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IT’S OFFICIAL: THE THEATRE IS OURS! “The deed to this historic theatre is ours! It is now our job to restore this beautiful theatre to its former glory, not for the sake of architecture, but for the sake of art, for the sake of the people we serve in this community, for artists, and for audience members.” – Michael Maso, Managing Director The Huntington Theatre Company is now officially the sole owner of the Huntington Avenue Theatre! In May 2018, our commercial development partners QMG Huntington LLC gave us a remarkable gift – the deed to the theatre – donating our home to us on a permanent basis and fulfilling a long-held aspiration to control our own theatre space. Ownership of the theatre is an astounding accomplishment on our remarkable journey. We are now embarking on a process to create a magnificently restored Huntington Avenue Theatre to greatly expand our services to our audiences, artists, and the community. Notable milestones of the past year paved the way for our future: full independence from Boston University, opening a new state-ofthe-art Huntington Production Center in Everett, and receiving the city of Boston’s approval on plans to renovate our theatre complex that includes our beautiful proscenium auditorium and support wing, as well as a new 14,000 square foot space for our exclusive use in the adjacent QMG Huntington LLC residential building.
Our new theatre complex will beckon visitors through a soaring entrance that will be activated throughout the day welcoming the entire community to participate in programs, enjoy a café, and avail themselves of our new box office along with other visitor amenities. The expansive second floor will create flexible spaces for audiences to gather, for students and the community to engage in education programs and multi-disciplinary activities, and to invite visitors and artists to converse together, realizing our vision to be “Boston’s Living Room” with an open configuration that includes an intimate performance venue, lobby, and veranda overlooking Huntington Avenue. And, of course, both floors will have plenty of restrooms! You will be an important part of the Huntington’s new future! Planning is underway and we invite you to learn about the transformation by visiting our website, attending upcoming events, and through contributing to the Campaign for the Huntington Theatre Company.
For the latest news and information about the Huntington Avenue Theatre, please visit huntingtontheatre.org/FAQ and to contribute please contact Elisabeth Saxe, Chief Development Officer, at 617 273 1579 or esaxe@huntingtontheatre.org.
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Huntington Theatre Company in association with Manhattan Theatre Club and McCarter Theatre Center present
THE NICETIES by Eleanor Burgess Directed by Kimberly Senior Costume Design Scenic Design Kara Harmon Cameron Anderson Co-Casting Alaine Alldaffer & Nancy Piccione
Lighting Design D.M. Wood
Production Stage Manager Emily F. McMullen
Original Music & Sound Design Elisheba Ittoop Stage Manager Sam Layco
Originally developed at the Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, in July 2017, under the leadership of Ed Herendeen, Producing Director, and Peggy McKowen, Associate Producing Director. Developed in part at Portland Stage Company, Anita Stewart, Executive & Artistic Director.
JOIN US FOR THE REST OF THE 2018-2019 SEASON MURDEROUSLY FUNNY
SPELLBINDING BROADWAY HIT
by Charles Marowitz Directed by Maria Aitken Sept. 28 – Oct. 28, 2018 Huntington Avenue Theatre
by Pulitzer Prize winner Paula Vogel Directed by Tony Award winner Rebecca Taichman Apr. 26 – May 25, 2019 Huntington Avenue Theatre
SHERLOCK’S LAST CASE AN INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY
MAN IN THE RING
by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Cristofer Directed by Michael Greif Nov. 16 – Dec. 22, 2018 Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA BROADWAY HIT COMEDY
A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 by Lucas Hnath Directed by Les Waters Jan. 4 – Feb. 3, 2019 Huntington Avenue Theatre WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS LOVE STORY
ROMEO AND JULIET
by William Shakespeare Directed by Peter DuBois Mar. 1 – 31, 2019 Huntington Avenue Theatre
INDECENT
SEARING DRAMA WITH MUSIC AND HEART
YERMA
Translated & adapted by Melinda Lopez Based on the play by Federico Garcia Lorca Directed by Melia Bensussen May 31 – June 30, 2019 Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA PLUS A SPECIAL EVENT
HILARIOUS MUSICAL SPOOF
SPAMILTON:
AN AMERICAN PARODY
Created, written, and directed by Gerard Alessandrini Feb. 11 – Mar. 10, 2019 Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA
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CAST Janine................................................................................................ Lisa Banes Zoe...........................................................................................Jordan Boatman
SETTING An elite university in the Northeast Act I: late March, 2016 Act II: three weeks later There will be one 10-minute intermission. “I should like to have that written over the portals of every church, every school, every courthouse, and every legislative body in the United States: I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, believe that you may be mistaken.’” — Learned Hand, US judge and philosopher
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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.
SPAMILTON AN AMERICAN PARODY created, written, and directed by
GERARD ALESSANDRINI
FEB. 12 - MAR. 10
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EXCHANGING IDEAS: AN INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT ELEANOR BURGESS Growing up in Brookline, playwright Eleanor Burgess started seeing plays at the Huntington almost 20 years ago. In recent years, her plays have been produced at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta and Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell, and The Niceties marks her Boston debut. Before rehearsals, she spoke with Director of New Work Charles Haugland about how her life experience has informed her plays — and vice versa. Charles Haugland: What first drew you to writing plays? Eleanor Burgess: My thoughts come out as dialogue. The way my brain works is that I’ll think, “hey, here's an idea,” and then my brain summons another voice to say, “wait, is that idea right?” My thought process is less of a stream of consciousness and more of a dialogue or debate between three or four different streams of consciousness. It was only when I moved to London after college, and started to see a lot of theatre by emerging and contemporary writers, that I realized playwriting was something people actually did, and decided to give it a try. But once I did, it felt very natural. After your return from London, you became a Huntington Playwriting Fellow (2011-2013) — and since then we have held workshops for two plays: Start Down in 2014, which went on to win the Alliance/Kendeda Competition, and Sparks Fly Upward in 2017. What stands out to you about your time working at the Huntington? The Huntington Playwriting Fellows program marked so many firsts for me. Getting the fellowship was the first time a theatre said, “we like what you’re doing and want to support you as you keep doing it.” It's difficult to express how much that sort of encouragement can mean to an early-career writer. Then, the 2014 Summer Workshop for Start Down was my first time working on one of my pieces with actors — which meant my first time working on one of my plays as a play, instead of as a script on paper. I learned so much about how a scene works,
about when a character is complicated enough to let an actor dig in. Then in the summer of 2017, I had the chance to return to the Summer Workshop to work on my new play, Sparks Fly Upward, a play that's wildly different from The Niceties. The freedom to take that chance and experiment with a different side of my writing was invaluable. Why did you start writing The Niceties? The Niceties was inspired by an incident that happened at Yale in the fall of 2015, and the conversations and arguments that cropped up in its wake. I became obsessed with how dysfunctional those conversations and arguments became — with how deep the divisions in this seemingly unified community really ran. I didn't know what to think, and when I don't know what to think, I start writing to try to find out. A common concern in your plays has been how the way we think about education in our culture shapes our lives; Start Down delves deeply into how ed-tech is changing both how we teach students and what we’re preparing them to go out and do. The Niceties uses a conversation at a university as a launching pad to a broader cultural discussion. Why has theatre made sense to you as a place to explore those questions? An important part of my background is that I studied history, not theatre, as an undergraduate, and I worked as a high school history teacher for several years before I decided to go to graduate school to study writing. I think of theatre as a bit like a grown-up version of a really great classroom — a place to ask deep questions and consider multiple, conflicting, complicated points of view. I tend to be particularly obsessed with the questions of how we know what we know, and how the stories we tell ourselves about the past affect our present — topics I've been studying from one angle or another for years. This play has had two developmental productions, one at Contemporary American Theater Festival and the other at Portland Stage Company. I was surprised that you said a lot of audience members want to figure out whether you are closer to Janine or to Zoe. How do you respond to that question? I’m not Janine, and I’m not Zoe. Or, I’m Janine and I’m Zoe. I think both women are right in many ways, and wrong in others. The play explores the gaps between them, so we can ask ourselves why those gaps exist, where the truth actually lies, and how we ought to speak to each other across disagreements. How we make change. The real point of the play isn’t either characters’ point of view — it’s the hopefully more patient, more nuanced conversations that the audience has after the play ends.
DESIGNER CAMERON ANDERSON ON CREATING A VISUAL STORY Designer Cameron Anderson’s work will appear on the Wimberly stage twice this season, both with The Niceties and Melinda Lopez’s Yerma. Last month, Anderson spoke with Director of New Work Charles Haugland about her process and how she brings a play into three dimensions. Charles Haugland: When you first read a play, what are the range of questions you ask? Cameron Anderson: There are a few paths of inquiry happening concurrently. First, I am letting the expressive, emotional arc of the piece wash over me. What are the themes? Is this a play about “innocence lost?” Is this a play about an irresolvable conflict? Through this process, images will begin to form in my mind. I might start thinking about the shape the set might take, or a dominant color – is the piece feeling angular, claustrophobic, or open? Then, I am also asking myself, "What is the space?" Is it a home? Is it an abstract space? Indoor/ outdoor? When is it taking place? What is the season? All of these questions — emotional, practical, and dramaturgical — happen together. I combine these initial impulses with research to begin forming an idea for the design. I may develop a visual metaphor to express the ideas of the play; this metaphor may be a strong visual statement like enclosing the set in glass to express the characters’ lack of freedom, or a more subtle metaphor that the audience may not notice immediately. I come to design from an interdisciplinary background. I was an English major at Wesleyan University, before studying set design at a conservatory, and I always begin with a focus on literary analysis - whether I am working on a play or an opera, where I am listening to the story of the music. What leapt out at you about The Niceties? What struck me with The Niceties is that the play is an extended conversation between two women. How could we contain, support, and enhance this conversation? How could the world onstage reflect this conversation, tell the realistic story of an elite university professor’s office, yet also reflect the importance and tension of what is being discussed? I saw two challenges: how to create a space appropriately intimate for these two women, and one that can reflect the rift that is forming in our country and our inability to see and hear one another. What kind of space can support this important conversation about race and gender in our country? As a creative team we discussed the importance of finding a balance of power between the two women, so the audience will remain open to both of their perspectives. The office is Janine’s space, she is Zoe’s professor, and Zoe is coming into her world and that naturally gives Janine power. Yet, Janine has also had her own struggle up the ladder in a patriarchal university in the northeast.
An immediate idea that came to me was to design her office as an attic space. Janine does not have a flashy corner office. The angles of an attic interested me for their ability to express the tension and the widening gap between women of different generations and experiences. It is at once a realistic place for the play to take place, and a space infused with expressive meaning; its sharp angles can feel like a reflection of both women feeling that the world is crushing them into an ever increasingly narrow space. What part of the design process interests you most? I love the very beginning and the very end of the process. I love the moments of discovery when I come up an idea that reflects the ideas of the play, or, collaboratively as a team, we land on one together. I love researching the period of the play and learning about different cultures. I usually gather hundreds of images to share with the team: some are references images for what a space might look like and others are expressive metaphorical investigations. Then I love the satisfaction of then seeing the actors, the costumes, the sets, the lights, the sound come together, and the feeling of us all being in the room together, because much of our work is done separately.
CAMERON ANDERSON
My work tends to be on new plays or very old operas. The majority of opera that is produced in the United States is hundreds of years old. In opera, we're trying to find new ways to tell old stories — and to tell the stories from new perspectives that comment on the racism, sexism, or classism that is written into many of them. I really enjoy working on new plays like this one that are making important contributions to a national discussion of race and gender in the United States. It is a privilege to be a part of the premiere of this kind, and to be a part of the first team bringing this important story to life and to Boston.
A rendering of The Niceties set
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ABOUT THE COMPANY Lisa Banes* (Janine) previously appeared in Present Laughter at the Huntington. Broadway credits include Rumors, Arcadia, High Society, Accent on Youth, and Present Laughter. She has appeared Off Broadway in Look Back in Anger (Theatre World Award), My Sister in this House (Obie Award), A Call from the East, The Three Sisters, The Antigone, Isn’t it Romantic (Drama Desk Award nomination), Emily, Fighting International Fat, Ten by Tennessee, The Alice Complex, and Go Back to Where You Are. Film credits include The Hotel New Hampshire, Marie, Young Guns, Cocktail, Dragonfly, The Jackal, Without Limits, Pumpkin, Freedom Writers, Gone Girl, and A Cure for Wellness. Her numerous television credits include the series “The Trials of Rosie O’Neil,” “Girls Club,” and “Son of the Beach;” the television movies Look Back in Anger, Kane and Abel, Hemingway, and the immortal Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?; and recurring roles on “China Beach,” “Six Feet Under,” “Masters of Sex,” “Nashville,” and others. Ms. Banes is an alumna of The Acting Company and a graduate of The Juilliard School. Jordan Boatman* (Zoe) has appeared in Hulu’s “The Path” and is a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Some of her favorite past roles include Berniece in August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and Emilia from Shakespeare’s Othello. Eleanor Burgess (Playwright) is a Huntington Playwriting Fellow. Her work has been produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre Center, Alliance Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Portland Stage Company, and Centenary Stage, and developed with The New Group, New York Theatre Workshop, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Page 73, The Civilians, Salt Lake Acting Company, the Lark Play Development Center, and The Kennedy Center/NNPN MFA Playwrights Workshop. She grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts, and studied history at Yale College and dramatic writing at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Kimberly Senior (Director) directed the Broadway premiere of Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Disgraced, which she previously directed Off Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater (LCT3) and later at Goodman Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and Mark Taper Forum. Her other Off Broadway credits include Chris Gethard’s Career Suicide (produced by Judd Apatow); Discord (Primary Stages); Engagements (Second Stage Theater), and The Who and the What (Lincoln Center Theater/ LCT3). Regional credits include Rapture, Blister, Burn and Support Group for Men (Goodman Theatre); Sheltered (Alliance Theatre); Other Than Honorable (Geva Theatre Center); Buried Child, The Scene, Marjorie Prime, The Diary of Anne Frank, Hedda Gabler, and The Letters (Writers Theatre, where she is a resident director); Sex with Strangers (Geffen Playhouse); Little Gem (City Theatre); Discord, 4000 Miles, and The Whipping Man (Northlight Theatre); Want and The North Plan (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Inana, My Name is Asher Lev, All My Sons, and Dolly West’s Kitchen (TimeLine Theatre Company, where she is an associate artist); Disgraced (American Theater Company); among others. For television, she directed “Chris Gethard’s Career Suicide” (HBO). She was a 2013 finalist for
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
Cameron Anderson (Scenic Design) previously designed Becoming Cuba for the Huntington and will also design Yerma later this season. Ms. Anderson is an internationally acclaimed scenic and projection designer, and has designed extensively at the world's leading theatre and opera companies. She recently designed West Side Story (Norway’s Kilden Performing Arts Center and Vancouver Opera) and Simon Boccanegra (Argentina’s Teatro Colon). Selected Off Broadway credits include Roundabout Theatre Company, Playwrights Horizons, New Georges, LAByrinth Theater Company, Naked Angels, Ars Nova, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and Les Freres Corbusier. Regional theatre credits include Trinity Repertory Theatre, Two River Theater Company, South Coast Repertory, and Shakespeare & Company. Selected opera credits include Glimmerglass Festival, Seattle Opera, Opera Saratoga, Central City Opera, Minnesota Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Wolf Trap Opera, USC Thornton School of Music, OnSite Opera, Indianapolis Opera, Manhattan School of Music, Gotham Chamber Opera, Opera Boston, Pittsburgh Opera, San Francisco Opera, Indiana University Opera, and New England Conservatory. Upcoming projects include The Niceties at Manhattan Theatre Club and McCarter Theatre Center and Madame Butterfly at Pacific Symphony. Ms. Anderson is an assistant professor of theatre arts at Brandeis University. cameronanderson.net Kara Harmon (Costume Design) previously designed A Guide for the Homesick at the Huntington. She designed Dot (Vineyard Theatre) Off Broadway and has regional credits that include The Wiz! (Ford’s Theatre), A Raisin in the Sun (Indiana Repertory Theatre), We, the Invisibles and Seven Guitars (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Nina Simone: Four Women (Arena Stage), In the Heights (Geva Theatre Center), Native Gardens (Guthrie Theatre/Arena Stage), The Legend of Georgia McBride (Marin Theatre Company), Ragtime and The Mountaintop (Trinity Repertory Theatre), Barbecue (Geffen Playhouse), The Rape of Lucretia (Wolf Trap Opera), Much Ado About Nothing and The Comedy of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Safehouse (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park), and Ethel and God of Carnage (Alliance Theatre). Her assistant costume design credits for television include “The Marvelous Ms. Maigel” (Amazon), “Daredevil” (Netflix) and “Boardwalk Empire” (HBO). Ms. Harmon earned her MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. KaraHarmonDesign.com. D.M. Wood (Lighting Design) has recent credits that include The Cake (Contemporary American Theater Festival), Lost Laughs: The Slapstick Tragedy of Fatty Arbuckle (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), the world premieres of Mamzer Bastard and 4.48 Psychosis (Royal Opera House), Medea, Risurrezione, and Margherita (Wexford Festival Opera), La bohème (Opera di Firenze), Tosca (Nevill Holt Opera), and Kansas City Choir Boy (New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and Miami). Ms. Wood’s design for Suor Angelica (part of Il trittico at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) was awarded the UK’s 2012 Knight of Illumination for Opera. Upcoming designs include Il barbieri di Siviglia (Boston Lyric Opera), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier), James Bond Symphony (Orchestre National de Lyon), and L'elisir d'amore and Les enfants terribles (Opera Omaha).
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ABOUT THE COMPANY the SDCF Joe A. Callaway Award and the Zelda Fichandler Award. Ms. Senior is the recipient of the 2016 Special Non-Equity Jeff Award, the 2016 Alan Schneider Award (TCG), and the 2018 Einhorn Award (Primary Stages).
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ABOUT THE COMPANY Elisheba Ittoop’s (Original Music & Sound Design) designs and original music have been heard at The Kennedy Center, Guthrie Theater, The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Steppenwolf Theatre, Signature Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, National Gallery of Art, Soho Rep, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Two River Theater, Women’s Project Theater, Triad Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Alliance Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Cleveland Play House, LaMaMa, 59E59 Theaters, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival, and the Center for Puppetry Arts. She was a resident sound designer at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center for the 2010 and 2011 National Playwrights Conferences, recipient of the Kenan Fellowship at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and winner of the 2008 USITT Rising Star Award. She is a graduate of New York University and North Carolina School of the Arts. elishebaittoop.com Alaine Alldaffer (Co-Casting) is also the casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where her credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie Awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting), and The Flick (Playwright Horizons and The Barrow Street Theater). Television credits include “The Knights of Prosperity” (aka “Let’s Rob Mick Jagger”) for ABC. Associate credits include “Ed” for NBC and “Monk” for USA. Ms. Alldaffer has also cast productions for Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. She credits Lisa Donadio as her associate casting director. Emily F. McMullen* (Production Stage Manager) has stage managed 22 shows for the Huntington over the past five years, including 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. Sam Layco* (Stage Manager) has previously worked on Tiger Style! and Topdog/ Underdog as a production assistant for the Huntington. Regional credits include Julius Caesar, The Tempest, School for Scandal, A Winter’s Tale, Othello, Henry IV Part 2, and Measure for Measure (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Men on Boats and Violet (SpeakEasy Stage Company), and Proof and Dangerous Liaisons (Central Square Theater). Other Boston credits include Colossal (Company One Theatre). She studied theatre management at the University of Portland. 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.
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible the things I do, Stephen Belber’s The Power of Duff, and 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 ten 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, 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 ten-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.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY 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 Theatre, 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. Manhattan Theatre Club Under the dynamic leadership of Artistic Director Lynne Meadow and Executive Producer Barry Grove, MTC has become one of the country’s most prominent theatre companies. Productions at its Broadway and Off Broadway venues have earned numerous awards including 23 Tony Awards and seven Pulitzer Prizes to date. MTC’s world, Broadway, and New York premieres have included Cost of Living, August Wilson’s Jitney, Constellations, Casa Valentina, The Assembled Parties, Murder Ballad, Venus in Fur, Good People, The Whipping Man, Ruined, Blackbird, The Explorer’s Club, The Columnist, Rabbit Hole, Doubt, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Proof, Love! Valour! Compassion!, and Ain’t Misbehavin’. This season on Broadway, MTC presents The Nap, Choir Boy, and INK. McCarter Theatre Center Under the leadership of award-winning playwright and Artistic Director Emily Mann, Managing Director Michael S. Rosenberg, and Special Programming Director William W. Lockwood, McCarter’s mission is to create world-class theatre and present the finest artists for the engagement, education, and entertainment of the community. Winner of the 1994 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre, world premieres include Christopher Durang’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (2013 Tony Award – Best Play), Tarell Alvin McCraney’s The Brother/Sister Plays, Emily Mann’s Having Our Say, and Danai Gurira’s The Convert. McCarter brings artists from around the world to Princeton, New Jersey including Dianne Reeves, Esperanza Spalding, Andy Borowitz, and more. Education and outreach efforts serve tens of thousands through student matinees, in-school residencies, and adult classes. More at mccarter.org.
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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 world-class theatre artists from Boston, Broadway, and beyond together 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 plans to renovate 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 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-inResidence 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 Michael Brown 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 Thomas Hamilton III 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 Robert H. Scott John D. Spooner Linda H. Thomas Linda Waintrup J. David Wimberly Veronica Wiseman Mary Wolfson Fancy Zilberfarb Warren R. Radtke Trustee Emeritus
COUNCIL OF OVERSEERS Nancy S. Adams Kitty Ames Steven M. Bauer Camilla Bennett Nancy Brickley Jim Burns Suzanne Chapman J. William Codinha Bette Cohen Elizabeth Cregger Catherine Creighton Ivy B. Cubell Deborah First Anne H. Fitzpatrick Maria Farley Gerrity Paul Greenfield
Janice Hunt Alan S. Johnson Katherine Jones 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 Valerie Shey Ben Taylor Kate Taylor George Ticknor Stephen M. Trehu Juliet Schnell Turner Tracey A. West Melissa Wylie John Taylor Williams Bertie Woeltz Christopher R. Yens Linda Zug as of August 10, 2018
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 program 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 Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Dr. John and Bette Cohen Susan and David Leathers Liberty Mutual Foundation Bill and Linda McQuillan Sharon and Brad Malt Wayne Davis and Ann Merrifield
Sandra Moose and Eric Birch‡ Ed and Nancy Roberts Jill and Mitchell 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 Karen and David Firestone 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
Ms. Anne M. Morgan
$50,000 - $99,999 Cabot Family Charitable Trust Suzanne Chapman Nada Despotovich Kane
Noel McCoy and Jack Fabiano Rumena and Alexander Senchak
The Huntington Theatre Company expresses with gratitude the generosity of donors to the Comprehensive Campaign under $50,000.
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SEASON CELEBRATION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018 huntingtontheatre.org/celebration
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 Betsy and David Epstein Carol G. Deane Mr. J. David Wimberly Gold Benefactor Patrons ($50,000 - $99,999) Dr. John and Bette Cohen Jane and Neil Pappalardo Jane and Fred Jamieson Nancy and Ed Roberts Gardner C. Hendrie and Jill and Mitchell Roberts Karen Johansen 1 anonymous gift Silver Benefactor Patrons ($25,000 - $49,999) Stephen Chapman Wayne Davis and Ann Merrifield Amey A. Defriez‥ Sandra Moose and Eric Birch‥ Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske Paula O'Keeffe Barbara and Amos Hostetter Cokie and Lee Perry Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges 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 Joie Lemaitre M. Baldwin Family Fund Cecile and Fraser Lemley Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Mr. and Mrs. David Long Jane Brock-Wilson Tracie L. Longman and John Cini and Star Lancaster Chaitanya Kanojia Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Counts Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips Margaret Eagle and Eliezer Rapaport Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson, Jennifer Eckert and Richard D'Amore in memory of Marjorie and Denise and William Finard Edward Rawson Debbie and Bob First, in memory of Robert M. Rosenberg, in honor of Susan Spooner Mary Wolfson John Frishkopf Marilyn and Jay Sarles Nicki Nichols Gamble Valerie Shey Karen and Gary Gregg The Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Fund Ann and John Hall Linda H. Thomas Donna and Jay Hanflig Joseph W. and Faith K. Tiberio Elizabeth and Woody Ives Charitable Foundation Nada Despotovich Kane John Travis Marjie and Robert Kargman Mary Wolfson Adrienne Kimball Christopher R. Yens and Temple Gill Loren B. Kovalcik / IntePros Consulting 1 anonymous gift Susan and David Leathers
PATRONS CIRCLE (continued) Premier Patrons ($5,000 - $9,999) Nancy Adams and Paul Greenfield and John Burgess Sandy Steele Steven M. Bauer Ned Murphy and Coralie Berg and Ann-Ellen Hornidge Steve Schwartz Janice and Roger Hunt Susan and Michael Brown Paul and Tracy Klein Jim Burns David A. Kronman Katie and Paul Sherry Lang Buttenwieser John and Jean Lippincott Susan and Alfred Sharon and Brad Malt Chandler Rumena and Alexander J. William Codinha and Senchak Carolyn Thayer Ross Charles Marz Laura and Neil Cronin Jack Fabiano and Anne W. Deane Noel McCoy Joanne D'Alcomo and Thalia Meehan and Steve Elman Rev. Gretchen Mr. and Mrs. William Fink Grimshaw Anne H. Fitzpatrick Amy Merrill, in honor of Norman and Madeleine Donna Glick Gaut Sharon Miller Maria and Daniel Gerrity Daniel A. Mullin Mary Beth and Brant Cheikes and Chris Gordon Janine Papesh Preferred Patrons ($2,500 - $4,999) Jill and John Avery, Garth and Lindsay in memory of Eric Birch Greimann Michael Barza and Jeanne Hagerty Judith Robinson Deborah and Martin Hale Camilla Bennett Betsy and David Harris Dr. Susan E. Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. James L. Dr. Gerald Pier Hartmann Carolyn Birmingham Bob Hiss and Charles Merrill‥ Mary Riffe Hiss Nancy and Richard Brickley Prof. and Mrs. Morton Z. Kevin and Virginia Byrne Hoffman Nancy Ciaranello Emily Hughey Rosalie Florence Cohen Terence Janericco Catherine and Peter Linda and Steven Kanner Creighton Paul and Elizabeth Kastner Ellen and Kevin Donoghue Seth and Mary Kaufman Jonathan Dyer and Ted and Ann Kurland Thomas Foran Drs. Lynne and Sidney Robert Fine and Levitsky Matthew Fine Jon A. Levy Mark E. Glasser and Ann D. Macomber Frank G. McWeeny The Mancuso Family Peter and Jacqueline Mary T. Marshall Gordon Mike and Mary McConnell Phil Gormley and Coleen and David Erica Bisguier Pantalone
Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Powell Gail Roberts Debbie and Darin Samaraweera Robert Sherblom♌ Ben and Kate Taylor Jean C. Tempel David Parker and Janet Tiampo 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
Jackie and Bob Pascucci George Pettee Joseph L. Bower and Elizabeth Potter Deborah and S. Caesar Raboy Victoria and John Rizzi Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Robbins Mona Roberts Jan and Joe Roller Richard Powers and Stephen Schram 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
PATRONS CIRCLE (continued) Patrons ($1,000 - $2,499) Alice and Walter Abrams 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 Peggy and Anton Chernoff George and Mary Chin Kenneth R. Traub and Pamela K. Cohen 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 Drs. Laura Green and David Golan
Mr. K. Frank Gravitt 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 Holly and Bruce Johnstone Katherine and Hubie Jones Rev. Dr. Katherine Kallis John and Marilyn Keane 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 Joan and John McArdle 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
ANNUAL FUND Sustaining Supporters ($500 - $999) Rosanna Alfaro Jerry M. Bernhard Elizabeth Aragao♦ Leonard and Jane Bernstein John and Rose Ashby, in honor Linda Cabot Black Foundation of Ann T. Hall Margaret and James Blackwell Molly and John Beard Jeffrey Borenstein Kathleen Beckman Barry Brown and Ellen Shapiro Danielle Belanger and Mrs. Barbara BuntrockRobert Sparkes Schuerch Martin S. Berman and Thomas Burger and Mary Ann Jasienowski Andree Robert
Fred and Julie Nagle Mark Nelke and Bill Snavely 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 Donna Robinson and Chris Zook 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 Liza Ketchum and John H. Straus, MD Lise and Myles Striar Beth and Larry Sulak Hope and Adam Suttin Robert C. Volante Dr. Ronald Weinger Tracey Allyson West P.T. Withington Jerold and Abbe Beth Young Robert E. Zaret 4 anonymous gifts
SUPPORTERS CIRCLE 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
SUPPORTERS CIRCLE (continued) Nancy Myers Coolidge Lloyd and Gene Dahmen Marguerite Davoren Terry Decima Joan Dolamore Gordon Edes Dr. Rachela Elias and Gedalia Pasternak Martha A. Erickson Ellen Fallon Pierre Fleurant Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd Hilary and Chris Gabrieli Gail and Jan Hardenbergh Eunice M. Harps Terry Rockefeller and William Harris 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 Johnson 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 James D. Maupin Dan and Mary Miller Julie Nadal Tom Norris William Pananos Marianne Pasts Ellen C. Perrin James Poterba and Nancy Rose 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
Continuing Supporters ($250 - $499) James Alexander and Renee Burns Thomas Stocker Margaret Bush David and Holly Ambler Maryellen Callahan Lindsay Miller and Peter Ambler Charles R. Carr Tammy Arcuri Ronna M. Casper and Carolyn and John Baird Isaac Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. James Banker Mary Chin Emily Barclay and John Hawes Judith Clementson Elizabeth Barrett John Clippinger Desiree and Jacob Barry♦ Priscilla Cogan Bill and Annie Barton, in honor Steven Cohen of Ann Hall Phyllis Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Berglund Steven Coleman and John Biderman Christine Tunstall Robert Bienkowski Robert and Amanda Crone Drs. Brian and Rachel Bloom Catherine Crow Scott Chisholm and Harold S. Crowley, Jr. Afshan Bokhari James F. Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon C. Bolton III Nader Nazari Payne/Bouchier, Inc. Paul Curtis Eric and Sandra Brenman Peter A. Cygan Jeremiah J. Bresnahan Harriet Davis, in memory of Allan and Rhea Bufferd Eric Birch Diane Buhl and Mark Polebaum Raymond De Rise Daniel C. Burnes Jane and Stephen Deutsch
Michael and Jane Roberts Barbara Roby Diane Rosenberg Sari Rosman Pauline and Robert Rothenberg Kathleen and William Rousseau George A. Russell, Jr. Vinod and Gaile Sahney Rohini Sakhuja David and Anne Salant Susan Pioli and Martin Samuels Margaret M. Talcott and L. Scott Scharer Susan and Bob Schechter, in honor of Donald Nelson and Neal Balkowitsch Barbara Schmitt William and Elisabeth Shields David W Shuckra and Clifford S Wunderlich Mark Smith and John O'Keefe Bob and Dorothy Stuart Janet Testa Judy Thomson Rosamond B. Vaule Mrs. Raymond Walther Constance V. R. White Karolye and Fernando Cunha Richard and Frances Winneg Clark Wright and Lisa Goldthwait Wright 1 anonymous gift
Susan and Digger Donahue, in loving memory of Eric Birch Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Downey Owen Doyle Grace Durrani Mr. Glenn Edelson Diane F. Engel Nicole Faulkner Ariane and Stefan Frank 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 Peter and Adrienne Jaffe Kerry James Candace Jans
SUPPORTERS CIRCLE (continued) Richard Johnston 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 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 Jim and Allie Loehlin Priscilla Krey Loring Paul Mahoney Robert Mann Marietta Marchitelli Amy and Bill Marshall Erin Martin Kathy Martin and David Johnson Arthur Mattuck Kenneth Virgile and Helene Mayer Lindsay McNair Gabriella Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Tremont Miao Adam and Denise Moehring Margaret Mone John Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Moynihan
Eileen Murray Mark and Tess Jrolf Martha Narten 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 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 Jean and Richard Roberts 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 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 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 14 months prior to August 10, 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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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 Massachusetts Cultural Council The Shubert Foundation, Inc.
Benefactors ($15,000 - $24,999) Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Foundation Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation** MEDITECH
Season Co-Producer ($50,000 - $99,999) Hershey Family Foundation
Patrons ($10,000 - $14,999) BPS Arts Expansion Fund at EdVestors** Boston Arts Summer Institute The Tiny Tiger Foundation**
Production Sponsors ($25,000 - $49,999) Bank of America** The Boston Foundation** Eaton Vance Management Edgerton Foundation Liberty Mutual Foundation** National Endowment for the Arts
Supporters ($5,000 - $9,999) Berkshire Partners Cue Ball Group Ephaba Goodwin Nutter Proskauer LLP
Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation** Rockland Trust Company Rodgers Family Foundation Ropes & Gray LLP Theatre Communications Group** WilmerHale Members ($2,500 - $4,999) Boston Cultural Council Cambridge Savings Bank** 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
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 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 awardwinning 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). Website: huntingtontheatre.org Box Office: 617 266 0800 Box Office email: tickets@huntingtontheatre.org Administrative office: 617 266 7900 Administrative office email: thehuntington@huntingtontheatre.org Lost and Found: 617 933 8608
Box Office Hours The Box Office is generally open Tuesday-Saturday, noon-curtain (or 6pm); Sunday, noon-curtain (or 4pm). Hours change weekly. For the most up-todate hours, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office 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 Victoria Swindle for more information at 617 273 1657 or groups@huntingtontheatre.org.
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 the Box Office.
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 the Box Office at 617 266 0800.
Please note that these parking options are independently owned and operated, and are not affiliated with the Huntington or the Calderwood Pavilion.
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 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.
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 the Box Office 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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ADMINISTRATION General Manager....................................... Sondra R. Katz Associate General Manager..............Conwell Worthington III General Management Assistant........................Katy Poludniak Company Managers.............Jazzmin Bonner, Meagan Garcia Executive Assistant to the Managing Director................................................Gabrielle Jaques
Ticketing Services Ticketing Services Manager...........................................Ellen Holt Calderwood Pavilion Ticketing Coordinator.................................................... Noah Ingle Huntington Avenue Theatre Ticketing Coordinator.......................................Brenton Thurston Ticketing Associates.................Michaela Buccini, JB Douglas, Robin Russell Full-Time Customer Service Rep.......................Shana Jackson Customer Service Reps..........................Nick Boonstra, Sue Dietlin, Kaylah Dixon, Kristina Dugas, Patrick Mahoney, Katelyn Reinert, Brittany Schmitke
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Finance Director of Financial Management......... Glenda Fishman Accounting Manager................................................... June Zaidan Accounting Coordinator................................. Laura Pahigiannis 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 Facilities and Events Manager.................................... Bryant Cyr 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 Calderwood Pavilion Front of House Staff.................................... Chabreah Alston, Kamila Aouchiche, Cullen Burling, Robert Caplis, Mia Coffin, Barbara Crowther, Linnea Donnelly, Casey Greenleaf, Kerry Lydon, Terry McCarthy, Tiniqua Patrick, Nick Perron, Sarah Schnebly, Ciera-SadĂŠ Wade Huntington Avenue Theatre Huntington Avenue Theatre Front of House Staff...................................Terrence Dowdye, Kristina Dugas, Robin Goldberg, Ariana Goldsworthy, Kat Klein, Patrick Mahoney, Will Morrison, Samantha Myers, Padraig Sullivan
Managing Director
ARTISTIC Producing Director.............................. Christopher Wigle Associate Producer........................................ Rebecca Bradshaw Director of New Work...................................... Charles Haugland Assistant to the Artistic Director............................Billy Cowles Playwright-in-Residence.......................................Melinda Lopez Literary Associate..........................................J. Sebastian Alberdi Producing Apprentice..............................................Alexis Scheer Huntington Playwriting Fellows...................... MJ Halberstadt, Brenda Withers DEVELOPMENT Chief Development Officer....................... Elisabeth Saxe Director of Development....................... Jessica Morrison Director of Major Gifts.....................................Margaret J. White Major Gifts Officer................................................... Celina Valadao Institutional Giving Manager................Diana Jacobs-Komisar Individual Giving Manager....................................Annalise Baird Campaign Manager................................................Robin Valovich Manager of Development Operations, Research & Stewardship.........................Elizabeth MacLachlan Development Database Coordinator................Lisa McColgan Special Events Coordinator..................................... Sam Buntich EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 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....................Kortney Adams, Naheem Garcia, Keith Mascoll, Allie Meek, Trinidad Ramkissoon MARKETING Interim Director of Marketing............................ Robert Sweibel Associate Director of Marketing........... Meredith Mastroianni Tessitura Analytics Manager................................ Derrick Martin Promotions & Community Coordinator............... James Boyd Graphic Design Coordinator.................................Lauren Calder Communications Associate........................................Leah Reber PUBLIC AFFAIRS Director of Public Affairs and Strategic Partnerships.............................. Temple Gill Community Membership Coordinator...............................................Candelaria Silva-Collins Press Representation.............John Michael Kennedy, JMKPR
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 Scenery Mechanic................................................Jesse Washburn 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..........................................Mary Lauve 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 The Niceties Fight Consultant....................................................... Angie Jepson Assistant Director.......................................................J. Mehr Kaur Production Assistant.....................................................Ryan Kane Carpenters.........................Andrew Adamopoulos, Lisa Berg, Todd Burgun, Ben Cuba, Victor Gutierrez, Christina Rossi, Rita Roy, Kyle Salvaggio, Slava Tchoul Props Carpenters........Andrew DeShazo, Patrick Goodsell
Scenic Artists............................. Lauren White, Jackie Kempe Costume Design Assistant........................Kathryn Schondek Assistant Lighting Designer................................Jessica Elliott Electricians............. Shannon Clarke, Evey Connerty-Marin, Laura Hildebrand, Katie Hoolsema, Daryl Laurenza, Devin Mooney, Bill O'Donnell Sound Studio Assistant........................... Margaret Montagna
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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