a message from the
artistic and managing directors
Welcome to our 2016-2017 season and thank you for joining us for our muchanticipated revival of Fiddler on the Roof. We’re glad you’re spending the holiday season with us and we hope you will tell your friends and family about this wonderful production. This beloved musical masterpiece continues to resonate strongly today as it examines the traditions of life, communities, and family through the lives of the villagers of Anatevka with its timeless warmth, humor, and honesty. We’re thrilled to welcome back to our stage so many New Rep favorites as well as many newcomers as we celebrate our fastest-selling show of all time! We’d also like to welcome back director Austin Pendleton. While this is his first time directing for us, he is no stranger to our stage having appeared in Quills, Waiting for Godot, and King Lear. His play, Orson’s Shadow, also received its Boston-area premiere during our 2006-2007 season to resounding critical praise, and in 2015 we were honored to present him with New Rep’s Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement at our annual Gala. We hope you’ll join us as our season continues in the new year as we begin a new series we’ve entitled Prophetic Portraits. We’ll start in the Black Box with Thurgood, featuring Johnny Lee Davenport as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, followed by a collage of the works and songs of Bertolt Brecht in Brecht on Brecht, and conclude on our mainstage with Golda’s Balcony, featuring Bobbie Steinbach as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. And our season will come to a conclusion in April with the Boston-area premiere of The Gift Horse, Lydia Diamond’s humorous and introspective comedy. Thank you again for visiting us today. We look forward to seeing you again soon!
Jim Petosa Artistic Director
Harriet Sheets Managing Director
TOP, FROM L-R: JOEL COLODNER AND SHELLEY BOLMAN IN FREUD’S LAST SESSION. PHOTO: ANDREW BRILLIANT / BRILLIANT PICTURES.
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