Community Guidelines & Expectations

At SpeakEasy Stage Company, we are grateful to be a part of a community that embraces the bold subject matter we explore on stage. We believe that the best conversations come from exposure to a wide breadth of experiences and points of view, and are passionate about facilitating discussions in a constructive and effective manner.

To ensure that the environment in which we do this work remains inclusive, accessible, and welcoming, we expect everyone at SpeakEasy Stage - audience members, subscribers, donors, artists, board members, and staff - to comply with the community expectations aligned with our mission and values.

All members of the SpeakEasy community are expected to agree with and adhere to the following at all SpeakEasy-sponsored performances and events:

• We respect the cultural backgrounds and identities of everyone onstage and off.

• We understand that everyone has a right to be at the theater, and that enjoying the art may look different from one audience member to another.

• We agree to be mindful of our responses to those around us, leading with understanding and respect.

• We appreciate the space in which we gather, as well as those working within it.

• We respect the personal boundaries and safety of those with whom we interact.

If you experience any behavior that you believe is contrary to the above agreements and has negatively impacted your time at SpeakEasy Stage, we encourage you to locate the venue manager on site (usually located in the lobby of the theater), and also contact our Community and Artistic Programs Manager, Alex Lonati, at AlexLonati@SpeakEasyStage.com. We will take action - in the moment and/or afterwards - to continue the education of our community.

We extend our deepest gratitude to all those who join us in our efforts to create a better community at SpeakEasy and beyond.

Accessibility Programming

At SpeakEasy, we believe theatre is for everyone. As part of our effort to make our work fully accessible to all those who want to experience it, we offer audio description and open captioning for select performances of all productions.

The dates for these services for the rest of the season are:

Fairview

Audio Description: Mar. 3 at 8pm, Mar. 18 at 2pm

Open Captioning: Mar. 4 at 8pm, Mar. 5 at 3pm

Wild Goose Dreams

Audio Description: April 7 at 8pm, April 15 at 2pm

Open Captioning: April 15 at 8pm, April 16 at 3pm

The Prom

Audio Description: May 19 at 8pm, May 27 at 2pm

Open Captioning: May 20 at 8pm, May 21 at 3pm

Since these performances include specific seating and/or equipment, reservations are required. If you plan to use these services, you can book $25 tickets by using the promo code SPKAUDIO for Audio Described performances and SPKCAPTION for Open Captioned performances. More information can be found at SpeakEasyStage.com/Accessibility.

SETTING:

CAST (In order of appearance)

Beverly ................................................................................................ Yewande Odetoyinbo*

Dayton ..................................................................................................................... Dom Carter*

Jasmine .................................................................................................... Lyndsay Allyn Cox*

Keisha ........................................................................................................ Victoria Omoregie

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

Additional Staff For Fairview

Assistant Director ....................................................................................... Alex Leondedis

Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Consultant ..................................................... Kira Troilo

Dramaturg ........................................................................................................... Afrikah Selah

Props Designer ................................................................................................... Emme Shaw

Lead Electrician ................................................................................................ Reed Simiele

Wardrobe Supervisor .................................................................................. Rebecca Glick

Sound Board Op/Run Crew ........................................................ Coty Lennon Markee

Audio Describers ............................................................. Cori Couture, Andrea Doane

COVID Safety Manager ............................................................... Dominique D. Burford

Scenery Constructed by ................... Wooden Kiwi Productions (Waltham, MA)

Show Photographer ............................................................................. Nile Scott Studios

Additional Photography ...................................................... Anabel Rios Photography

Speakeasy Stage Company Staff

Producing Artistic Director ..................................................................... Paul Daigneault

Director of Marketing & Communications ................................................ Jim Torres

Production Manager ..................................................................... Dominique D. Burford

Community & Artistic Programs Manager .............................................. Alex Lonati

Director of Development ................................................................................... Ben Walsh

Development Associate ..................................................................... Randy Biagas-Hill

Social Media Coordinator .................................................................... Christian Krenek

Associate Production Manager ......................................................... Claudia Bennett

Artistic Fellows ............................................................. Alex Leondedis, Paulina Martz

Spring Interns ............................................................ Samantha Duggan, Kaitlin Rose

Preview Audience Committee

Lovely Hoffman Todd McNeel Cheryl Singleton

Kenny Lee Davron Monroe Regine Vital

Special Thanks

Schanaya Barrows Jenna Rehrig Setting the Stage

Nobles Theatre Collective Reunion BBQ Evan Turissini

WHO'S WHO - PLAYWRIGHT

JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY (Playwright) is a Brooklyn-based playwright whose works include Marys Seacole (Obie Award); Fairview (2019 Pulitzer Prize); Really; Social Creatures; and We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Nambia, Formerly Known as Southwest Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915. The presenters of her plays include Lincoln Center Theater, Soho Rep, Berkeley Rep, New York City Players & Abrons Arts Center, Victory Gardens Theatre, Trinity Rep, Woolly Mammoth, Undermain Theatre, InterAct Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Company One, and Bush Theatre. Drury has developed her work at Sundance, the Bellagio Center, The Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep, Soho Rep. Writer/Director LAB, New York Theatre Workshop, the Bushwick Starr, The Lark, and The MacDowell Colony, among others. She has received the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, a Jerome Fellowship at The Lark, a United States Artists Fellowship, a Helen Merrill Playwriting Award, and a Windham–Campbell Literary Prize in Drama. (she/her)

WHO'S WHO - DIRECTOR

PASCALE FLORESTAL† (Director) returns to SpeakEasy having previously directed TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever and Once on This Island, which was nominated for six Elliot Norton Awards including Best Musical. She is a director, educator, dramaturg, writer, and collaborator based in Boston. Recent directing credits: Spring Awakening (Brandeis University); The Colored Museum (The Umbrella); This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing (Emerson Stage); Everybody (Boston Conservatory at Berklee). Pascale serves as the Associate Director for the National Broadway Tour of Jagged Little Pill and is the Education Director and Associate Producer for the Front Porch Arts Collective. She is also an Assistant Professor of Theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. All my love to K! (she/her)