CHOIR BOY Program | Studio Theatre

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DEAR FRIENDS, Tarell McCraney is a celebrated American playwright.

In the past year or so, he received a MacArthur ‘genius’ fellowship, a Windham-Campbell award, and a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award. His plays are regularly produced by the top theatre companies in the country. He is one of only seven playwrights to have been produced at Studio four or more times.

This August, he received an honorary doctorate for his body of work from the University of Warwick. All before McCraney turned 34!

The beating heart of this astonishing young man’s plays is language. He writes with a keen sense of the power and euphony of words, moving fluidly between slangy street talk and heightened lyricism. On the page, it looks like verse. To the ear, it sounds like music.

Running through his ten or so plays is the recurring subject of fitting in. Of brotherhood and its challenges. In Choir Boy, that theme plays itself out at the Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys. It is a fictional place that embodies a very real ideal: the Accomplished Black Man. At the center of this story is a preternaturally gifted young man, full of enthusiasm and talent, who doesn’t fit that historical ideal in just one way. Choir Boy isn’t autobiographical, but coming from an exceptionally talented gay writer who grew up in the South, it is clearly a deeply personal work.

This production unites a writer now well-known to Studio audiences with an inspiring director who makes his debut here. All told, I count nine Choir Boy artists bringing their gifts to our company for the first time. Please join me in extending to them a warm Studio welcome.

I’m so glad you could join us today.

YOURS, DAVID MUSE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

GREETINGS, It is a privilege to step into the role of Managing Director at the same time as Tarell Alvin McCraney’s timely play Choir Boy comes to life at Studio Theatre.

I’ve long admired Tarell’s work, having had the pleasure of helping to bring the Brother/Sister Plays to the Public Theater in New York. Tarell is a master storyteller who understands the power a compelling piece of live theatre can have on its audience.

That unique power is what drew me to Studio, a home for artists that truly values the audience as a critical part of the theatrical experience. Studio’s long commitment to producing challenging contemporary plays in an intimate setting not only has developed a dedicated community of theatergoers, but also served as the catalyst for revitalizing the community outside its doors.

I’m excited to partner with David Muse, the dedicated Board of Directors and staff, and you, our invaluable patrons, to build on the successes of Studio Theatre as we continue to produce the best in contemporary theatre; nurture the next generation of playwrights, actors, and directors; and explore what it means to challenge ourselves, broaden our impact, and serve our community.

I look forward to meeting you in the coming months.

ALL MY BEST,

MERIDITH BURKUS MANAGING DIRECTOR

PRESENTS

CHOIR BOY

BY TARELL ALVIN McCRANEY DAVID MUSE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MERIDITH BURKUS MANAGING DIRECTOR SERGE SEIDEN PRODUCING DIRECTOR

DIRECTOR KENT GASH MUSIC DIRECTOR DARIUS SMITH SET DESIGNER JASON SHERWOOD LIGHTING DESIGNER DAWN CHIANG COSTUME DESIGNER KATHLEEN GELDARD SOUND DESIGNER KENNY NEAL DRAMATURG LAUREN HALVORSEN NEW YORK CASTING ALAN FILDERMAN

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER JOHN KEITH HALL* TECHNICAL DIRECTOR ROB SHEARIN Choir Boy is a professional production employing members of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC), and United Scenic Artists (USA).

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

Beginning January 7, 2015 in the Metheny Theatre.

Choir Boy is funded in part by the D. C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Studio Theatre is also grateful to the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation for its generous support of this production.

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HEADMASTER MARROW — MARTY AUSTIN LAMAR* PHARUS JONATHAN YOUNG — JELANI ALLADIN+ MR. PENDLETON — ALAN WADE* JUNIOR DAVIS — ERIC LOCKLEY* ANTHONY JUSTIN “AJ” JAMES — JAYSEN WRIGHT+ ROBERT “BOBBY” MARROW III — KEITH ANTONE+ DAVID HEARD — JONATHAN BURKE* Choir Boy will be presented without an intermission.

UNDERSTUDIES HEADMASTER BARRY MOTON+ PHARUS BRYAN ARCHIBALD+ MR. PENDLETON MICHAEL CROWLEY+ JUNIOR VAUGHN MIDDER+ BOBBY ANDERSON WELLS+ DAVID HENIAN BOONE+ *Members Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States +Equity Membership Candidate

NOTE A NOTE FROM THE DRAMATURG, LAUREN HALVORSEN Tarell Alvin McCraney writes at the intersection of culture and history.

His work is characterized by rich emotional landscapes and lyrical, character-driven language. In the three dramas that comprise his acclaimed triptych The Brother/Sister Plays, ancient West African myths inform contemporary stories of redemption, devastation, and discovery on the Louisiana bayou. His drama Head of Passes draws from the Book of Job to explore faith and family in the wake of a natural disaster.

Choir Boy is set at Charles R. Drew Prep, an elite boarding school committed to its 50-year tradition of preparing young black men for greatness. Pharus, a talented and ambitious student, is determined to secure his legacy as the lead of Drew’s legendary gospel choir—until a moment of public humiliation forces him to reconcile his desire to assert himself with his need to belong. The pressure of expectations— from family, institution, and community—unnerves not only Pharus but also the other young men in the choir, as they all struggle to navigate the twin minefields of adolescence and academia.

The friction between upholding tradition and speaking your truth is underscored by McCraney’s use of gospel music. Presented a cappella, stripped down to its purest form, the music emerges as a multilayered storytelling element. The songs unify the divergent, conflicted voices of the five choir members, re-appropriating traditional spirituals to examine whether the past can serve as a foundation for the boys’ futures instead of a limiting specter.

Choir Boy’s thematic tapestry is vast, interweaving questions of faith, sexuality, legacy, and race. The play’s epic scope emphasizes the complexity of identity, as the young men of Drew attempt to organize their seemingly discordant parts into a vibrant whole.

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Tarell Alvin McCraney is best known for his acclaimed trilogy, The Brother/Sister Plays: The Brothers Size, In the Red and Brown Water, and Marcus; Or the Secret of Sweet.

The plays have been performed at Studio Theatre, McCarter Theater in Princeton, The Public Theater in New York, Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, at a trio of theaters in the Bay Area: Marin Theatre Company, ACT, and Magic Theatre, as well as the Young Vic in London (Olivier Award nomination) and around the world. Other works include The Breach (Southern Rep, Seattle Rep), Wig Out! (Sundance Theatre Institute, Royal Court Theatre, and Vineyard Theatre - GLAAD Award for Outstanding Play), and American Trade (Royal Shakespeare Company/Hampstead Theatre). Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where he is an ensemble member, produced the world premiere of his commissioned play Head of Passes in the spring of 2013.

Mr. McCraney was the Royal Shakespeare Company’s International Playwright in Residence in 2009-2011, where he co-edited and directed the Young People’s Shakespeare production of Hamlet which toured throughout the UK and was presented at the Park Avenue Armory in New York. He is the recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship, Windham-Campbell Prize, Whiting Writers’ Award, and Steinberg Playwright Award, as well as London’s Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright, the inaugural New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award, and the inaugural Paula Vogel Playwriting Award.

He is a graduate from the New World School of the Arts High School, the Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, and the Yale School of Drama. He is a resident playwright at New Dramatists and a member of Teo Castellanos/D-Projects in Miami.

CAST MARTY AUSTIN LAMAR (Headmaster Marrow) appeared in Miss Ever’s Boys in New York. His regional credits include Ragtime at Portland Center Stage; Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Hairspray at Weathervane Theatre; Big River at Mill Mountain Theatre; La Traviata, Hamlet, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and Godspell at the University of Florida; and Dreamgirls and Five Guys Named Moe at Florida A&M University. Mr. Lamar also toured Greece with the University of Florida’s production of Lysistrata. His television work includes Law & Order: SVU. He received his undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University and his MFA from the University of Florida. He is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association.

JELANI ALLADIN (Pharus Jonathan Young) makes his Studio Theatre debut. His New York credits include Madame Infamy as a part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival and Macbeth at the Park Avenue Armory (Rob Ashford and Kenneth Branagh, dir.). Other roles include Phil D’Armano in The Wild Party, Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime, Mr. Franklin/Joop/Venus in Passing Strange, and the title role in Julius Caesar at NYU. Mr. Alladin is a recent graduate from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts’ New Studio on Broadway.

ALAN WADE (Mr. Pendleton) previously appeared at Studio Theatre as Michael in Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me and The Astronaut in Imagine Drowning. He appeared last summer as Gonzalo in The Tempest at Olney Theatre where he has appeared in and directed numerous productions over the last three decades. He has also appeared locally at Arena Stage, Metro Stage, Washington Stage Guild, Horizons Theatre, and the Potomac Theatre Project, and Off Broadway at Atlantic Theater Company. His film and television credits include The Pelican Brief, Major League II, Homicide, and A Man Called Hawk. A professor at The George Washington University for almost four decades, Mr. Wade now serves as Interim Director of the University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design.

ERIC LOCKLEY (Junior Davis) makes his Studio Theatre debut.

Recent stage credits include How We Got On at Cleveland Play House and the world premiere of Black Odyssey at Denver Center for the Performing Arts. Mr. Lockley has also written, performed, and produced his own solo shows, including Asking For More, a show that encourages diet and fitness education in urban communities, which he most recently performed at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Mr. Lockley

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is the recipient of a Theater Hall of Fame Award and an OBIE Award.

His work in film and television has been showcased on HBO, MTV, and BET. He can be seen in the upcoming short film Knockout Game. Mr. Lockley is a Baltimore native and graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

JAYSEN WRIGHT (Anthony Justin ‘AJ’ James) returns to Studio Theatre, having appeared in Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show at Studio 2ndStage. His other area credits include Take Me Out at 1st Stage; Pinkalicious and 12 Days of Christmas at Adventure Theatre—MTC; The Carolina Layaway Grail with The Welders; Measure for Measure, Wallenstein, and Coriolanus (David Muse, dir.) at Shakespeare Theatre Company; and Young Playwrights’ Theatre’s New Play Festival. Mr. Wright will appear in The Fire and the Rain at Constellation Theatre later this season. He is a recipient of Indiana University’s National Society of Arts and Letters’ Career Chapter Award. Mr. Wright holds an MFA in Acting from Indiana University and a BA in Theatre from Grinnell College.

KEITH ANTONE (Robert ‘Bobby’ Marrow III) makes his Studio Theatre debut. Mr. Antone was last seen Off Broadway in For Vixens Who’ve Considered Homicide…. His regional credits include Passing Strange with Counter Productions and The Color Purple and Hair at White Plains Performing Arts Center. Mr. Antone has also toured nationally with Nickelodeon.

JONATHAN BURKE (David Heard) is pleased to make his Studio Theatre debut. A Baltimore native and graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts, Mr. Burke was most recently seen in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. His other national tours include Mary Poppins, A Christmas Story: The Musical, and Cats. Mr. Burke was seen Off Broadway in the world premiere of Langston in Harlem as well as in Jazz A La Carte at the Apollo Theatre with Savion Glover. Regionally, his work includes Amazing Grace at Goodspeed Opera House, Hairspray at Merry-Go-Round Playhouse, Rent at the Hangar Theatre, Goddess at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Dreamgirls at Portland Center Stage, and The Wiz at Center Stage. He has been seen on television in the TV Land Awards, on video in The Broadway Warm-Up and in commercials for Daffy’s Dance and Joe’s Crab Shack. Mr. Burke holds a BFA from Ithaca College.

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CHARLES R. DREW PREP SCHOOL, the fictional academy at the center of Choir Boy, is an all-male, historically black boarding school.

These types of institutions are a contemporary rarity: after reaching peak popularity in the 1960s, the desegregation of public schools renewed an interest in public education, and the Association of Historically African-American Boarding Schools is currently comprised of only four remaining schools.

Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney’s depiction of this environment doesn’t stem from personal experience, but it serves as a compelling setting for his latest investigation: “The question on everybody’s lips, what has become of the black male experience in America…Over the past three or four years, most of my work is trying to question that, what that is,” he explains. “The ideal would be to have a school that specifically caters to that, to make men for tomorrow…What would that mean? Putting black men together in that space and trying to find themselves and that individual voice and give them, what’s the word... to put them in touch with what we historically want them to express for us, it’s an extraordinary feat. Not only do you have to be yourself, to figure out what you want, but you have to look out for the benefit of the community and how you are going to serve them.”

ARTISTS KENT GASH (Director) is the founding director of the NYU Tisch New Studio on Broadway, where he has directed The American Clock and The Wild Party, among others. Mr. Gash is co-author and director of the musical Langston in Harlem, recipient of four Audelco Awards including Best Musical. New York productions include BrokeOlogy at the Juilliard School, the Off Broadway premiere of Miss Ever’s Boys for the Melting Pot Theatre Co., the world premiere musical Call the Children Home for Primary Stages, the York Theatre concert presentation of Duke Ellington’s Beggar’s Holiday, and Samm-Art William’s Home. His regional credits include The Comedy of Errors at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Choir Boy and Seven Guitars for Marin Theatre Company; Pacific Overtures in a co-production with Cincinnati Playhouse, North Shore Music Theatre, and Alliance Theatre; Love Jerry (world premiere) at Actors Express; Mahalia at the Cleveland Play House; Gee’s Bend and Pure Confidence for the Denver Center Theatre Company; The Brothers Size for the McCarter Theater; Wig Out! at Sundance Theatre Institute; Richard Wright’s Native Son (also adapted; world premiere) at the Intiman Theatre; Private Lives and Coriolanus at Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Harriet’s Return at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Geffen Playhouse, and The Kennedy Center; and Ain’t Misbehavin’ for Arizona Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, San Jose Rep, Trinity Rep, Hartford Stage Company, North Shore Music Theatre, and Maltz-Jupiter Theatre. As the former Associate Artistic Director of Alliance Theatre (2001-2009), Mr. Gash directed and choreographed 26 Miles (world premiere); Radio Golf; Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue; the country’s first African-American production of God of Carnage; and the world premiere of The C .A. Lyons Project (upcoming), among many others. As the Associate Artistic Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival (1999-2001), Mr. Gash directed and choreographed The Negro of Peter the Great (world premiere), Guys and Dolls, and Twelfth Night, among others. Mr. Gash holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon and an MFA from UCLA. DARIUS SMITH (Music Director/Vocal Arranger) is pleased to return to Studio Theatre, where he served as music director on Carrie the Musical. His New York theatre credits include Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds Off Broadway and his original song cycle Songs in the Key of Chocolate at 54 Below. His local work as a music director includes productions of Disney’s The Little Mermaid and Once on This Island at Olney Theatre Center, Dreamgirls at Signature Theatre as Associate Music Director, and Glimpses of the Moon at MetroStage, among others. As a composer/lyricist, he has provided music and lyrics for The Snowy Day at Adventure Theatre MTC (Helen Hayes Award nomination, Outstanding TYA Production) and U.G.L.Y. at The Kennedy Center. His upcoming projects include Petit Rouge at Adventure Theatre MTC and Soon at Signature Theatre.

JASON SHERWOOD (Set Designer) recently designed the world premiere of The Mysteries at the Flea Theater (Drama Desk Award, The New York Times Critics’ Pick).

Other recent designs include the world premiere of The Circus in Winter at Goodspeed Musicals; the world premiere of Ndebele Funeral at 59E59; The Whipping Man at Alliance Theatre (2013 Suzi Bass Award nomination); SeaWife at New York Stage and Film Powerhouse with Naked Angels; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Parade, and In The Next Room with the Yale Dramatic Association; the world premiere of Ten Mile Lake at

Serenbe Playhouse; As You Like It at the Two River Theater; and runway shows for NY Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Upcoming projects include the world premiere of The C.A. Lyons Project at Alliance Theatre, American Pastime at Bucks County Playhouse, 4000 Miles at Aurora Theatre, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Two River Theater, and the world premiere of Kind Souls Off Broadway. Mr. Sherwood is the 2013 LiveDesign Magazine “Young Designer to Watch” and a 2013 USITT Rising Designer Award Finalist. He holds a BFA from NYU. DAWN CHIANG (Lighting Designer) has designed the lighting at numerous regional theaters including Arena Stage, Denver Center Theatre Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Arizona Theatre Company, Alliance Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Guthrie Theater, and Syracuse Stage. On Broadway, Ms. Chiang designed the lighting for Zoot Suit, was co-designer for Tango Pasion, and associate lighting designer for Show Boat, The Life, and the original production of La Cage aux Folles. Off Broadway, she has designed for the Roundabout Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, and co-designed the first two seasons of the Encores! concert musical series at City Center.

Ms. Chiang was resident lighting designer for New York City Opera, where her designs included A Little Night Music and Fanciulla del West. Her awards include two DramaLogue Awards and nominations for an American Theatre Wing/Maharam Design Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics’Award, and San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics’ Award.

KATHLEEN GELDARD (Costume Designer) designed Tribes, Invisible Man, and Sucker Punch for Studio Theatre and Frozen, Autobahn, Terrorism, and A Clockwork Orange for Studio 2ndStage. She is an artistic associate of Signature Theatre, where her work includes The Last Five Years, Shakespeare’s R & J, Brother Russia, Sunset Boulevard, Chess, Sweeney Todd, Les Misérables, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, and the world premieres of Really Really, The Boy Detective Fails, The Hollow, Walter Cronkite is Dead, and Sycamore Trees. She has also designed locally for the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, Imagination Stage, Adventure Theatre MTC, Folger Theatre, Theater J, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Olney Theatre, Rep Stage, and Everyman Theatre, among others. Regionally, her work has been seen at La Jolla Playhouse, Huntington Theatre Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and Center Stage in Baltimore. She has been nominated for the Bay Area Critics Circle, an IRNE award, and a Helen Hayes Award for her work.

KENNY NEAL (Sound Designer) has designed local productions including Bat Boy: The Musical at 1st Stage, Cancun at GALA Hispanic Theatre, Caesar & DADA at WSC Avant Bard, Cherry Smoke at Round House, and The Constellation at Active Cultures.

His local design for theatre for young audiences includes Pinkalicious, Miss Nelson is Missing, Big Nate: The Musical, A Little House Christmas, The Snowy Day at Adventure Theatre MTC and Fábulas Mayas at GALA Hispanic Theatre. His educational theatre work includes Bessie & Bill: Black Wings in Flight at Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater and Anne & Emmett with Signature in the Schools. His student productions include Inherit the Wind at American University and Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo at Bowie State University. A graduate of the music program at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, Mr. Neal is a company member at Young Playwrights’ Theater and works as an educational media producer at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

LAUREN HALVORSEN (Dramaturg) is Studio Theatre’s Associate Literary Director.

For Studio and Studio 2ndStage, she has dramaturged The Wolfe Twins, Belleville, Water by the Spoonful, Tribes, The Real Thing, The Motherfucker with the Hat, The Aliens, Bachelorette, The Big Meal, and Time Stands Still. Previously, she spent three seasons as

Literary Manager of the Alley Theatre and has worked in various artistic capacities for the WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory, City Theatre Company, O’Neill Playwrights Conference, First Person Arts Festival, and The Wilma Theater. Ms. Halvorsen is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College.

ALAN FILDERMAN (Casting) joins Studio for the first time. His work on Broadway includes 33 Variations, Grey Gardens, Marie Christine, Master Class, Once On This Island.

Off Broadway work includes Langston In Harlem, Boys In The Band (2010), Dessa Rose, Here Lies Jenny, Listen To My Heart, A New Brain, A Beautiful Thing, Three Tall Women, From The Mississippi Delta, Song Of Singapore, and The Sum Of Us. His regional work includes more than twenty years with The Berkshire Theatre Group, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, TheatreWorks Palo Alto and The Weston Playhouse. He has cast the films Broadway Damage and Anastasia.

JOHN KEITH HALL (Production Stage Manager) has stage managed productions on the East Coast from New Hampshire to Florida. He spent several years as Resident Stage Manager at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, VA, where he supervised more than 40 productions. Mr. Hall is the Resident Stage Manager at Studio Theatre, where he has stage managed Bad Jews, Belleville, Cock, Water by the Spoonful, Tribes, The Apple Family Plays, Torch Song Trilogy, The Real Thing, 4000 Miles, The Motherfucker with the Hat, The Aliens, Invisible Man, Bachelorette, Sucker Punch, The Golden Dragon, The Habit of Art, The History Boys, Adding Machine: A Musical, and The Road to Mecca, among others. A graduate of Virginia’s Longwood University, Mr. Hall is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

NATHAN NORCROSS (Assistant Director) is Studio Theatre’s Artistic Apprentice.

As a director, Mr. Norcross’ early professional career has spanned a variety of genres and forms—from large-scale musicals to intimate chamber pieces, from developing new plays with living playwrights to developing his own adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Mr. Norcross has worked alongside a number of directors he now counts as valuable mentors, including Mark Lamos, Nicky Martin, Gary Griffin, Bob Moss, and Eric Rosen. He assisted Phylicia Rashad in directing a production of A Raisin in the Sun at the Westport Country Playhouse. Mr. Norcross is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where he earned a BFA in Acting, as well as Florida State University where he recently completed an MFA in Directing.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Studio Theatre thanks the National Endowment for the Arts, John Horman, and Toni Ritzenberg for their support of Choir Boy. Studio Theatre would like to thank Nick Arancibia, Xena Petkanas, and TSA Scenic for their work on this production.

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Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members.

Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and stage managers employed in this production.

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CHOIR BOY STAFF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR NATHAN NORCROSS ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER JEN GRUNFELD+ PRODUCTION ASSISTANT CHRISTINE RUTHENBERG-MARSHALL LIGHT BOARD OPERATOR ERIC MCMORRIS SOUND BOARD OPERATOR CHRISTAL JEREZ For additional members of the production staff, please see the full staff listing.

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LEADERSHIP DAVID MUSE (ARTISTIC DIRECTOR) is in his fifth season as Artistic Director of Studio Theatre. For Studio and 2ndStage, he has directed Belleville, Cock, Tribes, The Real Thing, An Iliad, Dirt, Bachelorette, The Habit of Art, Venus in Fur, Circle Mirror Transformation, reasons to be pretty, Blackbird, Frozen, and The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow.

Previously, he was Associate Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, where he directed seven productions, including Henry V, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, and Coriolanus. Other directing projects include Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune at Arena Stage, The Bluest Eye at Theatre Alliance, and Swansong for New York Summer Play Festival. He has helped to develop new work at numerous theaters, including New York Theatre Workshop, Geva Theatre Center, Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, and The Kennedy Center.

Mr. Muse has taught acting and directing at Georgetown, Yale, and the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy of Classical Acting. A five-time Helen Hayes Award nominee for Outstanding Direction, he is a recipient of the DC Mayor’s Arts Award for Outstanding Emerging Artist and the National Theatre Conference Emerging Artist Award.

Mr. Muse is a graduate of Yale University and the Yale School of Drama.

MERIDITH BURKUS (MANAGING DIRECTOR) joined Studio Theatre in May 2014 as its Director of Strategic Initiatives. She brings ten years of arts management experience to the position—encompassing theater, music, film, and public media. Most recently, Ms. Burkus held the position of Director of External Relations at StoryCorps, the Peabody Award-winning radio program and national oral history project, working to optimize StoryCorps’ impact on a national scale.

Under her leadership, StoryCorps increased its operating budget by 25% and launched several new initiatives and recording locations across the country. She previously held positions in marketing, public relations, and development with several New York City organizations, including five seasons at The Public Theater as Director of Individual Giving. At the Public, she significantly increased annual contributions to various programs and initiatives such as Shakespeare in the Park, Public Lab, Joe’s Pub, and the Under the Radar Festival, in addition to being a key player in the successful completion of the recent $40 million capital campaign to renovate The Public’s historic home on Lafayette Street.

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WE ANCHOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD Studio has grown up in DC’s historic 14th Street Corridor and is the cultural hub of our energetic and revitalized neighborhood.

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WE CHALLENGE OURSELVES With an ambitious season of five subscription shows, the world premiere of The Wolfe Twins in the Studio Lab, late-night performances of Murder Ballad, and the work of emerging artists in 2ndStage, our programming is the most wide-ranging in the city. Additionally, our acclaimed Acting Conservatory trains more than 750 students in its 68 classes every year.

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Without the generosity of our dedicated supporters, Studio Theatre could not continue bringing the best of contemporary theatre to our nation’s capital.

TRUSTEE’S CIRCLE

($100,000+) Andrew C. Mayer Charitable Trust

PRODUCER’S CIRCLE

($25,000- $99,999) Anonymous Abramson Family Foundation Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Beech Street Foundation Susan L. and Dixon M. Butler The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber Henry H. and Carol Brown Goldberg David and Jean Heilman Grier The JBG Companies Albert Lauber and Craig Hoffman Stanley and Rosemary Marcuss Joan and David Maxwell National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program and the US Commission of Fine Arts National Endowment for the Arts PEPCO Shirley Susan Platt Trust Gerald and Laura Rosberg Share Fund The Shubert Foundation Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Marvin F. Weissberg

DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($10,000-$24,999) Anonymous, in honor of Florence and Sam The Adler Family Fund Carolyn Alper Peter A. Bieger Bloomberg L.P. The British Council Bruce Cohen

The Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts CrossCurrents Foundation Sheryl and Rick Donaldson Graham Holdings Company John and Meg Hauge Stephen and Judy Hopkins Lynne and Joseph Horning Carolyn and Warren Kaplan Helen and David Kenney Peter B. Kovler and Judy Lansing The Lewis & Butler Foundation The Mandy & David Team, Coldwell Banker Dupont Virginia A. McArthur Nancy and Herbert Milstein A. Fenner Milton Toni Ritzenberg Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation Daniel and Teresa Schwartz Jon and NoraLee Sedmak Victor Shargai and Craig Pascal Tycko & Zavareei, LLP George Wasserman Family Foundation J. Watkins and Brad Frey Weissberg Foundation Nina Zolt and Miles Gilburne

Charmaine and Albert Horvath Leonade D. Jones Patricia and John Koskinen George Preston Marshall Foundation Ann K. Morales Larry and Joan Naake James Nozar and Adam Unger Jonathan and Madeleine Pitt Lutz Alexander Prager Prince Charitable Trusts Frederick Prince Lola C. Reinsch Steve and Linda Skalet Sotheby’s International Realty Jerry and Patti Sowalsky Statistics Collaborative Stonesifer/Kinsley Family Fund Hattie M. Strong Foundation Robert Tracy and Martha Gross Jonathan and Joan Tycko Tom and Cathie Woteki Alan and Irene Wurtzel Judy and Leo Zickler

SUSTAINERS

($2,500-$4,999) Drs. Stewart Aledort and Sheila Rogovin BB&T Bank SPONSORS Bernard Myers Fund for the ($5,000- $9,999) Performing Arts Anonymous (4) J. Frank Bernheisel The Alford Foundation Jim and Leanne Boland Don and Nancy Bliss Sue and Joe Bredekamp Robert A. and Irene Harriet Capital Bank Blum Frederick and Theresa Boyle Capital One, N.A. Dr. Morris J. Chalick Liz and Tim Cullen Nancy Chasen and Don Jon Danforth and Carol Spero Arthur Susan Clampitt and Jeremy Lizbeth J. Dobbins Waletzky Richard and Lois England Miriam Cutler and Paul The Max and Victoria Salditt Dreyfus Foundation, Inc. Margery Doppelt and Larry Betty and Wes Foster Rothman Family Foundation Mona and Mark Elliot Hope and Mark Foster Michal Fishman and David Dr. and Mrs. William V. Sheon Garner Burton Gerber Susan Gordon The Aaron and Cecile E.C. Michael Higgins Goldman Family John Horman Foundation

Andrea Hatfield and Buck O’Leary F. Lynn Holec Mark and Carol Hyman Fund IBM J.P. Morgan Private Bank – Law Firm Group Anthony and Karen Kamerick Christine and Gene Kilby Bette O. Kramer Donor Advised Fund of Richmond Jewish Foundation Jane Lang and Paul Sprenger Stephen M. Lans Susan Lee and Stephen Saltzburg The Jacob & Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Faith and John Lewis B. Thomas Mansbach McArthur Franklin PLLC Wallis E. McClain Cyrus Mehri Cantwell Muckenfuss III and Angela Lancaster Carl and Undine Nash Melanie and Larry Nussdorf Kate Perry and George Dellinger Sandy Read and Hugh Hill Rogers & Company PLLC Steve and Ilene Rosenthal Drs. Irene Roth and Vicken Poochikian Richard Seaton and John Berger Linda and Stanley Sher David and Peggy Shiffrin Patricia Smith Martha Washington StrausHarry H. Straus Foundation TD Ameritrade The Touma Foundation TrueTheatreGoer, LLC Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander Daniel Twomey George and Trish Vradenburg Nina Weissberg and Stuart Martin Westport Foundation - Gail and John Harmon Margot and Paul Zimmerman

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PARTNERS

($1,500- $2,499) Anonymous Jeffrey Bauman and Linda Fienberg Jim and Mary Bellor Amy F. Berger and Glen Nager Carl and Rise Cole Ann Crittenden Cultural Development Corporation Dimick Foundation Lois and Alan Fern Warren Gump Frona Hall Karen Kaub Mark Lewellyn Anthony Francis LucasSpindletop Foundation Hardee Mahoney and Juan S. Vegega Karen and Daniel Mayers Lynn Parseghian and Nathaniel E. Cohen Carol Rabenhorst Bob and Nina Randolph Anne & Henry S. Reich Family Foundation Peter S. Reichertz Joan Searby Target Corporation Bill and Dana Tompkins Susan P. Willens

BENEFACTORS

($1,000-$1,499) Anonymous John and Judy Aldock Patricia Alper Cohn and David Cohn Cindy and Mark Aron Bank of Georgetown Leonard and Joy Baxt Joseph and Patricia Berl Bruce and Deborah Berman Jere and Bonnie BrohKahn Arlene Brown and Eugene Bialek Nancy L. Buc John Chester and Betty Shepard Louis and Bonnie Cohen Karen Cooper Neil and Trish Cullen

Carole Feld and David C. Levy George M. Ferris Charles and Lisa Claudy Fleischman Family Fund Michael Gross and Nancy Deck Robert and Barbara Hall Kenneth G. Hance, Jr. and Kamer Davis Joe Higdon and Ellen Sudow Linda Lurie Hirsch William Hopkins and Richard Anderson Paula and Edward Hughes Martin and Bonnie Hurwitz China Jessup Arlene and Martin Klepper Lauren Kogod Leslie Kogod Stuart Kogod Barry Kropf Peter Kunstadter Lichtenberg Family Foundation Edward Lis Mrs. Julianna Mahley Barbara and Al McConagha Mary M. Miller and Dennis Farley The Mufson Family Foundation Bill Murphy and Barbara Washburn Philip I. Myers Annette Polan Ane Powers Steven M. Rosenberg and Stewart C. Low III Deborah and Stafford Smiley Virginia and Robert Stern Betsy Stewart Mr. Ira J. and Mrs. Marcia L. Wagner Christine Weiner and Richard Paisner Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. – The Desoto Store Bernard and Ellen Young

PATRONS

($500- $999) Anonymous (3) Dianne and Ernest Abruzzo James Alefantis Jo Allen

Anita Antenucci Judy Areen and Richard Cooper Brian Argrett Albert Barclay Jr. and Agatha Barclay Jason and Nichole Bassingthwaite Harriet and Bruce Blum Amy Bogdon and Robert Kornfeld Anna Borg Robert and Lucy Bremner Jean-Daniel Chablais Trudy Clark Steven desJardins Joy Dunkerley Gordana and Samuel Earp Nancy G. Fax Julie Feinsilver Jane and Nate Fishkin Nancy Folger Betty F. Foster Gabrielle Gallegos Chris Gattuso and Paul Alagero Jinny and Michael Goldstein Donna Greenfield and Burkey Belser John Guffey Mr. Thomas Hart Havit Advertising Shawn C. Helm and J. Thomas Marchitto Donald E. Hesse and Jerrilyn Andrews Bret Hewitt and Deborah Pinkerton Philippa Hughes Sabina Javits Michael and Lauren Jezienicki Tom Johnson and Susan Nelson Alice and David Joseph Thomas Joseph Daniel P. Kaplan and Kay L. Richman Norton N. and Laine R. Katz John Keator and Virginia Sullivan Rebecca Klemm Kathleen Kunzer and Paul Rosenzweig Carlyle Lash Elaine Maslamani

Winton E. Matthews Cathy and Scot McCulloch Kathy and Jack McMackin Sheila E. Manes and Grant Mitchell Wayne and Robin Mosle Rita Mullin Genevieve L. Murphy Chris Niemczewski and Elise Hoffman Dr. Frederick Ognibene Nancy Olson Marsha Pearcy and Kim Sperduto Dale and Susan Pelletier Michael and Penelope Pollard Bill and Carol Press Larry Rampy Margo Reid and Greg Simon Julie F. Rios Sylvia Ripley and Christopher Addison Lynn Rothberg Steven Salky and Gail Ifshin Frank Sammartino and Ellen Starbird Linda B. Schakel The Honorable Carol Schwartz Richard Tucker Scully and Lee A. Kimball Janet W. Solinger and Jacob K. Goldhaber Mark A. Srere and Jayne A. Jerkins Ed Starr and Marilyn Marcosson Mary Ann Stein Frank and Hillary Stiff Barbara Stout SunTrust Bank, Inc. Martha Taft and Fred Weiss Al and Nadia Taran Charles and Cecile Toner James Turner Kazuko Uchimura Elisse Walter John and Sue Whitelaw Rosa Wiener Linda Winslow Robert I. Wise Paul Wolfson Bruce and Margareta Yarwood Colin Young

S A V E T H E D AT E F O R

SPONSORS Chaplin Susan L. and Dixon M. Butler John and Meg Hauge Gerald and Laura Rosberg Crawford Frances Lewis Virginia McArthur and Michael Higgins Daniel and Teresa Schwartz Keaton Carolyn Alper J. Frank Bernheisel

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Sue and Joe Bredekamp Liz and Tim Cullen Lizbeth J. Dobbins Mark and Hope Foster Burton Gerber

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Christine and Gene Kilby Jane Lang and Paul Sprenger Stephen and Maria Lans B. Thomas Mansbach Dr. Sandra Read and Dr. Hugh F. Hill Lola Reinsch Toni Ritzenberg Steve and Ilene Rosenthal Steve and Linda Skalet Patricia Smith The Touma Foundation, Inc. Robert Tracy and Martha Gross George and Trish Vradenburg In-Kind Supporters Design Army

F. Lynn Holec Anthony and Karen Kamerick

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MEMBERS

($250-$499) Judith Andrews Agard Paul and Catherine Armington Dorothy C. Barthelmes and Robert M. Henry June Bashkin Nan Beckley Joseph and Ruth Bell James Bellor and Christopher Wolf Lionel and Jodie Bernstein Robin Berrington Rick and Burma Bochner Donald and Carol Borut Nina and Tony Borwick Grace and Larry Bouton Catherine Braun Sophy Burnham Graeme W. Bush Esq. and Wendy Rudolph Mady Chalk Cecilia Chandler Wallace W. Chandler John and Linda Cogdill Will Cooke Mary Davidson Linda and John Donovan Kenneth B. Dreyfuss Peggy M. Dugan Michael and Mary Durr Tom and Donna Edgar Luc and Caroline Everaert Elizabeth Fairchild Katharine Fairhurst Ellen Farrell and Brian Butters John J. Fearnsides Marc and Anne Feinberg Suzanne and Ted Fields Warren Anthony Fitch and Leslie Meek Wileman Dr. Allan Friedman Paul Gamble Carl Gerber William B. Glidden Amnon and Sue Golan Goldmuntz Family Fund Joseph H. and Merna C. Guttentag Jack Hairston Jr. Leda Hall Naomi and Jack Heller Margaret Hennessey Anita G. Herrick George Higgins Eric Hirschhorn and Leah Wortham Donald Hooker Edward and Victoria Jaycox Andrew Joskow and Lisa Sockett Barbara Kanninen Robert and Jean Kapp Paul and Masako Kaufman Gail Kaufmann Jelena Kecmanovic Robert L. Kimmins

Norman and Selma Kunitz Rod Lawrence Robert Lees Darrell Lemke and Maryellen Trautman Frances Li and Carl Schaefer James F. and Mary B. Lischer Dr. Richard Little Thomas and Joan Malarkey Claudia Malloy and Chris Kleponis Captain Lory Manning W. A. McGrath Jeffrey Mendell and Eddie Adkins Lisa Mezzetti Bryan Moll Jane Molloy Tom Morgan and Ken Youngert Eric Motley Dr. Christopher Nekarda Elizabeth and John Newhouse Louisa Newlin Daniel and Carol O’Laughlin Karl Olsson Owens-Illinois Norval Peabody Joseph M. Perta Lewis R. Podolske James R. Posner Alfred Raider Roz Rakoff Dr. and Mrs. Alan Ramsey Dennis W. Renner and Michael T. Krone Massimo and Marilou Righini Sara Rosenbaum Robert D. and JoAnn Royer Terry Savela John V. Schappi Richard Schwab Marty and Carol Segal Leonard and Elayne Shapiro Richard and Phyllis Sharlin Ian Shuman Joan and Ronald Silberman Richard and Athena Spear Eleanor Spoor Ms. Cecile Srodes Thomas M. Susman and Susan Braden Bruce Tanzer Jeff Toretsky Cori Uccello Sarah Valente Drs. Stephan and Ann Werner Carolyn Wheeler Jeffrey Wilder Michael Williams Hal Wolken Julie and David Zalkind

MATCHING GIFTS American Express Companies The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation Freddie Mac Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation IBM Matching Grants Program Qualcomm IN-KIND Ace Beverage Amtrak Aram Designs B Too BakeHouse Barcelona Restaurant and Wine Bar Birch & Barley BodySmith Gym + Studio Calvert Woodley Fine Wines & Spirits CHURCHKEY Cleveland Park Liquors & Fine Wines The Coca-Cola Company Colonial Parking Stuart and Sylvia Danovitch Dolcezza Drafting Table EatWell DC Four Seasons Hotel Washington DC Shannon Grahek Beam Global Spirits & Wine Inc. Stephen L. Kolb Arthur and Barbara Levine Maggiano’s Little Italy, Chevy Chase Marvin Restaurant McWilliams Ballard Residential Brokerage Mehri & Skalet Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams New Columbia Distillers Policy Restaurant and Lounge Shugoll Research Unipark Valet Services Whole Foods Market P Street YMCA National Capital Zentan ZipCar *In Memoriam

This list represents contributions received through December 17, 2014. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this listing. For more information, please contact the Development Office at 202.232.7267

STUDIO STAFF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DAVID MUSE

MANAGING DIRECTOR MERIDITH BURKUS

Literary Director: Adrien-Alice Hansel Associate Literary Director: Lauren Halvorsen

Manager of Major Gifts: Zack Lynch Development Officer: Stephanie Richards Development Associate, Individuals and Events: Kelsey Beaumont Development Apprentice: Laura Cohen

Artistic Apprentice: Nathan Norcross Commissioned Writers: Vivienne Franzmann, Clare Lizzimore, Stew and Heidi Rodewald Director of Design: Debra Booth PRODUCING DIRECTOR SERGE SEIDEN Associate Production Manager: Lorna Mulvaney Production Associate: Jacob Janssen Company Manager/Production Apprentice: Victoria Vasquez Resident Stage Manager: John Keith Hall Stage Management Apprentice: Jen Grunfeld Technical Director: Robert Shearin Assistant Technical Director/Master Carpenter: Jen Worster Carpenter: Marty Thoman Scenic Artist: Erich Starke Carpentry/Scene Shop Apprentice: Bianca Hamp Properties Director: Deborah Thomas Costume Shop Manager: Brandee Mathies Master Electrician/Sound Technician: Adrian Rooney Electrics Apprentice: Eric McMorris Sound/Projections Apprentice: Christal Jerez Director of Education: Roma Rogers Education Manager: Madeleine Burke Pitt Associate Education Manager: Anderson Wells Education/Conservatory Apprentice: Kaitlyn McElrath Instructors: Joy Zinoman (Director of Curriculum and Teacher Training), Meade Andrews, Carol Arthur, Nancy Bannon, Diana Bradley, Zach Campion, Kate Davis, Elena Day, Kate Debelack, Denise Diggs, Catherine Eliot, George Fulginiti-Shakar, Julie Garner, Charlotte Graham, Robb Hunter, Nancy Paris, Madeleine Burke Pitt, Roma Rogers, Serge Seiden, Colette Yglesias Silver, Matthew Vaky

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS BETH HAUPTLE Publicist and Publications Manager: Liz O’Meara-Goldberg Marketing Manager: Scott Sanger Digital Marketing Manager: Rachael Wilkinson Communications Apprentice: Dorothy Trigg Graphic Design Apprentice: Cheyenne Michaels Photographer: Teddy Wolff, Igor Dmitry Director of Ticket Sales and Audience Services: Benjamin DuGoff Box Office Manager: Stephen Notes Subscriptions Manager: Adria Gunter Associate Box Office Manager: Amy Horan Audience Services Manager: Lynn Coughlin House Manager: Robert Montenegro House Manager Swings: Ric Birch, Matt Dewberry, Jon Harvey Assistant House Managers: Amie Cazel, Juliette Ebert, Rachel Garmon, Elizabeth Greenstein, Corinne Hayes, Orion Jones, Marley Kabin, Emily Kester, Jeff Kirkman III, Briana Manente, Anna Treichler, Jon White, Kara Sparling, Quill Nebeker Business Manager: Terence McCann Assistant Business Manager: Eric Colton Business Apprentice: Julia Corrigan Information Technology Director: Nick Torres Facilities Manager: Kieran Kelly Administrative and Events and Rentals Coordinator: Nikki Grizzle Executive Assistant: Mary Grace Short Administrative Assistant: Tobias Franzen

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