Palm Beach Dramaworks Trying May 24-June 9, 2024 in West Palm Beach

by Joanna McClelland Glass Photo by Tim Stepien

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Note from the Producing Artistic Director Welcome to Joanna McClelland Glass’ Trying, the final production of our 2023-24 season.

We first staged Trying during the 2006-07 season, and it’s the first play we’ve ever revived. It’s a sweet, smart work that, when boiled down to its essence, is about two people who learn to connect with each other despite their vast differences.

I was recently considering why I chose this play, out of every play we’ve done in our history, to be revived this season. And though it didn’t consciously dawn on me when I put together the 2023-24 season, in retrospect I believe I was drawn to Trying because it’s about something that seems to be a lost skill these days: the art of communication.

As you probably all know by now, Trying is inspired by the year Joanna spent as secretary to Francis Biddle, FDR’s last attorney general. He was an 81-year-old patrician from Philadelphia in failing health and curmudgeonly; she was a half century younger, from the Canadian prairie, and an aspiring writer.

Trying is honest and truthful, although Joanna took some artistic license, including the creation of a fictional alter ego, Sarah Schorr; there is a lot of Joanna in Sarah, but they are not one and the same.

For instance, Joanna was five years older than 25-year-old Sarah when she met Biddle, and was already the mother of three young children.

In her introduction to the play, Joanna wrote, “ We spent our months together ‘trying’ to negotiate and span our enormous differences of youth and age, of class and culture.” And that’s the crux of the piece. When Sarah first goes to work for Biddle, the gulf between them is so wide that the possibility of them forming some kind of connection seems out of reach. But they keep talking.

Equally important, they listen to each other. And gradually, they develop a bond, a friendship, and real affection.

Cut to today. It’s ironic that in this technological age, when we can reach out to anyone, anywhere, our communication skills have deteriorated. People are on their phones all the time, but most aren’t talking. They’re texting, or playing games, or watching videos. In fact, lots of people now consider unscheduled phone calls rude. They prefer getting in touch by text or email or social media, using as few words as possible. Maybe you think I sound old-fashioned, but electronic forms of contact lack nuance and substance and true give-and-take and the means to really hear one another – literally and figuratively. Without human contact, our ability to communicate is stunted. The opportunity for misunderstandings expands. We can’t overcome the divides between us, or really appreciate another person’s viewpoint, if we don’t converse with each other. It’s a lesson for these times.

We look forward to seeing you in the fall to share in our 25th anniversary season. If you haven’t already done so, please take the time to renew your subscription. And if you’re not yet a subscriber, we’d love to welcome you into the fold.

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WHY I GIVE

“Theatre to think about.” Also, theatre to thoroughly enjoy, theatre that teaches, theatre that is wonderful – that’s Palm Beach Dramaworks. I was told years ago that if I enjoyed theatre, I had to go to PBD, which was located on Banyan at the time. I was hooked by the end of the first performance.

I’ve also been attending Dramawise for years, which gives me a full understanding of the play, playwright, and the creative and technical decisions made for PBD’s productions. As a result, I now find myself attending each play at least twice.

Equally important is that PBD not only brings a variety of programs to schools, but also brings students to the theatre for student matinees. The student talkbacks are brilliant. All these education programs are vital, as the arts have been and continue to be eliminated from schools.

We are so fortunate that PBD will be celebrating its 25th season in 2024-25. I feel that if you want something wonderful to continue, you must support it financially. PBD is a very important part of my life and I want it to continue.

I know that ticket prices don’t cover the company’s expenses, and so I willingly contribute what I am able.

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THE NEXT 25 YEARS As we shape the next chapter in Palm Beach Dramaworks’ story, we invite you to join us in securing our future. We will soon embark on a special $2.5 million fundraising initiative to celebrate our 25th Anniversary, and have compiled a variety of ways to support our mission. We’re pleased to share the first opportunity with you.

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Palm Beach Dramaworks presents

William Hayes Producing Artistic Director Sue Ellen Beryl Managing Director

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Joanna McClelland Glass Executive Producers Stephen Brown and Jaime Stern Director William Hayes

by Joanna McClelland Glass Photo by Tim Stepien

Originally produced at Victory Garden Theater, Chicago, Illinois Dennis Zacek, Artistic Director Sandy Shinner, Production Director March 29, 2004 Originally produced on the New York stage by Michael Leavitt, Maidstone Productions, Libby Adler Mages, Mari Stuart, Tony D’Angelo, Steve Dahl, Maria Cozzi Sandy Shinner - Production Director October 14, 2004

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Appearing through an Agreement between this theatre, [Producer], and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Assistant Director David A. Hyland Stage Manager Suzanne Clement Jones* Scenic Design Bert Scott† Costume Design Brian O’Keefe Lighting Design Addie Pawlick Sound Design Roger Arnold Assistant Stage Manager Caroline Castleman

United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE is the union representing scenic, costume, lighting, sound and projection designers in Live Performance.

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DID YOU KNOW Trying is inspired by playwright Joanna McClelland Glass’ experience as secretary to Francis Biddle, who served as attorney general for four years during Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration. She went to work for him in 1967 when he was 81, in deteriorating health, and nearing the end of his fascinating life. Here’s a look at his life and career.

(Most of the information is taken from articles that ran in The New York Times between 1927 and 1968.)

Francis Beverley Biddle was born on May 9, 1886 in Paris, where his parents were then living. His father, Algernon Sydney Biddle, a law professor Portrait by George Biddle at the University of Pennsylvania, was the greatgrandson of one of three Biddles who served in the Revolutionary War. The Biddles were a patrician Philadelphia family whose Quaker ancestors left England and arrived in the Province of New Jersey in 1681, where they acquired 48,000 acres of land. Two descendants of those immigrants moved to Philadelphia in the early part of the eighteenth century, and the Biddle family would go on to play a prominent role in the life of the city, the state, and the country.

Biddle’s mother, Frances (nee Robinson), was part of another prominent family, the Randolphs of Virginia. Edmund Jennings Randolph, Biddle’s great-great grandfather, was the country’s first attorney general and the second secretary of state. George Biddle, one of Francis’ three brothers, became a renowned painter and muralist who helped establish the Federal Arts Project during FDR’s administration. And Francis’ wife, Katherine Garrison Chapin, had a successful career as a poet and librettist. The Biddles had two sons.

Francis attended Groton, did his undergraduate work at Harvard, and went on to Harvard Law School. He received his law degree in 1911, and his grades were so good that he was chosen to serve as private secretary to Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes for a year. Holmes had an enormous effect on Biddle, who, in a memoir, described that year as “a period of breathlessness and growth.” Thirty years after working for the judge, Biddle wrote a biography called Mr. Justice Holmes, which was adapted into a Broadway play and a movie.

Biddle was the author of eight books, all nonfiction except one. His first book, published in 1927, was the satiric The Llanfear Pattern, which the critic for The New York Times praised as “a really good first novel.” Biddle seemed to adhere to the adage “write what you know” – the book skewered a large, prominent, powerful, extended Philadelphia family. The Times described the protagonist as “a graduate of the Harvard Law School, an idealistic cub.” It was probably the first time, but certainly not the last, that Biddle was called “a traitor to his class.”

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invitation from FDR (a classmate of George’s at Groton) to become the first chairman of the National Labor Relations Board in 1934, he was “vaguely intrigued by the New Deal,” but, according to the Times, took the position “in a detached spirit of noblesse oblige.” He did not think he would remain long in public service. But as he immersed himself in his new position, he became a resolute New Dealer.

Biddle helped to generate “the principles of collective bargaining embodied in the National Labor Relations Act of 1935.” The Times said he “achieved a reputation of talking little, thinking fast and acting faster.”

Subsequent positions in Roosevelt’s administration included judge on the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and US solicitor general. He became the country’s attorney general in 1941 and served for four years. On his appointment, The New York Times wrote, “Men on the left side of the street say he is too conservative. On the right side they say he is too radical. That is a pretty good sort of reputation. We may differ with him more than occasionally, but always with the regard due to an accomplished, thoughtful, courageous man.”

He was a champion of civil rights, and spoke out against anti-Semitism and racism. In a 1941 speech before governors and attorneys general, he railed against discrimination that was “continually coming up,” and referenced a recent “open, bitter attack on the Jews.” Although he didn’t name the culprit, everyone knew he was referring to a speech

by Charles Lindbergh. He said, “That this attack should have been everywhere resented throughout the country shows that Nazi methods do not find response in America.”

In 1942, Biddle opened an investigation to determine if the civil rights of Blacks had been violated, charging a conspiracy against the Sojourner Truth Homes in Detroit. On the morning 65 families were to move in, furniture was destroyed and some Blacks were stoned by Whites. Later that year, he spoke to a group of Black lawyers and told them of his fear of imminent race riots. Keenly aware of “ever-growing racial tension,” he cited five factors contributing to the powder keg, including treatment of Blacks in the service and the “contradiction between our profession of faith in democracy and our acts.” In 1944, Biddle spoke of the need of programs to protect the rights of Blacks.

The blight on his time as attorney general was that he supervised the evacuation and internment of Japanese Americans, a policy he was against from the start. He was a great admirer of Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, and in a 1962 autobiography wrote, “I was new to the Cabinet and disinclined to insist on my view to a man whose wisdom and integrity I greatly respected.” It’s a decision he regretted for the rest of his life.

When Harry Truman became president, he asked for Biddle’s resignation. But shortly thereafter, Truman asked Biddle to serve as a judge at the Nuremberg trials.

Following his public service, Biddle wrote a book in 1951 called The Fear of Freedom – one of several he wrote in retirement – in which he spoke out against the “House Committee on Un-American Activities, censorship of textbooks . . . loyalty oaths for educators [and] the Federal loyalty program.” He also condemned Joseph McCarthy when the senator was at the peak of his powers.

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Palm Beach Dramaworks presents

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Joanna McClelland Glass CAST

Judge Francis Biddle...................................... Dennis Creaghan* Sarah Schorr.......................................................Kelly McCready*

SETTING

November 1967 through June 1968

PLACE

Judge Francis Biddle's office, Georgetown, Washington DC

Production Crew Stage Manager................................................................................................... Suzanne Clement Jones* Assistant Stage Manager............................................................................................Caroline Castleman Wardrobe Supervisor.............................................................................................................John Santillan Audio Engineer.........................................................................................................................Keshin Martin Head Electrician.........................................................................................................................Dylan Carter Stage Crew Lead........................................................................................................................... Julia Howe

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DENNIS CREAGHAN (Judge Francis Biddle) has appeared at PBD in over a dozen productions in the past dozen years.

He is originally from London, but has lived in the U.S. for many years.

He was most recently seen at PBD last season in Twelve Angry Men and August: Osage County. Dennis also appeared in Freud’s Last Session and Long Day’s Journey Into Night, among many others. He has worked extensively in all media in this country and in Europe, appearing with the legendary Elizabeth Taylor in The Little Foxes in London’s West End. He was seen on Broadway in the original productions of The Elephant Man and Neil Simon’s 45 Seconds from Broadway. He has done more bad television than he cares to admit, but there were some good shows along the way, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, L.A. Law, and several appearances on Law & Order.

KELLY McCREADY (Sarah Schorr) Theatre: Commercial (The Public Theatre Devised Theater Working Group), Cherry Jam (IRT), Coriolanus (Burning House), The Crucible (Hunger Theatre), Sex Object (PIT Loft), The New Morality (OffBroadway, Mint Theater), Bigger Than You, Bigger Than Me (Off-Broadway, Theatre Row), Appropriate (Dobama Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, regional premiere), The Tempest (Ophelia Theatre Group), Radical & Abandon (Metropolitan Playhouse).

Television: Extrapolations (AppleTV+).

Film: Nana, Istikhara, New York, A Best Man, Night (Omeleto pick, with over 1

million views on YouTube). Graduate of Case Western Reserve University and the Moscow Art Theatre. Kelly is also a writer/director in preproduction for her award-winning script Perfect Love. AEA. @kellyraemac / burninghousecompany.com JOANNA McCLELLAND GLASS (Playwright) was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1936.

Her plays have been produced in regional theatres around the United States and Canada, on Broadway and Off-Broadway, as well as in England, Ireland, Australia, and Germany. Trying (2004), Glass’ best-known work, was first seen at Chicago’s Victory Gardens Theatre and then at the Promenade Theatre Off-Broadway, and is inspired by her experience working as secretary for Francis Biddle, who served as attorney general under Franklin Delano Roosevelt from 1941-45. Other plays include Canadian Gothic and American Modern, two one-acts originally produced by Manhattan Theatre Club in 1972; Artichoke (1974), starring Collen Dewhurst, which premiered at Long Wharf Theatre; To Grandmother’s House We Go (1980), starring Eva Le Gallienne, first presented at the Alley Theatre in Houston in 1980 before moving to Broadway; Play Memory (1983), directed by Harold Prince, first at the McCarter Theatre and subsequently on Broadway, where it received a 1984 Tony Award nomination despite a very brief run; as well as Yesteryear (1989), If We Are Women (1993), Palmer Park (2008), and Mrs. Dexter and Her Daily (2010). Glass is also the author of two novels, Reflections of a Mountain Summer and Woman Wanted. She is the recipient of a Rockefeller grant, an NEA grant, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.

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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. Earlier this season, he directed the world premiere of Jenny Connell Davis’ The Messenger. 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. He began his career as an actor, and was most recently seen in PBD’s acclaimed productions of Reginald Rose’s Twelve Angry Men and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.

DAVID A. HYLAND (Assistant Director) is the Chair of the Theatre Department at Palm Beach State College.

He was previously seen at PBD as Sheriff Deon Gilbeau in August: Osage County, The Visitor in The Spitfire Grill, Herr Fahrenkopf in The Night of the Iguana, Sam Craig in Our Town, Karl Lindner in A Raisin in the Sun, and Frank in All My Sons.

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understudying the male roles in the latter.

He has also been seen in South Florida at Theatre Lab, playing Roger in Tar Beach. Other notable credits include Edward in Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, Eddie in Fool for Love, and Benedick and Dogberry in a six-actor version of Much Ado About Nothing. David also performs regularly with an improv theatre group called Mod 27 and holds an MFA in acting from The Ohio State University.

SUZANNE CLEMENT JONES (Stage Manager) has been stage managing at PBD since All My Sons in 2011, the company’s first production at the Don & Ann Brown Theatre.

Recent shows for PBD include Lobby Hero, Topdog/Underdog, 4000 Miles, The Belle of Amherst, Intimate Apparel, The People Downstairs, and Ordinary Americans.

At Maltz Jupiter Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, 42nd Street, Oliver!, Sweet Charity, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and I Hate Hamlet.

As a lighting designer, productions include The Subject was Roses, The Price, and That Championship Season at PBD; Cane and The Cha-Cha of a Camel Spider at Florida Stage; Death and the Maiden and The Birds at Mosaic Theatre; and Ring of Fire at Arts Garage. She earned a Carbonell Award for her lighting design of Dark Rapture in 1995. Suzanne has an MFA in design from Northwestern University, is proud to be a member of Actors’ Equity Association, and is presently leading the South Florida Equity community.

BERT SCOTT (Scenic Design) made his PBD debut last season with 4000 Miles. His OffBroadway designs include The Cocktail Hour, The Middle Ages, A Nervous Smile, Bass for Picasso, The Merchant of Venice, According to Goldman, The Unexpected Guest, The Artificial Jungle, and The Fourth Wall. Regionally, Bert has designed for Orlando Rep, Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Florida Rep, North Shore

Music Theatre, Theatre By The Sea, Stages St. Louis, Mark Twain Playhouse, North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, Triad Stage, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Nickelodeon, and Norwegian Cruise Lines. Bert holds a BS in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech, an MFA in theatre design from UNC – Greensboro, and is a Professor of Theatre at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. bertscott.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.

ADDIE PAWLICK (Lighting Design) is excited to be returning to PBD to finish out the company’s twenty-fourth season. Addie was previously head electrician for PBD from 2021-23. Her design credits here include theAcademy@pbd’s Songs for a New World, The Legacy Project (2022 and 2023), and the Young Playwrights 10-Minute Play Contest (2023) . Addie currently works and designs in and around Orlando. Recent regional theatre designs include Matilda, High School Musical, and Legally Blonde (Mill Mountain Theatre). addiepawlick.com

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 Death of a Salesman, The Cancellation of Lauren Fein, 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.

CAROLINE CASTLEMAN (Assistant Stage Manager) is in her third season at PBD. Credits here include Death of a Salesman, The Cancellation of Lauren Fein, 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 (2024 and 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 (College-Conservatory of Music).

*Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) was founded in 1913 as the first of the American actor unions. Equity’s mission is to advance, promote and foster the art of live theatre as an essential component of our society. Today, Equity represents more than 40,000 actors, singers, dancers and stage managers working in hundreds of theatres across the United States. Equity members are dedicated to working in the theatre as a profession, upholding the highest artistic standards.

Equity negotiates wages and working conditions and provides a wide range of benefits including health and pension plans for its members. Through its agreement with Equity, this theatre has committed to the fair treatment of the actors and state managers employed in this production.

AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO and is affiliated with FIA, an international organization of performing arts unions. For more Information, visit www.actorsequity.org.

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Palm Beach Dramaworks Staff Executive Producing Artistic Director Managing Director Chief Financial & Operating Officer

William Hayes Sue Ellen Beryl Rudina Toro

Administrative Business & HR Director Director of Education & Community Engagement Marketing Coordinator Company & House Manager Box Office & Concessions Manager Assistant Box Office Manager Box Office Associates

Lara Garcia Gary Cadwallader Alessandra Lasanta Pierre Tannous Mark Sullivan Lauren Bell Alexa Rosenberger Desmond Lewis

Production Production Manager/Resident Sound Designer Technical Director Assistant Technical Director/Lead Carpenter Head of Properties/Shop Assistant Audio Engineer/Technical Assistant Costume Shop Manager/Resident Costume Designer Wardrobe Supervisor Assistant Stage Manager Head Electrician Stage Crew Lead

Roger Arnold Doug Wilkinson Kira Barnes Saylor Novonglosky Keshin Martin Brian O’Keefe John Santillan Caroline Castleman Dylan Carter Julia Howe

Artists in Residence Resident Director Resident Scenic Designer Resident Lighting Designer Resident Projection Designer Resident Playwright/Literary Manager

J. Barry Lewis Anne Mundell Kirk Bookman Adam J. Thompson Jenny Connell Davis

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Sheryl Flatow Jennifer Sardone-Shiner Paul Gaschler Jackie D’Onofrio Brittani Millington

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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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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

2023/24 Board of Directors

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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

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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 • An 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

For more information contact Sue Ellen Beryl (561) 514-4042 ext 102 or email sberyl@palmbeachdramaworks.org 26 palmbeachdramaworks.org

Cheers to Palm Beach Dramaworks in 2024!

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Become a Subscriber to the 2024/25 Season Today!

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Dramawise 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.

Trying 5/23

OutStage@pbd Special evenings of each PBD production that engage the LGBTQ community.

Evenings include a pre-show reception, the play, and a post-show reception.

Trying 5/31

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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.

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Congratulations to the Winners of the Second Annual

STUDENT Giulianna Apolinario Emma Betancur Christina Bontrager Olivia Jada Clitus Skye Davis Brooke DiTommaso Maggie Douglas Zunayra Erisha Berrak Erkuloglu Sarah Esmail Callahan Fernandez Beckett Hess Devin Jackson Karina Jacobs Daniella Lent Nyla Matthews Alexendra Peña Dresly Pierre Colton Shortell

GRADE 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 8 7 8 8 6 6 6 8 8

SCHOOL Eagles Landing Middle School Bak Middle School of the Arts Watson B. Duncan Middle School Woodlands Middle School Bak Middle School of the Arts Watson B. Duncan Middle School Bak Middle School of the Arts Christa McAuliffe Middle School Watson B. Duncan Middle School Eagles Landing Middle School Watson B. Duncan Middle School Watson B. Duncan Middle School Bak Middle School of the Arts Watson B. Duncan Middle School Bak Middle School of the Arts Watson B Duncan Middle School Watson B. Duncan Middle School Woodlands Middle School Christa McAuliffe Middle School

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. palmbeachdramaworks.org 31

Thank You to our volunteers

"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention."

—Oscar Wilde

To learn more about becoming a PBD volunteer usher, contact Pierre Tannous at 561-514-4042 x107 or ptannous@palmbeachdramaworks.org

Congratulations to our 2023/24

PBD Ambassadors!

We’re so grateful for their support in spreading the word about our Theatre.

Louise Austin Penny Bank Sue Casher Elaine & Tom Ernolovich Marcia Halpern

Carlton Moody Mary Jane Range Lois Steinberg Louise Synder Jenifer Wilbers

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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 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 Laura Niklaus The Shubert Foundation Toni and Martin Sosnoff Donations received May 1, 2023-May 1, 2024

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CONVENIENT PARKING OPTIONS Rates vary by location

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.

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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 Heather and Bruce Cohen Hermine Drezner Eric Friedheim Foundation

Susan and Larry Goldfein Nancy Goodes Judy and Lew Kramer Louise and Barry Snyder Mimi and Frank Walsh

$10,000 - $14,999

Honorable Ann Brown Mary Keymer Esther and Sid Dinerstein Patricia Lebow James Fuld Mary Lupo and Edward M. Ricci Roe Green Robert Nederlander Brenda and Ed Holt Bernard Perry Reuben and Robin Jeffery Arlene and Aarne Reid Norman Resnick $5,000 - $9,999 Chastain Charitable Foundation Joan Lazarus Judy Berkowitz Priscilla Leslie Lisa Koza, Northern Trust Monica and Terry Mayotte Daft Family Foundation Beverly Myers First Republic Bank, Charles Orozco Diane and John Dalsimer Ruben Rodriguez, JPMorgan Sara and Charles Fabrikant Hilary Shane Samuel M. Feldman Gretchen Shugart Vicky and Peter Halmos Marlene and Marty Silver Priscilla Heublein Donna and Charles Ward Stephen Jacobs Janet Yaseen Foundation Donations received May 1, 2023-May 1, 2024

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Thank You for Supporting Our Annual Fund Your generosity keeps the curtain rising! $1,000 - $4,999 Jean Hutchison The Fledgling Fund Gayle Brody Jacobs Macy's Inc. Daniel Kaufman and Timothy Beaver Laurel Baker Allan and Margaret Keene The David Kimmel Foundation Susan and Charles Kiernan Kelly and Michael Gottlieb David Kwiat Jeanne Kanders Sidney Lesowitz and Peter Rogers Theatre Guild At Mirasol Judy Lewent and Mark Shapiro Beth Alcalde, Akerman LLP The Koch Ellis Fund Sherry and Tom Barrat Ibby Lucas Janet Bent Virginia Lynn Barbara and Bruce Berger Stephen and Emily Magowan Barbara Blanck Barbara and Eric Malkin Bitasta (Vitti) Chaturvedi & Family Pamela and Brian McIver Paul Bernabeo and David Cohen Nancy and Paul McKenna Tom and Ella D'Agostino Bel and Peter Miller Anonymous Richard Milstein Elaine and Thomas Ermolovich Joan and Carlton Moody Lynne and Perry Feyk Rodica and Albin Morariu Susan and William Fink Anonymous John Foster Cynthia Nalley Renate Franco Stephanie and John Pew Richard and Connie Galley Mary Ellen and Michael Peyton Sandra and George Garfunkel Elizabeth and Gerald Rorer Joan Gelch and Morris Weintraub Lisa and Jeff Rosenkranz Eric Geller and Susan Metzler Kirkman Linda and Harold Rosenson Monique and Dan Goldwasser Jane Rothchild Robin and David Gray Elaine and Larry Rothenberg Rachel Grody Byron Gross and Ricky Tovim Dan Sampson, Milestone Mortgage Corp.

William Harris Betsy Sell Suzanne Holmes Phyllis and Herbert Siegel Donations received May 1, 2023-May 1, 2024

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Thank You for Supporting Our Annual Fund Your generosity keeps the curtain rising! $1,000 - $4,999 continued Linda and Don Silpe Barbara Sommers Carole and William Strawbridge Caroline von Feilitzsch Diane and Nicholas Trentacoste Judith and Howard Weiner Frances and Robert Weisman

Lois and Barry Weiss Ron Wetzel and Nathan Hench Lee Wolf and Jordan Cohen Admirals Cove Foundation Robin Woodard Nancy Yanofsky Marcy and Jack Zeltzer

$500 - $999 Marjorie and Sheldon Konigsberg Anonymous Brenda Kulick Carlyle Insurance Agency, Inc. Marjorie Marks Nancy and Peter Brown Millie and David McCoy Susan and John Connor Joanne Polozker Martha and Milt Dalitzky Dianne Quinn Jessica Eagan Peter Rezzonico Dana Egert Susan Schwartz Beth and Rich Fentin Richard Seltzer Margaret Flah Ellen Shapiro Bob Goren and Roxanne Loewentheil Francine and Art Siegel Allison and Stuart Haft Lois Steinberg Ellen Hart Roland and Judith Stenta Linda and Hank Klaiman Janice and Arnold Weisler Nancy and Paul Knapp Esther and Richard Zaretsky

$100 - $499 Joan and Jay Albert Diane and Peter Arnet Beth Baker Joan Balfour Susan Bauchner Nona Redding Bilionis Margaret and Matthew Blake Susan and Jerome Block Karen and Alfred Blum Jacqueline and Jean Claude Boutrouille Julianne Boyd

Amy Brand Iris Capobianco Natasha Consigli Diane and Bob Cornell Janet and David Desmon Louise Dougher Sally Drob Sandra Ekberg Geri Elias and Art Hartstein Karen and Jay Eliezer Ron Ezring

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Thank You for Supporting Our Annual Fund Your generosity keeps the curtain rising! $100 - $499 continued John Fariello Donna and Steven Feldman Melanie and Mort Fishman Helen Franke Anonymous Frances Freyman John Geraci Debby Gershon Rana Gerson Diane and Robert Ghormley Doris Gilman Joan Goldstein Sharon and Bruce Goodman Conrad Goulet and Orlando Chiang Carol and Albert Hallac Tom Hantzarides and Anastasios Samaras Eva and Irwin Hausman Rochelle and David Hirsch Rona and Sam Hollander Nancy and Barry Horowitz Leigh Jacobs Elaine and Harmon Katz Paula Katz and Bob Davison Judy and John Keller Barbara Messick and Emil Kessler Rena and Steven Klosk Edward Klotz and Linda Allen Shirley Koo Judith and Paul Lakind Ann and Stephen Leber Sheila Leventhal Barbara and Myron Levy Cheryl and Al Liebowitz Miriam Lieff and Albert Goldberg Deena and Stuart Lockman Rachel and Per Lorentzen Ellen Lott Barbara Lurie Anonymous Mary Ann Martin Laura McMullen Elaine and David Mendelow Sharon and Keith Meyer

Deborah and Ernest Mhoon Lynne Minsky Harriet Molk Eileen and Anthony Montalbano Susan Morris Beverly and Marvin Morse Alison and Thomas O'Brien Marjorie O'Neill Butler Susan and Norman Oblon Jeffrey Parker Abby and Steve Perelman Charlotte and Norman Plotsky Robin and Joseph Pollack Jill Preston Mary Jane Range Geri and Irv Ratner Joyce Reisman Alison and David Rice Beverly Ringel Patti and John Riter Charles Rose Marion Rosencrans Susan and Jerome Rosenzweig Frumet and David Sachs Linda and Michael Schneider Peter Schneider and Dena Seigel Phoebe and Sam Shochat Paul Siegel Nellie Lou Slagle Tema Smeyne and Edward Gerstein Carol Smith Toni Smith and Jerrold Feigenbaum Molly and Nick St. Cavish Roberta and Phillip Strasburg Cari and Lenny Sukienik Elaine C. Tucker Louis Tyrrell Ellen Wedner Michele and Robert Weiss Carol Weltz Shelby and Charles Werner Kay Wight Kimberly and Roger Yaseen Bob Zwicky

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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

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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

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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2024/25 SEASON 561.514.4042 | palmbeachdramaworks.org

LOST IN YONKERS

November 1 - 17, 2024 When their widowed father heads south to try and earn a living, two teenage boys, Jay and Arty, are left in the care of their autocratic Grandma Kurnitz, whose four adult children have been damaged by her cruelty. Set during World War II, this funny and touching Pulitzer Prize-winning memory play is both an exploration of the wounds inflicted by family, and a testament to the power of familial love and resiliency.

By Neil Simon

THE DRESSER

December 20, 2024 - January 5, 2025 It’s 1942, bombs are dropping over England, and a renowned but fading actor is bringing Shakespeare to the provinces with a ragtag troupe. Sir, scheduled to give his 227th performance of King Lear, is in no condition to go on, but his devoted, self-sacrificing dresser, Norman, is determined to get him onstage. Sir and Norman’s co-dependent – if unequal – relationship is the heartbeat of this warts-and-all, tragicomic valentine to the transcendent magic of theatre.

By Ronald Harwood

THE HUMANS

February 14 - March 2, 2025 There’s a sense of disquiet in the air when the loving, if dysfunctional, Blake clan gathers for Thanksgiving dinner in daughter Brigid’s dingy Chinatown apartment. “A family play that is sort of infected by my love of the thriller genre,” is how the playwright once described this Tony Award-winning comedy drama, in which the foibles, fears, and fragilities of an American family play out with great insight, humor, and compassion.

By Stephen Karam

CAMPING WITH HENRY AND TOM April 11 - 27, 2025

Warren G. Harding, eager to get away from the press, prying eyes, and the presidency, accepts an invitation to join Henry Ford and Thomas Edison on their annual camping trip. Stranded in the woods, they converse about politics, ambition, family, and fame, revealing three starkly different personalities and world views. A work of fiction inspired by an actual 1921 excursion, the play deals with issues and ideas that remain as relevant today as they were 100 years ago.

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DANGEROUS INSTRUMENTS May 23 - June 8, 2025

By Gina Montet

Laura, a determined single mother, faces the ultimate test of love for her exceptionally bright son, Daniel. When Daniel’s brilliance spirals into darkness, Laura finds herself thrust into a gripping battle against a broken system. In a race against time, she must confront a parent’s deepest fears and sacrifice everything to rescue her son from the brink of becoming America’s next tragic headline.