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HOW TO DANCE IN OHIO

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CLEAN/ ESPEJOS

SEPT 21 – OCT 9

Book and Lyrics by Rebekah Greer Melocik | Music by Jacob Yandura Based on Alexandra Shiva’s documentary film How To Dance in Ohio Directed by Sammi Cannold

A heart-filled new musical, based on the Peabody Awardwinning documentary of the same name, that explores what it means to belong, the courage it takes to put yourself out in the world, and the universal need to connect. Follow seven Autistic young adults as they come of age and find their ways in the world.

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By Thornton Wilder Directed by Robert Hupp

The American classic that reminds us to cherish every unimportant moment.

Music by Alan Menken | Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater Book by Doug Wright | Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story and the Disney film that was produced by Howard Ashman & John Musker and written & directed by John Musker & Ron Clements | Originally Produced by Disney Theatrical Productions Directed by Melissa Rain Anderson Co-produced with the Syracuse University Department of Drama

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TENDER RAIN By Kyle Bass Directed by Rodney Hudson

A man must confront the secrets of his past in order to move forward in this world premiere of Kyle Bass’ haunting play.

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By Christine Quintana | Spanish translation and adaptation by Paula Zelaya Cervantes Directed by Melissa Crespo

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CLUE

Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn | Written by Sandy Rustin Additional Material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price | Based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture Based on the Hasbro board game CLUE Original Music by Michael Holland Directed by Ben Hanna

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 ROBERT HUPP. PHOTO: BRENNA MERRITT.

Welcome to the final production of our 2021/2022 season. It’s a particularly salient time in our theatre’s story as the opening of salt/city/ blues marks the first time Syracuse Stage has produced the work of a resident playwright. That’s not to say this is the first time we’ve produced a play by Kyle Bass. That honor belongs to Possessing Harriet, which we produced in 2018. Rather, salt/ city/blues is Kyle’s first offering since being named Stage’s resident playwright. The distinction is not insignificant. It reflects our growing commitment to new work. Creating the new position of resident playwright as part of the theatre’s primary artistic team establishes a playwright’s voice at the center of our organization. In the months and years to come, just as we remain committed to producing a diverse and broad body of theatrical work, we will enhance and deepen our engagement with playwrights and introduce you to exciting new voices. We believe the vitality of our theatre depends on this growing commitment. We look forward to taking this journey with you in the seasons to come.

than we can say. We’re so glad you’re here to experience Kyle’s new work. We very much look forward to seeing you again next season where new plays and musicals like How to Dance in Ohio, Clean, and Tender Rain compliment the American classic Our Town and family favorites Disney's The Little Mermaid and Clue to create the one-of-a-kind experiences you can always expect from Syracuse Stage.

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WRITTEN BY

Kyle Bass DIRECTED BY

Gilbert McCauley SCENIC DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGN

SOUND DESIGN

William Bloodgood

Devario D. Simmons

Kathy A. Perkins

Gregory Robinson

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMPOSER

FIGHT DIRECTOR

Olivia Lacie Andrews†

James Gordon Williams

Alec Barbour

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

CASTING

Stuart Plymesser•

Bass/Valle Casting

T H I S P R O D U C T I O N I S L O V I N G LY D E D I C AT E D T O T H E M E M O RY O F O U R D E A R F R I E N D A N D C O L L E A G U E C AT H E N N E S S Y.

Robert Hupp

Jill A. Anderson

Melissa Crespo

Kyle Bass

Artistic Director

Managing Director

Associate Artistic Director

Resident Playwright

SEASON SPONSORS

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MEDIA SPONSORS

salt/city/blues is produced by special arrangement with The Barbara Hogenson Agency, Inc., 165 West End Ave., Suite 19C, New York, NY 10023. June 9 – June 26, 2022

IN MEMORIAM

Felix Ivanoff January 28, 1950 – May 14, 2022 Associate Professor Syracuse University Department of Drama

TA K I N G P H O T O S I N T H E T H E AT R E Audience members may take photos in the theatre before and after the performance and during intermission. If you post photos on social media or elsewhere, you must credit the production's designers by including the names below. Please note: Photos are strictly prohibited during the performance. Photos of the stage are not permitted if an actor is present. Video and audio recording is not permitted at any time in the theatre. SCENIC DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGN

William Bloodgood

Devario Simmons

Kathy A. Perkins

CAST (in alphabetical order)

Leo Finnie*.....................................................................Prof D Rand Foerster*....................................................................Fish Chantal Jean-Pierre*.....................................Yolonda Mourning Jeremiah Packer*..........................................................Malcolm Joey Parsons*....................................................Carrie Simmons UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance. For Carrie Simmons–Christine Albright*; For Fish–Michael Breese Barbour*; For Malcolm–Dylan Castro; For Prof D–David A. Shakes*; For Yolonda Mourning–Esther Winter;

ADDITIONAL CREDITS Associate Lighting Designer: David M. Bowman Trumpet Coach: Pat Carney Trumpet Soloist: Geechi Taylor Production Assistant: Erin C Brett Sound Assistant/Board Operator: Daniel McLain Electrician/Board Operator: Susan Pipolo Wardrobe Supervisor: Amanda Moore Dresser: Megan Berner Student Assistant Director: Max Evans† Student Assistant Lighting Designer: Jay Korter† Student Stage Management Intern: Emma Yehle†

SETTING Salt City America Not long ago There will be one fifteen-minute intermission.

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The playwright is a member of the Dramatists Guild. The director of this production is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers are represented by United Scenic Artists Local 829, IATSE. salt/city/blues 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. 15

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WHO LIVES THERE? BY JOSEPH WHELAN

Playwright Kyle Bass says the Salt City of salt/city/ blues is a kind of a fraternal twin to the Salt City whose official name is Syracuse, NY. The play, he says, is grounded in this community; it is infused with and inspired by the city he has called home since 1993. But the city that is home to Tipsy’s Pub on the stage of the Archbold Theatre is not the Syracuse of E. Genesee St. and beyond—though tangible reference points may be found.

three-story stand-alone building that looks like it belongs in an Edward Hopper painting, The Penny occupies what is believed to be the oldest storefront in Armory Square. For a time, the building was a boarding house for railroad workers. At street level, to the right of the pub, is a single door that leads to apartments above. That door posed a question for Bass and that question became his entrance to salt/ city/blues. Who lives there?

One such point is a downtown pub called The Penny. Housed in a red brick,

The process of answering this question traces the writer’s eye-opening and

PHOTO: ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

 SCHOR’S MEATS AT 604 HARRISON IN 1963.

emotional journey toward creating the play. Prof D appears as the upstairs occupant and the other characters the citizens of a parallel city and the denizens of a fictional pub. Syracuse morphs into Salt City, The Penny into Tipsy’s Pub. Another substantive reference lies beyond the confines of Tipsy’s—the elevated highway. Sound designer Gregory Robinson says it should feel like a constant presence for the characters and present for the audience. Every time a door or window opens, sounds of the city, sounds

“We had about six bakeries in our little area, we had a fish market, we had a place where you can go get fresh chickens, we had the drugstore, the five-and-dime, we had liquor stores, we had cleaners, and just about everything right here in the 15th Ward. You didn’t have to go very far to get anything.”

of the highway pour in as constant reminders of a troubled past and harbingers of an uncertain future. Director Gilbert McCauley says salt/city/ blues is about people and a place at crossroads. It is time to choose a direction, which way to go. The neighborhood outside of Tipsy’s, like the neighborhood outside of Syracuse Stage, has had a troubled if not uncommon history in the annals of urban renewal, or as James Baldwin bluntly put it “Negro removal.” The 15 th Ward, once a thriving downtown community which was home to roughly 90 percent of Black Syracusians in the 1940s and 1950s, was obliterated to make way for the construction of the elevated highway Interstate 81 in the 1960s. The community and the neighborhood never quite recovered. In the early 20th century, the 15th Ward was mostly a Jewish community. Theatre fans might know that the Shubert family came from the neighborhood. As Black families, fleeing the violence and prejudice of the Jim Crow south, began to arrive in the city,

they were barred by housing covenants from settling in many areas. The 15th Ward was their only option, and it became a hub of community life with many Black owned businesses to support it. Read through any of the fine articles about the 15th Ward and the names of many family run businesses repeat: Mr. Calafaro’s Beauty Shop, Frank’s Bar and Grill, George’s Bar, Mama Craig’s Restaurant, Jackson’s Paper, Aunt Edith’s Restaurant. Photos of Grant Malone’s Barbershop and Schor’s Meats are easy to find. This description recorded in Visualizing 81, an excellent website produced by The Newshouse, offers a personal perspective. “‘The 15th Ward was close-knit. It was like a melting pot,’ remembers Eloise Currie, who moved to Syracuse from Georgia when she was 7 years old in 1947. ‘We had about six bakeries in our little area, we had a fish market, we had a place where you can go get fresh chickens, we had the drugstore, the five-and-dime, we had liquor stores, we had cleaners, and just about

PHOTO: ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.

 GRANT MALONE’S BARBER SHOP AT 718 MCBRIDE STREET.

everything right here in the 15th Ward. You didn’t have to go very far to get anything.’” The writer John A. Williams grew up in the 15th Ward and recalled a sense of comradery and responsibility that defined the community: “If both parents were away at work or shopping, you could bet your life that some old man whittling on a stick had their eyes on you. If you misbehaved, the folks had the report as soon as their feet hit the steps. Ours was a community, despite everything else, in which

survival of the other fellow or his children meant survival for yours.” (“The Destruction of Syracuse’s 15 th Ward,” Onondaga Historical Association). When it came, the destruction of the 15th Ward was total: 90 percent of the structures were demolished, up to 500 businesses were lost, and possibly as many as 2,200 families were displaced. Many moved to neighborhoods south and east of the Ward where they were not wanted. As Black families moved in, white families moved out to the suburbs fulfilling the famil-

iar story of white flight. In the immediate future, work will begin to tear down the I-81 overpass and replace it with a community grid. Some current residents in the area will be displaced but the plan calls for developing a range of new housing that will be affordable to all income levels. If, or to what degree, that happens will reveal which direction a city at a crossroads chose, and the measure of that choice will lie in the answer to the playwright’s question. Who lives there?

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NURTURING NEW WORK BY JOSEPH WHELAN The opening of salt/city/ blues marks the fourth world premiere on the Syracuse Stage mainstage in as many years. First came Possessing Harriet (2018/2019), followed by Thoughts of a Colored Man (2019/2020) and then this season’s Somewhere Over the Border, and our current production. While many world and American premieres are part of Stage’s long history, renewed emphasis on not only producing new work but developing and nurturing new work began with the launch of the Cold Read Festival of New Plays in the 2017/2018 season. Not surprisingly, the idea for Cold Read came from a

playwright, Kyle Bass, who until recently served as curator of the Festival. New associate artistic director Melissa Crespo has taken over the job. At the time of the inaugural Cold Read, Bass was Stage’s associate artistic director. He is now the theatre’s first ever resident playwright. He relinquishes his curatorial responsibility for Cold Read having achieved an important goal–bringing new work to the mainstage. Significantly, the new work produced here has extended Stage’s reach beyond Central New York. Keenan Scott II’s Thoughts of a Colored Man ran on Broadway for three

 PLAYWRIGHT IN RESIDENCE KYLE BASS ON THE SET OF POSSESSING HARRIET.

“While many world and American premieres are part of Stage’s long history, renewed emphasis on not only producing new work but developing and nurturing new work began with the launch of the Cold Read Festival of New Plays in the 2017/2018 season.”

months last fall. Brian Quijada’s musical Somewhere Over the Border is currently playing at Chicago’s Teatro Vista, and Possessing Harriet has had several productions including one at Franklin Stage. Off the mainstage, too, the nurturing of new work has had an impact, especially on Stage’s educational programming. Recent commissioned work for the middle and high school program Backstory includes Airborn by local author Evan Starling-Davis, So Journey to the Truth by Nambi E. Kelley and Daniel Carlton based on the artwork of Robert Shetterley, Commanding Space: The Rise of Annie Easley and the Centaur Rocket by Stephanie Leary, and Citizen James, or the Young Man without a Country by Kyle Bass. Commanding Space and Citizen James have been performed (or streamed in video-on-demand versions) in numerous places around the country.

Add to the tally of recent new work Bass’ Separated, created with Syracuse University student military veterans, this season’s staged reading of Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers, also by Bass, and notably The Most Beautiful Home . . . Maybe by Mark Valdez and ashley sparks, which runs concurrently for three performances with salt/city/blues. Next season promises more exciting new work. The season opener How to Dance in Ohio, a musical based on the HBO documentary of the same name, receives its world premiere here in anticipation of a future life in the American theatre. Bass’ third world premiere Tender Rain is set for the second half of the season, and Ojibwe and Oneida performance artist, activist, and writer Ty Defoe has been commissioned to create a Backstory program working with students and community members of the Onondaga Nation.

 [ABOVE] LUCY LAVELY, DANIEL MORGAN SHELLEY, NICOLE KING, AND WYNN

HARMON IN THE WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF POSSESSING HARRIET. PHOTO: BRENNA MERRITT. [ABOVE RIGHT] ENSEMBLE IN THE WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF THOUGHTS OF A COLORED MAN. PHOTO: MICHAEL DAVIS.

“Significantly, the new work produced here has extended Stage’s reach beyond Central New York. Keenan Scott II’s Thoughts of a Colored Man ran on Broadway for three months last fall. Brian Quijada’s musical Somewhere Over the Border is currently playing at Chicago’s Teatro Vista, and Possessing Harriet has had several productions including one at Franklin Stage.”

CAST Leo Finnie (Prof D) is a veteran actor who has performed at most of the nation’s prestigious regional theatres, OffBroadway theatres, and London’s Royal National Theatre. He originated the role of Philmore in August Wilson’s Jitney, for which he won the 2000 Drama Desk and Obie Awards. Although he’s most at home on the stage, Mr. Finnie has played multiple characters roles on all the Law & Orders, was Chief Saunder way back on All My Children, and he plays the recurring role of Grandpa Don on Hulu’s Life and Beth with Amy Schumer. Like most working actors, he’s appeared in numerous TV commercials and print advertisements. The loves of his life are his two daughters and one grandson. Mr. Finnie wants it to be known that Syracuse Stage has always been at the top of his bucket list, and is honored and excited to finally be here in this wonderful play by Kyle Bass, directed by the esteemed Gilbert McCauley; all under the fantastic creative staff of Robert Hupp, Jill Anderson, and Michael McCurdy. Finally, Mr. Finnie sends out a very special personal shout-out to his first acting coach Janet Schreiner and her encouraging words, “We’re going to make it happen!”–love you, Janet!

as the artistic director and co-founder of the West Bank Downstairs Theatre Bar where he produced, directed, and performed original one acts, Rand settled in Western Massachusetts. There he has worked as an educator while continuing his work as an actor and director. Rand’s recent regional acting credits include Alabama Story (Majestic Theater), The Foreigner and The Sunset Limited (New Century Theatre) and Endgame (Serious Play Theatre). Rand has directed well over seventy-five productions and is a resident director for the Majestic Theater in West Springfield where he most recently directed the musical 9 to 5. Some other directing favorites include The House of Blue Leaves, Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Harvey, Painting Churches, The Boys Next Door, Johnny Got His Gun, and Lewis Black’s One Slight Hitch. Rand holds an M.F.A. in acting and directing from the Yale School of Drama. JanaZekeToshMiles…One Love! Chantal Jean-Pierre (Yolonda Mourning) is thrilled to make her Syracuse Stage debut. She has graced the stages of several reputable regional theatres around the country performing classics as well as contemporary works such as the title role in both Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Orlando Shakespeare Theater productions of Antony and Cleopatra, Hostess Quickly and Alice in Henry V at Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey. She performed

Rand Foerster (Fish) is thrilled to welcome back live theatre and make his Syracuse Stage debut in the premiere of salt/city/blues. After more than a decade in New York City

CAST in the West Coast premiere of Fairview at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, critically acclaimed Haitian-Cuban production of Our Town at Miami New Drama, Disgraced at Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Repairing a Nation at Crossroads Theatre Company’s, Intimate Apparel at Dorset Theater Festival Trouble in Mind at Triad Stage, Doubt at Flat Rock Playhouse, A Raisin in the Sun at Crossroads Theatre Company, Sheila’s Day at Hartford Stage, King Lear at the Folger Theatre in Washington, D.C. with Andre De Shields in the title role. She has guest starred on a number of television shows such as: FBI, Blue Bloods, New Amsterdam, The Good Fight, and Law & Order: SVU. Chantal is ever so grateful for her husband’s undying support. Find out more at: https://www.chantaljean-pierre.com

The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shooting Star: The Billy Griffin Musical. Jeremiah is elated to be making his Syracuse Stage debut in this world premiere play! He sends gratitude to God for such a wonderful opportunity, his family and friends for all their support and love, and this cast for sticking through it all! www.jeremiahpacker.com Joey Parsons (Carrie Simmons). Off Broadway: Vanity Fair (The Pearl Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Pearl Theatre/ Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Drama League Nomination); Stupid F**king Bird, The Rivals, Figaro, The Misanthrope, Wittenberg (The Pearl); A Little Journey (The Mint Theater); Theatre: Pride and Prejudice (Syracuse Stage, SALT Award: Best Supporting Actress); An Enemy of the People (Yale Rep.); The House On The Hill, Memoirs Of A Forgotten Man, Not Medea, Gidion’s Knot, Dear Sara Jane, Fifty Words (Contemporary American Theater Festival); God of Carnage (Arizona Theatre Co./San Jose Rep - San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critic’s Circle Award: Outstanding Principal Actress); Blithe Spirit (Syracuse Stage); Rabbit Hole (Pittsburgh Public/Hartford TheatreWorks); Dead Man’s Cell Phone (Hartford TheatreWorks); The Shape of Things (St. Louis Rep.); The Tempest, As You Like It, Richard III, The Winter’s Tale, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Two Gentlemen of Verona (HVSF); Comedy of Errors, Measure

Jeremiah Packer (Malcolm) is a New York based actor, singer, and dancer who hails from Fayetteville, N.C. where he earned his B.A. in theatre at Fayetteville State University. He is also a proud alum of the University of Alabama where he recently graduated with his M.F.A. in acting (2021). Regional credits: Porgy & Bess, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Wiz, Fly, Pathway to Freedom, Oliver!, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Henry V. Film and TV: Circle Circle, Dot Dot, Recycled Threads, Running in Circles. University credits: A Raisin in the Sun, Intimate Apparel, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Antigone, Seven Guitars,

CAST for Measure (Yale Rep.). Television: FBI, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Blindspot, Divorce, Madam Secretary, The Mysteries of Laura, Law & Order: SVU, Law & Order: Trial By Jury, Third Watch, Deadline. Film: Before/ During/After, Lightning Jack. Recipient of the Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship. M.F.A.: Yale School of Drama. Thank you to my family, blood and chosen. www.joeyparsons.com Instagram: @joeyparsons13

Michael Breese Barbour (U/S Fish) is delighted to return to Syracuse Stage after his recent turn as Maurice in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Kappellemeister Bonno in Amadeus. NYC credits include Eddie Marx in The Inn at Lake Devine and Narrator in Lovers. Regional credits include Lear in King Lear, Andy in Lovers, Mike in Rounding Third, Jeffrey in A Naked Girl on the Appian Way, Falstaff in Henry 5 by 7, Orson Wells in Orson Wells/Shylock, Baron Van Swieten in Amadeus, Captain William Farnsworth Cook (Grandfather) in Fever 1793, Hosiah Ward in Mother Hicks, Utterson in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Van Helsing in Dracula. Favorite roles as an Equity Guest Artist include Prospero in The Tempest, Major General Stanley in The Pirates of Penzance, Hugh in Translations, John Graunt in The Living, Leonato in Much Ado about Nothing, and Charles Darwin in Darwin in Malibu. Some favorite summer stock credits include Henry Albertson in The Fantastiks, Marcus Lycus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and Captain Brackett in South Pacific. Television and film include Sherriff Dell in The Mental State, Mr. Briggs in Neon Lights (HBO), Merlin in The Ill-Made Knight, Robert Morrison in Unsolved Mysteries, and Father Time. Michael earned his M.F.A. at The Catholic University of America and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Christine Albright (U/S Carrie Simmons) is thrilled to be working with Syracuse Stage. For the last 20 years, Christine has worked as an actor, director, and educator across the country. Favorite roles include: Judith in Equivocation at Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Arena Stage/ Seattle Rep, Mother in Sarah Ruhl’s Oldest Boy (Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Actress) at Marin Theatre Company; Sylvia in Tribes at Berkeley Rep. She has been a company member at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) since 2006, where she played such roles as Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Celia in As You Like It, and Lady Percy in Henry IV Parts 1 and 2. She is currently an assistant professor of acting at Syracuse University. M.F.A.: University of CaliforniaSan Diego. Special love to John and Henry, Mom and Dad, and all her wonderful students at the Syracuse University Department of Drama!

CAST Dylan Castro (U/S Malcolm), born and raised in Bronx, NY, is a recent graduate of UMass Amherst with a degree in Theatre and Economics. He started out doing theatre in high school and the passion he found in performing led him to pursue acting. He has been in various shows such as The Outsiders, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Billy Elliot, All The Way. Then transitioning to UMass Amherst Theatre, he starred in Wild Thing, Baltimore, Mr.Burns as well as staged readings of Interrobangers, Come My Beloved, and various student written plays. He will be continuing his classical Shakespearean training at the British American Drama Academy this summer. He would like to thank his friends, family, and especially his mother for the unconditional support.

with many dramatists and authors including Haki Mhadabuti, Woodie King, Jr., and Yusef Iman; he also studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Mr. Shakes is a long-time resident of Rochester and has worked with numerous theatres in the Rochester community as an actor, director, guest artist, and producer in performances and productions that have received critical as well as public acclaim. At Geva Theatre, he acted in, as well as consulted in the mounting of August Wilson’s Century Cycle. He also was a contributing artist at the JCC Centerstage, Shipping Dock, Blackfriars, RAPA, Downstairs Cabaret Theatre and Rochester Community Players. In addition, Mr. Shakes founded the Village theatre where he showcased many budding local actors. Currently, he is artistic director of the North Star Players. Mr. Shakes is an actor in local films and advertising campaigns and is a historical interpreter of such persons as Langston Hughes, William Wells Brown, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Frederick Douglass. Douglass’ words are particularly inspiring and relevant and his message of dignity, justice, and freedom rings throughout the ages. The study, coaching, and presentation of the works of Frederick Douglass are especially important and ongoing work for him. Mr. Shakes is a graduate of Empire State College and Syracuse University’s School of Social Work. He is a retired Rochester City School District social worker.

David A. Shakes (U/S Prof D), born in Philadelphia, PA, was raised in Brooklyn, NY, where his interest in dramatic arts was nurtured as a young student. David continued his work as a young adult during the Black Arts Movement of the late 60s and early 70s and became one of the founding members of the Spirit House Movers and Players, a prominent theatre company that presented dramatic and poetic works around the country, under the direction of Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones). During that time, he worked and studied

CAST Misbehavin’, The Wizard of Oz, The Music Man, Pirates of Penzance, Joseph…Dreamcoat, Working. Artist educator, Geva Theatre Center; creative producer for Recognition Radio, Geva Theatre Center. Thanks to Mark Cuddy, John, and kids.

Esther Winter (U/S Yolonda Mourning). West End: Show Boat; Regional: La Cage aux Folles, Church and State, My Mother›s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding, Dreamgirls, Ain’t

A R T I S T I C S TA F F William Bloodgood (Scenic Design). William Bloodgood’s work was seen here in the 2017 production of Deathtrap. Among his many previous designs for Syracuse Stage are productions of The Piano Lesson, Other Desert Cities, The Whipping Man, The Glass Menagerie, An Iliad, Radio Golf, To Kill a Mockingbird, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Red, Caroline, or Change, and The Underpants. In addition to work in the UK and China, he is well known in American regional theatres. He has worked in many, including Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., Arizona Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Alley Theatre in Houston, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Denver Center Theatre Company, the Guthrie Theater, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Intiman Theatre in Seattle, the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, Portland Center Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where he designed the scenery for 150 productions. In 2011 he was honored to design the United States national exhibit for the Prague Quadrennial of Performance and Space Design. He is the recipient of many awards for his designs, including two SALT Awards.

Devario D. Simmons He/Him/His (Costume Design) Broadway: Thoughts of a Colored Man; Off-Broadway: TUMACHO, Between the Bars, EMERGENCY! and P.S. Additionally, Simmons has had the pleasure of working regionally at: Asolo Repertory Theatre, The Long Wharf Theatre, Jean’s Playhouse, and Baltimore Center Stage. Other credits include Rustin (Netflix), three seasons of AMC’s television show Turn, the 2nd National Touring production of In the Heights, and two seasons of PBS television series Mercy Street. Website: devariosimmons.com IG: @devariosimmons Member of United Scenic Artist 829. Kathy A. Perkins (Lighting Design) has designed lighting for Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theatres such as American Conservatory Theatre, Arena Stage, Berkeley Repertory, Seattle Repertory, St. Louis Black Repertory, Alliance, Goodman, Steppenwolf, Baltimore Center Stage, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, New Federal Theatre, Mark Taper, Yale Repertory, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Two Rivers Theatre, Writers Theatre, People’s Light, and Playmak-

A R T I S T I C S TA F F ers Repertory. As a scholar, she is the editor of seven anthologies focusing on women both nationally and internationally. She is a senior editor of the Routledge Companion to African American Theatre and Performance. Kathy has traveled to over forty countries as both designer and lecturer and is the recipient of numerous research and design awards, including Ford Foundation, Fulbright, United States Information Agency (USIA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and an NAACP Image Award. She received the 2021 United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) Distinguished Achievement Award for both Education and Lighting Design. In 1995, Kathy co-curated ONSTAGE: A Century of African American Stage Design at New York’s Lincoln Center. In 2016 she served as theatre consultant for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture inaugural exhibition Taking the Stage. In 2007, she was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Theatre. She received her B.F.A. from Howard University and her M.F.A. from the University of Michigan. Kathy is faculty Emerita at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

national radio and television advertising; short films; documentaries; corporate video; and theatre. His work has been featured in an Emmy award winning documentary, and he has been recognized by the San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle, with a sound design Excellence in Theatre Award for Water By The Spoonful and a nomination for Proof. Gregory recently designed for the Marin Theatre Company’s production of JAZZ and salt/city/blues for Syracuse Stage (New York). Theatre sound design productions include: Calligraphy, Proof, Water By The Spoonful, The Mountaintop, The Pitmen Painters, Snow Falling On Cedars, Living Out, You Can’t Take It With You, An American Daughter, Be Aggressive, and Present Laughter. Partial Client/Project List: Academy Of Art University; AC Transit Amazing People Audio Series, London Bank of America; California Lottery Carlos Santana; Chevron; From The Heart Films HBO; Ivory Coast Pictures; KRON TV Museum Of The African Diaspora (MoAD); Organized Confuzion Films; TheatreWorks; The United Way; and Wells Fargo. Olivia Lacie Andrews (Choreographer) is honored to be a part of this production! Born and raised in Bucks County, PA, she is a rising senior musical theater major at Syracuse University. Choreography credits in the Department of Drama include The Matchmaker (choreographer), As You Like It (assistant choreographer), and Working the Musical (assistant choreographer). Recent

Gregory Robinson (Sound Design), a United Scenic Artists Local USA 829, IATSE Member, is “An Artist That Paints With Sound.” His sound effects, sound design, music, production sound recording, post- production mixing, and recordings have been featured in local, regional, and

A R T I S T I C S TA F F performance credits include: Matilda the Musical (Syracuse Stage/Department of Drama co-production) and Chicago and Rock of Ages (Theater Aspen). Special thank you to Andrea Leigh-Smith for always believing in me. Love to my family and friends who give me strength! @livdrews

Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture. James is assistant professor of composition in the Department of Music at University of California, Santa Cruz. Prior to his position, he was professor in the Syracuse University Department of African American Studies from 2014-2022. He is a member of the Society of American Music and the American Musicological Society. James holds a Ph.D. in music, from University of California, San Diego.

James Gordon Williams (Composer) is a composer, pianist, improviser, and cultural theorist. He has worked with artists Crystal Z. Campbell, Cauleen Smith, Suné Woods, and poet and MacArthur Fellow Fred Moten. As pianist and improviser, he has performed with Pulitzer Prize winning composer Anthony Davis, Miles Griffith and Gregory Porter, MacArthur Fellow George E. Lewis, Mark Dresser, Greg Osby, and Charli Persips’ Supersound big band. He has played music in such storied places as Birdland, Village Vanguard, and music festivals around the world. He has been commissioned by Syracuse Stage to write music for playwright Kyle Bass’s salt/city/blues. As a scholar, he writes on how African American composers and improvisers express political thought through creative practices that connect contemporary U.S. social movements. He is author of Crossing Bar Lines: The Politics and Practices of Black Musical Space (2021). His peer reviewed articles have appeared in Ethnomusicology Review, Jazz & Culture, Jazz Research Journal, Journal of African American Studies, Liquid Blackness, and Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles,

Alec Barbour (Fight Director) is a Rochester, NY, based actor, intimacy director, fight choreographer, and playwright. He has been studying stage combat since 2005 and is a certified teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors. He relishes the opportunity to create visceral, authentic moments of violence and intimacy that are thrilling for audiences while being safe and fun for actors. He received his M.F.A. in acting at the Hilberry Repertory Theatre at Wayne State University in Detroit, where his roles included Iago in Othello, Carson in Gross Indecency, and Charles Lomax in Major Barbara. Regional acting credits include Sir Castor (and fight captain) in Camelot at Drury Lane Theatre and Horner in The Country Wife at Franklin Stage. Intimacy Direction: Amadeus (Syracuse Stage). Romeo and Juliet, Everybody, Wild Party (Syracuse University Department of Drama). Bard Bending: Fight Club Edition, Two Gentlemen of Verona (Wallbyrd Theatre Co.). Dracula (Utica College). Fight Di-

A R T I S T I C S TA F F rection: Amadeus, Suzette who Set to Sea, Deathtrap, Disgraced (Syracuse Stage). Wild Party, Kiss Me, Kate (Syracuse University Department of Drama). Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again., with J. David Brimmer (University of Rochester). Spring Awakening, Hayfever, Vinegar Tom (Nazareth College). She Kills Monsters, Macbeth in Concert, Romeo & Juliet in Concert, The Liar (Le Moyne College). The Cripple of Inishmaan, Macbeth, The Mousetrap, Moon Over Buffalo (Hilberry Repertory Theatre). Arabian Nights, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, SubUrbia (Wayne State University). Two Gentlemen of Verona, Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Dracula (Wallbyrd Theatre Co). He is an apprentice with Intimacy Directors International and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA.

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 Nidan (second degree black belt.) Stuart is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers. Bass/Valle Casting (Casting), formerly Harriet Bass Casting, is a leading NYC boutique casting office. To know more about their upcoming projects and casting philosophy please visit www.bassvallecasting. com. Harriet Bass has cast for ABC/ TV, Fox Television Studios, The Public Theatre: NEW WORK NOW, The Minetta Lane Theatre, The Women’s Project, La MaMa E.T.C., New York Women in Film and Television, and The Jewish Repertory Theatre. She has cast the last three of the late August Wilson’s ten part play series: the original Radio Golf, Broadway Gem of the Ocean, and OffBroadway Jitney. Harriet is also a leading educator in audition technique, side and monologue coaching, and the business of acting. She has taught at the nation’s top universities and professional training programs. Gama Valle is a director, playwright, screenwriter, children’s book author, and casting director. His casting credits include: The American Tradition, The Great Novel, Split Second, I Wanna Fuck Like Romeo and Juliet, among others. He is a proud member of New Light Theatre Ensemble and the recipient of the Van Lier Directing Fellowship at Reper-

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

A R T I S T I C S TA F F torio Español. Gama received the First Prize in playwriting from Puerto Rico’s Institute of Culture for his play Queishd&Dilit. Their regional casting credits include: Mark Taper Forum, Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, Trinity Rep, San Jose Rep, GeVa, Syracuse Stage, Pittsburgh Public, Merrimack Rep, Longwharf Theatre, Alliance Theatre, The Goodman Theatre, Kansas City Rep, Bal-

timore Center Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company, Dallas Theatre Company, Berkeley Rep, Portland Center Stage, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Feature films credits include: Pushing Hands directed by Ang Lee, Underheat, starring Lee Grant, First We Take Manhattan, produced by Golden Harvest Inc., and Graves End, directed by Sal Stabile.

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 Possessing Harriet, commissioned by the Onondaga Historical Association, which premiered at Syracuse Stage in 2018, was subsequently produced at Franklin Stage Company, and will be produced at the East Lynne Theater Company later this year. Possessing Harriet will be published this month by Standing Stone Books. Citizen James, or The Young Man Without a Country, is a one-man show on James Baldwin, commissioned by Syracuse Stage, which streamed nationally in 2021. His libretto for Libba Cotten: Here This Day, a new opera based on the life of American folk music legend Libba Cotten, was commissioned by The Society for New Music and premiered in 2021. Through a NYSCA Individual Artist Grant, Kyle is currently under commission by Franklin Stage company for a new play titled Wakeman & Toliver. His drama Tender Rain (selected by Edward Albee for the Great Plains

Theater Conference) will receive its world premiere in Syracuse Stage’s 22/23 season. His other full-length plays include Bleecker Street, Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers, which has been presented at Cornell University, Colgate University, the University of Delaware, and at Syracuse University, 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 City. With National Medal of Arts recipient Ping Chong, Kyle is the co-author of Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo, which premiered at Syracuse Stage and was subsequently produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre in New York City. He has also written for Noh theatre under commission by Theatre Nohgaku. He is the coauthor of the original screenplay for the film Day of Days (Broad Green Pictures, 2017), which stars awardwinning veteran actor Tom Skerritt. Kyle was the script consultant

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 on Thoughts of a Colored Man, which premiered at Syracuse Stage in 2019 and opened on Broadway in 2021. He worked as dramaturg with acclaimed visual artist and MacArthur Fellow Carrie Mae Weems on her theatre piece Grace Notes: Reflections for Now, which premiered at the 2016 Spoleto Festival USA. Other plays, screenplays, and writings have appeared in the journals Callaloo and Stone Canoe, among others, and in the essay anthology Alchemy of the Word: Writers Talk about Writing. Kyle was the founding curator of Syracuse Stage’s annual Cold Read Festival of New Plays. After five seasons as associate artistic director at Syracuse Stage, in 2021, Kyle was announced as the theatre’s first-ever resident playwright. He is currently assistant professor in the Depart-

ment 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, 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.

DIRECTOR Gilbert McCauley is a full professor in the Department of Theater at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has served as the producing artistic director of Oakland Ensemble Theatre, resident director at Brown University’s Rites and Reason Theatre, as an acting company member of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and he is an alum of the New York Drama League’s Directors Project. He has also been a lecturer at Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, California State University, Dominguez Hills, University of California, Berkeley and a visiting

professor at Laney College and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Mr. McCauley has directed Off-Broadway and at regional theatres around the country including Arena Stage, Arkansas Repertory Theater, Goodman Theatre, New Century Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizons, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, and the National Theatre of Ghana. His directing credits include, Athol Fugard›s “Master Harold”... and the Boys, Lynn Nottage’s Sweat, Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, Jackie Sibblies Drury’s We are Proud to Present..., Tanya Barfield’s The Call, Cheryl

DIRECTOR L. West’s Jar the Floor, Matthew Lopez’s The Whipping Man, Elyzabeth Gregory-Wilder’s Gees Bend, Marcus Gardley’s Hell in High Water and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi, Peter Mor-

gan’s Frost/Nixon, August Wilson’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, and Fences, Charles Fuller’s A Soldier’s Play, and Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Robert Hupp is in his sixth season as artistic director of Syracuse Stage. He recently directed The Play That Goes Wrong, Eureka Day, 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 Jill A. Anderson has served as managing director of Syracuse Stage since 2016. Jill is responsible for Stage’s $7.5 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 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 manager 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. Upcoming: Sheepdog by Kevin Artigue at The Contemporary American Theatre Festival. She looks forward to directing next season’s Clean/ Espejos by Christine Quintana, coproduced with Hartford Stage. As a playwright, her play Egress, co-written with Sarah Saltwick, received the Roe Green Award at Cleveland Playhouse and has since been produced by Amphibian Stage, Salt

Lake Acting Company, and Theatreworks Hartford. 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. She is a founding editor of 3Views on Theater and was featured in the 2020 Broadway Women’s Fund “Women to Watch on Broadway”.

WHO WE ARE Syracuse Stage is the non-profit, professional theatre company in residence at Syracuse University. We are nationally recognized for creating stimulating theatrical work that engages Central New York, and for our significant contribution to the artistic life of Syracuse University, where we are a vital partner in achieving the educational mission of the University’s Department of Drama.

OUR MISSION Syracuse Stage tells stories that engage, entertain, and inspire us to see life beyond our own experience.

OUR VISION Reimagining what's possible for regional theatre–through active inclusion, innovative outreach, and bold productions–Syracuse Stage shapes the culture and social vitality of Central New York, enriches the Syracuse University student experience, and fosters change in ourselves, our communities, and our world.

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Elizabeth Hartnett Margaret Martin Eric Mower

Judy Mower Michael Shende Jack Webb

SYRACUSE STAGE EDUCATION ADVOCACY BOARD Sara Bambino

Elizabeth Defurio

Linda Ponza

CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE

NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

SOLVAY HIGH SCHOOL

David Fisselbrand

Jennifer Sabatino

AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL

CATO-MERIDIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL

Todd Benware CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY

Melissa Morgan

Jordan Berger

BAKER HIGH SCHOOL

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

Matthew Phillips

Rhiannon Berry

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL

Y O U N G A D U LT C O U N C I L Emily Ball

Brianna Hall

Sofiia Matiivuk

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY

CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL

BISHOP GRIMES

Lily Beckman

Maresa Helu

Nicole Meskos

ESM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

CORCORAN HIGH SCHOOL

JAMESVILLE DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

Sadie Broderick

Gracie Henning

Zinat Mohammadi

ESM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL

ESM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

Anka Chiorini

Stephanie Kelly

Sariyah Richards

JAMESVILLE DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY

SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Rachel Colucci

Margot Klein

Rachael Rowe

WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL

CW BAKER HIGH SCHOOL

NORTH SYRACUSE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Ella Culligan

Evan Kulczynski

LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL

INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AT SYRACUSE CENTRAL (ITC)

Graziella Cullipher

Ava Schneider LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL

Kayla Lee

Francesca Smith

LIVERPOOL

BISHOP GRIMES

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY

Tibério Augusto Saldanha Oliveira Lima

Sydney Wright

Jacob Garofalo

BISHOP GRIMES HIGH SCHOOL

BAKER HIGH SCHOOL

Luke V. DeLorenzo

CICERO NORTH SYRACUSE

CNS HIGH SCHOOL

SYRACUSE STAGE ANNUAL GIFTS Syracuse Stage depends on the generosity of contributions from individuals, corporations, businesses, foundations, and government agencies. It is with much gratitude that we recognize the following donors to our annual campaign. For information regarding levels of contribution and benefits of each please contact the Development office at 315-443-3931 or visit syracusestage.org.

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SPONSORS

Richard Mather Fund

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Galaxy Media

Contributions listed above are current as of May 19, 2022 and reflect operating support of $5,000+ and in-kind donations of $10,000+.

SPONSORS

M&T Bank. After a difficult year that forced all of us to confront unexpected challenges and hardships, it feels so good to finally return to the theater in support of Syracuse Stage. The experiences we enjoy when we gather together for live theater reinvigorate us and provide inspiration, encouraging us to think bigger, act collaboratively and unite around our community’s aspirations. On behalf of M&T Bank, we’re thrilled to be together again. Thank you for your continued support for the arts. We hope you enjoy this evening’s performance.

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 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 salt/city/blues.

Steve Gorczynski, M&T Bank Regional President

INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS New and increased gifts this season will be matched by The Richard Mather Fund. $100,000+ Syracuse University The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation $50,000 - $99,999 Advance Media New York The Shubert Foundation $20,000 - $49,999 George Bain Nancy & William Byrne Central New York Community Foundation iHeart Radio Richard Mather Fund M&T Bank National Endowment for the Arts NYSCA $10,000 - $19,999 Bank of America CNY Arts, Inc. Equitable Fred L. Emerson Foundation Inc. NBT Bank Sharon Sullivan & Paul Phillips John & Jamie Sutphen The Jon Ben Snow Foundation & Memorial Trust The Estate of Jannie Woo $5,000 - $9,999 Jim & Juli Boeheim Foundation Bousquet Holstein PLLC Richard Bunce Cathedral Candle Company Dr. Ruth Chen & Chancellor Kent Syverud Cumulus Radio Desnoyers Family Charitable Fund Lisa Desnoyers Charitable Fund Peggy & Dana Dudarchik William & Eva Fox Foundation

Helene & Neil Gold Jacki & Michael Goldberg Gail Hamner & Dan Bingham Sandra Hurd & Joel Potash JP Morgan Chase & Co. Larry & Mary Leatherman Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Employees Federated Fund Rocco & Roberta Mangano Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe Judy & Eric Mower Fran & Sally Lou Nichols Virginia Parker Selma Radin Syracuse Symposium: Conventions The Estate of Mary Louise Dunn Theatre Development Fund, Inc. Tompkins Trust Company Urban CNY WAER $3,500 - $4,999 Sandra Brown Peter & Mary Beth Carmen The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Galaxy Communications Inner Harbor Nancy Green & Tony Marschall Melvin & Patricia Stith Julia & Lee Martin Theatre Communications Group Michael & Cathy Tick Darvin Varon & Elinor Spring-Mills Syracuse Children's Chorus Wegmans $1,800 - $3,499 Janet Audunson & David Youlen Barbara Beckos & Art McDonald as of May 19, 2022 49

Constance Bull Craig & Kathy Byrum Candace Campbell Jackson & Mark Jackson CNY Latino Jim Clark & Sharon Gordon The Estate of William Clark Jr. Bob & Bobbie Constable Naomi & Roger DeMuth Richard & Therese Driscoll Melvin & Mildred Eggers Family Charitable Foundation Exelon Employee Engagement Program Sandra Fenske & Joe Silberlicht Barbara & Michael Flintrop Herman Frazier Joan Green Peterson Guadagnolo Consulting Engineers Larry & Ann Harris Betsy Hartnett Brigitte & Peter Herzog David & Sally Hootnick John & Kimberly Huhtala Robert & Clea Hupp Richard & Margaret Ingraham Steven & Elaine Jacobs Helen Jacoby & Peter Cannavo J.M. McDonald Foundation Cydney Johnson Randy & Elizabeth Kalish Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner Nancy Kramer & Doug Sutherland Leslie Kohman & Jeffrey Smith Dan & Ann Lent Anthony Malavenda & Martine Burat Walter & Elizabeth Merriam Molly & Kevin Mulvihill Claire Myers-Usiatynski Mona & John Paradis

Rosemary Pooler Michael & Rissa Ratner Molly Ryan & Tim Byrnes Robert Sarason & Jane Burkhead Sharye Skinner Sam & Carolyn Spalding David & Deirdre Stam Raymond & Linda Straub Cynthia Sutton Dr. Amy Tucker Joshua & Andrea Waldman $1,200 - $1,799 James & Nancy Asher Kyle Bass Donald Blair & Nancy Dock Jim & Kathy Breuer Steven & Seanne Chase Joan Christy Robin Curtis Barbara Davis Edward & Susan Downing Fox 68 Frank & Frances Revoir Foundation Barbara Genton Bea Gonzalez & Michael Leonard Dan Jonas & Alex Epsilanty Andrew London & Alan E. Curle John McAllister & Laurel Moranz Rod & Jana McDonald YiWei Qi & Julie Yu David Rankert Michael & Elaine Shende Richard & Margaret Shirtz Jack & Linda Webb Larry & Glenda Wetzel Michael & Laurie Zoanetti $600 - $1,199 Anaren Patricia Arcana & Thomas Dorr Marlene Blumin Brenda Bousfield Francine Boutet Thomas & Susan Brett Angel & Walter Broadnax Kevin & Jackie Bryans Timothy & Nancy Bunn

The Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation Ana Diaz-Diez & Javier Maymi-Perez Ed & Carole Farfaglia Allen & Anita Frank Andrea Graham Dennis & Judi Hebert John & Maren King Douglas Kinnetz & Laura Livingston Kristen Link-Logan Harlan London Michael Meath John & Joan Nicholson Sally O'Herin Susan Perriello Francie Poole Kathy & Dan Rabuzzi Edward & Lois Schroeder Jon Selzer & Thelma Trotty-Selzer Walter & Nancy Shepard Margaret Knight Snowman Paul Steiner Dawn Stern & Stephan Wolfert Joseph & Carole Valesky Marcia Walsh Angela Winfield & Lance Lyons $300 - $599 David & Cheryl Abrams Karen & Kal Alston Lynn Anderson Kenel & Judy Antoine Mark & Ann Barlow Brian Baum Jackie Bays James Beckman Patricia Bergman Angela Bernat Carolyn Bernstein Ann Bersani William & Beatrice Blake Mark Bossert Eric & Carol Boyer Edward & Carolyn Brown Caitlyn Burns Malcolm Clark Sheila Clifford-Bova Craig & Susan Cobb Gary & Michele Combs James & Marguerite Conan Robert & Joan Conine

In Honor of Contributions have been made to Syracuse Stage to honor someone, celebrate a special occasion, or offer an expression of sympathy in memory of a loved one.

Anonymous, in memory of Arlene Alpaugh. Anonymous, in memory of Randall Klein. Anonymous, in memory of Kathleen Wilson. James Aiello, in memory of Pamela Johnson. Rachel Bass, dedicated to Syracuse Stage staff and the cast and crew of Matilda the Musical, whose 2021 performances were cut short by the Omicron variant. Debbie Bermudez, in memory of Mary Tolassi Watson. Carrie Berse & Chris Skeval, in memory of Terry D. Wheat. Robert Caswell, in memory of Pamela Caswell. CNY Rugby Inc., in recognition of Michael King and in memory of his father, Barret Taylor King. Molly & Travis Corley, in honor of Fran Nichols. Judith Dannible, in memory of Anthony F. Dannible. Barbara DiPasquale, in honor of board member Molly Ryan. Susan Dorn, in memory of Phillip K. Dorn. Wiliam & Sarah Fergerson, in memory of Terry Wheat.

Eileen Corlett Jerilyn Costich Thomas Coultry Bruce & Kathy Coville Sharon & James Crosier George Curry Mark & Maryann Cywilko Linda Czerkies William Delavan Kenneth & Alyssa Derr Barbara DiPasquale William Dowling David & Robin Drucker Kimberly Dryden Lewis & Elaine Dubroff Jonathan & Rosanne Ecker Clay & Dora Elliott Mark & Marci Erlebacher Richard Ernst Elizabeth Etoll Linda Fabian & Dennis Goodrich Thomas Fazzio Lois & Jill Fowler Kenneth & Kathleen Freer Daniel & Barbara Friedman Daniel & Karen Fuleihan Steve & Carol Garraffo Brandon Genalo Gary & Maureen Germain Ernest & Lynne Giraud Karen Goldman Travis Graham Stephen Graziano Ben & Renee Hagadorn Nancy & Stephen Hallock David Hardy David & Ellen Hardy Daniel & Julia Harris Eric Higgins Joyce Hould Audrey Hummel Jose & Margaret Iribarne Daniel & Rhea Jezer Betty Jones Cornelia Joseph Marjorie T. Julian Allan & Rita Kanter Paul & Matt Kardjian Norma Kelley Edwin & Susan Kelley Cynthia Killian Jeffrey Knox & Susan Maxwell Dean Kolts

Claudia Kosty Janet Kringer Marjorie Laidman Robert & Lauren Lalley Jay & Linda Land Carrie Lantzy Marsha Love & Dennis Reedy Patricia Lynn-Ford James MacKillop Donald & Patricia MacLaughlin Peg MacMullen Thomas & Alexis Madden Mimi Mark Margaret Martin Susan Martineau Nancy McCracken Mary Ellen McDonald Michael & Patricia McGrath Judith McIntyre James & Elizabeth Megna Melvin & Melvin, PLLC Marie Merrell Margaret Millert Gail Mitchell David & Beth Mitchell Justin Moshaty Kevin & Virginia Murphy Bart Natoli & Janet Scully Network for Good Doren Norfleet Cathy Palm Robert Parsons & Sara Collins Matthew & Amanda Phillips Mickey & Pat Piscitelli Howard & Ann Port Marie Quinn Jeanne Race Marvin & Jacqueline Raile Andrew & Sherie Ramsgard Teresa Reller Linda Vincent Riker Diane Rimkus & Shirley Singer William Robert Jennifer Roberts Diane Rogers Margery Rose Howard Rose Judy Rulison Anne Russ Elaine Russell Roberta Savage

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Bernice Gottshalk, in memory of Michael J Sarette. Andrea Graham, in honor of Ana Diaz and her new adventure with Syracuse Stage! Mary Infante, Happy Birthday Debbie Bermudez. Teresa Kepertis, in memory of Marianne Collins. Suzanne & Kevin McAuliffe, in memory of my mother, Anna Head. Paul D. Kessler & Elizabeth Nichols, in memory of Ken Strempel. Lynne King, in honor of Emily King. Eric Leeb, in memory of Rev. John D. Roock. Gelene Lewis, in memory of Ann Melvin. Lily Lok & David Nocilly, in honor of Joseph Whelan. Melvin & Melvin, PLLC, in memory of Ann Melvin. In memory of Drs. Lawrence & Betty Jane Myers from their family. Judy Oplinger, with gratitude for Tracey White. Celia and Gary Palmer, in honor of Professor Rodney Hudson. Patricia A. Parker, in honor of Virginia Parker. Virginia Parker, in honor and memory of Fritz Parker. In memory of Lorne Runge, M.D.

Peter Scheibe & Margaret Gelfuso Roberta Schnorr Ann Searles Gracia Sears Robert & Cheryl Shallish Margaret Silky Joseph & Carolyn Smith Irene Stern James & Deborah Stewart Susan Straub Ron Thiele & Lynne Pascale Cora Thomas Therese Toole Laurence Volan & Sara Warner Robert & Anita Wagner JoAnn Wallace Mark Watkins & Brenda Silverman Barbara Weller Douglas Wickman Tina Winter Barbara Yonai Warren & Betsy Young $150 - $299 Jerrold & Harriet Abraham Peggy Adams Ellen Agnew Peter Agnew James Aiello Edward & Christine Alencewicz Korie Allen Herbert Alpert American Food & Vending Robert & Jeanne Anderson Anthony Anello & Alicia Mooney Chris Arnold Stephanie Atkins James Atkinson Dale Avers Francine Babikian Bruce M Baehr Holmes & Sarah M Bailey Daniel Bailey Scott & Kristin Baker William & Stacey Balduf Joanne Balfour Robert & Mary Ball Sarah Barbuto Dennis & Theresa Bardenett

Dara Barley Tracy Bauer Gerhard & Carol Baule Lorien Beaulieu Ronnie Bell Sylvia Betcher Sharon Bilotta Robert Bloodough Christopher Bord Maria Bowman Dennis & Mary Anne Brady Meaghan Brady Richard Brandt Anne Bregande Linda Brennan Elizabeth & Patrick Brennan Kevin & Sheryl Brisson Harry & Sue Britt Carmelita Britton & Richard Probert Douglas Brodie Jeff & Mary Beth Bronk Harriet Brown Brown & Brown Empire State Gretchen Brown Jamin Brown Joe & Mary Brown Ted Brown Christopher Brown & Shelly Kempton Cheryl Brown Joseph Browne Michelle Brownlow Randi Bryant Stephen & Patti Buechner Lia Burrows Patricia Bush Kate Byrne Matthew & Sandra Cain Mary Calhoun Peter & Kim Cameron Rich & Mary Cappelli Thomas Carlin Lexi Carlson & Sebastian Karcher Delores Carney Veronica Carvalho Steven Carver & Pamela Tolbert Margaret Cassady Robert Cavuto Kathleen Chapin Paul & Cynthia Chapman Michael Charbonneau Douglas & Diane Chilson Maureen Clark

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Sue Rydelek, in memory of Marianne Collins. Holly Thuma, in memory of Genevieve and Theodore Thuma. Paul Steiner, in honor and memory of Fritz Parker. Mark Washburn & Bernadette Mroz, in memory of Paw McCord. Mark & Gay Yonkers, in honor of our daughter Kate who works her wonderful magic in the costume shop each day. We are so proud of you Kate! Betty Zulauf, in memory of Ann Melvin. Anonymous In memory of Cat Hennessy. Anonymous In loving memory of Cat Hennessy, may we all remember her joy. Anonymous In Memory of Cat Hennessy. George Bain In Memory of Cat Hennessy. Chris Carbone In Memory of Cat Hennessy. Chris Chin In loving memory of Cat Hennessy Sharon & James Crosier In memory of our talented cousin Cathy "Cat" Hennessy. Adam Ganderson In memory of Catherine Mary "Cat" Hennessy.

Kevin & Michele Clark John & Christine Clark Lou & Rosa Clark Nancy Clausen George Alan Clugston InterFaith Works of CNY Norman & Jessica Cohen Martha Cole Peter Coleman Erik Cominolli Melanie Comito & Spencer Brown David & Peg Compton Shelley Conture Brian Cooney Molly Corley Travis Corr Anita Cottrell Elizabeth Cowan Aimee Coyne Jeffrey & Lisa Craig Maureen Craner Robert Crelot Carlton Crittenden Paul Cruskie Ray Cudney James Cusack Sally Cutler Taylor Ray Danforth Larry Daniels Matthew & Elizabeth Daurio Sandra Davis Claude & Joan DearHouseman Murray Decock Jonathan Dee Joseph Deyo & Antoinette Kulak Theodore & Laura Dibble Dennis & Linda Doerr Alan Dolmatch Patrick Doner Charley & Kim Driscoll Harry Dross Michelle Duggan Joyce Duncan Brendan Dunuwila Michele Eckler Shirley Edge Daniel & Kimberly Edwards Ron Ehrenreich & Sondra Roth Mary Eidt Sue Ellen & Paul Romanowski Matthew & Deborah Ely Marilyn Engle

Anna Enos Kristin Esposito Aaron Fagelman Barton Feinberg Norma Feldman Daniel & Laura Feldman John & Margaret Feldmeier William & Sarah Fergerson Lillie Fields Dwight Fischer David & Karen Fitch Carole Fitzpatrick Monty Flynn Leonard Fonte Jeri Fowler Dan Gaffney Anne Gaffney Michael Garnsey Gasparini Sales, Inc. Jon & Heather Gebers Robert Geiger Juliet Giglio Peggy Gillard Kathryn Glynn Neil Gold Ellen Golden Bernice Gottschalk William & Marilyn Graber Katherine C Griffin William & Ann Griffith Ellen Guinard Christopher & Caitlin Haigney Eva Hallenbeck Shawn Halloran Ryan Hanlon Beth Hansen Mark & Carole Hansen Daniel Harmony & Hugh Brown David & Susanna Harper Michael Harris Harry, Garry & Shirley Miller Mary Haven & John Zasada Suzanne Hawes Jean Hay Marcia Hayden-Horan & Phillip Horan Lionel Lee Hector Georgina Hegney Dr Richard L Hehir Maurie Heins Alan & Dorothy Heller Victor & Celaine Hershdorfer

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Erica Girouard In Memory of Catherine "Cat" Hennessy. Carmen Giunta In Memory of Cat Hennessy. James Clark & Sharon Gordon In loving memory of Cat Hennessy. Shane & Cheryl Kurowski In Memory of Cat Hennessy. Marcia Locke In Memory of Cat Hennessy. Leonard Lu In memory of Catherine "Cat" Hennessy. Patty Pack In Memory of Cat Hennessy. Kristina Starowitz In Memory of Cat Hennessy. Philip Syphrit In Memory of Cat Hennessy.

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Deah Lynch Karin Mabe Mark MacDougall Mary Mackintosh Julie March Louis & Nancy Maresca David R Markham John & Marcia Martin Mary Martin Andre Martineau & Suzette Melendez Frederick & Virginia Marty Elizabeth Mascia Holly Mathis Jeanette Mattson Janice Mayne Stephen McBride Thomas & Elisabeth McCaffery Bill & Cynthia McCauley Scott & Suzanne McClurg Donald & Norene McCrimmon John & Mary McCulley Martin & Jeanne McDermott Philip & Martha McDowell Alicia McGinnis Medical Quality Audits, Inc. Linda Meier Clifford & Marjorie Mellor Lauren Melnikow JoAnne Merola Jane Metzger Lois Meyer Irene Meyer Marge Miceli Diana Ingraham Milkovic Dr Merrill L Miller Joe Mitchell Saundra Mnich Carol Mondi Andrew H. Moore Janet Moore Vivian Moore Michael & Donna Moren Sharon Morey Gregory Morgans Elizabeth Mosher Charles & Judith Muniak Janet Munro Martha Murphy Alan & Rosalind Napier Jay Naughton William & Jane Neer

Jeffery Nels Martin & Mildred Newshan Keith Newvine Aaron & Cosmina Nolan Larry & Shirley Novak Beverly Oakman Richard O'Brien Laurie O'Brien Margaret O'Brien Michael & Kelly O'Connor Loraine Odonnell Albert Oliver Richard O'Neill Rita Ordiway Paige Ouimette Mary & Richard Owen Laurie Palmiero Peter & Constance Palumb Andrew & Karen Palumbo Robert & Teresa Parke Karen Parsons John & Robert Parsons Theresa Patrick Matthew & Kevin Peirson David, Sarah & Patricia Pelligrini Cliff Pelton Sam & Cynthia Pendergrast Joan Penizotto Edith Pennington & Lawrence Lardy Susan Peraino Jose & Amy Perez Ralph Perkins Ruth Perkins Robert & Julie Piato David Pida Meghan Pils Hugh & Jane Pinchin Michael & Anne Pisegna Deborah Pollack William & Merriette Pollard Eleanor Pollock Sharon Pollock Eileen Ponto Kimberly Wolf Price David & Mary Price Jennifer Pulver Stephen & Kate Pynn Jennifer Pysnack Elizabeth Quilter Ben & Jocelyn Rabin Mary Rose Ranieri Bruce & Donna Rapp

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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, Bennet Goldberg, Brian McBurney Student Assistants...........................................................................Ian Borowik, Yuchao Zong Scenic Charge Artist...................................................................................................Emily Holm Scenic Artist........................................................................................................Riley Mankin Scenic Painter....................................................................................................Jessica Culligan Student Employee................................................................................................Allison Turllo Props Supervisor............................................................................................................Mara Rich Craftpersons............................................................................Alexis Frizzell, Michele Gardner Student Employee...........................................................................................Kristina Fosmire Student Assistant...................................................................................Marshall Hayes Breaux 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 Supervisor............................................................................................Michael King Student Assistant...................................................................................................CJ Forestiere Lighting and Projection Supervisor..................................................................David M. Bowman Electrician...............................................................................................................Jed Daniels Electricians/Board Operators......................................................Brian C. Jordan, Susan Pipolo Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer.....................................................Jacqueline R. Herter 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

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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 Diaz-Wheeler Business Office Intern............................................................................................Pua Tanielu Box Office Manager.....................................................................................Courtney Richardson Assistant Box Office Manager.............................................................................Jordan McKey Audience Services Manager/COVID-19 Safety Officer..............................................Jacob Ellison House Managers......................................................Pat Condello, Ella Lafontant, Adam Secor Bartenders.....................................................................Michelle Cannizzo, Meg Pusey-Anthis Front of House Associates............................................Khayman Clancy, Alyssa Otoski-Keim, Kevin Sene, Malaika Wanjiku Director of Development.............................................................................................Ana Díaz-Diez Assistant Director of Development.....................................................................Stefania Ianno Development Assistant................................................................................Candice Bermudez Development Interns.............................................................Danielle Hardy, Olivia Wernecke Director of Community Engagement and Education.....................................................Joann Yarrow Associate Director of Education.............................................................................Kate Laissle Community Engagement and Education Coordinator....................................Theorri London Community Engagement and Education Interns..........................Liam Bierley, Mia Crisafulli, Romeo Shenandoah 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 Group Sales Assistant....................................................................................Talia Shenandoah Marketing Interns..................................................................................Grace Byrd, Emily Ref Patron Services Intern....................................................................................Soumya Tadepalli Executive Assistant.........................................................................................................Cynthia Reid Management Office Intern....................................................................................AnaBella Kalish Sign Language Interpreters.....................................................................Brenda Brown, Sue Freeman Open Captioning...................................................................................................Michael McCurdy Audio Description...................................................................................Kate Laissle, Joseph Whelan Community Services Officers.......................................................Stacey Emmons, Joseph O'Connor Custodians.........................................................................Dave Hall, Tony Rogers, Candace Velario

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