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Thursday February 8th @ 7:30 pm

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Saturday February 10th - SHEN YUN

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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

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Thursday April 18th - Live Nation presents MATT RIFE

Friday April 26th @ 7:00 pm

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Directors

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Elisabeth (Ellie) Osborn

Herbert Paris

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Allison Page, Director of Marketing & Communications

Leah Robertson, Director of Development

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Eva Tartaglia, Director of Artistic Operations

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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

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FEB 2024

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

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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APR 2024 MAY 2024

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

JUN 2024

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

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.

FOR ONLY $10 A TICKET , treat your family to an unforgettable afternoon out with classical concerts conducted for children of all ages.

LISTEN LAUGH LEARN

These 50-minute performances are designed to ignite your kids’ lifelong interest in the magic of live symphony music.

Arrive 1-hour early for pre-concert opportunities to connect with the stars on the stage.

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DISCOVERY CONCERTS

SYMPHONIC SUPERHEROES

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

UNDER THE SEA

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.

CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS: REMIX

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

Season 51

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ON STAGE • JUNE 5 - 16, 2024

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.

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

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER

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.

Top Feature: Emily Upton, Liam Craig*, Moira Driscoll*, Pilar Witherspoon*, & Jenny Woodward

Above: Liam Craig* & Jenny Woodward

Side: Patrick O’Brien* (* Member of AEA)

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER

Photos from the 2023 production of Saint Dad by Monica Wood

Photos by James A. Hadley

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“We are thrilled to welcome you back.”

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

Our building is transforming! From the new elevator and lobby space, to a marquee that will enliven the streetscape, we’re creating a whole new look and feel for our home this season. We are “Making an Entrance” to better serve you. Thank you in advance for helping us navigate the new.

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

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER

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:

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER

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

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

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

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

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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.

Tuesday, February 20 • 5 - 6pm

Clyde’s

Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

Manning

The Artistic Perspective

Tuesday, March 19 • 5 - 6pm

Tuesday, April 16 • 5 - 6pm

Tuesday, May 21 • 5 - 6pm

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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COMING THIS SPRING 24 CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF CREATING THEATER

Angels is a uniquely theatrical experience.

The Epic begins. Tony Kushner’s Angels in America is a piece you strap in for. As funny as it is moving, Angels flings us, the viewer, through a kaleidoscope of scenes including rabbis, Roy Cohn, imaginary friends, and angels, while we watch as a transplanted Mormon lawyer and his wife unexpectedly connect to a queer man and his lover dealing with the AIDS crisis. Kushner threads his disparate storylines, weaving the story of life in modern America through his words. Though written in the late 80s, the ideas, themes, and even

the historical characters Kushner taps into feel eerily relevant to today. The crisis hasn’t ended, merely changed.

Angels is a uniquely theatrical experience. Actors guide the journey, shifting a chair or desk to establish a new space. We witness the impact of two storylines happening in the same time and place. It is complex in its simplicity. It is what theater does best.

We are thrilled to be collaborating for the first time with Dramatic Repertory Company, a frequent presenter in our Studio Theater, to bring this American epic to our Mainstage. It has been exciting to bring our two companies together and to be able to work with a wider range of local artists as a result. We are especially proud that this production is made in Maine, featuring the work of an all-local cast.

Tonight we are sharing the first half of this journey, which will be completed next season. Thank you for joining us, and I hope that what you see tonight inspires you to return.

Here’s to the past informing our future...

Anita Stewart, Artistic Director

Angels in America

Written by Tony Kushner

ON STAGE • May 1 - May 26

SETTING

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.

**The Scenic, Costume, Lighting,

New York City, 1985 and Sound Designers in LORT are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE.

***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.

CAST

Prior Robbie Harrison

Louis ................................................................ Nate Stephenson

Belize ...................................................Ashanti Dwight Williams

Joseph ................................................................... Joseph Bearor

Harper ............................................................. Michela Micalizio

Hannah ..................................................................Denise Poirier

Roy ...............................................................................Paul Haley

The Angel ............................................................... Casey Turner

ARTISTIC/PRODUCTION

Co-Director .............................................. Keith Powell Beyland

Co-Director ............................................................. Peter Brown

Scenic Designer ................................................ Anita Stewart**

Costume Designer .............................................. Emily White**

Lighting Designer ............................SeifAllah Salotto-Cristobal

Sound Designer .................................................Seth Asa Sengel

Stage Manager ........................................................ Meg Lydon*

Fight Choreographer ................................ Michael Dix Thomas

Intimacy Director .....................................................Hollie Pryor

Asst. Director & Dramaturg .................................... Alex Oleksy

Assistant Stage Manager ...................................... Katie Barnes

Wardrobe ......... Crow Traphagen, Elena Truman, & Jessi Stier

Deck Crew ............................................................ Isabel Martine

Scenic Charge ...................................................... Isabel Martine

Swing Run Crew ............................. Lucie Green & Alex Oleksy

Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches is produced by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC. broadwayplaypublishing.com

Millennium Approaches was first performed in a workshop production presented by Center Theatre Group/Mark Taper Forum, May 1990. The world premiere was presented by The Eureka Theatre Company, May 1991. Opened in London at the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, January 1992. Opened in New York at the Walter Kerr Theatre in April 1993. The first production of Angels in America, Parts One and Two was presented at the Mark Taper Forum.

Special Thanks: Adam Thibodeau, Raminta Moore of the Portland Public Library, Bess Welden, Jeyn Levison, and W.H. Demmons.

TONY KUSHNER, PLAYWRIGHT

Born in New York City in 1956, and raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana, Tony Kushner is best known for his two-part epic, Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes. His other plays include A Bright Room Called Day, Slavs!, Hydrotaphia, Homebody/Kabul, and Caroline, Or Change, the musical for which he wrote book and lyrics, with music by composer Jeanine Tesori. Kushner has translated and adapted Pierre Corneille’s The Illusion, S.Y. Ansky’s The Dybbuk, Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan and Mother Courage and her Children, and the English-language libretto for the children’s opera Brundibár by Hans Krasa. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols’ film of Angels in America and Steven Spielberg’s Munich. In 2012 he wrote the screenplay for Spielberg’s movie Lincoln. His books include But the Giraffe: A Curtain Raising and Brundibar: The Libretto, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present; and Wrestling with Zion: Progressive JewishAmerican Responses to the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict, co-edited with Alisa Solomon. His recent work includes a collection of one-act plays entitled Tiny Kushner, and The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures. Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, an Emmy Award, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, an Arts Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a PEN/Laura Pels Award, a Spirit of Justice Award from the Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, a Cultural Achievement Award from The National Foundation for Jewish Culture, a Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for lifetime achievement, and the 2012 National Medal of Arts, among many others. In September 2008, Tony Kushner became the first recipient of the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award, the largest theater award in the US. He is the subject of a documentary film, Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner, made by the Oscarwinning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock. He lives in Manhattan with his husband, Mark Harris.

KEITH POWELL BEYLAND, CO-DIRECTOR

KEITH POWELL BEYLAND

recently directed the criticallyacclaimed DRC productions of Grounded, The Moors (codirected - Theatrical Highlight of 2022 - Portland Phoenix), Lungs, The Flick, Cock (the cockfight play) (co-directedTheatrical Highlight of 2018 - Portland Phoenix), Venus In Fur (co-directed - Theatrical Highlight of 2017 - Portland Phoenix), The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence (Theatrical Highlight of 2015Portland Phoenix), Equivocation (co-directed, Theatrical Highlight of 2014 - Portland Phoenix), My Name Is Rachel Corrie (Theatrical Highlight of 2014 - Portland Phoenix), A Bright New Boise (co-production with Fenix Theatre, Theatrical Highlight of 2013 - Portland Phoenix), Topdog/Underdog (Best Production - 2013 PEER Award, Theatrical Highlight of 2012 - Portland Phoenix), [title of show], Tigers Be Still, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Life During Wartime, and Blue/Orange. He spent the last two decades working on and off Broadway with respected organizations like Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature Theatre Company (NY), The New Group, Berkshire Theatre Festival, and Irondale Ensemble Project. Keith studied with Athol Fugard, John Patrick Shanley, Paula Vogel, María Irene Fornés, Anne Hamburger, Carey Perloff, and Venable Herndon, among others. He holds a degree with Honors from the Dramatic Writing Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He is a Stroke Survivor.

PETER BROWN, CO-DIRECTOR

PETER BROWN is honored to be co-directing again with his friend Keith (after having directed so successfully together on Venus in Fur and Equivocation), and to be working again with Portland Stage, where he served as Production Manager 1999–2009. Peter is a Portland-based actor, director, and theater educator, who has appeared in Dramatic Repertory Company’s productions of Fabuloso, Equivocation, Swimming in the Shallows, and Life During Wartime. Peter is the Artistic Director of Fenix Theatre Company that produces Shakespeare in Deering Oaks Park, and is the creator of Fenix’s annual holiday production, 12th Night: A Holiday Musical, that infuses Twelfth Night with over two dozen holiday songs. Peter is the Director of the Portland High School Shakespeare Company (since 2002), and former Associate Artistic Director of Mad Horse Theatre Company. MHTC credits include acting in The Normal Heart, The Pillowman, and Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and directing The History Boys and Six Degrees of Separation. Peter’s proudest role is that of Dad to his sons Crosby and Lexton. A million thanks to his husband R.J., whose love, support, and dedication to their family makes it all possible.

PLAYNOTES PERSPECTIVES

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PETER BROWN AND KEITH POWELL BEYLAND Edited

for Clarity by Alex Olesky

Assistant Director and Dramaturg Alex Oleksy sat down with Angels in America co-directors Peter Brown and Keith Powell Beyland to hear about their collaboration on this iconic 20th century epic.

AO: Angels in America is quite the endeavor to produce, especially when you commit to Part I and Part II. Why is it important to tell this story now?

KPB: This play was written in 1991 and is set in the mid 1980s, but so many of its themes are still quite relevant today. There is a timeless quality to the work that continues to resonate with audiences today as it did in the ‘90’s. Religion, politics, health crisis, sexuality, morality, discrimination, societal expectations—all this and more are part of the fabric of this incredible play.

PB: Though the events of Angels in America are set in the mid-1980s, the political and social issues of the play feel very contemporary: power, corruption, the struggle of marginalized groups, and the need for compassion and activism. There are many things touched on in this play that reverberate between the Reagan era and now—the societal division, discussion of the ozone—and, of course, the character of Roy Cohn has never felt more relevant, given the presence of his most famous protégé in our lives.

AO: How would you describe your collaboration style?

KPB: There are several collaborations going on at once! Co-director Peter Brown and I have worked together on several previous DRC productions, and I am extremely fortunate to have found someone I can work closely with who both understands my directorial style and challenges me to see beyond it. I had a massive stroke in 2015 that left me with Aphasia and Apraxia—so I have difficulty communicating both verbally and in written form. As a co-director, Peter helps me convey my vision to the actors and design team, but also brings his much needed perspective to all aspects of the show. I could not have done this production without him! Collaborating with Portland Stage has been seamless—they have really let us present the production as DRC would, highly theatrical—so the audience is engaged right from the start. When we all get together to discuss the technical elements, we have been amazingly in sync! And of course collaborating with this group of actors has been highly motivating—DRC has worked with most of the actors in the production before, but the way everyone has come together to tell this story is a director’s dream. Everyone involved has been so open with communication throughout the entire process—I can’t imagine an easier way to work!

PB: Keith and I are friends. We have been doing theater together for a dozen years, starting as director-actor. We have collaborated twice before: once before Keith’s stroke and once after. In the first instance, we were working together on a production of Equivocation. I had brought him the script, which he loved and wanted to direct. He asked me to co-direct because the play concerned Shakespeare and involved a lot of Shakespearean language that he felt less comfortable with but he knew was a strong suit of mine. In this case he was the primary director and I was supporting his vision as a Shakespeare consultant. Co-directing Venus in Fur was different because of Keith’s stroke, but it was still a situation of me supporting Keith’s vision as a director, because he loved that play so much and had selected it for the season that had to be delayed due to his stroke. Through the experience, Keith and I developed a collaboration style that is the basis for how we’ve worked on Angels: I take the lead on most communications with the actors and designers out of necessity, but I take great care to ensure that Keith’s vision is being fully represented. Like Venus in Fur, Angels is a play Keith is very passionate about. He saw the original production of Millennium Approaches five times, and has strong opinions that I must interpret and translate. Fortunately, we have very similar aesthetics and tastes in plays, so we ultimately agree on the product, even when our focuses and means of arriving at an end result differ.

AO: When Angels premiered, it was a radical production that showed the brutality of the AIDS crisis onstage. As you work on it nearly 35 years later, are there moments that still strike you as revolutionary?

KPB: The entire work still feels revolutionary to me. I still find myself riveted to scenes I have watched dozens of times—Kushner’s writing is like that. I think whether you are familiar with the work or if you are coming to it for the first time, there will be moments that take your breath away.

PB: Honestly, everything about Angels feels revolutionary to me. The subtitle of Angels in America is “A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.” How on earth did this play, with that subtitle, manage to play on Broadway in 1993 and take the world by storm? This was four years before Ellen came out on her sitcom, five years before Will & Grace premiered in 1998, the same year Matthew Shepard was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie, Wyoming. America was not a gay-friendly place. Gays were vilified throughout the AIDS crisis, and Tony Kushner takes all that pain, forms his masterpiece (in two parts!), gets it produced on Broadway, and walks off with all the Tonys. Incredible! Then of course there’s the revolutionary style and scope of the play—the theatricality and dynamic storytelling style that would change what was possible for everything that came after.

CAST BIOGRAPHIES

Robbie Harrison (Prior) is thrilled to make his debut on the mainstage at Portland Stage Company in this play and at this time. Robbie grew up in New England during the AIDS crisis and is honored to take part in Tony Kushner’s “Gay Fantasia” as a meditation on gay life past and present. Robbie’s last performance with Dramatic Repertory Co. was in 2020 in The Mother by Lynne Conner and directed by Lisa Muller-Jones. With his castmates he shares the experience of performing with several other Maine theater companies, including Theater at Monmouth, Fenix Theatre Company, The Theater Project, Maddy’s Theatre (at the Children’s Theatre of Maine), and the Portland Stage Co. Studio Series. Robbie is a graduate of Bowdoin College where he majored in Spanish and Gay & Lesbian Studies. Apart from a theater artist, Robbie is a Spanish teacher. Thanks to Keith, Peter, and Anita for this opportunity.

Nate Stephenson (Louis) (he/him) is a Portlandbased stage, screen, and voice actor, making his first Portland Stage Company appearance since 2019’s Little Festival of the Unexpected. A 2018 graduate of Bates College’s Theater Department, Nate began working in Boston before relocating to Portland in 2021. He has since appeared in productions with Good Theatre (One Man, Two Guvnors), Ziggurat Theatre Ensemble (The Sand Princess), Acorn Productions (Maine Playwrights Festival 2023), Mad Horse Theatre Company (Quills), Fenix Theatre Company (Twelfth Night, The Tempest), and Dramatic Repertory Company (The Moors). Recent film credits include Hulu’s Wild Crimes (Season 2), Damnationland 2022 (Tick!), and the Damnationland 2023 (Sweet Meats). Instagram: @natetheprettygood. Web: www.natestephenson.com

Ashanti Dwight Williams (Belize) This is Ashanti Williams’ first performance with Portland Stage. He was recently seen in Last Girl First with Portland Ovations, as the role of Moses in Pass Over for the Portland Theater Festival, and as Mr. Depinna in You Can’t Take it With You at Good Theater. He is a graduate of the University of Hartford with a BFA in Drama and Circle in the Square Theatre School in NYC, New York. Some upcoming projects include Richard Lionheart in Lion in Winter and Lloyd Boateng in One Man, Two Guvnors at Good Theater. “Labor well, the minute particulars.” - Theresa Haydwen

Joe Bearor (Joseph) is so happy to be returning to the Dramatic Repertory Company after seven truly long years and thrilled to be making his debut on the Portland Stage. When last he worked with DRC it was under the direction of Keith and Peter in their production of Venus in Fur with his friend and Angels in America co-star, Casey Turner. More recently he has appeared as Jake in Mad Horse Theatre Company’s production of Straight White Men and as Jamie Wyeth in Nureyev’s Eyes, as part of Good Theater’s 20th season! A lifetime ago, he spent some time in Los Angeles, where he starred in the miniseries Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent and the John Lennon biopic, Rubber Soul, which premiered at 2014’s SXSW Film Festival. While in Los Angeles, Joe studied scene work at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and found himself bonded to three roles in particular: Thomas in Venus in Fur, Tony in Outside Mullingar, and Joe in Angels in America. The first, as mentioned, he had the opportunity to perform with the Dramatic Repertory Company. It wasn’t long after that Joe found himself in a production of Outside Mullingar with the American Irish Repertory Ensemble. This production of Angels in America completes the triptych and cements Joe’s boundless gratitude for the opportunities provided to actors and designers here in Portland, Maine, to produce challenging, thoughtful theater. He thanks his friends and family, most especially his wife, Colleen, for their rowdy support and unrelenting goodness. He would like to dedicate this performance to his son, August: “More life. The great work begins.”

Michela Micalizio (Harper) is honored to be back on stage with DRC, with an incredible cast in the show of a lifetime. Some credits include The Mother with DRC, Comedy of Errors with Fenix Theatre Company, and Pony in the Portland Theater Festival. She often designs and builds puppets for the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine, and has acted in a few shows at Maddy’s Theatre. She has a BFA in Acting from Boston University, and has also trained at the Accademia Dell’Arte in Arezzo, Italy, as well as the Celebration Barn in South Paris, ME. She recently moved to New York City where she is trying not to get lost. Instagram: @micalizzio.

Email: michela.micalizio@gmail.com

CAST BIOGRAPHIES

Denise Poirier (Hannah) (she/her) grew up in Maine and has been a performer for over 30 years. She’s thrilled to be working on Angels in America with PSC and DRC. Much of her professional life has been spent on stage in such plays as Lifespan of a Fact, Pack of Lies, The Other Place, The Little Dog Laughed, Rabbit Hole, Good People (Good Theater); King Lear and Blithe Spirit (The Theater at Monmouth); Frozen (the drama, Essential Theatre Co./NYC); Death Wings (Dramatic Rep/Theater Project); Carolyn Gage’s solo piece Lace Curtain Irish (EstroGenius Festival/NYC) and Lighting Martha (PortFringe); The Laramie Project and Measure for Measure (Garson Theatre Co, Santa Fe); to name a few. Voice work includes the title role of the animated Aeon Flux for MTV, Merrick in HBO’s Spawn, Starstruck and Vault of Horror with Pocket Universe Prod. She’s recorded audiobooks with Audible in NJ. She lived in LA (West Coast version) for a lot of years where her TV career began with guest-starring roles on Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Frasier, and 3rd Rock from the Sun. A life in art is a very good life indeed. It’s great to be home in Maine and working with some of the best people in the world.

Paul Haley (Roy) appeared in the Portland Stage Company production of Dancing at Lughnasa. This is his first show with DRC, and he is privileged to be included in this important collaboration on an important play—of enduring gravity and renewed relevance—with an outstanding team. He has performed with American Irish Repertory Ensemble, Theater at Monmouth, Mad Horse Theatre Company, Camden Shakespeare Festival, Acorn Productions & Shakespeare Ensemble, Fenix Theatre, and Good Theater. He also has directed for Maine Playwrights Festival and Good Theater.

Casey Turner (The Angel) is a Portland-based actor, voice artist, and Emmy-nominated producer. She started in vaudeville, apprenticing at the Oddfellow Theater and studying at the Celebration Barn Theater. She received a BA in Theatre from the University of Southern Maine. Select theater credits include: Theater at Monmouth (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Agitators, Crumbs From the Table of Joy), Portland Stage Company (Lost Boy Found in Whole Foods), Seven Stages Shakespeare Company (Lear), Fenix Theatre Company (Twelfth Night, Three Sisters, Much Ado About Nothing), Mad Horse Theater Company (Stupid F***ing Bird), Dramatic Repertory Company (Grounded, The Flick, Venus in Fur, My Name is Rachel Corrie), Good Theater (Crimes of the Heart, Significant Other, Homer Bound), The Theater Project (Eurydice), SPACE Gallery (Killer Joe), AIRE (The Lonesome West, Eclipsed). Instagram: caseythunder, caseyjoturner.com

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.

ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION BIOS

Anita Stewart** (Scenic 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.

Emily White** (Costume Designer) is a Brooklyn-based costume designer and artist, originally from northern Minnesota. Recent/upcoming work includes Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Cape Fear Regional Theatre); I’m Sorry for your Trouble, a new play by Aniello Fontano; Gusher, a devised dance piece with Blaze Ferrer; A Simulacrum (associate costume design/Atlantic Theater Company); Black No More (associate costume design/The New Group); Mac Wellman’s Bad Penny (The Flea); The Cake and The Clean House (Portland Stage Company); and Songs for a New World with Bari Robinson. She has an MFA in Theater Design from NYU. Member: USA 829 emilyelizabethwhite.com

SeifAllah Salotto-Cristobal (Lighting Designer) (he/him/his) is a father, husband, educator, and storyteller designing lighting and digital media for Theatre, Opera, Dance, Concerts, and Live Events for the past 19 years. His career has taken him across the country and allowed him to design for Theatre, Opera, Dance, Musical Concerts, and Events. He has had the privilege to work on projects with many companies including Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Program (Providence, RI), Portland Stage Company (Portland, ME), Umbrella Stage Company (Concord, MA), Ogunquit Playhouse (Ogunquit, ME), Maine State Music Theatre (Brunswick, ME), Remote Theatre Project (Brooklyn, NY), Opera Maine (Portland, ME), Opera Colorado (Denver, CO), Palm Beach Opera (Palm Beach, FL), Tulsa Opera (Tulsa, OK), Boston Conservatory @ Berklee (Boston, MA), Unicorn Theatre (Kansas City, MO), Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts (Warsaw, IN), and Theater at Monmouth (Monmouth, ME). He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with a focus on Lighting and Projection Design and is the Assistant Professor of Lighting Design and Interim Chair for the Department of Theatre at the University of Southern Maine where he brings his knowledge and experience to help shape the next generation of theater professionals, focusing on developing complete storytelling and creating a more equitable industry. www.seif.design

(**Member of USA)

ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION BIOS

Seth Asa Sengel (Sound Designer) has spent decades making theater with creative souls all over our United States. He is glad to be home in Maine, and at Portland Stage, where he has collaborated on dozens of wonderful productions. A few favorites include I Am My Own Wife, Tribes, Where We Stand, The Cake, and What The Constitution Means To Me. Please be kind to others, and to yourself, and tell people you love them. Much Love to Mary Lana.

Meg Lydon* (Stage Manager) is delighted to be working on this epic show with friends old and new! Outside of Portland Stage, recent work has been at The Theater at Monmouth, Fenix Theatre Company, Dramatic Repertory Company, and Bates and Bowdoin Colleges. She also loves to spend summers at Chester Theatre Company in the Berkshires. Meg is a proud member of AEA and is forever grateful to Darren. Many thanks to the cast and the entire production team – here’s to a great show!

* Member of AEA

The winner of the 2023 Clauder Competition. This new play will take you on a heartfelt journey of finding new life through grief.

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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS

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A very special thank-you to W.H. Demmons for supporting our public safety! The HVAC system installed by W.H. Demmons utilizes bipolar ionization technology, which releases charged atoms that attach to and deactivate harmful substances like bacteria, mold, allergens, and viruses by pulling the hydrogen atom away, causing the harmful substances to die. Testing of the building’s system for effectiveness against the COVID-19 virus by two different independent laboratories, Analytical Lab Group and Innovative Bioanalysis, revealed that the level of the virus would be cut by 90% within 60 minutes.

Angels in America by Tony Kushner in 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. Our corporate partners help us to enrich our community while positioning their companies as cultural leaders. Want to learn more about how a corporate partnership can benefit both your business and the theater you love? Contact Covey Crolius, Development Director, at 207.774.1043 x109.

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National Endowment for the Arts

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Executive Director

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Libra Foundation

Migis Hotel Group

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Onion Foundation

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Managing Director

($10,000 - $14,999)

Anonymous (3)

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

Nancy J. Aldrich

Susan & James Carter

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Fisher Charitable Foundation

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Maine Arts Commission

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John Fay

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