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ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare Directed by Peter DuBois Scenic Design Wilson Chin
Costume Design Ilona Somogyi
Lighting Design Russell H. Champa
Original Music & Sound Design Obadiah Eaves
Choreographer Daniel Pelzig
Fight Direction Rick Sordelet & Christian Kelly-Sordelet
Casting Alaine Alldaffer
Production Stage Manager Emily F. McMullen
Stage Manager Kevin Schlagle
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RESTORING A “JEWEL OF A THEATRE” Now that the Huntington Theatre Company is officially the sole owner of the Huntington Avenue Theatre, plans for the major renovation and restoration of the theatre complex are underway.
terrace in front of the theatre. The stage will be updated with new scenery rigging and a modern trap system. And of course, there will be plenty of brand new restrooms throughout the complex.
Bruner/Cott Architects are currently in the schematic design phase, charged with revitalizing the historic theatre, as well as creating modern public spaces in an expansive new 14,000 square foot lobby and audience engagement center in the base of the residential tower next door. Known for their award-winning designs for seminal projects such as MASS MoCA and Harvard’s Smith Campus Center, Bruner/Cott has a reputation for thoughtful design that celebrates the heritage and craftmanship of the past while optimizing resources for the future.
“It’s a jewel of a theatre,” says lead architect Scott Aquilina. “And we are working to draw out and highlight the beautiful elements of the historic building, making it a better version of itself while also putting 21st century systems and comforts in place.” The new Huntington Avenue Theatre complex will be a resource to the entire Boston community and a new creative hub for ideas and culture, allowing the Huntington to further expand its services to audiences, artists, and the community.
Plans for the extensive theatre renovation include all new mechanical and electrical systems, brand new theatre seats that will be wider and more comfortable, and the preservation of historic period details including the original lighting fixtures and the restoration of an elegant outdoor
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CAST Romeo.................................................................................................George Hampe Lord Montague, Romeo’s father............................................................. Nael Nacer Lady Montague, Romeo’s mother...................................................... Celeste Oliva Benvolio, Montague’s nephew........................................................ Omar Robinson Abraham, employed by the Montagues........................................... Khyati Sehgal Balthasar, Romeo’s man.........................................................................Kai Tshikosi Juliet........................................................................................................Lily Santiago Lord Capulet, Juliet’s father........................................ Maurice Emmanuel Parent Lady Capulet, Juliet’s mother....................................................Marianna Bassham Nurse to Juliet.................................................................................. Nancy E. Carroll Tybalt, Capulet’s nephew................................................................. John Zdrojeski Petra, employed by the Capulets.................................................... Margaret Clark Sampson, employed by the Capulets................................................. Zaven Ovian Gregory, employed by the Capulets.....................................................Kai Tshikosi Servingman................................................................................................ Dale Place Prince Escalus of Verona......................................................................Ed Hoopman Mercutio, Romeo’s friend.............................................................Matthew J. Harris Paris, Juliet’s suitor.............................................................Matthew Bretschneider Friar Lawrence..........................................................................................Will Lyman Friar John................................................................................................... Nael Nacer Apothecary................................................................................................. Dale Place
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ROMEO AND JULIET SYNOPSIS On the streets of Verona, two Capulet men initiate a brawl with two Montague women. Benvolio, cousin to Romeo, enters the fray as well as Tybalt, cousin to Juliet. Soon after, Prince Escalus, leader of Verona, arrives and condemns the fighting, warning that the next person to disturb the peace will “pay the forfeit of the peace” with their life. After the crowd disperses, a melancholy Romeo enters and mourns his unrequited love of Rosaline, while Benvolio encourages him to forget her. At the Capulet home, Paris asks Lord Capulet for consent to marry his daughter Juliet. Capulet tells Paris to woo her first, and invites Paris to a party he is hosting that night. Then, Capulet sends one of his men to invite the other guests. Unable to read the names on the list, the serving man stumbles upon Romeo and asks him to read it. Learning that Rosaline will be at the party, Romeo and Benvolio decide to crash it. Back at the Capulet home, Lady Capulet goads Juliet to consider Paris’ proposal. Outside, Benvolio and Mercutio try to rouse Romeo out of his moodiness over Rosaline; but once at the party, Romeo sees Juliet and falls in love at first sight. Tybalt, also in attendance, hears Romeo speak and becomes enraged. As the party ends, Romeo and Juliet discover they are each of opposing families. That same night, at Juliet’s balcony, the lovers reunite, now knowing that their love faces brutal obstacles. Romeo runs to meet with Friar Lawrence early that morning who promises to marry the lovers. Elsewhere, Benvolio and Mercutio tease Romeo, until the nurse enters to arrange the time that he and Juliet will meet for the wedding. That day, the lovers are married by Friar Lawrence. Later, Benvolio and Mercutio are confronted by Tybalt who asks where Romeo is. When Romeo enters, Tybalt greets him as “villain.” A recently married Romeo asks for peace, but Mercutio fights Tybalt in Romeo’s stead and Mercutio is killed. Grief-stricken, Romeo kills Tybalt in revenge. Benvolio urges Romeo to flee. The Prince decides that, since Tybalt intiated the brawl, Romeo’s sentence should be less than death — banishment. Romeo escapes to Mantua. Juliet, shattered, learns that father plans to marry her to Paris the following day, and so she goes to Friar Lawrence for help. The friar gives her a sleeping potion that will make her appear dead and tells her that he will write to Romeo — but the letter never arrives. The night before her wedding day, Juliet takes the sleeping potion and, presumed dead, is buried in the family crypt. Romeo’s man goes to Mantua and tells Romeo that Juliet died, and Romeo — wild with grief — buys poison to drink at Juliet’s tomb in Verona. In the tomb, the lovers’ paths converge one final, fateful time. 8
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WHAT THEY’D WEAR TODAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH ILONA SOMOGYI Award-winning costume designer Ilona Somogyi’s work spans the globe from New York to Oslo to Chicago and now back to Boston. As rehearsals began on this production of Romeo and Juliet, she sat down with Literary Associate J. Sebastián Alberdi to talk about the work that went into modernizing classic character costumes and designing emotionally and theatrically rich story moments informed by the outfits. What initially attracted you to this telling of Romeo and Juliet? I was very interested in doing a modern telling of Romeo and Juliet where the people are actually mirroring our own present-day world and the seemingly irrational ways we are divided from one another — making bitter foes of our neighbors. How has designing for this show been different (or similar) from other shows you’ve worked on? When designing a modern dress production, you know you will be shopping for and purchasing most of it, therefore you need to approach the design with a lot of flexibility. You may not find what you were imagining, or perhaps the looks you’ve chosen won’t suit the actor. You need to be able to be resilient and quick-thinking so that you can find alternate looks that work just as well in place of your original intentions. Very frequently costume designers don’t create sketches for modern dress productions. I choose to sketch because I feel it lends clarity to the costume staff and the actors and allows a smoother process as any differences in approach — for example, if an actor really feels differently about their character — can be addressed early in the process. The sketches I do for a project like this are quick and gestural just indicating a direction and character without the clean lines and details you would need if you were designing something that is being built from scratch. Most importantly, I started with the actors when I designed this production. I received Peter’s casting, then did some visual research on them, moving past their headshots — how do they stand, how do they dress themselves. When
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I understand who they are, I can design looks for them that will serve both the character and the actor. What is your approach to designing costumes? I consider myself a storyteller — I aim for clarity; creating designs that help round out the world of the production and help the audience follow the story and the path of the characters. I start each design job by reading the script, sometimes multiple times then begin talking with the director and designers and collaborators to discuss underlying concepts, the type of world we’re creating, the levels of society within it. Then as the costume designer I go about ‘finding’ the people who will inhabit the play through research and begin to sketch when I feel I have a strong enough grasp of it. The biggest part of the job begins after the ‘design phase’ is complete — the sketches are done, but then every single item of clothing needs to made or selected, and then fit on the actor. It’s not enough to have ideas and draw pictures, a costume designer must be all-in during the build. I really love the process of working with the costume makers and staff. They are vital collaborators. What are the costumes like? How are they informed by the world of the play? These costumes are the clothes of wealthy, successful people. There is a prominent ruling family, the House of Escalus — with the Prince, Paris, and Mercutio as family members — they wear current, well-cut suits. The Capulets and Montagues are on the same social strata, but they have different styles. Within each family are individual levels of status, which is reflected in what those folks wear. 10 ROMEO AND JULIET
Where did you draw inspiration for the costumes? This involved looking a lot at the current social scene in different part of the ‘first world.’ The Kardashians, the Kushners both provided directions. The famous ball scene in Romeo and Juliet is rife with opportunity to play with costume; how did you approach the design for this scene and how does it inform the scene? Peter DuBois had suggested that the party have guests dress up as animals — and I felt I could work with that. It’s a high society party so people wouldn’t come in cheap costumes, but instead would wear party clothes and incorporate clever elements that would suggest animals. By using animals, we could send subtle messages about the characters; Paris and the Prince are both birds of prey. The Capulets are cats, Tybalt is a wolf… there’s room for humor as well. The big idea that came from the animal masquerade is that Romeo and Juliet both decided to come as doves — which is of course a metaphor for peace. Romeo’s dove is more tongue-in-cheek than Juliet’s, but their sudden falling in love at first sight is supported by this idea — they are untarnished and pure in a sea of colors and sequins. Is there a costume you’re particularly excited to see on stage? I am excited to see the dove costumes come together. There are puppetry elements involved, so it’s super complicated and tricky to get right — but has the potential to be a lovely, poetic moment.
All costume sketches by Ilona Somogyi
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ABOUT THE COMPANY Marianna Bassham* (Lady Capulet) has appeared in I Was Most Alive with You, Becoming Cuba, Our Town, and Luck of the Irish at the Huntington. Off Broadway credits include I Was Most Alive with You (Playwrights Horizons). Locally, Ms. Bassham is a resident acting company member with Actors’ Shakespeare Project. Other regional credits include Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Underground Railway Theater, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Lyric Stage Company, New Repertory Theatre, Greater Boston Stage Company, and many others. Film and television credits include Moonrise Kingdom, The Makeover, “Olive Kitteridge,” and Hulu’s “Castle Rock.” She has received both Elliot Norton and IRNE awards for her work. Matthew Bretschneider* (Paris) has appeared in Tartuffe and Dead End at the Huntington. New York theatre credits include The Footage (The Flea Theater), The Erlkings (Theatre Row), and The Taming of the Shrew (Pulse Ensemble). Regional theatre credits include the title role in Peter and the Starcatcher and Seminar (Kitchen Theatre Company); Hamlet and All’s Well That Ends Well (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); and Macbeth (Publick Theatre Company). Television appearances include “Law & Order: SVU” and “The Path.” Mr. Bretschneider is the artistic associate for Fundamental Play and a teaching artist for The Gamm and Wheelock Family Theatre. He earned his BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. matthewbretschneider.com. Nancy E. Carroll* (Nurse) appeared in A Doll’s House, Part 2; Ripcord; I Was Most Alive with You; The Seagull; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Good People; The Luck of the Irish; Prelude to a Kiss; Brendan; She Loves Me; Present Laughter; The Rose Tattoo; and Dead End at the Huntington. She appeared on Broadway in Present Laughter (Roundabout Theatre Company); and in Our Town and She Loves Me (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Geffen Playhouse); and The Cripple of Inishmaan (Druid Theatre Company, Galway). Ms. Carroll has also appeared with Lyric Stage Company, Tír Na Theatre, Gloucester Stage, Stoneham Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage Company, The Súgán Theatre Company, Publick Theatre, and Merrimack Repertory Theatre. 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. Margaret Clark (Petra) has regional credits that include Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan (Wheelock Family Theatre); Love’s Labour’s Lost and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Cato and Dolly (Plays in Place); and The Taming of the Shrew, The Hotel Nepenthe, Hamlet, and Rosalind in As You Like It (Brown Box Theatre Project). She also works as a fight, intimacy, and blood designer, most recently featured in Off the Grid Theatre Company’s Our Dear Dead Drug Lord. Ms. Clark is a proud graduate of Emerson College.
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY George Hampe* (Romeo) has recent theatre credits that include Regrets (Manhattan Theatre Club); Dead Metaphor (American Conservatory Theater); Arcadia (Yale Repertory Theatre); and ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore and The Three Sisters (Yale School of Drama). Mr. Hampe’s film and television credits include Julian Fellowes’ The Chaperone, “Madam Secretary,” “The Good Fight,” “Unforgettable,” “Blue Bloods,” and “One Tree Hill.” He recently graduated from Yale School of Drama. georgehampe.com. Matthew J. Harris* (Mercutio) appeared in Tartuffe, Topdog/ Underdog (Elliot Norton Award for Best Actor), and Milk Like Sugar at the Huntington. He has regional credits that include In the Heights (Walnut Street Theatre), A Comedy of Errors (Theater at Monmouth), and Twelfth Night (Shakesperience Productions, Inc.). Selected New York credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Classical Theatre of Harlem), Macbeth (Pulse Ensemble Theatre), She Calls Me Firefly (New Perspectives Theatre), and Trouble (New York Musical Theatre Festival). His television credits include “Blindspot” and “Person of Interest.” Mr. Harris is also a hip-hop dancer, teacher, and choreographer at Man in Motion. He will be joining the cast of Remember to Live with Billy Porter this fall (Primary Stages). maninmotionnyc.com. matthewjharris.net. Ed Hoopman* (Prince Escalus) previously appeared in A Civil War Christmas at the Huntington. Recent credits include Macbeth/ Equivocation (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Dancing at Lughnasa (Gloucester Stage), Old Money (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), and Ideation (New Repertory Theatre). Other regional credits include Finish Line (Boston Theater Company/Boch Center); King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Taming of the Shrew (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Camelot, Peter and the Starcatcher, City of Angels, Dear Elizabeth, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Groucho Marx in Animal Crackers (Lyric Stage Company); Mister Roberts and Indulgences (New Repertory Theatre); Dog Paddle (Bridge Repertory Theater); and Shear Madness (Charles Playhouse). New York City credits include Interior: Panic (Fringe NYC/Hedgepig Ensemble), Jester’s Dead (The Outfit), and Foreign Wars (Random Access Theatre). Mr. Hoopman is also an accomplished voice-over actor whose work can be heard both locally and nationally. edhoopman.com. Will Lyman* (Friar Lawrence) appeared in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, All My Sons, and Dead End at the Huntington. Off Broadway credits include The Novelist, Trinity, The Grinding Machine, and The Passion of Dracula. His Boston credits include Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Wheelock Family Theatre, and New Repertory Theatre. His film credits include What Doesn’t Kill You, the narrator in Little Children, Mystic River, The Siege, A Perfect Murder, Hostile Takeover, and Welcome to the Dollhouse. Principal television credits include “Commander-inChief,” “Threat Matrix,” “Hull High,” and William Tell in “Crossbow.” Mr. Lyman is a graduate of Boston University and a recipient of multiple Elliot Norton and IRNE awards, the Elliot Norton Award for Sustained Excellence, and the Howard Keel Award for service to the Screen Actors Guild. He is the narrator of “Frontline,” the award-winning public affairs program, now in its 37th Season.
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY Nael Nacer* (Lord Montague, Friar John) appeared in A Doll’s House; Bedroom Farce (IRNE Award); Come Back, Little Sheba; Awake and Sing!; The Seagull; and Our Town (IRNE Award) at the Huntington. New York credits include The Hiding Place (59E59 Theaters) and Lemonade (Fringe NYC). Recent credits include Small Mouth Sounds (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Macbeth and Equivocation (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); True West and The Flick (IRNE Award, Gloucester Stage Company); Calendar Girls (Greater Boston Stage Company); Constellations (Central Square Theater); Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play and Intimate Apparel (Elliot Norton Award, Lyric Stage Company); 45 Plays for 45 Presidents and It’s a Wonderful Life: a Live Radio Play (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); A Number (New Repertory Theatre); Rhinoceros (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); and Shear Madness (Charles Playhouse). Celeste Oliva* (Lady Montague) has Off Broadway credits that include Barbara DeMarco in Shear Madness (Charles Playhouse and Davenport Theatre); Between Riverside and Crazy and Small Mouth Sounds (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Abigail 1702 and It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Merrimack Repertory Theatre); The Revolutionists, Arcadia and Grounded (Nora Theatre Company); Stage Kiss, Becky’s New Car, and Chinglish (Lyric Stage Company); and Romeo and Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). Film and television credits include Burning Woman, Bleed for This, Thoroughbreds, Sex Tape, The Company Men, 21, Gone Baby Gone, Mystic River, “Castle Rock,” “Olive Kitteridge,” “Chasing Life,” and “Brotherhood.” Ms. Oliva was named Boston magazine’s Best Actress (2013) and received IRNE Best Actress Awards in 2013 and 2016. Zaven Ovian* (Sampson) has regional theatre credits that include Shakespeare in Love and Big Fish (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Water By the Spoonful and The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Lyric Stage Company); and The Tour (The Underlings Theatre Company). Mr. Ovian has participated in readings for Disgraced (ArtsEmerson), Demonstrate (Israeli Stage), Zabel in Exile (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), and We Foxes (Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals). He received a BFA from The Boston Conservatory in 2016. Maurice Emmanuel Parent* (Lord Capulet) appeared in Skeleton Crew, Merrily We Roll Along, and A Raisin in the Sun at the Huntington. Regional credits include Hair (Barrington Stage Company); Ragtime (Music Theatre of Wichita, Fulton Opera House, and New Repertory Theatre); Coriolanus and King Lear (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Dangerous Liaisons (Nora Theatre Company); and Macbeth/Equivocation (Actors’ Shakespeare Project, resident company member). Most recently, Mr. Parent made his directorial debut with Breath and Imagination co-produced by Lyric Stage Company and The Front Porch Arts Collective. His work has been recognized with two Elliot Norton Awards, three IRNE Awards, and one Arts Impulse Award. Mr. Parent is the 2018–2019 Boston College Monan Professor in theatre arts and a co-founder of The Front Porch Arts Collective. mauriceparent.com.
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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Dale Place* (Servingman, Apothecary) appeared in Our Town and Ah, Wilderness! at the Huntington. On Broadway, he understudied and appeared (with Mary-Louise Parker) in the two-hander, Heisenberg. Mr. Place recently completed the national tour of the Tony Awardwinning The Humans, understudying the leading role of the father. New York credits include King Lear at the New York Shakespeare Festival and Nikolai and the Others at Lincoln Center Theater. Regional credits include the Cleveland Play House, Hanover Theatre, Northern Stage, Public Theatre of Maine, New Repertory Theatre, Lyric Stage Company, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Greater Boston Stage Company, and the Barnstormers Theatre. Film credits include The Fighter, The Proposal, Joy, Gone Baby Gone, and What’s Your Number? Omar Robinson* (Benvolio) previously appeared in the Huntington’s production of Tartuffe as Officer of the Court. Previous credits include black odyssey and The Hunchback of Seville (Trinity Repertory Company); Kate Hamill’s Pride & Prejudice (Dorset Theatre Festival); Much Ado About Nothing, The School for Scandal, The Comedy of Errors, Henry VIII, Pericles, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet in the title role (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Shakespeare in Love (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Superior Donuts, Death of a Salesman, and Saturday Night/Sunday Morning (Lyric Stage Company); and Lost Tempo (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre). He is a member of Theatre Espresso and a resident acting company member of Actors’ Shakespeare Project. He received a BA in acting and television/video production from Emerson College. Lily Santiago* (Juliet) recently appeared as Emmy in A Doll’s House, Part 2 (George Street Playhouse) and previously in the New York Shakespeare Festival’s production of Othello. Other productions include In the Red and Brown Water (Oya) and Water by the Spoonful (Yaz). She earned a Bachelor of Arts in theatre from Northwestern University and attended LaGuardia Performing Arts High School in New York City. Ms. Santiago is represented by Innovative Artists. Khyati Sehgal (Abraham) previously appeared as Adam and Amiens in As You Like It (Brown Box Theatre Project). Ms. Sehgal is a recent graduate of Emerson College where she was a proud member of Kidding Around. Kai Tshikosi (Balthasar, Gregory) recently appeared as Malachai in black odyssey (Trinity Repertory Company). Regional credits include Malcolm in Macbeth, Armin in Equivocation, and Ferdinand in The Tempest (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Othello (Shakespeare & Company, Northeast regional tour); Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Cymbeline (Brown Box Theatre Project); Brutus in Julius Caesar (Classic Repertory Company, New Repertory Theatre); and David in Franklin (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre). Mr. Tshikosi has worked with Company One Theatre, SpeakEasy Stage Company’s Boston Project, Oberon New Works Series, and The Front Porch Arts Collective. He graduated Emerson College with a Bachelor of Arts in acting and stage combat.
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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ABOUT THE COMPANY John Zdrojeski* (Tybalt) previously appeared in Before We’re Gone (13th Street Theatre), Monster (Potomac Theatre Project), Romeo and Juliet (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), 10x10 (Barrington Stage Company), and The Kite Runner (New Repertory Theatre). His television credits include “Madam Secretary,” “Billions,” and “The Code” (upcoming). Mr. Zdrojeski is a graduate of both Boston University (BFA) and New York University (MFA). Peter DuBois (Director) is in his 11th season as artistic director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Moliére’s Tartuffe; Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music; the world premieres of Bernard Weinraub’s Fall, Gina Gionfriddo’s Can You Forgive Her?, Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People, Evan M. Wiener’s Captors, Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet, 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); and Jack Goes Boating with Philip Seymour Hoffman and The View From 151st Street (LAByrinth Theater Company/The Public Theater). He served for five years as associate producer and resident director at The Public Theater, preceded by five years as artistic director of the Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. Mr. DuBois has directed multiple episodes of the podcast “Modern Love,” including its debut with Lauren Molina. Prior to his work at Perseverance, Mr. DuBois lived and worked in the Czech Republic where he co-founded Asylum, a multi-national squat theatre in Prague. His productions have been on the annual top 10 lists of The New York Times, Time Out, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsday, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, The Evening Standard, The Boston Globe, and Improper Bostonian, and was among 12 featured for the 2013 Bostonian of the Year by The Boston Globe Magazine. Wilson Chin (Scenic Design) previously designed sets for Skeleton Crew and Tiger Style! at the Huntington. He has earned acclaim for his designs of new plays, including Next Fall (Broadway), the Pulitzer Prize-winning Cost of Living (Manhattan Theatre Club and Williamstown Theatre Festival), Pass Over (Steppenwolf Theatre Company and Lincoln Center Theater), Wild Goose Dreams (La Jolla Playhouse and The Public Theater), The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons), Teenage Dick (Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater), Aubergine (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Lewiston (Long Wharf Theatre), My Mañana Comes (The Playwrights Realm), Mothers and Sons (Bucks County
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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Ilona Somogyi (Costume Design) designed costumes for Fall, Disgraced, and Good People for the Huntington. She designed Clybourne Park on Broadway. Recent New York credits include Sleep (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Nice Fish (St. Ann’s Warehouse, American Repertory Theater, and London), and Gloria (Vineyard Theatre and Goodman Theatre). Recent regional credits include Will Rogers Follies and Anything Goes (Goodspeed Opera House); Oklahoma!, Carousel, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, and King Hedley II (Arena Stage); Assassins (Yale Repertory Theatre); Grey Gardens (Bay Street Theater and Los Angeles); Seder, Heartbreak House, Cloud Nine, and Romeo and Juliet (Hartford Stage); and productions with Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, Weston Playhouse Theatre Company, and Westport Country Playhouse. Ms. Somogyi is a graduate of Yale School of Drama and is a member of its faculty.
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Playhouse), and The Great Leap (Seattle Repertory Theatre). Opera designs include Lucia di Lammermoor (Lyric Opera of Chicago) and Eine Florentinische Tragodie/Gianni Schicchi (Canadian Opera Company, Dora Award winner). Mr. Chin recently designed his first film, Spike Lee’s Pass Over. @wilsonchindesign.
Russell H. Champa (Lighting Design) previously designed A Guide for the Homesick, Now or Later, and Captors at the Huntington. Current and recent projects include About Alice (Theatre for a New Audience), Log Cabin (Playwrights Horizons), Transfers (MCC Theater), Everest (Kansas City Opera), and Thresh|Hold (Pilobolus). Broadway credits include China Doll (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre); In the Next Room, or the vibrator play (Lyceum Theatre/Lincoln Center Theater); and Julia Sweeney’s God Said, “Ha!” (Lyceum Theatre). New York work includes Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theater, Second Stage Theater, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Stage and Film, and The Julliard School. Regional work includes Steppenwolf Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Wilma Theater, Trinity Repertory Company, California Shakespeare Theater, Mark Taper Forum, and The Kennedy Center. Obadiah Eaves (Original Music & Sound Design) previously designed Shining City at the Huntington. Broadway credits include Saint Joan; The Country House; The Assembled Parties; Harvey; A Life in the Theatre; Collected Stories; Accent on Youth; Come Back, Little Sheba; The Lieutenant of Inishmore; and Shining City. Other recent designs include Noura (Playwrights Horizons); The Portuguese Kid (Manhattan Theatre Club); The Total Bent (The Public Theater); Hannah and the Dread Gazebo (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); The Bells (Resident Ensemble Players); and Constellations and Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem (Seattle Repertory Theatre). Mr. Eaves has received BACC, Lortel, and AUDELCO Viv awards. His music has appeared on HBO, Nickelodeon, Discovery, TLC, History Channel, Bravo, A&E, The Learning Channel, and in ads for Fisher-Price toys. Daniel Pelzig (Choreographer) has Huntington credits that include Tartuffe, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music, Candide, Private Lives, Company, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado, and A Christmas Carol. Broadway credits include 33 Variations, starring Jane Fonda, and A Year with Frog and Toad. Off Broadway productions include Valhalla (New York Theatre Workshop), The New Moon (City Center Encores!), Newyorkers (Manhattan Theatre Club), and Privates on Parade (Roundabout Theatre Company). Recent Boston credits include director of Le Médecin Malgre Lui for Odyssey Opera. He also served four years as resident choreographer for Boston Ballet. Regional theatres include Goodman Theatre, La
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ABOUT THE COMPANY Jolla Playhouse, Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Old Globe, Hollywood Bowl, and Arena Stage, among others. Opera companies include The Met, La Scala, and Seattle Opera. Mr. Pelzig received his degree in cellular biology from Columbia University and is currently a professor of theatre and dance at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Rick Sordelet & Christian Kelly-Sordelet (Fight Direction) choreographed fights for Man in the Ring, Disgraced, Dead End, and Mauritius at the Huntington. They created Sordelet INC with 73 Broadway credits that include Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Waiting for Godot/No Man’s Land, and Wolf Hall. They have over 1,200 episodes of stunt coordination for television as well as feature film credits including the just-released Ben Is Back with Julia Roberts. They have 65 international production credits including Ben Hur Live (Rome, European tour). Rick Sordelet is a board member of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and teaches at Yale School of Drama. Christian Kelly-Sordelet teaches at CUNY Harlem and HB Studio. They, with their partner author David Blixt, also run an e-publishing company called Sordelet INK for the emerging author. sordeletinc.com. sordeletink.com. Alaine Alldaffer (Casting) is 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 Barrow Street Theatre). Television credits include “The Knights of Prosperity” (aka “Let’s Rob Mick Jagger”) for ABC. Associate credits include “Ed” for NBC and “Monk” for USA. Ms. Alldaffer has also cast productions for Arena Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and the Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. She credits Lisa Donadio as her associate casting director. Emily F. McMullen* (Production Stage Manager) has stage managed over 25 shows for the Huntington over the past five years, including this season’s A Doll’s House, Part 2; Man in the Ring; and The Niceties and Top Girls; Bad Dates; Tartuffe; and Merrily We Roll Along last season. She spent nine seasons as production stage manager at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell and 15 summers as production stage manager of Music Theatre of Wichita. Other credits include work with Lexington Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, South Coast Repertory, North Shore Music Theatre, and Capital Repertory Theatre, among others. She holds a BA from Emory University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. Kevin Schlagle* (Stage Manager) previously worked on Sherlock’s Last Case; Fall; Skeleton Crew; Tartuffe; Merrily We Roll Along; Ripcord; 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; God of Carnage; Ruined; and Prelude to a Kiss at the Huntington. 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,
* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
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Michael Maso (Managing Director) has led the Huntington’s administrative and financial operations since 1982. He has produced more than 200 productions in partnership with three artistic directors and is one of the most well-regarded managing directors in the theatre industry. Under his tenure, the Huntington has received over 150 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. Mr. Maso received the 2016 Massachusetts Nonprofit Network’s Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as TCG’s 2012 Theatre Practitioner Award, the Huntington’s 2012 Wimberly Award, StageSource’s 2010 Theatre Hero Award, the 2005 Commonwealth Award (the state’s highest arts honor) in the category of Catalyst, and the 2000 Norton Prize for Sustained Excellence. In 2004 the Boston Herald honored him as Theatre Man of the Year. Mr. Maso led the Huntington’s 10-year drive to build the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, which opened in September 2004, and is currently leading the redevelopment and renovation of the Huntington Avenue Theatre. He previously served on the Boston Cultural Planning Steering Committee, as a member of the board for ArtsBoston, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and StageSource, and as a site visitor, panelist, and panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts. From 1997 to 2005 Mr. Maso served as the president of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of 70 of the country’s major not-forprofit professional theatres. In 2005, he was named as one of a dozen members of the inaugural class of the Barr Fellows Program. Prior to the Huntington, he served as the managing director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival, general manager of New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, business manager for PAF Playhouse on Long Island, and as an independent arts management consultant based in Taos, New Mexico.
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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 and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.
Christopher Wigle (Producing Director) is in his 19th season at the Huntington where he has produced over 80 productions. He has worked on Broadway, Off Broadway, and regionally for Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, the Bay Street Theater, and the Royal National Theatre. Working primarily as a stage manager, his credits include the original productions or New York premieres of Six Degrees of Separation (John Guare), subUrbia (Eric Bogosian), The Designated Mourner (Wallace Shawn), Some Americans Abroad (Richard Nelson), Desdemona (Paula Vogel), Racing Demon (David Hare), Sex and Longing (Christopher Durang), The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Alfred Urhy), and Sophistry (Jonathan Marc Sherman). Additional credits include the awardwinning Broadway revivals of The Heiress and The Most Happy Fella, as well as two seasons as workshop director for the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY The Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s leading professional theatre and one of the region’s premier cultural assets. Since its founding in 1982, the Huntington has received over 150 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. In the past 36 years, the Huntington has played to an audience of 3.5 million, presented over 200 plays (18 of which went on to Broadway or Off Broadway), and served over 500,000 students, community members, and other cultural organizations. Under the direction of Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso, the Huntington brings together world-class theatre artists from Boston, Broadway, and beyond with the most promising new talent to create eclectic seasons of exciting new works and classics made current. A long-standing anchor cultural institution of Huntington Avenue, the Avenue of the Arts, the Huntington now fully owns the Huntington Avenue Theatre and is planning a transformational renovation and expansion of the historic venue, adding first-rate, modern amenities including a new entrance and expansive lobby, as well as expanding services to audiences, artists, and the community. The Huntington built the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) in 2004 as a home for its new work activities and to provide a much-needed resource for the local theatre community. At the Calderwood Pavilion, the Huntington provides first-class facilities and audience services at significantly subsidized rates to dozens of organizations each year, including some of Boston’s most exciting small and mid-sized theatre companies. The Huntington serves 200,000 audience members each year at the Huntington Avenue Theatre and the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. Through a diverse and impactful range of nationally-renowned education and community programs, the Huntington engages 36,000 young people and adults in underserved neighborhoods each year. These programs include the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, the August Wilson Monologue Competition, the Huntington Community Membership Initiative, a youth playwriting program called EPIC, and the Student Matinee Series. The Huntington is a founding partner of Codman Academy Charter Public School and has collaborated with Codman for 17 years to create and teach its innovative, interdisciplinary humanities curriculum and run the Codman Summer Theatre Institute. A national leader in the development of new plays, the Huntington has produced more than 120 world, American, and New England premieres to date. Through the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, the cornerstone of its new work activities, the Huntington supports local writers through two-year fellowships, and is also proud to serve as a home for Playwright-in-Residence Melinda Lopez. The Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form and is committed to mentoring local playwrights, educating young people in theatre, and serving as a catalyst for the growth of dozens of Boston’s emerging performing arts organizations.
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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY TRUSTEES & ADVISORS BOARD OF TRUSTEES David R. Epstein Chairman Sharon Malt President Carol B. Langer Treasurer Sherryl Cohen Clerk Carole Alkins David Altshuler Neal Balkowitsch John Cini Gerard H. Cohen
John Cohen Carol G. Deane James J. Dillon Betsy Banks Epstein William Finard David Firestone John Frishkopf Ann T. Hall Arthur C. Hodges Frederick Jamieson Nada Despotovich Kane Shelly Karol David Leathers Rumena Manolova- Senchak William P. McQuillan Ann Merrifield
Sandra Moose Anne M. Morgan Cokie Perry Bryan Rafanelli Mitchell J. Roberts John D. Spooner Linda H. Thomas Linda Waintrup J. David Wimberly Mary Wolfson Warren R. Radtke Trustee Emeritus
BOARD OF ADVISORS Neal Balkowitsch Kate Taylor Co-chairs Nancy S. Adams Kitty Ames Steven M. Bauer Camilla Bennett Nancy Brickley Jim Burns Suzanne Chapman J. William Codinha Bette Cohen Ivy B. Cubell Deborah First Anne H. Fitzpatrick
Maria Farley Gerrity Paul Greenfield Thomas Hamilton III Janice Hunt Linda Kanner Loren Kovalcik Sherry Lang Joie Lemaitre Jon A. Levy Tracie Longman Nancy Lukitsh Charles Marz Noel McCoy Thalia Meehan Daniel A. Mullin David R. Peeler
Tania Phillips Gail Roberts Donna J. Robinson Robert H. Scott Valerie Shey Ben Taylor George Ticknor Stephen M. Trehu Juliet Schnell Turner Tracey A. West John Taylor Williams Bertie Woeltz Melissa Wylie Fancy Zilberfarb Linda Zug
as of February 7, 2019
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GIFTS TO THE HUNTINGTON’S COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN The Huntington Theatre Company is extremely grateful for the extraordinary generosity of early donors to our Comprehensive Campaign, a five-year initiative launched in July 2017, designed to fund the renovation and expansion of our Huntington Avenue Theatre complex, grow and diversify our programs and offerings, increase the Annual Fund, and enhance our reserve and endowment funds. We are currently in the leadership phase of the Campaign. At the successful conclusion of the Campaign in 2022, generous donors to this effort will have provided the Huntington with the strongest possible foundation with which to serve and thrive as a vital part of the cultural fabric of Boston and beyond. To learn more about the Campaign, please contact Elisabeth Saxe, Chief Development Officer, at 617 273 1579 or esaxe@huntingtontheatre.org.
$10 million and above Anonymous $5 million – $9,999,999 Carol G. Deane Betsy and David Epstein
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
$1 million – $4,999,999 The Bigbird Fund Dr. John and Bette Cohen Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Susan and David Leathers Liberty Mutual Foundation Sharon and Brad Malt Ann Merrifield and Wayne Davis
Sandra Moose and Eric Birch‡ Jill and Mitchell Roberts Nancy and Edward Roberts Mr. J. David Wimberly Linda and Brooks Zug 2 anonymous gifts
$500,000 – $999,999 Constance and Lewis Counts Denise and William Finard Jane and Fred Jamieson
Carol B. Langer Nancy Lukitsh John D. Spooner
$250,000 – $499,999 Nancy Adams and John Burgess Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Shelly and Steve Karol Massachusetts Cultural Council
Cokie and Lee Perry Dr. Paul S. Russell Linda and Daniel Waintrup Mary Wolfson
$100,000 – $249,999 The Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske Karen and David Firestone Debbie and Bob First
John Frishkopf and Brett Mattingly Gardner C. Hendrie and Karen Johansen Elizabeth and Woody Ives Ms. Anne M. Morgan Linda H. Thomas
$50,000 – $99,999 Suzanne Chapman Nada Despotovich Kane Sherry Lang
Joie Lemaitre Noel McCoy and Jack Fabiano Rumena and Alexander Senchak
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DEDICATED TO ERIC N. BIRCH The Huntington Theatre Company’s 2019 production of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is dedicated to the memory of our dear friend and theatre enthusiast Eric Norman Birch, who passed on July 18, 2018. Husband of Huntington Trustee Sandra Moose, Eric was an avid arts patron, but above all, considered the Huntington his theatrical home. An enduring love story is a fitting tribute to the inspiring relationship he shared with his wife Sandy. His warm personality, intellectual curiosity, and wry sense of humor were his hallmarks and are deeply missed by all in the Huntington family. Beyond our productions, Eric adored the Huntington’s annual theatre tours to London and was the life of the party at our gala, the Spotlight Spectacular. Please join us in remembering a special member of the Huntington community, Eric Birch.
We express our heartfelt thanks to those who made generous contributions to the Huntington in memory of Eric: Jill and John Avery Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Patricia and Paul Buddenhagen Suzanne Chapman Dr. John and Bette Cohen Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Harriet Davis Susan and Digger Donohue Betsy and David Epstein Debbie and Bob First John and Charlene Ingham Gopal Kadagathur and Sarah Gallivan Susan B. Kaplan Kristine Langdon Carol B. Langer Philip Leffel Pamela Lenehan Jill Levenson Andrew J. Ley and Carol Searle Betty Ann Limpert
Nancy and Richard Lubin Nancy Lukitsh Lisa McColgan Neubauer Family Foundation Carol and Davis Noble James Poterba and Nancy Rose Pam and Griff Resor Margaret Ross Elisabeth Saxe Linda and David Sherman Claire and Frank Smith Sally Alice and Andrew Smith Harriett Tee Taggart and Jack Turner Lisbeth Tarlow and Stephen Kay Celina Valadao Linda and Daniel Waintrup Susan Warshauer Margaret J. White Frank Wisneski Ellen Zane as of February 7, 2019
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ANNUAL FUND | PATRONS CIRCLE The Huntington Theatre Company expresses its appreciation to all our Annual Fund donors for their generosity. Contributed revenue accounts for almost half our operating budget. Every gift to the Annual Fund is essential to fulfilling our mission. Patrons Circle donors provide vital philanthropy to support our world-class productions, emerging playwrights, and award-winning education and community programs. In recognition of their generosity, Patrons receive special access to our artistic process, artists, and leaders. To learn more, contact our Patrons Concierge at 617 273 1523 or visit huntingtontheatre.org/support.
Grand Benefactor Patrons ($100,000 and above) Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Betsy and David Epstein Carol G. Deane Mr. J. David Wimberly Gold Benefactor Patrons ($50,000 – $99,999) Dr. John and Bette Cohen Nancy and Edward Roberts Donald Fulton‡ 1 anonymous gift Gardner C. Hendrie and Karen Johansen Silver Benefactor Patrons ($25,000 – $49,999) Stephen Chapman Bill and Linda McQuillan Amey A. Defriez‡ Ann Merrifield and Wayne Davis Barbara and Amos Hostetter Paula O’Keeffe Shelly and Steven Karol Jane and Neil Pappalardo Carol B. Langer Cokie and Lee Perry Nancy Lukitsh Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan Benefactor Patrons ($10,000 – $24,999) Charles and Kathleen Ames M. Baldwin Family Fund Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson Jane Brock-Wilson John Cini and Star Lancaster Sherryl and Gerard Cohen, in honor of Neal Balkowitsch Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips, in honor of Erin Byrne and Sandra Yong Margaret Eagle and Eliezer Rapaport Jennifer Eckert and Richard D’Amore Denise and William Finard Karen and David Firestone Nicki Nichols Gamble Maria and Daniel Gerrity Karen and Gary Gregg Ann and John Hall Donna and Jay Hanflig Nada Despotovich Kane
Marjie and Robert Kargman Adrienne Kimball Joie Lemaitre Cecile and Fraser Lemley Mr. and Mrs. David Long Tracie L. Longman and Chaitanya Kanojia Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson, in memory of Marjorie and Edward Rawson Robert M. Rosenberg, in honor of Mary Wolfson Dr. Paul S. Russell Marilyn and Jay Sarles Coralie and Steve Schwartz Valerie Shey The Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Fund George and Kathryn Ticknor John Travis 1 anonymous gift
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ANNUAL FUND | PATRONS CIRCLE (continued) Premier Patrons ($5,000 – $9,999) Nancy Adams and John Burgess Steven M. Bauer Camilla Bennett Joseph L. Bower and Elizabeth Potter Susan and Michael Brown Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Brant Cheikes and Janine Papesh J. William Codinha and Carolyn Thayer Ross Laura and Neil Cronin Joanne D’Alcomo and Steve Elman Anne W. Deane Jack Fabiano and Noel McCoy Mr. and Mrs. William Fink Anne H. Fitzpatrick Norman and Madeleine Gaut Mary Beth and Chris Gordon
Hodges Charitable Foundation Janice and Roger‡ Hunt Paul and Tracy Klein David A. Kronman Sherry Lang John and Jean Lippincott Gregory Maguire Charles Marz Thalia Meehan and Rev. Gretchen Grimshaw Amy Merrill, in honor of Donna Glick Sharon Miller Daniel A. Mullin Neubauer Family Foundation, in memory of Eric Birch Ned Murphy and Ann-Ellen Hornidge David Parker and Janet Tiampo
Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Powell Gail Roberts Donna J. Robinson Adrienne and Arnold Rubin, in honor of Sherry Cohen Debbie and Darin Samaraweera Rumena and Alexander Senchak Robert Sherblom♦ Ben and Kate Taylor Jean C. Tempel Drs. Stephen and Beth Trehu Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tritman Juliet Schnell Turner Norman Weeks Bertie and Anthony Woeltz Justin and Genevieve Wyner Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Zilberfarb 3 anonymous gifts
Preferred Patrons ($2,500 – $4,999) Alice and Walter Abrams Jill and John Avery, in memory of Eric Birch Michael Barza and Judith Robinson Dr. Susan E. Bennett and Dr. Gerald Pier Clark and Susana Bernard Christina and Ky Bertoli♦ Carolyn Birmingham Nancy and Richard Brickley Kevin and Virginia Byrne Peggy and Anton Chernoff Nancy Ciaranello Rosalie Florence Cohen Catherine and Peter Creighton Ellen and Kevin Donoghue Jonathan Dyer and Thomas Foran Edmund and Betsy Cabot Charitable Foundation Matthew Fine, in honor of Gerry Cohen Mark E. Glasser and Frank G. McWeeny Peter and Jacqueline Gordon Phil Gormley and Erica Bisguier
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Paul Greenfield and Sandra Steele Garth and Lindsay Greimann Jeanne Hagerty Deborah and Martin Hale Betsy and David Harris Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hartmann Bob Hiss and Mary Riffe Hiss Prof. and Mrs. Morton Z. Hoffman Emily Hughey Terence Janericco Linda and Steven Kanner Paul and Elizabeth Kastner Seth and Mary Kaufman Ted and Ann Kurland Drs. Lynne and Sidney Levitsky Jon A. Levy Ann Lord-Brezniak Ann D. Macomber The Mancuso Family Mary T. Marshall Mike and Mary McConnell Joseph Misdraji Coleen and David Pantalone Jackie and Bob Pascucci
George Pettee, in memory of Pamela Tucker Richard Powers and Stephen Schram Sally C. Reid and John D. Sigel Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, in memory of Eric Birch Victoria and John Rizzi Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Robbins Mona Roberts, in memory of Clara H. Jones Jan and Joe Roller Ellen Sheehy and Scott Aquilina Rebecca Jean Smith Bruce and Emily Stangle Noni and Bob Stearns Helen and Jack Stewart Kenneth R. Traub and Pamela K. Cohen Mindee Wasserman Dr. Elaine Woo Melissa and Jay Wylie Christopher R. Yens and Temple Gill 2 anonymous gifts
ANNUAL FUND | PATRONS CIRCLE (continued) Patrons ($1,000 – $2,499) Carol Baker George and Katharine Baker Kate and Gordon Baty Mr. and Mrs. George Beal Howard H. Bengele Deborah L. Benson and Frederic J. Marx Edward Boesel Lori Bornstein and Alan Rothman Stephen and Traudy Bradley Pam and Lee Bromberg Patricia and Paul Buddenhagen, in memory of Eric Birch A. William and Carol Caporizzo Cara and Anthony Casendino Ronald G. Casty George and Mary Chin Ken and Ginny Colburn Beth and Linzee Coolidge Dean K. Denniston, Jr. Tim and Linda Diering Virginia Drachman and Douglas Jones Susan Ellerin Jerome and Vivien Facher Barbara and Larry Farrer Newell Flather Susan Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Garrison Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gates Lori and Michael Gilman Mr. K. Frank Gravitt Drs. Laura Green and David Golan Irene and Stephen Grolnic Louis and Patti Grossman Katherine Haltom H. Patricia Hanna Diane and Kirk Hartung Kathleen Henry and Kim Marrkand Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Hibbard, in honor of David Wimberly Rosalind and Herbert Hill
Barbara Hirshfield and Cary Coen, in honor of Sherry Cohen Jean Holmblad and Robert Zaret Lyle Howland Susan M. Hunziker Adrienne and Peter Jaffe Holly and Bruce Johnstone Katherine and Hubie Jones Jill and Stephen Karp John and Marilyn Keane Liza Ketchum and John H. Straus, MD Gail King and Christopher Condon Dorothy and Richard Koerner Susie and David Kohen Randy and Valda Kreie Anne and Geoff Lafond, in honor of David Wimberly Barrie Landry Rhonda and Stewart Lassner Mr. and Mrs. Francis V. Lloyd III Anthony Lucas Janet Mack Stuart and Yvonne Madnick Mahmood Malihi Joan C. McArdle Louise and Sandy McGinnes Jack and Susan McNamara Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, in memory of Ginnie Wimberly Michael and Donna Moskow Bill and Ginny Mullin Jonette Nagai and Stephen O’Brien Fred and Julie Nagle Mark Nelke and Bill Snavely Peter C. Nordblom Eric and Elizabeth Nordgren Tom Norris Janet and David Offensend Dr. and Mrs. John William Poduska, Sr.
Mrs. Murray Preisler Suzanne Priebatsch Warren R. Radtke and Judith Lockhart-Radtke Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson, in honor of Sherry Cohen Katharine and William Reardon Jessica and David Reed Lynn and John Reichenbach Sharon and Howard Rich Michael and Jane Roberts Sue Robinson Terry Rockefeller and William Harris Sari and Bernard Rosman Susan and Geoffrey Rowley Allison K. Ryder and David B. Jones Rohini Sakhuja Diane and Richard Schmalensee William Schutten Tom Shapiro and Emily Kline Jane E. Shattuck Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke Mark Smith and John O’Keefe Madeline Spencer Vivian and Lionel Spiro Spoon Hill Groundhog Fund Nancy and Edward Stavis Beth and Michael Stonebraker Lise and Myles Striar Beth and Larry Sulak Hope and Adam Suttin Mary Verhage Robert C. Volante Dr. Ronald Weinger Sallyann Wekstein Tracey Allyson West Howard and Veronica Wiseman P.T. Withington Jerold and Abbe Beth Young 4 anonymous gifts
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Sustaining Supporters ($500 – $999) Jonathan Aibel and Julie Rohwein Danielle Belanger and Rosanna Alfaro Robert Sparkes Elizabeth Aragao♦ Martin S. Berman and John and Rose Ashby, in honor Mary Ann Jasienowski of Ann Hall Jerry M. Bernhard John and Molly Beard Leonard and Jane Bernstein Kathleen Beckman Linda Cabot Black Foundation Jeffrey Borenstein
Barry Brown and Ellen Shapiro Mrs. Barbara Buntrock-Schuerch Thomas Burger and Andree Robert Jim Burns, in honor of Sherry Cohen Eric Butler♦ Patricia Chadwick and Norman Cantin
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ANNUAL FUND | SUPPORTERS CIRCLE (continued) Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Cheston, Jr. Janet L. Comey, in honor of Michael T. Comey Alison Conant and Richard Frank Nancy Myers Coolidge Karolye and Fernando Cunha Lloyd and Gene Dahmen Marguerite Davoren Terry Decima Joan Dolamore Gordon Edes Dr. Rachela Elias and Gedalia Pasternak Martha A. Erickson Ellen Fallon Jonathan S. Felt Pierre Fleurant Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd Hilary and Chris Gabrieli Sharon and Irving Gates Moira and Barry Gault, in honor of Nancy E. Carroll Harry and Deborah Graff, in honor of the J. David Wimberly Family Susan Greco Katherine Gross Theodore and Sally Hanson Gail and Jan Hardenbergh Eunice M. Harps Dr. and Mrs. George Hatsopoulos Mr. and Mrs. Thomas High Peggy and Ronald Hillegass, in honor of Nancy and Tom Hamilton Toini and Carl Jaffe Peter Jenkins Leonard W. Johnson, in memory of Virginia Wimberly Gopal Kadagathur and Sarah Gallivan, in memory of Eric Birch
Rev. Dr. Katherine Kallis Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Karon Nancy R. Karp Jane Katims and Daniel Perlman Amelia and Joshua Katzen Michael and Dona Kemp Mary S. and Duncan Kennedy Jill Kneerim John and Sharon Koch Yuriko Kuwabara and Walter Dzik Kristine Langdon, in memory of Eric Birch Jenny and Jay Leopold Nancy Levy Kate Lewandowski and Adam Guren♦ Darline Lewis and Marshall Sugarman Dr. and Mrs. David Lhowe Elizabeth Lintz Babette and Peter Loring Anne Lucas Joseph Machera Barbara A. Manzolillo Edward Marram Bronwyn Martin, in memory of Travis Martin Marion Martin, in memory of Travis Martin W. Kathy Martin and David L. Johnson James D. Maupin Dan and Mary Miller Julie Nadal William Pananos Marianne Pasts Ellen C. Perrin Susan Pioli and Martin Samuels James Poterba and Nancy Rose, in memory of Eric Birch Martin and Deborah Quitt Lisa and Tom Redburn
Charles Reed and Ann Jacobs Carla Reeves and Luis Borrero Michelle and Aaron Rhodes♦ Richard and Jean Roberts Henrietta and Heaton Robertson Barbara Roby Christine and David Root Diane Rosenberg Pauline and Robert Rothenberg Kathleen and William Rousseau George A. Russell, Jr. Vinod and Gaile Sahney David and Anne Salant Susan and Bob Schechter, in honor of Donald Nelson and Neal Balkowitsch Barbara Schmitt William and Elisabeth Shields David Shuckra and Clifford Wunderlich Edward and Maybeth Sonn Judy and Herb Spivak, in honor of Sherry Cohen Lee Steele Bob and Dorothy Stuart Margaret M. Talcott and L. Scott Scharer Janet Testa Judy Thomson Rosamond B. Vaule John and Cheryl Walsh, in memory of Kevin J. Walsh Mrs. Raymond Walther Constance V. R. White Margaret J. White, in honor of Sherry Cohen Richard and Frances Winneg Clark Wright and Lisa Goldthwait Wright 2 anonymous gifts
Continuing Supporters ($250 – $499) James Alexander and Thomas Stocker David and Holly Ambler Tammy Arcuri Carolyn and John Baird Mr. and Mrs. James Banker Emily Barclay and John Hawes Elizabeth Barrett David Barry Desiree and Jacob Barry♦ Bill and Annie Barton, in honor of Ann Hall Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Berglund John Biderman Robert Bienkowski Drs. Brian and Rachel Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon C. Bolton III
Chris Borden and Kim Swain Eric and Sandra Brenman Jeremiah J. Bresnahan Allan and Rhea Bufferd Diane Buhl and Mark Polebaum Daniel C. Burnes Renee Burns Margaret Bush Maryellen Callahan Charles R. Carr Ronna M. Casper and Isaac Greenberg Fritz Casselman and Susan Ashbrook Mary Chin Scott Chisholm and Afshan Bokhari Lynda and John Christian Judith Clementson
John Clippinger Priscilla Cogan and C.W. Duncan Phyllis Cohen Steven and Arlene Cohen Steven Coleman and Christine Tunstall Carolyn and Ted Colton Robert and Amanda Crone Catherine Crow Harold S. Crowley, Jr. James F. Crowley Paul Curtis Peter A. Cygan Harriet Davis, in memory of Eric Birch Raymond De Rise Jane and Stephen Deutsch
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ANNUAL FUND | SUPPORTERS CIRCLE (continued) Susan and Digger Donahue, in loving memory of Eric Birch Lisa and Oliver Dow Walter and June Downey Owen Doyle Grace Durrani Mr. Glenn Edelson Diane F. Engel Nicole Faulkner Mike Feldstein and Amy Mazur Ariane and Stefan Frank Joseph Genovese Jack and Maureen Ghublikian Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Goetze Dr. and Mrs. J. Max Goodson Suzanne Greenberg Susan Haller Kate Haney Judith Harris Elizabeth Harrison Lewis Hays Ann Karen Henry Chris Herring Andrew Himmelblau Esther and Richard Hochman Judith Horrigan Lindsey Humes Charlene and John Ingham, in memory of Eric Birch Jill Jackson Kerry Ann James Candace Jans Richard Johnston Mark and Tess Jrolf Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kalowski Neal Kane Yetta Katz Mr. and Mrs. James P. Keeney Paul Kelly Joan G. Kinne Nancy Korman and Ken Elgart Drs. Carol and Ben‡ Kripke Joan and Albert Kuhn Carol Lazarus Ned and Patsy Leibensperger Timothy Leland and Julie Hatfield Pamela F. Lenehan, in memory of Eric Birch Richard E. Levin
June K. Lewin, in memory of Ted Kazanoff Laurel C. Lhowe Sigrid Lindo Caroline and James Lloyd Jim and Allie Loehlin Priscilla Krey Loring Paul Mahoney Shari Malyn and Jonathan Abbott Robert Mann Marietta Marchitelli Amy and Bill Marshall Erin Martin Arthur Mattuck Lindsay McNair Gabriella Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Tremont Miao Helene and Alan Michel Lindsay Miller and Peter Ambler Dorian Mintzer and David Feingold Adam and Denise Moehring Margaret Mone John Montgomery Bob and Laurie Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Moynihan Eileen Murray Martha Narten Nader Nazari Kimberly and David Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Newbury, Jr. Carol and Davis Noble, in memory of Eric Birch Nancy and Chris Oddleifson James Packer Steve Pattyson Michael Pavel Payne/Bouchier, Inc. Suzanne and Bob Petrucci Mr. and Mrs. Harry Photopoulos Josephine Pizzuto, in memory of Pat Pizzuto Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Proulx Peter and Suzanne Read Mr. and Mrs. William Reed Christina Rifkin Patricia Robinson Anne Romney Etta and Mark Rosen Abby Rosenfeld
Leila Joy Rosenthal Michelle Rosner and Ken Kurnos Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rotenberg Nancy L. Russell Dr. and Mrs. Norman Sadowsky Kim and Eric Schultz Mark Seliber Diana Seufert Sayre Sheldon Linda and David Sherman, in celebration of Eric Birch James Shields and Gayle Merling Kay Shubrooks Candelaria Silva-Collins and Tessil Collins Margaret and Michael Simon Rita and Harvey Simon Ellen L. Simons Peter L. Smith and Donna J. Coletti Michele Steinberg Glenn and Katherine Strehle Karen and Hale Sturges Ellen Beth Suderow Rebecca Sullivan Linda Sutter and Steven Centore Jacob Taylor and Jean Park Mark Thurber Patricia Tibbetts Mario and Judy Umana Pat and Steve Vinter Kenneth Virgile and Helene Mayer Christopher Wade David and Susan Wahr Susan Warshauer, in memory of Eric Birch Susan Weiler Sylvia Welsh Sharon and David White Howard and Veronica Wiseman, in honor of Sherry Cohen Elizabeth P. Wolf Mary and Gary Wolf David C. Wright Marilyn Wright Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman Lorena and Robert Zeller 10 anonymous gifts
This list reflects gifts received during the 12 months prior to February 7, 2019. ♦ Member of the Hunt, the Huntington’s community of young donors. For more information or to join, visit huntingtontheatre.org/thehunt. ‡ Deceased Every effort has been made to assure accuracy of listings. Please bring errors or omissions to the attention of Elizabeth MacLachlan at 617 273 1523 or emaclachlan@huntingtontheatre.org.
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ANNUAL FUND | CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT FUNDERS The Huntington Theatre Company is grateful to receive support from a wide range of corporations, foundations, and government agencies that support the Huntington’s annual operations, as well as our award-winning productions and education and community programs. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Diana Jacobs-Komisar, Institutional Giving Manager, at 617 273 1514 or djkomisar@huntingtontheatre.org. Executive Season Producers ($100,000 and above) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Barr Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Season Co-Producers ($50,000 - $99,999) Hershey Family Foundation Massachusetts Cultural Council** Production Sponsors ($25,000 – $49,999) Bank of America** Cabot Family Charitable Trust Eaton Vance Wealth Management Edgerton Foundation Liberty Mutual Foundation** National Endowment for the Arts
Benefactors ($15,000 – $24,999) Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Foundation Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation** Lucy R. Sprague Memorial Fund** MEDITECH Patrons ($10,000 – $14,999) Alfred E. Chase Charity Foundation BPS Arts Expansion Fund at EdVestors** The Tiny Tiger Foundation** Supporters ($5,000 – $9,999) Atlantic Philanthropies Berkshire Partners Goodwin
Nutter Proskauer LLP Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation** Rockland Trust Company Ropes & Gray LLP WilmerHale Members ($2,500 – $4,999) Boston Cultural Council Jackson and Irene Golden 1989 Charitable Trust** Rodgers Family Foundation Roy A. Hunt Foundation** Surdna Foundation Thank you to our in-kind contributors Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLP High Output MAX Ultimate Food Noble Ford Productions Rafanelli Events
** Education and community programs donor
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THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE — The Huntington Legacy Society is comprised of philanthropists who want to ensure that great theatre lives on in Boston for generations to come. With our home now secure on the Avenue of the Arts, gifts through wills or estate plans are vital to a successful future for the Huntington. These gifts ensure that together we can continue to produce great theatre and have a lasting impact through our award-winning youth, education, and community initiatives. To learn about ways to give now and for the future, please visit huntingtontheatre.org/legacy. If you have already included the Huntington in your will or estate plans, or if you wish to discuss how you can participate, please contact Celina Valadao, Major Gifts Officer, at 617 273 1536 or cvaladao@huntingtontheatre.org.
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Sharon and Brad Malt Bill and Linda McQuillan Mary C. O’Donnell Nancy and Edward Roberts Steve Stelovich Robert C. Volante Linda and Daniel Waintrup Margaret J. White J. David Wimberly Veronica and Howard Wiseman Mary Wolfson Genevieve and Justin Wyner 1 anonymous
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HUNTINGTON AVENUE THEATRE • GENERAL INFORMATION Contact Information for the Huntington Theatre Company The Huntington Theatre Company performs in three beautiful theatres in two dynamic Boston neighborhoods. The 890-seat Huntington Avenue Theatre is on the Avenue of the Arts (264 Huntington Avenue), diagonally across from Symphony Hall. The 370-seat Virginia Wimberly Theatre and the flexible 250-seat Nancy & Edward 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 Ticketing Services: 617 266 0800 Ticketing Services email: tickets@huntingtontheatre.org Administrative office: 617 266 7900 Administrative office email: thehuntington@huntingtontheatre.org Lost and Found: 617 273 1666
Ticketing Services Hours Ticketing Services is generally open Tuesday - Saturday, noon-curtain (or 6pm); Sunday, noon - curtain (or 4pm). Hours change weekly. For the most up-to-date hours, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call Ticketing Services at 617 266 0800.
Huntington Group Discounts Groups of 10 or more may receive a discount of up to 20% off full ticket prices and a free ticket for every 20 purchased. Space is available at the theatre for pre- or post-performance receptions. Contact Brenton Thurston for more information at 617 273 1661 or groups@huntingtontheatre.org.
Public Transportation We encourage patrons to use public transportation to the Huntington Avenue Theatre whenever possible. The theatre is conveniently located near the MBTA Green Line Hynes or Symphony Stations; Orange Line/Commuter Rail Mass Ave. Station; the No. 1 Harvard-Dudley bus via Mass Ave. to Huntington Ave.; and the No. 39 ArborwayCopley bus to Gainsborough Street.
If Your Plans Change We hate to see empty seats. Please consider donating any tickets you can’t use. For more information please call Ticketing Services at 617 266 0800.
Refreshments Snacks, wine, beer, soft drinks, and coffee are available before opening curtain and during intermission in the main lobby. Drinks purchased at concessions are permitted inside the theatre, but food is not.
Babes in Arms Children must have their own seats. Babes in arms are not permitted in the theatre. Children under 6 are not permitted.
Cameras The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.
Pagers and Cellular Phones Please silence all watches, pagers, and cell phones during the performance.
Wheelchair Accessibility The Huntington Avenue Theatre is accessible by ramp and can accommodate both wheelchair and companion seating in the orchestra section. A power assisted door is located at the far left Ticketing Services entrance. Please notify us when you purchase your tickets if wheelchair accommodations will be required and confirm arrangements with the House Manager at 617 273 1666.
Hearing Enhancement The Huntington Avenue Theatre is equipped with an FM hearing enhancement system. Wireless headphones are available free of charge at the concessions stand in the main lobby for your use during a performance.
Restrooms
Huntington Avenue Theatre Parking
Located in the lower-level and balcony lobbies. A wheelchair-accessible restroom is located in the main lobby on the first floor.
Parking is available at many nearby locations. For details, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call Ticketing Services at 617 266 0800.
Coat Check Located in the lower lobby.
Please note that these parking garages are independently owned and operated and are not affiliated with the Huntington Theatre Company or the Huntington Avenue Theatre.
If You Arrive Late In consideration of our actors and other audience members, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management. Large Print Programs Large print programs are free of charge and are available in the main lobby.
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STAFF Peter DuBois
Michael Maso
ADMINISTRATION General Manager................................................Sondra R. Katz Associate General Manager............................................... Melissa Rose General Management Assistant.................................. Katy Poludniak Company Managers........................Jazzmin Bonner, Meagan Garcia Executive Assistant to the Managing Director.......................................................Mackenzie Cala
Huntington Avenue Theatre Ticketing Coordinator.....................................................Robin Russell Subscriptions Coordinator......................................... Carolyn Andrews Ticketing Associates.......................Michaela Buccini, Fanni Horvath Full Time Customer Service Rep.....................................................Josh Fried Customer Service Reps.......................................Aaron Christo, Sue Dietlin, Kaylah Dixon, Kristina Dugas, Amanda Haag, Shana Jackson, Patrick Mahoney, Zoe Nadal, Katelyn Reinert
Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director
Finance Director of Financial Management................. Glenda Fishman Accounting Manager.............................................................. June Zaidan Accounting Coordinator............................................................Jon Slater Accountants....................................Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA Human Resources Director of Human Resources.......................... Nina E. Nicolosi Human Resources Coordinator.................................... Michael Comey Payroll and Reporting Specialist...................................April Swiniuch Administrative Support Assistant...............................Sarah Schnebly Information Technology IT Director................................................................Scott Poole Network Administrator....................................................... Dan Moloney Theatre Operations Director of Theatre Operations................Timothy H. OConnell Patron Experience Coordinator........................................... JB Douglas Theatre Operations Apprentice........................................ Alicia Weber Security Coordinator...............................................................Greg Haugh Custodian.................................................................................Jose Andrade Calderwood Pavilion Calderwood Pavilion Manager................................. Katie Most Calderwood Pavilion House Manager........................Julie Cameron Calderwood Pavilion Management Associate...............................Matt Feldman-Campbell Calderwood Pavilion Apprentice....................................... Teresa Cruz Calderwood Facilities Technician.............................Luis Rodriquez Calderwood Pavilion Assistant House Managers...............................................Paul Fox, Gabe Hughes, Ksenia Lanin, Maura Neff, Micaela Slotin Calderwood Pavilion Front of House Staff..........................................Chabreah Alston, Cullen Burling, Robert Caplis, Mia Coffin, Barbara Crowther, Linnea Donnelly, Casey Greenleaf, Kerry Lydon, Terry McCarthy, Brittany McKenzie, Tiniqua Patrick, Nick Perron, Mirabella Pisani, Elliot Simmons-Uvin, Sarah Schnebly, Ciera-Sadé Wade Huntington Avenue Theatre Huntington Avenue Theatre Front of House Staff.......................Erica Brown, Delali Davies, Terrence Dowdye, Kristina Dugas, Owen Elphick, Kendrick Evans, Robin Goldberg, Ariana Goldsworthy, Tiwat Laoboonchai, Lynn Liccardo, Shawn Lindaberry, Patrick Mahoney, Will Morrison, Samantha Myers, Yurika Watanabe Ticketing Services Ticketing Services Manager......................................................Ellen Holt Assistant Ticketing Services Manager................. Brenton Thurston Calderwood Pavilion Ticketing Coordinator....................Noah Ingle
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Managing Director
ARTISTIC Producing Director.......................................Christopher Wigle Associate Producer................................................... Rebecca Bradshaw Director of New Work.................................................Charles Haugland Playwright-in-Residence..................................................Melinda Lopez Literary Associate.....................................................J. Sebastián Alberdi Assistant to the Artistic Director...................................... Caley Chase Producing Apprentice.........................................................Alexis Scheer Literary & Marketing Apprentice.................................Adriana Zuñiga Huntington Playwriting Fellows................................. MJ Halberstadt, Brenda Withers DEVELOPMENT Chief Development Officer................................Elisabeth Saxe Director of Development................................Jessica Morrison Senior Major Gifts Officer..........................................Margaret J. White Major Gifts Officer..............................................................Celina Valadao Development Events Manager....................................... Emma Blaxter Institutional Giving Manager...........................Diana Jacobs-Komisar Individual Giving Manager...............................................Annalise Baird Campaign Manager...........................................................Robin Valovich Manager of Development Operations, Research & Stewardship...............................Elizabeth MacLachlan EDUCATION Interim Co-Directors of Education.......................Meg O’Brien, Alexandra Smith Education Associate.............................................................. Daniel Begin Education Associate..............................................................Marisa Jones Teaching Artist Fellow...................................................................Ivy Ryan Education Apprentice........................................................Dylan C. Wack Teaching Artists....................................Naheem Garcia, Keith Mascoll, Allie Meek-Carufel, Trinidad Ramkissoon MARKETING Director of Marketing............................................Anne Rippey Associate Director of Marketing...................... Meredith Mastroianni Tessitura Analytics Manager........................................... Derrick Martin Digital Media Specialist.............................................................. Paul Lazo Graphic Design Coordinator............................................Lauren Calder Promotions & Community Coordinator.....................................................Cheyenne Cohn-Postell Digital Marketing Coordinator..............................................Leah Reber Marketing Associate............................................................Laura Cafasso Literary & Marketing Apprentice.................................Adriana Zuñiga PUBLIC AFFAIRS Director of Public Affairs and Strategic Partnerships.................................. Temple Gill Publicist...............................................................................Danielle Morales Community Membership Coordinator.....................................................Candelaria Silva-Collins Co-op Student, Northeastern University......................................................Tarik Jones
STAFF (continued) PRODUCTION Director of Production................................... Todd D. Williams Associate Director of Production................................... Bethany Ford Production Management Apprentice.............................. Lucas Dixon Stage Management Apprentice........................................ Juli Merhaut
Paints Charge Scenic Artist............................................Kristin Krause Assistant Charge Scenic Artist...........................Romina Diaz-Brarda Scenic Artist...........................................................................Chelsey Erskin Scenic Painting Apprentice..................................................Rhi Sanders
Scenery Technical Director.................................................. Dan Ramirez Associate Technical Director........................................ Adam Godbout Assistant Technical Director..................................................Dan Oleksy Assistant Technical Director........................................Michael Huxford Scene Shop Foreman..............................................................Mike Hamer Master Carpenter....................................................................Larry Dersch Carpenters....................................................................Andrew Cancellieri, Milosz Gassan, Christian Lambrecht, Nick Hernon Carpenter/Scene Shop Assistant...........................Carolyn Daitch Calderwood Pavilion Stage Supervisor......................Rachael Hasse Huntington Avenue Theatre Stage Carpenter...........................................................Joseph Fanning Scenery Apprentice............................................... John Graham Parker
Costumes Costume Director.......................Carolyn Hoffmann-Schneider Assistant Costume Director................................. Virginia V. Emerson Costume Design Assistant...................................... Kathryn Schondek Head Draper...........................................................................Anita Canzian Tailor/Draper............................................................................ Aryn Murphy First Hand............................................................................Rebecca Hylton Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer............................................Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs Wardrobe Supervisor..........................................................Christine Marr Associate Wardrobe Supervisor.............................Barbara Crowther Wigmaster...............................................................................Troy Siegfreid Costumes Apprentice...............................................................Luisa Earle
Properties Properties Master.............................................Kristine Holmes Assistant Properties Master.............................................Justin Seward Properties Artisan.....................................................................Ian Thorsell Properties Run................................................................Andrew DeShazo Properties Apprentice................................................. Duncan Kennedy
Electrics Lighting & Projections Supervisor................. Katherine Herzig Assistant Lighting Supervisor....................................... Bridget Collins Calderwood Pavilion House Electrician............................Taylor Ness Huntington Avenue Theatre House Electrician................................................................... Sean Baird Sound Sound Supervisor................................................. Ben Emerson Sound Engineer........................................................................... J Jumbelic Calderwood Pavilion Sound Engineer............................................................ Jesse McKenzie Sound Apprentice................................................................Paula Halpern
Additional Staff for Romeo and Juliet Vocal Coach..................................................................Lee Nishri-Howitt Assistant Director.................................................................Caley Chase Assistant to the Choreographer....................................Victoria Biro Production Assistant...........................................................Juli Merhaut Carpenters.......................... Andrew Adamopolous, Nate DeMare, Catherine Denial, Patrick Goodsell, Doug Hallenbrook, Pete MacIntyre, Jorge Pinto, John Rooney, Kyle Salvaggio, Slava Tchoul Scenic Artists............................................ Lou Gerstle, Katie Keaton, Jackie Kempe, Lauren White Properties Carpenter................................................. Patrick Goodsell Wigs Designer......................................................................... Jason Allen
Draper......................................................................................... Katie Kenna First Hand.............................................................................. Becca Jewett Stitchers..........................................................................Emma Dickerson, Theona White, Jaclyn Cohen Dresser.............................................................................................Ie Dineen Assistant Lighting Designer...........................Christopher Gilmore Assistant to the Lighting Designer.........................William Brown Electricians.................................Carmen Alfaro, Andrew Andrews, Kevin Barnett, Morgan Ehresman, Becky Marsh, Bill O’Donnell, Ricky Roman, Jonathan Rooney, Gwendolyn Squires, Jennifer Timms
The Huntington Theatre Company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of the nation’s leading resident professional theatres; Theatre Communications Group, a national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre; StageSource, a regional alliance of theatre artists and producers; and ArtsBoston, the voice and resource for the arts in Greater Boston. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.
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GUIDE to LOCAL THEATRE DOWNTOWN/THEATRE DISTRICT AMERICAN MOOR, Robert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Apr 10–21. African-American actor Keith Hamilton Cobb highlights the inequities when auditioning for Othello, meeting with 400 years of prejudice, racism and privilege as he negotiates with a young, white director who presumes to understand, and ultimately dictate, how to portray the character. 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. A BRONX TALE, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 866-523-7469. Apr 2–14. This streetwise musical about respect, loyalty, love and family takes you to the stoops of the Bronx in the 1960s, where a young man is caught between the father he loves and the mob boss he’d love to be, all set to a doo-wop score. EVERYBODY, The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, 525 Washington St., 866-811-4111. Apr 4–7. This 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist is a contemporary adaptation of a 15th century morality play about how to achieve salvation. Death informs Everybody: it’s time to die. After some negotiation, Death permits Everybody to bring someone along for company. Everybody asks Good Deeds, Kindred, Fellowship, Love and others to join the plunge into the wormy grave. THE ILLUSIONISTS: LIVE FROM BROADWAY, Emerson Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St., 888-616-0272. Mar 5–10. This mind-blowing spectacular showcasing the jaw dropping talents of the most incredible illusionists on earth has shattered box office records across the globe and dazzled audiences of all ages with a powerful mix of the most outrageous and astonishing acts ever to be seen on stage. AN INSPECTOR CALLS, National Theatre of Great Britain, Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400. Mar 14–24. When Inspector Goole arrives unexpectedly at the prosperous Birling family home, their peaceful dinner party is shattered by his investigations into the death of a young working-class woman. His startling revelations shake the very foundations of their lives and challenge audiences to question their own consciences. 42 ROMEO AND JULIET
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON: Chazz Palminteri’s 1960s-set coming-of-age tale gets the musical treatment when A Bronx Tale takes the Boston Opera House stage April 2–14.
SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton St., 617-426-5225. Ongoing. It’s a day like any other at the Shear Madness salon, when suddenly the lady upstairs gets knocked off. Whodunit? Join the fun as the audience matches wits with the suspects to catch the killer in this wildly popular comedy.
LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATRE ALL SHOOK UP, Riverside Theatre Works, 45 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park, 800-838-3006. Mar 1–10. In this Elvis Presleyinspired, hip-swiveling, lip-curling musical fantasy, it’s 1955, and a guitar-playing young man who changes everything and everyone he meets rides into a square little town in a square little state. Jump out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Jailhouse Rock” and “Don’t Be Cruel.” THE AUDACITY: WOMEN SPEAK, Sleeping Weazel, Martin Hall, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Mar 28–Apr 6. This multimedia tapestry of women’s stories, both onstage and onscreen, is a theatrical experience highlighting real experiences of genderbiased treatment, sexual harassment, systemic misogyny, sexism and assault. CABARET, The Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, 617524-3200. Mar 30–Apr 13. Set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis are rising to power, Kander and Ebb’s classic musical focuses on the nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub, revolving around young American writer Cliff Bradshaw and his relationship with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles. CARDBOARD PIANO, New Repertory Theatre, MainStage Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts,
GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Mar 23–Apr 14. Set in Northern Uganda at the turn of the millennium, this riveting drama reveals a love story set amidst an escalating civil war. A secret and improvised wedding between a local teenage girl and the daughter of American missionaries solidifies the commitment of these star-crossed lovers lost inside a violent and hostile world.
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CAROLINE, OR CHANGE, Moonbox Productions, Wimberly Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Apr 20–May 11. But when Noah Gellman’s mother dies, he clings to his housekeeper Caroline despite barriers of race, culture and religion, while outside, the rising tide of the civil rights movement threatens to alter Caroline’s world forever. She is torn between her home and her work, her faith and her instinct, her future and her past. What can she do if the only way to remain true to herself is to change?
LYRIC STAGE Twelfth Night Shakespeare’s hilarious and heartbreaking tale of unrequited love
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. DRAGON CYCLE, American Repertory Theater, Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Mar 20–Apr 6. Virtuoso performer Sara Porkalob returns with new songs in a return engagement of Dragon Lady—a musical exploration of 50 years of the history of her Filipino family—as well as another chapter of her family’s history, Dragon Mama, which explores 25 years of her mother’s life as she struggles with a decision to stay close to home or explore new, faraway opportunities.
March 29–April 28, 2019 Lyric Stage • Copley Square 617-585-5678 • lyricstage.com
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EXTREMITIES, Also Known As Theatre, First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, 774-644-2791. Mar 28–Apr 13. Marjorie is home alone when a man enters through her unlocked door, attacks her and attempts to rape her, but she is able to subdue and restrain him. When Marjorie’s roommates, Terry and Patricia, come home, the three grapple with what to do next and the implications of their limited options. NOT MEDEA, Flat Earth Theatre, Black Box Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Mar 15–30. The show must go on when a performance of the Greek tragedy Medea is usurped by someone who is decidedly not Medea. With her own own losses to mourn, one mother wrestles with the darker corners of parenthood in Allison Gregory’s rule-breaking, darkly humorous approach to the ancient tale as told from the perspective of a modern woman.
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ONCE, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Roberts Studio Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Mar 1–30. Based on the 2007 film, this enchanting tale of an unexpected romance between a down-on-his-luck Dublin street musician and a lively, determined Czech immigrant was the winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in 2012.
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ONEGIN, Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Mar 14–31. In this sweeping musical adaptation of the Pushkin poem, innocent Tatyana falls in love with Eugene Onegin, a self-obsessed aristocrat. He
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GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) rejects her, arousing passionate love letters, noble duels and second chances. PHOTOGRAPH 51, The Nora Theatre Company and Catalyst Collaborative@MIT, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-576-9278. Mar 14–Apr 14. When the X-ray imaging of British biophysicist Rosalind Franklin reveals DNA’s double helix structure, the discovery leads to the Nobel Prize—not for her, but for three men: Francis Crick, James Dewey Watson and Maurice Wilkins. Recounting the competitive chase to map the DNA molecule, this look at a historic scientific benchmark examines the pervasiveness of gender bias. ROALD DAHL’S JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH, Wheelock Family Theatre, 180 The Riverway, 617-353-3001. Apr 12– May 12. This new musical adaptation of Dahl’s classic story gives us all of the delicious rhymes of the book with whimsical music and lyrics from the creative team behind The Greatest Showman and Dear Evan Hansen. James’ thrilling quest across the pond leads him to discover family and home in the most unlikely of places. TWELFTH NIGHT, Lyric Stage Company and Actors’ Shakespeare Project, 140 Clarendon St., 617-585-5678. Mar 29–Apr 28. In Shakespeare’s hilarious and heartbreaking tale of unrequited love, twins are separated during a shipwreck and are forced to fend for themselves in a strange land. The first twin, Viola, falls in love with Orsino, who dotes on Olivia, who falls for Viola but is idolized by Malvolio. Enter Sebastian, who is the spitting image of his twin sister.
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DANCE COPPÉLIA, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. Mar 21–31. George Balanchine’s cleverly crafted comedy features a mad inventor, a lifelike mechanical doll, the young man who fancies her and his jealous fiancé. When foolish fantasies come to life, the stage is set for amorous perplexities and plenty of slapstick humor. LIMITLESS, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Apr 11–14. An evening of masterwork reconstructions and world premieres by José Limón, Itzik Galili, Jennifer Archibald and Otis Sallid also features the Metallica Project, a Berklee College and Boston Conservatory collaboration featuring contemporary dance and musical reimaginations of Metallica in four different styles.
OPERA THE CONSUL, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Mar 28–31. Gian Carlo Menotti’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera is a response to the many stories of refugees fleeing Eastern Europe after World War II. DIDO AND AENEAS, Handel and Haydn Society, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., 617-2663605. Mar 29 & 31. Heartache never sounded more haunting than in Purcell’s affecting opera about the Queen of Carthage and her doomed romance with Virgil’s Trojan War hero, Aeneas. DON GIOVANNI, Boston Opera Collaborative, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, 41 Berkeley St., 617-517-5883. Mar 28–Apr 6. This taut, timely production explores the power of passion and the peril of power in a thrilling, contemporary staging driven by some of Mozart’s most brilliant music.
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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. 49socialboston.com. ARAGOSTA BAR & BISTRO, Three Battery Wharf, 617-9949001. This addition to Boston’s vibrant waterfront restaurant community offers a new take on Italian cuisine by award-winning chef David Daniels who shows his signature flair through hand-made pastas, prime meats and classic New England seafood. Using quality, local farm-raised ingredients, Aragosta offers a warm, social atmosphere in a stunning waterfront setting. Also offering an open kitchen with Chef’s Counter and an outdoor terrace. B, L, D. Mon–Sun 6:30 a.m.–10 p.m.; Sat & SB 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. aragostabistro.com. 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.
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BLU, 4 Avery St., 617-375-8550. Located in the heart of the Theatre District next door to the Ritz Carlton on the fourth floor, blu Restaurant and Bar is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a feast for the senses. Its contemporary American menu includes the all-time favorite lobster club. Featuring spectacular floor-to-ceiling windows, blu is perfect for a pre-show dinner, corporate events, weddings, cocktail receptions and private dining. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., D Mon–Sat 5–10 p.m. blurestaurant.com. CITYPLACE, On Stuart Street between Tremont and S. Charles streets in the State Transportation Building. Enjoy handcrafted beers at Rock Bottom Brewery, delicious treats from Panera Bread and gourmet Chinese at P.F. Chang’s as well as specialty pizzas, custom burritos and coffee from Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. B, L, D, C. cityplaceboston.com.
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BOSTON DINING GUIDE (continued) CLINK, The Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St., 617-224-4004. Clink serves the freshest North Atlantic seafood, seasonal New England fare and delicious artisanal meats, highlights of a menu that artfully marries European culinary tradition with contemporary American innovation. The dining room features vestiges of original jail cells and an open kitchen, while gold leather seats, butcher block tables and granite accents add to the contemporary style. Nightly, Clink’s lobby bar draws urban dwellers and hotel guests to an energetic and social nightlife scene in the heart of Boston. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m., D 5–11 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–3 p.m. clinkrestaurant.com. DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 75 Arlington St., 617-357-4810. This Boston institution is located in Park Square, within walking distance to all theatres. The Northern Italian steakhouse menu includes a selection of homemade pastas and Brandt meats (aged New York sirloin, Niman Ranch pork chop, Provini porterhouse veal chop), as well as Davio’s classics and selection of fresh seafood, before or after the theatre. Enjoy a lighter fare menu in the spacious bar and parlor area. D Sun–Tue 5–10 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til 11 p.m.; LS Sun–Tue ’til 11 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til midnight; L Mon–Fri, SB 11 a.m.–3 p.m. VP. davios.com. FAJITAS & ’RITAS, 25 West St., 617-426-1222. Established in 1989, Fajitas & ’Ritas is an easygoing restaurant and bar that features fresh, healthy Texan and barbecue cuisine at bargain prices. An all-around fun place to eat, drink and hang out, the walls are decorated with colorful murals and the bar boasts some of Boston’s best—and sturdiest—margaritas. L, D Mon & Tue 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed, Thu & Sat ’til 10 p.m.; Fri ’til 11 p.m.; Sun ’til 8 p.m. C. fajitasandritas.com. THE HUNGRY I, 71½ Charles St., 617-227-3524. In a twostory townhouse with three working fireplaces and an outdoor patio, Chef Peter Ballarin celebrates 30 years of French country cuisine and creative desserts. Signature dishes include venison au poivre and braised rabbit a la moutard. Private dining rooms available. L, D, SB, C. hungryiboston.com. JASPER WHITE’S SUMMER SHACK, 50 Dalton St., 617-8679955; 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500. Enjoy top-notch seafood such as pan-roasted lobster, awardwinning fried chicken and an impressive raw bar in a casual setting. L, D. summershackrestaurant.com. THE KINSALE IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT, 2 Center Plaza (Cambridge Street), 617-742-5577. Hand-crafted in Ireland and shipped to Boston, this classic pub features a cozy interior with beautiful Celtic motifs and traditional Irish fare with 20+ beers on tap, 100-seat seasonal patio, live music and trivia on Wed. Sat & SB. L, D, C. classicirish.com. LEGAL SEA FOODS, 558 Washington St., 617-692-8888; 26 Park Plaza, Park Square Motor Mart, 617-426-4444; 255 State St., Long Wharf, 617-227-3115; Copley Place, 100 Huntington Ave., 617-266-7775; 270 Northern Ave., Liberty Wharf, 617-477-2900; other locations. Legal Sea Foods, a Boston tradition for more than 50 years, features more than 40 varieties of fresh fish and shellfish as well as an award-winning wine list. Named “Boston’s Most Popular Restaurant” (Zagat 2010/2011). L & D. legalseafoods.com.
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MASSIMINO’S CUCINA ITALIANA, 207 Endicott St., 617-5235959. Owner/chef Massimino—former head chef of Naples’ Hotel Astoria and Switzerland’s Metropolitan Hotel—offers specialties like the veal chop stuffed with arugula, prosciutto, smoked mozzarella and black olives, amongst numerous other delights. L, D, C. Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m. massiminosboston.com. MASTRO’S OCEAN CLUB, 25 Fan Pier Blvd., 617-530-1925. Mastro’s Ocean Club Seafood locations are recognized for their combination of world-class service, highly acclaimed cuisine and live entertainment in an elegant, energetic atmosphere. Reservations recommended. D Mon–Sat 5–11 p.m., Sun ’til 10 p.m. Lounge open daily at 4 p.m. mastrosrestaurants.com. PARKER’S RESTAURANT, Omni Parker House, 60 School St. at Tremont Street, 617-725-1600. Executive chef Gerry Tice celebrates nostalgic cuisine with a contemporary flair at Parker’s Restaurant, the birthplace of Boston Cream Pie, the Parker House Roll and Boston Scrod. B Mon–Fri 6:30–11 a.m., Sat–Sun 7–11:30 a.m., offering an elaborate buffet in addition to a la carte selections. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.; D Mon– Thu 5:30–10 p.m., Fri & Sat 5–10 p.m. ROWES WHARF SEA GRILLE, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-856-7744. Rowes Wharf Sea Grille delivers the sea straight to your table. Enjoy power breakfasts and lunches followed by a vibrant after-work cocktail and dinner scene. The sunlight-filled dining room or seasonal outdoor terrace is an ideal spot for a leisurely lunch or special date night. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Afternoon Tea 2:30–4 p.m., D 4:30–10 p.m. roweswharfseagrille.com. RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE, 45 School St., 617-742-8401. At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, each steak is hand-selected from the top 2% of the country’s beef, broiled to perfection at 1,800 degrees and served in the restaurant’s signature style—on a sizzling, 500-degree plate so every bite stays hot and delicious. Located at Old City Hall, Ruth’s Chris also features fresh seafood, an award-winning wine list and a gracious environment with warm hospitality. L, D, C. ruthschris.com. 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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