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Note from the Producing Artistic Director Welcome to the world premiere of The Messenger by Jenny Connell Davis, PBD’s resident playwright. By now, most of you are aware that the play was inspired by the life of Hungarian Holocaust survivor Georgia Gabor. I first heard about Georgia from her daughter, Roberta Golub, and was so intrigued that I set out to learn more. After reading Georgia’s autobiography and watching an archival interview, I told Roberta that her mother’s story had the makings of a play. I took the idea to Jenny, who also William Hayes Producing Artistic Director came under Georgia’s spell. She ran with the concept in ways I never imagined, writing a meditation on the ties between past, present, and future as she explores and connects Holocaust denialism, free speech in schools, and anti-Asian discrimination in present-day America. It is, I believe, the most important play we’ve ever produced at PBD. Hate crimes have been steadily increasing these past few years, and the numbers for 2022 were the worst since the FBI began collecting data in 1991. Every minority group was affected, but the majority of victims were disproportionately Blacks, the LGBTQ community, and Jews. It is all insidious, as The Messenger demonstrates. Anti-Asian hate crime soared during the pandemic. In 2021, the number was 339 percent higher than the record high the previous year. A noted historian recently said, “Rising anti-Semitism is an absolute red flag. Anti-Semitism almost always goes with a rise in Fascist ideation. It’s something that we can’t ignore.” Many of the people I’m closest to are Jewish, and they were uneasy, to put it mildly, prior to October 7, 2023. Now they’re frightened by the onslaught of anti-Semitism and threats of violence on college campuses, on social media, and in political discourse; saddened and hurt by people they have considered friends and allies who have remained silent; and sickened by those who cheered the brutality of the October 7 attack or have torn down posters of hostages being held by Hamas. This is not about taking sides in the Mideast; Islamophobia is also on the rise, and that’s equally reprehensible. Georgia Gabor understood scapegoating all too well, and was insistent that we acknowledge the agony of any group persecuted for being “other.” Yes, she spoke up about her experiences because she wanted the world to never forget. But she was also delivering a message; she realized that no country, no ethnic group, no race, no religion, no minority of any kind, is immune from man’s inhumanity to man. She was warning us that we must be vigilant and diligent about calling out hate wherever we see it. To do otherwise is to be complicit.
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January 3-7, 2024
Perlberg Festival of New Plays EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Diane and Mark Perlberg
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Penny Bank Sandra and Bernie Meyer
This popular annual event features professional readings of five developing plays.
Special Guests in Conversation:
Academy Award-Winning Actress Estelle Parsons Jan. 3 at 7pm Playwright Mark St. Germain Jan. 4 at 4pm Oscar winner Estelle Parsons has originated roles in numerous plays during a career that spans more than seven decades. Mark St. Germain’s plays include Freud’s Last Session, which was developed in part at PBD. A film of Freud’s Last Session, with a screenplay by St. Germain, stars Anthony Hopkins and will be released this month. Sponsored in part by the Maurer Family Foundation
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SCHEDULE OF PLAY READINGS FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 AT 3PM PROXIMITY by Harrison David Rivers Newly divorced and sheltering at home with her two children at the height of the pandemic, Ezra hasn’t been touched by another adult in eight months. At a virtual PTA meeting, she is introduced to the charismatic Irie, another single parent, and their immediate attraction causes Ezra to reconsider the limits of her Covid bubble. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 AT 7:30PM STOCKADE by Andrew Rosendorf Five years after the end of WWII, a group of gay soldiers gathers for a reunion on Fire Island. They are met by an outsider with a surprise that will cause them to question whether history is best left in the past. At a time when “security risk” is government code for “homosexual,” it will take courage for them to step out of the shadows and confront their present and future. SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 AT 3PM COLOR BLIND by Oren Safdie In 2009, a jury was tasked with selecting an architect to design the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. This play is a fictionalized account of how that panel of diverse people and ideas may have come together – or been pulled apart – in making its decision, and in so doing, challenges the audience to consider the state of our current civil discord. SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 AT 7:30PM EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL HAPPENS AT NIGHT by Ted Malawer Ezra is a successful children’s book writer. Nancy is his longtime editor. They are always on the same page, until someone new threatens to disrupt their friendship and influence Ezra’s next book. Set in 1980s Manhattan, this play explores the legacy of an artist, the meaning of intimacy, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. SUNDAY, JANUARY 7 AT 3PM LITTLE ROW BOAT by Kirsten Greenidge When 14-year-old Sally Hemings travels to Paris as nursemaid to her half-sister’s young daughter, the world appears to have opened much wider than Thomas Jefferson’s post-revolutionary Virginia plantation on which she was born. It is not until Sally’s brother James, also in France as he trains to be a chef de cuisine, points out the peculiarities of their circumstances that Sally begins to question the kindnesses their “master” has extended to them. Tickets to individual play readings are $20. Subscribe to all five play readings for just $75 using code: FESTIVAL
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Palm Beach Dramaworks presents William Hayes Producing Artistic Director Sue Ellen Beryl Managing Director
Theatre To Think About
by Jenny Connell Davis
by Jenny Connell Davis THE MESSENGER was commissioned by Palm Beach Dramaworks Producing Artistic Director William Hayes, and developed at PBD. The Messenger is produced at Palm Beach Dramaworks as the first production in a National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. Other Partner Theatres are Shrewd Productions (Austin, TX) and a third theatre (TBA). For more information, please visit nnpn.org
Thank You A special thank you to Toby Singer, Jessica Altchiler, Crystal Dilworth, and Mizuki Sako for their contributions/ participation in the developmental reading. — A special thank you to Jennifer Gould.
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Georgia Gabor’s Students Have Their Say
Hungarian Holocaust survivor Georgia Gabor (1930 - 1994) came to the United States in 1948 and, after raising a family, began teaching in 1969. She taught math for 21 years in the San Marino Unified School District in California, and sometime after My Destiny, her autobiography, was published in 1981, swastikas and other anti-Semitic obscenities began turning up in her classroom and elsewhere at Huntington Middle School. But those acts of hate just tell part of the story. By various accounts, Gabor seems to have been much admired by most of her students. Some of them provided testimonials on YouTube after seeing her archival interview about the Holocaust; others commented on Amazon, in response to My Destiny, and elsewhere. Following are some of those memories and tributes. They have been lightly edited, mostly for punctuation and space, occasionally for clarity, but the words of each contributor have been left almost entirely intact.
Aimee: You pushed us to be better people. Better humans. I just wanted to send my good thoughts and love to you. I know you taught from the heart. Always. . . . If one was ever lucky enough to be around you, they never forgot you! As I will not. Emmanuel: I was her teacher’s assistant when I was in the 8th grade. When she would tell her story, the classroom was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. This was before she wrote her book, My Destiny. Destiny. Thank you, Ms. Gabor for allowing me to be your teacher’s assistant. Clariece: I had Ms. Gabor in both 7th and 8th grade, in 1972 and 1973. Her love of teaching was clear even to someone as mathematically challenged as I was. More important was her love of the students and her desire that we understand history and the horrible things we do to each other. I never witnessed any anti-Semitic abuse against her at the time. I was raised in San Marino in the ’60s and ’70s. My dad was first generation Italian. When we moved into our home, my mom was visited by a group called “The Welcome Wagon.” A lovely group of ladies (deep sarcasm) who peppered my mother with all sorts of questions about my dad’s background and hers. [My mother] was clearly a WASP so she was accepted and even invited to join some fairly exclusive groups, which she declined to do. 12 palmbeachdramaworks.org
M: One of my favorite teachers. She pushed and challenged me and she loved Godzilla movies. RIP Johnny: I still remember her algebra formulas! Great teacher! Judy: Ms. Gabor was my math teacher in 1969, when I was in 7th grade. She was dynamic, smart, funny, and inspired me to do better in math. We moved out of San Marino in early 1970 and I had no idea that she had written a book or that she was hounded and harassed by people who lived there. I’m so sorry she had to endure all that, and that the school district didn’t back her and stop the problem. I wish I could give her a hug and tell her how much she meant to me that year. Maybe now she finally has some peace. Marhuka: [Her book] is an unapologetic historical account of a very dark period of human history. . . . I knew the author as a 7th grade student in her math class. With special permission, we were given the opportunity to hear her “Life Story” on numerous occasions. It was a riveting testimony of human cruelty. Ms. Gabor did not sanitize history for us, as most revisionist historical accounts are told. It was more beneficial to us to hear a first-hand account of the events. Her story of survival and terror mirrors [those of] several others I have since met, escaping Romania, Germany and Cuba. . . . This is not light reading. It challenges you to think and consider the choices the author made at a very young age. Well-written and articulated. It should be mandatory reading for junior high school students. Anon: Ms. Gabor stood out among teachers for her aliveness, passion, deep intelligence, resilience, humanity, true heroism, and grit. Maria: Ms. Gabor was a hard teacher and very good . . . I remember in the 1970s she would share a little of her memoirs, apparently as she was working on them. I am glad to have a copy of this complete text for myself because she was a great influence in my life . . . I became a teacher also. palmbeachdramaworks.org 13
Palm Beach Dramaworks presents
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Jenny Connell Davis CAST
Georgia Gabor..................................................... Margery Lowe* 1969................................................................Gracie Winchester* 1993...................................................................... Angela Gulner* 2020........................................................................... Annie Fang*
Production Crew Stage Manager............................................................................................................. Kent James Collins* Assistant Stage Manager....................................................................................................Tyler B. Osgood Backstage Supervisor..................................................................................................Caroline Castleman Wardrobe Supervisor.............................................................................................................John Santillan Lighting Programmer................................................................................................................ Janelle Diaz Audio Engineer/Technical Assistant...................................................................................Keshin Martin Assistant Scenic Designer............................................................................................. Samantha Pollack Wig Designer/Stylist..................................................................................................................... Jane Lynch
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MARGERY LOWE (Georgia Gabor) last appeared at PBD in August: Osage County. Prior to that, she was seen here in the filmed and live productions of The Belle of Amherst, which was included in The Wall Street Journal’s year-end list of “The Best Theatre of 2021.” Margery has performed in New York and across the country in various national tours, as well as at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, The Muny, Canadian Stage, the Fox Atlanta, Theatre Off Park, Sanford Meisner Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of Maine, Kansas City Starlight, Stages St. Louis, Maine State Theatre, Stage West, and many others. Florida credits include Maltz Jupiter Theatre, GableStage, Zoetic Stage, Caldwell Theatre Company, Coconut Grove Playhouse, Actors’ Playhouse, Naked Stage, American Stage, Florida Shakespeare, Royal Poinciana Playhouse, Parker Playhouse, and Stage Door Theatre. As a company member of the famed Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Margery received a Tyrone Guthrie Award. She has won both the Carbonell Award and Silver Palm Award, and was named New Times Best Actress, Broadway World Best Actress, and Florida Weekly Best Actress. Margery also works in film, television, and as a voice-over artist. margerylowe.com ANNIE FANG (2020) is making her PBD debut. OffBroadway: Your Own Personal Exegesis (LCT3 / Lincoln Center Theater), Shhhh (Atlantic Theater Company). Select regional: Jennifer Who Is Leaving (Round House Theatre), Thrive, Or What You Will and Twelfth Night (American Shakespeare Center), SHIP (Azuka Theatre) and Man of God (InterAct Theatre Company). fang-annie.com / IG: @thefatpecan
ANGELA GULNER (1993) is thrilled to be making her PBD debut in this devastatingly timely and complex play. Previous stage work includes Othello (Desdemona), Buried Child (Shelly), Argonautika (Medea), The Winter’s Tale (Perdita), and Twelfth Night (Viola) at A Noise Within Theater in Pasadena, CA; Love’s Labour’s Lost (Rosaline), Julius Caesar (Portia), Othello (Emilia), Twelfth Night (Viola), and Henry V (Catherine) at Kingsmen Shakespeare in Thousand Oaks, CA. Screen work includes GLOW, Old Dads, The Summoned, Take Back the Night, and Stalker. Gulner earned her MFA in Acting from the ART/MXAT Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. She is also a film producer, screenwriter, and director. angelagulner.com / @angelagulner GRACIE WINCHESTER (1969) is grateful to return to PBD after making her debut here as Mrs. Van Buren in Intimate Apparel. Broadway: Annie Get Your Gun (Swing). National tour: Annie Get Your Gun (Nellie Oakley). Off-Broadway: Hamlet (Ophelia), Macbeth (Third Witch). Gracie was most recently seen at Flat Rock Playhouse in the regional premiere of The Girl on the Train. Other recent regional theatre credits include Nicola in Kinky Boots (Orlando Shakespeare Theatre); Daisy in The Lodger (Northern Stage); Sally in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Out of the Box Theatrics); Celia in As You Like It (Gateway Playhouse); Shelby in Steel Magnolias and June in Into the Breeches (Alabama Shakespeare Festival); Marina in Pericles and Miranda in The Tempest (Orlando Shakespeare). AEA member since age six. BFA in theatre from UCF. Love for JAGS. Michael Shenefelt, I adore you.
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JENNY CONNELL DAVIS (Playwright) is delighted to return to PBD with The Messenger after sharing it during last season’s New Year/New Plays Festival (now the Perlberg Festival of New Plays), and to do so as the company’s newly named resident playwright. Jenny is an affiliated artist with the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, a member of The Gift Theatre in Chicago, and in-house writer for the award-winning Baobab Studios, where she helps develop television, film, and book projects. Her plays have been developed or produced nationwide, including at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference, Chance Theatre, ACT (Seattle), Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, Shrewd Productions, and Asolo Rep. As a screenwriter, Jenny has sold projects to Sony, Disney/Fox, Amazon, and Iconoclast/Anonymous Content. She has been a finalist and semi-finalist for the Nicholl Fellowship, and her short films have screened worldwide, including at Toronto and SXSW. Jenny trained as an actor at Steppenwolf, and in playwriting at UT Austin. WILLIAM HAYES (Director) is the producing artistic director and a founding member of PBD. He has directed some 50 productions for the company: his credits run the gamut of playwrights from A (Edward Albee) to Z (Paul Zindel), and include William Inge, Eugène Ionesco, David Mamet, Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, and August Wilson. Bill is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Florida Professional Theatre Association’s Richard G. Fallon Award for Excellence in Professional Theatre (2017), a Silver Palm Award presented by the South Florida Theatre League “for his outstanding work as Producing Artistic Director” of PBD (2014), and, with Sue Ellen Beryl, the REMY Pioneer Award presented by the South Florida Theatre League (2015). Bill served two terms as president of the Florida Professional Theatres Association, and is a national ambassador for the Entertainment Community Fund (formerly The Actors Fund). He began his career as an actor, and returned to the stage last season in PBD’s acclaimed
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production of Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men. JESSICA CHEN (Assistant Director) is an American dancer and choreographer based in New York City, who is known for creating “visceral ...emotionally charged movements and choreography.” She is the founder and artistic director of J CHEN PROJECT, a nonprofit contemporary dance company with a mission to create dance works that emphasize identity, cultural diversity, and belonging. Her choreography has been featured at New York Fashion Week at MoMA, Lincoln Center’s Restart Stages, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and global platforms including the World Expo-USA Pavilion in Shanghai, and a Google Arts & Culture feature by the Asian American Arts Alliance. Jessica choreographed Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella at Geva Theatre and Jersey Boys for Weathervane Theatre. Current projects include AAPI Heroes: Myths and Legends, Spring Awakening, The Messenger, and Cabaret. She was a 2021 GALLIM Moving Artist-in-Residence, 2021 Dance Lab New York Choreographer, and 2023 Bessie Award nominee for Outstanding Choreographer/Creator. She is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. jessicachen.co KENT JAMES COLLINS (Stage Manager) is thrilled to be returning to PBD for his third season, and grateful to be back on dry land after spending six months sailing Europe aboard the Norwegian Getaway as the production stage manager for Burn the Floor and Million Dollar Quartet. For PBD: August: Osage County, The Science of Leaving Omaha, Twelve Angry Men, The Duration, and Almost, Maine. Other credits include 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, Tyler, Pierre, and the entire PBD team. kentjamescollins.com
Emerson College and an MFA in video & media design from Carnegie Mellon University. adamjacobthompson.com
ANNE MUNDELL (Scenic Design) was recently named resident scenic designer at PBD, where she previously designed A Streetcar Named Desire (Carbonell Award), Equus, and Arcadia. 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 just 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
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, including Barbara Matera, Ltd., Parsons-Meares, Michael-Jon 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.
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 has worked Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, and across the US, and 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
KIRK BOOKMAN (Lighting Design) For PBD, he has designed 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. palmbeachdramaworks.org 17
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 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. TYLER B. OSGOOD (Assistant Stage Manager) has worked on various educational and community engagement programs at PBD (theAcademy@pbd’s Songs for a New World, production stage manager; The Legacy Project, stage manager; the One Humanity Tour, both sixth and seventh grade, assistant stage manager), while also assisting on all productions since the 2021-22 season, beginning with The People Downstairs. Other regional credits include A Wrinkle in Time, A Christmas Carol 2018, Detroit ’67, and The Age of Innocence at McCarter Theatre; Matilda The Musical at Mill Mountain Theatre; and The Sound of Music, Songs Under the Stars, The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, Holiday Heroes 2019, A Christmas Carol 2019, and Sunday in the Park with George at ZACH Theatre. Tyler is a proud graduate of Texas State University, where he earned his BFA in theatre technology and production. 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: Lobby Hero. Artios Award nominee for Best Web Series Casting, PT 18 palmbeachdramaworks.org
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 NATIONAL NEW PLAY NETWORK is an alliance of professional theaters that collaborate in innovative ways to develop, produce, and extend the life of new plays. NNPN envisions a robust, equitable, and inclusive new play ecology that reflects a broad range of aesthetics, and strives to pioneer, implement, and disseminate ideas and programs that revolutionize the way theaters and audiences encounter new work. Since its founding in 1998, National New Play Network has grown into a vital force for new work in the American theater, serving over 130 Member Theaters as well as artists and audiences around the world. NNPN’s National Showcase of New Plays, initially presented in 2002, was the Network’s first program aimed at creating a new play pipeline that spanned the US. In 2004, NNPN launched the pilot of what has become its paradigm-shifting Rolling World Premiere program. As NNPN’s membership, funding, and programmatic offerings have grown, innovations including season-long Residencies within Member Theaters for rising administrative leaders, two annual Commissions, and a dedicated fund for theater-makers working to develop new plays across institutions emerged. The New Play Exchange®, launched in 2015, is the world’s largest online library of scripts by living writers, and features unprecedented opportunities for direct connection among playwrights, readers, and producers. NNPN’s current Strategic Plan centers its commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. The Network’s dedication to new plays remains the center of its work, but the future NNPN envisions is one that is robust, inclusive, and equitable for all theatermakers and audience members.
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Become a Subscriber to the 2023/24 Season Today! Apply today’s ticket purchase to your subscription cost. Lock in a discount of over 10% on regularly priced tickets for each production. Secure great seats for all remaining plays, with the ability to renew seats in future seasons. Pay one flat fee and additional ticket fees will be waived. Take advantage of flexible ticket exchanges and last-minute standby options.
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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.
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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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This FREE, family-friendly event is an annual celebration where you can come explore the wonders of manatees, the Lake Worth Lagoon and environmental conservation.
SATURDAY, FEB. 3, 2024 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR: • FREE admission & parking • FREE Sea Life face painting • KidsFunZone • Food vendors • Arts & crafts for sale • Environmental exhibitors
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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 33
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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. 34 palmbeachdramaworks.org
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.
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One Humanity Tour Live to Tell, 2023
Many of you are likely aware that Palm Beach Dramaworks has a robust education department. But you may not be aware of the impact our educational programs are having on students throughout Palm Beach County. So, from time to time, we will be spotlighting one of these program, each of which demonstrates how theatre can have a profound effect on young, curious minds. Florida has a significant human trafficking problem. Since the National Human Trafficking Hotline began keeping track of reported cases around the country in 2007, Florida has consistently ranked third, behind only California and Texas. In 2021, the most recent year for which there are complete national statistics compiled by the hotline, there were 781 reported cases of human trafficking in Florida: of those, 574 were trafficked for sex. Roughly 20% of all those who were trafficked were minors. Since 2020, PBD has been bringing awareness of this lurking danger to the county’s students with Live to Tell, a play by Eric Coble about human trafficking and online safety that was commissioned by Director of Education and Community Engagement Gary Cadwallader and Producing Artistic Director William Hayes. In this powerful piece, three 15-year-old girls from very different backgrounds reveal how they were preyed upon by savvy predators and trapped in the world of sex trafficking. The play is presented free to seventh grade students. Live to Tell is one of two plays that currently make up PBD’s One Humanity Tour, a professional touring program. It began in 2017 with a commissioned play for sixth graders called Swagger, also written by Coble, which addresses the tensions between the public and law enforcement from different vantage points. Performances of both plays are followed by a talkback, and there are supplemental materials for teachers and administrators. (When the 2024-25 school year begins, a third play by Coble will be added to the tour. This one is for eighth graders, and will be about opioid awareness.) The One Humanity Tour was created with assistance from the School District of Palm Beach County and the West Palm Beach Police Department, and conceived out of the conviction that theatre can contribute to the development of informed, thoughtful, and compassionate citizens. Swagger, which has thus far played to 24,497 students, aims to develop empathy, and a comment by a student from Osceola Creek Middle School typifies the reaction of many others. 36 palmbeachdramaworks.org
“I really enjoyed the show, and how you guys really showed the meaning of empathy. The meaning of empathy is to be in someone’s shoes.” For Live to Tell, Cadwallader was guided by local agencies that help track and prosecute traffickers, including the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, the West Palm Beach Police Department, and The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, as well as trafficking awareness educators like the Human Trafficking Coalition of the Palm Beaches. The show is offered to seventh graders “because the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office says that they are the prime targets of human traffickers,” says Cadwallader. The talkback includes interviews with a behavioral health specialist and a representative from the Human Trafficking Coalition of the Palm Beaches about online safety, and emphasizes to students how their smartphones are a gateway for traffickers. Students are asked to fill out a post-performance survey, and at the very bottom of the page is a message that says: “If there is a situation in your life where you feel uncomfortable and would like to speak with a trusted adult, please say so below. Turn in this paper directly to your teacher.” It also provides additional ways to get help. Live to Tell managed just a few performances in 2020 before everything shut down, and has thus far played to 5,588 students. It was originally scheduled to be performed for close to 7,000 students this year, but reached 2,039 instead due to a new rule. Previously, if parents didn’t want their children to participate in various activities, they had to sign an opt-out slip. But now, parents must opt in for their kids to take part in these events. The rule went into effect after Live to Tell began touring; the remaining performances had to be canceled as there was no time to get permission slips from parents. It would be heartbreaking if the new procedure keeps audience numbers down going forward, because it’s already clear that students are learning invaluable lessons. In response to questions on post-performance surveys about what they learned, comments included: “We need to know the dangers of human trafficking and the things that traffickers use to lure you into their hands.” “It showed me that I need to talk with an adult when I need help.” “We need to raise awareness.” “If they know someone that is experiencing this, they can help them by speaking up.” And simply, “I needed to know about this.” “We know for certain that we are making an impact with students during the performance and talkback, and raising red flags about predatory behavior,” says Cadwallader. “We are not only telling a compelling story of three young people ensnared in trafficking, but hopefully saving young people from falling into the trap of coercion and exploitation. We know that Live to Tell can help save a young person from trauma or death by defining human trafficking and showing them examples of what could happen if you fall prey to traffickers.”
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Susan Kanoff and Susan J. Gurspan of the Human Trafficking Coalition of the Palm Beaches add, “Contrary to what many people assume, trafficking occurs within our very own communities to people at all socio-economic levels of all backgrounds. Live to Tell is an eye-opening exposure to the dangers and realities of human trafficking, and a compelling way to educate our youth about staying safe and protecting themselves from traffickers.” palmbeachdramaworks.org 37
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.
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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 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 Margaret and Robert Blume 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
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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 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 Ann and Robert Fromer Susan and Larry Goldfein Mary Keymer Patricia Lebow
Mary Lupo and Edward M. Ricci Michael McCafferty and Joseph Horton Anonymous Beverly Myers Robert Nederlander Bernard Perry Arlene and Aarne Reid Norman Resnick
$5,000 - $9,999 Patti Silver and Leonard Ackerman Priscilla Heublein Roy Bartolomei and Peter Wronsky Stephen Jacobs Diane and Andy Berk Judy and Lew Kramer Daft Family Foundation Priscilla Leslie Esther and Sid Dinerstein Cynthia Nalley Samuel M. Feldman Charles Orozco, First Republic Bank Joan and David Genser Barbara Prine Roberta Golub Donna Reynolds Martie and Bob Sachs Donations received November 9, 2022 – November 9, 2023
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Thank You for Supporting Our Annual Fund Your generosity keeps the curtain rising! $1,000 - $4,999 Jeanne Kanders The Chastain Charitable Foundation The Fledgling Fund Beth Alcalde, Akerman LLP Theatre Guild At Mirasol 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 Nancy and Peter Brown Paul Bernabeo and David Cohen Gail and John Cooney Karol and Paul Costa Melissa Ann Coyne Mary Jo and Vince Elhilow Arlene and Glenn Englander Diane Exter Susan and William Fink Renate Franco James Fuld Maggie and John Gagliardi Richard and Connie Galley Sandra and George Garfunkel Joan Gelch and Morris Weintraub Sandra and Paul Goldner Robin and David Gray Roe Green Rachel Grody Byron Gross and Ricky Tovim Peter Grossman and Lawrence Timmins Allison and Stuart Haft William Harris Joann and Forrest Hayes Carla and David Herwitz Phyllis Hopman Daniel Kaufman and Timothy Beaver Judy and Jerry Kaufman Allan and Margaret Keene
Susan and Charles Kiernan Lisa Koza, Northern Trust David Kwiat Monica and Scott Laurans Arlene Lazarus Sidney Lesowitz and Peter Rogers Judy Lewent and Mark Shapiro Terry and David Liddell The Koch Ellis Fund Ibby Lucas Virginia Lynn Stephen and Emily Magowan Barbara and Eric Malkin Pamela and Brian McIver McNulty Charitable Foundation Richard Milstein Joan and Carlton Moody 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 Jeff Rosenkranz Linda and Harold Rosenson Donna Marie Schooley Hazel and Michael Schultz Betsy Sell Phyllis and Herbert Siegel Linda and Don Silpe Culver Smith and Donna Marks Smith, Ball and Baez Injury Lawyers D’Vera Topol Caroline von Feilitzsch Donna and Charles Ward 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 Diane and John Wren Marcy and Jack Zeltzer
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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 Laura Cole Susan and John Connor William Deskin Stuart and Lynn Edinoff Elaine and Thomas Ermolovich Beth and Rich Fentin Anonymous Eric Friedheim Foundation Eric Geller and Susan Metzler Kirkman Virginia Gibson Mary Cirillo-Goldberg and Jay Goldberg Valerie and Robert Goldfein Joel Goldstein Bob Goren and Roxanne Loewentheil Cathy Gropper
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Luann and Bill Parmelee Mary Jane Range Alison and David Rice Brenda and Larry Robinson Carolyn Rowe Joseph O. Rubinelli, Jr. Elizabeth and John Santoro Anita and Bob Seidemann Jill and Neil Senzer Francine and Art Siegel Barbara Sommers Lois Steinberg Connie Tamburo Elissa Terry Donna and Malcolm Wattman Janice and Arnold Weisler
$100 - $499 Ira Adler Deanna and Bernard Albert Doris and Harry Albirt Diane and Peter Arnet Beth Baker Charles Balkcom Donald L. and Norita V. 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 Bill Blumberg Susan and Paul Brenner Roslyn and Alan Brilliant Audrey Brody Helene and Ken Brower Bonnie and Bob Buchanan Philip Buttaravoli
Dennis Butz and Susan Gould Iris Capobianco Carol L. Carnevale Natasha Consigli Sandra and Lowell Cook Dennis Creaghan and Deborah Esposito Janet and David Desmon Genevieve Dole Lawrence Dougher Louise Dougher Linda and Philip Dunmire Cheryl Dunn Bychek Dana Egert Shelly and Neal Ehrenberg Sandra Ekberg Karen and Jay Eliezer Harriet Ellis Janet L. Ellis Ron Ezring Matthew Farley Ronnie Fassberg Ann and Lee Fensterstock Lynne and Perry Feyk Nona Fine Karen Fischer Marsha Fishbane Claire Barenholtz and Alan Fishman
Margaret Flah Leona and Marvin Fleischman Regina Foon and Albert Seidner Karen Sue Fox Helen Franke Judy and Barry Friedfeld Ann and Ira Friedman Marilyn and Carlo Funes Diana and Elliot Garfinkel Sandy and Frank Geller Ilene Gerber Debby Gershon Rana Gerson Carol Getson Diane and Robert Ghormley Doris Gilman Suzanne Gold Sue Goldfinger and Timothy Bell Rona Goldstein Joan Goldstein Sharon and Bruce Goodman Dianne and Martin Gorbaty Lydia and Stuart Gordon Conrad Goulet and Orlando Chiang Gail and Ed Greenberg Zee Jay and Jerry Greenspan Joseph Guidetti Carol and Albert Hallac
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Thank You for Supporting Our Annual Fund Your generosity keeps the curtain rising! $100 - $499 continued Brenda Kulick Marilyn and Alan LeRoy Ann and Stephen Leber Wynne Leon Stephanie and Sam Levine Shelley Levine Dr. Jerold and Renee Kramer Meron Levitats Barbara and Myron Levy Cheryl and Al Liebowitz Miriam Lieff and Albert Goldberg 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 Deborah and Ernest Mhoon Madeline and Arthur Millman Joan Milowe Lynne Minsky Daniel and Harriet Mironov Harriet Molk Eileen and Anthony Montalbano Rodica and Albin Morariu, M.D. Barbara Morgenstern Beverly and Marvin Morse Carolyne New Alison and Thomas O’Brien Laura and William Orlove
Abby and Steve Perelman Muriel and Bill Perlberg Zakia and Stan Phillips James Sabin and Yolanda Phinney Charlotte and Norman Plotsky Robin and Joseph Pollack Marsha and Jerry Pollak Joyce and Norman Primost Joan Putterman Geri and Irv Ratner Sue Regan Susan and Erick Reickert Joyce Reisman 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 Marie Louise and Randolph Roy Fran Sadoff-LeBow Henrietta and Bergino Santo Seawinds Singer Island Marty and David Schindler Linda and Michael Schneider Peter Schneider and Dena Seigel Barbara Schulman Amy and Richard Schwed Carole Sebbane Christine and Mark Shalloway Steve Shapiro Caroline and Bill Shepherd Linda Sherby Tina Parsons and Randy Sherman 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 Joyce and Robert Smith Felice and Marty Solomon Linda Sorenson June and Jerome Spunberg Molly and Nick St. Cavish Jerry and Myra Stemerman Barbara and Fred Stern Goldie and Alan Stopek Roberta and Phillip Strasburg Marc Strassler Cari and Lenny Sukienik Terrie Temkin Joan and Irwin Tepper Shirley and Jack Thompson Susan and Martin Trefler Elaine C. Tucker Bruce Warshal James B. Watson Betty Weber 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 Robin Woodard Allison Worthington Kimberly and Roger Yaseen Eleanor and Joel Yura Desi and Ben Zalman
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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
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$10,000 Tina and Jeff Bolton Leah and Ed Frankel Foundation Joan G. Smith and William Karatz Nancy Goodes Sally Nathanson
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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 Daryn M. Kirchfeld Lew Kramer Sidney Lesowitz J. Barry Lewis
Lee Wolf
Sherron Long Pamela McIver Charles Muoio Sally Nathanson Robert Nederlander Shari Santell William N. Shepherd Marlene Silver Mimi Walsh Beth Walton
CORNELIA T. BAILEY FOUNDATION
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, the Board of County Commissioners, the Tourist Development Council, and the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County.
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Theatre To Think About
2023/24 SEASON PREMIERE THE CANCELLATION OF WORLD Executive Producers Marsha and Stephen Rabb LAUREN FEIN
By Christopher Demos-Brown
February 2 - 18, 2024 Lauren Fein and her wife, Paola Munoz, are professors at a prestigious American university. They live with Dylan, their 16-year-old African American foster son whom they’ve cared for since he was a baby. When Professor Fein’s actions run afoul of the university’s “diversity, equity, and inclusion” policies, her groundbreaking research, her career, and her family are all put in jeopardy.
Producers DEATH OF A SALESMAN ToniExecutive and Martin Sosnoff
By Arthur Miller
March 29 - April 14, 2024
Producers
Ruth Baum, Nancy Goodes, Sandra and Bernie Meyer
This Pulitzer Prize-winning, groundbreaking 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.”
TRYING
By Joanna McClelland Glass
Executive Producers
Stephen Brown and Jamie Stern
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.
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