Virtual Playbill for ROMEO AND JULIET

ROMEO AND JULIET BY

DIRECTED BY

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE MARIANNA BASSHAM

MAY 10–JUNE 2 PHOTO CREDIT: Chloe McFarlane and Evan Taylor (Photo by Nile Scott Studios)

Christopher V. Edwards, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Jen Babcock, MANAGING DIRECTOR Lindsay Williams, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

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William Shakespeare DIRECTED BY Marianna Bassham ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

Regine Vital

Lisette van den Boogaard

Jolie Frazer*

SCENIC DESIGN

COSTUME DESIGN

LIGHTING DESIGN

Saskia Martínez

Lisa Coleman

Deb Sullivan

SOUND DESIGNER/ MUSICIAN

PROPS DESIGN/ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION MANAGER

MOVEMENT CHOREOHRAPHY

Jesse Hinson*

Grey Rung

INTIMACY DIRECTOR

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

Olivia Dumaine

Andrew Chandler

James Cannon

Ilya Vidrin

ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER

WARDROBE SUPERVISOR

Clem Moakley

Marissa Wolf

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

Shakespeare in American Communities is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest

ACTORS' SHAKESPEARE PROJECT 442 Bunker Hill Street, Charlestown, MA 02129 617 241 2200 www.actorsshakespeareproject.org @aspbostontheatre

ROBERTS STUDIO THEATER at The Calderwood Pavilion 527 Tremont St. Boston, MA 02116

PHOTO CREDIT: Chloe McFarlane andPROJECT Evan Taylor (Photo by Nile Scott Studios) ACTORS’ SHAKESPEARE

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DIRECTOR’S NOTE Romeo and Juliet is the ultimate romantic tragedy. I think of rapturous music and lofty language. We luxuriate in the tears. We thrill to the spark of fresh love. How do we reconcile our craving of this kind of entertainment with a value of the need for basic support, decency, and boring peaceful normalcy?

What excites me about directing this play is the strikingly modern and relatable family and community dysfunctions.

The calcified feuding of the Capulets/Montagues resonates with American politics of May 2024.

Just as Romeo tries to resist the gravitational pull toward apathy and violence, Tybalt can’t bear to experience the world any other way. This is the way of Verona since before both of them were born. How is violence handed down and internalized with each new generation? Who will finally break the chain and how?

In a world of bloodshed, where lies love? In our communities, who do we turn to for support? Mom? Best friend? Family priest Do we always get that support? What if there’s neglect, or they love us deeply and still steer us wrong? How do our most important relationships affect our resilience in the face of capital T Trauma?

The elder Capulets and Montages have f**ked around and the next generation is finding out. The collateral damage of their brawling and passion is the very love we thought we came to see.

We hope you will come along with us for our perhaps a bit less romantic investigation of the most famous “love story” in the world.

MARIANNA BASSHAM

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ESME ALLEN* SHE/HER

FERNANDO BARBOSA HE/HIM

MICHAEL BROADHURST* HE/HIM

PETER DIMAGGIO HE/HIM

CHRISTOPHER V. EDWARDS* HE/HIM

JESSE HINSON* HE/HIM

EVAN TAYLOR HE/HIM

CHLOE MCFARLANE SHE/HER

PAULA PLUM* SHE/HER

SANDRA SEOANE-SERÍ SHE/THEY

JULES TALBOT SHE/THEY

NICOLAS ZULUAGA HE/HIM

LADY CAPULET

PARIS/SAMPSON

ROMEO

TYBALT

FRIAR LAURENCE/ ENSEMBLE

LORD CAPULET

JULIET

PRINCE/ENSEMBLE

MERCUTIO

APOTHECARY/ ENSEMBLE

NURSE

BENVOLIO+

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States + Dance Captain

WHO’S WHO ESME ALLEN* (Lady Capulet) is a Resident Acting Company Member with the Actors' Shakespeare Project.

Actors’ Shakespeare Project: Much Ado About Nothing, The Cherry Orchard, Middletown, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Regional: Hurricane Diane (The Huntington); GLORIA, Gloucester Blue, North Shore Fish (Gloucester Stage Company); Muckrakers, Elephant Man and Amadeus (New Repertory Theatre); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Greater Boston Stage Company); Dog Paddle (Bridge Repertory Theater); and Coriolanus (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company). Film/TV: The Good Wife (CBS). Education: MFA in Acting from The California Institute of the Arts. She teaches at Salem State University and Northshore Community College. (she/ her)

Taming of the Shrew. Off-Broadway: Life Sucks (Wheelhouse Theatre Company); Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me (Animus Theatre); Pride and Prejudice (Primary Stages). Regional: Gloria (Gloucester Stage); Treasure Island (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); The General From America, Twelfth Night, The Book of Will, As You Like It, Measure for Measure, and So Please You (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival). Film/ TV: “Succession” (HBO), “Julia” (HBO), “The Holdovers” (Dir. Alexander Payne), “Minyan” (Dir. Eric Steele), as well as many commercials. Mike is a founding member of The Living Room Theatre Company in Vermont where he has appeared in many productions, including The Cherry Orchard, Exit The King, and The Seagull, among others. Love to R! (he/him)

FERNANDO BARBOSA (Friar Laurence/ Ensemble) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: debut! Regional: As You Like It (Catskill Mountain Shakespeare); Clue: On Stage! (Greater Boston Stage Company); The Taming of the Shrew, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing (Sh!t-Faced Shakespeare), Peter and The Starcatcher (Penobscot Theatre Company); The Play That Goes Wrong (Rochester Opera House); Think of Me Tuesday, Native Gardens (Gloucester Stage Co.); Love’s Labor’s Lost (Hub Theatre Co.); Alls Well that Ends Well, Cymbeline (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co.). Education: BFA in Theatre Performance from Salem State University. (he/him)

PETER DIMAGGIO (Paris/Sampson) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: debut.

Regional: Once, Shakespeare in Love, Mercury (Boston University); Troilus and Cressida (LAMDA). Education: BFA in Acting from Boston University, Certificate in Classical Acting from LAMDA, Theatre Arts degree from Interlochen Arts Academy. Peter is very excited to be making his regional theatre debut with ASP! He’d like to thank his mentors, friends, and family for their constant love and support. @peterdimaggio. peterdimaggio.com. (he/him)

MICHAEL BROADHURST* (Mercutio) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: The

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CHRISTOPHER V. EDWARDS* (Lord Capulet) is currently the Artistic Director of Actors’ Shakespeare Project, making his ASP acting debut. Actors’ Shakespeare Project (Directing): The Taming of the Shrew, Let The Right

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One In, The Bomb-itty of Errors, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Pride & Prejudice, Equivocation, Much Ado About Nothing.

Selected Regional (Directing): Fences [2023 Berkshire Theatre Critic Award Winner — Outstanding Production], ‘ART’ (Shakespeare & Company); Hamlet (Gloucester Stage Company); Fences, A Raisin in the Sun (Cincinnati Shakespeare Company); How I Learned What I Learned, Fences (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival). Education: MFA, University of Minnesota. (he/him) JESSE HINSON* (Apothecary/ Ensemble) is a Resident Artist with Actors’ Shakespeare Project. Actors’ Shakespeare Project: The Merchant of Venice, Exit the King, The Tempest, The Winter's Tale, Henry VI, The Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, Pericles, Twelfth Night, Antony and Cleopatra. Regional: A Case for the Existence of God, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Shakespeare in Love (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Macbeth, Cymbeline (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); The Thanksgiving Play (Lyric Stage Company); Incels and Other Myths (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); and Photograph 51 (Central Square Theater).

Jesse is a Teaching Professor and the Undergraduate Coordinator for the Department of Theatre at Northeastern University. (he/him) CHLOE MCFARLANE (Juliet) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: debut. Regional: One Penny Down (Boston University).

Film/TV: Mr. Santa (Dir. Noel Calloway); (Dir. Giorgio Arcelli). Education: Currently pursing the Theatre Arts B.F.A at Boston University, with concentration in Playwriting, Movement Direction, and Acting. Past education includes Fiorello H. LaGuardia class of 2022 acting major, as well as training at Atlantic Theatre Company, HB Studio, Stella Adler Studio of Acting and The British American Dramatic Academy (BADA). Instagram: chlo.mcfarlane. (she/her)

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PAULA PLUM* (Nurse) is a Founding Member of Actors’ Shakespeare Project.

Actors’ Shakespeare Project (Acting): A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Richard II, Phèdre, As You Like It, Pericles, Antony and Cleopatra, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure, Richard III. Actors’ Shakespeare Project (Directing): Twelfth Night, The School for Scandal, Macbeth.

Selected Regional: Grand Horizons, Barefoot in the Park (Gloucester Stage Company); The Inheritance, The Children [2020 Elliot Norton Award — Outstanding Actress] (SpeakEasy Stage Company); Last Night at Bowl-Mor Lanes (Greater Boston Stage Company); The Roommate, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? [2017 Elliot Norton Award — Outstanding Actress], Miss Witherspoon [2007 Elliot Norton Award — Outstanding Actress] (Lyric Stage Company); Top Girls, Tartuffe (The Huntington). Film: “Mermaids”, “Malice”, “Next Stop Wonderland”, and “Irrational Man”. Television: Science Court (three seasons ABC) and co-creator and star of The Dick & Paula Celebrity Special for FX. She is the recipient of the 2004 Elliot Norton Award for Sustained Excellence, and the 2003 Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston UniversityFrom 2003 through 2019, Paula served as Artistic Director of WGBH’s A Christmas Celtic Sojourn featuring Brian O’Donovan.She has been published in American Theatre magazine and is married to actor and fellow ASP Founding Member Richard Snee. (she/her) SANDRA SEOANE-SERÍ (Tybalt) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: debut!

Regional: In Her Bones (WAM Theatre); K-I-S-S-I-N-G, The Art of Burning (The Huntington); Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Shakespeare & Company); Truth of Consequences (Fresh Ink Theatre Company); BLKS (Speakeasy Stage Company); Romeo and Juliet (Apollinaire/Teatro Chelsea); Pipeline (WAM Theatre/Central Square Theatre).

Film: “Figure of Speech,'' directed

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by Gordon Chan; “Maria” directed

by Michelle Falcón Fontánez, “Shift” directed by Daniela Martinez. Education: Bachelor of Arts in Theater from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Trained at Shakespeare and Company’s Summer Shakespeare Intensive.

SandraSeoaneSeri.com. (she/they) JULES TALBOT (Prince/Ensemble) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: Coriolanus.

Regional: John Proctor is the Villain [Elliot Norton Nomination — Outstanding Featured Performer] (The Huntington); Alice, Pippi Longstocking, The Miracle Worker (Wheelock Family Theatre); Party Bots, Made You Look (Lyric Back Stage at Lyric Stage Company); The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Greater Boston Stage Company); Wild Swimming (Apollinaire Theater); The Nether (Flat Earth Theatre). Education: BA NYU. @julestalbot, julestalbot.com. (she/they) EVAN TAYLOR (Romeo) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: debut. Regional: Flight of The Legless Bird (Chuang Stage).

Education: BFA in Acting from Emerson College.

NICOLAS ZULUAGA (Benvolio/ Dance Captain) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: debut. Regional: how to make an American Son (Common Thread Theatre Collective); Sävë thë Whälës (Boston Playwrights Theatre); Mother May I? (Boston Center for the Arts); La Lavadora (Full Circle Players). Education: BFA in Acting from Boston University. nzuluaga. com, @nickzuluaga. (he/him)

CREATIVE TEAM MARIANNA BASSHAM* (Director) is a Resident Artist with Actors’ Shakespeare Project, where acting highlights include Julius Caesar, The Cherry Orchard, God's Ear, and The Hotel Nepenthe. Her directing credits include Heroes of the Fourth Turning and Every Brilliant Thing

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(SpeakEasy Stage Company). She has won Elliot Norton Awards for her work in Blackbird and People, Places and Things, also both at SpeakEasy, and has acted all over town since 2001, where highlights include Twelfth Night (Commonwealth Shakespeare), Our Town (The Huntington, directed by David Cromer) and Constellations (Central Square Theater). She teaches acting at Boston Conservatory at Berklee and coaches privately. www.MariannaBassham.com (she/her) LISA COLEMAN (Costume Design) is making her Actors’ Shakespeare Project debut. A costume designer graduating this May from Boston University, she has designed local indie film "Bad Voodoo," and student short film "Ashes." Her goals include costume designing for film, television and theatre.

OLIVIA DUMAINE (Intimacy Director) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: The Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It. Regional Intimacy Credits: The Normal Heart (New Repertory Theatre); The House of Ramón Iglesia, Passing Strange (Moonbox Productions), Ada and the Engine (Central Square Theater), Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare & Company), Everyday Life and Other Odds and Ends (Sleeping Weazel). Education: Salem State University; Intimacy Directors and Coordinators, Theatrical Intimacy Education, Intimacy for the Stage and Screen. Learn more at her website. (she/her) JOLIE FRAZER-MADGE* (Assistant Stage Manager) is excited to be back at ASP, having previously worked with them on Let the Right One In (ASM)! Jolie is a part-time stage manager at Blue Man Group Boston as well as a freelancer around town. Recent Boston credits include A Case for the Existence of God at SpeakEasy Stage, Queer Voices Festival at Boston Theatre Company, and Oklahoma! at Reagle Music Theater. Jolie holds a

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BFA in Stage Management from Boston University. (she/her) SASKIA MARTÍNEZ (Scenic Design) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: King Hedley II, How I Learned To Drive, The Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, Coriolanus, Seven Guitars. Regional: The Addams Family, Head Over Heels, Little Women: The Musical (Wheelock Family Theatre), HER|alive.un.dead (Guerilla Opera). Education: Boston University. (they/them) CLEM MOAKLEY (Lighting Design Intern) Regional: Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, Eurydice (Meridian Academy); Mermaid Hour (Arrow Street Arts); The Addams Family Musical (Beyond the 4th Wall). Education: Meridian Academy.

GREY RUNG (Props Design) is a New England based Scenic Artist and Production Manager. He earned his BFA in Theatre Production and Design from Westminster University in Salt Lake City, UT. Grey’s recent regional credits include: Actors' Shakespeare Project’s King Hedley II (Associate Production Manager). Salt Lake Acting Company’s Yoga Play, Sankofa, Hairy and Sherri, Frog and Toad, and Sleeping Giant (Scenic Charge Artist). Plan-B Theatre Company’s Fire! (Electrician), Go Home Come Back (Scenic Build/Electrician) and My Brother was a Vampire (Stage Manager and Scenic Build/Electrician); Sandy Art’s Guild’s Steel Magnolias (Set Designer); La Musica Lyrica 2022 (Props Master); and Good Company Theatre’s Man and Moon (Projectionist).

DEB SULLIVAN (Lighting Design) is a Boston-based lighting designer with OffBroadway, regional, local and educational credits. Design work has been seen on stages with Actors’ Theatre of Louisville, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Alliance Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Brandeis University, Cleveland Playhouse, Dorset

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Playhouse, Gloucester Stage Company, Greater Boston Stage Company, Harbor Stage Company, The Huntington, New Repertory Theatre, The Public Theater/ NYSF, Shakespeare and Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Two River Theatre, WP Theatre and many others. Member IATSE United Scenic Artists Local 829. www.dlsullivanld.com LISETTE VAN DEN BOOGAARD (Production Stage Manager) is a freelance Stage Manager around the Boston area and is very excited about working with Actors Shakespeare Project again! Actors' Shakespeare Project: How I Learned to Drive (ASM), The Taming of the Shrew (SM). Regional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (PSM, CSC); Machine Learning (ASM, Central Square Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (SM, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Metamorphoses (PSM, Suffolk University); Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus (ASM PA, Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre).

ILYA VIDRIN (Movement Choreography) Contemporary Choreographies: Poise (L.A. Contemporary Dance Company); Poise Suite, Wait/Weight (North Atlantic Ballet); Eclipse (Ballet Des Moines); OverWhelm (BallettxSchwerin).

Movement Direction: Everybody, The Bacchae, Sensitive Guys, Polaroid Stories, As You Like It, Mary Stuart (Northeastern University). Choreographic Residencies: Proxies, Tethered, IMPACT (Jacob’s Pillow); More or Less (New Museum); Verklarte Nacht (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). Education: B.S. Northeastern University; Ed.M. Harvard University; Ph.D., Coventry University (UK). www. ilyavidrin.com (he/they) (she/her) REGINE VITAL (Assistant Director) is a storyteller, theatre artist, educator and current Associate Producer at Actor’s Shakespeare Project. Regional: The Huntington, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, American Repertory

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Theatre, Actors' Shakespeare Project, ArtsEmerson, Company One, SpeakEasy Stage, Central Square Theatre. Fringe: Fresh Ink Theatre, Boston University School of Theatre, Moonbox Productions, Plays In Place, Flat Earth Theatre, HUB Theatre of Boston, Open Theatre Project, Concord Players, Birch Tree Productions, Green Door Labs. NYC/Podcasts/ Film: The Huntington, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Broadway Podcast Network, The Penumbra Podcast, Revolutionary Spaces. Education: BA, Boston University; MA, University of Massachusetts, Boston; MA candidate, King’s College London/Shakespeare’s Globe. (she/her)

(Emerson College); Pilgrims of the Night, Metamorphoses, Working, Midsummer Kinda, It Can't Happen Here (Suffolk University); Witness (Arlekin Players Theater). Education: Northeastern University. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association

Founded in 1913, AEA represents 45,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers across the United States and seeks to advance, promote and foster the art of live theater as an essential component of our society. AEA negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans. AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more information, visit www. actorsequity.org.

MARISSA WOLF (Wardrobe Supervisor) Actors’ Shakespeare Project: King Lear, Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), Bright Half Light, Merchant of Venice, Seven Guitars, Coriolanus, As You Like It, How I Learned to Drive, The Taming of the Shrew, King Hedley II. Regional: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

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ABOUT

ACTORS' SHAKESPEARE PROJECT

Actors' Shakespeare Project is an awardwinning professional theater company with a Resident Acting Company and extensive education, youth and community programs. ASP works and performs in found spaces, schools, and theaters in Boston neighborhoods. We present and explore the robust language, resonant stories, and deeply human characters in Shakespeare's plays and in other language-based contemporary playwrights. Our work is focused on intimacy, storytelling, language, relationships, voice, risk and artistry within and throughout the Boston area.

For more information visit www.ActorsShakespeareProject.org.

ACTORS' SHAKESPEARE PROJECT STAFF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Christopher V. Edwards INTERIM MANAGING DIRECTOR

Jen Babcock Davis DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION

Lindsay Williams DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Evan Turissini ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Regine Vital PRODUCTION MANAGER

Matt Breton GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Jules Talbot COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ASSOCIATE

Victoria Omoregie LEAD TEACHING ARTIST

Emily Thibodeau BOOKKEEPER

BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT

Jean Cummings TREASURER

David Sandberg CLERK

John Affleck Carolina Cardillo Bruce Herrmann Jean Dany Joachim Omar Robinson Luke Salisbury

RESIDENT ACTING COMPANY Esme Allen* Lydia Barnett-Mulligan* Marianna Bassham* Allyn Burrows* Paige Clark* Jade Guerra* Brooke Hardman* Jesse Hinson* Jennie Israel* Doug Lockwood* Marya Lowry* Johnnie Mack Nael Nacer* Sarah Newhouse* Maurice Emmanuel Parent* Paula Plum* Omar Robinson* Mara Sidmore* Alejandro Simoes* Richard Snee* Bobbie Steinbach* Adele Nadine Traub* Michael Forden Walker* RAC EMERITI

Robert Walsh* ASP FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Benjamin Evett *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Louise Croteau

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DONORS

Actors’ Shakespeare Project is deeply grateful to the donors listed here for their generosity and support. The following list reflects donations received May 1, 2023 through April 30, 2024.

For questions concerning donations, please email development@ actorsshakespeareproject.org

$50,000+

$1,000 – $2,499

Blue Piano Fund The Parker Family Foundation The Parker Family Fund at the Boston Foundation

Anonymous (3) Jonathan Aibel & Julie Rohwein The Brady Family Caryln & Ben Bassham Boston Cultural Council Kathleen A Crowley Sarah and Austin de Besche Lois T. Flaherty Cynthia Good and Alan Pratt The Sarah Hancock Fund Roger and Sheila Lockwood Will and Anastasia Lyman Somerled Charitable/Macdonald CGF Michael Roitman Jerry Wheelock and Elizabeth Wood

$25,000 – $49,999 BPS Arts Expansion at Edvestors Jean Cummings Massachusetts Cultural Council National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Midwest Parker Clare Family Foundation

$10,000 – $24,999 Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation Liberty Mutual Foundation Deborah M Noonan Memorial Fund The Theater League of Kansas City

$2,500 – $9,999 Cambridge Community Foundation Edvestors Stone Soup Fund Lodge of Saint Andrew Charity David Sandberg & Dina Mardell The Howard and Katherine Aibel Foundation Ramsey McCluskey Foundation Jean E. Walsh & Graham Davies

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Luke and Barbara Salisbury Rabbi Lori Shaller and Matt Pelikan Mara Sidmore Deborah Stone Drs. Carl and Sharon Turissini Ruth Weinrib and Paul Weiss Howard Weiss and Maxine Peck

$250 – $499 Anonymous Harold Blank Stacey and Chris Constas Richard Davies Jaird De Raismes Mitchison-Field Family Glenda and Bob Fishman Mr. and Dr. Griffiths Jeffrey Hughes and Nancy Stauffer Greg Lesher Susan Lewinnek Kristin and John D. Macomber Lawrence Edward Morris Sea Breeze Partners LLC Sharon & John Parisi Patrick Rivelli Rachel Sagan and Steve Gutherz Richard Schroeder and Dr. Jane Burns Bobbie and Bob Steinbach Christina Szoka Dennis Trainor Jr Jennie & Stacey Kirk Jackson and Oliver Wadsworth Marsha Warren The Rev. James Egan Weiss Sheryl White Ilyse Zabl

$100 – $249 Anonymous (7) Melinda Ailes Benny Sato Ambush Dinah Hallowell Barlow Evan Turissini Ross and Midge Benjamin Tina Blythe Borab Mary John Boylan Joel Bresler Webb and Jeffrey Brown Liz and Dave Elliott Charles R. Carr

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David Chosiad and Paula Thompson Carolyn Trees David & Kathryn Dangler Lisa de Lima Sheila and Charles Donahue Neil Donohoe Hon. Stephen P. Driscoll Mark Elenko Judy Braha and Richard Fisher G Douglas Evans Amory and Kirby Files Sylvia Fine Dan & Amy Ford Charitable Fund Susan Foster Karen Freund and Warren Behr Lora Goldenberg Eve Goldfarb Stephen Goldfinger Sandra Hackman Simon Ivcevic Peter Houk and Linda Sobottka Pam Haltom and Harry Irwin Paul and Alice Johnson Faith Justice Peter Squires and Linda Kasten Suzanne and David Knipe Jeff Knoedler Adrianne Krstansky Andrea Kunst Jon Laramore & Janet McCabe Alice Laramore and Adam Paltrineri Stewart and Rhonda Lassner Rebecca A Lee Doug Lockwood The macdougalls Halcyon Mancuso James Marra and Paolo Bidin Neil & Lisas McDonough Donald K McInnes Jack & Susan McNulty William Miniscalco and Sarah Guilford Patty Mo Greg Nash Sarah Newhouse & Steven Mikulka Chris and Kristine O’Brien Cooper and Revan Parisi Brian Pingree Jean & Doug Diane Roseman and Steven Spitz Naomi Rosenfeld Ellen Sarkisian in honor of Bobbie Steinbach Nancy Selleck

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John and Martha Shaw Vivian Shortreed Mickail Simmons Caren and Scott Solomon Martha Stearns Jaime Steinbach Katherine Tallman Lori Taylor Alison Tshikosi Sharon and David White Laura Williams The Wilson Family Sheli and Henry Wortis

$1 – $99 Anonymous (72) Powell Family Fund Martin Abramowitz Philip Adelman Avner Baz Judith L. Berman Pandora Berman and Alan Bawden David Bickham Steven Bloom & Margie Mitlin Edward Boesel David Bonner Anne & Rick Born

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Mark Bourbeau Jenn Brandel Emma Breibart-White Susan Bringola Kyle and Valerie Brown Cynthia & Cimarron Buser Kristy Bykowski Mary Baine Campbell Joseph and Harriette Carlin Clara Chan Eunice Charles Paula Chasan Clare Ciervo and Kate Fussner Bonnie Clendenning Heather Collis Puro Kelly Cook Terry Costello Rosalind Cresswell Allison Crump & David Salomon Sandra Cullison and Jim Annis Christine Evans Christine Eyre David Feltner bernadette flagler Barry Peter Frumkin Zelda Gamson Mia, Julia, Maria and Todd Giatrelis

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Meghan Ginsburg Goldberg John Gribos Betsy Groban gail guerra Judith haber Jen Babcock Davis & Baby Annie Hewitt Marsha Hunter Ellen Israel Jennie Israel and Steve Curtis Jane Jackson Robert Jampol Joe Juknievich Jennifer Kapuscik Marg-e Kelley Janet Kolodner David A. Kronman Nate Lamkin Peter Laramore Skylar Fitzgerald Jimel Michael Leshin Adrianne Level A. David Lewis Steve Lilly-Weber Jesse Lipson Erin Loeliger Andrew Lonati A. Nora Long Allison Looney Daniel Loss Eileen and Brian MacDougall elizabeth White Michael Maso Susan S McGinnis Margie McKenna and Steve Mirin Sheila McManus Edwin Medrano & Chris Wood Elizabeth Nassikas Thomas W. Nunan

Jake Nunes Margaret O'Malley John Orenberg Dana Ortegón Robert Patten Chris Patton Shawn Paul James Pelrine James and Ellen Perrin John Pippa James Quinn Richard Ransohoff Bel Omar Robinson Jay and Ted Megan Sandberg-Zakian Robert Saoud Diana Sheehan Genevieve Simon Donna Sorbello Magda Spasiano Kathy St.George Sara Stackhouse Laura Sullivan Chris Swain Carolyn Taylor IT Christopher Tiffany Janice Tilson Elizabeth Tobin Richard Tonachel Adele Nadine Dawn Tucker Alexandra Turner Elaine Vaan Hogue Susan Walsh and Steve Harvey Lee Warren Catherine Wu, MD Dale and Paul Young Alice Zaff

May 13, 2021 Ms. Mara Sidmore Executive Producer Actors’ Shakespeare Project 442 Bunker Hill Street.

Charlestown, MA 02129 Dear Mara: I am pleased to inform you that the Parker Family Foundation has approved a grant totaling $125,000 to The Actors' Shakespeare. The first $100,000 of this grant is unrestricted and may be used for general operating support. Per the request of ASP, the remaining $25,000 is restricted to funding work on phases 2 and 3 of the proposed work plan with the nonprofit management consulting firm, TDC, headquartered in Boston.

This grant is being made pursuant to the request you submitted last month and is conditioned upon your acceptance of the terms outlined in the enclosed grant agreement.

Please note that, because we are committing $25,000 to complete the work with TDC, we will not be in the position to make any other supplemental grants to ASP for the rest of this fiscal year.

Once we receive a completed and signed agreement, we will authorize payment of the grant amount directly from the foundation’s custodian, Bank of America. Please return the completed agreement to my attention at the address below and be sure to indicate the name of the official of your organization to whom the check is to be sent.

We are pleased to assist Actors' Shakespeare Project with its mission and look forward to learning of the progress of your work. If you have any questions about the terms of the grant, please do not hesitate to call me at (617) 306-6651.

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Sincerely,

Faith K. P. Parker Trustee Enclosure

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