MOJADA, Yale Repertory Theatre, 2023

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FIRE NOTICE

A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Welcome to Yale Repertory Theatre!

I am delighted you are here today for Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, the first work by Luis Alfaro to be produced at Yale Rep. Luis is a bright light and artistic leader in the American theater, not only as a playwright—for which he has been honored with a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship and the PEN America/ Laura Pels International Foundation Theater Award for a Master Dramatist, among other richly deserved accolades—but also as a producer and a professor at University of Southern California.

It is my pleasure also to welcome back director Laurie Woolery, whose work in New Haven includes Dream Hou$e at Long Wharf, as well as Manahatta, El Huracán, and Imogen Says Nothing here at Yale. Director of Public Works at The Public Theater, where her acclaimed musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It returned for an extended encore run in Central Park last summer, earning her a prestigious OBIE Award, Laurie is one of the field’s most gifted and generous artists.

Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles is part of a trilogy that transplants the ancient Greek tragedies of Electra, Oedipus the King, and Medea to the streets of 21stcentury Los Angeles. It has been inspiring to witness the artistry and compassion Laurie and our remarkable company of actors and artistic collaborators have brought to bear on Luis’s stunningly beautiful tale of an undocumented Mexican family caught in the grip of the American immigration system.

This production marks the return of in-person WILL POWER! programming for the first time since 2019. Our annual education initiative includes three morning matinee performances of the play for high school students from New Haven Public Schools, entirely free of charge.

Whether you are a long-time audience member or are one of the hundreds of students seeing your first show at Yale Rep, thank you for joining us today. As always, I look forward to hearing your thoughts about this production or any of your experiences at Yale Rep: my email address is james.bundy@yale.edu.

I hope you will come back for the ripple, the wave that carried me home by Christina Anderson, who received the 2022 Horton Foote Prize, which recognizes excellence in the American theater, for this play. The poignant, transporting, and quietly subversive story of justice, legacy, and forgiveness will be staged by Resident Director Tamilla Woodard and run April 28–May 20.

Sincerely,

James Bundy Artistic Director

MARCH 10–APRIL 1, 2023

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE

James Bundy, Artistic Director | Florie Seery, Managing Director

PRESENTS

MOJADA A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES

BY LUIS ALFARO

DIRECTED BY LAURIE

WOOLERY

Scenic Designer

Marcelo Martínez García

Costume Designer

Kitty Cassetti

Lighting Designer

Stephen Strawbridge

Projection Designer

Shawn Lovell-Boyle

Sound Designer

Bryn Scharenberg

Wig Designer

Krystal Balleza/Wig Associates

Production Dramaturgs

Sebastián Eddowes-Vargas

Nicholas Orvis

Technical Director

Andrew Riedemann

Vocal and Dialect Coach

Cynthia Santos DeCure

Fight and Intimacy Director

Kelsey Rainwater

Casting Director

Calleri Jensen Davis

Stage Manager

Aisling Galvin

Mojada is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

The New York premiere was produced by The Public Theater (Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director; Patrick Willingham, Executive Director).

The West Coast premiere of Mojada was first performed at the Getty Villa, Los Angeles on September 10, 2015.

The Mojada world premiere was produced by Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, Illinois (Chay Yew, Artistic Director; Chris Mannelli, Managing Director).

Bruja, a first adaptation of Medea, was commissioned, developed, and received its world premiere in 2012 by Magic Theatre, San Francisco, California (Loretta Greco, Producing Artistic Director).

This production is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Yale Repertory Theatre thanks our 2022–23 season funders:

Season Sponsor:

MOJADA A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES

Cast | in order of appearance:

Tita Alma Martinez

Medea .................................................................................................................... Camila Moreno

Acan Romar Fernandez

Hason .......................................................................................................Alejandro Hernández

Josefina Nancy Rodríguez

Armida ................................................................................................................ Mónica Sánchez

Understudy Cast

Tita

Catalina Maynard

Medea ........................................................................................................................ Caro Riverita

Acan Adrian Guillen

Hason .................................................................................................................. Alfredo Antillon

Josefina Renata Eastlick

Armida ................................................................................................................. Gabriela Garcia

Assistant Stage Manager ..................................................................................... Ellora Venkat

Setting

Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California

Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles is performed without an intermission.

Content Guidance

This play includes themes related to the trauma of crossing the Mexico-United States border and the difficulties that migrants face to establish themselves and to assimilate in U.S. society.

The play contains descriptions of sexual assault; depictions of and descriptions of violence, both in the context of an intimate partner relationship and against a child; profanity and racial slurs in both English and Spanish; sexual situations; and sexual innuendo.

JOURNEY TO THE OTHER

When they must suddenly leave their home near Zamora, Medea and her family pay human traffickers to smuggle them north and across the U.S.-Mexico border. It is a journey of more than 1800 kilometers (1120 miles), about two days’ driving in long stretches. They follow a route that many migrants from Mexico and countries further south take, along the west coast of Mexico and then through the Sonoran Desert. It is a journey from rural to urban, from one America to another, from home to exile.

Zamora is a city of 186,000 people in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Located in a wide, flat valley on a plateau 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) above sea level, the city sits among mountains but is surrounded by fertile agricultural land, the result of an ancient floodplain. The climate is humid and semitropical; the area is named the Tziróndaro Valley, which means “swamp place” in the indigenous Purépecha language spoken in the region. It’s a good climate for growing many things, including avocados—Michoacán is the largest grower of avocados in Mexico, which is itself the largest exporter of the fruit in the world.

Hermosillo

Mazatlán

Culiacán

Ciudad de México

Guadalajara

OTHER AMERICA

A metropolis of nearly 4 million people, Los Angeles is the second-largest city in the United States and a hub for many different industries—most famously entertainment, but also international trade and manufacturing. L.A. is a sprawling city, with an incredible amount of diversity (human, animal, and environmental). Reaching to the Pacific coast, the city sits at or just above sea level; its highest point is just 93 meters (305 feet). L.A. has a “Mediterranean” climate, with hot, dry summers and mild, slightly damper winters, but it gets far less rain than most locations at that latitude—a fact made worse by waves of droughts, which have become more frequent and more intense in the last several decades.

LOS ANGELES

Family’s Likely Route

The U.S.-Mexico “border wall” is in fact a series of disconnected barriers, some of which are designed to block vehicles only and some of which prevent passage on foot. At its highest point, the wall tops 27 feet—the same height as the highest walls on the set of Yale Rep’s Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles.

—Nicholas Orvis, Production Dramaturg

LUIS ALFARO’S MESTIZO THEATER

Chicano playwright Luis Alfaro has adapted Greek tragedies to address the experiences of his communities in Los Angeles, California. Sophocles’ Electra has become Electricidad (2003); his Oedipus the King has turned into Oedipus El Rey (2008); and Euripides’ Medea has been rewritten into Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles (2013). He sees his work in theater as a labor of transformation: “It all comes back to politics because I’m a Chicano, a Mexican-American. My parents were farm workers, I was raised in what they called abject poverty. We didn´t cross the border, the border crossed us. I am someone who believes in social justice, so I fell into the theater as a way of changing the world.”

He uses the stories of ancient Greek rulers as a blueprint to analyze el barrio, the prison system, the patriarchy in Latine communities, the U.S.-México border. Alfaro says, “These plays are attempts not only to bring the Classics to my community,

but to bring my community into the Classical realm,” and so he creates a chorus where the voices of European antiquity sing and yell with the Nahua spirits in these lands we now call the Americas. The indigenous nations that flourished before European colonization are still alive, and despite centuries of oppression, this past is very present all across the continent.

Because Latinoamérica es mestiza

Latin American cultures were born from a wound that is still bleeding. The Spanish, English, Dutch, and Portuguese kingdoms invaded indigenous societies using genocide, torture, extermination, rape, and exploitation—trying to erase the civilizations they found and imposing their culture on those who survived the invasion. We, Latin American and Latines, are the children of colonization. But this violence could not erase the Indigenous societies of the continent. Mestizo cultures and hybrid societies were created out of this clash, ones that are reborn

*Quotes from Luis Alfaro come from a Zoom interview conducted on February 15, 2023, by Chantal Rodriguez for Yale Rep’s WILL POWER! Program.

everyday from their Indigenous roots, the worldview imposed by the invaders, the culture of Black folx who were brought as slaves and from folx of Asian origin, some who came as migrants and some who were brought to exploit their labor. Our culture was born from historical trauma through the combination of multiple sources.

But we must not romanticize this mestizaje. It was usually the consequence of brutal violence and imposition. Even today, Latinoamérica es indígena, but the system of colonial exploitation is sustained through antiIndigenous and anti-Black beliefs and policies. Historically, the elites of the region have tried to erase or obscure these roots in order to resemble the cultures of the colonizers. But we cannot return to a lost past, and we cannot become Europeans. At the same time, colonizing gazes look down on us even today, seeing us as uncivilized and exotic; as violent, disruptive citizens who start fruitless revolutions; as invading aliens who

need to be deported. Maybe this flattening of our humanity stems from a fear of a righteous fury for the pain that was inflicted. What we can do is reclaim this mestizaje by understanding the hybridity of who we are.

Luis Alfaro’s Griego trilogy is, precisely, an act of intentional mestizaje, or reconciliation of his multiple roots. Specifically, Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles is a tragedy about undocumented migration— about that journey of millions seeking a better future or escaping violence. It’s about an unspeakably dangerous quest that turns those who succeed into criminals, deprived of basic rights. This play tells the story of a family leaving México to seek a new life, examining the systemic conditions that create their pain. Alfaro challenges audiences and questions our complicity with these systems. But there is a crucial inversion here: Greek tragedy shines a light on our interconnectedness

Mural on the corner of East 4th and South Mott Streets in Boyle Heights painted by Ricardo Estrada and Raul Gonzalez of Mictlan Murals, 2010.

and how the actions of one individual can affect the whole community. To highlight this, the Classic pieces by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides centered stories of rulers, kings and queens to dramatize how their errors brought down entire societies. Alfaro’s characters are disempowered folx from marginalized communities, struggling with oppressive systems of power. His characters have to make life-changing decisions. But their options are constrained, over and over, and they

need to wrestle with these few, often challenging, choices. And maybe, even if they had chosen differently, tragedy would still be waiting for them.

Ancient voices resonate in the land. Actors channel them and make them sing on stage. The theater we inherited from the Greeks is a ritual, and our ceremony today wants to purge the violence grafted in the flesh. Embracing this mestizaje can start a reconciliation. Even if it is not enough to achieve the catharsis we desperately need.

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“When you humanize immigration, you change immigration. You make laws that protect your country, but also that protect people. If I could tell one story about one crossing, I might be able to question the audience. What the Greeks do is ask us a question and not give us the answer. We are supposed to wrestle with that.”

—Luis Alfaro

—Sebastián Eddowes-Vargas, Production Dramaturg

Romar Fernandez (Acan) is an energetic and dedicated 10-year-old young man. His passion for acting began three years ago. Romar’s most recent project was playing “Young Mondo” in the upcoming comedy series Primo, premiering May 2023. Romar is very excited to be working on this project at Yale Repertory Theatre. His goals as a young actor consist of starring in a major motion picture and working as a network series regular. The sky’s the limit for Romar!

Alejandro Hernández* (Hason) is a Nuyorican actor based in NYC. Theater: Between Riverside and Crazy (Pittsburgh Public Theater); Peter and the Starcatcher, Wondrous Strange (Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival); The First Immigrant, Orpheus in the Berkshires (Williamstown Theatre Festival); El Hurácan (workshop) at MCC. Television/film: The Horror of Dolores Roach (Amazon Prime Video, summer 2023); New Amsterdam, Law & Order: SVU (NBC); Partner Track, Set It Up, Monster (Netflix); Instinct, FBI, Elementary, Madame Secretary (CBS). Training: B.F.A., Montclair State University; Professional Training Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Lucid Body House with Fay Simpson.

Alma Martinez* (Tita) This production marks Ms. Martinez’s debut at Yale Repertory Theatre. Broadway: In the Summer House. OffBroadway: Green Card

Regional: El Teatro

Campesino, Mark Taper Forum, Oregon Shakes, Santa Cruz Shakes, Berkeley Repertory, San Jose Repertory, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, San Diego Repertory, Arizona Theatre Company, Denver Theatre Center, South Coast Repertory, Asolo Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Long Beach

Civic Light Opera, Pennsylvania Stage, Marin Theatre Company, Fiesta Dinner Theatre San Antonio, Odyssey Theatre, Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, Old Globe Playhouse, Sundance Theatre

Lab. Television: Undone, Bosch: Legacy, I Love Dick (Amazon); The Terror Infamy (AMC); Gentefied (Netflix); The Bridge (F/X, Peabody Award Season 1); Corridos: Tales of Passion and Revolution (PBS, Peabody Award); Queen Sugar (OWN/WB); Last Man On Earth (Fox-TV); Good Behavior (TNT); Dating Game Killer (Discovery); The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (F/X); Strange Angel, MacGyver, The Unit, Nash Bridges (CBS); Elena of Avalor (Disney); 500 Nations (WarnerNetflix); Grey’s Anatomy (ABC). Film: Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, Zoot Suit, Born in East LA, Under Fire, Barbarosa, Find My Daughter, The Darkness, Transpecos, Greater Glory, Maria’s Story, Panama Deception,

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

CAST

in alphabetical order

Crossing Over, Answer to My Prayers, Only in Dreams, Family Cena, Tyger Tyger, Cake, Ms. Purple, and Clemency (winner, 2019 Sundance Grand Jury Award). Training: Ph.D. directing and dramatic criticism, Stanford University; M.F.A., acting, USC; B.A., theater, Whittier College. Additional training; Lee Strasberg, Jerzy Grotowski, Ariane Mnouchkine, Augusto Boal, Luis Valdez, Patsy Rodenburg, RADA, and Centro Universitario de Teatro (CUT), University of Mexico. Membership: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Actor’s Branch; Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Actor’s Branch; AEA; SAG AFTRA; SDC; and ANDA (Mexican Actors’ Union). A published author, her current article will appear in the upcoming anthology print-book Latinx Actor Training, Routledge Press, due spring 2023. Dr. Martinez is an Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of La Verne, La Verne, California.

Camila Moreno* (Medea) A fresh new face in the entertainment industry, actress Camila Moreno, has quickly positioned herself as a oneto-watch. Last year, Moreno was seen in her first professional role as a series regular in Ava DuVernay’s highly anticipated superhero series Naomi for The CW. Moreno is a native of Puerto Rico. She went to the Universidad de

Puerto Rico, Recinto de Rio Piedras where she majored in acting under their Drama department. There she won the Victoria Espinosa Award, for best actress of her graduating class. She received her M.F.A. from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program, where she had the opportunity to play characters such as Irina in The Three Sisters, Mayannah in Brainpeople, Cordelia in King Lear, and Ophelia in Hamlet. Moreno currently splits her time between New York and Puerto Rico. ¡Los Amo Mami y Papi! ¡Gracias por tenerme!

Nancy Rodríguez* (Josefina)

Broadway: The Great Society, Cymbeline. Off Broadway: The Public Theater, Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, INTAR, Irondale Ensemble. Regional: ten seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Players Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Two River Theater, Shakespeare Theatre, Portland Center Stage, Studio Theatre. Film: Detachment, Indigo, Into Me See, Cricket Head. Television: FBI: Most Wanted, The Blacklist, Blue Bloods, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Special Victims Unit, Mercy, One Life to Live. Audio: Play On Shakespeare Podcast: Coriolanus. Awards: HOLA Award for Outstanding Ensemble.

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

CAST in alphabetical order

Mónica Sánchez* (Armida) Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles marks the East Coast debut for actor/playwright

Mónica Sánchez. Originally from New Mexico, she has worked extensively on the West Coast with (among others) El Teatro Campesino, Playwrights Arena, Strasberg Center, Cornerstone, South Coast Rep, Magic Theatre, Campo Santo, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Eureka Theatre Co., Asian American Theatre Center, Thick Description, Latino Theatre Co., and San Diego Rep, where she last appeared as Jocasta in Luis Alfaro’s Oedipus El Rey. Television and film credits include House of Cards, Big Sky, Walker Independence, Primo; Trigger Warning, When You Finish Saving the World, and Julie Taymor’s biopic on the remarkable life and work of Gloria Steinem, The Glorias: My Life on the Road, in which she portrayed the indefatigable social justice warrior, Dolores Huerta. Mónica is an Assistant Professor of Playwriting and Performance at Colorado College. She is elated and grateful to be part of this production with longtime and newfound collaborators. dramatista.com

UNDERSTUDY CAST in alphabetical order

Alfredo Antillon* (Understudy for Hason) is from Los Angeles, California. After getting his M.F.A. in acting from the Brown University/Trinity Repertory program, he moved to New York City, where he now resides. His theater credits include Astolfo, Sueño, Oscar, Sweat (pandemic-interrupted); Abel (u/s), Fade, Scrooge (u/s), A Christmas Carol (Trinity Rep); The Late Wedding, Macbeth, Summer and Smoke (Brown/ Trinity Rep); Don John and Much Ado About Nothing/Tanta Bulla...¿Y Pa Que? (Bilingual Shakespeare) for Teatro en El Verano. He is excited to be working with such extremely talented artists on this beautiful piece. He is grateful to the ancestors and his mother for crossing borders and risking it all so her kids could have a chance to dream and make those dreams a reality. ¡Gracias Mamá!

Renata Eastlick* she/her (Understudy for Josefina) is a multilingual actor and voiceover artist. She is best known for voicing “Caveira” in the hit UBISOFT video game Rainbow Six: Siege. Off-Broadway: for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf (The Public Theater). Regional: Dream Hou$e (Long Wharf Theatre, Baltimore Center Stage), Apologies to Lorraine Hansberry (You Too, August Wilson)

UNDERSTUDY CAST

in alphabetical order

(Orlando Shakes), 7 Deadly Sins (Miami New Drama), AZUL (NAMT Festival), Letters to Kamala (American Stage), The Royale (Hippodrome Theatre), Ruined (GableStage), among others.

Television: Burn Notice (USA), Mad Dogs (Amazon), Magic City (STARZ).

Film: God’s Waiting Room. B.F.A.: New World School of the Arts (University of Florida). renataeastlick.com

Gabriela Garcia* (Understudy for Armida) is an artist who divides her time between the TV/ film, theater, dance, commercial, and education industries.

Theater: Chicago, On Your Feet!, Roman Holiday, Half Time, Little Duende, Carousel, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Television: Law & Order: Organized Crime and SVU, New Amsterdam, Succession, Jessica Jones. Film: In the Heights, Enchanted. Associate work: director/choreographer for ¡Viva Broadway! When We See Ourselves; Twelfth Night the musical (Delacorte); Movement Associate for Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street Theater); and Chicago (Düsseldorf). She has narrated over 100 audiobook titles in Spanish and English, and holds a B.A. in performing arts from Saint Mary’s College of California. She is the co-founder of R.Evolución Latina. Gabriela-Garcia.com

Adrian Guillen* (Understudy for Acan) I’m an 11-yearold boy with a passion for music, art, sports, and helping others. I learned how to talk when I was just 11 months old. And from then on I have loved to communicate with others. In kindergarten my first play was called The Gingerbread Man. I played as the old man. After I did the performance, I knew I wanted acting to be my profession. Music is very important for me and my family. When I got into middle school, I joined the band class. It makes me feel joyful to make people happy with my music. I’m a fast learner and that has helped me to do great things professionally like being part of my school spelling bee contest, taekwondo, soccer, band class, and acting class.

Catalina Maynard* (Understudy for Tita) was previously seen at Yale Rep in Lydia by Octavio Solis. Catalina has worked regionally at the Mark Taper Forum, Denver Center, PCPA, TheatreWorks, Mixed Blood Theatre, Children’s Theatre Minneapolis, San Diego Rep, Cygnet Theatre, Moxie Theatre, Moonlight, North Coast Rep, New Village Arts, Arizona Theatre Co., La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe (San Diego), and Off-Broadway at the Peter J. Sharp Theatre. She was also a member of iON Theatre company

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

for eight years. Currently, she is a Learning Specialist in Narrative Medicine for the UniversityLink Medical Science Program at University of California, San Diego.

Caro Riverita (Understudy for Medea) is an actor from Manatí, Puerto Rico. She is a thirdyear M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama, where her credits include Macbeth, Affinity, and Bodas de sangre. She holds a B.A. in humanities with a concentration in drama from Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras where she performed in La Senda del Cafetal by José Luis Ramos Escobar. She has also performed for secondary school audiences across some of the archipelago’s best theaters with La Escuela de Hoy by Gerardo Rodriguez.

CREATIVE TEAM

in alphabetical order

Luis Alfaro (Playwright) is a Chicano playwright born and raised in downtown Los Angeles. He is also an Associate Professor at University of Southern California. He has received fellowships from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; United States Artists; Ford Foundation Art of Change; Joyce Foundation; Mellon Foundation and is the recipient of the PEN America/ Laura Pels International Foundation Theater Award for a Master Dramatist.

He was the inaugural Playwrightin-Residence for six seasons at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (20132019); Playwright’s Ensemble at Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theatre (2013-2020); Inaugural Latinx Playwrights at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (2021); and Ojai Playwrights Conference member since 2002. His plays include Electricidad, Oedipus El Rey, and Mojada and have been seen at regional theaters throughout the United States and Europe. Luis spent two decades in the Los Angeles Poetry and Performance Art communities.

Krystal Balleza (Wig Designer) Opera: Opera Theatre of St. Louis 2023 Season. Off-Broadway: At the Wedding (Lincoln Center); Americano! (New World Stages); Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida (Gingold Group). Regional: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Barrington) and Angels in America, Part One (Arena Stage). Krystal is the Hair and Makeup Department Head at SIX: The Musical on Broadway. Krystal holds a B.F.A. in wig and makeup design from Webster Conservatory, and is co-owner of The Wig Associates with her design partner, Will Vicari. wigassociates.com 956 por vida

Joel Britt (Associate Lighting Designer) Selected Design work includes American Buffalo (Backyard Renaissance); A Kind of Weather, Significant Other, EightySixed (Diversionary Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun, Taming of the Shrew(d), Vieux Carré, Angels in America (UCSD); The Who’s

CREATIVE TEAM in alphabetical order

Tommy Benefit Concert (La Jolla Playhouse); Little Women and Peter and the Starcatcher (The Barn Stage Company). Selected Assistant/Associate work includes Hamilton (National Tours/ Germany); Summer, The Donna Summer Musical (La Jolla/Broadway/National Tour); Come From Away (National Tour/Apple TV+); The Band’s Visit (National Tour); Freaky Friday (La Jolla Playhouse); The Lorax, The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Old Globe). Joel is a proud member of USA829. joelbritt.com

Kitty Cassetti she/her/hers (Costume Designer) is a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama, where her credits include Romeo and Juliet and Manning Costume design credits include BURNBABYBURN: an american dream (Yale Summer Cabaret); In Between Bitches, Maggie and Iris (Yale Cabaret); and To Be Swallowed Whole (Hampshire College Productions). Assistant design credits include The Notebook: A New Musical (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); Celebrating the Black Radical Imagination: Nine Solo Shows (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Endlings (ART); Alice and Mr. Burns, a post-electric Play (David Geffen School of Drama). Kitty holds a B.A. from Hampshire College.

Cynthia Santos DeCure she/her/ ella (Vocal and Dialect Coach) is an actor, voice, and dialect coach. She is an Associate Professor of Acting at David Geffen School of Drama, certified in both Knight-Thompson Speechwork® and as Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, specializing

in accents, dialects, and culturally inclusive pedagogies. Some dialect credits: Laughs in Spanish (Denver Center); Queen of Basel (TheaterWorks Hartford); Cymbeline (New York Classical Theatre); Quixote Nuevo (Denver Center, Round House Theatre); Scenes with Cranes (REDCAT); Today is My Birthday, El Huracán (Yale Rep); In the Heights (Phoenix Theater, Chance Theater); The Long Road Today (South Coast Rep); Orange is the New Black (Netflix); and The Affair (Showtime). Member of SAG/AFTRA, AEA. She is co-editor, Scenes for Latinx Actors, and Latinx Actor Training (Routledge 2023).

Calleri Jensen Davis (Casting Director) is a creative casting partnership among James Calleri, Erica Jensen, and Paul Davis of over 20 years. They are thrilled to begin this collaboration with Yale Rep. Broadway credits: The Piano Lesson, Topdog/ Underdog, for colored girls..., Thoughts of a Colored Man, Burn This, Fool for Love, The Elephant Man, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Of Mice and Men, Venus in Fur, A Raisin in the Sun, 33 Variations. Television: Love Life, Queens, Dickinson, and The Path, to name a few. callerijensendavis.com

Sebastián Eddowes-Vargas he/ him/él (Production Dramaturg) is a Peruvian theater artist and researcher, who focuses on queer stories and how these are shaped by the colonial histories of the Americas. He is author of several award-winning plays, including El Rancho De Los Niños Perdidos, Una Historia De (Poli) Amor, Debut (with Caro Black Tam), Nunca Estaremos En Broadway (with

Rodrigo Yllaric), Hasta Que Choque El Hueso (with Mario Zanatta), and Can The Peruvian Speak? As dramaturg, he worked on Expats Anonymous by Rachel Chin, directed by Alex Keegan (Yale Cabaret); Exposed by Laura Goodenow (Real Women Make Waves); and Between Two Knees by The 1491s, directed by Eric Ting (Yale Repertory Theatre). He is currently an M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama.

Aisling Galvin* (Stage Manager) is a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama. Previous credits include Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Yale Rep and Affinity at the Geffen School.

Shawn Lovell-Boyle (Projection Designer) has designed projections for theater, dance, music, installation, and themed entertainment across the United States and internationally. Organizations include Atlantic Theater Company, Tulsa Ballet, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Denver Center, Lagoon Park, the Alliance Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, Goodspeed Opera House, Berkshire Theater Group, Cork Opera House, and Ogunquit Playhouse. Broadway: Paradise Square. Previous credits with Yale Repertory Theatre: peerless and Elevada (Connecticut Critics Circle Award). Shawn is a member of United Scenic Artists I.A.T.S.E. Local 829 Projection & Lighting. B.F.A.: Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts; M.F.A., David Geffen School of Drama where he is also a faculty member. ShawnBoyleDesign.com

Marcelo Martínez García he/ him/él (Scenic Designer) is a proud Mexican scenic designer and architect. His recent credits include Love’s Labor’s Lost and Bodas de sangre (David Geffen School of Drama); BURNBABYBURN: an american dream (Yale Summer Cabaret); L’Orfeo (Yale Baroque Opera); Dragaret ’22, Radiant Vermin, Let’s Go to the Moon, and littleboy/littleman (Yale Cabaret). Marcelo holds a degree in architecture from ITESM MTY, a specialization in scenic design from CENTRO CDMX, and is currently in his final year pursuing an M.F.A. in theater design at the Geffen School. Upcoming works include Torera (Alley Theater, Houston) and La Doriclea (Yale Baroque Opera). More at marcelomg.com | @marcelomgdesigns

Nicholas Orvis he/him (Production Dramaturg) is a dramaturg, critic, and director in his final year at David Geffen School of Drama. His work at Yale includes Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Yale Repertory Theatre); Green Suga Bloos and Almost (Nearly) Fucking Finally (Geffen School); The Hedgehog’s Dilemma (Yale Cabaret); and the father, the son, and the holy spirit (Yale Summer Cabaret). Prior to beginning at the Geffen School, Nick was the Literary Associate for Premiere Stages at Kean University, where he helped develop new plays by writers including Deborah Brevoort, Nicole Pandolfo, Keith Josef Adkins, and Tammy Ryan. Nick is a former managing editor of Theater magazine and a co-creator and

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

CREATIVE TEAM

in alphabetical order

producer of the ongoing Dungeons + Drama Nerds, a podcast exploring the intersections between theater and tabletop roleplaying games.

Kelsey Rainwater (Fight and Intimacy Director) is an intimacy coach, fight director, and actress based out of the ancestral lands of the Quinnipiac people. Kelsey’s most recent work was seen in the premiere of Sally and Tom at The Guthrie. Some of her other credits include In the Southern Breeze at Rattlestick, The Public Theater’s Measure for Measure and White Noise by Suzan-Lori Parks, directed by Oskar Eustis;  A Raisin in the Sun (canceled due to COVID) and Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at Yale Rep; Blues for An Alabama Sky with the Keen Company; and Bess Wohl’s film, Baby Ruby. She is a Lecturer in Acting at David Geffen School of Drama, co-teaching stage combat and intimacy, and is a Resident Fight and Intimacy Director for Yale Rep.

Andrew Riedemann (Technical Director) is a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama. He has served as assistant technical director for Next to Normal at the Geffen School, as well as for Choir Boy and Manahatta at Yale Rep. Prior to the Geffen School, Andrew was the Technical Instructor of the Scene Shop at New York University in Abu Dhabi for four years. He would like to thank the technical direction team and the Geffen School staff for all the work that has been put into this show. Andrew would also like to thank his parents and his partner Mia for all their love and support.

Bryn Scharenberg (Sound Designer) is a fourth-year M.F.A. candidate in sound design. She grew up in Seattle, where the sound of rain is near-constant. The damp and the dark are a core themes in her designs, as well as an earnest love for the melodramatic. She received a B.S. in music and technology from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and her professional credits include a mix of designing, assistant designing, and engineering for Pittsburgh Musical Theater, Front Porch Theatricals, David Geffen School of Drama, and Yale Cabaret, among others. Brynscharenberg.org

Stephen Strawbridge (Lighting Designer) has designed more than 200 productions on and off Broadway and at most leading regional theaters and opera houses across the U.S. Internationally he has helped create major premieres in Bergen, Copenhagen, The Hague, Hong Kong, Linz, Lisbon, Munich, Naples, São Paulo, Stockholm, Stratford-Upon-Avon (for the Royal Shakespeare Company), Wrocław, and Vienna. Artistic collaborators have included such notable directors and choreographers as Robert Brustein, James Bundy, Martha Clarke, Graciela Daniele, Barry Edelstein, Richard Foreman, Athol Fugard, Loretta Greco, Mark Lamos, Emily Mann, Kathleen Marshall, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Diane Paulus, Erica Schmidt, Bartlett Sher, Rebecca Taichman, John Tillinger, Robert Wilson, Mark Wing-Davey, and Robert Woodruff. He has numerous pieces in the repertories of Pilobolus Dance Theatre and

Alison Chase/Performance. Recent credits include King Lear with Joe Morton at Wallis Annenberg Center in Los Angeles and Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Old Globe in San Diego. He has been recognized with numerous awards and nominations including the American Theatre Wing, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, Connecticut Critics Circle, Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum, Drama Desk, Helen Hayes, Henry Hewes Design, and Lucille Lortel. He is head of the lighting design concentration at David Geffen School of Drama and Lighting Advisor for Yale Rep.

Ellora Venkat (Assistant Stage Manager) is a stage manager from Los Angeles, California. She is a first-year M.F.A. candidate at David Geffen School of Drama, where her credits include Marys Seacole and the Langston Hughes Festival show, Esme. She recently received her B.A. in theater production and design at Pepperdine University. She has a love for original works which extends to production managing Americana: A Murder Ballad at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Elsewhere the musical by Lexi Weakley. Ellora is eternally grateful to Ais for imparting wisdom and joy in this process.

Laurie Woolery she/her/ella (Director) is an OBIE Award-winning director, playwright, community activist, and citizen artist, who has worked at theaters across the country including The Public Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, New York City Center/Encores! Off Center, Trinity

Repertory, Goodman Theatre, Kennedy Center, Cornerstone Theater Company, South Coast Repertory, and Yale Rep, where she has directed Manahatta, El Huracán, and Imogen Says Nothing. She is the Director of Public Works at The Public Theater, where her musical adaptation of As You Like It was named among “The Best Theater of 2017” by The New York Times and returned last summer to Free Shakespeare in the Park. Laurie also directed the rolling world premiere of Eliana Pipes’s Dream Hou$e at the Alliance Theatre, Long Wharf Theatre, and Baltimore Center Stage. She produced the documentary Under the Greenwood Tree and curated the national public art project The Seed Project. Laurie has developed new work with diverse communities ranging from incarcerated women to residents of a Kansas town devastated by a tornado. She creates site-specific work that ranges from a working sawmill in Eureka to the banks of the Los Angeles River. Laurie is a founding member of The Sol Project and a proud recipient of the Fuller Road Fellowship for Women Directors of Color. Laurie is a 2020 United States Artist recipient, 2021 Americans for the Arts Johnson Fellowship for Artists Transforming Communities and the 2022 Person of the Year Award for the National Theatre Conference. Laurie is a Beinecke Fellow at David Geffen School of Drama this spring.

FOR THIS PRODUCTION

ARTISTIC

Assistant Director

Sarita Ocón

Assistant Scenic Designer

George Zhou

Assistant Costume Designer

Rea J. Brown

Associate Lighting Designer

Joel Britt

Assistant Lighting Designer

Jiahao (Neil) Qiu

Assistant Projection Designer

Ein Kim

Projection Content Editor

Doaa Ouf

Assistant Sound Designer and Engineer

Stan Mathabane

Craft Artisans

Susan Aziz, Juliann (Julz) Kroboth

Youth Supervisors

Allyse Corbin, Daniel McGurk, Esperanza Rosales Balcárcel

Tutor

Jacqueline Stacks

PRODUCTION

Associate Production Manager

Luanne Jubsee

Assistant Technical Directors

Constanza Etchechury López, Shawn

Poellet, LukeTarnow-Bulatowicz

Properties Manager

Bennet Goldberg

Production Electrician

Ro Burnett

Light Board Programmer

Kyle Stamm

Projection Programmer

John Horzen

Wig and Hair Technician

Barbara Bodine

Run Crew

Anne Ciarlone, Joyce Ciesil, Adam

Taylor Foster, Malik James, KIM KIM (Juhee Kim), Emma Bee Pernudi-Moon, Arthur Wilson, Mike Winch

Rehearsal Assistants

Chloe Xiaonan Liu, Alexus Coney, Nakia Shalice Avila, Charlie Lovejoy

ADMINISTRATION

Associate Managing Director

Sarah Scafidi

Assistant Managing Director

Natalie King

Management Assistants

Anne Ciarlone, Sarah Machiko Haber, Adrian Hernandez

Company Manager

Chloe Knight

Assistant Company Managers

Fanny Abib-Rozenberg, Roman

Sanchez, Mikayla Stanley, Andrew

Aaron Valdez

House Managers

Adrian Hernandez, Jeremy Landes

SPECIAL THANKS

Krista Bianchini, Mirna Calderon, Megan Fountain, Dean Eileen Galvez and La Casa

Cultural, Jesus Guillen Gutierrez, Juana Islas, La Tapatia Bakery, Enrique Mayobanox

Fernandez Nin, Erica Melendez, Catalina y Antonio Ortega Ocón, The Public Theater, Public Works, Laura Ramos Woolery, Adriana Rodriguez and the Spanish Community of Wallingford, Hossna Samadi, Juana Valle, Elena Vidaurre Ramos, Yale Latino Networking Group

Yale Rep thanks Dr. Manuel Aguilar-Moreno for consulting on the Nahautl language. We would like to thank R. Réal Vargas Alanis, Margarita Alanis Cacho, and Trinidad J. Vargas for consulting on traditional Nahua, Purépecha, and curandera practices.

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE STAFF

Artistic Director

James Bundy

Managing Director

Florie Seery

Associate Artistic Director, Director of New Play Programs

Jennifer Kiger

General Manager

Carla L. Jackson

ARTISTIC

Resident Artists

Playwright in Residence

Tarell Alvin McCraney

Resident Directors

Lileana Blain-Cruz

Liz Diamond

Tamilla Woodard

Dramaturgy Advisor

Amy Boratko

Resident Dramaturg

Catherine Sheehy

Set Design Advisor

Riccardo Hernández

Resident Set Designer

Michael Yeargan

Costume Design Advisors

Oana Botez

Ilona Somogyi

Resident Costume Designer

Toni-Leslie James

Lighting Design Advisors

Alan C. Edwards

Stephen Strawbridge

Sound Design Advisor

Mikaal Sulaiman

Voice and Text Advisor

Grace Zandarski

Resident Fight and Intimacy Directors

Kelsey Rainwater

Michael Rossmy

Stage Management Advisor

Narda E. Alcorn

Associate Artists

52nd Street Project

Kama Ginkas

Mark Lamos

MTYZ Theatre/Moscow

New Generation Theatre

Bill Rauch

Sarah Ruhl

Henrietta Yanovskaya

Artistic Management

Production Stage Manager

James Mountcastle

Senior Artistic Producer

Amy Boratko

Artistic Associate

Kay Perdue Meadows

Artistic Fellow

Jisun Kim

Casting

James Calleri

Erica Jensen

Paul Davis

Senior Administrative Assistant to the Artistic Director and Associate Artistic Director

Josie Brown

Senior Administrative Assistant for Directing, Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Playwriting, and Stage Management

Laurie Coppola

Senior Administrative Assistant for Design

Kate Begley Baker

Senior Administrative Assistant for the Acting Program

Krista DeVellis

Arts Librarian

Tess Colwell

PRODUCTION

Production Management Director of Production

Shaminda Amarakoon

Production Manager

Jonathan Reed

Production Manager for Studio Projects and Special Events

C. Nikki Mills

Senior Administrative Assistant to Production and Theater Safety

Grace O’Brien

Scenery

Technical Director for Yale Rep

Neil Mulligan

Technical Directors for David Geffen School of Drama

Latiana “LT” Gourzong

Matt Welander

Electro Mechanical Laboratory Supervisor

Eric Lin

Scene Shop Supervisor

Eric Sparks

Senior Lead Carpenter

Matt Gaffney

Lead Carpenters

Ryan Gardner

Kat McCarthey

Sharon Reinhart

Carpenters

Barrett Doyle

Doug Kester

Painting

Paint Shop Supervisor

Ru-Jun Wang

Scenic Artists

Lia Akkerhuis

Nathan Jasunas

Properties

Properties Supervisor

Jennifer McClure

Properties Craftsperson

David P. Schrader

Properties Associate

Zach Faber

Properties Stock Manager

Mark Dionne

Properties Intern

Bennet Goldberg

YALE REPERTORY THEATRE STAFF

Costumes

Costume Shop Manager

Christine Szczepanski

Senior Drapers

Clarissa Wylie Youngberg

Mary Zihal

Senior First Hands

Deborah Bloch

Patricia Van Horn

Costume Project Coordinator

Linda Kelley-Dodd

Costume Stock Manager

Jamie Farkas

Electrics

Lighting Supervisor

Donald W. Titus

Senior House Electricians

Jennifer Carlson

Linda-Cristal Young

Electricians

Alary Sutherland

Racheal Daigneault

Eitan Acks

Electrics Intern

Jasmine Moore

Sound Sound Supervisor

Mike Backhaus

Lead Sound Engineer

Stephanie Smith

Sound Interns

Saida Joshua-Smith

Zoey Lin

Projections

Acting Projection Supervisor

Eric Lin

Projection Engineer

Mike Paddock

Projection Intern

Erin Sims

Stage Operations

Stage Carpenter

Janet Cunningham

Lead Wardrobe Supervisor

Elizabeth Bolster

Lead Properties Runner

William Ordynowicz

Lead Light Board Operator

Alary Sutherland

FOH Mix Engineer

Abe Joyner-Meyers

ADMINISTRATION

General Management Associate Managing Directors

Sarah Scafidi

Matthew Sonnenfeld

Assistant Managing Director

Natalie King

Senior Administrative Assistant to the Managing Director and General Manager

Emalie Mayo

Management Assistants

Anne Ciarlone

Sarah Machiko Haber

Adrian Hernandez

Maya Louise Shed

Company Manager

Chloe Knight

Assistant Company Managers

Fanny Abib-Rozenberg

Roman Sanchez

Mikayla Stanley

Andrew Aaron Valdez

Development and Alumni Affairs

Director of Development and Alumni Affairs

Deborah S. Berman

Deputy Director of Operations for Development and Alumni Affairs

Susan C. Clark

Associate Director of Development

Casey Grambo

Senior Administrative Assistant to Development and Alumni Affairs

Jennifer E. Alzona

Development Associate

Delaney Kelley

Development Assistant

Fanny Abib-Rozenberg

Finance, Human Resources, and Digital Technology

Director of Finance and Business Administration/ Lead Administrator

Nicola Blake

Finance Consultants

Regina Bejnerowicz

Katherine D. Burgueño

Denise Zaczek

Director of Human Resources

Trinh DiNoto

Director, Yale Tessitura Consortium, and Web Technology

Janna J. Ellis

Manager, Business Operations

Martha Boateng

Digital Communications Associate

George Tinari

Business Office Specialists

Aditya Agarwal

Moriah Clarke

Andrea Valcourt

Business Office Assistant

Asberry Thomas

Digital Technology Associates

Edison Dule

Garry Heyward

Interim Digital Technology Associate

Shontay Jones

Senior Administrative Assistant to Business Office, Digital and Web Technology, Operations, and Tessitura

Shainn Reaves

Database Application Consultants

Ben Silvert

Erich Bolton

Bo Du

Marketing, Communications, and Audience Services

Director of Marketing

Daniel Cress

Director of Communications

Steven Padla

Senior Associate Director of Marketing and Communications

Caitlin Griffin

Senior Administrative Assistant for Marketing and Communications

Mishelle Raza

Marketing Assistant

Jeremy Landes

Mikayla Stanley

Publications Manager

Marguerite Elliott

Production Photographer

Joan Marcus

Art and Design

Paul Evan Jeffrey/ Passage Design

Videographer

David Kane

Director of Audience Services

Laura Kirk

Assistant Director of Audience Services

Shane Quinn

Subscriptions Coordinator

Tracy Baldini

Audience Services Associate

Molly Leona

Customer Service and Safety Officers

Ralph Black, Jr.

Kevin Delaney

Ed Jooss

John Marquez—on leave

Box Office Assistants

Jordi Bertrán Ramírez

Sydney Raine Garick

Jordan Graf

Daliya Habib

Aaron Magloire

Kenneth Murray

a.k. payne

Dominic Sullivan

Jessica Wang

Ushers

Tracy Bennett

Danielys Batista

Maura Bozeman

Regina Carson

Amalia Crevani

Gerson Espinoza Campos

Nina Gaither

Madi Garfinkle

Lydia Gompper

Şeyma Kaya

Spencer Knoll

Di’Jhon McCoy

Justin Meadows

Keenan Miller

Bonnie Moeller

William Romain

Jana Ross

Joe Webb

Larsson Youngberg

Theater Safety and Occupational Health

Director of Theater Safety and Occupational Health/ COVID Compliance Manager

Anna Glover

Assistant Director of Theater Safety

Kelly O’Loughlin

COVID Compliance Coordinator

Amy Stern

Associate Safety Advisor

Aholibama Castañeda

Gonzalez

Operations

Director of Facility Operations

Nadir Balan

Operations Associate

Brandon Fuller

Operations Assistant

Kelvin Essilfie

Arts and Graduate Studies

Superintendents

Jennifer Draughn

Francisco Eduardo Pimentel

Custodial Team Leaders

Andrew Mastriano

Sherry Stanley

Facility Stewards

Ronald Douglas

Marcia Riley

Custodians

Rodney Heard

Andrew Martino

James Hansberry

Sybil Bell

Jerome Sonia

Willia Grant

Melloney Lucas

Tylon Frost

Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles, March 10–April 1, 2023, University Theatre, 222 York Street, New Haven, Connecticut.

The Scenic, Costume, Lighting, and Sound Designers in LORT are represented by United Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

Yale Repertory Theatre operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

YOUTH PROGRAMS

WILL POWER! is Yale Rep’s annual educational initiative, designed to bring middle and high school students to see live theater. Since our 2003–04 season, WILL POWER! has served more than 20,000 Connecticut students and educators. In 2022–23, we will offer programming centered on Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles to New Haven Public Schools students and educators. The program has included early schooltime matinees, free or heavily subsidized tickets, study guides, and post-performance discussions with actors and members of the creative teams. WILL POWER! is committed to giving teachers curricular support through free workshops and professional development about the content and themes of the plays.

THE DWIGHT/EDGEWOOD PROJECT (D/EP) is a community engagement program of Yale Rep and David Geffen School of Drama for middle school-aged students from Barnard Environmental Science and Technology Magnet School, a K-8 school located on the edge of the Dwight and Edgewood neighborhoods in New Haven. The students are paired with mentors from the Geffen School to write their own plays. The month-long program begins in late May, culminating in fully produced plays performed by the Yale mentors and presented for the New Haven community in late June.

ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

For this production:

March 18 at 8PM

American Sign Language (ASL)

An ASL-interpreted performance for patrons who are deaf or have hearing loss.

March 21 at 8PM

Spanish Language Captioning

This performance will be captioned in Spanish.

La presentación del 21 de marzo será subtitulada en español.

March 25 at 2PM

Audio Description

Pre-show description begins at 1:45PM

A live narration of the play’s action, sets, and costumes for patrons who are blind or have low vision.

April 1 at 2PM

Open Captioning

A digital display of the play’s dialogue as it’s spoken for patrons who are deaf or have hearing loss.

Available

theater lobby:

Assistive listening devices

Braille Programs

Large Print Programs

Yale Repertory Theatre gratefully acknowledges the Carol L. Sirot Foundation for underwriting the assistive listening systems in our theaters.

For more about Yale Rep’s accessibility services, please contact Laura Kirk, Director of Audience Services:

203.432.1522 | laura.kirk@yale.edu

ACCESSIBILITY TEAM

David Chu/c2inc-caption coalition (Open Captioner) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit consultant and the leading provider of professional Live Performance Captioning (sm) for theatrical and cultural presentations. c2 members hold the distinction of being the very first to caption live theater (the Paper Mill Playhouse, NJ), the first to debut on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and have introduced open captioning in prestigious theaters across the country and in London. Captioning in theater has gained momentum and acceptance by theatergoers since its debut in 1996. It addresses the needs of a far larger audience of hard of hearing and deaf people, which includes those who do not use sign language, are late deafened, not self-identified with hearing loss, and those who simply might have missed a punch line.

Dave Heard (Audio Describer) is a Boston native who began his acting career on stage, touring nationally and internationally with Broadway’s Hairspray. He went on to join the international tour of Dreamgirls, and to perform at several regional theaters in New England before making the leap to the big screen. Dave graduated from Fordham University with a BA in English-creative writing, and while there, he studied at the Alvin Ailey School of Dance in New York City. Dave is most recently known for portraying Rickey Minor in the Whitney Houston Biopic: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (released nationwide Dec 2022). Dave is also an educator and a supporter of bringing arts inclusivity to all audiences. In this capacity he began Audio Description training and performing for theaters and live performances across New England. Dave is excited to be audio describing his third show at Yale Rep, having just completed work at Boston’s Huntington and the Wheelock Family Theatre. When not in front of the camera, or behind the stage, Dave enjoys work as a performance coach (acting, fitness, life) and spends time at home teaching his toddler how to tumble! More information can be found at juststartwithdave.org

Emilia Lorenti-Wann (ASL Interpreter) has interpreted Aladdin, On Your Feet!, West Side Story, Les Misérables, Beauty and the Beast, and Godspell on Broadway along with Yale Rep productions including El Huracán and Twelfth Night. She also does various music concerts at Madison Square Garden and Universal Studios with well-known artists and festivals. Emilia was the featured interpreter/trainer for the cruise industry for five years, interpreting shows every night from musicals to comedy acts and trained a team of over 200 interpreters. Emilia is of Uruguayan descent, and Spanish is her first language.

JO Welch she/her (ASL Interpreter) a certified Interpreter, is a first-generation American of Colombian parents. She grew up in the marginalized space between Latinx and American cultures. JO is influenced by her commitment to the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing communities, in which she began her performing arts work, on and backstage. She has worked with several companies including Broadway in Boston; American Repertory Theater; El Huracán at Yale Rep; OTC/Woolly Mammoth Theater Company; and NYC’s Signature Theater for My Broken Language by Quiara Alegrìa Hudes. JO sang the national anthem at Fenway Park with Elbert Joseph who performed in ASL, a dream come true. JO Welch is an author, entrepreneur, and coach. She is a founding Board of Director of Mystic River Theater Co, a teen-run LGBTQ+ theater company. Loved by Mike Welch, and her amazing JQ, MRTC President who is pursuing Directing at Pace University. jowelch.com

DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF DRAMA BOARD OF ADVISORS

John B. Beinecke YC ’69, Chair

Jeremy Smith ’76, Vice Chair

Nina Adams MS ’69, NUR ’77

Rudy Aragon LAW ’79

Amy Aquino ’86

John Badham ’63, YC ’61

Pun Bandhu ’01

Sonja Berggren Special Research Fellow ’13

Frances Black ’09

Carmine Boccuzzi YC ’90, LAW ’94

Lynne Bolton

Clare Brinkley

Sterling B. Brinkley, Jr. YC ’74

Kate Burton ’82

James Chen ’08

Lois Chiles

Patricia Clarkson ’85

Edgar M. Cullman III ’02, YC ’97

Michael David ’68

Wendy Davies

Michael Diamond ’90

Polly Draper ’80, YC ’77

Charles S. (Roc) Dutton ’83

Sasha Emerson ’84

Lily Fan YC ’01, LAW ’04

Terry Fitzpatrick ’83

Marc Flanagan ’70

Anita Pamintuan Fusco YC ’90

David Marshall Grant ’78

David Alan Grier ’81

Sally Horchow YC ’92

Ellen Iseman YC ’76

David G. Johnson YC ’78

Rolin Jones ’04

Sarah Long ’92, YC ’85

Cathy MacNeil-Hollinger ’86

Brian Mann ’79

Drew McCoy

LEADERSHIP SOCIETY

($50,000+)

Anonymous

John B. Beinecke

Sonja Berggren and Patrick Seaver

Estate of James T. Brown*

Lois Chiles

Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development

Estate of Nicholas Diggs*

Estate of Richard Diggs*

Anita Pamintuan Fusco and Dino Fusco

David Geffen Foundation

The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

David G. Johnson

Victoria B. Mars

Estate of June M. Rosenblatt

The Shubert Foundation

Jeremy Smith

Woody Taft

Stephen Timbers

Edward Trach

Esme Usdan

Donald R. Ware

GUARANTORS

($25,000–$49,999)

James and Deborah Burrows Foundation

Abby Kenigsberg

Sarah Long

Neil Mazzella

National Endowment for the Arts

Estate of Eugene Shewmaker*

The Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation

Estate of William Swan*

BENEFACTORS

($10,000–$24,999)

Nina Adams and Moreson Kaplan

Americana Arts Foundation

Rudy Aragon

Carmine Boccuzzi and Bernard Lumpkin

Lynne and Roger Bolton

Burry Fredrik Foundation

Wendy Davies

Michael Diamond

In honor of Neville and Dorothy Etwaroo

Mabel Burchard Fischer Grant Foundation

Lucille Lortel Foundation

David Milch YC ’66

Jennifer Harrison Newman ’11

Richard Ostreicher ’79

Carol Ostrow ’80

Tracy Chutorian Semler YC ’86

Tony Shalhoub ’80

Michael Sheehan ’76

Anna Deavere Smith HON ’14

Andrew Tisdale

Edward Trach ’58

Esme Usdan YC ’77

Courtney B. Vance ’86

Donald R. Ware YC ’71

Shana C. Waterman YC ’94, LAW ’00

Kim Williams

Henry Winkler ’70

Amanda Wallace Woods ’03

Cathy MacNeil-Hollinger and Mark Hollinger

Tracy Chutorian Semler

Michael and Riki Sheehan

Estate of Merrill L. Sindler*

Carol L. Sirot Trust for Mutual Understanding

PATRONS

($5,000–$9,999)

Foster Bam

Pun Bandhu

Richard C. Beacham

Santino Blumetti

James Bundy and Anne Tofflemire

CT Humanities

Michael S. David

Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation

Terry Fitzpatrick

Barbara and Richard Franke*

Howard Gilman Foundation

Bigelow Greene

The Jesse & Dorothy Hartman Foundation

Brian Tyree Henry

Sally Horchow

Ellen Iseman in memory of Marjorie Frankenthaler Iseman

Rolin Jones

Rocco Landesman

Tien-Tsung Ma

Tarell Alvin McCraney

David and Leni Moore Family Foundation

James Munson

Jason Najjoum

NewAlliance Foundation

Carol Ostrow

Bill and Sharon Reynolds

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE

($2,500–$4,999)

Anonymous

Frances Black

Ian Calderon

Lily Fan

JANA Foundation

Ann Judd and Bennett Pudlin

Fred Gorelick and Cheryl MacLachlan

George Lindsay, Jr.

Richard Ostreicher

Abby Roth and R. Lee Stump

Thank you to the generous contributors to David Geffen School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre

Thank you to the generous contributors to David Geffen School

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($1,000–$2,499)

Chuck Adomanis

Donna Alexander

Laura and Victor Altshul

Anonymous

Debby Applegate and Bruce Tulgan

Amy Aquino and Drew McCoy

Paula Armbruster

Mamoudou N. Athie

Richard and Alice Baxter

John Lee Beatty

Kate Burton

Anne and Guido Calabresi

Joan Channick

James Chen

Audrey Conrad

Brett Dalton

Elwood and Catherine Davis

Ramon Delgado

Anne S. Erbe

ERJ Fund

Tony Foreman

Will Gaines

Melanie Ginter

Marc Flanagan

Eric Glover

Rob Greenberg

Jane Head

Amy Herzog

Dale and Stephen Hoffman

James Guerry Hood

Suzanne Jackson

Elizabeth Kaiden

Elizabeth Katz and Reed Hundt

Helen Kauder and Barry Nalebuff

Fran Kumin

The Ethel & Abe Lapides Foundation

Charles Letts

Kenneth Lewis

Brian Mann

Neil Mulligan

Jim and Eileen Mydosh

Barbara and William Nordhaus

Pam and Jeff Rank

Lance Reddick

Dr. Michael Rigsby and Prof. Richard Lalli

Elaine Ring

Douglas and Terri Robinson

Russ Rosensweig

Ben and Laraine Sammler

Slotznick Family Fund, a charitable fund of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities

Shepard and Marlene Stone

Matthew Suttor

John Thomas III

Courtney B. Vance

Carol M. Waaser

Clifford L. Warner

Shana C. Waterman

George C. White

Carolyn Seely Wiener

Steven Waxler

PARTNERS ($500–$999)

Donna Alexander

Shaminda Amarakoon

Ashley Bishop

John Bourdeaux

Joy Carlin

Lawrence Casey

Sarah Bartlo Chaplin

Daniel Cooperman and Mariel Harris

Sean Cullen

Bob and Priscilla Dannies

Robert Dealy

Aziz Dehkan and Barbara Moss

Kelvin Dinkins, Jr. and Alexis Rodda

Sasha Emerson

Peter Entin

Jon Farley

Glen R. Fasman

Geballe Family

Peter Gerwe

Betty and Joshua Goldberg

LT Gourzong

William J. Grambo

Eduardo Groisman

Regina Guggenheim

William B. Halbert

Andy Hamingson

Judy Hansen

Carl Holvick

David Henry Hwang

Peter Hunt

Pam Jordan

Roger Kenvin

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1992. Janice lives with her family in an Ohio suburb— a world away from her childhood in 1960s Kansas, where her activist parents fought to integrate public pools and taught Black children how to swim. When she is asked to return and speak at a ceremony honoring her father, she must decide whether she is ready to reckon with her political inheritance and a past she has tried to forget. the ripple, the wave that carried me home is a poignant, transporting, and quietly subversive story of justice, legacy, and forgiveness.

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