Holmes and Watson

HOLMES WATSON AND

By Jeffrey Hatcher

Directed by Michael Evan Haney

Sherlock Holmes is dead...or is he?

#pstHolmes

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HOLMES X?

A NOTE FROM PLAYWRIGHT JEFFREY HATCHER

The question, “Who is Sherlock Holmes?” has been asked countless times since the character first appeared in Arthur Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet. Sometimes the question has to do with Holmes’ character or personality. Sometimes it’s about his background and upbringing. And, since Holmes quickly became one of the most depicted characters in modern fiction, the question also has to do with how is he drawn, what features do the illustrators emphasize, who plays him on stage, in film, on television? I’ve wondered “Who is Sherlock Holmes?” dozens of times. On occasion the question shifts to “Who should portray Sherlock Holmes in a play or film script I’ve written?”

Sherlock Holmes, like James Bond, Scarlett O’Hara, Harry Potter and a very few others, is one of those imagined characters that gets such a firm grip on the imagination that the reader believes he possesses the man, at least his own version of him. We read a book, a character is described, we form a mental picture: how she moves, the timbre of her voice, the look in her eye. Some descriptive power is so vivid -- theatrical even -- that it gives the casting department little wiggle room. Charles Dickens describes Scrooge and Mr. Micawber and Fagin with such specificity and relish that one must search for an actor to fill the role. It’s not the same with Hamlet, Oedipus, Willy Loman, George and Martha, or Mama Rose. Actors as disparate as Ethel Merman, Angela Lansbury and Patty LaPone all played Rose in Gypsy without being similar to one another in any way. The same goes for Laurence Olivier, David Tennant and Simon Russell Beale, all three are splendid Hamlets without being in the least the same type. But a Scrooge must look like Scrooge. A Fagin must appear as Fagin is described as appearing. Bond has that cruel lip and the comma of black hair that falls onto his forehead (Sean Connery’s comma was part of a toupee starting with Goldfinger.) “Scarlett O’Hara was not beautiful,” wrote Margaret Mitchell, but who would cast a “not beautiful” actress in Gone With the Wind? Vivien Leigh may have been the most beautiful woman in motion pictures. She wasn’t American, she wasn’t from the South, she wasn’t of Irish background. She was an English rose. Yet she was the perfect Scarlett.

And Holmes? Holmes allows a certain amount of leeway, but he had better be tall, he had better be trim, with aquiline features not soft ones, and God help the actor with a pug nose. His voice must have the authority of intellect and empire, and his diction must cut through diamonds.

The idea for Holmes and Watson was the result of this kind of thinking. It’s difficult to write much more about the play without giving away the game. It’s a stage thriller, like the ones that used to print in the program: “For the enjoyment of future audiences, we ask you not to reveal the surprising plot twists that occur in Holmes and Watson.” I know what it’s like to sit in the theater and try to out-guess the writer, but if you know even one or two details about the plot, you’ve got an unfair advantage.

So try not to get ahead of H&W. It’s more fun not to know anything before the curtain goes up. You’ll get a bigger kick out of it if you haven’t been clued in. I can attest to that. I never read a word about the The Sixth Sense before I saw it, and I was delighted to be fooled. Although Sherlock Holmes probably wasn’t.

(Courtesy of Arizona Theatre Company)

SYNOPSIS

Sherlock Holmes is dead. Or so it is assumed. The world knows the great detective went over the falls at Reichenbach with his nemesis Professor Moriarty. But as Holmes’ body was never retrieved, a number of frauds, fakes, and charlatans have come forward since to lay claim to his identity, and it falls to Dr. Watson to disprove them. When a telegram arrives informing Watson that three men, each claiming to be Holmes, have been committed to a remote asylum off the coast of Scotland, it’s up to him to discover if one of them could be the real Sherlock Holmes.

Jeffrey Hatcher (Playwright) is the author of many plays that have been seen at Park Square Theatre, including Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Suicide Club, Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and most recently, the serial zoom mystery, Riddle Puzzle Plot.

Mr. Hatcher authored the book for the Broadway musical, Never Gonna Dance. Off-Broadway, he has had several plays produced including Three Viewings and A Picasso at Manhattan Theatre Club; The Government Inspector and The Alchemist at Red Bull Theater; Scotland Road and The Turn of the Screw at Primary Stages; Lucky Duck (book with Bill Russell) at the New Victory Theater; Tuesdays with Morrie (with Mitch Albom) at Minetta Lane Theatre; Murder by Poe, The Turn of the Screw, and A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur’s Court at The Acting Company; Neddy at The American Place Theatre; and Fellow Travelers at Manhattan Punchline.

His plays – among them, Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Mrs. Mannerly, Murderers, Mercy of a Storm, Smash, Armadale, Korczak’s Children, Work Song (with Eric Simonson), To Fool the Eye, Jeffrey Hatcher’s Hamlet, The Scarecrow and His Servant, The Critic, and Glensheen (with Chan Poling) – have been seen at such theatres as the Guthrie, the Old Globe, Yale Rep, the Geffen, Seattle Rep, Huntington Theatre Company, the Shakespeare Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Arizona Theatre Company, San Jose Rep, the Empty Space, Indiana Rep, Children’s Theatre Company, History Theatre, Madison Rep, Intiman Theatre, Illusion Theater, Denver Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Asolo Repertory Theatre, City Theater, Studio Arena, and dozens more in the US and abroad.

Mr. Hatcher wrote the screenplays for Stage Beauty, Casanova, The Duchess, Mr. Holmes, and The Good Liar, and the teleplay for the TV film Murder at the Cannes Film Festival. He also authored episodes of the Peter Falk series, Columbo, and The Mentalist. He has received grants and awards from the NEA, TCG, Lila Wallace Fund, Rosenthal New Play Prize, Frankel Award, Charles MacArthur Fellowship Award, McKnight Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Barrymore Award (Best New Play), and the 2013 Ivey Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a member and/or alumnus of The Playwrights’ Center, The Dramatists Guild of America, Writers Guild, and New Dramatists.

Look for the world premiere of Mr. Hatcher’s next mystery, Holmes/Poirot, written with Steve Hendrickson, to take the Park Square stage in the summer of 2023.

This production is made possible in part by Park Square Theatre’s MYSTERY WRITERS PRODUCERS’ CLUB:

Tim & Sara Beckstrand

Linda Boss

Mary Beth Brody & Richard Crowell

Michael & Sharon Conley

Kenneth & Gwen Crabb

Joseph & Lois Duffy

Mary Ebert & Paul Stembler

Tim & Susan Flaherty

David & Genevieve Freier

Jewelie Grape

Robyn Hansen

The John W. Harris Family

Cecily Harris

David & Ann Heider

Kaj & Meaghan Johansen

Ray & Janet Krause

James & Mary LaFave

Liz Lee

Ken & Diana Lewis

Jack & Jeanne Matlock

Rosanne Nathanson

Karna Peters & George Perez

Patrick Plonski & Judy Hawkinson

Trudy Richter & Alan Kamrath

Thomas & Nancy Rohde

Susan Rostkoski

James Rustad & Kay Thomas

Gloria Sell & John Bergman

Emily & Dan Shapiro

Miriam & James Stake

Fred Wall & Bobbie Molck-Ude

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The Mystery Writers Producers’ Club is a fun and devoted group of Park Square Theatre donors who help support our mystery show each season and stay connected to the production year-round. Next year the group will produce the world premiere of Holmes/Poirot.

Learn about joining the Mystery Writers Producers’ Club by contacting Marcie Berg: 651-767-8486 | berg@parksquaretheatre.org

HOLMES WATSON AND

By Jeffrey Hatcher

HUMANS

By Stephen Karam

CREATIVE TEAM

Director ............................................... Michael Evan Haney†

Set Designer ....................................... Erik Paulson

Costume Designer ............................. Matthew Lefebvre‡

Sound Designer ................................. Montana Johnson

Lighting Designer ............................... Mary Shabatura

Properties Designer .......................... Sadie Ward

Wig Artisan ........................................ Andrea Moriarity

Fight Director ..................................... Annie Enneking

Dialect Coach ..................................... Keely Wolter

Stage Manager ................................... Laura Topham*

Assistant Stage Manager .................. Austin Schoenfelder

Line Producers ................................... Rick Shiomi, Kim Vasquez

CAST

Dr Watson ........................................... Bruce Roach*

Dr. Evans ............................................. Daniel Petzold*

Holmes 1 ............................................. Paul de Cordova*

Holmes 2 ............................................. Pearce Bunting*

Holmes 3 ............................................. Peter Simmons*

The Orderly......................................... Peter Christian Hansen*

The Matron ......................................... Kirby Bennett

Understudies: Jeffery Goodson, Anna Olson, William Edson

Setting: a remote island off the coast of Scotland

Performance Time: 90 minutes with no intermission

HOLMES AND WATSON is presented by special arrangement with Dramatist Play Service, Inc., New York The World Premiere of HOLMES AND WATSON was originally commissioned and produced by Arizona Theatre Company, Tuscon / Phoenix, Arizona

(David Ira Goldstein, Artistic Director)

As a courtesy to our actors and those around you, please deactivate all phones and electronic devices. The video and audio recording of this performance by any means is strictly prohibited.

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

† Member, Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

‡Member, USA Union 829

Park Square Theatre is a member of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the American theatre.

The 2021-2022 Harris Family Season is made possible with extraordinary support from the John W Harris Family.

Directed by Lily Tung Crystal

KIRBY BENNETT

(she/her) The Matron

Park Square The Diary of Anne Frank, The Left Hand Singing, The Triumph of Love, Noises Off!, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, The Women; (with Girl Friday Productions) The Skin of Our Teeth, Idiot’s Delight, The Matchmaker Representative

Theatre Zephyr Theatre: As You Like It; The Jungle Theater: Blithe Spirit; Frank Theatre: The Visit; Commonweal Theatre: Sylvia; History Theater: Peace Crimes Awards/

Other Artistic Director: Girl Friday Productions; Ivey Award and Top Ten recognition: Street Scene, produced by Girl Friday Productions TV/Film A Specialist in His Field (Signal Pictures) Training B.A., Dramatic Arts, Macalester College

PEARCE BUNTING*

(he/him) Holmes 2

Park Square

Riddle, Puzzle, Plot

Representative

Theatre History

Theatre: All The Way; Ten Thousand Things: As You Like It; Open Eye Theatre: Cabinet of Wonders; Theatre Exile: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; Theatre Latte Da: Peter and the Starcatcher; Points of View: The Life and Loves of Sinclair Lewis Awards Barrymore Award (Philadelphia) Best Actor TV/Film

Boardwalk Empire (HBO); Law and Order

SVU (NBC); Homicide: Life on the Street (NBC); Travelers (Discovery Channel)

Training Graduate, Yale School of Drama

Upcoming Projects Illusion Theatre: Five Minutes of Heaven

PAUL DE CORDOVA*

(he/him) Holmes 1

Park Square A

Midsummer Night’s

Dream, Opus

Representative Theatre Yellow

Tree Theatre: In The Next Room; Guthrie

Theatre: The Cocoanuts; Pillsbury House

Theatre: Almost Equal To; Red Bird

Theatre: Buried Child; Theatre Novi

Most: The Seagull; Penumbra Theatre: By The Way, Meet Vera Stark Awards/ Other Education Manager: History

Theatre; Associate Company Member: Pillsbury House Theatre Training

M.F.A., University of Minnesota; B.F.A., University of Texas Upcoming Projects

Guthrie Theatre: A Christmas Carol

WILLIAM

EDSON (he/him)

Understudy

Park Square

Romeo and Juliet

Representative Theatre Zephyr

Theatre: Mendelssohn’s Midsummer; Fearless Comedy: Much Ado About

Nothing; EnCompass Theatre: Shoe Night Awards/Other Captain of BARd

Shakes MPLS Training B.F.A, Acting, UMN/Guthrie Theater Upcoming

Projects BARd Shakes at Malcolm

Yards: Love’s Labour’s Lost

JEFFERY

GOODSON

(he/him)

Understudy

Park Square Debut Representative

Theatre Theatre

55: The Rocky Horror Show; Lyric Arts: Superior Doughnuts; Lake Pepin

Players: Greater Tuna; Chanhassen

Dinner Theater: 42nd Street; MN Fringe: Shakespeare Ate My Brain; Brave New Workshop: Do Unto Others First Other

Creator/Voice Actor/Producer for the science fiction storytelling podcast

Space Croutons, and films Haunt This, Sipher, and Reunion Training B.A., Acting, Shorter College

PETER CHRISTIAN HANSEN*

(he/him) The Orderly

Park Square Agatha

Christie: Rule of Thumb, Opus, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Romeo and Juliet, Enchanted April, Proof Representative

Theatre Gremlin Theatre: Journey’s

End; Penumbra Theatre: Wedding Band; Guthrie Theater: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Jungle Theater: Venus in Fur; Mixed Blood Theatre: Displaced Hindu Gods Trilogy; Ten Thousand Things Theater: Othello

Awards/Other Ivey Awards for Burn

This, and Clybourne Park; Artistic Director: Gremlin Theatre TV/Film Project Eden, Special Ed, Hearts Want, Twin Cities, Loft 202, The Public Domain, In an Instant (ABC), Lady Dynamite (Netflix)

ANNA OLSON

(she/her) Understudy

Park Square Biography

Representative

Theatre Minnesota

Jewish Theater:

Modern Orthodox; Hero Now Theater: Terra Nova; Theater in the Round Players: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie; Chameleon Theater Circle: Five Women Wearing the Same Dress; LexHam Community Theater: Antony and Cleopatra; Theatre Unbound: A Piece of my Heart TV/Film Living With You (Buddy Puddle Productions) Training B.A., Drama, San Francisco State University

DANIEL PETZOLD*

(he/him) Dr. Evans

Park Square Airness

Representative Theatre 59e59

(Off Broadway): Switzerland; american vicarious (Off Broadway): Pushkin;

Cincinnati Playhouse: A Christmas Carol;

Florida Studio Theatre: American Son; The Old Globe: Macbeth; Berkeley Rep: Three Sisters TV/Film FBI (CBS) Training M.F.A., The Old Globe/University of San Diego; B.A., Theater and Performance Studies, University of California, Berkeley

BRUCE ROACH*

(he/him) Watson

Park Square Debut

Representative Theatre (as actor)

Heart of America

Shakespeare Festival: Richard III, The Winter’s Tale; Asolo Theater

Company: A Flea in Her Ear; Starlight

Theatre: Hairspray; Music Theater

Heritage: My Fair Lady, Unicorn Theatre: Faith Healer; (as director) UMN/Guthrie

Theater: Earthquakes in London; Hamlet

Other Faculty: UMN/Guthrie Theater

B.F.A. Actor Training Program Training

M.F.A., Acting, FSU/Asolo Conservatory

Upcoming Projects (as director) UMN/ Guthrie Theater: Stupid F***ing Bird

PETER SIMMONS*

(he/him) Holmes 3 Park Square Romeo And Juliet, Of Mice And Men, 33 Variations, The Diary Of Anne Frank, To Kill A Mockingbird

Representative Theatre Old Log

Theatre: Almost Maine; Paul Bunyan

Playhouse: The Underpants; Walking

Shadow Theatre: Equivocation; Classical Actors Ensemble: Julius Caesar; Open Window Theater: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Other Performed in dozens of productions for The Mystery Café over 25 years; performs in crisis intervention role-playing; stand up comedian in late 80’s/early 90’s Training North Carolina School Of the Arts

CREATIVE TEAM

MICHAEL EVAN

HANEY †

(he/him) Director

Michael Evan Haney is celebrating His 51st Year in the professional theatre. He has directed plays off-broadway (Around The World In 80 Days), internationally in Vienna and Frankfurt (The Syringa Tree) and in regional theatres including Actors Theatre

Of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Open Eye Theatre (Beckett’s Happy Days), Repertory Theatre Of St. Louis, and Cincinnati’s Ensemble Theatre. He was the Associate Artistic Director for the Cincinnati Playhouse for fourteen years directing Blackbird, Crime And Punishment, The Clean House, and A Christmas Carol (for 25 years) among others. He has acted in over 100 plays including on Broadway in Elie Wiesel’s Zalman, at the Moscow Art Theatre in Our Town, in the U.S. premier of Charles Dickens’ Nicholas Nickelby, and in seasons at The Arena Stage, Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, The Missouri Repertory Theatre and others. On screen with his wife, Amy Warner, he has appeared with Cate Blanchette in the film, Carol, and with Mark Ruffalo in Dark Waters. He has received awards including Best Directing Acclaim Awards in Cincinnati for The History of Invulnerability (a play about Superman and the Holocaust), Love Song, and 80 Days; an L.A Dramalogue Award for Jeffrey Hatcher’s Scotland Road; a Kevin Kline Award for Souvenir; and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the League of Cincinnati Theatres.

ANNIE ENNEKING

(she/her) Fight Director

Park Square Cardboard Piano, Of Mice and Men, Cyrano, Panic Representative Theatre Guthrie Theater: To Kill a Mockingbird; Dark and Stormy Productions: Extremities; Jungle Theater: Night Alive; Ten Thousand Things: Henry IV; Theater Latté

Da: The Man of La Mancha; UMN/Guthrie

Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program: Boudica TV/Film 55414 Training Associate Instructor with Dueling Arts International; Theatre Arts (Dance), University of Minnesota Accolades/ Other Playwright’s Center McKnight Theatre Fellowship; Jerome Foundation Grant; Artist Initiative Grant Upcoming Projects Touring with the rock band Annie and the Bang Bang; Teaching stage combat at the University of Minnesota (B.A. and B.F.A. departments)

MONTANA JOHNSON

(she/her) Sound Designer Park Square Over 20 productions including Becky’s New Car, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Spider’s Web, Well, Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure Representative Theatre Jungle Theatre: Every Brilliant Thing, You Can’t Take it With You; Guthrie Theater: Juno and the Paycock, Embers, Skiing on Broken Glass; Yellow Tree Theatre: Cry it out, Violet, Next to Normal; Mixed Blood Theatre: Barbecue, An Octoroon, Passing Strange Other Sound and Media Supervisor: University of Minnesota Training M.F.A., Sound Design, California Institute of the Arts; More at montanajohnsondesign.com

MATTHEW LEFEBVRE ‡

(he/him) Costume Designer Park Square Cyrano de Bergerac, Retreat from Moscow, ART, Romeo and Juliet, Three Days of Rain, The Waiting Room

Representative Theatre Guthrie Theater: 20+ productions since 1998 including A Christmas Carol; Penumbra Theatre: 20+ productions since 2000 including Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; Jungle Theater: A Doll’s House, Part 2, Minnesota Opera: Das Rheingold; Milwaukee Rep: Cyrano de Bergerac; New York Theatre Workshop: Bach at Leipzig

Awards/Other 2014-2015 McKnight

Theatre Artist Fellowship; 2012 TDFIrene Sharaff Award; 2015 Ivey Award; Professor of Costume Design: University of Minnesota Upcoming Projects

Portland Playhouse/Penumbra Theatre: What I Learned in Paris; Penumbra Theatre: Sugar in Our Wounds

ANDREA MORIARITY

(she/her) Wig Artisan

Park Square The Color Purple

Representative Theatre Jungle Theater: A Doll’s House: Part 2; Penumbra Theatre: Girl Shakes Loose; Theater Latté Da: Peter and the Starcatcher Awards/ Other Andrea’s wig work, along with her colleagues’ at Guthrie Theater, appeared in the August/September

2019 issue of American Craft Magazine

Training M.F.A., Theatre Design and Production, University of Cincinnati, College Conservatory of Music

ERIK PAULSON

(he/him) Set Designer

Park Square The Snow Queen, 2 Pianos

4 Hands, Othello, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Representative Theatre Old Log

Theater: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder; Madison Opera: The Turn of the

Screw; Repertory Theatre of St. Louis: The Comedy of Errors; Great River Shakespeare

Festival: A Midsummer Night’s Dream; History Theatre: The Christmas Schooner; Nautilus Music-Theater: Man of La Mancha

Education B.S., Speech CommunicationTheatre Emphasis, University of Wisconsin-River Falls Upcoming Projects

Park Square: The Humans; Old Log

Theatre: Once Upon A Mattress

AUSTIN SCHOENFELDER

(he/they) Assistant Stage Manager

Park Square (as Run Crew) The Rocky Horror Show Representative

Theatre Theater Latte Da: Jelly’s

Last Jam (ASM); Zenith City Horror:

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (SM); Duluth

Playhouse: Sweeney Todd (ASM); Prairie

Repertory Theatre: The Sound of Music

Training B.F.A., Stage Management, University of Minnesota-Duluth

MARY SHABATURA

(she/her) Lighting Designer

Park Square Debut Representative

Theatre Minnesota Opera: Anonymous

Lover; History Theatre: Christmas of Swing;

Dark & Stormy Productions: Jacuzzi;

Virginia Opera: La Boheme: Rodolfo

Remembers; Mixed Blood Theatre: Song of

Summer; Theater Latte Da: Bernarda Alba

Awards/Other La Mama Experimental Theatre DesignFest 2020: Winner, Lighting Design; Lighting Supervisor: Ragamala Dance Training B.A., Theater Arts, University of Minnesota Upcoming Projects Minnesota Opera: Don Giovanni

LAURA TOPHAM*

(she/her) Stage Manager

Park Square Over 25 productions including The Rocky Horror Show, Jefferson Township Sparkling Junior Talent Pageant, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Hamlet, The Diary of Anne Frank, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream Representative Theatre Guthrie Theater: A Raisin in the Sun; History Theatre: Parks; Yellow Tree Theatre: Another Miracle on Christmas Lake; Collide Theatrical Dance Company: Romeo and Juliet; Theater Latte Da: Candide; Artistry: Follies Training B.A., Theatre Arts, University of Minnesota

SADIE WARD

(she/her) Properties Designer

Park Square (as Set Designer) Two Sugars Room For Cream, Sometimes There’s Wine; (as Properties Designer)

Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, A Raisin in the Sun, Love Person, Nina Simone: Four Women Representative Theatre Lakeshore

Players: The Little Mermaid; Lyric Arts: Smokey Joe’s Cafe; Naples Players: Savannah Sipping Society; Theatre in the Round Players: These Shining Lives; Chameleon Theatre Circle: Caucasian

Aggressive Pandas; Pangea World Theatre: Sabra Falling Other Co-owner: Next Stage Market and Rental Training B.A., Theatre Studies, B.F.A. Arts Administration, Viterbo University Upcoming Projects

Naples Players: A Christmas Carol

KEELY WOLTER

(she/her) Dialect Coach

Park Square Romeo and Juliet, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Amy’s View, Calendar Girls, The Diary of Anne Frank Representative

Theatre Guthrie Theater: Noura, The Great Leap; Jungle Theater: Is Edward Snowden Single?, Miss Bennet, The Wickams; Penumbra Theatre: Wedding Band; Theater Latté Da: Hedwig and the Angry Inch; Artistry: Awake and Sing!; Old Log Theatre: Guys and Dolls Training

M.A., Voice Studies, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama; B.A., Theater Performance, Viterbo University

Accolades 2018 Lavender Magazine

Run Crew: Ansel Langmead, Keara Lavandowska

Wardrobe/Dresser: Phoebe Rodriguez

Carpenters: Erin Gustafson, Peaches

Hastings, Alice Endo, Betsy Foy, Roan Childress, Kristin Bryan, Will Marsh, Erik Lucas, Sophie Pfluger

Stone Carvers: Li Welsman, Keara Lavandowska, Phoebe Rodriguez, Betsy Foy, Peaches Hastings, Roan Childress

Sound Operator: Olivia Nyman

Covid Compliance Officers: Joe Burch, Keara Lavandowska, William Edson

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Vanessa Lopez

Special Thanks to the Historic Hamm Building

For their investment in the vibrant cultural life in downtown Saint Paul, a warm welcome to the new building owners, Halverson and Blaiser Group, LTD.

Park Square Theatre Lead Funding Partners:

Harlan Boss Foundation for the Arts

THE SNOWY DAY THE SNOWY DAY

And Other Stories

By Ezra Jack Keats

Script by Jerome Hairston

Based on the books by Ezra Jack Keats

Music by Victor Zupanc | Directed by Ansa Akyea

On the Park Square Proscenium Stage

December 1 – 23, 2022

The Anderlik Family Foundation Boss Foundation

Edelstein Family Foundation

The Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation

Hugh J. Andersen Foundation

John Larsen Family Foundation

Willis Towers Watson

Margaret H. and James E. Kelley Foundation

Sarah J. Andersen Fund of the Hugh J. Andersen Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Thomas Gifford & Jean Heidenreich

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and culture heritage fund.

Joan & Arnold Feinberg

John Fisch & Judith Halabrin

Annamary & Jim Herther

Robin Hubbell

Mary Jacobs

Jeff & Kathy Johnson

Bruce Jones & Joann Nordin

Alfred & Sharon Kauth

Thomas & Mary Krick

Robert & Barbara Kueppers

Joe Kuznik

Ruth Ladwig

Wendy Lane & Judith Fairbrother

John & Karen Larsen

Michael Mallory & Catherine Gray

Ruth Markowitz

Jack & Jeanne Matlock

Laura McCarten

Kathleen McLeod & Eric Hepp

Alan & Sharon Miller

Mary Ann Ogden

Susan Roberts

Jean & Joseph Rozinka

Bruce A. Lilly & Paula Schad Lilly

Laurel Severson

Laurie Rose Simon & Carol Hohenstein

Lee Snook

Cynthia & Mark Stange

Char Brooker & Gene Mammenga

Erica Stern

Sarah Stevenson in Memory of Gary Berggren

John Sullivan

Charity Tahmaseb

Peg & Doug Wangensteen

Wendy Worner

Park Square Theatre Information Park Square Theatre Information

Hannah Mahr

Education Program

Dave Peterson

Facility and Events Director

Andrea Trimble Hart, CPCU (Treasurer)

Educator Advisory Board

Alexandra Howes

Youth Ambassadors

Tollef Currell

Artistic

Mark Ferraro-Hauck

Executive Director/ Artistic Associate

Kim Vasquez

Producing Director/ Artistic Associate

Ansa Akyea

Artistic Associate

Ellen Fenster

Artistic Associate

Rick Shiomi

Artistic Associate

William Edson

Executive Administrator/ Covid Compliance Officer

Production

Meghan “Mac” McLaughlin

Production Manager

Austin Stiers

Technical Director

Brent Anderson

Master Electrician

Alexi Carlson

Assistant Master Electrician

Charlotte Deranek

Sound Supervisor

Meghan Kent

Costume Supervisor

Jeni Raddatz

Scenic Paint Charge

Anna Schloerb

Production Intern

Nina Broberg

Production Intern

Education

Megan Flød Johnson

Interim Director of Education

Erin Granger

SteppingStone Youth and Family Program Manager

Amanda Hestwood

School and Community

Program Manager

Coordinator

Park Square & SteppingStone Theatre

Teaching Artists:

Ansa Akyea, Pedro Bayón, Alessandra Bongiardina, Jack Bonko, Abigail

Chagolla, Laurie Dehmlow, Isabella Dunsieth, Kristin

Fox, Jane Froiland, Gretchen Grunzke, Kristi

Johnson, Dominique Jones, Christopher Kent, Kivan

Kirk, Clay Man Soo, Sylvia

Michels, Mikaela Moe,

Leslye Orr, Shae Palic, Aaron Preusse, Dominic

Rodgers, Taj Ruler, Doug

Scholz Carlson, Jen Scott, Kiyoko Sims, Dane Stauffer, Kiera Stegall, Emily Villano, & Terrell Woods.

Marketing

Rachel Wandrei

Interim Marketing and Communications Director

Victoria Dobias

Digital Marketing Manager

Shelley Johnson

Webmaster

Mike Hanisch

Videographer

Rich Fleischman, Tony

Nelson, Tomas Leal, Dan Norman Photographers

Development

Marcie Berg

Development Manager

Lynne Beck

Development Consultant

Finance and Operations

Christopher Taykalo

Interim Finance and Operations Director

Ben Cook-Feltz

Ticket Office Manager

Jiffy Kunik

Performance Manager

Morgan Gray Box Office and Database Coordinator

Front of House Staff: Mariah Christensen, Claire Chwalek, Michelle

Clark, Gillian Constable, Charlotte Deranek, Lauren

Everett, Eva Gemlo, Robby Miller, Alicia

Pedersen, Steve Sell, Laura

Topham, Kasey Tunell, Tammie Weinfurtner, Sophie Wozniak

Access Services Staff

Audio Description: Laurie Pape-Hadley, Laura Wiebers

ASL: Terryann Nash, Theresa DuBois

Open Captioning: Shelia Bland

Volunteers

Susan Adix, Doreen

Aszmus, Judy Bartlett, Sue Bjerke, Diane Blaiser, Carolyn Brown, Pat Dalluhn, Jo and Ernie

Frankovich, Monica Fritzen, Lynn Harris, Nan Jahnke, Lucy and Rick Olsen, Pat

Sackett, Anne Supplee

Thank you to all of our Volunteer Ushers.

Board of Directors

Paul Sackett (President)

Professor of Psychology and Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota

Susan Rostkoski

(Vice President) Consultant

Senior VP, Willis of Minnesota, Inc.

Paul F Casey, CIA, CFE, FLMI (Secretary)

Audit Manager, Enterprise Operations, Internal Audit, Securian Financial Group

Nancy Feldman President and CEO, UCare, Retired

Jewelie Grape Partner, J. Grape Law, PLLC

Mark Howlett

Global Portfolio Director, 3M

Paul Johnson VP, Investor Relations, Xcel Energy

Paul Mattessich

Executive Director, Wilder Research Foundation

Kristin Berger Parker

Partner, Stinson, Leonard, Street

Paul Stembler Consultant

Twin Cities Academy

Amy Hewett-Olatunde

LEAP High Schools

Ben Carpenter

South High School

Heather Klug

Park Center High School

Jack Schlukebier

Central High School, retired

Jill Tammen

Hudson High School, retired

Kate Schilling

Teacher & Designer

Marcia Aubineau University of St. Thomas, retired

Sara Stein Eden

Prairie High School

Tanya Sponholz

Prescott High School

Theodore Fabel

South High School

We are currently searching for educators to serve on the Educator Advisory Board. Learn more at www.parksquaretheatre. org/education/advisory-board

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Contact

Mailing Address: 408 St. Peter Street, Suite 110 Saint Paul, MN 55102

Street Address: 20 West 7th Place Saint Paul, MN 55102

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Education Matinees: Amanda Hestwood

amanda@steppingstonetheatre.org

651.895.2205

Minnehaha Academy

Keena Dietz

Homeschool

Elle Hinds

Centennial High School

Spencer Lilla

Jefferson High School

Ingrid Lleva

Minnehaha Academy

Iris Luz Hernandez

Nova Classical Academy

Haley Olson

Saint Anthony Village High School

Kinsey Peterson

Prescott High School

Mayah Ruiters

Minnehaha Academy

Shock Stallman

Hubbs Learning Center

Sam Wiesner

Irondale High School

Now accepting applications for the 2022-2023 cohort of Ambassadors! Visit www.parksquaretheatre.org/education/ theatre-ambassadors for details.

Ticket Office Hours

Wednesday–Friday*

12:00-5:00pm

*Or by emailing tickets@parksquaretheatre.org

Performance Days

6:30-8:30pm for 7:30 evening performances

1:00-3:00pm for 2:00 matinee performances

Hold times may be longer due to in-person customer service before performances

Proscenium Stage seats 348. Andy Boss Thrust Stage seats 203. The Historic Hamm Building is a smoke-free facility. Latecomers are seated at the discretion of the House Manager. Restrooms and water fountains are on the main floor and lower level. Cameras/audio/video equipment and laser pointers are prohibited.

The 2021-2022 Harris Family Season is made possible with extraordinary support from the John W Harris Family. This

2022 2023

THE HUMANS

Sept 14 – Oct 9, 2022 | Proscenium Stage

By Stephen Karam

The Tony Award-winning play about a family at its best...and worst.

FIRE IN THE NEW WORLD

with Full Circle Theater Company

Oct 19 – Nov 6, 2022 | Proscenium Stage

By R.A. Shiomi

A world premiere noir mystery with a dash of social commentary and plenty of sly intrigue.

THE SNOWY DAY*

DEC 1-23, 2022 | Proscenium Stage

Script by Jerome Hairston

Based on the books by Ezra Jack Keats

Celebrate the joy in the seasons of a child’s world!

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

Jan 18 – Feb 12, 2023 | Proscenium Stage

By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett

On stage at Park Square for 25 years. Now, an all-new telling of history we must never forget.

A MIDSUMMER

NIGHT’S DREAM*

FEB 8 – MAR 5, 2023 | Boss Stage

By William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s classic comes alive for young people!

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THE REVOLUTIONISTS

with PRIME Productions

Mar 29 – Apr 16, 2023 | Proscenium Stage

By Lauren Gunderson

An assassin, a spy, a playwright, and of course, Marie Antoinette!

BETWEEN RIVERSIDE AND CRAZY

May 24 – Jun 18, 2023 | Proscenium Stage

By Stephen Adly Guirgis

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize – a rich comedy-drama about fatherhood and justice.

FOOLS AND LOVERS

Jun 7 – Jul 2, 2023 | Boss Stage

Adaptations of Shakespeare by Gregory Wolfe and Gregory Sherman

Comedy abounds at a modern wedding with text drawn entirely from Shakespeare’s plays!

HOLMES/POIROT

Jul 19 – Aug 20, 2023 | Proscenium Stage

By Jeffrey Hatcher and Steve Hendrickson

World premiere mystery! Not one but two of the greatest detectives of all time take the stage!

* SteppingStone Theatre for Youth production. Not included in subscription packages.

Single Tickets now on sale for The Humans, Fire in the New World, and The Snowy Day!