21-22 Annual Report

2021-2022 ANNUAL REPORT

FROM LEADERSHIP

FROM BOARD CHAIR

FRIENDS,

DEAR STUDIO SUPPORTERS,

Studio’s 43rd season, captured in this report, was both incredibly taxing and uncommonly gratifying.

When measured by number of productions, it was our smallest season since the early 1980s.

Surprising as it sounds given its size, it was also one of the most challenging to produce.

This year presented its share of challenges. But thanks to amazing staff, our community of artists, our Board, and the commitment of our supporters, we were able to reopen for in-person performances for the first time since 2020 and to complete our transformative Open Studio renovation!

The sources of that difficulty are numerous and familiar-sounding: COVID cases that yanked cast and crew members at a moment’s notice, supply chain disruptions for production materials, a smaller staff, labor market challenges, hybrid work environment challenges, audience hesitancy to return, vanishing predictability, and all of the ways that routine things became difficult. It was a year during which the formerly unthinkable began to feel almost routine—we canceled ten performances because of COVID positives and production delays, and postponed one production to fall 2022.

And yet, it was in many ways a season to remember. We reopened our renovated building, welcoming audiences back to reconfigured public spaces and the glorious new Victor Shargai Theatre. We produced a play in that theatre, learning daily about its possibilities and its quirks.

Our season included perhaps the most outside-the-box theatrical experience in Studio’s history, one of the most indelible world premieres we’ve ever produced, and two resonant plays about the contemporary Black experience, one as confrontational as the other was heart-warming. We were buoyed by the steadfastness of our supporters. We began to practice changes designed to make Studio a more welcoming, more anti-racist place. And every day, we got to work with theatre professionals who were reconnecting with their passion after an unwelcome hiatus.

The biggest surprise of the pandemic is how long it has lasted. The biggest lesson of this season is how long our reemergence and recovery from it will take. But we’re lucky to be able to rebuild alongside our audiences and our staff, in our city, and with the help of the remarkable artists who pass through this place. For whatever role you played in helping us return, albeit haltingly, to the stage: our everlasting thanks.

Returning to in-person productions, we prioritized safety for staff, artists, and audiences. Our rigorous health protocols were responsive to the evolving situations of the pandemic; when necessary, we had to cancel some performances and pivot to streaming. Through generous federal and D.C. government relief funds, however, Studio was able to navigate these hurdles and return to the work that is the core of our mission: producing live theatre that brings us together in thoughtful dialogue.

Open Studio was over five years in the making. This season, we were thrilled to welcome you back to a dynamic new building with vibrant exterior signage, a more accessible box office, brand-new HVAC systems, expanded public space, and a new gender-neutral restroom. A dedicated rehearsal space supports the art, and a state-of-the-art flexible theatre space—our new Victor Shargai Theatre—enables expansive multi-level sets, such as the one for this season’s The Hot Wing King, the space’s inaugural production.

We have also continued our work to make Studio a more equitable and inclusive organization at all levels. At the Board level specifically, we have eliminated a minimum Board gift, prioritized Board diversification, and instituted anti-racism and allyship workshops for the Board.

I want to thank both our longtime and new supporters who stood with Studio while our stages were dark and who helped to make our reopening possible. You believed in the power of Studio to come back with a renewed vigor and in the importance of our work to foster dialogue and connection.

THANK YOU!

Yours,

Amy Weinberg

Artistic Director

Executive Director

Board of Trustees, Chair

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Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg

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David Muse

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“Flight soars by tackling big issues with miniature models.”

—WASHINGTON POST

JANUARY 14, 2022 – FEBRUARY 20, 2022 In January 2022, Studio produced our first in-person play in 22 months— on a revolving stage—with White Noise, Suzan-Lori Parks’s very funny drama and Reginald L. Douglas’s final production as Associate Artistic Director before taking over Mosaic Theatre Company as its new Artistic Director.

In White Noise, American history casts a long shadow over the friendship of four thirtysomethings: artist Leo, lawyer Dawn, livestreamer Misha, and adjunct professor Ralph. When Leo has an altercation with the police, and fears becoming another Black man whose name is only known because of his death, he makes a proposition that forces all four friends to confront the history living under their own lives, as well as the ways they’re not fully truthful with each other or themselves.

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Flight, the first show of the season, was an intimate experience for COVID times.

Audience members experienced the show wearing headphones at an individual booth where they viewed the story of unaccompanied children Aryan and Kabir, brothers who are attempting to travel from Kabul to London. While listening to the dialogue, audiences watched the scenes play out on a rotating carousel—dioramas that capture the brothers’ harrowing journey and stubborn hope in intricate detail and an invitation to bear witness to the personal stories of two of the 300,000 displaced children who make unaccompanied journeys every year.

BY SUZAN-LORI PARKS DIRECTED BY REGINALD L. DOUGLAS

Katie Kleiger and RJ Brown in White Noise.

Photo by Margot Shulman.

DECEMBER 16, 2021 – MARCH 6, 2022

—DC METRO THEATRE ARTS

One diorama scene in Flight.

Photo by Beth Chalmers.

BY VOX MOTUS BASED ON THE NOVEL HINTERLAND

BY CAROLINE BROTHERS ADAPTED BY OLIVER EMANUEL DIRECTED BY CANDICE EDMUNDS AND JAMIE HARRISON

“Stunning...a shock to the system and necessary to be seen.”

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“A knockout...John Proctor is... pushing for a 4.0 GPA.”

JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN RE WORLD PREMIE

Photo: Dave Register and Miranda Rizzolo in John Proctor is the Villain. Photo by Margot Schulman.

—WASHINGTON POST Bjorn DuPaty, Brian Marable, and Blake Morris in The Hot Wing King. Photo by Jati Lindsay.

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ULITZER PR WINNER, 2M0A21 P FOR DRA

BY KATORI HALL DIRECTED BY STEVE H. BROADNAX III

BY KIMBERLY BELFLOWER DIRECTED BY MARTI LYONS

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APRIL 27, 2022 – JUNE 16, 2022

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COVID delayed Studio’s world premiere of Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor is the Villain by a year and a half, but Belflower’s look at the ways #MeToo revelations hit the teens of a small Georgian town was both timely and thrilling—and received a passionate audience response. The play, which features a cast of nine, follows high schoolers who are studying The Crucible during a tumultuous spring semester: one student’s father is accused of sexual misconduct, another returns to school after leaving suddenly three months earlier; and a third tries to start a feminism club to try to make sense of the 2018 news. As the teens find new language for their past experiences, they begin to reinterpret canonical stories about honor and shame, desire, and power—fracturing some relationships and finding new allies. A new play from a major new voice, John Proctor is the Villain captures a generation in mid-transformation, running on pop music, optimism, and fury—writing their own coming of age story. It is a play we expect to see on many other stages, and a playwright we’ll surely be hearing more from, in the seasons to come.

The final play of the season was the crowd-pleasing Pulitzer Prize winner The Hot Wing King. Set the night before the Hot Wing Festival in Memphis, the play follows Cordell, who’s just left St. Louis—along with two sons in their 20s and his soon-to-beex-wife—to move in with his boyfriend Dwayne. Backed by his best friends, Cordell has a feeling that this is his year. But then a family emergency brings Dwayne’s nephew into the house, one of the prep crew starts messing with the seasoning, and suddenly things have gone far off course. Inaugurating the Victor Shargai Theatre with a set designed by Michael Carnahan that included four playing spaces and a working kitchen, The Hot Wing King was an event: speed-round cooking, a full dance number, and two basketball skirmishes punctuated Katori Hall’s look at six Black men bumping up against traditional definitions of family, fatherhood, and manhood.

“A production to treasure.”

—BROADWAY WORLD

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JUNE 25, 2022 – AUGUST 7, 2022

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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

STUDENT MATINEES

PSALM’S SALON

With support from a DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities grant, Studio hosts DC public and public charter high school students for free matinees of age-appropriate productions in Studio’s season.

During the 2020-2021 season, as part of our 18-month Building Demand for the Arts grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Studio partnered with DC-based playwright and director Psalmayene 24 to host livestreamed community conversations. A hybrid talk show, each Psalm’s Salon featured Psalmayene 24 in conversation with artists and activists and shout-outs of local Black-owned restaurant partners.

During the 2021-2022 season, Studio offered digital access to a filmed production of John Proctor is the Villain, followed by a filmed post-show conversation between playwright Kimberly Belflower and director Marti Lyons about the play process. To provide educators with another resource to deepen student engagement, Studio distributed a curriculum guide that aligned with local and national educational standards. 145 students—from Dunbar High School, KIPP DC College Preparatory Academy PCS, and McKinley Technical High School—experienced these John Proctor is the Villain matinees.

On July 1, 2022, we were able to realize Psalmayene 24’s original vision of live, in-person Psalm’s Salons. The Salon was set to a musical soundtrack provided by DJ Stylus and included a sampling of wings provided by local DC favorite Wingo’s and a discussion between Psalmayene 24 and The Hot Wing King director Steve H. Broadnax III.

Studio Production & Community Engagement Apprentice Maya Shed, Belflower, Lyons, and Studio Directing Apprentice Francesca Sabel.

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Designed to bring together college and university students across the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Student Nights are special performances for students who have a strong passion for theatre. Students receive a $10 ticket and an invitation to a postshow discussion where the play’s cast members, creative team, and production team share experiences and tips about working locally and nationally in professional theatre.

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Studio piloted these events in the 2021-2022 season with student nights for White Noise, John Proctor is the Villain, and The Hot Wing King. Going forward, Studio hopes Student Nights will help us foster lasting relationships between these students and their schools, including American University, Catholic University, Georgetown University, George Mason University, George Washington University, Howard University, Montgomery Community College, and the University of the District of Columbia.

Festival attendees meeting the vendors. Photo by Hilary Judis.

BLACK PRIDE & JOY FESTIVAL Celebrating the intersection of the Black and LGBTQ+ communities, Studio partnered with Day in the District Events and Team Rayceen, two local Black community organizations, to host the Black Pride & Joy Festival on July 16, 2022. In keeping with Studio’s vision of welcoming new people to our building, admission to the festival was free.

Running between two Saturday performances of The Hot Wing King, the event featured a live set by DJ Tryfe and seven Black-owned vendors, including food and beverage, skincare, and artwork for sale. HeadCount, a voter registration advocacy group, also participated in the event.

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T he Benefit

STUDIO R&D

Sunday, May 22

Over the course of the 2021-2022 season, Studio workshopped two commissioned plays through Studio R&D, our new play incubator.

These workshops gave each writer a chance to hear their work out loud for the first time and to collaborate with other artists as they honed the plot, pace, and tone of their work.

Saint Pigtail by Kimberly Belflower, a play about four young women who come to realize that they can end their forced isolation and sexual assault if they work together—only to see their solidarity unravel as some of the young women recreate power structures along familiar lines.

This season, Studio’s Annual Benefit celebrated our production of Katori Hall’s The Hot Wing King and was inspired by the food and music of Beale Street in Memphis.

Raising nearly $75,000 and drawing over 100 guests, the event featured our very own wing festival and tasting contest featuring three DC restaurants, followed by a Southernstyle backyard BBQ, dessert reception, and dancing to live R&B standards. (The guests particularly enjoyed the “casual and blue jeans recommended” attire.)

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a cast rehearsing a production inspired

by Judy Chicago’s bedrock second-wave feminist artwork—and an examination of working in an industry that won’t care about you but with people who just might.

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Steve H. Broadnax III Photo by Lelund Thompson.

Guests in Studio’s Atrium. Photo by Bianca Beckham.

The event featured director Steve H. Broadnax III via Zoom in the Milton Theatre, where he spoke with Studio’s Artistic Director David Muse about the preparations to bring The Hot Wing King to Studio—its second production after its Off Broadway run in 2020, which closed early due to COVID.

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The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago

by Brittany K. Allen, a play about

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PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: DC PUBLIC LIBRARY

EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION

Aiming to be a community hub, Studio has partnerships with nonprofits in our Logan Circle neighborhood and local educational institutions such as Duke Ellington School of the Arts and Howard University.

Studio’s Land, Labor, & Legacy statement is painted on the wall beside one of the entrances to the new Victor Shargai Theatre. Photo by Jati Lindsay.

This season, we began a new partnership with the DC Public Library (DCPL) to help address economic access to cultural events in the city. DCPL had 150 ticket vouchers per production available at branches in neighborhoods with high resource needs and financial barriers to attending Studio’s shows.

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Patrons of these branches were able to bring the voucher to Studio and receive a deeply discounted ticket of $10 to a performance of their choice. With the partnership in this early developmental phase, Studio is excited to continue working with DCPL on reaching more patrons and connecting through neighborhood libraries.

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In 2022, as part of a two-year long staff-led process of research and relationship building, Studio shared our Land, Labor, & Legacy statement on our website and hired an artist to permanently install it in our first-floor lobby. It recognizes the area’s original Indigenous inhabitants and honors the historical and present contributions of Black residents and Black legacy organizations to the vitality of Logan Circle and DC. To craft the statement, Studio’s staff Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee consulted historical texts, local histories, land acknowledgments from other arts organizations, and the National Museum of the American Indian. Studio’s Executive Leadership also held conversations with members of the Indigenous community in the DMV-area and leaders of longstanding Black organizations in Logan Circle.

Studio’s long-term EDI commitments include creating a space that welcomes and nurtures BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) theatre-makers and their artistic visions, developing an organization-wide understanding of anti-racism, and building an audience more reflective of the diverse DC area.

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The Shaw library is about a 10-minute walk from Studio.

Photo by Paúl Rivera.

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OPEN STUDIO

REOPENING

Through Open Studio, a project five years in the making and the organization’s largest public renovation in nearly two decades,

Studio kicked off the celebration of the newly renovated building on March 31, 2022, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, who also spoke at the event.

Studio has advanced our capacity for artistic innovation and reimagined how the public can engage with our spaces. Studio broke ground on the project in March 2021 and completed it by February 2022.

The newly renovated Victor Shargai Theatre—renamed for fervent champion of DC theatre, and former Studio board member, who passed away in 2019—is a flexible space that can accommodate numerous seating configurations for immersive production designs. Intended to be home to Studio’s most ambitious projects, it includes a state-ofthe-art full tension grid and significantly upgraded production technology. To further support the work on our stages, Studio built our first-ever dedicated rehearsal room.

The renovation expanded public lobby spaces, visually unified the exteriors of Studio’s buildings with new signage and paint treatments, relocated the box office to inside the main entrance for easy access to patron services, and invested in hospital-grade filters for HVAC systems. Studio is also partnering with a local café vendor to operate a new, 65-seat neighborhood café that will include an outdoor sidewalk patio on the corners of 14th and P Streets.

Mayor Bowser begins the celebration. Photo by Margot Schulman.

Exterior photo by Ken Wyner. Studio’s revamped lobby spaces. Photos by Jati Lindsay.

Inside the new theatre. Photo by Margot Schulman.

Susan L. Butler and Amy Weinberg talk with DCCAH Chairperson Reggie Van Lee. Photo by Margot Schulman.

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Following this public celebration, Studio held an intimate event on April 2, hosted by Open Studio Steering Committee Co-Chairs Susan L. Butler and Amy Weinberg and Studio’s Artistic and Executive Directors, to welcome campaign supporters to our transformed spaces.

Honoring the legacy of Victor Shargai, the city’s theatre advocate, Studio held a dinner in the new Victor Shargai Theatre.

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“I am proud to have a city like ours that supports transformative projects like the one here at Studio,” she said.

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TRAINING AT STUDIO

FISCAL YEAR 2022 IN CONTEXT

Studio’s year-long Apprenticeship Program trains early-career theatre professionals.

During the 2021-2022 season, Studio Theatre returned to in-person theatre with four productions.

The eleven apprentices of the 2021-2022 season worked in all areas of theatre operations, including Studio’s production, artistic, and administration departments.

Apprentices receive a weekly stipend, live rent-free in a Studio-owned building with paid utilities, and gain exposure to working in a mid-sized, fast-paced regional theatre.

With reduced income from single-ticket and subscription sales due to limited audiences and fewer productions, Studio’s budget relied heavily on contributed income, particularly individual giving from loyal donors and COVID relief funds.

Federal and local government support included the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG); forgiveness for a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA); the Employee Tax Retention Credit; the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance Grant; and the Entertainment Bridge Fund from the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development.

Without these relief funds, Studio would have faced a significant deficit: earned income was roughly 40% of pre-pandemic levels and covered about one-fifth of Studio’s operating expenses in FY22. With the help of relief funds, however, Studio ended the fiscal year with an approximately $650K surplus.

Studio anticipates operating with a deficit for the next few years as we rely on that surplus to augment our income while we try to reach accelerated income goals in earned and contributed income.

Former Directing Apprentice Marielle Burt reviews script notes for a production.

Recent program alumni now work with major theater companies, nonprofits, and cultural institutions including The American Economic Liberties Project, Milwaukee Rep, Roundabout Theatre (NYC), and Woolly Mammoth Theatre, and some are pursuing professional degrees at schools such as Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University.

Annual Operating INCOME 38%

Contributed Income

25%

Earned Income

Annual Operating EXPENSES 50%

Art Programs & Development

EXPENSES

INCOME

$5,093,785

$5,826,706

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37%

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COVID Relief Measures

6%

Fundraising

14%

Marketing

30%

Admin & Facilities

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Former Marketing Multimedia Apprentice Elizabeth Morton reviews show art graphics.

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THANK YOU

SEASON SPONSORS

OVATION CIRCLE

Susan and Dixon Butler Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber David and Jean Heilman Grier Sari Hornstein Katy Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig Albert G. Lauber and Craig Hoffman Joan and David Maxwell Teresa and Dan Schwartz Steve and Linda Skalet Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida Dr. Stewart Aledort and Dr. Sheila Rogovin Jeremías Alvarez Alan Asay and Mary Sturtevant Rob Batarla Jeffrey Bauman and Linda Fienberg Nan Beckley Cory and Rachel Capps John Chester and Betty Shepard Rick and Gary Copeland Karen Doyne George M. Ferris Gerard Fiala Wendy and William Garner George Wasserman Family Foundation Gari Lister and Matt Gobush John G. Guffey Frona Hall Donald E. Hesse and Jerrilyn Andrews Linda Lurie Hirsch John Horman Lynne and Joseph Horning Paula and Edward Hughes Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones John Keator and Virginia Sullivan Helen and David Kenney Arlene and Martin Klepper Judy and Peter Blum Kovler Foundation The Kristina And William Catto Barry Kropf Vinca and David LaFleur Stephen A. Saltzburg and Susan Lee The Lewis and Butler Foundation B. Thomas Mansbach Ed Starr and Marilyn Marcosson Stanley and Rosemary Marcuss

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Susan and Dixon Butler Trudy H. Clark Sheryl and Rick Donaldson Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber Hope and Mark Foster The Galena-Yorktown Foundation Jinny and Michael Goldstein Susan L. Gordon David and Jean Heilman Grier John and Meg Hauge Sari Hornstein Rick Kasten Arlene and Robert Kogod Katy Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig Albert G. Lauber and Craig Hoffman Joan and David Maxwell Teresa and Dan Schwartz Daniel and Irene Simpkins Steve and Linda Skalet Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

Mark and Carol Hyman Fund Renee R. Matalon and Stephen H. Marcus Dan and Karen Mayers The Morningstar Foundation Morrissette Family Foundation Ken and Margaret Muse Larry and Joan Naake The Nussdorf Family Foundation Nike Opadiran Jamie Pate Pat Lark and Lutz Prager Lola C. Reinsch Emily Rosen and Michael Gibbs Irene Roth and Vicken Poochikian Dr. April Rubin and Mr. Bruce Ray Amit Sevak and Luz Blancas Sevak Linda and Stanley Sher Aimee Smart and Shefa Gordon Andy and Ed Smith Spoor Family Fund Joshua Stiefel Terry Theologides and Deb Rodriguez Robert Tracy and Martha Gross Carolyn L. Wheeler Alan and Irene Wurtzel Judy and Leo Zickler

OPEN CIRCLE Dean Amel and Terry Savela Marcia and Larry Arem R. Joseph Barton Jason and Nichole Bassingthwaite Scott Douglas Bellard Dottie Bennett Jessica Berman Robin Berrington Joe and Sue Bredekamp

Jeffrey Rothstein and Lynn Bristol Yolanda and Francis Bruno Family Fund Susan Buffone Michael Burke and Carl Smith Jessica Case Vincent Castellano Dr. Morris J. Chalick Nancy Chasen and Don Spero Will and Carol Cooke David Cooper and Stephen Nash Michael Crosswell Johanna Cummings Jonathan Cuneo Carol and Joseph Danks Laurie Davis and Joseph Sellers John Driscoll Ruth A. Dupree Leon and Miriam Ellsworth Anne and Marc Feinberg James A. Feldman and Natalie Wexler The G.A. Files Foundation Leo S. Fisher and Susan J. Duncan Gift Fund Trudy Fleisher Charles Floto Chris Gattuso Amy C. Gilbert and Steven Newpol Paula Seigle Goldman Sally W. and Stephen W. Gresham Gail Gulliksen Jack Hairston Jr. Sherry Marts and Larry Haller Bonnie Hammerschlag James Heegeman Margaret Freeston Hennessey Jonathan Hurz and Steven Hill Richard and Pamela Hinds John and Gail Howell

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STUDIO THEATRE EXTENDS OUR GRATITUDE TO OUR 2021-2022 DONORS, WHO SUPPORTED STUDIO’S WORK ON STAGE AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.

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Katherine Howell Jason Johnston Thomas Joseph Cary Kadlecek Joanne Klesten and Jim Weinberg Christine and Gene Kilby Robert L. Kimmins Leslie Kogod Arlene and Bob Kogod Stuart Kogod and Denise Garone Patricia and John Koskinen Dr. and Mrs. William Kramer The Lafer Family Foundation Chad Lash and Caryn Wagner Marion Ein Lewin Janet Lewis Theodore C.M. Li and Courtney Pastorfield Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lieberman Ed Liebow and Erin Younger Lifland-Radmer Fund Krista Linn Dr. Richard F. Little Brian and Judy Madden Shawn C. Helm and J. Thomas Marchitto Dan and Susan Mareck Martha Washington Straus-Harry H. Straus Foundation Paul Martin Ronald Mason Winton E. Matthews Lou Mazawey Virginia A. McArthur and E.C. Michael Higgins Wallis McClain Eddie Adkins and Jeff Mendell Jane Molloy The Mufson Family Foundation Carl and Undine Nash Susan Nash Martha Newman Nancy S. Olson Linda and Peter Parshall

Stan Peabody Ane Powers Roger Reeves and Ruth Lammert-Reeves Julie Rios Steven M. Rosenberg and Stewart C. Low III Steve and Ilene Rosenthal Lynn Rothberg Alan F. Rothschild Jr. Carole and Barry Rubin Dee and Ron Sagall Frank Sammartino and Ellen Starbird Christina Samson Bernard Myers Fund for the Performing Arts Linda B. Schakel Sandra and Albert Schlachtmeyer The Honorable Carol Schwartz Tucker Scully and Lee Kimball Lauren Kogod and David Smiley Cecile Srodes Jeanne Stovroff Thomas Strikwerda and Donna Stienstra Candy and Lawrence Sullivan Grant P. and Sharon R. Thompson Timbrel Fund Randy and Steven Toll Henry and Jessica Townsend James Turner Kazuko Uchimura Eric R. and Laura M. Wagner Henry Otto and Judy Whalley Elizabeth B. White Jack and Sue Whitelaw Sandy and Jon Willen Natalie Winston Robert I. Wise Ann Yahner Eleanore Zartman

BENEFIT SUPPORT Theo Adamstein - TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida Jeremias Alvarez Cindy and Mark Aron Susan and Dixon Butler Trudy H. Clark Liz and Tim Cullen Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi Jinny and Michael Goldstein Susan L. Gordon Gail and John Harmon Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones Kay Kendall and Jack Davies Arlene and Martin Klepper Kathleen Kunzer Rosenzweig and Paul Rosenzweig Renee R. Matalon and Stephen H. Marcus Larry and Joan Naake Carl and Undine Nash Gregory and Belinda Nixon Craig Pascal Jamie Pate Bob and Nina Randolph Lola Reinsch Saks Fifth Avenue Checy Chase Teresa and Dan Schwartz Amit Sevak and Luz Blancas Sevak Steve and Linda Skalet Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Terry Theologides and Deb Rodriguez Robert Tracy and Martha Gross Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

The Embassy of Australia Fannie Mae’s Gift Matching Program The Jacob and Charlotte Lehrman Foundation Logan Circle Community Association Martha Washington Straus-Harry H. Straus Foundation The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and the US Commission of Fine Arts National Endowment for the Arts The Nora Roberts Foundation Paul M. Angell Family Foundation Share Fund The Shubert Foundation Weissberg Foundation

CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

The Adler Family Fund Peter Bieger and Demian Gaiteri Trudy H. Clark Sheryl and Rick Donaldson Hope and Mark Foster Galena-Yorktown Foundation Navroz and Perinaaz Gandhi

Clark-Winchcole Foundation Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Dimick Foundation

OPEN STUDIO PILLARS OF THE CAMPAIGN Susan and Dixon Butler DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Events DC Sari Hornstein Arlene and Bob Kogod Judge Albert Lauber and Prof. Craig Hoffman The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Teresa and Dan Schwartz Share Fund Amy Weinberg and Norbert Hornstein

SPONSORS OF THE CAMPAIGN

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FRIENDS OF THE CAMPAIGN

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Theo Adamstein Marc Albert and Stephen Tschida Jeremías Alvarez Arent Fox Rob Batarla Nan Beckley Scott Douglas Bellard Don and Nancy Bliss Katherine and David Bradley Susan and Steven Bralove Mara Bralove and Ari Fisher George and Antoinette Brenkert

Liz and Tim Cullen Camilla Day Karen L. Doyne Mona and Mark Elliot Dr. Mark Epstein and Amoretta Hoeber The Eugene M. Lang Foundation Feldman Ruel Urban Property Advisors Anne and Burton Fishman Charles Floto Carmen and Edward Fox Hon. Joseph & Mrs. Alma Gildenhorn Barbara and Bob Hall Patti Harburger John and Meg Hauge Madge Henning and Warren Davis Maxine isaacs JM Zell Partners, LTD Heather Muir Johnson Leonade D. Jones Michael B. Kane Rick Kasten Kay Kendall and Jack Davies Patricia and John Koskinen Barry Kropf Vinca and David LaFleur Jane Lang Catherine and Wayne Maffett B. Thomas Mansbach Frank Guzzetta and Paul Manville Renee Matalon and Stephen Marcus The Drs. Mareck Lou Mazawey Kathy McGuire Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett Elvi Moore Carl and Undine Nash Lou and Sherry Nevins Juan Otero and Julissa Marenco Otero Cathy and Bill Pastor Colin* and Alma Powell

Peter S. Reichertz Elaine Reuben Steve and Ilene Rosenthal Alan J. Savada and Will Stevenson Sandy Spring Bank Amit Sevak and Luz Blancas Sevak David S. Shrager Foundation David and Peggy Shiffrin John and Ann Skeele Ed and Andy Smith Patti and Jerry Sowalsky Cecile Srodes Dick and Sandy Timmons George and Trish Vradenburg Anne and Ernest Wallwork Elisse Walter and Ronald Stern Adrian Washington and Donna RattleyWashington Tom and Carol Wheeler Dan and Natalie Winston Robert I. Wise Jr Beverly and Christopher With Bruce and Margareta Yarwood *In memoriam This list represents contributions made to special events, special initiatives, and the annual fund received August 31, 2022. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this listing. For more information, please contact the Development Office at 202.919.3712.

FY22 BOARD Amy Weinberg, Chair Jinny Goldstein, Vice Chair Rob Batarla, Treasurer Navroz Gandhi, Secretary Marc Albert Jeremías Alvarez Susan L. Butler CHAIR EMERITUS Karen Doyne Dr. Mark Epstein Mark W. Foster Susan L. Gordon Jean Heilman Grier Martin Klepper Albert G. Lauber Stanley Marcuss Ronald Mason, Jr. Renee Matalon Larry Naake CHAIR EMERITUS Belinda Elvan Nixon Jamie C. Pate Katy Kunzer Rosenzweig Teresa Schwartz Luz Blancas Sevak Steven A. Skalet Bobbi Terkowitz CHAIR EMERITUS Terry Theologides Robert Tracy

EX OFFICIO David Muse Rebecca Ende Lichtenberg

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Jinny and Mike Goldstein Susan L. Gordon David and Jean Heilman Grier Judy and Steve* Hopkins Hal Jones and Anne-Lise Auclair-Jones Arlene and Martin Klepper Kathleen Kunzer and Paul Rosenzweig Herb and Dianne Lerner Stanley and Rosemary Marcuss Joan and David Maxwell Virginia A. McArthur and E.C. Michael Higgins Nancy and Herbert Milstein* Morningstar Foundation Larry and Joan Naake The Nussdorf Family Foundation Craig Pascal in memory of Victor Shargai Steve and Linda Skalet Ed Starr and Marilyn Marcosson Jamie Pate Steve and Suzanne Swendiman Bobbi and Ralph Terkowitz Terry Theologides and Deb Rodriguez Robert Tracy and Martha Gross Mark Tushnet and Elizabeth Alexander Jonathan and Joan Tycko Alan and Irene Wurtzel

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Front cover photo by Margot Schulman: Deidre Shaw and Resa Mishina in John Proctor is the Villain.