Out of Character

OUT OF CHARACTER

Written and performed by Ari’el

Directed by Tony Taccone

JANUARY 8–26, 2025

Dear Patrons,

Thank you for being with us today for Ari’el Stachel’s stirring play Out of Character. When I discovered the play, I knew we had to bring it to Theater J. Ari is a riveting performer whose deeply personal story speaks to our mission.

In Out of Character, Ari fearlessly tells of growing up in a household with a Yemeni father and an Ashkenazi mother and how he performed his identity, constantly shaping himself as a character to fit in until accepting the complexity of his authentic self.

In Ari’s words, “I’ve latched on to all of these different identities in an effort to try and somehow feel American. But what I’ve learned is that the idea of having a fractured identity is actually the very thing that is most American of all.”

It has been a joy to partner with Reg Douglas and Mosaic Theater on this project, and I’m thrilled that Tony Taccone, who has been collaborating with Ari on this play since its earliest development, is here directing the piece. Tony and Ari’s work has been seen on Broadway and across the country, and I’m honored to have these stellar artists at Theater J.

As we continue to tell stories that reflect the breadth and diversity of the Jewish experience, I invite you to return to Theater J on February 2, when we will share excerpts of the work of 6 racially and ethnically diverse Jewish writers who have received commissions from Theater J. In addition to seeing parts of their plays, you will hear about their creative journeys. At Theater J, we are committed to ensuring that theater is alive and vibrant, performing the plays for today and investing in artists and the plays of tomorrow.

Thank you for being here and sharing this story together.

With appreciation,

Hayley Finn, Theater J Artistic Director

As the Artistic Director of Mosaic Theater, I am honored to welcome you to the DC premiere of Out of Character, produced in partnership with the wonderful team at Theater J. This co-production is a hallmark for Mosaic as we celebrate our company’s 10th Anniversary Season and stands as a testament to our deep beliefs in collaboration, new play development, and the DC theater community. Thank you for joining us!

I first encountered Out of Character in June 2023 and I knew that we had to find a way to bring this unique and moving story to Washington. I am so glad that my dear colleague Hayley Finn agreed and that now we can together share Ari’el’s work with you. Over the past year, we have pooled our creative resources to provide Ari’el and his collaborators the vital space to explore, discover, rewrite, and reimagine his play in an all too rare, but oh so important second production – a shining example of the power of partnership. By working together, we have been able to support these talented artists and deepen this bold new play for you and future audiences.

Out of Character is a story about being a mosaic. We follow Ari’el as he navigates how to bring the disparate parts of his identity - being Jewish, Yemeni, a person with anxiety, an actor, a son, an American - together into a more beautiful whole. Producing plays that honor the difficulty and resilient power of this effort is the mission of Mosaic Theater. As we celebrate our 10th Anniversary, we commit to another decade of this urgent and joyful work. Thank you to the members of the vibrant Mosaic community for their steadfast belief in this aim, especially core Mosaic partners Amy Weinberg & Norbert Hornstein for their generous support of this production.

Mosaic’s Managing Director Serge Seiden and I look forward to welcoming all of you, especially our new friends at Theater J, to our home at the Atlas Performing Arts Center on H Street to see more of Mosaic’s work, including our upcoming productions of cullud wattah and Andy Warhol in Iran. As we kick off 2025, let us all remember this special joy of being together as one DC community and continue to celebrate the many parts that make our City a uniquely beautiful mosaic.

-Reginald Douglas, Mosaic Theater Artistic Director

Thank You to Theater J's 2024/2025 Season Sponsors

LEADING PRODUCER

Covenant Foundation

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

Robert M. Fisher Memorial Foundation

Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation

SPONSORING PRODUCER

Cathy S. Bernard

CANVAS

Cheryl Gorelick

Norbert Hornstein and Amy Weinberg

Sari R. Hornstein

Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan

The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation

Dianne and Herb Lerner

Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind

Patricia Payne

Revada Foundation of the Logan Family

Hank Schlosberg*

Shapiro Family Foundation, Inc.

Share Fund

The Shubert Foundation

George Vradenburg

Helaine Zinaman and Roselyn Abitbol*

SUPPORTING PRODUCER

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Bruce A. Cohen*

Patti and Mitchell Herman

The Morgan Fund at the Seattle Foundation

Nussdorf Family Foundation

Helene and Robert Schlossberg

Bella Rosenberg

PRODUCTION ANGELS

Mindy Gasthalter

M. Craig Pascal

Stuart Sotsky

Jim Feldman and Natalie Wexler

This production is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Theater J gratefully acknowledges these donors who have supported Theater J since December 2023 through December 2024.

THEATER J

Hayley Finn, Artistic Director

David Lloyd Olson, Managing Director

MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC

Reginald L. Douglas, Artistic Director

Serge Seiden, Managing Director

PRESENT

The Berkeley Rep production of

OUT OF CHARACTER

Written and performed by Ari’el Stachel

With additional development support from Theater J and Mosaic Theater Company of DC

Director: Tony Taccone**

Scenic Designer: Afsoon Pajoufar+

Costume Designer: Maggi Yule

Lighting and Projections Designer: Alexander V. Nichols+

Sound Designer and Dramaturgy: Madeleine Oldham

Properties Artisan: Pamela Weiner

Assistant Scenic Designer: Sarah Beth Hall

Associate Projections Designer: Ahren Buhmann

Production Stage Manager: Shayna O’Neill*

Assistant Stage Manager: Grace Carter

CAST

Ari: Ari’el Stachel*

The video or audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

Out of Character is 80 minutes with no intermission.

World Premiere produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Berkeley, CA. Johanna Pfaelzer, Artistic Director / Susan Medak, Managing Director

Out of Character is sponsored by Mosaic Partners Circle Activists Norbert Hornstein & Amy Weinberg.

Out of Character is made possible in part by the Bruce A. Cohen Memorial Theater J Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Fund.

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theater, Theater J, and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

**The director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), a national theatrical labor union.

+Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Ari’el Stachel* Ari’el was featured in Olivia Wilde’s Warner Brother’s Don’t Worry Darling, opposite Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, and Chris Pine. Previously, Ari’el was seen in A24’s production of Zola, directed by Janicza Bravo. He can also be found recurring on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU. Other TV credits include Showtime’s Billions, Netflix’s Jessica Jones, and CBS’ Blue Bloods. He received the 2018 Tony Award® for his role in The Band’s Visit on Broadway. His previous performance of this role at The Atlantic Theatre Company also garnered him 2017 Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk Award nominations for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical.

Tony Taccone (Director) was raised by a large family of artists who believed that art is the highest calling of mankind. His dad was Italian and his mom Puerto Rican, which made for a lot of very loud Sunday dinners. He was heavily influenced by the counter-culture movement of the 1960’s, developing a rambunctious political perspective and a love for rock n’ roll that remain strong to this day. He toyed with the idea of becoming an archeologist, until he discovered that he’d have to take courses in statistics. He met a group of actors at a bar, and thought, “Hey, these people are really fun”. Acting on this insight, he made a long and lucky life for himself in the theatre.

Afsoon Pajoufar+ (Scenic Designer) is a NYC based designer of stage and environment for play, opera, and live performances. Recent works include Cyrano de Bergerac (Pasadena Playhouse), Fuente Ovejuna (Theatre For A New Audience), Adoration (Beth Morrison Projects/LA Opera), Out of Character (Berkeley Rep), Molière's Dom Juan (Fisher Center at Bard SummerScape), English (Studio Theatre/ Barrington Stage), Lady M (HeartBeat Opera), MONIN[MORNING/MOURNING] (PROTOTYPE 2022), Word. Sound. Power (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Paper Pianos (EMPAC), Will You Come With Me (The Play Company). Internationally her work has taken her to Alte Münze (Berlin) and Schauspiel Köln (Cologne). She is a proud member of USA 829. afsoonpajoufar.com

Maggi Yule (Costume Designer) Maggi is the Costume Director at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, where Out of Character was first performed. She also designed The Guys and Latin History for Morons at Berkeley Rep. Other Bay Area credits include, Sisters Matsumoto and Mamma Mia! (Shellie Award Winner) at CenterREP. Frog & Toad, Pinkalicious, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Ivy and Bean and others at Bay Area Children’sTheatre. She also designed The Great Divide and By and By for Shotgun Players. Pygmalion, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, It’s a Wonderful Life, Proof and Sly Fox at Town Hall Theatre as well as The Chairs, Wilder Times and Wittenberg for Aurora Theatre. Her work has received both TBA and Shellie Award nominations.

Alexander V. Nichols+ (Lighting and Projections Design) Alexander V. Nichols’ design work has been presented on Broadway, off-Broadway and in opera houses, concert halls, theaters, warehouses and vacant lots throughout the world. Recent projects include scenic and projection design for Fidelio at Lyric Opera of Chicago, scenic and projection design for The Headlands at American Conservatory Theater, production design for Yuri Possokhov’s Swan Lake at Hong Kong Ballet, and lighting design for Christopher Wheeldon’s Finale Finale at San Francisco Ballet. Upcoming projects include the new musical Prison Dancer, John Leguizamo’s musical Kiss My Aztec! and All That We Are by Les Sept Doigts de la Main. At Theater J, Mr. Nichols previously designed the set and lighting for Andy Warhol: Good For The Jews?

Madeleine Oldham (Sound Designer and Dramaturgy) is a sound designer and DJ based in Oakland, CA. She has designed sound for theaters around the country including ACT, Berkeley Rep, Portland Center Stage, Kansas City Rep, Marin Theatre Company, Crowded Fire, and more. You can hear her on KALX radio as DJ Madame X. Madeleine believes that stories hold power for both good and evil, and it’s up to us to keep this knowledge close and use it well. She also understands that the best sport is ice hockey, and wiener dogs are the embodiment of joy.

Sarah Beth Hall (Assistant Scenic Designer) is a freelance scenic designer based in the greater DC area. Select local credits include: Orlando (Constellation Theatre), Winnie the Pooh, A Year with Frog and Toad (Imagination Stage), Sleeping Giant, Sometimes the Rain… (Rorschach Theatre), Quilters (1st Stage), Frankenstein (NextStop Theatre), Make Way for Ducklings (Adventure Theatre). Select regional credits include: The Book of Will, The Rose Tattoo, The Caretaker (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ), God of Carnage (The Cape Playhouse), The Hobbit (Adirondack Theatre Festival), Neverwhere, Listen for the Light, SuperTrue, The Fisherman’s Wife (Know Theatre), Little Women (Cincinnati Shakespeare Company), Bonnie & Clyde, Pippin, Mamma Mia! (Summer Rep Theatre Festival). sarahbethhalldesign.com

Shayna O’Neill* (Production Stage Manager) Shayna O'Neill (pronoun inclusive) is the Resident Stage Manager and Production Manager for Mosaic Theater, where their credits include The Art of Care, Mexodus, Nancy, Confederates, one in two, Bars and Measures, and The Till Trilogy. Career highlights include the National Symphony Orchestra's Pops! Series at the Kennedy Center, working on concerts with Diana Ross, Leslie Odom Jr., will.i.am, and others; eight years with the Yale Baroque Opera Project; world premieres of Hindsight and Round Table and the NYC premiere of The Oregon Trail at Fault Line Theatre, where they are an Artistic Associate; and producing the podcast Dirty Laundry: Unpacking the Costume Closet.

Mosaic Theater Company of DC: Mosaic Theater Company of DC produces bold, culturally diverse theater that illuminates critical issues, elevates fresh voices, and sparks connection among communities throughout our region and beyond. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas and Managing Director Serge Seiden, Mosaic produces plays that both entertain and enlighten, using art to build empathy amongst diverse people united by the magic of theater, and hopes to build community by reflecting the many cultures that call DC home.

Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards. Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit actorsequity.org.

Hayley Finn** (Theater J Artistic Director) (she/her/hers) is an accomplished director and producer with over twenty-five years of experience in professional theatre across all aspects of the profession, including producing, directing, casting, education, fundraising, and has been instrumental in creating national partnerships for theatres across the country. Prior to joining Theater J, she was the Associate Artistic Director at the Playwrights’ Center, where worked with some of the nation’s leading playwrights and, in her tenure, produced over 1,000 workshops. She also served as a Co-Artistic Director of Red Eye Theater from 2019-2023 where she co-produced and curated the New Works 4 Weeks Festival—an annual four-week festival that commissions 11 artists each year to make new performance works—and co-led the fundraising and development of a new 150-seat black box theater in Minneapolis.

She has directed nationally and internationally, including at Cherry Lane Theatre (New York, NY), Curious Theatre Company (Denver, CO), the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland), Ellis Island (New York), Guthrie Theatre (Minneapolis, MN), HERE Arts Center (New York, NY), History Theatre (St. Paul, MN), Flea Theater (New York, NY), The Kitchen (New York, NY), LAByrinth Theater Company (New York, NY), Marin Theater Company (Mill Valley, CA), New Dramatists (New York, NY), O’Neill Theater Center (Waterford, CT), Pillsbury House (Minneapolis, MN), People’s Light (Malvern, PA), Public Theater (New York, NY), Playwrights’ Horizons (New York, NY), Red Eye Theater (Minneapolis, MN), Six Point Theater (St. Paul, MN), South Coast Repertory Theater (Costa Mesa, CA), and the Nine Gates Festival in Prague. Finn was Assistant Director on several Broadway productions, including the Tony Award-winning production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge. Most recently at Theater J, she directed the regional premiere of Jonathan Spector's This Much I Know.

Finn is an Alumna of the Drama League Director’s Program, recipient of the Ruth Easton Fellowship, TCG Future Leader Grant, National Endowment for the Arts support, and a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant. She received her BA and MA from Brown University.

David Lloyd Olson (Theater J Managing Director) made his stage debut at age five at the Marcus JCC of Atlanta preschool and is now proud to be one of the leaders of the nation’s largest professional Jewish theater. He most recently served as managing director of Quintessence Theatre Group in Philadelphia where he oversaw the organization’s largest ever fundraising campaign and the doubling of their annual foundation support. He was manager of the executive office and board engagement at the Shakespeare Theatre Company where he supported the transition of the theater’s artistic directorship from Michael Kahn to Simon Godwin. He has also held positions at Arena Stage, GALA Hispanic Theatre, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and Pointless Theatre. He was an Allen Lee Hughes management fellow at Arena Stage, a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Valmiera, Latvia, and the recipient of two DC Commission on Arts and Humanities Fellowship program grants. He proudly serves on the board of the Alliance for Jewish Theatre (alljewishtheatre.org) and the board of Adas Israel Congregation.

ABOUT THEATER J

The most influential Jewish Theater company in the nation. - The Washington Post

Theater J is a nationally-renowned, professional theater that celebrates, explores, and struggles with the complexities and nuances of both the Jewish experience and the universal human condition. Our work illuminates and examines ethical questions of our time, intercultural experiences that parallel our own, and the changing landscape of Jewish identities.

As the nation’s largest and most prominent Jewish theater, we aim to preserve and expand a rich Jewish theatrical tradition and to create community and commonality through theater-going experiences.

The Edlavitch DCJCC embraces inclusion in all its programs and activities. We welcome and encourage the participation of all people, regardless of their background, sexual orientation, abilities, or religion, including interfaith couples and families.

All of the programs at the Edlavitch DCJCC are supported in part by a generous gift from the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.

DEEPEN YOUR IMPACT

Theater J is dedicated to producing work that illuminates ethical questions of our time, examines the changing landscape of Jewish identities, and celebrates inter-cultural experiences. Less than half of Theater J’s budget comes from ticket revenue. We are reliant on generous gifts from audience members like you, who see the value of having a thriving Jewish cultural center in the heart of the city.

We invite you to join your friends and neighbors in supporting our work. With your gift, you’ll be recognizing the vital role Theater J plays in our community–a place where the stories of immigrants are proudly told, where we ask that theater engage both the head and the heart, and where we produce art that reminds you of who you are.

WAYS TO GIVE

Theater J accepts contributions by mail, phone, online, or through stock donation. Checks can be made payable to Theater J and mailed to 1529 Sixteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.

For more information or to make a donation visit theaterj.org/donate or contact rmuha@theaterj.org and 202.777.3225.

EDLAVITCH DCJCC LEADERSHIP

Edlavitch DCJCC

Chief Executive Officer: Jennifer Zwilling

Chief Finance and Administrative Officer: Charlie Winters

Chief Experience Officer: Jesse Bordwin

Senior Director of Institutional Advancement: Emily Jillson

THEATER J STAFF

Artistic Director: Hayley Finn

Managing Director: David Lloyd Olson

Production

Production Manager: Mark T. Berry

Technical Director: Tom Howley

Associate Producer: Charlotte La Nasa

Technical Coordinator: Willow McFatter

Company Management Associate: Grace Carter

Head Electrician: Garth Dolan

Resident Properties Artisan: Pamela Weiner

Scenic Charge: Danielle Harris

External Affairs

EDCJCC Arts Marketing Manager: Jill Gershenson

EDCJCC Arts Marketing Coordinator: Byron Escobar

Development Executive Assistant: Ryan Muha

Director of Donor Engagement: Emma Wesslund

Ticket Office and Front of House Manager: Nino Porter

Assistant Ticket Office Manager: Lauren McNeal

Marketing Consultants: Rachel Hewitt, Adriana Cisneros Emerson, and Jasmine Jones, Rachel Media

Publicist: Kendra Rubinfeld and Travis Hare, Kendra Rubinfeld PR

Graphic Design: Molly Winston

House Managers and Ticket Office Associates: Sophia Bonde, Steve Chazanow, Emily Eason, Allen Eldridge, Lily Goldberg, Sarah Moosadzeh, Robert Reeg, Hadiya Rice, Kaneeka Rice, Sam Rollin, Alia Schreiber-Goldstein, and Mary-Margaret Walsh.

Education & New Play Development

Education Programs Manager: Hester Kamin

Expanding the Canon Rosh Beit: Sabrina Sojourner

Expanding the Canon Commissioned Writers: Harley Elias, Zachariah Ezer, Caroliva Herron, Jesse Jae Hoon, MJ Kang, and Kendell Pinkey

Teaching Artists: Rebecca Berman, Erin Cleary, Nikki Crawford, Noah Israel, Jen Jacobs, James Carlos Lacey, Aaron Posner, Lynette Talya Rathnam, Howard Shalwitz, Jamie Steinman, Holly Twyford, and Erin Weaver.

Founding Artistic Director: Martin Blank

OUT OF CHARACTER STAFF

Head Electrician: Garth Dolan

Associate Head Electrician: Ben Harvey

Audio Engineer: Elisabeth Dupuy

Light Board Operator: Willow McFatter

Followspot Operator: Lorna Ryan

Paint assistants: Sarah Phillips-Hooley; Carolyn Hampton

Load-in Crew: Barrett Doyle; Matty Griffiths; David Higgins; Tad Howley

2024–2025 THEATER J COUNCIL

Mara Bralove, Chair

Mindy Gasthalter

Ann Gilbert

Cheryl Gorelick

Rae Grad

Patti Herman

Aimee Imundo

Daniel Kaplan

Arlene Klepper

Liz Kleinrock

Kenneth Krupsky

Stephen Lachter

Karen Lehmann-Eisner

Ellen Malasky

Meredith Margolis

Howard Menaker

Alfred Munzer

Sherry Nevins

Patricia Payne

Saul Pilchen

Bella Rosenberg

Mita M. Schaffer

Robert Schlossberg

Terry Singer

Stuart Sotsky

Manny Strauss

Bob Tracy

Kathryn Veal

THEATER J HONORARY COUNCIL

Patty Abramson*

Michele G. Berman

Bunny Dwin

Lois Fingerhut

Marion Ein Lewin

Paul J. Mason

Evelyn Sandground

Hank Schlosberg*

Trish Vradenburg*

Patti Sowalsky

Irene Wurtzel

EDLAVITCH DCJCC 2024–2025 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Johanna Chanin, President

Eva Davis, Vice President

Meredith Margolis, Vice President

Janis Schiff, Vice President

Jonathan Grossman, Treasurer

Amie Perl, Assistant Treasurer

Benjamin Loewy, Secretary

Janet B. Abrams

Olufunmike Adeyemi*

Andrew Altman

Joan Berman

Michele G. Berman

Jordan Lloyd Bookey

Jennifer Bradley

Jaclyn Lerner Cohen

Sara Cohen

Eva Davis

Jonathan Edelman

Myrna Fawcett

Meg Flax

Brian Gelfand

Daniel Glickman

Dina Gold

Debra Goldberg

David Goldblatt

Rena Gordon

Brad Lackey

Joshua Maxey

Alyssa Moskovitz

Sid Moskowitz

Alfred Munzer

Alyson Myers

Melanie Franco Nussdorf

Amie Perl

Arnold Polinger

Shannon Powers

Norm Rich

Ilene Rosenthal

Michael Salzberg

Max Sandler

Rhea Schwartz

Michael Singer

Tina Small

Mimi Tygier

Diane Abelman Wattenberg

Jessika Wellisch

Eric Zelenko

Jennifer Zwilling, Chief Executive Officer, Ex Officio

FOUNDING DIRECTOR

Ginny Edlavitch

DIRECTORS EMERITI

Stephen Altman

Rose H. Cohen

Jill Granader

Martha Winter Gross

Daniel O. Hirsch

Stephen Kelin

William Kreisberg

Saul Pilchen

John R. Risher Jr.*

Lynn Skolnick Sachs

Deborah Ratner Salzberg

Mindy Strelitz

Francine Zorn Trachtenberg

Robert Tracy

Ellen G. Witman

VICE PRESIDENT EMERITUS

Lee G. Rubenstein

HONORARY DIRECTOR

Barbara Abramowitz

MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

Cathy Solomon: President

Jeffrey Banks: Vice President

David Grosso: Vice President

Bill Tompkins**: Treasurer

Serge Seiden: Managing Director

Myrna Sislen: Secretary

Reginald L. Douglas: Artistic Director

Members

Craig Benson

Jordan Lloyd Bookey

Bill Braithwaite

Vince Brown

Deborah Carliner**

Susan Clampitt

Steven Clay

Bobbie Gottschalk

David Alan Grier

Juanita Hardy

Cornell Harris, Executive Committee Member-At-Large

Carroll Johnson-Welsh

Ted May

David J. Nolan

Damión Perkins

Leslie Scallet

Andy Shallal

Michael Singer, Executive Committee Member-At-Large

Elizabeth Steinglass

Stephen Stern, Executive Committee Member-At-Large

Muriel Wolf

Cynthia Wolloch, Executive Committee Member-At-Large

Julie Zalkind

MOSAIC STAFF

Leadership

Reginald L. Douglas: Artistic Director

Serge Seiden: Managing Director

Artistic and Production

Chris Banks: Director of Production

Nadir Bey: Technical Director

Jacob Ettkin: Education and Engagement Manager

Shayna O'Neill: Resident Stage Manager

Psalmayene 24: Andrew W. Mellon Playwright in Residence

Chelsea Radigan: Artistic Producer

Business and Administration

Michael Cottrell: Finance & Accounting Manager

Lina Khawaldah: Business & Operations Manager

Development

Dina Soltan: Donor Relations Manager

Marketing and Communications

Sabrina Garland-Sash, Marketing Manager

ACCESSIBILITY

Theater J, as part of the Edlavitch DCJCC, embraces inclusion in all of its programs and activities. Theater J strives to make our productions accessible to all by providing the following to meet the needs of our patrons, and to enhance their experience at the theater. For information, please contact our ticket office at 202.777.3210 or boxoffice@ edcjcc.org.

ACCESSIBLE SEATING

The Edlavitch DCJCC has ramp access from the Q Street entrance and all our restrooms are ADA accessible. In the Goldman Theater, removable seats provide patrons with the opportunity to be seated with their companions while sitting in their wheelchair.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING

Assistive listening devices are available at our Ticket Office. They are free-ofcharge and offered on a first-come, first-served basis at all performances.

OPEN CAPTIONING

Captions will be offered at three shows this production. Contact the Ticket Office and selected dates. Captioning sponsored by Dianne and Herb Lerner

LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS

Large print programs are available at our Ticket Office, located on the first floor. Or read a low vision digital program on your mobile device by scanning the QR code outside the theater.

Theater J respects and welcomes gender diversity. Please use the restroom which makes you most comfortable or most closely fits your gender identity or expression. An allgender restroom is located on the Lower Level.

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION

Theater J and the Edlavitch DCJCC commit to being an inclusive, safe, and welcoming space for all. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations from either patrons or staff. Please visit our website at theaterj.org to learn more about our policies and procedures

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Our building sits on the traditional homeland of the Nacotchtank (Anacostan), farmers and traders who lived along the banks of the Anacostia River. Beginning in 1608, European settlers decimated the Nacotchtank with disease, warfare, and forced removal. By the 1700s, the survivors fled to join other tribes to the north, south, and west, including the Piscataway Peoples, who continue to steward these lands from generation to generation. We know this acknowledgement is only a small step towards justice, and we ask that all of us learn about the past and present and invest in the future of our country’s Indigenous communities wherever we are.