanski Terrance Gaetz Mary Gaffney Kelly Gardner Melissa Geddie Walter Gee Sterling B. Giles in memory of Rudy Kikel
The Helen & Herman Gimbel Charity Fund, Inc.
Virginia Golden Cindy & Roger Goldstein
Mark Gonthier
Robert Gordon
Barbara & Les Gore
Frederic Graham Sandra Graham Charlene Grant & Carol Rosensweig Susan Grantham Sharon Grazioso & Paul Katz James Griffin Nancy E. Grissom Debra Grossman & Kate Tyndall Eric Hakansson & Phillip Perry Judy Hall Rona Hamada Mary Hamilton Geneviene Hammond Mary & Darrell Harmer Ellen & Mark Harmon Nancy P. Harris Timothy Harwood Jeremy P. Hayes Terrence Heinen Herbert Hershfang Deborah Hicks Robin Hicks Ellen Hilly Elvera Howard Chobee Hoy Amy Hwang Marianne Iacuzio Cathi Ianno Victor Ianno Leonard Inker Heidi Jaeger Seth Jaffe Dania Jekel John & Elaine Jepson Maureen Johnson Linda Jones Sondra Katz Mary Kelley Paul Kelly & Edward Dusek Susan Kinney Lee & Steve Kleinman Stanley Kramer Chet Kurpiel Charles Landraitis Melissa Langa & Jeff Wulfson Nancy Larkham Pam LaRue Christopher Lawrence & Philip White Daphne Layton & James P. Madigan Lynda Leahy Lisa Leavitt Jonathan Leavy James Lerner Brian Levin Randi & Paul Levine Rick & Wendy Levine Mira Levinson
Lisette Beauregard Lewis Reuel & Malvina Liebert Barbara Lietzke Lisa Llorente Peter Loewinthan Marie Longo & Allison Bauer Carleen M. Loper
Robert Mack Paul Marchesiani Martha Markowitz Deena Matowik Nicki Mauro Bonnie McBride Mary McCarthy Tom McDonald
Laura McEvoy Mary Beth McInerney & Susan Barclay Kathleen McIsaac Cheryl McMahon Todd McNeel Julia McVay & Stan Gross Karole Mendelsohn Stuart Mieher Cheryl Mitchell Katalin Mitchell Christopher Montani Daniel & Mayo Morgan Marian Z. Morrison
Amanda Mujica & Kim Slack Elizabeth A. Murray Julie Nadal Peter Nessen Pam Noble Fran O'Reilly Margaret & Stephen Ober Kate Onyejekwe Joe Palombo Jim Paul April Peavey Elyssa Pellish Nicholas Pepe Jeff Perrotti Stephen & Mary Linton Peters Catherine Phillips Ted Pietras
Judy Pike
Anne Marie Plasse
The PlayMates Paula Plum & Richard Snee Marion & David Pollock Mark J. Powers
Allyson Preston Guy Pugh & Steven Yakutis
Barbara Raab & Jeff Protentis Wendy & Robert Reasenberg
Jody Renouf
Judith Ribbler Judy Rice
Barbara Richardson Ilyse Robbins & Glen Mohr
Margaret Rocco
Ann Marie Rocheleau
Stephen Romano & Pat Capozzi Jean Rosenberg Robert Ross & John Argos Mark Rotundi
Richard Rubinstein
Debbie & Eric Ruder Bob Ruggiero & Bruce Law Josh Ruman Peter Sadow
William J. Santoro Jean Scarrow Anne & Neil A. Schneider
Robert & Sylvia Scholnick Gerald Schwarz & Margery Kravitz Schwarz Mary Scott & John Dempsey
Mary Scurio
Mary-Margaret Segraves & Paul A. McLean
Judith Selden
Marci Shaw
Rebecca Shepardson in memory of Jim Yeaton David Shuckra
Norma Shulman
Georgia & Christopher Smith James F. Smith
Diane T. Spencer & Robert H. Scott
Mark Spiegel & Faith Rafkind Kathy St. George Starr Coggeshall Household
David Sternburg
Cassie & David Stewart Shannon Stiles
Barbara Stillman
Eugene & Madeline Straussberg Dave Sullivan & Dave Nuscher John Talbot Douglas Talhelm & Ashley Eaton Rebecca Taylor Viola Thomas Barbara J. Torrey Carolyn Trees Jill L. Turk Donna Wade George Walmsley Gerard Walsh
Melvin & Harriet Warshaw Charitable Giving Fund
Michael Weingart
Leah Weintraub
Doug & Julie Weisman
George & Gaby Whitehouse Jared Wolf
David M. Young
Joan Zahorjan William Zielinski Anonymous (8)
The lists on Pages 20-21 recognize donors with gifts to our Annual Fund of $100-$999 from 10/7/21 - 10/7/22.
**Contributors to the Thomas Derrah Emerging Artists Fund
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