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(click on page number to be taken directly to that page) Portland Presents Advertiser Listing.....................................Page 8 Portland Ovations Information..................................... Page 14 - 19 Merrill Auditorium Information....................................Page 24 - 25 Portland Symphony Orchestra....................................Page 30 - 35 Portland Stage Information......................................... Page 39 - 44
IN THE PROGRAM
The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, & Henry Shields at Portland Stage Welcome Back........................................................................Page 57 Board of Trustees & Staff.............................................. Page 58 - 59 Introduction from Anita Stewart.................................. Page 74 - 75 Production Cast & Title Page................................................ Page 77 Playwright & Director Biographies..............................Page 78 - 80 Cast Biographies........................................................... Page 85 - 89 Centerspread Topics..................................................... Page 90 - 91 Land & Slavery Acknowledgement.................................... Page 94 Production Biographies................................................. Page 95 - 97 Portland Stage Sponsors.............................................Page 100 - 101 Annual Fund Supporters............................................ Page 102 - 107
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A cooperative effort by Portland Ovations, Portland Stage, Portland Symphony Orchestra and Merrill Auditorium Concert Events. Located at: 120 Exchange Street Portland, ME 04101
great performances since 1931 Aimée M. Petrin, Executive Director
Administrative Office: (207) 773-3150
e-mail: info@portlandovations.org Order online at: www.PortlandOvations.org Located at: 25A Forest Avenue Portland, ME 04101
Administrative Office: (207) 774-1043 Fax: (207) 774-0576
Anita Stewart, Executive & Artistic Director
For Tickets: 25A Forest Avenue Portland, ME 04101 (207) 774-0465
e-mail: boxoffice@portlandstage.org Order online at: www.portlandstage.org Located at: 85 Exchange Street 4th Floor Portland, ME 04101
Eckart Preu, Music Director
For Tickets: PortTIX 20 Myrtle Street Portland, ME 04101 (207) 842-0800 TTY:(207) 842-0812 www.PortTIX.com
Administrative Office: (207) 773-6128 Fax: (207) 773-6089
e-mail: psobox@portlandsymphony.org Order online at: www.PortlandSymphony.org Located at: 20 Myrtle Street Portland, ME 04101
Administrative Office: 212 Canco Road Portland, ME 04101 (207) 808-5400
Information: www.portlandevents.com
For Tickets: PortTIX 20 Myrtle Street Portland, ME 04101 (207) 842-0800 TTY:(207) 842-0812 www.PortTIX.com For Tickets: PortTIX 20 Myrtle Street Portland, ME 04101 (207) 842-0800 TTY:(207) 842-0812 www.PortTIX.com
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Portland presents...
A cooperative effort by Portland Ovations, Portland Stage, Portland Symphony Orchestra and Merrill Auditorium Concert Events.
great performances since 1931
Welcome to Portland Presents. The program book for Northern New England’s premier arts and entertainment organizations.
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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 To inspire a curious and imaginative community where the experience of the performing arts is a vital part of everyday life.
OUR MISSION
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.
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STAFF Executive & Artistic Director Aimée M. Petrin
Associate Director Casey Oakes
Office Administrator Mary Campbell
Marketing Manager Katie Day
Production Manager Eric Hager
Development Manager Jamie Barilone
Director of School & Family Programs Liz Schildkret
Finance & Operations Director of Community Programs & Partnerships Manager Sam Dooley Katelyn Manfre
Bookkeeper Marlene Dye
Front-of-House Coordinator Zoe Pancic
BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Sayad Moudachirou
Vice President Peter Genova
Treasurer Michael F. Stillings
Secretary Rachael Alfond
Michael A. Boyson Genius Black Maile Buker Ken Grady Nate Henry
Corey Hinton James Isaacson Mary Allen Lindemann Jack Lufkin Nyamuon Nguany Machar
Susan Morris Mary K. Noyes Daniel Nuzzi Tania Powers Connor Smart April Ylvisaker
FOUNDER’S COUNCIL Judith W. Adam Philip H. Gleason Kimberly Block Judith Halpert Olivier te Boekhorst Heidi N. Hansen Janet M. Bowne Kendall Harnett Bruce Brown Tracy Hawkins Maria Chambers Elizabeth T. High Catherine H. Cloudman Carolyn Hughes Madeline G. Corson Daniel P. Hunter Daniel N. Crewe J. Spencer Jones Charles W. Dibner Felicia Knight Francis A. Ferland Gary Koocher Robert H. Gardner Robert Ludwig Phyllis Givertz Jeff McKinnon
Elizabeth A. McLellan Sigmund D. Schutz Peter Milliken Jaimie Schwartz Marcia G. Minter Lynn Shaffer James T. Morgan John D. Tewhey Nicholas S. Nadzo Louise Thomas Thomas R. Newman June Vail Bob Nielsen Alison Vanderhoof Jean K. Nishiyama Sarah A. Verville Jane A. Parker Margaret A. Wilkis Stephen Poulos Patti Roderick Monroe Scharff
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Jerusalem Quartet
OCTOBER 7, 2023 • 3 PM MAINE JEWISH MUSEUM, PORTLAND
BROADWAY NATIONAL TOUR
Come From Away
JANUARY 12 & 13, 2024 • 8 PM, 1 PM & 7 PM MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND
MOMIX: Alice
Ustad Shafaat Khan Trio
OCTOBER 19, 2023 • 7 PM MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND
OCTOBER 26, 2023 • 7 PM HANNAFORD HALL, PORTLAND
Martha Redbone Roots Project
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
FEBRUARY 1, 2024 • 7 PM FIRST PARISH CHURCH, PORTLAND
FEBRUARY 15, 2024 • 7 PM MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND
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MARCH 14, 2024 • 7 PM MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND
MARCH 21, 2024 O’MAINE STUDIOS, PORTLAND
An Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater APRIL 25, 2024 • 7 PM MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND
APRIL 30, 2024 • 7 PM MERRILL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND
Faye Driscoll
MARCH 28, 2024 • 7 PM WESTBROOK PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Handel & Haydn Society MAY 5, 2024 • 3 PM HANNAFORD HALL, PORTLAND
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CO-PRESENTED WITH STATE THEATRE
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NOVEMBER 18 & 19, 2023 • 7PM & 1 PM MERRILL AUDITORIUM, 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
DakhaBrakha
NOVEMBER 28, 2023 • 7 PM STATE THEATRE, 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
Daniel Bernard Roumain
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, Home to Prime Tenants -‐ Portland Symphony Orchestra, Portland Ovations and Portland’s Premier Performing Arts Venue The Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ. Home to Prime Tenants - Portland Symphony Orchestra, Each year we host a variety of concerts, dance performances, children’s programming, comedy shows, Portland and ThewFriends of thepatrons Kotzschmar Organ. corporate meetings Ovations and non-‐profit events ith over 150,000 in attendance annually! Each Thank year ywe host a avariety dance ou for being guest at oof ur tconcerts, heater, please enjoy tperformances, he show! 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 Public Assembly Facilities Division 212 Canco Rd Portland Maine Thank you for PHONE: being 2a07.808.5400 guest at W our theater, please enjoy the show! EB: PortlandEvents.com
Merrill Auditorium is managed by the City of Portland Public Assembly Facilities Division Andrew J Downs, Director
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- 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”
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 212 Canco Rd Portland Maine PHONE: 207.808.5400 WEB: PortlandEvents.com
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. Please make sure when purchasing tickets, you are buying from PortTix.
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Sally Bancroft Talya Edlund Omar Hasan Peter Haynes Richard Kelly Holly Sargent Jen Segal Lendall Smith
Nate Stevens Wendy Suehrstedt John Tanzer Olivier te Boekhorst William Thornton Seth Webber April Ylvisaker Tardiff
P r e s id e n t ’s C o u n c il Sally Bancroft, Chair Jerry Angier Jonathan W. Ayers Ken Blaschke Stephanie Bowe Carole Case Harper Lee Collins Dan Crewe Susan Dench Austin H. Farrar Karen Foster
Vincent E. Furey, Jr. Deborah Galarneau Ed Gardner Gordon Gayer Janice P. Gerry Phyllis Givertz Jerome F. Goldberg Linda L. Graffam Peter Haynes Jerry W. Johnston Jeffrey D. Kane
James Karen Sally Ann Serunian Gregory Link Ed Simensky Senator George Mitchell Ann E. Spaulding Robert Nanovic Patricia Spock Kenny Nelson Carlyle Voss Leonard M. Nelson Kay Whitmore Mary P. Nelson Merle Nelson Verrill, General Counsel Elisabeth (Ellie) Osborn Herbert Paris John I. Riddle
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Lucas Goodman, Music Librarian Sarah A. McCullough, Graphic Designer Zoe Pancic, House Manager
Allison Page, Director of Marketing & Communications
Sara Hallie Richardson, Annual Fund Manager
Leah Robertson, Director of Development Jennie Ryan, Director of Finance
Alyson Spencer-Reed, Finance Coordinator
Eva Tartaglia, Director of Artistic Operations
Liz Shapiro, Production Manager Martin Webster, Orchestra Personnel Manager & Grant Writer Hillary Winslow, Special Events Manager & Board Liaison Michelle Zichella, Major Gifts Officer
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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.
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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.
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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
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Seated Subscription Renewals • Open • March 6 New Seated Subscriptions • Open • May 1 Season Announcement Event • Discover the Season on April 1 Early subscribers will get first choice of seats, a first look at the upcoming season, and will discover what plays we have in store— including some big names! • Watch your inbox for updates!
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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.
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INSPIRING LITERACY, CULTURAL AWARENESS, COLLABORATION, & CREATIVITY
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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.
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HANDCRAFTED THEATER MADE IN MAINE
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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.
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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.
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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. • 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.
Board of Trustees Todd Nicholson, President
Samantha Bowen Sarah Campbell Susan Carter Peter Clough Scott Cowger
Fredric Farber Margaret Groban Amanda Hannan Edith Iyer-Hernandez John F. Leonard IV Theresa McCarthy
Alisa Conroy Morton Sara Murphy Carole Palmer Tony San Antonio Cathy Stankard Jane Stevens Robin Talbot Courtney Thorpe Nelson A. Toner Daniel Tucker Anne Wade
Pictured: Dustin Tucker* & Grace Bauer* from the 2023-24 Portland Stage production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (*Member AEA).
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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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Subscribers are the Backbone of Our Organization Providing ongoing support for the theater both within our community as well as financially. Seated Subscription
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Pictured: Ezra Barnes (AEA) from the 2022-23 Portland Stage production of Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure written by Steven Dietz, based on the original 1899 play by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Rush35 provides an affordable and inclusive gateway into live theater for audiences age 35 and under by offering low-cost rush tickets to ANY Portland Stage Mainstage production. 35 Pass
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Your Support Matters
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.
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PORTLANDSTAGE.ORG/SUPPORT-US Pictured: JL Rey (AEA) from the 2022-23 Portland Stage production of Richard Blanco & Vanessa Garcia’s Sweet Goats & Blueberry Señoritas Señoritas.
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Make it a Group Event
It only takes 10 people to receive a group rate for your visit to Portland Stage. With 10 or more people, we offer group discounts starting at 20% off the regular ticket price.
TO LEARN MORE: EMAIL AT GROUPSALES@PORTLANDSTAGE.ORG OR CALL 207.774.1043 EXT 304
Pictured: Emily Upton, Patrick O’Brien*, Moira Driscoll*, Jenny Woodward, & Liam Craig* from the 2023-24 Portland Stage Production of Saint Dad by Monica Wood. (*Member AEA) Photo by James A. Hadley.
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Our week-long theater camps are fun, challenging, and enriching! Stories of all kinds fuel active, collaborative, and exciting programs for grades K - 12. Camps immerse participants in all aspects of theater, culminating in a sharing with friends and family at the end of the week! Every student is invited to think, move, speak, and act imaginitively, critically, and creatively in an environment of inclusivity and play. For more information, scan the QR code or contact education@portlandstage.org|207.774.1043 x104
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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
The Artistic Perspective
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.
Curtain Call
Join us 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. Pictured: Lizz Mangan, Hannah Cordes, Sam Rosentrater*, John Cariani*, Kathy McCafferty*, & Raymond McAnally* During Almost, Maine discussion (2020) (* Member AEA).
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Discover More!
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
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Your Safety Matters
To address safety concerns, WH Demmons updated our HVAC system to utilize bipolar ionization technology to deactivate harmful substances like bacteria, mold, allergens, and viruses.
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“The message I take from this zany play is that no matter how bleak the world may seem, muddling through, laughing at yourself, and celebrating small achievements is the best way to face your troubles...”
Sometimes, especially in the dead of winter, you need a good laugh. As we contend with short days and slippery sidewalks, The Play That Goes Wrong is an opportunity to forget your troubles and enjoy the insanity that ensues when a troupe of artists redoubles their efforts to seamlessly present The Murder at Haversham Manor, a 1920s murder mystery. 2 74
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It takes a lot to get Wrong right. The precision and creativity required from the actors, run crew, creative team, and technical staff to mount this production has been monumental. As silly as this production seems from the outside, it has been remarkable to watch our band of collaborators discover how to keep you off guard while keeping the production moving forward. The message I take from this zany play is that no matter how bleak the world may seem, muddling through, laughing at yourself, and celebrating small achievements is the best way to face your troubles—it can’t get worse than this, or maybe it can….but at least we can find a way to enjoy the calamity of it all. Here’s to the healing power of a good laugh. Enjoy.
Anita Stewart, Artistic Director
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THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Written by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, & Henry Shields
ON STAGE • JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 24 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, 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.
Opening night of the Cornley Drama Society’s production of The Murder at Haversham Manor by Susie H.K. Brideswell. Present Day.
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Chris ......................................................................... Ross Cowan* Jonathan ................................................................ Khalil LeSaldo* Robert ............................................. Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper* Dennis .................................................................... Max Samuels* Sandra .....................................................................Laura Darrell* Max ........................................................................ Dean Linnard* Annie ........................................................................Erica Murphy Trevor............................................................. J.Stephen Brantley* Winston ................................................................................Baloo
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Director .......................................................................... Kevin R. Free Scenic Designer...........................................................Anita Stewart** Costume Designer .................................................... Patrice N. Trower Lighting Designer .................................................Weston Wilkerson** Sound Designer........................................................... Seth Asa Sengel Stage Manager............................................................Myles C. Hatch* Movement Coordinator........................................... Michael Trautman Intimacy Coordinator ........................................................Hollie Pryor Fight Choreographer ............................................ Michael Dix Thomas 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 Run Crew .................................................Isabel Martine & Alex Oleksy Run Crew Swing ........................Katie Barnes, Jessi Stier, Elena Truman
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG is presented by arrangement with Dramatists Play Service under license from Mischief Worldwide Ltd. The Mischief Production of THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG was originally produced on the West End Stage by Kenny Wax & Stage Presence and on Broadway by Kevin McCollum, J.J. Abrams, Kenny Wax & Stage Presence. THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG was first presented by Mischief Theatre under the title The Murder Before Christmas on December 4th, 2012, at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London. THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields 2012, 2014 Mischief Worldwide Ltd. All rights reserved. THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, the “Falling G” logo device, Mischief, and Mischief Theatre are trademarks of Mischief Worldwide Ltd. All rights reserved. For Mischief Worldwide Ltd.: Directors: Mark Bentley, Jonathan Burke, Henry Lewis, Kenny Wax; Executive Director: Jo Danvers; MarketingManager: Harry Lockyear; Production & Administrative Assistant: Minoli De Silva; Exclusive Agent for Literary Rights: Nicki Stoddart, United Agents LLP, London. For information about all Mischief works, please visit www.mischiefcomedy.com
Special Thanks: Julian Bencze, Roseline Bundi, Dirigo Physical Therapy & Performance, Savanna Genskow, Lora Kramer, Maine Youth Circus, Judith Southworth, Latrisha Talley, Adam Thibodeau, and Cheslye Ventimiglia.
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HENRY LEWIS, JONATHAN SAYER, & HENRY SHIELDS PLAYWRIGHTS
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Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Henry Shields met while training at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). All core members of Mischief Theatre, they had already worked in comedy together for several years before they started out as a writing team. The three’s first piece was The Play That Goes Wrong (winner – Best New Comedy – Olivier Awards and What’s On Stage Awards). The show started out on the London and Edinburgh fringe before touring the UK and internationally and then returning to the West End in September 2014, where it is still running. It’s also playing on Broadway and headed out on a US tour in 2018 and has been performed in over 20 other countries around the world. Peter Pan Goes Wrong was the trio’s second piece, opening in November 2014 for a UK tour before a hugely successful West End season in Christmas 2015. Henry, Henry, and Jonathan recently adapted the script of Peter Pan Goes Wrong for the BBC, which was filmed with the original West End cast and broadcast to rave reviews on New Year’s Eve. They were invited back to wreak more havoc at the BBC in 2017 with Christmas Carol Goes Wrong on BBC1. The Comedy About A Bank Robbery marks their third writing project as a trio and earned them another Olivier nomination. @mischiefcomedy • mischieftheatre.co.uk
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KEVIN R. FREE, DIRECTOR
Kevin R. Free is delighted to return to Portland Stage for The Play That Goes Wrong! Selected directing credits: Black and Blue (Ars Nova ANTFest); Pass Over (Marin Theatre Company); Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (with Tracey Conyer Lee; Peterborough Players and Portland Stage); Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure and Last Ship to Proxima Centauri (Portland Stage); Berta, Berta; It’s a Wonderful Life; Pipeline; and The Burdens (all at Mile Square Theatre, where he is now the Artistic Director); The Gravediggers Union (Bates College); Marcus; or The Secret of Sweet (UNLV); Everybody (Hofstra University). Former: Producing Artistic Director, The Fire This Time Festival (Obie Award). He is also a member of the New Works Lab Cohort at the historic Apollo Theater. Kevin is also an award-winning audiobook narrator of over 500 books and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile Magazine in 2023. Listen for his voice this year in Gideon Media’s upcoming audio drama Ask Your Father. www.kevinrfree.com
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PLAYNOTES PERSPECTIVES
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR KEVIN R. FREE By: Jessi Stier
Directing and Dramaturgy Apprentice Jessi Stier sat down with Kevin R. Free, director of The Play That Goes Wrong to chat about this hilarious play. Jessi Stier (JS): This play has a lot of physical comedy. What has it been like to stage a piece with so many moving parts? Kevin R. Free (KRF): In general, theater has more moving parts than people think. For this play, I’ve had to study a bit more before rehearsal—for every ten things that I remember, I forget two! The part that has been really lovely and refreshing is the level of collaboration. I love when people have offers, I love when people want to try out different things, I love when everybody has an opinion about what a moment should look like or feel like. What’s clear to me about this play is that it was made by a group of collaborators who trusted each other, which I think is a great idea. So, leading this process has been really great because I was transparent—I said yes, I want all the offers—but I also understand that actors want someone to make a final decision, and I can do that, too. Overall, this has been an illustration of a process that I’ve always wanted to have. I think when you’re Black and queer, and you make a lot of work about how that marginalization affects yourself, people who are marginalized, and people who are not marginalized, the release of doing a show like this is really exciting. The catharsis comes from the idea that even if we’re marginalized, we’re still able to have fun and tell a story about having fun. JS: What are you most excited for audiences to see in this production? KRF: I think I’m most excited for audiences to experience a company of actors who lose control. I’m super excited for all the things that break and go wrong in this play, and for people to see that. We’re rehearsing it so that it’s controlled, we’re being safe, but I think one of the beautiful things about this play is that it is about things not going as planned, but people being joyful anyway, and that is delightful to see. So, the joy and the love of making theater is at the heart of this. I’m really excited for an audience to experience these eight people who love what they do, doing what they do in front of them.
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CAST BIOGRAPHIES Ross Cowan* (Chris) is thrilled to be back working in this beautiful city. Previously at Portland Stage: It’s a Wonderful Life, The Importance of Being Earnest, Arsenic and Old Lace, Red, and Homestead Crossing. Other theater includes Hamlet (St. Louis Repertory), FLY (Pasadena Playhouse, Crossroads Theater Co, New Victory Theater), The Karamazovs (Other Shore), and The Importance of Being Ernest (Hemingway) (M-34 Productions). Training: MFA NYU Graduate Acting. www.RossCowan.com Khalil LeSaldo* (Jonathan) is thrilled to be working with this superlative company. Past credits include acting, directing, and writing for OffBroadway’s Theater Breaking Through Barriers as well as 2Sheets Theater. Regional stage acting credits include Totem Pole Playhouse (Baskerville: John Watson), Burning Coal Theatre (Mlima’s Tale), Theatre Raleigh (The Play That Goes Wrong), PlayMakers Repertory Company (Julius Caesar, Dairyland, The Skin of Our Teeth, As You Like It, A Wrinkle in Time, and more), Tennessee Shakespeare Company (Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet), Portland Stage (education tours: Julius Caesar, As You Like It), Profiles Theatre (After, Hellcab), 60 Grit Theatre (Bug), and Mad Horse (The Last Days of Judas Iscariot). On film, catch him in Black Adam, Chicago PD, Defending Jacob, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and The Floor, currently running on Fox. Board member: The Celebration Barn School of Physical Theater. Active voiceover artist and faculty at Philadelphia Improv Theater, teaching improvisation, movement, and Improvised Shakespeare. BA: Bowdoin College; MFA: UNC Chapel Hill. More on Khalil at khalillesaldo.com. Khalil is delighted to be back at Portland Stage and his beloved Maine.
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CAST BIOGRAPHIES Nicholas Mongiardo-Cooper* (Robert) Off-Broadway: Rothschild & Sons, Lonesome Traveler, Julius Caesar. Regional: A Wicked Soul in Cherry Hill (Geffen); A Christmas Carol (Northern Stage); The Tempest (ASF); Sherlock Holmes: The FInal Adventure (Portland Stage); Once (Geva); Rounding Third (FST); House of Dreams, Curious Incident (SDRep); Oliver!, Matilda (5Star); Sweeney Todd, Once, Shakespeare in Love (South Coast Rep); King Lear (Rubicon); Harvey (Laguna); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (SBCCLO); Side Show (La Jolla); Of Mice and Men, Side By Side By Sondheim, Sherlock Holmes, Laughter on the 23rd Floor (NCRT); Words By: Ira Gershwin (NCRT and Portland Stage). TV: Ghosts (CBS), The Conners (ABC), Fairly Oddparents (Paramount+), Danger Force (Nickelodeon), Fuller House (Netflix), Superstore (NBCUniversal), Casual (Hulu). nicholasmongiardocooper.com Max Samuels* (Dennis) is delighted to return to Portland Stage, where he was last seen in 2019 joyously stuffing his face with mini blueberry muffins alongside Ross Cowan in The Importance of Being Earnest. Other regional theater: Northern Stage, John Drew Theater at Guild Hall, and the New London Barn Playhouse. Max lives in NYC, where credits include plays at the New Ohio, Urban Stages, HERE, The Tank, the Robert Moss, and outdoors with NY Shakespeare Exchange. TV: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Film: Floaters (upcoming). Voice: Podcasts with The TEAM and Colt Coeur; Never Quote the Weather to a Sea Lion on Audible. BA Dartmouth College, MA LAMDA. Follow along on IG @maxbsamuels or at www.maxbsamuels.com.
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Laura Darrell* (Sandra) Portland Stage: Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (Madge Larrabee), The Last Five Years (Cathy), A Christmas Carol (Ghost of Xmas Past, Martha). PSO: Soloist at Magic of Christmas (2000, 2005, 2021). Off-Broadway: Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street Theatre); Kid Victory (Vineyard Theatre, official cast album released); Encores! The Golden Apple (NY City Center). Regional (selected): Macbeth (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Into the Woods (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), Fun Home (Baltimore Center Stage), as well as productions at Signature Theatre (DC), Bridge Rep of Boston, Ogunquit Playhouse, among others. Disney: Originated the role of Princess Anna in Frozen Live at DCA’s Hyperion Theater, directed by Liesl Tommy. International: Waterfall (Maltby & Shire Premiere, Rachadalai Theatre, Bangkok). Workshops/labs: The Araca Group, Classic Stage Company, The Barrow Group, New York Theatre Workshop, The York Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and Asolo Rep. Film (selected): Boston Strangler (dir. Matt Ruskin, 20th Century Studios/ Hulu), Creedmoria (Cinequest Best Comedy, dir. Alicia Slimmer, Amazon). TV: Happy! (recurring, SYFY); Dietland (recurring, AMC); A Very Special Christmas (mPBS, nom. for N.E. Emmy Award). Undergrad: USC (LA), NYU Tisch, and BADA (UK). lauradarrell. com. Instagram: lauraedarrell. Love to L, J, K, Proud Mainer. Dean Linnard* (Max) Regional credits include Dave Malloy’s Octet (Berkeley Rep); Born With Teeth (Aurora Theatre Company); The Three Musketeers, Chicken & Biscuits (Asolo Rep); Thrill Me (Luna Stage); The Rub (New Orleans Fringe Festival); Visiting Mr. Green (Oldcastle Theatre Company); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey); The Winter’s Tale, The Good Person of Szechwan (Cal Shakes); Romeo (*Member of AEA)
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CAST BIOGRAPHIES and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, and The Tempest (Vermont Shakespeare Festival). Dean won Theatre Bay Area Awards for both Hand to God and Bad Jews at Left Edge Theatre, and San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for both Indecent and Groundhog Day: The Musical at San Francisco Playhouse. Dean toured to 25 states with the musical The Lightning Thief. New York credits include performances at the Guggenheim and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, plus the world premiere of Dave Harris’ Tambo & Bones at Playwrights Horizons. BFA from NYU Tisch, Stella Adler Studio, RADA. DeanLinnard.com. Dean would like to dedicate his performance to his grandmother, Bernice Linnard. Erica Murphy (Annie) is an actor, educator, and movement specialist based here in Portland. In Maine, she has performed and worked with Portland Stage, Good Theater, Mad Horse Theatre Company, Fenix Theatre Company, Ziggurat Theater, Theater at Monmouth, the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine, and PortFringe. She has also performed in world premieres in Chicago, Paris, and New York City. Some favorite recent productions include Death Wings Project (in collaboration with Dramatic Repertory Company and The Theater Project), Balloonacy (The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine), Eurydice (Fenix Theatre Company), and As You Like It (Theater at Monmouth). Erica is a certified Feldenkrais practitioner, and a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University and the Jacques Lecoq International School of Theater in Paris. Many thanks to Daniel and Athena.
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J.Stephen Brantley* (Trevor) is an actor and playwright who divides his time between New York and Los Angeles. Off-Broadway: Mope (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Murder in the First (The Directors Co./59E59), Pirira (Theatre 167). Regional: Annapurna (Vermont Stage); The Legend of Georgia McBride (Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara); The Night Alive (Guild Hall East Hampton); Of Mice and Men (Bay Street Theater, North Coast Rep); Romeo and Juliet, R & J & Z, Shakespeare in Love (Opera House Arts, Stonington, ME). TV: Succession (HBO); American Horror Story (FX); The Good Fight (Paramount+); Gotham (Fox); Up Here (Hulu); The Blacklist (NBC); FBI: Most Wanted (CBS); Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter (Adult Swim); Single Parents (ABC); Animal Kingdom (TNT). Film: Paradise, Beach Rats, A Piece of Cake. Brantley is an eight-time New York Innovative Theatre Award nominee and winner of the Micheál MacLiammóir Award for Best Actor at the Dublin International Gay Theatre Festival.
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CENTERSPREAD TOPICS THE PLAY’S THE THING By Julia Jennings
The theater has always loved talking about itself. Since the Renaissance, the staging of a play-within-a-play has been a popular device to examine theatrical work and close the gap between appearance and reality. The Play That Goes Wrong is no exception, cleverly employing this structure to create multiple levels of theatricality and fictionality. We, the audience, watch The Play That Goes Wrong actors portray the Murder at Haversham Manor actors. The play-within-a-play is a form of mise en abyme, a French term for placing an image inside of itself, like looking into two mirrors facing each other and seeing yourself infinitely repeated. The self-reflective nature of the play-within-a play has been embraced by the theater since The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kyd, in approximately 1587. There are several notable examples of the playwithin-a-play throughout theater history, serving several different ends. One of the most famous is the play-within-a-play in Hamlet, which serves Pictured: JP Guimont, Tavia Gilbert, Evan Thompson*, Scott Barrow*, Kim Ders*, Cristine McMurdo-Wallis* • Photo by Darren a similar function as the Setlow from the 2007 Portland Stage production of Noises Off nested play in The Spanish Tragedy—that of verifying a crime. In the famous scene, Hamlet watches Claudius watch the presented drama, hoping to see him react in a manner betraying his guilt. A play-within-a-play has also historically been used as entertainment for a wedding or other festive event, as seen in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and through the wedding masque in The Tempest.
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The play-within-a-play is a form of metatheatricality, an artistic tool in which a play draws attention to the fact that it is a play. The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard and Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello are examples of metatheatrical plays, as are many works by Bertolt Brecht and Samuel Beckett. Brecht and Beckett’s use of metatheatricality was political in nature, and meant to allow the audience to reflect on themselves. Metatheatrical work has become a popular element of modern drama, often invoking experimentation and stretching audience expectations regarding what theater can look like. The Play That Goes Wrong, while a lighthearted farce, still demonstrates many classic elements of the play-within-a-play, drawing audience attention to the precarious nature inherent to creating theater, while blurring Director Kevin R. Free during rehearsal for The Play That Goes the lines between the Wrong • Actors pictured: Front: Khalil LeSaldo*, Max Samuels*; Back: Dean Linnard*, Erica Murphy theatrical and the real world. As we watch the two levels of fictionality battle for prominence onstage, the play also offers insight and mockery not only to the genre of the whodunit, but also to the dynamic of a working theater company more generally. And so, in the context of the theatrical tradition of staging a play-within-aplay, The Play That Goes Wrong gets a lot of things right.
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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.
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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. Patrice N. Trower (Costume Designer) is a Valdosta State University alum with a background in all aspects of costuming. Her design work includes Florence and Mojo, two one-acts by Alice Childress; Love, Loss, and What I Wore by Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, and Ilene Beckerman; and A Lesson Before Dying by Romulus Linney, based on the book by Ernest J. Gaines. She is currently the Costume Shop Manager at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey where she puts up six shows and two educational tours per season with her amazing staff. Patrice would like to thank her friends and family, especially her nephew, Jahsair Trower, who created the art on paper that you will see before you on stage. Weston Wilkerson** (Lighting Designer) is thrilled to be back at Portland Stage where he previously designed Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure. Additional regional credits include lighting for Theatre By The Sea, Stages, Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, TheatreSquared, City Theatre, Clarence Brown Theatre, and Cumberland County Playhouse. Commercial work includes productions for Indy Racing League, NASCAR, ESPN/ABC, Shell Oil, College GameDay, Trackside Live, and HBO Boxing. Weston now lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with his wife Kim Powers and their son Haakon, where he is a teacher for the University of Arkansas. Seth Asa Sengel (Sound Designer) (sethasa.com) 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 Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, Last Ship to Proxima Centauri, Where We Stand, The Last Five Years, The Importance of Being Earnest, and Words By: Ira Gershwin and the Great American Songbook. Please be kind to others, and to yourself, and tell people you love them. Much Love to Mary Lana Saurus. (**Member of USA) 23
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ARTISTIC & PRODUCTION BIOS Myles C. Hatch* (Stage Manager) Most recently, Myles stagemanaged A Christmas Carol 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. Myles would like to thank Kevin, the entire cast, and the incredible apprentice company for all their fantastic work on this production. 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 Sherlock: The Final Adventure, The Cake, Perseverance, and The Niceties. Regional theaters include Pig Iron Theatre Company, Hartford Stage, Gloucester Stage, Virginia Stage Company, Veterans Repertory Theatre, 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. jennhaltman.com Michael Trautman (Movement Coordinator) International variety artist Michael Trautman has been performing his one-man shows around the world since 1977. He appeared in the New York International Festival of Clown Theater, Festival D’Ete (Quebec), the Just For Laughs Festival (Montreal), The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Milano Clown Festival (Italy), and the Prague Mime Fest. Michael was the star clown in the national tour of OOPS! The Big Apple Circus Stage Show, and he was a featured performer in the musical production of Busker Alley, starring Jim Dale and directed by Tony Walton. In 1993-94, Michael was an Artist-in-Residence at Mabou Mines (New York City), where he created The Dark Clown. Other original shows include The Stooge, A Troubled Clown for Troubled Times, PolitiKlaun, Body Talk, What’s That Noise?, King Pong, and Death
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of a Clown. From 2016 until 2018, he was the Artistic Director of Circus Maine’s Youth Performance Troupe. He continues to work with aspiring artists through teaching, training, mentoring, directing, and apprenticeships. Currently, Michael is co-director of Maine Youth Circus (MYC), a non-profit social circus committed to empowering Maine’s youth through the circus arts. With a focus on Cumberland County, MYC uses circus training and the universal language of movement to empower individuals and build community for youth of all cultures, abilities, and backgrounds. MYC serves the growing and diversifying communities through classes, workshops, scholarships, and performances. MaineYouthCircus.org • MichaelTrautman.com
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Gary E. Duford & Thomas L. Hinkle
Natalie West & Robert Sellin
Karen & Fred Farber
Peregrine Whittlesey
Mabel Gerquest
Monica Wood & Daniel Abbott
Douglas Green Jebediah Foundation
Investor ($500 - $999)
Stephen & Carolyn Jenks
A Friend
Douglas & Cheryl Jones
John & Judy Adelman
Nancy Kaye
Diana & Tom Allen
Cornelia Kittredge
Sally & Ron Bancroft
Kathleen Leslie
Thomas & Marjorie Berman
Maine Community College
Jane V. & John F. Berry
Daniel Marra & Barbara Leonard
Don & Diane Bessey
William A. McCue
Brown Dog Carriers
Irv Meeker
Malcolm Burson & Eleanor
Tom & Marti Meyers Judy Miskell
Goldberg Tracey Burton & Ken Moller
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2022-23 ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS Donald & Patricia Carter
Anne & Jack Spiegel
Nancy Crowell
Cathy Stankard & Gregg Palmer
Carol De Tine & Roger F.
Jane & Nate Stevens
Woodman, Jr.
Bud & Susan Stiker
Barbara & Gil Dichter
Eric & Wendy Suehrstedt
Ken & Cheryl Freye
Karen Sumner
Richard Hanks & Virginia Mackey
Kari & Bob Suva
Mary Jane Hanneld
Louise Valati
Karen Herold & Mark Isaacson
Cheslye & John Ventimiglia
Helaine & D. Brock Hornby
Wigeon Point Charitable
Charles Johnson & Jean Appleby Johnson
Foundation Sam & Tracy Zager
Brigitte & Hal Kingsbury
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Marilyn Lalumiere & Ed Reed
Supporter ($250 - $499)
Greg Lanou & Tracy Skillin-Lanou
Anonymous (2)
Harvey & Pamela Lodish
Peter & Lyn Ballou
Martin Lodish & Kristin Schardt
Ben & Judy Bertram
Mark Love & Marcia Taylor
Gregory & Mary Caron
Emily & Dick MacKenzie
Pamela Cleghorn
Jerry & Liz Mansfield
Peter H. Clough
Rob McAfee
Jacqueline Cohen
Theresa McCarthy
Scott Cowger
Stewart Newell
Carol & Dick Davis
Sara & Michael Perfetti
Mary Ellms
Malcolm & Patti Poole
David Ertz & Carol Ryan-Ertz
Carole A. Pope
John Fay
Nancy & Frank Read
Dr. & Mrs. David Flavin
Dixon & Susan Myer Riley
Terry & Mandy Garmey
Lee Robbins
James Gertmenian & Susan King
Donald J. Rudalevige
Tom & Peggy Gilbert
Elena Schmidt
Margaret Groban & Larry Fischman
Curtis & Nina Scribner
Lisa Hangoc
Andre & Daniela Skalina
Peter Haynes
Joseph & Susan Spagnola
Bob & Marge Healing
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Roslyn & Steve Hershfield
Lance & Gina Vardis
Scott Horton & Leslie Richfield
Meg Thompson Villarreal
Tom & Laurie Hyndman
Nancy R. Wade
Stephen & Suzanne Irish
Randall Weill & Catherine Coughlin
Robin Ishmael Herbert & Kathleen Janick Bud & Wendy Kellett
Friend ($100 - $249)
Angus & Catherine King
Anonymous (5)
Dennis & Sandra King
Paul Ainsworth
David Kling & Kathryn Sanders
Jacqueline Alpert & Christopher Leighton
Neil & Cathy Lamb Sally Walker Madore
Robert & Linda Ayotte
Alice Moisen
Bob Bahm & Jan Baker
Rick & Debby Molander
Joseph & Mary Louise Bates
Susan Morris
Michael & Connie Beck
Jeremy Moser & Laura Kittle
Craig & Abigail Belanger
Richard & Sandra Neiman
Elizabeth Belliveau
Catherine O’Connor & John Kelly
Nancy Bogg & Mark Kiefner
Janet O’Toole
Chris & Stephanie Bowe
Rebecca Oreskes & Brad Ray
Jim & Sarah Bowie
James & Judith Parkhill
Nona & Doug Boyink
Dean & John Paterson
John Brandt
Charlene & Jerry Petruccelli
Emily & Norman Breitner
Hugh & Norma Phelps
Betty Bricker-Small & David Small
Orrin & Linda Shane
Jane G. Briggs
Rick & Celeste Shinay
Helen Brock & Doug Knight
Mary Snell & Irwin Novak
Susan Bruce & Rick Hauck
Betty & Barry Stallman
Dan & Dale Bryant
Ernie Stanhope
Allie Byers
Darwin & Kathleen Stanley
Priscilla Campbell-Wyman & Ross
Frank & Carrie Strasburger
Wyman
David & Kathleen Stuchiner
Robin and William Carter
Deborah & Hall Thompson
Paul & Stephanie Castle
Daniel Tucker
Jennifer Caven
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2022-23 ANNUAL FUND SUPPORTERS Rae Clark-McGrath
Chris Hourcle
Andrew & Judith Coburn
Elizabeth & Christopher Hunt
Susan & James Cook
Al & Pauline Huntley
Ann Corbey
Vance Huntley & Jennifer Hitchcox
Mary Anne & David Crawford
Catherine & Matthew Hyde
Bill Cullen
Jack & Kenneth Jackowitz
Dick & Margaret Curran
Sandra Jensen & Samuel Broaddus
Richard & Judy Curtis
Allen S. & Sarah S. Johnson
Cara David
Patrick & Valerie Kelly
Jerry & Gretchen Davis
David & Linda Kirstein
Donna Deletetsky
Paul M. Knight
Mary Doherty
Dan & Stacey Koloski
Mary C. Doughty
Ken & Jean Kriedberg
Moira Driscoll & David Pence
Denise LaRue & Bob Furman
Mary Lou Dyer
Calien Lewis & Martha Mickles
Katherine Dyhrberg
Christine Linnehan
John Edwards
Burke & Judith Long
Michael & Jill Epstein
Benjamin Lund
Rich Evans & Jean Foy
John & Jane Lunt
Herbert & Alice Ferran
Chris & Carson Lutes
Deborah Wathen Finn
Karen Malm
Anne Fisher
Libby & David Margolis-Pineo
David Fluharty & Linda Hjortland
David & Jeanne Mason
Tom Ford & Mike Rodgers
John & June McClean
Susan Garfield & Lynda Mullen
Sheila McGarr
Leslie Gibbons
Susan & Frank McGinty
George & Martha Gilmore
Paula Gibbs McKenney
Phyllis & Bernard Givertz
Mary Ann McLean
Richard & Anna Hamilton
Sarah & Standish Meacham
Amanda Hannan
Joseph & Gloria Melnick
Ann Havener & Richard Estabrook
Nate Meyer
Marilyn & John Heise
Ellie & Charlie Miller
Janet Henry & Vernon Moore
Bernard Mohr & Karin Wagner
Stephen & Debra Honey
Bruce Moore & Jan Chapman
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Wendy Moore
Vicki Sullivan
Robert & Susan Nielsen
Kristin G. Sweeney
Erin & Jon Nitschke
Adam Thibodeau
Victoria Nolan & Clark Crolius
David & Holly Travers
David & Carolyn Sue Nutty
Patricia Vantuyl
John & Karen O’Brien
Elizabeth Walsh
Richard O’Meara & Christine
Deena Weinstein Susan & Francis Whitten
Bulsa-O’Meara Jackie Oliveri
David & Elise Wilson
One4All Charitable Fund
Judy & Norman Wilson
Jonas Oppenheim
David & Gail Witherill
David & Jacqueline Orsmond
Rick & Janet Wolf
John & Denise Palmer
Laura Young
Richard & Carole Palmer
Elliot Zeisel PhD, DF-AGPA
Larry Perkins
Margaret & David Zellinger
Norma Piper
Anne B. Zill
Hope Putnam
Bill & Patty Zimmerman
Lenore Rapkin Kathryn Reid & Hugh Tozer
In Memory of ($1000+)
John & Marsha Reynolds
Wendy DesAutels in Memory of Wil Meacham
Mathew Reynolds Erika Richardson Larry & Robin Rubinstein
In Honor/Memory of ($250+)
Stephen Ryan & James Bishop
Mathew Goldfarb in Memory of
Helen Ryder Paul & Penelope Sarvis Mike & Pam Schwotzer
Lynn Goldfarb Kathleen Silvia in Honor of Bud & Cheryl Higgins
Ellen Seidman
In Memory of Morgan Wakelin
Peggy Shapiro
Benjamin Weiss in Honor of
Linda Shary & Jeffrey Logan
Julianne Shea
Fred & Viola Sheehan Sarah Smith Patricia Stevens Betta Stothart
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