Flying Bird's Diary

FLYING BIRD’S DIARY

OCT 22 - 23, 2022

A PLAY READING

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)

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CAST IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Bruce Two Dogs Bozsum (he/him) HENRY

Shayna Jackson* (she/her) EMMA

Jolie Cloutier (she/her) GLADYS

Bradley Lewis (he/him) JOHN HENRY MAKIAWIS

Madeline Easley (she/her) MISS RAYMOND

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

Joan Henry* (she/her) NONNER MARTHA

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

Allison Hudson Hicks* (she/her) SALLY

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)

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ROM T E ARTISTIC DIR CTOR Welcome to a historic season at Long Wharf Theatre. As we prepare to usher in a bold new chapter for the company, our commitment to sharing thrilling, imaginative, and boundary-breaking stories remains. This season, we are curating your experience 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 immediately phoned an artist who has always inspired me: Bryce Pinkham. I asked Bryce if there was a passion project he could bring to our audiences 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, discovering 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,

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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

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BI S Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel (she/her) (Playwright) (MOHEGAN) was trained in Mohegan traditional 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 Mohegan theatre maker who believes the stories we pass down inform our collective possible futures. Currently 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 Professor 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 Director) (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 in6

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BI S 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 community, 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) Council of Elders, Mohegan Tribe. Currently one of seven elected Elders Council Members for the Mohegan Tribe of CT. Former Chairman of the Board for Mohegan 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.

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BI S 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 recent appearing as Helen in The Trojan Women (A Native American Adaptation) at Theater for the New City.

Madeline Easley (she/her) (Miss Raymond) is a Wyandotte actor, writer, and fundraiser currently located on Lenape homelands in New York City. She is a proud citizen of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma (Porcupine 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 filmmakers 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 Performance, University of Evansville. maddieeasley.com Joan Henry (she/her) (Nonner Martha) This Composer/Performer/Artist/Educator, Dekanogisgi and Water Protector just opened the inaugural exhibit This Burning 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 Star8

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BI S 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 Festival, The Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program Play Festival, The National 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. Running Shadow (Principal), AFI. Television: “New Amsterdam” (Co-star), NBC. Shayna has a Vocal Performance 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, Bradley has been seen Off-Broadway in Audrey: A New Musical as Gregory Peck, in IFC Films’ Resurrection opposite Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth, onstage portraying AA founder Bill Wilson in Bill W. and Lois W. opposite John Lloyd Bedford and Anne Twomey, and in “Chase,” an upcoming pilot premiering this fall. He’d like to thank the people of Acoma, NM, director extraordinaire Madeline, and the amazing Stephanie Yankwitt 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 (Saturday 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!

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BI S 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, Opalanietet 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,” “General Hospital,” “Z Nation,” “Goliath,” and “Reservation Dogs.” She is the Chair of SAG-AFTRA’s National Native Americans Committee, the Artistic 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 Producer 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 Amanda 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 Collaborators and increasing the visibility of Native Theatre Artists.

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BI S About Long Wharf Theatre Founded in 1965, Long Wharf Theatre (Jacob G. Padrón, Artistic Director; Kit Ingui, Managing Director) is a Tony Award-winning company of international renown. It was founded with the mission of creating an accessible 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. Belonging 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.

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2022–2023 SEASON

EVERYWHERE FOR

EVERYONE A S E A S O N I N T H R E E ACT S

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.

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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.

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TH STAFF EXECUTIVE

Jacob G. Padrón

Kit Ingui

ARTISTIC & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Mason Alexander Park

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

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Madeline Sayet

Nancy Meguerditchian

Tim Yergeau

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Emily Goeler

Jill H. Coulter

Carolyn Stockage

Jessica Durdock-Moreno

Jazmine Williamson

Peython Echelson-Russell

Geoffrey Molloy

OPERATIONS

(he/him) Artistic Director

Rachel Alderman

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Ryan J. Haddad

Cheyenne Barboza

AUDIENCE SERVICES

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Kate Moore Heaney

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Mildred RuizSapp

(she/her) Mellon Foundation Playwright-inResidence

Steven Sapp

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ARTISTIC ENSEMBLE

Awoye Timpo (she/her)

Bryce Pinkham (he/him)

Dane Figueroa Edidi (she/her)

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Maig Smith

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Kristen Flores

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Ronald Hill (he/him)

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Da’Twan Smith

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James LaCroix

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Jenny Koons

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(she/her) Patron Services Associate/Front of House

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DEVELOPMENT

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Katrina Frances Lewonczyk

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Ann M.K. McLaughlin

Kenneth Murray

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Nicole Makos (she/her) Development Coordinator

(he/him) Operations Associate

Nicole Bouclier (she/her) Director of Production

Dylan Callery

(he/him) Technical Director

Allison M.J. Backhaus

(she/her) Charge Artist & Rental Manager

Caitlin Dalton

(she/her) Costume & Rental Manager

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The Jane and William Curran Foundation, Inc. Linda Lorimer & Charley Ellis Mr. Eric Epstein & Ms. Karyn Gilvarg Andy & Polly Fiddler Bernadette Forget John Gaddis & Toni Dorfman June & George Higgins Bennett Pudlin & Ann Judd Charles & Gretchen Kingsley

ACTORS’ CIRCLE $500-$999

Anonymous Benjamin M. Baker Andrew & Patricia Balter Mr. Peter Brandt & Ms. Laura Burwick A Broken Umbrella Theatre Rodney Brooks Peggy Bull Tammy J. Conley & Roselinde Torres Cynthia D. Conrad Vicki & David Crompton Jennifer Crookes Carpenter

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Margaret D. Edwards Frank & Ellen Estes Joe & Cindy Goldberg Family Foundation Linda Greenhouse Aliina Hopkins Kit Ingui & Geoffrey Molloy Bernard & Gale Kosto Dwight Lopes Josephine Merck Mary S. Mitchell Merle & Arthur Nacht

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 Janet & Phil Brunwin Emily Byrne Elaine C. Carroll & John M. Anderson Valentino Caruso & Sara Schmidt Michael & Jody Ceraso Jenny Chan Elsie Blackshear Chapman Harriet Chessman Peter Colburn Audrey Conrad Sharon & Bill Crain Ulf Kristoffersson & Kathleen Cravero-Kristoffersson Dr. Craig Crews Phyllis Cummings -Texeira Ann Dallavalle Chun Desiderato Lloyd & Genie Dethloff

Harriet & Bob Dewey Jackie Downing Eileen & Andrew Eder Cathy Edwards & Mike Wishnie Patricia Egan & Peter Hegeman Sally Esposito Barbara Gaab Sandi & Jeff Garfield Henry P. Gates Toddie & Chris Getman Lindy Lee Gold Mr. Gary Goodridge Mark Bauer & Joe Gordon Lyn & Robert Gradoville Stephen & Frances Grodzinsky Mr. and Mrs. E. Hadjimichael Judi Hahn Judith Hamilton Mr. John Hamlin Douglas Hansen & Elisabeth Travers Ms Merrie Harrison Beth & Allen Heller Amy Hopkins Dr. Nkemakonam Ikekpeazu Francie Irvine & Andrew McLaren Joanna & Lee Jacobus Lois & Eliot Jameson Priscilla Jencks Susan Johns Dr. Jay & Kathy Kaplan Susan Kerley Kim Taylor & Bruce Kueffner Dana Kyder Barbara J. Lamb J & J Lange Dr. & Mrs. Robert A. Linden George Lister Karen & Bill Longa Janet A. Madigan, MD

Anita P. Madzik Susan B. Matheson & J. J. Pollitt Drs. Rowland & Stephanie Mayor Phyllis McGrath & Patrick Sheehan Lisa Omark & John McLaughlin Ron & Linda Mileski Betty & Dave Monz Mark Moore Jim & Marcia Morley Laura J. Morrison Jeff O’Donnell & Dorothy Muller Rhoda F. Myers Ramy Nagy Joyce Narden & Girin Munshi Kenneth & Susie Ng Nancy Nishball Ann Nishball Debra & Ron Nudel Sara Ohly Michelle Olortegui Vanda M. O’Reilly Jonathan & Linda Orleans Kathy & Joe Pajor Ann & Marc Palmieri Mrs. Ann Palmieri Joey Parnes Allie Perry & Charlie Pillsbury Ellen Petrino Carol & Wesley H. Poling Leslie Pollack Carroll & Stan Possick Mrs. Barbara Possick 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

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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 Remainder Unitrust

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

IN HONOR OF...

Ayse Coskun

by Deborah Elkin

Tim O’Brien

by Tracy O’Brien

Kit Ingui

by Lorraine Sutliff

Elba Ramirez

by Rodney Brooks

Nicole Makos

by Christopher Rivera

Newton Schenck

by Anne Schenck

IN MEMORY OF...

Katherine A. Berman

by Christopher J. Berman

Mateo & Ann Ceraso

by Michael & Jody Ceraso

Bill & Lucy Farrar

by Steve & Ginny Balser Maggie C. Free

by Rev. Hiram & Dr. Pat Brett

MATCHING GIFT ORGANIZATIONS Aetna Foundation, Inc. Bank of America Matching Gifts Program

Bristol Myers Squibb Matching Gift Program Casey Matching Gift Programs

GIFT-IN-KIND SUPPORT Automated Mailing Services L.L.C. The Blossom Shop Brazi’s

Centerbrook Architects Ideal Printing Company, Inc.

Anne Schenck

by William & Betsy Sledge; Deborah Elkin Mark Simon

by Rabbi Jeff & Mindy Glickman

Robert T. Hamilton

by Judith Hamilton Jack Abraham Huttner

by Sharon G. Huttner

Eileen Wiseman

by The Tow Foundation Miriam Zimmer

by Allison Sharry

Francis D. & Marcella A. Moran

by Michael J. Moran

Dr. Robert Levine

by Jeralea Hesse

GE Foundation IBM Corporation Pfizer Foundation State Street Matching Gift Program

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.

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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 Carl Amento Mark Ammann & Linda Taylor Ron Annatone Anonymous (10) Nancy H. Apfel Paula Armbruster Bill Aseltyne & Jeff Stryker 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

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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.

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Support Long Wharf Theatre Today!

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

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.

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Our Artistic Ensemble is a collective of eight nationally respected 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

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$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).

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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.

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2022–2023 SEASON

WE INVITE YOU TO BECOME A LONG WHARF THEATRE MEMBER TODAY!

EVERYWHERE FOR

EVERYONE

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.

longwharf.org/membership