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CONTENTS

NOVEMBER–DECEMBER 2017

7 THE PROGRAM 10 COMEDY FROM CHAOS: TARTUFFE IN CONTEXT

04 Backstage by Olivia J. Kiers and Natasha Bonfield

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14 About the Company 34 Patron Services 35 Emergency Exits 39 Guide to Local Theatre 44 Boston Dining Guide 46 Dining Out: Top of the Hub

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

DYNAMIC DUO: The Huntington Theatre Company recently announced MJ Halberstadt (above left) and Brenda Withers as Huntington Playwriting Fellows for 2017–2019.

Huntington’s New Playwriting Fellows Have the Write Stuff In September, Huntington Theatre Company announced two Huntington Playwriting Fellows for 2017–2019, MJ Halberstadt and Brenda Withers. During the two-year term, each fellow receives an honorarium, participates in writers’ collective meetings, attends Huntington productions and events, and benefits from access to the Huntington’s artistic staff and resources. Program alumni continue to have access to even more developmental opportunities, including the Breaking Ground Festival of New Work. Both playwrights have already assembled impressive resumes. Halberstadt, a founding member of Boston’s Bridge Repertory Theater, received the 2016 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding New Script for The Launch Prize, and Withers—who co-wrote Matt & Ben with TV’s Mindy Kaling—won the 2015 Portland Stage Clauder Prize and Theatre Communications Group’s Edgerton Foundation New Play Award in 2016 for String 4

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Around My Finger, which was produced by Portland Stage last spring. “Brenda and MJ are both natural fits for the fellows program,” said Huntington’s director of new work, Charles Haugland. “Brenda’s tremendous gift for creating surprising and emotional arcs for actors and MJ’s sharp eye for mixing humor and cultural critique make each of their plays so compelling. I am excited to welcome them both into this community of artists.” Visit huntingtontheatre.org for more information. New Head of Guerilla Opera Announced Guerilla Opera, the contemporary opera company and Ensemble-in-Residence at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, hired award-winning photographer and television producer Clive Grainger as its new executive manager in September. Previously, the public face of the company was general manager and co-founding artist Aliana de la Guardia, who steered Guerilla Opera through its first 10 seasons, producing no fewer than 14 world premiere operas.

BACKSTAGE (continued) Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Grainger worked for BBC Television in London for 10 years before relocating to Boston, where he has lived for the past two decades. Grainger has extensive stage management experience, having worked with the Boston Early Music Festival, Boston Baroque, Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, and Wheelock Family Theatre. “I have been impressed by Guerilla Opera’s adventurous mission, its artistic integrity and the opportunities it offers to challenge both artists and audiences,” Grainger said. “I am honored to work with the company as it enters its second decade and seeks to grow and develop, bringing more exciting repertoire to the city and region.” Go to guerillaopera.org for more information. Stars Shine at CSC’s Theatre in the Rough On November 13 at Babson College in Wellesley, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) mounts a special staged reading of Bertolt Brecht’s Fear and Misery in the Third Reich for its Theatre in the Rough series. An amalgamation of 16 interconnected vignettes

Brecht wrote in the 1930s while in exile, the play—directed by CSC founding artistic director Steven Maler—vividly portrays what life was like in REACHING FOR THE Ge r m a n h o u s e - STARS: Commonwealth Company holds during the rise Shakespeare artistic director Steven of the Nazi state. Maler (left) takes the helm Since Theatre in the for his company’s staged of Fear and Misery Rough performances reading in the Third Reich, starring limit costumes and Tony Shalhoub (center) stage sets, this pro- and Brooke Adams (right). duction truly shines a spotlight on the text and the actors’ interpretation of it. The company certainly aims to impress with its choice of actors: Fear and Misery in the Third Reich features big names Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”) and Brooke Adams (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), who also performed in CSC’s 2014 presentation of Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days. For tickets, visit commshakes.org.

WHAT’S ON STAGE in November Our picks for the hottest plays and musicals on local stages this month

THE 39 STEPS MOONBOX PRODUCTIONS November 17–December 9 IRNE Award-winning director Allison Olivia Choat leads this madcap comedy based on the beloved Hitchcock film. Four actors play 150 characters in a hilarious tale of murder, spies, and absurd mystery. Refer to listing, page 42.

JULIUS CAESAR ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT November 15–December 17 This production puts a twist on Shakespeare’s famed political tragedy, taking place in a futuristic parallel universe and performed by an all-female cast. Boston favorite Marianna Bassham (Constellations) stars as Marc Antony. Refer to listing, page 41. ELF THE MUSICAL WANG THEATRE November 28–December 10 Based on the beloved 2003 film, the touring Broadway production of this familyfriendly musical promises festive fun, with former “Cheers” star George Wendt (pictured) reprising his role as Santa. Refer to listing, page 39. HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY 5

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THE COLOR PURPLE SHUBERT THEATRE November 21–December 3 Winner of the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, this production arrives straight from Broadway. Follow Celie’s journey of self-discovery in a story as heart-warming as it is heart-wrenching. Refer to listing, page 39.

A draft rendering of the proposed second floor lobby of the Huntington Avenue Theatre

HUNTINGTON PLANS ON EXPANSIVE NEW PUBLIC SPACE FOR HUNTINGTON AVENUE THEATRE

East Wing - Second Floor “Boston’s Living Room”

Huntington Theatre Company Bruner/Cott Architects September 2017

Welcome to the Huntington Avenue Theatre, now solely controlled by the Huntington Theatre Company, where we will produce world-class theatre and present other great companies for generations to come. The Huntington Theatre Company is embarking on extensive plans to renovate and expand our beautiful theatre, increasing the services we provide to audiences, artists, and the Greater Boston community. Our commercial development partners QMG Huntington LLC plan to construct a residential apartment building next door to the theatre, which will include space for a restaurant and retail, as well as a new two-story entrance and a 14,000 square foot public lobby space for the Huntington Avenue Theatre. The proposed new entrance to the theatre will lead to our ticketing services office, as well as a café open to patrons, artists, and the community all day long. As depicted above in a preliminary interior rendering,

the new second floor lobby will feature comfortable seating areas that will be open to the public throughout the day, a bar and pub food, and a flexible space for additional programming such as intimate concerts and presentations. And of course, we’ll have plenty of new restrooms! Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois refers to our new expansive lobby space as “Boston’s living room,” saying that these new spaces will make the refurbished Huntington Avenue Theatre a true gathering space for artists, audiences, and the community we serve. “When the Huntington built the Calderwood Pavilion in the South End, it quickly became the heart of the neighborhood, and we now have the incredible opportunity to repeat that success on the Avenue of the Arts.”

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Scenic Design Costume Design Lighting Design Anita Yavich Alexander Dodge Christopher Akerlind Choreographer Daniel Pelzig Flying Flying by Foy

Original Music Peter Golub

Fight Director Ted Hewlett

Production Stage Manager Emily F. McMullen

Sound Design Ben Emerson

Casting Alaine Alldaffer

Stage Manager Kevin Schlagle

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CAST Orgon, a gentleman...............................................................................Frank Wood Elmire, his second wife........................................................................ Melissa Miller Mariane, his daughter.......................................................... Sarah Oakes Muirhead Damis, his son......................................................................Matthew Bretschneider Dorine, their maid................................................................................... Jane Pfitsch Cléante, Elmire’s brother..............................................................Matthew J. Harris Madame Pernelle, Orgon’s mother........................................................Paula Plum Flipote, Madame Pernelle’s maid.........................................................Katie Elinoff Valère, engaged to Mariane.............................................................. Gabriel Brown Tartuffe.................................................................................................. Brett Gelman Laurent, his acolyte...................................................................... Steven Barkhimer Monsieur Loyal, a bailiff.............................................................. Steven Barkhimer An Officer of the Court.................................................................... Omar Robinson

SETTING The House of Orgon There will be one 10-minute intermission.

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COMEDY FROM CHAOS: TARTUFFE IN CONTEXT BANNED IN PARIS When Molière’s comedy Tartuffe was first performed publicly in 1664, it was in the court of Louis XIV with an abbreviated version that contained just the first three acts of the play as we know it today. Though the king had heard the text before in a private reading and approved of it, the antics of Tartuffe scandalized the Archbishop of Paris and the Queen Mother, both devout. The king banned performances of the play within a week, and the prohibition on Tartuffe lasted five years. The abuses of hypocritical religious zealots, such as Tartuffe, were a topical Portrait of Molière by Pierre Mignard, concern in 17th century France, echoing ca. 1658 real-life incidents involving sham “spiritual directors” hired in wealthy households. The activity of these zealous directors centered around the secret society The Company of Blessed Sacrament, and they did not just direct churches or other religious institutions, but rather saw as their purview all of French society. “These men became involved in a whole range of affairs,” wrote French doctor Guy Patin in a 1660 letter. “They poked their noses into the running of great households, they warned husbands of their wives’ debauchery, and they interfered in politics and were planning to bring the Inquisition to France.”1 Molière believed this cabal of faux dévots had bent the king’s ear towards outlawing Tartuffe, and he pleaded in a series of three public letters that the king save the play and, in doing so, rescue French society by using the comedy to scrub it clean. Molière wrote, “I thought I would be doing some small service to all the decent people of your kingdom if I wrote a play that discredited the hypocrites and showed all the calculated dissimulations of these excessively pious people, all the covert mischief of these counterfeiters of devotion, who try to entrap men with feigned zeal and insincere love of their neighbors.”2 In 1669, the king allowed the play to go forward in an expanded five-act version that features, and perhaps flatters, the king’s court in the course of the plot. Whether publicly petitioning the king or writing new one acts to defend his own plays, Molière embraced controversy in his career; his style was inherently provocative, and the storm over his plays inevitably boosted the box office. His previous play The School for Wives also shocked society in its inversion of the 10 TARTUFFE

morals and pretensions of the upper class. In a piece defending The School for Wives, Molière suggested that he saw comedy neither as an exaggeration of reality nor as fantasy based on it, but as a “public mirror,” a fictional reflection that reveals the truth. “The finest points of serious morality are usually less powerful than those belonging to satire,” Molière wrote in the preface to the first published edition of Tartuffe. “And most men are scolded by nothing quite so well as by the portrayal of their faults. It is a great blow to vice to expose it to everyone’s laughter. We can easily stand being reprehended, but we cannot stand being mocked. We are willing to be wicked, but we will not be ridiculous.”3 AN ENDURING CLASSIC Molière’s play became a cause célèbre because it took aim at the false piety that plagued France in his time. But the play endures, and has been produced continuously around the world for more than three centuries, because of its piercing insight into how and why this house falls into the grasp of a madman. Every age has those eager to grasp power through hypocrisy, and every age falls under their mesmerizing spell. “It was Molière’s insight that the bourgeois are scarred for existence […] by their insecurity, which makes them by turns irritable and idealistic,” writes Adam Gopnik for The New Yorker on Molière’s enduring influence. “Molière grasped that the bourgeois family was a little replicating machine of prosperity but, lacking a firm spiritual basis, was at the same time terribly fragile. It did not believe in its own beliefs.” Hypocrisy, Molière knew, comes in many forms — and engenders many responses. When can we embrace someone else’s hypocrisy? When are we blind to it? When do we abhor it? When do we find ourselves most desperate to have someone else’s hypocrisy acknowledged? (Have you ever gotten into an argument on the internet? Did it ever end well?) And most importantly, do we ever recognize our own hypocrisy? For the most recent revival of Tartuffe at the Comédie Française in Paris, Galin Stoev and Sacha Carlson wrote in an essay, “Molière reveals to us the paradoxical nature of man. He digs up the hotspots, the ‘burning nerves’ of man’s humanity.” A NEW TRANSLATION Molière was first and foremost a performer; he played Orgon in the original staging of Tartuffe, and he even died onstage acting in his play The Imaginary Invalid. While Molière encouraged for his plays to be published and read, what was most important to him was that they were performed. Those original texts he created are still staged widely in France. In America, we depend on translations and adaptations to convey the vibrancy of Molière’s work.

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Molière wrote the original Tartuffe in rhyming alexandrine verse with 12 syllables to a line. Many English translations use pentameter, the 10-syllable form familiar to us from Shakespearean verse. In 1991, the Huntington produced the late Richard Wilbur’s elegant translation of Tartuffe that uses pentameter. For this production, director Peter DuBois chose the acclaimed translation of Ranjit Bolt, perhaps the most prolific translator of French verse in recent decades. Bolt has created versions of Corneille, Racine, and Molière, and was awarded an OBE in 2003 for his contribution for literature. In the 1990s, Bolt had created a version of Tartuffe in pentameter. But when the National Theatre in London approached him about using his translation for their 2002 staging, Bolt believed he could create a version in octameter (eight syllables per line) that would more fully capture the spirit that he felt Molière strived for in the original. This version Bolt created closely follows the structure and argument of the original; in some cases, it does so more faithfully than previous English translations that flatten out contradictions of character that are revealed in the Bolt. Yet Bolt also uses modern language and syntax in an acknowledgment that chasing a perfect representation of the original is impossible. “I’ve heard people behind me in theatres say ‘Ce n’est pas Molière,’ and then walking out,” Bolt says. “The fact is that change, either through excision or emendation (or to a lesser extent, addition) is inevitable.” As Bolt points out, a house in chaos with a handful of characters all grappling for control is a perfect tension for comic verse. “Escape through anarchy into a surreal world,” Bolt said in an interview with The Guardian of the powerful tension that exists in verse. “The joy in verse is the contrast between the discipline of the form and the ludicrous nature of what’s being described.” — CHARLES HAUGLAND 1 2

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Steven Barkhimer* (Laurent, Monsieur Loyal) recently appeared at the Lyric Stage Company in Gypsy, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Warrior Class. As a member of the resident acting company at the Actors’ Shakespeare Project, he has been in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, The Cherry Orchard, Phedre, Middletown, Twelfth Night, and others. Film credits include The Fighter and American Hustle. He is the author of Windowmen (Elliot Norton Award, Outstanding New Script; IRNE Award, Best New Play; and Kennedy Center Award, Best New Play). Matthew Bretschneider* (Damis) has appeared at the Huntington in Dead End (directed by Nicholas Martin) and Ah! Wilderness. New York City theatre credits include The Erlkings (Theatre Row), The Footage (The Flea Theater), and The Taming of the Shrew (Pulse Ensemble). Regional theatre credits include the title role in Peter and the Starcatcher, Seminar, and The House (Kitchen Theatre Company); Hamlet and All’s Well That Ends Well (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); and Macbeth (Boston’s Publick Theatre). Television appearances include “The Path” and “Law & Order: SVU.” Mr. Bretschneider earned his BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. matthewbretschneider.com. Gabriel Brown* (Valère) has Off Broadway credits that include Love and Money (Signature Theatre); and The Mystery of Love and Sex and The City of Conversation (Lincoln Center Theater). Regional credits include Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Mark Taper Forum) for which he received an Ovation Award; Love and Money, A Raisin in the Sun (Westport Country Playhouse); and iDream (Premiere Stages). Film credits include Mr. Malevolent (upcoming). Television projects include Issa Rae’s “Minimum Wage,” “I’m Dying Up Here,” and “Madam Secretary.” He is a proud graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Katie Elinoff (Flipote) has credits that include Carolyn in The Bridges of Madison County and Cassidy in appropriate (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Phoebe in As You Like It (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Natalie in Distracted (Underground Railway Theater); and Diwata in Speech & Debate (Bad Habit Productions). Film and television credits include “Olive Kitteridge” (HBO) and the upcoming feature film The Burning Woman. She holds a BFA in acting from Elon University. Brett Gelman (Tartuffe) is a longtime company member of The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. His film credits include Lemon, The Other Guys, Joshy, Thirty Minutes or Less, Wilson, and DRIB. He has appeared on television in “Fleabag” (Amazon), “Stranger Things” (Netflix), “Love” (Netflix), “Another Period” (Comedy Central), “Twin Peaks” (Showtime), “Blunt Talk” (Starz), “Married” (FX), “Go On” (NBC), “Eagleheart” (Adult Swim), “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO), as well as Brett’s three “Dinner” specials (“Dinner with Friends,” “Dinner with Family,” and “Dinner in America”) that also appeared on Adult Swim. Mr. Gelman graduated with a BFA in drama from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

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Matthew J. Harris* (Cléante) recently appeared in Topdog/ Underdog (Elliot Norton Award for Best Actor) and Kirsten Greenidge’s Milk Like Sugar at the Huntington. He has regional credits that include In the Heights (Walnut Street Theatre), The Comedy of Errors (Theater at Monmouth), and Twelfth Night (Shakesperience Productions, Inc.). Some of his New York credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Classical Theatre of Harlem), Macbeth (Pulse Ensemble Theatre), She Calls Me Firefly (New Perspectives Theatre), and Trouble (New York Musical Theatre Festival). His television credits include “Blindspot” and “Person of Interest.” He can also be heard and seen in commercials for Coke Zero, Verizon, Zaxby’s, Footlocker, Bounty, and more. Mr. Harris is also a hip-hop dancer, teacher, and choreographer at Man in Motion. maninmotionnyc.com. matthewjharris.net. Melissa Miller* (Elmire) made her Broadway debut in Tartuffe (Roundabout Theatre Company). She played Jessica opposite F. Murray Abraham in Theatre for a New Audience’s national tour of The Merchant of Venice. Other Off Broadway work with Signature Theatre, Keen Company, Clubbed Thumb, and The Flea Theater, among others. Her recent regional credits include Portia in The Merchant of Venice (The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey) and Siobhan in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Pioneer Theatre), as well as productions at McCarter Theatre Center, Pittsburgh Public Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, Alley Theatre, Hartford Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Premiere Stages at Kean University, and Penguin Repertory Theatre. Film and television work includes Life Itself (dir. Dan Fogelman), “The Path” (Hulu), “Law & Order: SVU,” “Elementary,” “Ed,” “All My Children,” and “Fire at the Triangle” (PBS). Ms. Miller is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vassar College. melissamiller.org. Sarah Oakes Muirhead* (Mariane) appeared in Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music at the Huntington. Her recent credits include Fiddler on the Roof (New Repertory Theatre, dir. Austin Pendleton), Show Boat (Reagle Music Theatre), Arcadia (Central Square Theater), A Little Night Music (The Barnstormers Theatre), and 4,000 Miles and Spring Awakening (Gloucester Stage Company). Ms. Muirhead trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and is a proud graduate of Boston University’s BFA acting program. She is also a coach for Boston-based “My College Audition,” helping the next generation of theatre artists to pursue their passions. Up next, she can be seen as Henrietta Swan Leavitt in Central Square Theater’s world premiere production of The Women Who Mapped the Stars. sarahoakesmuirhead.com. Jane Pfitsch* (Dorine) previously appeared in Educating Rita at the Huntington for which she received an IRNE Award nomination for Best Actress. She has appeared on Broadway in Cabaret (2014 revival), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (2008 revival), and Company (2007 revival). Her Off Broadway credits include Peer Gynt and Allegro (Classic Stage Company); The 39 Steps (New World

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Stages); and Pumpgirl (Manhattan Theatre Club). Regional credits include Barrington Stage Company, The Old Globe, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Arena Stage (Helen Hayes Award nomination), McCarter Theatre Center, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alley Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Capital Repertory Theatre, and Virginia Stage Company. Her film and television credits include 27 Dresses and “Elementary.” Ms. Pfitsch is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and a graduate of the Brown University/Trinity Rep MFA Program. Paula Plum* (Madame Pernelle) appeared at the Huntington in Jumpers and Private Lives and also served as assistant to Lloyd Richards on three August Wilson premieres, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, The Piano Lesson, and Seven Guitars. She is a founding member of the Actors’ Shakespeare Project where she has played Titania, Cleopatra, Lady Macbeth, and Phedre. Other Boston credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Death of a Salesman, and 33 Variations (Lyric Stage Company); The New Century, The History Boys, and Reckless (SpeakEasy Stage Company). She is the recipient of four Elliot Norton Awards, six IRNE Awards, and in 2009 she was one of five actors nationwide to receive the Fox Actor Fellowship. Her film and television credits include Woody Allen’s Irrational Man, Mermaids, Malice, Next Stop Wonderland, and the “The Dick & Paula Celebrity Special” for FX. Ms. Plum is a cum laude graduate of Boston University. paulaplum.com. Omar Robinson* (Officer of the Court) has previous credits that include The School for Scandal, The Comedy of Errors, Henry VIII, Romeo and Juliet, Pericles, Twelfth Night, and Hamlet in the title role (Actors’ Shakespeare Project); Superior Donuts, Death of a Salesman, and Saturday Night/Sunday Morning (Lyric Stage Company); Lost Tempo (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); The Hunchback of Seville (Trinity Repertory Company); Dog Paddle (Bridge Repertory Theater); and Finish Line (Boston Theater Company and Boch Center). He is a member of Theatre Espresso and a resident acting company member of Actors’ Shakespeare Project. He received a BA in acting and television/video production from Emerson College. Frank Wood* (Orgon) has previously appeared on Broadway in Hughie, Clybourne Park, August: Osage County, Born Yesterday, Hollywood Arms, and Side Man (Tony Award and Drama League Award winner). His Off Broadway credits include Can You Forgive Her?, The Babylon Line, The Nether, Angels in America, Spring Awakening, and The God of Hell. He has also worked with Goodman Theatre, American Conservatory Theater, Long Wharf Theatre, Hartford Stage, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Arena Stage, and Mark Taper Forum. Film work includes Untitled Detroit Project, Gold, St. Vincent, Changeling, The Taking of Pelham 123, Dan in Real Life, Thirteen Days, Pollock, People I Know, In America, Down to You, and The Royal Tennenbaums. Television credits include “The Get Down,” “Newsroom,” “Younger,” “The Good Wife,” “Modern Family,” “Elementary,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Knick,” “Girls,” “Flight of the Conchords,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Sopranos,” and “Law & Order: SVU”. He received his BA from Wesleyan University and his MFA from New York University.

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Molière (Playwright, 1622 – 1673) was the stage name of JeanBaptiste Poquelin. At the age of 21, he left the family business and abandoned his legal studies and birth name to take up a career in the theatre. He spent most of the next 15 years touring the provinces, honing his skills as a comic actor and playwright, and turning out a number of farces inspired by the Italian commedia troupes he encountered in his travels. He returned to Paris in 1658 and quickly won the favor of King Louis XIV. In 1662, Molière married Armande Béjart (the younger sister — or the daughter, some insinuated — of his mistress), who became a leading actress in his company, beginning with his next play, The School for Wives, which propelled him into the ranks of France’s greatest dramatists. Not all of Molière’s plays were unqualified successes, however, and not even the patronage of Louis XIV could protect him from the censure provoked by Tartuffe (1664). Its story of a pious hypocrite and his willing dupe was interpreted by many as a condemnation of religion, and five years elapsed before the play, in modified form, passed official muster. Molière fared little better with Don Juan (1665); its free-thinking title character incurred the wrath of the censors immediately after opening night and the play soon disappeared from the repertoire. Still, by 1665, Molière’s company was awarded regular pensions from the crown, and took the title of La Troupe du Roi. The Misanthrope and The Doctor in Spite of Himself premiered a year later, followed by The Miser (1668) and The Learned Ladies (1672). Molière’s next play, The Imaginary Invalid (1673), which featured the playwright as a grousing hypochondriac, was to be his last; Molière, who suffered from tuberculosis, took ill during a performance and died shortly thereafter. Ranjit Bolt (Translator) was educated at The Perse School, Cambridge, and at Balliol College, University of Oxford. He worked as an investment analyst and adviser for eight years, before concentrating on theatre translation from the end of 1990. His acclaimed translations for the theatre include works by Molière, Seneca, Sophocles, Corneille, Beaumarchais, Brecht, Goldoni, and Zorilla. He was awarded an OBE for his services to literature in 2003. Peter DuBois (Director) is in his 10th season as Artistic Director at the Huntington where his directing credits include Stephen Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George and A Little Night Music; the world premieres of Gina Gionfriddo’s Can You Forgive Her?, Lydia R. Diamond’s Smart People, Evan M. Wiener’s Captors, Stephen Karam’s Sons of the Prophet (2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist), Bob Glaudini’s Vengeance is the Lord’s, and David Grimm’s The Miracle at Naples; the regional premieres of A. Rey Pamatmat’s after all the terrible the things I do, Stephen Belber’s The Power of Duff, and Gina Gionfriddo’s Becky Shaw and Rapture, Blister, Burn; and Craig Lucas’ Prelude to a Kiss. His West End/London credits include Sex with Strangers and Rapture, Blister, Burn (Hampstead Theatre); All New People with Zach Braff (Duke of York’s Theatre); and Becky Shaw (Almeida Theatre). His New York credits include Can You Forgive Her? (Vineyard Theatre); The Power of Duff with Greg Kinnear (New York Stage and Film/Powerhouse Theater); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons, 2013 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Sons of the Prophet

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

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ABOUT THE COMPANY (Roundabout Theatre Company, 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist); Modern Terrorism, Becky Shaw, Trust with Sutton Foster, All New People, and Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage Theatre); Measure for Pleasure, Richard III with Peter Dinklage, Mom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?, and Biro (The Public Theater/NYSF); and Jack Goes Boating with Philip Seymour Hoffman and The View From 151st Street (LAByrinth Theater Company/The Public Theater). He served for five years as associate producer and resident director at The Public Theater, preceded by five years as artistic director of the Perseverance Theatre in Juneau, Alaska. Prior to his work at Perseverance, Mr. DuBois lived and worked in the Czech Republic where he co-founded Asylum, a multi-national squat theatre in Prague. His productions have been on the annual top 10 lists of The New York Times, Time Out, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Newsday, Variety, Entertainment Weekly, The Evening Standard, The Boston Globe, and Improper Bostonian, and he received an Honorable Mention for 2013 Bostonian of the Year by The Boston Globe Magazine. Daniel Pelzig (Choreographer) has Huntington credits that include Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music, Candide, Private Lives, Company, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado, and A Christmas Carol. His Broadway credits include A Year with Frog and Toad and 33 Variations. Recent credits include directing/choreographing The Barber of Seville at Seattle Opera, Mary Poppins at Musical Theatre West, and The Mikado for Kentucky Opera. His work has been seen at the Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Goodman Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and McCarter Theatre Center, as well as Off Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club, New York Theatre Workshop, and the Roundabout Theatre Company. Opera credits include numerous operas at The Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Houston Grand Opera, and Lyric Opera of Chicago. In Boston he served on the faculty of Boston Conservatory at Berklee and as resident choreographer for the Boston Ballet. He earned his degree in cellular biology from Columbia University. Alexander Dodge (Scenic Design) returns to the Huntington having previously designed Bedroom Farce; Smart People; Rapture, Blister, Burn; Good People; and many more. Broadway credits include Anastasia (Outer Critics Circle Award nomination), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle award nominations), Present Laughter (Tony Award nomination), Old Acquaintance, Butley, and Hedda Gabler. His recent Off Broadway credits include Harry Clarke (Vineyard Theatre); The Liar (Classic Stage Company); Ripcord (Manhattan Theatre Club); Rapture, Blister, Burn (Playwrights Horizons); Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage Theater); The Understudy (Roundabout Theatre Company); Measure for Pleasure (The Public Theater/NYSF); and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Lincoln Center Theater, Lortel Award). West End credits include All New People. Opera credits include Ghosts of Versailles (LA Opera), Dinner at Eight (Minnesota Opera), Il trittico (Deutsche Oper Berlin), and Lohengrin (Budapest). Tour credits include Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame (Japan and Germany). Television credits include “Julie’s Greenroom” (Netflix). He received his training at Yale University. Anita Yavich (Costume Design) returns to the Huntington after working on The Colored Museum, Boleros for the Disenchanted, and The Miracle at Naples. Broadway credits include Fool for Love, Venus in Fur, Chinglish, and Anna in the

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Tropics. New York credits include The View Upstairs (Lynn Redgrave Theater); Oedipus El Rey, Measure for Pleasure, and Kit Marlow (The Public Theater/NYSF); Macbeth, Coriolanus, and Svejk (Theatre for a New Audience); Big Love, Kung Fu, Golden Child, and Iphigenia 2.0 (Signature Theatre); The Oldest Boy (Lincoln Center Theater); Tales From Red Vienna and The Explorers Club (Manhattan Theatre Club); Legend of Georgia McBride, The Submission, Coraline, and The Wooden Breeks (Manhattan Class Company); Lives of the Saints and All in the Timing (Primary Stages); Nathan the Wise, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Orlando, Venus in Fur, New Jerusalem, and Texts for Nothing (Classic Stage Company). Her opera credits include Cyrano de Bergerac (La Scala, The Metropolitan Opera, and Royal Opera House), Les Troyens (The Metropolitan Opera), and she was the puppet and costume designer for The Sound of Music (Salzburger Marionette Theatre). She is the recipient of Obie, Lucille Lortel, and Drama Desk awards. Christopher Akerlind (Lighting Design) previously designed the Huntington’s Sunday in the Park with George (2017 IRNE Award), Shining City, Well, The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars, All My Sons, and The Young Man from Atlanta. Broadway credits include Time and the Conways, Indecent (Tony and Drama Desk awards), Rocky (Tony Award nomination), The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Tony Award nomination), Superior Donuts, 110 in the Shade (Tony Award nomination), Talk Radio, Shining City, Awake and Sing! (Tony Award nomination), Well, Rabbit Hole, A Touch of the Poet, In My Life, The Light in the Piazza (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards), Reckless, The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Seven Guitars (Tony Award nomination), and The Piano Lesson, among others. He is the recipient of an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Lighting Design, the Michael Merritt Award for Design and Collaboration, and holds a BFA from Boston University and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Ben Emerson (Sound Design) has been the sound supervisor at the Huntington for the last 20 years. He has designed over a dozen productions at the Huntington, as well as many shows in Boston’s small theatre community and New England regional theatres. In 2009, he was awarded an IRNE for Sound Design for SpeakEasy Stage’s production of The Seafarer, and in 2010 he was awarded an IRNE for Sound Design for the Huntington’s production of Fences. In 2015 he was awarded an Elliot Norton Award for Sound Design for the Huntington’s production of The Second Girl. Peter Golub (Original Music) has Huntington credits that include The Miracle at Naples, Hedda Gabler, Betty’s Summer Vacation, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, and Gross Indecency. His Broadway credits include The Country House; Time Stands Still; Come Back, Little Sheba; and Hedda Gabler. Off Broadway credits include Suddenly Last Summer, Macbeth, and The Laramie Project. Mr. Golub was composer-in-residence at Charles Ludlam’s legendary Ridiculous Theatrical Company. His musical Amphigorey, with stories and designs by Edward Gorey, received a Drama Desk Award nomination. He has worked on numerous scores for The Public Theater/NYSF including Twelfth Night, Othello, Richard II, and Henry IV. Film scores include Frozen River, The Great Debaters, Wordplay, and The Laramie Project. He has written numerous concert works and ballets and is director of the Sundance Film Music Program. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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ABOUT THE COMPANY Ted Hewlett (Fight Director) has created fights for the Huntington’s productions of Bedroom Farce, A Confederacy of Dunces, Private Lives, Fences, The Colored Museum, Now or Later, Venus in Fur, and Brendan, among others. In New York, he choreographed the Off Broadway production of Bill W. and Dr. Bob. Boston area credits include SITI Company/ArtsEmerson, American Repertory Theater, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, New Repertory Theatre, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Ballet, and SpeakEasy Stage Company. Regionally, he has fight directed at Shakespeare & Company, Shakespeare Theatre, Syracuse Stage, Elm Shakespeare, and Berkshire Theatre Festival. Mr. Hewlett holds an MFA in acting from Brandeis University, and is on the acting faculty of Emerson College. 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. Emily F. McMullen* (Production Stage Manager) has previously worked on Merrily We Roll Along, Ripcord, Topdog/Underdog, A Doll’s House, Bedroom Farce, Sunday in the Park with George, I Was Most Alive with You, Can You Forgive Her?, Disgraced, A Confederacy of Dunces, A Little Night Music, after all the terrible things I do, The Colored Museum, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Awake and Sing!, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, Smart People, The Seagull, Venus in Fur, and The Cocktail Hour for the Huntington. She spent nine seasons as production stage manager at Merrimack Repertory Theatre in Lowell and 15 summers as production stage manager of Music Theatre of Wichita. Other credits include work with Lexington Theatre Company, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, South Coast Repertory, North Shore Music Theatre, and Capital Repertory Theatre, among others. She holds a BA from Emory University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. Kevin Schlagle* (Stage Manager) returns to the Huntington after previously working on Merrily We Roll Along; Ripcord; Topdog/Underdog; Bedroom Farce; Sunday in the Park with George; Can You Forgive Her?; Milk Like Sugar; A Confederacy of Dunces; A Little Night Music; after all the terrible things I do; Come Back, Little Sheba; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Smart People; Venus in Fur; Our Town; God of Carnage; Ruined; and Prelude to a Kiss. Other theatre credits include American Repertory Theater, New Repertory Theatre, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, and Williamstown Theatre Festival. His opera credits include Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Baroque, Boston Opera Collaborative, Guerilla Opera, New England Conservatory, Boston University’s Opera Institute, and Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. He holds a BFA in stage management from Boston University and is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. Michael Maso (Managing Director) has led the Huntington’s administrative and financial operations since 1982. He has produced more than 200 productions

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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 140 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. Christopher Wigle (Producing Director) is in his 18th 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.

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

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ABOUT THE HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY The Huntington Theatre Company is Boston’s leading professional theatre and one of the region’s premier cultural assets. Since its founding in 1982, the Huntington has received over 140 Elliot Norton and Independent Reviewers of New England Awards, as well as the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. In the past 35 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. Long an anchor cultural institution of the Avenue of the Arts, the Huntington’s primary home will remain on Huntington Avenue on a permanent basis. The Huntington plans to renovate and expand the current theatre into a first-rate, modern, state-of-the-art venue with enhanced services for 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 works 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 reaches 36,000 young people and underserved audience members each year. These programs include the Poetry Out Loud national recitation contest, the August Wilson Monologue Competition, the Huntington Community Membership Initiative, and the student matinee series. The Huntington is a founding partner of Codman Academy Charter Public School and has collaborated with Codman year-round for 16 years to create and teach its innovative, interdisciplinary Humanities curriculum. 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 Michael Brown John Cini Gerard H. Cohen John Cohen Carol G. Deane

James J. Dillon Betsy Banks Epstein William Finard David Firestone John Frishkopf Ann T. Hall Thomas Hamilton III Cassandra Hyland Henderson Arthur C. Hodges Frederick Jamieson Nada Despotovich Kane Michelle Karol David Leathers Rumena Manolova- Senchak William P. McQuillan Ann Merrifield Sandra Moose Anne M. Morgan

Cokie Perry Bryan Rafanelli Mitchell J. Roberts Robert H. Scott John D. Spooner Wendell Taylor Linda H. Thomas Linda Waintrup J. David Wimberly Veronica Wiseman Mary Wolfson Fancy Zilberfarb Warren R. Radtke Trustee Emeritus

COUNCIL OF OVERSEERS Nancy S. Adams Kitty Ames Steven M. Bauer Camilla Bennett Nancy Brickley Jim Burns Suzanne Chapman J. William Codinha Bette Cohen Elizabeth Cregger Catherine Creighton Deborah First Anne H. Fitzpatrick Maria Farley Gerrity Eilene Davidson Grayken Paul Greenfield Janice Hunt

Alan S. Johnson Katherine Jones Linda Kanner Loren Kovalcik Sherry Lang Joie Lemaitre Tracie Longman Nancy Lukitsh Charles Marz Noel McCoy Thalia Meehan Daniel A. Mullin Tania Phillips Gail Roberts Valerie Shey Ben Taylor Kate Taylor

Stephen M. Trehu Juliet Schnell Turner Tracey A. West John Taylor Williams Bertie Woeltz Christopher R. Yens Linda Zug

as of October 20, 2017

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BENEFACTORS CIRCLE The Benefactors Circle recognizes our leadership and major donors and offers members a range of special benefits. We are grateful to the members of the Benefactors Circle and the other donors listed below whose generous Annual Fund gifts support our artistic programs, as well as our award-winning youth, education, and community initiatives. For information or to become a Benefactors Circle member, please call Meg White, Director of Major Gifts, at 617 273 1596. $100,000+ Dr. John and Bette Cohen* Sherryl and Gerard Cohen* Wayne Davis and Ann Merrifield* Carol G. Deane* Betsy and David Epstein* Denise and William Finard* Eilene Davidson Grayken* Jane and Fred Jamieson* Carol B. Langer* Susan and David Leathers* Sharon and Brad Malt* Bill and Linda McQuillan* Nancy and Ed Roberts* Mr. J. David Wimberly 1 anonymous gift $50,000–$99,999 Karen and David Firestone* Barbara and Amos Hostetter* Gardner C. Hendrie and Karen Johansen* Ms. Anne M. Morgan* Jane and Neil Pappalardo Mitchell and Jill Roberts* Linda and Brooks Zug* 1 anonymous gift $25,000–$49,999 Nancy Adams and John Burgess Dr. and Mrs. Reinier Beeuwkes Stephen Chapman* Jim Dillon and Stone Wiske* Ann and John Hall* Arthur C. and Eloise W. Hodges Nada Despotovich Kane* Nancy Lukitsh* Sandra Moose and Eric Birch* John D. Spooner* Ellie Svenson and Mark Klempner* Faith and Joseph Tiberio Charitable Foundation Linda and Daniel Waintrup* Howard and Veronica Wiseman*

$10,000–$24,999 Amy and David Abrams* Neal Balkowitsch and Donald Nelson* Kay Calvert and Jim Manzi* Fay Chandler‡ Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Counts Linda L. D’Onofrio Jennifer Eckert and Richard D’Amore* Debbie and Bob First, in memory of Susan Spooner* Valerie and Mark Friedman* John Frishkopf* Nicki Nichols Gamble Maria and Daniel Gerrity* Karen and Gary Gregg Tom and Nancy Hamilton* Cassandra Hyland Henderson* Joyce Huber and Randall Ellis Elizabeth and Woody Ives Marjie and Robert Kargman Loren B. Kovalcik / IntePros Consulting* Joie Lemaitre* Mr. and Mrs. David Long Tracie L. Longman and Chaitanya Kanojia* Daniel A. Mullin* Paula and Bill O’Keeffe* Cokie and Lee Perry* Jeffrey Dover and Tania Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Rawson* Gail Roberts* Jan and Joe Roller* Dr. Paul S. Russell Darin and Debbie Samaraweera The Lawrence and Lillian Solomon Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan Linda H. Thomas* Juliet Schnell Turner* Mary Wolfson* Genevieve and Justin Wyner 1 anonymous gift

* Includes support for the 2017 Spotlight Spectacular, the Huntington’s annual gala which raises over $1 million for our education and community programs. The 2018 Spotlight Spectacular will be held on May 7 at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts. ‡ Deceased This list reflects gifts and pledges received during the 14 months prior to October 20, 2017.

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PATRONS PROGRAM $5,000–$9,999 Alice and Walter Abrams Steven M. Bauer* Charles and Kathleen Ames* Marianne Baldwin and Eva Marie Mancuso Coralie Berg and Steve Schwartz Amy and Joshua Boger Susan and Michael Brown Jim Burns Katie and Paul Buttenwieser Betsy Cabot Susan and Alfred Chandler Suzanne Chapman Nancy Ciaranello John Cini and Star Lancaster Dominic Cioffoletti and Christopher Scinto* J. William Codinha and Carolyn Thayer Ross Betsy and David Cregger Laura and Neil Cronin Amey A. DeFriez Margaret Eagle and Eliezer Rapaport Bob and Esta Epstein* Robert Fine and Matthew Fine Mr. and Mrs. William Fink Anne H. Fitzpatrick, in honor of Dan Mullin* Donald Fulton Mary Beth and Chris Gordon Donna and Jay Hanflig Ned Murphy and Ann-Ellen Hornidge Paul and Tracy Klein David A. Kronman Ted and Ann Kurland* Sherry Lang Cecile and Fraser Lemley* John and Jean Lippincott Gregory Maguire Charles Marz* Jack Fabiano and Noel McCoy* Thalia Meehan and Rev. Gretchen Grimshaw* Sharon Miller Brant Cheikes and Janine Papesh Bryan Rafanelli* Robert M. Rosenberg, in honor of Mary Wolfson* Adrienne and Arnold Rubin* 28 TARTUFFE

Marilyn and Jay Sarles* Rumena and Alexander Senchak* Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sherbrooke* Valerie Shey* Bruce and Emily Stangle Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stearns* Ben and Kate Taylor* Jean C. Tempel John Travis Drs. Stephen and Beth Trehu* Elizabeth and Caleb White Ike Williams Bertie and Anthony Woeltz* Christopher R. Yens and Temple Gill Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Zilberfarb* 1 anonymous gift $2,500–$4,999 Patricia Bellinger and Richard Balzer Michael Barza and Judith Robinson Bruce and Denise Bauman* Carolyn Birmingham Edward Boesel Charles Merrill and Julie Boudreaux Nancy and Richard Brickley Kevin and Virginia Byrne McLane and Tenney Cover Catherine and Peter Creighton Ellen and Kevin Donoghue* Newell Flather Thomas and Joanne Gill Mark E. Glasser and Frank G. McWeeny Paul Greenfield and Sandy Steele* Betsy and David Harris Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Hibbard, in honor of David Wimberly Carmela M. Hilbert Prof. and Mrs. Morton Z. Hoffman Janice and Roger Hunt* Linda and Steven Kanner Seth and Mary Kaufman Susie and David Kohen Anne and Geoff LaFond* Barrie Landry* Anthony Lucas

Ann D. Macomber Mahmood Malihi* John Matteson* Mike and Mary McConnell Amy Merrill, in honor of Donna Glick Kristin and John Montgomery* Kelly Nowlin* Tom and Patricia O’Brien* Paul Odland Ella and Edward Owens* Coleen and David Pantalone Jackie and Bob Pascucci Mr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Powell Deborah and S. Caesar Raboy Sally C. Reid and John D. Sigel Victoria and John Rizzi Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rotenberg* Richard Powers and Stephen Schram* Judith and Edward Siegel* Vivian and Lionel Spiro* Helen and Jack Stewart Lisbeth Tarlow and Stephen Kay Mr. and Mrs. Steve Tritman Pamela Tucker and George Pettee Mary Verhage Mindee Wasserman* Norman Weeks Rita and Adam Weiner* Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner* 2 anonymous gifts

PATRONS PROGRAM (continued) $1,000–$2,499 James Alexander and Thomas Stocker • Carole and Leonard Alkins • Dr. Ronald Arky • Eric Bacon* • Carol Baker • George and Katharine Baker • Jessica and Shane Baron* • Kate and Gordon Baty • Jacqueline Bell and Aron Epstein* • Dr. Susan E. Bennett and Dr. Gerald Pier • Susana and Clark Bernard • Jerry M. Bernhard • Christina and Ky Bertoli*♦ • Jeanne and John Blasberg* • Mr. and Mrs. Kenyon C. Bolton III • Joseph L. Bower and Elizabeth Potter • Geri and Bill Brehm • Jane Brock-Wilson, in honor of Carol Deane • Kenneth Brown • Robert Buckley* • Paul Buddenhagen • Patricia and Jack Carucci* • Patricia Chadwick and Norman Cantin* • Peggy and Anton Chernoff • David Chilinski* • Matthew Clark and Jonathan Worth* • Ann and John Clarkeson* • Lisa Cleary* • Dorothy Coffin • Kenneth R. Traub and Pamela K. Cohen • Rosalie Florence Cohen • Ken and Ginny Colburn • Anne Crowley* • Ivy and Howard Cubell* • Dennis Condon and Robert Cummings • David Dalena and Brian Patton • Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Dayton • Dean K. Denniston, Jr. • Margaret Deutsch* • George Dhionis • Robert and Dubs Dickey* • Linda and Tim Diering • Kirsten Doyle and Brendon Buckley* • Virginia Drachman and Douglas Jones • Jonathan Dyer and Thomas Foran • Stephen Elman and Joanne D’Alcomo • Jason and Cecily Epstein* • Jerome and Vivien Facher • Barbara and Larry Farrer • Donna and Harley Frank • Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Gardiner • Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Garrison • Sharon and Irving Gates • Lori and Michael Gilman • Peter and Jacqueline Gordon • Phil Gormley and Erica Bisguier • Mr. K. Frank Gravitt • Garth and Lindsay Greimann • Irene and Stephen Grolnic • Katherine Haltom • H. Patricia Hanna • Theodore and Sally Hansen • Louis A. Harrison* • Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hartmann • Susan and Michael Hartnett* • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas High • Barbara Hirshfield and Cary Coen, in honor of Sherry and Gerry Cohen* • Bob Hiss and Mary Riffe Hiss • Richard and Priscilla Hunt • Susan M. Hunziker • Terence Janericco • Alan Johnson • Leonard W. Johnson • Holly and Bruce Johnstone • Katherine and Hubie Jones • Rev. Dr. Katherine Kallis • Paul and Elizabeth Kastner • John Keane • Cathie and Clarke Keenan • Dorothy and Richard Koerner • Yuriko Kuwabara and Walter Dzik • Alan Leventhal • Drs. Lynne and Sidney Levitsky • Jon A. Levy • Ms. Susan Lincoln • Stuart and Yvonne Madnick • The Mancuso Family • Mr. and Mrs. Carmine A. Martignetti* • Joan and John McArdle • Louise and Sandy McGinnes • Kathy McGirr and Keith Carlson • Jack and Susan McNamara • Mary Rivet and Christopher Meyer • Neal and Lynne Miller • Mr. and Mrs. William Mitchell, in memory of Virginia Wimberly • Bill and Ginny Mullin • Bob and Alison Murchison • Jonette Nagai and Stephen O’Brien • Eric and Elizabeth Nordgren • Mary Owens • Joy Pak and David Deutsch* • Susan Pak • Dr. and Mrs. John William Poduska, Sr. • Billy Porter and Adam Smith* • Jessica and David Reed • Lynn and John Reichenbach • Ellen Remmer • Michelle and Aaron Rhodes*♦ • Jean and Richard Roberts • Donna Robinson and Chris Zook* • Sue Robinson, Ricardo Rodriguez, and Michael Kelley* • Sarah Rothermel • Susan and Geoffrey Rowley • Farley Sullivan and Jeff Roy* • Rohini Sakhuja • Susan Pioli and Martin Samuels • Mr. and Mrs. William R. Sapers • Jane E. Shattuck • Ellen Sheehy and Scott Aquilina • Eric Sheffels* • Rebecca Jean Smith • Eric and Barbara Snyder* • Beth and Michael Stonebraker • John H. Straus and Liza Ketchum • Hope and Adam Suttin • Lise and Myles Striar • Anne and Tank Tankanow* • Jared Tausig, in honor of David Wimberly • Beth and Anthony Terrana* • David Parker and Janet Tiampo • Richard Trant* • Robert C. Volante • Carolyn Walton • Dr. Ronald Weinger • Scott and Jacqueline Wellman • Wendling Charitable Fund • Tracey Allyson West • Wilson Butler Architects • Dr. Elaine Woo • Jerold and Abbe Beth Young • Sally and Richard Zeckhauser* • 6 anonymous gifts

SUPPORTERS PROGRAM $500–$999 Lindsay Miller and Peter Ambler • Elizabeth Aragao*♦ • John and Rose Ashby, in honor of Ann T. Hall • Robin Barnes and David Bor • Molly and John Beard • Louis and Nancy Beckerman • Kathleen Beckman • Howard H. Bengele • Jonas Berman • Martin S. Berman and Mary Ann Jasienowski • Leonard and Jane Bernstein • Margaret and James Blackwell, in honor of David Wimberly • Lori Bornstein and Alan Rothman • Stephen and Traudy Bradley • Pam and Lee Bromberg • Barry Brown and Ellen Shapiro • Cammie and Douglas Bryant* • Mrs. Barbara Buntrock-Schuerch • Thomas Burger and Andree Robert • Eric Butler*♦ • A. William and Carol Caporizzo • Carrig Kitchens LLC • Cara and Anthony Casendino • Hsiu Chang*♦ • George and Mary Chin • John Clippinger • Herbert Stuart Cohen • Janet L. Comey • Alison Conant and Richard Frank • Stephen Conner • Charles Cooney and Peggy Reiser • Paul Curtis • Lloyd and Gene Dahmen • Josh and Jennifer Davis • Marguerite Davoren • Judy DeFilippo‡ • Dunch LLC* • Karen Dunnet and Richard Murphy* • Mr. Glenn Edelson • Dr. Rachela Elias and Gedalia Pasternak • Jill and Richard Epstein* • Martha A. Erickson • Peter and Jan Eschauzier • Doug Faithfull* • Maggi Farrell • Ed Feijo* • Glenda and Bob Fishman* • Gail Flatto • Pierre Fleurant • Dr. and Mrs. Richard Floyd • Hilary and Chris Gabrieli • Tony and Melissa Gallo • William Gault • Drs. Laura Green and David Golan • Nathaniel and Jodi Gorton* • Suzanne Greenberg • Tracy Griffin and David Long* • Diane and Steve Hall* • Gail and Jan Hardenbergh • Terry Rockefeller and William Harris • Dr. and Mrs. George Hatsopoulos • John and Holliday Heine • Dr. Galen Henderson and Dr. Vanessa Britto • Kathleen Henry and Kim Maarkand • Shari and Christopher Hill* • Peggy and Ronald Hillegass, in honor of Nancy and Tom Hamilton • Rosalind and Herbert Hill • Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Howlett • Maggie Jackson and Pat Mawn*♦ • Peter K. Jenkins • Peter Jenney • Candace Julyan and David Hancock* • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Karofsky • Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Karon • Nancy R. Karp • Jane Katims and Daniel Perlman • Bicky and Nicholas Kelly* • Michael and

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SUPPORTERS PROGRAM (continued) Dona Kemp • Mr. and Mrs. William Keravouri* • John T. Kittredge • Jill Kneerim • Edgar Knudson • John and Sharon Koch • Cheryl and James Kolb • Dale Koppel • Jeanne and Allen Krieger • Patricia Leighfield, in memory of Robert Crisp • Jenny and Jay Leopold • Nancy Levy • Katherine Lewandowski and Adam Guren♦ • June K. Lewin, in memory of Ted Kazanoff • Linda and Stephen Lindsay* • Mark H. Lippolt • Lenore and Elliot Lobel* • Babette and Peter Loring • Barbara A. Manzolillo • Amy and Bill Marshall • Bronwyn Martin, in memory of Travis Martin • Kathy Martin and David Johnson • James D. Maupin • Kenneth Virgile and Helene Mayer • Geraldine McManus and Richard Hand • Frank B. Mead • Dan Miller • Dorian Mintzer and David Feingold • Nicole Moceri • Mary Ellen Moore • Kevin Morris • Marianne and Richard Moscicki* • The Munzer Family • Eileen Murray • Fred and Julie Nagle • Janet and David Offensend • Ray O’Neill • Elizabeth and Robert Owens* • Marianne Pasts • Patricia Patricelli • Ellen C. Perrin • Mr. and Mrs. Murray Preisler • Suzane Priebatsch • Margaret Ramsey • Robert Raymond • Edith Rea • Charles Reed and Ann Jacobs • Sam Reiche* • Gretchen Reilly • Sharon and Howard Rich • Audrey Rideout • Christina Rifkin • Michael and Jane Roberts • Sue Robinson • Christine and David Root • Diane Rosenberg • Sari Rosman • Jen and Mitchell Ross* • Pauline and Robert Rothenberg • Dr. Glenn S. Rothfeld and Magi McKinnies • Kathleen and William Rousseau • Phyllis and Sam Rubinovitz • Diane and Richard Schmalensee • William Schutten • David W. Shukra and Clifford S. Wunderlich • Omar Saddiqi • Gilda Slifka • Mark Smith and John O’Keefe • Edward Sonn • Nancy and Edward Stavis • Lee Steele* • Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stein* • Gail Steketee and Brian McCorkle • Jennifer Stone and Robert Waldinger • Darline Lewis and Marshall Sugarman • Beth and Larry Sulak • Todd Trehubenko • Gregory Van Boven and David Beck* • Rosamond B. Vaule • Sumer and Kiran Verma • Beverlee Vidoli* • Bill Walczak* • Dr. and Mrs. Raymond Walther • Scott and Brenda Warner • Constance V.R. White • Karolye and Fernando Cunha • P.T. Withington • Clark Wright and Lisa Goldthwait Wright • Robert E. Zaret • 5 anonymous gifts $250–$499 Jonathan Aibel and Julie Rohwein • Rosanna Alfaro • Fidler Family • Robert Allen • Nancy T. and Jack W. Ammerman • Michael Ansara • Tammy Arcuri • Tom Austin • Carolyn Baird • Mr. and Mrs. James Banker • Emily Barclay and John Hawes • Marilyn Barrett • Peter Barrett • David Barry • Nancy Barry • Caitlin Bearce • Mr. and Mrs. Milton E. Berglund • James Berkman • Gregory Bialecki and Mary Herlihy • Robert Bienkowski • Clinton Blackburn and Michelle Lessly♦ • Donald and Ellen Bloch • Drs. Brian and Rachel Bloom • Anthony Boral and Leah Rugen • Sandy Bornstein • Richard and Dorothy Botnick • Jonathan Golding and Sally BradleyGolding • Eric and Sandra Brenman • S. Britt • Deborah B. Brown • Ruth Budd and John Ehrenfeld • Allan and Rhea Bufferd • Diane Burman • Daniel C. Burnes • Pauline H. Bynum • Missage Cadet, M.D. • Cathy Campbell and Jack Orrock • Colleen Campion • Judith Carmany • Charles R. Carr • Frank Carrano • Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Cheston, Jr. • Mary Chin • Maria Church • Krista Clouse • Valerie Cloutier • Priscilla Cogan • Steven Cohen • Stuart Cole • Steven Coleman and Christine Tunstall • Silvia Coulter • Robert Crone • Howard S. Crowley • James F. Crowley • Zoltan and Cristina Csimma • Karen Davis and Randy Block • Bill and Kay DeFord • Charlotte Delaney and Steve Pattyson • Joel Desilets • Jane and Stephen Deutsch • Mary L. Dill • Soroor Dowlati • Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Downey • Owen Doyle • Raya Dreben • Grace Durrani • Harriett M. Eckstein • Gordon Edes • Diane F. Engel • Mr. and Mrs. James Feldman • Roger Ferguson and Chris Gaucher • Mr. and Mrs. Barry Fireman • Michael Firestone* • Kathleen McGrath Fitts • Thomas M. Formicola and Lenny Goldstein • Margot Fronsaglia* • Mr. and Mrs. Peter Frumkin • Stephen Gaal • Michael and Leslie Gaffin • Michael Gallerstein • Kathryn M. Gallucci • Judith L. Ganz • Clifford Garnett • Gisele Garraway • Vincent Genest • Jack and Maureen Ghublikian • Celia and Walter Gilbert • Silvia Glick • Michael and Sophie Gordon • Amelia and William Graham • Susan Greco • Thomas Greeley • Paul and Martha Green • Dr. William and Susan Griever • Steven and Barbara Grossman and David Grossman • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Groves • Stella M. Hammond • Eunice Harps • Judith Harris • Mary Hayes • Lizbeth Hedstrom • Margaret N. Henderson and Loretta Henderson • Alfio Hernandez • Erin Higgins • David Hollowell • Ken Horn • Lyle Howland • Andrea Humez • Mrs. Donald Hunsicker • Barbara Bradlee • Amal Hussein • Mr. and Mrs. Howard Israel • Roland Jacobson • Ali Jadbabaie and Nikroo Hashemi • Toini and Carl Jaffe • Peter and Adrienne Jaffe • Norman W. Johnson • The Jolly Family • Peter Jones • Jess and Aran Kadar • Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Kalowski • Jane Kamer • Sondra Katz and Jess Klarnet • Amelia and Joshua Katzen • Rob and Mary Keane-Hazzard • Jim Keefe and Family • Glenn Kelly • Paul Kelly • Judy and Dan Kennedy, in honor of Stephen Sondheim • Margie Kern* • David Kettner • Gail King and Christopher Condon • Remsen M. Kinne • Jason Knutson • Nancy F. Korman • Gail and Dr. Marcel Korn • Mrs. Charlotte Krentzel • Drs. Carol and Ben Kripke • Joan Kuhn • Oldrich Kyn • Andreas Laddis • Monica and Thomas LaFond* • Susan Lane and William Kane • Carol Lazarus • Dr. and Mrs. Lucian Leape • Colleen Leary* • Michelle Lewis • Dr. and Mrs. David Lhowe • Virginia Litle • Lida and Francis Lloyd • Jim and Allie Loehlin • Ms. Barbara Lurvey • Kim and Paul Mahoney • David and Christine Manns • Michael Maso* • Arthur Mattuck • Stephen T. McAvinn • Kevin McCarthy • Terri-Lynn McCormick • Hope and Shaw McDermott • Robert McOwen • Gabriella Meyer • Forrest and Sara Milder • Gale Minot • Joseph Misdraji • Margaret Mone • Barbershop Deluxe • Michael and Donna Moskow • Bob Muti, in memory of James Robinson • Tom Norris • Thomas Novak • Chukwuemeka Nwanze • Richard Belin and Rosanne O’Brien • Kathryn O’Connell • Nancy and Chris Oddleifson • Linda Ordoukhanian • William Pananos • Robert and Beverly Parke • Marian Pasquale • Ted and Josie Petersen • Mr. and Mrs. Harry Photopoulos • Stephen Pike • Josephine Pizzuto, in memory of Pat Pizzuto • James Poterba and Nancy Rose • Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Proulx • Helene M. Quinn and Tony Kanopt • Mr. and Mrs. Martin Quitt • Jennifer Rabold • 30 TARTUFFE

SUPPORTERS PROGRAM (continued) Kerry Mulligan Railey • Tom Redburn • Jodi Rand • Peter and Suzanne Read • Katharine and William Reardon • Mary Rench, in honor of David Wimberly • Suzanne Ricco • Roger Riggs • Patricia Robinson • Barbara Roby • Daniel P. Romard • Anne Romney • Jean Rosenberg and Peter Southwick • Abby Rosenfeld • Leila Joy Rosenthal • Mathilde and Robert Ross • Susan Rothenberg • Debra Ruder • Ryan Ruopp • Nancy L. Russell • Jeremy Ryan • Vinod and Gaile Sahney • David and Anne Salant • Margaret M. Talcott and L. Scott Scharer • Robert and Susan Schechter • Molly Schen • Kim and Eric Schultz • Eric Searls and April Levin • Karen J. Shack • Firouzeh Shahbazi* • Tom Shapiro and Emily Kline • Mrs. F. Shedd Fisher* • Elisabeth Shields • James Shields and Gayle Merling • James Shuman • David Siegel • Mr. and Mrs. Edward Siegel • Drs. Margaret and Michael Simon • Ellen L. Simons • Nancy Sklar • Dr. and Mrs. Carl Soderland • Renai Stalzle • Candace Steingisser • Bob and Susan Stevenson • Glenn and Katherine Strehle • Debbie London and Ted Sturman • Dr. and Mrs. Herman D. Suit • Julia Swanwick*♦ • Kenneth Sweder • Richard A. Sweeney • Patrick Tally • Jacob Taylor and Jean Park • M.K. Terrell • Janet Testa • Mary Anne Thadeu • Karen Thompson • Judy Thomson • Patricia Tibbetts • Mr. Robert Toomey • Thomas and Barbara Van Dyke • Barbara Van Zoeren • Pat and Steve Vinter • Lori and Christopher Wadsworth, in appreciation of Dave Wimberly • Mr. and Mrs. David Wahr • Jerry Warshaw • Susan Weiler • David White • Nancy White • Leslie Wilcox • Richard and Frances Winneg • Elizabeth P. Wolf • Janis Woodman, in honor of Christopher Woodman • Alfred Woodworth • David C. Wright • Natalie Wright • Mr. and Mrs. John Wyman • Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Zafft • Lorena and Robert Zeller • Carolyn Zern • 13 anonymous gifts ♦ Member of The Hunt, the Huntington’s young donor program. For more information or to join, visit huntingtontheatre.org/thehunt. * Includes support for the 2017 Spotlight Spectacular, the Huntington’s annual gala which raises over $1 million for our education and community programs. The 2018 Spotlight Spectacular will be held on May 7 at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts. ‡ Deceased

This list reflects gifts and pledges received during the 14 months prior to October 20, 2017.

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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT DONORS The Huntington Theatre Company is grateful to receive support from a wide range of corporations, foundations, and government agencies that support the Huntington’s annual operations, as well as our award-winning productions and education and community programs. For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Diana Jacobs-Komisar, Institutional Giving Manager, at 617 273 1514 or djkomisar@huntingtontheatre.org. Executive Season Producers ($100,000+) The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Barr Foundation Klarman Family Foundation with the Barr-Klarman Arts Capacity Building Initiative Liberty Mutual Insurance** Massachusetts Cultural Council The Shubert Foundation, Inc. Season Co-Producers ($50,000–$99,999) Hershey Family Foundation Mabel Louise Riley Foundation**

Benefactors ($15,000–$24,999) BPS Arts Expansion Fund at EdVestors** The Druker Company* Goodwin* Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Foundation Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation** Leggat McCall Properties* Lucy R. Sprague Memorial Fund** MEDITECH Suffolk Construction* Schrafft Charitable Trust**

Production Sponsors ($25,000–$49,999) The Abbey Group* Bank of America** Edgerton Foundation National Endowment for the Arts PR Restaurants LLC*

Patrons ($10,000–$14,999) Alfred E. Chase Charitable Foundation** Eaton Vance Investment Counsel HYM Investment Group* The Tiny Tiger Foundation**

Supporters ($5,000–$9,999) AON Consulting* CBT Architects* Citizens Bank* Cue Ball Group Nixon Peabody Proskauer LLP Ramsey McCluskey Family Foundation** Rodgers Family Foundation Ropes & Gray LLP Stantec Architecture Boston* Theatre Communications Group WilmerHale Members ($2,500–$4,999) Boston Cultural Council Bruner/Cott & Associates* Cambridge Savings Bank** Jackson and Irene Golden 1989 Charitable Trust** Roy A. Hunt Foundation** Surdna Foundation

Thank you to our in-kind contributors: Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP High Output* MAX Ultimate Food*

Noble Ford Productions* Rafanelli Events*

** Education and community programs donor * Includes support for the 2017 Spotlight Spectacular, the Huntington’s annual gala which raises over $1 million for our education and community programs. The 2018 Spotlight Spectacular will be held on May 7 at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts.

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THE HUNTINGTON LEGACY SOCIETY BUILDING A LEGACY OF GREAT THEATRE — The Huntington Legacy Society recognizes those who play a lasting role in securing the Huntington’s strong, successful future beyond their lifetime by making a bequest or other planned gift. We are grateful to these members of the Huntington Legacy Society:

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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 Box Office: 617 266 0800 Box Office email: tickets@huntingtontheatre.org Administrative office: 617 266 7900 Administrative office email: thehuntington@huntingtontheatre.org Lost and Found: 617 273 1666 Box Office Hours The Box Office is generally open Tuesday-Saturday, noon-curtain (or 6pm); Sunday, noon-curtain (or 4pm). Hours change weekly. For the most up-to-date hours, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office at 617 266 0800. Huntington Group Discounts 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 Victoria Swindle for more information at 617 273 1657 or groups@huntingtontheatre.org. Public Transportation We encourage patrons to use public transportation to the Huntington Avenue Theatre whenever possible. The theatre is conveniently located near the MBTA Green Line Hynes or Symphony Stations; Orange Line/Commuter Rail Mass Ave. Station; the No. 1 Harvard-Dudley bus via Mass Ave. to Huntington Ave.; and the No. 39 Arborway-Copley bus to Gainsborough Street. Huntington Avenue Theatre Parking Parking is available at many nearby locations. For details, please visit huntingtontheatre.org or call the Box Office 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.

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If Your Plans Change We hate to see empty seats. Please consider donating any tickets you can’t use. For more information please call the Box Office at 617 266 0800. Refreshments Snacks, wine, beer, soft drinks, and coffee are available before opening curtain and during intermission in the main lobby. Drinks purchased at concessions are permitted inside the theatre, but food is not. Babes in Arms Children must have their own seats. Babes in arms are not permitted in the theatre. Children under 6 are not permitted. Cameras The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. Pagers and Cellular Phones Please silence all watches, pagers, and cell phones during the performance. Wheelchair Accessibility The Huntington Avenue Theatre is accessible by ramp and can accommodate both wheelchair and companion seating in the orchestra section. Please notify us when you purchase your tickets if wheelchair accommodations will be required and confirm arrangements with the House Manager at 617 273 1666. Hearing Enhancement The Huntington Avenue Theatre is equipped with an FM hearing enhancement system. Wireless headphones are available free of charge at the concessions stand in the main lobby for your use during a performance. Restrooms Located in the lower-level and balcony lobbies. A wheelchair-accessible restroom is located in the main lobby on the first floor. Coat Check Located in the lower lobby. If You Arrive Late In consideration of our actors and other audience members, latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management. Large Print Programs Large print programs are free of charge and are available in the main lobby.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY THEATRE •• EMERGENCY MAPMAP HUNTINGTON AVENUE THEATRE EMERGENCYEVACUATION EVACUATION In addition to the lobby exits through which you entered, there are six illuminated emergency exits at the sides of the balcony and mezzanine, and four in the orchestra. = EXIT SIGN

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STAFF Peter DuBois

Michael Maso

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

MARKETING Director of Marketing.............................................. Temple Gill Associate Director of Marketing...................... Meredith Mastroianni Communications Manager.................................................Desiree Barry Tessitura Analytics Manager........................................... Derrick Martin Digital Content Manager............................................Carolyn MacLeod Promotions & Community Coordinator.......................... James Boyd Graphic Design Coordinator............................................Lauren Calder Community Membership Coordinator.....................................................Candelaria Silva-Collins Communications Associate...................................................Leah Reber Marketing Associate.......................................................... Clare Lockhart Co-op Trainee, Northeastern University................ Liam Hofmeister

Norma Jean Calderwood Artistic Director

Finance Director of Financial Management................. Glenda Fishman Accounting Manager.............................................................. June Zaidan Accounting Coordinator.................................................Laura Casavant Accountants....................................Alexander, Aronson, Finning, CPA Human Resources Director of Human Resources.......................... Nina E. Nicolosi Human Resources Coordinator.................................... Michael Comey Payroll and Reporting Specialist...................................April Swiniuch Information Technology IT Director.....................................................................................Scott Poole Network Administrator....................................................... Dan Moloney 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 Apprentice..................................................J. Sebastian Alberdi Producing Apprentice..................................................................Kat Klein Huntington Playwriting Fellows................................. MJ Halberstadt, Brenda Withers DEVELOPMENT Chief Development Officer................................Elisabeth Saxe Director of Major Gifts................................................Margaret J. White Major Gifts Officer..............................................................Celina Valadao Special Events Manager......................................................Kirsten Doyle Institutional Giving Manager...........................Diana Jacobs-Komisar Individual Giving Manager...............................................Annalise Baird Development Database Coordinator...........................Lisa McColgan Development Associate.....................................Elizabeth MacLachlan Development Assistant........................................................ Sam Buntich EDUCATION & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Interim Co-Directors of Education..................................Meg O’Brien, Alexandra Smith Education Associate..............................................................Marisa Jones Education Apprentices..................................Lauren Brooks, Ivy Ryan Teaching Artists................................Kortney Adams, Naheem Garcia Lydia Graeff, Keith Mascoll, Allie Meek, Trinidad Ramkissoon

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Managing Director

THEATRE OPERATIONS Director of Theatre Operations.............................. Joey Riddle Calderwood Pavilion at the BCA Associate Director of Theatre Operations — Calderwood Pavilion................................Katie Most Calderwood Pavilion House Manager........................Julie Cameron Calderwood Pavilion Management Assistant.................Matt Feldman Calderwood Pavilion Apprentice...................................Micaela Slotin Assistant House Managers...........................Paul Fox, Gabe Hughes, Ksenia Lanin, Maura Neff, Dalton Zogleman Front of House Staff...............................................Chabreah Alston, Natasha Bonfield, Robert Caplis, Mia Coffin, Barbara Crowther, Talia Curtin, Linnea Donnelly, Katie Flanagan, Madeleine Gibbons. Ryan Impagliazzo, Josh Luckens, Kerry Lydon, Terry McCarthy, Laura Meilman, Tiniqua Patrick, Nick Perron, Sarah Schnebly, Katharine Silva, Ciera-Sadé Wade Custodians.....................................................Jose Andrade, Mike Brown Security Coordinator...............................................................Greg Haugh Huntington Avenue Theatre Associate Director of Theatre Operations — Huntington Avenue Theatre...............Katrina Alix Huntington Avenue Theatre House Manager................Andrew Elk Huntington Avenue Theatre Management Assistant................................ Kendrick Terrell Evans Assistant House Manager.............................................. Annie Walsh Front of House Staff.................. Sebastian Alberdi, Charlie Carr, Terrence Dowdye, Robin Goldberg, Ariana Goldsworthy, Kat Klein, Annalise Lamberty, Patrick Mahoney, Tommy Melvin, Will Morrison, Samantha Myers, Katie O’Connor, Sarah Patterson, Margot Spanu, Dan Victor Custodians........... Jose Andrade, Nelson DaSilva, Calvin Traylor III Security Coordinator...............................................................Greg Haugh Ticketing Services Assistant Manager — Ticketing Systems......................Katie Catano Assistant Manager — Patron Services.................... Victoria Swindle Huntington Avenue Theatre Ticketing Coordinator............................................ Brenton Thurston Calderwood Pavilion Ticketing Coordinator..........................................................Noah Ingle Subscriptions Coordinator...................................................Amy Klesert Ticketing Associate...........................................................Nicole Williams Full-Time Customer Service Reps........................... Michaela Buccini, Shana Jackson, Matthew Lewis Customer Service Reps......................................Nick Boonstra, Sue Dietlin, Katelyn Reinert, Brittany Schmitke, Yurika Watanabe

STAFF (continued) PRODUCTION Director of Production................................... Todd D. Williams Associate Director of Production................................... Bethany Ford Stage Management Apprentice.........................................Jamie Carty Production Management Apprentice..........................Rachael Hasse

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

Scenery Technical Director.................................................. Dan Ramirez Associate Technical Director........................................ Adam Godbout Assistant Technical Director..................................................Dan Oleksy 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 Huntington Avenue Theatre Stage Carpenter...............................................................Chris Largent

Costumes Costume Director.............................................. Nancy Hamann Assistant Costume Director................................. Virginia V. Emerson Costume Design Assistant.....................................................Mary Lauve Head Draper...........................................................................Anita Canzian Draper...............................................................................................Sarah Pak Costume Crafts Artisan/Dyer................Denise M. Wallace-Spriggs First Hand............................................................................Rebecca Hylton Wardrobe Supervisor..........................................................Christine Marr Wigmaster...............................................................................Troy Siegfried Calderwood Pavilion Wardrobe Run....................Barbara Crowther

Properties Properties Master.............................................Kristine Holmes Assistant Properties Master.............................................Justin Seward Properties Artisan.....................................................................Ian Thorsell Properties Run................................................................Andrew DeShazo Properties Apprentice...................................................Margot Adolphe

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 House Sound Operator............................................. Jesse McKenzie Sound Apprentice...............................................................Valentin Frank

Additional Staff for Tartuffe Vocal Coach............................................................................Tom Jones Fight Captain................................................................Omar Robinson Assistant to the Director................................................ Billy Cowles Production Assistant.......................................... Alexis Ellis-Alvarez Carpenters......................................................Andrew Adamopoulos, Catherine Denial, Giovani Hoyos-Corrales, Liv Joyce, Bill O’Donnell, Christina Rossi, Slava Tchoul Scenic Artist...............................................................................Liv Joyce

First Hand............................................................................. Katie Kenna Stitcher.................................................................................. Ash Wagner Dresser/Shopper...................................................Kathryn Schondek Assistant to the Lighting Designer................................. Ali Witten Electricians......................... Kevin Barnett, Evey Connerty-Marin, Dean Covert, Abbey Dutton, Rachel Fahey, Kevin Fulton, Mitchell Girgasky, Nate Jewett, Daryl Laurenza, Becky Marsh, Lily McMurrer, Brittany Page, Zach Straeffer

The Huntington Theatre Company is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), an association of the nation’s leading resident professional theatres; Theatre Communications Group, a national service organization for the nonprofit professional theatre; StageSource, a regional alliance of theatre artists and producers; and ArtsBoston, the voice and resource for the arts in Greater Boston. This theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The director and choreographer are members of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

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Building Audiences for Greater Boston’s Outstanding Not-For-Profit Performing Arts Organizations ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE PROJECT

Julius Caesar

THE HANOVER THEATRE

directed by Bryn Boice

An all-female cast explores the ebb and flow of power and the consequences of politically motivated assassination. Set in a futuristic parallel universe where women hold absolute power, the race to claim the empire spirals out of control!

10th Anniversary Production of

A Christmas Carol

November 15–December 17, 2017

December 13–23, 2017

Studio 210 at the Huntington Avenue Theatre actorsshakespeareproject.org

2 Southbridge St., Worcester 877-571-7469 • thehanovertheatre.org

LYRIC STAGE A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins

From the Ground Up • November 2–5

Dancers perform new works by guest choreographers Campbell and Diaz, Gregory Dawson, Uri Sands, Jennifer Archibald and Thang Dao (B.F.A. ’01).

Featuring Leigh Barrett Will McGarrahan

Tickets: 617-912-9222 or bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events

October 20– November 19, 2017

Boston Conservatory Orchestra November 5

Works by Berlioz, Shostakovich, Silverman and Adams, featuring soloist Tracy Silverman (electric violin).

Tickets: 617-496-2222

Lyric Stage • Copley Square 617-585-5678 • lyricstage.com

Pride and Prejudice

Theatre for Young Audiences Adaptation Directed by Courtney O’Connor

December 1–9, 2017 Tickets: $12 • Discounts available 617-824-8000 • emerson.edu/emersonstage 38 TARTUFFE

Adapted by Patrick Barlow

November 17–December 9, 2017 BCA Plaza Theatre 617-933-8600 • bostontheatrescene.com

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Paulette between shows, rooftop Radio City Music Hall

Choreography Showcase January 27, 2018 at 4 p.m.

Newton Studio 190 Oak St., Newton 617-527-9565 • paulettesballetstudio.com

Winner of five Tony Awards, this captivating drama tells the story of an extraordinary teen whose efforts to solve the murder of a neighbor’s dog leads him on an unexpected journey.

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A true Boston story for the whole family, local dance legend Tony Williams reimagined the classic holiday tale to become a Boston inner-city story, blending the rhythms of Duke Ellington with the classical music of Tchaikovsky, and ballet with hip hop and more! “A Nutcracker with real soul” —Boston Metro

December 15–28, 2017 John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley St. 617-524-3066 • urbannutcracker.com

BANGSOKOL: A REQUIEM FOR CAMBODIA, Robert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617824-8400. Dec 19 & 20. This extraordinary new composition fusing music, film, voice and movement is the first major symphonic work that addresses the traumas that occurred in Cambodia in the late 1970s and is the first collaboration between the Oscar-nominated director Rithy Panh and lauded composer Him Sophy, both survivors of the Khmer Rouge. BLACK NATIVITY, Robert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Dec 1–17. This legendary Christmas celebration tells the story of the Nativity in scripture, verse, music and dance. Based on the Gospel of St. Luke and the poetry of Langston Hughes, this song-play features a joyous company of singers, actors, dancers and musicians delivering a powerful message of joy, hope, victory and liberation. BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 800-BLUE-MAN. Ongoing. This giddily subversive offBroadway hit serves up outrageous and inventive 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 CHRISTMAS CELTIC SOJOURN, Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400. Dec 14–22. Top talents from around the Celtic world recreate the magic of an old-world Christmas in the 15th annual live version of Brian O’Donovan’s beloved WGBH Christmas special. THE COLOR PURPLE, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Nov 21–Dec 3. The 2016 Tony Award winner for Best Musical Revival features a soul-raising score of jazz, gospel, ragtime and blues, giving an exhilarating new spirit to this Pulitzer Prize-winning story. Don’t miss this stunning re-imagining of an epic story about a young woman’s journey to love and triumph in the American South. ELF THE MUSICAL, Boch Center, The Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., 800-982-2787. Nov 28–Dec 10. Based on the beloved hit film, the hilarious musical tells the tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who grows up at the North Pole that embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father, discover his true identity and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.

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GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) GARDENS SPEAK, Robert J. Orchard Stage, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Nov 8–19. Lebanese artist Tania El Khoury carefully reconstructs the oral histories of ten ordinary people and transforms statistics of the Syrian uprising into universal, human stories via a stunning, full-body interactive experience. THE HEARING, Israeli Stage, Bright Family Screening Room, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-8248400. Nov 12. A high school student complains about a teacher expressing leftist views in the classroom, and the teacher is called in for a hearing. This is the true story of Adam Verete who—after opening a dialogue about the morality of an army in a public high school in Israel—was publicly threatened and humiliated. THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Dec 21–23. This holiday mash-up for the entire family is a contemporary reimagination of Tchaikovsky’s timeless music, featuring a supercharged cast and special guest MC Kurtis Blow. Through the spells cast by the mysterious Drosselmeyer, Maria-Clara and her Nutcracker prince travel back in time to the moment when her parents first meet in a nightclub. Digital scenery transforms E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story of sugarplums into 1980s Brooklyn. KISS, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theatre, Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St., 617-824-8400. Through Nov 19. When a young, aspirational theatre troupe discovers and performs what they believe is a Syrian soap opera, they come to realize just how much they got wrong in this brilliant play-within-a-play that shows how misunderstanding cultural cues can reveal blind spots you never knew you had. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, Emerson Stage, Semel Theater, Tufte Performance & Production Center, 10 Boylston Place, 617-8248400. Dec 1–9. In a society where subtle snubs and deceit proliferate, is it possible for Elizabeth Bennet and the enigmatic Mr. Darcy to look beyond his pride and her prejudice to fall in love? This refreshingly fast-paced and engaging new adaptation of one of the most beloved novels of all time captures the wit and romance of Jane Austen’s writing. RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER: THE MUSICAL, Boch Center, The Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., 866-348-9738. Dec 14–17. The original television classic comes to life when Rudolph and all of your favorite characters from the special— including Santa and Mrs. Claus, Hermey the Elf, Bumble the Abominable Snow Monster, Clarice, Yukon Cornelius, the Misfit Toys and, of course, Rudolph—take the stage. 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. STARDUST, Emerson Stage, Greene Theater, Tufte Performance & Production Center, 10 Boylston Place, 617-824-8400. Nov 9–12. Thirty-five of legendary lyricist Mitchell Parish’s most enchanting songs— including such favorites as “Deep Purple,” “Moonlight Serenade,” “Don’t Be That Way,” “Sophisticated Lady” and, of course, the title song—are celebrated in this elegant and entertaining musical adventure. 40 TARTUFFE

LOCAL/REGIONAL THEATRE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST, Praxis Stage, First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough St., praxisstage.com. Nov 30–Dec 17. Dario Fo’s farce tells the story an investigation into the death of a suspect, who “accidentally” fell from the upper floor of a police station. When a con-man called the Maniac disrupts the proceedings, will the truth finally be revealed? A CHRISTMAS CAROL, The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester, 877-571-7469. Dec 15–23. Celebrate the holiday season with the 10th annual production of New England’s largest production of Charles Dickens’ tale of curmudgeonly miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future. A CHRISTMAS CAROL, The Nora Theatre Company and Underground Railway Theater, Central Square Theater, 450 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Nov 24–Dec 31. This new 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. A CHRISTMAS CAROL, North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, 978-232-7200. Dec 8–23. Based on the Charles Dickens classic, this musical tells the tale of curmudgeonly miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is visited by the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future hoping to change his destiny and save his soul. A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Trinity Repertory Company, Chace Theater, Lederer Theater Center, 201 Washington St., Providence, R.I., 401-351-4242. Nov 9–Dec 31. Ebenezer Scrooge—a greedy, sour businessman, infamous for his lack of Christmas cheer—is visited by three ghosts that give him the chance to examine his life. Inspired to change his ways, Scrooge is wholly transformed by the spirit of Christmas in Dickens’ holiday classic. CHRISTMAS REVELS, Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, 617-496-2222. Dec 8–27. The 47th annual production of the beloved yuletide event explore the magical city of Venice, where the Doge, under pressure to rule on who makes the best spaghetti putanesca, takes an unauthorized vacation to meet some of his more lowly subjects, leading to a wild adventure involving reckless actors, jailbreaks, itinerate musicians, English Morris men and even the Spanish Armada. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Roberts Studio Theatre, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Through Nov 18. Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Play and based on the international best-seller, the play takes audiences inside the mind of Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old math savant who talks in loud declamatory sentences, doesn’t do “chat” and can’t stand to be touched. When he discovers that his neighbor’s dog has been murdered, he sets out to solve the crime, embarking on a thrilling journey that will upend his world. DEATH OF A SALESMAN, Trinity Repertory Company, Dowling Theater, Lederer Theater Center, 201 Washington St., Providence, R.I., 401-351-4242. Through Nov 26. Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece of the perilously high cost of the American Dream tells the story of Willy Loman, who desperately

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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.

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ELEMENO PEA, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Nov 2–19. When Devon visits Simone on Martha’s Vineyard, she finds her little sister changed beyond recognition. As personal assistant to a wealthy and demanding trophy wife, Simone enjoys a lavish lifestyle that these girls never could have imagined growing up in blue-collar Buffalo. Worlds collide and sisters square off in this keenly-observed comedy about ambition, regret and the choices that shape who we become. THE FEVER, 600 Highwaymen, Loeb Experimental Theater, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Nov 15–19. The New York-based theatre company tests the limits of individual and collective responsibility, and our willingness to be there for one another. Performed in complete collaboration with the audience, the show examines how we assemble, organize and care for the bodies around us. HOLD THESE TRUTHS, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617-585-5678. Dec 1–31. Jeanne Sakata’s drama tells the true story of Gordon Hirabayashi, the American son of Japanese immigrants who resisted internment during World War II, a policy which continues to be cited and debated today. HOW CHRISTMAS FEELS, Create. Inspire. Change. Theater Company, Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Nov 29–Dec 2. In this world premiere musical, Mimi works at Scrangle’s Snow Globe Factory in a bustling city, and has become disillusioned by “the Christmas spirit.” Lost and lonely, she begins receiving anonymous letters that seem to magically correspond with her actual life. These letters, along with a few surprisingly close friends, guide her in finding herself and what the holidays are all about. IN THE HEIGHTS, Wheelock Family Theatre, 200 The Riverway, 617-879-2300. Through Nov 19. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2008 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical tells the universal story of a vibrant, multi-generational community in New York’s Washington Heights—a place where the biggest struggles can be deciding which traditions you take with you and which ones you leave behind. JULIUS CAESAR, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Studio 210, Huntington Avenue Theatre, 264 Huntington Ave., 617-9338600. Nov 15–Dec 17. Shakespeare’s epic political tragedy explores the ebb and flow of power and the consequences of politically motivated assassination. Set in a futuristic parallel universe where women are in power, the race to claim the empire spirals out of control in this all-female production.

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GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) young girl in a lively intellectual family of immigrants from Austria and Italy, whose common interest is opera. As an adult, Lise looks back on her childhood memories and tries to understand them in light of what she now knows about what was happening at the time.

SONS OF THE PROPHET, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Dec 6–9. Stephen Karam’s 2012 Pulitzer Prize finalist about a Lebanese-American family in Nazareth, Pennsylvania is a hilariously dark comedy about pain, loss and how much the human condition can handle.

MAN OF LA MANCHA, New Repertory Theatre, Charles Mosesian Theater, The Dorothy and Charles Mosesian Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown, 617-923-8487. Dec 1–24. This energetic revival of the Tony Award-winning musical features the adventures of Cervantes’ Don Quixote as he embarks on his quest to dream the impossible dream.

SOUVENIR, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., 617-5855678. Through Nov 19. Despite being called “majestically awful,” the concerts of coloratura soprano Florence Foster Jenkins in the 1930s and ’40s were sold-out affairs attended by the crème de la crème of Manhattan society. Told affectionately through the eyes of her longtime accompanist, this is a sweet, inspiring, hilarious portrait of a passionate music lover who believed that “what matters most is the music you hear in your head.”

THE MUSIC MAN, The Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, 617-524-3200. Nov 4–18. There’s trouble in River City when a fast-talking con man gets his heart stolen by the town librarian in Meredith Willson’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy classic. NURSE PLAY, Exiled Theatre, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., 866-811-4111. Dec 1–17. Tucked away in a boarding house at the edge of the world, a blind nurse sits in a dark room caring for her patient, Joe. Due to Joe’s medical condition, the two cannot leave their room. After having been together for a very long time, Joe disappears one day and Nurse is left to contend with the surrounding darkness in this world premiere written by James Wilkinson. SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS, The Post-Meridian Radio Players, Unity Somerville, 6 William St., Somerville, 800838-3006. Dec 1 & 2. In this original adaptation of the 1964 cult-classic film, the Martians, concerned that their children are bored and listless, kidnap Santa Claus (and a couple of unlucky Earth children) to try to bring joy back to their kids’ lives. SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, American Repertory Theater, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Dec 10–Jan 14. Eric Tucker’s exuberant, inventive staging of Jane Austen’s classic novel follows the adventures (and misadventures) of the Dashwood sisters—sensible Elinor and hypersensitive Marianne—after their sudden loss of fortune. SHE LOVES ME, Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Nov 24–Dec 23. This delightful, romantic, Tony Award-winning Broadway musical tells the story of Amalia and Georg, co-workers in a department store, who fall in love with each other without knowing it through anonymous lonely heart letters. SH*T-FACED SHAKESPEARE, The Rockwell, 255 Elm St., Somerville, 617-684-5335. Through Dec 31. A fusion of an entirely serious Shakespeare play with an entirely sh*t-faced cast member, this side-splitting, raucous and interactive show presents Romeo and Juliet or The Taming of the Shrew with a genuinely drunken professional actor selected at random every night. No two shows are ever the same and audiences can even dictate when the actor gets to drink more to prevent unwanted sobriety. SKELETON CREW, Trinity Repertory Company, Dowling Theater, Lederer Theater Center, 201 Washington St., Providence, R.I., 401351-4242. Through Nov 22. In Detroit, as the Great Recession begins, a makeshift family of four factory workers toil as their industry flirts with failure. With their future uncertain, Faye, Shanita, Dez and foreman Reggie must decide how they will balance their own desires, their loyalty to one another and their survival. 42 TARTUFFE

THE 39 STEPS, Moonbox Productions, Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Nov 17– Dec 9. Alfred Hitchcock and Monty Python collide in the hilarious spy-melodrama-turned-comedy in which an ordinary man living a quiet life meets a beautiful woman with a mysterious past who is murdered in his apartment, making him the target of both a nationwide manhunt and a nefarious ring of spies. A cast of more than 150 characters (played by just four actors) makes adventure and romance more absurdly enjoyable than ever. THREE SISTERS, Apollinaire Theatre Company, Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, 617-887-2336. Dec 22–Jan 20. This intimate staging presents Chekhov’s compelling comic tragedy about Olga, Masha and Irina, who all deal with their disappointment with life while dreaming of returning to Moscow, where they all grew up. ’TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main St., Stoneham, 781-279-2200. Dec 9–23. On a quest to find out why Santa missed their house last year, a mouse, an elf and a spunky little girl who just won’t take no for an answer embark on a wild holiday adventure. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JESUS?, Gold Dust Orphans, Theater Machine, 1254 Boylston St., 800-838-3006. Nov 30– Dec 23. Everyone’s favorite comedic theatrical troupe present Ryan Landry’s brand-new Christmas mystery for its annual, satirical holiday spectacular.

DANCE THE NUTCRACKER, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. Nov 24–Dec 31. Boston’s favorite holiday tradition returns. Join Clara on her magical journey through an enchanted winter wonderland to a palace of sugary confections, featuring choreography by Boston Ballet artistic director Mikko Nissinen and Tchaikovsky’s classic score. THE NUTCRACKER, José Mateo Ballet Theatre; Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St., 617-824-8400, Nov 25– Dec 10; The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, 617-354-7467, Dec 15–24. This inspiring, timeless and affordable holiday event is back on tour for its 30th anniversary. 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. OBSIDIAN TEAR, Boston Ballet, Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St., 617-695-6955. Nov 3–12. This duo of

GUIDE TO LOCAL THEATRE (continued) astonishing contemporary works features the North American premiere of the title work by Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor, as well as a world premiere by Boston Ballet’s Resident Choreographer Jorma Elo, set to Jean Sibelius’ glorious 5th Symphony and an orchestral performance of Sibelius’ rousing and turbulent tone poem, Finlandia. URBAN NUTCRACKER, Tony Williams Dance Center, John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley St., 617-524-3066. Dec 14–27. Hailed as “A joyous, daring fusion of the old and new” by The Boston Globe, this production fuses ballet, swing, hip hop and urban tap with the classical score of Tchaikovsky and the pulsating beat of Ellington. Experience the classical ballet of the Snow Queen juxtaposed with the raw energy of urban dance.

OPERA ALMIRA, Boston Early Music Festival, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., 617-585-1260. Nov 25 & 26. Eight internationally renowned singers and 27 all-star instrumentalists lead this grand concert performance of Handel’s first opera, a story of intrigue and romance at the Court of Castile. DEAD MAN WALKING, The Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., 617-912-9222. Nov 16–19. Written in 2000, this opera based on Sister Helen Prejean’s experience as the spiritual advisor and witness to the execution of two convicted murderers is powerful, brutal and, at times, harrowing indictment of capital punishment, as well as a story of redemption.

THE NEFARIOUS, IMMORAL BUT HIGHLY PROFITABLE ENTERPRISE OF MR. BURKE & MR. HARE, Boston Lyric Opera, The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-542-6772. Nov 8–12. When Edinburgh’s world-renowned anatomy schools face a cadaver shortage in the 1820s, two men smell a money-making enterprise. Based on historical events, this highly theatrical and brutally funny chamber opera follows the infamous 10-month killing spree of William Burke and William Hare—and questions how far society will go in the name of “science.” OPERA BITES, Boston Opera Collaborative and Boston New Music Initiative, Edward M. Pickman Hall at Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden St., Cambridge, 617-517-5883. Nov 10–12. Seven short works—including three brand-new commissions and world premieres—by composers Oliver Caplan, Tom Cipullo, Eva Kendrick, Carrie Magin, Tony Solitro, Beth Ratay and David Wolfson are presented in a cabaret-style setting at this third annual feast of 10-minute operas. THE TRIAL AT ROUEN, Odyssey Opera and Boston Modern Orchestra Project, New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., 800-838-3006. Dec 1. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Norman Dello Joio, this Englishlanguage opera aired on April 8, 1956 on NBC, and hasn’t been performed since. Focusing on the imprisonment and trial of Joan of Arc, the work is preceded by Dello Joio’s popular orchestral piece, The Triumph of Saint Joan Symphony, based on material from his first Joan of Arc opera.

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49 SOCIAL, 49 Temple Pl., 617-338-9600. This eclectic bar and restaurant at Downtown Crossing serves refined modern American cuisine. The seasonal dinner menu draws inspiration from around the globe while also incorporating ingredients from local New England farms. D, C. 49social.com. ARAGOSTA BAR & BISTRO, Three Battery Wharf, 617-9949001. This latest addition to Boston’s vibrant waterfront restaurant community offers a new take on Italian cuisine by award-winning chef David Daniels who shows his signature flair through hand-made pastas, prime meats and classic New England seafood. Using quality, local farm-raised ingredients, Aragosta offers a warm, social atmosphere in a stunning waterfront setting. Also offering an open kitchen with Chef’s Counter and an outdoor terrace. B, L, D. Mon–Sun 6:30 a.m.– 10 p.m.; Sat & SB 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. aragostabistro.com. AVENUE ONE RESTAURANT, Hyatt Regency, One Avenue de Lafayette, 617-912-1234. Newly renovated and located in the heart of the Theatre District, Avenue One restaurant and lounge serves contemporary New England cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere. Enjoy a refreshing cocktail, three-course prix fixe dinner or a delectable dessert. Discounted parking available. B 6:30–11:30 a.m., L noon–3 p.m., D 5–10 p.m. C, VP r egencyboston.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 44 TARTUFFE

private dining. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m., D Mon–Sat 5–10 p.m. blurestaurant.com. CITYPLACE, On Stuart Street between Tremont and S. Charles streets in the State Transportation Building. Enjoy handcrafted beers at Rock Bottom Brewery, delicious treats from Panera Bread and gourmet Chinese at P.F. Chang’s as well as flatbread sandwiches, specialty pizzas, custom burritos and more in the Food Court. B, L, D, C. cityplaceboston.com. CLINK, The Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St., 617-224-4004. Clink serves the freshest North Atlantic seafood, seasonal New England fare and delicious artisanal meats, highlights of a menu that artfully marries European culinary tradition with contemporary American innovation. The dining room features vestiges of original jail cells and an open kitchen, while gold leather seats, butcher block tables and granite accents add to the contemporary style. Nightly, Clink’s lobby bar draws urban dwellers and hotel guests to an energetic and social nightlife scene in the heart of Boston. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m., D 5–11 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–3 p.m. clinkrestaurant.com. DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN STEAKHOUSE, 75 Arlington St., 617-357-4810. This Boston institution is located in Park Square, within walking distance to all theatres. The Northern Italian steakhouse menu includes a selection of homemade pastas and Brandt meats (aged New York sirloin, Niman Ranch pork chop, Provini porterhouse veal chop), as well as Davio’s classics and selection of fresh seafood, before or after the theatre. Enjoy a lighter fare menu in the spacious bar and parlor area. D Sun–Tue 5–10 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til 11 p.m., L Mon–Fri. VP. davios.com. FAJITAS & ’RITAS, 25 West St., 617-426-1222. Established in 1989, Fajitas & ’Ritas is an easygoing restaurant and bar that features fresh, healthy Texan and barbecue cuisine at bargain prices. An all-around fun place to eat, drink and hang out, the walls are decorated with colorful murals and the bar boasts some of Boston’s best—and sturdiest—margaritas. L, D Mon & Tue 11:30 a.m.–9 p.m.; Wed, Thu & Sat ’til 10 p.m.; Fri ’til 11 p.m.; Sun ’til 8 p.m. C. fajitasandritas.com. THE HUNGRY I, 71½ Charles St., 617-227-3524. In a twostory townhouse with three working fireplaces and an outdoor patio, Chef Peter Ballarin celebrates 30 years of French country cuisine and creative desserts. Signature dishes include venison au poivre and braised rabbit a la moutard. Private dining rooms available. L, D, SB, C. hungryiboston.com. JASPER WHITE’S SUMMER SHACK, 50 Dalton St., 617-8679955; 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500. Enjoy top-notch seafood such as pan-roasted lobster, awardwinning fried chicken and an impressive raw bar in a casual setting. L, D. summershackrestaurant.com. LEGAL SEA FOODS, 558 Washington St., 617-692-8888; 26 Park Plaza, Park Square Motor Mart, 617-426-4444; 255 State St., Long Wharf, 617-227-3115; Copley Place, 100 Huntington Ave., 617-266-7775; 270 Northern Ave., Liberty Wharf, 617-477-2900; other locations. Legal Sea Foods, a Boston tradition for more than 50 years, features more than 40 varieties of fresh fish and shellfish as well as an award-winning wine list. Named “Boston’s Most Popular Restaurant” (Zagat 2010/2011). L & D. legalseafoods.com.

BOSTON DINING GUIDE (continued) MASSIMINO’S CUCINA ITALIANA, 207 Endicott St., 617-5235959. Owner/chef Massimino—former head chef of Naples’ Hotel Astoria and Switzerland’s Metropolitan Hotel—offers specialties like the veal chop stuffed with arugula, prosciutto, smoked mozzarella and black olives, amongst numerous other delights. L, D, C. Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m. massiminosboston.com. MERITAGE RESTAURANT + WINE BAR, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-439-3995. Known for its excellence in wine and food pairings, Meritage enters a new era with an exciting transformation featuring a stylish, refined dining room, sophisticated wine bar and the addition of two new private dining rooms overlooking Boston Harbor. To complement the bold and elegant interiors, Chef Daniel Bruce has introduced a unique vineyard-to-table menu. D Tue–Sat 5–10 p.m., SB 10 a.m.–2 p.m. C, VP. meritagetherestaurant.com.

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PARKER’S RESTAURANT, Omni Parker House, 60 School St. at Tremont Street, 617-725-1600. Executive chef Gerry Tice celebrates nostalgic cuisine with a contemporary flair at Parker’s Restaurant, the birthplace of Boston Cream Pie, the Parker House Roll and Boston Scrod. B Mon–Fri 6:30–11 a.m., Sat–Sun 7–11:30 a.m., offering an elaborate buffet in addition to a la carte selections. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m.; D Mon– Thu 5:30–10 p.m., Fri & Sat 5–10 p.m. ROWES WHARF SEA GRILLE, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Wharf, 617-856-7744. Rowes Wharf Sea Grille delivers the sea straight to your table. Enjoy power breakfasts and lunches followed by a vibrant after-work cocktail and dinner scene. The sunlight-filled dining room or seasonal outdoor terrace is an ideal spot for a leisurely lunch or special date night. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m., Afternoon Tea 2:30–4 p.m., D 4:30–10 p.m. roweswharfseagrille.com. RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE, 45 School St., 617-742-8401. At Ruth’s Chris Steak House, each steak is hand-selected from the top 2% of the country’s beef, broiled to perfection at 1,800 degrees and served in the restaurant’s signature style—on a sizzling, 500-degree plate so every bite stays hot and delicious. Located at Old City Hall, Ruth’s Chris also features fresh seafood, an award-winning wine list and a gracious environment with warm hospitality. L, D, C. ruthschris.com. THE TAJ BOSTON, 15 Arlington St., 617-536-5700. This 1927 landmark offers dishes reflecting the seasonal flavors of New England as well as authentic Indian dishes for dinner. The Cafe: B, L, D, Sat & SB. The Lounge: L, D, C. The Bar: L, D, C. tajhotels.com/boston. TOP OF THE HUB, 800 Boylston St., Prudential Center, 617-536-1775. Located 52 stories above the city, Top of the Hub is Boston’s special occasion favorite. With upscale American cuisine, live entertainment nightly, a spectacular view and romantic atmosphere, Top of the Hub promises a unique experience for both visitors and native Bostonians alike. L, D, C, SB. topofthehub.net. YE OLDE UNION OYSTER HOUSE, 41 Union St., 617-2272750. America’s oldest restaurant, now celebrating 191 years, serves Yankee-style seafood, beef and chicken, and is famed for the oyster bar where Daniel Webster dined daily. Specialties include clam chowder and fresh lobster. L & D Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 10 p.m. C ’til midnight. unionoysterhouse.com.

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ining in a room perched at one of with wild Maine blueberries and classics like the the highest points in the city can be Clyde Mays old fashioned. Given the encyclopethrilling, yet at Top of the Hub the dic wine list, it would be a grievous oversight not spectacular view is merely an appetizer to point out that Top of the Hub has for an evening of fine food, drink and won Wine Spectator’s coveted Award entertainment. And while the vista TOP OF THE HUB of Excellence multiple times, offering may not change, the restaurant contin- 800 Boylston St. wines by the bottle, half-bottle and in ues to evolve, not only offering season- Prudential Center large format—not to mention the doz617-536-1775 ally and regionally inspired dishes, but Refer to Dining Guide, ens of vintages available by the glass. page 45 also an exciting new lounge menu that For those looking to make an makes the expansive bar area an even entire evening out of their Top of more welcoming destination for a the Hub experience, the aforemenThe lounge menu special night on the town. tioned lounge victuals make for a Under the expert direction of offers a perfect perfect prelude to the eatery’s nightly Executive Chef Stefan Jarausch, the live music performances. Sandwiches, prelude to the kitchen at Top of the Hub continues soups, salads, flatbreads, oysters and to turn out a wide array of fresh nightly live music. shareable platters (charcuterie and seafood—from appetizers like the cheese or pork belly banh mi sliders, grilled baby octopus and exquisitely anyone?) are highlights for smaller creamy lobster bisque to hearty entrées like the appetites, while more substantial dishes including North Atlantic halibut served with quinoa, red New England fish & chips, duck confit crispy chicklentils, broccolini, baby clams and saffron- en breast, spaghettini with white clam sauce and braised fennel—as well as Instagram-worthy seared Georges Bank scallops are featured as well. indulgences like the perfectly cooked, nearly Whether you need a pre-theatre stopover, fork-tender filet mignon. Speaking of indulgenc- a place to celebrate a special occasion or a es, the bar also mixes it up with creative, refresh- memorable spot to spend time with that special ing cocktails such as the blueberry mojito crafted someone, Top of the Hub has you covered.

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