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A cooperative effort by Portland Ovations, Portland Stage, Portland Symphony Orchestra and Merrill Auditorium Concert Events.

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ABOUT US

Portland Ovations is a nonprofit cultural organization based in Southern Maine dedicated to gathering communities to share in the power of live performance. Ovations connects artists and audiences both onstage and off — making the arts an integral part of community life.

Our unique array of live performances for public and school audiences are curated to delight, inspire and educate. Venues used throughout greater Portland include historic and modern theaters, clubs, galleries, and classrooms — chosen carefully to ensure the best possible experience for both audiences and artists.

Join us for a season of performances that span the traditional to the contemporary, the intimate to the spectacular, the popular to the unexpected.

OUR VISION OUR MISSION

To inspire a curious and imaginative community where the experience of the performing arts is a vital part of everyday life.

Portland Ovations propels the artistic, social, educational and economic wellbeing of communities through the power of the performing arts.

RACIAL EQUITY STATEMENT

At Ovations, we recognize that promoting racial equity and anti-racism in the arts and culture sector is essential to showcasing the brilliance and artistry of diverse and multicultural communities from around the globe. Our commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and access extends to all aspects of our operations, including governance, programming and community engagement. We aim to include all voices, stories and perspectives in our programs and inspire similar efforts in the Portland, Maine area, resulting in a more just and equitable society where everyone’s contributions are valued.

Executive & Artistic Director

Aimée M. Petrin

Marketing Manager

Katie Day

Director of School & Family Programs

Liz Schildkret

Bookkeeper

Marlene Dye

STAFF

Associate Director

Casey Oakes

Production Manager

Eric Hager

Director of Community Programs & Partnerships

Katelyn Manfre

Office Administrator

Mary Campbell

Development Manager

Jamie Barilone

Finance & Operations Manager

Sam Dooley

Front-of-House Coordinator

Zoe Pancic

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President

Sayad Moudachirou

Treasurer

Michael F. Stillings

Michael A. Boyson

Genius Black

Maile Buker

Ken Grady

Nate Henry

Judith W. Adam

Kimberly Block

Olivier te Boekhorst

Janet M. Bowne

Bruce Brown

Maria Chambers

Vice President

Peter Genova

Secretary

Rachael Alfond

Corey Hinton

James Isaacson

Mary Allen Lindemann

Jack Lufkin

Nyamuon Nguany Machar

FOUNDER’S COUNCIL

Philip H. Gleason

Judith Halpert

Heidi N. Hansen

Kendall Harnett

Tracy Hawkins

Elizabeth T. High

Catherine H. Cloudman

Madeline G. Corson

Daniel N. Crewe

Charles W. Dibner

Francis A. Ferland

Robert H. Gardner

Phyllis Givertz

Carolyn Hughes

Daniel P. Hunter

J. Spencer Jones

Felicia Knight

Gary Koocher

Robert Ludwig

Jeff McKinnon

Elizabeth A. McLellan

Peter Milliken

Marcia G. Minter

James T. Morgan

Nicholas S. Nadzo

Thomas R. Newman

Bob Nielsen

Jean K. Nishiyama

Jane A. Parker

Stephen Poulos

Patti Roderick

Monroe Scharff

Susan Morris

Mary K. Noyes

Daniel Nuzzi

Tania Powers

Connor Smart

April Ylvisaker

Sigmund D. Schutz

Jaimie Schwartz

Lynn Shaffer

John D. Tewhey

Louise Thomas

June Vail

Alison Vanderhoof

Sarah A. Verville

Margaret A. Wilkis

STOMP

NOVEMBER 18 & 19, 2023 • 7PM & 1 PM

MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND

CO-PRESENTED WITH STATE THEATRE

DakhaBrakha

NOVEMBER 28, 2023 • 7 PM

STATE THEATRE, PORTLAND

Zlata Chochieva, piano

FEBRUARY 17, 2024 • 3 PM

HANNAFORD HALL, PORTLAND

Sirocco: Manchester Collective & Abel Selaocoe

APRIL 5, 2024

7 PM

STATE THEATRE, PORTLAND

BROADWAY NATIONAL TOUR

Mean Girls

MAY 16 & 17, 2024 • 7 PM

MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND

CO-PRESENTED WITH STATE THEATRE

Sasha Velour’s The Big Reveal Live Show!

FEBRUARY 29, 2024 • 7 PM

STATE THEATRE, PORTLAND

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

APRIL 9, 2024

7 PM

MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND

Bluey’s Big Play

MAY 22 & 23, 2024

6 PM

MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND

CO-PRODUCED WITH STATE THEATRE

Palaver Strings + little house dance: Noisefloor

DECEMBER 6 & 7, 2023 • 7 PM

STATE THEATRE, PORTLAND

Johnny Cash: The Official Concert Experience

MARCH 8, 2024 • 7 PM

MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND

BROADWAY NATIONAL TOUR Jesus Christ Superstar

APRIL 12 & 13, 2024 • 8 PM, 1 PM & 7 PM

MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND

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MAY 11, 2024

ABYSSINIAN MEETING HOUSE, PORTLAND

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Ovations Offstage

Ovations Offstage (O2) creates interactive programming for audiences at all ages and stages of their performing arts exploration. From workshops, masterclasses and lectures with artists and scholars to community events and School-Time Performances, O2 is where artists and audiences connect, creating magical moments that last a lifetime.

Masterclasses

Work with masterful artists from around the world and learn something new at an O2 workshop, available throughout the season. Masterclasses with select artists can be booked by school and community groups.

Pre-Performance Lectures

Join us before Mainstage performances for a wide variety of events, including talks, screenings, book clubs and demonstrations that contextualize and bring new meaning to the art and its thematic ties to our community.

School-Time Performances

Energize and engage students with the performing arts through onstage school-time matinees, in-school workshops and professional development for educators. Experiences are aligned with Common Core standards and are supported by educator resources and learning guides.

Cultivating Curiosity

Bringing stories to life onstage and in students’ homes and classrooms by providing every young person who attends select School-Time Performances with a free book to take home, along with classroom activities and resources to encourage embodied literacy.

Community Events

Be on the lookout throughout the season for free events around the area. From walking tours to shared meals to pop-up performances, O2 hosts gatherings that bring visiting art and artists into our vibrant local community.

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Welcome  to  Merrill  Auditorium,  Portland’s  Premier  Performing Arts Venue

Welcome to Merrill Auditorium, Portland’s Premier Performing Arts Venue

Home  to  Prime  Tenants Portland  Symphony  Orchestra,  Portland  Ovations  and The Friends  of  the Kotzschmar  Organ.

Home to Prime Tenants - Portland Symphony Orchestra, Portland Ovations and The Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ.

Each  year  we  host a  variety  of  concerts,  dance  performances, children’s  programming,  comedy  shows, corporate  meetings and  non profit  events  with  over  150,000  patrons  in  attendance annually!

Thank  you  for  being  a  guest  at our  theater,  please  enjoy  the  show!

Each year we host a variety of concerts, dance performances, children’s programming, comedy shows, corporate meetings and non-profit events with over 150,000 patrons in attendance annually!

Merrill  Auditorium  is  managed  by  the  City  of  Portland  Pub lic  Assembly  Facilities  Division

212  Canco  Rd  Portland  Maine

Thank you for being a guest at our theater, please enjoy the show!

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Merrill Auditorium is managed by the City of Portland Public Assembly Facilities Division Andrew J Downs, Director

- UPCOMING EVENTS -

Saturday January 20th @ 7:30 pm - BOARD TEACHERS COMEDY TOUR

Thursday Janurary 25th @ 7:30 pm - Graystone Promotions presents AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH RICK SPRINGFIELD & RICHARD MARX

Thursday February 8th @ 7:30 pm

Live Nations presents RANDY RAINBOW FOR PRESIDENT

Saturday February 10th - SHEN YUN

Thursday February 22nd @ 7:00 pm - Outback Presents SHANE GILLIS LIVE

March 1-2, 2024 - HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE™ IN CONCERT

March 3-4, 2024

Palladium Entertainment presents BRIT FLOYD - PULSE

Monday March 11th @ 7:30 pm

Outback presents MICHAEL FLATLEY’S “LORD OF THE DANCE”

Tuesday March 12th @ 8:00 pm - SCOTT BRADLEE’S “POSTMODERN JUKEBOX”

Friday March 15th - JERRY SEINFELD

Thursday March 21st @ 7:00 pm - Live Nation presents ANTHONY JESELNIK

Friday March 22nd @ 7:00 pm

The Kotzschmar Organ presents BACH’S BIRTHDAY BASH

Saturday March 23rd @ 8:00 pm - Live Nation presents LEWIS BLACK

Sunday April 14th @ 7:00 pm - AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS

Tuesday April 16th @ 6:00 pm

Round Room presents SESAME STREET LIVE “SAY HELLO”

Thursday April 18th - Live Nation presents MATT RIFE

Friday April 26th @ 7:00 pm

Awakening FNDN presents ZACH WILLIAMS “A HUNDRED HIGHWAYS TOUR”

Friday June 28th @ 7:00 pm - PUPPY PALS LIVE!

July 25-28, 2024 - Opera Maine presents “AIDA”

For more information about these and all our performances or to purchase tickets please visit PortTix.com or Call 207-842-0800

PortTix is the Official Box Office for Merrill Auditorium.

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Omar Hasan

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Leonard M. Nelson

Mary P. Nelson

Merle Nelson

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Carolyn Nishon, Executive Director Directors

McKenzie Blanchard, Director of Learning & Community Impact

Allison Page, Director of Marketing & Communications

Leah Robertson, Director of Development

Jennie Ryan, Director of Finance

Eva Tartaglia, Director of Artistic Operations

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Kayla Adelman, Marketing Manager

Andrea Cole, Donor Relations & Database Manager

Lucas Goodman, Music Librarian

Sarah A. McCullough, Graphic Designer

Zoe Pancic, House Manager

Sara Hallie Richardson, Annual Fund Manager

Liz Shapiro, Production Manager

Alyson Spencer-Reed, Finance Coordinator

Martin Webster, Orchestra Personnel Manager & Grant Writer

Hillary Winslow, Special Events Manager & Board Liaison

Michelle Zichella, Major Gifts Officer

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JAN 2024

FEB 2024

World-Class Performances & Exceptional

BEETHOVEN’S 5TH:

COMPOSITIONS OF RESISTANCE

SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 | 2:30 PM

TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 | 7:30 PM

Eckart Preu, Music Director

Camille Thomas, violoncello

Mykola LYSENKO: Overture to Taras Bulba

Valentin SILVESTROV: The Messenger

Fazil SAY: Never Give Up: Concerto for cello and orchestra

BEETHOVEN : Symphony No. 5 op. 67

AMERICAN BEATS

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 | 2:30 PM

Marco Parisotto, guest conductor

Pei-Ching Wu, percussion

World-Class Performances & Exceptional

Tickets starting at $27

Tickets starting at $27

MAR 2024

BROADWAY BY REQUEST

SATURDAY, MARCH 9 | 7:30 PM

SUNDAY, MARCH 10| 2:30 PM

Filippo Ciabatti, guest conductor

Teri Hansen, vocals

Destan Owens, vocals

Experience some of Broadway’s most beloved favorites as chosen by popular vote, including songs from Wicked, Mamma Mia, RENT, Phantom of the Opera, and more! Broadway performers Teri Hansen and Destan Owens are joined by guest conductor Filippo Ciabatti and the PSO in this musical revue of the Great White Way.

Leonard BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide

Leonard BERNSTEIN: Overture to Candide

John CORIGLIANO: Conjurer: Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra

Aaron COPLAND: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes

George GERSHWIN: Catfish Row: Symphonic Suite from Porgy and Bess

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MONDAY—FRI DAY | 11 AM—3 PM

THE MIGHTY KOTZSCHMAR

SUNDAY, APRIL 21 | 2:30 PM

TUESDAY, APRIL 23 | 7:30 PM

T his concert will be filmed for release on PSO TV.

Eckart Preu, Music Director

James Kennerley, organ

Franz SCHMIDT: Intermezzo from Notre Dame

César FRANCK: Le chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman)

J.S. BACH (orch. Stokowski): Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

Camille SAINT-SAËNS: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, op. 78 (“Organ Symphony”)

THE MUSIC OF JOHN WILLIAMS

SATURDAY, APRIL 6 | 7:30 PM

SUNDAY, APRIL 7 | 2:30 PM

Eckart Preu, Music Director

Music Director Eckart Preu and your PSO

honor one of the most iconic film composers of all time—the great John Williams. Experience his critically acclaimed works live, including selections from Jurassic Park, Star Wars, and E.T.

PEPE ROMERO & MAHLER

TUESDAY, MAY 7 | 7:30 PM

Eckart Preu, Music Director

Pepe Romero, classical guitar

Joaquín RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez

Gustav MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

RISE UP: AN EXPLORATION OF IDENTITY AND QUEER VOICES

TUESDAY, JUNE 18 | 7:30 PM

Eckart Preu, Music Director

Terrence Wilson, piano

Ethel SMYTH: Overture from The Wreckers

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23

Leonard BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances, from West Side Story

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane… it’s your PSO! Soar through the skies and defeat evil villains as you find the hero inside. This musical celebration serves as a reminder that we all have the power to change the world

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F rom the crashing waves on a beach to the unexplored depths of the ocean, get ready to dive in and be immersed in music inspired by our most valuable resource.

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Take a journey around the world in this twist on Camille SaintSaëns Carnival of the Animals. Experience musical styles from all seven continents as you meet the different native animals.

Performances begin at 2:30 PM. Pre-Concert activites begin at 1 PM.

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER

JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 25

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER

Season 51 Subscriber Information

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER

FOSTERING EXPERIMENTATION & ARTISTIC RISK

NEW WORK

Portland Stage is known for its role in cultivating new voices in theater and for creating a significant body of theatrical work that has gone on to success beyond our stage. By incubating new work and supporting writers, Portland Stage has established Maine as a place to launch original and compelling plays.

Since its debut in 1990, the Little Festival of the Unexpected (LFU) has established a tradition of nurturing artists, invigorating audiences, and exploring new voices, visions, and forms of theater. Past LFU scripts include Almost, Maine (LFU 2003) and Papermaker (LFU 2014).

Playwright

Benjamin Benne, 2022 Clauder Competition Grand Prize Winner for his play Manning, soon to be a Mainstage production.

Benjamin’s play was selected to be a part of the 2023 Little Festival of the Unexpected, where it was performed for audiences.

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER

INSPIRING LITERACY, CULTURAL AWARENESS, COLLABORATION, & CREATIVITY

EDUCATION

Education is central to Portland Stage’s mission. Vital education programs are offered in schools for students from pre-K through high school, and to children ages 4-18 through classes in our Susie Konkel Theater for Kids storefront space. Portland Stage’s Education Programs provide over 14,000 student experiences each year.

PLAY ME A STORY, presented by Portland Stage Theater for Kids, allows participants to enjoy dramatic readings of picture books, then participate in an interactive acting workshop with professional theater artists.

Top Feature: Elementary students enjoying an in-school workshop.

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER

Above: Actor Nolan Ellsworth and students during an interactive theater experience at the Portland Stage Theater for

HANDCRAFTED THEATER MADE IN MAINE

MAINSTAGE

With a season of six Mainstage shows, Portland Stage brings a wide range of performances to Maine. Every Mainstage show is handcrafted in our historic building in the Portland Arts District. Over one season, Portland Stage creates over 200 live performances and serves 50,000 people from around the state and beyond.

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER

Photos from the 2023 production of Saint Dad by Monica Wood

Top Feature: Emily Upton, Liam Craig*, Moira Driscoll*, Pilar Witherspoon*, & Jenny Woodward Above: Liam Craig* & Jenny Woodward Side: Patrick O’Brien* (* Member of AEA)

Photos by James A. Hadley

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Welcome home! As Portland Stage celebrates our 50th anniversary season, we are thrilled to share all that is new with you, our community.

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We are celebrating this year with a blockbuster season. In keeping with Portland Stage’s own transformational journey, the characters in each of this season’s plays are moving through the process of change and discovery. We witness how life-altering events impact their futures in unexpected ways.

As always, each production is made right here in Maine by an incredible group of dedicated artists and technicians whose creativity and passion connect us all to the power of live theater.

We are thrilled to welcome you back.

Anita Stewart, Artistic Director

Portland Stage Mission

Portland Stage is committed to creating great art, passionate about using the theater to educate, and dedicated to enriching our community. WE:

• Engage, connect, inform: Through intimate, personal exchanges that can only happen in a live theater, we foster a shared empathy and sense of belonging.

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John F. Leonard IV

Theresa McCarthy

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Anne Wade

Pictured: Dustin Tucker* & Grace Bauer* from the 2023-24 Portland Stage production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (*Member AEA).

Portland Stage Team

LEADERSHIP

Artistic Director ................................................................................ Anita Stewart

Managing Director ........................................................................... Martin Lodish

ARTISTIC • PRODUCTION

Associate Production Manager • Sound Supervisor ............... Seth Asa Sengel

Associate Technical Director ......................................................... Jacob Coombs

Company Manager ..................................................................... Jennifer London

Costume Shop Manager................................................................. Susan Thomas

Literary Manager ..................................................................... Todd Brian Backus

Production Manager • Lighting Supervisor ............................... Mary Lana Rice

Props Manager .................................................................................. Emily St. John

Stage Managers ....................................................... Myles C. Hatch & Meg Lydon

Technical Director ................................................................................ Ted Gallant

ADMINISTRATION

Apprentice Coordinators ................................ Jennifer London & Julianne Shea

Audience Services Manager ............................................................ Donald Smith

Box Office Assistant Manager .....................................................Renee Myhaver

Business Manager .......................................................................... Paul Ainsworth

Campaign Assistant ................................................................................Allison Fry

Development Associate ................................................................Lindsey Higgins

Development Director ..................................................................... Covey Crolius

Education Administrator ................................................................. Julianne Shea

Education Assistant .............................................................................Isabel Bates

Education Director.................................................................Michael Dix Thomas

Front of House Associates .................................. Beka Bryer & Cassie Edincott

Markis Larrivee & Madeleine St. Germain

Graphic Designer • Assistant Marketing Director ................... James A. Hadley

Group Sales Coordinator ............................................................... Myles C. Hatch

House & Concessions Manager ......................................................Chris DeFilipp

House Manager ........................................................................... Adam Thibodeau

Marketing & Communications Director ....................................... Erin Elizabeth

APPRENTICES

Company Management .................................................................... Lucie Green

Costumes .......................................................... Crow Traphagen & Elena Truman

Directing & Dramaturgy ...................... Julia Jennings, Alex Oleksy, & Jessi Stier

Education ................................................................... Ellis Collier & Ellery Kenyon

Lighting & Sound .................................................................................. Claire Lowe

Scenic Design ....................................................................................Isabel Martine

Stage Management ....................................... Katie Barnes & Elizabeth Sarsfield

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Discussion Series

Page to Stage

Join us for a book club discussion of the plays in our 50th season at the Portland Public Library. Portland Stage Literary Manager Todd Brian Backus will lead discussions alongside assistant directors, dramaturgs, and special guests. Scripts are available at the Main Branch Reference Desk at the Portland Public Library and take place in the Rines Auditorium at the following dates and times.

What the Constitution Means to Me .....................

Tuesday, February 20 • 5 - 6pm

Clyde’s ............................................................................. Tuesday, March 19 • 5 - 6pm

Angels in America: Millennium Approaches ................Tuesday, April 16 • 5 - 6pm

Manning ............................................................................. Tuesday, May 21 • 5 - 6pm

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Join us after the first Sunday Matinee of each production for a discussion with Artistic Director Anita Stewart, as well as artists and scholars related to the production. These discussions are always free and open to the public, and attendees can join even if they didn’t attend the matinee itself. Check in with the Box Office for runtimes and try to arrive at Portland Stage about five minutes before curtain to join the audience after bows.

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Pictured: Lizz Mangan, Hannah Cordes, Sam Rosentrater*, John Cariani*, Kathy McCafferty*, & Raymond McAnally* During Almost, Maine discussion (2020) (* Member AEA).

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“Nottage shows us that the way we handle the little things in life often helps us navigate more difficult questions”

How do choices we make impact the lives we lead? In Lynn Nottage’s Clyde’s, we witness the overwhelming task of rebuilding a life following incarceration. Demonized by a society unwilling to accept that a debt has been paid, five workers manage one day at a time by working at a sandwich shop viewed as the employer of last resort. There, the process of building a sandwich becomes a metaphor for how one can rebuild a life. How do you choose to craft a life or a sandwich? What you choose to put in it makes it memorable or a disappointment.

While Nottage shines a much-deserved spotlight on a group of individuals that is often ignored, the wisdom she offers applies to all of us. I’m inspired to think about how I show up. Do I try to do my best work, or am I looking for shortcuts? Do I think about work as a place to learn, or is it just a job to be done? Do I need to push someone down to feel important or do I try to support the people I work with? Nottage shows us that the way we handle the little things in life often helps us navigate more difficult questions.

She also reminds us that sometimes a person you may think of as “less than” may in fact be far more noble than you think.

Here’s to not judging a book by its cover, and working to make each day count.

Anita Stewart, Artistic Director

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CLYDE’S

Written by Lynn Nottage

ON STAGE • APRIL 3 - APRIL 21

This theater operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

*Members of the Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

SETTING

Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2008.

CAST

and Sound Designers in LORT are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

**The Scenic, Costume, Lighting, ***The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society is the theatrical union that unites, empowers, & protects professional Stage Directors and Choreographers throughout the United States.

The video and/or audio recording of this live production by any means whatsoever are strictly prohibited.

Clyde ............................................ Breezy Leigh*

Montrellous ............................. Lance E. Nichols*

Rafael ............................................ Roland Ruiz*

Letitia ........................................ Latrisha Talley*

Jason ........................................ Derek Chariton*

ARTISTIC/PRODUCTION

Director .................................................... Dominique Rider***

Scenic Designer .............................. Germán Cárdenas Alaminos

Costume Designer ........................................... Nia Safarr Banks

Lighting Designer .............................................. Mary Lana Rice

Sound Designer................................................ Kathy Ruvuna**

Stage Manager ................................................. Myles C. Hatch*

Intimacy & Fight Choreographer ............................. Hollie Pryor

Casting Director ...................................................Jenn Haltman

Charge Artist ...................................................... Isabel Martine

Assistant Director & Dramaturg ..................................Jessi Stier

Production Assistant .................................... Elizabeth Sarsfield

Lighting & Sound Operator ......................................Claire Lowe

Wardrobe ....................................................... Crow Traphagen

Food Prep ................................................................Ellis Collier

Run Crew Swing ....... Jessi Stier, Isabel Martine, & Elena Truman

Clyde’s is produced under special agreement with Broadway Publishing Group. World Premiere by the Guthrie Theater. Originally commissioned by Joe Dowling and produced by Joseph Haj, Artistic Directors. Broadway Premiere produced by Second Stage Theater, New York, 2021 (Carole Rothman, Artistic Director; Khady Kamara, Executive Director).

Special Thanks: Camp Wigwam, Kyra Duffley, Lori Eschholz & OhNo! Cafe, Michelle Hall, Denise St. John, Nash Tasker, Adam Thibodeau, and W.H. Demmons.

LYNN NOTTAGE, PLAYWRIGHT

Lynn Nottage is a playwright and a screenwriter, and the first woman in history to win two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Her plays have been produced widely in the United States and throughout the world. Recent work includes the book for MJ the Musical (Broadway), the libretto for the Intimate Apparel Opera (LCT), and Clyde’s (Broadway, 2ST, Goodman Theatre), and co-curating the performance installation The Watering Hole (Signature Theatre). Past work includes Sweat; Ruined; the book for The Secret Life of Bees; Mlima’s Tale; By the Way, Meet Vera Stark; Intimate Apparel; Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine; Crumbs from the Table of Joy; Las Meninas; Mud, River, Stone; Por’knockers; and POOF! She has also developed This is Reading, a performance installation in Reading, Pennsylvania. Ms. Nottage is a member of the Theater Hall of Fame, and the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship (among other awards). She is also an Associate Professor at Columbia University School of the Arts and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. www.lynnnottage.net

DOMINIQUE RIDER, DIRECTOR

Dominique Rider is a Brooklynbased director and writer whose work seeks to answer the question: “What is a world unmade by slavery?” while attempting to analyze the layers of anti-blackness that maintain the world we live in. Deploying theater and performance as tools of Afropessimism, Dominique has developed and staged work with Portland Stage, The Bushwick Starr, The New Group, the Park Avenue Armory, and more.

Past fellowships/residencies include the Atlantic, Hi-Arts, National Black Theatre, TheaterWorks Hartford, NYSAF, BRIC Arts, Roundabout, and NAMT. Currently, Dominique is a producer with CLASSIX, an artist-in-residence at Duke University, and a member of The Civilians R&D group. As a writer, Dominique’s work has been published/presented by 3rd Thing Press, the New York Philharmonic, and the Museum of Natural History.

AN INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR DOMINIQUE RIDER

Edited for Clarity & Length by Jessi Stier

Jessi Stier (JS): Can you tell us a little bit about your theatrical journey?

Dominique Rider (DR): Sure! I started off primarily as a performer, and then when I got to high school I started having directing thoughts. I didn’t go to a specialized high school, I went to a public school in Texas. When I got to college, I was set on being a double major in theater and political science. One day I was in a production of the Scottish play [Macbeth], and I was like—I hate acting. I don’t feel autonomous, I don’t feel like I’m actually able to make creative decisions, and I don’t like feeling that I’m at the whims of other people. That started to affect the way I thought about directing. I was like, I think I need to do something else here. And, it was simultaneous that all of my friends in that theater department who were Black or a person of color weren’t receiving the same opportunities as our white counterparts. There needed to be a counter to the way the department was thinking about theater. So, I started directing to respond to that need. I think I graduated having directed eight pieces in college, while most folks graduated with about three. So, I realized that this was what I wanted to do. I didn’t quite understand how to be a director in the professional world, and wanted to go somewhere where I could understand that. I was torn between New York and Chicago, landed in New York, and have been working pretty consistently since I moved. I made my Off-Broadway debut last year, and this is my regional debut, so they’re happening in a year of each other, which is really fun and exciting. That’s the journey so far.

JS: Tell us a little bit about your process as a director. How did you approach Clyde’s?

DR: Clyde’s is very funny because it’s the most norm-core play that I’ve done in a long time. I don’t normally do plays that are staunch naturalism or realism anymore, and am usually working in plays that are a little more poetic and weird, structurally or formally. In thinking about Clyde’s, I asked myself, “What does the play demand and require of the people inside of it, and how do I approach that?” For me, the process was just becoming really familiar with the script, figuring out the take I wanted to apply, how that take would manifest either in relation to or in contention with the text, and how that could come to life. There was a previous version of this where the stage was much smaller, with everyone on top of each other all the time as a bit of a pressure cooker. So, I think for me the process for me was really like, here’s the ideas—how do we then peel those back, and start over again? How do we continuously work on that idea? I had thoughts about how this is a realistic and psychological play, and just plotted through and charted what the internal beats were. Then, once we got into rehearsal, we began to build those things with the performers to see if the take worked (it does!) and to see if the things I’ve been thinking about before there were bodies in the space are still true (they mostly are).

JS: Can you describe your vision or goals for this play?

DR: I really only have one! It’s the understanding that people who have been formerly incarcerated or currently incarcerated are deserving of the same respect and recognition as everyone else. I think there’s a way to direct this play where everything is really broad and you’re just focused on the comedy. But for me, more than the comedy, I’m concerned about the transformation that these people go through as they endure another type of prison—being stuck in the sandwich shop and being made

to pay for everything they’ve done wrong again—even though we’re told that when a person exits prison they are “rehabilitated” and supposed to be able to reenter society. But as we watch this play, we learn that that’s impossible and a lie. In the midst of that lie, what can you actually do as you try to survive and pull the pieces of your life back together? I’m really concerned with these characters being treated with the respect and kindness and care that I think they are deserving of, regardless of what the world might say about them.

JS: What are you most excited for audiences to see in this production?

DR: I’m excited for audiences to encounter characters or people that they might not be used to encountering—or people that they might otherwise write off in their day-to-day lives that they need to consider. I don’t think that Clyde’s is going to make anyone an abolitionist, though I would love that, but I think hopefully if we do our jobs right, it will make them reconsider the way they think about folks who have been formerly incarcerated, especially for mostly non-violent crimes.

JS: We’re so excited to have you at Portland Stage! How are you feeling about your experience working at the theater so far?

DR: It’s great! I’m having a great time. I really like how walkable Portland is, and everyone in the theater that I’ve encountered so far who is working on this production is really game and professional in ways that I really appreciate.

JS: Maine is a predominantly white state, and our audiences are a product of that community. What do you envision the impact will be of putting on this play in this geographical place?

DR: In her new book [Ordinary Notes], Christina Sharpe writes a lot about the power of regard. I want these people—people who have been formerly incarcerated, people who are suffering because of the state—to be regarded more. To be considered in ways they maybe haven’t been considered before. I hope that, through the laughter, there is an understanding that these are people with very real circumstances who are trying to do what is best for them and their lives, and the world they live in. I really hope there is a sense of regard around these characters, and that folks who are not working on the production come to regard them with the same intensity and care that I think all of us who are building it have.

JS: Clyde’s was the most produced play in the 2022–23 American theater season. Why do you think this story is so compelling right now?

DR: My first thought is that, in the wake of 2020, there is a desire to produce Black plays. I think this play is very easy on paper to produce. There are two Black people, one Latine person, one white person, and then Clyde can be whatever you need her to be. I also think that a lot of people are producing this play because people want to laugh right now. There is a belief that laughter makes us forget about the circumstances we’re in. With all the things going on in the world, I think theater’s impulse is that if you laugh, maybe you can make it through. Lastly, I think that currently people are trying to find ways to talk about formerly incarcerated folks reentering the world and society at large. So, I think all of those things have come together to create a moment where folks feel that this play is relevant politically, and also reflects that what we need right now is laughter.

Breezy Leigh* (Clyde) is thrilled to be making her Portland Stage Company debut! OffBroadway: Where Women Go (World Premiere, The Tent Theater). Regional: Joy & Pandemic (World Premiere, Huntington Theatre Company), Stew (Regional Premiere, Gloucester Stage), Superstitions (OKC Rep), Oedipus Rex/Symphony of Psalms (SF Symphony), Animals Out of Paper (Chautauqua Theater). NYC: Le Blanc (Peoples Improv Theater), A Sketch of New York (The Producers Club Theater). Film: Step Into My Office (BRIC TV); Baby Mama Drama (Chela Films). Education: MFA, American Conservatory Theater; BA, University of Virginia. www.breezyleigh.com | @itsbreezyleigh_

Lance E. Nichols* (Montrellous) is thrilled to be returning to Portland Stage since his one-man August Wilson autobiographical play How I Learned What I Learned last year. Other notable theater credits include August: Osage County at Southern Rep, The Piano Lesson at Le Petit Theatre, and numerous productions of Driving Miss Daisy with Emmy winner Michael Learned at various theaters nationwide. He is an accomplished television and film actor, having appeared in the HBO series Treme, Queen of the South, Into the Badlands, The Chosen, and House of Cards. He is best remembered as the faith-healing preacher in the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He has been blissfully married for 44 years to his wife Zardis, who is an accomplished jazz singer.

Roland Ruiz* (Rafael) Recently, Roland has recurred in the role of Seth on 9-1-1: Lone Star on Fox. Previous guest star appearances include All Rise (CBS), Pure Genius (CBS), and NCIS (CBS). He also recurred in the role of Lazlo in Season 4 of How to Get Away With Murder (ABC). Roland is best recognized for his supporting role in the Oscar-winning movie Boyhood, where he played the memorable role of Ernesto opposite Patricia Arquette. Roland is very grateful and excited to make his East Coast debut at Portland Stage Company. Instagram @brolopic

(*Member of AEA)

Latrisha Talley* (Letitia) is delighted to be making her Portland Stage debut (even more so in a role where she can combine her love of food with performing). A Nashville native, she has been blessed that this rollercoaster of a career has taken her on many adventures, both real and imagined. Her most rewarding experience thus far has been traveling across the country with her one-woman show in tribute to Rosa Parks. She gives gratitude to God for her many gifts and talents, and her loving husband and framily for their constant support and encouragement. For Barry. Off-Broadway: The Play That Goes Wrong. Regional: American Negro Playwright Theatre, Nashville Children’s Theatre, Actors Bridge Ensemble. Television: A League of Their Own, FBI: Most Wanted, Law & Order: SVU, Blue Bloods, Only Murders in the Building, Harlem, The Other Two. www.latrishatalley.com. Enjoy the journey, y’all!

Derek Chariton* (Jason) is an LA to New York transplant whose previous credits include The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Gene Frankel Theater, NYC), Andy Warhol’s Tomato (PRT, LA - World Premiere), SWEAT (DCPA), The Beauty Queen of Leenane & Eccentricities of a Nightingale (PRT), A Midsummer Night’s Dream & The Comedy of Errors (ISOMATA), Vladimir (Geffen Playhouse), to name a few. TV/film credits include American Horror Story, SWAT, NCIS, The Blacklist, Stargate: Origins, Lethal Weapon, NCIS: LA, 9-1-1, The American West, and Frontiersmen. Recently, Derek began writing and directing. The world premiere of his first show, Paved Roads, opened in NYC last year. He would like to thank his manager, Sandy Joseph, and wonderful agent team at Headline Talent for their support and encouragement.

DerekChariton.com @djackchariton

(*Member of AEA)

COOKING UP A FRESH START

By Julia Jennings

Currently, over 640,000 people are released from prison each year in the US. More than half of them are unable to find stable employment in their first year after release, and three in four are rearrested within three years. This is often due to system-enforced barriers to formerly incarcerated people, such as having to indicate their criminal record on job and housing applications. This often exacerbates problems after release, as people with a criminal record are often blocked from finding employment in the fields they were trained to work in while in prison. The food industry, in certain cases, serves as a rare exception. In the face of these startling recidivism rates, a number of formerly incarcerated people across the country have embarked on initiatives to help others recently released from prison kickstart careers in the restaurant industry.

Here in Maine, the Department of Corrections entered a pilot program in 2023 with Impact Justice’s Food in Prison program and Brigaid, a Connecticut-based company which sends chefs to work as advisors and improve institutional food settings like schools and hospitals. This particular initiative has been entirely funded by private grants and individual donations, and seeks to improve the overall quality of food in Maine prisons. Special emphasis is also being placed on training kitchen staff within prisons, geared towards preparing incarcerated workers for potential employment after prison.

While such groundbreaking organizations and partnerships offer tangible, life-altering support and services, it’s important to remember that the United States carceral system often exploits prison labor, with most jobs for prisoners paying only $0.12–$0.40/hour; it also supplies inmates with less than humane resources upon reentry, setting them up to fail upon release. However, by persisting in the face of a corrupt system, food work and the art of cuisine may offer the possibility of a nourishing future and stable career for formerly incarcerated people.

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BRINGING INCARCERATION TO THE STAGE, AND THE STAGE TO INCARCERATON

By Alex Oleksy

With the rise of prison reform in the 20th and 21st centuries, artists have utilized narratives around incarceration to reach the people they dramatize. Seeking a new pathway towards rehabilitation, California’s San Quentin State Prison welcomed the first ever documented theatrical performance for the incarcerated into its walls in 1911. The play, titled Alias Jimmy Valentine, told the story of a former convict who struggles but eventually succeeds in making a happy life for himself and his family after his release from prison. Performed for 2,000 inmates, this performance marked the beginning of theater as a tool for hope in the American carceral system, and also represented a change in public perception of punishment and rehabilitation.

Portraits created by incarcerated artists in Milwaukee, on display as part of the Art Against the Odds: Wisconsin Prison Art Exhibition. The exhibition highlights how individuals turn to art for survival in the carceral system.

More than a century later in early 2022, a Broadway performance of Clyde’s was live-streamed to inmates at Rikers Island, the first stream of its kind in New York’s history. After the performance, cast members, Nottage, and director Kate Whoriskey were able to talk with the incarcerated audience members about the play’s themes and its relationship to their own lives. “We are thrilled that we can invite new audiences to experience theater,” Whoriskey told NYC’s Department of Corrections. “The conversation we had with people at Rikers directly informed the acting choices [at] the following performance.”

Read more in the Portland Stage PlayNotes Available for free online, or to purchase in the Lobby or Box Office!

Created by the Portland Stage Literary Department, these extensive guides present a broad spectrum of information and perspectives on each play in our Mainstage season. Available for free online, or to purchase in the Lobby or Box Office!

LAND & SLAVERY ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We are creating theater on land that has been cared for by the Wabanaki. We honor their community and invite you to go to the Wabanaki Reach website to learn more about the Wabanaki culture, as well as about restorative justice and truth-telling that is necessary for healing.

We encourage you to learn more about the peoples who cared for the land that you now reside on whether you’re from here in Portland or are visiting from away. For more information about the Wabanaki Confederacy, visit mainewabanakireach.org, and to find out whose land you are on, visit native-land.ca.

We also want to acknowledge that the history of Maine is deeply connected to the institution of slavery in the United States, and that residents of Maine participated in both slavery and the transatlantic slave trade even after slavery was outlawed in the District of Maine. While it may be easy to think of Maine and more specifically Portland as a very White place, we recognize that this is simply not the case and we are working to dismantle these harmful ideas. We encourage our audiences to visit the Abyssinian Meeting House (learn more at abyssinianmeetinghouse.org) or the Eastern Cemetery here in Portland, and to explore scholarship on the subject, like Lives of Consequence by Patricia Q. Wall, to learn more about this oft-neglected part of Maine’s history.

We recognize that the American Theater has also exploited, misrepresented, and excluded communities of Latine, Asian, Indigenous, and Middle Eastern descent for centuries.

Portland Stage is recommitting to telling authentic stories from diverse backgrounds that all of our audiences can experience and enjoy.

Germán Cárdenas Alaminos (Scenic Designer) is an architect, scenic designer, and painter born in Mexico City, who joined the Theater and Dance Department at Bowdoin College in 2019. He has taught and served as resident scenic designer previously at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ. He continues to work locally in Maine. Recent design credits include Last Ship to Proxima Centauri and The Cake (at PSC); Henry VI, Part II; Cows of War; The Wolves; A Raisin in the Sun; and Valor, Outrage and Woman (at Bowdoin College); The Thanksgiving Play (Fall ‘23, Bates College); The Age of Bees, Sofonisba, Anthony and Cleopatra, and Amphitryon (at Theater at Monmouth); The Flying Dutchman (at Merrill Auditorium, for OperaMaine) and Mr. Burns (at USM).

Nia Safarr Banks (Costume Designer) is a costume designer from Richmond, Virginia. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2019, and has recently received her Master of Fine Arts at Boston University in 2023. She has been nominated for two Richmond Critic Awards: for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design in a Play (An Octoroon, TheatreLab), and in a Musical (A Christmas Kaddish, Richmond Triangle Players). Her credits include: August Wilson’s Seven Guitars (Actors’ Shakespeare Project), Hamlet (American Shakespeare Center), and The Color Purple (Nashville Repertory Theatre).

Mary Lana Rice (Lighting Designer) is a recent transplant to Maine after several years working around the country as a Lighting Designer and Electrician. She is thrilled to have joined the Portland Stage family and grateful to all of her fellow collaborators! Her work was last seen at Portland Stage in What the Constitution Means to Me. Some of her favorite design credits also include Sanctuary City (Portland Theater Festival); The Three Little Pigs (MSMT); Born Yesterday and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Cortland Repertory Theatre, NY); Wait Until Dark, I Am My Own Wife, and Five Guys Named Moe (Fulton Theatre, PA). All my love to Seth, Logan, and Hazel!

Kathy Ruvuna** (Sound Designer) is a New York-based sound designer and composer. Recent credits include Mary Gets Hers (Playwrights Realm); Trouble in Mind (Hartford Stage); Bernarda’s Daughters (The New Group); Amani (National Black Theatre); Self Portraits (Deluxe); Dark Disabled Stories (Bushwick Starr); WhatA-Christmas!, Sweat (Alley Theatre); The Lion in Winter, Pipeline, Radio Golf (Everyman Theatre); The Great Leap, I and You, Read to Me (Portland Stage); Circle Jerk! Live (Fake Friends); In the Southern Breeze, Ni Mi Madre (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater). She holds (**Member of USA)

a BFA in Sound Design from the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University and an MFA in Sound Design from the Yale School of Drama.

Myles C. Hatch* (Stage Manager) most recently stage managed The Play That Goes Wrong here at Portland Stage. He has worked with such diverse theaters as the Hangar Theatre, Theatre By The Sea, The Freeport Shakespeare Festival, Maine State Music Theatre, The Theater at Monmouth, Arden Theatre Company, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, Everyman Theatre, Rep Stage, Horse Cave Theatre, New Stage Theatre, Round House Theatre, Source Theatre Company, Washington Stage Guild, Washington Jewish Theatre, Asolo Theatre Company, Westport Country Playhouse, and the YALE Summer Cabaret. Myles would like to thank the cast, creatives, run crew, production staff, and the theater administration for their wonderful work helping to tell this story and continuing the storied history of Portland Stage. Myles is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.

Jenn Haltman (Casting Director) [she/her] is a freelance theater, film, and new media casting director. Previous PSC shows include The Play That Goes Wrong, Saint Dad, Sherlock, The Cake, Perseverance, and The Niceties. Regional theaters include Pig Iron Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, Gloucester Stage, Virginia Stage Company, Veterans Repertory Theater, and Sharon Playhouse. Films include Boy Meets Girl (dir. Eric Schaeffer), the award-winning shorts “Behind the Wall” (dir. Bat-Sheva Guez) and “Someone Will Assist You Shortly” (dir. Jon Levenson), and the 2017 Sundance selection “Madeline’s Madeline” (Josephine Decker). As Co-Producing Artistic Director of Between Two Boroughs Productions, Jenn has cast and directed Cannibal Galaxy: a love story, Summertime, The Understudy, and most recently Trich. Previously, Jenn was the Casting Associate at New York Theatre Workshop (shows include Peter and the Starcatcher, Little Foxes, Aftermath) and worked with Page 73 Productions and Soho Rep. She is a proud graduate of Muhlenberg College. www.jennhaltman.com

(*Member of AEA)

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Clyde’s by Lynn Nottage is funded in part by a grant from the Maine Arts Commission, an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. Generous support also provided by Maine Theater Fund/Maine Community Foundation, the Libra Foundation, the Fisher Charitable Foundation, and the Shubert Foundation.

2022-23 ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS

Executive Producer ($50,000+)

Edwin F. Gamble Bequest

The Shubert Foundation

Anna Marie & John E. Thron Fund of the Maine Community Foundation

Producer ($25,000 - $49,999)

Tenney & Newell Augur

Brooks Family Foundation

Harold & Betty Cottle Family Fund

East Point Fund of the Maine Community Foundation

Maine Community Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Redmond Family Foundation

Executive Director ($15,000 - $24,999)

Libra Foundation

Migis Hotel Group

Moser Family Foundation

Onion Foundation

Sam L. Cohen Foundation

State of Maine: Maine Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Managing Director ($10,000 - $14,999)

Anonymous (3)

Wright-Ryan Homes

Director ($5,000 - $9,999)

Nancy J. Aldrich

Susan & James Carter

Fair Winds & Following Seas Fund

Fisher Charitable Foundation

Ed & Jan Gerry

George & Cheryl Higgins

Maine Arts Commission

Maine Theater Fund of the Maine Community Foundation

Moriah Moser & Dan Morgenstern, MD

Leonard & Nancy Nemon

Carole Ann Palmer

The Parsons Family Foundation

Roy A. Hunt Foundation

Maine Air Conditioning/W. H. Demmons, Inc.

Production Manager ($2,500 - $4,999)

Anonymous

Mauria Brough & Bryon Winn

Coffee By Design

Diversified Communications

Austin & Eileen Farrar

Ron & Donna Forest

Lissa Hunter & Kirby Pilcher

Jamie & Beth Kilbreth

Margaret E. Burnham Charitable Trust

Darrell Pardy & Carolyn Hughes

The Performing Arts Fund of the Maine Community Foundation

Pierce Atwood

John Ryan & Jenny Scheu

Louis F. & Prudence H. Ryan

Kenneth Spirer & Joan Leitzer

Ashley Wernher-Collins & Scott Collins

Backer ($1,000 - $2,499)

Anonymous (2)

Apple Lane Foundation

Mary G. Barthelman

Gunard Erik Bergman

Patricia A. Clark

Tim Cloudman & Lori Garon

Kris & Ken Conant

Debra L. Coyman

Beth De Tine

Helen Dickey & David G. Fitz

Gary E. Duford & Thomas L. Hinkle

Karen & Fred Farber

Mabel Gerquest

Douglas Green

Jebediah Foundation

Stephen & Carolyn Jenks

Douglas & Cheryl Jones

David and Lynn Jourdan

Nancy Kaye

Cornelia Kittredge

Kathleen Leslie

Maine Community College

Daniel Marra & Barbara Leonard

William A. McCue

Irv Meeker

Tom & Marti Meyers

Judy Miskell

Marta Morse

Sara Murphy & Peter Wetzel

Todd & Gloria Nicholson

Ann & Ted Noyes

Ralph T. Perry & Mary Louise

Seldenfleur

Richard & Carolyn Peterson

Poole Group of Companies, Inc.

Harry & Anne Pringle

Hilary Rapkin & William Stiles

Jennifer Sarah & Joe O’Donnell

Maxine Sclar & Robert J. Yamartino

Stephen D. Sears & Cathy Sears

Spinnaker Trust

Anita Stewart & Ron Botting

Courtney Thorpe

Nelson & Lisa Toner

Anne Wade & Gil Hagan

Natalie West & Robert Sellin

Peregrine Whittlesey

Monica Wood & Daniel Abbott

Investor ($500 - $999)

A Friend

John & Judy Adelman

Diana & Tom Allen

Sally & Ron Bancroft

Thomas & Marjorie Berman

Jane V. & John F. Berry

Don & Diane Bessey

Brown Dog Carriers

Malcolm Burson & Eleanor

Goldberg

Tracey Burton & Ken Moller

Donald & Patricia Carter

Nancy Crowell

2022-23 ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS

Carol De Tine & Roger F.

Woodman, Jr.

Barbara & Gil Dichter

Ken & Cheryl Freye

Richard Hanks & Virginia Mackey

Mary Jane Hanneld

Karen Herold & Mark Isaacson

Helaine & D. Brock Hornby

Charles Johnson & Jean Appleby Johnson

Brigitte & Hal Kingsbury

Marilyn Lalumiere & Ed Reed

Greg Lanou & Tracy Skillin-Lanou

Harvey & Pamela Lodish

Martin Lodish & Kristin Schardt

Mark Love & Marcia Taylor

Emily & Dick MacKenzie

Jerry & Liz Mansfield

Rob McAfee

Theresa McCarthy

Stewart Newell

Sara & Michael Perfetti

Malcolm & Patti Poole

Carole A. Pope

Nancy & Frank Read

Dixon & Susan Myer Riley

Lee Robbins

Donald J. Rudalevige

Elena Schmidt

Curtis & Nina Scribner

Andre & Daniela Skalina

Joseph & Susan Spagnola

Anne & Jack Spiegel

Cathy Stankard & Gregg Palmer

Jane & Nate Stevens

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Bud & Susan Stiker

Eric & Wendy Suehrstedt

Karen Sumner

Kari & Bob Suva

Louise Valati

Cheslye & John Ventimiglia

Wigeon Point Charitable Foundation

Sam & Tracy Zager

Supporter ($250 - $499)

Anonymous (2)

Peter & Lyn Ballou

Ben & Judy Bertram

Gregory & Mary Caron

Pamela Cleghorn

Peter H. Clough

Jacqueline Cohen

Scott Cowger

Carol & Dick Davis

Mary Ellms

David Ertz & Carol Ryan-Ertz

John Fay

Dr. & Mrs. David Flavin

Terry & Mandy Garmey

James Gertmenian & Susan King

Tom & Peggy Gilbert

Margaret Groban & Larry Fischman

Lisa Hangoc

Peter Haynes

Bob & Marge Healing

Roslyn & Steve Hershfield

Scott Horton & Leslie Richfield

Tom & Laurie Hyndman

Stephen & Suzanne Irish

Robin Ishmael

Herbert & Kathleen Janick

Bud & Wendy Kellett

Angus & Catherine King

Dennis & Sandra King

David Kling & Kathryn Sanders

Neil & Cathy Lamb

Sally Walker Madore

Alice Moisen

Rick & Debby Molander

Susan Morris

Jeremy Moser & Laura Kittle

Richard & Sandra Neiman

Lucretia & Michael Nelson

Catherine O’Connor & John Kelly

Janet O’Toole

Rebecca Oreskes & Brad Ray

James & Judith Parkhill

Dean & John Paterson

Charlene & Jerry Petruccelli

Hugh & Norma Phelps

Orrin & Linda Shane

Rick & Celeste Shinay

Mary Snell & Irwin Novak

Betty & Barry Stallman

Ernie Stanhope

Darwin & Kathleen Stanley

Frank & Carrie Strasburger

David & Kathleen Stuchiner

Deborah & Hall Thompson

Daniel Tucker

Lance & Gina Vardis

Meg Thompson Villarreal

Nancy R. Wade

Randall Weill & Catherine

Coughlin

Friend ($100 - $249)

Anonymous (5)

Alice M. Abbott

Janice B. Adler

Paul Ainsworth

Jacqueline Alpert & Christopher

Leighton

Robert & Linda Ayotte

Bob Bahm & Jan Baker

Joseph & Mary Louise Bates

Michael & Connie Beck

Craig & Abigail Belanger

Elizabeth Belliveau

Nancy Bogg & Mark Kiefner

Chris & Stephanie Bowe

Jim & Sarah Bowie

Nona & Doug Boyink

John Brandt

Emily & Norman Breitner

Betty Bricker-Small & David Small

Jane G. Briggs

Helen Brock & Doug Knight

Susan Bruce & Rick Hauck

Dan & Dale Bryant

Allie Byers

Priscilla Campbell-Wyman & Ross

Wyman

Robin and William Carter

Paul & Stephanie Castle

Jennifer Caven

Rae Clark-McGrath

Andrew & Judith Coburn

Susan & James Cook

Ann Corbey

Mary Anne & David Crawford

Bill Cullen

2022-23 ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS

Dick & Margaret Curran

Richard & Judy Curtis

George & Lynn Davenport

Cara David

Jerry & Gretchen Davis

Donna Deletetsky

Mary Doherty

Mary C. Doughty

Moira Driscoll & David Pence

Mary Lou Dyer

Katherine Dyhrberg

John Edwards

Michael & Jill Epstein

Mr. & Mrs. James M. Farr

Rich Evans & Jean Foy

Herbert & Alice Ferran

Deborah Wathen Finn

Anne Fisher

David Fluharty & Linda Hjortland

Tom Ford & Mike Rodgers

Susan Garfield & Lynda Mullen

Leslie Gibbons

George & Martha Gilmore

Phyllis & Bernard Givertz

Richard & Anna Hamilton

Amanda Hannan

Ann Havener & Richard Estabrook

Marilyn & John Heise

Dr. David & Anna London

Robert & Kim Lydon

Janet Henry & Vernon Moore

Stephen & Debra Honey

Chris Hourcle

Elizabeth & Christopher Hunt

Al & Pauline Huntley

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Vance Huntley & Jennifer Hitchcox

Catherine & Matthew Hyde

Jack & Kenneth Jackowitz

Sandra Jensen & Samuel Broaddus

Allen S. & Sarah S. Johnson

Patrick & Valerie Kelly

David & Linda Kirstein

Paul M. Knight

Dan & Stacey Koloski

Ken & Jean Kriedberg

Denise LaRue & Bob Furman

Calien Lewis & Martha Mickles

Christine Linnehan

Burke & Judith Long

Benjamin Lund

John & Jane Lunt

Chris & Carson Lutes

Karen Malm

Libby & David Margolis-Pineo

David & Jeanne Mason

John & June McClean

Sheila McGarr

Susan & Frank McGinty

Paula Gibbs McKenney

Mary Ann McLean

Sarah & Standish Meacham

Joseph & Gloria Melnick

Nate Meyer

Ellie & Charlie Miller

Bernard Mohr & Karin Wagner

Bruce Moore & Jan Chapman

Wendy Moore

Robert & Susan Nielsen

Erin & Jon Nitschke

Victoria Nolan & Clark Crolius

David & Carolyn Sue Nutty

John & Karen O’Brien

Richard O’Meara & Christine

Bulsa-O’Meara

Jackie Oliveri

One4All Charitable Fund

Jonas Oppenheim

David & Jacqueline Orsmond

John & Denise Palmer

Richard & Carole Palmer

Larry Perkins

Norma Piper

Hope Putnam

Lenore Rapkin

Kathryn Reid & Hugh Tozer

John & Marsha Reynolds

Mathew Reynolds

Erika Richardson

Larry & Robin Rubinstein

Stephen Ryan & James Bishop

Helen Ryder

Paul & Penelope Sarvis

Mike & Pam Schwotzer

Ellen Seidman

Catherine Sengel

Peggy Shapiro

Linda Shary & Jeffrey Logan

Fred & Viola Sheehan

Sarah Smith

Patricia Stevens

Betta Stothart

Vicki Sullivan

Kristin G. Sweeney

Adam Thibodeau

David & Holly Travers

Patricia Vantuyl

Elizabeth Walsh

Deena Weinstein

Susan & Francis Whitten

David & Elise Wilson

Judy & Norman Wilson

David & Gail Witherill

Rick & Janet Wolf

Margo Wood & Wayne Barter

Laura Young

Elliot Zeisel PhD, DF-AGPA

Margaret & David Zellinger

Anne B. Zill

Bill & Patty Zimmerman

In Memory of ($1000+)

Wendy DesAutels in Memory of Wil Meacham

In Honor/Memory of ($250+)

Mathew Goldfarb in Memory of Lynn Goldfarb

Kathleen Silvia in Honor of Bud & Cheryl Higgins

In Memory of Morgan Wakelin

Benjamin Weiss in Honor of

Julianne Shea