MARCH 16 –APRIL 10, 2022
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FROM FOLGER THEATRE'S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
“Tis he, tis Nathan! Thanks to the Almighty! That you’re at last returned.” These, the opening lines of the original Lessing play, could not have better expressed the joy, the relief, the sense of fulfillment that we find in ourselves on the road to a new theatrical normal. This is my first production as Folger Theatre’s new Artistic Director and as the Director of Programming for Folger Shakespeare Library. Now more than two years in the making, this production of Nathan the Wise could not be more timely. We are living in tumultuous times where our differences are gigantic obstacles that seem to divide us. And here is an old story that reminds us, we’ve known difference and division before. Here is a story that offers us an opportunity to reassess how and why we are religiously, ethnically, culturally, and racially dissonant in Babylonian proportions. Where else but the theater can you go to process these conundrums of humanity? And what’s more, we will do it together. Two years of isolation and physical separation have made us insecure, timid, and agoraphobic while simultaneously, ravenous for human connection, in both body and spirit. We are not designed to live alone. We were made to gather, commune, and celebrate our experiences with others. To that end, it is particularly joyous for Folger Theatre to return to production with a play that highlights the variety of truths that can co-exist within people. To do that justice requires care, and I am proud of the work done by Theater J and the company to ensure the myriad of diverse perspectives within Nathan are shown with grace and respect. Collaboration is the main tentpole of theater - it takes many hands, hearts, and perspectives to serve a story. It is our joy and privilege to do this in partnership with our neighboring institutions such as Theater J and the National Building Museum, the site of our summer production, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. As we reawaken to the possibilities beyond our front door, Folger Theatre is excited to continue the journey into the magic and wonder of dreams to come. I wholeheartedly invite you to join us!
Karen Ann Daniels (she/her) Director of Programming and Artistic Director of Folger Theatre 2
FROM THEATER J’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND MANAGING DIRECTOR Dear Friends, Thank you for joining us for this production of Nathan the Wise. One of the hallmarks of Theater J’s programming is producing “forgotten masterpieces” of Jewish theater. Nathan the Wise was written in 1779, by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and originally dedicated to (and inspired by) the author’s friend, the German Jewish philosopher, critic, and translator Moses Mendelssohn. The play is closely modeled on Shakespeare; the L-R: David Lloyd Olson and Adam Immerwahr original version in German is written in iambic pentameter, and an astute playgoer will recognize familiar Shakespearean plot devices, structure, and tropes throughout the piece. Nathan the Wise was last professionally produced in the DC region in 2003, at the now-defunct Theater for the First Amendment, in an adaptation by Paul D’Andrea. Our production is the world premiere of a new adaptation of the classic German text, adapted by DC’s own Michael Bloom. We are delighted that a contemporary audience will see this fascinating play anew, and we are enormously grateful to our colleagues at Folger Theatre for joining us in this venture—without them it would not have been possible to share this play with you today. Theater J is the nation’s leading Jewish theater, and we are delighted to invite you to join us next season for what promises to be a breathtaking set of plays and musical stories. Our season begins with a terrific new klezmer musical, performed by the Canadian company that created it. Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story tells the story of a pair of Romanian refugees meeting and falling in love on the shores of Halifax in 1902. Next up will be a classic American drama by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Lynn Nottage. Nottage’s Intimate Apparel tells the story of a Black seamstress in 1905, who becomes engaged to a Caribbean man, though her heart lies with a Hasidic fabric-merchant. The winter will bring us comedy, in the form of Seth Rozin’s side-splitting Two Jews Walk Into a War... a modern day vaudeville (based on a true story about the last two Jews in Afghanistan). Director Holly Twyford will return to Theater J to stage Gloria: A Life, a stirring play that chronicles the life of feminist organizer and political activist Gloria Steinem. Our season will close with a gripping new play, One Jewish Boy, which paints a searing portrait of growing antisemitism in the UK. Our production will be the US premiere of this unflinching and utterly vital play. We hope you’ll consider joining us for the season—subscriptions start as low as $129. You can visit TheaterJ.org or call 202.777.3210 to sign up for your subscription, or just leave your name and email address on the form in our lobby, and we’ll be sure to follow up. Thank you for joining us. If you have any thoughts or feedback you’d like to share on Nathan the Wise or your experience at Theater J, we invite you to email us at adam@theaterj.org and david@theaterj.org. We’ll see you in the lobby!
Adam Immerwahr Artistic Director
David Lloyd Olson Managing Director
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THANK YOU TO OUR THEATER J 2021–2022 SEASON SPONSORS Leading Producers
The Bridge Fund, The Government of the District of Columbia DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation Sponsoring Producers
Susie and Michael Gelman, The Morningstar Foundation Sari R. Hornstein National Endowment for the Arts Revada Foundation of the Logan Family Share Fund The Shubert Foundation Arthur Tracy Fund Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein Supporting Producers
The Family of H. Max & Josephine F. Ammerman and Andrew R. Ammerman Bruce A. Cohen Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch Patti and Mitchell Herman Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind Nussdorf Family Foundation Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan Helene and Robert Schlossberg Patti and Jerry Sowalsky
THANK YOU TO OUR PRODUCTION ANGELS Howard Berger and Linda Goldsmith Andrea Boyarsky-Maisel Susan and Dixon Butler Bonnie and Louis Cohen Myrna Fawcett David and Patricia Fisher Cheryl Gorelick Meg and John Hauge Dianne and Herb Lerner Marion Ein Lewin Ellen and Gary Malasky Carl and Undine Nash M. Craig Pascal, In Memory of Victor Shargai Patricia Payne and Nancy Firestone Nancy and Saul Pilchen Barney Shapiro and Susan Walker Dr. Stuart Sotsky
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. 4 4
THEATER J
Adam Immerwahr Artistic Director
David Lloyd Olson Managing Director THE TRISH VRADENBURG STAGE • AARON & CECILE GOLDMAN THEATER MORRIS CAFRITZ CENTER FOR THE ARTS
NATHAN THE WISE MARCH 16 – APRIL 10, 2022
Written by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Adapted by Michael Bloom Directed by Adam Immerwahr Produced in Association with Folger Theatre
Time & Place
1192 AD, and Now, Jerusalem
Cast (In Order of Appearance)
Templar...........................................................................................................Drew Kopas* Rachel...........................................................................................................Em Whitworth Al-Hafi...........................................................................................................Sorab Wadia* Daya.......................................................................................................................Jo Twiss* Nathan.............................................................................................................Eric Hissom* Friar.......................................................................................................James J. Johnson* Sittah...............................................................................................................Sarah Corey* Salah ad-Din..............................................................................Maboud Ebrahimzadeh* Patriarch......................................................................................................John Lescault*
Artistic & Production Team
Director................................................................................................Adam Immerwahr^ Set Design..............................................................................................Paige Hathaway+ Costume Design...........................................................................................Ivania Stack+ Lighting Design..............................................................................................Colin K Bills+ Sound Design.........................................................................................Sarah O'Halloran Props Design...............................................................................................Pamela Weiner Choreographer.......................................................................................Amanda Herring Cultural Competency Consultant...............................................Adam Ashraf Elsayigh Casting Director..............................................................................................Jenna Place NYC Casting.......................................................................................Calleri Jensen Davis Production Stage Manager.............................................................Anthony O. Bullock* Assistant Stage Manager...............................................................................Carrie Edick Assistant Stage Manager/COVID Safety Manager...............................Taylor Kiechlin +Member of United Scenic Artists Local 829
*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. ^The Director is a Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. Photography, video and/or audio recording of this performance by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Sarah Corey (Sittah) (she/her/hers) is thrilled to return to the stage at her beloved Theater J after last appearing in Love Sick. Off-Broadway: A Letter to Harvey Milk, Love & Real Estate, Souvenir Stories, Illyria. International: Death for Five Voices. Selected regional: Ghost of Christmas Past/Belle in A Christmas Carol at TheatreSquared, Anisah in In the Book Of… at Alabama Shakespeare Festival (world premiere) and Florida Studio Theatre, Ana/Anne/Aminah in Oil at Olney Theatre Center (Helen Hayes nominations - Outstanding Production of a Play and Outstanding Ensemble), Grocer’s Wife and Mrs. Boeuf in Rhinoceros at Tantrum Theater, Olivia in Twelfth Night at Mountain Playhouse, Aouda in Around the World in 80 Days, Kate Jerome in Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound at Oldcastle Theater Company, Woman 2 in John Cariani's Love/Sick at The Public, Kate in Lippa’s The Wild Party at New Repertory Theatre (IRNE Award for Best Supporting Actress), Eva Peron in Evita at Worcester Foothills Theatre, Rose Gellman in Caroline, or Change at SpeakEasy Stage, Ensemble in A Thousand Splendid Suns at Arena Stage. TV/Film: We Own This City, Unravel, A Good Cop. Proud graduate of Princeton University. This performance is in loving memory of her dear friend, a dear friend to Theater J and to all of us, Ellen Brie Houseknecht.
Maboud Ebrahimzadeh (Salah ad-Din) Theater J: The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Boged (Traitor): An Enemy of the People. Other theatre includes: McCarter Theatre Center: Disgraced, Murder on the Orient Express; Milwaukee Rep: Disgraced; Theatre Exile: The Invisible Hand (Barrymore Award for Outstanding Lead Actor); Hartford Stage: Murder on the Orient Express; People’s Light: Shakespeare in Love, A Christmas Carol; Round House Theatre: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Oslo, Small Mouth Sounds, The Book of Will, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo; Arena Stage: The Price; The Kennedy Center: Mockingbird; Folger Theatre: 1 Henry IV, King John, Timon of Athens, and Julius Caesar; Studio Theatre: Water by the Spoonful, Edgar & Annabel; Baltimore Center Stage: The Container; Gulfshore Playhouse: The Liar; Olney Theatre Center: Oil, The Invisible Hand; Forum Theatre: The Pillowman, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Bobrauschenbergamerica, Scorched; Taffety Punk Theatre: Henry VI 1, Henry VI 2, Henry VI 3, Richard III, Love’s Labour’s Lost, and Pericles. Film/ Television: Jessica Jones, Imperium, Sally Pacholok, Homebound. maboudebrahimzadeh.com | @mindthechasm
Eric Hissom (Nathan) Eric is very happy to return to Theater J, where his credits include Everything is Illuminated, Life Sucks (or the Present Ridiculous), and The Body of an American. DC area credits include The Great Leap at Round House Theatre; Arcadia at Folger Theatre (Helen Hayes award); Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike at Arena Stage; The Diary of Anne Frank at Olney Theatre Center; Born Yesterday at Ford’s Theatre; In the Next Room, or the vibrator play at Woolly Mammoth Theatre; The Effect at Studio Theatre, and many others. Regional credits include work at Seattle Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Milwaukee Rep, Asolo Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage and many others. He did the national tour of The Thirty-Nine Steps, and has done a smattering of TV and film, including the feature Out of Time. He has an MFA from Florida State’s Asolo Conservatory.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
James J. Johnson (Friar) (he/him/his) is excited to make his debut with Folger Theatre. He last appeared at Theater J in the 201314 production of Darrah Cloud’s Our Suburb, directed by Judith Ivey. His last stage appearance was in the 1st Stage/Olney Theatre Center co-production of The Royale which closed right before the pandemic. Other theatre credits include: Ruined (Arena Stage); Hero’s Welcome (1st Stage); Les Deux Noirs (Mosaic Theater); Stick Fly (UVA Dept. of Theatre - Equity Guest Artist); The Member of the Wedding (Ford’s Theatre); The Unmentionables (Woolly Mammoth Theatre); Kingdom, Wedding Dance, Buffalo Hair (African Continuum Theatre Co.); Zomo the Rabbit (Imagination Stage); Homer P. Figg (The Kennedy Center). EDUCATION: BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University. James is a part of 1st Stage’s Solo Commissions. He recently received his first writing credit on IMDb, as a co-writer for the short film Silent Partner which won awards at several film festivals in 2021. James is also a founding member of Galvanize, a support network for local theater artists of color. IG: @jamesjjohnson1 Twitter: @jamesjjohnson TikTok: @mediocredope Drew Kopas (Templar) happily returns to Theater J where he was last seen in Trayf. DMV credits: Olney Theatre Center, Mosaic Theater, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Everyman Theatre, Constellation Theater Company, 1st Stage, Keegan Theatre, Rep Stage, Faction of Fools Theatre Company, We Happy Few, and the Capital Fringe Festival. Regional: Cleveland – Great Lakes Theater, Dobama Theatre; Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Virginia Shakespeare Festival. MFA Acting, Western Illinois University. DrewKopas.com
John Lescault (Patriarch) Theater J: Life Sucks, Hannah and Martin, The Disputation, Death and the Maiden. Folger Theatre: Macbeth, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, School for Scandal, Elizabeth the Queen. International: Defiant Requiem (Prague), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (STC/Macau Arts Festival). New York: Handbagged (59E59/ RHT), Le Deserteur (Opera Lafayette at Lincoln Center). Regional: Native Gardens, A Prayer for Owen Meany (Cincinnati Playhouse). DC/VA/MD: The Second City’s Twist Your Dickens, Love Factually; and Opera Lafayette’s Sancho Panca; as Beethoven and Dvorak with the NSO (Kennedy Center), Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, Signature Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Studio Theatre, Olney Theatre, and CATF. Film/TV: Lincoln, The Day Lincoln Was Shot, Unsolved Mysteries, Beautiful Something, The Fox Hunter, and Dakota. John has been a narrator of commercial audiobooks and for the Library of Congress’s Talking Books program for 30 years. He is a graduate of The Catholic University of America.
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Jo Twiss (Daya) Jo has performed in many theaters around the country, most recently Jo was seen onstage in Cabaret as Fraulein Schneider at Bristol Riverside Theatre (BRT) which closed because of COVID. Broadway: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Select recent regional theater credits: The Producers at BRT, A Christmas Carol at the McCarter Theatre Center, A Christmas Story at The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Shakespeare in Love, Richard 2 and Romeo and Juliet at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, as well as the new musical Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole at People's Light. Recent TV credits include FBI Most Wanted, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Broad City, The Affair, Seven Seconds, as well as the Indy film Benim and major film Shirley. She can also be seen as a recurring character on the HBO series Run, and this summer filmed Viral with Blair Underwood. She is a proud long time company member of The Circle Rep Theatre Company in NYC.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Sorab Wadia (Al-Hafi) is from Bombay, India. Sorab has performed internationally as an actor and singer in an eclectic mélange of projects from The Play of Daniel, a medieval music-drama, at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, to the notorious Jihad! The Musical on London’s West End. In 2016 he played Shylock #1 and Gratiano in Karin Coonrod's historic production of The Merchant of Venice performed in the Jewish Ghetto in Venice, commemorating the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Ghetto. He garnered rave reviews for his Ali Hakim on the Broadway tour of Oklahoma! Recent credits include the musicals of Bend It Like Beckham (Toronto) & Monsoon Wedding (Berkeley Rep), and an extensive tour of a oneman adaptation of The Kite Runner. Off-Broadway: Babette's Feast (The Theatre at St. Clement’s), Tempest (LaMama), Bunty Berman Presents (The New Group), Nymph Errant (Prospect Theater Co.). TV: Blacklist: Redemption, Madame Secretary, Law & Order: SVU, 30 Rock, Chapelle’s Show. @SorabWadia Em Whitworth (Rachel) is delighted to make her Theater J/Folger Theatre debut. Recent credits include The Master and Margarita (Constellation Theatre Company), Annie Jump and The Library of Heaven (Rorschach Theatre); The Wizard of Oz, Titus Andronicus, Sleeping Beauty, Much Ado About Nothing (Synetic Theater); Love & Information, Dry Land, What Every Girl Should Know (Forum Theatre); The Interstellar Ghost Hour, Whipping, or the Football Hamlet (Longacre Lea); A Moving Picture (Mosaic Theater); and Our New Girl (Solas Nua). Thank you to Adam, the cast, crew & creative team, and JM, CG, and CHB.
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (Playwright) In his own times, Lessing (1729 - 1781) might have been called an Aufklärermann, an ‘Enlightenment man.’ Today, we’d call him the equally mouthy ‘multi-hyphenate.’ Born to a prominent family of preachers in a provincial town in present-day Germany, Lessing had so many interests and careers he would have broken LinkedIn. Accepted at the University of Leipzig at age seventeen, he would go on to be a poet, playwright, translator, critic, editor, aesthetician, philosopher, lay theologian, journalist, publicist, archivist, historian, and librarian before his death at 52. He could read eight languages. His collected works run ten volumes. He fenced, danced, and rode horses. He became a Freemason. He hung out with the theatrical revolutionary Caroline Neuber and attempted, more than once, to start a national theater. He was best friends with polymath philosopher Moses Mendelsohn, with whom he advocated for religious tolerance. Though today he is often overshadowed by his late contemporaries Goethe and Schiller, Lessing lived and worked at a true pivot point in European culture and history. He championed freedom of thought, pushed back against myopic religious doctrines, and provided an example of a person striving tirelessly to better human understanding and relationships. Michael Bloom (Adapter) is a writer-director whose work has been seen Off-Broadway, at many regional theatres, and in Japan. He adapted Jane Austen's Emma for Cleveland Play House, where he was artistic director, and Ostrovsky's Artists and Admirers. He is the author of Thinking Like A Director and numerous articles for American Theatre Magazine and The New York Times. Off-Broadway he directed the NY premiere of Sight Unseen at Manhattan Theatre Club for which he received a Drama Desk nomination. Regional work includes Gross Indecency at Huntington Theatre Company (Elliot Norton Award, Best production) and the premiere of Dinner with Friends at Actors Theatre of Louisville. Other theatres include Williamstown Theatre Festival, South Coast Rep, Berkeley Rep, Old Globe Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre,
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Milwaukee Rep, Geffen Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Kansas City Rep, and Seattle Rep. In Tokyo he directed The Glass Menagerie and The Miracle Worker. Local productions include Oh, G-d at Mosaic Theater and The Invisible Hand and The Price at Olney Theatre Center. He is grateful to Theater J and Folger Theatre for producing the world premiere of his adaptation of Nathan the Wise. Adam Immerwahr (Director) See page 12.
Paige Hathaway (Scenic Designer) is based in the Washington, DC area. At Theater J, her favorite designs include Becoming Dr. Ruth, Sheltered, Talley's Folly, and Everything is Illuminated. Her DC area credits include The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, The Book of Will, and Or, at Round House Theatre; Rent, Ain't Misbehavin', John, and The Gulf at Signature Theatre; Familiar at Woolly Mammoth Theatre; and South Pacific and Godspell at Olney Theatre Center. Her regional credits include Matilda, Cinderella, and A Chorus Line at the Muny; Sweat at Asolo Repertory Theatre; and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Arden Theatre Company. Instagram: @ paigehathawaydesign. www.paigehathawaydesign.com Ivania Stack (Costume Designer) is delighted to return to Theater J. Her Regional and DC area theater credits include: Arena Stage, Seattle Rep, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Baltimore Center Stage, Everyman Theatre, The Wilma Theater, The Karski Project, Andy’s Summer Playhouse, The Second City, The Contemporary American Theater Festival, Woolly Mammoth Theatre (Company Member), Ford’s Theatre, Round House Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, Imagination Stage, Studio Theatre, Olney Theatre Center, Pointless Theatre, Theater Alliance, Rorschach Theatre, MetroStage, and GALA Hispanic Theatre. She has an MFA in design from the University of Maryland, College Park. Colin K. Bills (Lighting Designer) returns to Theater J, where his most recent designs have been Becoming Dr. Ruth, Sheltered, The Jewish Queen Lear, and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. He is a Board Member and Company Member at Woolly Mammoth Theatre where he has designed over fifty productions and is the Producing Director for the Washington Revels. Colin has won three Helen Hayes Awards and is a recipient of a Princess Grace Fellowship in Theater. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
Sarah O’Halloran (Sound Designer) is a sound designer and composer. She has previously worked at Theater J on Compulsion or the House Behind and Talley’s Folly. Other credits include: Studio Theatre: Cry it Out; Olney Theatre Center: The Humans, Our Town and Labour of Love; The Second City/Woolly Mammoth Theatre: She the People: The Resistance Continues; Everyman Theatre: Be Here Now, Proof, and Dinner with Friends; Rep Stage: E2, The 39 Steps, The Heidi Chronicles and Things That Are Round; 1st Stage Theater: The Brothers Size, Swimming with Whales, Trevor, and When the Rain Stops Falling; Mosaic Theater: The Return; Theater Alliance: A Chorus Within Her; Forum Theatre: Nat Turner in Jerusalem, What Every Girl Should Know, and Dry Land.
Pamela Weiner (Resident Props Designer) is elated to be back and producing live theater again. Her work has previously been seen on stage at The Kennedy Center, Folger Theatre, Round House Theatre, Constellation Theatre Company, and Signature Theatre. This is her third season with Theater J.
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Amanda Herring (Choreographer) is the Director of Jewish Life and Learning at the Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center (EDCJCC) and the Co-founder of Gold Herring LLC. Amanda received her master’s degree in Experiential Education and Jewish Cultural Arts at GWU. In addition to teaching, she has been dancing for nearly 30 years and teaches Israeli dance monthly at the EDCJCC. She is delighted to be working with Theater J on this performance, the EDCJCC is a wonderful place to work because of cross-departmental opportunities like this!
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Adam Ashraf Elsayigh (Cultural Competency Consultant) is an Egyptian writer, theater maker, and dramaturg in his first season as the Literary Manager and Resident Dramaturg of the Asolo Repertory Theatre. Adam writes theater and TV scripts that interrogate the intersections of queerness, immigration, and colonialism from his lens as a queer, Arab, immigrant. Adam’s ethos is to tell and amplify stories from communities that have been historically under and misrepresented on American television screens and stages. Adam’s plays (including Memorial, Jamestown/ Williamsburg, The Marginalia and Drowning in Cairo) have been developed and seen at The Lark, The Tisch School of the Arts, the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, and Golden Thread Productions. Adam is a Co-founder of The Criminal Queerness Festival with National Queer Theater, and a fellow at Georgetown University's Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics. He holds a BA in Theater with an emphasis in Playwriting and Dramaturgy from NYU Abu Dhabi and is an MFA Candidate in Playwriting at Brooklyn College. Learn more about what Adam is up to at adamaelsayigh.com
Jenna Place (Casting Director) is Theater J's resident Casting Director, a freelance casting director and director in the DC area, and the Associate Artistic Director at Olney Theatre Center. Past casting has included work at Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre MTC, Mosaic Theater, Forum Theatre, Studio Theatre, the Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics, and more. Calleri Jensen Davis (James Calleri, Erica Jensen, Paul Davis) (NYC Casting) is a creative casting partnership of over 20 years. Awarded 16 Artios Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Casting. Broadway credits include Thoughts of a Colored Man, Burn This, Fool for Love, Venus in Fur, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, The Elephant Man (also West End), Of Mice and Men, Hughie, The Visit, 33 Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, Living on Love, Chicago, James Joyce's The Dead, and the upcoming Broadway revivals: For Colored Girls...and The Piano Lesson. TV credits include: Love Life (HBO Max) Queens (ABC) Dickinson (Hulu), The Path (Apple+), Lipstick Jungle, Army Wives, Monk, Hope & Faith, Ed. Anthony O. Bullock (Production Stage Manager) is the Resident Stage Manager for the 21-22 season. Past Theater J projects include Compulsion or the House Behind, Tuesdays with Morrie, The Wanderers, Sheltered, Occupant, Love Sick, The Jewish Queen Lear, and Actually. NYC credits include The School for Lies (Classic Stage Company), A Nation Grooves (workshop) and The Night Falls (workshop) with Project Springboard: Developing Dance Musicals. DC credits include Signature Theatre, Arena Stage, Baltimore Center Stage, and Studio Theatre. Other regional credits include McCarter Theatre Center, Barrington Stage Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Passage Theatre Company, TheatreSquared, and Shakespeare & Company, among others. He toured with The White Snake by Mary Zimmerman in association with Goodman Theatre, as part of The Wuzhen Theatre Festival in Wuzhen, China. He received his BFA from Oklahoma City University. He is a proud member of AEA.
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honored with 158 Nominations and 31 Awards by the Helen Hayes Awards for excellence in acting, direction, design, and production. Folger Theatre has received the Outstanding Resident Play Award for Measure for Measure, Hamlet, The Taming of the Shrew, and Sense and Sensibility. While the Folger’s historic landmark building undergoes a multiyear renovation, we invite you to join us online and on the road. Learn more at folger.edu
THEATER J LEADERSHIP
Adam Immerwahr (Theater J Artistic Director) has served as the Artistic Director of Theater J since 2015. He is the former Associate Artistic Director at McCarter Theatre Center, a Tony Award-winning theater in Princeton, NJ, where his directing credits include Sleuth, The Understudy, The Mousetrap, and a now-annual production of A Christmas Carol, and his producing credits include world premieres by Edward Albee, John Guare, Will Power, Christopher Durang, Marina Carr, Danai Gurira, and many more. He was the Resident Director at Passage Theater in Trenton, NJ, and the Artistic Director of OnStage, a company of New Jersey senior citizens who collected and performed the stories of their community. Adam has directed at some of the top theaters in the country, including The Public and Theater Row (both for Summer Play Festival), Ensemble Studio Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, McCarter Theater Center, Cleveland Play House, Theater J, Passage Theater, Luna Stage, Hangar Theater, Bristol Riverside, and many others. Internationally, he directed the African premiere of The Convert (nominated for Zimbabwe’s National Arts Medal). He was the recipient of 2010 NJ Theatre Alliance “Applause Award” and 2014 Emerging Nonprofit Leader Award presented by Fairleigh Dickinson University. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of the Alliance for Jewish Theater, and is an inaugural member of the Drama League Director's Council. Adam is a graduate of Brown University, where he studied both Theater and Renaissance/ Early Modern Studies.
David Lloyd Olson (Theater J Managing Director) has spent over a decade managing nonprofit theaters, most recently serving 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 was a founding company member of Pointless Theatre in Washington, DC, where he served for ten years as managing director, during which time the company was awarded the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company at the Helen Hayes Awards. He was an Allen Lee Hughes management fellow at Arena Stage and served as a Fulbright English teaching assistant in Valmiera, Latvia. He has twice been the recipient of a DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities fellowship program grant and was on the host committee of the 2016 Theatre Communications Group national conference. He attended the University of Maryland where he received a B.A. in theater from the College of Arts and Humanities and a B.A. in government and politics from the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. He is a member of Adas Israel Congregation.
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. 12
BEYOND THE STAGE Theater J is dedicated to taking its dialogues beyond the stage, offering public discussion forums which explore the theatrical, cultural, and social elements of our art throughout the year. Below are the events planned during the run of Nathan the Wise. Guests and times subject to change. All events are free and open to everyone. DATE
DISCUSSION
Sunday, March 27 following the 2:00 PM performance
CREATIVE CONVERSATION: An insider’s reflection on the creative process. Artists answer questions and offer insight about design, inspiration, rehearsal, and collaboration.
Wednesday, March 30 following the 7:30 PM performance
CAST TALKBACK: Join members of the cast to ask your burning questions about their artistic practice and the production.
Sunday, April 3 following the 2:00 PM performance
SUNDAY SYMPOSIUM: Hear from experts on topics related to each production. Theater J invites specialists in their fields to delve deeper into the significance of a play’s history, cultural context, or theme.
EVENTS SPONSORED BY FOLGER THEATRE
Thursday, March 24, 6:30 PM | $15
BREWS & BANTER: Join two cast members from the company of Nathan the Wise in conversation. Have your questions ready for this off-the-cuff pre-show gathering.
Thursday, March 31, 6:30 PM | $20
PRE-SHOW TALK: Folger Shakespeare Library Director Michael Witmore shares his perspective on Nathan the Wise in an insightful pre-performance discussion.
Thursday, March 31, following the 8:00 PM performance (FREE)
POST-SHOW TALK WITH MEMBERS OF THE CAST: Join members of the cast for a post-show discussion about Nathan the Wise.
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SEPTEMBER 7 – 25, 2022
By Hannah Moscovitch, Ben Caplan, Christian Barry Directed by Christian Barry
A HIT NEW KLEZMER MUSICAL
Sex, religion, and refugees—Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story has it all! A funny and edgy love story interwoven with a high-energy klezmer concert, this folk musical is inspired by the true tale of two Jewish Romanian refugees finding love on the shores of Canada in 1908. Featuring a spectacular performance by genre-bending Canadian sensation Ben Caplan, Old Stock has been wildly popular with audiences and critics alike across Canada, Great Britain, and in New York, and now makes its long-awaited DC debut. OCTOBER 19 – NOVEMBER 13, 2022
By Lynn Nottage
Directed by Paige Hernandez AN EXQUISITE MODERN MASTERPIECE
The time is 1905, the place the Lower East Side. Sewing beautiful lingerie gives Esther, an African American seamstress, an intimate look at the love lives of her diverse clientele, but she yearns for a romance of her own. She finds herself in an epistolary courtship with a mysterious Caribbean man, though her heart secretly belongs to the Orthodox Jewish fabric merchant with whom she can never share a touch. Written by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner and MacArthur “Genius Grant” Awardee Lynn Nottage (Sweat, Ruined), this moving portrait of love, resilience, and the triumph of the human spirit has become one of the most beloved plays of our time. JANUARY 11 – FEBRUARY 5, 2023
By Seth Rozin Directed by Adam Immerwahr A CONTEMPORARY, SIDE-SPLITTING VAUDEVILLE
Ishaq and Zeblyan are the last remaining Jews in Afghanistan. They share the only remaining synagogue that has not been destroyed by the Taliban. They share a vital mission to repopulate the Jewish community in Kabul. And they hate each other. Can this cantankerous couple commit to one incredible act of faith to keep their community alive without killing one another first? Part The Odd Couple and part Waiting for Godot, Two Jews Walk Into a War… is a ripped-from-the-headlines, modern day vaudeville full of schtick, sorrow, and survival.
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MARCH 8 – APRIL 2, 2023
By Emily Mann
Directed by Holly Twyford HISTORY. HER STORY. OUR STORY.
Gloria: A Life is more than a play—it’s a celebration of human connection. Five decades after Gloria Steinem began raising her voice and championing the voices of others, her call for equality is as urgent as ever. In this exploration of the iconic feminist’s extraordinary legacy and the women who inspired her (including Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Flo Kennedy, Coretta Scott King, and Wilma Mankiller), the first act tells her story, and the second invites the audience to share their own. Gloria Steinem’s stirring and uplifting narrative is a necessary reminder of the importance of speaking up and speaking out. Directed by Holly Twyford (Becoming Dr. Ruth), Gloria: A Life honors one of the most inspiring women of our time. JUNE 7 – JULY 2, 2023
By Stephen Laughton
Directed by Johanna Gruenhut THE US PREMIERE OF THE JEWISH PLAY THAT STUNNED THE UK
In this bittersweet, sophisticated and quick-fire new British comedy about antisemitism, Jesse, a nice Jewish boy, falls in love with Alex, a nice mixed-race girl. The love between them is pure and absolute, but Jesse has never been able to shake off the vicious attack that changed him forever. Navigating any relationship is difficult enough, but what happens when you factor in politics and rising prejudice? This provocative play received a massive antisemitic response when the UK production opened in 2018; posters were defaced, and the writer received death threats. Don’t miss the US premiere of this urgent and unflinching comedy, which pits the impact of hatred against the power of love. PLUS A SPECIAL ADD-ON:
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DECEMBER 7 – 18, 2022 Based on the book The Children of Willesden Lane By Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen Adapted and directed by Hershey Felder
A BRAVURA PERFORMANCE OF AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY
After a sold-out run at the Kennedy Center, Grammy®nominated pianist Mona Golabek makes her triumphant return in one of the most powerful performances in Theater J’s history. Set in Vienna in 1938 and in London during the Blitzkrieg, The Pianist of Willesden Lane tells the true and inspiring story of Lisa Jura, a young Jewish pianist whose dream of making her concert debut is dashed by the onset of World War II. Despite devastating personal loss, Jura endures through her music and pursues her dreams. Performed by Jura’s real-life daughter, the virtuosic Mona Golabek, The Pianist of Willesden Lane combines enthralling story telling with breathtaking live performances of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and more. 15
Nathan the Wise: Salah ad-Din
Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (1137-1193 CE) was a Sunni Muslim Kurd, and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt. His kingdom encompassed Damascus, Aleppo, Kurdistan, Yemen, and Mesopotamia. Sultan Salah ad-Din shocked the world by defeating the army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187, taking control of the cities Acre, Tiberias, Caesarea, Nazareth, and Jerusalem. Maimonides, the esteemed rabbi, served as a royal physician to Salah adDin. The Sultan was known for his love of poetry, hunting, and gardening, as well as generosity. By his death he had given away much of his personal wealth.
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The Third Crusade (1189-1192 CE) launched to retake Jerusalem after its fall to the Muslim Sultan Salah ad-Din. The Crusade was led by three European monarchs (hence the alias, 'The Kings' Crusade'): Frederick I Barbarossa, King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor; Philip II, of France; and Richard I 'the Lionhearted', of England. Richard Lionheart was the son of King Henry II and Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Campaigned with his brothers against their father, King Henry. On July 5th, 1189, Richard became King of England, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou. Over ten years as monarch, he spent nearly all his time with the Third Crusade, where he earned the moniker of ‘Lion Heart’.
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The Third Crusade ended with the Treaty of Jaffa (1192), signed by Salah ad-Din and Lionheart, which granted a three-year truce between the armies. The treaty left Jerusalem in Islamic control but opened the city up for Christian pilgrimages.
A Guide and Glossary Templar Knights
During the First and Second Crusades, Christian armies captured Jerusalem from Muslim control, and groups of pilgrims from across Western Europe started visiting the Holy Land. Because many pilgrims were robbed and killed on the journey, a monastic order arose pledging to protect Christian visitors to Jerusalem, with headquarters in a wing of the royal palace on the Temple Mount, in the captured Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Temple Mount had a mystique because it stood above the purported ruins of the Temple of Solomon. Referring to their new headquarters as ‘Solomon's Temple,’ the monks adopted the name of Poor Knights of Christ and the Temple of Solomon, or Templar Knights. The Templars were successful soldiers, often taking direct orders from the Patriarch, the papal voice of Jerusalem. They boasted a sizable fleet of ships, controlled the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, and served as a lending bank to European monarchs and nobles. Highly trained, they became known as fierce fighters and shock troops. They acted as the advance force in several Crusade battles.
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Saladinus, by Cristofano dell'Altissimo, circa 1568. Source: Getty Images Richard I leading his forces at the Battle of Jaffa, August 1192. Source: Getty Images 13th century Knights Templar in their combat uniforms. Source: Getty Images 17 The south-western corner of the Haram esh-Sharif, Temple Mount, Jerusalem. Image from the book of Pierotti (1864 II Plate XXI)
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Tradition!
Looking at a play through judaism's lens By Theater J Associate Artistic Director, Johanna Gruenhut
Time, place, destiny, and coincidence… Our first performance of Nathan the Wise coincides with the Jewish holiday of Purim. This holiday celebrates the heroine Esther, who through cunning and courage saved the Jewish community in ancient Persia from near destruction at the hands of Haman. Is the timing a coincidence? Well… yes. There is nevertheless a deep resonance between the story of Purim and our play today. Hidden, mistaken, and eventually revealed identities are the fuel for both plots. In the Purim story—the Megillah of Esther—Esther first hides her identity as a Jew from both Haman and her husband, the king. Her calculated revealing of the truth ultimately puts an end to Haman’s sinister plan, and it initiates a complete reversal of fortunes. Another major plot point depends, nearly sitcom-like, on the king talking about Mordecai (an adoptive father to Esther) while Haman thinks that the king is talking about Haman himself. The confusion leads Haman to recommend that the king bestow great honor and fortune on Mordecai. Only Haman believes that the recommended prize is intended for himself, realizing far too late the great favor he extended to his greatest enemy. Nathan the Wise also involves a young Jewish woman, a male Jewish relative (Nathan), a king, and a knight, with lots of mistaken, miscommunicated, and discovered identities (as well as coded conversations and reversals of fortunes). The story so depends on unlikely circumstances that the characters themselves wonder, could there be divine intervention taking place? This is also the key question asked for centuries about the Megillah: is the good luck of the Jews, of Esther, and of Mordecai, a case of divine intervention? Among all the books of the Tanach (the canon of Old Testament texts), and especially among stories that are chanted out loud on a holiday, the Megillah of Esther notably omits any mention of G-d, by name or otherwise. Yet a sense of destiny, of greater purpose, of the force of justice, saturates the story. So too in the world of Nathan the Wise, in this universe hidden forces seem to lurk behind luck and circumstance. So, first performance on Purim? Perhaps not such a coincidence after all! 20 Esther before Ahasuerus, Artemisia Gentileschi, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
THE WORLD COMES TO YOU, ON SCREEN AND STAGE
The pandemic may have delayed your travel plans, but JxJ—the Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center’s film and music program—makes accessing the cultural riches of the world easy, right here in Washington, DC. Founded in 1990 as the Washington Jewish Film Festival, the initiative quickly became one of the largest and most respected Jewish film festivals in North America. Music was added in 1999 and has become an essential part of the arts program. Both through its annual festival in May and year-round offerings, JxJ highlights global Jewish stories with dramas, documentaries, and concerts hailing from Israel, Europe, and Latin America. “One of the great callings of the arts is to forge community, connection, and understanding between people from vastly different backgrounds, religious traditions, and political leanings,” says Ilya Tovbis, JxJ’s Artistic and Managing Director. “Movies perform an incredible magic: they transport the viewer in time and place, allowing you to experience the world through the eyes and cultures of people thousands of miles away. By attending JxJ screenings over the past few weeks, you could have mingled with the Jews of Mallorca (Xueta Island), sat in on Egyptian-Jewish animators honing their craft, or experienced the migration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel in daring airlifts.” JxJ’s concert lineup is similarly expansive and inspiring of wanderlust: recent shows have focused on Israeli jazz and classical traditions, Yiddish tunes by way of Amsterdam, and the intersection of African American and Jewish song. “It’s hard to overstate the power of tapping your toes along with a room full of friends, family and strangers to melodies and rhythms that echo and encompass generations of our history, struggles, and achievements,” says Tovbis.
The JxJ Festival runs from May 12-22, 2022 and will showcase entries from over 30 countries—consider your film and concert tickets a bonafide passport to a world of wonders. For tickets visit: www.jxjdc.org
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FIRES IN THE MIRROR: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities Conceived, written, and originally performed by Anna Deavere Smith Co-Directed by and starring January LaVoy
January LaVoy (she/her) is an Atlanta-based actress, best known for her role as Noelle Ortiz-Stubbs on the long-running ABC daytime drama One Life to Live. She has appeared on and Off-Broadway, in regional theaters across the country, and guest starred on several prime-time network series, including Elementary, Blue Bloods, and N0S4A2. An Audiofile Magazine “Golden Voice” since May 2019, January has an extensive body of work in both narration and commercial voiceover. She has hundreds of audiobook titles to her credit, and her voice has been heard in national campaigns for dozens of products. She shares a 2020 Grammy nomination with Meryl Streep and the cast of the Charlotte’s Web audiobook, in which she plays the title role of Charlotte. Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities runs from June 9 to July 3, 2022. For tickets visit theaterj.org.
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Thirty years after the Crown Heights riots, what is the most relevant thing to you about working on a play that centers those historical events? LaVoy: In a way, it's very comforting to remember that the kinds of things that we have been dealing with are part of a much longer and bigger story than sometimes we remember. This history is something we can reach back and look at. I mean, many activists featured in the play are still doing the work they were doing then! But it’s also a play that reminds us that our definition of community is one of the most important and relevant things we can think about at any time. Look at what we’re going through with the social, cultural, and racial uprisings that have been happening in this country over the past few years and the awareness those events have helped to create of communities outside of our own—those that maybe we don’t think about. How clear those events have made the divisions that break us down into separate communities—but also, in their aftermath, they have given us the opportunity to look around, to redefine community, and to say yes, these people are a part of my community. We hear that echoed in a lot of the characters in Fires in the Mirror; one of my favorite characters talks a lot about her neighbors. If you can start thinking about people as your neighbors, as part of your community—I think there’s a way forward in that for all of us. You play something like 26 roles in this show, many of them with strong opinions and perspectives. How do you navigate the diversity of all those thoughts in your performance? LaVoy: A kind of guiding principle in any work that I’m doing as an actor is not to judge the character. No one ever does anything—no character, no person— because they think it’s the wrong thing. We do it because we think it’s the right thing. We think it’s going to get us what we want! So even if I can’t figure out a way to agree with the person whose perspective I’m inhabiting, it’s incumbent on me not to judge that person for having that perspective. Instead, I need to be able to approach them in a way that allows their ideas, their perspectives, their opinions to stand on their own and not to be infringed upon by what I think. You and Theater J’s Artistic Director Adam Immerwahr created a version of this production live streamed to audiences in Atlanta in summer 2021. What are you most excited about exploring with in-person audiences in DC this coming June? LaVoy: I can’t wait to be in the room with an audience. There are just things you can’t know about a show until the circuit is closed, and the circuit doesn’t close until the audience is present. I just can’t wait to be able to hear people’s laughs and gasps. Whatever it is they respond with, it’s going to teach me so much more about this show!
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With special thanks to those donors who have supported Folger Theatre with sponsorship gifts over the past two years. SEASON SPONSORS Maygene and Steve Daniels Helen and David Kenney and Family PRODUCTION SPONSORS Keith and Celia Arnaud Nicky Cymrot CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS Judy Areen and Richard Cooper Weissberg Foundation Timothy J. Carlton ASSOCIATE SPONSORS Howard M. Brown Louis and Bonnie Cohen Pam McFarland and Brian Hagenbuch ARTIST SPONSORS Karl K. and Carrol Benner Kindel *Deceased
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CAMPAIGN DONORS We proudly recognize and acknowledge the individuals and foundations who have generously made philanthropic commitments of $25,000 or more as of February 2022. Lead Donors
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Sara Miller McCune National Endowment for the Humanities Mr. and Mrs. B. Francis Saul, II Share Fund Ramie Targoff and Stephen Greenblatt
Frank F. Islam and Debbie Driesman Karl K. and Carrol Benner Kindel Arthur F. Kinney* Ken Ludwig and Adrienne George The Estate of Herman J. Obermayer Dr. Markley Roberts
Loren and Frances Rothschild H. Axel Schupf Paul Smith and Michael Dennis Robin and Mark Swope
William L. Hopkins* Deneen Howell and Donald Vieira Andrea “Andi” Kasarsky Lynch Blaney Family John and Connie McGuire Jack McKay Peter and Mary Jay Michel The Mosaic Foundation (of R. & P. Heydon) The Estate of Barbara Mowat William and Louisa Newlin
Darcy and Andrew Nussbaum Lois Green Schwoerer Mr.* and Mrs. Albert H. Small David M. Taylor Scott and Liz Vance Nyla and Gerry Witmore, Drs. Kellie Robertson and Michael Witmore Laura Yerkovich and John Winkler Ellen and Bernard Young
Builders Anonymous D. Jarrett and Nora Arp The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Jeffrey P. Cunard and Mariko Ikehara Nicky Cymrot Margaret and David Gardner Wyatt and Susan Haskell
Major Donors Anonymous (2) The Lord Browne of Madingley Marcus Coles Maygene and Steve Daniels Denise Gwyn Ferguson Stephen H. Grant The Hearst Foundations
Supporters Anonymous (2) Judith Areen and Richard Cooper Keith and Celia Arnaud Rebecca Bushnell and John Toner Twiss and Patrick Butler Heather and Dick Cass The Estate of Victor V. Dahl Philip Deutch and Marne Levine Peter and Rose Edwards Melody and Albert Fetske Neal and Janice Gregory
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FRIENDS OF THEATER J Theater J gratefully acknowledges the following donors who have given since January 1, 2021. This list is current as of February 16, 2022.
Leading Producer ($100,000+) The Bridge Fund, The Government of the DC Commission on the Arts and District of Columbia Humanities Covenant Foundation Sponsoring Producer ($25,000–$99,999)
Arlene and Robert Kogod, The Robert and Arlene Kogod Family Foundation
Susie and Michael Gelman, The Morningstar Foundation Sari R. Hornstein The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts Revada Foundation of the Logan Family Share Fund The Shubert Foundation
Arthur Tracy Fund Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein
Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch Patti and Mitchell Herman Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind Nussdorf Family Foundation
Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan Helene and Robert Schlossberg Patti and Jerry Sowalsky
Marion Ein Lewin Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett The Morgan Fund at the Seattle Foundation Patricia Payne and Nancy Firestone Diane and Arnold Polinger Bella Rosenberg
Hank Schlosberg The Leshowitz Family Foundation, Terry Singer George Wasserman Family Foundation, Inc.
Betsy Karmin and Manny Strauss Arlene and Martin Klepper Sandra and Stephen Lachter Karen Lehmann-Eisner Ellen and Gary Malasky Frances Marshall and Lewis Schrager Nancy and Saul Pilchen
April Rubin and Bruce A. Ray Elaine Reuben, The Timbrel Fund Evelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins Toni Sharp Les Silverman Dr. Kathryn Veal Judy and Leo Zickler
Ann and Frank Gilbert Estate of Marjory Goldman Cheryl Gorelick Kenneth and Amy Eisen Krupsky Janet Leno and Peter Harrold Meredith Margolis and Gary Goodweather Jeff Menick Undine and Carl Nash Sherry and Louis Nevins
M. Craig Pascal Nora Roberts Foundation Mita M. Schaffer and Tina M. Martin Barney Shapiro and Susan Walker Richard Solloway Dr. Stuart Sotsky Morgan Stanley Joan S. Wessel Alan and Irene Wurtzel
Debra Goldberg and Seth Waxman Linda Lurie Hirsch Liza Levy Dalya and Edward Luttwak
Vicki Robinson Trina and Lee G. Rubenstein Alfred Sanders Irvin Wolloch Fund
Supporting Producer ($18,000–$24,999) The Family of H. Max & Josephine F. Ammerman and Andrew R. Ammerman Bruce A. Cohen Leading Angels ($10,000–$17,999) The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation James A. Feldman and Natalie Wexler Meg and John Hauge Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Dianne and Herb Lerner Sponsoring Angels ($6,000–$9,999) Michele and Allan Berman Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher Susan and Dixon Butler Myrna Fawcett Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater Fund Rae Grad and Manuel Schiffres Martha Winter Gross and Robert Tracy Supporting Angels ($3,000–$5,999) Linda and Howard Berger Cathy S. Bernard Andrea Boyarsky-Maisel Kathy Byrnes and John Immerwahr Bonnie and Louis Cohen Bunny Dwin Patricia and David Fisher The Robert M. Fisher Memorial Foundation Mindy Gasthalter Enthusiasts ($1,000–$2,999) Suzanne Fefer Lois and Michael Fingerhut Fisher Family Fund Renee Gier
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FRIENDS OF THEATER J Admirers ($500–$999) Louis Altarescu Johanna Chanin and Randall Levitt Michelle and Glenn Engelmann Tracy Fisher Barry Kropf Nancy Limprecht and Rick Haines
Michael Halpern and Glenda Turner Arleen Enid Lustig Winton Eaheart Matthews, Jr. Alan McAdams and Ellen Dykes Trudy and Gary Peterson Nancy and Samuel Raskin
Linda Rosenzweig and Sandy Bieber Cathy and Marc Scheineson Rhea Schwartz and Paul Wolff Joan A. Treichel Vali Tschirgi and Adam Nemzer
Edith and Arthur Hessel Lucia and Frederic Hill Philip and Jane Hochberg Alison Drucker and Tom Holzman David and Stephanie Houseknecht Angela Hughes Tiferith Israel Corporation Susan and Barry Jacobs Deborah Jaffe Karen A. Jones Helene and Allan Kahan Lori and Hal Kassoff The Keaton Family Aviva Kempner Alan M. King Ellen Kramarow and Jared Garelick Sharon Kuebbing Ruth Kurzbauer Patricia and Randall Lewis Sandra Lapietra and Alan Helgerman Darryl Lynn Lefcoe, DDS Diane Liff Sheila Lopez Lawrence Mann Delia Matthews Louis Mazawey Janice Mehler A. Howard and Susan Metro Lisa Mezzetti Barbara Mintz James Moore Michael Moore Dorothy Moss and Lawrence Meyer Toni Muller Gayle Novig and Terry Mahn John Peterson Jennifer Madans and Terence Phillips Roberta Pieczenik Toby Port and Jeffrey Ahl Nancy Pruitt Drs. Dena and Jerry Puskin Kent Rader
Susan and Firoze Rao Barbara Rappaport Jonathan Rauch Rabbi Fred N. Reiner and Susan Liss Grace Robinowitz June and Marvin Rogul Steven M. Rosenberg and Stewart C. Low III Nancy and Herbert A. Rosenthal Jojo Ruf Deborah and Michael Salzberg Lois Sbar Tia Scales Anne and Barry Schenof Gena Schoen and Rik Edwards Leonard Schreiber Linda Segal Howard Shalwitz Phillip Shapiro Sylvia Shenk David & Peggy Shiffrin Merrill and Mark Shugoll Dr. Stuart Silver Marlene Slatkin Bruce Smoller Robert Snyder Joel Snyder Marla Spindel Carol Starley Elise Stein Susan J. Stinson Noreen Marcus and Jay Sushelsky Lee Talisman Harriet and Randy Tritell Janice and Harold Ulmer Shana Wagger Marjorie Weingold Judith Weiss Adam Winkleman Muriel D. Wolf Carrie Wolfe and Mark Greenwood Adrienne Yang
Devotees ($100 - $499) Anonymous (3) Randi Altschuler Alan and Susan Apter Robert Bader Jeanette Barker Goldie Blumenstyk Victoria Boehm Michael Stoller and Jyl Braff Ann Breiter Michael L. Burke and Carl W. Smith Wallace Chandler Steven Coe Lee Cohen David Connick Pauline Cooper John and Elizabeth Doble Susan and George Driesen Jade Eaton John Edelmann Evelyn and Barry Epstein Elise A. Feingold Nancy and Cary Feldman Sharon Feldman Mr. and Mrs. Harold Finger Erica Raphael and Richard Friedman Ellen Kramarow and Jared Garelick Steven Garron Donna Gary Barbara Geffen Gertrude & Lawrence Gichner Fund for the Performing Arts Mark Goldberg Jerald M. Goldberg Daniel and Marion Goldberg David Goldstein Roberta and Morton Goren Anita Gottlieb Robert Gramss Dr. Larrie and Joyce Greenberg Sally Greenberg Carrie Wolfe and Mark Greenwood Susan Harlem Linda and Jay Herson
*of blessed memory
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EDLAVITCH DCJCC DONORS The Edlavitch DCJCC wishes to thank the donors below, whose total program and Annual Fund contributions during the 2022 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022) enable us to serve the community.**
$100,000+ Diane and Norman Bernstein Foundation The Samuel Bronfman Foundation The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities DC Government Susie and Michael Gelman, The Morningstar Foundation
Brenda Gruss and Daniel Hirsch Jewish Federation of Greater Washington Washington Area Community Investment Funds
The Annette M. and Theodore N. Lerner Family Foundation Nussdorf Family Foundation Nancy and Saul Pilchen
Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation Share Fund
The Marinus and Minna B. Koster Foundation Alfred Munzer and Joel Wind National Endowment for the Arts The Schoenbaum Family Foundation, Inc.
The Shubert Foundation United Jewish Endowment Fund George Vradenburg Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein
Stuart S. Kurlander and David L. Martin Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Dianne and Herb Lerner Amy and Alan Meltzer Linda and Sid Moskowitz Patricia Payne and Nancy Firestone
Kay Richman and Daniel Kaplan Rhea Schwartz and Paul Wolff Helene and Robert Schlossberg The Abe & Kathryn Selsky Foundation Patti and Jerry Sowalsky George Wasserman Family Foundation, Inc.
Thelma Z. Lenkin The Leshowitz Family Foundation, Terry Singer Marion Ein Lewin Jeff Menick The Morgan Fund at the Seattle Foundation
Diane and Arnold Polinger Ratner Family Foundation Bella Rosenberg Susan Sachs Goldman Evelyn Sandground and Bill Perkins Janis and Philip Schiff Hank Schlosberg
Dina Gold Debra Goldberg and Seth Waxman Goldblatt Martin Pozen LLP The Estate of Marjory Goldman Cheryl Gorelick Susy and Thomas Kahn Betsy Karmin and Manny Strauss Sandra and Stephen Lachter Karen Lehmann-Eisner Joy Lerner and Stephen Kelin Frances Marshall and Lewis Schrager Cathy and Scot McCulloch Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett Morgan Stanley Sherry and Louis Nevins Nora Roberts Foundation
Elaine Reuben, The Timbrel Fund Trisha and James Ritzenberg Debra and Jonathan Rutenberg Barney Shapiro and Susan Walker Les Silverman Michael Singer and James Smith Tina and Albert Small, Jr. Charles E. Smith Family Foundation Dr. Stuart Sotsky Mindy Strelitz and Andrew Cornblatt Francine Zorn Trachtenberg and Stephen Joel Trachtenberg Dr. Kathryn Veal Diane Abelman Wattenberg Alan and Irene Wurtzel Judy and Leo Zickler
$50,000 - $99,999 DC Department of Homeland Security Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch Sari R. Hornstein $25,000 - $49,999 Johanna Chanin and Randall Levitt Lois and Richard England Family Foundation Rena and Michael Gordon The Kay Family Foundation $15,000 - $24,999 The Family of H. Max & Josephine F. Ammerman and Andrew R. Ammerman Michele and Allan Berman Bruce A. Cohen James A. Feldman and Natalie Wexler Jill and Robert Granader Patti and Mitchell Herman $10,000 - $14,999 Suevia and Rudolph B. Behrend Fund Rose and Robert Cohen Embassy of Israel Myrna Fawcett Rae Grad and Manuel Schiffres Martha Winter Gross and Robert Tracy Meg and John Hauge $5,000 - $9,999 Babs and Rabbi A.N. Abramowitz Janet B. Abrams Joan and Alan Berman Cathy S. Bernard Jordan Lloyd Bookey and Felix Lloyd Andrea Boyarsky-Maisel Susan and Dixon Butler Susie and Kenton Campbell Bonnie and Louis Cohen Cyna and Paul Cohen, Sara C. Cohen and Norm J. Rich Cozen O'Connor Scott Eric Dreyer and Ellen Clare Gillespie Dreyer Patricia and David Fisher Mindy Gasthalter Ann and Frank Gilbert 36
EDLAVITCH DCJCC DONORS $2,500 - $4,999 Monica and Gavin Abrams Amy and Stephen Altman Linda and Howard Berger Deborah and Charles Both Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher Kathy Byrnes and John Immerwahr Susan Cohn Cornerstone Research, Inc. Bunny Dwin Jonathan Edelman The EJL98 Charitable Trust, on behalf of Roselin Atzwanger and Edward Lenkin
Linda and Jay Freedman Jenny and Brian Gelfand Michelle and Jonathan Grossman Deborah Harmon and Robert Seder Janet Leno and Peter Harrold William Kreisberg Kenneth and Amy Eisen Krupsky Liza Levy Saskia and Benjamin D. Loewy Johannah and Jeremiah Lowin Meredith Margolis and Gary Goodweather
Rona and Allan Mendelsohn Undine and Carl Nash M. Craig Pascal Shannon and William Powers Barbara Silverstein Mimi Tygier and Robert Rubin Wealthspire Joan S. Wessel Eric Zelenko
Bernard Gewirz Erica Gloger Lois and Hadar Granader Bonnie and Alan Hammerschlag Robin Hettleman and Matthew Weinberg Linda Lurie Hirsch Sandra Hoexter Martha Kahn and Simeon M. Kriesberg Irene and Lou Katz Aviva Kempner Arlene and Martin Klepper Dalya and Edward Luttwak Ellen and Gary Malasky Paul and Zena Mason Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi and Victor Mizrahi Alyson Myers Joan Nathan Debra and Jonah Perlin Henry and Anne Reich Family
Foundation Vicki Robinson June and Marvin Rogul Trina and Lee G. Rubenstein Alfred Sanders Mita M. Schaffer and Tina M. Martin Schnitzer Family Foundation Susan Suleiman The Audrey J. Sussman Memorial Fund Tomares Family Foundation Allison and Daniel Turner United Way of the National Capital Area Lise Van Susteren and Jonathan Kempner Susan Wedlan and Harold Rosen Helene Weisz and Richard Lieberman Anita Wolke and Ken Brooks Rebecca Wolozin and Louis Beckman Robert Zweig
$1,000 - $2,499 Clement and Sandra Alpert Designated Endowment Fund Dianne Adelberg Andrew Altman James Baller Joy and Leonard Baxt Lynn and Wolf Blitzer Dave Connick Toby Dershowitz Allie and David Dickman Arielle and Gerald Dorros Michelle and Glenn Engelmann Andrew and Jennifer Erickson Suzanne Fefer Nancy and Cary Feldman Lois and Michael Fingerhut Friends of Stead Park Edith and Michael Gelfand Pamela and Richard Gelfand Ellen Gertsen, The Abby and David Cohen Family Foundation
*of blessed memory
Lead support of the Edlavitch DCJCC is provided by: Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; Ginny and Irwin Edlavitch; The Morningstar Foundation; Nussdorf Family Foundation; and The Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation.
All of the programs at the Edlavitch DCJCC are supported in part by a generous gift from the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.
**Donation levels reflect total contributions made to the Edlavitch DCJCC between July 1, 2021 and February 15, 2022. Due to space limitations, only donors of $1,000 or more are listed. The Edlavitch DCJCC would like to thank all of our donors for the important impact they have on our work.
With the support of our community of donors, the Edlavitch DCJCC remains the premier address in our nation’s capital for an expanding, diverse, and vibrant urban Jewish community. Consider a tax-deductible contribution to the EDCJCC today. Visit edcjcc.org/support.
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FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY DONORS Folger Shakespeare Library gratefully acknowledges the kind support of the following donors. The list below includes gifts and pledges of $250 or more received between January 31, 2021 and January 31, 2022. $50,000+
Vinton & Sigrid Cerf Nicky Cymrot D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts Jody Enders
Frank F. Islam & Debbie Driesman Stephen Kieran J. May Liang & James Lintott Dr. Nancy Klein Maguire Jacqueline Badger Mars
National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program & the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts Share Fund Ramie Targoff & Stephen Greenblatt Ellen & Bernard Young
D. Jarrett & Nora Arp Twiss & Patrick Butler Fund Florence & Neal Cohen Louis & Bonnie Cohen Maygene & Steve Daniels
Denise Gwyn Ferguson Susan Sachs Goldman Helen & David Kenney Lannan Foundation Kathleen Lynch & John Blaney
Jack McKay Robin & Roger Millay Gail Kern Paster David M. Taylor Ms. Ednajane Truax
Anonymous Dr. & Mrs. Werner L. Gundersheimer Maxine Isaacs Dr. David E. Johnson & Ms. Wendy Frieman
Andrea "Andi" Kasarsky Estate of Leman Fotos The Honorable Eugene & Dr. Carol Ludwig Leander & Stephanie McCormick-Goodhart
William & Louisa Newlin Dr. Peggy H. O'Brien & Mr. Michael EllisTolaydo Gail Orgelfinger & Charles Hanna
Anonymous The Boston Foundation The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Estate of Elizabeth Eisenstein The Lee & Juliet Folger Fund Dr. Stephen H. Grant Mr. Jonathan Hope & Ms. Ayanna Thompson
Mr. & Mrs. Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. Nancy & Steve Howard The Honorable John D. Macomber The Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation Mars Foundation Morgan Fund Timothy & Linda O'Neill
Drs. Kellie Robertson & Michael Witmore Shakespeare's Globe, USA The Shubert Foundation David Smith & Ilene Weinreich Drs. Alden & Virginia Vaughan Nicole & Steve Winard
Anonymous (4) Keith & Celia Arnaud Ambassador Jeff Bleich & Ms. Becky Bleich Ms. Gigi Bradford & Mr. Jim Stanford Dr. Bill & Evelyn Braithwaite Timothy J. Carlton Heather & Dick Cass Mr. Richard H. Cleva Ms. Judith Matthews Craig Jeffrey P. Cunard & Mariko Ikehara Philip Deutch & Marne Levine Dimick Foundation Melody & Albert Fetske Ms. Tracy Fisher Nancy Ebb & Gary Ford The Helen Clay Frick Foundation Mr. William B. Garrison
Gilbane Building Company Ruth Hansen & Lawrence Plotkin John & Meg Hauge Mr. David Hitz Mr. David H. Hofstad Deidre Holmes DuBois & Christopher E. DuBois Rick Kasten Mr. & Mrs. John Keppler KieranTimberlake Karl K. & Carrol Benner Kindel Kitchings Family Foundation Ms. Alexandra Kovach Mr. Michael Lebovitz & Ms. Ana Paludi Mr. Myron Lehtman J.C. & Mary McElveen
Terence R. Murphy, O.B.E. & Patricia Sherman Murphy Mr. Daniel Neal & Ms. Heller An Shapiro Patricia A. Parker Craig Pascal Dwight & Kirsten Poler Mr. Ben Reiter & Mrs. Alice Goldman Reiter The Nora Roberts Foundation Gabriela & Douglas Smith Ms. Szilvia E. Szmuk-Tanenbaum Louis B. Thalheimer & Juliet A. Eurich Mary Augusta & George D. Thomas Ms. Kathryn M. Truex Tara Ghoshal Wallace Mr. David Weisman & Ms. Jacqueline Michel Kathie & Mike Williams
Anonymous Gary Abrecht D. James Baker & Emily Lind Baker Mr. & Mrs. Charles P. Brown Howard M. Brown Rebecca Bushnell & John Toner Capitol Hill Community Foundation Anthony & Anna L. Carozza Foundation The Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts Ms. Harriet H. Davis Dr. Terry Dwyer & Dr. Marcy F. Petrini Rose & John Eberhardt Emily & Michael Eig Marjorie & Anthony Elson
Mr. Leo S. Fisher & Ms. Sue J. Duncan Wyatt R. & Susan N. Haskell The H. John Heinz Family Fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation Ms. Anita G. Herrick Derek & Leora Kaufman David & Lenka Lundsten Peter & Mary Jay Michel Martin & Elaine Miller Mr. E. Craig Moody Carl & Undine Nash Prof. Klaus Nehring & Dr. Yang-Ro Yoon Mike Newton & Dr. Linda Werling Mrs. Jean F. Nordhaus Darcy & Andrew Nussbaum
Nussdorf Family Foundation Melanie Nussdorf Drs. Eldor & Judith Pederson Mrs. Donald Rappaport Lois G. Schwoerer Mr. & Mrs. George Scola Prof. Barbara A. Shailor Ph.D & Prof. Harry W. Blair II Ph.D Robert J. & Tina M. Tallaksen Ms. Ruth Taylor Kidd Weissberg Foundation Nyla & William G. Witmore Ms. Louisa Woodville & Mr. Nigel R. Ogilvie Mr. David Zapolsky & Ms. Lynn Hubbard
Anonymous (6) Bill & Sunny Alsup American Friends of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Inc.
Ms. Jerrilyn V. Andrews & Mr. Donald E. Hesse Richard D. Batchelder, Jr. Mr. David E. Brewster & Ms. Linda L. Ayres Mr. Richard Ben-Veniste & Ms. Donna Grell Bess & Greg Ballentine Dr. Jean C. Bolan Ms. Lisa U. Baskin
$25,000-$49,999
$15,000-$24,999
$10,000-$14,999
$5,000 - $9,999
$2,500-$4,999
$1,000-$2,499
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FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY DONORS Mr. John Baskin Buntin & Dr. Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin Mr. William Burnside Susan & Dixon Butler The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Callahan Ms. Doritt Carroll Ms. Merritt Chesley In memory of Mary Harnett Claycomb Professor Anne E. Coldiron Mr. Mark D. Colley & Ms. Deborah A. Harsch Mr. & Mrs. William E. Cooke Mr. Eric Cooper Dr. & Mrs. Herbert L. Cooper Mr. Andrew C. Cross & Ms. Jamie M. Patten Ms. Sarah A. Davidson Dr. & Mrs. William Davis Ms. Maura Dollymore Lorraine S. Dreyfuss Theatre Education Fund Dr. Ross W. Duffin & Dr. Beverly J. Simmons Mr. Douglas H. Erwin & Dr. Wendy Wiswall Mrs. John Eustice Abbey S. & Kenneth M. Fagin Mr. Gerald Feierstein & Ms. Carolyn McIntyre Ms. Laurie Fletcher & Dr. Allan Fraser Robert & Carole Fontenrose Mr. James Earl Ford Mr. & Mrs. Harold B. Gill Ms. Martha Gimbel Ms. Barbara Goldberg Ms. Patricia Gray Mr. & Mrs. C. David Gustafson Dr. Nancy E. Gwinn & Dr. John Y. Cole Florence & Peter D. Hart Mr. Joseph M. Hassett & Ms. Carol Melton Ms. Christine Healey & Mr. Ryan C. Brown Mrs. Anthony E. Hecht Terrance & Noel Hefty Michael J. Hirrel An anonymous donor advised fund at the Chicago Community Foundation
Ms. Elizabeth A. Hylton Ms. Elizabeth M. Janthey Mr. Glen Johnson Mr. Alan Jones Rosa Joshi Sherman & Maureen Katz The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kathleen Cogan Kovach Mr. Barry Kropf Ms. Rosa Lamoreaux & Mr. James McHugh Dr. Denny Lane & Dr. Naoko Aoki Silman Dr. Calvin C. Linnemann & Rev. Patricia G. Linnemann Mr. & Mrs. Robert Case Liotta Mrs. Peter Lockwood Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Lyon Mr. Thomas G. MacCracken Dr. Steven W. May Mr. Edward McNicholas Ms. Antoinette Miller Ms. Kristie Miller Dr. Robert S. Miola Mr. & Ms. Stephen S. Mitchell The Honorable Mary V. Mochary Jane & Paul Molloy Mr. Jonathan Mormino The Mosaic Foundation (of R. & P. Heydon) Cullen & Anna Marie Murphy Betty & Jeffrey Myers Dr. Rebeccah Kinnamon Neff OLIN Partnership Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Palmer Mr. & Mrs. Peter Parshall Anne Parten & Philip Nelson Dr. Hans S. Pawlisch Estate of Marion D. Perret Ms. Sheila J. Peters Mr. & Mrs. Carl F. Pfeiffer Mr. Norman Philion Mr. Eugene Pinkard & Ms. Liska Friedman
Jane & Paul Pisano Michael & Penelope Pollard Ms. Kristine Pumphrey Ms. Rosamond Wolff Purcell & Mr. Dennis Purcell Whayne & Ursula Quin Daniel L. Rabinowitz & Ann F. Thomas Ms. Rebecca Ravenal Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Reynolds Mr. James Roberts Dr. Markley Roberts Dr. Karen Robertson Susan & Frank Salinger Mr. James Sandman Mr. & Mrs. Thomas G. Saunders Lt. Gen Robt E Schmidle, Jr., USMC (ret) & Pamela E. Schmidle Ms. Nancy E. Stanley Joanne M. Sten Tom & Pat Stevens Mr. Douglas Struck Mr. Leslie C. Taylor Mr. James Baxter & Mrs. Sylvia Toone Mr. Nigel Twose & Ms. Priscilla Annamanthodo Ms. Janet Walden Toby & Stacie Webb Mr. Christopher White Webster Gail Weinmann & Nathan Billig Ms. Jacqueline West Ms. Kimberly R. West Dr. Brandy J. White Mr. Donald E. White & Ms. Betty W. GoodWhite Professor R L Widmann Beverly & Christopher With Mr. Pat M. Woodward Jr. Anne & Fred Woodworth Ms. Helena E. Wright Dr. Justin Zaremby & Dr. John S. Gordon Mr. Gerald Zarr
Anonymous (2) Mr. & Mrs. Howard Ahmanson Dr. Peter J. Albert & Ms. Charlotte Mahoney Dr. Boris Allan & Ms. Kathleen L. Pomroy Ms. Ann Allen Ms. Jennifer Apostol Abdulhamit Arvas Ms. Doris E. Austin Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Bachmann Mr. & Mrs. David Bair Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Barry Ms. Kyle Z. Bell & Mr. Alan G.R. Bell Ms. Ann Billingsley George H. Booth, II Mr. & Mrs. Richard Bott Kathleen Burger & Glen Gerada Ms. Victoria Butler & Mr. Tim Carney Mr. & Mrs. Lewis R. Cabe Professor Carmen A. Casís Ms. Jillian Catalanotti Leslie & Ray Clevenger Linda & John Cogdill Eric & Michelle Cornish Ronald M. Costell, M.D., & Marsha E. Swiss Drs. John W. Cox & Lo-An T. Nguyen-Cox Mr. Giuseppe Debartolo Ms. Dorothea W. Dickerman & Mr. Richard Kevin Becker Ms. Susan C. Ditto Ms. Susan Edmondson Ms. Roberta L. Ellington Dr. William E. Engel Louise H. Engle
Charles Fendig & Maria Fisher Ms. Joyce Marie Flaherty Ms. Jo Anne Freed Ms. Raiford Gaffney Jere Gibber & J.G. Harrington Chris & Susan Gifford Donald Gilman Mr. & Mrs. Daniel L. Goelzer Mr. Gregg H.S. Golden & Dr. Laura George Professor Suzanne Gossett Mr. Bruce N. Gregory & Ms. Paula Causey Janet & Christopher Griffin Ms. Maria E. Grosjean Donald & Susan Guiney Ms. Sheridan Harvey Robert E. Hebda Ms. Vicki R. Herrmann Mr. & Mrs. Jay Herson Mr. & Mrs. Fred Hill Dr. Thomas Hudson Mr. & Mrs. Paul Huey-Burns Mr. & Mrs. Stephen E. Hurst Ms. Virginia James Mr. James Johnston Dr. & Mrs. Russel C. Jones Mr. Kenneth Karmiole Theresa & Robert Keatinge Mr. Christopher Kendall & Ms. Susan Schilperoort Mr. & Mrs. Keith L. Knowlton Dr. Marcel C. LaFollette & Dr. Jeffrey K. Stine Mr. Daniel Larkins Mr. Mark Samuels Lasner
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Lauzon Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence H. Liden Ms. Karen Sue Lyon & Mr. Edward McManus Ms. Esther M. Mackintosh Ms. Ellen Maland & Mr. Donald B. Adams Mr. Tom Manteuffel & Ms. Rachel Manteuffel Dr. Lewis Markoff & Dr. Caroline Samuels Mr. Winton E. Matthews, Jr. Mr. Roger Mattioli Ms. Catherine McClave Ms. Susan McCloskey Marilyn & Charles McMillion Dr. Brian R. McNeill & Ms. Kathryn McKenzie Ms. Elizabeth S. Medaglia & Mr. Joseph H. Sinnott Beverly J. Melani & Bruce E. Walker Dr. Steve Mentz & Ms. Alinor C. Sterling Mr. Abbott Miller Mr. & Mrs. George K. Miller Mr. & Mrs. W. Todd Miller Dr. & Mrs. Andy B. Molchon Mr. & Mrs. Vince Morelli Sheila A. Murphy Theodore & Mary Eugenia Myer Donald Nathan Ms. Willa Nathan Mrs. Winkle W. Nemeth Mr. & Mrs. Michael Neuman Dr. & Mrs. Malcolm B. Niedner Professor Leonard Niehoff Mr. Joe M. Norton Mr. & Mrs. David M. Osnos 39 Mrs. Marina S. Ottaway
$500-$999
FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY DONORS Mr. Henry Otto Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Parr Ms. Barbara A. Patocka Mrs. Judith Paulos Linda Levy Peck Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Phillips Dr. & Mrs. Warren S. Poland Dr. William & Janice Poland Mr. & Mrs. James S. Polk Mr. Guy B. Potucek Drs. Maria T. & Thomas A. Prendergast Mr. John R. Preston Ms. Linda J. Ravdin Ms. Tonya Rawe Mr. Charles Rembert Joanne Ruxin Dr. Jacob B. Salomon Mr. Eugene Schied
Ms. Susan Schwab Dr. James Shapiro Dr. & Mrs. Daniel A. Shore Patricia L. Sims, Esq. & David M. Sims, Esq. Ms. Dorothy Smith Paul Smith & Michael Dennis Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Sollinger Marilyn & Hugh South Richard Spear & Athena Tacha Spear Mr. Carl Steidtmann Mr. Paul Stevens Mr. Thomas Strikwerda & Ms. Donna Stienstra Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell A. Sutterfield Ms. Susan Jaffe Tane Mr. John M. Taylor Mr. Brian Thompson Diane Tipton Bradt & David Bradt
Ms. Lynn Trundle James & Carol Tsang Mr. & Mrs. James T. Turner Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Van Voorhees Ms. Christine L. Vaughn & Mr. Christopher A. Dunn Ms. Linda Wanerman Dr. Gail C. Weigl Mr. David Weiss Dorothy B. Wexler Ms. Carolyn L. Wheeler Dr. & Mrs. Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr. Ms. Maureen Wilkin Ms. d'Andre Willis Mr. Michael A. Winkelman Laura Yerkovich & John Winkler Ms. Abby L. Yochelson & Mr. Wallace Mlyniec
Anonymous (14) Dr. & Mrs. William D. Adams Mr. Robert Adler Ms. Monica Lynn Agree Mr. Stephen Ahern Mr. Thomas Ahern Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Travis A. Allen Ms. Shirley Andrews Carolyn & Bob Axt Mr. Douglas E. Baker Ms. Suzanne Bakshian & Mr. Vincent A. Chiappinelli Ms. Mary W. Ballard Mr. & Mrs. David B. Barefoot Ms. Danielle M. Beauchamp Mr. & Mrs. David M. Beckmann Mr. Brent James Bennett Ellen S. Berelson & Larry Franks Dr. Katherine Berry & Mr. Christian Buchmann Ms. Betty K. Bird & Mr. Jeffrey H. Domber Mr. Lawrence M. Blim Dr. & Mrs. David W. Blois Mr. James L. Blum Dr. Dorothy P. Boerner Mr. & Ms. Paul Brace Dr. Roberta Brody Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey H. Brown Dr. James C. Bulman Mr. Eric J. Carpenter Ms. Linda L. Carroll Ms. C. Dawn Causey Faya Causey Professor Susan P. Cerasano Colonel & Mrs. Larry M. Cereghino Dr. Morris J. Chalick Ms. Helen E. Clark Ms. Carol Clausen Mr. Steven R. Coe Adam & Debbie Cohen Dr. & Mrs. Eliot A. Cohen Mr. David M. Colbert Mr. Robert S. Cole, Jr. Ms. Terri Cole Dr. Theresa M. Coletti Mr. & Mrs. John Scott Colley Mr. & Mrs. John J. Collins Mr. John W. Conlee Marianne Constable Ms. Helen A. Cook Ms. Louise K. Crane Ms. Katheryn L. Cranford Mr. John Cuddy Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Daniels Mr. Jefferson James Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas DeKornfeld Mr. & Mrs. Dominick Demarco Mr. & Mrs. Daniel A. DeVincentis Dr. Jose R. Diaz-Fernandez Mr. James M. Doyle Mr. John Driscoll Col. & Mrs. Valentine Dugie Mr. Joseph Dvorak Ms. Farleigh Earhart Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Eater Mr. Edward L. Eisenstein Susan Fawcett & Richard Donovan Ms. Joan P. Ferrell John & Paula Finedore Dr. & Mrs. Arthur Foreman Mr. Dennis Fravel Ms. Rhonda Friedler Mr. Roland Mushat Frye, Jr. & Ms. Susan M. Pettey Dr. Mary C. Fuller Ms. Mary B. Fuson Patricia Gallagher & Stephen Greenberg Professor Alison F. Games Mr. Christopher Gassett Ms. Elizabeth Gemmill Brent Glass & Cathryn Keller Mr. & Mrs. Michael Goldstein Mr. John E. Graves, RIA & Ms. Hanh Phan Ann Greer Neal & Janice Gregory Dr. Martha Gross & Mr. Robert Tracy Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Guttentag Mr. Robert T. Haas & Ms. Anne Roger Ridgway & Jill Hall Ms. Michelle C. Hamecs Dr. Miriam Harrington Professor Joan E. Hartman Ms. Karen L. Hawkins Ms. Barbara W. Hazelett Mr. Kent Heimer & Ms. Dawn Hoffmann Patricia Henkel Ms. Margaret F. Hennessey Mr. James K. Hickel Dr. Mack P. Holt Professor Jean E. Howard Mr. Richard S. Huffman Ms. Sandra Hussey Mr. & Mrs. Cyril Jacquot Ms. Viola G. Johnson Mr. Peter Judd Ms. Belinda Kane Ms. Sara W. Kane Dr. & Mrs. Paul L. Kaufman Anonymous Dr. Arthur B. Kennickell
Mr. Clark H. Killion Mr. Robert L. Kimmins Mr. & Mrs. Steve Kitchen Mr. Thomas F. Koegel & Ms. Anne U. LaFollette Mr. Michael Kolakowski Dr. Natasha Korda Mr. & Mrs. George Koukourakis Ms. Diane Kresh Ms. Gail Spatz Krischer Ms. Suzanne Labiner Mr. Matthew P. LaFortune & Ms. Erin M. Graham Dr. Douglas M. Lanier Mr. David W. Lankford Drs. Douglas & Janet Laube Mr. Kurt Lauer Mr. John D. Lawrence Dr. Frank Lemoine Dr. Carole Levin Professor Fred J. Levy & Ms. Nancy Taylor Lilly S. Lievsay Mr. Roy Lind Joseph & Sonya Livingston Mr. Joseph Loewenstein & Ms. C. Lynne Tatlock Professor Kathleen P. Long Ms. Mary Frances Lowe Prof. Julia R. Lupton Dr. Lynne Magnusson Mr. John Makepeace & Mr. Vladimir Poletaev Dr. Deborah L. Malkovich & Dr. William Freimuth David R. & Susan L. Maltby Mr. & Mrs. Martin C. Mangold Ms. Allison Mankin & Dr. Jim Carton Dr. Arthur F. Marotti Dr. Margaret Maurer & Mr. Carl Peterson John & Dianne McGinnis Ms. Anna Thérèse McGowan Mr. Patrick McGraw Professor Jennifer McNabb Dr. Heather McPherson Mr. Clark McSparren Jr. Dr. Judith Mechanick Ms. Nancy Elizabeth Meiners Mr. Steven J. Metalitz & Ms. Kit J. Gage Ms. Eleanor C. Miller Robert & Dale Mnookin Kathleen M. Morris Ms. Megan Morse Mr. John F. Niemeyer & Mrs. Mary Frances Niemeyer Ms. Maribeth E. Nolan Mr. F. Thomas Noonan
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FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY DONORS Mr. Matthew Norris Dr. Anne M. O'Donnell Mr. Timothy J. O'Mara Ms. Patricia J. Overmeyer Ms. Anne H. Padilla Mr. John J. Parisi & Ms. Anne E. Broker Dr. Michael P. Parker Mr. & Mrs. William H. Pastor Mr. & Mrs. Robert D. Paulus Stan Peabody Ms. Jane Pearce Mr. Peter Pennington Col. & Mrs. Ralph Peters Mr. & Mrs. Gary M. Peterson Dr. Sylvia Holton Peterson & Dr. William Peterson Ms. Kathleen M. Peyman & Mr. Lawley Paisley-Jones Mr. Ken J. Pfaehler & Ms. Maria M. Rico Mr. John Polger Mr. Aron Primack Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Quint Mr. Terry Quist Robert Ramsey & Betti Brown John & Barbara Ratigan Mr. Christopher N. Reichow Mr. Michael Reis Mr. & Mrs. Glenn M. Reiter Mr. Philip J. Reynolds Alice Riginos & Visilis Riginos Peter W. Riola Ph.D Dr. Donald N. Ritzenhein & Ms. Katherine
Grenda Mr. & Mrs. David Robinson Winnie & Alexander Robinson Ms. Dorothy Robyn Ms. Emily Rose & Mr. James H. Marrow Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rosenbaum Mr. Burton X. Rosenberg Mr. Edward Rowland & Mrs. Salley CottenRowland Ms. Sara Russell Mrs. Betty Sams Ms. Janet A. Sanderson Ms. Julie F. Schauer Mr. David M. Schiffman Ms. Sharon H. Schoeller Mr. D. Stanton Sechler Professor & Mrs. Mortimer Sellers Dr. Anita Gilman Sherman Dr. Sherry Wood Shuman & Mr. Philip B. Shuman Dr. & Mrs. Paul A. Sieving Ms. Barbara L. Sloan Ms. Joanne Solga Ms. Lynn Soukup Mr. Steve Spaulding & Dr. Alicen B Spaulding Barbara Fahs Charles Dr. Edward Starr Mr. & Mrs. Albert P. Stauderman John & Alison Steadman Ms. Cathleen Ann Steg & Mr. Schuyler E. Schell
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Street Ms. Theresa A. Sullivan Edward & Jacqueline Szupel Mr. & Mrs. John V. Thomas Ms. Monica Thrash Ms. Jeanette C. Tokaz Ms. Helen M. Troy Ms. Cynthia Wagner Ms. Wendy Wall Dr. Barbara A. Wanchisen Ms. Ann W. Wang Mr. BJ Wasilewski Mr. Bryan Watabe Mr. Thomas Weaver Barbara Weinreich Ms. Linda Weitz Ms. Leslie Wheelock Margaret Whitehead Gary & Josephine Williams Mr. Leonardo M. Williams Ms. Carolyn A. Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Scott M. Wilson Ms. Elizabeth Witt Ms. Julianne T. Wojay Mr. Duain Wolfe Patti Woolsey Maureen & Brent Yacobucci Kazuo Yaginuma & Barbara Fugate Phyllis Jane Young Ms. Karen L. Zens Georgianna Ziegler Ms. Rya W. Zobel
THE FIRST FOLIO SOCIETY
The list below includes all friends who have included the Folger Shakespeare Library in their estate plans through a will commitment, a life income gift, or a beneficiary designation in a life insurance policy or retirement plan. Anonymous (7) Professor Judith H. Anderson Ms. Doris E. Austin Dr. Carol Barton Professor Jackson C. Boswell Gigi Bradford Dr. Norma Broude & Dr. Mary D. Garrard Mr. William J. Camarinos Professor Carmen A. Casís Florence & Neal Cohen Professor Anne E. Coldiron Ms. Mary Cole The Honorable Esther Coopersmith Ronald M. Costell, M.D. & Marsha E. Swiss Drs. John W. Cox & Lo-An T. Nguyen-Cox Dr. James R. & Mrs. Rachel B. Dankert Mr. Douglas Evans Susan Fawcett & Richard Donovan Ms. Christine M. Feinthel Dr. Helene C. Freeman Wendy Frieman & David Johnson Susan Sachs Goldman Mrs. Karen Gundersheimer Dr. Werner L. Gundersheimer Dr. Elizabeth H. Hageman Dr. Jay L. Halio Catherine Held Eric H. Hertting Mr. Michael J. Hirrel Dr. Dee Ann Holisky
Ms. Deidre Holmes DuBois & Mr. Christopher E. DuBois Ms. Elizabeth J. Hunt Lizabeth Staursky Hurst Maxine Isaacs Bruce Janacek Rebecca Jensen and Chris Biemesderfer Andrea "Andi" Kasarsky Paul & Margaret Kaufman Dr. Elizabeth T. Kennan Karl K. & Carrol Benner Kindel Pauline G. King Dana and Ray Koch Professor Barbara Kreps Mrs. and Mr. Edward R. Leahy Dr. Carole Levin Lilly S. Lievsay Ken Ludwig & Adrienne George Dr. Nancy Klein Maguire Mark McConnell & Leslie Delagran Pam McFarland & Brian Hagenbuch Robin & Roger Millay Robert Moynihan Ms. Sheila A. Murphy Louisa Foulke Newlin Jennifer Newton Dr. Jessie Ann Owens Gail Kern Paster Professor Deborah C. Payne Linda Levy Peck
Dr. Sylvia Holton Peterson Professor Kristen Poole Professor Anne Lake Prescott Dr. Mark Rankin Dr. Markley Roberts Ingrid Rose Susan & Frank Salinger Dr. Richard Schoch Mrs. S. Schoenbaum Lisa Schroeter Dr. Lois Green Schwoerer The Honorable Theodore Sedgwick Albert H. Small* Richard Spear & Athena Tacha Spear Robin Swope Ednajane Truax Neal T. Turtell* Scott & Liz Vance Drs. Alden & Virginia Vaughan Dr. Barbara A. Wanchisen Richard M. Waugaman, M.D. & Elisabeth P. Waugaman, Ph.D. Professor R L Widmann George W. Williams The Honorable Karen Hastie Williams* Louisa Woodville Dr. Georgianna Ziegler
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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.
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.
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PHOTOS: • Page 3: Adam Immerwahr and David Lloyd Olson. Photo by Aryeh Schwartz. • Page 4: Susan Rome in Edward Albee's Occupant. Photo by C. Stanley Photography. Valerie Leonard in The Jewish Queen Lear, Jacob Gordin’s Mirele Efros, English translation by Nahma Sandrow. Erin Weaver and David Schlumpf in Sheltered by Alix Sobler. Photo by Teresa Castracane. Ofra Daniel in Love Sick. Written & Adapted by Ofra Daniel, Music by Ofra Daniel & Lior Ben-Hur. Photo by Teresa Castracane. • Page 15: Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, Photo by Fadi Acra - 2b Theatre Company, Mona Golabek in The Pianist of Willesden Lane. Photo courtesy of Hershey Felder Presents. • Page 24: Photos of January LaVoy by Courtney Greever-Fries for Theatrical Outfit • Page 42: Jamie Smithson in The Wanderers by Anna Ziegler. Photo by Teresa Castracane. Daven Ralston and Billy Finn in Jonathan Safran Foer's Everything is Illuminated. Adapted by Simon Block. Photo by C. Stanley Photography.
ACCESSIBILITY AT THEATER J
Theater J, as part of the Edlavitch DCJCC embraces inclusion in all its programs and activities. Theater J strives to make our productions accessible to all by providing the following to meet the accessibility needs of our patrons and to enhance their experience at the theater. For more information, please contact our Director of Patron Experience, at 202.777.3268 or contact our ticket office at theaterj@theaterj.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 free-of-charge and offered on a first-come, firstserved basis at all performances. OPEN CAPTIONING Open Captioning is offered during one performance of each Theater J production. LARGE PRINT PROGRAMS Large print programs are available at our Ticket Office, located on the first floor.
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