Book by George C. Wolfe Music by Jelly Roll Morton Lyrics by Susan Birkenhead Adaptation & Additional Music by Luther Henderson Directed by Dennis Whitehead Darling Creative Consultation by Patricia McGregor
Musical
Choreographed by Chris Bell Music Direction by David Freeman Coleman
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A CONCERT READING
Jacob G. ARTISTICPadrónDIRECTOR Kit MANAGINGIngui DIRECTOR
CASTING BY STEPHANIE YANKWITT, tbd casting co.
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CREATIVE CONSULTATION BY PATRICIA McGREGOR
Produced on Broadway by Margo Lion and Pamela Koslow
DIRECTED BY DENNIS WHITEHEAD DARLING
BOOK BY GEORGE C. WOLFE MUSIC BY JELLYMORTONROLL
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LYRICS BY BIRKENHEADSUSAN
Presented in partnership with the New Haven Free Public Library, Stetson Branch
PRESENT
CHOREOGRAPHER CHRIS BELL
MUSIC DIRECTION BY DAVID FREEMAN COLEMAN
MUSICAL ADAPTATION AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC COMPOSED BY LUTHER HENDERSON
Justin G. Nelson (he/him) ONE OF “THE CROWD”/ OTHER ROLES
Actors’ Equity Association ^ Member
Julian Rozzell, Jr.* (he/him) CHIMNEY MAN
Daniel Gookin
DESIGNER * Member
Christian McQueen (he/him) ONE OF “THE CROWD”/ OTHER ROLES
Justin Sudderth (he/him) YOUNG JELLY/ONE OF “THE CROWD”
Jessica Hailey Reese (she/her) ONE OF “THE CROWD”/ OTHER ROLES
Carmen Ruby Floyd* (she/her) ANITA
Sharaé Moultrie (she/her) A OTHERHUNNIE/ROLES
Charles Coes^ (he/him) and Nathan A. Roberts^ (he/him) SOUND DESIGNERS
Kelly
Iris Beaumier* (she/her) A OTHERHUNNIE/ROLES
Sydney James Harcourt* (he/him) JELLY ROLL MORTON
CAST IN ALPHA ORDER CREATIVE
Hardy* STAGE(she/her)MANAGER
Chelsea Janke* ASSISTANT(she/her)STAGE
United
MANAGER
Tina Fabrique* (she/her) MISSGRANMAMIE/MIMI
Steve Routman* (he/him) A MELROSE BROTHER/ OTHER ROLES
Bryan Terrell Clark* (he/him) JACK THE BEAR/ BUDDY BOLDEN
JasonWilliams*SweetTooth (he/him) A MELROSE BROTHER/ OTHER ROLES
Amaya White (she/her) A HUNNIE/OTHER ROLES
LIGHTING(he/him)DESIGNER
Katherine Brown (she/her)
Artists
ASSISTANT LIGHTING of of Scenic
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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.
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).
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.
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 Bodernashor, who fought “to save her language and culture against all Theodds.”Claire
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.
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Warmly yours,
Jacob G. Padrón
ROM T E ARTISTIC DIR CTOR
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.
If you’re looking for ways to support us this season, I have three simple suggestions:
With gratitude,
Kit Ingui
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FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
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.
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.
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Jelly Roll Morton (Music) was a New Orleans jazz composer and pianist, a defining figure in the evolution of jazz, and a pioneer of prearranged, semi-orchestrated effects in jazz-band performances. Morton was one of the first ragtime piano players and the self-proclaimed inventor of jazz. He was instrumen tal in the transition from early jazz to orchestral jazz in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century. He moved to California circa 1917 and made his recording debut in 1923. Following that, he created recordings with his jazz group, the Red Hot Peppers, which gained him national acclaim. His most famous pieces include “Black Bottom Stomp,” “King Porter Stomp,” “Shoe Shiner’s Drag,” and “Dead Man Blues.” (Sources: Encyclopedia Brittanica, “Mu sic Rising” at Tulane University)
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George C. Wolfe (Book) Theatre directing credits include The Iceman Cometh, Shuffle Along, or the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed (NY Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Musical); Lucky Guy; The Normal Heart (Drama Desk); Jelly’s Last Jam (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award); Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (Tony Award and Drama Desk) and Perestroika (Drama Desk); Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk (Tony and Drama League Award); Topdog/Underdog (Obie Award); Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 (Drama Desk); Elaine Stritch at Liberty (Tony for Special Theatrical Event); The Tempest; Caroline, or Change (Olivier Award Best Musical); and A Free Man of Color. From 1993-2005 Wolfe was the Producer of The Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival. He is the writer of the award-winning The Colored Museum, Shuffle Along..., he directed/adapted Spunk (Obie), and Harlem Song
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Susan Birkenhead (she/her) (Lyrics) received a Tony nomination, a Grammy nomination and a Drama Desk Award for her lyrics for Jelly’s Last Jam. She was nom inated for a Drama Desk Award for Triumph of Love, and won a Drama Desk Award and a Tony nomination for Working. She won an Outer Critics Circle award for What About Luv, and an L.A. Drama Critics Award for Minsky’s. She wrote additional lyrics and new songs for the Broadway version of High Society, and wrote songs for the Off Broadway Stars of David and A My Name Is Alice. She has also written The Secret Life of Bees with Lynn Nottage and Duncan Sheik, which will open in London in April of 2023. Betty Boop’s Day Off, with Bob Martin and David Foster, will open in Chicago in December 2023.
Patricia McGregor (she/her) (Creative Consultant) Born in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Patricia McGre gor is a director and writer working in theater, film, and music. She has recently been named Artistic Director of New York Theatre Workshop. McGregor has twice been profiled by The New York Times for her direction of world premieres. Productions include Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole (co-writer and director, Geffen Play house); Sisters In Law (The Wallis); What You Are, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure (The Old Globe); Skeleton Crew (Geffen Playhouse); Good Grief (Center Theatre Group); Hamlet (The Public Theater); The Parchman Hour (The Guthrie Theater); Ugly Lies the Bone
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Luther Henderson (Musical Adaptation and Additional Music Compo sition) was a composer, arranger, orchestrator, music director, and per former with a long and impressive career spanning multiple genres. Hen derson worked on more than 50 Broadway productions. He served as the original pianist and orchestrator, arranger, and musical supervisor for Ain’t Misbehavin’. For Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music, he was the musical consultant and arranged several selections. He orchestrated the Tony Award-winning Raisin and Play On! As a dance arranger, Henderson’s credits included Flower Drum Song, Do Re Mi, Funny Girl, and No, No Nanette. He also had a robust recording career, featuring albums with the Canadian Brass Quintet, Eileen Farrell, Columbia Records, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Andre Kostelanetz Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, Mandy Patinkin, Polly Bergen, Anita Ellis, and others. (Sources: National Endowment for the Arts, Playbill.com)
Dennis Whitehead Darling (he/him) (Director) is a stage director in opera and theatre in the United States and Europe. His recent directing credits include the world premieres of Marian’s Song (Houston Grand Opera), Sanctuary Road (North Carolina Opera), Why I Live at the P.O. (UrbanArias), Buried Deep: The Lynchburg Pools (End Station Theatre), and The Secret River (Opera Orlando). Other works include: Die Zauberflöte (Pensacola Opera), La Bohème (Opera Colum bus), Giulio Cesare in Egitto (Carnegie Mellon University), The Gersh wins’ Porgy and Bess (Red Mountain Theatre), Independence Eve (Op era Birmingham), Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Hattiloo Theatre/ Spazio Teatro No’hma – Milan), Jelly’s Last Jam (Hattiloo Theatre), The Parchman Hour (Hattiloo Theatre), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Spazio Teatro No’hma – Milan), Intimate Apparel (University of Memphis), Movin’ Up in the World (Opera Memphis), Sunset Baby (Hattiloo Theatre), James and the Giant Peach (Circuit Playhouse), Blue Viola (Opera Memphis), Mr. Rickey Calls A Meeting (Hattiloo Theatre), Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet (Hattiloo Theatre).
Chris Bell (pronoun indifferent) (Choreographer) NYC by way of SAT. MFA (Case Western Reserve), BS Dance (Lamar), and, because he likes camping and the beach, BS Geology. He currently makes work with Raja Feather Kelly & the feath3r theory and is a frequent collaborator with (and former choreographic assistant to) Mark Dendy. Current & Recent Projects: The Wild Party (Choreographer, Up Until Now Collec tive), Eighty-Sixed (Associate Choreographer, Diversionary Theater). As an Educator he works for Roundabout Theatre, Marquis Studios, and TADA! Youth Theaters. His company chrisbelldances (CBD) has pre sented work nationally and in NYC including evening length works at Dixon Place and Gibney Dance Center. CBD was the first dance com pany in residence at the Cherry Grove Community House and Theater, America’s oldest continuously operating LGBTQIA+ theater. CBD is an inaugural member of the Queensboro Dance Festival and is currently on the 2022 summer tour presenting free dance events in neighborhoods across Queens.
Katherine Brown (she/her) (Assistant Lighting Designer) is a graduate of Southern Connecticut State University’s Theatre Department. She re cently acted as lighting supervisor for Long Wharf Theatre’s 2021-2022 season. Other recent credits include Out of Bounds (Master Electri
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David Freeman Coleman (he/him) (Music Director, Piano) Associate Professor of Theater at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Lecturer of Music at Tufts University, Director of Choral Music at Dana Hall School. Recent music direction credits include Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Central Square Theater & Greater Boston Stage), Once On This Island (Speakeasy –Elliot Norton Award Nomination for Outstanding Music Direction), The Bluest Eye (The Huntington), Wild (A.R.T.), Passing Strange (Moonbox), Choir Boy (Speakeasy - Elliot Norton Award Nomination for Outstanding Musical Direction), Miss You Like Hell (Company One/A.R.T.). Has worked with Idina Menzel, Audra McDonald, Mariah Carey, Bobby McFerrin, Ryan Gosling, and the Boston Pops. More info at www.davidfcoleman.com.
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(Roundabout Theatre Company); brownsville song... (Lincoln Center); In domitable: James Brown (The Apollo); Holding It Down (Metropolitan Mu seum); A Raisin in the Sun, The Winter’s Tale, Spunk (California Shake speare Theater); Adoration of the Old Woman (INTAR); Blood Dazzler (Harlem Stage); Four Electric Ghosts (The Kitchen); and the world pre miere of Hurt Village (Signature Theatre Company). McGregor attended the Yale School of Drama, where she was a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow and Artistic Director of the Yale Cabaret.
Chelsea Janke (she/her) (Assistant Stage Manager) is a freelance AEA stage manager based in New York City. She is excited to be back at Long Wharf Theatre after working as a production assistant for LWT during the 2018-2019 season. Other credits include Broadway: The Lehman Trilogy and Slava’s Snowshow; Off Broadway: The Vagrant Tril ogy (The Public Theater), The Tap Dance Kid (City Center), and Alvin Ai ley American Dance Theater. She wants to thank her entire LWT family for their support and for always being willing to go get tacos!
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Kelly Hardy (she/her) (Stage Manager) Long Wharf Theatre: An Iliad, The Underpants. Broadway: Anastasia, The Real Thing. New York: 2nd Stage, Fiasco Theatre, Lincoln Center - LCT3, The Public, Vineyard Theatre, Red Bull Theatre, NYMF, Theatre for a New Audience, Working Theatre, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, The Actors Company Theatre. Regional: Hartford Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, Trinity Repertory Company, La Jolla Playhouse, New York Stage and Film, North Coast Rep, Bard SummerScape, Bucks County Playhouse. International: Roy al College of Music, London; Shakespeare’s Globe, London. Education: UC San Diego.
Charles Coes (he/him) (Sound Designer) New York: Small World Stories (Phantom Limb), Golden Shield (MTC), Letters of Suresh (2St), Sing Street (NYTW), Natural Shocks (WP), For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday (Playwrights), Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout), Servant of Two Masters (TFANA). Regional: Portland Stage, St. Louis Rep, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Berkeley Rep, Two River Theater, Arena Stage, OSF, Baltimore Center Stage, Milwaukee Rep, Old Globe, The Guthrie, The Huntington, South Coast Rep, Dallas Theater Center, Ford’s The ater and others. Broadway Associate: Almost Famous, Lehman Trilogy, To Kill a Mockingbird, Girl from the North Country, Jitney, Junk, Great Comet..., Peter and the Starcatcher.
9LONG WHARF THEATRE cian), Red Velvet (Master Electrician), Matilda (Lighting Designer, Sound Designer, A1), and The Flamingo Kid (Spot Op).
Daniel Gookin (he/him) (Lighting Designer) worked at Long Wharf The atre for 20 years, first as an usher in the mid 90s and ultimately as Master Electrician. He is currently a bookkeeper at Superior Spring in Hamden while also running a management company with his husband Matt. Dan still gets to scratch that artistic itch by doing lighting designs for Hamden High School and as a singing member and Production Manager of The Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus. Dan and Matt are the proud parents of their fur baby Boris who would always show up to the meet the actors and provide puppy therapy during Long Wharf Theatre tech rehearsals.
Nathan A. Roberts (he/him) (Sound Designer) Nathan A. Roberts is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, instrument-maker, and sound designer who specializes in creating original music and soundscapes for plays,
Bryan Terrell Clark (he/him) (Jack The Bear/Bud dy Bolden) Broadway: Happiness in Thoughts of a Colored Man, George Washington in Hamilton, orig inated the role of Marvin Gaye in Motown: The Mu sical (Grammy nomination). Theatre: Fences (Corey) opposite Laurence Fishburne and Angela Bassett, Immediate Family directed by Phylicia Rashad. Film: Our Son directed by Bill Oliver, Sneakerella (Disney), Collateral Beauty (Warner Bros.). Television: “Saint X” (Hulu), “Inventing
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often live onstage. Long Wharf Theatre: It’s a Wonderful Life (foley art ist). Off Broadway: Second Stage: Letters of Suresh; WP Theater: Nat ural Shocks; TFANA: The Servant of Two Masters; Playwrights Realm: Crane Story, Dramatis Personae. Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Fes tival: The Way the Mountain Moved; Baltimore Center Stage: Miss You Like Hell, Fun Home, The Christians, Les Liaisons Dangereuses; Mil waukee Rep: Animal Farm; Dallas Theater Center/Guthrie Theater: Sense and Sensibility; The Old Globe: Tokyo Fish Story; Yale Repertory Theater: Assassins, Accidental Death of an Anarchist; Hartford Stage: Twelfth Night, The Tempest. Education: MFA, Yale School of Drama. Faculty: Lecturer in Theater and Performance Studies, Yale University.
Iris Beaumier (she/her) (A Hunnie/Other Roles) recently made her Broadway debut as The Narrator Alternate in The Little Prince. She previously played Josephine Baker in The Dark Star from Harlem at LaMaMa Theatre in New York City (AUDELCO for Best Lead Actress in a Musical). Regional credits include Sarah in Ragtime (Theatreworks Silicon Val ley), Godspell (Theatre Aspen), Marvelous Wonder ettes (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), Rent (Weathervane Playhouse), and Dr. Rees Ziti’s Pageant (ArsNova’s ANTFest), originating the role of Restin. TV and film credits include “Modern Love” (Amazon), “Blindspot” (NBC), “Alternatino” (Comedy Central), “Instinct” (CBS), and “Mariannes Noires” (Round Room Image), a documentary about Afro-French wom anhood. Carnegie Mellon University, proud NYC native. @iris.beaumier www.irisbeaumier.com
Stephanie Yankwitt, CSA (she/her) (tbd casting co.) Theatrical collaborators include Long Wharf Theatre, Soho Rep, Tectonic Theater Project, NAATCO, Primary Stages, La Jolla 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 includes 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.
Sydney James Harcourt (he/him) (Jelly Roll Morton)
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A sought-after vocalist and Grammy winner, Sydney has performed on the world’s finest concert stag es including Radio City, Avery Fisher, Carnegie Hall, and Arthur Ashe Stadium (US Open Finals). He has appeared on and off-Broadway starring in produc tions like the cultural phenomenon Hamilton (Original Broadway Company), Disney’s The Lion King, Green Day’s American Idiot, and the U.S. Premiere of Bob Dylan’s Girl From the North Country where he originated the role of Joe Scott, receiving critical
Carmen Ruby Floyd (she/her) (Anita) CRF has graced the stages of the world from the United States to Japan, with her “utmost expressiveness and beauty of tone.” Last seen on Broadway in Hello, Dolly, she understudied legend Bette Midler — making her the first African American Dolly since Pearl Bailey. Other Broadway credits: Original Broadway Company of Avenue Q, Disney’s The Lion King, Porgy and Bess revival, Chicago, and Original Broadway Company of After Midnight. The New York Times wrote, “The swagger and big voice of Carmen Ruby Floyd provide... star quality and star charisma…” A fre quent voiceover and recording artist, she has been heard on radio and television around the globe. An exciting addition to an already fascinat ing career, Ms. Floyd released her debut album - Broadway, Jazz Me! Married to fellow Broadway and film actor, J. Bernard Calloway (“The Ms. Pat Show”); their favorite co-production is their son, Jacob. All Me dia @CarmenRubyFloyd
Tina Fabrique (she/her) (Miss Mamie/Gran Mimi) Tina is happy to return to Long Wharf Theatre, where she starred as Ella Fitzgerald in her one woman show ELLA, the role she created at TheatreWorks and toured for 7 years. Broadway credits include: Bring in Da Noise, The Wiz, Ragtime, Dessa Rose, How To Succeed..., and Gospel at Colonus. Off Broadway: 70, Girls, 70, Don’t Bother Me I Can’t Cope, Most Happy in Concert (2022 Williamstown Theatre Festival). Tina played Duppy Mary in Marys Seacole at Mosaic Theater in Washington, DC this spring. TV credits include “Blue Bloods,” “New Amsterdam,” “God Friended Me,” “The Last OG,” “Law and Order: SVU” and “Criminal Intent.” Tina sings the original theme song to “Reading Rainbow” on the TV show.
Anna” and “When They See Us” (Netflix), “Snowpiercer” (TNT/Netflix), “Queen Sugar” and “Cherish the Day” (OWN), “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” (NBC), “The New Edition Story” (BET). Education: Yale School of Drama. Bryanterrellclark.com. Instagram @therealbtc
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raves and nominations for the Drama Desk, Lortel, and Audelco Awards. Television credits include “Tell Me A Story,” “Blue Bloods,” “FBI,” “NCIS,” “Elementary,” “Younger,” “The Good Wife,” and he currently stars in “Cas tlevania: Nocturne” (Netflix). Films include Hamilton, Disney’s Enchanted, and leading the upcoming musical feature ‘I’m Not Gay.’
Sharaé Moultrie (she/her) (A Hunnie/Other Roles) is a NYC-based actor, singer, and commercial model. Sharaé has performed across the globe in musicals and at renowned venues such as Feinstein’s/54Below, Joe’s Pub at The Public, and music festivals including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Notable roles include Deena Jones (Dreamgirls, International Tour), Rizzo (Grease), Emmie Thibodeaux (Caroline, or Change), and Lady Larken (Once Upon A Mattress). Her TV/Film appearances include “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Hal King the Musical,” and the “95th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.” She gives special thanks to God, her family, friends, and agents for their support. Follow her journey at www.iamsharae.com.
Justin G. Nelson (he/him) (One of “The Crowd”/Other Roles) Justin G. Nelson is a multi-hyphenate based in NYC. He is thrilled to be making his debut at Long Wharf Theatre. His recent credits include Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare Theatre Company) and The North American Tour of Wizard of Oz. Follow him on IG @justingnelson
Jessica Hailey Reese (she/her) (One of “The Crowd”/Other Roles) is from Kennesaw, Georgia. She recently graduated from The University of Oklahoma and has had the honor of working with Music Theatre Wichita as Viola in Twelfth Night and Marty in Grease She recently spent the summer at Theatre Aspen as Sister Margaretta in The Sound of Music and in the ensemble of Gypsy. Some other roles include: Dyna
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Christian McQueen (he/him) (One of “The Crowd”/ Other Roles) Originally a native of Southern Califor nia, Christian moved to NYC after attending Kansas Wesleyan University and majoring in Theater and Music. He was last seen in the National Tour of An astasia where he was in the ensemble and also covered the principal role of Gleb. Getting to sing the music of Jelly’s Last Jam is a dream for Christian. Needless to say he is very grateful to be a part of this project. You may follow him on all his socials @TheShow6000
Steve Routman (he/him) (A Melrose Brother/Oth er Roles) Long Wharf Theatre: The Underpants (CT Critics Award), Other People’s Money (CT Critics Nom.), The Second Mrs. Wilson, Our Town. Regional: over 35 theaters around the country, including Hart ford Stage, Goodspeed Opera House, and Westport Playhouse. Film: Killers of the Flower Moon, Boston Strangler, Mother’s Instinct, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Inside Llewyn Davis, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Bourne Legacy, The Irishman. Television: “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “FBI: Most Wanted,” “Fosse/Verdon.” Steveroutman.com.
Justin Sudderth (he/him) (Young Jelly/One of “The Crowd”) is a recent graduate of Montclair State University’s B.F.A. Musical Theatre Program. His recent credits include Something Rotten! (Forestburgh Play house), Mama Mia! (Forestburgh Playhouse), and Our Town (The Barnstormers Theatre).
mite/Pearl in Hairspray, Woman 2 in Songs For A New World, Woman 2 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Margot in Legally Blonde and many other thrilling shows. Jessica is grateful to her family for pushing her to “dance to her own music” and follow her dreams. Follow on IG: @jessicahaileyreese
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Julian Rozzell, Jr. (he/him) (Chimney Man) is a resident of New York City, residing in Brooklyn, NY. He recently performed in Shakespeare in the Park’s production of Merry Wives at The Public Theater and as Hagrid in the Broadway version of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Most recently he was in the Tony Award-nominated Skin of our Teeth at Lincoln Center. Television credits include recurring roles on “Boardwalk Empire,” “Bull,” “Law and Order,” “Blacklist,” “Harlem,” and “Fallout” directed by Jonathan Nolan.
Amaya White (she/her) (A Hunnie/Other Roles) is a recent graduate from Montclair State University and a New Jersey native. She most recently starred as Casey Seeger in An Officer and a Gentleman (1st national tour). Other credits include: Baby: The Mu sical, Hair, and Priscilla Queen of the Desert, LINK Endless thanks to God, the Collective, family, and friends! @yourstrulyamaya
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Jason SweetTooth Williams (he/him) (A Melrose Brother/Other Roles) is a New York City-based theater artist. Most recently Jason was seen on Broadway in Be More Chill! He’s worked extensively with writer Joe Iconis, appearing in such Iconis-penned musicals as Bloodsong of Love (Ars Nova), The Black Suits (SPF- The Public Theater), ReWrite (Urban Stages), Things To Ruin, and others. Jason originated roles in Disney’s Freaky Friday (La Jolla Playhouse, Signature Theater), Benny and Joon (The Old Globe), and Crossing Brooklyn (Transport Group). He appeared opposite Jackie Hoffman as Prince Dauntless in Transport Group’s Off-Broadway revival of Once Upon a Mattress. As a writer, Jason co-wrote the new musical Broadway Bounty Hunter (with Iconis and Lance Rubin), which premiered in NYC at Greenwich House Theater and starred the great Annie Golden!
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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.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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We acknowledge that indigenous peoples and nations have for gen erations stewarded the lands and waterways of what we now call the state of Connecticut. We honor and respect the enduring relationship that exists between these peoples and nations and this land. We are standing on the unceded territory of the Paugussett, Quinnipiac, and Wappinger peoples. We remind ourselves that along with stolen land came stolen people. It is our responsibility to the future to know our past.
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New Play Readings // Virtual Black Trans Women at the Center
The story of a true Connecticut hero, Flying Bird aka Fidelia Fielding/Jeets Bodernashor (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.
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Directed & Co-Produced by Dane Figueroa Edidi August 3, 2022
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 ChoreographedMcGregorby Chris Bell Music Direction by David Freeman Coleman
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Stranded alone on an island, a former Broadway star sets his sights on performing one last show before the waters swallow him up.
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.
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 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
Flying Bird’s Diary By Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel // Directed by Madeline Sayet
ACT 1
A SEASON IN THREE ACTS
2022–2023 SEASON
A Play Reading // October 22 – 23, 2022
By DirectedUNIVERSESbySteven Sapp and Mildred Ruiz-Sapp
222 Sargent Drive, New Haven
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.
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.
ACT 2
Production // In-Person, New Haven Spring 2023 Live From the Edge
A Community Event // Fall 2022 AHome(coming):CommunityParade
Conceived and directed by Jenny Koons
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.
ACT 3
A Virtual Community Event // Fall 2022 New Haven Play Project
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Tova Clayman & Bob Spaulding Peter Spoerri John Stachniewicz Liesa Stamm
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Susan & Jeffrey
$1,500-$2,499
$50,000-$99,999 Citi $25,000-$49,999
Mitchell J. Auslander & Kimberlee Abraham GretchenDonnaLucyPaulaBloombergA.DominickHardisonKalajianLaganiShugart&JonathanMaurer
NancyRichardMichelleAnonymousCenisK.GreeneHancock Griffith*
Cindy Black John R. Dutt* Christ Economos* Debi
$100,000 and Above Bank of America
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Playbill †
$15,000-$24,999
$2,500-$4,999
The Patti & Rusty Rueff Foundation Michelle Schwartz Raja JosephJamesEvelynJohnGeorgeSengupta&PamelaSmith*ThomopoulosMackTruittS.&LynneP.Turley*Yurcik*
List as of July 2022.
HearstFoundations
$5,000-$9,999
Judy R. Bartlett Steven & Joy DorseyBunson& Whitney ErnstLLP & Young Bruce & Tracey TravelersS&PRBCTheMarshRoeEwingGreen*&McLennanCompanies,Inc.MaurerFamilyFoundationGlobal
Long Wharf Theatre is a proud recipient of a 2022 Bank of America ACTivate Award through Theatre Forward.
The WellsDanielThePrudentialLisaMorganMetLifeHearstGoldman,PamelaBNYFoundationAugustineMellonFarr&BufordAlexanderSachs&Co.FoundationStanleyOrbergFinancialSchlossFamilyFoundationA.Simkowitz&MariNakachiFargo
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Theatre Forward and our theatres are most grateful to all the funders. *NationalMembershipSociety † In-kindIncludessupport
$10,000-$14,999
Joseph Baio* Yvonne Bell* BOND Theatrical Robin
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).
Long Wharf Theatre programs are made possible, in part, with the support of Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THESE FUNDERS:
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 supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Long Wharf Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre.
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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.
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