Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of our Fathers by Syracuse Stage

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PRESENTS

A T R A N S C R I P T I O N F O R T H E S TA G E B Y

Kyle Bass DIRECTED BY

Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr. PROJECTION DESIGN

LIGHTING

SOUND

Dehanza Shreen Rogers

David M. Bowman

Jacqueline R. Herter

PRODUCTION S TA G E M A N A G E R

Stuart Plymesser*

Robert Hupp

Jill A. Anderson

Melissa Crespo

Kyle Bass

Artistic Director

Managing Director

Associate Artistic Director

Resident Playwright

SEASON SPONSORS

The presentation of Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers at Syracuse Stage is part of Syracuse University’s Artist in Residency Program with Carrie Mae Weems and the First Year Seminar for incoming students. A special matinee performance is scheduled exclusively for students. September 17 - 18, 2021 2

CAST

L. Peter Callender*...........................................James Baldwin Wynn Harmon*.........................................William F. Buckley Simon Moody........................................Announcer/Ensemble Robbie Simpson*.........................................Buford/Ensemble Reynaldo Piniella*.....................................Heycock/Ensemble Emily Hernandez†..........................................Union President

ADDITIONAL CREDITS Wardrobe & Wig Supervisor: Jaylene Ogle Production Assistant: Audrey Flynn Electrician/Board Op: Wayne Ogle Sound Assistant/Board Op: Dan McLain Official Hotel for Guest Artists: Collegian Hotel & Suites Syracuse

*Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The director of this production is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. † Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama

AN INTERVIEW WITH RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT KYLE BASS BY CHARLOTTE HANSEN CH: How is the experience of watching your version different from watching the debate on YouTube? KB: It has a theatricality about it that is not inherent in the original debate, which was its own kind of theatre. I use other texts to create a sort of theatrical structure with a prologue and the epilogue. We don’t start with the debate right away. We hear from Buckley and then we hear from Baldwin in standalone monologues, which are their own words. I didn’t create a word of this, I made a collage of things. Organization and assemblage; that’s the work I did. And these elements of collages and their juxtaposition to the debate—which is a word for word transcription of the BBC broadcast—are what set it apart from just watching the video. CH: For the people who have seen the actual debate, what do you want them to take away from seeing it on stage?

KB: I was very attracted to Baldwin and Buckley as personas. Each of them had a very strong sort of presence. And I’m very interested to see how actors in 2021 inhabit these men, because they’re going to have to do so through their contextual lens, which is a current lens. I’m very curious about that. For some people, this will be their introduction to Baldwin. I’ve known Baldwin my entire literary career which began when I was like five! I think he’s one of the seminal American writers [but it] doesn’t necessarily mean people have read his work. Same for Buckley: known to many but hardly known to most. CH: Why did you include the student debate? KB: I thought it was important to set up sort of a “this is how these things go” so in juxtaposition we hear the students. Then it’s time for first, Baldwin to go, and now the

 RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT KYLE BASS.

announcer says, “Mr. James Baldwin will be bringing the voice of the real experience to the debate.” I love that he says that. That very juxtaposition which the announcer articulates, is one of the many reasons why I chose to keep the students debaters in this theatricalization of the debate. CH: What do you hope to achieve by reviving the debate in a stage format as opposed to the virtual format?

KB: It already exists that way. There’s the video on YouTube of the actual debate you can watch. And on some level [doing the show virtually] would make it a very different thing. It’s the liveness of it on stage. Theatre is not meant to be viewed on screens. That’s called cinema. That’s called television. Theatre dies on the screen. CH: If Baldwin and Buckley were here today, how do you think they would feel

about seeing their work presented in a stage format? KB: Baldwin would probably really love it because he really was bitten by the theatre. He wrote two plays that were produced in New York and on Broadway in his time. He was very much a fan of the theatre. So, I think he would be interested. I think Buckley would be really pissed off. He doesn’t come off well. But that’s not my doing. He did that to himself.

CAST Wynn Harmon (William F. Buckley, Jr.). At Syracuse Stage: Possessing Harriet (by Kyle Bass), Travels with my Aunt, and Sylvia. On Broadway, he played The Detective in Porgy and Bess (also telecast Live from Lincoln Center on PBS). OffBroadway appearances include The Lucky One (Mint Theater Company), As You Like It (The Pearl Theater Company) and The New Yorkers (Musical Theater Works). Inter national credits include: Voltaire/ Dr. Pangloss in Candide, at both the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse and Opéra National de Bordeaux, France; and Charlie Cowell in The Music Man at Royal Opera House Muscat, Oman. Regional credits include: Lost in the Stars, Showboat, and Candide at The Kennedy Center; and shows or seasons with: Arena Stage, Long Wharf Theatre, Hartford Stage, The Alley Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Studio Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Westport Country Playhouse, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland PlayHouse, Baltimore Center Stage, American Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Capital Rep, The Glimmerglass Festival, Des Moines Metro Opera, multiple Shakespeare festivals; and The Constant Wife plus ten Shakespeare productions at The Old Globe in San Diego. On television, he played The Chaplain on Madam Secretary, Trevor Babcock on All My Children, and Mayor Robert Van

L. Peter Callender (James Baldwin) most recently appeared as Sam in Syracuse Stage’s production of “Master Harold” . . . and the Boys. He is artistic director of African-American Shakespeare Company in San Francisco, CA; resident director at American Stage Company in Saint Petersburg, FL; Westcoast Black Theater Troupe in Sarasota, FL; and associate artist at New York Classical Theatre. Mr Callender is thrilled to return to Syracuse Stage since this was the stage that offered him his very first professional job (Season 8: The Comedy of Errors directed by Arthur Storch.) In addition to “Master Harold” . . . and the Boys, Peter has performed in several Fugard plays: Boesman and Lena, Siswe Bansi is Dead, The Island, My Children! My Africa!, and A Lesson From Aloes. As a playwright, his play Strange Courtesies will get its staged premiere at San Jose Stage next season. On Broadway, he played in Prelude to a Kiss, and off-Broadway in Black Eagles at Manhattan Theater Club. He is a multi-award-winning actor and director having performed in 23 Shakespeare plays and appeared at over 12 regional theatres, nationally. He recently played Louis Armstrong in Satchmo at the Waldorf for American Stage and will return to direct Romeo and Juliet in late summer. Mr Callender›s full bio and upcoming work can be viewed at www.lpetercallender.com.

CAST Wyck on The Knick. Film credits include Paper Cranes. Training: B.F.A. from Boston University, M.F.A. from American Conservatory Theatre. He is a proud recipient of a Helen Hayes Award nomination and The Edwin E. Stein Award for Excellence in the Arts.

demic) include Van Helsing - Dracula; Polonius - Hamlet; Julius Caesar (for which he was nominated for the SALT Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play); Friar Lawrence - Romeo and Juliet; and Kurt Muller - Watch on the Rhine (for which he was also nominated for the SALT Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play). Since the pandemic, Simon has performed in virtual productions of Love’s Labour’s Lost (Boyet); Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch); The Importance of Being Earnest (Rev. Chasuble); Much Ado About Nothing (Don John); and The Tempest (Prospero); and, most recently, a live production of The Tempest (King Alonso). He is presently in rehearsal for another live production of Much Ado About Nothing (Leonato). Simon is thrilled to be a part of this talented cast and production crew and appreciates the opportunity to participate in this innovative project. Special thanks to Ashley (his fiancé) for her patience, empathy, and constant support.

Emily Hernandez (Union President) is a senior acting major from northern New Jersey. In the Department of Drama, Emily has performed as Somebody in Everybody (studio project) and as Lady Montague/Apothecary in Romeo & Juliet (mainstage). This is her first time working with Syracuse Stage and is very excited to be a part of this process. Emily would like to thank everyone involved for making it rewarding and enjoyable. Simon Moody (Announcer) has been immersed in theatre for more than 40 years and has performed on stages in Australia and Central New York. Simon has been honored to receive TANYS (Theatre Association of New York State) Awards for Excellence in Acting (Benedick - Much Ado About Nothing; Petruchio - The Taming of the Shrew; Friar Lawrence - Romeo and Juilet) and numerous SALT Award nominations, including the SALT Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical (Patsy - Spamalot).  Recent notable performances (pre-pan-

Reynaldo Piniella (Heycock) was last seen at Syracuse Stage as Lust in Thoughts of A Colored Man. OffBroadway credits include The Death of the Last Black Man…, Venus (Signature), The Skin of Our Teeth (TFANA), Lockdown (Rattlestick), The Space Between the Letters (The Public/UTR), Terminus (NYTW Next Door). Regional work includes Baltimore Center Stage, Sundance Theatre Lab in Morocco, the O’Neill, and the Cleve-

CAST land Play House. TV credits include Blue Bloods, Sneaky Pete, Flesh & Bone, Greenleaf, The Carrie Diaries, Law & Order: SVU, NYC 22, Us & Them, Louie, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Film credits include Madeline’s Madeline, Shadows, One Percent More Humid and Broken City. As a playwright, his writing has been developed and commissioned by Baltimore Center Stage, the National Black Theater, San Diego Rep, Single Carrot Theater, Pioneer Theatre Guild, Shakesqueer Theater Company, HB Studio, and NYU. His play Black Doves won the Thomas Barbour Award for Playwriting. He is an alum of the Civilians R&D Group and has received fellowships from TCG, NALAC, Weeksville Heritage Center, and the All Stars Project. Follow him @ReynaldoRey. www.reynaldopiniella.com

Robbie Simpson (Burford) is thrilled to be back in Syracuse! Syracuse Stage credits include Pip in Great Expectations and The Cold Read Festival of New Plays. Off Broadway: Paradise Lost, Afterglow, The Mint, and Gingold Group/ Project Shaw. Regional: The Old Globe, Syracuse Stage, The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, The Cape Playhouse, The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, Berkshire Theater Festival among others. TV: AMC’s Dietland, Hulu’s The Path, and SYFY’s Horror Movie. Robbie is the host of The Breakdown Podcast available wherever you listen to podcasts. Training: B.F.A. from Syracuse University and an M.F.A. from The Old Globe/ USD. www.RobbieSimpsonActor.com @MrRobbieSimpson

A R T I S T I C S TA F F Dehanza Shreen Rogers (Projection Design) is an award winning Panamanian-American filmmaker. Her practice focuses on Black girl and womanhood. As a scholar her work explores the visual representation of Black girls in media. She is a Film Independent Project Involve Fellow, as well as a Cornell University Society for the Humanities Fellow.

design and technology. Past designs include No Child, Culture Clash in Americca, and Bad Dates for Syracuse Stage; Speed the Plow and Avenue Q for the Department of Drama, and A Naked Girl on the Appian Way for The Redhouse. Dave is a proud alumnus of Syracuse University (B.F.A.’93). Jacqueline R. Herter (Sound) has served as resident sound designer at Syracuse Stage and Syracuse University’s Department of Drama since 1997. She shifted and combined theatrical design with video/film design for last year’s season. Herter has

David M. Bowman (Lighting) is the lighting and projections supervisor for Syracuse Stage and the Syracuse University Department of Drama as well as an adjunct professor of lighting

A R T I S T I C S TA F F designed for Indiana Repertory Theatre, Studio Arena, the Wilma, Geva, Round House, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Virginia Stage and the Hangar Theater as well as other theatres across the nation. Some favorite designs have been: Annapurna, Beauty and the Beast, Next to Normal, Mary Poppins, Nine, Hairspray, The Overwhelming, Caroline, or Change, The Miracle Worker, The Wolves, The Day Room, The Christians, Radio Golf, Parade, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Red Noses, The Real Thing, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, M. Butterfly, A Raisin in the Sun, A Lesson Before Dying, Copenhagen, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Inherit the Wind, and Big River.

over 100 plays, musicals, and special events, working with such talents as Jason Alexander, Olympia Dukakis, Frank Langella, Elizabeth Franz, and Phylicia Rashad. Stuart has worked at numerous regional theatres around the country and in Cape Town, South Africa, and has toured nationally. Locally, he has also stage managed events for Syracuse Fashion Week. In addition, Stuart is adjunct faculty for Syracuse University’s Department of Drama and has been a guest speaker/ lecturer for Ithaca College, Wells College, SUNY Oswego, SUNY Fredonia, and the Zabalaza Festival in Cape Town. Outside of theatre, Stuart has trained at Aikido of Central New York for over a decade and holds the rank of Shodan (first degree black belt.) Stuart is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.

Stuart Plymesser (Production Stage Manager) is in his 25th season at Syracuse Stage where he has stage managed

DIRECTOR Godfrey L. Simmons, Jr. is the artistic director of HartBeat Ensemble, Hartford’s Public Theatre. He is also co-founder of Civic Ensemble, a community-based theatre company in Ithaca, NY. For Civic, he directed Eugene O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings and The Next Storm, and appeared in My Children! My Africa!, Fast Blood, and his adaptation of Mike Daisey’s The Trump Card. Godfrey was producing artist in charge of new artist development for Off-Broadway’s Epic Theatre Ensemble, appearing in A More Perfect Union, Widowers’ Houses (which Godfrey co-adapted with

Ron Russell), and Measure for Measure, among other plays. At Epic, he also co-wrote and starred in a documentary play about the election of President Barack Obama, Dispatches From (A)mended America. Additional New York theatre credits include The Old Settler (Primary Stages), Betty’s Summer Vacation (Playwrights Horizons), Free Market (Working Theater), Leader of the People (New Georges), and microcrisis (Ensemble Studio Theater). Godfrey is a 2012 TCG/Fox Fellow, a participant in the TCG SPARK Leadership Program, and a lifetime member of Ensemble Studio Theatre.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Robert Hupp is in his sixth season as artistic director of Syracuse Stage. He recently directed Annapurna, Talley’s Folly, Amadeus, Noises Off, Next to Normal, and The Three Musketeers for Stage. Prior to coming to central New York, Robert spent seventeen seasons as the producing artistic director of Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock. He directed over 30 productions for Arkansas Rep ranging from Hamlet to Les Miserables to The Grapes of Wrath. In New York City, Robert directed the American premieres of Glyn Maxwell’s The Lifeblood and Wolfpit for the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble. He also served for nine seasons as the artistic director of the Obie Award-winning Jean Cocteau Repertory. At the Cocteau, Robert’s directing credits include works by Buchner, Wilder, Cocteau, Shaw, Wedekind and the premieres of the Bentley/Milhaud

version of Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children, Seamus Heaney’s The Cure at Troy, and Eduardo de Filippo’s Napoli Millionaria. He has held faculty positions at Pennsylvania’s Dickinson College and, in Arkansas, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Hendrix College. Robert served as vice president of the Board of Directors of the Theatre Communications Group and has served on funding panels for the New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, the Theatre Communications Group, the New Jersey State Council of the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. While in Arkansas, Robert was named both Non-Profit Executive of the Year by the Arkansas Business Publishing Group, and Individual Artist of the year by the Arkansas Arts Council. He and his wife Clea ride herd over a blended family of five children, one dog, and two cats.

MANAGING DIRECTOR completed a $7 million capital campaign and campus expansion, doubled its operating budget, and was honored with a 2015 National Medal of Arts and the 2010 Regional Theatre Tony Award. Under the O’Neill’s aegis, Jill also developed the Baltic Playwrights Conference, an annual international new play development retreat held in Hiiumaa, Estonia. Previously, Jill spent five years in the production office at Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage, after working as a stage man-

Jill A. Anderson has served as managing director of Syracuse Stage since 2016. Jill is responsible for Stage’s nearly $6.5 million operating budget and has oversight of fundraising, marketing, and operational matters within the organization. Prior to joining Stage, Jill spent a decade as general manager at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. During her tenure, the O’Neill

MANAGING DIRECTOR ager in Minnesota, New Mexico, and Massachusetts. In addition to her work at Stage, Jill is an instructor in the Theater Management program of the Syracuse University Department of Drama, building on her work with high school and college students elsewhere, including at the Kennedy Center American College

Theater Festival. Jill was recognized as part of the Central New York Business Journal’s “40 Under Forty” awards in 2017 and has served on numerous municipal and non-profit boards. Jill is delighted to call Central New York home, but will always be a proud cheesehead, originally hailing from Marshfield, Wisconsin.

A S S O C I AT E A R T I S T I C D I R E C T O R Melissa Crespo is a director of new plays, musicals and opera. Favorite past credits include: the world premiere of Charly Evon Simpson’s form of a girl unknown (Salt Lake Acting Company), Promenade by María Irene Fornés and Al Carmines (artistin-residence at NYU Tisch), and her production of Karen Zacarías’ Native Gardens co-produced by Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre Center, and Portland Center Stage. As a playwright, her play Egress, co-written with Sarah Saltwick, will receive a world pre-

miere at Amphibian Stage in 2021. Fellowships and residencies include: Time Warner Fellow (WP Theatre), Usual Suspect (NYTW), The Director’s Project (Drama League), Van Lier Directing Fellow (Second Stage Theatre), and the Allen Lee Hughes Directing Fellow (Arena Stage). Melissa received her M.F.A. in directing from The New School for Drama where she is now a faculty member. She is currently the editor of 3Views on Theater and was featured in the 2020 Broadway Women’s Fund “Women to Watch on Broadway”. https://www.melissacrespo.com

P L AY W R I G H T / R E S I D E N T P L AY W R I G H T Kyle Bass is the author of the play Possessing Harriet, commissioned by the Onondaga Historical Association, which received its world premiere at Syracuse Stage in 2018, was subsequently produced at Franklin Stage Company, and will be produced at the East Lynn Theater Company in

2022. His new plays are salt/city/blues, which will have its world premiere at Syracuse Stage in 2022, Citizen James, or The Young Man Without A Country, a one-man show on James Baldwin, commissioned by Syracuse Stage, which streamed in 2021 and will tour live in 2022, and the libretto for Libba Cotton: Here This Day, a new opera based on the life of American folk

P L AY W R I G H T / R E S I D E N T P L AY W R I G H T music legend Libba Cotten, commissioned by The Society for New Music. Kyle’s other full-length plays include Tender Rain, Bleecker Street, Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers, which has been presented at Cornell University, Colgate University, the University of Delaware, and will be presented at Syracuse University in September 2021, and Separated, a documentary theatre piece about the student military veterans at Syracuse University, which was presented at Syracuse Stage and the Paley Center in New York. With National Medal of Arts recipient Ping Chong, Kyle is the co-author of Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo, which had its world premiere at Syracuse Stage and was subsequently produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre in New York. Kyle has also written for Noh theatre under commission by Theatre Nohgaku. Kyle is the co-author of the original screenplay for the film Day of Days (Broad Green Pictures, 2017), which stars award-winning veteran actor Tom Skerritt, and the author of the screenplay Abundance, an adaptation of the novel Milk by Darcy Steinke. As dramaturg Kyle worked with acclaimed visual artist and MacArthur Fellow Carrie Mae Weems on her theatre piece Grace Notes: Reflections for Now, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina, subsequently produced at Yale Rep and the Kennedy Center, and he was script consulted on the Broadwaybound Thoughts of a Colored Man, which premiered at Syracuse Stage in 2019. Kyle’s plays and other writings

have appeared in the journals Callaloo, Folio, and Stone Canoe, among others, and in the essay anthology, Alchemy of the Word: Writers Talk about Writing. Kyle is the founding curator of Syracuse Stage’s annual Cold Read Festival of New Plays, which has hosted some of the country’s most-produced playwrights, including Larissa FastHorse and Kate Hamill. He has also served Syracuse Stage as literary manager and resident dramaturg and received the 2021 Impact Award as Artist as Manager, presented by the Arts Administration Program at Le Moyne College. After five seasons as associate artistic director at Syracuse Stage, Kyle was recently announced as the theatre’s first-ever resident playwright. Kyle is assistant professor in the Department of Theater at Colgate University, where he previously served as the Burke Endowed Chair for Regional Studies. Previously, Kyle was faculty in the M.F.A. Creative Writing program at Goddard College from 2006 to 2018, taught playwriting in Syracuse University’s Department of Drama and at Hobart & William Smith Colleges, and was the 2019/20 Susan P. Stroman Visiting Playwright at the University of Delaware. A two-time recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship (for fiction in 1998, for playwriting in 2010), a finalist for the Princess Grace Playwriting Award, and Pushcart Prize nominee, Kyle holds an M.F.A. in playwriting from Goddard College, is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America and is represented by The Barbara Hogenson Agency.

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The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of the arts in Central New York. We recognize the deep importance live theatre plays in shaping the cultural and social vitality of our community. In these challenging times, theatre brings us together (safely and virtually) to be inspired and celebrate the richness of the human experience. We are delighted to continue to support Syracuse Stage and this very special production of Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers.

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Herman R. Frazier* Senior Deputy Athletics Director Syracuse University

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Artistic Director.............................................................................................................Robert Hupp Managing Director.....................................................................................................Jill A. Anderson Associate Artistic Director............................................................................................Melissa Crespo Resident Playwright..............................................................................................................Kyle Bass P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F

Director of Production Operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann Associate Director of Production Operations..........................................................Dianna Angell Company Manager and Production Management Associate......................................Brian Crotty Events Manager and Production Management Assistant......................................Audrey Flynn Technical Director..................................................................................................Randall Steffen Assistant Technical Director............................................................................Rebecca Schuetz Scene Shop Foreman...........................................................................................Michael King Carpenters...............................Matt Crossman, John Gamble, Brian Jordan, Brian McBurney Student Employee................................................................................................Emily Kofsky Scenic Charge Artist...................................................................................................Emily Holm Scenic Artist........................................................................................................Riley Mankin Scenic Painter....................................................................................................Jessica Culligan Props Supervisor............................................................................................................Mara Rich Props Assistant.................................................................................................Gina Boccolucci Props Craftsperson.........................................................................................Bennet Goldberg Student Employee...........................................................................................Kristina Fosmire Costume Shop Manager..........................................................................Gretchen Darrow-Crotty Assistant Costume Shop Manager.....................................................................Amanda Moore Cutter-Drapers.................................................................Catherine Hennessy, Kathryn Rauch First Hand.........................................................................................................Victoria Lillich Stitchers.......................................................................................Emily King, Katelyn Yonkers Craftsperson/Shopper.........................................................................................Sandra Knapp Wardrobe and Wig Supervisor...............................................................................Jaylene Ogle Student Assistants.......................................................................................Christina Forestiere Lighting and Projection Supervisor..................................................................David M. Bowman Electrician...............................................................................................................Jed Daniels Electricians/Board Operators...........................................................Wayne Ogle, Susan Pipolo Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer......................................................Jacqueline R Herter

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Audio Engineer...............................................................................................Kevin O’Connor

Sound Engineer/Operator.....................................................................................Dan McLain Production Stage Manager....................................................................................Stuart Plymesser Stage Manager..............................................................................................Laura Jane Collins Production Assistants.........................................................................Erin C Brett, Em Piraino A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F

General Manager....................................................................................................Michael McCurdy Comptroller..............................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale Human Resources Manager/Business Associate.......................................................Kathy Zappala Director of Information Management & Technology...................................Garrett Wheeler-Diaz Box Office Manager.....................................................................................Courtney Richardson Audience Services Manager/COVID-19 Safety Officer..............................................Jacob Ellison Director of Development............................................................................................Wendy Rhodes Development Manager.......................................................................................Stefania Ianno Director of Community Engagement and Education...................................................Joann Yarrow Associate Director of Education.............................................................................Kate Laissle Community Engagement and Education Coordinator....................................Theorri London Director of Marketing and Communications..............................................................Joseph Whelan Group/Corporate Sales Manager..........................................................................Tracey White Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications......................................Joanna Penalva Patron Campaign Specialist.........................................................................Nori Gartner-Baca Senior Designer, Creative Content....................................................................Brenna Merritt Graphic Designer............................................................................................Jonathan Hudak Marketing Interns....................................................Grace Byrd, Charlotte Hansen, Emily Ref Executive Assistant...........................................................................................................Wallis Dean Artistic Student Intern.............................................................................................Soumya Tadepalli Sign Language Interpreters....................................................Brenda Brown, Jim Brown, Jessie Falke, Sue Freeman, Mae Harrington, Zenna Preli, Trisha Schwartz, Tessa Wall Open Captioning...................................................................................................Michael McCurdy Audio Description...................................................................................Kate Laissle, Joseph Whelan Community Services Officers.......................................................Stacey Emmons, Joseph O'Connor Custodians.......................................................................Dave Hall, Tony Rogers, Candance Velario

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MATILDA THE MUSICAL

Book by Dennis Kelly | Music and Lyrics by Tim Minchin | Based on the book Matilda by Roald Dahl | Directed by Donna Drake Musical Direction by Brian Cimmet Choreography by Andrea Leigh-Smith JAN. 19 – FEB. 6, 2022

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SOMEWHERE OVER THE BORDER By Brian Quijada Directed by Rebecca Martínez APR. 13 – MAY 1, 2022

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG

By Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields | Directed by Robert Hupp WORLD PREMIERE

JUN. 8 – 26, 2022

SALT/CITY/BLUES

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