Selling Kabul
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From the Playwright: Sylvia Khoury
My aforementioned maternal greatgrandfather, Samuel Amsellem, was born in Tlemcen, Algeria in 1894. This made him French — but only barely. In 1870, the Jews of Algeria had been granted French citizenship through the controversial Crémieux Decree (widely considered to have been a means of dividing, and therefore controlling, French Algeria’s colonized Jewish and Muslim populations). Samuel was Jewish and therefore French, and so was sent to fight for France in Germany during the First World War. He sustained a severe leg wound and inhalational gas injuries, and died at 34, likely from respiratory complications. Thirty years after Samuel had fought and died on behalf of France, his daughter (my grandmother) Marie-Liliane was pulled out of high school (along with every other school-aged Jewish child) per order of what was now Vichy France. The Crémieux Decree was reversed, and her citizenship revoked. France, the country her father had died for, had cast her out. Now, I won’t pretend that this story has a tragic ending. It doesn’t. The Second World War ended before Algerian Jews could meet the same terrible fates as their European counterparts. The Crémieux Decree was reinstated in 1943 and remained in place until the Algerian War for Independence. But I often think of those three years of limbo. Three years without citizenship, without any way of imagining the future, in which one thought must have played and replayed in my
Photo by Zack DeZon
Every time I sit down to work on this play, I cannot rid myself of the recentlycolorized, very mustachioed image of my blue-eyed Algerian great-grandfather. Although I’m certain he never set foot in Afghanistan, I find him psychically linked to the character of Taroon in my play, the Afghan interpreter promised a visa in exchange for collaborating with the American military at great personal risk.
grandmother’s mind: we were only French when convenient. In times of war, of military campaigns, of unrest — the amorphous state must suddenly become flesh and blood. The arms, legs, and minds of individuals cease to be their own and instead are pieced together to give the state a bodily form. It requires hands to hold weapons, lungs to breathe gas, and mouths to translate. And in those moments of peril and patriotism, every part unquestioningly belongs to the state. But the moment the campaign is ended, the need fulfilled, the body disbanded — what then? When World War I ended, Samuel’s body became his own, not France’s. His lungs deteriorated, and this was not France’s concern. In fact, his daughter was easily dismissed by the state he had given his flesh for. When we no longer needed men like Taroon, their bodies, too, became their own again, and their lives and those of their families, not our concern. This is not a new story of betrayal. Every family has one, if you look far enough. I had to go three generations back to locate mine. As for Taroon — and other individuals like him — their story is now, and we are failing them.
Tambo & Bones Written by
Dave Harris Directed by
Taylor Reynolds World premiere A co-production with Center Theatre Group Starts Jan 12 in the Mainstage Theater
“Dave Harris’ challenging and formally unique pieces mark the beginning of what will undoubtedly be a long life in the American theatre.” Santa Barbara Independent
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Up Next: A rags-to-riches hip-hop journey that roasts America’s racist past, wrestles America’s racist present, and explodes America’s post-racial future.
Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater Artistic Director
Adam Greenfield
Managing Director
Leslie Marcus
General Manager
Carol Fishman
in association with Williamstown Theatre Festival
presents
Selling Kabul Written by
Sylvia Khoury Featuring
Francis Benhamou Mattico David
Marjan Neshat
Dario Ladani Sanchez Scenic Design
Arnulfo Maldonado Press Representative
Costume Design
Montana Levi Blanco
Blake Zidell & Associates Associate Managing Director
Kyle Sircus
Lighting Design
Jen Schriever Alex Fetchko
Casting
Alaine Alldaffer, CSA
Associate Artistic Director
Natasha Sinha
Brett Anders
Jenna Ready
Tyne Rafaeli World Premiere produced in July 2019 by Williamstown Theatre Festival, Mandy Greenfield, Artistic Director
Lee Kinney
Production Stage Manager
Associate General Manager
Directed by
Sound Design
Cast
(in order of appearance) Taroon Afiya Leyla Jawid
DARIO LADANI SANCHEZ MARJAN NESHAT FRANCIS BENHAMOU MATTICO DAVID
Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager
BRETT ANDERS BRYAN BAUER
Selling Kabul will be performed without an intermission.
About the Artists FRANCIS BENHAMOU (Leyla). Playwrights: The Profane. Other OffBroadway: I Call My Brothers, INVASION! (PlayCo); Motel Cherry (Clubbed Thumb/ New Georges); Three Women (59E59); C:10 (The CollectiveNY). Film: Women Who Kill, Listen Up Phillip, Breaking Upwards, Arranged, Neal Cassady. TV: “Daredevil,” “Inside Amy Schumer,” “Life and Beth,” “The Bronx is Burning.” Maggie Flanigan Studio. Ensemble member of The CollectiveNY. A special thanks to the whole Playwrights team, so thrilled to be back! @francisbenhamou MATTICO DAVID (Jawid). Playwrights: Noura. Regional: Noura (Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Old Globe, Marin Theatre Company); A Streetcar Named Desire, Boeing-Boeing, A Stone Carver, Escanaba In Da’ Moonlight, Best Of Friends, Apartment 3A, Corktown, Bleeding Red, Consider The Oyster, Growing Pretty, White Buffalo (Purple Rose Theatre Company); American Buffalo, Disgraced (JET Theatre); Danny And The Deep Blue Sea (Flint City Theatre). BFA in Theater: University of Michigan. MARJAN NESHAT (Afiya). Playwrights debut. Off-Broadway: Joan (Colt-Coeur), Queens (WP), Julius Caesar (NYSF), The Seagull (CSC). Regional: Selling Kabul (Williamstown), Scorched (ACT), Fallaci (Berkeley Rep), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare on the Sound).
Film: Love 40, Chromophobia, Almost in Love, Robocop, The Book of Henry, Sex in the City 2, First Person Singular. TV: “For Life,” “Quantico,” “Strangers,” “New Amsterdam,” “Rescue Me,” “Elementary,” “Royal Pains,” “Blue Bloods,” “Person of Interest,” “Law & Order.” DARIO LADANI SANCHEZ (Taroon). Playwrights debut. New York: Juliet & Romeo (The Brick), a wake for david’s fucked-up face (winner, Sam French OOB). Regional: Hand to God (SpeakEasy). International: La Storia di Colapesce (Trinacria Theatre Company, Sicily). Reading/Workshop: Chautauqua, Two River, Huntington. Film: The Bull Cage. Undergrad: Northeastern University; MFA: Yale School of Drama. @darioladani SYLVIA KHOURY (Playwright). Playwrights debut. Sylvia is a New Yorkborn writer of French and Lebanese descent. Her plays include Selling Kabul (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Power Strip (LCT3), Against the Hillside (Ensemble Studio Theater), and The Place Women Go. She is currently under commission from Lincoln Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Seattle Repertory Theater. Awards include the 2021 Whiting Award for Drama, the L. Arnold Weissberger Award and Jay Harris Commission, and a Citation of Excellence from the Laurents/ Hatcher Awards. She is a member of EST/ Youngblood and a previous member of
the 2018-2019 Rita Goldberg Playwrights’ Workshop at The Lark and the 2016-2018 WP Lab. Her plays have been developed at Playwrights Horizons, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Eugene O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference, Roundabout Theater Underground, Lark Playwrights’ Week, EST/Youngblood, and WP Theater. She holds a BA from Columbia University and an MFA from the New School for Drama. She obtained her MD from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in May 2021. TYNE RAFAELI (Director). Playwrights Horizons: Craig Lucas’ I Was Most Alive with You (NY Times Critics’ Pick). Recent productions include Sylvia Khoury’s Power Strip at LCT3 and Selling Kabul at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Ming Peiffer’s Usual Girls at Roundabout Theater Company (NY Times Critics’ Pick and Drama Desk nom.), Lauren Yee’s In A Word at The Cherry Lane (NY Times Critics’ Pick), Keith Bunin’s The Coast Starlight at La Jolla Playhouse, the West Coast premiere of Martyna Majok’s Ironbound (Ovation winner), and the world premiere of Anna Ziegler’s Actually (Ovation winner) at The Geffen Playhouse and Michael Yates Crowley’s The Rape of the Sabine Women at The Playwrights Realm. Her work has also been seen at The Public, MTC, Atlantic, Classic Stage Company, MCC, Cal Shakes, The McCarter, and The Old Globe amongst others. TV: “The Good Fight.” Tyne has directed various original audio series for Audible and is currently co-producing and directing a new scripted series for Spotify. She was a 2016-18 Time Warner Directing Fellow at the Women’s Project Theater and received the 2014 SDCF’s Sir John Gielgud Fellowship for Direction. ARNULFO MALDONADO (Scenic Designer). Playwrights: A Strange Loop (Special Citation Obie), I Was Most Alive with You, Dance Nation, Iowa, Men on Boats. Broadway: Trouble In Mind (Roundabout). Off-Broadway: Paris (Atlantic), Fires in the Mirror (Signature), one in two (The New Group), Nollywood Dreams, School Girls... (MCC), Sugar in Our Wounds (MTC, Lucille Lortel Award). Regional: Alley
Theatre, Berkeley Rep, CTG, Guthrie, Steppenwolf. International Tour: The Magnetic Fields: 50 Song Memoir. 2020 Obie Sustained Excellence in Set Design, Princess Grace Fabergé Theater Award, Henry Hewes Design Award nominee. arnulfomaldonado.com MONTANA LEVI BLANCO (Costume Designer). Playwrights: A Strange Loop. Other Off-Broadway: Fairview, Is God Is (Soho Rep.); Ain’t No Mo’ (The Public); Fabulation, In The Blood, The Death of the Last Black Man… (Signature); Fefu and Her Friends, He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box (TFANA); The House That Will Not Stand, Red Speedo (NYTW); “Daddy” (Vineyard/New Group). Awards: Drama Desk, Obie, Lucille Lortel, Henry Hewes. Education: Oberlin College, Brown University, Yale School of Drama. montanaleviblanco.com. JEN SCHRIEVER (Lighting Designer). Playwrights: A Strange Loop. Broadway: Lackawanna Blues, What the Constitution Means to Me, Grand Horizons, The Lifespan of a Fact, Eclipsed, Ghetto Klown. OffBroadway: Power Strip (LCT3); Superhero (Second Stage); What the Constitution Means to Me (NYTW); Thom Pain, Night is a Room (Signature); Collective Rage, School Girls.... (MCC); Usual Girls, Bobbie Clearly, On the Exhale (Roundabout); Dan Cody’s Yacht (MTC). Opera: Die Fledermaus (Metropolitan Opera); The Pearl Fishers (English National Opera, London). Adjunct Professor: Purchase College. Mom: Henry. jenschriever.com ALEX FETCHKO (Lighting Designer). Playwrights debut. Broadway: Chicken & Biscuits. Off-Broadway: Halfway Bitches Go Straight to Heaven (Atlantic), Hurricane Diane (NYTW), Sakina’s Restaurant (Audible), Broadbend Arkansas (Transport Group), The Sickness (Varda Productions). Regional: Ogunquit Playhouse, Goodnight Nobody and Gloria: A Life (McCarter Theatre), Summer’s Soldier (Williamstown Theatre Festival), Red Velvet (Office of War Info), Beckett in Brief (Commonwealth Shakespeare Co), A Little Night Music (Huntington). Touring: An Officer and a Gentleman. alexfetchko.com
LEE KINNEY (Sound Designer) is a sound and music artist working in theatre, film and events. Playwrights: The Light Years. Broadway: Is This A Room. Other Off-Broadway: Morning Sun (MTC); Is This A Room, Can You Forgive Her? (Vineyard); “Daddy” (The New Group/Vineyard); Gnit, A Doll’s House/The Father (TFANA); For All the Women (Soho Rep.); Sunday (Atlantic); Thom Pain (Signature); Homos (Labyrinth). Other projects include work with Google, Virgin Voyages, Swing Left, The Dance Cartel and The Ghostlight Project. Awarded Outer Critics Circle Honors for Outstanding Sound Design, nominated for Lucille Lortel Award, Drama Desk Award, and Henry Hewes Design Award. Thanks to Kris. @thisisleekinney BRETT ANDERS (Production Stage Manager). Playwrights: I Was Most Alive with You, The Treasurer, Bella. Other Off-Broadway: Persuasion (Bedlam); Power Strip, The Harvest (LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater); BLKS (MCC); Cyprus Avenue, Mobile Unit: Henry V (The Public); [PORTO] (WP/Bushwick Starr). Regional: Selling Kabul (Williamstown); Twelfth Night, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Two River); Miller, Mississippi (Long Wharf); Bedlam’s Sense & Sensibility (A.R.T.); 40 productions at Alley Theatre in Houston, TX. BRYAN BAUER (Assistant Stage Manager). Playwrights: Dance Nation, Miles for Mary, Bella: An American Tall Tale, The Light Years, A Life. Broadway: Slave Play. Off-Broadway: Enemy of the People (Park Avenue Armory); Mrs. Murray’s Menagerie, KPOP (Ars Nova); Slave Play (NYTW); The Things That Were There (The Bushwick Star); We’re Gonna Die, King Liz (2ST). Regional: The Black Clown (A.R.T/Lincoln Center); Skeleton Crew (Westport Country Playhouse); In Your Arms, Roar of the Greasepaint…. (NYSAF); A Christmas Carol (Lyric Theatre); Bernstein’s MASS (Canterbury Chorale Society). Dance: Oklahoma City Ballet, Vail Dance Festival.
WILLIAMSTOWN THEATRE FESTIVAL, a Tony Award-winning theatre, has brought emerging and professional theatre artists together for 67 years to create a thrilling summer festival of world premiere work alongside fresh, new revivals. New plays and musicals commissioned, developed, and produced at the Festival fill theatres around the world. In the abbreviated 2019-20 theatrical season, WTF was represented or scheduled to be represented on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regionally by The Sound Inside, The Rose Tattoo, Grand Horizons, Seared, Selling Kabul, Unknown Soldier, and Lempicka, among others. Cost of Living, which premiered at WTF, received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Learn more at wtfestival.org. PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS is dedicated to cultivating the most important American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, as well as developing and producing their bold new plays and musicals. Adam Greenfield became Artistic Director in 2020; Leslie Marcus has served as Managing Director since 1993. As it enters its 50th anniversary season, Playwrights builds upon its diverse and renowned body of work, counting 400 writers among its artistic roster. In addition to its onstage work each season, Playwrights’ singular commitment to nurturing American theater artists guides all of the institution’s multifaceted initiatives: our acclaimed New Works Lab, a robust commissioning program, an innovative curriculum at its Theater School, and more. Robert Moss founded Playwrights in 1971 and cemented the mission that continues to guide the institution today. André Bishop served as Artistic Director from 1981–1992. Don Scardino succeeded him and served until 1996. Tim Sanford, the organization’s longest-serving Artistic Director, held the position from 19962020. Over its 50-year history, Playwrights has been recognized with numerous awards and honors, including seven Pulitzer Prizes, 13 Tony Awards, and 47 Obie Awards.
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Playwrights Horizons Staff OPENING NIGHT: DECEMBER 6, 2021
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR........ ADAM GREENFIELD MANAGING DIRECTOR...........LESLIE MARCUS GENERAL MANAGER............ CAROL FISHMAN Associate General Manager.................. Jenna Ready Company Manager............................... Maggie Swahl Assistant Company Manager and Head House Manager.............. Terrelle Jones ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR........................ NATASHA SINHA Literary Director........................................ Lizzie Stern Artistic Programs Producer............ Karl Baker Olson Literary and Community Engagement Assistant................May Treuhaft-Ali CASTING DIRECTOR......... ALAINE ALLDAFFER Associate Casting Director....................Lisa Donadio COMMISSIONED ARTISTS Doris Duke Charitable Foundation/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Commissions David Adjmi, Clare Barron, Dave Harris, Amy Herzog, Lucas Hnath, Ike Holter, Julia Jordan, Greg Keller Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Commissions Kate Attwell, Christopher Chen, Heather Christian, Mia Chung, Samuel D. Hunter, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, Taylor Mac, Bruce Norris, Tori Sampson Kate and Seymour Weingarten Commissions Cesar Alvarez, Kate Cortesi, Sarah DeLappe, Bathsheba Doran, Emily Feldman, Marco Ramirez, Ianne Fields Stewart Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Commission Lisa Kron Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Program for Commissioning Women in the Performing Arts Danai Gurira, Aleshea Harris, Sarah B. Mantell Amal Commission Mona Mansour Jody Falco and Jeffrey Steinman Commissions for Emerging Playwrights T. Adamson, Brittany K. Allen, Will Arbery, Bleu Beckford-Burrell, Agnes Borinsky, John J. Caswell, Jr., Milo Cramer, Julia Izumi, Hansol Jung, Jiehae Park, Korde Tuttle Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Musicals in Partnership Initiative Commissions Todd Almond and Lear deBessonet M.E.W. Commissions David Adjmi, Ricky Ian Gordon, Michael Korie, Anne Washburn Stacey Mindich Productions Commission Jenny Giering, Adam Gwon, Karen Hartman
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The actors and stage managers employed in this production are members of actors’ equity association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 is the union representing scenic, costume, lighting, sound and projection designers in Live Performance. WARNING: The photographing or sound recording of any performance or the possession of any device for such photographing or sound recording inside this theater, without the written permission of the management, is prohibited by law. Violators may be punished by ejection and violations may render the offender liable for money damages. FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency please do not run – WALK TO THAT EXIT. Thoughtless persons annoy patrons and endanger the safety of others by lighting matches or smoking in prohibited areas during the performances and intermissions. This violates a city ordinance and is punishable by law. FIRE COMMISSIONER
STAFF FOR SELLING KABUL COMPANY MANAGER................MAGGIE SWAHL Production Stage Manager.................... Brett Anders Assistant Stage Manager........................Bryan Bauer Assistant Company Manager and Head House Manager...................... Terrelle Jones Directing Fellow.......................................... Adam Coy Stage Management Fellow........................Ryan Kane Fight Director.....................UnkleDave’s Fight-House Properties Supervisor.......................Alexander Wylie Assistant Scenic Designer..........................Joe Burt Paint Charge..................................................Kira Britt Carpenters..........Granville Bell, Francisco Martinez, Charlie Mosley, Dulfy Trinidad , Kimberly Valerio Assistant Costume Designer......... Jessica Crawford Wardrobe Supervisor.................................... Jac Ford Costume Crew..................................Samantha Wood Assistant Lighting Designer........Paul Vaillancourt Production Electrician............Desi McCoy-Fischer Lighting Programmer.......................... Matt Steinberg Light Board Operator..................................Celia Frey Lighting Crew...............................Stephen Cornelius, Sarah Green, Tim J. Lord Audio Supervisor................................... Ross Monroe Sound Board Operator....................... Kevin Novinsky Audio Crew.................Brandon Bulls, Mark Van Hare Artwork Design...........................................Jeff Rogers COVID Safety Officer....................... Alyssa Lundberg Sub COVID Safety Officer....................Ashley Burton House Managers....................... Kimberly Chatterjee, Rachael Murray, Carolyn Emery Vaccination Managers........................ Joanna Pisano, Jaime Welcher AUTHORS’ THANKS
Thank you first and foremost to the Afghan men and women who have contributed to this play throughout the years. Thank you to the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and other such organizations who work to rectify wrongs done on behalf of our country. Thank you to Mandy Greenfield for believing in this piece and Anna L. Weissberger for her generous award. Thank you to Adam Greenfield for remaining committed to programming this work through historic upheavals, and to Natasha Sinha and Lizzie Stern for their tremendous support. Thank you to La Jolla Playhouse, Noor Theater, EST/Youngblood, Babak Tafti, Omid Abtahi, May Calamawy, Omar Metwally, GT Upchurch and Leigh Silverman for their deep contributions to this piece. Special thanks to Martin Willner, Dr. Paule Giliberto, Dr. Andre Khoury, Claudia Khoury, Nicole Burdette, and Ally Shuster for their constant, unwavering support.
CREDITS
Scenery by Playwrights Horizons Scenic Shop
SPECIAL FUNDING
Special thanks to the Violet Jabara Charitable Trust for its generous support of this production. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
SPECIAL THANKS
No One Left Behind, International Refugee Assistance Project, Infinite Scenic, Julia Buerkle, Said Sabir Ibrahimi, Jazmine Shaw and Women for Afghan Women
Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty Once on This Island
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Institutional supporters of Playwrights Horizons receive many benefits, such as complimentary tickets, discounts for their employees, and public recognition. For more information about how your company can support Playwrights Horizons, please contact Susan Ferziger, Associate Director of Institutional Giving, at sferziger@phnyc.org or 212 564 1235 ×3142.
$25,000+ Booth Ferris Foundation Citi Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Edgerton Foundation The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. Ford Foundation GFP Real Estate Howard Gilman Foundation Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC J.L. Greene Arts Access Fund in The New York Community Trust The Marc Haas Foundation Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation No Guarantees The Scherman Foundation Katharine S. and Axel G. Rosin Fund The SHS Foundation The Shubert Foundation Seth Sprague Educational & Charitable Foundation Stavros Niarchos Foundation The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust Tiger Baron Foundation Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation The Tow Foundation WarnerMedia $10,000–$24,999 21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund Rose M. Badgeley Residuary Charitable Trust Bloomberg Philanthropies Con Edison
Frederic R. Coudert Foundation Ernst & Young LLP Horizon Media John and Robyn Horn Foundation, Inc. The Hyde and Watson Foundation The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation Carl Jacobs Foundation Jerome Foundation The JKW Foundation The Ralph & Ricky Lauren Family Foundation, Inc. The Lawrence E. Madison Charitable Lead Unitrust The Richenthal Foundation S&P Global Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation, Inc. The Spingold Foundation The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation, Inc. The Geraldine Stutz Trust Taconic Capital Advisors, L.P. The Travelers Companies, Inc. The Wilke Family Foundation $5,000–$9,999 The Theodore H. Barth Foundation, Inc. The Carter Fund Charina Foundation, Inc. Joseph & Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts Marta Heflin Foundation Bertha & Isaac Liberman Foundation The Liman Foundation Lucille Lortel Foundation Morgan Stanley The New York Community Trust PricewaterhouseCoopers
Government Support National Endowment for the Arts New York City Department of Cultural Affairs New York City Council at the request of Speaker Corey Johnson and Council Member Carlina Rivera New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature
The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund Green Curtain Productions $2,500–$4,999 The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation First Republic Bank Malcolm Gibbs Foundation The DuBose & Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Innovation and Exploration Fund Ropes & Gray LLP TDF $500–$2,499 Actors’ Equity Foundation Alliance of Resident Theaters/ New York Amazon Smile Atairos The Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation, Inc. Casillero del Diablo Chez Josephine The Betsy and Alan Cohn Foundation, Inc. DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. MFW Wine Co. Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation Pritzker Traubert Foundation West Bank Cafe Yotel Playwrights Horizons is a recipient of support from The Leading National Theatres Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Artistic Director’s Circle The Playwrights Horizons Artistic Director’s Circle includes our most dedicated individual donors who have committed to gifts of $10,000 or more each year for a three-year period. The Artistic Director’s Circle joins with the Playwrights Horizons Board of Trustees in supporting the vision of Artistic Director Adam Greenfield. Members of the Artistic Director’s Circle are considered loyal partners in developing and producing new plays by some of the most adventurous and talented artists working in theater today. For more information about the personalized benefits and access available for the Artistic Director’s Circle, please contact Benjamin Weisman, Development Director, at bweisman@phnyc.org or 212 564 1235 ×3145. Anonymous Mark & Lillian Banchik Svante Bergström J. Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer Evan Hoffman & Eugene Paceleo Bruce Horten & Aaron Lieber
Judith H. Krupp Jarrett & Maritess Lilien Rosalee A. & Bruce Lovett Stephen & Carolyn McCandless Dorinda J. Oliver Barbara Raho
Mr. & Mrs. George Spelvin Nancy & Roger L. Strong, Jr. Seymour & Kathleen Weingarten Cathy & Stephen Weinroth
Individual Support Individual supporters of Playwrights Horizons receive exclusive benefits ranging from complimentary tickets to intimate dinners and cocktail parties with artists, staff, and Board members. For more information about how you can support Playwrights Horizons, please contact Benjamin Weisman, Development Director, at bweisman@phnyc.org or 212 564 1235 ×3145. $25,000+ Anonymous (4) Svante Bergström David Caplan & Karen Wagner J. Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer Angela M. Crossman & Bryce L. Friedman Jill & Chuck Crovitz Krystyna Doerfler Eric & Nancy Gural Christopher R. Lawrence Vinnie & Loretta O’Toole Michael & Juliet Patsalos-Fox David Richenthal Judith O. & Robert E. Rubin Beth & Mikael Salovaara Dana Seshens & Robert Kresberg Bruce Nathan Wilpon $10,000–$24,999 Anonymous Claire & Larry Aidem Roger Altman & Jurate Kazickas Mark & Lillian Banchik Mark Birkhead Ann L. & Lawrence B. Buttenwieser Joan B. Cohen Jody Falco & Jeffrey Steinman Friedman Family Foundation Mr. Mark T. Gallogly & Ms. Elizabeth B. Strickler James Gleick & Cynthia Crossen Sam Gonzalez Fell & Charles Gray David Handler & Doug Pawliuk Evan Hoffman & Eugene Paceleo
Bruce Horten & Aaron Lieber Robert W. Jones Judith H. Krupp Erin Laber Alex Halpern Levy Jarrett & Maritess Lilien Rosalee A. & Bruce Lovett Reuben & Arlene Mark Stephen & Carolyn McCandless Richard & Ronay Menschel Rosemary Newman Dorinda J. Oliver Barbara Raho Don & Carol Randel Dan Safin Mr. & Mrs. George Spelvin Nancy & Roger L. Strong, Jr. Seymour & Kathleen Weingarten Francis H. Williams Doug Wright $5,000–$9,999 Anonymous Birna Anna Bjornsdottir & Peter Niculescu Rob Cordell Sandra Davis Cheryl & Blair Effron Kathy Elsesser Scott & Diane Emery Katherine Farley & Jerry I. Speyer Laurie Goldberger & Leslie Kogod Cathy Grape Tara & Clifford Harris Hutchins Family Foundation Rory & David Jones Helen Kim-Bordes
Kaori Kitao Lili Lynton & Michael Ryan Jill H. Matichak Amy B. McIntosh & Jeffrey Toobin Robert B. Menschel Terry Miller Pauline & Nicolas Oudin Carole M. Pesner Dr. Robert A. Press Shelley Roisen Fiona Howe Rudin Christine & Stephen Schwarzman Joanne & Daniel C. Smith Scott Slobodnyak & Owen Sweeney David & Deborah Trainer Cathy & Stephen Weinroth The Wilder Family Dorinda & Mark Winkelman $3,000–$4,999 Anonymous Martine Beamon & Eddie Joyce Elaine S. Bernstein André Bishop John & Jill G. Bishop Allison M. Blinken Ruth & Robi Blumenstein Christopher Byrne & Ellen Hardy Patrick Callinan & Daniel Rosales Loyd F. Crawley Carol & Tom Creel Robert W. Davenport Christopher & Michelle DeLong Glenn & Eva Dubin Suzan & Fred Ehrman
Hazel & Russel Fershleiser Renee & Sy Flug Dr. Gail Furman Adam Greenfield & Jordan Harrison Leslie Hendrix & Joseph Adam Smith Maxine Isaacs Caytha & Michael Jentis Roberta A. Jones Lewis & Ellen Kaden Frederick & Seen Landman Gina Maria Leonetti Chien Cho Liu Allan & Anita Lubarsky Jonathan Minkoff Niclas Nagler & David Alberto Alvarez Asha & DV Nayak Kathleen O’Grady John Orberg Nancy Roistacher & Wayne P. Merkelson Gretchen & Jamie Rubin Patricia Brown Specter Susan & Charles Tribbitt David F. Wertheimer & Alice Fricke Anna & Tony Wild $1,800–$2,999 Anonymous (2) Vincent Alfieri & Kerstin Larsen Nancy Ashen Andrew D. Austin & Michael R. Sonberg John W. Bernstein & Diana Davenport Paul & Barbara Bernstein Peter & Sarah Beshar Susan M. Borozan Joseph Buckley & Nancy Oyer Maggie & Don Buchwald Helaine & Paul Cantor Lisa & Dick Cashin Jonathan L. Cohen Kim & Stan Corfman Scott M. Delman David desJardins The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable FDN Nancy & Bob Downey Jane M. & Howard D. Epstein John R. Ettinger & Linda A. Simpson Richard Feiner & Annette Stover Eleanor Fink, Esq. Betsy & Andrew Fippinger Sandra Fischer Natalie Fishman Kit Flanagan Tony & Jane Ford-Hutchinson
Leonard R. Freifelder & Anne E. Easterling-Freifelder Robert A. Gender The Malcolm Gibbs Foundation, Inc. James W. & Virginia M. Giddens Terina Golfinos & Robert Lisi Stephen & Halley Green Melissa Greener Dr. Rob & Audrey Greenfield Guerrerio Family Foundation Christina Hargrove & Scott Crum Jane Hartley & Ralph Schlosstein Cari Hauck Cathleen Healy Tom Healy & Fred P. Hochberg Kris & Kathy Heinzelman Ellen & Larry Herold Judith Hersha�t Adler Jon Michael Hill Barry Hoffman & Jane Weiss Donald Holder Bruce Horten & Aaron Lieber Stephen & Sherry Jacobs Stephen H. Jaffe & Jane Gilbert Philip M. Jelley, Jr. Roselle & Brian Kaltner David I. Karabell & Paula A. Moss Amy L. Katz & Irving Scher Liz & George Krupp John Kuehn & Elaine Crowley Robb Lady Lee Ann Laimbeer Vicki Gold Levi James & Emily Levin Beth W. Liou The Honorable & Mrs. Earle Mack Martin Maleksa Marlene Marko & Loren Skeist Nina B. Matis Leni & Peter May Scott McDonald Anne Parker Mills & James Hanbury Erica Moffett Evangeline Morphos Robert & Guna Mundheim New OZ Productions Alfred T. & Jan Ogden Lisa Orberg Jamie & Daniel Ordower Ellen Ozur & Stuart Brown Benji Pasek Susan & Richard Pasternak Frank H. & Patti S. Penski Perakis Family Richard & Lisa Perry Leslie & Eileen Quick Bruno & Mary Ann Quinson Christine & Stephen Rhodes Mrs. Mark Rosso & Ms. Larissa Kruesi
Robert E. Rubin Carolyn Ruby & William Maiese Nicholas P. Russo Karen & Charles Schader Stephanie C. Scott Marisa Sechrest Robert L. Seigel Naomi O. Seligman & Ernest Von Simpson Nadine Shaoul & Mark Schonberger Stephanie & Alfred J. Shuman Eileen Silvers & Richard Bronstein Marlene Marko & Loren Skeist Janet & Mike Slosberg Barbara & Cheryl Small Emerson & Erica Spry Stagedoor Manor Alec Stais & Elissa Burke Trevor & Margaret Stewart Aleksandra Szczepanowska & Gordon Shearer Antoinette Tomai David & Deborah Trainer Lisa Van Curen Lee & Cynthia Vance Carol & Robert Walport Edward & Barbara Weikert Harris Allan Weinstein Gloria Zeche Burton Zwick $1,000–$1,799 Anonymous Ellen Abrams Gretchen Adkins Sari Anthony Susanna R. Bergtold David S. Berlin Ann & Steven Berzin Leslie Bhutani Kimberly S. Blanchard Stuart J. Chanen Chez Josephine Amanda & Warren Chiu Ellie & Edgar M. Cullman, Jr. Gregory Dimit John A. Dobler Bathsheba Doran Darren Dotson Anthony Edwards Mariana Elder Theresa Esperdy and Robert G. Neborak David Freedlander Dennis Furbush Roy L. Furman Ethan Geto Carson Gleberman The Stewart & Constance Greenfield Foundation Mary G. Gurney
Jane Hait & Justin Beal Patricia Hayot & Ricardo A. Mestres, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Healey Nancy Heller & Holly Gewandter Sue Hessel & Karen Dahle Buck Henry Cristy Hill & Richard Mizer Robert J. Katz Helen Kauder & Barry Nalebuff Ellen & Rick Kelson Michael & Jamie Kessel Robert Klein Barbara & Stuart Kreisberg Robert Kreisberg Linda & Paul Lee Douglas Liebhafsky Mari Marchbanks PLM Foundation Philip & Cheryl Milstein Lowell & Sandra Mintz Mulé Family Foundation James & Terri Muren F. Richard Pappas Annie Parisse & Paul Sparks Liz & Jeff Peek Carl & Zelie Pforzheimer David Hyde Pierce Irene Ramp David Rievman & Anne Oh Richard C. Norton, Jr. Trevor S. Norwitz Beth A. Rogers & Jeffrey Katz Libby & Jimmy Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Samson Karen Seymour Robert H. Sinclair Mr. & Mrs. Peter J. Solomon Lynne Whitman & Dan Solender Tim P. Stanard Deborah & Kenneth Whitmore
$500-$999 Anonymous (2) Lynn Ahrens & Neil Costa Foundation Fund Helayne Baron Joshua Beker Mr. Peter Bernstein & Mrs. Amy Bernstein Al Berr Teresa Bledsoe Susan M. Borozan Susan Brown Kathleen Budge Jonathan Benton Cummings & Holly Hegener Jennifer Campos Mary J. Davis William Derby Max Ember Ev & Lee Anton Faron Mary Ferlan Patricia Gannon-Lovier & Lester Lovier Ellen Garber Nanette Gartrell Nancy N. Gibbs Mary Goldberg Daniel Gonzalez Horacio & Gloria K. Gonzalez Pamela Gross & Susan Silverstein Carol Avery Haber Bob Hall Robert Harrits Wendy Hashmall David N. Herskovits Lynn E. Hopkins Katharine J. Hughes Jo Kurth Jagoda Susan Jeffries Peter H. Judd Joshua Kaufman
Brian Kendig Walter Klores Karen & Christopher Kyle Jennifer Leuba Eugene Levy Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman Kathryn Lipuma Craig Lucas Jane Macan Jennifer Major Robert D. & Jean Markley Michael McCabe Jung J. Moon Herbert A. Morey Robert H. Moss Jim & Terri Muren Lauren Newman Nancy J. Baker & Daniel Olson Edward P. Osborne Michael & Gabrielle Palitz Lori and Lee Parks Ross Pasquale Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt Melissa Pavlicek Donald Press Angela M. Rodell Susan Ross-Green Andrew W. Siegel Mindy & Gary Sircus Lois Smith Susan Margules Steinhardt & John Steinhardt Lilly Tam Jennifer Thomas Mei-Mei Tuan Beth Vanderslice Alec Walsh Lee Wasserman Hilda Wenig Mordechai Winter Billy Wong
Legacy Circle Playwrights Horizons gratefully acknowledges those who have chosen to become a member of our Legacy Circle by including a Charitable Bequest for Playwrights Horizons in their estate plans through wills, retirement accounts, life insurance ownerships, and real estate. Members of this group receive invitations to exclusive events and insider information on organizational goals and plans. To learn more, or to join, please contact Development Director, Benjamin Weisman at 212 564 1235 ×3145. Joan B. Cohen Liz Fallon Culp Ann B. Dickinson Howard Epstein Jane Epstein Susan Ferziger Jill Garland Sam Gonzalez
Leslie Marcus Enid Nemy Dorinda J. Oliver Linda Rothstein Judith O. Rubin Robert E. Rubin Mikael Salovaara Carole Schwartz
Mal Schwartz George Spelvin Georgina Spelvin The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Benjamin Weisman Rachel Wilder
Generation PH Generation PH is a community of theatergoers ages 45 and under who attend Playwrights Horizons productions; mingle with artists, artistic staff, and our Board of Trustees at exclusive parties and receptions; and see theater in a new way by talking to writers about the development of their plays. Plus, a portion of each membership is a tax-deductible contribution that directly supports these amazing artists and their new work. For more information about joining Generation PH, contact Development Director, Benjamin Weisman at 212 564 1235 ×3145. LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE Katrina E. McCann, Co-Chair Nick Russo, Co-Chair
Betsy Fippinger Deborah Grant Anna Mack Steve Nowicki Elana Propis Scott Slobodnyak
Carlo Steinman Aleksandra Szczepanowska Carol Walport Robert Walport Jason Wu
BEST FRIEND ($1,500+) Richard Berg Lauren Ehrhardt Nicole & Franco J. Azzopardi, Jr. Betsy & Andrew Fippinger Deborah Grant & Serge Tanjga Cari Hauck Taena Kim Dillon & Brenda Lorda Katrina E. McCann Melinda McLellan Alex Mitow & James Miille Steve Nowicki Pauline & Nicolas Oudin Elana Propis Nicholas P. Russo Matt Schneider & Priyanka Garg Marisa Sechrest Dana Seshens & Robert Kresberg Scott Slobodnyak & Owen Sweeney Carlo Steinman Aleksandra Szczepanowska & Gordon Shearer Carol & Robert Walport Jason Wu
Attienette G. Azille John Bishop & Diana Sciortino Eugene Brodach Allison Curran & Michael Hilkin Emily Erstling Cynthia R. Flowers Sandra Garner Nelson A. Isava Hernandez Travis James Philip A. Johnson Trevor S. Kokal & Naoki Sasamoto Christina Koza Nick Luckenbaugh Catherine Lynch Michael Melamedoff Catherine Mulligan Anne G. Myers Marc Pickard Lauren Dettloff Rothstein Cochleen & Jonathan Sands Andrea Stefanescu Briel Steinberg Martin Woodard
Jen Hoguet Courtney Mitchell Camille Nivero Cate Nivero Erica Rotstein Erika Stallings Jennifer & Benjamin Whitfield
DEVOTED FRIEND ($600–$1,499) Aude & Thibault Adrien
GOOD FRIEND ($400–$599) Nicole Aiken Jeffrey Ferrera Anna Glick
NEW FRIEND ($200–$399) Pinto Adhola Henri Benaim Talia Corren Brett S. East Jennifer de Fouchier Christopher Fox William Gfeller Justin Hale Phoebe Holtzman & Massimo Young Mike Karp & Ramón Torres Christina Koza Suzy Morais Michael Oliveras Madeline Rhodes Elian Seidel Nathalie Sommer
Matching Gifts Many companies have matching gift programs that enable our donors to double their donations. Playwrights Horizons thanks these companies for matching the gifts of their employees and supporting our theater. For more information about matching gifts, please contact Susan Ferziger, Associate Director, Institutional Giving and Campaign, at sferziger@phnyc.org or 212 564 1235 x3142. Adobe, Inc. American International Group, Inc. Assured Guaranty Bank of America The Bank of New York Mellon Carnegie Corporation of New York Charities Aid Foundation of America Deutsche Bank Americas FIG, LLC Fortress Investment Group LLC
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Merck Meredith Corporation Foundation New York Community Trust Pfizer, Inc. Public Service Electric & Gas Company S&P Global Two Sigma Walt Disney Company
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