SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD Playbill

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The Calderwood Pavilion Resident Theatre Company at the Boston Center for the Arts Paul Daigneault, Producing Artistic Director

PRESENTS

by Jason Robert Brown Directed by Paul Daigneault Music Directed by José Delgado Video Production Design by Wesley Verge Costume Consulting by Rachel Padula-Shufelt Audio Engineering by Andrew Duncan Will Rachel Sturm*, Production Stage Manager Elizabeth Yvette Ramirez*, Assistant Stage Manager Miranda McLean, Assistant Stage Manager FEATURING

Rashed Al Nuaimi*, Laura Marie Duncan*, Jennifer Ellis*, Dwayne P. Mitchell*, Davron S. Monroe*, Mikayla Myers, Rebekah Rae Robles, Alexander Tan, Victor Carrillo Tracey *Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States

Originally Produced by the WPA Theatre, New York City, 1995 (Kyle Renick, Artistic Director) Original Orchestration by Brian Besterman and Jason Robert Brown STREAMING IS PRESENTED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL (MTI) NEW YORK, NY, USA All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. mtishows.com

Our Land Acknowledgment SpeakEasy Stage Company is built on the power of storytelling and the transformative way the arts can be used to amplify voices of those historically silenced. In that spirit, we would like to acknowledge that SpeakEasy Stage and the Calderwood Pavilion, which we call our artistic home, reside on the ancestral and unceded lands of the Massachusett people, whose name was appropriated by this Commonwealth. We pay respect to the Massachusett elders past and present and recognize the truth of violence perpetrated in the name of this country. We commit to educating ourselves about the stories of indigenous people and to uplift the voices of those who have been left out of the conversation. We encourage you to learn more about the Massachusett people, their history and their living traditions at massachusetttribe.org.

Learn more about what a land acknowledgement is and find more resources on our website.

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The Gregory E. Bulger Foundation/Gregory Bulger & Richard Dix Keith MacDonald & Thomas Webber Nick Scandalios

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Bob Band ◊ Jonathan & Dixie Lee Borus ◊ Gary Buseck Cathy & Harvey Cotton ◊ Anne d’Avenas & Jerry Brody Eastern Bank ◊ Andrew Fullem ◊ David Godkin & Pamela Haran Barbara & Steve Grossman ◊ Ken Hirschkind ◊ Kowloon Restaurant Betsy Munzer ◊ Pete & Christine Palladino ◊ Bob & Jackie Pascucci Ellen & Lou Piccioli ◊ Dawn & Doug Saglio ◊ Carl & Sharon Turissini Hannah Weisman & Michael Peluse ◊ Julianne Yazbek & JD Paul

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Diane M. Austin & Aaron J. Nurick ◊ Gene Bauer & Ellen Shortell Susan Black & Richard O’Neal ◊ Kevin R. Bleyle & Jasen W. Coole Edward Boesel ◊ Bove & Langa P.C. ◊ Stacey & Chris Constas Richard Davies & Alexander Albregts ◊ Jonathan Dyer & Thomas Foran Tom Formicola & Lenny Goldstein ◊ Meegan Gliner ◊ Robby & Jeff Levy

Stuart & Yvonne Madnick ◊ Grace Parker ◊ Leah Rugen & Andy Boral Alejandro Simoes & Gigi Watson ◊ Stacie Simon & Hal Tepfer Ann Teixeira ◊ Clea & Neal Winneg

CAST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) Rashed Al Nuaimi* Laura Marie Duncan* Jennifer Ellis* Dwayne P. Mitchell* Davron S. Monroe* Mikayla Myers Rebekah Rae Robles Alexander Tan Victor Carrillo Tracey *Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

MUSICIANS Conductor/Keyboard 1 .................................................................................. José Delgado Keyboard 2 ......................................................................................................... Eli Schildkraut Bass ............................................................................................................................. Steve Skop Drums ................................................................................................................. Zachary Hardy Percussion ............................................................................................................. Pieter Struyk

MUSICAL SYNOPSIS "Opening Sequence: The New World" ...................................................... Full Company "On The Deck Of A Spanish Sailing Ship, 1492" .... Davron S. Monroe & Ensemble "Just One Step" ..................................................................................... Laura Marie Duncan "I’m Not Afraid" .................................................................................... Rebekah Rae Robles "The River Won’t Flow" .............. Alexander Tan, Victor Carrillo Tracey, & Ensemble "Transition I” ...................................................................................................... Mikayla Myers "Stars And The Moon" ........................................................................ Laura Marie Duncan "She Cries" ................................................................................................... Rashed Al Nuaimi "The Steam Train" .......................................................... Dwayne P. Mitchell & Ensemble "The World Was Dancing" .......... Rashed Al Nuaimi, Rebekah Robles, & Ensemble "Surabaya Santa" ................................................................................................. Jennifer Ellis "Christmas Lullaby" ........................................................................................ Mikayla Myers "King Of The World" ................................................................................ Davron S. Monroe "I’d Give It All For You" ............................................. Jennifer Ellis & Dwayne P. Mitchell "Transition II" ............................................................................................ Dwayne P. Mitchell "The Flagmaker, 1775" ...................................................................................... Jennifer Ellis “Flying Home” ................................................................... Davron S. Monroe & Ensemble “Hear My Song” ................................................................................................. Full Company

OUR MISSION SpeakEasy produces intimate, entertaining plays and musicals that are new to Boston and compel thoughtful conversation. We champion new talent and future arts leaders, alongside a diverse community of experienced local theatre professionals who share our devotion to excellence. We treat our artists, audiences and supporters as collaborators, working with us to make Boston a city that is sustainable for artists.

SPEAKEASY BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michael Appell Alex Baker, Chair Cathy Cotton Paul Daigneault, President Richard Davies Danné Davis Kerry A. Dowling Jonathan Dyer Andrew Fullem, Vice President

Susan Irvings Melissa Langa Peter Palladino, Treasurer Joey Riddle Nancy Roberts Alejandro Simoes Jim Stiles Ann Teixeira Clea Winneg

SPEAKEASY BOARD OF ADVISORS Michael Appell Bob Band Gene Bauer & Ellen Shortell Susan Black Brian Bourquin & Paul Mataras Gregory Bulger & Richard Dix A. Joseph Castellana & Jim Seligman David F. Coleman Stacey & Chris Constas Anne d’Avenas Tom Formicola & Lenny Goldstein Joe Gimbel & Jo Strobel Meegan Gliner Curly Glynn Laura Haas

Robby Morse Levy Keith MacDonald & Thomas Webber Ben Manthei Jeffrey Mello Roberta Orlandino Grace Parker Jackie & Robert Pascucci Ellen Piccioli Kenneth & Rise Shepsle Hal Tepfer Sandra Weinstein Hannah Weisman Angela Yarde Julianne Yazbek

SPECIAL THANKS The Boston Center for the Arts, Jason Robert Brown, Cathy & Harvey Cotton, Marianne Lonati, Lillian Moy and the team at Kowloon Restaurant.

Thanks to the City of Boston and State of Massachusetts staff and agencies for their support of this production: Kara Elliot-Ortega (City of Boston Chief of Arts and Culture, City of Boston), Lesley Delaney Hawkins Esq. (City of Boston Executive Secretary, Licensing Board), Kathleen M. Joyce, Esq. (City of Boston, Executive Director, Mayor’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing), and Emily Chabot (State of Massachusetts, Deputy Chief of Staff, Housing and Economic Development).

SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY STAFF Producing Artistic Director .............................................................................. Paul Daigneault General Manager / Production Manager ........................................................... Paul Melone Director of Marketing & Communications ............................................................. Jim Torres Director of Development .......................................................................................... Cathi Ianno Community Programs & Events Manager ............................................................ Alex Lonati Creative Services & Social Media Manager ..................................................... Evan Turissini Associate Manager of Production & Operations .......................... Dominique D. Burford Development Coordinator ....................................................................... Frankie Concepcion Artistic Fellow ................................................................................................. Dwayne P. Mitchell

COVID-19 COMPLIANCE TEAM Covid Compliance Officer ................................................................................................ Paul Melone Covid Compliance Officer ............................................................................. Dominique D. Burford Testing Coordinator ........................................................................................... Julie Marie Langevin Health Services Provider ............................................................................................................ OccMed COVID Testing Provider ....................................................... Viracor Eurofins Clinical Diagnostics

CALDERWOOD STAFF Calderwood Pavilion Manager .......................................................................................... Katie Most Stage Supervisor ............................................................................................................. Rachael Hasse House Sound Engineer ............................................................................................... Jesse McKenzie House Electrician ................................................................................................................... Taylor Ness

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WHO’S WHO - PLAYWRIGHT JASON ROBERT BROWN (Composer/Lyricist) is the ultimate multi-hyphenate – an equally skilled composer, lyricist, conductor, arranger, orchestrator, director, and performer – best known for his dazzling scores to several of the most renowned musicals of our time including The Last Five Years, Honeymoon in Vegas, 13, Parade (for which he won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Score), and The Bridges of Madison County (for which he won the 2014 Tony Awards for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations).

His songs, including the cabaret standard “Stars and the Moon,” have been performed and recorded by Ariana Grande, Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Billy Porter, Betty Buckley, Renée Fleming, Jon Hendricks, and many others, and his song “Someone to Fall Back On” was featured in the film, Bandslam.

For the musical Prince of Broadway, a celebration of the career of his mentor Harold Prince, Mr. Brown served as the musical supervisor and arranger. Other New York credits as conductor and arranger include Urban Cowboy the Musical; Dinah Was; When Pigs Fly; William Finn’s A New Brain; the 1992 tribute to Stephen Sondheim at Carnegie Hall (recorded by RCA Victor); Yoko Ono’s New York Rock; and Michael John LaChiusa’s The Petrified Prince. Mr. Brown has also conducted and created arrangements and orchestrations for Liza Minnelli, John Pizzarelli, and Michael Feinstein, among many others.

As a soloist, or with his band The Caucasian Rhythm Kings, Mr. Brown has performed concerts around the world. In addition, he spent ten years teaching at the USC School of Dramatic Arts, and has also taught at Harvard University, Princeton University, and Emerson College.

Mr. Brown studied composition at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., with Samuel Adler, Christopher Rouse, and Joseph Schwantner. He lives with his wife, composer Georgia Stitt, and their daughters in New York City. He is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild and the American Federation of Musicians Local 802. To learn more, visit his website. (he/him) [Photo by Matthew Murphy.]

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WHO’S WHO - CAST RASHED AL NUAIMI* is an Emirati actor, singer, music composer, and songwriter. He graduated from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee with an MFA in Musical Theater in 2020. Rashed has been seen in a variety of roles at theatres throughout the Boston-area, and was nominated for a 2020 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Musical Performance by an Actor for his portrayal of Bill Sikes in the New Rep production of Oliver! Rashed also was cast as the lead voice in the animated feature film Catsaway set to be released in 2022. (he/him) LAURA MARIE DUNCAN* is thrilled to return to SpeakEasy, having previously appeared in Fun Home (Helen, IRNE Award Nominee). She is a Massachusetts native and a proud graduate of The Boston Conservatory.

Broadway credits include the original companies of The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and South Pacific at Lincoln Center, as well as the final year of Billy Elliot. Laura Marie also played Christine in the first national tour of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

Off-Broadway credits include Cupid and Psyche, La Terrasse, An Experiment with an Air Pump, House and Garden (Manhattan Theatre Club); and The Body Beautiful (York Theatre). TV/Film: Law and Order; Law and Order: SVU; Ed; and Guiding Light. Things coming full circle as they do, Laura Marie is now enjoying the next phase of her career as an Associate Professor at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Love and thanks to Jeff, Paul Daigneault, and Josie – her precious pup. (she/her) JENNIFER ELLIS* returns to SpeakEasy having previously appeared in The Bridges of Madison County (Francesca Johnson), Nine (Claudia Nardi), Shakespeare in Love (Viola De Lesseps), and Far from Heaven (Cathy Whitaker).

Other favorite credits include: Merrily We Roll Along (Huntington Theatre Company); Shear Madness (Off-

Broadway/Boston); and My Fair Lady (Lyric Stage Company). Jen received an Elliot Norton Award for her work in Wonderful Town (Reagle Music Theatre) and My Fair Lady (Lyric Stage), and is a four-time IRNE Award winner, most recently for work in Shakespeare in Love. (she/her) DWAYNE P. MITCHELL* currently serves as SpeakEasy’s Artistic Fellow, and appeared in the company’s production of Choir Boy. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music – Vocal Performance from the Historically Black institution Fisk University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Musical Theater from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Credits include Fences (Umbrella Stage); Ragtime, and Little Women (Wheelock Family Theatre); and La Cage Aux Folles (Reagle Music Theatre). In addition, Dwayne has performed with India Arie and Mariah Carey, and is a vocalist on the Grammy Award-winning album: Celebrating Fisk (The 150th Anniversary Album). On- and off-stage, Dwayne continues to use his platform to advocate for diversity, inclusion, and opportunity for Black and other artists of color in the performing arts. (he/him) DAVRON S. MONROE* most recently appeared at SpeakEasy as Willie in The View Upstairs. Other musical theatre credits include: Breath & Imagination [2019 Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Musical Performance]; The Wiz; Camelot; Company; My Fair Lady; City of Angels; Sweeney Todd; One Man, Two Guvnors; The Mikado; Avenue Q; and Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Lyric Stage Company); The Little Mermaid, Ragtime (Company Theatre); Man of La Mancha (New Repertory Theatre); Caroline, or Change; The Wild Party; Godspell (Moonbox Productions); Hairspray (Reagle Music Theatre); Dreamgirls, Jesus Christ Superstar, Children of Eden, Songs for a New World (premiere, Key West Symphony, Broadway Across America), Smokey Joe’s Café. Davron has also appeared with Boston Landmarks Orchestra (Lost in the Stars – a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the “I Have

WHO’S WHO - CAST a Dream” speech, and The Chariot Jubilee), Brevard their many teachers that have allowed them to grow Music Center, Disney Entertainment’s Voices of into the person and artist they are today. (he/they) Liberty, South Florida Symphony, Houston Ebony Opera Guild, the New England Spiritual Ensemble, VICTOR CARRILLO TRACEY and other organizations throughout the greater is so excited to make his SpeakBoston area. Davron was also the first recipient of Easy debut with this amazing the Bob Jolly Award for up-and-coming local actors, cast! Victor is currently a senior and a finalist in the Orlando Opera’s Heinz Rehfuss at the Boston Conservatory at Singing Actor Awards. (he/him) Berklee, where he is pursuing his BFA in Musical Theater. Past regional credits MIKAYLA MYERS is thrilled include Spring Awakening (Melchior), West Side Story to be making her SpeakEasy (Riff), Hairspray (Link), Peter Pan (Peter), and Jesus debut! She is currently Christ Superstar (Peter). Victor would like to thank his studying Musical Theater at family for their constant love and support. (he/him) the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where she plans to graduate in 2022. Mikayla will also be appearing in Silhouette Stages’s virtual production of Brooklyn the Musical this June. She would like to thank her parents, her castmates, Paul Daigneault, José Delgado, and everyone else involved with the production for their hard work and support. Enjoy the show! (she/they) REBEKAH RAE ROBLES is thrilled to be making her SpeakEasy debut in their 30th Season. A recent early graduate of the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, she has appeard as a featured performer in Fugitive Songs (dir.

Mike Mosallam) and BoCo Sings Sondheim (dir.

Paul Daigneault). Her favorite roles include: Nina Rosario (In the Heights), Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family Musical), and Marta (Company). www.rebekahraerobles.com (she/her) ALEXANDER TAN is ecstatic to be making their SpeakEasy debut in Songs for a New World. A Singaporean native, Alexander is a recent graduate from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Regionally, they have appeared at the Peregrine Theatre Ensemble and the Weston Playhouse. When not performing, Alexander enjoys spending time with people they love, engulfing sushi, and hydrating. Alexander would like to thank

WHO’S WHO - PRODUCTION STAFF PAUL DAIGNEAULT (Director/Producing Artistic Director) was the recipient of the 2014 Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence presented by the Boston Theater Critics Association. Since founding SpeakEasy in 1992, he has produced over 100 Boston premieres. SpeakEasy directing highlights include Fun Home; Allegiance; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; The Scottsboro Boys; Significant Other; Dogfight; Violet (2016); Mothers & Sons; Big Fish; The Color Purple; In the Heights; Xanadu; Next to Normal; Nine; Body Awareness; The Great American Trailer Park Musical; [title of show]; The Savannah Disputation; Jerry Springer: The Opera; The New Century; Some Men; Zanna, Don’t!; Parade [2008 Elliot Norton Award–Outstanding Director]; Almost Maine; Caroline, or Change; Take Me Out; Company; A Man of No Importance (co-production Súgán); Bat Boy: The Musical [2003 Elliot Norton Award Outstanding Director]; Passion; A New Brain; Violet (2000); Songs for a New World; Floyd Collins; Love!

Valour! Compassion!; and Jeffrey. Regional credits: Grand Hotel and Nine (The Boston Conservatory and Cincinnati Conservatory of Music); Rent, City of Angels, Sunday in the Park with George, Merrily We Roll Along (The Boston Conservatory); Evita, Into the Woods, Urinetown, Blue Window (Boston College).

Paul is a Professor of Musical Theater at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. He was honored in 2007 with the Boston College Art’s Council’s Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement and served as the 2011-2012 Rev. J. Donald Monan S. J. Professor in Theatre Arts. (he/him)

artists including Renée Elise Goldsberry (Hamilton, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks), Darius de Haas (Children of Eden), and Laura Michelle Kelly (Mary Poppins). He was also recently involved with the Boston pre-Broadway production of Moulin Rouge! as the vocal coach for Sahr Ngaujah (ToulouseLautrec). (he/him) MIRANDA MCLEAN (Assistant Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back with SpeakEasy, having previously been a part of TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever, The Pink Unicorn, Admissions, Choir Boy, Once, and Between Riverside and Crazy. She has worked with a variety of professional and educational institutions in the Greater Boston area, including Company One, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, New Repertory Theatre, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Harvard University, and Broadway in Boston.

Miranda holds a BS in Neuroscience and Theater Arts from Emmanuel College. (she/her)

PAUL MELONE (General Manager/Production Manager) has managed over 100 plays, musicals, concerts, cabarets, and special events for SpeakEasy.

His SpeakEasy directing credits include Once; Carrie: The Musical; Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson [2013 Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Director]; reasons to be pretty; Adding Machine: A Musical [2010 Elliot Norton Award – Outstanding Director]; The Little Dog Laughed; Fat Pig; The Moonlight Room; Our Lady of 121st Street; and The Shape of Things. Local directing credits include Rent (Suffolk University); The Apple Tree (The Boston Conservatory); and Curse JOSÉ DELGADO (Music Director) is an award-winning of the Starving Class (Apollinaire Theatre Company). music director, accompanist, and vocalist who has Paul is a graduate of Boston University’s Theatre performed, recorded, accompanied for and/or co- Department. (he/him) taught master classes with such musical luminaries as Jason Robert Brown, Alan Silvestri, Seiji Ozawa, RACHEL PADULA-SHUFELT (Costume Consultant) the Boston Pops, and Boston Symphony Orchestra, returns to SpeakEasy having previously designed as well as numerous schools throughout the greater TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever, Men on Boats, Shakespeare in Boston area, including Harvard University, Boston Love, Once, Choir Boy, and The Children. Other recent Conservatory, Emerson College, and Boston College. costume design credits include Thanksgiving Play He currently is an Associate Professor of Theater at (Lyric Stage); 1776, Oliver (New Rep); Charlotte’s Web the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. As an arranger (ART Institute); The Owl Answers (Harvard University and composer, Delgado has accompanied and/or Dept. of Theatre, Dance and Media); Everybody had his original works performed by Tony, Grammy, (MIT); Windowmen [Elliot Norton Nomination – and Obie award-winning Broadway and recording Best Design], Lost Tempo, Elemenopea (Boston

WHO’S WHO - PRODUCTION STAFF Playwrights’ Theatre); Edward II [Elliot Norton Award – Best Design] (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Ezio (Odyssey Opera); Alice in War, Little Murders (The Boston Conservatory); Uncanny Valley, Lobster Girl, Doubt (Greater Boston Stage Company). Rachel is a graduate of Emerson College. (she/her) ELIZABETH YVETTE RAMIREZ* (Assistant Stage Manager) is delighted to join the ranks at SpeakEasy.

Elizabeth is a Boston-based stage manager and director. Local stage management credits include: Central Square Theater, Moonbox Productions, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, New Repertory Theatre, Front Porch Arts Collective, Greater Boston Stage, and Reagle Music Theatre. As a director, Elizabeth has worked with Central Square Theater, Front Porch Arts Collective, Kidstock Creative Theater, Ministry of Theater, The Calliope Project (for which she served as Artistic Director from 2011-2014) and Flat Earth Theatre (where she is now a company member). She lives in Malden with her wife Olivia and their cat Tater Tot. Proud member and elected delegate of Actor’s Equity Association. (she/they) RACHEL STURM* (Production Stage Manager) is delighted to return to SpeakEasy after having previously stage managed The Children and Fun Home.

Area credits include: A Christmas Carol (The Hanover Theatre); Alice in the Pandemic and I Am a Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams (White Snake Projects); Aida, The Magic Flute, La Bohème, and Eugene Onegin (Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras); Becoming Dr. Ruth (New Repertory Theatre); Being Earnest, Calendar Girls, She Loves Me, and Gabriel (Greater Boston Stage Company); Cosi Fan Tutte, Dialogues of the Carmelites, and Die Fledermaus (New England Conservatory); and Twelfth Night (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. (she/her) WESLEY VERGE (Video Production Designer) returns to SpeakEasy having previously designed video for TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever. After attaining his MFA in Musical Theater Performance last year at the onset of the pandemic, Wesley, a creative entrepreneur, pivoted to theatrical filmmaking with the goal of keeping the spirit of theatre alive for his community and himself

during these difficult times. To that end, Wesley started his company, Mythoses Studios, which is also in the process of developing and creating original content with local artists and creatives. (he/him) ANDREW DUNCAN WILL (Audio Engineer) returns to SpeakEasy where he has designed sound for Once; Fun Home; Allegiance; Hand To God; The Savannah Disputation; Some Men; The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Zanna, Don’t!; and Parade. Andrew has recently designed productions for Lyric Stage, Bad Habit Productions, Flotsam Productions, Gloucester Stage, Stoneham Theatre, Puppet Showplace Theater, Hasty Pudding, New Rep, Fresh Ink, Boston Public Works, Commonwealth Shakespeare, A.R.T. Institute, and Company One. Andrew received a BA in Theater from Colby College, AS in Audio Engineering at the New England Institute of Art, and an MFA in Sound Design from Boston University. (he/him) *MEMBER OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote, and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 49,000 actors, singers, dancers, and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards.

Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production.

AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit actorsequity.org.