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 ROBERT HUPP. PHOTO: BRENNA MERRITT.

Greetings from Syracuse Stage. We’re at the midway point in this unprecedented season and we’re so glad you’re here with us. While we can see a light at the end of the tunnel, we know we’ve still got a ways to go before we’re gathered together in the Archbold Theatre. Until that time, we’re focused on producing and creating theatrical work that marries the possible and the powerful. Associate artistic director Kyle Bass and I chose Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 for our reimagined season because this work of documentary theatre, written over 25 years ago, shines a light on what’s happening in our country today. Twilight offers a unique lens to process, comprehend, address, and act on the racial injustice that plagues our country. We chose Twilight for what it says and how it says it.

Our stage manager called the show from Long Island and our resident production team coordinated the project from Syracuse.

For understandable safety reasons, we are not merely prevented from preforming for a live audience, we are temporarily barred from bringing actors to Syracuse to rehearse. This means we must find inventive ways to create our work from start to finish where our actors live. Our dedicated and amazing creative team brought Anna Deavere Smith’s story to life using technology to bridge the impediment of physical distance.

All the elements you’ll see in this production are the same elements you’d see if we had created and performed Twilight on our stage; they’re just reinterpreted via technology for viewing at home. Though the artists’ language is different, the art remains the same. In this context, by seeing obstacles as opportunities and collaborating in new ways, the (im)possible can become the powerful. Welcome to Twilight.

One actor, working alone in a room outfitted with a green screen, created 37 distinct and diverse characters. Our actor, the remarkable Patrese D. McClain, lives in Chicago. Our director and sound designer worked from State College, Pennsylvania, while our video, scenic, lighting, costume, and wig designers, as well as our dialect coach, worked from New York City.

Thank you for joining us. With warmest regards,

Bob Hupp Artistic Director

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PRESENTS

WRITTEN BY

Anna Deavere Smith DIRECTED BY

Steve H. Broadnax III SCENIC DESIGNER

COSTUME DESIGNER

LIGHTING DESIGNER

SOUND DESIGNER & COMPOSER

Michael Carnahan

Emilio Sosa

Alan C. Edwards

Curtis Craig

VIDEO DESIGNER & EDITOR

WIG DESIGNER

DIALECT COACH

S TA G E M A N A G E R

Katherine Freer

Nikiya Mathis

Christopher Berry

Laura Jane Collins

Robert Hupp

Jill A. Anderson

Kyle Bass

Artistic Director

Managing Director

Associate Artistic Director

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This version of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 was created for a touring production of the play at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Sharon Ott, Artistic Director; Susan Medak, Managing Director. In its original form Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 was originally produced by the Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, Gordon Davidson, Artistic Director/Producer. It premiered on May 23, 1993, and closed on July 18, 1993. It was subsequently produced as a work-in-progress at The McCarter Theatre in Princeton, New Jersey. Its original New York production was provided by the Public Theatre in March 1994 and was directed by George C. Wolfe. It opened on Broadway at the Cort Theatre on April 17, 1994. The producers were: Benjamin Mordecai, Laura Rafaty, Ric Wanetik, the Public theatre (George C. Wolfe, Producer) and the Mark Taper Forum (Gordon Davidson, Artistic Director), in association with Harriet Newman Leve, Jeanne Rizzo, James D. Stern, Daryl Roth, Jo-Lynne Worley, Ronald A. Pizzuti, The Booking Office, Inc., and Freddy Bienstock. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York. February 3 - 14, 2021 11

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CAST

Patrese D. McClain

ADDITIONAL CREDITS Company Manager: Brian Crotty Wig & Wardrobe Supervisor: Jaylene Ogle

Stage Management Journeyman: Erin C Brett Assistant Editors: Kelly Colburn, Desne Wharton, Nitsan Scharf Stage Management Interns: Kiara Brown†, Rebecca Malamud†

SPECIAL THANKS Gallery Guichard, Visions of Light, and Hansol Jung

The actor and stage manager in this production are 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. The scenic, costume, and lighting designers are represented by United Scenic Artists Local 829, IATSE. Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. † Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama

T WI LI GHT: LO S ANG E L E S, 1992

THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNHEARD A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT on March 3, 1991, after a high speed car chase through the streets of Los Angeles, a 26-year-old Black man named Rodney King was ordered from his vehicle by Los Angeles police officers who proceeded to brutally kick and beat him, striking him more than 50 times with their batons as he lay on the ground. King sustained skull fractures, broken bones, broken teeth, and permanent brain damage. Three officers administered the assault on King while their supervisor and more than a dozen additional officers stood by and watched. Much of this was caught on tape by a man named George Holliday, who hearing the commotion from his nearby apartment grabbed

a newly acquired SONY Camcorder and videoed the attack. Television news outlets, first in Los Angeles then across the nation, and then the world, broadcast Holliday’s tape. It shocked the naïve and offered bitter confirmation of what many, especially in the Black community in Los Angeles, had long lived and long known. In a recent interview with playwright Anna Deavere Smith (Upcoming shows and events at Signature Theatre in New York), activist Twilight Bey, for whom Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is named and who is among the 37 characters in the play, recalled the cauldron that was South Central in the late 1980s and ‘90s, a volatile mixture of gang gun violence and crack cocaine exacerbated by the war

on drugs, which introduced the term “super-predator” and applied it almost exclusively to young, urban Black men. In Los Angeles, the war on drugs took the form of Operation Hammer. Tanks rode through neighborhoods to bulldoze houses. “What we had was aggressive paramilitary policing with a culture that was mean and cruel, racist and abusive of force in communities of color, particularly poor communities of color,” civil rights activist and lawyer Connie Rice told NPR in 2017 (The Los Angeles Riots, 25 Years On : NPR). “It was an open campaign to suppress and con-

“What we had was aggressive paramilitary policing with a culture that was mean and cruel, racist and abusive of force in communities of color, particularly poor communities of color.”  BURNT CARS AT FLORENCE AND NORMANDIE AVENUES IN SOUTH-CENTRAL LOS ANGELES, IN APRIL 1992. THE INTERSECTION WAS THE SITE OF THE FIRST REPORTED VIOLENCE. PHOTO: JIM WILSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES

“When the verdict came out, it was a stunner for people coast to coast. My jaw dropped. There was ocular proof of what happened. It seemed compelling. And yet, we saw a verdict that told us we couldn’t trust our lying eyes. That what we thought was open and shut was really ‘a reasonable expression of police control’ toward a black motorist.” tain the black community.” Bey put it more succinctly, “It was a green light to crack down on young Black men.” But finally, “it had been caught on tape.” Within weeks, four officers– Sgt. Stacey C. Koon, Officer Theodore J. Briseno, Officer Timothy E. Wind and Officer Laurence Powell–three of them white, were charged with felony assault and use of excessive force. They pled not guilty. In November, attorneys for the four argued that a fair trial would not be possible in Los

Angeles and Judge Stanley. M. Weisberg ordered the proceedings moved to Simi Valley in Ventura County, a nearly all white suburb 30 miles away. The trial concluded in April 1992. On April 29, after seven days of deliberation, a jury of nine whites, one Latinx, one biracial, and one Asian acquitted the officers of all charges. The announcement of the verdict was made at 3 p.m. By 6 p.m. crowds were gathering at the intersection of Florence and Normandie in South Central. What some consider an uprising, others a riot, was just beginning.

 TOP: ARMED NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS HOLD A LINE ON CRENSHAW BLVD. IN SOUTH CENTRAL LA. PHOTO: TED SOQUI. ABOVE: THE FOUR POLICE OFFICERS INDICTED FOR BRUTALIZING BLACK MOTORIST RODNEY KING IN A VIDEOTAPED ATTACK ARE SHOWN IN THESE POLICE MUG SHOTS TAKEN MARCH 14, 1991. FROM LEFT, SGT. STACEY C. KOON, OFFICER THEODORE J. BRISENO, OFFICER TIMOTHY E. WIND AND OFFICER LAURENCE POWELL. TWO SERVED TIME IN PRISON AND ALL FOUR LOST THEIR CAREERS. PHOTO: AP.

“When the verdict came out, it was a stunner for people coast to coast. My jaw dropped,” Jody David Armour, a criminal justice and law professor at the University of Southern California, told NPR. “There was ocular proof of what happened. It seemed compelling. And yet, we saw a verdict that told us we couldn’t trust our lying eyes. That what we thought was open and shut was really ‘a reasonable expression of police control’ toward a black motorist.” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “A riot is the language of the unheard.” The unheard voices of South Central roared into action at Florence and Normandie, turning pent up frustration and rage on passing motorists.

At about 6:45 p.m., one of those motorists, a white truck driver named Reginald Denny, was pulled from his truck and viciously beaten by four black men. One of the men used a cinder block to smash Denny’s head. Two Black men and two Black women rushed to Denny’s aid, getting him back into the truck, driving him to Daniel Freeman hospital, and saving his life. Footage of the attack on Denny captured by a news crew hovering above in a helicopter became as ubiquitous as Holliday’s video of Rodney King’s beating. In the ensuing days, the media would be filled with images of flames and thick black smoke, of looters hauling furniture or

“Midway through the turmoil, King himself made a televised emotional appeal, with halting speech and an unsteady voice pleading: “People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it horrible for the older people and the kids?””  MAY 1, 1992, RODNEY KING SPEAKS DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE IN LOS ANGELES PLEADING FOR THE END OF THE RIOTING AND LOOTING THAT HAD PLAGUED THE CITY. IT WAS KING'S FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN A YEAR. PHOTO: AP/DAVID LONGSTREATH.

armfuls of clothing through kicked in doors and shattered storefront windows, of lines of Black and brown men and women lying face down, handcuffed, and under arrest, and of heavily armed military personnel patrolling the streets— more than 1,100 Marines, 600 Army soldiers, and 6,500 National Guard. Midway through the turmoil, King himself made a televised emotional appeal, with halting speech and an unsteady voice pleading: “People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along? Can we stop making it horrible for the older people and the kids?” Even as he asked, the answer was obvious in memories of his bat-

tered face and broken body. Numerical calculations of the toll of the unrest give a grim if distanced accounting: 63 people died, more than 2000 thousand were injured, and more than 6000 arrested. There was $1 billion in property damage with more than 1000 buildings destroyed and roughly 2000 Korean owned businesses damaged or destroyed. The long simmering animosity between the Black community in South Central and the Korean business owners boiled over. “It was like a stick of dynamite waiting to explode,” recalled Carol Park who was 10 and working at her family’s gas station in 1992. A year after the unrest, Sgt. Koon

“The long simmering animosity between the Black community in South Central and the Korean business owners boiled over. “It was like a stick of dynamite waiting to explode.” and Officer Powell were found guilty of violating King’s civil rights and served 30 months in prison. Officers Briseno and Wind were also charged but acquitted. None continued a career in law enforcement. In April, 1994, the US District Court awarded King $3.8 million in compensatory damages in a civil lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. He used some of the money to buy a house for himself and his mother. In April 2012, he published an autobiography called The Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption. Learning How We Can All Get Along. In June of the same year, Rodney King was found dead in his swimming pool at age 47. The coroner’s autopsy report indicated high levels of alcohol and drugs in his system when he died. The year 2017 marked 25 years since the beating of Rodney

King and the subsequent civil unrest. News outlets took the opportunity to revisit and reexamine the events. The New York Times spoke with Henry Keith Watson, one of the men convicted in the attack on Reginald Denny. Watson served time and publicly apologized to Denny on the Phil Donohue Show. In the article, he explained that every year he throws a block party to commemorate what he calls the uprising. And, he had this to say: “Nothing has changed, nothing. We gave L.A. a black eye. Everyone in the world knows about Florence and Normandie. You think any official wants to acknowledge that? We still have Flint, Ferguson, all those places, nothing has changed. The oppression is deep rooted and it doesn’t go away. History has a way of repeating itself.” –Joseph Whelan

 TOP: KOREAN SHOP OWNERS DEFENDING THEIR BUSINESSES FROM LOOTERS. PHOTO: JIM WILSON/THE NEW YORK TIMES. ABOVE: LOOTERS MILL IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE ABC MARKET IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES ON APRIL 30, 1992 AFTER FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE LEFT THE SCENE.

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CAST quest, and Workingman. Television credits include: Fargo (FX); Chicago Med, Chicago Fire (NBC); Sirens (USA); and Detroit 1-8-7 (ABC). Distinguished awards and recognitions for performance include: 2018 Barrymore Award Winner for Outstanding Leading Actress, St. Louis Circle Theatre Award Winner for Best Solo Performance, two time Joseph Jefferson nominee for Outstanding Supporting Actress. Understanding the gift of theatre and acting as a craft, Patrese is equally committed to education and mentorship of younger artists. Being an ARTivist, Patrese has also spent her entire career advocating for equity and inclusion in the theatre industry specializing in arts engagement strategy. She holds a B.F.A. from Howard University, and she was the fourth African American woman to receive an M.F.A. in theatre from Pennsylvania State University. Former director of education for the University of Chicago’s Court Theater, Patrese is a faculty member at the National Theatre Institute, a member of the O’Neill Theater Center Artistic council, and continues to teach classes and workshops all over the country. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA, and is an artist-inresidence at the Bronzeville Artist Lofts. For more information, please visit patresedmcclain.com.

Patrese D. McClain is thrilled to be working with Syracuse Stage for the first time on such an important and timely production. National credits: National Broadway Tour of 2017 Tony award winning August Wilson’s Jitney. Regional Theatre credits include: Pipeline and Skeleton Crew at Actors Theatre; Short Shakes R&J at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; The Mountaintop and Skeleton Crew at People’s Light and Theatre Company; White Guy On The Bus at Northlight Theatre; Spunk and Tartuffe & Misanthrope at Court Theatre; August Wilson’s Two Trains Running at Geva Theatre Center; No Child..., For Colored Girls…, and Pericles at The St. Louis Black Rep. Chicago Theatre credits include: Hang at Remy Bumppo; Bright Half Life at About Face Theatre; Cocked at Victory Gardens Theater; Things You Shouldn›t Say Past Midnight at Windy City Playhouse; Ruined at the Goodman; El Grito Del Bronx at Collaboration in association with the Goodman. In addition to her stage work, Ms. McClain has made the transition to the big and small screens. Film credits include: Widows directed by Steve McQueen and Captive State directed by Rupert Wyatt, BET’s Friend Re-

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A R T I S T I C S TA F F Michael Carnahan (Scenic Designer). Broadway (upcoming): Lackawanna Blues, Skeleton Crew. Off-Broadway: Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company); 59E59 (I and You); The Happiest Song Plays Last (Second Stage); August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, The First Breeze of Summer (Signature Theatre); Life Could Be A Dream, The Marvelous Wonderettes, Three Mo’ Tenors, Pygmalion, Howie the Rookie, Brando. International: Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Billy Elliot the Musical (Atelier de Cultura, Sao Paulo, Brazil). Tours: Cheers, Live On Stage; A Christmas Story The Musical, Peter & The Starcatcher. Regional: includes Apollo Theater, Arena Stage, American Conservatory Theater, The Kennedy Center, McCarter Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Pasadena Playhouse, Two River Theatre, Chautauqua Theater Company, Cleveland Play House, Detroit Public Theater, Laguna Playhouse, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Northlight Theatre, Signature Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse, Ogunquit Playhouse, Arsht Center. michaelcarnahandesign.com IG: Carnypics Twitter: @mike_carnahan

Center Encores!), By the Way Meet Vera Stark (2nd Stage), Venus (Signature), Invisible Thread (2nd Stage), Romeo and Juliet (Public Theater), Hot Wing King (Signature), Radio City Music Hall Spectacular. Regional: Blue Man Group tour, Man in the Ring (Huntington), The White Card (American Repertory Theater), Seize the King (La Jolla Playhouse), August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Mark Taper Forum), Radio City Rockettes. Trustee American Theater Wing. @esosafashion Alan C. Edwards (Lighting Designer) is a lighting designer whose work Off-Broadway includes the world premiere of Harry Clarke at The Vineyard, for which he received a Lucille Lortel Award, the world premiere of Kill Move Paradise at the National Black Theatre, which received a Drama Desk nomination, and Anna Deavere Smith’s Fires in the Mirror at the Signature Theatre, which also received a Lucille Lortel nomination. Regionally, he has had the pleasure of designing three plays by Dominique Morisseau: Pipeline, Skeleton Crew (Actors Theatre of Louisville), and Detroit ’67 (Chautauqua Theatre Co.), Twisted Melodies, a new musical about Donny Hathaway at Center Stage Baltimore, and the new musical Lights Out: Nat King Cole at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, as well as its original premiere production at People’s Light & Theatre Co. in Malvern, PA. Additional credits include The Hot Wing King by Katori Hall at Signature Theatre in New

Emilio Sosa (Costume Designer). Broadway and London: On Your Feet!, Motown, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Tony Award nomination), Topdog/Underdog. Off-Broadway: Make Believe (2nd Stage), Big Apple Circus, Much Ado About Nothing (Public Theater), Me and My Girl (New York City

A R T I S T I C S TA F F York, The New Englanders at Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II, American Moor (Red Bull), Native Son (The Acting Company), productions of Dutchman, Antigone, and Macbeth for the Classical Theatre of Harlem (CTH), and a special collaboration between CTH and The Apollo Theatre in New York, the new musical The First Noel by Lelund Durond Thompson and Jason Michael Webb. His work has been seen in many theatres including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Asolo Rep, Miami New Drama, Dallas Theatre Center, Cincinnati Playhouse in The Park, Cleveland Playhouse, Westport Playhouse, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, The Guthrie, and The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. On Broadway he was the associate to Jennifer Tipton on The Testament of Mary. He received his B.F.A. from Ithaca College, and M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama where he is also on the lighting faculty. For more information, please visit www.alancedwards.com.

atre, Seattle Rep, Chautauqua Theater Company, the World Famous Apollo Theater, New York Fringe, and the Dallas Theater Center. In 2017, his sound design and composition from the Denver Center production of All The Way was awarded the Silver Medal in Sound Design at the World Stage Design exposition in Taipei, Taiwan. He previously won the Gold Medal in Sound Design for Pentecost in 2009 in Seoul, South Korea. His work can be heard at www.curtiscraig.com. Katherine Freer (Video Designer & Editor) is a multimedia designer working in theatre, installation, and film. Her work is driven by the love of storytelling and belief in its power to shift the status quo. Frequent collaborators include Kamilah Forbes, Ping Chong, Tim Bond, Talvin Wilks, Ty Defoe, and Tamilla Woodard. Recent designs: Pipeline (Cleveland Playhouse, dir. Steve H. Broadnax III), Reconstruction (Lumberyard, dir. Rachel Chavkin), HERStory (Kennedy Center, dir. Goldie Patrick), Peculiar Patriot (Woolly Mammoth, dir. Talvin Wilks), By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Signature Theater, dir. Kamilah Forbes), Ajijaak on Turtle Island (New Victory, dir. Ty Defoe and Heather Henson), The Convent (ArtNY, dir. Daniel Talbott), Antigone (Richard Rodgers Amphitheater, dir. Carl Cofield), Cellular Songs (BAM Harvey, by Meredith Monk), Next to Normal (Syracuse Stage, dir. Bob Hupp), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Syracuse Stage, dir. Risa Brainin). Katherine is

Curtis Craig (Sound Designer & Composer). Pipeline (Cleveland Playhouse, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Detroit Public Theatre), Indecent at the Denver Center, world premiere of Dominique Morriseau’s Mud Row at People’s Light & Theatre Company, world premiere of The Great Leap, Denver Center Theatre Company, The Bacchae with Classical Theatre of Harlem, and How to Catch Creation at Baltimore Center Stage and the Philadelphia Theatre Company. Actors Theatre of Louisville, Detroit Public Theater, Clarence Brown The-

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Nikiya Mathis (Wig Designer) is an actress and hair and wig designer who has won the Henry Hewes Design Award and Antonyo Award for wig design and has been nominated for a Drama Desk Award. After years of experiencing her own hair horror stories, in theatre and on television sets, and hearing actresses of color express the need to have someone who understands and caters to their hair needs, she became the change she wanted to see in the world. Nikiya has created ActTRESSES Consulting & Design, which specializes in wig design and styling for actors of color. Actors she has styled for include TV stars Anika Noni Rose, Susan Kalechi Watson, Dewanda Wise, John Torturro, Andre Holland, Angela Lewis, Adrienne C. Moore, and Jessica Frances Dukes, along with Broadway stars Pascale Armand, Susan Hayward, Carra Patterson, Q Smith, and more. Actresses have worn Nikiya’s hair/wig designs and styles on television shows such as Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Someone Great, and Charmed, among others. Her theatrical style and design work has been seen in productions at The Public Theater (For Colored Girls . . . ), Signature Theatre (Big Love and By the Way Meet Vera Stark), New York Theatre Workshop (Hurricane Diane), MCC (Relevance), Soho Rep (For All the Women Who Thought They We’re Mad), Women’s Project (Our Fear Dead Drug Lord),

Christopher Berry (Dialect Coach) is an actor, dialect coach, director, educator, and producer. He received his B.F.A. in acting from North Carolina A&T (‘08) and his M.F.A. in acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep (‘11). He serves as the president of the Black Theatre Network and also serves as the acting director of education and humanities at the Billie Holiday Theatre. He also serves as a professor of acting and stage voice at UNC Charlotte. He most recently served as the dialect coach for the Signature Theatre's production of Katori Hall's The Hot Wing King and the television show P-Valley (Starz, July 2020). Laura Jane Collins (Stage Manager) is grateful to return to Syracuse Stage for this 20-21 season, and for this production of Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. Some additional Syracuse Stage credits include: Talley’s Folly, Amadeus, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Elf The Musical, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Next to Normal, The

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A R T I S T I C S TA F F Magic Play, Stupid F***ing Bird, Chinglish, Scorched, and The Boys Next Door. Regional credits include: Grease, South Pacific, Anne of Green Gables: A New Folk Rock Musical, Ghost (The Rev, formerly Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival); The Foreigner, Third, The

Hound of the Baskervilles, Around the World in 80 Days (Hangar Theatre). She has also worked on several productions with Rochester City Ballet. LJ is a graduate of the stage management program in the Syracuse University Department of Drama.

DIRECTOR Steve H. Broadnax III. Directing credits include various shows and theatres nationally and internationally including the Broadway bound Thoughts of a Colored Man by Keenan Scott II, The Hot Wing King by Katori Hall at Signature Theatre (NYC), Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Hattiloo Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Ensemble Studio Theatre Company (NYC), Chautauqua Theatre Company, People’s Light Theatre, Apollo Theatre (NYC), Classical Theatre of Harlem, Atlantic Theatre (NYC), Detroit Public Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, The Black Theatre Troupe (Phoenix, AZ), Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Moore Theatre (Seattle, WA), Market Theatre (Johannesburg, South Africa), The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Scotland), National Arts Festival (South Africa), and The Adelaide Arts Festival (Australia). Steve is scheduled to direct Thoughts of a Colored Man on Broadway after

a successful runs at Syracuse Stage and Center Stage in Baltimore. The Hip Hop Project, an award-winning, full-length, original play directed, choreographed, and conceived by Steve, has toured nationally and was showcased at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Other writings include American Taboo, Camouflage (Eugene O’Neil semifinalist), and Bayard Rustin: Inside Ashland (2021 world première at The People’s Light Theatre Company). As a member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), Steve has worked nationally and internationally. Steve is also a member of The Ensemble Studio Theatre and the National Theatre Conference in NYC. He as serves as the resident director at People’s Light Theatre Company. Training: B.F.A. Conservatory of Fine Arts Webster University, M.F.A. Penn State University. Steve is currently a professor of theatre at Penn State University.

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P L AY W R I G H T Anna Deavere Smith is an actor, teacher, playwright, and creator of unique one-woman plays based on interviews. Anna Deavere Smith has won two Obie Awards, two Tony nominations for Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, and a MacArthur Fellowship. A Pulitzer Prize finalist for her play Fires in the

Mirror, Ms. Smith is founder and director of the Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue at New York University. As an actress she has appeared in many films and on the television series The West Wing. Her book Letters to a Young Artist is published by Anchor Books. www.annadeaveresmithworks.org

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Robert Hupp is in his fifth season as artistic director of Syracuse Stage. He recently directed 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 Awardwinning 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.

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MANAGING DIRECTOR 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.

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 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

A S S O C I AT E A R T I S T I C D I R E C T O R Kyle Bass is the author of Possessing Harriet, which received its world premiere at Syracuse Stage, was subsequently produced at Franklin Stage Company, and will be produced next year at the East Lynn Theater Company in New Jersey. His new play salt/ city/blues will have its world premiere in Syracuse Stage’s 20/21 season, and Citizen James, or The Man With a Country, his one-person play about a young James Baldwin, commissioned by Syracuse Stage, will be produced as part of Syracuse Stage’s Backstory program early next year. Script consultant on Thoughts

of a Colored Man, Kyle is a two-time recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (for fiction in 1998 and playwriting in 2010), a finalist for the Princess Grace Playwriting Award, and Pushcart Prize nominee. His other full-length plays include Tender Rain, Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers, Bleecker Street, and Separated, a piece of documentary theatre about the student military veterans at Syracuse University, which was presented at Syracuse Stage and at the Paley Center in New York, directed by Robert Hupp. Kyle is the co-author (with Ping Chong) of Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo, which had its world

A S S O C I AT E A R T I S T I C D I R E C T O R premiere at Syracuse Stage and was subsequently produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre in New York, and the libretto for an opera based on the life and music of legendary folk singer and guitarist Libba Cotten, commissioned by the Society for New Music. As dramaturg, Kyle worked with acclaimed visual artist 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. As a screenwriter, 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. His 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 has taught in the Colgate Writers Conference, has been guest lecturer in playwriting at Hobart & William Smith Colleges, was faculty in the M.F.A. Creative Writing program at Goddard College from 2006 to 2018, and from 2005 to 2018 he taught playwriting in Syracuse University’s Department of Drama and theatre courses in the Department of African American Studies, and was the 2019/20 Susan P. Stroman Visiting Playwright at the University of Delaware. Kyle is currently full-time faculty as assistant professor in the Department of Theater at Colgate University where he previously served as the Burke Endowed Chair for Regional Studies. 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.

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.

O U R C O R E VA L U E S People - Actively including diverse individuals, communities, ideas, and perspectives. Passion - Commitment to integrity, excellence, and enthusiasm in our work. Curiosity - Fostering an innovative and adaptive environment that elicits wonder.

A B O U T S Y R A C U S E S TA G E Originally constructed as the Regent Movie House in 1914, the physical space of Syracuse Stage has seen many films, musicians, actors, and artists pass through its doors over the course of the past century. The Syracuse Stage that exists today is a non-forprofit professional theatre company founded in 1974, and a longstanding League of Resident Theatres (LORT) member. Since its inception, Stage has produced over 300 shows, both plays and musicals, within its walls. Now, Stage produces six to seven shows per season, while also offering educational programs to students, various preand post-show events, and fundraising events each year. Stage is Central New York’s only LORT theatre and one of the largest performing arts organizations in the area. Stage has a strong commitment to giving the community access to a range of highquality productions; it is equally committed to bringing in actors, designers, and directors who are among the leading theatre professionals, both locally and across the nation.

ANTI-RACISM PLEDGE Syracuse Stage stands firmly against racism and discrimination. We pledge to stand with under-represented and oppressed communities and to advance antiracism in all aspects of our work, including the outward facing, public dimension of our creative endeavors and the less visible internal practices of the organization.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Syracuse Stage respectfully acknowledges the Onondaga Nation, firekeepers of the Haudenosaunee, the indigenous people on whose ancestral lands we now stand. We would also like to acknowledge the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations and the many other tribes such as the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac, and Fox on whose ancestral lands the video footage for this production was generated.

IN THE COMMUNITY Stage has collaborated with a myriad of institutions in the Syracuse area. Community partners include AccessCNY, ARC of Onondaga, ARISE, ArtRage, CNY Reads, Interfaith Works of Central New York, La Casita, McMahon / Ryan Child Advocacy Center, Onondaga Historical Association, Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, SUNY Upstate Medical University, the VA Medical Center, and Vera House. Additionally, the educational department collaborates with many CNY schools.

S Y R A C U S E S TA G E B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S CHAIR

Nancy Green Managing Member Edward S. Green & Associates PRESIDENT

Herman R. Frazier* Senior Deputy Athletics Director Syracuse University IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR/VICE CHAIR

Rick Shirtz Regional President NBT Bank TREASURER

Amir Rahnamay-Azar* Chief Financial Officer Syracuse University SECRETARY

Sharon Sullivan Community Volunteer AT-LARGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

Phil Turner Pastor Bethany Baptist Church Jill Anderson** Managing Director Syracuse Stage Janet Audunson Assistant General Counsel National Grid George S. Bain Freelance Editor and Writer Barbara Beckos Retired Syracuse Stage Nancy Byrne Community Volunteer Steve Chase Senior Vice President BPAS Dr. Ruth Chen* Professor of Practice Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science Robin Curtis NYS Lic. RE Asso. Broker Hunt Real Estate ERA Zellar Homes Rep. Richard Driscoll Sr. Commercial Banking Relationship Manager Commercial Banking Division NBT Bank Denise Dyce* Director of Labor Relations Syracuse University Helene Gold Private Voice & Piano Instructor

Neil Gold Retired VP Gold Pure Food Products Jacki Goldberg Community Volunteer

Molly Mulvihill VP, Market Manager Enterprise Business & Community Engagement Bank of America

Bea González Retired - Vice President for Community Engagement Syracuse University

TeNesha Murphy Research and Communications Officer Office of the County Executive, Onondaga County

Larry Harris EVP and CFO Saab, Inc.

Fran Nichols Chair Emeritus, Syracuse Stage Eric Mower + Associates

John Huhtala Relationship Manager Middle Market Commercial Banking Chase

Marc Nichols Executive VP & General Counsel Saab, Inc.

Robert Hupp** Artistic Director Syracuse Stage Cydney Johnson* Vice President for Community Engagement and Government Relations Syracuse University Rebecca Karpoff* Professor of Practice, Musical Theater/Coordinator of Vocal Instruction, Musical Theater Syracuse University Department of Drama Kathy Kelly Health Educator, PNP, retired Larry Leatherman Retired Bristol-Myers Squibb, MOST Dan Lent Vice President Citizens Bank

Mona Paradis Stadium International Trucks Virginia Parker Retired Educator Annette Peters Marketing Director Advance Media New York Molly Ryan Partner, Goldberg Segalla LLP Robert Sarason Retired Lawyer, Organizer, Fundraiser L. John Steigerwald IV Marketing and Sales Representative Cathedral Candle Company Melvin T. Stith Dean Emeritus, Whitman School of Management Syracuse University Cora Thomas Radio Host and Office Manager, WAER

Anthony Malavenda Retired - Duke’s Root Control Rocco Mangano Partner Mangano Law Office, PLLC Julia Martin Partner Bousquet Holstein Kevin R. McAuliffe Partner Barclay Damon Suzanne McAuliffe Retired Educator Rod McDonald Bond, Schoeneck & King Samantha Millier Associate Attorney Mackenzie Hughes LLP

Michael S. Tick* Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts Syracuse University Dr. Amy Tucker Chief Medical Officer SUNY Upstate Medical University Mel Williams US Department of Transportation Ralph Zito** Chair Syracuse University Department of Drama Michael Zoanetti VP Senior Wealth Advisor Tompkins Financial Advisors *University Trustee **Ex-Officio

S Y R A C U S E S TA G E E M E R I T U S C I R C L E We are grateful to the following individuals who have served as Members of the Stage Board of Trustees and continue to support Syracuse Stage at the Circle level. Jim Breuer Mary Beth Carmen Joan Green

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 Lily Beckman

ESM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

Sofia Benderski

WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL

Sadie Broderick

EAST SYRACUSE MINOA

Alyssa Brown

MORAVIA HIGH SCHOOL

Anka Chiorini

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

Rachel Colucci

WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL

Kaitlyn Coomes

CHARLES W. BAKER HIGH SCHOOL

Luke V. DeLorenzo

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY

Isabel Dickinson-Cominolli WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL

Ryan Dunn

HOMESCHOOLED

Emilee Elizabeth Edick

Jacob Garofalo

Rachael Rowe

Patrick Kraft

Sophia Rubino

Kayla Lee

Tori Sayre

Abby McGrath

Kimberly Seipio

Kaitlyn Olson

Alethea Shirilan-Howlett

Keniel Ortiz

Dreyvon Simmons

Elizabeth Ouimette-Garza

Aiden Southworth

Lydia Pevarnik

Shannon Williams

Sariyah Richards

Sydney Wright

CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY

LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL

WEST GENESEE HIGH SCHOOL

FAYETTEVILLE-MANLIUS HIGH SCHOOL

PSLA@FOWLER

NORTH SYRACUSE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL

MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOL

HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

MANLIUS PEBBLE HILL SCHOOL

BAKER HIGH SCHOOL

SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL

Angela Rotunno BISHOP LUDDEN

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY

JCB HIGHSCHOOL (PHOENIX)

NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

CICERO NORTH SYRACUSE 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

Contributions listed above are current as of December 14, 2020 and reflect operating support of $2,800+ and inkind donations of $10,000+.

TWILIGHT: LOS ANGELES, 1992 SPONSORS

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 Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992.

M&T Bank. “This year, with the challenges we’ve faced, community is more important than ever. When confronted by crisis, we rely on those around us for solidarity, support, guidance, and empathy. Syracuse Stage creates a space where we can safely come together and explore topics that impact our community. Even during these most challenging of times, the ingenuity and relentless hard work of the team at Syracuse Stage to reimagine programing that makes our region stronger and more resilient. We’re proud to support them in this initiative, and encourage others to join the conversation.” – Allen Naples, 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 $75,000 - $99,999 The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation $50,000 - $74,999 Advance Media New York Destiny USA The Shubert Foundation $20,000 - $49,999 CNY Arts Equitable iHeart Media M&T Bank New York State Council on the Arts Richard Mather Fund $15,000 - $19,999 George Bain Nancy & Bill Byrne Paul Phillips & Sharon Sullivan Benefactors Circle $10,000 - $14,999 Bank of America Business Journal News Network Fred L. Emerson Foundation Inc. The John Ben Snow Foundation & Memorial Trust National Endowment for the Arts NBT Bank Urban CNY WAER WRVO Founders Circle $7,500 - $9,999 Frederick & Virginia Parker Helene & Neil Gold

Michael & Jacki Goldberg Rosamond Gifford Foundation Suzanne & Kevin McAuliffe William and Eva Fox Foundation Playwrights Circle $5,000 - $7,499 Gail Hamner & Daniel Bingham J.M. McDonald Foundation JP Morgan Chase & Co Judy & Eric Mower Larry & Ann Harris Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Employees Federated Fund Richard Bunce Sally Lou & Fran Nichols Sandra L. Brown Syracuse Symposium: Futures Producers Circle $2,800 - $4,999 Allyn Family Foundation Bea Gonzalez & Michael Leonard Bousquet Holstein PLLC Cathedral Candle Company Darvin Varon & Elinor Spring-Mills Dick & Therese Driscoll Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grandma Brown Foundation The Haines Family Jane Burkhead & Robert Sarason Janet Audunson & David Youlen Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner Margaret, Amy & Bob Currier as of December 14, 2020 43

Martine Burat & Anthony Malavenda Mary & Larry Leatherman Nancy Green & Tony Marschall Nancy Kramer & Doug Sutherland National Grid Peter & Brigitte Herzog Peterson Guadagnolo Consulting Engineers Margaret & Richard Shirtz Roberta & Rocco Mangano Robin Curtis Hunt ERA Selma Radin Theatre Development Fund, Inc. Wegmans Directors Circle $1,500 - $2,799 Allen & Anita Frank Dr. Amir Rahnamay-Azar Dr. Amy Tucker Andrea & Joshua Waldman Annette Peters Barb Genton Barbara Beckos & Art McDonald Bill Eggers Bob & Bobbie Constable Candace Campbell Jackson & Mark Jackson Cydney Johnson Cindy Sutton & Family Craig & Kathy Byrum David & Janice Panasci David & Sally Hootnick Deirdre & David Stam Donald Blair & Nancy Dock Dr. & Mrs. Sam Spalding Ed & Carole Farfaglia Elaine & Michael Shende Elaine & Steve Jacobs Elizabeth A Hartnett Frank and Frances Revoir Foundation Herman Frazier

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Pete & Mary Beth Carmen Rod & Jana McDonald Steven & Seanne Chase Walter & Nancy Shepard Leading Role $500 - $999 John & Mitzi Wolf Alan Dolmatch Amanda Lee Andrea Calarco Andrew & Margot Baxter Andrew & Sherie Ramsgard Angela Winfield Anne K Louise Anoplate Corporation Audrey & William Boyd Barbara & Ronald Hoffman Beatrice Angus Ben & Julie Merchant Bob & Kathy Brown Brian & Joanne Koren Carmelita Britton & Richard Probert Carol Bryant Carolyn Bernstein Chris Arnold Christine Dascher Cora & Redonnie Thomas David & Daryll Wheeler David & Eileen Thompson David & Susan Palen David Rankert Delia Temes Donyce & Kenneth McCluskey Doren Norfleet Dr Paul Frymoyer Edward & Lois Schroeder Fran & Sally Lou Nichols Francine Boutet George & Mrs Whitton George & Roseanne Lorefice Gordon & Judy Prosser Gracia Sears Greg & Linda Ellstrom Gregg Tripoli Herbert & Sarah Hansen Holly Thuma Hugh & Jane Pinchin Irene Stern

In Tribute 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.

Dr. Lawrence Myers, Jr. in memory of Betty Jane Myers Holly Thuma in memory of Genevieve and Theodore Thuma Susan Dorn in memory of Phillip K. Dorn Anonymous, In memory of Arlene Alpaugh Judy Oplinger with gratitude for Tracey White Robert Caswell in memory of Pamela Caswell Barbara DiPasquale, in honor of board member Molly Ryan

James & Kathleen Muldoon James Shults Janet Williams Jeffrey & Abby Scheer Joan Wieder Johanna Keller John & Joan Nicholson John & Marian Loosmann John & Robert Parsons John Winslow Joseph & Carolyn Smith Joseph Whelan & Margaret Harding Karen Clarke Kenneth & Alyssa Derr Kristen Link-Logan Kristi Andersen Larry & Mary Leatherman Linda Czerkies Mark & Carole Hansen Martin & Jackie Talcik Mary Ann Finn

Mary Brady Mary Mackintosh Metis Consulting Group Michael & Grace Flusche Michael & Wendy Gordon Michael Meath Mike & Marilyn Sees Mildred & Alex D'Antonio Norman & Jessica Cohen Peter & Kathy Belyea Peter Cannavo & Helen Jacoby Peter Vanable & Anne Jamison Richard & Jill Sargent Robert & Anita Wagner Roger & Nancy Sharp Ronald Capone Rosemary Czerniak Rosemary Pooler Sally O'Herin Sarah Devendorf Sharye Skinner Susan Martineau Susan Wadley The Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation Thomas & Susan Blanchard Thomas Ferrara Tim & Susan Kennedy William & Elizabeth Elkins Supporting Role $150 - $499 Actor's Equity Association Alicia Lippert Allen & Nirelle Galson Amy Kemp Amy Mann Andrea Latchem Andrew & Kitty Robinson Angel & Walter Broadnax Angie Brown Anita Cottrell Ann Barlow Ann Manzano Anna Giacobbe & Peter Welge Anne Guley Anne Kusner Anne Munly Anthony & Carolyn Cimino

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Robin & Wayne Edkin Roger & Carolyn Williams Roger & Janet Hiemstra Roger & June Jesmain Roger & Margaret Reid Roger & Vicki Greenberg Ron & Amy Butchart Ron Thiele & Lynne Pascale Ronald & Barbara Rhodes Ronald & Judy Cavanagh Ronald Marko Ronald Woodruff Rosanne Barbaglia Rosemarie Bush Rose-Marie Klipstein Rosemary Baker & Stuart Spiegel Roxanne Tupper Ruth Havens Ruth Meaker Ruth Perkins Ruth Weinstock Sam & Carolyn Spalding Sam & Cynthia Pendergrast Sam & Nancy Ebersole Samantha Millier Sandra Bargainnier Sara Earl Sarah Castilano Sarah Grosso Saul & Roselyn Teukolsky Scott & Nancy Sellers Shannon Hogan Sharon Sutter Sharon Wiggins Sharry Doyle Sheera Buckley Shelley & Ken Werner Shelley Conture Stephanie Bergman Stephen & Kate Pynn Stephen & Mary Perrone Stephen & Patricia Zalewski Stephen Graziano Stephen Kankus Steve & Laura Mattice Steve & NJ Burr Steven & Denise Wrinn Steven & Eleanor Pearlman Steven & Judith Zdep Steven & Robin Sisskind Sue Ellen Deion

Sue Ellen Romanowski Susan Boettger Susan Chappuis Susan Edinger Susan Malley Susan Moskal Susan Neault Susan Olinsky Susan Peraino Susan S Phillips Susan Swanson TeNesha Murphy Terry Barton Terry Miller Theresa Slosek Therese Toole Thomas & Mrs Wolff Thomas & Susan Brett Thomas Brockelman & Rachel May Thomas Mogren Timothy & Denise Wisely Timothy & Ruth Gray Timothy Atseff & Margaret Ogden Tina Winter TJ & Meghan Vitale Todd Relyea Tom & Lauren Sweeney Tracy Cromp Tracy Ryder Vel Chesser Victor & Linda Lebedovych Virginia Frey Virginia Watson Walter & Beverly Short Warren & Betsy Young William & Ann Griffith William & Ann Phillips William & Christine Reddy William & Gretchen Roberts William & Janice Rosbrook William & Julia Consroe William & Mary Butler William & Mrs Kelleher William & Phyllis Highland William & Sylvia Cohen William Dowling William Robert William Smith Winnie Greenberg Wynn Egginton

PLANNED GIVING A planned gift is a way to make a significant and lasting gift to Syracuse Stage. By making a bequest to the theatre, you are assuring that Syracuse Stage will continue to inspire, stimulate, and entertain Central New York audiences for generations to come, as well as maintain its high artistic standards that are recognized locally, and nationally. Mary Louise Dunn Fund Dr. William J. Clark, Jr. Fund The Estate of Rosemary Curtis

In Honor and Memory of Sheldon P. Peterfreund and Josephine A Peterfreund

Matching Gift Program

The J. ZimmeisterYarwood Estate

Key Foundation Lever Brothers Company

The following companies will match gifts of their employees, retirees, and spouses with a gift of their own to Syracuse Stage. Ask your personnel office for a matching gift form, send the completed form with your gift – and we’ll do the rest!

Marine Midland Bank,

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Digital Equipment Corporation

Ins. Co.

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Chemical Bank

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NCR Corporation

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CNA Foundation

Insurance Companies

The MONY Group

New York Telephone

Society

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Citicorp & Citibank,

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National Grange

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Chubb Group of

Merrill Lynch

Equitable Life Assurance

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McDonald’s Corporation

Emerson Electric Co.

Borden, Inc. Foundation

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Life Insurance The Home Depot Foundation

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Honeywell IBM Corporation J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

United Parcel Service United Technologies Corp.

Johnson & Johnson

Verizon

Kemper National P&C

Welch Allyn Xerox Corporation

Co.

SET THE STAGE CAMPAIGN Thank you to our generous donors for supporting our Spring 2020 Set the Stage Campaign. Akshay Patel Allen & Anita Frank Amy Cramer Andrea Calarco Ann Manzano Anne Munly Anthony Hemmer Anthony Tolbert Arlon & Judith Adams Artemis Gilbert Arthur & Kathy Poliquin Asa & Catherine Forbes Asher & Joanne Greenhouse Audrey & William Boyd Audrey Kane Barbara & Ronald Hoffman Barbara Davis Barbara MacDonald Barbara McKittrick Barbara Weller Barrett King Barry & Kathy Kogut Barry & Mary Pickard Bea Gonzalez & Michael Leonard Beatrice Angus Ben & Julie Merchant Bernard & Ona Cohn Bregman Beth & Tobias Sienel Betty Granatstein Bill & Terry Delavan Binaifer Dabu Bob Moss & Michael Brennan Brady Systems Brian & Christine Rieger Brian & Joanne Koren Brian Burke Brianna Hui Bruce & Marilyn Laubacher Bruce & Ruth Hall Calixto & Joyce Suarez Candace & John Marsellus Carl Mellor Carol Biesemeyer Carol Bryant

Carol Williams Caroline Schipper Carrie Berse Charley & Kim Driscoll Charlotte Haas Cheryl Hodges-Selden Cheryl Holmes Chris & Laina Stupp Christine Dascher Clarence Dunham & Naydean Stubbs Claudia Gebhardt Clyde & Diane Howard Colleen Snow Cora Thomas Cydney Johnson Cynthia Smith Daniel & Julia Harris Daniel & Liette Posniak Darlene Wagner David & Cindy Lewis David & Deidre Popp David & Deirdre Stam David & Eileen Thompson David & Nancy Grant David & Peg Compton David Lantz David Morgan David Rankert David Youlen & Janet Audunson Dawn Perera Deborah Irwin Debroah & Samuel Haines Deirdre Neilen Delia Temes Delores Petta Diana Biro & Eric Rogers Diane King Diane Wright McKenney Dianne Emmick Dianne McDowell Don Milmore Donald & Mary Lee Sweet Donyce & Kenneth McCluskey Doren Norfleet Douglas Sutherland & Nancy Kramer as of December 14, 2020 50

Dr. Amir Rahnamay-Azar Dr. Mark & Kathy Adelson Earl Turner Ed & Carole Farfaglia Edith Russell Edward & Carrie Pulaski Edward Eagan Elizabeth Liddy Elizabeth Mascia Ellen Agnew Emily Shen Eric & Brenda Greenfield Eric Leeb Ethan Paulini F David & Sally Bailey Faith Schuetz Fidelity Charitable Flavia Musto Frances Campbell Frances Sullivan Francine Boutet Frederick & Virginia Parker Gail & Peter Mitchell Gary Potter & Linda Russo George & Halina Gagne George & Mrs Whitton George & Paula Ranous George & Rita Soufleris George & Roseanne Lorefice George & Sharon Schmit George Bain George Curry Gerald & Mary Mathews Gerald Mager Geraldine Forbes Gerhard & Carol Baule Gordon & Martha Vnek Grace Zabel Gracia Sears Greg & Linda Ellstrom Gregory & Carolyn Trombly Harold & Ruth Smulyan Harry & Sue Britt Herbert & Sarah Hansen Herman Frazier

Holly Thuma Hugh & Janis Hallenbeck Hugh & Norma Moyer Ingrid Fox Isa Cramer Isiah Odom Jacki Gregg Jacqueline Rich James & Joyce Bresnahan James & Mrs Mitscher James & Nancy Asher James & Sieglinde Quinn James Beckman James Clark & Sharon Gordon James Cusack James Helmer James Shults Jamie Bruno Jan & Susan Farr Jane Burkhead & Robert Sarason Jane S Cody Janet Munro Jean Beers Jean Kimber Jeanne Denti Jeff & Gretchen Goldstein Jeff & Wendy Purdy Jeffrey Carnes Jeffrey Sneider Jenna Weitzel Jeremiah & Mrs Bergan Jill Fowler Jill Ladd Jim & Kathlyn Schofield Joan Leskoske Joan Wieder Joanne Carey Joel & Deborah Stein John & Bernice Ronan John & Janet Mallan John & Jill Melvin John & Kimberly Huhtala John & Rita Kubert John Miller Jon Selzer & Thelma Trotty-Selzer Joseph & Mary Beth Domachowske Joseph Whelan & Margaret Harding Joyce & Peter Chan Joyce Lux Joyce Zadzilka Judith Smith Judy Oplinger Julie Matson

Karel & Shirley Blakeley Kathleen Falgitano Kathleen Olson Kathleen Pickard Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner Kathy Stockbridge Kaye DeVesty Kenneth & Kathleen Freer Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe Kinyorda Sliwiak Kristi Andersen L. John Steigerwald IV Larry & Ann Harris Larry & Mary Leatherman Laura Centore Laura Jordan Laura Montgomery Lawrence & Joan Page Lee & Elaine Mount Lee & Julia Martin LeeAnn Swager Leroy Buechele Lesleigh Cushing Leslie Kohman & Jeffrey Smith Linda Czerkies Linda Geiger Linda Loomis Linda Shapess Lionel Lee Hector Lisa Flynn Lorraine LaDuke Lynn Anderson Lynne King M Janice Nelson Mackenzie Hughes LLP Malcolm & Margaret Badger Marilyn Novins Marjorie Ostrander Mark & Carole Hansen Marlene Blumin Martha Boyer Martha Cole Martha Ours Martine Burat & Tony Malavenda Mary Anne Wilson Mary Brady Mary Elliott Mary Holtz Mary Ryan Matthew Withers Maureen Curtin Maureen Hogle Meg Schneider Megan Dietz

Melinda Leising Meredith Leonard Michael & Cindy Rogan Michael & Dawn Sam Michael & Grace Flusche Michael & Jacki Goldberg Michael & Laurie Zoanetti Michael & Nancy Keoghan Michael & Rissa Ratner Michael Grodenchik Michael Slivinski & Susan Ensminger Mick Distin Mike & Marilyn Sees Molly Corley Monica Norton N Gordon & Judith Gray Neil & Helene Gold Network for Good Nicholas & Carolyn Brust Nick Lozoponi Orazio & Genevieve Covelli Patricia Bush Patricia Carey Patricia Haggerty Patricia Lynn-Ford Patricia Schaeber Patrick Fitzgerald Paula Bartley Pauline Fitzpatrick Peggy Adams Pete & Mary Beth Carmen Peter & Mary Huntington Peter Scheibe & Margaret Gelfuso Peter Vanable & Anne Jamison Philip & Martha McDowell Priscilla Heublein Ralph Lorenz Raymond & Helene Mann Raymond Cummings Rebecca Devendorf Richard & Joan Kollgaard Richard & Margaret Shirtz Richard & Nancy Hetey Richard & Therese Driscoll Richard Ham Ricky Pak Rita Josef Robert & Barbara Moore

Robert & Carol Jones Robert & Denise Heater Roberta Schnorr Robin Curtis Rocco & Roberta Mangano Rod & Jana McDonald Roger & Margaret Reid Ronald Capone Ronald Ferguson Ronald Marko Ronald Woodruff Ronalee Cook Rosanne Barbaglia Rosemary Pooler Ruth Brown Ruth Perkins Ruth Seaman Sally O'Herin Sally Seeley Sarah Elliott Scott & Marlene Macfarlane Sharon Hayford

Sharon Sullivan & Paul Phillips Sharon Sutter Sharry Doyle Stacey Balduf Stacy & Brian Noll Stephanie Cross Stephen Pomraning Steve Dillingham Steve Reiter Susan Lamanna & Lois Easterday Susan Martineau Susan Rockdashil Susan S Phillips Susan Wadley Terry & Lynda Wheat Therese Toole Thomas & Debra Didio Thomas & Mary Cunningham Thomas & Patricia Higgins Thomas & Susan Brett

Thomas B Bohan Thomas Baron Tim & Susan Kennedy Timothy Byrnes & Molly Ryan Timothy Davis-Reed Tony Marschall & Nancy Green Victor & Linda Lebedovych Victor Tice Walter & Nancy Shepard Wendy Grady William & Elizabeth Elkins William & Ginny Brandt William & Jean Gamble William & Joan Hoyer William & Nancy Byrne William & Phyllis Highland William Blake William Lund Wynetta Devore

S Y R A C U S E S TA G E S TA F F

Artistic Director.............................................................................................................Robert Hupp Managing Director.....................................................................................................Jill A. Anderson Associate Artistic Director....................................................................................................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................................................................................Brian McBurney, John Gamble Student Employee..............................................................................................Mehak Saroha Scenic Charge Artist...................................................................................................Emily Holm Assistant Scenic Artist...........................................................................................Phillip Dyke Student Employee.....................................................................................................Ally Turlo Props Supervisor............................................................................................................Mara Rich Lead Props Carpenter..........................................................................................Colin Braeger Props Artisan....................................................................................................Jessica Culligan Student Employee................................................................................................Sage Hulings 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 Electrics Apprentices...............................................................Sydney E. Curran, Susan Pipolo Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer......................................................Jacqueline R Herter Assistant Audio Engineer/A1..........................................................................Kevin O’Connor Sound Apprentice/A2........................................................................................Daniel McLain Production Stage Manager....................................................................................Stuart Plymesser Stage Manager..............................................................................................Laura Jane Collins Stage Management Journeymen........................................................Erin C Brett, Em Piraino

S Y R A C U S E S TA G E S TA F F

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........................................................................................Jacob Ellison House Managers...................................................................Patricia Condello, Ella Lafontant, Adam Secor, Donna Stuccio Bartenders.....................................................................Michelle Cannizzo, Meg Pusey-Anthis Director of Development............................................................................................Wendy Rhodes Development Manager.......................................................................................Stefania Ianno Development Assistant..............................................................................Ryan Duncan-Ayala Director of Education & Community Engagement.......................................................Joann Yarrow Associate Director of Education.............................................................................Kate Laissle Education Interns............Eli Blodgett, Corinne Ferrer, Ethan Harpole, Puaseisei Patu-Tanielu 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 Intern..................................................................................Matthew James Nerber Executive Assistant...........................................................................................................Wallis Dean Artistic Student Intern.............................................................................................Soumya Tadepalli Sign Language Interpreters....................................................Brenda Brown, Jim Brown, Jessie Falke, Sue Freeman, Mae Harrington, Joanne Jackowski, 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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