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7 THE PROGRAM 10 INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE 12 INTERVIEW WITH COSTUMER DESIGNER GABRIEL BERRY
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BEHIND THE SCENES IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL THEATRE BY OLIVIA J. KIERS
AT LAST: The eagerly anticipated arrival of Hamilton to Boston (September 18–November 18, 2018, at the Boston Opera House) was recently announced as part of Broadway In Boston’s 2017–2018 season.
Broadway In Boston’s Blockbuster Season Announced Boston’s musical theatre fans will have to wait until fall of 2018 to get their first taste of Hamilton in the Hub, but there are plenty of spectacular shows in Broadway In Boston’s 2017–2018 season to keep us all entertained until then. The season opens in September with Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of The Phantom of the Opera, which has received rave reviews and is one of the largest and most breathtaking shows currently on tour, with a cast and orchestra of more than 50. For those who can’t get enough of Phantom, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel, Love Never Dies, picks up the story 10 years after it left off and relocates the characters to Coney Island. Love Never Dies arrives in January 2018 and is making its Boston debut. But before then, catch Fun Home—the five-time Tony Award winner based on American cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s best-selling graphic memoir—when it arrives in October. Following Love Never Dies, 2018 continues with more highly acclaimed musicals. An all-female team including lyricist Sara Bareilles and director Diane Paulus brings us Waitress, the heartwarming tale of baking contests and the pursuit of happiness. Based on the 2007 film, the musical originally debuted at the Paulus-led American Repertory Theater in Cambridge in 4
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2015. On Your Feet! leaps onto stage with Cuban rhythms and award-winning choreography in April, and in July, Boston can discover “a whole new world” with Disney’s Aladdin. In addition, The Book of Mormon returns by popular demand in August, and also by popular demand—last, but certainly not least—Hamilton, the current toast of the Broadway musical universe, opens in September 2018. For more information, go to boston.broadway.com. Boch Center Adds Shows for 2017–2018 Four shows for the Boch Center’s 2017–2018 season have been announced, including two holiday productions. A treat for the entire family, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical is making its return. Meanwhile, those in search of something new will not be left out in the cold—The Hip Hop Nutcracker, a contemporary re-imagining of Tchaikovsky’s ballet, promises to deliver with special guest and hip-hop icon MC Kurtis Blow. While the holiday spirit already seems to be burning bright over at the Boch, its other two productions—The Color Purple and The Humans—are both strong contenders for season highlights. The 2016 Tony Award winner for Best Musical Revival, The Color Purple is
BACKSTAGE (continued) adapted from Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prizewinning 1982 novel of the same name that depicts a young woman’s struggles in the American South. The musical, which arrives in November, embellishes the story with a jazzy score. In March, look out for the Boston premiere of Stephan Karam’s The Humans. Declared winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play, The Humans offers a fresh take on the family-at-Thanksgiving trope, as the Blakes of Pennsylvania confront illness, religion and other heavy topics in the eerie atmosphere of their daughter’s run-down, Manhattan apartment. For details, visit bochcenter.org.
dents alongside professional acts. “We believe it is crucial to nurture future artists,” said the association’s president, Joyce Kulhawik. Kulhawik, who hosted, introduced two-time Tony Awardwinner Cherry Jones as the Alternative Acts guest of honor, saying that Jones “has always been an extraordinary voice for freedom of expression. This is especially important now in a climate where the contributions of artists are being devalued and the [National Endowment for the Arts] is being threatened with extinction.” Jones, who was recently nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role in the London revival of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, is a founding member of the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) in Cambridge. Speaking of which, the A.R.T.’s current artistic director Diane Paulus was this year’s recipient of the Elliot Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. Her theatre was one of the leaders in award nominations, with a total of seven. The Huntington Theatre Company led all nominees with nine, while SpeakEasy Stage Company is was not far behind with eight nominations. For a complete list of winners, go to elliotnortonawards.com.
The Elliot Norton Awards Return The 35th annual Eliot Norton Awards was recently held at the Huntington Theatre Company’s Boston University Theatre on Monday, May 15. With the gala’s theme “Alternative Acts,” the Boston Theater Critics Association took a stance on the importance of the arts. The association is making a donation to the Boston Arts Academy this year, and guests enjoyed performances by the academy’s stu-
WHAT’S ON STAGE in May ARRABAL LYRIC STAGE COMPANY May 12–June 18 Tony Award-nominee John Weidman’s South American drama features an Argentinian ensemble, live band and even a pre-show tango lesson. Refer to listing, page 38. CAMELOT LYRIC STAGE COMPANY May 19–June 25 A fresh adaption of Lerner and Loewe’s 1960 musical inspired by the King Arthur legend (and itself the source for “Camelot” as a reference to the Kennedy Administration) graces the Lyric’s Back Bay stage. Refer to listing, page 40.
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Our picks for the hottest plays and musicals on local stages this month THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY SPEAKEASY STAGE COMPANY May 6–June 3 Marsha Norman and Jason Robert Brown’s adaption of the 1992 novel about an affair between a photographer and an Italian-American farmer’s wife is a one of the musical theatre’s most romantic tales. Refer to listing, page 38. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT May 10–June 4 It’s springtime in Boston—the perfect time for Shakespeare’s impish romp through magical forests filled with frustrated lovers. Refer to listing, page 42. HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 5
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Scenic Design
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Costume Design
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Projection Design
Lucy Mackinnon Production Stage Manager
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Lighting Design
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Sound Design & Original Music
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Casting
Alaine Alldaffer Stage Manager
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We gratefully acknowledge the Huntington’s 2016–2017 Season Sponsors
Sherryl & Gerard Cohen Carol G. Deane J. David Wimberly and the Production Sponsors of Ripcord
Bette & John Cohen Originally commissioned by the Manhattan Theatre Club (Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director; Barry Grove, Executive Producer) with funds provided by US Trust and received its world premiere there on October 1, 2015. Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.
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A NEW ERA FOR THE HUNTINGTON AVENUE THEATRE The Huntington has engaged architects Bruner/Cott & Associates and takes control of the theatre on July 1. The Huntington Theatre Company’s longtime home on Huntington Avenue is secure and we will continue to produce world-class theatre there for generations to come. Beginning July 1, 2017, the building known as the Boston University Theatre, will become the Huntington Avenue Theatre, controlled on a permanent basis by the Huntington Theatre Company. The Huntington is currently making plans to renovate our beautiful theatre and expand our services to audiences, artists, and the Greater Boston community. Audiences will notice the first signs of change at the Huntington Avenue Theatre when our 2017–2018 season begins in September while we prepare for the larger renovation project to come. The Huntington has engaged Bruner/ Cott & Associates as architects for the Huntington Avenue Theatre project. Known for award-winning designs for seminal projects such as MASS MoCA and the Boston
University School of Law, Bruner/ Cott has a reputation for thoughtful design that celebrates the heritage and craftmanship of the past while optimizing resources for sustainable growth. David Epstein, the Huntington’s Chairman of the Board and chief operating officer of real estate company The Abbey Group, has played a leading role in the architect selection process. “Bruner/Cott has a great track record of working with arts groups and of reinvigorating older buildings,” says Epstein. “I expect that they will be able to bring out the beauty of our historic theatre, while also creating vibrant new social spaces.” “We’re incredibly excited about this partnership and what it means for Boston,” says Scott Aquilina, principal at Bruner/Cott. “The Huntington project will provide a magnet for community engagement and set the stage for exciting growth and change on the Avenue of the Arts.”
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CAST Abby.................................................................................................. Nancy E. Carroll Scotty...................................................................................................... Ugo Chukwu Marilyn....................................................................................................Annie Golden Colleen................................................................................................. Laura Latreille Derek................................................................................................ Richard Prioleau Benjamin..................................................................................................Eric T. Miller
PLACE A double room at the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility in suburban New Jersey
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A HAPPY RETURN:
AN INTERVIEW WITH PLAYWRIGHT DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE
Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire
Ripcord marks the third production at the Huntington for Boston native son David Lindsay-Abaire. Before rehearsals began, he talked with dramaturg Charles Haugland about what sparked this new play for him and the relationship between humor and emotion in his work. Charles Haugland (Artistic Programs & Dramaturgy): What inspired you to write Ripcord? David Lindsay-Abaire (Playwright): After writing a couple of very naturalistic plays, Rabbit Hole [produced at the Huntington in 2006] and Good People [produced at the Huntington in 2012], I wanted to write something that was in the world of my more overtly comic and unhinged earlier plays. Every once in a while, someone would say, “Oh, remember when you wrote comedies? I loved those plays.” After getting over the wince of pain that I felt, I thought, “Can I even write one of those comedies? Or were those the works of a young, willful playwright who didn’t know what he was doing?” Then I thought, “I wonder if I can combine that spirit of those old plays with, hopefully, the craft that I’ve garnered over the years.” So that was the inspiration. Once the play started to take shape, I realized that it was harkening back to some of the first plays that I had seen and loved as a kid — plays like I’m Not Rappaport, Lettice and Lovage, The Gin Game, and Driving Miss Daisy. All of them are comedies about two characters of a certain age really going at it with each other. The plays are really funny, but what I loved about them was that they were also incredibly human. They had big throbbing hearts in the middle of them. I was hoping to write something like that, with my own spin. CH: One of the things I’ve always loved about your work is how it balances a sense of farce with something more moving. Why do you think that is a balance that you are drawn to, of these lighter moments and darker moments existing together? DLA: It’s my own personal world view. I think about growing up in South Boston; life could be awful sometimes for my friends and family. And yet, in order to get through 10 RIPCORD
these awful things, humor was used as a coping mechanism. No matter how terrible things got, there was always humor to fall back on. Sometimes things were so awful that they were funny, unfortunately. There was always this sort of interconnectedness between humor and tragedy because that’s just what life was. When I write a serious play, like Rabbit Hole which is about the death of a child, people are surprised how funny that play is. Even I was surprised. For Ripcord, it’s the inverse. If I’m going to write a comedy, it shouldn’t be a surprise that, underneath it, there’s pain and hurt and desperate need. Whether it’s a “serious” play or a “comedic” play only depends on turning the knob a couple of notches in either direction. CH: One of the fun things about reading a play like Ripcord before seeing a production is imagining how the director and actors will stage some of the impossible things that happen over the course of the story. Do you consciously think about creating moments that challenge actors and directors and designers to stage, or do you try to write freely and let other people worry about how to stage it? DLA: I try not to edit myself, because the collaborators that I have worked with in my career have solved any difficult challenge I presented to them. And it’s theatre! So, you don’t just have to have people sitting on couches chatting. You can have them doing all kinds of incredible things. My experience has been: the simpler the solution tends to work best. Audiences are really smart, and they can fill in the blanks. It’s not a movie, so it doesn’t have to be hyper-real. CH: What are you working on next?
Nancy E. Carroll, Johanna Day, and Karen MacDonald in the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People
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DLA: I am working on a play, which is actually a prequel to Good People set in 1978. I don’t want to say too much about it, because I might change my mind. I am also working on a new musical with Jeanine Tesori. We worked on Shrek the Musical together, and I said, “Let’s write a musical where we’re not adapting a big giant movie that everybody has an opinion about. Let’s do it like a play where nobody knows what we’re doing.” So, I will be mum on that as well.
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GABRIEL BERRY ON HER DESIGN FOR RIPCORD
Costume Designer Gabriel Berry
Costume designer Gabriel Berry has created wardrobes for over 80 theatrical productions in a diverse career that has encompassed everything from Shakespeare to new plays, tragic histories to absurdist comedies, operas, and even dance. She first collaborated with director Jessica Stone on a production helmed by former artistic director of the Huntington, Nicholas Martin. Since then, she has teamed up with Stone on numerous shows, including Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike — seen at the Huntington in 2015. Before the first rehearsal of Ripcord, she sat down with Literary Apprentice Sarah Schnebly to discuss her process and philosophy of costume design. Sarah Schnebly (Literary Apprentice): How do you begin your design process? Gabriel Berry (Costume Designer): I talk to the director as much as possible. The more I know about what the director is thinking, the freer I feel to go my own way. Sometimes my questions are as specific as: “what do you want to see?” But often I ask questions like: “what do you want to feel at that moment?” “How long can we take to get to that feeling?” “How realistic does it have to be?” I also like to base my design on the people in the show. I don’t like to design anything until I am in the room with the actors and I have seen them read. You can make decisions earlier on but, until you get that clarity, you can’t know if they are the right decisions. There are some physically demanding things in this play and that will also influence how I costume. There are an awful lot of quick changes in a small theatre with no backstage, and there are times when four people need to change simultaneously. It is strangely technical in that way. You have to see what happens and work with your actors. Because the important thing is that they feel secure. SS: Outside of the actors and director of a show, are there any other places you look for inspiration? GB: You do a lot of research. I went to church luncheon pictures because what I found with nursing home pictures is that the clothing was incredibly dowdy. And I don’t 12 RIPCORD
know why that is. Because it is not what I see seventy looks like when I look around. What is interesting to me about my own reaction is that, because it is about senior women, it is hard not to go immediately to a very cliché place. But the fact is that seventy can be a playful and sexually viable age — there is no reason for it to be frumpy or common. There is no reason why these women should not intrigue and delight us. My approach to clothing is very sensuous. I am firmly committed to what I think is the basic law of costume design: the audience needs to lust after every person onstage. You want to have to spend time with them. SS: Can you talk about what costuming for a contemporary show looks like and what the challenges of that might be? GB: In a show like Ripcord you are going to “shop” the show. I go to the mall, pick things off the rack and say: “Oh! This might work.” A lot of shows are completely shopped. The idea that the costume department is there making you frocks and suits is a luxury and it is often inappropriate for a show. In this case it is completely inappropriate. Ripcord takes place contemporarily with two middle class women who would be buying their clothes where the rest of us buy our clothes — which means just about anywhere. You just touch things, and see things, and grab things that appeal. I am very appetite driven. I find in this case I find I am having a hard time getting away from blue — for some reason every time I look at something I want the blue one. One of the challenges of contemporary plays is that every piece means something to the audience. They hated someone who wore that dress. Everyone has an opinion on contemporary clothes. SS: What drew you to working on this production of Ripcord?
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GB: It has deep undertones and some savagery in it, but we are mostly laughing when we watch it. In its own way, the play is generous and kind. That matters. I don’t like promulgating cynicism. I like plays that I care about and deal morally and ethically in something I can support. And, frankly, it’s because I like Jessica Stone and I wanted to work with her.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY Nancy E. Carroll* (Abby) has appeared in I Was Most Alive with You; The Seagull; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Good People; Luck of the Irish; Prelude to a Kiss; Brendan; Present Laughter; The Rose Tattoo; and Dead End at the Huntington. She appeared on Broadway in Present Laughter (Roundabout Theatre Company) and regionally in Our Town and She Loves Me (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Geffen Playhouse); The Year of Magical Thinking (Lyric Stage Company); The New Electric Ballroom, North Shore Fish, Breath of Life, Doubt, Happy Days, My Old Lady, and Collected Stories (Gloucester Stage); Uncanny Valley (Stoneham Theatre); Mothers and Sons, Other Desert Cities, The Savannah Disputation, The Women, Company, and A Man of No Importance (SpeakEasy Stage Company); and Auntie and Me (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); among others. Her international credits include The Cripple of Inishmaan and Big Maggie (Druid Theatre Company) and Return of the Winemaker (Cork Arts Theatre, Ireland). Her film and television credits include Spotlight, Irrational Man, and “Olive Kitteridge.” She is an Elliot Norton Award winner for Present Laughter, Brendan, and Bailegangaire. Ugo Chukwu* (Scotty) has Off Broadway credits that include The Fabulous Miss Marie (New Federal Theatre), The Bad and the Better (The Amoralists), and Future Anxiety and These Seven Sicknesses (The Flea Theater). His regional credits include Adventure Quest at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival as well as The Tempest and The Cherry Orchard (Bakerloo Theatre Project). His television credits include the web series “In Our Backyard,” “Final Vinyl,” and the NSA Soap Opera with “We the Internet.” He received his BFA from Brooklyn College. Annie Golden* (Marilyn) considers herself the illegitimate child of the legitimate theatre having been discovered on the Bowery fronting a rock band and cast by Milos Forman as Jeannie in the 1978 film Hair. On Broadway and off, she was last seen in Big River; Violet; Xanadu; Ah, Wilderness; On the Town; and Little Shop of Horrors as Audrey. She originated the role of Georgie Bukatinsky in The Full Monty and was Stephen Sondheim’s original Squeaky Fromme in Assassins, directed by Jerry Zaks (Playwrights Horizons). Her numerous film credits include Twelve Monkeys; Baby Boom; Brooklyn Rules; Suddenly Seeking Susan; I Love You, Phillip Morris; and Miles. Her television credits include “The 2-2,” “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Cheers,” “Miami Vice,” “Third Watch,” and most notably as Norma Romano for five seasons in the award-winning Netflix series “Orange is the New Black.” Laura Latreille* (Colleen) previously appeared in Ryan Landry’s “M” and Mauritius at the Huntington. She also appeared in Love Song Off Broadway. Her regional credits include The Nest (Denver Center for the Performing Arts); The Apple Family Plays (Stoneham Theatre, Gloucester Stage Company, and New Repertory Theatre); God of Carnage and Four Places (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); Time Stands Still, Dear Elizabeth, and The Understudy (Lyric Stage Company); Fat Pig and The Shape of Things (SpeakEasy Stage Company); The Sussman Variations and The Glider (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); The Unbleached American and Of Mice and Men (Stoneham Theatre); The Blowin of Baile Gall (Vineyard Playhouse); The Trials of Gertrude Moody and Utility Monster (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater); The Bottom of the Sky (Cape Rep Theatre);
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The Elephant Play (Playwrights’ Collective); and Bash and Sin (Coyote Theatre). She is the recipient of the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Actress for The Shape of Things and Improper Bostonian’s Best Female Performance 2012 for her work in Time Stands Still. Ms. Latreille is an assistant professor in Suffolk University’s theatre department and holds an MFA from Brandeis University.
Boston University and the Huntington Theatre Company have partnered to train the next generation of artists. Ripcord features the following alumni and students:
Eric T. Miller* AUSTIN BOYLE (Benjamin) (Assistant to the Lighting Designer) previously appeared BFA, Lighting Design, 2018 in Awake and Sing! at J. COLLIN PRIDDY-BARNUM the Huntington. His (Assistant to the Sound Designer) Off Broadway credits MFA, Sound Design, 2018 include Mope (Ensemble Studio KEVIN SCHLAGLE Theatre), Mechanics of Love (To-By(Stage Manager) For Productions), Couriers and BFA, Stage Management, 2012 Contrabands (The Timeline Project), rogerandtom (HERE Arts Center), Sweet Storm (Labyrinth Theater Company), Wink (terraNOVA Collective), Safe Home (Royal Family Productions), Betrayed (Culture Project), and many more. His regional credits include The Lieutenant of Inishmore (Florida Studio Theatre), Ever So Humble (Hangar Theatre), Judgement Day (The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts), and West Side Story (Syracuse Stage). His film and television credits include Shame, Ceresia, Reaching Home, Fly Away, The Waiting Room, Coffee, LVJ, Home, Tom’s Dilemma, “Blacklist,” “Limitless,” “I Love You… But I Lied,” “Forever,” “Person of Interest,” “Elementary,” “The Unusuals,” “Kings,” “Law & Order,” and the new web series “AdFirm.” Richard Prioleau* (Derek) has Off Broadway credits that include The Glass Menagerie (Masterworks Theater Company) and A Persistent Memory (Theatre Row). His other New York credits include productions at Access Theater, The Gallery Players, La MaMa, and New Ohio Theatre. Regionally, he has performed at theatres including Seattle Repertory Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Intiman Theatre/Williams Project, TheatreWorks, Clarence Brown Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, and Arkansas Repertory Theatre. His film and television credits include The Normal Heart, “Madam Secretary,” “Instinct,” and “30 Rock.” He received his BA from Fordham University at Lincoln Center and his MFA from the American Conservatory Theater. David Lindsay-Abaire (Playwright) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, and librettist. His plays Good People and Rabbit Hole have both been produced at the Huntington. Rabbit Hole premiered on Broadway and went on to receive the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Spirit of
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY America Award, and five Tony Award nominations. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award (Best Musical Theatre Album) and two Tony Awards (Best Book of a Musical and Best Score) for his work on Shrek the Musical. Prior to that, Mr. Lindsay-Abaire was awarded the 2008 Ed Kleban Award as America’s most promising musical theatre lyricist. His other plays include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World, and A Devil Inside, among others. His play Good People premiered on Broadway, starring Frances McDormand, and was nominated for a 2011 Tony Award. In addition to his work in theatre, Mr. Lindsay-Abaire’s screen credits include his screen adaptation of Rabbit Hole (starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, and Dianne Wiest, and directed by John Cameron Mitchell), as well as the films Rise of the Guardians (Dreamworks) and Oz: The Great and Powerful (Disney, directed by Sam Raimi). He is a proud New Dramatists alum, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and The Juilliard School, and a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Dramatists Guild Council. Jessica Stone (Director) returns to the Huntington after directing Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, based on Nicholas Martin’s Broadway direction. She has also performed in the Huntington’s productions of She Loves Me, Betty’s Summer Vacation, and Springtime for Henry. She has worked as an actress on and Off Broadway, and in television and film, for the last 25 years. Her Broadway credits include Anything Goes, Butley, The Odd Couple, The Smell of the Kill, Design for Living, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Grease. Her Off Broadway credits include Crimes of the Heart, Krisit, The Country Club, June Moon, Tenderloin, and Babes in Arms. She has performed in regional theatres across the country including Mark Taper Forum, Geva Theatre Center, McCarter Theatre Center, and 10 seasons at Williamstown Theatre Festival. Concurrently, she was an assistant/associate director on and Off Broadway to Nicholas Martin, Joe Mantello, David Warren, and Christopher Ashley. Ms. Stone’s directing career began in earnest with her all-male 2010 production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum for the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Directing credits now include Charlotte’s Web (Theatreworks USA); Last of the Red Hot Lovers and June Moon (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Vanya and Sonia... and Arms and the Man (The Old Globe); Absurd Person Singular and a remount of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Two River Theater Company); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Bucks County Playhouse); and Bad Jews (George Street Playhouse). Upcoming productions include the world premiere of Ken Ludwig’s Robin Hood (The Old Globe). She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two sons. Misha Shields (Choreographer) has previous Huntington credits that include I Was Most Alive with You, Milk Like Sugar, and A Doll’s House. Her Off Broadway credits include Baghdaddy (St. Luke’s Theatre), Wonderland (Atlantic Theater Company), and The Orion Experience (XL Nightclub). Other New York and regional credits include EMMA! (Stageworks Media workshop); Zombies on Broadway! (RKO Theatricals workshop); The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Merrily We Roll Along (Astoria Performing Arts Center); Company (St. Bart’s Players); The Travels (New York Musical Festival); Bridges of Madison County (SpeakEasy Stage Company); We’re Gonna Die (ART Oberon/Company One Theatre); Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. (Company One Theatre); Rocky Horror (Yale Dramatic Association); Follies (TheaterWorks); Cabaret and Sunday in the Park with George (Boston Conservatory at Berklee); and “Perks: A Musical Web Series” (DIGGSY Productions web-series). mishashields.com.
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Tobin Ost (Scenic Design) has Broadway credits that include Newsies (Tony Award nomination), Disaster!, Jekyll & Hyde, Bonnie & Clyde, The Philanthropist (costume design), and Brooklyn the Musical (costume design). His Off Broadway credits include Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Thru Life, Nightingale, Grace, The Overwhelming (costume design), Zanna, Don’t! (co-set and costume design), Almost Heaven (costume design), and Fighting Words. Selected regional credits include Bye Bye Birdie (Goodspeed Opera House); Harmony (set and costume design, Ahmanson Theatre and Alliance Theatre); Emma and Himself and Nora (The Old Globe); Freedom’s Song, Violet, The Civil War, and Shenandoah (Ford’s Theatre); and Nightingale and Pippin (Mark Taper Forum). Mr. Ost is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. Gabriel Berry (Costume Design) returns to the Huntington having previously designed costumes for Vanya and Sonya and Masha and Spike. She designs costumes for theatre, dance, and opera. Specializing in the creation of new work, she has designed premieres of the works of artists including John Adams, David Adjmi, Samuel Beckett, Charles Ludlam, Caryl Churchill, Christopher Durang, Ethyl Eichelberger, Richard Foreman, The Five Lesbian Brothers, Maria Irene Fornes, John Guare, Lameece Issaq, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Nick Jones, Craig Lucas, Naomi Wallace, Kia Corthron, Will Power, Marcus Gardley, Scott Z. Burns, Meredith Monk, Charles Mee, Tony Kushner, Peter Sellars, Philip Glass, Reinaldo Povod, Mabou Mines, Tennessee Williams, and Branden Jacob Jenkins. Her notable honors include Obie, Bessie, and Lucille Lortel Awards and a silver medal from the Prague Quadrennial for her contribution to experimental theatre. Her upcoming projects include Caryl Churchill’s adaptation of The Screens and John Adams’ Doctor Atomic at the Santa Fe Opera.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY David Weiner (Lighting Design) designed the Huntington productions of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Becky Shaw, Butley, and Springtime for Henry. His Broadway credits include The Price, Stephen King’s Misery, Romeo and Juliet, Dead Accounts, Grace, Godspell, The Normal Heart, Reasons to Be Pretty, Butley, Dinner at Eight (Lincoln Center Theater), Betrayal (Roundabout Theatre Company), and The Real Thing. Off Broadway Mr. Weiner’s work has been seen at MCC Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater/NYSF, New York Theatre Workshop, Theatre for a New Audience, Vineyard Theatre, and Atlantic Theater Company. Mr. Weiner has worked at theatres across the United States including The Old Globe, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, Alley Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, American Repertory Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Center Theatre Group, and Berkeley Repertory Theatre, among others. Mr. Weiner has received Lucille Lortel Awards for Guards at the Taj, Through a Glass Darkly, and Rodney’s Wife; a Drama Desk Award nomination for Small Fire; and Henry Hewes Design Award nominations for Reasons to Be Pretty, This Beautiful City, Pumpgirl, The Overwhelming, and The Seven. Mark Bennett (Sound Design & Original Music) has Huntington credits that include A Confederacy of Dunces, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, The Seagull, Persephone, The Rose Tattoo, and Dead End. His Broadway scores include Macbeth, Vanya and Sonia...; Dead Accounts; Driving Miss Daisy; A Steady Rain; The Coast of Utopia (2007 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play); Henry IV; Golda’s Balcony; and The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?; among others. Mr. Bennett’s Off Broadway credits include The City of Conversation, The New Century, Chaucer in Rome, and The Time of the Cuckoo (Lincoln Center Theater); and An Iliad (Obie Award), Valhalla, Mad Forest, and My Children! My Africa! (New York Theatre Workshop). He wrote original scores for eight Shakespeare in the Park productions as well as The Seagull and Dogeaters (The Public Theater/ NYSF). His regional theatre credits include productions at Guthrie Theater, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, and Center Theatre Group. Mr. Bennett was the composer for Sam Mendes’ The Bridge Project (Brooklyn Academy of Music and The Old Vic Theatre). He is the recipient of a 1998 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Sound Design, a 1998 Bessie Award, the Ovation Award, the American Theatre Wing Henry Hewes Design Award, and 14 Drama Desk Award nominations. Lucy Mackinnon (Projection Design) is a motion graphics artist, illustrator, and projection designer. She previously designed I Was Most Alive with You for the Huntington. Her Broadway credits include Six Degrees of Separation, and Deaf West’s Spring Awakening, for which she was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award. Other recent credits include Yen (MCC Theater); The Rose Tattoo and Unknown Soldier (Williamstown Theatre Festival); and Dial “M” for Murder (Idaho Shakespeare Festival). Alaine Alldaffer (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
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ABOUT THE COMPANY Emily F. McMullen* (Production Stage Manager) has previously worked on Topdog/Underdog, A Doll’s House, Bedroom Farce, Sunday in the Park with George, I Was Most Alive with You, Can You Forgive Her?, Disgraced, A Confederacy of Dunces, A Little Night Music, after all the terrible things I do, The Colored Museum, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Awake and Sing!, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Smart People, The Seagull, Venus in Fur, and The Cocktail Hour for the Huntington. Ms. McMullen was recently the production stage manager for the Lexington Theatre Company’s production of Disney’s Mary Poppins. 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 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.
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Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. She credits Lisa Donadio as her associate casting director.
Kevin Schlagle* (Stage Manager) returns to the Huntington after previously working on Topdog/Underdog; Bedroom Farce; Sunday in the Park with George; Can You Forgive Her?; Milk Like Sugar; A Confederacy of Dunces; A Little Night Music; after all the terrible things I do; Come Back, Little Sheba; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Smart People; Venus in Fur; Our Town;
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY God of Carnage; Ruined; and Prelude to a Kiss. Other theatre credits include American Repertory Theater, New Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. His opera credits include Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Baroque, Boston Opera Collaborative, Guerilla Opera, New England Conservatory, Boston University’s Opera Institute, and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. He holds a BFA in stage management from Boston University. Peter DuBois (Artistic Director) is in his ninth season as Artistic Director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music; the world premieres of 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, 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/NYSF); 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. 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, producing more than 200 plays in partnership with three artistic directors and leading the Huntington’s ten-year drive to build the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, which opened in September 2004. In recognition of these efforts, Boston Herald honored him as 2004’s Theatre Man of the Year. 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. He currently serves on the Boston Cultural Planning Steering Committee and previously served as a member of the board of directors of ArtsBoston; as a board member for Theatre Communications Group (TCG) and StageSource; as a site visitor,
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panelist, and panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts; and as a member of Mayor Menino’s Advisory Task Force for Cultural Planning. He is the recipient of the 2016 Massachusetts Nonprofit Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award, 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. He has also 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. Mr. Maso is an associate professor of theatre at Boston University.
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Christopher Wigle (Producing Director) is in his 17th season at the Huntington where he has produced over eighty 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.
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ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY Celebrating its 35th season, 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 is the recipient of the 2013 Regional Theatre Tony Award and was named Best of Boston 2013 and 2014 by Boston magazine. Under the direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso and in residence at Boston University, 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. By also mentoring local playwrights in the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, educating young people in theatre, and serving as a catalyst for the growth of dozens of Boston’s emerging performing arts organizations by providing discounted access to facilities and audience services, the Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form. Long an anchor cultural institution of the Avenue of the Arts, the Huntington’s primary home will remain on Huntington Avenue on a permanent basis as we plan to renovate and expand our current theatre into a first-rate, modern, state-of-the-art venue with outstanding enhanced services for audiences, artsits, and the community. A national leader in the development of new plays, the Huntington has produced more than 120 world, American, and New England premieres to date. It supports local writers through a playwright residency and the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, the cornerstone of its new work activities. Through a diverse and impactful range of nationally renowned education and community programs, the Huntington serves 35,000 young people and underserved audience members each year. The Huntington built the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts in 2004 as a home for its new works 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 was founded in 1982 by Boston University due to the vision and leadership of President John Silber and Vice President Gerald Gross and was separately incorporated as an independent non-profit in 1986. Its two prior artistic leaders were Peter Altman (1982 – 2000) and Nicholas Martin (2000 – 2008). In the past 34 years, the Huntington has played to an audience of 3.5 million, presented over 200 plays (16 of which went on to Broadway or Off Broadway), and served over 450,000 students, community members, and organizations. WE THANK THE FOLLOWING HUNTINGTON FRIENDS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF
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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 Peter Fiedler William Finard David Firestone John Frishkopf Ann T. Hall Thomas Hamilton III Cassandra Hyland Henderson Arthur C. Hodges Frederick Jamieson Nada Despotovich Kane Michelle Karol David Leathers William P. McQuillan Ann Merrifield Sandra Moose Anne M. Morgan Cokie Perry
James Petosa Bryan Rafanelli Mitchell J. Roberts Joseph V. Roller II Robert H. Scott John D. Spooner Wendell Taylor Linda H. Thomas Linda Waintrup J. David Wimberly Veronica Wiseman Mary Wolfson Fancy Zilberfarb Warren R. Radtke Trustee Emeritus
COUNCIL OF OVERSEERS John Cohen Tania Phillips Co-Chairs Nancy S. Adams Kitty Ames Nancy Brickley Jim Burns Suzanne Chapman J. William Codinha Bette Cohen Tenney Cover Elizabeth Cregger Catherine Creighton Eilene Davidson JoAnne W. Dickinson Susan Ellerin Deborah First Anne H. Fitzpatrick Maria Farley Gerrity
Paul Greenfield Janice Hunt Alan S. Johnson Katherine Jones Linda Kanner Christopher Kimball Victoria Knox Loren Kovalcik Sherry Lang Joie Lemaitre Debbie Lewis Tracie Longman Nancy Lukitsh Rumena Manolova-Senchak Charles Marz Noel McCoy Thalia Meehan Daniel A. Mullin Gail Roberts Stephen M. Trehu
Juliet Schnell Turner Tracey A. West Caleb White John Taylor Williams Bertie Woeltz Christopher R. Yens Linda Zug
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THE HUNTINGTON CIRCLE The Huntington Circle recognizes our leadership donors and offers members a range of special benefits. We are grateful to the members of the Huntington Circle and the other donors listed below whose generous Annual Fund gifts support our artistic programs, as well as our awardwinning youth, education, and community initiatives. For information or to become a Huntington Circle member, please call Meg White, Director of Major Gifts, at 617 273 1596. Lead Producers Circle ($100,000+) Sherryl and Gerard Cohen** Carol G. Deane** Betsy and David Epstein** Eilene Davidson Grayken** Albert W. Merck 1997 Family Trust Nancy and Edward Roberts** Mr. J. David Wimberly Executive Producers Circle ($50,000-$99,999) Dr. John and Bette Cohen** Gardner C. Hendrie and Karen Johansen** Barbara and Amos Hostetter** Carol B. Langer Susan and David Leathers** Sharon and Brad Malt** Jane and Neil Pappalardo Mitchell and Jill Roberts** Linda and Daniel Waintrup** Linda and Brooks Zug** 1 anonymous gift Artistic Producers Circle ($25,000-$49,999) Stephen Chapman** Denise and William Finard** Karen and David Firestone** Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges** Jane and Fred Jamieson Bill and Linda McQuillan** Wayne Davis and Ann Merrifield** Sandra Moose and Eric Birch** John D. Spooner** Ellie Svenson and Mark Klempner** Faith and Joseph Tiberio Charitable Foundation Howard and Veronica Wiseman** Anonymous, celebrating the Huntington’s President Sharon Malt and Chairman David Epstein Associate Producers Circle ($15,000-$24,999) Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske** Debbie and Bob First, in memory of Susan Spooner** Valerie and Mark Friedman** John Frishkopf** Nicki Nichols Gamble Ann and John Hall** Tom and Nancy Hamilton** Cassandra Hyland Henderson** Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc./ Susan B. Kaplan and Nancy and Mark Belsky 26 RIPCORD
Adrienne Kimball Ms. Anne M. Morgan** Daniel A. Mullin** Paula and Bill O’Keeffe** Cokie and Lee Perry** Estie Rappaport** Dr. Paul S. Russell Mary Wolfson** Directors Circle ($10,000-$14,999) Amy and David Abrams** Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Dr. and Mrs. Reinier Beeuwkes Kay Calvert and Jim Manzi** Fay Chandler‡ Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Counts Linda L. D’Onofrio Maria and Daniel Gerrity** Karen and Gary Gregg Julie and Jordan Hitch Joyce Huber and Randall Ellis Elizabeth and Woody Ives Nada Despotovich Kane** Marjie and Robert Kargman Loren B. Kovalcik/ IntePros Consulting** Joie Lemaitre** Alan and Harriet Lewis Mr. and Mrs. David Long Tracie L. Longman and Chaitanya Kanojia** Nancy Lukitsh** Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips Jan and Joe Roller** Robert M. Rosenberg, in honor of Mary Wolfson** Estate of Marie Rotti‡ Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan Linda H. Thomas** Juliet Schnell Turner** 1 anonymous gift Playwrights Circle ($5,000-$9,999) Alice and Walter Abrams Nancy Adams and John Burgess Charles and Kathleen Ames** Marianne Baldwin and Eva Marie Mancuso Camilla Bennett Carolyn Birmingham Amy and Joshua Boger Susan and Michael Brown Jim Burns Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Suzanne Chapman Brant Cheikes and Janine Papesh Nancy Ciaranello John Cini and Star Lancaster
J. William Codinha and Carolyn Thayer Ross Betsy and David Cregger Laura and Neil Cronin Amey A. Defriez Margaret Eagle and Eliezer Rappaport Jennifer Eckert and Richard D’Amore** Bob and Esta Epstein** Robert Fine and Matthew Fine Mr. and Mrs. William Fink Donald Fulton Jay and Donna Hanflig Scottie Held Ned Murphy and Ann-Ellen Hornidge Alan Johnson** Seth and Mary Kaufman Vicki and Northrup Knox Christine Kondoleon and Frederic Wittmann David A. Kronman Ted and Ann Kurland** Cecile and Fraser Lemley** John and Jean Lippincott The Mancuso Family Marion Martin, in memory of Travis John Martin Charles Marz** Jack Fabiano and Noel McCoy** Sharon Miller Dr. and Mrs. John William Poduska, Sr. Bryan Rafanelli** Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson** Sally C. Reid and John D. Sigel Adrienne and Arnold Rubin** Gail Roberts** Darin S. Samaraweera Marilyn and Jay Sarles** Coralie Berg and Steve Schwartz Rumena and Alexander Senchak** Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke** Valerie Shey** M.H. Sirvetz Bruce and Emily Stangle Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stearns** Wendell Taylor Jean C. Tempel John Travis Drs. Beth and Stephen M. Trehu** Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner** Elizabeth and Caleb White Ike Williams Bertie and Anthony Woeltz** Justin and Genevieve Wyner Christopher R. Yens and Temple Gill Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Zilberfarb** 1 anonymous gift
THE HUNTINGTON CIRCLE (continued) Designers Circle ($2,500-$4,999) Michael Barza and Judith Robinson Steven M. Bauer** Bruce and Denise Bauman** Patricia Bellinger and Richard Balzer Nancy and Richard Brickley Kevin and Virginia Byrne Betsy Cabot Suzanne and Bert Capone Nancy Ciaranello Dominic Cioffoletti and Christopher Scinto** McLane and Tenney Cover Catherine and Peter Creighton Charles and JoAnne Dickinson Ellen and Kevin Donoghue** Virginia Drachman and Douglas Jones Susan Ellerin Winifred Ewing Anne H. Fitzpatrick** Newell Flather Thomas and Joanne Gill Mark E. Glasser and Frank G. McWeeny Paul Greenfield and Sandy Steele** Betsy and David Harris Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Hibbard, in honor of David Wimberly Estate of Carmela M. Hilbert‡ Prof. and Mrs. Morton Z. Hoffman Linda and Steven Kanner Mary S. and Duncan Kennedy Richard and Dorothy Koerner Susie and David Kohen Alvin and Barbara Krakow Anne and Geoff LaFond** Barrie Landry** Sherry Lang Drs. Lynne and Sidney Levitsky Deborah Lewis and Robert Grinberg Joseph Machera Mahmood Malihi** John Matteson** Mike and Mary McConnell Thalia Meehan and Rev. Gretchen Grimshaw** Amy Merrill, in honor of Donna Glick Charles Merrill and Julie Boudreaux Kristin and John Montgomery** Jonette Nagai and Stephen O’Brien Jerry Nelson Kelly Nowlin** Tom and Patricia O’Brien** Ella and Edward Owens** Coleen and David Pantalone Jackie and Bob Pascucci Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Powell Deborah and S. Caesar Raboy Victoria and John Rizzi Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Robbins Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rotenberg**
Richard Powers and Stephen Schram** Judith & Edward Siegel** Vivian and Lionel Spiro** Estate of Demetre J. Steffon‡ Helen and Jack Stewart Beth and Michael Stonebraker Joanna and Nigel Travis Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tritman Pamela Tucker and George Pettee Mindee Wasserman** Norman Weeks Rita and Adam Weiner** Sally and Richard Zeckhauser** Actors Circle ($1,500-$2,499) James Alexander and Thomas Stocker Carole and Leonard Alkins Dr. Ronald Arky Liliana and Hillel Bachrach Jacqueline Bell and Aron Epstein** Deborah L. Benson and Frederic J. Marx Christina and Ky Bertoli♦** Jeff and Jody Black Jeanne and John Blasberg** Robert Buckley** Joseph L. Bower and Elizabeth Potter Kenneth Brown Rosalie Florence Cohen Ken and Ginny Colburn Dennis Condon and Robert Cummings David Dalena and Brian Patton Lynn and Bruce Dayton Dean K. Denniston, Jr. Tim and Linda Diering Richard Donoho Jonathan Dyer and Thomas Foran Stephen Elman and Joanne D’Alcomo Jerome and Vivien Facher Barbara and Larry Farrer Donna and Harley Frank, in honor of Jill & Mitch Roberts Sharon and Irving Gates Norman and Madeleine Gaut Eric P. Geller and Cathy Thorn Drs. Laura Green and David Golan Mary Beth and Chris Gordon Peter and Jacqueline Gordon Phil Gormley and Erica Bisguier Mr. K. Frank Gravitt Garth and Lindsay Greimann Katherine Haltom H. Patricia Hanna Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hartmann Mr. and Mrs. Thomas High Barbara Hirshfield and Cary Coen, in honor of Sherry and Gerry Cohen** Bob Hiss and Mary Riffe Hiss
Janice and Roger Hunt** Margaret Jackson and Peter Harrington Leonard W. Johnson, in memory of Virginia Wimberly Holly and Bruce Johnstone Jill and Stephen Karp Paul and Elizabeth Kastner John and Marilyn Keane Susan Kirk Paul and Tracy Klein Louise Kwan Jon Levy Ann D. Macomber Stuart and Yvonne Madnick Shelley and Brad Marcus Mike and Mary McConnell Louise and Sandy McGinnes Sarah M. McGinty Neal and Lynne Miller Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, in memory of Virginia Wimberly Bill and Ginny Mullin Bob and Alison Murchison Joy Pak and David Deutsch** Susan Pak Dr. Susan E. Bennett and Dr. Gerald Pier Meredith and Bob Pitts Steven J. Ralston and William Robert Hair Lynn and John Reichenbach Michelle and Aaron Rhodes♦** Donna Robinson and Chris Zook** Christine and David Root Diane Rosenberg Susan and Geoffrey Rowley Irvine and Louise Rusk Jane E. Shattuck The Spector Family John H. Straus and Liza Ketchum Lise and Myles Striar Lisbeth Tarlow and Stephen Kay Ben and Kate Taylor** Kenneth R. Traub and Pamela K. Cohen P.T. Withington Dr. Elaine Woo Jerold and Abbe Beth Young 3 anonymous gifts
♦ Member of The Hunt, the Huntington’s young donor program ‡ Deceased ** Spotlight Spectacular Supporter This list reflects gifts received during the 14 months prior to May 5, 2017.
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Sapers • Susan Schiro and Peter Manus, in honor of Carol Deane • Eric Sheffels** • Eric and Barbara Snyder** • Farley Sullivan and Jeff Roy** • Hope and Adam Suttin • Anne and Tank Tankanow** • Jared Tausig, in honor of David Wimberly • Beth and Anthony Terrana** • David Parker and Janet Tiampo • Richard Trant** • Mary Verhage • Sumer and Kiran Verma • Kenneth Virgile and Helene Mayer • Robert C. Volante • Norman Weeks • Dr. Ronald Weinger • Wendling Charitable Fund • Dr. Elaine Woo • 4 anonymous gifts Featured Role ($500-$749) Elizabeth Aragao♦** • Molly and John Beard • Richard R. Beaty • Kathleen Beckman • Danielle Belanger and Robert Sparkes • Howard H. Bengele • Jonas Berman • William Bloor • Stephen and Traudy Bradley • Frank B. Mead • Jeremiah J. Bresnahan • Pam and Lee Bromberg • Cammie and Douglas Bryant** • Mrs. Barbara Buntrock-Schuerch • Thomas Burger and Andree Robert • Diane Burns • Robert Caplis♦ • Carol Chandler • John Clippinger • Connie Coburn and James Houghton • Herbert Stuart Cohen • Alison Conant and Richard Frank • Stephen Conner • Beth and Linzee Coolidge • Charles Cooney and Peggy Reiser • Lloyd and Gene Dahmen • Dammann Boston Fund • Josh and Jennifer Davis • Marguerite Davoren • Terry O. Decima • Judy DeFilippo • Richard J. Diamond, in honor of David Wimberly • Karen Dunnett and Richard Murphy** • Jill and Richard Epstein** • Peter and Jan Eschauzier • Doug Faithfull** • Ed Feijo** • Sara and James Feldman • Glenda and Bob Fishman** • Pierre Fleurant • Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd • Jean-Francis Formela and Rachel Somer** • Hilary and Chris Gabrieli • Edward Glazer • Rimma Gluzman • Deborah Goddard • Nathaniel and Jodi Gorton** • Tracy Griffin and David Long** • Irene and Stephen Grolnic • Steven and Barbara Grossman and David Grossman • Diane and Steve Hall** • Gail and Jan Hardenbergh • Eunice Harps • Terry Rockefeller and William Harris • John and Holliday Heine • Dr. Galen Henderson and Dr. Vanessa Britto • Shari and Christopher Hill** • Rosalind and Herbert Hill • Andrew Himmelblau • Sherry Jacobs • Ernest and Madeline Jacquet • Peter Jenney • Molly Johnston • Candace Julyan and David Hancock** • Julia Karol♦ • Nancy R. Karp • Jane Katims and Daniel Perlman • Bicky and Nicholas Kelly** • Michael and Dona Kemp • Jennifer Epstein and William Keravouri** • Jill Kneerim • John and Sharon Koch • Yuriko Kuwabara and Walter Dzik • Anne LaCourt • Stewart and Rhonda Lassner • Jenny and Jay Leopold • Linda and Stephen Lindsay** • Mark H. Lippolt • Lenore and Elliot Lobel** • Babette and Peter Loring • Priscilla Krey Loring • James D. Maupin • Mary McFadden • Daniel and Annette McIntyre • Joseph Misdraji • Harry and Ruth Montague • Mark Nelke • Janet and David Offensend • Mary Owens • Constance Page • Marianne Pasts • Mr. and Mrs. Murray Preisler • Suzanne Priebatsch • Mr. and Mrs. Martin Quitt • Edith Rea • Katharine and William Reardon • Charles Reed and Ann Jacobs • Sam Reiche** • Sharon and Howard Rich • Margaret Ridge • Lily and Gerald Riffelmacher • Jean and Richard Roberts • Sue Robinson • Jen and Mitchell Ross** • Robert and Pauline Rothenberg • Dr. Glenn S. Rothfeld and Magi McKinnies • Kathleen and William Rousseau • Rohini Sakhuja • Susan Pioli and Martin Samuels • Diane and Richard Schmalensee • William Schutten • Gilda Slifka • Mark Smith and John O’Keefe • Renai
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FRIENDS OF THE HUNTINGTON (continued) Stalzle • Nancy and Edward Stavis • Lee Steele** • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stein** • Bob and Dorothy Stuart • Darline Lewis and Marshall Sugarman • Beth and Larry Sulak • Gregory Van Boven and David Beck** • Rosamond B. Vaule • Beverlee Vidoli** • Bill Walczak** • Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Walther • Scott and Brenda Warner • Mrs. Lewis R. Weintraub • Constance V.R. White • Karolye White • Clark Wright and Lisa Goldthwait Wright • Robert E. Zaret • 9 anonymous gifts Supporting Role ($250-$499) Marilyn and Bill Adams • Robert Allen • Nancy Ammerman • Michael Ansara • Tammy Arcuri • Tom Austin • Jeannine M. Ayotte • Robert Banker • Michelle Barbera, in honor of Theodore Barbera • Barbershop Deluxe • Emily Barclay and John Hawes • Robin Barnes and David Bor • Beth Barrett • Elizabeth Barrett • David Barry • Auli and Ken Batts • Caitlin Bearce • Mr. and Mrs. Milton Berglund • Martin S. Berman and Mary Ann Jasienowski • Jerry M. Bernhard • Gregory Bialecki and Mary Herlihy • Robert Bienkowski • Clinton Blackburn♦ • Donald and Ellen Bloch • Drs. Brian and Rachel Bloom • Scott Chisholm and Afshan Bokhari • Sandy Bornstein • Richard and Dorothy Botnick • Payne/Bouchier Inc. • Jonathan Golding and Sally Bradley-Golding • Eric and Sandra Brenman • S. Britt • Barry Brown and Ellen Shapiro • Deborah B. Brown • Teresa Brown • Ruth Budd and John Ehrenfeld • Allan and Rhea Bufferd • Diane Burman • Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Burnes • Eric Butler♦** • Bismarck and Ingrid Cadet • Missage Cadet, M.D. • Judith Carmany • Charles R. Carr • Carrig Kitchens LLC • Elyse D. Cherry • Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Cheston, Jr. • Mary E. Chin • Maria Church • Andrea and Jon Clardy • Grace D. Clark • Valerie Cloutier • Priscilla Cogan • Arlene Cohen • Steven Coleman and Christine Tunstall • Sarah Columbia • Janet L. Comey • Jaden Crawford • German Crisostomo • Don and Sandy Crocker • Julie Crockford and Sheridan Haines • James F. Crowley • Zoltan and Cristina Csimma • Paul Curtis • Sue Dahlie • Marla Daniels • Fred Davis • Karen Davis and Randy Block • Bill and Kay DeFord • Ray and Debra De Rise • Charlotte Delaney and Steve Pattyson • Sara Delano • David Delany • Suzanne DelVecchio • Jane and Stephen Deutsch • George Dhionis • Reed Dickinson • Beatrice and William Dole • Soroor Dowlati • Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Downey • Owen Doyle • David and Eleanor Drachman • Mary Ann Driscoll • Grace Durrani • Harriett M. Eckstein • Mr. Glenn Edelson • Gordon Edes • Dr. Rachela Elias and Gedalia Pasternak • Diane F. Engel • Andrew Eschtruth and Elana Varon • Jose Estabil • Maggi Farrell • Fidler Family • Dr. Charles Fine • Michael Firestone** • Mrs. F. Shedd Fisher** • Gail Flatto • Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd • Mr. and Mrs. Martin Flusberg • Judy Foster • Patricia A. Fraser, M.D., in memory of Ivy Markes Fraser • Margot Fronsaglia** • Michael and Leslie Gaffin • Tony and Melissa Gallo • Kathryn M. Gallucci • Judith L. Ganz • Gisele Garraway • Clifford Garnett • William Gault • Vincent Genest • Jack and Maureen Ghublikian • Celia and Walter Gilbert • Ronald Goldstein • Michael and Sophie Gordon • David Govonlu♦ • Amelia and William Graham • Mr. and Mrs. Herbert P. Gray • Suzanne Greenberg • Theodore and Sally Hansen • Patricia Hardyman and Charles H. Jones • Judith Harris • Alice H. Haveles • Margaret N. Henderson & Loretta Henderson • Alfio Hernandez • Erin Higgins • Jim Hoben • Wanda Holland Greene, in honor of Ken Berman • Mark and Cindy Holthouse • Ken Horn • Bruce Howlett • Maggie Huff-Rousselle • Mrs. Donald Hunsicker • Amal Hussein • Robert Hutchison, Jr. • Mr. and Mrs. Howard Israel • Roland Jacobson • Ali Jadbabaie and Nikroo Hashemi • Peter and Adrienne Jaffe • Peter K. Jenkins • Norman W. Johnson • Peter Jones • Jess and Aran Kadar • John Quackenbush and Mary Kalamaras • Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kalowski • Sondra Katz and Jess Klarnet • Amelia and Joshua Katzen • Rob and Mary Keane-Hazzard • Jim Keefe & Family • Paul Kelly • Judy and Dan Kennedy, in honor of Stephen Sondheim • Margie Kern** • Joan Kinne • Gail King and Christopher Condon • Nancy F. Korman • Gail and Dr. Marcel Korn • Mrs. Charlotte Krentzel • Joan Kuhn • Monica and Thomas LaFond** • George Langer • Carol Lazarus • Dr. and Mrs. Lucian Leape • Colleen Leary** • Stacey and David Lee • Naomi Leeper • Richard and Kathleen Leitermann • Timothy Leland and Julie Hatfield • Laurel C. Lhowe • Ms. Susan Lincoln • Virginia Litle • Lida and Francis Lloyd • Jim and Allie Loehlin • Dennis and Nancy Lynch • Peter and Yvette Madany • David and Christine Manns • Amy and Bill Marshall • Kathy Martin • Dr. Rosemary Mazanet • Michael and Barbra Ann McCahill • Kevin McCarthy • Terri-Lynn McCormick • Hope and Shaw McDermott • Lindsay McNair • Lynne Menichetti • Forrest and Sara Milder • Michael Miller • Mrs. Fermo A. Bianchi • Lacie and Michael Milton • Saro and Elizabeth Minassian • Gale Minot • Dorian Mintzer and David Feingold • Paula Monbouquette and Kevin McElroy • Gloria and Deborah Monosson • John W. Moore • Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Moynihan • The Munzer Family • Eileen Murray • Bob Muti, in memory of James Robinson • Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Newbury, Jr. • Mary Norato-Indeglia • Tom Norris • Thomas Novak • Richard Belin and Rosanne O’Brien • Kathryn O’Connell • Nancy and Chris Oddleifson • Roy and Kathleen Olesky • James Orleans and Nancy Walker • RADM and Mrs. J. Clarke Orzalli • William Panaros • Edith Parekh, in honor of Anissa Parekh • Robert and Beverly Parke • Marian Pasquale • Ellen C. Perrin • Ted and Josie Petersen • Martha and Joel Pierce • Stephen Pike • Joan Pilsmaker • Russell Pollock • James and Jeanette Post • James Poterba and Nancy Rose • Allison Powersa • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Proulx • Kathleen Quillard, in honor of Kara Amelia Quillard’s acting career • Helene M. Quinn and
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FRIENDS OF THE HUNTINGTON (continued) Tony Kanopt • Kerry Mulligan Railey • Jodi Rand • Robert Raymond • Gretchen Reilly • Mary Rench, in honor of David Wimberly • Helen Robertson • Patricia Robinson • Barbara Roby • Daniel P. Romard • Anne Romney • Mathilde and Robert Ross • Susan Rothenberg • Phyllis and Sam Rubinovitz • Debra Ruder • Sue and Terry Rushfirth • Vinod and Gaile Sahney • Dr. Lucienne Sanchez • Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Sandler • Robert and Susan Schechter • Molly Schen • Kim and Eric Schultz • Ivy and Fran Scricco • Irene Sege • Mark Seliber • Jim A. Sersich • Michael Seward • Firouzeh Shahbazi** • Karen J. Shack • Tom Shapiro and Emily Kline • Elisabeth Shields • James Shields and Gayle Merling • David W Shukra and Clifford S Wunderlich • James Shuman • Omar Siddiqi • David Siegel • Ellen L. Simons • Donald S. Sisson • Peter L. Smith and Donna J. Coletti • Rachel Smith • Rebecca Jean Smith** • Edward Sonn • Paula and Joseph Spound • Renai Stalzle • Naomi Stearns, in honor of Bill & Dee Finard • Candace Steingisser • Gail Steketee and Brian McCorkle • Laurin Stoler • Jennifer Stone and Robert Waldinger • Glenn and Katherine Strehle • Dr. and Mrs. Herman D. Suit • Julia Swanwick♦** • David Swartz and Lisa Fitzgerald • Kenneth Sweder • Richard A. Sweeney • Jane Talcott • Margaret M. Talcott and L. Scott Scharer • Patrick Tally • Jacob Taylor and Jean Park • Nancy Temple • M.K. Terrell • Janet Testa • Judy Thomson • Patricia Tibbetts • Edwin and Joan Tiffany • Dawn Tucker • Judith Tucker • Mr. and Mrs. Mario Umana • Pat and Steve Vinter • Daniel Wakabayashi • Jennifer Stone and Robert Waldinger • Rabbi and Mrs. Frank Waldorf • Susan Weiler • Scott Weiss • David White • Nancy White • Leslie Wilcox • Richard and Frances Winneg • Pamela Wood and Bruce Kirch • Janis Woodman, in honor of Christopher Woodman • Alfred Woodworth • Amy and Robert Worth • David C. Wright • Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman • Richard Yule, in memory of Helen Yule • Robert E. Zaret • Lorena and Robert Zeller • Carolyn Zern • 15 anonymous gifts ♦ Member of The Hunt, the Huntington’s young donor program ‡ Deceased ** Spotlight Spectacular Supporter
This list reflects gifts received during the 14 months prior to May 5, 2017.
HELP US MAKE THE MATCH! Your Annual Fund gift provides critical funding that helps the Huntington create the world-class theatre you love.
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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT DONORS 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 JacobsKomisar, Institutional Giving Manager, at 617 273 1514 or djkomisar@huntingtontheatre.org. Grand Patron Boston University Lead Producers Circle ($100,000+) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Barr Foundation Klarman Family Foundation with the Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Executive Producers Circle ($50,000-$99,999) Bank of America* Liberty Mutual Insurance* Mabel Louise Riley Foundation* Massachusetts Cultural Council* Theatre Communications Group* Artistic Producers Circle ($25,000-$49,999) The Abbey Group** The Boston Foundation* Hershey Family Foundation High Output**₪ MAX Ultimate Food**₪ National Endowment for the Arts PR Restaurants LLC**
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Associate Producers Circle ($15,000-$24,999) BPS Arts Expansion Fund at EdVestors* The Druker Company** Goodwin** Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation* Leggat McCall Properties** MEDITECH Schrafft Charitable Trust* Suffolk Construction** Directors Circle ($10,000-$14,999) Alfred E. Chase Charitable Foundation* Eaton Vance Investment Counsel HYM Investment Group** Lucy R. Sprague Memorial Fund* Rafanelli Events**₪ The Tiny Tiger Foundation* Playwrights Circle ($5,000-$9,999) AON Consulting** CBT Architects** Citizens Bank** Cue Ball Group Nixon Peabody Nutter McLennen & Fish Proskauer Rose LLP Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation*
Rodgers Family Foundation Ropes & Gray LLP Santec Architecture Boston** TJX* Vertex Pharmaceuticals Worldwide WilmerHale Designers Circle ($2,500-$4,999) Boston Cultural Council* Bruner/Cott** Cambridge Savings Bank* Cambridge Trust Company Danversbank Charitable Foundation and People’s United Bank* Jackson and Irene Golden 1989 Charitable Trust Noble Ford Productions**₪ Roy A. Hunt Foundation* Actors Circle ($1,500-$2,499) AAFCPAs Belveron Real Estate Partners** Staples Foundation* Surdna Foundation
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THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE — The Huntington Legacy Society recognizes those who play a lasting role in securing the Huntington’s strong, successful future beyond their lifetime by making a bequest or other planned gift. If you have already included the Huntington as part of 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. We are grateful to these members of the Huntington Legacy Society: Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Howard H. Bengele Suzanne Chapman Brant A. Cheikes Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Carol G. Deane Susan Ellerin Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Jane and Fred Jamieson Mary Ellen Kiddle Carol B. Langer Joie Lemaitre
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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 Boston University 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 fax: 617 421 9674 Administrative office: 617 266 7900 Administrative office fax: 617 353 8300 Calderwood Theatre Lost and Found: 617 933 8608 BU Theatre Lost and Found: 617 266 1666
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-to-date 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 Jon Slater 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.
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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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Boston University College of Fine Arts celebrates our many years of partnership with the Huntington Theatre Company and bids a fond farewell to the Boston University Theatre, our shared home for several decades. Join us in applauding the many careers launched on Huntington Avenue by sharing your memories of the BU Theatre on social media. #butheatre
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STAFF Peter DuBois
Michael Maso
ADMINISTRATION General Manager................................................Sondra R. Katz Associate General Manager.........................Conwell Worthington III Company Manager.......................................................... Jazzmin Bonner Assistant Company Manager.........................................Meagan Garcia Assistant to the Managing Director........................ Gabrielle Jaques Management Assistant..........................................................Annie Walsh
MARKETING Director of Marketing.............................................. Temple Gill Associate Director of Marketing...................... Meredith Mastroianni Communications Manager.................................................Desiree Barry Tessitura Analytics Manager........................................... Derrick Martin Digital Content Manager............................................Carolyn MacLeod Promotions & Community Coordinator.......................... James Boyd Community Membership Coordinator.....................................................Candelaria Silva-Collins Creative Services Coordinator.................................................Dan Pecci Marketing Apprentice..............................................................Leah Reber
Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director
Finance Director of Financial Management................. Glenda Fishman Accounting Manager.............................................................. June Zaidan Accounting Coordinator.................................................Laura Casavant Accountants....................................Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA Human Resources Director of Human Resources........................ Peggy J. Novello Human Resources Coordinator.................................... Michael Comey Payroll and Reporting Specialist...................................April Swiniuch Administrative Support Assistant................. Kendrick Terrell Evans Information Technology IT Director.....................................................................................Scott Poole ARTISTIC Producing Director.......................................Christopher Wigle Director of New Work.............................................................Lisa Timmel Associate Producer..........................................................M. Bevin O’Gara Artistic Programs & Dramaturgy............................Charles Haugland Assistant to the Artistic Director............................ Stephanie LeBolt Playwright-In-Residence..................................................Melinda Lopez Literary Apprentice...........................................................Sarah Schnebly Producing Apprentice.........................................................Justin Samoy Huntington Playwriting Fellows.......................................... Mia Chung, Thom Dunn, John J King, Sam Marks, Nina Louise Morrison, Deborah Salem Smith BU Graduate Directors................................Zohar Fuller, Kelly Galvin, Adam Kassim, Jeremy Ohringer, Stephen Pick, Jillian Robertson DEVELOPMENT Director of Annual Giving & Development Operations.......................................... Joy Pak Director of Major Gifts................................................Margaret J. White Major Gifts Officer..............................................................Celina Valadao Special Events Manager......................................................Kirsten Doyle Institutional Giving Manager...........................Diana Jacobs-Komisar Annual Fund & Research Coordinator........................Annalise Baird Development Database Coordinator...........................Lisa McColgan Development Associate.....................................Elizabeth MacLachlan Development Apprentice.................................................... Sam Buntich Development Intern............................................................... Vicky Huang EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Director of Education......................................... Donna J. Glick Manager of Education Operations...................................Meg O’Brien Manager of Curriculum & Instruction..................... Alexandra Smith Education Associate..............................................................Marisa Jones Education Interns........................................................ Elizabeth Botelho, Daniella Forero, Liam McParland Teaching Artists........................... Kortney Adams, Pascale Florestal, Naheem Garcia, Lydia Graeff, Keith Mascoll, Allie Meek, Anneke Reich
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Managing Director
THEATRE OPERATIONS Director of Theatre Operations.............................. Joey Riddle BU Theatre BU Theatre House Manager.............................................. Daniel Morris Assistant House Managers...........................................Meg Ciabotti, Brian Dudley, Annie Walsh Front of House Staff................................................... Julie Cameron, Michael Choueiri, Kendrick Terrell Evans, Ariana Goldsworthy, Robin Goldberg, Dalton Gordon, Sierra Grabowska, Zachary McPheeters, Brianna Randolph, Ivy Ryan, Kathleen Sansone, Geri Spanek, Madeline Wigon Maintenance...................................................................Ronald Belmonte, Kenneth Carter, Gary Santos Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA Associate Calderwood Pavilion Manager..........................Katie Most Calderwood Pavilion House Manager...............................Katrina Alix Calderwood Pavilion Management Assistant..................Gabe Hughes House Electrician.........................................Mercedes Roman-Manson House Sound Operator.................................................. Jesse McKenzie House Carpenter.........................................................................Mike Hamer Wardrobe Run................................................................Barbara Crowther Calderwood Pavilion Apprentice............................Dalton Zogleman Assistant House Managers............................ Paul Fox, Ksenia Lanin, Matt Feldman, Maura Neff Front of House Staff..............................................Natasha Bonfield, Mia Buchsbaum, Julie Cameron, Robert Caplis, Barbara Crowther, Talia Curtin, Linnea Donnelly, Katie Flanagan, Madeleine Gibbons, Ryan Impagliazzo, Terry McCarthy, Laura Meilman, Maura Neff, Maegan Passafume, Tiniqua Patrick, Nick Perron, Leah Reber, Sarah Schnebly, Ciera-Sadé Wade, Dalton Zogleman Custodians...............................................................................Jose Andrade Security Coordinator...............................................................Greg Haugh Subscription and Box Office Audience Services Manager.....................................................Jon Slater Assistant Audience Services Manager...........................Katie Catano BU Theatre Box Office Coordinator......................... Victoria Swindle Pavilion Box Office Coordinator...........................................Noah Ingle Subscriptions Coordinator...................................................Amy Klesert Box Office Associates..........................................Brittany Rae Bonnell, Brenton Thurston Full-Time Customer Service Reps.............................. Christine Lefter, Tasha Matthews, Ellie Solomon, Nicole Williams Customer Service Reps................................Victoria Barry, Nick Boonstra, Meagan Garcia, Sue Dietlin, Taylor Granger, Mary Olsen, Katelyn Reinert, Katie Sumi, Yurika Watanabe
STAFF (continued) PRODUCTION Production Manager ...................................... Todd D. Williams Associate Production Manager....................................... Bethany Ford Stage Management Apprentice.........................................Billy Cowles Graduate Assistant...............................................................Emily Vaughn Scenery Technical Director.................................................. Dan Ramirez Associate Technical Director........................................ Adam Godbout Assistant Technical Director..................................................Dan Oleksy Master Carpenter....................................................................Larry Dersch Scenery Mechanic...........................................................Jesse Washburn Carpenters....................................................................Andrew Cancellieri, Milosz Gassan, Christian Lambrecht, Nick Hernon Carpenter/Scene Shop Assistant...........................Carolyn Daitch Stage Carpenter.....................................................................Chris Largent Scenery Apprentice..........................................................Grayson Basina Properties Properties Master.............................................Kristine Holmes Assistant Properties Master.............................................Justin Seward Properties Artisan.....................................................................Ian Thorsell Properties Run................................................................Andrew DeShazo Paints Charge Scenic Artist............................................Kristin Krause Assistant Charge Artist.........................................Romina Diaz-Brarda Scenic Artist...........................................................................Chelsey Erskin
Costumes Costume Director.............................................. Nancy Hamann 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 Coordinator.......................................................Christine Marr Costume Intern..................................................................... Lauren Reuter Electrics Master Electrician........................................... Katherine Herzig Assistant Master Electrician..................................................Alisa Hartle Electrics Apprentice.......................................................... Paige Johnson Sound Sound Supervisor................................................. Ben Emerson Sound Engineer.......................................................................... J. Jumbelic Sound Apprentice.........................................................Terrence Dowdye Graduate Assistants............................. Collin Barnum, Aubrey Dube
BU SCHOOL OF THEATRE PRODUCTION STAFF Theatre Complex Production Manager........................................ Johnny Kontogiannis Senior Staff Assistant Design & Production......................................................Renee Yancey Costume Shop Supervisor............................................ Karen Martakos
Additional Staff for Ripcord Assistant Director................................................Rebecca Bradshaw Choreographer................................................................ Misha Shields Carpenters......................................................Andrew Adamopoulos, Lisa Berg, Danila Burnham, Jesse Hoyer, Liv Joyce, Bill O’Donnell, Jessica Pizzuti, Stef Rodemann, Ben Williams Fight Consultant................................................................ Ted Hewlett Production Assistant......................................................Lizzy Gordon Scenic Artist................................................................ Amanda Gimbel Properties Artisans.............................................Rebecca Helgeson, Jeffrey Petersen
Draper........................................................................................ Sarah Pak First Hand............................................................................. Katie Kenna Assistant to the Lighting Designer............................Austin Boyle Electricians.............................................Carmen Alfaro, Sean Baird, Kevin Barnett, Evey Connerty-Marin, Bridget Doyle, Kevin Fulton, Daryl Laurenza, Becky Marsh, David Orlando, Henry Tompkins, Gifford Williams Deck Electrician................................................................ Emily Bearce Assistant to the Sound Designer........ J. Collin Priddy-Barnum
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 and choreographer are members 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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GUIDE to LOCAL THEATRE MAY–JUNE 2017 DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 800-BLUE-MAN. Ongoing. This giddily subversive offBroadway hit serves up outrageous and inventive theatre 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. HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. May 30–Jun 11. John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask’s groundbreaking, genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing musical sensation features a pulsing score and electrifying performances, telling the story of the transgender lead singer of a rock band. 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. UNCLE VANYA, Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Russia, Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-8248400. Jun 20 & 21. Featuring a star-studded cast of Russia’s most acclaimed actors, this fresh, award-winning take on Chekhov’s timeless classic tells the story of characters caught between tradition and transformation, personal isolation and communal action, the lure of love and the security of duty. WICKED, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 800-9822787. Jun 7–Jul 23. Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. One—born with emerald green skin—is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes for “the most complete—and completely satisfying—new musical in a long time” (USA Today).
LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATRE ARRABAL, American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. May 12–Jun 18. This new tango-infused dance theatre piece follows one woman’s quest to understand the violence that took her father and disrupted a nation. Told through dance and the propulsive 38 RIPCORD
RE-LIVING HISTORY: An encore production of Patrick Gabridge’s Blood on the Snow, a dramatization of the aftermath of the Boston Massacre that takes place in the room where the events depicted actually happened, begins at the Old State House June 1.
music of the band Bajofondo, the show features an ensemble and band direct from Buenos Aires, Argentina. ART, The Cape Playhouse, 820 Main St., Route 6A, Dennis, 508-385-3911. Jun 13–24. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, Olivier Award for Best Comedy and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play, this play focuses on the meaning of art (in the form of a solid white painting) and the meaning of friendship to the man who bought the painting and the two friends who come to see it. BANK JOB, Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main St., Gloucester, 978-281-4433. May 19–Jun 10. When their heist plans go awry, rookie bank robbers Tracey and Russell find themselves locked in the bank bathroom with no choice but to depend on a brave bank teller, a guileless cop and the man in the shadows who put them up to the whole thing in the New England premiere of John Kolvenbach’s fun comedy. BLOOD ON THE SNOW, Bostonian Society, Old State House, 206 Washington St., 800-838-3006. Jun 1–Aug 20. This encore of last year’s acclaimed world premiere written by local playwright Patrick Gabridge examines the events that happened in the aftermath of 1770’s Boston Massacre and are performed in the room where they actually occurred. THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Roberts Studio Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. May 6–Jun 3. A chance meeting between an Italian-American farm wife and a world-weary photographer leads to a soulstirring affair in this lush, lyrical musical by the Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning team of Marsha Norman (’night, Mother) and Jason Robert Brown (The Last Five Years).
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GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) CAMELOT, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617585-5678. May 19–Jun 25 . Lerner and Loewe’s tragic tale of King Arthur, Guenevere, Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table is brought into sharper focus in a new adaptation of this beloved classic, supported by some of greatest songs written for the musical stage, including “If Ever I Would Leave You,” “I Loved You Once in Silence” and the title song. DAYS OF ATONEMENT, Israeli Stage, Deane Hall, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Jun 1–25. Four estranged sisters reunite when their mother goes missing. Differences of religious beliefs, professions and class clash as the Day of Atonement approaches and these four powerful yet vulnerable women struggle to reconnect, forgive and forget. DHALGREN SUNRISE, Fort Point Theatre Channel, Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, 617-750-8900. Jun 16–24. This part-scripted/part-improvisational, interactive multimedia performance project based on the science fiction novel Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany is broken into seven independent, short acts interpreting its diverse themes of identity, family, urban living, violence, sexuality and the nature of time and reality. 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. THE EFFECT, Gloucester Stage Company, 267 East Main St., Gloucester, 978-281-4433. Jun 16–Jul 8. Tristan and Connie, volunteers in a controlled drug test, fall in love—but is their chemistry real or induced? Starring Lindsay Crouse, the New England premiere of Lucy Prebble’s funny and moving look at medicinal trial and error explores the depths of attraction and attachment, and wonders at the limits of medicine and the ever-elusive rules of the heart.
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FAT PIG, Flat Earth Theatre, Black Box Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Jun 9–24. Smart and sexy yet overweight, Helen lives in a world that judges her for her size. Tom quickly becomes enamored with her despite the condemnation of his shallow, often convincing friends that threatens their relationship. Neil LaBute’s unapologetic play bluntly addresses what people see when they look at bodies, and which ones deserve a happy ending. THE FOREIGNER, The Cape Playhouse, 820 Main St., Route 6A, Dennis, 508-385-3911. Jun 27–Jul 8. This winner of two Obie Awards and two Outer Critics Circle Awards as Best New American Play and Best Off-Broadway Production may be one of the funniest American plays ever written. Larry Shue’s play demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters must deal with a stranger who (they think) knows no English. I LOVED, I LOST, I MADE SPAGHETTI, Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Jun 8–25. For Giulia, an Italian New Yorker trying to navigate life as a single gal, a new date is the perfect opportunity to show off her home cooking. While preparing a three-course dinner from scratch, she recounts stories of good Italian food and bad boyfriends, with eight audience members at each performance getting the
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GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) chance to join Giulia on stage and be served the dinner she cooks during the show. ISABELLA UNMASKED—THE LEGACY OF A RENAISSANCE ITALIAN WOMAN, Pazzi Lazzi, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Jun 30–Jul 1. This original work based on the life of one of the first professional actresses in the Western world, Isabella Canali Andreini (1562-1604), and one of her most successful performances, La Pazzia di Isabella, which took place in 1589 in Florence in occasion of the wedding of Ferdinando I de’ Medici and Christine of Lorraine. JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT, Reagle Music Theatre, 617 Lexington St., Waltham, 781-8915600. Jun 8–18. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s biblicalthemed musical tells the story of Joseph, the favorite son of Jacob who is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Joseph ends up in Egypt, where his ability to interpret dreams raises him to a status second only to Pharaoh himself. LOS MEADOWS, Boston Public Works, Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617933-8600. Jun 16–Jul 1. When you’re from Las Vegas, it’s easy to leave and never look back. After years of making their own way, the Barry sisters decided to surprise Mom for the holidays. The only problem is no one told them she’s been living on the streets. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. May 10–Jun 4. Dashed expectations force flummoxed lovers into the mystical wilderness where enchantment and confusion await in the Bard’s delightful comedy. THE MIDVALE HIGH SCHOOL FIFTIETH REUNION, The Nora Theatre Company, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Jun 1–Jul 2. At Midvale High School’s class of 1954’s 50th reunion, Tom and Bettina—returning for the first time—are looking for second chances. As the evening revs up to the highly anticipated dance contest, they flash back to formative moments—but are those memories real? Emmy-winner Gordon Clapp (“NYPD Blue”) stars in Alan Brody’s romantic comedy about how we remember, how we choose and how we never stop looking for love. THE MUSIC MAN, North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, 978-232-7200. Jun 6–18. The timeless story of fast-talking salesman Harold Hill—who cons the good folks of River City, Iowa, into believing that he can teach their children to play in a marching band—is a slice of Americana you won’t want to miss. NUNSENSE II—THE SECOND COMING, Theatre Company of Saugus, Saugus American Legion Post 210, 44 Taylor St., Saugus, 781-816-7019. Jun 16–25. The sequel to the musical phenomenon Nunsense takes place about six weeks after the original. The nuns are back on stage at Mt. Saint Helen’s School for a “Thank You Program” for their supporters, once again presenting a variety show formula that, this time, they are forced to work around the set dressing of The Mikado, which is being presented the following week by the Hoboken Music Society on the Mt. Saint Helen’s stage. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, The Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, 617-524-3200. Jun 2–17. Get reacquainted with 42 RIPCORD
the Bennett family in this stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic story in which Mrs. Bennett, desperate to marry her five daughters creditably, has her hopes raised when the lovely Jane falls deeply in love with the wealthy Mr. Bingley. Alas, things are more complicated for the spirited Elizabeth and the proud Mr. Darcy, and the course of true love is far from smooth. SONIA FLEW, Wellesley Repertory Theatre, Ruth Nagel Jones Theater, 106 Central St., Wellesley, 781-283-2000. Jun 1–25. Sonia’s parents, fearful of the new government, sent their only daughter from Cuba to the United States in 1961. Set in Minneapolis and Havana, this play by Melinda Lopez unfolds across the generations as Sonia—now raising two children with her Jewish husband—struggles to come to terms with her past, her lost parents, her own children and her adopted country. WAISTWATCHERS THE MUSICAL, Regent Theatre, 7 Medford St., Arlington, 781-646-4849. Through Jun 25. Set in Cook’s Women’s Gym and presented in the same energetic and fun spirit as Menopause The Musical, this acclaimed comedy takes a hilarious and light-hearted look at four women dealing with food, friendship, love, life and sex.
DANCE ROBBINS/THE CONCERT, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. May 5–27. This trio of ballets features Jerome Robbins’ The Concert (or the Perils of Everybody), George Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto and a world premiere by Boston Ballet Resident Choreographer Jormo Elo set to the music of Bach. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. Through May 27. This quintessential production of the coming-of-age fairy tale features Tchaikovsky’s soaring music, sumptuous costumes, superlative dancing, the triumph of good over evil and the power of a single kiss.
OPERA LA SERVA PADRONA and LIVIETTA E TRACOLLO, Boston Early Music Festival, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., 617-585-1260. Jun 17. This double bill of comic chamber operas by Pergolesi, the first of which tells the tale of a cunning maid who conspires to win the heart of her testy employer, while in the latter piece a duplicitous con artist meets his match in a peasant woman plotting his comeuppance to avenge her brother. LE CARNAVAL DE VENISE, Boston Early Music Festival, Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400. Jun 11–18. André Campra’s captivating 1699 opéra-ballet follows four star-crossed lovers as they experience the delights of the Carnival season in Venice, enjoying games, dances and a brilliantly realized “opera within an opera,” a miniature Italian opera on the Orpheus myth. PATIENCE; OR, BUNTHORNE’S BRIDE, Odyssey Opera, Boston University Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., 617-933-8600. Jun 2 & 3. The Oscar Wilde-themed season closes with Gilbert and Sullivan’s early hit exploring the world of artistic and intellectual circles and all the quirky paradoxes prevalent amongst the Victoria elite. With their usual panache, they delve into the world that Wilde skewered with his pen.
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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 latest 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. Newly renovated and 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 backyardinspired 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 44 RIPCORD
dinner, corporate events, weddings, cocktail receptions and 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 flatbread sandwiches, specialty pizzas, custom burritos and more in the Food Court. 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., L Mon–Fri. 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; Prudential Center, 800 Boylston St., 617-266-6800; 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.
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. MERITAGE RESTAURANT + WINE BAR, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-439-3995. Known for its excellence in wine and food pairings, Meritage enters a new era with an exciting transformation featuring a stylish, refined dining room, sophisticated wine bar and the addition of two new private dining rooms overlooking Boston Harbor. To complement the bold and elegant interiors, Chef Daniel Bruce has introduced a unique vineyard-to-table menu. D Tue–Sat 5–10 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–2 p.m. C, VP. meritagetherestaurant.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. 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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