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Portland Stage is committed to cultivating our region’s playwrights while introducing our audience to the creative process. We inspire, nurture, and launch plays that will delight audiences for decades to come by incubating new work.
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).
Actor, Tony nominee and playwright, John Cariani, whose Almost, Maine is one of the most produced plays by high schools and colleges, will return to Portland Stage this season with a new Made in Maine production, Not Quite Almost.
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INSPIRING LITERACY, CULTURAL AWARENESS, COLLABORATION, & CREATIVITY
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.
Top Feature: Students participating in Portland Stage Design Camp, 2024 summer camp.
Above: A student acting in Shakespeare Teen Company’s performance of Hamlet.
CELEBRATING 51 YEARS OF MAKING THEATER IN MAINE
HANDCRAFTED THEATER MADE IN MAINE
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. Throughout one season, Portland Stage creates over 200 live performances and serves 50,000 people from around the state and beyond.
Photos from the 2023 production of Saint Dad by Monica Wood
Top Feature: Emily Upton, Liam Craig*, Moira Driscoll*, Pilar Witherspoon*, & Jenny Woodward
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Side: Patrick O’Brien* (* Member of AEA). Photos by James A. Hadley
CELEBRATING 51 YEARS OF MAKING
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.
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!
Merrill Auditorium is managed by the City of Portland Public Assembly Facilities Division Andrew J Downs, Director
Wednesday September 18th @ 7:30 pm
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Thursday September 26th @ 7:30 pm - REG Presents KILLER QUEEN
Thursday October 3rd @ 7:00 pm - WHEEL OF FORTUNE LIVE
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Friday October 25th @ 7:00 pm
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Saturday October 26th @ 10:00 am
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Saturday October 26th @ 6:30 pm
The Kotzschmar Organ presents AN EVENING WITH OLIVIER LATRY
Sunday November 17th @ 2:30 pm
The Kotzschmar Organ presents GRAND OPERA MEETS THE MIGHTY KOTZSCHMAR
November 29th thru December 8th Maine State Ballet’s NUTCRACKER
Tuesday December 17th @ 7:00 pm Portland Ballet presents VICTORIAN NUTCRACKER
Monday December 23rd @ 7:00 pm
The Kotzschmar Organ presents CHRISTMAS WITH KENNERLEY
Saturday March 1 @ 7:00 pm
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Wednesday March 19 @ 7:30 pm
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Saturday March 22nd @ 7:00 pm
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Ovations Offstage connects audiences with artists by bringing experiences directly to the community. Programming includes pre-performance lectures before each chamber music concert, masterclasses and public workshops with visiting artists, community conversations, post-performance Q&A’s, film screenings, the popular Drag Storytime series and more.
CELEBRATING 94 YEARS OF PERFORMING ARTS
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SUNDAY, SEPETEMBER 22, 2024 | 2:30 PM
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2024 | 7:00 PM
ROARING ’20S:
Rhapsody in Blue
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SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2025 | 7:00 PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2025 | 2:30 PM
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McCullough mixes a gold metallic ink with additives to create a specific viscosity.
McCullough mixes a gold metallic ink with additives to create a specific viscosity.
McCullough and Brown discuss the design while setting up the printing station.
McCullough and Brown discuss the design while setting up the printing station.
Silkscreen printing involves pushing ink through a mesh screen onto paper or another surface. Each color in the design requires a separate screen, with layers of ink applied sequentially to create the final image.
Silkscreen printing involves pushing ink through a mesh screen onto paper or another surface. Each color in the design requires a separate screen, with layers of ink applied sequentially to create the final image.
ON SALE NOW. Posters may be purchased online or at PSO performances. All proceeds benefit PSO education and artistic programs. For more information about how to own a piece of PSO history visit: `PORTLANDSYMPHONY.ORG
ON SALE NOW. Posters may be purchased online or at PSO performances. All proceeds benefit PSO education and artistic programs. For more information about how to own a piece of PSO history visit: `PORTLANDSYMPHONY.ORG
Last year we asked local artists to help create a design for the PSO’s 100 th season expressing the celebratory spirit of the Symphony. The final design came from emerging artist Lydia Jane Brown, a native Mainer who has lived in the Portland area since 2008 when she moved from Aroostook County to study art at USM.
Last year we asked local artists to help create a design for the PSO’s 100 th season expressing the celebratory spirit of the Symphony. The final design came from emerging artist Lydia Jane Brown, a native Mainer who has lived in the Portland area since 2008 when she moved from Aroostook County to study art at USM.
“ The starting concept was a dynamic overlapping image of a conductor with arms spread wide as a gentle explosion of instruments bursts above their head and around them, melding together while simultaneously growing out from the center. It’s meant to feel celebratory, like a fireworks display.”
“ The starting concept was a dynamic overlapping image of a conductor with arms spread wide as a gentle explosion of instruments bursts above their head and around them, melding together while simultaneously growing out from the center. It’s meant to feel celebratory, like a fireworks display.”
-Brown
-Brown
Printmaker and PSO Graphic Designer Sarah McCullough collaborated with Brown to create a four-color screenprint commemorating the PSO’s 100th Anniversary season. This limited-edition silkscreen poster will be signed by the printmaker, artist, Music Director, and possibly a special guest. It is printed with water-based inks on 100% cotton, archival Stonehenge paper.
Printmaker and PSO Graphic Designer Sarah McCullough collaborated with Brown to create a four-color screenprint commemorating the PSO’s 100th Anniversary season.
This limited-edition silkscreen poster will be signed by the printmaker, artist, Music Director, and possibly a special guest. It is printed with water-based inks on 100% cotton, archival Stonehenge paper.
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This beloved Maine holiday classic brings a delightful combination of nostalgic traditions and unexpected surprises.
Experience perennial favorites like the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah and “Sleigh Ride” (performed in a distinctly unique PSO fashion— and yes, pun intended for those in the know), new traditions like “The Maine Christmas Song,“ and specially chosen brand-new selections heard for the first time each year.
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“Join us at Portland Stage!”
We want to share our 51st season with YOU!
With new Made in Maine productions, classics revisited, sharpwitted dramas, charming comedies, and murder mysteries, this season holds a range of shows we hope will delight and inspire you.
Each play in this season is about uncovering unexpected truths and finding the strength to face problems head on. From a senator standing up for what’s right, to discovering secrets in a recipe box or on the golf course. From confronting an angel or your wife, to sharing your deepest thoughts as shooting stars fill the night sky, each play this season brings a mystery and a different approach to finding a better solution.
Join us at Portland Stage!
Anita Stewart, Artistic Director
CELEBRATING 51 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER
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.
• Build community: We create productions from the ground up, combining local talent with artists from away: Enriching both through lasting relationships and deeper understanding of each other and the world.
• Evolve to stay relevant: We innovate, cultivate, and incubate new ideas on our stages, in our classrooms, and with community partners.
Ellen Alderman
Tony San Antonio
Samantha Bowen
Sarah Campbell
Susan Carter
Peter H. Clough
Scott Cowger
Margaret Groban
Amanda Hannan
Edith Iyer-Hernandez
John F. Leonard IV
Theresa McCarthy
Alisa Conroy Morton
Sara A. Murphy
Todd Nicholson
Carole Ann Palmer
Cathy Stankard
Robin Talbot
Courtney Thorpe
Nelson A. Toner
Daniel Tucker
Anne Wade
Wendy Winer
Meg Villarreal
&
from the 2023-24 Portland Stage production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (*Member AEA).
CELEBRATING 51 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER
LEADERSHIP
Artistic Director ............................................................................... Anita Stewart
Managing Director ...........................................................................Martin Lodish
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 Coordinator ...................................................................................Elliot Nye
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
Development Associate ............................................................... Lindsey Higgins
Development Director .....................................................................Covey Crolius
Education Administrator ................................................................ Julianne Shea
Education Assistant ........................................................Stacey Salotto-Cristobol
Education Director................................................................ Michael Dix Thomas
Front of House Associates .................................. Beka Bryer & Cassie Edincott
Grant Coordinator ................................................................................. Allison Fry
Graphic Designer •Marketing Associate................................ Aressa Goodrich
Group Sales Coordinator ...............................................................Myles C. Hatch
House Manager .......................................................................... Adam Thibodeau
Marketing Assistant....................................................................... Savannah Irish
Marketing & Communications Director ...................................... Erin Elizabeth
APPRENTICES
Company Management..................................................................... Casey Pitts
Costumes ........................................................... Renata Cortes, Jessica Podemski
Directing & Dramaturgy............................ Kimmarie McCrann, Larsen Nichols, ............................................................................................. Micki Demby Kleinman
Education ............................................................Charlie Bowen, Sadie Goldstein
Electrics ..................................................................................................Sierra Riley
Props ............................................................................................ Grainne Sheehan
Stage Management ..................................Kevin Commander, Charlotte Teplitz
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A full 6-show seated subscription, same days and seats throughout the season, plus the ability to exchange tickets if your plans change.
with the flexibility to choose your dates and make your reservations as the season progresses. Choose a package of 4 or 6 tickets, or combine packages to see more of the season.
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1 Misplaced or forgotten tickets can be easily reprinted at the Box Office on the day of the show.
2 Per-ticket price is lower than average single ticket prices and you only pay a one-time handling fee for each subscription package in your purchase.
3 Get access to reservations, exchanges, and additional tickets before shows go on sale to the general public.
4 The first exchange for each show is at no extra charge for a performance of the same price (i.e., evening to evening).
Because each contribution is an investment in the arts. Tax-deductible contributions keep Portland Stage a living, breathing, thriving theater, and ultimately ensure the fulfillment of our mission and the enrichment of our community. The generosity of individual donors, corporations, and foundations enables us to surround the work on our Mainstage with Education Programs, New Work Development Initiatives, and Community Engagement Events that deepen and broaden the impact of the shows themselves.
CELEBRATING 51 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER
The classes and camps at Portland Stage produce a safe environment for young people to find a higher sense of play, stretch their imaginations, and gain valuable social skills.
Serving children pre-K to grade 12 year round in our theater, the community, and schools.
Theater for Kids is made possible by the support & vision of Susie Konkel.
SATURDAYS AT 10:30AM OCT. 19 - NOV. 23 • AGES 4 - 10 Theater for Kids is made possible by the support & vision of Susie Konkel.
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.
Angels in America, Part 2: Perestroika.... Saturday, October 12th • 1:30 - 2:30pm
Murder on the Links.................................... Saturday, January 18th • 1:30 - 2:30pm
Madelines .................................................. Saturday, February 22nd • 1:30 - 2:30pm
Not Quite Almost...........................................Saturday, March 22nd • 1:30 - 2:30pm
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf........................... Saturday, May 3rd • 1:30 - 2:30pm
Join us after the fith 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.
after the second Sunday Matinee of each production for a discussion with the cast of each show, moderated by Literary Manager Todd Brian Backus. 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.
Lizz Mangan, Hannah Cordes, Sam
John
Kathy
& Raymond McAnally* During Almost, Maine discussion (2020) (* Member AEA).
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.
Read more on our website Portlandstage.org
For more information about who we are and what we do, and to buy tickets, click on the qr code to our brand-new website: www.RenaissanceVoices.net
Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 143 State St, Portland, ME
Saturday, December 14, 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 15, 2:00 pm
Music by Thomas Weelkes, Juan Esquivel, Sergei Rachmaninov, Sally Herman, & more
Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 143 State St, Portland, ME
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director’s cut – Music Director Harold Stover picks favorites from 30 years of Renaissance Voices concerts
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CELEBRATING 51 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER
SEPT 24 - OCT 19
“To what is fair and just!”
Welcome to our 52nd season!
I’m excited to start the season with a play about one of the greatest political figures in American history, Eleanor Roosevelt. I find it a pure delight to meet the Eleanor that inhabits Mark St. Germain’s play. A woman with a strong moral center, deep convictions, and a sharp wit. This Eleanor not only regales us with the stories of her determination and success, but also shares her disappointments and regrets, putting a human face on a textbook hero. When we consider Eleanor as a person instead of a historical figure, her achievements, and the sheer magnitude of what she accomplished in one lifetime, become even more extraordinary.
In 1920, when women first were given the right to vote, Eleanor was already 36 with five children. A year later, her husband contracted polio. These circumstances did not prevent her from helping others. Instead, they strengthened her resolve to address social injustices.
The work that Eleanor did during her lifetime helped working women and men gain rights and respect, and Maine has a rich history of working to uplift the working class and build a more just and equal world. Portland Stage is celebrating a number of community partners with this production: ACLU of Maine, Maine Needs, Maine Women’s Lobby, Planned Parenthood, Preble Street, and Through These Doors. We are also partnering with the Frances Perkins Center, a national monument honoring the first woman to serve in a presidential cabinet. Secretary Perkins and Eleanor worked closely together on many of the same causes. These organizations carry on the important ideas Eleanor fought for in her life. We thank them for standing up for what is right.
In our turbulent world, seeing unexpected heroes change outcomes reminds us that we all can make a difference if we commit ourselves to a cause.
Here’s to all of us finding a bit of Eleanor in ourselves.
To what is fair and just!
Anita Stewart, Artistic Director
ON STAGE • SEPT 24 - OCT 19
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Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington D.C. Past and Present places in Eleanor’s life.
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.
Lighting Designer .................. Mary Lana Rice
Sound Designer/Engineer ..... Seth Asa Sengel
Stage Manager ..................... Myles C. Hatch*
Production Assistant ....................... Rori Haft
Lighting and Sound Operator ..... Zoë Cheever
Wardrobe Crew .................... Lauren Kensley
Lighting & Sound Operator Swing .. Max Lerin
Deck Crew Swing................ Bridget Beecham
Wardrobe Crew Swing.............. Hannah Cline
Wig Designer .......................... Peter Herman
Eleanor is presented through special arrangement with TRW PLAYS, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.trwplays.com. Eleanor was originally commissioned by Florida Studio Theatre, Richard Hopkins, Producing Artistic Director. First production of Eleanor at Barrington Stage Company, Pittsfield, MA. Julianne Boyd, Artistic Director and Branden Huldeen, Artistic Producer.
Special Thanks: Laguna Playhouse, North Coast Repertory, and Adam Thibodeau.
Mark St. Germain has written the plays Freud’s Last Session (Off Broadway Alliance Award); Camping with Henry and Tom (Outer Critics Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award); Forgiving Typhoid Mary (Time Magazine’s “Year’s Ten Best”); and Becoming Dr. Ruth, the story of Dr. Ruth Westheimer. He’s written Eleanor, starring Harriet Harris and Relativity, starring Mike Nussbaum, as well as the plays Best of Enemies, Ears on a Beatle, Scott and Hem, Out of gas on Lover’s Leap and Forgiveness. The Happiest Man on Earth, premiered at Barrington Stage Company and was subsequently produced in London. Great Barrington Public Theater premiered his plays Dad and Public Speaking 101.
With Randy Courts, he has written the musicals The Gifts of the Magi, Johnny Pye and The Foolkiller, and Jack’s Holiday. Mark’s musical, Stand by Your Man, The Tammy Wynette Story, was created for Nashville’s Ryman Theater. With John Markus he wrote the comedy with music, The Fabulous Lipitones and with Josh Bergasse co-created the dance musical, A Crossing.
Mark wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Freud’s Last Session which starred Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode. He co-wrote the screenplay for Carroll Ballard’s Warner Brothers film, Duma. His play The God Committee has been made into a film with the same name. He directed and produced the documentary, My Dog, An Unconditional Love Story, featuring Richard Gere, and Glenn Close among others. Television credits include The Cosby Show and Dick Wolf’s Crime and Punishment.
His books include the comedic memoir Walking Evil and the thriller, The Mirror Man. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Writer’s Guild East and an Associate Artist at the Barrington Stage Company. Barrington Stage named their second stage “The St. Germain Stage.”
David Ellenstein***
is thrilled to be back at Portland Stage where he directed Words By Ira Gershwin and Halpern And Johnson in the past. David serves as Artistic Director for both North Coast Repertory Theatre (since 2003) and Laguna Playhouse (since 2022). As a lifetime theatre professional for five decades, David has acted in, directed or produced more than 350 productions from Miami to Anchorage, and from San Diego to Portland, ME and most places in between. Directorial favorites include The Chosen at Coconut Grove Playhouse and Paper Mill Playhouse, The Glass Menagerie at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Long Days Journey Into Night at Renaissance Theatre, and The Remarkable Mister Holmes (also co-author) at North Coast Rep, and Laguna Playhouse. As an actor, credits include the title roles in Hamlet at LA Theatre Center, Richard III at CA Shakespeare Festival, and over three dozen film and television roles.
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Kandis Chappell* Eleanor
is delighted to make her Portland Stage debut. She is an Associate Artist of the Old Globe in San Diego, where she has appeared in more than 30 productions. She has worked extensively at South Coast Rep in Costa Mesa, and at theaters across the country, including on Broadway, Lincoln Center, Milwaukee Rep, Seattle Rep, ACT in San Francisco, and North Coast Rep in Solana Beach.
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DAVID ELLENSTEIN
Directing and Dramaturgy Apprentice Max Lerin interviewed director David Ellenstein about his process and experience directing Eleanor.
Max Lerin (ML): What made you want to start directing?
David Ellenstein (DE): My father was an actor and a director, so having both of those skills was a natural progression. Mostly an actor in my early career, I observed so many directors that didn’t seem to understand the requirements of being a successful director. They didn’t understand how to stage in order to keep the picture interesting and keep it from becoming static. Even more, they didn’t understand when an actor needed help and what to say in order to help them. What often seemed obvious to me was not just said or acted upon. I took the opportunities as they arose and I had success doing so. A lifetime in the theater prepared me to be a leader in the rehearsal room.
ML: You’ve already directed Eleanor in California. How do you expect the play might land differently in Maine?
DE: I believe the person Eleanor is such a universally respected person that it will land with the same resonance as it did in California. Being a New Englander herself, there may be new resonance that didn’t happen in California as the Maine audiences recognize things that are close to home.
ML: How do you see Eleanor’s story as relevant today?
DE: She was a humanist. Though a staunch Democrat, she crossed bounds by being respectful and caring of all people. Her philosophy of being of service is one that is so needed in today’s world.
ML: What excites you most about working on this production?
DE: Just how powerfully her persona lives on and still touches people. Returning to Portland Stage where I have had such good experiences in the past—and working again with Kandis Chappell, who is a superb actress. ML: In researching Eleanor’s life, did you learn anything that surprised you?
Kandis Chappell*, Seth Asa Sengel, David Ellenstein***, Myles C. Hatch*, Zoe Cheever, and Sidney Phillips. Photo by Aressa Goodrich. *Member AEA, ***member SDC.
ML: In researching Eleanor’s life, did you learn anything that surprised you?
DE: Many things—some of which are in the play. Eleanor’s profound effect upon the country and her major impact on the progress of women’s rights. Many details of her personal life and history. I had no idea how many accomplishments she had. How influential she was to society and what a big impact she had on women’s rights and on women as a voice in politics. I was also unaware of the personal turmoil that went on in her life. The play does not shy away from those topics.
ML: How does the process of working on a one-woman show differ from directing plays with larger casts?
DE: It is all on Kandis. My job is to be her mirror and help to make sure the flow of the text is clear and not static. To create a framework for the actor to perform in that helps to tell the story. Staging is simpler with only one person—less traffic patterns to worry about.
ML: Is there a particular exercise or technique you find most useful in the rehearsal room?
DE: It varies with the skill and experience of the actor—also with the style and demands of the play. For this one, working with a consummate professional, it is about leaving room for her to do her work and shaping around that.
ML: What do you hope audiences will take away from this play?
DE: Knowledge, joy, a sense of purpose, and an appreciation of how the theater can celebrate what is good about being a human being.
By Todd Brian Backus
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born October 11, 1884, part of the Oyster Bay branch of the Roosevelt family along with her uncle and godfather Theodore Roosevelt. Later in life she would go on to marry her fifth cousin once removed, Franklin Delano Roosevelt of the Hyde Park branch, and would become the longest-serving first lady in American history.
Facing hardship at just eight years old, Eleanor lost her mother to diphtheria. Two short years later, she lost her father, and would then be raised mostly by her maternal grandmother with plenty of affection from her uncle Teddy Roosevelt. Her parents’ deaths and her low self-esteem (prompted by her mother’s insistence she wasn’t pretty enough to keep people in her life) meant Eleanor looked to make herself useful to people in all things. As she got older, she joined the Junior League and worked to teach immigrant children in the Lower East Side of New York City. One day, Franklin dropped in to join Eleanor as she was teaching, and she asked him to help carry a little girl home who had fallen ill. Franklin was shocked by the state of the tenements people lived in. While both Roosevelts were children of privilege, Eleanor worked hard to make things better for the working man. This drive would stay with her throughout her life.
By Max Lerin
Amidst all of the scholarship on Eleanor Roosevelt’s life, there is a plethora of speculation on Eleanor’s extramarital affairs. The most common name to surface is journalist Lorena “Hick” Hickok. The way their relationship is characterized among historians varies greatly, ranging from simply good friends to romantic lovers.
Eleanor Roosevelt first met Hick in 1928 when she was working for the Associated Press. Hick was covering FDR at the time and didn’t take much interest in Eleanor at first, preferring to focus on the “big story.” In 1932, Hick befriended Eleanor’s secretary, Malvina Thompson, who was more commonly known as “Tommy.” When Eleanor heard about Hick’s story from Tommy, it piqued her interest. She began giving Hick more journalistic opportunities and inviting her to more events, where she had previously been more standoffish (as she tended to be with reporters in general). As they began to spend more time together, Hick’s interest in Eleanor grew, and she eventually snagged the job of reporting primarily on Eleanor, rather than FDR. After that, the two became practically inseparable.
As their trust grew, Eleanor and Hick confided more and more in one another. They both held secrets—“Hick because she was a lesbian, in a time where her kind of love was considered immoral and shameful, and Eleanor because she had to pretend she was happily married,” according to writer Susan Quinn. Quinn writes that Eleanor revealed to Hick “how unloved she felt in her marriage and how disappointed she was in the ‘great man’everyone else idolized.” It was a risky confession, as Hick was still a reporter, but by this point Eleanor knew Hick’s devotion would not betray her.
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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.
Anita Stewart** (Scenic Designer & Costume Designer) has worked as a set and costume designer at leading theaters across the country, including the Guthrie, Seattle Rep, Canadian Opera Company, Minnesota Opera, A.R.T., Steppenwolf, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center, Long Wharf Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, Boise Contemporary Theater, New Jersey Shakespeare, and Portland Stage. Anita’s desire to play a meaningful role as an artist in a specific community brought her to Portland Stage as Artistic Director, a company for which she had previously done significant freelance design. Anita holds an MFA in Design from the Yale School of Drama.
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 is grateful to all of her fellow collaborators! Her design work was last seen at Portland Stage in Murder on the Links. Some of her favorite design credits include Clyde’s and What the Constitution Means to Me (Portland Stage); Sanctuary City and Wolf Play (Portland Theater Festival); Aladdin and 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, Hazel, and Logan!
Seth Asa Sengel (Sound Designer/Engineer) is a listener and tinkerer from the rural backwoods of Parsonsfield, and has spent decades making theatre with creative souls all over our United States. Seth began his Sound Design journey at Portland Stage 25 years ago, and has since collaborated on dozens of wonderful productions. Favorites include Conscience, Where We Stand, Buyer and Cellar, Souvenir, and Words By: Ira Gershwin and the Great American Songbook. For more information on Seth, visit www. sethasa.com. Please be kind to others, and to yourself, and tell people you love them. Much Love to Mary Lana.
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Myles C. Hatch* (Stage Manager) most recently stage-managed Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? here at Portland Stage. Myles 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. Thank you to the entire staff and apprentice company for all your great work on this show! Myles is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Peter Herman (Wig Designer) Peter is a well known designer in the Southern California area having designed wigs and makeup for over 500 productions. His work has been seen in many prominent theaters, operas, films, television and theme parks. Peter currently teaches wigs and makeup at San Diego State University
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