Flying Bird's Diary

FLYING BIRD’S DIARY

By Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel Directed by Madeline Sayet

Jacob G. Padrón ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kit Ingui MANAGING DIRECTOR

PRESENT

FLYING BIRD’S DIARY

BY

MELISSA TANTAQUIDGEON ZOBEL (she/her)

DIRECTED BY MADELINE SAYET† (she/her)

CREATIVE TEAM STAGE MANAGER AMANDA NITA LUKE-SAYED* (she/her)

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DANIEL LEEMAN SMITH (he/they)

CASTING BY tbd casting co. STEPHANIE YANKWITT (she/her) AND TANIS PARENTEAU (she/her)

Bruce Two Dogs Bozsum (he/him) HENRY

Jolie Cloutier (she/her) GLADYS

Madeline Easley (she/her) MISS RAYMOND

Joan Henry* (she/her) NONNER MARTHA

Allison Hudson Hicks* (she/her) SALLY

CAST IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Shayna Jackson* (she/her) EMMA

Bradley Lewis (he/him) JOHN HENRY MAKIAWIS

Trevor Hosteen McChristian* (he/they/she) WILLIAM

Opalanietet* (he/him) FRANK SPECK/MASON MATHER/MARINER

DeLanna Studi* (she/her) FIDELIA/FLYING BIRD

FOR THIS PRODUCTION:

Katherine Brown (she/her) LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR

Colby Adams (he/him) AUDIO ENGINEER

Rebecca Alexander (she/her) WARDROBE

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association

† Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)

ROM T E ARTISTIC DIR CTOR

Welcome to a historic season at Long Wharf The atre. As we prepare to usher in a bold new chapter for the company, our commitment to sharing thrill ing, imaginative, and boundary-breaking stories remains. This season, we are curating your experi ence over three “acts.” For Act 1, we have three stories by visionary artists in conversation with each other, all sharing the same stage where so many wonderful memories have been made over the years.

We begin with a new play in development called Dignity, Always Dignity. When I began my tenure as Artistic Director, I im mediately phoned an artist who has always inspired me: Bryce Pinkham. I asked Bryce if there was a passion project he could bring to our audienc es and a few months later we were in a rehearsal room seeing the earliest seeds of this timely new play. Inspired by the golden age musical, Bryce and his brilliant collaborators Zack Fine, Rona Siddiqui, and Kirya Traber, are creating a theatrical meditation on our climate crisis through music and humor (in equal measure).

We then move on to a musical about Jelly Roll Morton that changed the game. New Haven, where many of the jazz greats performed, is a fitting place to share this groundbreaking musical that honors the power and transcendence of jazz. With Dennis Whitehead Darling and Patricia McGregor on our project, the process of bringing Jelly’s Last Jam to life has been pure joy. We are proud to produce this concert reading in partnership with the Stetson Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library, and Branch Manager Diane X Brown, who has been a champion of this project from the beginning.

And finally, our last story is one that honors our native community with a beautiful new play by Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel, directed by Madeline Sayet—both are members of the Mohegan Tribe here in Connecticut. Flying Bird’s Diary tells the story of Flying Bird, aka, Fidelia Fielding/Jeets Bodernosh shor, who fought “to save her language and culture against all odds.”

The Claire Tow Stage, in the C. Newton Schenck III Theatre, holds our history. This space is where we began our journey. It’s where we learned new things about ourselves and felt part of a larger community, discov ering new worlds with people who looked and sounded different than us.

I imagine many of you, like me, are holding mixed emotions as Long Wharf Theatre says farewell to its building of nearly 60 years. This a remarkable moment in the life of our theatre company, saying goodbye to a physical space and starting a new chapter of our story, together. I hope you will come on the journey with us to usher in the next 60 years.

Warmly yours,

Jacob G. Padrón

FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

Welcome to Act 1 of our 2022-23 season, our 58th year of creating theatre by, with, and for the Greater New Haven community. This is a season of transition and change, all in service of becoming more accessible to artists, audiences, and lifelong learners. We are shifting from being anchored to a space with four walls to making the entire City of New Haven our home, building a lively exchange of culture, conversation, and joyful gatherings in a multitude of Elm City spaces. December marks the end of our time at 222 Sargent Drive and the New Year will bring Long Wharf Theatre into venues across New Haven. Our administrative offices are moving to the heart of the Arts District on Audubon Street, and we are energized by being in community with our creative colleagues and partners every day.

If you’re looking for ways to support us this season, I have three simple suggestions:

See a show. You’re already here and we are grateful for it! We welcome you to share your experience with your friends and family, as well as to return and see other productions in our 2022-23 season. Events are continually updated at longwharf.org/programming.

Become a Member. Members champion our company’s vision to create Theatre for Everyone. Memberships start at $10 a month or a one-time annual gift of $120. In return, you receive first access to tickets, discounted admission, and invitations to special events. Become a Member today at longwharf.org/membership.

Make a gift. Donors provide essential resources that fuel our productions, new play commissions, and programming for Greater New Haven community members. Make a tax-deductible donation at longwharf.org/ donate or by texting LWT to 44321.

Long Wharf Theatre has been part of the New Haven community for nearly 60 years, and I welcome you to join us on this journey as we look ahead to 60 more. As a patron, a donor, and a neighbor—you are an essential partner in our daily work.

With gratitude, Kit Ingui

Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel (she/her) (Playwright) (MOHEGAN) was trained in Mohegan tra ditional knowledge by Medicine Woman Gladys Tantaquidgeon (1899-2005). Tantaquidgeon Zobel, herself, served as Mohegan Medicine Woman from 2008-2022. She currently holds the traditional title of Tribal Historian, in addition to her job as Creative Media Liaison for the tribe. She earned a B.S.F.S. in History/Diplomacy from Georgetown University, a History M.A. from University of Connecticut, and a Creative Writing M.F.A. from Fairfield University. Her books—which focus on Native history, the environment and spirituality—include: Medicine Trail: The Life and Lessons of Gladys Tantaquidgeon (University of Arizona Press, 2000), Oracles: A Novel (2004), Wabanaki Blues (Poisoned Pen Press, 2015) and Snowy Strangeways (Urban Farmhouse Press, 2018). Melissa is also an award-winning writer for stage and screen. Flying Bird’s Diary has won 25 competitions as a screenplay and stage play. The play version was also a finalist in Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s 2020-2021 National Playwrights Conference. Melissa thanks all in attendance for taking the time to experience this story about Connecticut’s complex and little-known indigenous history in the Victorian era.

Madeline Sayet (she/her) (Director) is a Mohe gan theatre maker who believes the stories we pass down inform our collective possible futures. Cur rently on tour with her solo play Where We Belong, produced by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Association with the Folger Shakespeare Library, she will be performing at Seattle Rep and The Public Theater this fall. She serves as an Assistant Profes sor at Arizona State University with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS), and is the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP). For her work as a director and writer she has been honored as a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment, TED Fellow, MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow, NCAIED Native American 40 Under 40, and a recipient of The White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama.

Stephanie Yankwitt, CSA (she/her) (Casting Di rector) (tbd casting co.) Theatrical collaborators include Long Wharf Theatre, Soho Rep, Tectonic Theater Project, NAATCO, Primary Stages, La Jol la Playhouse, and Miami New Drama. Current film collaborators include ongoing work with Culture House, O Positive Films, AFI, Lexicon Films and The Gotham Film & Media Institute. Upcoming work in

cludes the “Growing Up,” a series on Disney+ and “Who You Callin’ a Bitch,” a Netflix series—both for Culture House, and a world premiere of Shayok Misha Chowdhury’s play Public Obscenities for Soho Rep & NAATCO this winter.

Tanis Parenteau (she/her) (Casting Associate) (tbd casting co.) is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta (Cree). As an actor, she has appeared on “Billions,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Designated Survivor,” “House of Cards,” “Gossip Girl,” and “Tribal.” On stage she has starred in plays at The Public Theater, Signature Theater, 59E59 Theaters, La Mama and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. As a producer, she uplifts contemporary Native stories by Native writers that smash harmful Native stereotypes. Tanis is on the SAG-AFTRA National Native Americans Committee, a member of the North American Indigenous Center of New York, and the Tribal Liaison at AlterTheater. Tanis has assisted and consulted on casting projects at Soho Rep, The Gotham Film and Media Institute, Tectonic Theater Project, LAByrinth Theater, New Dramatists, Nickelodeon, Playwrights’ Center, and Long Wharf Theatre.

Daniel Leeman Smith (he/they) (Associate Director) (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) is a scrappy, multidisciplinary artist with an entrepreneurial mindset working as a stage director, playwright, and educator. His work is devoted to the exploration of communi ty, education, activism, and art, and he endeavors to use theatre as a catalyst for the restoration of civic dialogue. Favorite credits include: Built on Bones and Poyvfekcv (Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program), Repulsing the Monkey (White Horse Tavern), Neechie-Itas (OK Indigenous Theatre Co), Perhaps the World Ends Here (Local Classic Repertory), and Pry the Lid Off (OK Contemporary/OKC Ballet). Daniel holds a BFA and MA from OKCU, completed the graduate physical/devised theatre program at the SITI Company, and is a doctoral candidate at NYU.

Bruce Two Dogs Bozsum (he/him) (Henry) Coun cil of Elders, Mohegan Tribe. Currently one of seven elected Elders Council Members for the Mohegan Tribe of CT. Former Chairman of the Board for Mo hegan Sun Casino and Chairman of the Mohegan Tribe. Past appearances and shows include Lead role of Undercover Boss, Dinner Impossible, Casino Night and Wedding Day, Faces of New England and numerous other documentaries.

Jolie Cloutier (she/her) (Gladys) is a young Native American actress residing in New York City. Jolie is an enrolled member of the Onondaga Nation Wolf Clan. Jolie has worked on a number of theatre projects in the four years she has resided in New York, the most re cent appearing as Helen in The Trojan Women (A Na tive American Adaptation) at Theater for the New City.

Madeline Easley (she/her) (Miss Raymond) is a Wy andotte actor, writer, and fundraiser currently located on Lenape homelands in New York City. She is a proud citizen of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma (Por cupine Clan). Madeline is a 2021 First Peoples Fund Fellow and a 2022 Greenhouse Writing Resident at SPACE on Ryder Farm. She is one of six filmmak ers who premiered films (The Feathered Girl) at We The Peoples Before at the Kennedy Center this past summer. Recently, Madeline made her Off-Broadway acting debut with Signature Theatre’s SigSpace featuring Theatre For One: Déjà Vu (Octopus Theatricals). She has also been seen in workshops and performances with Baltimore Stage, Next Door at NYTW, NY Classical, and Carnegie Hall. B.S., Theatre Perfor mance, University of Evansville. maddieeasley.com

Joan Henry (she/her) (Nonner Martha) This Compos er/Performer/Artist/Educator, Dekanogisgi and Water Protector just opened the inaugural exhibit This Burn ing World at ICA San Francisco with Okla-Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson. Recent: Between Two Knees at Yale Rep. Favourite roles: Lady Macbeth, Paulina (The Winter’s Tale), Grandma Aki (Henson/Defoe’s B’way Ajijaak On Turtle Island). Distant past? Camelot, West Side Story 30th Anniversary Company. Concerts: International Festival of the Voice, Clearwater and NY Music Festivals, and Indigenous Peoples Day NYC and MA. Indigenous Ambassador, Macy’s 2020 Thanksgiving Day Parade; recently returned from Peace and Unity missions to Mexico, Guatemala and Ireland to speak at the UN. Director/Coordinator, Four Worlds Circles for the Four Worlds International Institute; Elder-Advisor & Inaugural Faculty, Four Worlds indigenous University (FWIU), and Vassar College’s Native Studies programs. Website: earthsinger.net

Allison Hudson Hicks (she/her) (Sally) is an actor and an enrolled member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and is also Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. She can be seen in the Peacock/NBC Universal television series “Rutherford Falls” as Crystal in Season 1, and will be appearing in “High Desert” on Apple TV+. Her recent theatre credits include Devilfish by Vera Star

bard (Tlingit/Dena’ina Athabascan) at Perseverance Theatre in Alaska, Mary Kathryn Nagle’s (Cherokee) Return to Niobrara at the Rose Theater, Omaha, NE and Bingo Hall by Dillon Chitto (Laguna Pueblo/Mississippi Choctaw) in Los Angeles, CA, The Native Voices at the Autry Play Festi val, The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program Play Festival, The Na tional New Play Festival and The John F. Kennedy Center Play Festival. Instagram: @allison_hudson_hicks

Shayna Jackson (she/her) (Emma) (Seneca/Bishop) The Spirit of the Valley (Lead), Perseverance Theatre, AK. Sand Moon (Lead), Son of Semele, Los Angeles. Film: Jew in Choctaw Country (Lead), LA Skins. Run ning Shadow (Principal), AFI. Television: “New Am sterdam” (Co-star), NBC. Shayna has a Vocal Perfor mance degree from Musicians Institute in Hollywood, CA. She is from the Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe.

Bradley Lewis (he/him) (John Henry Makiawis) is thrilled to be at Long Wharf! As a proud member of the Acoma Pueblo, he is honored to be a part of telling a very important Native story. Recently, Brad ley has been seen Off-Broadway in Audrey: A New Musical as Gregory Peck, in IFC Films’ Resurrection opposite Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth, onstage por traying AA founder Bill Wilson in Bill W. and Lois W. opposite John Lloyd Bedford and Anne Twomey, and in “Chase,” an up coming pilot premiering this fall. He’d like to thank the people of Acoma, NM, director extraordinaire Madeline, and the amazing Stephanie Yank witt and Tanis Parenteau for their unbroken chain of support. Website: bradleylewisactor.com

Trevor Hosteen McChristian (he/they/she) (William), originally from Wichita, Kansas, is thrilled to be with this company! Trevor is a two-spirit member of the Navajo Nation, and currently resides in Boston. Currently, Trevor is a Mail Program Manager with the Voter Participation Center focusing on increasing voter participation within the New American Majority (VoterParticipation.org). B.F.A., Elon University. Past favorites include: Jack Kelly (Newsies, MTWichita), Tony Manero (Satur day Night Fever, Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts), Riff (West Side Story, Lexington Theatre Company). Many thanks to this wonderful cast, crew, and creative team, his family, friends, and partner Brian!

Opalanietet (he/him) (Frank Speck/Mason Mather/Mariner) Ryan Victor Pierce, or “Opalanietet,” is a member of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribal nation of New Jersey. Upon graduating from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Opalani etet has performed in workshops and productions at such renowned New York theatrical institutions as New Dramatists, LaMaMa E.T.C. and New York City Opera at Lincoln Center. In November of 2020, Opalanietet made history by giving the first-ever Lenape Land Acknowledgement at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC. In 2012, Opalanietet founded Eagle Project, a theatre company dedicated to exploring the American identity through the performing arts and our Native American heritage, eagleprojectarts.org. Through his leadership, Eagle Project has collaborated with and performed at The Public Theater, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, and Ashtar Theater in Palestine.

DeLanna Studi (she/her) (Fidelia/Flying Bird) is a proud Cherokee citizen, and an actor/playwright whose theatre credits include the First National Broadway Tour of August: Osage County, Off-Broadway’s Informed Consent and Gloria: A Life. She retraced her family’s footsteps along the Trail of Tears with her father and wrote her play And So We Walked. And So We Walked had its Off-Broadway debut at Minetta Lane and is available on Audible Theatre. She has created plays for Theatre for One, The Theatre Center, and Period Piece. TV credits include “Dreamkeeper,” “Edge of America,” “Shameless,” “Gen eral Hospital,” “Z Nation,” “Goliath,” and “Reservation Dogs.” She is the Chair of SAG-AFTRA’s National Native Americans Committee, the Ar tistic Director of Native Voices at the Autry, and a 2022 USA Fellow. Instagram@DeLannaStudi and AndSoWeWalked.com

Amanda Nita Luke-Sayed (she/her) (Stage Manager) (Cherokee/Choctaw) is a freelance, Indigenous Pro ducer and Stage Manager. She is a graduate of Yale School of Drama where she received her MFA in Stage Management. She has worked across the country at large theatres including Yale Rep, Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe, McCarter Theatre, Red Bull Theater, the Houston Ballet, and many more. In recent years Aman da has branched out into events in addition to her theatre work. She has produced Drag Shows, festivals and other large-scale events. Amanda is a proud member of Actors’ Equity. She is based in New York City where she freelances focusing on advocating for Stage Managers as Artistic Collabo rators and increasing the visibility of Native Theatre Artists.

About Long Wharf Theatre

Founded in 1965, Long Wharf Theatre (Jacob G. Padrón, Artistic Direc tor; Kit Ingui, Managing Director) is a Tony Award-winning company of international renown. It was founded with the mission of creating an ac cessible theatre culture unique to the Greater New Haven community. Recognized for a historic commitment to commissioning, developing, and producing new plays to expand the legacy of storytelling in the American theatre, more than 30 of its productions have transferred to successful Broadway or Off-Broadway runs and countless others have inspired artists and audiences at theatres across the country. Guided by three core pillars of artistic innovation, radical inclusion, and kaleidoscopic partnerships, the company aspires to nurture and produce boundary-breaking theater. Long Wharf Theatre is entering a bold new chapter, moving beyond its home for nearly 60 years to activate venues, neighborhoods, and public spaces throughout Greater New Haven, underscoring its commitment to equity, inclusion and belonging in every aspect of its work.

A SPECIAL LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR FLYING BIRD’S DIARY

By Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel

A land acknowledgement often begins with place, and this place is Quinnipiac, the traditional homeland of the Quinnipiac people, a nation hit particularly hard by the devastation of settler colonialism. More broadly, this place is Quinnetucket, or Connecticut, land of the long tidal river. Quinnetucket remains the home of many indigenous nations, among them the Mohegan, featured in today’s reading. As a Mohegan, I acknowledge and greet the generations and nations of Native people who have lived, still live, and will continue to live, here, in Quinnetucket. I acknowledge the Ancestors in a living way, as well, for our Algonquian language explains that they are always animate, alive and among us. I also acknowledge the others who belong to this land: floral, faunal, fungal, rock, weather, and spirit beings. Be longing matters because it defines our interconnected responsibility to this place. As you watch Flying Bird’s Diary, take a moment to consider this notion of interconnected belonging. May it enrich your appreciation of this ancient, beautiful, and many-spirited land.

FOR EVERYONE

A SEASON IN THREE ACTS

ACT 1

New Play Readings // Virtual Black Trans Women at the Center

Directed & Co-Produced by Dane Figueroa Edidi August 3, 2022

In its third year, Dane Figueroa Edidi leads this annual festival of new work by Black trans women, featuring plays by Andrea Jenkins, Bl3ssing Oshun Ra, Danielle Davis, and Davia Spain.

A Work-in-Process Comedy // 222 Sargent Drive, New Haven Dignity, Always Dignity

By Bryce Pinkham, Zack Fine, Rona Siddiqui, & Kirya Traber Music & Lyrics by Rona Siddiqui Directed by Zack Fine Performed by Bryce Pinkham Dramaturgy by Kirya Traber September 10 – 11, 2022

Stranded alone on an island, a former Broadway star sets his sights on performing one last show before the waters swallow him up.

A Concert Reading of an Iconic Musical //

September 17 – 18, 2022 Jelly’s Last Jam Book by George C. Wolfe Music by Jelly Roll Morton Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead Musical Adaptation & Additional Music Composed by Luther Henderson Directed by Dennis Whitehead Darling Creative Consultation by Patricia McGregor Choreographed by Chris Bell Music Direction by David Freeman Coleman

At the birth of jazz in the early 20th century, one man led the band. The legendary Jelly Roll Morton revolutionized American music like no one before him. His life—the dizzying heights and inconceivable lows—becomes a thrilling theatrical ride in Jelly’s Last Jam. With an electrifying cast and a red-hot band, this concert reading spotlights the story of a trailblazing artist and celebrates New Haven’s love of jazz.

A Play Reading //

October 22 – 23, 2022

Flying Bird’s Diary

By Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel // Directed by Madeline Sayet

The story of a true Connecticut hero, Flying Bird aka Fidelia Fielding/Jeets Bodernosh shor (1827-1908). We first encounter

Flying Bird, as a young Mohegan girl, in the 1800s, in a world attempting to erase everything she believes in. As the years pass, Flying Bird faces seemingly impossible obstacles but never loses sight of her goal: to save her language and culture against all odds.

ACT 2

A Community Event // October 14 + 15, 2022

Home(coming):

Farewell + Block Party

Conceived and directed by Jenny Koons 222 Sargent Drive + Audubon Street, New Haven

Together we will say goodbye to our home of nearly 60 years and build a collective dream for the future with an inspiring community event. A series of festive communal rituals and micro-performances will close out our time at Sargent Drive and move us, as a community, into broader New Haven. With us, we take the best parts of our history: our stories, our relationships, and memories of our extraordinary body of work. This fall, we begin writing the next chapters of our story with our communities.

A Virtual Community Event // 2023 New Haven Play Project

By Aaliyah Miller

Directed by Halima Flynn

This community-based project aims to share stories of Muslim Americans, showcase their experiences, and begin meaningful dialogue with Muslim and non-Muslim communities throughout Connecticut. This season’s offering, I AM: American/Muslim, will be a multimedia production based on interviews with Muslim Americans, centering around a “Muslim mosaic” and painting the truth in contrast to the frequent demonization of Muslims in the media.

ACT 3

Production // In-Person, New Haven Spring 2023 Live From the Edge

By UNIVERSES Directed by Steven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz-Sapp

A production by Long Wharf Theatre’s Mellon Foundation Playwrights-inResidence, UNIVERSES, Live From the Edge will showcase the ensemble’s special brand of fusion theatre in a “best of” evening that tracks the evolution of their poetic language from childhood rhymes and community rituals, to poetry and theater, hip-hop and gospel. Redefining what theatre is and who it speaks to, Live From the Edge is a unique performance event that turns the poem into a communal act. Steven and Mildred will have the opportunity to explore different neighborhoods in New Haven to find the right artistic container to present this work, demonstrating this new model’s ability to give power back to creators in determining how and where their works will be presented.

TH STAFF

EXECUTIVE

Jacob G. Padrón (he/him) Artistic Director

ARTISTIC & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Rachel Alderman (she/her) Associate Artistic Director

Cheyenne Barboza (she/her) Artistic Associate, Community

Kate Moore Heaney (she/her) Artistic Associate, Literary

Mildred RuizSapp (she/her) Mellon Foundation Playwright-inResidence

Steven Sapp (he/him) Mellon Foundation Playwright-inResidence

ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE

Awoye Timpo (she/her)

Bryce Pinkham (he/him)

Dane Figueroa Edidi (she/her)

Dexter J. Singleton (he/him)

Jenny Koons (she/her)

Kit Ingui (she/her) Managing Director

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Madeline Sayet (she/her)

Ryan J. Haddad (he/him)

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Karen & Kert Sabbath

Pamela & Bruce Simonds

Judith & Mark Sklarz

J. Philip & Loretta K. Smith

Shepard & Marlene Stone

The Tow Foundation

Marc Wallman & Cynthia Carr

The Wareck Family Stuart Warner & A. David Paltiel Abby N. Wells

T ANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

ENSEMBLE CIRCLE $150-$499

Blanche & Al Agostinelli

Michael & Carol Ahlijanian

Rachel & Ian Alderman

Anonymous (4) Paula Armbruster Marie Landry & Peter Aronson

Jan Attridge

Stephen & Judith August

Raymond Baldelli & Ronald Nicholes

Steve & Ginny Balser

Laurel Miller Barrows

Natan & Eliza Bauman

Doreen L. Bennett Eric & Ethel Berger

Geofrey & Mary Ann Bonenberger

Michael & Maryann Bracken

Rev. Hiram & Dr. Pat Brett

Rabbi Herb & Elin Brockman

Donald & Mary Brown

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Emily Byrne

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Peter Colburn

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Dr. Craig Crews

Phyllis Cummings -Texeira

Ann Dallavalle

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Patricia Egan & Peter Hegeman

Sally Esposito

Barbara Gaab

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Susan Johns Dr. Jay & Kathy Kaplan

Susan Kerley Kim Taylor & Bruce Kueffner

Dana Kyder

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George Lister Karen & Bill Longa

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Anita P. Madzik

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Phyllis McGrath & Patrick Sheehan

Lisa Omark & John McLaughlin Ron & Linda Mileski

Betty & Dave Monz Mark Moore

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Ramy Nagy

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Kenneth & Susie Ng Nancy Nishball

Ann Nishball

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Karen Pritzker Alec Purves

Shelley Quiala Peggy & Peter Rae Isabel & Rodion Rathbone

Norman Redlich Richard Lalli & Michael Rigsby Rick & Carol Roberts

Kathy & Don Rocklin Jerry Rosenband & Nancy Korobkin

Marjorie Ross

Constance Royster, JD

Karl Ruling

Marta Elisa Moret & Peter Salovey

Errol C. Saunders, II Linda R. Savitsky

Mark Schlesinger

Shirley F. Scholder

Patricia A. Scully

Anita Sharif-Hyder Claire E. Shea

The Carol L. Sirot

Foundation

William & Betsy Sledge

Kerala Snyder

Veronica & Dieter Soell

Raina Sotsky

Lisa Stanger & Gregory Colodner

Edward Stannard & Patricia CarlStannard Pam Stanton & John Sawyer

Sandra Stein

Jeanne Steiner & Will Rosenblatt

Adam Stern Elsa Stone & Steven Wolfson

Celeste Suggs & Joel Zackin

Dr. Matthew Tanico J. Terrazzano

Theatre Development Fund

John Ward Renata Weissberg Mina West Sandra White

The Wilder Family Mary K. Willmott Tanya & Randy Wingate Art & Ann Yost

T ANK YOU TO OUR DONORS

LEGACY CIRCLE

Robert Alvine & Joann Thompson June Baldyga

Joan & Richard Bonomi

Dr. Harold D. Bornstein, Jr. Alice B. Colonna

Richard & Barbara Franke

Toddie & Chris Getman

Charles & Gretchen Kingsley

Jacqueline Koral Henry Lord

LEGACY CIRCLE : ESTATE GIFTS

Cynthia Kellogg Barrington James T. Brown, Jr. Louise W. Dimond

James D. English Robert Evans Mary C. Hallenbeck Gilbert Kenna

Ruby Melton & Gail McAvay

R. Lee Stump Jean Routt & Richard Shanahan

Liana & David Snyderman

Pamela Tatge & Jerry Zinser

Patsy R. Taylor

Dr. & Mrs. Thomas J. Tinghitella Frank P. Villani

Ruth Lord M. Carol Mihalik June M. Rosenblatt Paula L. Schiller

Joan H. Scranton Martin Shubik Charitable Remain der Unitrust

For more information on how you can join the Long Wharf Theatre Legacy Circle through be quests, retirement plan designations, life income gifts, and other deferred gifts, please contact development@longwharf.org.

IN HONOR OF...

Ayse Coskun by Deborah Elkin

Kit Ingui by Lorraine Sutliff

Nicole Makos by Christopher Rivera

IN MEMORY OF...

Katherine A. Berman by Christopher J. Berman

Mateo & Ann Ceraso by Michael & Jody Ceraso

Tim O’Brien by Tracy O’Brien

Elba Ramirez by Rodney Brooks

Newton Schenck by Anne Schenck

Anne Schenck by William & Betsy Sledge; Deborah Elkin

Mark Simon by Rabbi Jeff & Mindy Glickman

Eileen Wiseman by The Tow Foundation

Miriam Zimmer by Allison Sharry

Aetna

Bill & Lucy Farrar by Steve & Ginny Balser

Maggie C. Free by Rev. Hiram & Dr. Pat Brett

Robert T. Hamilton by Judith Hamilton

Jack Abraham Huttner by Sharon G. Huttner

Dr. Robert Levine by Jeralea Hesse

Francis D. & Marcella A. Moran by Michael J. Moran

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IKEA Madeo Studio Orchid Café at ConnCAT Pacifico Restaurant

UBS Foundation United Technologies

Thimble Island Brewing Company WithumSmith+Brown, PC, Karen Kowgios

To make a gift to Long Wharf Theatre in support of our vision to produce Theatre for Everyone, visit longwharf.org/donate or text LWT to 44321.

T ANK YOU TO OUR MEMBERS

Ellen & Joel

Abraman

Nina Adams & Moreson Kaplan

David Addams & Zanetta AddamsPilgrim Blanche & Al Agostinelli

Rachel & Ian Alderman

Nancy Alexander & Phillip Bernstein

Marian & Mark Altman

Laura & Victor Altshul

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Ron Annatone

Anonymous (10)

Nancy H. Apfel

Paula Armbruster

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Roger & Linda Astmann

Jan Attridge

Stephen & Judith August

Karen Baar

George Bajalia Benjamin M. Baker

Robert & Katalin Baltimore

Joan Barere

Michael Shea & Candace Barrington

Laurel Miller Barrows

Aboud Bashy

Charles Bates & Ruth LeBar

Tim & Debbie Bates Bill & Donna Batsford

Dr. Beth Bauer Richard & Alice Baxter

Bonnie Bayuk

Doris Bens

Eric & Ethel Berger

Christopher J. Berman

Cecilia & Robert Berner

Douglas Black

Meg Bloom

Sam & Paulette

Bobrow

Ann L. Bodurtha & Gregory S. Fitzpatrick

Michael & Maryann Bracken

Mr. Peter Brandt & Ms. Laura Burwick

Dorothea Brennan

Rev. Hiram & Dr. Pat Brett

Rabbi Herb & Elin Brockman

Anna Broker

Donald & Mary Brown

Janet & Phil Brunwin

Ruth & Stearns Bryant

James Bundy & Anne Tofflemire

Barbara Bzdyra

Victoria Cairl

Anne & Guido

Calabresi

Linda & Vincent Calarco

Thomas G. Campbell

Michael Caplan

Margaret Carl

Jenny Carrillo, Ph.D. Jean Cayer

Elsie Blackshear Chapman

Harriet Chessman Gary & Alyson Cohen

Peter Colburn

Bob & Mary Beth Congdon

Tammy J. Conley & Roselinde Torres

Cynthia D. Conrad

Jill H. Coulter

Jennifer Crookes Carpenter Lee Cruz

Phyllis CummingsTexeira Ann Dallavalle

Bob & Priscilla Dannies

Susan Dardik

Elizabeth Darling Timothy Davidson Elwood & Catherine Davis

Karen L. Dawson

Denese Deeds & David Gioiello

Pat DeMaio & Jerry Caturano

John Deming

Maureen Derbacher

Bernadette DiGiulian & Leo Christofar

Vincent Diglio

Lois M. Dioro

John Downs

Julia Downs

Karen DuBoisWalton David Earle

Susan & David Earle

Cathy Edwards & Mike Wishnie

Margaret D. Edwards

Patricia Egan & Peter Hegeman

Linda Lorimer & Charley Ellis

Alice Engbith

Amy Eppler-Epstein

Ellen Erway

Sally Esposito

Frank & Ellen Estes

Andy & Polly Fiddler Pamela & David Field

Eden & Allan Fisher

Julie Fitzpatrick

Terry Flagg

Steven & Susan Floman

Nancy Noyes Foss Megan Fountain

Kathleen Fox

Linda Francis

Barbara Franke

Deborah Freedman & Ben Ledbetter David & Leslie French

Mary Lee Frisbie Annis Fusaris

John Gaddis & Toni Dorfman

Marie Gallagher Sandi & Jeff Garfield

Henry P. Gates

Elizabeth Gerstacker Richard & Paula Getnick

Lindy Lee Gold Carol R. Goldberg

Joe Goldberg

Robin Golden & David Berg Bernardo Gonzalez

Linda Goodman David Gould

Lyn & Robert Gradoville

Sarah B. Greenblatt Linda Greenhouse Sally & Barclay Griffiths

Stephen & Frances Grodzinsky

Iman Hameen

Judith Hamilton

Douglas Hansen & Elisabeth Travers Margot Hardenbergh Roni & Howard Harmetz

James & Justine Hawley

Sally Hellerman

Barbara Hentschel

Donna & Stanley Hersh

Jay Hirsch

Beverly Hodgson & John Leventhal Jeffrey & Betsy Hoos

Emily Horning Bill & Nancy Horowitz

Jim Horwitz & Sandy Allison Charisse Hutton Nkemakonam

Ikekpeazu, MD

Kit Ingui & Geoffrey Molloy

Joanna & Lee Jacobus

Lois & Eliot Jameson Priscilla Jencks

Norman Chonacky & Jane Jervis

Susan Johns

Tom Eisen & Elizabeth Jonas Graham & Penelope Jones

Dr. Jay & Kathy Kaplan L. M. Kasimer Beth Kaufman Donna & Paul Kazmercyk

Michael Kensinger

Susan Kerley Susan Kintner Don & Mimi Kirk

Peggy Koenig

Jacqueline Koral Kim Taylor & Bruce Kueffner

Barbara J. Lamb Bj Lambert Jean & Nick Lamont J & J Lange James & Hannah Leckman

Mary Brett Lee Ivonne Leon Michael & Clara Levine Deborah Lewis Peter & Susan Licht

Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Linden

Jill London & Emanuel Berk Karen & Bill Longa

Dwight Lopes

Judith Lynch Carol & Robert Lyons John & Erin MacDonnell

Scott Macdowall Janet A. Madigan, MD

Anita P. Madzik

Joseph Marafito Michael Martin

Cynthia Dobie & Bruno Masciana Susan B. Matheson & J. J. Pollitt

Ariel Mayer Drs. Rowland & Stephanie Mayor Molly McCarthy Stetz

Paul A. McCraven Nicole McDonough Ann & Chad McLaughlin Marice McNeil

Marilyn Lord & James Meisner

Ruby Melton & Gail McAvay Joyce Mercer

T ANK YOU TO OUR MEMBERS

Josephine Merck

Gwen Milone

Lisa Milone

Ellen & Leonard Milstone

Mary S. Mitchell

Betty & Dave Monz

Leila Moore

Mark Moore

Sandra & Brechin

Morgan Patricia Morris

Elise Morrison

Laura J. Morrison

Patricia Morrison

Jeff O’Donnell & Dorothy Muller Jan Musen

Kevin Muzin

Merle & Arthur Nacht

Joyce Narden & Girin Munshi

Matthew Nemerson & Marian Chertow

David I. Newton

Kenneth & Susie Ng

Robert Nixon

David Norman-Schiff

Sara Ohly

Mary O’Leary

Michelle Olotegui

Oyi Onuma

Arlene O’Tell

Ivan & Naomi Otterness

Steven Padla

Jacob G. Padrón

Sam Pagano

Ellen Page

Kathy & Joe Pajor

Ann & Marc Palmieri

Laura Pappano & Thomas Lynch Mary L. Pepe

Perakis Family

James M. Perlotto, M.D. & Thomas Masse

Allie Perry & Charlie Pillsbury

Dr. E. Anthony

Petrelli

Mark A. Healey & Celia Pinzi

Philip Pivawer & Linda Hewlett

Nancy Berliner & Alan Plattus

Carol & Wesley H. Poling

Leslie Pollack

Leslie Powell

Karen Pritzker

Dr. George Puerschner & Dr. Susan Danberg

Shelley Quiala Thayer Quoos

Patricia Ann Reese

Sandra Resnick

Bill & Sharon Reynolds

Cynthia Rider

Terrence Riggins

Richard Lalli & Michael Rigsby

Joseph Roach

Marie & Earl Robert

Katherine Roberts

Susanne F. Roberts & Stephen Victor

John Rose, Jr. Esq. Marjorie Ross

Samuel & Ellen Rost Sheilah B. Rostow Constance Royster, JD

Karl Ruling

Karen & Kert Sabbath Nancy & Roger Sachs

Marta Elisa Moret & Peter Salovey

Errol C. Saunders, II Linda R. Savitsky Ted & Deb Schaffer Anne F. Schenck Rebecca & Alan Scheps Pauline Scherer

Eileen Schuman & Robert J. Snyder

Paul & Fern Schwartz

Fiona Scott Morton

Patricia A. Scully

Florie Seery

Edwin Selden

Anita Sharif-Hyder Claire E. Shea

Phyllis McGrath & Patrick Sheehan

Gretchen Shugart & John Maurer

D. Ellen Shuman & Douglas Rae Mark Simon & Penny Bellamy Pamela & Bruce Simonds

Alix Simonetti

Carol L. Sirot Judith & Mark Sklarz

William & Betsy Sledge

Sarah Smalley

Geoff & Vicki Smith J. Philip & Loretta K. Smith

Jill Snyder

Veronica & Dieter Soell

Raina Sotsky

Tova Clayman & Bob Spaulding Lisa Stanger & Gregory Colodner

Edward Stannard & Patricia CarlStannard Pam Stanton & John Sawyer Frank & Dean Stein Sandra Stein Jeanne Steiner & Will Rosenblatt Anne Stevens Carolyn Stockage Peter & Lee Stolzman

Elsa Stone & Steven Wolfson

Shepard & Marlene Stone

Mark Suchman

Celeste Suggs & Joel Zackin

Larue and Capleton

Swanson

Valencia TaftJackson

Kathleen Tereb Mark & Lauren Thunem

Sally Tomiko & David Taraskevich

Mary Ann Turner

Harrison Valante

Karen Vaslow

Joan G. Venditto

Kathie Ventura

Hyla & Barry Vine

Marc Wallman & Cynthia Carr

Barbara Wareck

Stuart Warner & A. David Paltiel

Kalman L. Watsky & Deborah Fried

Seymour Weingarten Marshall & Joan Weiss

Abby N. Wells

Sandra White John & Virginia Wilkinson

Judith Wilson Tim Yergeau Art & Ann Yost Rolan Joni Young Anna Zayaruznaya Renee Zinn

Sheila Zinn Linda & Howard Zonana

Long Wharf Theatre is Member-supported theatre. Visit longwharf.org/membership or scan with your camera app to join our boundary-breaking community of Sustaining Members with a gift of $10 a month or a one-time annual gift of $120 or higher.

Donors and Member lists as of 9/6/22.

Support Long Wharf Theatre Today!

Our 58th season is a pioneering year for our institution. We are leaving 222 Sargent Drive to bring live performance, without barriers, to Greater New Haven audiences. We are welcoming our many communities—including you—by producing new work that authentically and joyfully reflects lived experiences on our stages. And we are centering Artistic Innovation in three groundbreaking ways, each leaning into the abundance found in partnership and collaboration.

• Our Artistic Ensemble is a collective of eight nationally respect ed artists who inform and inspire our daily work. Four members, including Madeline Sayet, are lending their talents to our stages this fall.

• We are creating new ways to discover talent through our Artistic Caucus, a collective of four national artists who support the Literary Offices at four regional theatres, including ours. They help us identify a new generation of writers while sparking new collaborations among our companies.

• We are strengthening our roots of deeply investing in new work for the American stage. With 12 projects under commission and in development, upcoming seasons will bring premiere plays and musicals from this roster of diverse, national artists.

Please consider making a tax-deductible gift today—in celebration of our nearly 60 years of history and to help ensure we are here for 60 more.

development@longwharf.org longwharf.org/donate

Bryan Terrell Clark (L), Sydney James Harcourt (R), and the cast of Jelly’s Last Jam, September 2022. Photo by Jeremy Daniel.

$100,000 and Above Bank of America Hearst Foundations

$50,000-$99,999 Citi

$25,000-$49,999

The Augustine Foundation

BNY Mellon Pamela Farr & Buford Alexander Goldman, Sachs & Co. Hearst MetLife Foundation Morgan Stanley Lisa Orberg Prudential Financial

The Schloss Family Foundation

Daniel A. Simkowitz & Mari Nakachi Wells Fargo

$15,000-$24,999 Mitchell J. Auslander & Kimberlee Abraham Bloomberg Paula A. Dominick Lucy Hardison Donna Kalajian Lagani

Gretchen Shugart & Jonathan Maurer Pfizer, Inc. TD Bank

$10,000-$14,999

Judy R. Bartlett Steven & Joy Bunson Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Ernst & Young Bruce & Tracey Ewing Roe Green* Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. The Maurer Family Foundation RBC

S&P Global Travelers

$5,000-$9,999

Anonymous Michelle Cenis Richard K. Greene Nancy Hancock Griffith*

KLDiscovery

Susan & John Major Donor Advised Fund at Rancho Santa Fe Foundation

Robin & Bob Paulson Donor Advised Fund at Rancho Santa Fe Foundation

Playbill †

The Patti & Rusty Rueff Foundation Michelle Schwartz Raja Sengupta George & Pamela Smith* John Thomopoulos Evelyn Mack Truitt James S. & Lynne P. Turley* Joseph Yurcik*

$2,500-$4,999

Joseph Baio* Yvonne Bell* BOND Theatrical Robin Cohen* Concord Theatricals Lucy Fato & Matt Detmer* Fischer Jordan LLC Ari & Shimona Katz* Louise Moriarty & Patrick Stack* Elliott Sernel & Larry Falconio* The Shubert Organization Mary Beth Winslow & Bill Darby* Wolters Kluwer

$1,500-$2,499

Cindy Black

John R. Dutt* Christ Economos* Debi Feinman

Kamilah Forbes

Sanderson Family Donor Advised Fund at Rancho Santa Fe Foundation

Daryl Roth Productions Roundabout Theatre Company

Stephanie Scott

Darren Sussman

Carl Sylvestre & Robert Kennedy Elenora Walczak

Walnut Street Theatre Michael A. Wall ZIN Technologies, Inc.

List as of July 2022.

Theatre Forward and our theatres are most grateful to all the funders. *National Society Membership † Includes In-kind support

Long Wharf Theatre is a proud recipient of a 2022 Bank of America ACTivate Award through Theatre Forward.

The Bank of America ACTivate Awards seek to foster and accelerate a theatre’s efforts to become more equitable, diverse, welcoming, and inclusive to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) individuals and groups.

Theatres receiving these grants in 2022 are Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY), Alley Theatre (Houston, TX), Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, GA), Center Theatre Group (Los Angeles, CA), Long Wharf Theatre (New Haven, CT), and The Old Globe (San Diego, CA).

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THESE FUNDERS:

Long Wharf Theatre is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Long Wharf Theatre programs are made possible, in part, with the support of Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts.

Support has been provided to Long Wharf Theatre from CT Humanities (CTH), with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/ Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature.

Long Wharf Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre.

Members champion our vision to create Theatre for Everyone through boundary-breaking investments in artists and new work for the new American theatre. You are making an important commitment that energizes our capacity to welcome, center, and celebrate a multitude of communities in our daily work.

For as little as $10 a month or a one-time $120 annual gift, you gain:

• First access to tickets for our 2022-23 season

• Discounted admission to Long Wharf Theatre productions

• Invitations to special events, including Play Club, a book club for plays with members of our Artistic staff

• Monthly Member email newsletters with behind-thescenes news, and

• Unique opportunities to be in community with Long Wharf Theatre’s staff, artists & collaborators

Want to make a monthly recurring gift at a higher level? Or give the gift of a Membership to a friend or neighbor so they too can be among Long Wharf Theatre’s closest supporters?

We can help! Contact our friendly Box Office at (203) 693-1486 or boxoffice@longwharf.org.

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