El Huracán by Charise Castro Smith - GableStage Playbill

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With generous support from Henry R. Muñoz III and Baptist Health

Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez

Student Matinees sponsored with leading support by Green Family Foundation

• The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation

• The Kirk Foundation

• Lloyd and Helen Dilworth Foundation

Additional support provided by Knight Foundation

With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners

Success starts with passion.

Native Gardens By Karen Zacarías

Directed by Victoria Collado

June 10 – July 16, 2023

Running Time: 90 minutes. No Intermission. This production contains mild language Preview performance: Friday, June 9

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In this sparkling comedy of good intentions and bad manners, cultures and gardens clash, turning well-intentioned neighbors into feuding enemies. Pablo, a rising attorney, and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, have just purchased a home next to Frank and Virginia, a well-established D.C. couple with a prize-worthy English garden. But an impending barbeque for Pablo’s colleagues and a delicate disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spiral into an all-out border dispute, exposing both couples’ notions of race, taste, class and privilege.

“…the best stage comedy of the summer.” — Minneapolis Star Tribune

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“But then the revolution came And we revolved and revolved Category 5 winds of change”

--Valeria, in El Huracán by Charise Castro Smith

El Huracán’s swirling themes…the fading nature of memory, the illusions of time, life’s real magic and cruel tricks, the imprint our ancestors leave on us, the stories we must carry for them…are as universal as Shakespeare’s. But…there’s something uniquely magical about sharing this play with you today. Where else but South Florida, so transformed in less than a lifetime by that tempestuous Revolution, could El Huracán resonate for audiences with such shared understanding and specificity? Where else could lines referring to epic local events like “Andrew,” or the prosaic day-to-day details of “Carports” and “Dadeland Mall,” spoken in that particular form of Miami “Spanglish,” feel so effortlessly real to so many in a theatre? Even as its magical-theatrical tricks tell us we’re someplace else— 1958 Havana, 1992 Miami, 2017 Miami, and decades in between—the characters of El Huracán co-exist with us like vivid memories in this moment, in this theatre. My grandparents and great-grandparents have been on my mind throughout the process of creating this Miami-made production. Theirs is a Cuban American story not unlike the family on stage today. They’re no longer with us. But…perhaps they’re present, too? Conjured when I remember and share the stories passed on to me? Now, that’s magic. Whose stories do you carry? Bienvenidos…

Los temas giratorios de El Huracán... la naturaleza efímera de la memoria, las ilusiones del tiempo, la verdadera magia y los crueles trucos de la vida, la huella que nuestros antepasados dejan en nosotros y las historias que cargamos por ellos... son tan universales como las de Shakespeare. Pero... hoy hay algo mágico y único al compartir esta obra contigo.

¿Dónde más que en el sur de la Florida, transformado en menos de una vida por esa revolución tempestuosa, podría El Huracán impactar las audiencias con comprensión y entendimiento mutuo? En qué otro lugar podría percibirse las líneas sobre los acontecimientos locales y épicos como "Andrew", o los detalles cotidianos de "Carports" y "Dadeland Mall", pronunciados en esa forma particular del "spanglish" Miamense y sentirse tan reales para tantas personas en un teatro? Incluso mientras los trucos mágico-teatrales nos dicen que estamos en otro lugar —La Habana de 1958, Miami de 1992, Miami de 2017 y décadas intermedias— los personajes de El Huracán coexisten con nosotros como recuerdos vívidos en este momento, en este teatro.

Mis abuelos y bisabuelos han estado en mi mente durante todo el proceso de creación de esta producción hecha en Miami. Su historia cubanoamericana no es muy diferente a la de la familia en el escenario hoy. Ellos ya no están con nosotros. Pero... ¿quizás están presentes hoy? Cuando recuerdo y comparto las historias que me transmitieron es como conjurarlos nuevamente. ¡Y eso es magia! ¿Qué historias llevas tú? ¡Bienvenidos!

Dámaso Rodríguez Director, El Huracán

"Pero entonces llegó la revolución Y giramos y giramos Vientos de cambio Categoría 5 "

--Valeria, en El Huracán de Charise Castro Smith

El Huracán has been unlike any other play I have worked on before, it gave me the opportunity to take a journey through my own personal history in the name of dramaturgical research. Surprisingly to me, one of the fundamental sources for El Huracán research was my own Cuban dad: Vinicio. Through him and his stories, I learned about the triumphs and struggles of my own family. I discovered aspects of my father that I would have otherwise lost forever had I not inquired about his past experiences as a Cuban exile. We had some of the deepest conversations we’ve ever had and I saw, for the first time, the pain my father carried and tried so hard to mask all these years.

We talked about tempests, Cuba, Alzheimer’s (we too lost my grandfather to this disease), my own abuela, the infinite line at the Freedom Tower in March 1961, and learning English at Coral Gables Senior High School. We talked about the fallout after Hurricane Andrew: broken tree limbs fused with tears of joy for having simply survived. We talked about the perpetual longing for home to the shattered dreams of the, now, impossible homecoming. We talked about the rupture from ‘la isla’ and rebuilding the idea of home. My research functioned much like a hurricaneuprooting and displacing, while also revealing the fertile soil for something new to spring forth that was both connected to the past yet untethered brimming with possibilities for the future. Suddenly, El Huracán became more than a play for me and was transformed into a reflection of my own family and our transplanted lives. Like a hurricane, it was a catalyst for my family to rebuild, heal, learn, and forgive. I hope it acts as an invitation for you to do the same.

La obra de El Huracán ha sido diferente a cualquier otra que haya trabajado antes, me dio la oportunidad de hacer un viaje a través de mi historia personal en nombre de la investigación dramatúrgica. De modo sorprendente, una de las fuentes fundamentales para la investigación de El Huracán fue mi propio padre de origen cubano: Vinicio. A través de él y sus historias, aprendí sobre los triunfos y las luchas de mi propia familia. Descubrí fases de mi padre que podría haber perdido para siempre, si no le hubiera preguntado sus experiencias pasadas como exiliado cubano. Tuvimos conversaciones profundas y por primera vez comprendí el dolor que mi padre cargaba y que se esforzó tanto en enmascarar todos estos años.

Hablamos de las tempestades; Cuba; el Alzheimer (mi abuelo también sufrió de esta enfermedad); mi querida abuela; la cola infinita del Freedom Tower durante marzo de 1961 y aprender el idioma inglés en Coral Gables Senior High School. Hablamos de las secuelas del huracán Andrew: ramas de árboles rotas fundidas con lágrimas de alegría por haber simplemente sobrevivido. Hablamos del anhelo perpetuo de regresar, de los sueños destrozados, del presente, que es un retorno imposible y la reconstrucción del hogar. Mi investigación funcionó de manera muy similar a un huracán: desarraigar y desplazar. Al mismo tiempo revelaba el suelo fértil dándonos la oportunidad a que brotara algo nuevo en el futuro que estaba conectado al pasado. De repente, El Huracán se convirtió para mí más que una obra de teatro y se transformó en un reflejo de mi propia familia y nuestras vidas trasplantadas. Como un huracán, fue un catalizador para que mi familia reconstruyera, sanara, aprendiera y perdonara. Espero que actúe como una invitación para que tú hagas lo mismo.

Karina Batchelor Dramaturg

presents

El HuracÁn

by Charise Castro Smith

Generous support for the GableStage production provided by Henry R. Muñoz III

Additional support from Baptist Health

Student Matinees sponsored with leading support by Green Family Foundation • The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation • The Kirk Foundation • Lloyd and Helen Dilworth Foundation

Additional support provided by Knight Foundation

With the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners

Scenic Designer

Frank J. Oliva^

Magic Consultant

Sound Designer

Rodolfo Ortega^

André Garré Costume Designer

Gema Valdés

Set Dresser & Properties Designer

Jameelah Bailey

Lighting Designer

Blanca Forzán

Dramaturg

Karina Batchelor

Set Dresser & Properties Designer

Constanza Celsi

Choreographer & Intimacy Coordinator

Jeni Hacker

Stage Manager

Kenya Anthony-Moore*

Production Stage Manager

Katie Ellison*

Directed by Dámaso Rodríguez**

World Premiere produced by Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director

Valeria..........

Miranda..........

Alonso..........

Fernando/Theo..........

Alicia/Val/Dr.Kempler...........

Ximena...........

Barbara Bonilla*

Thais Menendez*

James Puig*

Gabriell Salgado*

Emma Garcia Seeger

Adriana Sevan*

Part One: August, 1992

Part Two: August, 2017

Part One before and during Hurricane Andrew Part Two the day after Alonso’s funeral

El Huracán will be performed without an intermission.

THE VIDEOTAPING OR AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS PRODUCTION IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED

*Appearing through an agreement between GableStage and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Barbara Bonilla

Thais Menendez

James Puig

Emma Garcia Seeger Adriana Sevan Gabriell Salgado

Photo by Bob Lasky

Photo by Stephanie Girard

Photo by Anthony Joseph

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Photo by Joanna DeGeneres

Charise Castro Smith is a playwright and writer originally from Miami. She spent the last three years co-writing and co-directing the theatrical Disney animated film Encanto which features music written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. She has staffed on many tv series including The haunting of Hill House on Netflix, Sweetbitter on Starz, and The Exorcist for Fox. Her pilot The Death of Eva Sofia Valdex was shot at ABC. She is a prolific playwright whose plays include El Huracán (premiered at Yale Repertory Theatre), Estrella Cruz: The Junkyard Queen (Ars Nova/Halcyon Theatre), The Hunchback of Seville (Washington Ensemble Theatre/Trinity Repertory Company), Washeteria (Soho Rep), and Boomcracklefly (Miracle Theatre). She is a recipient of a Van Lier Fellowship at New Dramatists and is an alumna of Ars Novas Play Group and The New Georges Jam. She holds an M.F.A from Yale School of Drama.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Dámaso Rodríguez** (Director) was born in Miami, and is thrilled to make his local theatre debut at GableStage. He is a director of new and classic plays with over 100 credits at theatres across the country. Most recently, he concluded a nine-year tenure as Artistic Director of Artists Rep in Portland, Oregon, where he directed 22 productions. In prior years, he co-founded L.A.’s Furious Theatre and served as Associate Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse. His productions have won and been nominated for dozens of awards (LA Stage Alliance, LA Stage Scene, LA Weekly) and he is a recipient of awards from L.A. Drama Critics Circle Back Stage, and the NAACP. He is a three-time panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts, serves on the Drama League’s National Directors Council, and is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. Dámaso dedicates his work on El Huracán to his grandparents: Zulema and Dámaso R. Rodríguez, and Teresita and Román García. We carry your memories.

ABOUT THE CAST

Barbara Bonilla* (Valeria) is a Cuban American actor and a native New Yorker, now living in South Florida. She is thrilled to be returning to GableStage after her 2022 debut in BOCA. This past summer, she performed at Barrington Stage in The Berkshires and, most recently, at Empire Stage in The Savannah Sipping Society. OffBroadway: You’ve Got Hate Mail, Traid Theatre, New World Stages and Two River Theatre. And at the Gala Theatre in D.C., where she performed the role of Carmen in Real Women Have Curves. Recent Films: Reminiscence with Hugh Jackman and iMORDECAI with Judd Hirsch. TV: Unsolved Mysteries, Law & Order: SVU, 30 Rock, The Sopranos, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Thanks to family, friends and the entire team for their love and support. This performance is dedicated to her Abuela Estela, a professional actress at El Teatro Payret in Havana, Cuba (1935-1955) and her Abuela Elisa, whose goodness was magical. Follow @barbarabonillaactor

ABOUT THE CAST

Thais Menendez* (Miranda) is a Cuban-American trilingual SAG-AFTRA/ AEA actor, producer, and writer based in Los Angeles. A Miami native and graduate of Boston College with a BA in Theatre & English, Thais is thrilled to be back in her hometown making her GableStage debut with this special play. Thais is also the co-founder of Quien Te Manda Productions, a Latina-led company dedicated to uplifting Latine voices in film. She wrote and starred in QTM’s first film to be released in 2023. SELECTED THEATRE: A Misanthrope (Avant Bard); Things That Are Round (Rep Stage, World Premiere); columbinus (1st Stage, Helen Hayes Best Ensemble nomination); Don Cristobal (Pointless Theatre); What Every Girl Should Know and Dry Land (Forum Theatre); Oyéme, The Beautiful (Imagination Stage); Tentación (LA Philharmonic) TV: The Bold & the Beautiful (CBS); While You Were Breeding (Freeform). Para mis abuelos y Luis IG: @thaismarie

James Puig* (Alonso) is delighted to make his GableStage debut directed by Damaso Rodriguez with this dream of a cast. Jim made his Broadway debut performing in repertory Romeo and Juliet (Friar Laurence), As You Like It (Touchstone) and Macbeth (The Porter) also understudying F. Murray Abraham in that title role. Jim’s last Broadway appearance was the Hal Prince tribute, The Prince of Broadway. OFF-BROADWAY: NYC Center, Circle Rep, Playwrights Horizons, The Actors Studio in NYC, Lincoln Center and ten projects with the New York Shakespeare Festival. REGIONAL: Kennedy Center, Yale Rep, McCarter Theatre, Denver Center, Actor’s Playhouse and twelve productions at the Coconut Grove Playhouse. TELEVISION: Miami Vice, Tattingers, Cheer s and All My Children A product of South Florida theatre, Jim was recently featured in Miami New Drama’s world premieres of the plays Fake and The Cubans at the Colony Theatre and last season in Zoetic’s GringoLandia at the Arsht Center. Heartfelt gratitude to Bari, Damaso, Charise, Andre and my great GableStage family. Jim dedicates his performance to his parents, Florentina and Jaime with thanks to Hilda, Manie, family and friends for their love and support and most of all to God for those many blessings and for the gift of a lifetime in theatre. “With God all things are possible.”

Gabriell Salgado* (Fernando/Theo) is thrilled to be working with GableStage for the first time. After making his professional debut with Zoetic Stage as ‘The Creature’ in Frankenstein, he has since starred in Miami New Drama’s 20th Anniversary production of Anna in The Tropics written and directed by Nilo Cruz, The Foundry’s production of Lucas Hnath’s Red Speedo, Palm Beach Dramaworks’ production of Amy Herzog’s 4,000 Miles, Michael McKeever’s The Code, Hannah Benitez’s Gringolandia, and Ira Levin’s Deathtrap. Gabriell would like to thank his friends and family for their endless love and support. Gabriellsalgado.com @ gabriellsalg

Emma Garcia Seeger (Alicia/Val/Dr.Kempler) is a recent graduate from the University of Florida, with her BFA in Theatre Performance, Specialization in Acting. This will be her debut theatrical performance since her college graduation this past April. She is thrilled to be working with this cast and crew and cannot be more thankful for this experience. She recently assistant stage managed The 39 Steps with Zoetic Stage, as well as stage managed both The Actors and Red Speedo at The Foundry in Wilton Manors. She wrote and acted in her own one-woman show for her final performance of college, Shut Up, I’m Still Talking. Other shows include Antigone, Macbeth and Three Sisters. She would like to thank her family for always supporting her. Shoutout to Vignesh<3. Enjoy the show! Instagrams include @ emma_seegz and @thebeverlywashington.”

ABOUT THE CAST

Adriana Sevan* (Ximena) is an award-winning actor and playwright. Credits include: Las Mujeres del Mar (Playwrights Arena), El Huracán (Yale Repertory), Destiny of Desire (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Anna in the Tropics (Coconut Grove Playhouse/SCR), The Clean House, Caucasian Chalk Circle (South Coast Repertory), The Children (Boston Court), Conduct of Life (Rosenthal Theatre), Two Sisters and a Piano (Public Theatre), Henry V (Shakespeare & Co) Macbeth (HERE), Another Part of the House (CSC), The Odyssey (St. Clemens), Populvuh (Lincoln Center). Film/TV: Coco, Harvest, What Anna Knew, Thinner, Law & Order, Sex & the City, Deadline, Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Playwrighting highlights, Taking Flight, (CTG/Kirk Douglas Theatre), (San Diego Rep/SDTC Award), (Goodman), (Sundance), (LATW) and MEA Awarded, Night Over Erzinga, (Golden Thread), (Silk Road Rising), (Yerevan State Theatre). She’s published by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus, American Theatre Magazine, Routledge, Northwestern Press and has taught and directed at theatres/universities across the country. For Mom y mi Papá, and her Beloved.

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM

Kenya Anthony-Moore* (Stage Manager) is a theater professional born and raised in Miami, Florida. She has worked with multiple organizations in Miami and New York City. She most recently was the Assistant Company Manager for the First National Tour of Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations. Kenya relishes in being a part of dynamic productions that are as impactful, diverse, and thought provoking for an audience as they are pristinely produced. She is dedicated to prolific storytelling and developing programs that are inclusive to all communities.

Jameelah Bailey (Props Designer/Set Dressing) is based in the South Florida region. Her latest projects include: The Cubans/A Wonderful World/ 7 Deadly Sins (Miami New Drama), The Amparo Experience (Broadway Factor), The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (Faena Theatre), Once On This Island (Slow Burn Theatre), and FADE ( GableStage). She is excited and grateful for the opportunity that GableStage has given her to work on the beautiful project, El Huracán. She would like to thank her friends and family for their continued love and support.

Karina Batchelor (Dramaturg) is a Miami native. Karina completed her Master’s Degree at the Shakespeare Institute, in conjunction with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the U.K. Her recent dramaturgical projects include El Huracán, Twelfth Night, A Doll’s House Pt. II, Heisenberg, and We Will Not Be Silent (GableStage) as well as her British based collaborations with Leeds Playhouse and The Coronet Theatre in London. A proud educator, with over 20 years of experience, Karina is excited to be mixing her teaching expertise with her artistic vision to help facilitate and deepen the understanding of GableStage’s current season and beyond. Karina would like to thank her family for all their love and support and in particular her father, Vinicio, for opening the door to her own Cuban story.

Constanza Celsi (Set Dresser & Properties Designer) is excited to be working once again with GableStage. This is her 8th GableStage production and her second production as set dresser and properties designer. She graduated from Florida International University with a Bachelor in Theatre Arts. She is thankful to GableStage for this amazing opportunity. She would like to thank her family and friends for their continuous support.

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM

Katie Ellison* (Production Stage Manager) is on her sixth season as the Resident Production Stage Manager at GableStage. Outside of GableStage, she had the privilege of working with Miami New Drama at the Colony Theatre on their production of 7 Deadly Sins. Other credits include Assistant Stage Manager for Peter and the Starcatcher at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and Assistant Stage Manager for Zoetic Stage’s productions of Stripped and Rapture, Blister, Burn. She was also the Production Stage Manager for Orchestra Miami’s Music at The Biltmore and The Mice War. Katie is a proud graduate of the University of Miami with a BFA in Stage Management.

Blanca Forzán (Lighting Designer) is a Lighting Designer, Set Designer, and Writer. Blanca has a degree in Architecture from Del Valle de Mexico University, was a Ban Center Intern (Canada), and worked with the National Institute of Fine Arts for over two decades (Mexico City). Notable shows include: Faust (Brooklyn Academy of Music, N.Y ) and Hamlet (Cadiz Spain). Other credits: Bicycle Country (Aurora Theatre, Lawrenceville, G.A.), Octoroon, A Doll’s House, Part 2, La Ruta (Artist Repertory Theatre), In The Next Room (Portland State University), Men on Boats (Willamette University, Salem) and Jump (Confrontation Theatre). Mother Courage and Ruin Imago Theatre with Profile Theatre, Measure of a innocent Bag & Baggage, 2020, a Brigth New Boise 2021 (Willamette University) A Christmas Carol 2021 (Portland Play House) In the name of forgotten women ( Coho theatre 2022) Neat With Passinart at IFCC 2022, Bella An American Tall Tale, Portland Playhouse 2022. The Hombres 2022 Artist Repertory Theatre. Blink (Therd Rail 2022) Dia de los Muertos Portland Playhouse 2022. Black Nativity (Passinart 2022). Blanca is happy to be for the first time in Miami working with GableStage!

André Garré (Magic Consultant) In his extensive career, has had shows in the USA, Spain, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Aruba, Venezuela and more places stand out, adding up to a great list of successes of his different and intelligent magical proposal. Books, courses, workshops and conferences on the subject are another good proof of his excellence. His work on television, both for his multiple invitations on Primetime programs and for his consultancies in the advertising, film and theater fields, as well as his exclusive illusion designs alluding to brands and products, are a gold seal of this artist who always marks his vast knowledge on the subject.His exclusive weekly resident show Asombro at the elegant Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables is a definite standout in the Florida city. The success of André Garré is due to his organic, communicative and friendly artistic proposal that results in different formats of illusionism shows both for the corporate area and for social events of different kinds, without a doubt they mark this artist as a benchmark in the matter.

Jeni Hacker (Choreographer & Intimacy Coordinator) is an actor, Intimacy Director and Choreographer based here in South Florida. She is a six-time Carbonell Award winning actress but was also nominated for a Carbonell Award for Best Choreography for the Actors’ Playhouse production of Once. Other recent Choreography and Musical Staging credits: Heisenberg (GableStage), Side by Side by Sondheim, Frankenstein, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Fun Home, Dancing Lessons, A Little Night Music (Zoetic Stage), Ruthless! The Musical, It Shoulda Been You (Actors’ Playhouse), Once, Godspell (St. Michael’s Playhouse), Tar Beach (TheatreLab). Other favorites include: Addams Family, Pippin, Annie, High School Musical, Anything Goes, Sound of Music and Bugsy Malone.

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM

Frank J Oliva^ (Scenic Designer) is a Cuban-American Stage Designer. He recently received a Silver Palm Award for his work on Gablestage’s production of The White Card and Area Stage Company’s production of Beauty and the Beast. Recent projects include productions with Miami New Drama, Area Stage Company, Gablestage, Ars Nova, Cherry Lane Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, Geva Theatre, The Weston Playhouse, Two River Theatre, and The Cincinnati Symphony, among others. Associate Designer on the recent Broadway productions of Death of a Salesman, Oklahoma!, West Side Story and Hangmen. Theatre Designer for Netflix’s “Marriage Story”. Frank received the 2017 Innovative Theatre Award for Stage Design and won the 2021 Opera America Director/Designer prize and was nominated for 2022 Carbonell Award and a 2018 Audelco Award for Set Design. His designs were exhibited at the 2019 Prague Quadrennial. Member of Wingspace Theatrical Design and United Scenic Artists, and a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. www.frankjoliva.com

Rodolfo Ortega^ (Sound Designer) Credits include Nicole is Having a Baby and Flex Humana Festival; Native Gardens at Cleveland Playhouse; Metamorphoses Seattle Rep; Romeo and Juliet and Tenth Muse at Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Monster Builder at South Coast Repertory; Three Musketeers and Romeo and Juliet at Denver Center; Tempest, Hamlet, Love’s Labor’s Lost and Venus and Fur at Santa Cruz Shakespeare ;1984, La Ruta, Magellanica, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart at Artist Repertory Theater. Additional Credits: Rodolfo received his Master of Music from Manhattan School of Music and was recently featured in Prague for the 2019 Prague Quadrennial for his music from Magellanica for Artist Repertory Theater.

Gema Valdés (Costume Designer) Coming from the fashion industry, Gema discovered her love of the theatre when she was asked by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Nilo Cruz to design the costumes for his Spanish version of Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams. She has collaborated with Cruz designing costumes for Hurricane, Beauty of the Father (Miami Life Awards nominee), The Color of Desire, Bathing in Moonlight and many other Arca Images productions. Costume design combines her passion for fashion with her love of the theatre. Presently Gema is the Costume/Prop Technician at the University of Miami’s Jerry Herman Ring Theatre serving as costume shop supervisor, draper, and patternmaker, where she collaborates with costume designers and familiarizes students with all aspects of production costuming. Gema worked with the legendary Joe Adler on Indecent at Gablestage as well as constructing costumes for other productions. It’s an honor and a pleasure coming back to Gablestage and working with such talented individuals on El Huracán.

Bari Newport (Producing Artistic Director) joined GableStage as Producing Artistic Director in April 2021. She came to Miami from the Penobscot Theatre Company in Bangor, Maine, where she served as Artistic Director for nine seasons. Previously, she was artistic associate at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, artistic/ literary manager at the Pasadena Playhouse, associate producer at Horizon Theatre and associate director of Florida Repertory Theatre. As a producer, Newport has been responsible for the creation and stabilization of a wide range of artistic initiatives, including extensive work in new play development, education and community engagement. While leading Penobscot – which serves 40,000 people each season – Newport doubled the budget in eight years; produced five world premieres; created a partnership with the Penobscot Nation, with whom she developed two large-scale NEA-supported projects; and fully funded the company’s endowment. She kept her entire staff of 15 employed during the pandemic and

produced an innovative season that included 17 newly commissioned digital projects. Her work as a director and actor has been seen at Horizon Theatre Company, Greenbrier Valley Theatre, American Stage, Cumberland County Playhouse, Florida Repertory Theatre, Sacramento Theatre Company, Westport Country Playhouse and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Productions directed at GableStage include: The Price, The Year of Magical Thinking, Heisenberg,We Will Not Be Silent & A Doll's House, Part 2. She earned her BFA from the University of Southern California and MFA from the University of Iowa. Bari is a 20 year member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and the Actor’s Equity Association.

SPECIAL THANKS

Henry R. Muñoz III (Lead Support) is an American activist, business leader, designer & philanthropist. He has launched national movements including Momento Latino, TheDream.US and Latino Victory to support the Latino community through awareness, educational funding, and electoral empowerment. Muñoz bought the premier comedy studio Funny or Die (FOD) in May 2021 with hopes to advance diverse story telling in Hollywood in a Funny Original and Diverse (FOD) manner. Muñoz is a Tony-nominated producer of Paradise Square. The show garnered 10 Tony nominations including a nomination for best musical. Muñoz is also a producer of the Broadway revival of Funny Girl. In the coming season, Mr. Muñoz is a producer of the revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along, Once Upon A One More Time, based on the music of Britney Spears and is the principal underwriter and producer of the world premiere of Huracan, written by Charise Castro Smith. Muñoz is the cofounder of SOMOS US, a healthcare network in NYC treating largely immigrant communities that has been at the forefront of battling the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the former Chairman of the Board & CEO of Muñoz & Company, one of the largest and oldest minority-owned design practices in the country. Under his leadership, Muñoz & Company pioneered an inclusive approach to architecture, urban planning, and design that acknowledges the imprint of the Latino community upon the built environment of the United States, winning over 150 juried design awards in the process. Muñoz helped found the effort to create a Latino Museum on the Mall in Washington D.C., as Chairman of the bipartisan Commission to study the creation of the National Museum of the American Latino. After legislation passed in 2021 for the establishment of the Smithsonian American Latino Museum, Muñoz was elected as Founding Chairman of the Board. Muñoz was appointed as Finance Chair of The Democratic National Committee by President Barack Obama in January 2013. He was the longest serving Finance Chair in DNC History. He is now Finance Chair Emeritus of the Democratic National Committee, the first Latino and openly gay person to ever hold those positions. Henry and his husband Kyle Ferrari-Muñoz, tireless advocates for marriage equality and equality for the LGBTQIA + community, were married by President Joe Biden and currently live in New York and Los Angeles.

And our appreciation to:

Costume Armour

Barbara Escobar

John Frank

Iva Kosovic

Scenic Solutions

ANNUAL DONORS & FUNDERS

2022-2023 ANNUAL DONORS & FUNDERS

The Board of Directors and staff of GableStage applaud our supporters whose generosity enables us to deliver theatre of artistic excellence to the community. Donors to the Joseph Adler Legacy Campaign are recognized immediately following Annual Donors.

Donations listed were received between December 1st 2021- March 28th, 2023

$250,000+

the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs

$100,000+

Henry R. Muñoz III

The Jorge Perez Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation

$25,000+

Marc & Robyn Abrams

The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Florida Department of State/Division of Cultural Affairs

Green Family Foundation Trust

Nedra Kalish

Rhoda Levitt

Al & Jane Nahmad Family Foundation

Bari Newport & Magnus Stark

Peacock Foundation, Inc.

Charles & Rosalyn Stuzin

$15,000+

Grove Bank & Trust

George & Jenna Haj

The Kirk Foundation

Valerie Dillon & Dan R. Lewis

The Shubert Foundation

$10,000+

Ann Anthony

Louis J. Appignani Foundation

Alan & Jayusia Bernstein

The Children’s Trust

City of Coral Gables Cultural Affairs

Dosal Family Foundation

Easton Family Foundation

El Dorado Furniture Funding Arts Network

Ivan & Lourdes Garces

Richard & Judith Jacobs

Selma Ankist Family Trust, Andrea Nobil, Trustee

Charles N & Eleanor Knight Leigh Foundation Inc.

William J. & Tina Rosenberg Foundation

Kaufman Rossin

Sara Solomon

Jodi & Paul Tartell

Rick & Myrna Toren

Dr. Aizik L. Wolf, Miami Neuroscience Center

Jessie Wolfson

$5,000+

Mitchell & Ana Bierman

Caballero Fierman Llerena + Garcia, LLP

Dave Coulson & Jeannie Etter

Nanci & Harold Deutsch

Lil & Yorke Doliner Charitable Foundation, Trustee Allison Hockman

Jessica & Jordan Fishfeld

Carolynn & Michael Friedman

Audrey & Ralph Friedner

Jill & Harold Gaffin

Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

Jane Hurt

Dr. Nilza Kallos

Ezra & Tati Katz Philanthropic Fund

Chaim & Shelly Katzman

Janet and Gerald Kelfer

Richard & Susan Lampen Fund at The Miami Foundation

The Miami Foundation

Miami Salon Group, Inc.

Jeff Davis & Michael Miller

Nedra & Mark Oren

Ruth Orevba & Oliver Zurbel

Lee & Iris Osiason

Patricia Papper

Aaron & Dorothy Podhurst

Do & Rickles Family Foundation

The Zelda and John Schwebel Family Foundation at The Miami Foundation

ANNUAL DONORS & FUNDERS

The Shepard Broad Foundation

The Howard and Sharon Socol Family Foundation Endowment In Memory of our Parents

Gene C. Sulzberger

The Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic StudiesUniversity of Miami

Debbie & Michael Troner in Honor of Bari Newport

Sheila Wagner

Winston & Strawn LLP

Michael Weintraub of the Joseph Weintraub Family Foundation

Ray Ellen & Allan Yarkin

$2,500+

Scott & Michelle Blair Family Charitable Fund

Baptist Health of South Florida

Lloyd and Helen Dilworth Foundation

Andrew Elisburg

Dr. Susan & Larry Jay

Elaine & Daniel Katz

Dale & Stephen Kulvin In Honor of Roz Stuzin & Jill Gaffin

Ann & Don Morrison

Judy Loft & Joe Reid

Alan & Barbara Pareira In memory of Jayusia Bernstein

Claudia Perles

The Sager Family Charitable Fund

Brooke Roberts

The Joseph H. & Florence A. Roblee Foundation

Charles and Linda Sands

Fred & Bonnie Shapiro

Citizens Interested In Arts

Coral Gables Community Foundation

Suzanne & Richard Steinbook

Sheila Terens

Publix Super Markets Charities

Betty & Michael Wohl

Ann Landau & Ira Zweifler

$1000+

David Drucker & Lynn Atkinson

Zandra Bailes

JoAnne Bander

Susan Bannon

Cindy & David Berger

Donald & Rosetta Bierman

Larry & Fran Blum

Richard & Peggy Brodsky

Jeb and Columba Bush Family Fund at The Miami Foundation

Steven & Susan Caller

Renee Gross in Memory of Ellen Osman

Dr. Alfred & Susan Feingold

Firestone Family Foundation

Robert R. Brinker & Nancy S. Fleischman

Evensky & Katz/Foldes Wealth Management

Lydia Harrison

Commissioner Sally Heyman

Ronald & Miriam Hinds

Corleen & James Iannazzi

David Ichel In Honor of David Coulson & Jeannie Etter

Mary Ingram-Schatz

Eric & Gayle Jacobs

Bernard & Florence Jacobson

Al & Priscilla Klomparens

David Kwiat & Barbara Sloan

Wendy Lapidus

Shirley & William Lehman Jr.

Barbara Levin

Norman & Nancy Lipoff

Carlos Malamud

Bruce Marmar

Michael McKenzie & Kari Floren

Gail S. Meyers In Honor of Roz Stuzin

Marise Mishan

Linda & Lynn Newport In Honor of Bari Newport

Michael & Mary Ellen Peyton

Ramirez-Thompson Family

Lewis & Esta Ress

Doris Rudnick

Joel & Adele Sandberg

Carrie & David Schulman in honor of Jessica Provenz & Julie Boyd

Brenda B. Shapiro

Andrea Heuson Sharp & Greg Sharp

Maggie Silverstein

Ms. Sandra Simon

Julie & Gary Simon

Sydney S. Traum & Judith Rood

Suzy & Sadek Wahba

Dr. Bruce H. Wolf

$500+

Frances Aronovitz

Elizabeth & Richard Battaglia

Michael & Sheila Berke

ANNUAL DONORS & FUNDERS

Bob Feldman & Barbara Bonilla

Michael Froomkin & Caroline Bradley

Mark & Marjorie Buchbinder

Ronald Canizares

Rebecca & Philip Curtis

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Dinerstein

Mark Steinberg & Dennis Edwards

Marcia Dunn

Gail P. Fels

The Foyo Family In Honor of Roz Stuzin

Audrey & John Frank

Gabriel Garcia In Memory of Luis Garcia Planchart

Denise Glasser & Larry Parnes

Sharon Gless

Neil & Karen Goodman

Katherine Goodman

Bernard & Marilyn Horowitz

Veronica Iovan

Dr. Josephine Johnson

Louis Hafken MD & Lee Ann Johnston

Fred Jonas

Jack & Shirley Kaplan

Amy Dean & Allen Kluger

Stuart & Debby Koenigsberg In Honor of Bari Newport

David & Bobbie Lawrence

David & Renee Lieberman

David & Kathy Martin

Carol & Richard Massington In Honor of Roz Stuzin

Chandra & Juget Maye - Benjamin

Janet McAliley

Madelyn & Neil Messinger

James Mooney

Aisha Nasser

Michael & Irene Nachwalter

Carol Pawley & Ed Martins

Marc & Stella Powers

Diane & Arthur Provenz

Victoria Rogers

Raquel & Michael Scheck Philanthropic Fund

Aldo Serafini

Joseph Serota

Michelle Sherry

Bernard Silver & Susan Werth In Memory of Joe Adler

Myra Silverstein

Barbara & Ed Sirkin

Norton Small

The Blair H. & Lee D. Temkin Family

Donor Fund of The JCF

The Walmart Spark Fund for Charities at CAF America

Emilio Vazquez & Cynthia Wolffe

Vazquez

Judy & Peter Weissman

Nikisha Williams on Behalf of Commissioner Raquel Regalado

$250+

Jay Abbott

Marta Alfonso

Diane & Richard Berkowitz

Marlene Berlow

Naomi Lee Bloom

Michael A. & Mary A. Carpenter

Yiris Castro-Smith

Wendy Cinnamon

Jerry Cody

Marcia Smithen Cohen In memory of Joseph Adler

Laurey Cruz

Wayne & Nicole Cypen

Dr. Alfred & Leatrice Damus

Liede & Frank DeValdivielso

Marialina Dominguez

Terry & Mel Drucker

David & Roberta Ehrenreich

Roy & Lori Fabry

Nancy & Ron Gelles In Memory of Bernie Silverstein

Marita Glodt

Steven Gombinski & Yvette Costas

David & Phyllis Wilson Grossman

Bonnie & Sheldon Guren

Burton & Naomi Honig

Robert & Marlene Josefsberg In Honor of Roz Stuzin

Paulette Johnson

Neil & Dorothy Koreman

Iva Kosovic Duvin

Sheila Kuhl

Howard Kurzweil Charitable Fund at Our Fund

Shellie & Peter Levin

Martin & Barbara Liebling

Sabina & Michael Lorion

Bonnie & Stuart Maisel

Daniel Marmorstein

Jane & Paul Mass

Randal P. White & Victoria D. Matthews

2022-2023 ANNUAL DONORS & FUNDERS

Charitable Fund

Josie Mendoza

The Michelson Family

Marilyn Milstein & Ed Preston

Dale Moses

Edmund & Elizabeth Parnes

Joyce Peterson

Judith Ratzan

David & Marion Rocker

Victoria Rogers

Robin Rollnick

Vivian San Juan

Claire & Dick Savitt

Ruth & Rudy Schwartz

Helenann & Jeffrey Shapiro

Eugene Spector & Roberta Sherman

Marian R. Siegel

Joan Peven Smith

William Spratt

MaryAnn Sprinkle In honor of Nedra Kalish

Brad Stocker & Tere Campos

Dr. Leonard & Janis Toonkel

Mark A. Trowbridge In Honor of Bari Newport

Bonnie Webman

Barry & Judy Zisook

$100+

Armando Acevedo

Faye Albert

Thomas van Straaten & Nadine Asin

Maria Banda On Behalf of Giancarlo Rodaz

Rona Bartelstone

Blackbaud one behalf of HCA Healthcare Foundation

Barbara Bisno

Caryn & Barry Boren

Paula Bosler

Jean Boutrouille

Leonard & Marcia Brod

Lee & Peter Brooke

Harvey Burstein

Teo Castellanos

Susan Cohen

Joseph Cresci

Sylvia & Hector I. Crespo

Charmaine Crosdale

Judith Crowell

Mary G. Dalton

John Davis

Cecilia de Almeida

Chris Demos-Brown & Stephanie

Demos

Elizabeth Dimon

Richard & Sally Duncan

Paul Dunham

Cheryl Dunn Bychek

Arlene Easley

Martha Kent

Jeanne Esq

Michael Finkle

Arnold Friedman

Liebe & Seth Gadinsky

Juan & Martha Galan

Peter W. Galman

Thomas & Marti Gammon

Maria Garcia Solsrud

Gail Garrisan

Arthur & Stephanie Gilbert

Michael Goldsmith

Robert & JoAnn Gottlieb

Phyllis Greenberg

Michel Hausmann in Honor of Bari!

Cibeles Hernandez

Cami Hofstadter

Shelley & Bruce Hornik

Carmen Irizarry In Honor of Angie Garcia!

Dr. & Mrs. Geoffrey & Linda James

Maria Jaudenes in Honor of Nedra Kalish

Sara Klompus

Steven Krams In memory of Joe Adler

David Lawrence

Sam & Stephanie Levine

Marcy & Barry Levitt

Phyllis & Phil Levy

Marie Lippman

Howard Lubel

Joan & Ed Mahler

Serge & Margaret Martin

Kenneth Maye

Barbara McGuffey

Emily Melamud

Ulrich & Carole Merten

Lynn Meyer In Honor of Donna Urban

Stuart Meltzer & Michael McKeever In

Memory of Patrice Bailey

Miami Jewish Film Festival

Howard Millhauser In memory of Lisa Millhauser

Brenda Moe

Maria Navas

Mandy Newport

Tamara Nixon

Andrew Noble In honor of Joe Adler

Teri Noe M.D.

Dotty Norton

Alana & Jason Peck

Lucy & Roderick Petrey In Memory of Lucy Petrey

Joseph Polito

Thom & Genessa Proctor

Bette Quiat

Juan Quinones

Philip Ragona

Gladys Ramirez

Bindu Rammohan

Bixie Renick

Nicholas & Lisa Richberg

Catherine Rodriguez

Lauri Ross

Randi & Len Rothenberg

Jonathan & Jill Rubin

Norman Sade

Jay Sakalo

Sylvan & Sandy Seidenman

Madeleine Shirley

Larry & Arline Silver

Peggy & Michael Silver

Joan P. Smith

Lynne & Alan Stein

Lana Stern

Suzanne & Henry Stolar

Judith Stopek

April & Dan Stuzin

Beverley & Eugene Sulzberger

Dr. & Mrs. R Tannenbaum

Robert Trescott

Katharine & Arthur Trotman

Herman Turndorf

Ursula Ungaro

Donna Urban In Memory of Joseph Adler

Clara Vertes

Peggy Vital

Waters Ortiz Accounting & Consulting

Susan Westfall

Dr. Sydney & Lynn Wruble

Lucille Zanghi

We apologize for any errors in spelling or recognition. Please email advancement@ gablestage.org or call (305) 446-1116, Ext.307 if we have inadvertently left you out or incorrectly listed your information.

JOE ADLER LEGACY CAMPAIGN

GableStage is proud to recognize the generosity of the following donors who have contributed to the campaign to support a thriving South Florida theatre community in Joe’s name.

Legacy donations listed here were Pledged or received by March 28, 2023.

$100,000+

GableStage Board of Trustees

$50,000+

The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation at the Miami Foundation

Charles & Rosalyn Stuzin

$25000+

Alan & Jayusia Bernstein

$10,000+

Dr.Aizik L. Wolf, Miami Neuroscience Center

Larry & Fran Blum

Easton Family Foundation

Nedra Kalish

James & Fortuna Stuzin

Ray Ellen & Allan Yarkin

$5,000+

Marc & Robyn Abrams

Michael & Judy Adler

Louis J. Appignani Foundation

Mitchell & Ana Bierman

David A. Coulson & Jeannie Etter

Jessica & Jordan Fishfeld

Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

George & Jenna Haj

Richard & Judith Jacobs

Dr. Nilza Kallos

Chaim & Shelly Katzman

Selma Ankist Family Trust, Andrea Nobil, Trustee

Brooke Roberts-Webb

Kaufman Rossin

Gene C. Sulzberger

Rick & Myrna Toren

Debbie & Michael Troner in Honor of Bari

Newport

Michael Weintraub of the Joseph Weintraub Family Foundation

Winston & Strawn, LLC

Jessie Wolfson

$2,500+

Ann Anthony

Nanci & Harold Deutsch

From Frank Flynn In Memory

Broadway Gail

Denise Glasser

Carol Von Arx, The Roblee Foundation

$1000+

JoAnne Bander

Richard & Margaret Brodsky

Alfred & Susan Feingold

The Foyo Family in Honor of Roz Stuzin

Jill & Harold Gaffin

Lil & Yorke Doliner Charitable Foundation, Trustee Allison Hockman

Jack & Shirley Kaplan

David Kwiat & Barbara Sloan

Michael Mckenzie & Kari Floren, The McKenzie Artists and Animals Fund

Bari Newport & Magnus Stark

Linda & Lynn Newport In Honor of Bari Newport

Sylvan & Sandy Seidenman

Sandra Simon

Stillman Family Foundation

Steve Zack, Zack Family Foundation

$500+

Robert Adler, Michele & David Friedlander

Walter Bradley

Michael & Irma Goldstein

Ricardo Moran

Suzy & Sadek Wahba

$250+

Donald & Rosetta Bierman

Ms. Rachel Blechman

Gail Garrisan

Naomi & Burt Honig

Shelley & Bruce Hornik

Sally Levin

James Mooney

Marj O’Neill-Butler

Dr. Lawrence & Barbara Stein

H. Allan Tucker

Howard Simon & Beth Wilson

$100+

Al Alschuler

David Drucker & Lynn Atkinson

Sylvia & Hector I. Crespo

Susan Doucha

Arlene Easley

Joanne Gruber

Louis Hafken

Carmen Irizarry In Honor of

Angie Garcia

Deborah Kondelik

Margery Lowe

Dan Lundberg

Thomas & Linda Mann

Toba Meiselman

Yan Narayanan

Michael Peskoe

Phyllis Resnick

Amanda Rivera

Leslie & Bernice Roth

Phyllis & Richard Sandrow

Ruth & Rudy Schwartz

Shirley Spear

Katherine & Arthur Trotman for Ruth & Rudy’s 65th Anniversary

Lillie Wheeler

Steven Wisotsky

EDUCATION CAMPAIGN

$10,000+

The Bernstein Family in memory of Jayusia Bernstein

Cuong Do & Lori Rickles

$5,000+

Roz & Charles Stuzin in memory of Jayusia Bernstein

$4,000+

Jessie Wolfson

$3,000+

Mr. & Mrs. Richard Jacobs

$2000+

Marc & Robyn Abrams

Julio Rojas

David Kwiat & Barbara Sloan

Bari Newport & Magnus Stark

Howard & Michelle Traeger

$1000+

Larry & Fran Blum

Mark Cooper

Eric & Gayle Jacobs

Gene Sulzberger

$500+

Andre & Dana Chabanel

Lawrence Kron

Rhoda Levitt in gratitude of Dr. Aizik Wolf

Ann & Don Morrison

$250+

Richard & Elizabeth Battaglia

Anthony Calenda

Ricardo Gomez

Gregg Hinds

Iva Kosovic

Olivery Zurbel & Ruth Orevba

David & Alison Vogel

In support of our exciting Education Initiatives

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Our Corporate and Individual Sponsors represent community leaders and theatregoers whose support demonstrates a commitment to the community, an appreciation for theatrical excellence, and the passion for growing our region through the arts.

Above the Line and Below the Line sponsorships are available starting at $5,000.

Corporate Sponsorship Benefits - Celebrate your brand

• Top billing as presenting sponsor in print and digital materials

• Dedicated spotlight in GableStage Digital Newsletter

• Acknowledgement in curtain speeches

• Opportunity to distribute branded merchandise at all performances

• Your logo on the production postcard, poster and website

• Full Color/Black and White Ad(s) in the season’s Playbill

• Tickets to Opening Night, receptions, limited engagements and special events

• Complimentary Tickets to use during the season

• Invitations to rehearsals and table reads

Individual Sponsorship Benefits - Play a Leading Role

• Top billing in print and digital materials

• Your name on the production postcard, poster and GableStage

• website

• Acknowledgement in curtain speeches

• Full Color/Black and White Ads in the Playbill during the season

• Tickets to Opening Night, receptions, limited engagements and

• special events

• Named Sponsorship opportunities for the Opening Night

• Celebration

• Named Sponsorship opportunities to bring GableStage’s

• Shakespeare-in-the-Schools to a Miami-Dade School of your choice

305-446-1119 ext 307

Impacting Students’ Lives

With a mission of confronting today’s issues and ideas, GableStage has played an important role in Miami’s professional theatre ecology since 1979. Starting as the Florida Shakespeare Theatre and reinventing itself in 1998 as GableStage, the company has been at the forefront of producing provocative theatre. The company’s intimate,edgy, and inspiring work has been seen by over 400,000 patrons and 250,000 students.

For decades, thousands of Miami-Dade high school students were exposed to dynamic, contemporary storytelling through GableStage’s much–lauded student matinee series. Now, after a long hiatus, GableStage, under the leadership of new producing artistic director, Bari Newport and with generous funding from the Green Family Foundation, proudly reinstates this impactful offering.

The company’s flagship in-school offering, Shakespeare-in-the-Schools, visits 20+ Miami-Dade public and private high schools each year. Using a company of emerging theatre artists, GableStage harkins back to its roots as a Shakespeare company, by performing a 50-minute adaptation of Shakespeare’s most popular classics. Each production is re-imagined in a contemporary context.

A number of dramaturgical opportunities for adult theatre goers to expand their understanding of professional theatre production are now being offered on-line and at the theatre. These efforts highlight Newport’s personal desire to inspire a life-long passion for the theatrical art form in all members of the community.

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

Visit https://www.gablestage.org/educational-programs/

Shakespeare-in-the-Schools

For nearly a decade, GableStage has sent contemporary adaptations of Shakespeare's most classic plays to Miami-Dade public schools through the Shakespeare-in-the-Schools program. This year, the production of Twelfth Night was performed through the lens of the Haitian migration to Miami, 22 times in 19 schools spanning from Homestead to North Miami beach.

Mainstage Student Matinees

Mainstage student matinees introduce high school students to professional, high-quality theatre productions which confront today’s issues and ideas. Exposure to professional theatre nurtures compassion, self awareness, tolerance, and provides essential tools for students to become strong, influential leaders of the future.

El Huracán: Friday, April 21 and Friday April 28 at 10:30 am

Ignite

Ignite the ambitions of the next generation of theatre artists. Led by actor, Iain Batchelor and with support from the Pérez Family Foundation, 22/23 marks the pilot year of this powerful new initiative. In addition to receiving tickets to all five productions, a nominated partner high-school – with serious theatre students – will have season-long access to GableStage artists and company members. GableStage is proud to announce our 2022-23 Partner school, Coral Reef High School

WANT TO LEARN MORE?

Visit https://www.gablestage.org/educational-programs/

Shakespeare in the Schools, 2015. Julius Caesar. Photo Anton Church

AUDIENCE SERVICES

Box Office Hours

Tuesday – Friday 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Performance days: From 12 p.m. to showtime. (305) 445-1119

boxoffice@gablestage.org

Performance Days & Showtimes

Wednesday 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Thursday 8:00 p.m. - NEW THIS SEASON

Friday 8:00 p.m.

Saturday 2:00 p.m. (On closing weekends only)

Saturday 8:00 p.m.

Sunday 2:00 p.m.

Concessions are open 30 minutes before showtime.

Accessibility

• Accessible seating is available.

• Assistive listening devices are available for all performances on a first-come basis. Please visit the box office.

• Large print playbills available.

• Accessible bathroom is located outside the theatre, across the driveway under the breezeway.

Discounts

• Available for students, artists, Biltmore members, military families, and groups. More information: www.gablestage.org/tickets

• Rush Tickets

Students and Biltmore staff may fill any unsold seat, free-of-charge by arriving 1 hour prior to performance times.

Ezra Katz 'Founder

EL HURACÁN PRODUCTION SUPPORT

Assistant Stage Manager

Marialexia Hernandez

Run Crew & Wardrobe Supervisor

Samuel Krogh

Scenic Paint Charge

April Pullo

Carpenter

Raul Hernandez

Scenic Construction

Sheyla Carballosa

Paola Esteras

John Frank

Sammy Heroux

General Electrics

Brek Dodson

Alexander Ortiz

Film Streaming Director

Alexandru Gherman

Video Camera Operator

Lucian Alexandrescu

Magnus Stark Editor

Alexandru Gherman

GABLESTAGE STAFF

Artistic

Producing Artistic Director

Bari Newport

Director of Artistic Programming and Education

Tyla Palmer

Resident Dramaturg

Karina Batchelor

Production

Technical Director

Victoria Murawski

Master Electrician

Art Garcia

Advancement

Director of Institutional

Advancement

Kate Kramitz

Development Associate

Raquel Quezada

Grants Manager

Andrea Dougherty O'Naghten

Marketing & Communications

Marketing Manager

Magnus Stark

Public Relations

Haj Media

Digital Marketing Specialist

Forest Hill Consulting Services

Social Media Specialist

Diana Garle

Business & Audience Services

Director of Operations

Katie Ellison

Business Manager

Corleen Iannazzi

Box Office Manager

Dennis Vasta

Box Office Associate

Luis Diaz

Box Office Associate

Stephanie Vazquez

Contact information

GableStage

1200 Anastasia Avenue, Suite 230 Coral Gables, FL 33134

Box Office: (305) 445-1119

boxoffice@gablestage.com

Media Contact media@gablestage.org

IN-KIND SUPPORT WISH LIST

There are many ways to support our theatre: you can donate anything from rehearsal/warehouse space to flowers and plants. Donations are tax deductible!

Vehicles

VAN: In addition to being able to bring our work to more locations within our community, having our own van will allow us to transport sets, props and costume pieces from storage to the theatre in no time.

CARS: Out-of-town artists need to be able to get around. At the very least, they need to travel from artist housing to the theatre and the grocery store. Having vehicles of our own would eliminate the need to rent a fleet of cars. Help!

Housing

Have a guest house, vacation house or Airbnb? Housing with kitchens are needed for out-of-town artists staying two weeks or more.

Rehearsal Space

Have a large rec room? We need a mid-size space – 800 sq. ft. or more – to rehearse a play while another production is performing at the theatre.

Warehouse Space

Our theatre is intimate. Outside and inside. Extra warehouse space will help us store furniture, props and other materials used in the productions.

Airline Miles

Help bring out-of-town artists and playwrights to the productions.

Food & Hospitality Gift Cards

Support our artists! Meals are appreciated.

Flowers & Plants

Help beautify the entrance to GableStage! Plants and flowers in planters are welcome! Ready to donate?

Contact us at advancement@gablestage.org

El Huracán

Non-Profit Production Partner

GableStage is proud to announce its non-profit partnership for the production of El Huracán.

The Villagers is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the restoration and preservation of historic sites in Miami-Dade County, Florida. By educating, advocating, fundraising, restoring, and documenting, The Villagers continue a 56-year tradition of service.

GableStage continues its partnerships with area nonprofits through “Non-Profit Nights” for each production. Organizations have the opportunity to utilize the production's final dress rehearsal as a fundraising event for their non-profit.

To become a non-profit partner for the 2023-24 season, please contact Tyla Palmer at tpalmer@gablestage.org

Special Thanks to Miami Salon Group, Inc.

Miami Salon Group, Inc. (MSG) is a private non-profit organization limited to 35 members who are dedicated to financially supporting the visual and performing arts in South Florida.

Founded in 1987, MSG is a contemporary outgrowth of the old-world salon, featuring monthly dinner meetings in member’s homes, with presentations and performances by representatives of local arts organizations.

Members make yearly contributions, the monies of which are used to fund projects voted upon by the group. Miami Salon Group, Inc. has been a prototype for other arts organizations with the same mission.

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OUT OF MANY. ONE.

Atthis moment in our history, using our voices and telling our stories couldn’t be more important to creating cultural understanding amongst all people.

Places like GableStage and creators like Charise Castro Smith bring us together in a way that changes us for the better. The theater unites us as a community, even if it’s only for one night.

As a producer, activist, and philanthropist, my commitment to our country is to seek out new, diverse voices and to create opportunities for them to express their talents and make their voices heard.

Because that is what the American Dream is all about.

It is an honor to be a part of the world premiere