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SEPTEMBER–OCTOBER 2018

7 THE PROGRAM Illustration by Sidney Paget

10 SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE CASE OF THE INVINCIBLE MAN 22 THE CASE OF THE EMERALD NECKLACE

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BEHIND THE SCENES IN LOCAL AND NATIONAL THEATRE BY OLIVIA J. KIERS

FREE BARD IN THE YARD: Commonwealth Shakespeare Company continues its tradition of free outdoor productions on Boston Common when Shakespeare’s Cymbeline takes the stage near Parkman Bandstand next summer.

New Shows Announced for 2018–2019 Boston Playwrights’ Theatre announced its 37th season in early September, boasting four new plays thanks to Boston University’s New Play Initiative. Texas transplant Kira Rockwell’s The Ecstasy of Girlhood opens the season on October 11–21, and tackles the difficult topic of teenage suicide in a Texas setting. Next up in December, Winter People by Norwood, Mass. playwright Laura Neill is a dramatic whodunit in which an empty summer mansion in the Hamptons mysteriously catches fire in midwinter. Escape New England in February with Wynwood, a comedy about a mother-daughter team and the Miami art world by Alexis Scheer, who recently was named a “Rising Theater Star”

by The Improper Bostonian. Finally, in April, Beirut Balutis’s Dead House returns to the theme of untimely demise in a high school drama about 4

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the aftermath of a varsity football player’s death.

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Commonwealth Shakespeare Company

(CSC) also recently announced its new season.

Devotees of the company’s Shakespeare on the Common tradition can look forward to a free, outdoor production of the Bard’s magical romp, Cymbeline, next summer. In the meantime, the company produces an eclectic selection of indoor plays at Wellesley’s Babson College, where CSC is its theatre company in residence. In November, catch two one-act plays with a surreal twist, Blue Kettle and Here We Go, by British playwright Caryl Churchill. Spring productions include Birdy, adapted from the novel by William Wharton, and Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, presented as part of the company’s Stage2 Performance Series that gives emerging actors the chance to perform abridged Shakespeare works that resonate with young audiences. For more details, go to commshakes.org.

BACKSTAGE (continued) Golden Anniversary at Reagle Waltham’s Reagle Music Theatre celebrates its 50th anniversary at an aptly named Golden Gala on October 27. Founded by Robert J. Eagle in the summer of 1969, Reagle Music Theatre is known for the stellar production value of its musicals, which often recreate Broadway choreography. The theatre also celebrates a dynamic partnership with its longtime venue, Waltham High School. Over the years, the company has provided the school with funds for renovations to its Fine Arts Wing, including a professional stage floor, state-ofthe-art lighting and more.

Reagle’s Golden Gala pairs dinner with entertainment, including a 20-piece orchestra, so wear your dancing shoes! Go to reaglemusictheatre.org for details.

Susan Lapides

Celebrating 10 years of Paulus In 2014, TIME magazine named Diane Paulus one of the 100 most influential people in the world. The Tony Award-winning director of numerous Broadway musicals, Paulus is known here in Boston for her trailblazing leadership at Harvard University’s American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), where many of her Broadway musicals were developed. This November, A.R.T. honors Paulus’ 10th anniversary as its artistic director with ExtraOrdinary, an evening of songs and performances from her past decade of incredible accomplishments. Congratulations, Diane! For tickets, visit americanrepertorytheater.org.

A DECADE OF DIANE: American Repertory Theater celebrates 10 years under the leadership of artistic director Diane Paulus with the show ExtraOrdinary at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge November 16–30.

Q& A

with KARA ELLIOTT-ORTEGA, Chief of Arts and Culture, City of Boston What is a typical day like as Boston’s chief of arts and culture?

In the arts, every day is different! Overall, I try to make sure that our local arts scene—from the big institutions to the individual creators—is supported, and that Boston continues to strive toward a more equitable arts ecosystem.

What are some upcoming events or initiatives that Bostonians should know about? We have a big grant opportunity open right now—the Boston Cultural Council Organizational Grants, which allocates half a million dollars in funding to organizations that have arts programming in the city.…This is also a great year for exciting temporary public art.

Public art curators Now + There have a new piece responding to climate change called Unless by Stephanie Cardon in the Prudential Center Boylston Street entrance this fall. [There are also] interdisciplinary performances set amongst fog sculptures with the Fog x FLO installation by Fujiko Nakaya along the Emerald Necklace through October 31.

What kind of arts events do you personally enjoy attending in Boston? I am most in my element at music shows. There is so much local talent in Boston, in genres from punk to hip hop.

You oversee a number of organizations, including Dorchester’s Strand Theatre.

What one thing should all Bostonians know about the Strand? The Strand’s centennial is this November, so we are finalizing the programming for its 100th anniversary.

We’re really excited to have a series of events that celebrates both the rich history of the Strand and its potential for the future.

What are some of your favorite arts spaces in Boston? The Navy Yard has been hosting some public art and is starting to experiment with new programs—and it has an amazing view of downtown. A new space that has a lot of potential is Ink Underground.

It’s underneath I-93 and not only connects the South End to South Boston, but is also a cool performing arts venue.

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by Charles Marowitz Directed by Maria Aitken Scenic Design Hugh Landwehr Casting Alaine Alldaffer

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Lighting Design Philip S. Rosenberg

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STANTEC ARCHITECTURE

Draft rendering of the Huntington Avenue redevelopment project

IT’S OFFICIAL: THE THEATRE IS OURS! “The deed to this historic theatre is ours! It is now our job to restore this beautiful theatre to its former glory, not for the sake of architecture, but for the sake of art, for the sake of the people we serve in this community, for artists, and for audience members.” – Michael Maso, Managing Director The Huntington Theatre Company is now officially the sole owner of the Huntington Avenue Theatre! In May 2018, our commercial development partners QMG Huntington LLC gave us a remarkable gift – the deed to the theatre – donating our home to us on a permanent basis and fulfilling a long-held aspiration to control our own theatre space.

Ownership of the theatre is an astounding accomplishment on our remarkable journey. We are now embarking on a process to create a magnificently restored Huntington Avenue Theatre to greatly expand our services to our audiences, artists, and the community. Notable milestones of the past year paved the way for our future: full independence from Boston University, opening a new state-of-the-art Huntington Production Center in Everett, and receiving the city of Boston’s approval on plans to renovate our theatre complex that includes our beautiful proscenium auditorium and support wing, as well as a new 14,000 square foot space for our exclusive use in the adjacent QMG Huntington LLC residential building.

Our new theatre complex will beckon visitors through a soaring entrance that will be activated throughout the day welcoming the entire community to participate in programs, enjoy a café, and avail themselves of our new box office along with other visitor amenities.

The expansive second floor will create flexible spaces for audiences to gather, for students and the community to engage in education programs and multidisciplinary activities, and to invite visitors and artists to converse together, realizing our vision to be “Boston’s Living Room” with an open configuration that includes an intimate performance venue, lobby, and veranda overlooking Huntington Avenue. And, of course, both floors will have plenty of restrooms!

You will be an important part of the Huntington’s new future! Planning is underway and we invite you to learn about the transformation by visiting our website, attending upcoming events, and through contributing to the Campaign for the Huntington Theatre Company.

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CAST

(in order of appearance) Sherlock Holmes....................................................................................Rufus Collins Doctor Watson........................................................................................ Mark Zeisler Mrs. Hudson.............................................................................................. Jane Ridley Liza............................................................................................Antoinette Robinson Inspector Lestrade.......................................................................... Malcolm Ingram The Visitor..............................................................................................Colin Fulruss Simeon..................................................................................... Antonio Benoit Sturn

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“The Death of Sherlock Holmes,” Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty fight at Reichenbach Falls, 1893 illustration by Sidney Paget

SHERLOCK HOLMES & THE CASE OF THE INVINCIBLE MAN

“I am Sherlock Holmes. That is a name and reputation well known throughout these British Isles and, I daresay, beyond them.”

— SHERLOCK HOLMES, from Sherlock’s Last Case In December of 1893, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote in his diary, “Killed Sherlock.”

After writing two novels and 23 short stories centering on the detective, Conan Doyle worried that Sherlock Holmes was distracting him from writing serious literature and resolved that he had to die. The aforementioned, two-word diary entry coincided with the publication of “The Adventure of the Final Problem.”

The story was to be the final Sherlock Holmes chapter, ending with Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty fatally falling over the Reichenbach Falls into a “dreadful cauldron of swirling water and seething foam.”

“The Final Problem” should have been Sherlock’s last case, but his name and reputation saved him.

Almost immediately after the publication of “The Adventure of the Final Problem,” 20,000 readers of The Strand Magazine cancelled their subscription to protest the publication of the story. Conan Doyle received piles and piles of hate mail — one woman famously sent him a letter that began with, “You brute!” But the writer remained steadfast explaining, “I couldn’t revive him if I would, at least not for years, for I have had such an overdose of him that I feel towards him as I do towards pâté de foie gras, of which I once ate too much, so that the name of it gives me a sickly feeling to this day.”

Eventually he caved. Under pressure from the public and his publishers, Conan Doyle “revived” Sherlock in his 1903 story “The Adventure of the Empty House” by revealing that the detective faked his own death, much to Watson’s joy and 10 SHERLOCK’S LAST CASE

relief. Ultimately, because of his loyal, dedicated fanbase, Sherlock Holmes survived Arthur Conan Doyle’s pen leaving the detective poised to become one of the most popular subjects of pastiche at the hands of his loyal, dedicated fans.

Fans like Charles Marowitz.

With a first draft written in just 14 days, Sherlock’s Last Case was created to fill a blank slot in London’s Open Space Theatre’s season. The first iteration was an inescapably dark one-act that ended in a gruesome, Grand Guignol-esque double murder that involved inverted corpses. It was Conan Doyle’s Sherlock subverted by overwhelming cynicism and cruelty, with less attention given to the power at the heart of the stories — Sherlock and Watson’s bond.

During the revision of his first draft, Marowitz discovered that he wanted to write a play about the moral combat between arrogance and subjugation, between ego and envy, between what the public sees and what happens behind closed doors. He wanted the play to help us imagine a world where Moriarty kept himself busy with more than diabolical plots, a world where Watson reacted to Sherlock’s reappearance with more complicated emotions than joy and relief, a world that didn’t end in a double murder. Through this reimagining he provides us with a new sense of delight, appreciation, and insight into the Conan Doyle mythos we love so much.

In the introduction to the final draft of Sherlock’s Last Case — the one being performed here at the Huntington — Marowitz asserts that “there is a parodic element in the work without which much of the humor must fall by the wayside.” He also reminds us that “what is being parodied is not only the mythos of the Holmes-Watson relationship, but also the melodramatic conventions of the late 19th century” which is a good way to say that nothing in the Sherlock Holmes canon is safe from Marowitz’s wit.

This is not Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock anymore.

— J. SEBASTIÁN ALBERDI

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, 1893 illustration by Sidney Paget

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Rufus Collins* (Sherlock Holmes) previously appeared at the Huntington in The Real Thing. Broadway credits include The Royal Family, To Be or Not to Be, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, An Ideal Husband, and The Homecoming. He appeared Off Broadway in The Dead 1904, The Quare Land, The Road to Damascus, The Seagull, Aristocrats, Orson’s Shadow, and House and Garden. Regional highlights include Othello (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Venus in Fur (Goodman Theatre); My Fair Lady and Gypsy (Sharon Playhouse); Seminar (Philadelphia Theatre Company); Michael Von Seibenburg Melts through the Floorboards (Actors Theatre of Louisville/Humana Festival of New American Plays); The Old Masters (Long Wharf Theatre); The Autumn Garden and Dissonance (Williamstown Theatre Festival); In this Corner (The Old Globe); Hedda Gabler, Indian Ink, The Ruling Class, and Macbeth. Film and television credits include After the Wedding, The Geezer, Wanted, Joshua, Milia, “The Deuce,” “Madam Secretary,” “Elementary,” “Mysteries of Laura,” “Forever,” “Mozart in the Jungle,” “Law & Order” (all versions), “All My Children,” “Guiding Light,” and “One Live to Live.”

Malcolm Ingram* (Inspector Lestrade) was previously seen in Bedroom Farce at the Huntington and most recently seen in Heisenberg at Shakespeare & Company. He has performed on Broadway in The Rivals (Lincoln Center Theater) and Match (u/s Frank Langella, Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre). He has previously performed in London’s West End in Half Life (National Theatre, Duke of York’s Theatre); Dirty Linen and Newfoundland (Arts Theatre); and Popkiss (The Globe Theatre). His US regional credits include Richard II (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Hamlet (North Shore Music Theatre); Third (Hangar Theatre); All My Sons (Actors Theatre of Louisville); Hay Fever and Rat in the Skull (Berkshire Theatre Group); Someone to Watch Over Me (Stage West Theatre); A Christmas Carol, The Crucible, Little Women, The Miracle Worker, My Fair Lady, and As You Like It (Syracuse Stage); Red Velvet, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV: Parts 1 and 2, The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Heroes, and Enchanted April, among many others (Shakespeare & Company); and Romeo and Juliet (Virginia Arts Festival). His film and television credits include The Story of Ruth (BBC), Fraulein Doktor (Paramount), “Chappelle’s Show” (Comedy Central), “The Camerons,” “Beloved Enemy,” “Clapperclaw,” and “Dr. Finlay’s Casebook” (BBC).

Jane Ridley* (Mrs. Hudson) has previous credits that include Mrs. Kemble’s Tempest (United Solo Theatre Festival, New York City), and new works at La MaMa, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, and New Dramatists. Recently she has been seen as Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest (The Old Globe, San Diego), Carol in 4000 Days (Fulton Theatre, Pennsylvania), and Ruth Westheimer in Becoming Dr. Ruth (Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia and Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix), as well as seasons at Barter Theatre; Shakespeare Theatre Company, DC; Utah, Pennsylvania, and Orlando Shakespeare festivals; Pennsylvania Centre Stage; and Delaware Theatre Company. In the UK, she has toured Theatre Royals with The French Lieutenant’s Woman throughout England and Scotland and has performed her one-person show, Mrs. Kemble’s Tempest at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. janeridley.net.

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Antoinette Robinson* (Liza) appeared Off Broadway at Theatre for a New Audience and New York Classical Theatre. Regionally she has performed at Shakespeare Theatre Company (Helen Hayes Award), Folger Theatre (Helen Hayes Award nominee), Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Westport Country Playhouse, The Queens Company, Esperance Theater Company, the REP, and Guthrie Theater to name a few.

Her film credits include Ol’Daddy, 9 Actors, Consumed, and the popular web series “The Great Black Way.” She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

Mark Zeisler* (Doctor Watson) has appeared on Broadway in A View from the Bridge, Brooklyn Boy, and The Big Knife.

Off Broadway credits include Rancho Viejo, Piece of My Heart, Eurydice, and The Accomplices. Regional roles include Eddie in A View from the Bridge (Alley Theatre and Seattle Repertory Theatre); Jaques in As You Like It (Shakespeare & Company); Iago in Othello (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Lenny in The Homecoming (American Repertory Theater and Merrimack Repertory Theatre); Rothko in Red (Asolo Repertory Theatre, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, and Merrimack Repertory Theatre); six productions at Actors Theatre of Louisville; and roles at Yale Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Folger Theatre, BAM Next Wave Festival, and Elm Shakespeare Company. Film and television credits include Two Weeks Notice, Random Hearts, Shaft, Irrational Man, “Bull,” “Castle Rock,” “The Blacklist,” “House of Cards,” “Elementary,” “The Good Wife,” “Rescue Me,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Americans,” all three “Law & Orders,” and narrator for “GI Jews” (PBS). Mr. Zeisler is a graduate of SUNY Purchase.

Charles Marowitz (Playwright) (1932 – 2014) also wrote the plays Murdering Marlowe, Stage Fright, Silent Partners, and a musical reworking of Shaw’s The Admirable Bashville called Bashville in Love. He translated seminal plays by Henry Becque, George Feydeau, and Molière, and wrote books including Stage Dust: A Critic’s Cultural Scrapbook from the 1900s and How to Stage a Play. As a director, he staged the original West End production of Joe Orton’s Loot, Eugene Ionesco’s Makbett, and Sam Shepard’s Tooth of Crime, among others. He was associate director and dramaturg at LA Theatre Center and served as co-director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Experimental Group. He was founding artistic director of the Malibu Stage Company and Open Space Theatre Maria Aitken (Director) has credits that include the Olivier and Tony award-winning production of Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps which she directed at the Huntington Theatre Company as its American premiere before its Broadway and Off Broadway runs. Ms. Aitken also directed Bedroom Farce, The Seagull, The Cocktail Hour, Betrayal, Private Lives, and Educating Rita at the Huntington. Her other credits include Twelfth Night (The Acting Company/Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players); Creditors (American Players Theatre); The Importance of Being Earnest (The Old Globe, San Diego); Tartuffe and Heartbreak House (Delaware Resident Ensemble Players); The

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Cocktail Hour (Guthrie Theater); Sherlock’s Last Case (UK); The Gift (Geffen Playhouse and Melbourne Theatre, Australia); the Tony Award-nominated Man and Boy (West End and Broadway); As You Like It (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Quartermaine’s Terms (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Japes (Bay Street Theater); Noël Coward’s Easy Virtue (Chichester Festival Theatre); Lady Bracknell’s Confinement (Vineyard Theatre, NYC); School for Scandal (Clwyd Theatr Cymru); As You Like It (Regent’s Park); and many others. As an actress in London at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and in the West End, her leading roles included Hay Fever, Blithe Spirit, Bedroom Farce, Travesties, Waste, Private Lives, and The Vortex, among others. Her film credits include A Fish Called Wanda for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award.

Ms. Aitken is a visiting teacher at the British American Drama Academy, The Juilliard School, Yale School of Drama, New York University, The Actors Center in New York, and the Academy for Classical Acting. She is the author of two books, A Girdle Round the Earth and Style: Acting in High Comedy. In 2012 she became a trustee of the Noël Coward Foundation.

Hugh Landwehr (Scenic Design) has Broadway credits that include productions of Frozen, Bus Stop, All My Sons, and A View from the Bridge.

Off Broadway, he designed Last Easter, Scattergood, Filumena, and The Baby Dance, among others. He has had long and productive relationships with many regional theatres in the United States including the Alley Theatre in Houston, Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Centerstage in Baltimore, Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC. He has worked with The Washington Ballet in Washington, DC, where he designed two full-length ballets, The Sun Also Rises and Sleepy Hollow. During the summer, he has designed at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Westport Country Playhouse. He is presently a member of the faculty of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, and has taught at the University of Wisconsin, Madison; the North Carolina School of the Arts; and Williams College. He is proud to have twice been the recipient of NEA grants as an Associate Artist, to have won the Murphy Award in Design (administered by Long Wharf Theatre), and to be the 2003 winner of the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Set Design. He was educated at Yale College.

Fabio Toblini (Costume Design) designed the Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet (Richard Rodgers Theatre). Off Broadway original production credits include Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Batboy The Musical, and The Divine Sister.

His most recent credits include Born Yesterday (American Players Theatre), Sense and Sensibility (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), The Importance of Being Earnest (The Old Globe), and Pip’s Island (Skylight Modern NYC). Mr. Toblini is currently working with choreographer Ib Andersen on a new production of Stravinsky’s The Firebird at Ballet Arizona. Other theatre credits include productions at Hartford Stage, Guthrie Theater, Alley Theatre, Resident Ensemble Players, Long Wharf Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, and Ford’s and Studio theatres. Opera credits include Santa Fe Opera, Wexford Opera Festival (IE), Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Nationale Reisopera (NL), Landestheater (AU), Gotham Chamber Opera, and Portland Opera. He has received a 2015 Craig Noel Award nomination, 2015 Connecticut Critics Circle Award nomination, 2012 and 2016 Connecticut Critics Circle Awards, 2008 Irene Sharaff Young Master Award, and 2001 Lucille Lortel Award nomination. fabiotoblini.com.

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Philip S. Rosenberg (Lighting Design) has previous Huntington credits that include Fall, Merrily We Roll Along, Can You Forgive Her?, Betrayal, Private Lives, Bus Stop, and She Loves Me. His Broadway credits include Pretty Woman: The Musical, The Elephant Man, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, and It’s Only a Play. Regional credits include productions with The Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, Ford’s Theatre, Guthrie Theater, The Old Globe, TheatreWorks, Hartford Stage, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Dallas Theater Center, Alley Theatre, Arena Stage, McCarter Theatre Center, Manhattan School of Music, Portland Stage Company, The Actors Company Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dorset Theatre Festival, Bay Street Theater, Goodspeed Opera, Two River Theatre Company, George Street Playhouse, and Westport Country Playhouse.

Mic Pool (Sound Design) previously designed Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps for the Huntington (as well as on Broadway, in the West End, and worldwide; Tony Award for Best Sound Design). Other theatre credits include Art (West End, Broadway, and worldwide); Witness for the Prosecution (County Hall); No’s Knife (The Old Vic and Abbey Theatre, Dublin); Fortune’s Fool (The Old Vic); The Postman Always Rings Twice (Playhouse Theatre); Brand and Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Theatre Royal Haymarket); The Unexpected Man (New York, Royal Shakespeare Company, and Duchess Theatre); The King’s Speech (Wyndham’s Theatre); The Madness of George III (Apollo Theatre); Dr. Faustus (Fortune Theatre); The Captain of Kopenick (National Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Seagull, and The Roundhouse Season of Late Shakespeare Plays (Royal Shakespeare Company); Switzerland (Ustinov Studio, Bath); Alzira (Buxton International Festival); Kathleen Turner — Finding My Voice (The Other Palace); The Stopping Train and Overworlds and Underworlds (Gavin Bryars); Blueberry Toast (Soho Theatre); Our Country’s Good (Out of Joint); Touched, Faith Healer, and Restoration (Royal Court Theatre); You Never Can Tell, The Ice Chimney, and Summer with Monika (Lyric Hammersmith); and Shockheaded Peter and Rambert Dance Company (international tours).

Alaine Alldaffer (Casting) is also the casting director for Playwrights Horizons, where her credits include Grey Gardens (also for Broadway), Clybourne Park (also for Broadway), Circle Mirror Transformation (Drama Desk and Obie awards for Best Ensemble and an Artios Award for casting), and The Flick (Playwright Horizons and The Barrow Street 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.

Kevin Schlagle* (Production Stage Manager) returns to the Huntington after previously working on Fall; Skeleton Crew; Tartuffe; Merrily We Roll Along; Ripcord; Bedroom Farce; Sunday in the Park with George; Can You Forgive Her?; Milk Like Sugar; A Confederacy of Dunces; 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. Other theatre credits

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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Alycia Marucci* (Stage Manager) has previous stage management credits that include Skeleton Crew at the Huntington; Burn All Night (American Repertory Theater); Show Boat, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Rent, The Wiz, and Jesus Christ Superstar (Fiddlehead Theatre Company); and Finish Line: A Documentary Play about the 2013 Boston Marathon (Boston Theater Company). Opera credits include Le Carnaval de Venise, Versailles, Orfeo, Ulisse, Almira, Niobe Regina de Tebe, Pergolesi, Charpentier (international tour), Dido & Aeneas (Boston Early Music Festival); Guilio Cesare (Boston Baroque); and Rev 23 (White Snake Projects). She has also served on wardrobe crew at American Repertory Theater for Sense & Sensibility, Trans Scripts: Part 1: The Women, The Great Comet of 1812 (pre-Broadway production), Finding Neverland (pre-Broadway production), and The Donkey Show. She holds a BA from Suffolk University.

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include American Repertory Theater, New Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. His opera credits include Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Baroque, Boston Opera Collaborative, Guerilla Opera, New England Conservatory, Boston University’s Opera Institute, and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. He holds a BFA in stage management from Boston University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity.

Peter DuBois (Artistic Director) is in his 11th season as Artistic Director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Molière’s Tartuffe; Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music; the world premieres of Bernard Weinraub’s Fall, Gina Gionfriddo’s Can You Forgive Her?, Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People, Evan M. Wiener’s Captors, Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet (2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist), Bob Glaudini’s Vengeance is the Lord’s, and David Grimm’s The Miracle at Naples; the regional premieres of A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible the things I do, Stephen Belber’s The Power of Duff, 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

* Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY

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 currently serves on the Boston Cultural Planning Steering Committee and previously served as a member of the board for ArtsBoston, Theatre Communications Group (TCG), and StageSource, and as a site visitor, panelist, and panel chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts. From 1997 to 2005 Mr. Maso served as the president of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of 70 of the country’s major not-for-profit professional theatres. In 2005, he was named as one of a dozen members of the inaugural class of the Barr Fellows Program. Prior to the Huntington, he served as the managing director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival, general manager of New York’s Roundabout Theatre Company, business manager for PAF Playhouse on Long Island, and as an independent arts management consultant based in Taos, New Mexico.

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York Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsday, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, The Evening Standard, The Boston Globe, and Improper Bostonian, and he received an Honorable Mention for 2013 Bostonian of the Year by The Boston Globe Magazine.

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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MELISSA OSTROW

Fog x Hill, fogfall on Hunnewell Hillside, Arnold Arboretum

WALT MCGOUGH’S THE CASE OF THE EMERALD NECKLACE : SHERLOCK GOES OUT OF DOORS WITH FUJIKO NAKAYA’S FOG X FLO In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy commissioned the internationally renowned fog sculptor Fujiko Nakaya to create a series of five pieces at sites along the Emerald Necklace chain of parks in Boston and Brookline. Curated by Jen Mergel, Fog x FLO: Fujiko Nakaya on the Emerald Necklace is on exhibition through October 31, 2018.

Nakaya calls her work “climate responsive,” as her shape shifting, site-specific sculptures are created from pure water vapor and have been designed to compliment and enhance Frederick Law Olmsted’s enduring waterways and landscapes. She considers fog to be a collaborative medium, and has a history of working with musicians, dancers, and other performers to create performances that interact with the fog.

Because Fog x FLO coincides with the Huntington’s production of Sherlock’s Last Case — and Sherlock has his own history of adventures in foggy London — the Huntington commissioned playwriting fellow Walt McGough to create an original series of audio plays that interact with each of Nakaya’s fog sculptures.

“When I was writing this short play series, I tried to have a bit of fun with the myth of the Great Detective, while also keeping true to the rollicking spirit of the originals,” McGough says. “Setting the story amongst Fujiko Nakaya’s evocative sculptures helped me immensely, especially since my first exposure to Sherlock was as a kid, reading about his exploits on the foggy, spooky moors of Baskerville.”

Venture out in the fog with Sherlock by visiting huntingtontheatre.org/fog to download the plays and see a map for where to listen to them over at the Emerald Necklace. For more information about Fog x FLO visit emeraldnecklace.org.

The Case of the Emerald Necklace

by Walt McGough Directed by Rebecca Bradshaw Sherlock played by Stewart Evan Smith The Woman played by Kiara Pichardo Sound Recording by Ben Emerson and Paula Halpern Sound Engineering/Design by Julian Crocamo 22 SHERLOCK’S LAST CASE

ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY The Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s leading professional theatre and one of the region’s premier cultural assets. Since its founding in 1982, the Huntington has received over 150 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. In the past 36 years, the Huntington has played to an audience of 3.5 million, presented over 200 plays (18 of which went on to Broadway or Off Broadway), and served over 500,000 students, community members, and other cultural organizations.

Under the direction of Artistic Director Peter DuBois and Managing Director Michael Maso, the Huntington brings world-class theatre artists from Boston, Broadway, and beyond together with the most promising new talent to create eclectic seasons of exciting new works and classics made current.

A longstanding anchor cultural institution of Huntington Avenue, the Avenue of the Arts, the Huntington now fully owns the Huntington Avenue Theatre and plans to renovate the historic venue, adding first-rate, modern amenities including a new entrance and expansive lobby, as well as expanding services to audiences, artists, and the community.

The Huntington built the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts in 2004 as a home for its new work activities and to provide a muchneeded resource for the local theatre community. At the Calderwood Pavilion, the Huntington provides first-class facilities and audience services at significantly subsidized rates to dozens of organizations each year, including some of Boston’s most exciting small and mid-sized theatre companies.

The Huntington serves 200,000 audience members each year at the Huntington Avenue Theatre and the Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA. Through a diverse and impactful range of nationally-renowned education and community programs, the Huntington engages 36,000 young people and adults in underserved neighborhoods each year. These programs include the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, the August Wilson Monologue Competition, the Huntington Community Membership Initiative, a youth playwriting program called EPIC, and the Student Matinee Series. The Huntington is a founding partner of Codman Academy Charter Public School and has collaborated with Codman for 17 years to create and teach its innovative, interdisciplinary humanities curriculum and run the Codman Summer Theatre Institute.

A national leader in the development of new plays, the Huntington has produced more than 120 world, American, and New England premieres to date. Through the Huntington Playwriting Fellows program, the cornerstone of its new work activities, the Huntington supports local writers through two-year fellowships, and is also proud to serve as a home for Playwright-in-Residence Melinda Lopez.

The Huntington cultivates, celebrates, and champions theatre as an art form and is committed to mentoring local playwrights, educating young people in theatre, and serving as a catalyst for the growth of dozens of Boston’s emerging performing arts organizations.

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HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY TRUSTEES & OVERSEERS BOARD OF TRUSTEES David R. Epstein Chairman Sharon Malt President Carol B. Langer Treasurer Sherryl Cohen Clerk Carole Alkins David Altshuler Neal Balkowitsch John Cini Gerard H. Cohen

John Cohen Carol G. Deane James J. Dillon Betsy Banks Epstein William Finard David Firestone John Frishkopf Ann T. Hall Thomas Hamilton III Arthur C. Hodges Frederick Jamieson Nada Despotovich Kane Shelly Karol David Leathers Rumena Manolova- Senchak William P. McQuillan

Ann Merrifield Sandra Moose Anne M. Morgan Cokie Perry Bryan Rafanelli Mitchell J. Roberts John D. Spooner Linda H. Thomas Linda Waintrup J. David Wimberly Veronica Wiseman Mary Wolfson Warren R. Radtke Trustee Emeritus

BOARD OF ADVISORS 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 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 Kate Taylor George Ticknor Stephen M. Trehu Juliet Schnell Turner Tracey A. West Melissa Wylie John Taylor Williams Bertie Woeltz Christopher R. Yens Fancy Zilberfarb Linda Zug

as of September 7, 2018

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GIFTS TO THE HUNTINGTON’S COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN The Huntington Theatre Company is extremely grateful for the extraordinary generosity of early donors to our Comprehensive Campaign, a five-year initiative launched in July 2017, designed to fund the renovation and expansion of our Huntington Avenue Theatre complex, grow and diversify our programs and offerings, increase the Annual Fund, and enhance our reserve and endowment funds. We are currently in the leadership phase of the Campaign. At the successful conclusion of the Campaign in 2022, generous donors to this effort will have provided the Huntington with the strongest possible foundation with which to serve and thrive as a vital part of the cultural fabric of Boston and beyond. To learn more about the Campaign, please contact Elisabeth Saxe, Chief Development Officer, at 617 273 1579 or esaxe@huntingtontheatre.org.

$5 million and above Carol G. Deane

Betsy and David Epstein

$1 million – $4,999,999 Dr. John and Bette Cohen Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Wayne Davis and Ann Merrifield Susan and David Leathers Liberty Mutual Foundation Sharon and Brad Malt Bill and Linda McQuillan

Sandra Moose and Eric Birch‡ Jill and Mitchell Roberts Nancy and Ed Roberts Mr. J. David Wimberly Linda and Brooks Zug 2 anonymous gifts

$500,000 – $999,999 Constance and Lewis Counts Denise and William Finard Jane and Fred Jamieson

Carol B. Langer John D. Spooner

$250,000 – $499,999 Nancy Adams and John Burgess Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Shelly and Steve Karol Massachusetts Cultural Council

Cokie and Lee Perry Dr. Paul S. Russell Linda and Daniel Waintrup

$100,000 – $249,999 The Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund Karen and David Firestone Debbie and Bob First

Elizabeth and Woody Ives Ms. Anne M. Morgan Linda H. Thomas

$50,000 – $99,999 Suzanne Chapman Nada Despotovich Kane

Noel McCoy and Jack Fabiano Rumena and Alexander Senchak

The Huntington Theatre Company expresses gratitude for the generosity of donors to the Comprehensive Campaign under $50,000.

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ANNUAL FUND

PATRONS CIRCLE

The Huntington Theatre Company expresses its appreciation to all our Annual Fund donors for their generosity. Contributed revenue accounts for more than half our operating budget. Every gift to the Annual Fund is essential to fulfilling our mission. Patrons Circle donors provide vital philanthropy to support our live theatre productions, emerging playwrights, and world-class education and community programs. In recognition of their generosity, Patrons receive special access to our artistic process, artists, and leaders. To learn more, contact our Patrons Concierge at 617 273 1523 or visit huntingtontheatre.org/support.

Grand Benefactor Patrons ($100,000 and above) Sherryl and Gerard Cohen Betsy and David Epstein Carol G. Deane Mr. J. David Wimberly Gold Benefactor Patrons ($50,000 – $99,999) Dr. John and Bette Cohen Jane and Neil Pappalardo Gardner C. Hendrie and Jill and Mitchell Roberts Karen Johansen Nancy and Ed Roberts Jane and Fred Jamieson 1 anonymous gift Silver Benefactor Patrons ($25,000 – $49,999) Bill and Linda McQuillan Stephen Chapman Sandra Moose and Eric Birch‡ Wayne Davis and Ann Merrifield Paula O’Keeffe Amey A. Defriez‡ Cokie and Lee Perry Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske John D. Spooner Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan Barbara and Amos Hostetter Linda and Daniel Waintrup Shelly and Steven Karol Howard and Veronica Wiseman Carol B. Langer Nancy Lukitsh 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 Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Counts Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips Margaret Eagle and Eliezer Rapaport Jennifer Eckert and Richard D’Amore Denise and William Finard Debbie and Bob First, in memory of Susan Spooner John Frishkopf Nicki Nichols Gamble Karen and Gary Gregg Ann and John Hall Donna and Jay Hanflig Elizabeth and Woody Ives Nada Despotovich Kane Marjie and Robert Kargman Adrienne Kimball Loren B. Kovalcik/IntePros Consulting

Susan and David Leathers Joie Lemaitre Cecile and Fraser Lemley Mr. and Mrs. David Long Tracie L. Longman and Chaitanya Kanojia Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson, in memory of Marjorie and Edward Rawson Robert M. Rosenberg, in honor of Mary Wolfson Dr. Paul S. Russell Marilyn and Jay Sarles Valerie Shey The Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Fund Linda H. Thomas Joseph W. and Faith K. Tiberio Charitable Foundation John Travis Mary Wolfson Christopher R. Yens and Temple Gill 1 anonymous gift HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 27

PATRONS CIRCLE (continued) Premier Patrons ($5,000 – $9,999) Nancy Adams and John Burgess Steven M. Bauer Coralie Berg and Steve Schwartz Susan and Michael Brown Jim Burns Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Susan and Alfred Chandler 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

Maria and Daniel Gerrity Mary Beth and Chris Gordon Paul Greenfield and Sandy Steele Janice and Roger‡ Hunt Paul and Tracy Klein David A. Kronman Sherry Lang John and Jean Lippincott Gregory Maguire Sharon and Brad Malt Charles Marz Thalia Meehan and Rev. Gretchen Grimshaw Amy Merrill, in honor of Donna Glick Sharon Miller Daniel A. Mullin Neubauer Family Foundation, in memory of Eric Birch

Preferred Patrons ($2,500 – $4,999) Jill and John Avery, Jeanne Hagerty in memory of Eric Birch Deborah and Martin Hale Michael Barza and Betsy and David Harris Judith Robinson Mr. and Mrs. James L. Camilla Bennett Hartmann Dr. Susan E. Bennett and Bob Hiss and Mary Riffe Hiss Dr. Gerald Pier Prof. and Mrs. Morton Z. Carolyn Birmingham Hoffman Nancy and Richard Brickley Emily Hughey Kevin and Virginia Byrne Terence Janericco Nancy Ciaranello Linda and Steven Kanner Rosalie Florence Cohen Paul and Elizabeth Kastner Catherine and Peter Creighton Seth and Mary Kaufman Ellen and Kevin Donoghue Ted and Ann Kurland Jonathan Dyer and Drs. Lynne and Sidney Thomas Foran Levitsky Robert Fine and Jon A. Levy Ann D. Macomber Matthew Fine The Mancuso Family Mark E. Glasser and Mary T. Marshall Frank G. McWeeny Mike and Mary McConnell Peter and Jacqueline Gordon Phil Gormley and Charles Merrill‡ Erica Bisguier Coleen and David Garth and Lindsay Greimann Pantalone

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Ned Murphy and Ann-Ellen Hornidge David Parker and Janet Tiampo Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Powell Gail Roberts Debbie and Darin Samaraweera Rumena and Alexander Senchak Robert Sherblom♦ Ben and Kate Taylor Jean C. Tempel Drs. Stephen and Beth Trehu Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tritman Juliet Schnell Turner Norman Weeks Bertie and Anthony Woeltz Justin and Genevieve Wyner Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Zilberfarb 2 anonymous gifts

Jackie and Bob Pascucci George Pettee Joseph L. Bower and Elizabeth Potter Richard Powers and Stephen Schram Deborah and S. Caesar Raboy Victoria and John Rizzi Mr. and Mrs. Owen W. Robbins Mona Roberts Jan and Joe Roller Ellen Sheehy and Scott Aquilina Rebecca Jean Smith Bruce and Emily Stangle Naomi Stearns, in honor of Bill & Dee Finard Helen and Jack Stewart George and Kathryn Ticknor Mindee Wasserman Elizabeth and Caleb White Dr. Elaine Woo

PATRONS CIRCLE (continued) Patrons ($1,000– $2,499) Alice and Walter Abrams Carole and Leonard Alkins Carol Baker George and Katharine Baker Kate and Gordon Baty Mr. and Mrs. George Beal Howard H. Bengele Deborah L. Benson and Frederic J. Marx Susana and Clark Bernard Christina and Ky Bertoli♦ Edward Boesel Lori Bornstein and Alan Rothman Stephen and Traudy Bradley Pam and Lee Bromberg Paul Buddenhagen, in memory of Eric Birch A. William and Carol Caporizzo Cara and Anthony Casendino Ronald G. Casty Peggy and Anton Chernoff George and Mary Chin Ken and Ginny Colburn Beth and Linzee Coolidge Dean K. Denniston, Jr. Tim and Linda Diering Virginia Drachman and Douglas Jones Susan Ellerin Jerome and Vivien Facher Barbara and Larry Farrer Newell Flather Susan Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Garrison Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gates Lori and Michael Gilman Mr. K. Frank Gravitt Drs. Laura Green and David Golan Irene and Stephen Grolnic Louis and Patti Grossman

Katherine Haltom H. Patricia Hanna Diane and Kirk Hartung Kathleen Henry and Kim Marrkand Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Hibbard, in honor of David Wimberly Rosalind and Herbert Hill Barbara Hirshfield and Cary Coen, in honor of Sherry and Gerry Cohen Susan M. Hunziker Holly and Bruce Johnstone Katherine and Hubie Jones Rev. Dr. Katherine Kallis John and Marilyn Keane Liza Ketchum and John H. Straus, MD John T. Kittredge Dorothy and Richard Koerner Susie and David Kohen Anne and Geoff Lafond, in honor of David Wimberly Barrie Landry Rhonda and Stewart Lassner Mr. and Mrs. Francis V. Lloyd III Anthony Lucas Janet Mack Stuart and Yvonne Madnick Mahmood Malihi Joan and John McArdle Louise and Sandy McGinnes Jack and Susan McNamara Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, in memory of Virginia Wimberly Michael and Donna Moskow Bill and Ginny Mullin Jonette Nagai and Stephen O’Brien Fred and Julie Nagle

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SUPPORTERS CIRCLE

Sustaining Supporters ($500 – $999) Martin S. Berman and Rosanna Alfaro Elizabeth Aragao♦ Mary Ann Jasienowski Jerry M. Bernhard John and Rose Ashby, in honor Leonard and Jane Bernstein of Ann T. Hall Linda Cabot Black Foundation Molly and John Beard Margaret and James Blackwell Kathleen Beckman Jeffrey Borenstein Danielle Belanger and Barry Brown and Ellen Shapiro Robert Sparkes Mrs. Barbara Buntrock-Schuerch

Mark Nelke and Bill Snavely Janet and David Offensend Dr. and Mrs. John William Poduska, Sr. Suzanne Priebatsch Warren R. Radtke and Judith Lockhart-Radtke Katharine and William Reardon Jessica and David Reed Lynn and John Reichenbach Sally C. Reid and John D. Sigel Sharon and Howard Rich Donna Robinson and Chris Zook Sue Robinson Susan and Geoffrey Rowley Allison K. Ryder and David B. Jones Diane and Richard Schmalensee William Schutten Tom Shapiro and Emily Kline Jane E. Shattuck Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke Vivian and Lionel Spiro Nancy and Edward Stavis Beth and Michael Stonebraker Lise and Myles Striar Beth and Larry Sulak Hope and Adam Suttin Kenneth R. Traub and Pamela K. Cohen Robert C. Volante Dr. Ronald Weinger Tracey Allyson West P.T. Withington Jerold and Abbe Beth Young Robert E. Zaret 4 anonymous gifts

Thomas Burger and Andree Robert Eric Butler♦ Patricia Chadwick and Norman Cantin Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Cheston, Jr. Lynda and John Christian Janet L. Comey, in honor of Michael T. Comey

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SUPPORTERS CIRCLE (continued) 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 Pierre Fleurant Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd Hilary and Chris Gabrieli Gail and Jan Hardenbergh Eunice M. Harps Dr. and Mrs. George Hatsopoulos Mr. and Mrs. Thomas High Peggy and Ronald Hillegass, in honor of Nancy and Tom Hamilton Toini and Carl Jaffe Peter Jenkins Leonard W. Johnson, in memory of Virginia Wimberly Gopal Kadagathur and Sarah Gallivan, in memory of Eric Birch Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Karon Nancy R. Karp Jane Katims and Daniel Perlman

Amelia and Joshua Katzen Michael and Dona Kemp Mary S. and Duncan Kennedy Jill Kneerim John and Sharon Koch Yuriko Kuwabara and Walter Dzik Jenny and Jay Leopold Nancy Levy Katherine Lewandowski and Adam Guren♦ Darline Lewis and Marshall Sugarman Dr. and Mrs. David Lhowe Elizabeth Lintz Babette and Peter Loring Joseph Machera Barbara A. Manzolillo Edward Marram James D. Maupin Dan and Mary Miller Julie Nadal Tom Norris William Pananos Marianne Pasts Ellen C. Perrin Susan Pioli and Martin Samuels James Poterba and Nancy Rose, in memory of Eric Birch Mr. and Mrs. Murray Preisler Lisa and Tom Redburn Charles Reed and Ann Jacobs Carla Reeves and Luis Borrero Michelle and Aaron Rhodes♦

Christina Rifkin Michael and Jane Roberts Barbara Roby Terry Rockefeller and William Harris Diane Rosenberg Sari Rosman Pauline and Robert Rothenberg Kathleen and William Rousseau George A. Russell, Jr. Vinod and Gaile Sahney Rohini Sakhuja David and Anne Salant Susan and Bob Schechter, in honor of Donald Nelson and Neal Balkowitsch Barbara Schmitt William and Elisabeth Shields David W Shuckra and Clifford S Wunderlich Mark Smith and John O’Keefe Bob and Dorothy Stuart Margaret M. Talcott and L. Scott Scharer Janet Testa Judy Thomson Rosamond B. Vaule Mrs. Raymond Walther Constance V. R. White Richard and Frances Winneg Clark Wright and Lisa Goldthwait Wright 1 anonymous gift

Continuing Supporters ($250 – $499) James Alexander and Thomas Stocker David and Holly Ambler Tammy Arcuri Carolyn and John Baird Mr. and Mrs. James Banker Emily Barclay and John Hawes Elizabeth Barrett Desiree and Jacob Barry♦ Bill and Annie Barton, in honor of Ann Hall Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Berglund John Biderman Robert Bienkowski Drs. Brian and Rachel Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon C. Bolton III Eric and Sandra Brenman Jeremiah J. Bresnahan Allan and Rhea Bufferd Diane Buhl and Mark Polebaum Daniel C. Burnes Renee Burns Margaret Bush Maryellen Callahan Charles R. Carr

Ronna M. Casper and Isaac Greenberg Mary Chin Scott Chisholm and Afshan Bokhari Judith Clementson John Clippinger Priscilla Cogan Phyllis Cohen Steven Cohen Steven Coleman and Christine Tunstall Robert and Amanda Crone Catherine Crow Harold S. Crowley, Jr. James F. Crowley Paul Curtis Peter A. Cygan Harriet Davis, in memory of Eric Birch Raymond De Rise Jane and Stephen Deutsch Susan and Digger Donahue, in loving memory of Eric Birch Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Downey

Owen Doyle Grace Durrani Mr. Glenn Edelson Diane F. Engel Nicole Faulkner Mike Feldstein Ariane and Stefan Frank Joseph Genovese Jack and Maureen Ghublikian Suzanne Greenberg Susan Haller Kate Haney Judith Harris Elizabeth Harrison Lewis Hays Ann Karen Henry Andrew Himmelblau Esther and Richard Hochman Lyle Howland Lindsey Humes Jill Jackson Peter and Adrienne Jaffe Kerry James Candace Jans Richard Johnston

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SUPPORTERS CIRCLE (continued) 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 Kuhn Carol Lazarus Ned and Patsy Leibensperger Timothy Leland and Julie Hatfield Pamela F. Lenehan, in memory of Eric Birch Laurel C. Lhowe Sigrid Lindo Caroline and James Lloyd Jim and Allie Loehlin Priscilla Krey Loring Paul Mahoney Robert Mann Marietta Marchitelli Amy and Bill Marshall Bronwyn Martin, in memory of Travis Martin Erin Martin Kathy Martin and David Johnson Arthur Mattuck Lindsay McNair Gabriella Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Tremont Miao Lindsay Miller and Peter Ambler Adam and Denise Moehring Margaret Mone

John Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Moynihan Eileen Murray Martha Narten Nader Nazari Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Newbury, Jr. Carol and Davis Noble, in memory of Eric Birch Nancy and Chris Oddleifson James Packer Steve Pattyson Michael Pavel Payne/Bouchier, Inc. Suzanne and Bob Petrucci Mr. and Mrs. Harry Photopoulos Josephine Pizzuto, in memory of Pat Pizzuto Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Proulx Mr. and Mrs. Martin Quitt Peter and Suzanne Read Mr. and Mrs. William Reed Jean and Richard Roberts Patricia Robinson Anne Romney Etta and Mark Rosen Abby Rosenfeld Leila Joy Rosenthal Michelle Rosner and Ken Kurnos Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rotenberg Nancy L. Russell Norman and Ethel Sadowsky Kim and Eric Schultz Mark Seliber Diana Seufert Sayre Sheldon

James Shields and Gayle Merling Kay Shubrooks Candelaria Silva-Collins and Tessil Collins Margaret and Michael Simon Ellen L. Simons Peter L. Smith and Donna J. Coletti Edward Sonn Lee Steele Michele Steinberg Glenn and Katherine Strehle Karen and Hale Sturges Ellen Beth Suderow Rebecca Sullivan Linda Sutter and Steven Centore Jacob Taylor and Jean Park Mark Thurber Patricia Tibbetts Mr. and Mrs. Mario Umana Celina Valadao Pat and Steve Vinter Kenneth Virgile and Helene Mayer Christopher Wade Susan Warshauer, in memory of Eric Birch Susan Weiler Sylvia Welsh David White Elizabeth P. Wolf Mary and Gary Wolf David C. Wright Marilyn Wright Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman Lorena and Robert Zeller 8 anonymous gifts

This list reflects gifts received during the 12 months prior to September 7, 2018. ♦ Member of the Hunt, the Huntington’s community of young donors.

For more information or to join, visit huntingtontheatre.org/thehunt. ‡ Deceased Every effort has been made to assure accuracy of listings. Please bring errors or omissions to the attention of Elizabeth MacLachlan at 617 273 1523 or emaclachlan@huntingtontheatre.org.

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We are passionate about the Huntington because we deeply appreciate its outreach to young people in Greater Boston through its award-winning arts education programs.”

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ANNUAL FUND

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT DONORS

The Huntington Theatre Company is grateful to receive support from a wide range of corporations, foundations, and government agencies that support the Huntington’s annual operations, as well as our award-winning productions and education and community programs.

For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Diana Jacobs-Komisar, Institutional Giving Manager, at 617 273 1514 or djkomisar@huntingtontheatre.org.

Executive Season Producers ($100,000 and above) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Barr Foundation The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Season Co-Producers ($50,000 – $99,999) Hershey Family Foundation Massachusetts Cultural Council* Production Sponsors ($25,000 – $49,999) Bank of America** The Boston Foundation** Eaton Vance Management Edgerton Foundation Liberty Mutual Foundation** National Endowment for the Arts

Benefactors ($15,000 – $24,999) Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Foundation Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation** MEDITECH

Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation** Rockland Trust Company Rodgers Family Foundation Ropes & Gray LLP WilmerHale

Patrons ($10,000 – $14,999) BPS Arts Expansion Fund at EdVestors** The Tiny Tiger Foundation**

Members ($2,500 – $4,999) Boston Cultural Council Cambridge Savings Bank** Jackson and Irene Golden 1989 Charitable Trust** Roy A. Hunt Foundation** Surdna Foundation

Supporters ($5,000 – $9,999) Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative Berkshire Partners Cue Ball Group Goodwin Nutter Proskauer LLP

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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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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

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.

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.

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Huntington Avenue Theatre Parking

If You Arrive Late In consideration of our actors and other audience members, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management.

Parking is available at many nearby locations. For details, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call Ticketing Services at 617 266 0800.

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 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.

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STAFF Peter DuBois

Michael Maso

ADMINISTRATION General Manager................................................Sondra R. Katz Associate General Manager.........................Conwell Worthington III General Management Assistant.................................. Katy Poludniak Company Managers........................Jazzmin Bonner, Meagan Garcia Executive Assistant to the Managing Director..................................................... Gabrielle Jaques

Ticketing Services Ticketing Services Manager......................................................Ellen Holt Assistant Ticketing Services Manager.................................................... Brenton Thurston Calderwood Pavilion Ticketing Coordinator..........................................................Noah Ingle Ticketing Associates........................ Michaela Buccini, Robin Russell Full-Time Customer Service Rep..................................Shana Jackson Customer Service Reps........................................Sue Dietlin, Kaylah Dixon, Kristina Dugas, Patrick Mahoney, Katelyn Reinert, Brittany Schmitke

Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director

Finance Director of Financial Management................. Glenda Fishman Accounting Manager.............................................................. June Zaidan Accounting Coordinator............................................ Laura Pahigiannis Accountants....................................Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA Human Resources Director of Human Resources.......................... Nina E. Nicolosi Human Resources Coordinator.................................... Michael Comey Payroll and Reporting Specialist...................................April Swiniuch Administrative Support Assistant...............................Sarah Schnebly Information Technology IT Director................................................................Scott Poole Network Administrator....................................................... Dan Moloney Theatre Operations Director of Theatre Operations................Timothy H. OConnell Patron Experience Coordinator...........................................JB Douglas Theatre Operations Apprentice........................................ Alicia Weber Security Coordinator...............................................................Greg Haugh Custodian.................................................................................Jose Andrade Calderwood Pavilion Calderwood Pavilion Manager...............................................Katie Most Calderwood Pavilion House Manager........................Julie Cameron Calderwood Pavilion Management Associate...............................Matt Feldman-Campbell Calderwood Pavilion Apprentice....................................... Teresa Cruz Calderwood Pavilion Assistant House Managers..........................................Paul Fox, Gabe Hughes, Ksenia Lanin, Maura Neff, Micaela Slotin Calderwood Pavilion Front of House Staff..........................................Chabreah Alston, Kamila Aouchiche, Cullen Burling, Robert Caplis, Mia Coffin, Barbara Crowther, Linnea Donnelly, Casey Greenleaf, Kerry Lydon, Terry McCarthy, Tiniqua Patrick, Nick Perron, Mirabella Pisani, Kelly Roper, Elliot Simmons-Uvin, Sarah Schnebly, Ciera-Sadé Wade Huntington Avenue Theatre Huntington Avenue Theatre Front of House Staff........................................ Terrence Dowdye, Kristina Dugas, Robin Goldberg, Ariana Goldsworthy, Andrew Harrington, Kat Klein, Tiwat Laoboonchai, Patrick Mahoney, Will Morrison, Samantha Myers

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Managing Director

ARTISTIC Producing Director.......................................Christopher Wigle Associate Producer................................................... Rebecca Bradshaw Director of New Work.................................................Charles Haugland Assistant to the Artistic Director.......................................Billy Cowles Playwright-in-Residence..................................................Melinda Lopez Literary Associate.....................................................J. Sebastián Alberdi Producing Apprentice.........................................................Alexis Scheer Literary & Marketing Apprentice.................................Adriana Zuniga Huntington Playwriting Fellows................................. MJ Halberstadt, Brenda Withers DEVELOPMENT Chief Development Officer................................Elisabeth Saxe Director of Development................................Jessica Morrison Director of Major Gifts................................................Margaret J. White Major Gifts Officer..............................................................Celina Valadao Institutional Giving Manager...........................Diana Jacobs-Komisar Individual Giving Manager...............................................Annalise Baird Campaign Manager...........................................................Robin Valovich Manager of Development Operations, Research & Stewardship...............................Elizabeth MacLachlan Special Events Coordinator................................................ Sam Buntich EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Interim Co-Directors of Education.......................Meg O’Brien, Alexandra Smith Education Associate.............................................................. Daniel Begin Education Associate..............................................................Marisa Jones Teaching Artist Fellow...................................................................Ivy Ryan Education Apprentice.............................................................Dylan Wack Teaching Artist.............................................................................. Allie Meek MARKETING Interim Director of Marketing.......................................Robert Sweibel Associate Director of Marketing...................... Meredith Mastroianni Tessitura Analytics Manager........................................... Derrick Martin Graphic Design Coordinator............................................Lauren Calder Communications Associate...................................................Leah Reber Marketing Associate............................................................Laura Cafasso Literary & Marketing Apprentice.................................Adriana Zuniga PUBLIC AFFAIRS Director of Public Affairs and Strategic Partnerships.................................. Temple Gill Community Membership Coordinator.....................................................Candelaria Silva-Collins Press Representation........................John Michael Kennedy, JMKPR

STAFF (continued) PRODUCTION Director of Production................................... Todd D. Williams Associate Director of Production................................... Bethany Ford Production Management Apprentice.............................. Lucas Dixon Stage Management Apprentice........................................ Juli Merhaut

Paints Charge Scenic Artist............................................Kristin Krause Assistant Charge Scenic Artist...........................Romina Diaz-Brarda Scenic Artist...........................................................................Chelsey Erskin Scenic Painting Apprentice..................................................Rhi Sanders

Scenery Technical Director.................................................. Dan Ramirez Associate Technical Director........................................ Adam Godbout Assistant Technical Director..................................................Dan Oleksy Assistant Technical Director........................................Michael Huxford Scene Shop Foreman..............................................................Mike Hamer Master Carpenter....................................................................Larry Dersch Scenery Mechanic...........................................................Jesse Washburn Carpenters....................................................................Andrew Cancellieri, Milosz Gassan, Christian Lambrecht, Nick Hernon Carpenter/Scene Shop Assistant...........................Carolyn Daitch Calderwood Pavilion Stage Supervisor......................Rachael Hasse Huntington Avenue Theatre Stage Carpenter...........................................................Joseph Fanning Scenery Apprentice............................................... John Graham Parker

Costumes Costume Director.......................Carolyn Hoffmann-Schneider Assistant Costume Director................................. Virginia V. Emerson Costume Design Assistant.....................................................Mary Lauve Head Draper...........................................................................Anita Canzian Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer................Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs First Hand............................................................................Rebecca Hylton Wardrobe Supervisor..........................................................Christine Marr Associate Wardrobe Supervisor.............................Barbara Crowther Wigmaster...............................................................................Troy Siegfreid Costumes Apprentice...............................................................Luisa Earle

Properties Properties Master.............................................Kristine Holmes Assistant Properties Master.............................................Justin Seward Properties Artisan.....................................................................Ian Thorsell Properties Run................................................................Andrew DeShazo Properties Apprentice................................................. Duncan Kennedy

Electrics Lighting & Projections Supervisor................. Katherine Herzig Assistant Lighting Supervisor....................................... Bridget Collins Calderwood Pavilion House Electrician............................Taylor Ness Huntington Avenue Theatre House Electrician................................................................... Sean Baird Sound Sound Supervisor................................................. Ben Emerson Sound Engineer.......................................................................... J. Jumbelic Calderwood Pavilion Sound Engineer............................................................ Jesse McKenzie Sound Apprentice................................................................Paula Halpern

Additional Staff for Sherlock’s Last Case Fight Consultant.................................................................... Ted Hewlett Dialect Coach...................................................................Amelia Broome Assistant to the Director...................................................Caley Chase Production Assistants..........................Jamie Carty, Ally MacLean Carpenters.................................. Andrew Adamopoulos, Lisa Berg, Giovanni Hoyos-Corrales, Bill O’Donnell, Camila Ramirez-Arau, Stef Rodemann, Rita Roy, Kyle Salvaggio, Slava Tchoul Deck Run Crew................................. Bill O’Donnell, Kyle Salvaggio Scenic Artists.......................................Jackie Kempe, Lauren White Tailor.......................................................................................Sarah Barbour First Hand......................................................................... Kathleen Kenna

Stitcher..............................................................................Barbara Wagner Dresser........................................................................ Susana Moncousky Assistant Lighting Designer.............................................Kelly Martin Electricians.............................................Larry Barnes, Kevin Barnett, Shane Cassidy, Evey Connerty-Marin, Chris Gilmore, Daryl Laurenza, John Graham Parker, Betsy Pierce, Jonathan Rooney, Syd Skora, Zachary Straeffer, Jennifer Timms Associate Sound Designer............................................ Ben Emerson Assistant Production Sound Engineer................................................................ Valentin Frank

Costume rentals provided by Costume Rentals, Goodspeed Musicals, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Santa Fe Opera Special thanks to Thomas Novak and New England Conservatory 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 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 CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS LIVE ON STAGE, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738.

Nov 29–Dec 2. This touring production features everyone’s favorite Peanuts gang—Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, Sally and more, all led by the lovable Charlie Brown—as they discover the true meaning of Christmas.

DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! THE MUSICAL, Boch Center, The Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., 800-982-2787. Nov 28–Dec 9. This musical tells Dr. Seuss’ beloved tale of the mean and scheming Grinch, who decides to steal Christmas away from the holiday-loving Whos. Magnificent sets and costumes inspired by the original illustrations help transport audiences to the whimsical world of Whoville, breathing new life into this timeless story.

HAMILTON, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 866-5237469. Through Nov 18. With book, music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, this Broadway sensation is the story of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington’s right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s first Treasury Secretary.

Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B and Broadway, this is the story of America then, as told by America now.

LOSS OF BREATH: THE UNFINISHED LIFE AND DEATH OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, The Modern Theatre at Suffolk University, 525 Washington St., 866-811-4111. Nov 15–18. Drawing from Poe’s stories and biography, writer and director Wesley Savick invents a fantastical world between life and death in collaboration with Brookline’s Puppet Showplace Theater, introducing audiences to Poe, his mother, spouse, Annabel Lee, ghosts and other ghastly beings—including a middle-school English teacher from Indiana.

MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Cheek by Jowl and The Pushkin Theatre, Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400. Oct 24–28. Experience Shakespeare’s tale in a ripped-from-the-headlines context that is as shocking as it is revelatory. The Bard’s complex tale asks vital and unsettling questions about how we are governed and, in the process, unmasks the true nature of authority, love and justice.

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MADE IN AMERICA: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning blockbuster Hamilton makes its Boston debut with an extended run that continues at the Boston Opera House through November 18.

THE PECULIAR PATRIOT, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-8248400. Oct 17–28. Liza Jessie Peterson’s timely and urgent one-person show unpacks the human impact of mass incarceration in America. Fearlessly funny, smart and provocative, this acclaimed work traces the migration of systemic injustice from the plantation to the prison yard.

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, Emerson Colonial Theatre, 106 Boylston St., 866-523-7469. Nov 7–18. What would happen if Sherlock Holmes and Monty Python had an illegitimate Broadway baby? You’d get this award-winning smash comedy, a classic murder mystery chock-full of mishaps and madcap mania that delivers “a riotous explosion of comedy” (Daily Beast).

ROCK OF AGES, Boch Center, The Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., 800-982-2787. Oct 23–28. Experience the big, bad 1980s on Hollywood’s Sunset Strip, where rock ’n’ roll dreamers line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Featuring the music of bands such as Styx, Poison, Twisted Sister and Whitesnake, this 10th anniversary production features a dynamic new cast revisiting the larger-than-life characters and story that turned the show into a global phenomenon.

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.

WET: A DACAMENTED JOURNEY, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617824-8400. Nov 8–25. Written and performed by Alex Alpharaoh, this true story of what it means to be an American in every

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Paula Plum and Adrianne Krstansky star in this hilarious and moving look at two women changing their lives in unexpected ways.

A true Boston story, local dance legend Tony Williams reimagined the classic holiday tale to become a Boston inner-city story with a neon buzz, blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky. This delightful story follows the magical journey of Clarice and her Nutcracker guide through classical ballet, tap, hip hop, jazz, flamenco and more.

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struck creator. As he learns to survive and master the highest of human skills, he searches for his creator to make a deal.

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FUN HOME, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Roberts Studio Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Oct 19–Nov 17. A heartbreaking and fiercely funny show about seeing one’s parents through grown-up eyes based on Alison Bechdel’s best-selling memoir, this groundbreaking musical introduces us to Alison at three different ages, revealing memories that celebrate the curiosity of childhood and the complexities of family.

THE BOSTON ABOLITIONISTS, The Poets’ Theatre, Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St., 617-715-6920. Nov 18.

An ensemble of skilled actors gives voice to the wide range of anti-slavery attitudes in Massachusetts during the decades leading up to the Civil War. Black and white, female and male, well-known and obscure, these important writers and orators transformed fringe ideas—rejected by many in Boston as dangerous and “fanatical”—into a mainstream movement for emancipation.

BREATH & IMAGINATION, Lyric Stage Company and The Front Porch Arts Collective, 140 Clarendon St., 617-585-5678. Nov 30–Dec 23. Before there was Marian Anderson, there was Roland Hayes—one of the first world-renowned African-American classical vocalists. Daniel Beaty’s play with music chronicles the amazing journey of this pioneer from the plantation in Georgia to singing before kings and queens in Europe.

A CHORUS LINE, Riverside Theatre Works, 45 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park, 800-838-3006. Oct 26–Nov 4. Marvin Hamlisch’s, Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical follows the trials and tribulations of a group of dancers auditioning for a Broadway show who reveal the intimate details of their pasts.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL, The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Nov 23–Dec 30. This incarnation of Dickens’ classic tale of the miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge utilizes puppetry, live music, dancing and intimate storytelling to relay this celebration of generosity, compassion and personal transformation.

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.

EQUIVOCATION, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Sanctuary at United Parish, 210 Harvard St., Brookline, 866-811-4111. Oct 11–Nov 10. After a failed terrorist plot, William Shakespeare is commissioned to write a history of the event by the prime minister, while King James wants a play with witches. As Shakespeare wrestles with the dilemma of being a propagandist, his company of fellow actors explore the new play, which might just be a political cover. Do the actors speak truth to power and risk spending their lives in prison, or worse, lose their heads?

EXTRAORDINARY, American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Nov 16–30.

In celebration of Artistic Director Diane Paulus’ 10th anniversary season, A.R.T. artists and special guests perform songs from the past 10 seasons of boundary-breaking musicals.

FRANKENSTEIN, The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Oct 4–Nov 4. In 18th century Europe, Doctor Victor Frankenstein’s creation—the Creature, childlike in his innocence—is cast out into society by his horror40 SHERLOCK’S LAST CASE

GOONEY BIRD GREENE AND HER TRUE LIFE ADVENTURES, Wheelock Family Theatre, 180 The Riverway, 617-353-3001.

Oct 26–Nov 18. This adaptation by Kent R. Brown of the Lois Lowry book charts the quirky course of Gooney Bird, a new student at Watertower Elementary with a flair for the theatrical.

Gooney Bird inspires her classmates to maximize their own self-expression through wearing brightly colored, mismatched ensembles and telling wildly imaginative stories.

GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE, The Longwood Players, Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, 866-811-4111. Nov 9–17. Using transcripts from the actual trials, Oscar Wilde’s own writings and excerpts from autobiographies and other historical documents, Moisés Kaufman’s play reconstructs the trials that Wilde endured when accused of “gross indecency with male persons,” assembling a diverse cast of characters to explore how history is made and how it can be revisited in the theatre.

HAIRSPRAY, North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, 978-232-7200. Oct 30–Nov 11. Based on the John Waters film and set in Baltimore, 1962, this hit muscial recounts the story of Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger dream: to dance her way onto TV and into the heart of teen idol Link Larkin while fighting for integration.

HONK!, The Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, 617524-3200. Nov 3–17. Winner of the 2000 Olivier Award for Best Musical, this heartwarming celebration of being different based on Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved story The Ugly Duckling tells the story of an odd-looking baby duck, Ugly, and his quest to find his mother.

I’D RATHER BE LUCKY THAN GOOD, Crystal Cove Productions, Winthrop School of Performing Arts, 45 Pauline St., Winthrop, 617-671-5644. Oct 12–21. This musical comedy about golf, fate and friendship takes you on a rollicking round of golf with Lucky Lou and Meticulous Max. IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Nov 29–Dec 23.

Get into the Christmas spirit with this version of one of the most iconic films ever made. When misfortune befalls George Bailey on Christmas Eve, guardian angel Clarence swoops in to remind him of all the good he has done in the lives of those who love him most.

LOST AT SEA, Moonbox Productions, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Nov 25–Dec 29. Told by a shared cast of actors and musicians, performed on alternate nights and accompanied by original live music and puppetry, physical storytelling and live foley effects, this production takes the stories of Shakespeare’s Twelfth

GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) Night and Shipwrecked! An Entertainment by Donald Marguiles and explores what it means to be lost, what it means to be found and what we all discover on our own personal voyages.

“A PUNCHY REMINDER THAT POWER CORRUPTS.” - THE GUARDIAN

MACBETH, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Sanctuary at United Parish, 210 Harvard St., Brookline, 866-811-4111. Through Nov 11. When Macbeth, a noble Scottish lord, is shown a path to the throne by supernatural beings, his bloody ambition and ruthless wife spur him on with utter abandon to make the prophecy a reality in Shakespeare’s eerie and thrilling tragedy exploring unchecked thirst for control, tyranny and its consequences.

MAN IN THE RING, Huntington Theatre Company, Wimberly Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-266-0800. Nov 16–Dec 22.

This is the incredible true story of six-time world champion boxer Emile Griffith and the fatal fight he could never forget.

This sweeping tale covers his humble beginnings in the Virgin Islands, his passionate love affairs, and the infamous, lifechanging Madison Square Garden match against his archrival.

NSFW, Theatre on Fire, Charlestown Working Theater, 442 Bunker Hill St., 866-811-4111. Nov 2–17. When a men’s magazine accidentally publishes a risque photo they shouldn’t have, jobs and reputations are on the line. Lucy Kirkwood’s scathing and satirical comedy takes a biting, hilarious look at the media, class and how men— and women—objectify women in print, online and in the world.

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, The Hub Theatre Company of Boston, First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough St., 617267-6730. Nov 2–17. Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, this prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy tells the story of the 13-year-old orphan who would eventually become Peter Pan. THE ROOMMATE, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617-585-5678. Oct 19–Nov 18. Sharon, middle-aged and recently divorced, needs a roommate to share her Iowa home.

Robyn needs a place to hide and a chance to start over. But as Sharon begins to uncover Robyn’s secrets while sharing music, books and an occasional toke, she discovers a deep-seated desire to transform her own life completely.

THE SALONNIERES, Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Oct 25–Nov 11. In pre-Revolutionary Paris, a young girl promised in marriage to a duke to pay off her father’s debts flees to the literary salon of her late mother’s friends: aristocratic women who conceal radical politics within reinvented folk tales. Which of them is her fairy godmother and which the cruel stepmother? Is the duke a Prince Charming or a Beast? And is the maid just a maid, or the hero of a story none of them knows they are in?

1776, New Repertory Theatre, MainStage Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Nov 30–Dec 23. In this Tony Award-winning show, Massachusetts delegate John Adams must convince a divided Continental Congress to forge a new and independent nation. With help from his colleagues Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, Adams just might make history in this exciting, inclusive reimagining of the classic musical.

Contemporary society and Shakespeare’s political epic collide.

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SHE KILLS MONSTERS, Theatre@First, Unity Somerville, 6 William St., Somerville, 888-874-7554. Nov 9–17. In this show about

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GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) monsters, kick-ass fights, romance and a little family bonding, Agnes embarks on a quest to come to terms with the death of her younger sister Tilly by playing the D&D adventure she left behind.

THE TRAGIC ECSTASY OF GIRLHOOD, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Oct 11–21.

Life is difficult when you’re forced to raise yourself in the shadow of the System. After the suicide of their housemate Amber, five teenage girls in a Texas residential care facility combat their grief in five different ways.

UNIVERSE RUSHING APART, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Sorenson Black Box, Sorenson Center for the Arts at Babson College, 231 Forest St., Wellesley, 866-811-4111. Nov 7–18. Commonalities with a surrealist bent are explored in two one-acts by renowned playwright Caryl Churchill. In Blue Kettle, anxieties emerge when a con artist claims to be the long lost son of elderly women who gave him up for adoption. In Here We Go, a funeral party for a man with an adventurous past forces a group of women to capture flickering moments of their own lives as they grapple with their own mortality.

THE VAN HELSING CHRONICLES, The Post-Meridian Radio Players, Boston Brunch Church, 204 Elm St., Somerville, 800838-3006. Oct 19–27. Famed monster hunter Professor A. Van Helsing hosts and narrates two tales of Gothic horror—original adaptations of Richard Marsh’s The Beetle and Bram Stoker’s Dracula—in which he eventually also plays a role.

WE WILL NOT BE SILENT, New Repertory Theatre, MainStage Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Oct 13–Nov 4. Risking everything to stand up for social justice, German college student Sophie Scholl courageously led the only major act of civil disobedience against Hitler and his fascist regime.

Scholl’s moral strength is tested while being interrogated for her crimes, leading her to question whether to save her own life or continue her righteous crusade.

WITH GLITTERING EYES, Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St., Roxbury, 617-541-3900. Oct 18–28. From all appearances they are a solid family: a devoted wife and mother, a respected husband and father, an adorable daughter, a precocious son.

But a devastating secret threatens to shatter their fragile bond in this tense and powerful story of an untold truth and its generational consequences.

DANCE FROM THE GROUND UP, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Nov 8–11. An exciting evening of world premieres by international choreographers, plus a new contemporary ballet by faculty members Adriana Suarez and Gianni Di Marco, is performed by Boston Conservatory senior, junior and sophomore dancers.

THE NUTCRACKER, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. Nov 29–Dec 30. Boston’s favorite holiday tradition returns. Join Clara on her magical journey through an enchanted winter wonderland to a palace of sugary confections, featuring choreography by Boston Ballet artistic director Mikko Nissinen and Tchaikovsky’s classic score.

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Nov 30–Dec 9; The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, 617-354-7467, Dec 14–23. This inspiring, timeless and affordable holiday event is back on tour. Choreographed by Artistic Director José Mateo and inspired by Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, Mateo’s version brings Clara’s dream world to life with festive sets, sumptuous costumes and spectacular dancing.

OPERA ALCINA, Boston Early Music Festival, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., 617-585-1260. Nov 24 & 25. In this chamber opera production of the first opera by a woman composer, the sorceress Alcina stands between the valiant magician Melissa and her quest to save the warrior Ruggiero and liberate the captives who Alcina has transformed into plants and trees to ornament her island.

THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, Boston Lyric Opera, Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-542-6772. Oct 12–21.

Rossini’s classic comic opera, a prequel to Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, tells how Count Almaviva woos and eventually marries Rosina, a maiden cloistered by Doctor Bartolo (who aims to marry her himself), who gets freed through a series of schemes dreamed up by Almaviva’s barber Figaro.

BROTHER NAT, Robert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Oct 25. In this new sung-through musical/opera inspired by Nat Turner’s historic slave insurrection of 1831 in Southampton County, Virginia, Brother Nat, alongside his beloved wife, toils, sweats and dreams of freedom until an Angel appears and issues a divine directive: Rise and revolt!

DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Nov 29–Dec 2. Set during the French Revolution, Francis Poulenc’s work expands upon the true story of a convent of French Carmelite nuns facing execution during the last days of the Reign of Terror.

LE MÉDECIN MALGRÉ LUI, Odyssey Opera, Huntington Avenue Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., 617-933-8600. Nov 9 & 11.

Sganarelle, a boozy lumberjack, impersonates a doctor in Charles Gounod’s brilliant opéra comique based on the play by Molière. Will Sganarelle be discovered a fraud? Will his patient, the beautiful Lucinde, overcome her illness and be united with her lover Leandre? Will her father, Geronte, be outwitted by the “mock doctor?” Will anyone be left standing in the end?

OPERA BITES, Boston Opera Collaborative, Edward M. Pickman Hall at Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St., Cambridge, 617-517-5883. Oct 26–28. This fourth annual feast of 10-minute operas, sung in English, is an evening of revelry in a cabaret-style setting. The seven short operas in this year’s production include six brand-new commissions and one U.S. premiere.

SCHOENBERG IN HOLLYWOOD, Boston Lyric Opera, Robert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-542-6772. Nov 14–18. In this world premiere by Tod Machover, the brilliant composer Arnold Schoenberg, having fled the darkness and despair of Hitler’s Europe, finds himself in 1930s Hollywood—a bold, new world of golden sunshine and camera-ready beauty. Can he find a way to reconcile reflection with action, and tradition with revolution?

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BOSTON DINING GUIDE L–Lunch • D­–Dinner • B–Breakfast C–Cocktails • VP–Valet Parking SB–Sunday Brunch • LS–Late Supper

49 SOCIAL, 49 Temple Pl., 617-338-9600. This eclectic bar and restaurant at Downtown Crossing serves refined modern American cuisine. The seasonal dinner menu draws inspiration from around the globe while also incorporating ingredients from local New England farms. D, C. 49social.com.

ARAGOSTA BAR & BISTRO, Three Battery Wharf, 617-9949001. This addition to Boston’s vibrant waterfront restaurant community offers a new take on Italian cuisine by award-winning chef David Daniels who shows his signature flair through hand-made pastas, prime meats and classic New England seafood. Using quality, local farm-raised ingredients, Aragosta offers a warm, social atmosphere in a stunning waterfront setting. Also offering an open kitchen with Chef’s Counter and an outdoor terrace. B, L, D. Mon–Sun 6:30 a.m.–10 p.m.; Sat & SB 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. aragostabistro.com.

AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT, Hyatt Regency, One Avenue de Lafayette, 617-912-1234. Located in the heart of the Theatre District, Avenue One restaurant and lounge serves contemporary New England cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. Enjoy a refreshing cocktail, three-course prix fixe dinner or a delectable dessert. Discounted parking available. B 6:30–11:30 a.m., L noon–3 p.m., D 5–10 p.m. C, VP regencyboston.hyatt.com.

BACK DECK, 2 West St. (corner of Washington), 617-6700320. With three deck spaces and a menu of grill-focused favorites, Back Deck invites everyone to gather around patio tables and chairs for a charcoal-cooked meal and backyardinspired cocktails. Its ambiance brings the outdoors inside with floor-to-ceiling open windows, carriage lighting, lush green planters, glazed brick and an open kitchen. Drawing inspiration from a roof deck, this restaurant is the ultimate urban retreat.

L, D, Sat & SB, C. BackDeckBoston.com.

BLU, 4 Avery St., 617-375-8550. Located in the heart of the Theatre District next door to the Ritz Carlton on the fourth floor, blu Restaurant and Bar is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a feast for the senses. Its contemporary American menu includes the all-time favorite lobster club. Featuring spectacular floor-to-ceiling windows, blu is perfect for a pre-show 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.

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CITYPLACE, On Stuart Street between Tremont and S. Charles streets in the State Transportation Building. Enjoy handcrafted beers at Rock Bottom Brewery, delicious treats from Panera Bread and gourmet Chinese at P.F. Chang’s as well as specialty pizzas, custom burritos and coffee from Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. B, L, D, C. cityplaceboston.com.

CLINK, The Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St., 617-224-4004.

Clink serves the freshest North Atlantic seafood, seasonal New England fare and delicious artisanal meats, highlights of a menu that artfully marries European culinary tradition with contemporary American innovation. The dining room features vestiges of original jail cells and an open kitchen, while gold leather seats, butcher block tables and granite accents add to the contemporary style. Nightly, Clink’s lobby bar draws urban dwellers and hotel guests to an energetic and social nightlife scene in the heart of Boston. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m., D 5–11 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–3 p.m. clinkrestaurant.com.

DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 75 Arlington St., 617-357-4810. This Boston institution is located in Park Square, within walking distance to all theatres. The Northern Italian steakhouse menu includes a selection of homemade pastas and Brandt meats (aged New York sirloin, Niman Ranch pork chop, Provini porterhouse veal chop), as well as Davio’s classics and selection of fresh seafood, before or after the theatre. Enjoy a lighter fare menu in the spacious bar and parlor area. D Sun–Tue 5–10 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til 11 p.m.; LS Sun–Tue ’til 11 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til midnight; L Mon–Fri, SB 11 a.m.–3 p.m. VP. davios.com.

FAJITAS & ’RITAS, 25 West St., 617-426-1222.

Established in 1989, Fajitas & ’Ritas is an easygoing restaurant and bar that features fresh, healthy Texan and barbecue cuisine at bargain prices. An all-around fun place to eat, drink and hang out, the walls are decorated with colorful murals and the bar boasts some of Boston’s best—and sturdiest—margaritas.

L, D Mon & Tue 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed, Thu & Sat ’til 10 p.m.; Fri ’til 11 p.m.; Sun ’til 8 p.m. C. fajitasandritas.com.

THE HUNGRY I, 71½ Charles St., 617-227-3524. In a twostory townhouse with three working fireplaces and an outdoor patio, Chef Peter Ballarin celebrates 30 years of French country cuisine and creative desserts. Signature dishes include venison au poivre and braised rabbit a la moutard. Private dining rooms available. L, D, SB, C. hungryiboston.com.

JASPER WHITE’S SUMMER SHACK, 50 Dalton St., 617-8679955; 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500.

Enjoy top-notch seafood such as pan-roasted lobster, awardwinning fried chicken and an impressive raw bar in a casual setting. L, D. summershackrestaurant.com.

LEGAL SEA FOODS, 558 Washington St., 617-692-8888; 26 Park Plaza, Park Square Motor Mart, 617-426-4444; 255 State St., Long Wharf, 617-227-3115; Copley Place, 100 Huntington Ave., 617-266-7775; 270 Northern Ave., Liberty Wharf, 617-477-2900; other locations. Legal Sea Foods, a Boston tradition for more than 50 years, features more than 40 varieties of fresh fish and shellfish as well as an award-winning wine list. Named “Boston’s Most Popular Restaurant” (Zagat 2010/2011). L & D. legalseafoods.com.

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

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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.

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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., 617-227-2750.

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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