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Note from the Producing Artistic Director Welcome to the world premiere of Christopher-Demos Brown’s timely and thought-provoking The Cancellation of Lauren Fein. As you know, this is a play about cancel culture. We’re all aware of the term, but if asked to define it, I suspect there would be no consensus on what, exactly, it means. When Pew Research Center published a study about Americans and cancel culture in 2021, respondents were divided into two camps: 49% believed it “describes actions people take to hold others accountable,” while 42% viewed it negatively, with comments such as “censorship of speech or history,” “mean-spirited actions taken to cause others harm,” and “people canceling anyone they disagree with.” Incidents of cancel culture these past several years suggest that there is merit to both schools of thought: it can be about righting a wrong, and it can also be about stifling speech. Powerful men who, for years, had gotten away with sexually abusing subordinates were finally held to account, losing their lofty positions and sometimes their freedom. On the other hand, in 2020, a White professor at USC was suspended for using a Mandarin word in class that sounded like a familiar racial slur in English. In 2021, world-renowned composer Bright Sheng, the Leonard Bernstein Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan, was forced to give up his class after screening the 1965 film version of Othello, with Laurence Olivier in blackface, and failing to provide any context. Students refused to accept his letter of apology. Both men were subsequently reinstated. I offer these two examples because Chris set his play in the world of academia, and Lauren Fein, like those real-life professors, sees her life begin to unravel due to misunderstandings and a failure to communicate. This is not uncommon on college campuses; there is a Cancel Culture Database, where you’ll find that since 2015, 370 professors have been targeted for their comments. I dare say that, regardless of which side of the aisle you’re on, you’ll likely find some of those cancellations were well-earned. But so many were not. That’s true in all walks of life. There has been some extremely egregious behavior and, yes, speech that has been called to account and resulted in severe consequences for the perpetrator thanks to cancel culture. But there are multitudes of people who have said something inelegant, and the recipient(s) took offense or even misheard the word or words and immediately pounced. It’s a “gotcha” moment; rather than challenge the statement, or ask for clarification or explanation, they bring their grievance to social media, which fans the flames. And a person is shunned, or a career is in tatters. In today’s world, there are many who prefer assumptions to actualities, disagreement to discussion, fighting to forgiving. Thanks to social media campaigns, the accused rarely stand a chance. This is the environment Chris introduces us to in The Cancellation of Lauren Fein. Like Jenny Connell Davis did with The Messenger, our previous world premiere, Chris compels us to contemplate where we’re headed as a society. 4 palmbeachdramaworks.org
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Lauren Fein...................................................................Niki Fridh* Paola Moreno.......................................................... Diana Garle* Dylan Fein-Moreno....................................... Malcolm Callender Dean Marilyn Whitney...................................... Karen Stephens* Chikezie “Chi” Nweze...................................... Odera Adimorah* Evan Reynolds / Voice of Judge Howard............... Bruce Linser* Buddy McGovern...........................................Stephen Trovillion* Judge Lorraine Miller.......................................... Barbara Sloan* Melanie Jones....................................................... Lindsey Corey* Zoe........................................................Kaelyn Ambert-Gonzalez Production Crew Stage Manager............................................................................................................. Kent James Collins* Assistant Stage Manager............................................................................................Caroline Castleman Wardrobe Supervisor.............................................................................................................John Santillan Audio Engineer/Technical Assistant...................................................................................Keshin Martin Head Electrician.........................................................................................................................Dylan Carter Wig Stylist....................................................................................................................................... Jane Lynch Run Crew.................................................................................................Nathalie Andrade, Paolo Pineda The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio/visual recordings of this production and distributing recordings or streams in any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the authors(‘s) rights and actionable under United States copyright law. For more information visit https://www.concordtheatricals.com/resources/protectingartists.
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NIKI FRIDH (Lauren Fein) is delighted to be returning to PBD, where she was most recently seen in last season’s production of August: Osage County. Niki has received two Carbonell Awards (and six nominations), and is a fourtime recipient of the Silver Palm Award. Some of her memorable appearances include The Berlin Diaries, To Fall in Love, Most Wanted, and The Revolutionists at Theatre Lab; The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Trust at Zoetic Stage; Grounded and Vita & Virginia at Thinking Cap Theatre; White Rabbit Red Rabbit at Urbanite Theatre; Summer Shorts at City Theatre; Tracy Jones and Shorts Gone Wild 1, 2, and 3 at Island City Stage. Niki is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. DIANA GARLE (Paola Moreno) is thrilled to make her PBD debut. A multi-coastal (LA/ MIA/ ATL/NY) Latina actor, Diana’s work has been seen internationally in 45-plus countries. Onstage, she was last seen as Tania Del Valle in GableStage’s Native Gardens, for which she received the 2023 Carbonell Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Lead Female Role, Play. She spent most of last year shooting two feature films, four short films, and five commercials. Her recent film work includes 9 Windows, opposite William Forsythe and Michael Paré, and Omni Loop with Tony/Emmy/Golden Globe winner Mary Louise Parker. She is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Diana was named one of American Theatre magazine’s “People to Watch: Theatre Workers You Should Know.” @dianagarle / dianagarle.com MALCOLM CALLENDER (Dylan Fein-Moreno) is making his PBD debut. Based in New York City, Malcolm received a BFA in acting from Rutgers University in 2022. Rutgers Theater Company credits include John Nevins in Trouble in Mind and Orsino in Twelfth Night at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. Television includes Power Book III: Raising Kanan and Evil. He is a proud SAG member. @thelandofmac
KAREN STEPHENS (Dean Marilyn Whitney) A veteran of South Florida theatre, Karen has had the good fortune to walk the boards of PBD’s stage in Fences (Carbonell nomination), On Golden Pond, and Hand of God. This past season she directed Polaroid Stories at FAU Department of Theatre and Dance, and performed in Boca Stage’s Time Alone and Theatre Lab’s Dorothy’s Dictionary. Other recent appearances include Island City Stage’s Armature and Slow Burn Theatre’s Matilda. Just prior to lockdown, Karen portrayed Winnie in Thinking Cap Theatre’s production of Beckett’s Happy Days, and Kendra in Zoetic Stage’s production of Chris Demos-Brown’s American Son. A multiple Carbonell nominee, Karen received the Best Actress Award for Zoetic Stage’s Fear Up Harsh. She is the recipient of several Silver Palm Awards, and is a long-time member of Actors’ Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. ODERA ADIMORAH (Chikezie “Chi” Nweze) is thrilled to be making his PBD debut. Off-Broadway: To All the Black Girls Who’ve Waited at Ars Nova. Other theatre credits include Blood Knot (Zachariah) at Flat Rock Playhouse, “Master Harold”… and the Boys (Willie) at Arizona Theatre Company, Romeo and Juliet (Friar Lawrence) at Classical Theatre of Harlem, In the Red and Brown Water (Sango) and Funnyhouse of a Negro (Patrice Lumumba) at Columbia Stages, and Unpacking: A Ghost Story Told in the Dark at HERE Arts Center. Odera has an MFA from Columbia University. I feel blessed to go on this journey and to bring this ever-relevant story to life. BRUCE LINSER (Evan Reynolds / Voice of Judge Howard) PBD credits include Bill in August: Osage County, Juror 12 in Twelve Angry Men, Henk in the world premiere of The People Downstairs, and Artie in The House of Blue Leaves. Other favorite roles include John/James in Love! Valour! Compassion! (Island City Stage), Bob Cratchit/ Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol and Cliff in Cabaret (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), Man in Chair in The palmbeachdramaworks.org 13
Drowsy Chaperone (The Wick Theatre), and numerous roles at FAU’s Festival Repertory Theatre including Che in Evita, Bobby in Company, and Malvolio in Twelfth Night. As a director, favorite productions include The Science of Leaving Omaha, The Spitfire Grill, and Woody Guthrie’s American Song (PBD), Man of La Mancha and Avenue Q (MNM Theatre Company), and 108 Waverley at Plays of Wilton. Bruce is also the manager of PBD’s The Dramaworkshop, dedicated to the development of new plays. brucelinser.com STEPHEN TROVILLION (Buddy McGovern) is excited to return to PBD after playing Charlie Aiken in August: Osage County last season. Broadway: Ted Cleveland, Jr. in The Young Man from Atlanta. Chicago: Drew in Eastern Standard (Joseph Jefferson Best Actor nomination), Ned Weeks in The Normal Heart at The Next Theatre, and Lucio in Measure for Measure at Chicago Shakespeare. Florida: Lord Sturman in The Clearing at Florida Stage, 16 seasons of City Theatre’s Summer Shorts festival (two Carbonell nominations), Man in Now and Then at Actors’ Playhouse, and Papa Frank/Terrence Ray in American Rhapsody at Zoetic Stage (Carbonell nomination). On-camera work includes episodic television and commercials. Stephen has an MFA in acting from DePaul University, taught acting at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, and is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. BARBARA SLOAN (Judge Lorraine Miller) has been active in the South Florida theatre scene for the past 25 years. She received a Silver Palm Award for her work in Vita and Virginia (Thinking Cap Theatre) and The Book Club Play (Actors’ Playhouse), and has been nominated for Carbonell awards for Vita and Virginia; Wit and The Book of Ruth (New Theatre); 2.5 Minute Ride (Mosaic Theatre); Last Summer at Bluefish Cove (New River Rep); and Native Gardens (GableStage). Other shows at GableStage include The White Card, The Real Thing, Sons of the Prophet, Stalking the Bogeyman, and Admissions. Barbara has also performed at Coconut Grove Playhouse, Theatre Lab, and Florida Stage, and was a mainstay at Miami’s New Theatre. She is a veteran voiceover artist, and has dubbed films, novellas, and commercials. Barbara participated in PBD’s Zoom reading of Michael McKeever’s Hannah’s List as part of the company’s Contemporary Voices series; The Cancellation of Lauren Fein marks her stage debut with the company. 14 palmbeachdramaworks.org
LINDSEY COREY (Melanie Jones) is a graduate of New World School of the Arts (BFA). She has just returned from the pre-Broadway tour of A Wonderful World, based on the life and career of Louis Armstrong. This past summer, Lindsey starred in the one woman show Defending the Cavewoman at Actors’ Playhouse. She received a Carbonell Award for her portrayal of Masha in Christopher DemosBrown’s Stripped (Zoetic Stage). Select credits: Nancy in Oliver! (Maltz Jupiter Theatre), Violet in Violet (Slow Burn Theatre), Christine in Overactive Letdown (Theatre Lab), Elizabeth Lavenza in Frankenstein (Zoetic Stage). Offstage, Lindsey is a digital production specialist at Insight for the Blind in Fort Lauderdale, which produces audio recordings of books and magazines for the blind and print disabled for the Library of Congress. Thank you to Matt and her family for all the love and support! lindseycorey.com @iamlindseycorey KAELYN AMBERT-GONZALEZ (Zoe) is so grateful to be making her PBD debut. She is an actor and creator based out of Miami and New York City. NY theatre credits include self-directed original play Las Yumas (Xiomara) at The Players Theatre, Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story (Maria Elena) at The Argyle Theatre, and LeNOBLE (Manny) at INTAR Theatre. Florida theatre credits include One More Yesterday (Karen) at The Foundry and The Courage to Right a Woman’s Wrongs (Estela) at Miami New Drama. TV/Film credits include NBC’s The Blacklist, Peter Lee’s film Angelfish, and the short film Pie Mojado. Proud graduate of the BFA Acting Conservatory at SUNY Purchase. kaelynagonzalez.com @kaelynagonz CHRISTOPHER DEMOSBROWN (Playwright) Chris’s writing honors include the Laurents/ Hatcher Award, a Steinberg Citation, and several Carbonell Awards. He is the author of numerous plays, including When the Sun Shone Brighter, Fear Up Harsh, Stripped, Captiva, and American Son, which had a successful run on Broadway in 2018. It starred Kerry Washington, and has been translated into multiple languages. Chris wrote and co-produced a Netflix original movie based on the play that received an
Emmy nomination for best TV movie (currently running on Netflix). Chris is also a practicing lawyer and a founding member of Zoetic Stage in Miami, where he lives with his wife, Stephanie, and their daughters, Kate and Jilly. Chris is grateful to Sue Ellen, Bill, and the whole PBD organization for their courage in and commitment to producing The Cancellation of Lauren Fein. This play is for Gail. MARGARET M. LEDFORD (Director) has been artistic director of Miami’s City Theatre since 2017. Originally from Chattanooga, she received her BA in theatre and speech from the University of Tennessee. After cutting her professional teeth as an Equity stage manager at Virginia’s historic Barter Theatre, Margaret made the leap to directing. She has directed plays, musicals, and readings all over South Florida, including Promethean Theatre (resident director/ associate artistic director for eight years), PBD, GableStage, Florida Repertory Theatre, Naked Stage, New Theatre, Delray Beach Arts Garage, Mangrove Creative Collective (co-founder and creator), Mosaic Theatre, Caldwell Theatre Company, Actors’ Playhouse, Florida Stage, Island City Stage, Thinking Cap Theatre, Theatre Lab, FIU, FAU, Nova Southeastern University, and Miami Dade County Playwright Development Program. Margaret is a reviewer for the national foundation YoungArts, a member of Actors’ Equity Association, and a member of FIU’s Theatre Industry Advisory Board. She is an eight-time Carbonell Award nominee for Best Director, and winner of multiple Silver Palm and Broadway World awards for Direction. KENT JAMES COLLINS (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be back at PBD for his third season. For PBD, Kent has stage managed The Messenger, August: Osage County, The Science of Leaving Omaha, Twelve Angry Men, The Duration, and Almost, Maine. Other credits include Norwegian Cruise Line Universal Orlando Resort, The REV Theatre Company, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Delaware Theatre Company, Sacramento Theatre Company, and Florida Repertory Theatre. BFA in musical theatre, University of Central Florida. Creator of Half Hour Call on YouTube. Proud member of Actors’ Equity. Thanks to Bill, Sue Ellen, Rudina, Lara, Roger, Pierre, and the entire PBD team. kentjamescollins.com
ANNE MUNDELL (Scenic Design) Appointed resident scenic designer at PBD prior to the start of the season, Anne has previously designed The Messenger, A Streetcar Named Desire (Carbonell Award), Equus, and Arcadia for the company. Her design work includes scenery, projection, costume, and lighting design. Genres include theatre, museum exhibitions, parade floats, industrial design, opera, symphony, and dance. She has worked for such organizations as Pittsburgh Public Theater, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Pittsburgh City Theatre, Utah Musical Theatre, Carnegie Museum of Art, Quantum Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, St. Michael’s Playhouse, Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Black Hills Playhouse, and Players Theatre Columbus. Anne recently retired from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama, where she was a professor of scenic design for 33 years. She is the recipient of the Robert M. Frankel Award for Contribution to the Arts, the Ryan Award for Meritorious Teaching, The Hornbostel Award for Teaching Excellence in the College of Fine Arts, and was named one of Pittsburgh’s best professors by Pittsburgh Magazine. Anne is director and founder of Growing Theater, an outreach program, and one of the founders of the internationally recognized Roboceptionist Project, a social robotics collaboration between the CMU Robotics Institute and the School of Drama. mundellacademic.com ADAM J. THOMPSON (Video Design) is the recipient of the 2023 USITT and Live Design Rising Star Award, recognizing early career excellence, innovation, and artistic achievement in the field of design. He is a creative director, creative producer, and multimedia designer working in theatre, opera, cinema, television, installation, events, and digital narratives, and is the founding artistic director of The Deconstructive Theatre Project, a nonprofit multimedia storytelling and arts education studio, which he created and led from 2006 - 2016. He made his PBD debut with The Messenger, and has worked Off-Broadway, Off-OffBroadway, and across the US. His work has been recognized with awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the Jerome Robbins Foundation, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. He holds a BA in directing and dramaturgy from Emerson College and an MFA in video & media design from Carnegie Mellon University. adamjacobthompson.com BRIAN O’KEEFE (Costume Design) began designing for PBD in 2009, became costume shop manager and resident designer in 2015, and has designed over 60 shows here. He has received 11 Carbonell Award nominations, winning for Les Liaisons Dangereuses, The Lion in Winter, and A Doll’s House, and was a Silver Palm Award recipient in 2022. A graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, he spent his earlier career as a patternmaker for the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, DC and major costume houses in New York, palmbeachdramaworks.org 15
including Barbara Matera, Ltd., Parsons-Meares, MichaelJon Costumes, and Eaves-Brooks. He was later resident designer, principal patternmaker, and shop manager for Seaside Music Theatre in Daytona Beach, spending 16 years designing over 75 productions and supervising 90 more. Other regional design credits: Playmakers Repertory Theatre, Orlando Repertory Theatre, Winter Park Playhouse, St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre, University of Central Florida. Other regional patterning credits: Alabama and Utah Shakespeare festivals, and Stages St. Louis. KIRK BOOKMAN (Lighting Design) For PBD, he has designed The Messenger, Lobby Hero, Topdog/ Underdog, August: Osage County, The Science of Leaving Omaha, Twelve Angry Men, 4000 Miles, The Belle of Amherst, Intimate Apparel, The Duration, Almost, Maine, The People Downstairs, A Streetcar Named Desire, The House of Blue Leaves, Equus, Satchmo at the Waldorf, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, and Buried Child. Maltz Jupiter Theatre: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Glengarry Glen Ross. NYC: American Dance Machine at the Joyce Theater; Closer than Ever at The York Theatre Company; Company with the New York Philharmonic starring Neil Patrick Harris and Patti LuPone (subsequently broadcast in movie theatres nationwide); Charles Busch’s The Divine Sister, Shanghai Moon, and The Tribute Artist. Broadway: The Sunshine Boys (with Jack Klugman and Tony Randall), The Gin Game (with Julie Harris and Charles Durning), and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. San Francisco Symphony and PBS: The Thomashefskys with Michael Tilson Thomas. Many productions for Pittsburgh Public Theater and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. ROGER ARNOLD (Sound Design) was named PBD’s production manager prior to the start of the season. He has been a freelance sound engineer and designer for over 35 years. He is a voting member of both NARAS (the Grammys) and the Audio Engineering Society (AES. org). Roger became an educator of music technology in 2006 and was the senior music technology professor at the University of New Haven. During his tenure there, he designed and provided sound for The Rocky Horror Show, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Spring Awakening. In 2018, he relocated to South Florida, and in 2019 he became sound engineer and resident sound designer for PBD, where his credits include The Messenger, Lobby Hero, Topdog/Underdog, August: Osage County, The Science of Leaving Omaha, Twelve Angry Men, 4000 Miles, The Belle of Amherst, Intimate Apparel, The Duration, Almost, Maine, The People Downstairs, and Skylight. Other sound design credits include Empire Stage’s production of Tru. BA in music and sound recording, University of New Haven. MA in music technology, University of Newcastle.
NICOLE PERRY (Intimacy Choreographer) is a Silver Palm Award-winning intimacy director, as well as an intimacy coordinator and dance choreographer in South Florida. Career highlights include two Broward County Artist Investment Grants for KINesphere (site-inspired dance works), intimacy coordination for God Forbid on Hulu, and a Carbonell nomination for the intimacy direction of To Fall in Love at Theatre Lab. Nicole is a Laban/ Bartenieff Certified Movement Analyst and a visiting professor of dance at Florida Atlantic University. She also teaches for Intimacy Directors and Coordinators and Momentum Stage. Nicole holds an MFA in interdisciplinary arts, with concentrations in performance creation and decolonial arts praxis from Goddard College. She is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the Dance Studies Association, the National Dance Education Organization, and the Association of Theatre Movement Educators. Nicole is a founding member of Intimacy Direction in Dance and the Florida Intimacy Professionals Collective. @intimacychoreofl CAROLINE CASTLEMAN (Assistant Stage Manager) is in her third season at PBD. Credits here include the Perlberg Festival of New Plays (2024), theAcademy@pbd’s Songs for a New World (2023), the Young Playwrights 10-Minute and 1-Minute Play Contests (2023), and the One Humanity Tour (2022). For Creede Repertory Theatre: Ripcord, Pride and Prejudice, and Hazardous Materials. BFA in stage management from the University of Cincinnati (CollegeConservatory of Music). JUDY BOWMAN (Casting Director) Theatre: Casting collaborations with Woolly Mammoth, McCarter Theatre, Dorset Theatre Festival, Cleveland Play House, the Kitchen Theatre Company, Children’s Theatre Company, Arizona Theatre Company, Humana Festival/Actors Theatre of Louisville, Luna Stage, Adirondack Theatre Festival, and numerous productions in New York. For PBD: The Messenger, Lobby Hero. Artios Award nominee for Best Web Series Casting, PT Barnum Award recipient. Her film and television credits include Big Dogs (Amazon), Hurricane Bianca, Separation, and Redemption in Cherry Springs (Hallmark). Judy is a member of the Casting Society of America. judybowmancasting.com
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Education We’re committed to providing strong, vibrant educational opportunities for students in order to nurture creativity, inspire artistic potential, build confidence, and cultivate self-expression. Sponsored in part by:
theAcademy@pbd Songs for a New World, 2023
theAcademy@pbd: Quality training for aspiring actors and stage managers in grades 9-12, culminating in a production on our stage. One Humanity Tour: A middle school touring program that uses storytelling with serious social themes to develop informed, thoughtful, and compassionate citizens. Young Playwrights 10-Minute & 1-Minute Play Contests: Giving teens a creative voice in expressing their thoughts and ideas. Free Student Matinees: School-day performances of PBD’s productions.
For more information about PBD’s education programs, and to support the education department, please contact Gary Cadwallader: gcadwallader@palmbeachdramaworks.org or 561.514.4042 x123. 22 palmbeachdramaworks.org
Community Engagement Sponsored by Sandra and Bernie Meyer
A multi-faceted course for adults that provides insight into each play and the creative process. Each program includes a comprehensive discussion about the play, lunch, and an intimate look at PBD’s production with the director, actors, and designers. 2/1 The Cancellation of Lauren Fein by Christopher Demos-Brown 3/28 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 5/23 Trying by Joanna McClelland Glass
Special performances and events that engage and inspire the LGBTQ community. Join us on the second Friday night of each production. Evenings include a pre-show reception, the play, and a post-show reception. 2/9 The Cancellation of Lauren Fein by Christopher Demos-Brown 4/5 Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 5/31 Trying by Joanna McClelland Glass
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Community Engagement Sponsored by Sandra and Bernie Meyer
THE LEGACY PROJECT February 21, 2024 at 7pm In partnership with Compass Community Center, PBD works directly with Compass Youth on an annual LGBTQ intergenerational digital storytelling project.
The 2024 Legacy Project honors Dr. Alina Alonso, Velvet Lenore, Vickie Rossy, and David Traupman & Jesse Walters.
Sponsored by:
For more information and tickets to all programs, visit www.palmbeachdramaworks.org or call (561) 514-4042 ext 2 24 palmbeachdramaworks.org
FREE RAPID HIV TESTING Our mission is to engage, empower and enrich the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people and those impacted by HIV and AIDS.
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COMPASS LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY CENTER 201 North Dixie Highway Lake Worth Beach, FL 33460 (561) 533-9699 Compass@CompassLGBTQ.com www.CompassLGBTQ.com
OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE FOR Internships Sponsorships Volunteering & Service Work Business Alliance Membership Diversity and Inclusion Training
CENTER PROGRAMS HIV Testing & Education Health Services Social & Support Groups Mental Health Services Pride Business Alliance Youth & Family Services
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Become a volunteer usher for the 2023/24 Season Volunteer ushers are essential to PBD and to our patrons – and we need more of you. Becoming an usher is a great way to get involved in PBD, meet fellow theatre lovers, and support the company in a unique way. Plus, you’ll be providing an invaluable service. Usher Orientation will be on Friday, March 8, at 10:30 am and 6 pm at Palm Beach Dramaworks.
To Register for Usher Orientation
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Cheers to Palm Beach Dramaworks in 2024!
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Palm Beach Dramaworks
2023/24 Restaurant Club
The PBD Restaurant Club provides our patrons with special offers and discounts throughout the season at these restaurants that support our theatre.
Complimentary scoop of gelato with the purchase of an entrée 185 Banyan Blvd | (561) 342-6699
Complimentary order of fries with the purchase of a burger 213 Clematis St | (561) 651-1075
3-Course Prix Fixe Dinner ($34.99) 120 S Dixie Hwy | (561) 659-7373
10% off (excludes tax, gratuity, and happy hour items) 207 Clematis St | (561) 899-3117
3-Course Prix Fixe Dinner ($52-offer valid show days only) 101 N Clematis St | (561) 833-5090
Complimentary order of guacamole w/ purchase of (2) entrees 224 Clematis St | (561) 650-1001
Free sweet single with purchase of a regular meal 218 Clematis St | (561) 229-1654 | valid for one guest use
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Banyan Garage:
200 Banyan Blvd. between Olive Ave. and Narcissus Ave. = 3 minutes
Datura Garage:
205 Datura St. between Narcissus Ave. and Olive Ave. = 3 minutes
City Center Garage:
199 N. Dixie Hwy. on Southwest corner of Dixie and Banyan Blvd. = 5 minutes
Governmental Centre Garage:
215 N. Olive Ave. between Dixie Hwy. and Olive Ave. = 5 minutes
Governmental Center 4th Street Parking Lot:
315 3rd St. between Dixie Hwy. and Olive Ave. = 6 minutes
Evernia Garage:
333 Evernia St. between Olive Ave. and Dixie Hwy. = 6 minutes
Waterfront Clematis Garage: 101 Clematis St. with entranc e on Southeast corner of Banyan Blvd. and Narcissus Ave. = 3 minutes
PARKING LOCATIONS AND PRICING: wpb.org/government/parkingadministration/parking-locations FREE RIDE CIRCUIT: ridecircuit.com/palmbeach
Palm Beach Dramaworks does not own or run any of the parking lots, garages, or valets in the area. All parking is privately or city operated and monitored. Rates posted may change without notice. Parking anywhere downtown without payment will result in cars being booted or towed at the owner’s expense. palmbeachdramaworks.org 29
Palm Beach Dramaworks 2023/24 Officers
Carlton Moody Chair
Hon. Ann Brown Vice Chair
Stephen Brown Vice Chair
Stephen M. Rabb Vice Chair
Mark Perlberg Treasurer
Penny Bank Secretary
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Sue Ellen Beryl Founding Member
Tina Bolton
2023/24 Board of Directors continued
Hermine Drezner
Susan Ellerin
Edith Hall Friedheim
Jim Fuld
Susan Goldfein
William Hayes Founding Member
Lisa Koza
Cynthia Nalley
Bernard Perry
Ed Ricci
Louise Snyder palmbeachdramaworks.org 31
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BECOME A CORPORATE SPONSOR As a corporate partner of PBD, you will enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition including opportunities to entertain clients and employees, networking events with diverse groups of theatre supporters, and co-branding opportunities with one of the most highly regarded professional theatres in South Florida.
Benefits may include:
• Complimentary tickets to a sponsored performance/event with opportunity to purchase additional tickets • Logo inclusion in the playbill • Stage mention at sponsored performance/event • Invitation as a sponsor to exclusive events, programs, and performances • Recognition as a sponsor on PBD’s website, in the playbill, and on signage at sponsored event • Opportunity to host a pre-show reception at the theatre on night of your choice (expenses to be paid by corporate partner)
• An ad in all season playbills
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Thank You for Supporting Our Annual Fund Your generosity keeps the curtain rising! $100,000 and Above
The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Nancy and Gene Beard William Randolph Hearst Foundation Diane and Mark Perlberg Robert Popolow State of Florida Division of Cultural Affairs The Cultural Council of Palm Beach County $50,000 - $99,999
Anonymous Sally Nathanson Marsha and Stephen Rabb $25,000 - $49,999
Penny Bank Tina and Jeff Bolton Stephen Brown and Jamie Stern Jackie Grimm and Bob Spiegel Sandra and Bernie Meyer The Shubert Foundation Toni and Martin Sosnoff Donations received January 10, 2023-January 10, 2024
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Thank You for Supporting Our Annual Fund Your generosity keeps the curtain rising! $15,000 - $24,999
Ruth Baum Lawrence Sanders Foundation Hermine Drezner Susan Ellerin and Charles Lieppe Eric Friedheim Foundation Susan and Larry Goldfein
Roe Green Judy and Lew Kramer Marlene and Marty Silver Louise and Barry Snyder Mimi and Frank Walsh Oblio and Barry Wish
$10,000 - $14,999 Joanna and Ben Boynton Honorable Ann Brown Heather and Bruce Cohen Diane and John Dalsimer Esther and Sid Dinerstein Cathy and Tom Farmer Samuel Feldman Reuben and Robin Jeffery Brenda and Ed Holt
Mary Keymer Patricia Lebow Mary Lupo and Edward M. Ricci Michael McCafferty and Joseph Horton Robert Nederlander Bernard Perry Arlene and Aarne Reid Norman Resnick
$5,000 - $9,999 Chastain Charitable Foundation Roy Bartolomei and Peter Wronsky Diane and Andy Berk Judy Berkowitz Lisa Koza, Northern Trust Daft Family Foundation Susan Ellerin and Chuck Lieppe Sara and Charles Fabrikant Joan and David Genser Roberta Golub Vicky and Peter Halmos
Priscilla Heublein Gayle Brody Jacobs Joan Lazarus Priscilla Leslie Beverly Myers Charles Orozco, First Republic Bank Barbara Prine Donna Reynolds Martie and Bob Sachs Donna and Charles Ward Janet Yaseen Foundation
Donations received January 10, 2023-January 10, 2024
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Thank You for Supporting Our Annual Fund Your generosity keeps the curtain rising! $1,000 - $4,999 Jeanne Kanders The Fledgling Fund Beth Alcalde, Akerman LLP Theatre Guild At Mirasol Laurel Baker Macy’s Inc. Madeline and Stephen Anbinder Michael Bakst and Tim Harris Judy and Sam Barker Sherry and Tom Barrat Jameson Baxter Karen and Alfred Bearman Penny and Mitchell Beers Janet Bent Barbara Blanck Paul Bernabeo and David Cohen Gail and John Cooney Anonymous Mary Jo and Vince Elhilow Diane and Neil Exter Lynne and Perry Feyk Susan and William Fink John Foster Renate Franco James Fuld Richard and Connie Galley Sandra and George Garfunkel Joan Gelch and Morris Weintraub Sandra and Paul Goldner Robin and David Gray Rachel Grody Byron Gross and Ricky Tovim Peter Grossman and Lawrence Timmins William Harris Carla and David Herwitz Jean Hutchison Daniel Kaufman and Timothy Beaver Judy and Jerry Kaufman Allan and Margaret Keene Susan and Charles Kiernan
David Kwiat Monica and Scott Laurans Sidney Lesowitz and Peter Rogers Judy Lewent and Mark Shapiro The Koch Ellis Fund Virginia Lynn Barbara and Eric Malkin Pamela and Brian McIver Nancy and Paul McKenna Bel and Peter Miller Richard Milstein Joan and Carlton Moody Rodica and Albin Morariu Anonymous Jeri and Charles Muoio Elinor and Harold Oertell Martha and Ward C. Parker Mary Ellen and Michael Peyton Elizabeth and Gerald Rorer Carrie and Stan Rosenbaum Lisa and Jeff Rosenkranz Linda and Harold Rosenson Hazel and Michael Schultz Betsy Sell Phyllis and Herbert Siegel Linda and Don Silpe Culver Smith and Donna Marks Barbara Sommers D’Vera Topol Judith and Howard Weiner Frances and Robert Weisman Lois and Barry Weiss Ron Wetzel and Nathan Hench Louise Ross and Bruce Wolf Lee Wolf and Jordan Cohen Admirals Cove Foundation Robin Woodard Diane and John Wren Marcy and Jack Zeltzer Caroline von Feilitzsch
Donations received January 10, 2023-January 10, 2024
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Thank You for Supporting Our Annual Fund Your generosity keeps the curtain rising! $500 - $999 Robin and Richard Abedon Sherry Norris and John Bauman Nancy and Peter Brown Laura Cole Susan and John Connor Martha and Milt Dalitzky William Deskin Stuart and Lynn Edinoff Elaine and Thomas Ermolovich Beth and Rich Fentin Margaret Flah Eric Geller and Susan Metzler Kirkman Virginia Gibson Mary Cirillo-Goldberg and Jay Goldberg Valerie and Robert Goldfein Elaine and Joel Goldstein Bob Goren and Roxanne Loewentheil Cathy Gropper
Allison and Stuart Haft Marcia Halpern Ellen Hart Sherry and Michael Hyman Patricia and William Jordan David Kamp and Michael Rubin Sheryl and Leonard Kessler Linda and Hank Klaiman Nancy and Paul Knapp Marjorie and Sheldon Konigsberg Wendi Levine and Hall Sisson Miriam Lieff and Albert Goldberg Ibby Lucas Stephen and Emily Magowan Marjorie Marks Thomas Meier Deborah and Ernest Mhoon Wilma and Charles Mooney
Cynthia Nalley Luann and Bill Parmelee Diane Quinn Mary Jane Range Brenda and Larry Robinson jane Rothchild Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. Elizabeth and John Santoro Donna Marie Schooley Anita and Bob Seidemann Jill and Neil Senzer Ellen Shapiro Francine and Art Siegel Connie Tamburo Elissa Terry Janice and Arnold Weisler Kimberly and Roger Yaseen
$100 - $499 Ira Adler Joan and Jay Albert Diane and Peter Arnet Beth Baker Joan Balfour Charles Balkcom Donald and Norita Bandel Michele and James Banker Helene Barnett and Howard Rubin Catherine and Steven Barre Susan Bauchner Nadine Bederson Nancy and Mark Bender Nancy Beren Ellen Bernstein Bob and Cherrie Bierley Nona Redding Bilionis Lori Black Margaret and Matthew Blake Susan and Jerome Block Jane Bloom Karen and Alfred Blum Bill Blumberg Jacqueline and Jean Claude Boutrouille Amy Brand Susan and Paul Brenner Roslyn and Alan Brilliant Audrey Brody Helene and Ken Brower Bonnie and Bob Buchanan
Philip Buttaravoli Iris Capobianco Carol L. Carnevale Natasha Consigli Sandra and Lowell Cook Karol and Paul Costa Janet and David Desmon Genevieve Dole Louise Dougher Sally Drob Linda and Philip Dunmire Dana Egert Shelly and Neal Ehrenberg Sandra Ekberg Karen and Jay Eliezer Harriet Ellis Janet L. Ellis Ron Ezring John Fariello Matthew Farley Ronnie Fassberg Donna and Steven Feldman Nona Fine Karen Fischer Marsha Fishbane Claire Barenholtz and Alan Fishman Melanie and Mort Fishman Regina Foon and Albert Seidner Karen Sue Fox Helen Franke
Donations received January 10, 2023-January 10, 2024
Anonymous Judy and Barry Friedfeld Ann and Ira Friedman Marilyn and Carlo Funes Diana and Elliot Garfinkel Sandy and Frank Geller John Geraci Ilene Gerber Debby Gershon Rana Gerson Carol Getson Diane and Robert Ghormley Doris Gilman Carmine Giordano Suzanne Gold Rona Goldstein Joan Goldstein Sharon and Bruce Goodman Dianne and Martin Gorbaty Lydia and Stuart Gordon Conrad Goulet and Orlando Chiang Zee Jay and Jerry Greenspan Joseph Guidetti Carol and Albert Hallac Tom Hantzarides and Anastasios Samaras Jackie and Arthur Harris Eva and Irwin Hausman Susan Hemmer and Floyd Sovacool Auta and Robert Hendler Rochelle and David Hirsch palmbeachdramaworks.org 43
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Thank You for Supporting Our Annual Fund Your generosity keeps the curtain rising! $100 - $499 continued Anne and Robert Hite Wendy Honig Nancy and Barry Horowitz Alesia and John Hoy Isa and Ken Joseph Ellen and Jerry Kahan Elaine and Harmon Katz Paula Katz and Bob Davison Judy and John Keller Debra Kelly-Ennis and Joe Nestic Marshall Kern Barbara Messick and Emil Kessler Gail and Michael Kirsch Lois and Larry Kleinberg Edward Klotz and Linda Allen Helen and Al Kniberg Shirley Koo Ellen and Irving Kramer Ellen and Jerry Kranzler Ethel and Marvin Krotenberg Brenda Kulick Ann and Stephen Leber Wynne Leon Stephanie and Sam Levine Shelley Levine Jerold and Renee Kramer Ellen Livingston and Edward Levitt Barbara and Myron Levy Cheryl and Al Liebowitz Deena and Stuart Lockman Rachel and Per Lorentzen Ellen Lott Jeffrey Luft Arlene and David Lurie Barbara Lurie Anonymous Mary Ann Martin Millie and David McCoy Nicki McDonald Jim and Gail McKay Etta and Froman Mehl Elaine and David Mendelow
Daisy and John Merey Sharon and Keith Meyer Joan Milowe Lynne Minsky Daniel and Harriet Mironov Harriet Molk Eileen and Anthony Montalbano Beverly and Marvin Morse Carolyne New Alison and Thomas O’Brien Marjorie O’Neill-Butler Susan and Norman Oblon Abby and Steve Perelman Zakia and Stan Phillips James Sabin and Yolanda Phinney Charlotte and Norman Plotsky Robin and Joseph Pollack Marsha and Jerry Pollak Jill Preston Joyce and Norman Primost Joan Putterman Geri and Irv Ratner Susan and Erick Reickert Joyce Reisman Alison and David Rice Marilyn Rice Beverly Ringel Joel Risch and Richard Smith Patti and John Riter Helenan and Stanley Robin Stephen Roos and Terri Sobrane Paige M. Rose Pearl and Stanley Rosenberg Susan and Jerome Rosenzweig Carolyn Rowe Marie Louise and Randolph Roy Henrietta and Bergino Santo Seawinds Singer Island Marty and David Schindler Linda and Michael Schneider Peter Schneider and Dena Seigel Amy and Richard Schwed
Christine and Mark Shalloway Linda Sherby Tina Parsons and Randy Sherman Phoebe and Sam Shochat Elizabeth and Alan Shulman Bernice Rieders Sickle Paul Siegel Sybil and Marshall Sigel Miriam and Ron Silverman Nellie Lou Slagle Tema Smeyne and Edward Gerstein Carol Smith Joyce and Robert Smith Felice and Marty Solomon Linda Sorenson June and Jerome Spunberg Molly and Nick St. Cavish Lois Steinberg Jerry and Myra Stemerman Barbara and Fred Stern Goldie and Alan Stopek Roberta and Phillip Strasburg Marc Strassler Cari and Lenny Sukienik Joan and Irwin Tepper Susan and Martin Trefler Elaine C. Tucker Bruce Warshal Ellen Wedner Arlin Weingold and Natalie Pincus Howard Weinstein and Suzanne LeVine Barbara and Stephen Weiss Michele and Robert Weiss Diane and Stephen Weiss Carol Weltz Shelby and Charles Werner Kay Wight Allison Worthington Eleanor and Joel Yura Bob Zwicky
Thank you! Donations received January 10, 2023-January 10, 2024
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A great big thanks to all of you who contributed to our Take a Deep Breath Campaign, helping us to achieve our stringent safety protocols and breathe easy in our beautiful theatre. $100,000 Honorable Ann Brown Louise and Barry Snyder Toni and Martin Sosnoff $50,000 Nancy and Gene Beard $25,000
Sue Ellen Beryl and William Hayes Penny Bank Ruth and Ted Baum
$15,000
Stephen Brown and Jamie Stern Phyllis and Herbert J. Siegel
$10,000 Tina and Jeff Bolton Leah and Ed Frankel Foundation Joan G. Smith and William Karatz Nancy Goodes Sally Nathanson
Aarne and Arlene Reid Mimi and Frank Walsh
$5,000 The Chastain Foundation Edwige and John Bade Roy Bartolomei and Peter Wronsky Lucy W. Cook Anonymous Cathy and Tom Farmer Arlene F. and Donald Fleischman Renate Franco
Christina Dennis
$1,000 - $2,500 Pam and Bob Goergen Alice Gross Byron Gross and Ricky Tovim Ann and Bob Hagelstein Anonymous Priscilla Heublein
Susan and Larry Goldfein Patricia and William Jordan Terry Liddell Zelda Mason Arlene and Richard Siudek Nicki van Vonno Diana and John Weir Lois and Barry Weiss
$500 - $999 Linda L. and Keith Beaty Karen and Alfred Blum Joan and Lyle Brundage Paula Kaminsky Davis Dinah Fulton Rochelle and David A. Hirsch Michael Hoagland and Joseph Kolb
Sherry and Stephen Jacobs Marjorie and Sheldon Konigsberg Judy and Lew Kramer Laura Brooks Randi and Norman Pecan Stephanie and John Pew Joanne Polozker Barbara N. Prine
Ann Marie and Peter Rezzonico Naomi Rosenberg Carol and Joseph Rosetti Francine and Art Siegel Lois Steinberg Zee Jay and Jerry Greenspan Marcy and Jack Zeltzer
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OUR MISSION Palm Beach Dramaworks believes in the transformative power of live theatre and is committed to producing classic, contemporary, and world premiere plays that entertain, enlighten, stimulate discussion, and illuminate our shared humanity. We are equally dedicated to creating new works and cultivating new audiences, upholding the original objectives of the regional theatre movement. We recognize and value the power of education, offering inspiring, life-changing programs for students, and thought-provoking initiatives for adults.
OUR VALUES We steadfastly strive to maintain a welcoming, inclusive, and supportive environment for our staff, for our artists, and for our patrons.
OUR VISION To enrich the lives of those in our community, and to be recognized nationally as a vigorous and vital company that produces meaningful theatre and transforms lives.
HONORARY DIRECTORS Ruth Baum Nancy Beard Ravi Chaturvedi Esther Dinerstein Larry Goldfein Roe Green Robert Hagelstein Daryn M. Kirchfeld Lew Kramer Sidney Lesowitz J. Barry Lewis
Sherron Long Pamela McIver Charles Muoio Sally Nathanson Robert Nederlander Shari Santell William N. Shepherd Marlene Silver Mimi Walsh Beth Walton Lee Wolf
CORNELIA T. BAILEY FOUNDATION
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Theatre To Think About
2023/24 SEASON DEATH OF A SALESMAN By Arthur Miller
March 29 - April 14, 2024 This Pulitzer Prize-winning, trailblazing play changed American theatre in the person of its everyman tragic hero, Willy Loman, a dime a dozen, disappointed, disillusioned, and delusional traveling salesman with a skewed vision of the American Dream. All he wanted, the playwright wrote in his memoir, was “to count.” Or as Willy’s wife, Linda, implores, “Attention must be paid.” Executive Producers
Toni and Martin Sosnoff
Producers
Ruth Baum, Nancy Goodes, Sandra and Bernie Meyer
TRYING
By Joanna McClelland Glass
May 24 - June 9, 2024 In 1967, feisty Sarah Schorr, a 25-year-old from rural Canada, goes to work as secretary for 81-year-old Francis Biddle, the patrician former US attorney general. The brilliant Biddle is now frail, sometimes befuddled, and always irascible. Inspired by the playwright’s experiences as Biddle’s secretary, the piece is a tender yet unsentimental portrait of two disparate people navigating their vast differences to form a bond of mutual admiration, consideration, and respect. Executive Producers
Stephen Brown and Jamie Stern
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