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MAN IN THE RING by Michael Cristofer Directed by Michael Greif Scenic Design David Zinn
Costume Design Emilio Sosa
Projection Design Peter Nigrini & Dan Scully
Sound Design Matt Tierney
Music Direction, Arrangements & Fight Direction Incidental Music Rick Sordelet & Michael McElroy Christian Kelly-Sordelet
Wig, Hair & Make-Up Design J. Jared Janas Casting Caparelliotis Casting
Lighting Design Ben Stanton
Dialect Coach Deborah Hecht
Production Stage Manager Emily F. McMullen
Stage Manager Jeremiah Mullane
The world premiere production of Man in the Ring was produced by Court Theatre Charles Newell, Artistic Director Stephen J Albert, Executive Director This production is dedicated to the memory of Stephen J. Albert
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(in order of appearance) Emile Griffith.....................................................................John Douglas Thompson Luis....................................................................................................Victor Almanzar Young Emile.................................................................................Kyle Vincent Terry Emelda................................................................................................. Starla Benford Howie Albert........................................................................................Gordon Clapp Benny “Kid” Paret...................................................................Sean Boyce Johnson Manuel Alfaro........................................................................................Eliseo Román Lucia Paret........................................................................................... Carla Martinez Sadie.............................................................................................. Krystal Joy Brown Boxers, Announcers & Photographers............................................ Richard Gatta, Dave Heard, Michael Underhill Guitarist.................................................................................................Max Kennedy Percussionist...........................................................................................Austin Birdy
SETTING Various locations in New York City and on the island of St. Thomas from the 1950s to the present.
There will be one 10-minute intermission.
The Huntington Theatre Company is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency; the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and more than 6,000 individual, foundation, and corporate contributors.
Cover: Kyle Vincent Terry, photo: Nile Hawver
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Playwright Michael Cristofer
CHARACTERS WITH CONTRADICTION: AN INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT MICHAEL CRISTOFER
Playwright Michael Cristofer’s work spans from stage to screen as a writer, director, and actor. As rehearsals began on this production of Man in the Ring, he spoke with Director of New Work Charles Haugland about the discoveries he made in bringing Emile Griffith’s story to the stage. How did you first become interested in telling Emile Griffith’s story? I worked with Terrance Blanchard, who is a fantastic jazz trumpet performer and composer. He has done the scores for many Spike Lee films, and he also scored two of the pictures I directed. He was commissioned by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis. He came to me, and asked me to write the libretto. As a hobby, he’s done a lot of boxing, so he knew the Emile Griffith story and he said, “Would this make a good story for something on the stage?” That’s how I learned about Emile. I didn’t know anything about him before then, and also had never written a libretto for an opera before. When I sat down to write, I found myself writing a play, so then I adapted the play into a libretto, but a libretto is only 40 pages, when a play is 120. We’ve done the opera in St. Louis, San Francisco, and at The Kennedy Center. It’s going to be in Montreal this winter. So it’s having a life, which is fantastic. Then a friend of mine at a theatre in Chicago came to me, and said he had heard about the opera. He said, “Would you be interested in writing a play about this character?” I jumped at that because I had so much material that I hadn’t used. What sparked your interest when you first started to read about Emile Griffith? Emile Griffith is a black Caribbean American born in St. Thomas. He came to New York as an immigrant, hoping to be a baseball player or a singer. He was drawn into becoming a boxer — which he didn’t have a passion for to begin 8
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with — but then found the passion and had a very long career. It’s not a story that on the surface would seem to be connected to me, but it was. He was a man in a world where the definition of masculinity was very strict in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a man struggling with his sexuality in terms of his own masculinity. I grew up in an Italian ghetto where the definitions of masculinity were strict, and I had struggled with my sexuality. Also, when I started writing the play, he and I were about the same age, and it was an age where a person begins to slow down and start to reconsider your life. Like Emile Griffith, I had some fantastic successes, but I also had some terrible failures. There was a sense of wanting to make peace with my past. I saw, in his story, a man slipping into dementia and trying to make peace. Is it different for you to tell a real person’s story versus a person you’ve created? I am working on a play now about Georgia O’Keefe’s struggle for identity and her relationship with Stieglitz. Something in there just connected with me. It’s a mysterious thing. I’ve been offered jobs to write about a certain subject or a certain character, and I’ve felt no connection. Then you can’t do it. But when that mysterious thing happens, and you feel like your voice and their voice have a similar connection, then it can be done. But it’s also treacherous because, if you are telling a story about a real person, do you take on the burden of telling the story in a biographical way? Unless you are writing a 700-page biography, I don’t know how accurate any biography is, and especially a play. Shakespeare never got it right about any of those real characters he wrote about. With the play I am working on about Georgia O’Keefe, I’m simply using other people’s lives to tell something about myself. That’s my connection with the person, and that’s how I end up telling the story. It’s my story as much as theirs. Emile avoided labels for most of his life — especially regarding his sexuality, but also about other aspects of his life. How did you approach writing a character based on someone who was so mutable in terms of how he saw his public persona? It certainly influenced my impulse to do the story. To me, as a writer, director, and actor, the most fascinating things are complications and contradictions. The more contradictions there are in a character, the more vivid and real the character seems. In life, nobody is one or two things, and Emile is a wealth of contradictions. He was known for having an extraordinary smile and being cheerful and full of so much joy. But at the same time, there was depression going on. He was as gentle as anyone could possibly be, and at the same time there was great violence in him. He was a man who was incapable early on in his life of defining his sexuality — or didn’t feel he could or should. He was living in a world that made it difficult to discover who he was — or to accept and define who he was. That kind of character who has so many contradictions going on in him is rich for a writer.
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Michael McElroy
MUSIC IN THE RING: AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL MCELROY
Music Director Michael McElroy’s work spans from stage to screen as a music director, music arranger, singer, and actor. As rehearsals began on this production of Man in the Ring, he sat down with Literary Associate J. Sebastián Alberdi to talk about the work that went into turning children’s songs into emotionally and theatrically rich moments. What initially attracted you to Man in the Ring? One: getting to work with Michael Greif again because I started working with him as an actor. Michael cast me in Rent and Next to Normal on both Broadway and in the national tour. He knew I was also a composer and arranger from my work with my choir Broadway Inspirational Voices, so a few years back Michael asked me to musical direct and create arrangements for Katori Hall’s Our Lady of Kibeho at the Signature Theatre. I loved the experience because I had to immerse myself in the music of a Rwandan culture which I was unfamiliar with. Then I had to create the musical landscape and make it theatrical. Two: as a man of color, what I loved about this play is the telling of this extraordinary man’s experience. This is not a story usually told in all its complexity and multifaceted texture. It explores what defines a man as well as how music plays a role in memory as one gets older. What was the experience of working with songs that were written into the script? Michael Cristofer had very specific songs that he wanted to use — the children circle songs of the Caribbean. These song games played by preteens socialized children in how to engage each other in male/female relationships. So, what happens when you’re outside of the circle? Within the context of the play, all the songs are triggers for memories of the main character Emile. As music arranger, my challenge was creating how the songs would unfold musically while supporting the storytelling. You never hear a song from beginning to end in the play, so how does the music support a whole scene? A song may start 10 MAN IN THE RING
the scene, and then five pages later they’ll start singing again; how do we get there? Working with both Michael Greif and Michael Cristofer we realized that the instrumentation, which is such a huge part of the Caribbean culture, could support long sections of scenes. Sometimes that’s with banjo or ukulele, or conga and a percussive soundscape. What was the process of arranging this show’s music? I immersed myself in the music of the Caribbean. There were two styles that came up a lot that inspired me: Fungi music, which is the traditional music of the British Virgin Islands, and Quelbe music. Then the process became making certain we had the instruments for each particular style. The music of the Caribbean is a combination of the Europeans who colonized and the Africans who were brought to the islands as slaves. The clash of musical sounds manifests in interesting ways with classical flutes, violins, accordions married with ukuleles, banjos, congas, and percussive instruments made by hand. Then when we arrive in New York, it’s 1960s R&B with electric guitars and drums. We have one song that’s a Spanish lullaby so we incorporated acoustic guitar. I really wanted to make sure that the instrumentation supported the musical landscapes of each of these cultures. The characters we see on stage the most almost never sing. How does that change the way you tell a story musically? The music either triggers a memory for Emile or is triggered by Emile’s memory. Most often it is then taken over by an ensemble of people, who use the music and lyrics to unlock more of the memory, or further the storytelling. When engaging with older family members, which many of us do, who struggle with memory issues like Emile, whether that’s dementia or Alzheimer’s, researchers have found that music can unlock and awaken those struggling with those diseases. Something about the sound of music touches us as human beings in a way that other things don’t. It unlocks and triggers memories, it’s emotional, it evokes not just a thought but a feeling; and so, within the play, music gives us the opportunity to do those kinds of things for Emile and his story that live outside the traditional acting singing this thoughts. What would you say to an audience about being open and prepared to hear this music? This play is an honest, brutal, beautiful, poetic portrayal of a human being that had many facets to him, and it goes back to my first point about it allowing an African American actor to tell a story that was so complex. The music in this play can help you understand culture, environment, a character’s inner thoughts. But in this play, the power of memory and how music truly becomes a soundtrack for our lives is the main focus of how song is utilized. It won’t be the traditional musical where characters sing to reveal their inner thoughts and feelings. So I’d say, just be open to the possibility of music existing in a different way.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Victor Almanzar* (Luis) appeared as Oswaldo in the Pulitzer Prize-winning production of Between Riverside and Crazy (Atlantic Theater Company, Second Stage Theater, and Steppenwolf Theatre Company). His Off Broadway credits include Jeison in Tell Hector I Miss Him (Atlantic Theater Company) and Oscar in Grand Concourse (Steppenwolf Theatre Company). Film and television credits include Brawl in Cell Block 99, 11:55, “Power,” “Empire,” “Blue Bloods,” “Chicago PD,” and “High Maintenance.” He received his MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University and is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. Starla Benford* (Emelda) has Broadway credits that include The Little Foxes (Manhattan Theatre Club), A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Macbeth. Her Off Broadway credits include Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature Theatre). She appeared in the first national tour of The Vagina Monologues and in the Irish premiere of Doubt (Abbey Theatre). Regional work includes Shakespeare in Love and King Richard II (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival); The Convert (Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and Wilma Theater); Death of a Salesman (Yale Repertory Theatre); Trouble in Mind (Arena Stage); and The Oresteia (American Repertory Theater). Film and television credits include A Perfect Murder, Delivery Man, Half Nelson, United 93, Sorry Haters, “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Unforgettable,” “The Affair,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Feed the Beast,” “The Blacklist (Redemption),” “Person of Interest,” “Madam Secretary,” and “Ray Donovan.” Krystal Joy Brown* (Sadie) appeared as Diana Ross in Motown: The Musical. Other Broadway credits include Josephine Bloom in Big Fish, Ornella in Leap of Faith, and Dionne/Abe Lincoln in Hair. Off Broadway credits include Mimi in Rent (national tour); Rosanna in Calvin Berger; Eve in Fallin for Eve; and Starting Here, Starting Now. Film and television credits include Victor Crowley, “Law & Order: SVU,” “Deadbeat,” and “Castle.” She will play Lena Lambert in Disney’s upcoming feature film Magic Camp. Voice credits include Netossa on the upcoming DreamWorks/Netflix animated series “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.” She is a published author, songwriter, and co-host of the podcast “How We Do This” available on iTunes. She is repped by The Talent House and Artists First. Gordon Clapp* (Howie Albert) previously appeared at the Huntington in The Snowball. Broadway credits include Glengarry Glen Ross (Tony Award nomination, TheatreWorld Award). Off Broadway credits include Blood from a Stone and Early History of Fire (The New Group); Midvale High School 50th Reunion (The Nora Theatre Company); Robert Frost: This Verse Business (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); A Doll’s House and Trick or Treat (Northern Stage, Vermont); and Auld Lang Syne and Measure for Measure (Peterborough Players). Film and television credits include Return of the Secaucus Seven, Eight Men Out, Matewan, Flags of Our Fathers, Peter and John, Game Plan, all 12 seasons of “NYPD Blue” (Emmy and SAG awards), “Damages,” “Chicago Fire,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Elementary,” “Taking Chance,” and “Deadwood.” Learn more
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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Investigating the largest unsolved art heist in history. applepodcasts.com/lastseen
ABOUT THE COMPANY Richard Gatta* (Ensemble) recently served as associate stage director for the NBC Universal upfront presentation at Radio City Music Hall. Broadway and New York credits include Bright Star, Zorba!, Countess of Storyville, Back Home Again (assistant choreographer); and Beatsville (associate choreographer). Touring credits include Bright Star (choreography supervisor), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (first national tour), Billy Elliot (USA/Brazil Company), Fiddler on the Roof, The Pajama Game, and Grease (Asia/Macau International Music Festival). Mr. Gatta holds a bachelor of science degree from Empire State College in business economics and arts management. He currently serves as assistant artistic director for Northeast Ballet Company in New York. richardgatta.com. @richardgatta.
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about the one-man show This Verse Business, where he plays Robert Frost, at thisversebusiness.com.
Dave Heard* (Ensemble) has credits that include Hairspray (national/international tour) and Dreamgirls (national tour), as well as Jack Worthing in Being Earnest (Greater Boston Stage Company), Pvt. Fector in Dogfight (SpeakEasy Stage Company), Ensemble in Hairspray (Maine State Music Theatre and Ogunquit Playhouse), and Sweaty Eddie in Sister Act (Nextdoor Theater). He is currently obtaining a master’s degree of education in integrated arts at Plymouth State University. facebook.com/davetheactor. Sean Boyce Johnson* (Benny “Kid” Paret) has previous credits that include Tyler in Gym Shorts the Show (777 Theatre), Ace in Chains (The Players Theatre), Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird (Pendragon Theatre), and Danny/Lendall in Almost, Maine (Lake Placid Center for the Arts). He recently received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Carla Martinez* (Lucia Paret) previously appeared in Merrily We Roll Along at the Huntington. Off Broadway credits include Brecht on Brecht (PTP/NYC). Regional credits include Sarah’s Friend in Ragtime (Trinity Repertory Theatre); Joice Heth in Barnum and Kate in The Wild Party (Moonbox Productions); Brecht on Brecht (New Repertory Theatre); Marta in Company and My Fair Lady (Lyric Stage Company); Far from Heaven (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Mary Poppins, Shrek, Hairspray, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Oliver! (Wheelock Family Theatre); and The Wiz, The Full Monty, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Dreamgirls (Interlakes Summer Theatre). Ms. Martinez is a performer, educator, choreographer, and graduate of Berklee College of Music. carla-martinez.com. Eliseo Román* (Manuel Alfaro) recently appeared on Broadway as Jose Fajardo in On Your Feet. Other Broadway credits include Angel in Leap of Faith, Piragua Guy in In the Heights, and Hair (Actors Fund). Off Broadway credits include Pirates of Penzance (Delacorte Theater); In the Heights (Drama Desk Award) and
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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Godspell (York Theatre); and A New Brain (Lincoln Center Theater). Regional theatre credits include Zorro, The New Musical (Alliance Theatre) and Little Miss Sunshine (La Jolla Playhouse). Workshops and readings include Man in the Ring (Greif/Cristofer), The CHER Project (Moore/Elice), Prince of Egypt (Stephen/ Scott Schwartz), Havana (Wildhorn/Trujillo), Nightingale (Sheik/Sater), Little Miss Sunshine (Lapine/Finn), and Leap of Faith (Hackford/Menken). Film credits include Preaching to the Choir and Across the Universe. He has sung with performers such as Sting, Jason Mraz, Vanessa Williams, Sir Elton John, and Mariah Carey. He is a proud member of the Broadway Inspirational Voices. Kyle Vincent Terry* (Young Emile) recently served as fight choreographer on The Royale (Merrimack Repertory Theatre and Capital Repertory Theatre). Regional theatre credits include Othello (New York Theatre Workshop), Fred in A Christmas Carol (Trinity Repertory Company), George in Intimate Apparel (Chautauqua Theater Company), and Guy of Gisbourne in Robin Hood (Williamstown Theatre Festival). Television credits include “Gotham,” “Elementary,” “SMILF,” “Madam Secretary,” “Bull,” and “The Badlands Girl.” He received his MFA from the Brown University/Trinity Repertory Consortium and his BA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. John Douglas Thompson* (Emile Griffith) has Broadway credits that include Carousel, Jitney (Tony Award nomination), A Time to Kill, and Cyrano de Bergerac. Off Broadway credits include The Iceman Cometh (Obie Award, Drama Desk Award; BAM), A Doll’s House, The Father, Macbeth, Othello (Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award), and Tamburlaine the Great (Obie Award, Drama Desk Award) (Theatre for a New Audience); Satchmo at the Waldorf (Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and NAACP Theatre Award), The Emperor Jones (Irish Repertory Theatre); and Hedda Gabler (New York Theatre Workshop). Regional credits include Hamlet (American Conservatory Theater); Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Ovation Award, Center Theatre Group); Richard III and Red Velvet (Shakespeare and Company); Othello (Trinity Repertory Company); Mother Courage (American Repertory Theater); and Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train (Barrymore Award, Wilma Theater). Film and television credits include The Bourne Legacy, Glass Chin, Michael Clayton, Wolves, “Bull,” “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Madam Secretary,” and “Person of Interest.” Mr. Thompson is a Fox Fellow and Robert Brustein Award recipient. Michael Underhill (Ensemble) recently appeared as Richmond in Richard III (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). Other regional theatre credits include Joseph Surface in School for Scandal (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Actor #1 in The Hotel Nepenthe (Brownbox Theatre Project), Joe Parks in Whatever Happened to Baby Jesus (Gold Dust Orphans), Hero in Hairy Tales (imaginary beasts), and C.B. in Dog Sees God (Happy Medium Theatre). He has also worked with Greater Boston Stage Company, Whistler in the Dark, Maiden Phoenix, Bad Habit Productions, Theatre on Fire, and Apollinaire
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY Theatre Company. He graduated Northeastern University with a BA in theatre performance. michaeljamesunderhill.com. Austin Birdy (Percussionist) is an active performer in the Boston area, performing locally and nationally with various pop and metal bands, as well as with local orchestras and theatre companies. He has toured the US with the Los Angeles-based band Aüva, playing at festivals such as South by Southwest, and opening for artists such as Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. Some recent credits include Tony William’s Urban Nutcracker (John Hancock Hall), and Mark Saltzman’s Another Roll of the Dice (The Boston Conservatory). austinbirdy.com. Max Kennedy (Guitarist) has composed and performed in Two Gentlemen of Verona (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), This Place/ Displaced and Much Ado About Nothing (Artists’ Theater of Boston), and Ordinary Mind Ordinary Day (Brandeis Theater Company). He has toured nationally and recorded several albums as a solo artist and as a member of the duo Big Fuzzy. maxkennedysounds.com. Michael Cristofer (Playwright) won the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize for his 1977 play The Shadow Box. He previously appeared at the Huntington in Captors. Broadway credits include A View from the Bridge with Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson; Hamlet; and The Cherry Orchard with Irene Worth, Raul Julia, and Meryl Streep. Off Broadway credits include The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures, A Body of Water, Trumpery, Romeo and Juliet, and The Seagull with Joanne Woodward. His television credits include “Rubicon,” “Smash,” and “Mr. Robot.” He wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of The Shadow Box directed by Paul Newman, as well as the screenplays for Falling in Love with Meryl Streep and Robert DeNiro, The Witches of Eastwick, The Bonfire of the Vanities, Breaking Up, and Casanova with Heath Ledger. His directing credits include Gia, which introduced Angelina Jolie and earned him a Directors’ Guild Award and five Emmy Award nominations, and the soon to be released The Night Clerk with Tye Sheridan and Helen Hunt. Michael Greif (Director) received a Helen Hayes Award and a Tony Award nomination for his direction of Dear Evan Hansen at Arena Stage and on Broadway. Additional Broadway credits include Rent, Grey Gardens, Next to Normal (Tony Award nominations), War Paint, Never Gonna Dance, and If/Then. His recent work includes The Low Road (The Public Theater); Angels in America and Our Lady of Kibeho (NY’s Signature Theatre); The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide… (The Public Theater); and The Tempest, A Winter’s Tale, and Romeo and Juliet (The Public’s Delacorte Theater). Off Broadway, he has received Obie Awards for Machinal and Dogeaters (The Public Theater), and Rent (New York Theatre Workshop). He has directed new plays and musicals at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, MCC Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, and Second Stage Theater, where he directed Next to Normal and Dear Evan Hansen. His regional work includes premieres and revivals at Williamstown Theatre Festival (10 seasons), La Jolla
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David Zinn (Scenic Design) has recent Broadway credits that include set and costumes for The Boys in the Band, SpongeBob SquarePants, Fun Home, Amélie, and The Last Ship; set design for Torch Song, The Waverly Gallery, The Humans, and Present Laughter; costumes for A Doll’s House, Part 2; An Act of God; Airline Highway; Other Desert Cities; and Xanadu. Recent Off Broadway credits include set design for Hamlet (The Public Theater), costume design for Othello (New York Theatre Workshop), and set and costume designs for The Flick and Circle Mirror Transformation (Playwrights Horizons) and Dogfight (Second Stage Theater). Mr. Zinn has also worked with American Repertory Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, Guthrie Theater, and Yale Repertory Theatre. UK credits include Fun Home (Young Vic), The Flick (National Theatre), and The Humans (Hampstead Theatre). He has received Tony, Drama Desk, Lortel, and Obie awards for his work.
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Playhouse (artistic director, five seasons), Goodman Theatre, Arena Stage, Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, Dallas Theater Center, and Trinity Repertory Company. Mr. Greif holds a BS from Northwestern University and an MFA from the University of California, San Diego.
Emilio Sosa (Costume Design) has designed costumes for the London productions of Motown: The Musical, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Father Comes Home From the Wars, and Topdog/Underdog. His Broadway credits include On Your Feet!, Motown: The Musical, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, and Topdog/Underdog. Off Broadway credits include Me and My Girl, By the Way Meet Vera Stark, Venus, Crowns, Trust, Invisible Thread, Romeo and Juliet, Capeman, The Misanthrope, and Sex with Strangers. Regional theatre credits include The White Card, Skeleton Crew, I Dream, The Scottsboro Boys, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ruined, Señor Discretion Himself, Witness Uganda, Twist, and Fences. Television credits include “Project Runway.” Mr. Sosa is a trustee of the American Theatre Wing and a board member of the Anthony Burrell Center for Dance. @esosafashion. Ben Stanton (Lighting Design) previously designed the Huntington’s productions of The Atheist, Persephone, and Love’s Labour’s Lost. He is a three-time Tony Award nominee with Broadway credits including Junk, Six Degrees of Separation, Fully Committed, Deaf West’s Spring Awakening, Fun Home, An Enemy of the People, and Seminar. Off Broadway credits include The Low Road (The Public Theater); Beast in the Jungle (Vineyard Theatre); Fiasco Theater’s Twelfth Night (Classic Stage Company); Napoli Brooklyn (Roundabout Theatre Company); This Ain’t No Disco (Atlantic Theater Company); Marjorie Prime and The Christians (Playwrights Horizons); Yen, The Legend of Georgia McBride, and The Nether (MCC Theater); Angels in America (Signature Theatre); Incognito, Murder Ballad, The Whipping Man (Manhattan Theatre Club); Belleville (New York Theatre Workshop); and Into the Woods (Delacorte Theater). Concert and tour designs include Beirut, Regina Spektor, St. Vincent, Sufjan Stevens, and The National. In 2015, he received the Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting. Matt Tierney (Sound Design) has Broadway credits that include Machinal (Roundabout Theatre Company). His recent work includes The Low Road (The Public Theater); In the Blood (Signature Theatre); A Parallelogram (Second Stage Theater); Gloria (Goodman Theatre); Red Speedo and The Select (The Sun Also Rises) (Elevator Repair Service/New York Theatre Workshop); The Tempest (The Public Theater); The Sound and the Fury and Arguendo (Elevator Repair
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ABOUT THE COMPANY Service/The Public Theater); Pocatello and Detroit (Playwrights Horizons); An Octoroon and Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Theatre for a New Audience); and Uncle Vanya, Futurity, and Blasted (Soho Rep). Other credits include work with The Old Globe, Yale Repertory Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, McCarter Theatre Center, American Repertory Theater, Alley Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Center Theatre Group, The Wooster Group, and Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company. He is currently the technical director and music supervisor for “This American Life.” Honors include a Tony Award nomination (2014), a Drama Desk Award (2014), a Lucille Lortel Award (2012), and Obie Awards (2001 and 2012). Peter Nigrini & Dan Scully (Projection Design) have Broadway designs that include SpongeBob SquarePants; A Doll’s House, Part 2; Amélie; Rocky; An Act of God; The Heidi Chronicles; The Best Man; and Fela! Off Broadway and regional theatre credits include Grounded and Here Lies Love (The Public Theater); Real Enemies (BAM); the Grace Jones Hurricane Tour; Don Giovanni and Lucia di Lammermoor (Santa Fe Opera); Peter and the Wolf (John Lithgow/Carnegie Hall); Blind Date (Bill T. Jones); Untitled America and Another Night (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater); Jedermann (Salzburg Festspeile); If/Then (national tour); and Nature Theater of Oklahoma’s No Dice and Life & Times (Burgtheater, Vienna). Currently they are working on Ain’t Too Proud (Broadway 2019), The Orphan of Zhao (Beijing Music Festival), Runaway (New York City Ballet), The Orchestra Moves (Carnegie Hall), and Beetlejuice (Broadway 2019). Michael McElroy (Music Direction, Arrangements & Incidental Music) has credits for vocal arrangements for Broadway that include Disaster! and Street Corner Symphony. Off Broadway arrangements include Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature Theatre) and Three Mo’ Tenors (Little Shubert Theater). Broadway performing credits include Sunday in the Park with George (2017 revival), Next to Normal, Rent, Deaf West’s Big River (2003 revival, Tony Award and Drama Desk Award nominations), The Wild Party, The Who’s Tommy, Patti LuPone on Broadway, High Rollers, and Miss Saigon. Off Broadway performing credits include Violet (Drama Desk Award nomination, Playwrights Horizons), Blue (Roundabout Theatre Company, Gramercy Theater), and Some Men (Second Stage Theater). Film and television credits include Rent Live on Broadway, The Incredibles 2 (featured vocalist), The Wiz Live (featured vocalist), Legally Blonde 2 (featured vocalist), Chicago (vocalist), and “Smash,” (featured vocalist). Mr. McElroy is the founder and director of Broadway Inspirational Voices, a non-profit gospel choir made up of Broadway performers. He received a Grammy Award nomination for the choir’s debut holiday CD, Great Joy: A Gospel Christmas. He is on faculty in the New Studio on Broadway Musical Theater Studio at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Rick Sordelet & Christian Kelly-Sordelet (Fight Direction) choreographed fights for Disgraced, Dead End, and Mauritius at the Huntington. They created Sordelet INC with 73 Broadway credits that include Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Waiting for Godot/No Man’s Land, and Wolf Hall. They have over 1,200 episodes of stunt coordination for television as well as feature film credits. They have 65 international production credits including Ben Hur Live (Rome, European tour). Rick Sordelet is a board member of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and teaches at Yale School of Drama. Christian Kelly-Sordelet teaches at CUNY Harlem and HB Studio. They, with their partner author David Blixt, also run an
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ABOUT THE COMPANY J. Jared Janas (Wig, Hair & Make Up Design) has designed wigs, hair, and makeup for Gettin’ the Band Back Together, Sunset Boulevard, Bandstand, Indecent, The Visit, The Real Thing, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Motown: The Musical, Peter and the Starcatcher, The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, All About Me, and Next to Normal on Broadway. Recent Off Broadway and regional productions include Jagged Little Pill (American Repertory Theater); Collective Rage (MCC Theater); Miss You Like Hell and The Low Road (The Public Theater); Jerry Springer the Opera (New Group); and Yours Unfaithfully (Drama Desk Award nomination, Mint Theatre). Various film and television credits include Angelica, The Night Before, Six by Sondheim (HBO), “Scream Queens,” “Gotham,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” and “Inside Amy Schumer.”
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Deborah Hecht (Dialect Coach) has Broadway credits in over 80 productions including Angels in America, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Little Foxes, and Cabaret. Off Broadway credits include working with Signature Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Vineyard Theatre, Second Stage Theater, and many others. Regional theatre credits include Yale Repertory Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, and Seattle Repertory Theatre. In England she’s worked with Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. Her film credits include the recent All the Money in the World. She is on faculty at The Juilliard School. Caparelliotis Casting (Casting) has Broadway credits that include the upcoming King Lear; The Waverly Gallery; The Nap; Three Tall Women; Boys in the Band; Saint Joan; Meteor Shower; Junk; A Doll’s House, Part 2; The Little Foxes; The Glass Menagerie; Jitney; The Front Page; Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Blackbird; An Act of God; Fish in the Dark; It’s Only a Play; Disgraced; Casa Valentina; Holler If Ya Hear Me; The Trip to Bountiful; and Fences. Other theatre credits include Manhattan Theatre Club, Atlantic Stage 2, Ars Nova, The Old Globe, Goodman Theatre, Arena Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, and others. Film and television credits include “New Amsterdam” (NBC), “American Odyssey” (NBC), “How to Get Away with Murder” pilot (ABC), “Ironside” pilot (NBC), and “Steel Magnolias” (Sony for Lifetime). Emily F. McMullen* (Production Stage Manager) has stage managed 25 shows for the Huntington over the past five years, including this season’s The Niceties and Top Girls, Bad Dates, Tartuffe, and Merrily We Roll Along last season. She spent nine seasons as production stage manager at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell and 15 summers as production stage manager of Music Theatre of Wichita. Other credits include work with Lexington Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, South Coast Repertory, North Shore Music Theatre, and Capital Repertory Theatre, among others. She holds a BA from Emory University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. Jeremiah Mullane* (Stage Manager) has previously stage managed Fall, Bad Dates, A Guide for the Homesick, The Who & the What, A Doll’s House, Tiger Style!, August Wilson’s How I Learned What I Learned, Disgraced, Choice, The Second Girl, Awake and Sing!, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Seagull, The
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY Cocktail Hour, The Jungle Book, and Invisible Man at the Huntington. He has regional credits that include Blood on the Snow at Boston’s Old State House (The Bostonian Society); Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and King Lear (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); First You Dream and Follies (The Kennedy Center); Really Really, The Boy Detective Fails, Chess, [title of show], and Giant (Signature Theatre); and As You Like It, The Alchemist, The Way of the World, Julius Caesar, and Major Barbara (Shakespeare Theatre Company). He is a graduate of Ithaca College with a BA in drama and computer science. Peter DuBois (Artistic Director) is in his 11th season as Artistic Director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Moliére’s Tartuffe, Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music; the world premieres of Bernard Weinraub’s Fall, Gina Gionfriddo’s Can You Forgive Her?, Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People, Evan M. Wiener’s Captors, Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet (2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist), Bob Glaudini’s Vengeance is the Lord’s, and David Grimm’s The Miracle at Naples; the regional premieres of A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible the things I do, Stephen Belber’s The Power of Duff, Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw and Rapture, Blister, Burn, and Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss. His West End/London credits include Sex with Strangers and Rapture, Blister, Burn (Hampstead Theatre); All New People with Zach Braff (Duke of York’s Theatre); and Becky Shaw (Almeida Theatre). His New York credits include Can You Forgive Her? (Vineyard Theatre); The Power of Duff with Greg Kinnear (New York Stage and Film/Powerhouse Theater); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons, 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Sons of the Prophet (Roundabout Theatre Company, 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Modern Terrorism, Becky Shaw, Trust with Sutton Foster, All New People, and Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage Theatre); Measure for Pleasure, Richard III with Peter Dinklage, Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?, and Biro (The Public Theater); and Jack Goes Boating with Philip Seymour Hoffman and The View From 151st Street (LAByrinth Theater Company/The Public Theater). He served for five years as associate producer and resident director at The Public Theater, preceded by five years as artistic director of the Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. Mr. DuBois has directed multiple episodes of the podcast “Modern Love,” including its debut with Lauren Molina. Prior to his work at Perseverance, Mr. DuBois lived and worked in the Czech Republic where he co-founded Asylum, a multi-national squat theatre in Prague. His productions have been on the annual top 10 lists of The New York Times, Time Out, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsday, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, The Evening Standard, The Boston Globe, and Improper Bostonian, and he received an Honorable Mention for 2013 Bostonian of the Year by The Boston Globe Magazine. Michael Maso (Managing Director) has led the Huntington’s administrative and financial operations since 1982. He has produced more than 200 productions in partnership with three artistic directors and is one of the most well-regarded managing directors in the theatre industry. Under his tenure, the Huntington has received over 150 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Mr. Maso received the 2016 Massachusetts Nonprofit Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as TCG’s 2012 Theatre Practitioner Award, the Huntington’s 2012 Wimberly Award,
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StageSource’s 2010 Theatre Hero Award, the 2005 Commonwealth Award (the state’s highest arts honor) in the category of Catalyst, and the 2000 Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. In 2004 the Boston Herald honored him as Theatre Man of the Year. Mr. Maso led the Huntington’s 10-year drive to build the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, which opened in September 2004, and is currently leading the redevelopment and renovation of the Huntington Avenue Theatre. He currently serves on the Boston Cultural Planning Steering Committee and previously served as a member of the board for ArtsBoston, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and StageSource, and as a site visitor, panelist, and panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts. From 1997 to 2005 Mr. Maso served as the president of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of 70 of the country’s major not-for-profit professional theatres. In 2005, he was named as one of a dozen members of the inaugural class of the Barr Fellows Program. Prior to the Huntington, he served as the managing director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival, general manager of New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, business manager for PAF Playhouse on Long Island, and as an independent arts management consultant based in Taos, New Mexico. Christopher Wigle (Producing Director) is in his 19th season at the Huntington where he has produced over 80 productions. He has worked on Broadway, Off Broadway, and regionally for Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, the Bay Street Theater, and the Royal National Theatre. Working primarily as a stage manager, his credits include the original productions or New York premieres of Six Degrees of Separation (John Guare), subUrbia (Eric Bogosian), The Designated Mourner (Wallace Shawn), Some Americans Abroad (Richard Nelson), Desdemona (Paula Vogel), Racing Demon (David Hare), Sex and Longing (Christopher Durang), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Alfred Urhy), and Sophistry (Jonathan Marc Sherman). Additional credits include the awardwinning Broadway revivals of The Heiress and The Most Happy Fella, as well as two seasons as workshop director for the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY The Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s leading professional theatre and one of the region’s premier cultural assets. Since its founding in 1982, the Huntington has received over 150 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. In the past 36 years, the Huntington has played to an audience of 3.5 million, presented over 200 plays (18 of which went on to Broadway or Off Broadway), and served over 500,000 students, community members, and other cultural organizations. Under the direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso, the Huntington brings together world-class theatre artists from Boston, Broadway, and beyond with the most promising new talent to create eclectic seasons of exciting new works and classics made current. A longstanding anchor cultural institution of Huntington Avenue, the Avenue of the Arts, the Huntington now fully owns the Huntington Avenue Theatre and is planning a transformational renovation and expansion of the historic venue, adding first-rate, modern amenities including a new entrance and expansive lobby, as well as expanding services to audiences, artists, and the community. The Huntington built the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) in 2004 as a home for its new work activities and to provide a much-needed resource for the local theatre community. At the Calderwood Pavilion, the Huntington provides first-class facilities and audience services at significantly subsidized rates to dozens of organizations each year, including some of Boston’s most exciting small and mid-sized theatre companies. The Huntington serves 200,000 audience members each year at the Huntington Avenue Theatre and the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. Through a diverse and impactful range of nationally-renowned education and community programs, the Huntington engages 36,000 young people and adults in underserved neighborhoods each year. These programs include the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, the August Wilson Monologue Competition, the Huntington Community Membership Initiative, a youth playwriting program called EPIC, and the Student Matinee Series. The Huntington is a founding partner of Codman Academy Charter Public School and has collaborated with Codman for 17 years to create and teach its innovative, interdisciplinary humanities curriculum and run the Codman Summer Theatre Institute. A national leader in the development of new plays, the Huntington has produced more than 120 world, American, and New England premieres to date. Through the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, the cornerstone of its new work activities, the Huntington supports local writers through two-year fellowships, and is also proud to serve as a home for Playwright-in-Residence Melinda Lopez. The Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form and is committed to mentoring local playwrights, educating young people in theatre, and serving as a catalyst for the growth of dozens of Boston’s emerging performing arts organizations.
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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY TRUSTEES & OVERSEERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES David R. Epstein Chairman Sharon Malt President Carol B. Langer Treasurer Sherryl Cohen Clerk Carole Alkins David Altshuler Neal Balkowitsch John Cini Gerard H. Cohen
John Cohen Carol G. Deane James J. Dillon Betsy Banks Epstein William Finard David Firestone John Frishkopf Ann T. Hall Arthur C. Hodges Frederick Jamieson Nada Despotovich Kane Shelly Karol David Leathers Rumena Manolova- Senchak William P. McQuillan Ann Merrifield
Sandra Moose Anne M. Morgan Cokie Perry Bryan Rafanelli Mitchell J. Roberts John D. Spooner Linda H. Thomas Linda Waintrup J. David Wimberly Mary Wolfson Warren R. Radtke Trustee Emeritus
BOARD OF ADVISORS Neal Balkowitsch Kate Taylor Co-chairs Nancy S. Adams Kitty Ames Steven M. Bauer Camilla Bennett Nancy Brickley Jim Burns Suzanne Chapman J. William Codinha Bette Cohen Ivy B. Cubell Deborah First Anne H. Fitzpatrick
Maria Farley Gerrity Paul Greenfield Thomas Hamilton III Janice Hunt Linda Kanner Loren Kovalcik Sherry Lang Joie Lemaitre Jon A. Levy Tracie Longman Nancy Lukitsh Charles Marz Noel McCoy Thalia Meehan Daniel A. Mullin David R. Peeler
Tania Phillips Gail Roberts Donna J. Robinson Robert H. Scott Valerie Shey Ben Taylor George Ticknor Stephen M. Trehu Juliet Schnell Turner Tracey A. West John Taylor Williams Bertie Woeltz Melissa Wylie Fancy Zilberfarb Linda Zug
as of October 26, 2018
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GIFTS TO THE HUNTINGTON’S COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN The Huntington Theatre Company is extremely grateful for the extraordinary generosity of early donors to our Comprehensive Campaign, a five-year initiative launched in July 2017, designed to fund the renovation and expansion of our Huntington Avenue Theatre complex, grow and diversify our programs and offerings, increase the Annual Fund, and enhance our reserve and endowment funds. We are currently in the leadership phase of the Campaign. At the successful conclusion of the Campaign in 2022, generous donors to this effort will have provided the Huntington with the strongest possible foundation with which to serve and thrive as a vital part of the cultural fabric of Boston and beyond. To learn more about the Campaign, please contact Elisabeth Saxe, Chief Development Officer, at 617 273 1579 or esaxe@huntingtontheatre.org.
$5 million and above Carol G. Deane
Betsy and David Epstein
$1 million – $4,999,999 Dr. John and Bette Cohen Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Susan and David Leathers Liberty Mutual Foundation Sharon and Brad Malt Bill and Linda McQuillan Ann Merrifield and Wayne Davis Sandra
Moose and Eric Birch‡ Jill and Mitchell Roberts Nancy and Edward Roberts Mr. J. David Wimberly Linda and Brooks Zug 2 anonymous gifts
$500,000 – $999,999 Constance and Lewis Counts Denise and William Finard Jane and Fred Jamieson
Carol B. Langer John D. Spooner
$250,000 – $499,999 Nancy Adams and John Burgess Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Shelly and Steve Karol Massachusetts Cultural Council
Cokie and Lee Perry Dr. Paul S. Russell Linda and Daniel Waintrup
$100,000 – $249,999 The Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske Karen and David Firestone Debbie and Bob First John Frishkopf and Brett Mattingly
Gardner C. Hendrie and Karen Johansen Elizabeth and Woody Ives Ms. Anne M. Morgan Linda H. Thomas
$50,000 – $99,999 Suzanne Chapman Nada Despotovich Kane
Noel McCoy and Jack Fabiano Rumena and Alexander Senchak
The Huntington Theatre Company expresses gratitude for the generosity of donors to the Comprehensive Campaign under $50,000.
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ANNUAL FUND | PATRONS CIRCLE The Huntington Theatre Company expresses its appreciation to all our Annual Fund donors for their generosity. Contributed revenue accounts for more than half our operating budget. Every gift to the Annual Fund is essential to fulfilling our mission. Patrons Circle donors provide vital philanthropy to support our live theatre productions, emerging playwrights, and world-class education and community programs. In recognition of their generosity, Patrons receive special access to our artistic process, artists, and leaders. To learn more, contact our Patrons Concierge at 617 273 1523 or visit huntingtontheatre.org/support.
Grand Benefactor Patrons ($100,000 and above) Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Carol G. Deane
Betsy and David Epstein Mr. J. David Wimberly
Gold Benefactor Patrons ($50,000 – $99,999) Dr. John and Bette Cohen Jane and Neil Pappalardo Donald Fulton‡ Jill and Mitchell Roberts Gardner C. Hendrie and Nancy and Edward Roberts Karen Johansen 1 anonymous gift Jane and Fred Jamieson Silver Benefactor Patrons ($25,000 – $49,999) Stephen Chapman Ann Merrifield and Wayne Davis Sandra Amey A. Defriez‡ Moose and Eric Birch‡ Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske Paula O’Keeffe Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Cokie and Lee Perry Barbara and Amos Hostetter John D. Spooner Shelly and Steven Karol Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan Carol B. Langer Linda and Daniel Waintrup Nancy Lukitsh Howard and Veronica Wiseman Bill and Linda McQuillan Benefactor Patrons ($10,000 – $24,999) Charles and Kathleen Ames M. Baldwin Family Fund Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Jane Brock-Wilson John Cini and Star Lancaster Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips Margaret Eagle and Eliezer Rapaport Jennifer Eckert and Richard D’Amore Denise and William Finard Karen and David Firestone Debbie and Bob First, in memory of Susan Spooner John Frishkopf Nicki Nichols Gamble Maria and Daniel Gerrity Karen and Gary Gregg Ann and John Hall Donna and Jay Hanflig Elizabeth and Woody Ives Nada Despotovich Kane Marjie and Robert Kargman Adrienne Kimball
Loren B. Kovalcik/IntePros Consulting Susan and David Leathers Joie Lemaitre Cecile and Fraser Lemley Mr. and Mrs. David Long Tracie L. Longman and Chaitanya Kanojia Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson, in memory of Marjorie and Edward Rawson Robert M. Rosenberg, in honor of Mary Wolfson Dr. Paul S. Russell Marilyn and Jay Sarles Valerie Shey The Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Fund Linda H. Thomas John Travis Mary Wolfson Christopher R. Yens and Temple Gill 1 anonymous gift HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 29
ANNUAL FUND | PATRONS CIRCLE (continued) Premier Patrons ($5,000 – $9,999) Nancy Adams and John Burgess Steven M. Bauer Camilla Bennett Coralie Berg and Steve Schwartz Susan and Michael Brown Jim Burns Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Brant Cheikes and Janine Papesh J. William Codinha and Carolyn Thayer Ross Laura and Neil Cronin Joanne D’Alcomo and Steve Elman Anne W. Deane Jack Fabiano and Noel McCoy Mr. and Mrs. William Fink Anne H. Fitzpatrick Norman and Madeleine Gaut
Mary Beth and Chris Gordon Paul Greenfield and Sandy Steele Janice and Roger‡ Hunt Paul and Tracy Klein David A. Kronman Sherry Lang John and Jean Lippincott Gregory Maguire Sharon and Brad Malt Charles Marz Thalia Meehan and Rev. Gretchen Grimshaw Amy Merrill, in honor of Donna Glick Sharon Miller Daniel A. Mullin Neubauer Family Foundation, in memory of Eric Birch Ned Murphy and Ann-Ellen Hornidge
David Parker and Janet Tiampo Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Powell Gail Roberts Donna J. Robinson Debbie and Darin Samaraweera Rumena and Alexander Senchak Robert Sherblom♦ Ben and Kate Taylor Jean C. Tempel Drs. Stephen and Beth Trehu Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tritman Juliet Schnell Turner Norman Weeks Bertie and Anthony Woeltz Justin and Genevieve Wyner Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Zilberfarb 2 anonymous gifts
Preferred Patrons ($2,500 – $4,999) Alice and Walter Abrams Jill and John Avery, in memory of Eric Birch Michael Barza and Judith Robinson Dr. Susan E. Bennett and Dr. Gerald Pier Carolyn Birmingham Nancy and Richard Brickley Kevin and Virginia Byrne Peggy and Anton Chernoff Nancy Ciaranello Rosalie Florence Cohen Catherine and Peter Creighton Ellen and Kevin Donoghue Jonathan Dyer and Thomas Foran Matthew Fine, in honor of Gerry Cohen Mark E. Glasser and Frank G. McWeeny Peter and Jacqueline Gordon Phil Gormley and Erica Bisguier Garth and Lindsay Greimann
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Jeanne Hagerty Deborah and Martin Hale Betsy and David Harris Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hartmann Bob Hiss and Mary Riffe Hiss Prof. and Mrs. Morton Z. Hoffman Emily Hughey Terence Janericco Linda and Steven Kanner Paul and Elizabeth Kastner Seth and Mary Kaufman Ted and Ann Kurland Drs. Lynne and Sidney Levitsky Jon A. Levy Ann Lord-Brezniak Ann D. Macomber The Mancuso Family Mary T. Marshall Mike and Mary McConnell Charles Merrill‡ Joseph Misdraji Coleen and David Pantalone
Jackie and Bob Pascucci George Pettee, in memory of Pamela Tucker Joseph L. Bower and Elizabeth Potter Richard Powers and Stephen Schram Deborah and S. Caesar Raboy Victoria and John Rizzi Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Robbins Mona Roberts, in memory of Clara H. Jones Jan and Joe Roller Ellen Sheehy and Scott Aquilina Rebecca Jean Smith Bruce and Emily Stangle Naomi Stearns, in honor of Bill & Dee Finard Helen and Jack Stewart George and Kathryn Ticknor Mindee Wasserman Elizabeth and Caleb White Dr. Elaine Woo
ANNUAL FUND | PATRONS CIRCLE (continued) Patrons ($1,000 – $2,499) Carole and Leonard Alkins Carol Baker George and Katharine Baker Kate and Gordon Baty Mr. and Mrs. George Beal Howard H. Bengele Deborah L. Benson and Frederic J. Marx Susana and Clark Bernard Christina and Ky Bertoli♦ Edward Boesel Lori Bornstein and Alan Rothman Stephen and Traudy Bradley Pam and Lee Bromberg Paul Buddenhagen, in memory of Eric Birch A. William and Carol Caporizzo Cara and Anthony Casendino Ronald G. Casty George and Mary Chin Ken and Ginny Colburn Beth and Linzee Coolidge Dean K. Denniston, Jr. Tim and Linda Diering Virginia Drachman and Douglas Jones Susan Ellerin Jerome and Vivien Facher Barbara and Larry Farrer Newell Flather Susan Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Garrison Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gates Lori and Michael Gilman Mr. K. Frank Gravitt Drs. Laura Green and David Golan Irene and Stephen Grolnic Louis and Patti Grossman Katherine Haltom
H. Patricia Hanna Diane and Kirk Hartung Kathleen Henry and Kim Marrkand Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Hibbard, in honor of David Wimberly Rosalind and Herbert Hill Barbara Hirshfield and Cary Coen, in honor of Sherry and Gerry Cohen Susan M. Hunziker Adrienne and Peter Jaffe Holly and Bruce Johnstone Katherine and Hubie Jones Rev. Dr. Katherine Kallis John and Marilyn Keane Liza Ketchum and John H. Straus, MD John T. Kittredge Dorothy and Richard Koerner Susie and David Kohen Anne and Geoff Lafond, in honor of David Wimberly Barrie Landry Rhonda and Stewart Lassner Mr. and Mrs. Francis V. Lloyd III Anthony Lucas Janet Mack Stuart and Yvonne Madnick Mahmood Malihi Louise and Sandy McGinnes Jack and Susan McNamara Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, in memory of Virginia Wimberly Michael and Donna Moskow Bill and Ginny Mullin Jonette Nagai and Stephen O’Brien Fred and Julie Nagle
Mark Nelke and Bill Snavely Peter C. Nordblom Tom Norris Janet and David Offensend Dr. and Mrs. John William Poduska, Sr. Suzanne Priebatsch Warren R. Radtke and Judith Lockhart-Radtke Katharine and William Reardon Jessica and David Reed Lynn and John Reichenbach Sally C. Reid and John D. Sigel Sharon and Howard Rich Sue Robinson Sari Rosman Susan and Geoffrey Rowley Allison K. Ryder and David B. Jones Diane and Richard Schmalensee William Schutten Tom Shapiro and Emily Kline Jane E. Shattuck Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke Vivian and Lionel Spiro Nancy and Edward Stavis Beth and Michael Stonebraker Lise and Myles Striar Beth and Larry Sulak Hope and Adam Suttin Kenneth R. Traub and Pamela K. Cohen Robert C. Volante Dr. Ronald Weinger Tracey Allyson West P.T. Withington Melissa and Jay Wylie Jerold and Abbe Beth Young Robert E. Zaret 4 anonymous gifts
ANNUAL FUND | SUPPORTERS CIRCLE Sustaining Supporters ($500 – $999) Rosanna Alfaro Elizabeth Aragao♦ John and Rose Ashby, in honor of Ann T. Hall John and Molly Beard Kathleen Beckman Danielle Belanger and Robert Sparkes Martin S. Berman and Mary Ann Jasienowski Jerry M. Bernhard
Leonard and Jane Bernstein Linda Cabot Black Foundation Jeffrey Borenstein Barry Brown and Ellen Shapiro Mrs. Barbara BuntrockSchuerch Thomas Burger and Andree Robert Eric Butler♦ Patricia Chadwick and Norman Cantin
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Cheston, Jr. Lynda and John Christian Janet L. Comey, in honor of Michael T. Comey Alison Conant and Richard Frank Nancy Myers Coolidge Karolye and Fernando Cunha Lloyd and Gene Dahmen Marguerite Davoren
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ANNUAL FUND | SUPPORTERS CIRCLE (continued) Terry Decima Joan Dolamore Gordon Edes Dr. Rachela Elias and Gedalia Pasternak Martha A. Erickson Ellen Fallon Jonathan S. Felt Pierre Fleurant Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd Hilary and Chris Gabrieli Katherine Gross Gail and Jan Hardenbergh Eunice M. Harps Dr. and Mrs. George Hatsopoulos Mr. and Mrs. Thomas High Peggy and Ronald Hillegass, in honor of Nancy and Tom Hamilton Toini and Carl Jaffe Peter Jenkins Leonard W. Johnson, in memory of Virginia Wimberly Gopal Kadagathur and Sarah Gallivan, in memory of Eric Birch Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Karon Nancy R. Karp Jane Katims and Daniel Perlman Amelia and Joshua Katzen Michael and Dona Kemp Mary S. and Duncan Kennedy
Jill Kneerim John and Sharon Koch Yuriko Kuwabara and Walter Dzik Jenny and Jay Leopold Nancy Levy Katherine Lewandowski and Adam Guren♦ Darline Lewis and Marshall Sugarman Dr. and Mrs. David Lhowe Elizabeth Lintz Babette and Peter Loring Joseph Machera Barbara A. Manzolillo Edward Marram Bronwyn Martin, in memory of Travis Martin W. Kathy Martin and David L. Johnson James D. Maupin Dan and Mary Miller Julie Nadal William Pananos Marianne Pasts Ellen C. Perrin Susan Pioli and Martin Samuels James Poterba and Nancy Rose, in memory of Eric Birch Mr. and Mrs. Murray Preisler Lisa and Tom Redburn Charles Reed and Ann Jacobs Carla Reeves and Luis Borrero Michelle and Aaron Rhodes♦
Christina Rifkin Michael and Jane Roberts Richard and Jean Roberts Barbara Roby Terry Rockefeller and William Harris Diane Rosenberg Pauline and Robert Rothenberg Kathleen and William Rousseau George A. Russell, Jr. Vinod and Gaile Sahney Rohini Sakhuja David and Anne Salant Susan and Bob Schechter, in honor of Donald Nelson and Neal Balkowitsch William and Elisabeth Shields David W Shuckra and Clifford S Wunderlich Mark Smith and John O’Keefe Bob and Dorothy Stuart Margaret M. Talcott and L. Scott Scharer Janet Testa Judy Thomson Rosamond B. Vaule John and Cheryl Walsh, in memory of Kevin J. Walsh Mrs. Raymond Walther Constance V. R. White Richard and Frances Winneg Clark Wright and Lisa Goldthwait Wright 1 anonymous gift
Continuing Supporters ($250 – $499) James Alexander and Thomas Stocker David and Holly Ambler Tammy Arcuri Carolyn and John Baird Mr. and Mrs. James Banker Emily Barclay and John Hawes Elizabeth Barrett Desiree and Jacob Barry♦ Bill and Annie Barton, in honor of Ann Hall Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Berglund John Biderman Robert Bienkowski Drs. Brian and Rachel Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon C. Bolton III Eric and Sandra Brenman Jeremiah J. Bresnahan Allan and Rhea Bufferd Diane Buhl and Mark Polebaum Daniel C. Burnes Renee Burns Margaret Bush Maryellen Callahan Charles R. Carr Ronna M. Casper and Isaac Greenberg Mary Chin 32 MAN IN THE RING
Scott Chisholm and Afshan Bokhari Judith Clementson John Clippinger Priscilla Cogan Phyllis Cohen Steven Cohen Steven Coleman and Christine Tunstall Robert and Amanda Crone Catherine Crow Harold S. Crowley, Jr. James F. Crowley Paul Curtis Peter A. Cygan Harriet Davis, in memory of Eric Birch Raymond De Rise Jane and Stephen Deutsch Susan and Digger Donahue, in loving memory of Eric Birch Lisa and Oliver Dow Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Downey Owen Doyle Grace Durrani Mr. Glenn Edelson Diane F. Engel Nicole Faulkner
Mike Feldstein Ariane and Stefan Frank Joseph Genovese Jack and Maureen Ghublikian Suzanne Greenberg Susan Haller Kate Haney Judith Harris Elizabeth Harrison Lewis Hays Ann Karen Henry Andrew Himmelblau Esther and Richard Hochman Lyle Howland Lindsey Humes Jill Jackson Kerry James Candace Jans Richard Johnston Mark and Tess Jrolf Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kalowski Neal Kane Yetta Katz Mr. and Mrs. James P. Keeney Paul Kelly Joan G. Kinne Nancy Korman and Ken Elgart Drs. Carol and Ben Kripke
ANNUAL FUND | SUPPORTERS CIRCLE (continued) Joan Kuhn Carol Lazarus Ned and Patsy Leibensperger Timothy Leland and Julie Hatfield Pamela F. Lenehan, in memory of Eric Birch Laurel C. Lhowe Sigrid Lindo Caroline and James Lloyd Jim and Allie Loehlin Priscilla Krey Loring Paul Mahoney Robert Mann Marietta Marchitelli Amy and Bill Marshall Erin Martin Arthur Mattuck Lindsay McNair Gabriella Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Tremont Miao Lindsay Miller and Peter Ambler Adam and Denise Moehring Margaret Mone John Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Moynihan Eileen Murray Martha Narten Nader Nazari Kimberly and David Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Newbury, Jr. Carol and Davis Noble, in memory of Eric Birch
Nancy and Chris Oddleifson James Packer Steve Pattyson Michael Pavel Payne/Bouchier, Inc. Suzanne and Bob Petrucci Mr. and Mrs. Harry Photopoulos Josephine Pizzuto, in memory of Pat Pizzuto Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Proulx Mr. and Mrs. Martin Quitt Peter and Suzanne Read Mr. and Mrs. William Reed Patricia Robinson Anne Romney Etta and Mark Rosen Abby Rosenfeld Leila Joy Rosenthal Michelle Rosner and Ken Kurnos Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rotenberg Nancy L. Russell Norman and Ethel Sadowsky Kim and Eric Schultz Mark Seliber Diana Seufert Sayre Sheldon James Shields and Gayle Merling Kay Shubrooks Candelaria Silva-Collins and Tessil Collins Margaret and Michael Simon Rita and Harvey Simon Ellen L. Simons
Peter L. Smith and Donna J. Coletti Edward Sonn Lee Steele Michele Steinberg Glenn and Katherine Strehle Karen and Hale Sturges Ellen Beth Suderow Rebecca Sullivan Linda Sutter and Steven Centore Jacob Taylor and Jean Park Mark Thurber Patricia Tibbetts Mr. and Mrs. Mario Umana Celina Valadao Pat and Steve Vinter Kenneth Virgile and Helene Mayer Christopher Wade Susan Warshauer, in memory of Eric Birch Susan Weiler Sylvia Welsh David White Elizabeth P. Wolf Mary and Gary Wolf David C. Wright Marilyn Wright Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman Lorena and Robert Zeller 8 anonymous gifts
This list reflects gifts received during the 12 months prior to October 26, 2018. ♦ Member of the Hunt, the Huntington’s community of young donors. For more information or to join, visit huntingtontheatre.org/thehunt. ‡ Deceased Every effort has been made to assure accuracy of listings. Please bring errors or omissions to the attention of Elizabeth MacLachlan at 617 273 1523 or emaclachlan@huntingtontheatre.org.
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ANNUAL FUND | CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT FUNDERS The Huntington Theatre Company is grateful to receive support from a wide range of corporations, foundations, and government agencies that support the Huntington’s annual operations, as well as our award-winning productions and education and community programs. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Diana Jacobs-Komisar, Institutional Giving Manager, at 617 273 1514 or djkomisar@huntingtontheatre.org. Executive Season Producers ($100,000 and above) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Barr Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Season Co-Producers ($50,000 – $99,999) Hershey Family Foundation Massachusetts Cultural Council* Production Sponsors ($25,000 – $49,999) Bank of America** The Boston Foundation** Cabot Family Charitable Trust Eaton Vance Wealth Management Edgerton Foundation Liberty Mutual Foundation** National Endowment for the Arts
Benefactors ($15,000 – $24,999) Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Foundation Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation** MEDITECH Patrons ($10,000 – $14,999) Alfred E. Chase Charity Foundation BPS Arts Expansion Fund at EdVestors** The Tiny Tiger Foundation** Supporters ($5,000 – $9,999) Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative Berkshire Partners Goodwin Nutter Proskauer LLP
Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation** Rockland Trust Company Rodgers Family Foundation Ropes & Gray LLP WilmerHale Members ($2,500 – $4,999) Boston Cultural Council Jackson and Irene Golden 1989 Charitable Trust** Roy A. Hunt Foundation** Surdna Foundation Thank you to our in-kind contributors Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP High Output MAX Ultimate Food Noble Ford Productions Rafanelli Events
** Education and community programs donor
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THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE — The Huntington Legacy Society is comprised of philanthropists who want to ensure that great theatre lives on in Boston for generations to come. With our home now secure on the Avenue of the Arts, gifts through wills or estate plans are vital to a successful future for the Huntington. These gifts ensure that together we can continue to produce great theatre and have a lasting impact through our award-winning youth, education, and community initiatives. To learn about ways to give now and for the future, please visit huntingtontheatre.org/legacy. If you have already included the Huntington in your will or estate plans, or if you wish to discuss how you can participate, please contact Celina Valadao, Major Gifts Officer, at 617 273 1536 or cvaladao@huntingtontheatre.org.
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CALDERWOOD PAVILION AT THE BCA • GENERAL INFORMATION Contact Information for the Huntington Theatre Company The Huntington Theatre Company performs in three beautiful theatres in two dynamic Boston neighborhoods. The 890-seat Huntington Avenue Theatre is on the Avenue of the Arts (264 Huntington Avenue), diagonally across from Symphony Hall. The 370-seat Virginia Wimberly Theatre and 250-seat Roberts Studio Theatre are part of the Calderwood Pavilion in the historic South End, on the campus of the Boston Center for the Arts (527 Tremont Street).
Refreshments Snacks, wine, beer, soft drinks, and coffee are available before opening curtain and during intermission in the main lobby. Food is not permitted inside the theatre. Drinks purchased at concessions are permitted inside the theatre.
Babes in Arms Children under the age of five are not permitted in the theatre.
Cameras Website: huntingtontheatre.org Ticketing Services: 617 266 0800 Ticketing Services email: tickets@huntingtontheatre.org Administrative office: 617 266 7900 Administrative office email: thehuntington@huntingtontheatre.org Lost and Found: 617 933 8608
Ticketing Services Hours Ticketing Services is generally open Tuesday–Saturday, noon–curtain (or 6pm); Sunday, noon–curtain (or 4pm). Hours change weekly. For the most up-to-date hours, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call Ticketing Services at 617 266 0800.
Huntington Group Discounts Discounts available for groups of 10 or more, plus groups have access to backstage tours, talks with artists, and space for receptions. Contact Brenton Thurston for more information at 617 273 1661 or groups@huntingtontheatre.org.
The use of all cameras and recording devices, including cell phone cameras, in the theatre is strictly prohibited.
Pagers and Cellular Phones Please silence all watches, pagers, and cell phones during the performance.
Wheelchair Accessibility The Calderwood Pavilion is fully accessible, and can accommodate both wheelchair and companion seating in the orchestra and mezzanine sections. Please notify us when you purchase your tickets if wheelchair accommodations will be required and confirm arrangements with the House Manager at 617 933 8672.
Hearing Enhancement The Calderwood Pavilion is equipped with an FM hearing enhancement system. Wireless headphones are available free of charge at the coat check in the main lobby for your use during a performance.
Public Transportation We encourage patrons to use public transportation to the Calderwood Pavilion whenever possible. The Pavilion is located near the MBTA Green Line Copley and Arlington Stations; Orange Line and Commuter Rail Back Bay Station; and the Tremont Street & Union Park stop on the #43 Bus which travels between Park Street and Ruggles Station. For more information, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call Ticketing Services.
Parking near the Calderwood Pavilion Parking is available at the Atelier 505 Parking Garage located next to the Calderwood Pavilion at 505 Tremont Street (entrance on Warren Avenue), the Garage @ 100 Clarendon Street, and other nearby locations. For more information about parking, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call Ticketing Services at 617 266 0800.
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Restrooms Located in the main lobby and mezzanine lobby. All restrooms are wheelchair-accessible.
Coat Check Located in the main lobby.
If You Arrive Late In consideration of our actors and other audience members, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management.
If Your Plans Change We hate to see empty seats when so many of our performances sell out. Please consider donating any tickets you can’t use. For more information please call Ticketing Services at 617 266 0800.
Large Print Programs Large print programs are free of charge and are available at the coat check.
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STAFF Peter DuBois
Michael Maso
ADMINISTRATION General Manager................................................Sondra R. Katz Associate General Manager.........................Conwell Worthington III General Management Assistant.................................. Katy Poludniak Company Managers........................Jazzmin Bonner, Meagan Garcia
Ticketing Services Ticketing Services Manager......................................................Ellen Holt Assistant Ticketing Services Manager................. Brenton Thurston Calderwood Pavilion Ticketing Coordinator..........................................................Noah Ingle Huntington Avenue Theatre Ticketing Coordinator.....................................................Robin Russell Ticketing Associates.................................................... Carolyn Andrews, Michaela Buccini Full-Time Customer Service Rep.................................. Fanni Horvath, Andrew Mackay Customer Service Reps........................................Sue Dietlin, Kaylah Dixon, Kristina Dugas, Amanda Haag, Shana Jackson, Patrick Mahoney, Zoe Nadal, Katelyn Reinert, Brittany Schmitke, Rita Youssef
Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director
Finance Director of Financial Management................. Glenda Fishman Accounting Manager.............................................................. June Zaidan Accountants....................................Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA Human Resources Director of Human Resources.......................... Nina E. Nicolosi Human Resources Coordinator.................................... Michael Comey Payroll and Reporting Specialist...................................April Swiniuch Administrative Support Assistant...............................Sarah Schnebly Information Technology IT Director................................................................Scott Poole Network Administrator....................................................... Dan Moloney Theatre Operations Director of Theatre Operations................Timothy H. OConnell Patron Experience Coordinator........................................... JB Douglas Theatre Operations Apprentice........................................ Alicia Weber Security Coordinator...............................................................Greg Haugh Custodian.................................................................................Jose Andrade Calderwood Pavilion Calderwood Pavilion Manager...............................................Katie Most Calderwood Pavilion House Manager........................Julie Cameron Calderwood Pavilion Management Associate...............................Matt Feldman-Campbell Calderwood Pavilion Apprentice....................................... Teresa Cruz Calderwood Pavilion Assistant House Managers..........................................Paul Fox, Gabe Hughes, Ksenia Lanin, Maura Neff, Micaela Slotin Calderwood Pavilion Front of House Staff..........................................Chabreah Alston, Cullen Burling, Robert Caplis, Mia Coffin, Barbara Crowther, Linnea Donnelly, Casey Greenleaf, Kerry Lydon, Terry McCarthy, Brittany McKenzie, Tiniqua Patrick, Nick Perron, Mirabella Pisani, Kelly Roper, Elliot Simmons-Uvin, Sarah Schnebly, Ciera-Sadé Wade Huntington Avenue Theatre Huntington Avenue Theatre Front of House Staff............. Erica Brown, Terrence Dowdye, Kristina Dugas, Owen Elphick, Kendrick Evans, Robin Goldberg, Ariana Goldsworthy, Tiwat Laoboonchai, Patrick Mahoney, Will Morrison, Samantha Myers, Yurika Watanabe
Managing Director
ARTISTIC Producing Director.......................................Christopher Wigle Associate Producer................................................... Rebecca Bradshaw Director of New Work.................................................Charles Haugland Playwright-in-Residence..................................................Melinda Lopez Literary Associate.....................................................J. Sebastián Alberdi Producing Apprentice.........................................................Alexis Scheer Literary & Marketing Apprentice.................................Adriana Zuniga Huntington Playwriting Fellows................................. MJ Halberstadt, Brenda Withers DEVELOPMENT Chief Development Officer................................Elisabeth Saxe Director of Development................................Jessica Morrison Senior Major Gifts Officer..........................................Margaret J. White Major Gifts Officer..............................................................Celina Valadao Development Events Manager....................................... Emma Blaxter Institutional Giving Manager...........................Diana Jacobs-Komisar Individual Giving Manager...............................................Annalise Baird Campaign Manager...........................................................Robin Valovich Manager of Development Operations, Research & Stewardship...............................Elizabeth MacLachlan Special Events Coordinator................................................ Sam Buntich EDUCATION Interim Co-Directors of Education.......................Meg O’Brien, Alexandra Smith Education Associate.............................................................. Daniel Begin Education Associate..............................................................Marisa Jones Teaching Artist Fellow...................................................................Ivy Ryan Education Apprentice.............................................................Dylan Wack Teaching Artists....................................Naheem Garcia, Keith Mascoll, Allie Meek, Trinidad Ramkissoon MARKETING Associate Director of Marketing...................... Meredith Mastroianni Tessitura Analytics Manager........................................... Derrick Martin Digital Media Specialist.............................................................. Paul Lazo Graphic Design Coordinator............................................Lauren Calder Digital Marketing Coordinator..............................................Leah Reber Marketing Associate............................................................Laura Cafasso Literary & Marketing Apprentice.................................Adriana Zuniga PUBLIC AFFAIRS Director of Public Affairs and Strategic Partnerships.................................. Temple Gill Community Membership Coordinator.....................................................Candelaria Silva-Collins Press Representation........................John Michael Kennedy, JMKPR
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STAFF (continued) PRODUCTION Director of Production................................... Todd D. Williams Associate Director of Production................................... Bethany Ford Production Management Apprentice.............................. Lucas Dixon Stage Management Apprentice........................................ Juli Merhaut
Paints Charge Scenic Artist............................................Kristin Krause Assistant Charge Scenic Artist...........................Romina Diaz-Brarda Scenic Artist...........................................................................Chelsey Erskin Scenic Painting Apprentice..................................................Rhi Sanders
Scenery Technical Director.................................................. Dan Ramirez Associate Technical Director........................................ Adam Godbout Assistant Technical Director..................................................Dan Oleksy Assistant Technical Director........................................Michael Huxford Scene Shop Foreman..............................................................Mike Hamer Master Carpenter....................................................................Larry Dersch Carpenters....................................................................Andrew Cancellieri, Milosz Gassan, Christian Lambrecht, Nick Hernon Carpenter/Scene Shop Assistant...........................Carolyn Daitch Calderwood Pavilion Stage Supervisor......................Rachael Hasse Huntington Avenue Theatre Stage Carpenter...........................................................Joseph Fanning Scenery Apprentice............................................... John Graham Parker
Costumes Costume Director.......................Carolyn Hoffmann-Schneider Assistant Costume Director................................. Virginia V. Emerson Costume Design Assistant...................................... Kathryn Schondek Head Draper...........................................................................Anita Canzian Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer............................................Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs First Hand............................................................................Rebecca Hylton Wardrobe Supervisor..........................................................Christine Marr Associate Wardrobe Supervisor.............................Barbara Crowther Wigmaster...............................................................................Troy Siegfreid Costumes Apprentice...............................................................Luisa Earle
Properties Properties Master.............................................Kristine Holmes Assistant Properties Master.............................................Justin Seward Properties Artisan.....................................................................Ian Thorsell Properties Run................................................................Andrew DeShazo Properties Apprentice................................................. Duncan Kennedy
Electrics Lighting & Projections Supervisor................. Katherine Herzig Assistant Lighting Supervisor....................................... Bridget Collins Calderwood Pavilion House Electrician............................Taylor Ness Huntington Avenue Theatre House Electrician................................................................... Sean Baird Sound Sound Supervisor................................................. Ben Emerson Sound Engineer........................................................................... J Jumbelic Calderwood Pavilion Sound Engineer............................................................ Jesse McKenzie Sound Apprentice................................................................Paula Halpern
Additional Staff for Man in the Ring Associate Director..........................................................Danny Sharron Movement Coordinator...................................................Malaiyka Reid Dance Captain/Fight Captain.................................... Richard Gatta Copyist............................................................................................ Chris Cho Boxing Consultant............................................................. Gary Stark Jr. Casting Director.....................................................................Lauren Port Production Assistants...............................................Dan Aron Karlin, Ashley Pitchford Carpenters.......................... Andrew Adamopolous, Todd Burgun, Victor Gutierrez, Giovani Hoyos-Corrales, Peter MacIntyre, Lida Rubanava, Kyle Salvaggio, Slava Tchoul
Properties Carpenter................................................. Patrick Goodsell Tailor.......................................................................................Sarah Barbour First Hand................................................................................. Katie Kenna Stitchers.................................................Emma Dickerson, Lily Steven Assistant Lighting Designer....................................Gifford Williams Electricians.......................................Kevin Barnett, Kyle Blanchette, Sara Hutchins, Errick Jersey, Connor O’Brien, Bill O’Donnell, Jonathan Rooney, Syd Skora, Zack Straeffer, Jennifer Timms, John Young Follow Spot Operator....................................................Andrea Duziak Projections Programmer..................................................Ben Keightly Sound Design Assistant....................................................... J Jumbelic
Special thanks to Everlast
The Huntington Theatre Company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of the nation’s leading resident professional theatres; Theatre Communications Group, a national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre; StageSource, a regional alliance of theatre artists and producers; and ArtsBoston, the voice and resource for the arts in Greater Boston. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.
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Building Audiences for Greater Boston’s Outstanding Not-For-Profit Performing Arts Organizations AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER
ExtraOrdinary
Join us as we celebrate the last 10 years of boundary-breaking musical theater at A.R.T. with artists and special guests coming together for a limited two-week engagement.
November 16–30, 2018 617-547-8300 • AmericanRepertoryTheater.org
December 14–23, 2018 John Hancock Hall, Boston 617-616-5124 • cydp.org
Christmas with the Back Back Ringers
LYRIC STAGE
Boston’s Community Handbell Ensemble
December 8 at 2 p.m. • Melrose December 8 at 7:30 p.m. • Scituate December 9 at 7 p.m. • Stoughton December 14 at 7:30 p.m. • Boston December 16 at 3 p.m. • Rockport backbayringers.org
“A winning, inspirational story of a man who found his freedom in song.” —WBUR
November 30– December 21, 2018 Lyric Stage • Copley Square 617-585-5678 • lyricstage.com
MOONBOX PRODUCTIONS Boston Conservatory Orchestra with Silkroad Artists November 16
Genre-bending works performed in Symphony Hall with soloists from Silkroad Ensemble. Conducted by Bruce Hangen.
Metamorphoses December 12–15
A play that brings Ovid’s mythological tales to life with stunning visuals. Directed by Theresa Lang.
bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/center-stage
November 25–December 29, 2018 In repertory at the BCA Plaza Theatre 617-933-8600 • bostontheatrescene.com
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A true Boston story, local dance legend Tony Williams reimagined the classic holiday tale to become a Boston inner-city story with a neon buzz, blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky. This delightful story follows the magical journey of Clarice and her Nutcracker guide through classical ballet, tap, hip hop, jazz, flamenco and more.
December 20–30, 2018 Presented by City Ballet of Boston Boch Center Shubert Theatre
“Crackles with electricity…right through the actors and straight into the audience.” —The Swellesley Report
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GUIDE to LOCAL THEATRE DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT BLACK NATIVITY, Robert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Dec 7–23. This legendary Christmas celebration tells the story of the Nativity in scripture, verse, music and dance. Based on the Gospel of St. Luke and the poetry of Langston Hughes, this song-play features a joyous company of singers, actors, dancers and musicians delivering a powerful message of joy, hope, victory and liberation. BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 800-BLUE-MAN. Ongoing. This giddily subversive offBroadway hit serves up outrageous and inventive theater where three muted, blue-painted performers spoof both contemporary art and modern technology. Wry commentary and bemusing antics are matched only by the ingenious ways in which music and sound are created. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS LIVE ON STAGE, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Nov 29–Dec 2. This touring production features everyone’s favorite Peanuts gang—Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, Sally and more, all led by the lovable Charlie Brown—as they discover the true meaning of Christmas. A CHRISTMAS CELTIC SOJOURN, Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400. Dec 14–23. Top talents from around the Celtic world recreate the magic of an old-world Christmas in the 16th annual live version of Brian O’Donovan’s beloved WGBH Christmas special. DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL, Boch Center, The Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., 800-982-2787. Nov 28–Dec 9. This musical tells Dr. Seuss’ beloved tale of the mean and scheming Grinch, who decides to steal Christmas away from the holiday-loving Whos. Magnificent sets and costumes inspired by the original illustrations help transport audiences to the whimsical world of Whoville, breathing new life into this timeless story. THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER, Emerson Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St., 888-616-0272. Dec 15 & 16. Featuring a dozen all-star dancers, an on-stage DJ and an electric violinist, this contemporary, New York-set version of the classic story and re-mixed and re-imagined Tchaikovsky score help to bring a beautifully surprising vibe to the production. RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA, Emerson Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St., 888-616-0272. Dec 18–30. Combining the story’s classic elements along with some surHUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 41
GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) prising twists, this show presents Cinderella as a contemporary figure living in a fairytale setting. Based on the 1957 television production, this dazzling Broadway extravaganza blends a new book by Douglas Carter Beane with such cherished songs as “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It’s Possible,” “Ten Minutes Ago” and “Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?” SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton St., 617-426-5225. Ongoing. It’s a day like any other at the Shear Madness salon, when suddenly the lady upstairs gets knocked off. Whodunit? Join the fun as the audience matches wits with the suspects to catch the killer in this wildly popular comedy.
LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATRE BARBER SHOP CHRONICLES, American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Dec 5–Jan 5. Newsroom and political platform, confession box and stadium—for generations, barber shops have been places where African men gather to discuss the world. Leaping from London to Johannesburg, Harare, Kampala, Lagos and Accra, Inua Ellams’ dynamic new play traces the global ties between these spaces where the banter can be barbed and the truth is always telling. BREATH & IMAGINATION, Lyric Stage Company and The Front Porch Arts Collective, 140 Clarendon St., 617-585-5678. Nov 30–Dec 23. Before there was Marian Anderson, there was Roland Hayes—one of the first world-renowned African-American classical vocalists. Daniel Beaty’s play with music chronicles the amazing journey of this pioneer from the plantation in Georgia to singing before kings and queens in Europe. A CHRISTMAS CAROL, North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, 978-232-7200. Dec 7–23. Based on the Charles Dickens classic, this musical tells the tale of curmudgeonly miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future hoping to change his destiny and save his soul. A CHRISTMAS CAROL, The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Nov 23–Dec 30. This incarnation of Dickens’ classic tale of the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge utilizes puppetry, live music, dancing and intimate storytelling to relay this celebration of generosity, compassion and personal transformation.
ELF THE MUSICAL, The Music Hall, The Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth, N.H., 603-436-2400. Nov 28–Dec 16. Based on the beloved hit film, the hilarious musical tells the tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who grows up at the North Pole that embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father, discover his true identity and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas. EXTRAORDINARY, American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Nov 16–30. In celebration of Artistic Director Diane Paulus’ 10th anniversary season, A.R.T. artists and special guests perform songs from the past 10 seasons of boundary-breaking musicals. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Nov 29–Dec 23. Get into the Christmas spirit with this version of one of the most iconic films ever made. When misfortune befalls George Bailey on Christmas Eve, guardian angel Clarence swoops in to remind him of all the good he has done in the lives of those who love him most. A LITTLE CHRISTMAS WITH THE CALAMARI SISTERS, Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St., Arlington, 781-646-4849. Dec 6–16. This brand-new, outrageously funny, all-singing, alldancing, all-cooking extravaganza features the Italian sisters from Brooklyn, who reunite for a little holiday mayhem. LOST AT SEA, Moonbox Productions, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Nov 25–Dec 29. Told by a shared cast of actors and musicians, performed on alternate nights and accompanied by original live music and puppetry, physical storytelling and live foley effects, this production takes the stories of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and Shipwrecked! An Entertainment by Donald Marguiles and explores what it means to be lost, what it means to be found and what we all discover on our own personal voyages. METAMORPHOSES, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Dec 12–15. Mary Zimmerman’s take on the ancient classic brings Ovid’s mythological tales to life with stunning visuals. A NIGHTMARE ON ELF STREET, Gold Dust Orphans, Theater Machine, 1254 Boylston St., 800-838-3006. Nov 29–Dec 23. The world’s greatest “she-tective,” Shirley Holmes, is back in Ryan Landry’s new Christmas mystery musical.
CHRISTMAS REVELS, Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, 617-496-2222. Dec 14–29. The 48th annual production of the beloved yuletide event celebrates the traditions and musical culture of the Nordic nations. Taking the Finnish epic the Kalevala as a framework, the story of the creation of the world and the stealing of the sun and moon unfolds in song, music, dance and puppetry.
1776, New Repertory Theatre, MainStage Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Nov 30–Dec 23. In this Tony Award-winning show, Massachusetts delegate John Adams must convince a divided Continental Congress to forge a new and independent nation. With help from his colleagues Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, Adams just might make history in this exciting, inclusive reimagining of the classic musical.
THE DONKEY SHOW, American Repertory Theater, Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Ongoing. Bringing the ultimate disco experience to Boston, this crazy circus of mirror balls, feathered divas, roller skaters and hustle queens tells the story of A Midsummer Night’s Dream through great ’70s anthems you know by heart.
A STORY BEYOND, Liars & Believers, Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Dec 6–22. Folklore from around the world combines with music, mask, puppetry and physical theater in this fable telling the story of a heroine’s epic journey to save her village, revealing that the stories we tell create the reality we live.
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GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) TINY TIM’S CHRISTMAS CAROL, Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Dec 8–23. Tiny Tim is determined to have his father home for Christmas day even if it means teaching Ebenezer Scrooge a lesson in Christmas cheer. Adapted from the classic Charles Dickens’ novel by Tony Award-winner Ken Ludwig and his son Jack, this heartwarming Christmas tale is full of family fun for all ages. TWO MILE HOLLOW, Apollinaire Theatre Company, Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, 617-887-2336. Dec 21–Jan 20. When the Donnellys gather to divide their belongings after the sale of their oceanfront mansion, both an internal and literal storm brew. As this brood of famous, longing-to-be-famous and mess of a Caucasian family—all played by non-white actors—comes together with their personal assistant, Charlotte, some complicated and totally unique secrets are revealed over white wine. WINTER PEOPLE, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Dec 6–16. Every winter in the Hamptons, locals live in the shadow of the summer people’s empty mansions. When one of those mansions erupts in flames, tensions rise with the smoke, and five families struggle to protect their own.
DANCE MOSCOW BALLET’S GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER, Boch Center, The Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., 800-982-2787. Dec 19. Presenting world class Russian artists, hand-painted sets, Russian snow maidens and jubilant nesting dolls, this version of The Nutcracker brings the Christmas spirit to life for all ages. THE NUTCRACKER, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. Nov 29–Dec 30. Boston’s favorite holiday tradition returns. Join Clara on her magical journey through an enchanted winter wonderland to a palace of sugary confections, featuring choreography by Boston Ballet artistic director Mikko Nissinen and Tchaikovsky’s classic score. THE NUTCRACKER, José Mateo Ballet Theatre; Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400, Nov 30– Dec 9; The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, 617-354-7467, Dec 14–23. This inspiring, timeless and affordable holiday event is back on tour. Choreographed by Artistic Director José Mateo and inspired by Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, Mateo’s version brings Clara’s dream world to life with festive sets, sumptuous costumes and spectacular dancing. URBAN NUTCRACKER, City Ballet of Boston, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Dec 20–30. Hailed as “A joyous, daring fusion of the old and new” by The Boston Globe, this production fuses ballet, swing, hip hop and urban tap with the classical score of Tchaikovsky and the pulsating beat of Ellington. Experience the classical ballet of the Snow Queen juxtaposed with the raw energy of urban dance. WHAT THE DICKENS!, Cambridge Youth Dance Program, John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley St., 617-616-5124. Dec 14–23. Weaving contemporary dance, ballet, tap, hip hop, flamenco, projections, narration and more, this 10th anniversary production of the acclaimed local tradition is an enchanting dance-theater rendition of Dickens’ classic, timely story of transforming greed into kindness and joy.
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49 SOCIAL, 49 Temple Pl., 617-338-9600. This eclectic bar and restaurant at Downtown Crossing serves refined modern American cuisine. The seasonal dinner menu draws inspiration from around the globe while also incorporating ingredients from local New England farms. D, C. 49social.com. ARAGOSTA BAR & BISTRO, Three Battery Wharf, 617-9949001. This addition to Boston’s vibrant waterfront restaurant community offers a new take on Italian cuisine by award-winning chef David Daniels who shows his signature flair through hand-made pastas, prime meats and classic New England seafood. Using quality, local farm-raised ingredients, Aragosta offers a warm, social atmosphere in a stunning waterfront setting. Also offering an open kitchen with Chef’s Counter and an outdoor terrace. B, L, D. Mon–Sun 6:30 a.m.–10 p.m.; Sat & SB 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. aragostabistro.com. AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT, Hyatt Regency, One Avenue de Lafayette, 617-912-1234. Located in the heart of the Theatre District, Avenue One restaurant and lounge serves contemporary New England cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. Enjoy a refreshing cocktail, three-course prix fixe dinner or a delectable dessert. Discounted parking available. B 6:30–11:30 a.m., L noon–3 p.m., D 5–10 p.m. C, VP regencyboston.hyatt.com. BACK DECK, 2 West St. (corner of Washington), 617-6700320. With three deck spaces and a menu of grill-focused favorites, Back Deck invites everyone to gather around patio tables and chairs for a charcoal-cooked meal and backyard-inspired cocktails. Its ambiance brings the outdoors inside with floor-to-ceiling open windows, carriage lighting, lush green planters, glazed brick and an open kitchen. Drawing inspiration from a roof deck, this restaurant is the ultimate urban retreat. L, D, Sat & SB, C. BackDeckBoston.com. BLU, 4 Avery St., 617-375-8550. Located in the heart of the Theatre District next door to the Ritz Carlton on the fourth floor, blu Restaurant and Bar is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a feast for the senses. Its contemporary American menu includes the all-time favorite lobster club. Featuring spectacular floor-to-ceiling windows, blu is perfect for a pre-show dinner, corporate events, weddings, cocktail receptions and 44 MAN IN THE RING
private dining. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., D Mon–Sat 5–10 p.m. blurestaurant.com. CITYPLACE, On Stuart Street between Tremont and S. Charles streets in the State Transportation Building. Enjoy handcrafted beers at Rock Bottom Brewery, delicious treats from Panera Bread and gourmet Chinese at P.F. Chang’s as well as specialty pizzas, custom burritos and coffee from Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. B, L, D, C. cityplaceboston.com. CLINK, The Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St., 617-224-4004. Clink serves the freshest North Atlantic seafood, seasonal New England fare and delicious artisanal meats, highlights of a menu that artfully marries European culinary tradition with contemporary American innovation. The dining room features vestiges of original jail cells and an open kitchen, while gold leather seats, butcher block tables and granite accents add to the contemporary style. Nightly, Clink’s lobby bar draws urban dwellers and hotel guests to an energetic and social nightlife scene in the heart of Boston. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m., D 5–11 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–3 p.m. clinkrestaurant.com. DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 75 Arlington St., 617-357-4810. This Boston institution is located in Park Square, within walking distance to all theatres. The Northern Italian steakhouse menu includes a selection of homemade pastas and Brandt meats (aged New York sirloin, Niman Ranch pork chop, Provini porterhouse veal chop), as well as Davio’s classics and selection of fresh seafood, before or after the theatre. Enjoy a lighter fare menu in the spacious bar and parlor area. D Sun–Tue 5–10 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til 11 p.m.; LS Sun–Tue ’til 11 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til midnight; L Mon–Fri, SB 11 a.m.–3 p.m. VP. davios.com. FAJITAS & ’RITAS, 25 West St., 617-426-1222. Established in 1989, Fajitas & ’Ritas is an easygoing restaurant and bar that features fresh, healthy Texan and barbecue cuisine at bargain prices. An all-around fun place to eat, drink and hang out, the walls are decorated with colorful murals and the bar boasts some of Boston’s best—and sturdiest—margaritas. L, D Mon & Tue 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed, Thu & Sat ’til 10 p.m.; Fri ’til 11 p.m.; Sun ’til 8 p.m. C. fajitasandritas.com. THE HUNGRY I, 71½ Charles St., 617-227-3524. In a twostory townhouse with three working fireplaces and an outdoor patio, Chef Peter Ballarin celebrates 30 years of French country cuisine and creative desserts. Signature dishes include venison au poivre and braised rabbit a la moutard. Private dining rooms available. L, D, SB, C. hungryiboston.com. JASPER WHITE’S SUMMER SHACK, 50 Dalton St., 617-8679955; 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500. Enjoy top-notch seafood such as pan-roasted lobster, awardwinning fried chicken and an impressive raw bar in a casual setting. L, D. summershackrestaurant.com. LEGAL SEA FOODS, 558 Washington St., 617-692-8888; 26 Park Plaza, Park Square Motor Mart, 617-426-4444; 255 State St., Long Wharf, 617-227-3115; Copley Place, 100 Huntington Ave., 617-266-7775; 270 Northern Ave., Liberty Wharf, 617-477-2900; other locations. Legal Sea Foods, a Boston tradition for more than 50 years, features more than 40 varieties of fresh fish and shellfish as well as an award-winning wine list. Named “Boston’s Most Popular Restaurant” (Zagat 2010/2011). L & D. legalseafoods.com.
BOSTON DINING GUIDE (continued) MASSIMINO’S CUCINA ITALIANA, 207 Endicott St., 617-5235959. Owner/chef Massimino—former head chef of Naples’ Hotel Astoria and Switzerland’s Metropolitan Hotel—offers specialties like the veal chop stuffed with arugula, prosciutto, smoked mozzarella and black olives, amongst numerous other delights. L, D, C. Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m. massiminosboston.com. MASTRO’S OCEAN CLUB, 25 Fan Pier Blvd., 617-530-1925. Mastro’s Ocean Club Seafood locations are recognized for their combination of world-class service, highly acclaimed cuisine and live entertainment in an elegant, energetic atmosphere. Reservations recommended. D Mon–Sat 5–11 p.m., Sun ’til 10 p.m. Lounge open daily at 4 p.m. mastrosrestaurants.com. PARKER’S RESTAURANT, Omni Parker House, 60 School St. at Tremont Street, 617-725-1600. Executive chef Gerry Tice celebrates nostalgic cuisine with a contemporary flair at Parker’s Restaurant, the birthplace of Boston Cream Pie, the Parker House Roll and Boston Scrod. B Mon–Fri 6:30–11 a.m., Sat–Sun 7–11:30 a.m., offering an elaborate buffet in addition to a la carte selections. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.; D Mon– Thu 5:30–10 p.m., Fri & Sat 5–10 p.m. ROWES WHARF SEA GRILLE, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-856-7744. Rowes Wharf Sea Grille delivers the sea straight to your table. Enjoy power breakfasts and lunches followed by a vibrant after-work cocktail and dinner scene. The sunlight-filled dining room or seasonal outdoor terrace is an ideal spot for a leisurely lunch or special date night. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Afternoon Tea 2:30–4 p.m., D 4:30–10 p.m. roweswharfseagrille.com. RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE, 45 School St., 617-742-8401. At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, each steak is hand-selected from the top 2% of the country’s beef, broiled to perfection at 1,800 degrees and served in the restaurant’s signature style—on a sizzling, 500-degree plate so every bite stays hot and delicious. Located at Old City Hall, Ruth’s Chris also features fresh seafood, an award-winning wine list and a gracious environment with warm hospitality. L, D, C. ruthschris.com.
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THE TAJ BOSTON, 15 Arlington St., 617-536-5700. This 1927 landmark offers dishes reflecting the seasonal flavors of New England as well as authentic Indian dishes for dinner. The Cafe: B, L, D, Sat & SB. The Lounge: L, D, C. The Bar: L, D, C. tajhotels.com/boston. TOP OF THE HUB, 800 Boylston St., Prudential Center, 617-536-1775. Located 52 stories above the city, Top of the Hub is Boston’s special occasion favorite. With upscale American cuisine, live entertainment nightly, a spectacular view and romantic atmosphere, Top of the Hub promises a unique experience for both visitors and native Bostonians alike. L, D, C, SB. topofthehub.net. YE OLDE UNION OYSTER HOUSE, 41 Union St., 617-2272750. America’s oldest restaurant, now celebrating 191 years, serves Yankee-style seafood, beef and chicken, and is famed for the oyster bar where Daniel Webster dined daily. Specialties include clam chowder and fresh lobster. L & D Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 10 p.m. C ’til midnight. unionoysterhouse.com.
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