2022 Season Program

Our New Home

2015 U.S. 9, Garrison, NY 10524

July 7 – September 18

ROMEO & JULIET MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY WHERE WE BELONG touring virtually

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM

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Land Acknowledgement The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival operates on the unceded territory of the Lenape, Munsee, and Wappinger people, which is colonially known as Philipstown, New York. We gratefully acknowledge their stewardship of this land in the past and present.

HVSF offers this land acknowledgement as a formal statement to recognize and respect the Indigenous Peoples who are the traditional stewards of the land on which we operate and their enduring relationship with this place.

Table of Contents Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Making the Most of Your Visit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Dining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 ROMEO & JULIET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 WHERE WE BELONG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Meet The Acting Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Special Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Season Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Virtual Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Professional Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Casting a Spotlight on Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Support the Vitality of HVSF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Supporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Special Thanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 In Memoriam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 About the Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 A Brief History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 HVSF's Future. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Meet the HVSF Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 HVSF Board of Directors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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“A hundred thousand welcomes!”

— Coriolanus, Act II, Scene I

Dear Friend, We are thrilled to welcome you to our new home and the 2022 Season of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival!

I have written many letters during my time as HVSF’s Artistic Director and I think it is fair to say that most of them mention the power of the shared experience that live theater provides. It is one of the things I love most about the theater — being in a space and a moment that will not be repeated, with friends and family and also with strangers. Plays under our big, beautiful tent offer a rare opportunity to celebrate what connects all of us.

This season is extraordinary for lots of reasons. It’s our first season in our spectacular new home, and it’s also the first season since 2019 that we’ve been able to welcome full-capacity audiences, and produce multiple plays in rotating repertory again. Despite the fear, isolation, anger, division, and deep loss that many of us have experienced over the past two years, here we are continuing to come together and celebrate our shared humanity. Because the deep need to gather together to make sense of a bewildering world is part of what makes us human. It’s just what we do, and it’s part of how we find the collective strength to carry on.

As you sit under our theater tent today, in HVSF’s beautiful new home, I invite you to take a moment to close your eyes and imagine what will soon be, thanks to Christopher Davis’s incredible gift. When I envision the years ahead, I see more chances to be present and connected, more experiences to gather our community, and more opportunities to dream.

This is only the beginning for HVSF; we are designing and reimagining the possibilities of this 98 acre campus to serve as a vibrant hub for our local community, a year-round cultural anchor for the greater Hudson Valley region, and a model for environmental sustainability. We can’t do it without you.

On behalf of our company of artists, our staff, and our Board, I want to thank you for being a part of our past, for rejoicing in the present with us, and for helping us envision our shared future. This theater belongs to you, and we are delighted you are here. Enjoy!

Warmly, Davis McCallum, Artistic Director

Davis McCallum Artistic Director

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Making the Most of Your Visit

VACCINATION CHECK

PARKING

Joy, gentle friends! We’ve assembled a few tips and tricks to help make your visit to the Theater Tent an enjoyable one…

INFO TABLE MERCH SOUTH

STAGE

NORTH

CAFÉ

QUIET SPACE

Actors enter and exit during the show

VALLEY RESTAURANT

Take the stairs at the back of your section to access the restroom

CENTER

Store your picnic gear before showtime Load up on bug spray RESTROOMS

Entrances and Exits

Intermission

Watch your toes! Actors enter and exit from multiple points in the theater throughout the show.

Stretch your legs and find your Café favorites during our fifteen-minute intermission this evening. Staff will alert you when it’s time to return to your seat. Please note MR. BURNS will have two intermissions. You can skip the line by pre-ordering your snacks and drinks before the show!

Restrooms Should you find yourself needing to leave the show for a trip to the loo, please make your way to the top of the stairs at the back of your section. Staff are available to guide you from there.

Stash Your Stuff No need to make the long trek to the parking lot. Storage space is available for all of your picnic items. Remember to pick them up after the show!

A Helping Hand Here at HVSF, we’ve seen (and handled) it all. Please don’t hesitate to alert a member of our CPR- and First Aid-trained staff if something feels amiss. Your comfort matters, and we’re ready to lend a hand!

Accessibility Ask our staff about accessible seating.

Ask our staff if a digital or print copy of the script is available for this performance.

Unsavory Souvenirs Though they are a natural part of life in the valley, we’d hate to see you leave covered in bug bites. Arm yourself with complimentary bug spray.

Late Seating and Reseating

Regroup or Take a Call A quiet space is available behind the Café Tent for a sensory regroup or to take a private call. Let our staff know if you’d like access to our fidget collection.

Our staff will help you get to your seat at an appropriate break in the action.

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Dining Café a la carte a la Valley Restaurant The Valley Restaurant has been recognized as a premier dining venue in the Hudson Valley since its opening in 2004, and we are thrilled to partner with them in our new home.

Their seasonal American cuisine showcases ingredients from local farmers, with a focus on regionally grown, raised, and prepared foods. If you missed out on an opportunity to order a preshow picnic or enjoy a pre-show prix-fixe dinner inside the restaurant, stop by the concessions patio to enjoy all of your favorites (ice cream anyone?) plus new items and nightly specials! For information on how to pre-order a picnic or make a restaurant reservation before your next visit, head to hvshakespeare.org/dining.

Picnic Items: Sweet & Savory

Ice Cold Beverages ($2–5.50)

Chef’s selection of daily offerings

• House-Made Selection of Iced Teas, Iced Coffee & Lemonade • Pepsi, Diet Pepsi & Ginger Ale • Schweppe’s Seltzers

Snacks ($3-6) • • • • • •

Freshly Popped Popcorn Deep River Potato Chips Rold Gold Pretzels Granola & Fig Bars Assorted Bakery Items Nuts & Dried Fruit Mixes

• Candy

Frozen Treats ($2–6.50) • Jane’s Ice Cream • Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream Bar • Fat Boy Ice Cream Sandwich

• Dowser Spring Water & Life WTR

Hot Beverages ($3) • Gramercy Park Regular & Decaf Coffees • SerendipiTea Single Sachet Selection

A Selection of Local Craft Beers & International Artisanal Wines • Expertly Curated Reds, Whites, Rosé & Sparkling Wines by the Glass & Bottle • House-Made Sangria ($9)

Our daily variety and prices are subject to change.

Drink at The Bar(d) Post-show Bar Enjoy light fare and a cocktail at the World’s End Bar after performances Thursday through Sunday.

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Experience movies the way they were meant to be seen: on the big screen, in a dark room with no interruptions.

New Releases • Foreign Films • Family Programs • Special Events Support the JBFC, your local nonprofit theater in Pleasantville, NY burnsfilmcenter.org

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ROMEO & JULIET WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE directed by GAYE TAYLOR UPCHURCH** by

Kimiye Corwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choreographer/Fight Choreographer Orlando Pabotoy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weapons Choreography Enver Chakartash+ ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Costume Designer Stacey Derosier+ ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Lighting Designer Darron L West+ ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Sound Designer Samantha Shoffner ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Props Designer Heather Christian ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Composer Saul Nache ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Music Director Janelle Caso* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Stage Manager Julia Bates* ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Stage Manager Casting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calleri Jensen Davis (James Calleri, Erica Jensen, Paul Davis)

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, HVSF, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. + Represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE. **Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

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“ Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.”

This most-familiar story is seen through a new lens as Director Gaye Taylor Upchurch brings us a bold take on the iconic, boisterous, poetic and above all, romantic tale of star-crossed lovers. With HVSF’s favorite longtime couple, Kurt Rhoads and Nance Williamson cast in the title roles, this revelatory age-blind production reminds us that, while youth may be only skin-deep, true beauty is a quality of the soul, and – in the end – love conquers all.

Cast Nance Williamson* ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Juliet Kurt Rhoads* ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Romeo Kimberly Chatterjee* ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Friar Laurence Kayla Coleman* ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Benvolio Erin DespanieCC ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Paris Zachary Fine* ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Capulet Zoë GoslinCC ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Tybalt Merritt Janson* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gregory / Lady Montague / Friar John Lauren Karaman* ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Nurse Sean McNall* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sampson / Montague / Cousin Capulet Emily Ota* ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Prince Escalus Will Ormsby CaryCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abraham / Peter / 1st Nightwatchman Luis Quintero* ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Mercutio Britney Nicole Simpson* �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Lady Capulet Destini StewartCC ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Balthasar Roman Alec TrevinoCC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Potpan / Apothecary / Page *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. cc Member of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Conservatory Company

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Director’s Note This summer marks my third time directing under the tent at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, and it is always such a joy to work here.

I love being a part of this community and experiencing the beautiful company that Davis McCallum and HVSF are continuing. And to get to work on Romeo and Juliet with its exquisite language and contemplation on love and with two of Hudson Valley’s most beloved actors, Kurt Rhoads and Nance Williamson (who also happen to be married in real life), starring as the teenaged lovers, is truly a dream.

Romeo and Juliet is a story we think we already know. But in working on it, we’ve discovered so much more beyond our assumptions about this text and these characters. I am obsessed with the way the play irises in and out between the exquisite intimacy of Romeo and Juliet to the wider lens of the community they inhabit—Romeo’s friends, Juliet’s family life, and the structure of the community itself. The challenge of the close-up giving way to the wide lens and back again.

For me, the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is not in its commentary on destiny, but in watching ordinary people doing their best and failing. Ordinary adults failing the younger generation. I cast a young person as the Prince—a young woman who can stand up to the town and say, No more. We are changing things now. They don’t truly listen to her until it’s too late. But the hope of the play is that they do, finally, after great loss, hear her. And, yes, Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. But it is a tragedy because we first experience the very real, healing and powerful force of love.

One small moment I love that I’ve never noticed before is in Shakespeare’s Act II when Romeo rejoins his friends the morning after they crash the Capulet ball. He and Mercutio begin their wordplay sparring, besting one another with puns about sex and wits. They’re loving each other’s company, and Mercutio cries out that because Romeo is no longer pining over love, “…now art thou Romeo; now art thou what thou art in art as well as by nature.” Romeo has come back to himself. His friends recognize this. But we know something that his friends don’t yet know (and Mercutio will never know): Romeo is his full self and more because he has fallen in love with Juliet and she has fallen in love with him. And in that exchange of love for love, they have both discovered an infinite bounty within themselves. As Juliet says, “My bounty is as boundless as the sea/ My love as deep; the more I give to thee/ the more I have for both are infinite.”

With Kurt and Nance in the title roles we get to take it for granted that Romeo & Juliet truly love each other. So what else then can come into focus?

And in watching Romeo and Juliet—even as we already know its ending—we get to celebrate and wonder at how miraculous love can be. And in witnessing a Romeo and Juliet played by Kurt and Nance who have already been experiencing that bounty as lovers for decades is both celebratory and a balm. We are living in uncertain and rocky times—but love can and should be celebrated.

With Kurt and Nance in the title roles we get to take it for granted that Romeo & Juliet truly love each other. So what else then can come into focus? What does the play say about trying to find your way in community? What does the community lose by forbidding a love? And what does it lose by deepening the trenches of not understanding one another? What does the play say about deep love that is both given and returned?

I invite you to sit outside under the tent and allow yourself to wonder at the infinite bounty of love in all its forms in this text: erotic love, the love of friendships, of family, the love of nature and of beauty, and of community. It’s all here for us in Shakespeare’s 400+ year old text brought to life by these extraordinary actors in 2022 under this tent in the Hudson Valley. Thank you for being here to share in this story with us. hvshakespeare.org | 13

Director’s Bio Gaye Taylor Upchurch Gaye Taylor Upchurch is a freelance director with a background in dance.

For Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival GT has directed An Iliad with Kurt Rhoads (toured to West Point) and As You Like It (International Falstaff Award for Best Production, toured to The Folger in DC). World premieres include Sanaz Toossi’s Wish You Were Here (Playwrights Horizons); Clare Lizzimore’s Animal (Atlantic Theater & Studio Theatre); Lauren Gunderson’s Half-Life of Marie Curie (Audible at Minetta Lane); Anna Ziegler’s The Last Match (Old Globe & The Roundabout); Nick Gandiello’s The Blameless (Old Globe); Laura Marks’s Bethany (Women’s Project) and others. Other Off-Broadway includes Simon Stephens’s Harper Regan and Bluebird (Atlantic); Lucy Thurber’s Stay (Rattlestick). Other regional work includes: Member of the Wedding (Williamstown) and The Year of Magical Thinking with Kathleen Turner (Arena Stage). GT has developed new work at NY Stage & Film, NYTW, MTC, The Vineyard, P73, New Dramatists, SPACE on Ryder Farm and others and is a Drama League alum and a graduate of University of NC School of the Arts.

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This production is supported in part by

SHS Foundation Steven L. Holley, Frederic C. Rich, and Ned Whitney and Martha Howell

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MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY ANNE WASHBURN MICHAEL FRIEDMAN lyrics by ANNE WASHBURN directed by DAVIS MCCALLUM** by

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Orlando Pabotoy**. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Choreographer/Fight Movement Kimiye Corwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Chart Hits” Choreography Peiyi Wong ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Scenic Designer Kathleen Doyle+ ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Costume Designer Stacey Derosier+ ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Lighting Designer Darron L West+ ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Sound Designer Samantha Shoffner ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Props Designer Saul Nache ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Music Director Julia Bates* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Stage Manager Janelle Caso* ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Stage Manager Casting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calleri Jensen Davis (James Calleri, Erica Jensen, Paul Davis)

*Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, HVSF, and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. + Represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE. **Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

“Mr. Burns, a post-electric play” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com Playwrights Horizons, Inc. produced the New York City premiere of the play off-Broadway in 2013.

Originally produced in June, 2012 by Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington, DC, Howard Shalwitz, Artistic Director; Jeffrey Herrmann, Managing Director.

Mr. Burns was Commissioned by The Civilians, New York, NY Steven Cosson, Artistic Director For the language of the remembering of the Simpsons’ episode, Cape Feare, the author would like to credit the Civilians actors involved in the initial workshop: Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Maria Dizzia, Gibson Frazier, Matt Maher, Jennifer Morris, Colleen Werthmann and Sam Breslin Wright.

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“ Love never dies in memory.”

In a not-so-distant future where the grid has failed, society has crumbled, and memories can no longer be stored on hard drives, a group of survivors come together to recreate their vanished world through the life-affirming act of telling stories under the stars. A love letter to live theater, and a hymn of survival and resilience (sung by America’s unlikeliest hero, Bart Simpson!), Mr. Burns is an exhilarating exploration of how the pop culture of one era might evolve into the mythology of another.

Cast Kimberly Chatterjee* ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ Understudy Kayla Coleman* ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Edna Krabappel Erin DespanieCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shades of Springfield Chorus / Ensemble Zachary Fine* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam / Bart / Mr. Burns Zoë GoslinCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shades of Springfield Chorus / Ensemble Merritt Janson* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colleen / Lisa / Marge Lauren Karaman* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny / First F.B.I. Agent / Marge / Itchy Sean McNall* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gibson / Loving Husband / Sideshow Bob / Homer Emily Ota* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria / Second F.B.I. Agent / Lisa Will Ormsby CaryCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shades of Springfield Chorus / Ensemble Luis Quintero* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt / Homer / Scratchy Britney Simpson* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quincy / Business Woman / Bart Destini StewartCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shades of Springfield Chorus / Ensemble Roman Alec TrevinoCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shades of Springfield Chorus / Ensemble *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. cc Member of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Conservatory Company

Please be advised This production contains realistically depicted gun violence.

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Director’s Note “The world is violent and mercurial – it will have its way with you. We are saved only by love – love for each other and the love that we pour into the art we feel compelled to share: being a parent; being a writer; being a painter; being a friend. We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is love.”

— Tennessee Williams It’s tricky to write a program note for this particular play, because I really do not want to give anything away! One thing I do want you to know: Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play is not a play about The Simpsons. While some, particularly my children, may be disappointed to read that, I hope that many of you will be relieved. You really do not have to know a single thing about The Simpsons, now in its 33rd Season and the longest running episodic show in the history of television, to appreciate or enjoy this play.

Consider how the story of Romeo & Juliet was already centuries old by the time Shakespeare picked it up and turned it into a play.

The play is a celebration of storytelling. In particular, it relishes the way that stories are passed along through time, even to the edge of doom — transformed by each teller, moving through various forms of expression, and endlessly reinvented. Consider, for example, how the story of Romeo & Juliet was already centuries old by the time Shakespeare picked it up and turned it into a play in 1592; and how since then it’s been reimagined and adapted as a ballet, and an opera, and dozens of movies, and a famous musical, and a movie of the musical, and recently another movie of the musical, and as a thousand other things, including as an episode of The Simpsons.

Like an episode of The Simpsons, the play is in three parts. In the first act, we watch a group of people re-telling a story around a campfire. In the second act, we follow a group of people as they rehearse a play. In the third act, we are treated to a fully-staged performance of ritual drama, in song. If you view the play through that lens, I guess it’s a play about the power of theater to shine a light in a world that is often dark and bewildering.

But I think the play is also about love, and the power of love to triumph over death. The first act is a set of individuals crystalizing as a group, a collective act of falling in love. The second act is a group of people who, though they love each other, are approaching the end of their time as a collective. The third act is a kind of apotheosis of that group, in which their resilience and creativity and love is expressed through the art that they set in motion, long after they are gone.

Just as Shakespeare’s plays were written for the particular group of actors in his company, Anne Washburn’s play was born out of her relationship with The Civilians, an NYC theater company whose work I have now admired for 20 years. My friend Michael Friedman, who wrote the music you will hear tonight, was a founding member of The Civilians. He died in 2017. It has been lifeaffirming for me to be in rehearsal with his music the last six weeks, and I’m honored to celebrate his work in HVSF’s first season in our new home.

Enjoy!

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Director’s Bio Davis McCallum (he/him) Now in his eighth season as HVSF’s Artistic Director, Davis is a passionate advocate for the power of the arts to bring people together and create more interconnected and resilient communities. Under his leadership, HVSF established HVStories, a multi-year exploration of the people, history, and culture of the Hudson Valley; and Full Circle, a community engagement program inspired by 2016’s citizen-driven production of OUR TOWN. For HVSF, he has directed productions of Cymbeline, Richard II, The Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure, and the rolling world premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will. Notable productions in New York include Greater Clements (LCT), Lewiston/Clarkston (Rattlestick – Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Harvest (LCT3); Stupid Fucking Bird (Pearl), Fashions for Men and London Wall (Mint – Drama Desk and Lortel nomination for Best Revival); The Whale (Lortel Award for Best Play, and Calloway nomination for Best Director) and Pocatello (Playwrights Horizons); Water by the Spoonful (Second Stage – Pulitzer Prize for Drama); and February House (The Public).

Other NYC credits include Signature Theatre, The Acting Company, 13P, Clubbed Thumb, Play Company, Page 73, and the New Victory. Regional credits include the Denver Center, Dallas Theater Center, Old Globe, Guthrie, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the O’Neill, American Shakespeare Center, Williamstown, Humana Festival, others. A graduate of Princeton, he studied Shakespeare at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and trained as a director at LAMDA. He has taught acting and directing at Princeton and The New School for Drama. He lives in Cold Spring, and is the father of two sons, Thomas and Angus.

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HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL and

WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY present

WHERE WE BELONG MADELINE SAYET directed by MEI ANN TEO** by

produced in association with

FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY executive producers victoria lang and ryan bogner for broadway & beyond theatricals (bbt) Hao Bai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Production Designer Asa Benally. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Costume Designer Erik Schilke. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Original Composition and Sound Design Vera Starbard ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Dramaturg Liz Hayes ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Dialect Coach Judy Bowman ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Casting Director Grace Chariya ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Stage Manager Elisabeth Schapmann ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Stage Manager Megan J. Coffel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Touring Lighting/Technical Director

**Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The tour of WHERE WE BELONG received a developmental production at Baltimore Center Stage (Stephanie Ybarra, Artistic Director) in October 2021.

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“ I realize the power that comes with showing people a different way of seeing the world.”

In this intimate and exhilarating solo piece, Mohegan theatermaker Madeline Sayet travels to England to study Shakespeare, and in doing so, she traverses geographic borders, personal history, and cultural legacies, in search of a place to belong. Named as one of the “great artistic achievements during the pandemic” (Broadway World), Where We Belong follows Madeline’s personal journey of selfdiscovery, and traces the intertwined relationship between Shakespeare and colonialism, a relationship with deep roots along the banks of the Muhheakantuck, the tidal estuary colonially known as the Hudson River.

Cast Madeline Sayet ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Madeline Emily Preis ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������Standby

Content Transparency: This production contains flashing lights, depictions of racism, and discussions of borders, war, loss of language, residential schools, colonial theft of human remains and repatriation.

An earlier version of WHERE WE BELONG was produced in London at Richmix and Shakespeare’s Globe in 2019, as part of Border Crossings’ Origins Festival, the UK’s only large scale multidisciplinary festival of Indigenous arts and culture.

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Director’s Note “Nothing can be by itself alone, no one can be by himself or herself alone, everyone has to inter-be with everyone else. That is why, when you look outside, around you, you can see yourself.”

— Thich Nhat Hanh Madeline is not alone on stage. It looks that way, and often it has felt that way to her, but at the end of the day, she has taught me this: that if there are no new ears to listen, then what’s the point? When Where We Belong premiered, at Shakespeare’s Globe in London at the Origins Festival, the ears of the audience belonged to her mother, her father, and many other characters she talks about: the professors from her PHD program, the academic at the British Museum, and just across the way at Southwark Cathedral, her ancestor Mahomet Weyonomon’s spirit, listening as well. The story was galvanized into a deep reflection of her time there and with these people, and the multiple journeys across time that she and her ancestors took to reckon with their colonizers.

As her story has come back to America, every part of the development process has been to ask: what ears are here now and who will hear now? Guided by this driving question, she requested that we develop the story further with Native theater artists hailing from across Turtle Island to read her words. This gave Madeline the chance to hear her story in their voices, and their thoughts on what it meant to them became embedded into the story. That is what this story is: one that is becoming, as the audience shifts, Madeline shifts, time and the world is always shifting.

So now. Here you are. The next ears to the story. When we listen we are needed; it is a fully engaged relationship. How will you become? How will you see yourself?

Director’s Bio Mei Ann Teo (they/she) Teo is a queer immigrant from Singapore making theatre & film at the intersection of artistic/civic/contemplative practice. As a director/devisor/ dramaturg, they create across genres, including music theatre, intermedial participatory work, reimagining classics, and documentary theatre. Teo’s work has been in international festivals including Belgium’s Festival de Liege, Edinburgh International Fringe, Beijing International Festival, Singapore Theatre Festival.

They helmed Dim Sum Warriors the Musical by Colin Goh and Yen Yen Woo, composed by Pulitzer Prize winner Du Yun for national China twenty-five city tour. They have directed and/or developed new work at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Theatreworks Hartford, Playwrights Realm, Goodman Theatre, Public Theater, Berkeley Rep (Ground Floor), Crowded Fire, History Theatre, Page 73, Musical Theatre Factory, and the National Black Theatre. Recent work includes Jillian Walker’s world premiere SKiNFoLK: An American Show at the Bushwick Starr, Madeline Sayet’s Where We Belong at Shakespeare’s Globe, Woolly Mammoth, BCS, and PTC, the North American premiere of Amy Berryman’s Walden at Theatreworks Hartford, and the English US premiere of Stefano Massini’s 7 Minutes at Waterwell. Teo received the League of Professional Theatre Women’s Josephine Abady Award, is the inaugural recipient of the Lily Fan Director Lilly Award, and is the Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Work at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

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A Note from the Playwright In Mohegan culture, we have a symbol, the Trail of Life, that depicts the ups and downs of life, and the people you meet along the way.

This symbol is embedded in much of the design of Where We Belong, because what you are about to encounter is a journey along the trail, no more no less. I hope that you embrace this story as a journey. That is what it is for me each night, as I learn different things about myself, my ancestors, and the world around me, each time I move through it. I don’t want listeners to worry about the history they may not know, or try to absorb all of the information, but rather to just let whatever resonates resonate, and hopefully to laugh a little. It’s not intended for you to remember everything. It would be too much, given how little most people are taught about Native nations.

My hope is rather that you will dig into the questions that come up for me, and how they may relate to your own life. You see, this was never meant to be a play. I wrote it in 2018, to try to figure out some things about the lines drawn between people, and to piece myself back together.

Since then, it keeps evolving, as the world around us continues to move.

This is the first time this play has been performed outdoors, and even more powerfully, its first outdoor performances are here in Lenapehoking, a traditional travel route of my people. I am excited to learn how this story changes as its relationships with the river, the earth, and the sky prove even truer in this place.

If after listening, you want to know more about some of the ancestors who come up along my journey, I will name some of them here — Uncas. Mahomet Weyonomon. Samson Occom. Fidelia Fielding. Gladys Tantaquidgeon.

What you’re about to witness is only one Mohegan story.

Only my story.

What you’re about to witness is only one Mohegan story. Only my story. And even beyond that only one small part of my story. A small and finite thing in the spectrum of our world.

Today, we are in Lenapehoking, on the lands of the Lenape, Munsee, and Wappinger peoples.

Nations with their own struggles, history, language, and arts that I hope this play leaves you ready to learn about as well.

Kutápatôtamawush to the incredible team of artists, producers, crew, staff, and family that have made sharing this story with you possible. Something I could never have imagined as a kid. I hope coming along with me and sitting in my mind for a while, might help you see the world a bit differently. And for every indigenous person in the audience, know that your story is powerful and has as much right or more to be told on this stage.

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Meet the Acting Company

(in alphabetical order)

Kimberly Chatterjee* she/her/hers Friar Laurence (R&J); Understudy (BURNS)

HVSF: Kate Hamill’s Pride & Prejudice, As You Like It, Macbeth, Measure for Measure, The General from America. Virtual: Badass GalBoss Powerhour, A Christmas Carol (Primary Stages); Sense and Sensibility (Hangar Theatre).

Off-Broadway: Kate Hamill’s Pride & Prejudice (Primary Stages); New York Times Critics’ Pick and Drama Desk-nominated Life Sucks (Wheelhouse Theater Co); Dance Nation (Playwrights Horizons); The Tempest (Classical Theatre of Harlem). Select Regional: Dance Nation (The Wilma); Noises Off (The Guthrie); As You Like It (Folger Theatre). Television: “High Maintenance.” Training: NYU New Studio on Broadway. Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. kimberlychatterjee.com

Kayla Coleman* she/her/hers

Benvolio (R&J); Edna Krabappel (BURNS) This is Kayla’s third season at HVSF. Proudly hailing from Philadelphia, PA, Kayla is a New York City-based actor and singer. Kayla is invested in creating projects across theater, film, and television that examine race/ class/culture/gender from marginalized Black perspectives, centering those voices. Favorite credits include Hairspray (Argyle Theatre) and her work with Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival: Miranda (The Tempest), Little Red Ridinghood (Into The Woods), Philharmonus (Cymbeline). Kayla is a graduate from New York University, training at the New Studio on Broadway. She received a B.F.A in Drama and B.A minor in Africana Studies (Cum Laude). Upcoming: The Cotillion (New Georges, The Movement Theatre Company). TV: “Untitled Growing Up Series”. Instagram: @kayycole. Website: kaylaccoleman.com.

Erin DespanieCC he/him/his

Paris (R&J); Shades of Springfield Chorus, Ensemble (BURNS) Erin is a Native of Lafayette, Louisiana. He’s always been passionate about acting and mental health, which prompted him to attend the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. During his duration at the University of Louisiana, Erin performed in plays such as The Cherry Orchard, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Angels in America, and Beyond Therapy. Upon completion of his stay at ULL, Erin earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology of Science, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Performing Arts. He then moved to New York, along with his beautiful pup Meeko, to pursue acting, where he performed in an original play titled Death and Botany, New York 5x5 where he performed in the play Brooklyn Way and also did an original greek play In Chorus by Dimitirus Dimitriadis where he played Chorus Member #9. Erin continues to strive towards his goals of being a working actor.

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Zachary Fine* he/him/his

Capulet (R&J); Sam, Bart, Mr. Burns (BURNS) Zack is thrilled to be back at HVSF where he has worked as an actor, director, teacher, and playwright. Broadway China Doll with Al Pacino.

Off-Broadway includes The Acting Company, Mint, Pearl, Red Bull, Fiasco, TFANA. Regional: Guthrie, Shakespeare Theater, Folger (2x Helen Hayes Award Winner/Nominee), Playmakers, and many more. Directing Credits Spanish language world premiere of El Bien Del Pais (Our Country’s Good) at Teatro Helenico, Mexico City; So Please You, Sea Maid’s Music, Comedy of Errors (HVSF); Alligator Alley, Throw Me On The Burnpile (Key West Theatre), Tony nominee Bryce Pinkham’s Between The Moon and Me (Birdland); Bewilderness (Playmakers Repertory Company), Dignity, Always, Dignity (Long Wharf), Dennis (Bedlam); TV/Film: “New Amsterdam,” “Person of Interest,” “BlackBox,” “One Life to Live.”

Writing has been developed by The Orchard Project, The Public, Fiasco, Bedlam, Long Wharf, Lark, EAT Festival’s One Man Talking, Space on Ryder Farm, IRT, The Acting Company, HVSF, and Playmakers Rep. He teaches clown and games for the Fiasco Theater Conservatory, NYU and around the world. He is the co-founder of Recess (www.letsgotorecess.com), a company committed to building community through play.

Zoë GoslinCC she/her/hers

Tybalt (R&J); Shades of Springfield Chorus, Ensemble (BURNS) Zoë is thrilled to be performing under the tent this season! Previously with HVSF: Julius Caesar, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Educational Tours); Into the Woods (Playhouse on Park); Mother Says She Shocked (Bedlam Theatre); Three Sisters (The Schapiro Theatre); Macbeth (The Connelly Theatre); Hamlet, and Richard II (ISC Radio Shakespeare Lab). Film/TV: “Our Lady Lupe” (PBS); “STRAY” (Wild Obscura Films). Zoë trained at Northwestern University, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Merritt Janson* she/her/hers

Gregory, Lady Montague, Friar John (R&J); Colleen, Lisa, Marge (BURNS) Merritt is thrilled to be working with HVSF this summer. Devoted to developing new work, Merritt has originated roles in Ruben Santiago-Hudson’s Your Blues Ain’t Sweet Like Mine, Robert Woodruff’s Notes From Underground and Autumn Sonata (Yale Rep, La Jolla, TFANA), the off-Broadway productions of Robert O’Hara’s Built and Jonathan Franzen’s House For Sale directed by Daniel Fish, Theatre de la Jeune Lune’s The Deception (La Jolla), and The Onion Cellar with Amanda Palmer and The Dresden Dolls at A.R.T. Merritt has specialized in classical roles off-Broadway at TFANA (Julius Caesar, Measure for Measure and Michael Boyd’s Tamburlaine), The Public (A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Richard II w/WNYC), Red Bull Theater (Coriolanus); and Shakespeare Theatre DC’s Othello. She also spent five seasons with Shakespeare & Company where she played Miranda opposite Olympia Dukakis in The Tempest, Viola in Twelfth Night, Rosalind in As You Like It, Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Desdemona in Othello opposite John Douglas Thompson. Other works include the title role in The Wilma’s Eurydice directed by Blanka Zizka, A.R.T.’s Britannicus directed by Robert Woodruff and Paradise Lost directed by Daniel Fish. TV includes “Dexter: New Blood” (Showtime), “Elementary” (CBS), “Billions” (Showtime), “Quantico” (ABC), and “Madam Secretary” (CBS). Training: MFA in Acting from ART/MXAT at Harvard.

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Lauren Karaman* she/her/hers

Nurse (R&J); Jenny, First F.B.I. Agent, Marge, Itchy (BURNS) Lauren is delighted to make her HVSF debut! Off-Broadway: The Belle’s Stratagem (Red Bull Theater) Film: Release (Amazon), Duvar (Diversity in Cannes Official Select) Television: Catch Lauren as Kinsley in the upcoming series “Kinsley Vs.” produced by Queens Bird Films. As a model, Lauren has walked in NY Fashion Week, worked for top designers, and was one of the first series regular curvy models on “Project Runway”. When not on stage or in front of the camera, Lauren has enjoyed serving as the Founder/Director of The 36-24-36 Project, a body-positive photo series showcasing over 100 people’s stories, with exhibitions in galleries in Manhattan and DC. DGRW, inc. & Schachter Entertainment. BFA University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Online: @laurenkaraman laurenkaraman.com

Sean McNall* he/him/his

Sampson, Montague, Cousin Capulet (R&J); Gibson, Loving Husband, Sideshow Bob, Homer (BURNS) Sean returns to HVSF, having appeared most recently in The Tempest, Cymbeline, Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, The Book of Will, Our Town, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Measure for Measure, and A Winter’s Tale. Before joining HVSF in 2014 as Associate Artistic Director and Director of Education, he spent 13 years as a member of The Pearl Theatre Acting Company in New York City, where he appeared in over 40 productions, receiving an OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance and a Drama Desk Award. His recent productions include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Terrence McNally’s And Away We Go, Shaw’s You Never Can Tell, and Henry IV, Part One, directed by Davis McCallum. He and his wife, Abigail, have a wonderful son named Declan.

Emily Ota* she/her/hers

Prince Escalus (R&J); Maria, Second F.B.I. Agent, Lisa (BURNS) HSVF: HVSF2; Emilia and ensemble in Winter’s Tale; Ensemble in Arabian Nights; Miranda in The Tempest. Other theatres: New York: High School Girl and ensemble in The Art of Gaman (reading and workshop, Public Theater, The Lark); Vasanti/Lisa in The Other Instinct (reading, New Dramatists); Becky in Bachelorette (Walkerspace Theatre); Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (HVSF Tour). Regional: Miranda in The Tempest (Oregon Symphony); Three seasons at OSF: Alice in Alice in Wonderland; Marianne Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility; Juliet in Romeo and Juliet; Teenager in The Merry Wives of Windsor; Understudy/performed Mother, Girl, and Ensemble in Hannah and the Dread Gazebo; Black Swan Lab; Joan La Pucelle in Dames of Thrones (International Shakespeare Center); Ensemble in The King and I (The Palo Alto Players).

International: Jo in BOOM (UK Premiere), Diana Bingley in I Love You Because, Sandy in Rabbit, Celia in As You Like It (Paris), Blanche Skinner in Before the Party, Malcolm in Macbeth, Sonya in Uncle Vanya, Nurse in A Trip to Scarborough, Duchess in The Duchess of Malfi (LAMDA).

Film/New Media: Sweet and Sour by Debbi Michiko Florence, narrated by Emily Ota; The Process (Film), A Consultation (Film), Tabling: The Podcast. Training: Post-Graduate Acting with Distinction, LAMDA.

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Will Ormsby CaryCC he/him/his

Abraham, Peter, 1st Nightwatchman (R&J); Shades of Springfield Chorus, Ensemble (BURNS) Will is absolutely cheesed to be making his HVSF debut! A Brooklyn-based actor and musician, Will most recently wrapped shooting on the short film, Sanguine Father, and on an upcoming pilot for TV, “You Follow Me.” Selected theatre credits include Courage! To The Field (dir. Emma Rosa Went), Henry V (dir.

Dan Hasse) and The Tempest (Scranton Shakespeare Festival). BFA: NYU Tisch. Instagram: CaptainFeelGood willormsbycary.com

Emily Preis she/her/hers

Standby for Madeline Sayet (BELONG) Emily is a proud citizen of the Osage Nation as well as a New York City-based maker, performer, and organizer who loves any opportunity to explore the incredible power of storytelling and community sharing. Since receiving her BFA from NYU Tisch’s Experimental Theatre Wing, she has collaborated with her advisor, Mauricio Salgado, to turn her thesis, Performance as an Act for Tribal Sovereignty, into a Theatre Studies course now offered at NYU. For her work as an actress, she was named one of the finalists for Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program’s inaugural Misty Upham Award for Young Native Actors. Select credits include: Lovely Dark & Deep (Broadway Podcast Network), Fairly Traceable (American Bar Association) Tree Tales (Prospect Theater), Your Good Friend Jay Silverheels (YIPAP), Bingo Hall (AICH), When Farah Cries (Borderlight International Theater Festival). Emily hopes to continue to explore ways to build community and challenge harmful narratives through performance.

Luis Quintero* he/him/his

Mercutio (R&J); Matt, Homer, Scratchy (BURNS) Luis is thrilled to be returning to the tent! Recent credits include: Sweat and A Christmas Carol (The Alley), The River Bride (Stages Rep), A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Man of La Mancha (Triad Stage), Around the World in 80 Days (A.D Players), American Mariachi (Denver Center for the Performing Arts/Old Globe San Diego), Love’s Labour’s Lost (HVSF/The Acting Company), Twelfth Night, The Book of Will, Pride and Prejudice, Into the Woods and Cyrano (HVSF), A Midsummers Night’s Dream (N.C Symphony), The Lightning Thief, A Christmas Carol (Theaterworks USA), Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Our Town (Generations, A Theater Company). BFA: University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

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Kurt Rhoads* he/him/his Romeo (R&J)

Kurt is excited to play in HVSF’s new space! This is his 24th season. This is also the 69th play with Nance Williamson. Some of their notable couplings at HVSF: Antony and Cleopatra, Kate and Petruchio, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Beatrice and Benedick, Iago and Emilia, The Yorks, Dr. Caius and Mistress Quickly, Mrs. Malaprop and Sir Anthony, Titania/Hippolyta and Oberon/Theseus.

Recently, they performed at Hudson Stage in Off Peak, a 2-person play by Brenda Withers, which will have a fall run in NYC at 59E59. Covid resume: Stephano in The Tempest at HVSF, Rothko in RED at Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, episodes of “The Walking Dead” and “The Blacklist,” an audio recording of Romeo and Juliet as Friar Laurence, an audiobook and a print ad for a COPD medicine. Thank you for supporting live theatre!!!

Madeline Sayet she/her/hers Playwright, Performer (BELONG)

Madeline Sayet, Playwright, Performer (she/her) is a Mohegan theatre maker who believes the stories we pass down inform our collective possible futures. She serves as an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University with the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS), and is the Executive Director of the Yale Indigenous Performing Arts Program (YIPAP). She has been honored as a Forbes 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment, TED Fellow, MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow, National Directing Fellow, Drama League Director-In-Residence, NCAIED Native American 40 Under 40, and a recipient of The White House Champion of Change Award from President Obama. As a writer her plays include: Where We Belong, Up and Down the River, Antigone Or And Still She Must Rise Up, Daughters of Leda, The Neverland, and The Fish (In Development). Recent directing work includes: Tlingit Christmas Carol (Perseverance Theatre), Midsummer Night’s Dream (South Dakota Shakespeare), Henry IV (Connecticut Repertory Theatre), Whale Song (Perseverance Theatre), As You Like It (Delaware Shakespeare), The Winter’s Tale (Amerinda/HERE Arts), Poppea (Krannert Center, Illinois), The Magic Flute (Glimmerglass), Macbeth (NYC Parks), Miss Lead (59e59). www.madelinesayet.com Where We Belong is published by Bloomsbury. It will be available in Paperback in August 2022, but you can currently pre-order the paperback or purchase the e-book at: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/where-we-belong-9781350338791/#

Britney Nicole Simpson* she/her/hers

Lady Capulet (R&J); Quincy, Businesswoman, Bart (BURNS) This is Britney’s 4th season performing under the HVSF tent! She was last seen in the off-Broadway production of Penelope or How the Odyssey was Really Written. Favorite credits include: The Tempest, The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, Into the Woods, and Taming of the Shrew. Other Regional theatre credits include: The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (4 seasons): The Odyssey; Beauty and the Beast, The Yeomen of the Guard; The Wiz; Head Over Heels (world premiere). Two River Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Seattle Repertory Theatre.

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Destini StewartCC she/her/hers

Balthasar (R&J); Shades of Springfield Chorus, Ensemble (BURNS) Destini is a graduate of Emerson College and an alum of the Eugene O’Neill Center’s National Musical Theater Institute! Some of her previous credits include Ragtime (Sarah u/s, Sarah’s Friend u/s, and Harlem Ensemble), Milk Like Sugar (Myrna), Love and Information (Actor), and Luck of the Irish (Hannah Davis). Destini would like to thank the cast and crew here at Hudson Valley for the amazing experience. She hopes you all enjoy the show! She is represented by Stewart Talent NY. destinistewart.com.

Roman Alec TrevinoCC he/him/his

Potpan, Apothecary, Page (R&J); Shades of Springfield Chorus, Ensemble (BURNS) Roman is excited to make his HVSF debut! An NYC based actor, his credits include: Stage: The Tempest (Dysfunctional Theater), Macbeth (No Name Collective), The Real Life Adventures Of Jimmy de las Rosas (Passage Theater), Start With I Do (Heartstring Theatrical). Film: Eyes Of God, It’s Late, The Answer, The Dancing Queen. Voice: This American Wasteland, Somewhere In The Skies. Training: Circle In The Square Theater School.

Nance Williamson* she/her/hers Juliet (R&J)

Nance is so very thrilled to return to HVSF in its new home for a 21st season!

Favorite HVSF roles include Cleopatra, Tamora, Beatrice, Nurse, Lady M, Jacques, Kate, Mrs. Malaprop, Mrs. Bennet, Miz Martha Washington and so many others. This past year, Nance and her husband Kurt Rhoads performed Off Peak for Hudson Stage Theater which is scheduled for an Off-Broadway run later this year.

Nance’s professional acting career spans 38 years in film, television and over 150 plays regionally, Off-Broadway and on Broadway where she was seen in Broken Glass, Henry IV, Cyrano, and Romeo and Juliet. Nance and Kurt have been married 38 years and Romeo and Juliet will be their 69th production together.

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

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Understudies Adam Cabo he/him/his Understudy

This will be Adam’s second season in the tent after his debut in the 2017 production of The Heart Of Robin Hood. He is a recent graduate of the Professional Performing Arts School in NYC and will be attending SUNY Purchase as an Acting BFA student in the fall. He would like to express his endless gratitude for all of the support from his family and friends and is extremely excited to be joining the HVSF family once again.

Meg Gomez-Campbell she/they Understudy

Meg Gomez-Campbell (she/they): is ecstatic to be joining HVSF for her 1st ever season! Meg is from Brewster, NY & is also a recent graduate of The Wagner College Theatre Performance (‘22), with a minor in Film & Media studies. Recent: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Go. Please. Go., The Winter’s Tale, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Vagina Monologues, Ragtime. She would like to offer a massive thank you to Sean McNall, The Team, The Company, and everyone at HVSF for such a beautiful and warm artistic space. Follow Meg on IG @meggomezcamp or website meggomezcampbell.com to keep up with their future projects!

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Special Events Thursday Night Prologues Thursdays, 6:15 PM

Join us on the Terrace for engaging pre-show discussions with artists, scholars, and educators, about the intersectionality of art, theater, environmental sustainability, social justice, heritage, and so many other topics.

Thursday Night Prologues are free and open to the public!

July 7 | Music & Movement at HVSF A conversation with Musical Director Saul Nache and Choreographer Kimiye Corwin.

July 14 | ROMEO & JULIET Dr. Seth Herbst, West Point Assistant Professor of English, discusses the Shakespearean classic.

July 21 | Climate Conversations Sandra Goldmark, Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Theatre, Director of Campus Sustainability and Climate Action at Barnard College in conversation with HVSF Artistic Director Davis McCallum, and Dr. Radley Horton, Lamont Research Professor, Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia Climate School.

July 28 | Yellow Finch Project A conversation about enhancing the lives of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other social-communication issues through the art of theater.

Aug. 4 | HVSF2 In conversation with MEMNON playwright and HVSF commissioned artist Will Power.

Aug. 18 | WHERE WE BELONG - A Conversation with Evan T. Pritchard Evan T. Pritchard, a descendant of the Mi’kmaq people, has taught Native American studies at Pace University, Vassar College, and Marist College and is the director of the Center for Algonquin Culture.

Aug. 25 Speaker to be announced.

Sept. 1 | Romeos and Juliets Generations of star-crossed lovers, Carl Howell and Angela Janas (2012), Kurt Rhoads and Nance Williamson (2022), discuss these roles.

Sept. 8 | MR. BURNS: A Conversation with The Civilians Artistic Director, Steven Cosson Hear from Steven Cosson on why MR. BURNS was originally chosen for commission by The Civilians, New York, NY.

Sept. 15 | Our Future Davis McCallum shares the vision for the site and future of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.

Made possible by Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area

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Out at the Tent Sunday, July 31, 6:00 PM Get to know local Hudson Valley LGBTQIA+ organizations and enjoy a complimentary reception with drinks and light fare while you mix and mingle before the evening performance of MR. BURNS.

Captioned Performances Monday, Aug. 8 | MR. BURNS Monday, Aug. 15 | WHERE WE BELONG Monday, Aug. 29 | ROMEO & JULIET In order to make our performances accessible to all we will once again offer Captioned Performances. On select evenings the spoken word will be projected as text on a digital screen in front of certain seating sections. Learn more about our accessibility efforts at hvshakespeare.org/visit.

For Families On Family Nights, Children and Students (ages 5–20) receive $10 tickets and interactive pre-show experiences with our Teaching Artists to make their earliest theater experiences unforgettable!

5:30 PM: All-Ages Family Workshop

7:30 PM: Performance

Monday, Aug. 1 | ROMEO & JULIET Monday, Aug. 8 | MR. BURNS Monday, Aug. 15 | WHERE WE BELONG * Family Night discounts applied by ticket type at check-out. Must show proof of age at will-call.

Season Closing Night Sunday, Sept. 18, Post Performance Raise a glass to the achievements of the season alongside friends, family, and HVSF alumni.

Community Bake-Off — COMING FALL 2022 Created by the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, the Bake-Off is a communal writing event in which writers are given a random list of “ingredients” to incorporate into a play (for example: a kitchen sink, a front porch, and a withheld secret) to help inspire creativity and give writers permission to play. Hudson Valley community members are invited to submit short plays to be considered. Between 5–7 of these plays will be selected to be performed by professional actors!

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Free Weekend Train Shuttle Catch our free round trip shuttle from the Garrison Train Station parking lot on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Pre-show trips run between 4:30pm and 7:30pm, and return trips for 30 minutes following each performance. Look for the HVSF van! No reservation required.

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DIGITAL TOUR: AVAILABLE NOW!

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Shakespeare’s magical comedy takes place one mad-cap summer evening where three stories collide.

When four young lovers, a jealous fairy king and queen, and a group of amateur actors all find themselves in the woods, is it real? Is it all just a dream? You’ll have to wait and find out! This 60-minute video production is built to stream on demand, and is geared towards audiences of all ages.

For more information and to access the virtual production, please contact:

Major support for education programs is provided by:

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The Louise Este Bruce Foundation

Professional Training An Educational Program with Professional Expectations The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Conservatory Company is a performance-based training program for committed, early career actors considering joining Actors Equity Association, who have a passion for Shakespeare, and want to develop the skills necessary to create innovative, collaborative theater in extraordinary spaces. It’s an artistic home to train and take risks. Working alongside our nationally recognized acting company on and off stage, the five actors we will invite into the program this season will be offered an unmatched opportunity to enter the profession.

Introducing the 2022 Company

Erin Despanie

Zoë Goslin

Will Ormsby Cary

Destini Stewart

Roman Alec Trevino

Tent Pole Commissions In an effort to offer diverse artists more opportunities to reimagine and recreate what is considered classical theater and to help inaugurate our new artistic home, we have launched our Tent Pole Commision Program. Through this program we commission theatermakers, the majority of whom identify as BIPOC to imagine new work inspired by the beauty of our new location. These writers, directors, designers, or creators will be provided the opportunity to cultivate new ideas through flexible developmental, financial, and creative support. HVSF has dedicated resources to the creation and inspiration of these works and supports development through funding artistic collaboration. Each work created will be considered for future mainstage seasons, or applicable visibility, depending on what is created. It is our hope that Tent Pole Commissions will be part of a larger cultural shift in the American Theater, rooted in belonging, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

2022 commissions in development

Artists currently under commission

MEMNON

By Will Power Directed By Carl Cofield

• Banana Bag and Bodice • Carl Cofield + Will Power

UNTITLED AGATHA PROJECT

By Heidi Armbruster Directed By Ryan Quinn

• Raz Golden • Marti Lyons

• Melissa McGill • Orlando Pabotoy • Ryan Quinn • Kholoud Sawaf • Madeleine Sayet • Emma Went

Made possible by

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Casting a Spotlight on Education At HVSF, Shakespeare is not a static text written long ago and far away, but rather a present-tense experience of shared discovery and active play.

We believe that Shakespeare’s plays speak powerfully to our world today, and our programs empower students to find aspects of their own lived experience reflected back to them in Shakespeare’s language, stories, and characters.

Learn more about our programs for students & families, teachers, and young professionals at hvshakespeare.org/education.

Major support for Education Programs at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival provided by: The Louise Este Bruce Foundation

Support for Education programs at HVSF is provided by: The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation Crosswicks Foundation Ltd. Ann and Abe Effron Donor Advised Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley

Entergy Charitable Foundation The Marshall Frankel Foundation Putnam Arts Council The Peckham Family Foundation New York Council for the Humanities

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Education Snapshot

15,000

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The number served through in-school education and summer outreach programs through the tri-state region.

of students show more confidence speaking in front of peers after participating in our programs.

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of our summer audience gains access to youth, senior, military, and veteran ticket discounts.

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In-School Workshops conducted with students from K–College.

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In-School Performances of our innovative virtual touring production.

Teaching Artists illuminated text for student audiences.

Support the Vitality of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Whether you have been a fan for 20 years, or only recently discovered HVSF, whether you come to us from a neighboring state, a town along the Hudson River, or from the five boroughs, we’re glad you’ve chosen to make HVSF your theater home. In our new location, we are more committed than ever to creating and supporting community through live theater, and we need your help to carry this work forward.

Saints & Poets Society

Festival Circles Program

With a fully tax-deductible annual gift of $100–$1,499, gain access to:

Your generous investment of $1,500 or more is rewarded with the finest service we have to offer!

Benefits include:

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Advance Ticketing Free Exchanges Complimentary Drink Tickets Seat Upgrades and more!

omplimentary House Seats and Advance Ticketing C Concierge Service and Free Ticket Exchanges Invitations to Events and Opening Nights Access and Insight into the Creative Process

Save the Date for our Annual Gala The Annual Gala will be held on October 16, 2022 at our new home. This celebratory evening is our largest fundraising event of the year and features dining, dancing, and a live auction.

Did you know?

While over 35,000 audience members join us each season, ticket sales only cover a portion of the cost of bringing world-class theater to our community.

We depend on philanthropic contributions from friends like you!

Please consider deepening your relationship with the Festival by becoming a supporter today.

Your gift impacts not only those who see performances under the tent, but radiates out into our community, serving over 15,000 students, teachers, neighbors, and families through our Education programs.

As a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization and a public trust, our theater belongs to you. Please consider joining our family of supporters.

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Supporters The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival gratefully acknowledges the following generous donors to the 2022 Season (gifts from June 1, 2021 to June 1, 2022). If you would like to join our growing family of supporters, please contact Semra Ercin, Director of Development, at 845-809-4339 or sercin@hvshakespeare.org

Heroes Circle

Producers Circle

Opening Night Circle

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$15,000–24,999

$5,000–9,999

The Appleby Foundation, in memory of Sheila Allen Colby

Anonymous

Anonymous (2)

Janet Benton

Helen and Ted Buerger

The Louise Este Bruce Foundation

Mary Elizabeth and Jeffrey Bunzel

Crosswicks Foundation

Richard Feldman, SHS Foundation

Heidi Ettinger

Robert I. Goldman Foundation

Derrick and Heather Hopkins

Nick Groombridge

Dan Kramer and Judy Mogul

Humanities New York

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Mr. Alan Jones and Ms. Ashley Garrett

Artistic Director’s Circle $25,000–49,999 Robin Shelby Arditi and Ralph Arditi

Drs. Elliott and Anne Sumers

George Loening The Asbjorn Lunde Foundation

Steven L. Holley

Insiders Circle

Chip Loewenson and Susan Brune

$10,000–14,999

Deborah McManus

The New York State Council on the Arts

Jan and Suzanne Baker

Belle and Blake Newton

The Thomas and Agnes Carvel Foundation

The Peckham Family Foundation

William H. Donner Foundation

Hon. and Mrs. Albert M. Rosenblatt

Pepper Evans and Bob Lieber

Kathleen and Michael Schoen

Anita and Robert Jacobson

Frederic C. Rich Shakespeare in American Communities, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest

M&T Charitable Foundation

Matthew Quigley

The Shubert Foundation

Patricia King

Connie Steensma and Richard Prins

Byron and Siew Thye Stinson

Sheila and Marty Major

The Touchstone Fund

Ned Whitney and Martha Howell

Robert McCaffrey

Ken Vittor and Judith Aisen

Laura Jean Wilson and Mark Jay Menting

Alex J. Simmons Jr.

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Actors Circle

Gilbert Giannini and Lily Paris

Elizabeth Bryson

John T. Graham

Melissa Burch

Brian Keating and Stacy Styles

Carolyn Chave

Kathryn Brown

Anne Keeney

Joseph T. Conklin and Rita Kilduff

Luis Castro

Sara J. Cook

Anne Champion

Mr. Leslie Kelley and Ms. Elizabeth Zieglmeier

Mary Beth Cresci

Raymond Kimball

Laura Dower

Entergy Charitable Foundation

Betty and Arthur Kowaloff

Matt and Kelly Fairweather

Marit Kulleseid

Dorothy Dunn and Steve Brosnahan

Natalie Fishman

Doug Land and Lynn Peebles

Charles and Rachel Dupree

Jay Francis and Elizabeth Bradford

John Mahedy

Sandra Goldmark

Carol Marquand and Stanley Freilich

FJC A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds

$2,500–4,999

Eva Marie Graham

Joshua Dachs

Elizabeth and Irv Flinn

Michael McKee and Christine Foertsch

James Menick and Liz Pereira

Franklin Cole Foundation

Elizabeth Nevins

The Marshal Franklin Foundation

Rudolph and Sheila Rauch

T. George O’Brien

Joel Gantcher

Cornelia Small

Virginia S. Genereux

Theatre Development Fund

Francis Parr and Sakiko FukudaParr

Martha Upton and Peter Davis

Nat and Anita Prentice

Linda Gerstel and Ed Joyce

Putnam Arts Council

David Goldberg and Wesley Weissberg

Libbie F. Gerry

Tent Raisers Circle

Christopher and Mary Ann Robinson

$1,500–2,499

Tatiana Serafin and Mick Kalishman

Jill Goodman

Martha and Philip Scott

Cat Guthrie

Shalinee Sharma

John Ham

Angela and Tyson ThompsonTinsley

Andrew D. Hamingson and Sarah McLellan

Pat Truscelli and Bud Ellisi

Jeremy Henderson

John and Anne Uglum

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Wong Family Foundation

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John Beurket Rachel Bernstein and Alan Milton Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Braunstein Thomas G. Byrne Dr. and Mrs. Howard and Sharon Charles Andrew Chmar and Gayle Watkins T. Jefferson Cunningham III

Kyle Good

Juhee Lee-Hartford and James Hartford

Natalie Diggins and Oren Michels

Saints & Poets Society

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$500–1,499

Lostand Foundation

EASTER Foundation/Anne and Fred Osborn III

Anonymous (1)

Arthur Lowenstein and Ann Patton

Kerrin and Stephne Behrend

John and Karen Magerlein

Shari and Ken Eberts

Dr. and Mrs. Francis Belloni

Anne and Abe Effron Donor Advised Fund of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley

Carol and Roger Berlind

Christopher Mann and Claire Svetlik Mann

Ethan Berman and Fiona Hollands

Mr. and Mrs. William McCabe

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Kristina McCormack and Mitchell Newman

Mark Bittman and Kathleen Finlay

Paul Michael

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Bradley Family Fund

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Pamela and Ray Endreny Marie E. Fabian and Eugenie Cesar-Fabian Tanya E. Friedman Bill and Anna Gannett Phoebe Geer and Dr. Matt Speiser Bruce and Diana Geller

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Clara and Bevis Longstreth

Arthur and Merle Nacht

Barry and Mary Jean Ross

Chengzhong Sui

William G. Nesbitt and Marie Michelle DeSavigny

Raymond and Kimber Sanseverino

David and Carol Trower

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Lynn and William T. Nolan

Maria and Brian Shydlo

Kristin Van Ogtrop and Dean Robinson

Floyd Norris

Anne Sidamon-Eristoff

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Raymond Nowak

Betsy and John Simons

Kevin and Hedi O’Connor

Jodie Staton

Jacob Weisberg and Deborah Needleman

Lyn and Tom Olson

The Stebbins Fund, Inc.

Pepsi Cola Of the Hudson Valley

Mr. Stanley J. and Mrs. Laura G. Wiegand

Michael and Kathleen Stringer

Hon. Jed S. and Dr. Ann R. Rakoff

Danielle and Michael Williams

Bente Strong

Denise Rempe and Mark L. Wilson

Andrea P. Wood

Tracy Stong

Roxanne Woodruff

Drs. Cynthia and William Roberts

Saints & Poets Society $100–499

The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival receives many donations under $500, which we gratefully acknowledge. All gifts to HVSF are valued and appreciated. Thank you for your support!

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In Memoriam Terry Teachout Terry Teachout was one of the American Theater’s great enthusiasts. He brought to the job of the cultural critic the joy of someone whose vocation is also their passion.

Terry loved to laugh (his distinctive guffaw is legendary). He revered actors of great courage and physicality. And because he was also a playwright, he understood deeply the unique two-way energy that animates a great performance. Taken together, these things meant that Terry approached the job of the theatre critic with a special kind of openhearted wonder and delight. And day after day, week after week, he was able to convey that feeling to his readers through his writing. “Passion, I see, is catching.” Rest in Peace, Terry. You will be greatly missed by your friends at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.

“Passion, I see, is catching.”

—Julius Caesar, Act III, Sc 1.

Lars Kulleseid Lars Kulleseid was a friend to HVSF since our earliest performances, as his wife of more than 60 years, Marti Kulleseid, served as HVSF’s founding Board Chair in 1987.

Lars and Marit moved to Garrison in 1964 and became deeply involved in local community organizations. Our local schools, environmental non-profits, and cultural institutions all owe them a debt of gratitude. In addition to being essential to the founding of HVSF, he was instrumental in building the Hudson Highlands Land Trust into a dynamic force for conservation in the Hudson Highlands. Additionally, Lars is remembered in Philipstown as a husband, father, patent attorney and athlete. All of us at HVSF will remember Lars and his family’s impact on making the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival what we are today.

“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”

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About Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Now celebrating the summer season, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival (HVSF) is a critically acclaimed, professional, non-profit theater company based in Garrison, NY. The Festival has established a reputation for lucid, engaging, and highly inventive productions staged in rotating repertory under an iconic, open-air theater tent. In recent years, the Festival has also ventured beyond the tent, touring its work to other venues throughout the Hudson Valley as part of its HVSF On the Road series, transferring productions to other theaters, engaging its community through radically participatory art-making, and reaching over 15,000 students and educators annually through our year-round Education programs.

Over the years, HVSF’s exuberantly irreverent productions have gained a devoted following.

Critics from The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal have applauded the clarity, energy, wit, and imagination of our productions, and the unique and playful nature of the actor-audience relationship under the tent.

Every summer, over 35,000 friends and supporters come together under this tent to enjoy vibrant productions of the greatest plays ever written in one of the most unusual and exciting performance venues in the American Theater. Thank you for being among them this year.

Philanthropist Christopher Davis has offered HVSF 98 acres of river-view property to become HVSF’s first-ever permanent home.

This new site will provide HVSF the long-term stability of a secure foundation and will serve as a vibrant hub for the local community, a year-round cultural anchor for the Hudson Highlands, and a model for environmental sustainability in the performing arts. It will also allow for an expansion of artistic and community programming. HVSF is currently in the design and planning phases of creating its new home on this extraordinary property. With its long-time tent on the site in a temporary location for the 2022 season.

Our Mission The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival engages the widest possible audience in a fresh conversation about what is essential in Shakespeare’s plays.

Our theater lives in the here and now, at the intersection between the virtuosity of the actor, the imagination of the audience, and the inspiration of the text.

A Brief History HVSF was founded by Melissa Stern and Terry O’Brien in September 1987 with an outdoor production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Manitoga, home of industrial designer Russell Wright, in Garrison, NY. The following year, Boscobel House and Gardens agreed to host HVSF’s mainstage season on the estate’s expansive grounds, and that summer’s production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It was performed under a tent overlooking the Hudson River.

Under O’Brien’s leadership, and with the enthusiastic support of our Board of Directors and community of patrons, HVSF grew dramatically. In 1994, we added a second show to our season. That same year, HVSF deepened its impact on the region by offering hands-on, performance-driven education programs to area schools. In 2004, we began to tour innovative Shakespeare productions to middle and high schools.

In 2006, HVSF acquired a spectacular, custom-designed, open-air theater tent with seating for 540, establishing a performance venue unlike anything else in American theater.

HVSF has served more than 500,000 patrons since our first season in 1987.

Terry O’Brien led the theater for 27 years, directing more than 30 productions, and stepped down as Artistic Director in December 2013. After a nationwide search for his successor, HVSF’s Board appointed Davis McCallum as Artistic Director in May 2014.

In 2015, HVSF’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream transferred to The Pearl Theatre Company in New York, where it earned rave reviews and garnered the company’s first-ever Drama League Nomination.

In 2016, HVSF celebrated its 30th anniversary with its largest single project to date, a citizen-driven production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, followed two years later by a citizen-driven world premiere of Seth Bockley’s Rip Van Winkle; or, Cut the Old Moon Into Stars.

In 2017, the Festival produced its first ever world premieres — Kate Hamill’s Pride and Prejudice (a co-production with Primary Stages in New York) and Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will (co-production with the Denver Center Theater Company).

In 2019, HVSF went even bigger and bolder with its first-ever musical, Sondheim’s critically acclaimed Into the Woods.

In 2020, for the first time in the Festival’s history the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

HVSF performed its final season at Boscobel House and Gardens in Garrison in the summer of 2021.

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The Future of HVSF After 35 years as tenants at Boscobel House and Gardens, Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival now has its first-ever permanent home in the Hudson Highlands. In thanks to the extraordinary generosity of philanthropist Chris Davis, we will be creating a cultural campus on the 98 acres that surround you.

The vision for the site includes a permanent, open-air theater venue, the transformation of dozens of acres of former golf fairways into native meadows, wildflower gardens, walking paths, picnic lawns, and open space for community gathering. The pinnacle of the site is an extraordinary view overlooking the North Gate of the Hudson River where you may have picnicked or toured today.

Our ambition is to create one of the most extraordinary open-air theaters in the world, in one of the most beautiful and important landscapes in America, and we want this experience to be available to everyone.

For that reason, we are designing the campus and its structures as models of inclusivity and accessibility, with an extensive institutional commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

To learn more about our plans visit hvshakespeare.org/newhome.

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Key Priorities for our New Home Cultural Placemaking

Environmental Sustainability

Education & Community Programs

Our new campus will allow us to create an immersive arts destination on par with other regional and national cultural anchors.

Our vision for sustainability is multi-faceted: to enhance natural biodiversity, protect the river’s watershed, promote passive recreation and access, and respond to climate change.

Our new home will offer improved access to expanded education and community engagement programming for regional audiences.

It will be…

• A model for the post-covid era • An improved cultural experience • Better sightlines • Better acoustics • A home for resident artists

We aim for…

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Ecological Restoration Carbon Neutrality Increased Biodiversity Environmental Education Opportunities • LEED Platinum Rated Facilities and Campus

It will allow for…

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Year-Round Programming Fall School Matinees Shared Public Spaces Community Partnerships Participatory Art-Making

To learn more about our plans visit hvshakespeare.org/newhome.

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine —A Midsummer Night's Dream

Collaborating with HVSF to restore wildlife habitat and natural beauty on this landscape.

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HVSF Administration Artistic Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Davis McCallum Managing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katie Liberman General Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alma Malabanan-McGrath Associate Artistic Director and Director of Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean McNall Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linda Patterson Director of Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Semra Ercin Director of Marketing and Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Casey Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nora McNally-Reif Finance Associate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yolanda Medina Development Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samir Patel Executive Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lana Russell Media & Marketing Intern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephanie Mallen

Directors/Creative

Designers

Directors

Scenic Designers

Davis McCallum

Peiyi Wong

Gaye Taylor Upchurch

Costume Designers

Assistant Costume Designer Ashlie Morrison

Asa Benally

Production

Composers/Music Directors/Copyist

Enver Chakartash

Facilities Manager

Kathleen Doyle

Josh Foreman

Heather Christian

Lighting Designers

Stage Managers

Hao Bai

Julia Bates

Stacey Derosier

Janelle Caso

Season Rep Lighting Plot Design

Grace Chariya

Dan Mullins Cassandra E. Zeugin

First Production Assistant

Sound Designers

Daniel Vaughn

Darron West Erik Schilke

Second Production Assistant

Props Designer

Desiree Ruiloba

Samantha Shoffner

Company Manager

Associate Props Designer

Tanesha Warren

Mei Ann Teo

Ben Moss Saul Nache Erik Schilke

Choreographers Kimiye Corwin Orlando Pabotoy

Voice and Speech Coach Alithea Phillips

Anna Kendall

Elisabeth Schapmann

Assistant Company Manager Kristen Martin

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Company Management Assistant

Sound Technician(s)

Harm Reduction

Leo Suppa

Kevin Qian

Connor Copeland

Lead Facilitator

COVID Safety Manager(s)

Trucking Services:

Quinlan Hanrahan

Scenery provided by:

Javier Padilla

Kai Brothers

Production Carpenter

Audio and Lighting Equipment provided by:

Rachel Behrman

Big Ben’s Trucking

Kirya Traber

Co-Facilitators Troy Anthony Donnay Edmund

Front-of-House Audience Services Manager

Assistant Production Manager

Production Resource Group

Lindsay Brashier

Kaitlyn Kociela Taylor

Lindsay Higgins

Operations Assistant

Ashlie Morrison

Box Office Manager

Tyler Mell

Harper Lee Andrews

Anna Giacalone

Costume Shop Manager

Load-In Crew:

Associate Box Office Manager for Database & Ticketing Systems

Charlotte Palmer-Lane

Wardrobe Supervisor

Stitchers:

Krista Arena Benjamin Arstnault Zoe Barash Emily Darone

Claudia Stefany-Ruck

Jesse Dewane

Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor

Connor Gibbons

Summer Glodstein

Dale Gibbons

Hair Styling

Michael Grogan

Kinky Rootz Salon

Headpiece Construction Jennie Marino

Dan Gibbons

Jenny Houghtaling Raymond LeGrand James Merrit Nikeen DeLeon

Lighting Director

Marquise Parham

Dan Mullins

Michael Roche

Touring Lighting/ Technical Director

Adam Willams

Megan Coffel

Brandon Redmond

Lighting Supervisor

Emma Sheehan

Cassandra E. Zeugin

Lighting Assistant

Earline Stephen

And a big thank you to our Front-of-House Support Staff!

Casting Calleri Jensen Davis James Calleri Erica Jensen Paul Davis

Olivia Grasso

Miranda Tremblay Nikeem DeLeon Jack Bebinger

Junah Kim

Daniel Mackle

Programmer

John Millard

Daniel Mackle

Joseph Lutsky

Audio Director Andrew Rovner

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Meet the Hudson Valley Team Davis McCallum Artistic Director

Now in his eighth season as HVSF’s Artistic Director, Davis is a passionate advocate for the power of the arts to bring people together and create more interconnected and resilient communities. Under his leadership, HVSF established HVStories, a multi-year exploration of the people, history, and culture of the Hudson Valley; and Full Circle, a community engagement program inspired by 2016’s citizen-driven production of OUR TOWN. For HVSF, he has directed productions of Cymbeline, Richard II, The Winter’s Tale, Measure for Measure, and the rolling world premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s The Book of Will. Notable productions in New York include Greater Clements (LCT), Lewiston/Clarkston (Rattlestick – Drama Desk nomination for Best Play), The Harvest (LCT3); Stupid Fucking Bird (Pearl), Fashions for Men and London Wall (Mint – Drama Desk and Lortel nomination for Best Revival); The Whale (Lortel Award for Best Play, and Calloway nomination for Best Director) and Pocatello (Playwrights Horizons); Water by the Spoonful (Second Stage – Pulitzer Prize for Drama); and February House (The Public).

Other NYC credits include Signature Theatre, The Acting Company, 13P, Clubbed Thumb, Play Company, Page 73, and the New Victory. Regional credits include the Denver Center, Dallas Theater Center, Old Globe, Guthrie, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the O’Neill, American Shakespeare Center, Williamstown, Humana Festival, others. A graduate of Princeton, he studied Shakespeare at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and trained as a director at LAMDA. He has taught acting and directing at Princeton and The New School for Drama. He lives in Cold Spring, and is the father of two sons, Thomas and Angus.

Kate Liberman Managing Director

Kate is honored to lead HVSF for her eighth season, in partnership with Davis McCallum. In her time at HVSF, Kate has supported the expansion of artistic programming to include HVSF’s first world premieres, co-productions, and off-Broadway transfers. She oversaw the company’s emergence from the COVID pandemic, as one of the first theaters to reopen in New York State, and she has been incredibly lucky to be able to steward HVSF to our new, first-ever permanent home. Previously, she served as General Manager at The Laguna Playhouse, where she worked on strategic planning, a fiscal turnaround, and capital improvements. Prior to The Playhouse, she served as Associate Managing Director at Yale Repertory Theatre, Managing Director of Yale Summer Cabaret, and Managing Director Fellow at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Kate was Associate Manager of Development at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC where she executed a successful $10M campaign for the 2008 festival, Arabesque: Arts of The Arab World. She holds an MFA in theater management from Yale School of Drama and an MBA from Yale School of Management, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude. She is a recipient of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship and served as President of the Truman Scholars Association. In 2017, Kate received the Business Council of Westchester’s 40 Under 40 Rising Star Award and has been recognized for her work in the local community by the Putnam County Business Council and the Cold Spring Area Chamber of Commerce, where she previously served as president. Originally from the Boston area, Kate lives in Cortlandt Manor with her wonderful husband, Eric, and her son, Toby.

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Terrence O'Brien

Founding Artistic Director Terrence O'Brien co-founded HVSF with actress Melissa Stern in 1987, and for 27 years, O'Brien was HVSF's artistic leader. During that time, he direct-ed more than 30 of HVSF's productions, garnered significant critical acclaim in major press nationally, and built a very loyal audience who enthusiastically returned to our tent theater year after year. He co-authored, with Stern, HVSF's original Statement of Purpose, he developed and evolved HVSF's signature performance style, and he remains deeply dedicated to the idea that Shakespeare's plays can be made accessible without sacrificing any of their depth and integrity. O'Brien was instrumental in developing the design of the HVSF tent theater and in integrating HVSF's acting style with the theater space.

Over several years he developed an informal company of actors and artists, many of whom have developed lasting friendships, marriages, and in some cases, have had children. He performed his original one-man play, Popular Mechanics, for Bedlam in New York City, in Garrison, and in Gainesville, GA. Last May, he directed a cast of prisoners in his own adap-tation of On The Waterfront at Sing Sing Correctional Facility. He is currently adapting Investigating Sex into a theatre piece, and he'll be doing studio work on that project at the Baryshnikov Arts Center this summer. O'Brien is the director of the New World Shakespeare Lab in New York City, a group that seeks to evolve a more spontaneous style of acting Shakespeare. He and his wife, Jane Praeger, live in Manhattan with their daughter, Jenne, and son, Leo.

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Troy Anthony, he/him/his Harm Reduction Consultant — Co-Facilitator Hao Bai she/her/hers Production Designer (BELONG) Hao is a multidisciplinary designer in lighting, sound, video projection, and world-building (environment) for live and virtual performances.

Hao works with groundbreaking and innovative artists including Charlotte Braithwaite, Abigail DeVille, Mei Ann Teo, Ping Chong, Kaneza Schaal, The Talking Band, Mabou Mines, The Wooster Group, The Builders Association, The Hawtplates (Justin Hicks), and Loco7, etc.

Hao’s work has been seen internationally at Asia Culture Center (South Korea), WuZhen Festival (China), in the states at Woolly Mammoth Theater (DC), TheatreWorks Hartford (CT), BCS (MD), Harvard (MA), CAC (Cincinnati), Stanford, Jone Hall (Houston), and in New York at The Public Theatre, NYU Skirball, NYU Tisch, Bushwick Starr, La MaMa, JACK, The Flea, HERE, Performance Space New York, New Stage Theatre, 59E59, A.R.T/ New York Theatres, 14 Street Y, BAAD!, Stella Adler, The Performing Garage, The Gallery Players, The Tank, etc. Virtual: Final Boarding Call (Ma-Yi Theater+WP Theater); Nocturne in 1200s (Ping Chong). Lighting: Waterboy and the Mighty World (Bushwick Starr & The Public Theatre). Projection: Electronic City (NYIT Awards). Sound: Walden (TheatreWorks). Lighting & Sound: 7Mins (HERE). Lighting/Sound/Projection: Arden (The Flea). Production Design: and the grass grows (Harvard University). Upcoming: The Gift Project (Diana Oh). Lazarus (Ping Chong). haobaidesign.com Julia Bates* she/her/hers Stage Manager (BURNS) Julia is excited to be back for a second season at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival!

Regional credits include: Queen of the Night (Dorset Theatre Festival), Manahatta (Yale Repertory Theatre), Once Upon A One More Time (Shakespeare Theatre Company) Tiny Shakes: Romeo & Juliet (Two River Theatre) Into the Woods, Cyrano (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival). Film/TV: 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend, MTV Unplugged: Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, and the 2021 Golden Globes.

Rachel Behrman, she/her/hers Production Carpenter Rachel is thrilled to be back at HVSF for her second season. As a NYC based freelance carpenter, she has worked at multiple venues in different capacities. BFA Technical Direction from California Institute of the Arts.

Asa Benally he/him Costume Designer (BELONG) Citizen of the Navajo and Cherokee Nations.

The Rez Sisters, 1939 (Stratford Festival); Seven Minutes (Waterwell); Where We Belong (Woolly Mammoth Theater, Baltimore Center Stage); Mrs. Warren’s Profession (The Gingold Group); Blues for an Alabama Sky (Keen Company, Drama Desk Nomination); Somewhere Over the Border (Syracuse Stage); Too Heavy For Your Pocket (George Street Playhouse); Skeleton Crew (Westport Country Playhouse); Father Comes Home…

(Juilliard); Measure for Measure (The Public Theater Mobile Unit); Cymbeline (Yale Repertory Theater); The Brobot Johnson Experience (The Bushwick Starr); Tricks the Devil Taught Me (Minetta Lane Theater); Coriolanus, The Seagull (Yale School of Drama); Whale Song (Perseverance Theater); Roberto Zucco (Yale Cabaret); The Winter’s Tale (HERE Arts Center). Training: M.F.A Yale School of Drama. B.F.A. Parsons School of Design. Online: www.asabenally.com, Instagram: @Asa_Benally_Design.

Ryan Bogner he/him Executive Producer (BELONG) Bogner is a producer and entertainment entrepreneur and is currently the Co-President of Content for Broadway & Beyond Theatricals (BBT), a full service production company and theatrical booking agency which he founded with partners Victoria Lang and Tracey McFarland. Bogner has produced shows and events on and off Broadway, and with such organizations as The Public Theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Ohio Theater, The Zipper Factory, Dixon Place, The New York Musical Festival and The New York International Fringe Festival as well as countless developmental workshops, readings and concerts in both the live and digital spaces. Notable past productions include: The Woodsman, Here Lies Love, The Orion Experience, Yeast Nation, Doctor Zhivago, Top Hat, Big Fish, The Cher Show and Cheers: Live On Stage among others. Upcoming: The Kite

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Runner, Cambodian Rock Band. Prior to the founding of BBT, Ryan served as an executive at such production companies as RKO Stage and Stageworks Media, worked in licensing at Theatrical Rights Worldwide and was a founder of booking agency, Off Broadway Touring. Ryan holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theater and Directing from The Boston Conservatory, and an M.F.A. in Theater Management and Producing from Columbia University.

Lindsay Brashier, she/her/hers Assistant Production Manager Past credits include: Steel Pier, Heathers, and Cloud 9 at San Diego State University (Stage Manager), and Resident Production Manager with Skull & Dagger Dramatic Society. BA Interdisciplinary Studies in Theatre, Journalism, and Psychology, San Diego State University.

CALLERI JENSEN DAVIS (James Calleri, Erica Jensen, Paul Davis) Casting Glad to be back for their Second season with HVSF! Broadway credits the recent For Colored Girls..., Thoughts of a Colored Man, Burn This, Fool for Love, Venus in Fur, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, The Elephant Man, Of Mice and Men, Hughie, The Visit, 33 Variations, A Raisin in the Sun, Living on Love, Chicago, James Joyce’s The Dead, and the upcoming The Piano Lesson and Topdog/Underdog revivals. TV credits include: Queens, Love Life, Dickinson, The Path, Lipstick Jungle, Army Wives, Monk, Hope & Faith, Ed, and When They See Us. Emily Casey, she/her/hers Director of Marketing Emily looks forward to sharing this beautiful, new location with returning guests and new

friends in her first season under the tent. She previously worked as the Director of Marketing at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (site of the 1969 Woodstock festival). Emily thinks ideas and snacks should always be shared and there really is nothing better than a handwritten note. Emily lives in Beacon and has a hobby of having hobbies (reading, gardening, making crafts, and running at the top of her list).

Janelle Caso* Production Stage Manager (R&J) HVSF: The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington, Into the Woods, Cyrano, The Public Theatre: Cullud Wattah, The Line, Shipwreck, Romeo y Julieta, Coal Country, Wild Goose Dreams, Mobile Unit’s The Tempest, Mlima’s Tale, Under the Radar Festival, Oedipus El Rey, Star-Crossed (Los Desdichados). Broadway: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Noises Off. National tour: Evil Dead. Regional: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hamlet, Othello, The Comedy of Errors, Frost/Nixon, RFK, American Sligo, Hurlyburly, Fiddler on the Roof, Gypsy, Philadelphia Orchestra Valentine’s Day concert. Columbia University MFA in Stage Management.

Enver Chakartash, they/them Costume Designer (R&J) Grace Chariya she/her Stage Manager (BELONG) Grace Chariya, Stage Manager (she/her) is originally from Urbana, Illinois. She has previously worked at Baltimore Center Stage as the Interim Executive Coordinator for part of the 2021–2022 season, served as the Production Assistant on their co-production of Fires in the Mirror with Long Wharf Theatre,

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and was a Production Assistant and Production Management Apprentice for their 2020–2021 season. Grace has also worked at New York Stage and Film during their summer season as the Production Manager (2022), the Assistant Production Manager (2021), and as a Stage Management Intern (2019). She holds a BFA in Stage Management from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Favorite highlights: A Play for the Living in the Time of Extinction; The Garden; The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks, and Curls (Baltimore Center Stage), Sanctuary City; Annie Salem: An American Tale; Goddess; The Notebook (New York Stage and Film), Jessica Lang Dance’s us/we (Krannert Center for the Performing Arts), eurydice; gorge, idling gorge, just idling, just; An American Daughter; Studio Dance II; Don Giovanni; In The Next Room, or the vibrator play (University of Illinois).

her own work Oratorio for Living Things (Ars Nova), Animal Wisdom ( The Bushwick Starr, now a motion picture made in collaboration with Woolly Mammoth in DC and American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco) I am Sending You the Sacred Face (Theater In Quarantine/ YouTube— Named Vultures #5 Theater Experience of 2020), Prime: A Practical Breviary (Playwrights Horizons Soundstage— named IndieWire’s #1 Podcast Episode of 2020) in addition to being a lead artist on devised works Mission Drift Nat’l Theater London, The World Is Round BAM). She has released 11 records, teaches vocal-based music composition at NYU, owns and operates her own recording studio in Beacon, NY, and can be seen regularly in concert halls and dive bars as Heather Christian & the Arbornauts. www.heatherchristian.bandcamp.com

Heather Christian, she/her/hers Composer (R&J)

Megan J Coffel they/them Touring Lighting/Technical Director, (BELONG)

Heather is a Lucille Lortel, Drama Desk and Obie Award winning composer/performer making music centered shows and rituals.

She is a 2021 Richard Rodgers Award winner and Sundance Institude Time Warner Fellow.

Recent composing/performing credits include

Coffell is proud to work for Where We Belong and looks forward to traveling with the team to share the story with people across the country. They are a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with an MFA in

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lighting design and technology. There, they enjoyed being a head electrician (The Marriage of Figaro, Cabaret, Crazy for You), designing lights (Fun Home, Hit the Wall, Adventures of Little Sharpears), and exploring many classes in the scenic technology department. They have worked previously at Utah Festival Opera and Theatre Company, the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, and Strayer-Wood Theatre. Outside of theatre, they enjoy freehand drawing, playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends, and watching “Star Trek” (“Deep Space Nine” is their favorite series thus far.)

The Last of the Love Letters (Atlantic Theater Company), The Great Filter (Wild Project), All the Natalie Portmans (MCC Theater), Stew (Page 73), for all the women who thought they were Mad (Soho Rep), Playing Hot! (Pipeline Theater Company), Mies Julie & Dance of Death (Classic Stage Company), Lewiston/Clarkston (Rattlestick Playwright’s Theater) & 2018 Lilly Award Daryl Roth Prize recipient.

Connor Copeland he/him/his Sound Technician

Kathleen Doyle is a visual story teller - a designer working in theater, opera, dance and animation. Her ebullient designs have been seen all over the city - including New York City Center, La MaMa, Here Art Center, The Joyce Theater and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Her work has been seen across the country - from Walt Disney World, Florida, to The Santa Fe Opera, from Arizona Opera to Opera Alaska.

Projects abroad include a solo show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and an award-winning puppet musical in Daegu, South Korea. Recent projects funded by Honolulu Theatre For Youth, The New Victory Theater/42nd St. Studios, The American Museum of Natural History and The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia. Doyle also can be found ambling around beaches and bodegas, inside a giant polar bear puppet, ‘Qanuk Nanuk’, seeking a healthier Arctic climate. M.F.A. in Theater Design, NYU. M.A. in Dramaturgy, Villanova.

Goodwill Ambassador to Peru. Fulbright Scholar to Japan. Fulbright Scholar to China and Hong Kong. Artist in Residence, Thang Long National Water Puppetry Theatre, Hanoi, Vietnam. Member of USA-Local 829 www.kathleendoyledesign.com

Kimiye Corwin, she/her/hers Choreographer, Fight Choreographer (R&J); “Chart Hits” Choreography (BURNS) Kimiye Corwin is an actor/dancer/ choreographer/teacher living in Roxbury, Connecticut. After dancing professionally for five years with the Jose Limon Dance Company, Kimiye ventured into theater. NYC performing credits: Red Bull Theater, La MaMa, Ars Nova, Ripe Time, National Asian American Theatre Company, NYTW Next Door, Ma-Yi. Regional credits: Syracuse Stage, Actors Theater of Louisville, Studio Theatre in D.C., Hartford Stage,TheatreWorks Palo Alto, Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, Guthrie, McCarter, Two River Theater. Film and tv credits: “New Amsterdam,” “One Life to Live,” “Blacklist,” “The Family”, “The Michael J. Fox Show,” and Five Dances (feature length film directed by Alan Brown). She has done movement consulting and choreography for productions at the Dallas Theater Center, the Guthrie, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the National Asian American Theatre Company.

She is on the movement faculty at Stella Adler Studio/NYU and a member of the National Alliance of Acting Teachers. Training: Actors Center 9 Month Conservatory, Juilliard (BFA in Dance), Brown/Trinity (MFA in Acting). www.kimiyecorwin.com

Kathleen Doyle, she/her/hers Costume Designer (BURNS)

Donnay Edmund, they/she Harm Reduction Consultant — Co-Facilitator

Stacey Derosier, she/her/hers Lighting Designer (R&J, BURNS)

Semra Ercin, she/her/hers Director of Development

Fat Ham (Public Theater & National Black Theater), Wedding Band (Theatre for a New Audience), sandblasted (Vineyard Theatre/ WP Theater), The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (The Shed), Head Over Heels (Pasadena Playhouse),

Semra Ercin joined HVSF in 2021, moving to the Hudson Valley after over 20 years in New York City. As the Director of Development, she is responsible for planning and executing HVSF’s individual, institutional, corporate, and government fundraising initiatives, as well as hvshakespeare.org | 61

cultivation events and strategic partnerships.

She brings over 15 years of experience in non-profit arts and cultural fundraising, administration, and event planning from organizations such as Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn Music School, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Princeton Club of New York, among others.

Anna Giacalone Box Office Manager Anna is thrilled to join HVSF for their 2022 season! Anna most recently served as the box office manager for Hudson Stage Company’s production of Off Peak. Previously, Anna held numerous positions at Hudson Stage Company, where she worked for three seasons, and Arc Stages. She recently graduated from Pace University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Communications.

Summer Glodstein, she/they Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor Summer is thrilled to be joining HVSF for her second season as Assistant Wardrobe Supervisor. Previously, Summer worked as Wardrobe Supervisor for Sunday in the Park with George with the Vassar Drama Department and as a Hair and Makeup Intern with The Glimmerglass Festival. As a recent graduate of the SUNY New Paltz Theatre Arts and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies programs, Summer is excited to take her love of costumes and her passion for social justice into the professional world.

Quinlan Hanrahan, she/her/hers COVID Safety Manager Broadway: Freestyle Love Supreme. OffBroadway: Coal Country (The Public Theater / Audible Theater). Quin is ecstatic to be at HVSF for her first season! Education: Texas State University (BFA), Regents University London, University of Idaho. Love to Mom, Dad, Papa Don, Grandma Sandi, Klay, & Rhy. Lindsay Higgins, she/her/hers Audience Services Manager In her sixth season of house management with HVSF, Lindsay is excited to welcome the 2022 audience to our new surroundings. During the rest of the year, Lindsay directs, teaches, and choreographs dance and musical theater projects at High Definition Dance in New Windsor. Welcome and enjoy the show!

Anna Kendall, she/her/hers Props Assistant (R&J, BURNS) Junah Kim, she/her/hers Lighting Assistant Junah is from South Korea who is now pursuing a career in lighting for performing arts field and more.

Victoria Lang she/her Executive Producer (BELONG) Lang has enjoyed an award-winning producing career in theatre, television, film, concerts and podcasting. On the cutting edge of the best of Off Broadway theatre she has produced such hits as Found: A New Musical, Silence! The Musical (Best Musical: Off Broadway Alliance Award, Top 5 Musicals: Time Magazine), Shout!

The Mod Musical, Johnny Guitar (Best Off-Broadway Musical: Outer Critics Circle Award), Matt & Ben (Top 5 Plays: Time Magazine), and David Friedman’s Listen To My Heart (Drama Desk Award). Recent Broadway productions include Tootsie (Tony nomination), The Cher Show, The Lightning Thief, Sylvia, 1984, and Escape To Margaritaville. West End productions include Funny Girl (Olivier Award), Bat Boy and Shout! Upcoming Broadway: Paradise Square, Funny Girl, The Kite Runner, A Face In The Crowd, The Nanny, Loch Ness, The Cottage. Television: “Live with Regis & Kathie Lee” (3 Emmy nominations), Music Specials for PBS and A&E. Film: Macbeth in Manhattan (Showtime), Dark Tides & more.

Podcast: “Found” on the Wondery network.

Victoria is a Founder and Co-President of Content of Broadway & Beyond Theatricals, a Founder and Co-President of Plus Media & Plus Entertainment and President of Lang Entertainment Group. Victoria attended Emerson College and graduated with a BFA in Theatre Arts Summa Cum Laude from Long Island University. She is a member of the Broadway and Off-Broadway Leagues, the Off Broadway Alliance, BAFTA and the Black Theatre Coalition.

Alma Malabanan-McGrath, she/her/hers

General Manager Alma is proudly from the Hudson Valley, where she grew up in Cornwall, NY. She joined HVSF in late 2021 after formerly serving as the

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General Manager for nearly four years at Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ. While there, during and outside of pandemic lockdown, she worked on the producing team that commissioned nine plays, three radio plays, and produced four world premieres. Prior to her time at Two River, Alma spent 14 years at the New 42nd Street as the Director of Operations, where she oversaw the operations and capital improvements of the company’s 84,000 square foot premier performing arts facility in the heart of Times Square. At one time, she made a living as a professional pastry chef. She does it all for her husband Dave and their daughter Ailish.

Stephanie Mallen, she/her/hers Media & Marketing Intern Stephanie is a rising senior at SUNY Oneonta, pursuing her BFA in Animation & Illustration.

Steph is very excited to be joining HVSF this summer as the Media & Marketing Intern, and looks forward to a great season!

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Kristen is thrilled to be joining HVSF for the first time! She most recently had the honor of Stage Managing Nebraska Shakespeare’s educational tour. Pre-covid she was the Office Manager for the Arts Center of the Ozarks.

Some of her favorite shows include I do! I do!

(Asst Dir/ Stage Mgr), Crimes of the Heart (Asst Dir), The Lion in Winter (Stage Mgr/ Costumes), and Anything Goes (Virtue). She is a graduate of Arkansas Tech University.

Sean McNall, he/him/his Associate Artistic Director/ Director of Education Before joining HVSF’s administrative staff in 2014, Sean spent 12 years as a member of The Pearl Theatre Resident Acting Company in New York City, where he appeared in over forty productions, receiving an OBIE Award for Sustained Excellence of Performance and a Drama Desk Award. His recent productions include Terrence McNally’s And Away We Go, Shaw’s You Never Can Tell, and Henry IV, Part One, directed by Davis McCallum. He and his wife, Abigail, have a wonderful son named Declan. Sean is a member of the Haldane School Board.

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Nora McNally-Reif, she/her/hers Director of Production Nora lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and son. Before joining the team at HVSF, Nora worked as a production manager in New York City. Nora is a graduate of Fordham University and has previously worked at Atlantic Theater Company, Roundabout Underground, Play Company, and most recently as the Associate Production Manager at Second Stage Theater. Nora is a member of Less Than Rent Theater and is passionate about exploring sustainable producing practices.

Yolanda Medina, she/her/hers Finance Associate Yolanda is originally from the island of Puerto Rico. After coming stateside she grew up in the Bronx and attended Lehman College and Hostos Community College. She has held positions as a Staff Accountant at HH Brown Shoe Company, Accounting Manager at Structural Contracting Services Inc and Assistant Controller at Atlantic Westchester Inc. After being involved in finance for commerce and construction she is thrilled to be able to chase an opportunity applying her financial background in the not for profit sector. She has always been fascinated with the arts, dance, music and culture. She enjoys working on her own crochet art work. She has a daughter Sophia, who is heavily involved in dance and ballet.

Ashlie also interns with The Hudson Valley Performing Arts Laboratory to help develop new work in the Hudson Valley.

Ben Moss, he/him Copyist Ben most recently music directed and performed in Heather Christian’s acclaimed Oratorio for Living Things at Ars Nova, for which he received a Lucille Lortel Award.

Broadway: Head Over Heels, Amélie, Deaf West’s Spring Awakening. Other credits include Heather Christian’s PRIME, (Playwright’s Horizons “Soundstage”), The Hello Girls (Prospect Theater), Arlington (Vineyard Theatre), After Anatevka (with Alexandra Silber, Audible), America is Hard to See (Life Jacket), Spring Awakening (1st National Tour). On all platforms @benkmoss and benkmoss.com.

Dan Mullins, he/him/his Lighting Director Dan is pleased to be returning for another season under the tent, and excited to be a part of creating live theatre once again. Dan stays busy the rest of the year as a Production Electrician in the Off-Broadway community, and with his wife and children, Katy, Lucy, and Oliver. Dan would like to acknowledge the hard work and excellent personality of Bob Morf, a longtime HVSF lighting crew member who will be genuinely missed here, and among all who knew him.

Tyler Mell Operations Assistant

Saul M. Nache he/him Music Director (R&J, BURNS)

Tyler has been working for the festival for the last 10 years! From ushering to concessions to PA to assistant stage manager, he’s seen a lot of what goes on around the tent. Favorite productions include 39 steps, Richard II, Pride and Prejudice, and Our Town. Enjoy!

Saul is a music director, vocal director, voice teacher, performer, unapologetically gay and BIPOC, and lover of all musical styles! Saul seeks to lead rehearsals with joy, fun, energy, creativity, and all while getting the work done to an impeccable level! Decolonizing the spaces he works in is also very important to the understanding of our existence on stolen, indigenous lands. He also aims to recognize that everyone doesn’t learn in the same way, and to connect the rehearsal to the indigenous spirit of play. After teaching music theater voice and music directing for 11 years at several collegiate institutions and regional theaters, Saul is able to construct the best sound for multiple different genres and styles of music with relative ease. Regional: Big River, Pippin, Avenue Q, Dames at Sea, Our Town (world

Ashlie Morrison, she/her/hers Assistant Costume Designer (BURNS) Ashlie is a senior at SUNY New Paltz studying technical theatre. She is currently the Assistant Costume Shop Manager there as well as a Student Assistant in the sound shop. Recent costuming credits include: Something Rotten (Jewish Community Center), Stop Kiss (SUNY New Paltz), Eat and You Belong to Us (SUNY New Paltz), and Cybeline (SUNY New Paltz).

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premiere, new music composed by Craig Woerz), and Telo (by Julián Mesri). He also loves fitness, knitting, and all things furry!

Jen Olivares, Movement Consultant (BELONG) Jen is a member of the Acjachemen Nation, a Southern California tribe who’s unceded land is also known as Orange County, CA. Jen is a director, actor, dancer/choreographer and commissioned playwright with Celebration Theater in Los Angeles. Favorite Movement/ Choreography Credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Winter’s Tale, SHIFT Dance Company (NYC). Favorite acting credits: OffBroadway: The Pirate La Dee Da (Atlantic Theatre Company) Regional: Between Two Knees, Manahatta (Yale Repertory Theatre), Oklahoma!, The Way The Mountain Moved, Off The Rails (Oregon Shakespeare Festival) National Tours: Rock of Ages TV: Bull (CBS), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon Prime Video). www.jenolivares.com Orlando Pabotoy, he/him/his Weapons Choreography (R&J); Choreographer/Fight Choreographer (BURNS) Is a New York City-based multidisciplinary artist. Upcoming work: Untitled Animation Short, Recent projects: Co-conceiving and Directing Breathe (a musical) at the New Studio in Tisch Drama, Directing and Text for the dance-theater piece: Confianza ( for Lamama’s 60th year anniversary). His solo show Sesar premiered in 2018 for Ma-Yi Theater company and was directed by Richard Feldman. Highlights in Movement Direction/ Design: Henry VI, parts 1 and 2 at NAATCO. Cherry Orchard at CSC directed by the late Andrei Belgrader. Marisol at Trinity Rep and for the Acting Company’s 2017/2018 season.

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development, Alan Tudyk (K2sO, Starwars: Rogue One), Untitled Wes Anderson Film project. Highlights in Devising and Direction: That Beautiful Laugh (Lamama’s 50th year), The Prophet part 1. A Virtual-Musical adaptation of Khalil Gibran’s The Prophet using animation and spatial audio. The World In the Moon (Adapted from Goldoni’s Il Mundo della Luna.) and The Invention of X by Erik Ehn (Graduate Acting NYU). Everybody by Brandon Jacob-Jenkins (Playmakers Rep, NC). He has taught for the Juilliard School, the Graduate Programs at Tisch NYU, UCSD, Cal Arts, the University of Texas in Austin, Bard College, The Old Globe. Internationally in ITW-Amsterdam (Netherlands), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Italy, and the cultural center of the Philippines. Orlando is also a co-founder of The Clown School in Los Angeles, CA. He is the founder and former head of the Physical Acting Intensive for the New Studio On Broadway (NYU). As a performer in the following venues: The Met Opera House, The Public Theater, NYTW, CTG Kirk Douglas, Old Globe, The Guthrie Theater, TFANA, and Yale Rep.He is a recipient of the 1997 John Houseman Award. 1998 and 2013 Fox Fellow, 2003 OBIE Award. A Proud Member: AEA, SAG/AFTRA, (SDC) Society of Directors and Choreographers. IN MEMORY OF FELIX IVANOV, ANDREI BELGRADER and CHAD LYNCH Charlotte Palmer-Lane, she/her/hers Costume Shop Manager Samir Patel, he/him Development Associate Samir joined HVSF in March 2021 after a decade-long career in the NYC non-for-profit sector. One of his proudest accomplishments came in the wake of the 2016 presidential

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election, where a community of artistic supporters came together to develop an unique take on the standard arts fundraiser.

Geared towards feminist protest art, over 700 women around the country donated their art to raise critical funds for reproductive rights.

Through a spectacular weekend event, the show sold out! Currently, a Hudson Valley iteration is in the works.

Linda Patterson, she/her/hers Controller Linda has been working in the entertainment industry for over 30 years in all areas of finance management. Before joining HVSF in 2009, she worked as a Finance Manager and Coordinating Producer on dozens of criticallyacclaimed, nationally-broadcast documentaries.

Linda graduated from the University of Delaware with a BA in English Literature, and holds an MBA in Accounting from the Fordham Gabelli School of Business.

Alithea Philips, she/her/hers Voice and Speech Coach Recent credits at HVSF: The Tempest, Cymbeline, Much Ado About Nothing, R2, Taming Of The Shrew, The Heart Of Robin Hood, Rip Van Winkle. Other coaching credits include: The Public Theater, The Delacorte: Troilus and Cressida, King Lear, Love’s Labour’s Lost. TFANA: Midsummer Night’s Dream. She is the Head of Voice and Text at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting where she has taught since 1997.

Kevin Qian, he/they Company Management Assistant Kevin is an actor and theater educator from Briarcliff Manor, NY. Previously, he has worked with NYU’s Leadership Accelerator and Verbatim Performance Lab, Luna Stage in NJ, and Spokehouse Productions in NYC. They are also passionate about voice/accent/dialect coaching, and are set to attend Royal Central for a postgraduate degree in said field this fall.

Andrew Rovner, he/him/his Audio Director Andrew is a sound designer, composer, and audio engineer for live performance. His work has been heard at Audible Theater, Yale Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Jackalope Theatre Company, First Floor Theater, Walkabout Theater Company,

and others. MFA: Yale School of Drama. BA: Vassar College. andrewrovner.com.

Desiree Ruiloba Production Assistant (R&J, BURNS) Desiree is excited to spend her first summer at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival.

Desiree is a recent University of Houston Graduate, earning her BFA in Theatre with a specialization in Stage Management. Based in Houston, TX, her recent credits include Stage Managing for Sin Muros Play Festival with Stages, El Huracan with Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company, and the 2022 Texas Latinx Contemporary Dance Festival.

She has also recently debuted in film with After the Fall (2021) as an Assistant Director to Brett Cullens. She plans to continue working with theatres that focus on accessibility and community building.

Lana Russell, she/her/hers Executive Assistant Lana Russell is a producer, director and arts administrator focusing on artistic programming, new play development and advocacy. She is committed to producing theater that is artist/ community driven and empowering in practice, process and performance. She has directed, produced and/or developed plays with The Fifth Avenue Theatre, The Civilians, The Lark, Primary Stages, Cal Shakes, Woolly Mammoth, The Public Theater of San Antonio, All For One, Naked Angels, Gettysburg College, Bedlam, New York Stage and Film and Boradway and Beyond Theatricals. Lana is also the creator and Director of OP Forward at The Orchard Project which focuses on actionable futures for artists and works to reimagine and reframe arts resources in order to form new collaborations between industries, expanding the potential for further growth of new work in theatre, audio and TV storytelling. Member, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. MFA Directing, The New School.

Elisabeth Schapmann she/her Stage Manager (BELONG) Elisabeth is originally from Skokie, Illinois.

Previously, she has worked for Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Utah Festival Opera and Musical Theatre, and Montana Shakespeare in the Park. This past year, Elisabeth has served as a Production Assistant and Assistant Stage Manager at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

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Erik Schilke he/him Composer and Sound Designer (BELONG) Schilke is an ambient electronic artist and music producer. His work draws from the narrative patterns in the natural world around us to both engage with the soundscape of our existence and escape from it at the same time. His debut album Synthesis was recently released on the German label Hymen Records.

He has previously scored film projects for acclaimed directors including Fernando Lazzari and Madeline Sayet. Schilke is honored to be working on Where We Belong. @erikschilkemusic Samantha Shoffner, she/her/hers Props Designer (R&J, BURNS) HVSF: As You Like It, MacBeth (2016).

Broadway: Trouble in Mind, Slave Play (2019, remount, & August Wilson Lobby redesign).

Associate Broadway: Children of a Lesser God, The Price, Noises Off, Falsettos, China Doll, Living on Love. Select OffBroadway: Twelfth Night (CTH), A Case...

God, Confederates (Signature), To My Girls, Nollywood Dreams, Seize the King, A Strange Loop (Pulitzer Prize for Drama), BLKS, Merrily We Roll Along (Roundabout), Is God Is. Regional: May We All (TPAC), Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Corporate: Google, Samsung, Grammys, Emmys, H&M, Macy’s.

Production Design: IBM, NBCUniversal, BMW, Disney, Marvel. Asst. Props: As They Made Us (AppleTV+). Professor at Citytech; Props & Paint. Freelance Interior Designer and artist. www.smartsetsbysam.com.

Vera Starbard she/her Dramaturg (BELONG) T’set Kwei yóo xat duwasáakw. Vera Starbard áyá ax saayí. Dleit káa x’éináx Vera Marlene Bedard yóo xat duwasáakw. Teeyneidi naax xat sitee. T’akdeintaan yádi. Wooshkeetaan dachxán. Dena’ina dachxán. Takjik’ kwáan

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Dgheyaytnux’ kuxaa.óo. Vera Starbard, T’set Kwei, is a Tlingit and Dena’ina writer and editor.

Her mother is of the Teeyeineidi clan and her father is T’akdeintaan. Vera is Playwright-inResidence at Perseverance Theatre through the Andrew W. Mellon National Playwright Residency Program and Editor of First Alaskans Magazine. Vera is also a writer for the PBS Kids animated children’s program “Molly of Denali,” which won a Peabody Award in 2020. Vera currently lives with her husband Joe Bedard (Inupiaq/Yup’ik/Cree) on the Dena’ina land around Dgheyaytnu — colonially called Anchorage, Alaska. www.verastarbard.com Claudia Stefany, she/her/hers Wardrobe Supervisor Claudia Stefany is a freelance Costume Designer and Wardrobe Supervisor in the greater NY/NJ/CT area. She previously served as the Associate Artistic Director at the SHAPE Performing Arts Centre outside of Brussels, Belgium and is the Wardrobe Supervisor/Costume Designer for ACT (A Contemporary Theatre) of Connecticut in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

Earline Stephen, she/her/they/theirs Associate Box Office Manager for Database & Ticketing Systems Earline is a Brooklyn based artist and festival nomad who is always in their head planning their next project. They have had the amazing opportunity to work at New York Fringe Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival just to name a few. In their few moments of spare time you can find them at a jam session for the music group they travel, The Label Noir, grooving behind a camera.

Leo Suppa Sound Technician Leo is enjoying his first season with HVSF! He would like to thank the cast and crew for a fantastic season.

Miranda Tremblay Lighting Load-In Crew Kirya Traber, she/her/hers Harm Reduction Consultant — Lead Facilitator

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Daniel Vaughn 1st Production Assistant (R&J, BURNS) Off Broadway: Coal Country (Audible Theater / The Public Theater), Cullud Wattah (The Public Theater), Superhero (Second Stage). Regional: The Tempest (HVSF), Treasure Island Reimagined (Dallas Children’s Theatre), Caught Dreaming (NYTF), The Last Word (NYMF). MFA: Columbia University. Love to Mom, Dad, and Seth.

Tanesha Warren she/her/hers Company Manager Nesha spent the last few years appearing in the shows “Dr. Death” on Peacock, “Bull” on CBS, “Betty” on HBO, and in Sistas: The Musical Off-Broadway. After also managing a popular boutique hotel and other venues in the city, she is thrilled to combine her love for arts and management to use here at HVSF! www.neshaward.com Darron L West, he/him/his Sound Designer (R&J, BURNS) Darron L West is a TONY and OBIE awardwinning sound designer whose 30-year career spans theater and dance, Broadway and Off Broadway. His work has been heard in over 600 productions all over the United States and internationally in 14 countries.

Additional honors include the Drama Desk, Lortel, Audelco and Princess Grace Foundation Statue awards, among others. His soundscapes for Photograph 51, Paradise Blue and Coal Country can be heard on audible.com.

Peiyi Wong, she/her/they Scenic Designer (BURNS) Peiyi Wong is a scenographer and interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She designs sets, installations, and costumes for live performance and film. Select offBroadway and downtown credits include scenic/costume design: The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Transport Group), A Hunger Artist (Sinking Ship|The Tank), MukhAgni (The Public), The Seventh Voyage and All the Different Ways…(Theater in Quarantine); scenic design: Look Out Sh!^head and You Are Under Our Space Control (Object Collection|La Mama), Songs About Trains (Radical Evolution|Working Theater), The Vicksburg Project (Mabou Mines), Memoirs

of a…Unicorn (NYLA, 2018 Bessie Award Outstanding Design), Charleses (The Tank, Hewes nomination), Now is the Time (Little Lord), The Tower (HERE Arts); costume design for Namour (ARRAY feature film, on Netflix).

Faculty at Playwrights Horizons Theater School, NYU Tisch. MFA, CalArts. peiyiameliawong.com Cassandra Zeugin Lighting Supervisor Cassandra is excited to return for a 7th season at HVSF! She is a production electrician and lighting designer based in New Jersey.

Cassandra has worked on numerous OffBroadway shows as an assistant lighting designer or electrician, including Is God Is (Soho Rep), Pride & Prejudice (Primary Stages and Hudson Valley Shakespeare), Father Comes Home from the Wars (Juilliard).

Cassandra is currently pursuing an MBA at the Rutgers Business School. BFA, Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts.

Cassandra would like to thank electrician Bob Morf (1953–2021) for always doing the “Bob jobs.” His contribution to the festival was immeasurable, and he will be missed dearly.

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Tours as agent: The Kite Runner, Paradise Square, The Cher Show, Legally Blonde, Million Dollar Quartet Christmas, Madagascar, An American in Paris and more. www.bbtheatricals.com Folger Shakespeare Library is the world’s largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. The Folger welcomes millions of visitors online and in person. It provides unparalleled access to a huge array of resources, from original sources to modern interpretations. With the Folger, you can experience the power of performance, the wonder of exhibitions, and the excitement of path-breaking research. The Folger offers the opportunity to see and even work with early modern sources, driving discovery and transforming education for students of all ages.

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programming that speak inclusively to the human experience. Now under the leadership of Artistic Director Karen Ann Daniels, Folger Theatre continues its legacy through exciting interpretations and adaptations of Shakespeare and expands the classical canon through cultivating today’s artists and commissioning new work that is in dialogue with the concerns and issues of our time. Folger Theatre thrives both on its historical stage and in the community, engaging audiences wherever they happen to be.

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Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company creates badass theatre that highlights the stunning, challenging, and tremendous complexity of our world. For over 40 years, Woolly has maintained a high standard of artistic rigor while daring to take risks, innovate, and push beyond perceived boundaries. Located in Washington, D.C., and co-led by Artistic Director Maria Manuela Goyanes and Managing Director Emika Abe, Woolly serves an essential research and development role within the American theatre. Plays premiered here have gone on to productions at hundreds of theatres worldwide and have had lasting impacts on the field. These include the world premiere productions of Danai Gurira’s Eclipsed in 2009 that went on to be the first Broadway play with a cast and creative team of all Black women; Bruce Norris’ PulitzerPrize Winner Clybourne Park in 2010; and Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns: a post-electric play in 2012. Woolly Mammoth acknowledges that the theatre stands upon occupied, unceded territory: the ancestral homeland of the Nacotchtank whose descendants belong to the Piscataway peoples. Furthermore, the foundation and most of the original buildings in Washington, D.C., were funded by the sale of enslaved people of African descent and built by their hands.

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HVSF Board of Directors Board of Directors Robin Shelby Arditi, President Laura Jean Wilson, Vice President Edward B. Whitney, Secretary Heather Hopkins, Treasurer Suzanne Baker Mary Elizabeth Bunzel Luis Castro Heidi Ettinger Pepper Evans Randy Florke Sandra Goldmark Steven L. Holley Patricia King Daniel J. Kramer Chip Loewenson Nat Prentice Frederic C. Rich Lauri Washington Sawyer James Stanford Byron Stinson Sarena Straus Dr. Elliott Sumers Vernon Wilson

Advisory Board Lee Balter Sarah Griffin Banker Nancy Meiselas Berner Patricia M. Cloherty Mary Beth Cresci Patrick J. Driscoll, Ph.D. Elizabeth Flinn Don Foster, Ph.D. Sarah Geer Peter Gergely, M.D. Jerry Gretzinger Marit Kulleseid Susan Landstreet Melissa Stern Lourie Carol Marquand Jason D. McManus Belle Blanchard Newton Anne Todd Osborn Katharine Plummer Sheila Rauch Betsy Simons Kristin Sorenson Jennifer Stebbins Carolyn Clark Tenney Terrence O’Brien, Founding Artistic Director

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