THE LEHMAN TRILOGY - Digital Program

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Green Day’s AMERICAN IDIOT. Webster University’s Sargent Conservatory of Theatre Arts. Fall 2022.

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OUR LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is important for us here at The Rep to acknowledge that the land beneath us owes its vitality to generations who have come before us in the spirit of making erased and silenced histories visible. We acknowledge that we are standing on the ancestral and occupied lands of many Native tribes that stewarded and cared for this land for centuries. The Illini, Osage, and Missouria tribes are just a few of the peoples that we pay our respects to. Please take a moment to consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration and settlement that bring us together here today and join us in uncovering such truths at any and all public in-person and virtual events.

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WELCOME As the curtain rises on our 2023-2024 season at The Rep, we extend our warmest welcome to a world of unparalleled experiences that celebrate the singular magic only found in a night at the theater! What a perfect time to introduce ourselves to you as your shared tour-guides during this season. We are both so deeply grateful to Hana for her visionary leadership and are honored to be supporting Danny during this next chapter as The Rep searches for its next Augustin Family Artistic Director.

This season we are thrilled to present an extraordinary lineup of productions that will sweep you off your feet and leave you with incredible memories. It is filled to the brim with awardwinning titles, literary classics and unforgettable music - all while uplifting the brightest emerging and established voices of our industry.

To kick things off, we dive deep into a multi-century exploration of “The American Dream” with The Lehman Trilogy. In this gorgeous, epic play, we embark on a journey spanning nearly 200 years, witnessing a single family’s triumphs, struggles and hopes. The play begins with Henry Lehman leaving Bavaria in 1844, at the age of 21, in search of a better life on U.S. soil - the genesis of their storied and complicated history. This grounds us in the reality that, at its core, this is ultimately a quintessential immigrant story that poses the question of what it means to leave home in search of new shores and explores the idea of who we allow ourselves to become on that journey.

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The Lehman Trilogy is a theatrical masterpiece that has garnered international acclaim and recognition, winning the Tony Award for Best Play in 2022. Anchored by three staggeringly virtuosic performances, the Broadway production of The Lehman Trilogy is the first show in Broadway history to have 3 actors nominated for Best Leading Actor in a Play.

Our stunning production, helmed by veteran stage director Carey Perloff, features dazzling performances by the brilliant trio of Firdous Bamji, Joshua David Robinson and Scott Wentworth who play Mayer, Emanuel and Henry Lehman, respectively, but also combine to bring over 50 characters to life!

We invite you to immerse yourself in this spectacular saga of the Lehman family as their lives unfold across generations and witness the remarkable tale that captures the essence of ambition, resilience and the pursuit of both ‘being’ an American, and the American Dream.

As we present this story that wrestles with nearly two hundred years of American history, it’s important to note that no one single piece of theater can exhaustively encompass all of the nuance, and complexities of a diasporic experience. If anything you see onstage sparks your curiosity, we invite you to lean into that impulse and engage with the dramaturgical resources we’ve provided, as well as reach out to the many historical and cultural resources in the Greater St. Louis Area.

Thank you again so much for joining us and we hope you enjoy the show!

Yours, Becks Redman & Reggie D. White ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTORS 6

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THE REPERTORY THEATRE OF ST. LOUIS presents

directed by Carey Perloff Company

firdous bamji* joe larocca

Scenic Designer Sara Brown

costume dede ayite Designer

Projections jeanette oi-suk yew Designer Production lexi sims Assistant

joshua david robinson* scott wentworth*

lighting robert wierzel Designer

Movement Misha Sheilds Consultant Associate li jin Scenic

Original Music & mark bennett Co-Sound Designer

Stage emilee buchheit* Manager

Associate Eric Norbury Lights

Projections Scott Leff Programmer

Co-Sound charles coes Designer

Assistant shannon b. sturgis* Stage Manager

Associate robin a. ediger-seto projections

Copyist/Assistant john-william gambrell to Composer

Associate Artistic becks redman Directors

reggie d. white

Managing danny williams Director

ANN CADY SCOTT MAJOR PRODUCTION SPONSOR THIS PERFORMANCE RUNS 3 AND A HALF HOURS WITH TWO INTERMISSIONS This production of The Lehman Trilogy was originally produced by Huntington Theatre Company, Loretta Greco, Artistic Director, Michael Maso, Managing Director during the 2022-2023 season. *Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

DIRECTORS NOTE Welcome to THE LEHMAN TRILOGY! I was immediately intrigued when I was asked to direct the first American production of this fascinating epic, in part because the story of the Lehman brothers, German Jewish immigrants to the American South, had echoes in my father’s Polish Jewish heritage and his upbringing in New Orleans. I was particularly curious to explore the early sections of the play in which Henry Lehman arrives in Montgomery, Alabama in 1844 and tries to establish a new life for himself. For European Jews, the miracle of arriving in America in the nineteenth century included the opportunity to become citizens and to have their rights and safety protected, something impossible for Jews in most parts of the world at that time. It’s no wonder that the Lehman brothers, particularly the youngest, Mayer, felt attachment and gratitude to the American South, a place that had given them a future.

And yet they built that future upon cotton planted and harvested by enslaved Blacks. The brothers were middlemen: they didn’t own the plantations that produced cotton, but they certainly profited by the cotton trade, and continued to profit throughout the Civil War, during which they figured out ways to smuggle raw cotton across state lines and sell it in England to companies still trading with America. The relationship of new Jewish immigrants to the Black population in Montgomery is a difficult subject, one of the many we’ve wrestled with in the process of putting this complex story on stage. In many ways, the Lehmans epitomize the deep contradictions inherent in the myth of the American dream: we valorize the rewards that can result from risk-taking and vision while lamenting the horrors of exploitation that those risks so often entail. The Lehman brothers were nothing if not resilient: each setback they encountered prompted new ways forward. But as the firm became more and more disassociated from trade in actual commodities (cotton, coffee, sugar, railroads) and moved towards manipulating opaque financial instruments (in particular, bundled sub-prime mortgages), the center couldn’t hold. If the early triumphs of the Lehman brothers were connected to family and legacy, the firm collapsed in 9

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHIES NOTE 2008 without a single Lehman left in the office. What had really happened to cause the demise? THE LEHMAN TRILOGY tells that tale.

We have chosen to perform this play as a ghost story; thus the narrative is mostly carried by the three brothers themselves, either living or dead, as they experience their family’s journey over 150 years. Our version of the tale starts inside a single wooden cotton crate, which multiplies over time as the business grows. It is accompanied by a live musician performing a score

by Mark Bennett that moves from the alto clarinet strains of early Jewish music to the saxophone and flute of Southern spirituals to the rhythms of popular music and the cacophony of electronic trading floors. Most importantly, the entire epic is carried by just three actors. Watching Scott Wentworth, Joshua Robinson and Firdous Bamji create dozens of vivid characters, from a German immigrant to a young southern belle to an aged Rabbi to the Governor of Alabama without ever changing costume or leaving the stage, has made the process of working on this play particularly exciting. At each moment, these artists call upon the imaginations of you, the audience, to fill in the details and complete the transformation. We’re thrilled that the Repertory Theater of St. Louis has invited us to collaborate with you in experiencing this wild tale of the rise and fall of the Lehman brothers. Thank you so much for being here.

Yours, Carey Perloff, Director

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THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR HELPING BRING THIS PRODUCTION TO LIFE.

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LEHMAN BROT HENRY LEHMAN b. 1822–d. 1855 Tenure at Lehman Brothers 1844–1855

EMANUEL LEHMAN

b. 1827–d. 1907 Tenure at Lehman Brothers 1847–1907

b. 1830 – d. 1897 Tenure at Lehman Brothers 1850–1897

m. 1859–d. 1871

PHILIP LEHMAN

THE FIRST CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF THE LEHMAN CORPORATION.

MAYER LEHMAN

PAULINE SONDHEIM

b. 1861–d. 1947 Tenure at Lehman Brothers 1887 - 1947

CARRIE LAUER

m. 1884–d. 1937

ROBERT LEHMAN

b. 1891 1– d. 1969 Tenure at Lehman Brothers 1925 - 1969

RUTH LAMAR

m. 1929–d. 1931

BARBARA NEWBASS

m. 1859–1897

HERBERT LEHMAN b. 1878d. – 1963 Tenure at Lehman Brothers 1908 - 1928

THE 45TH GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK (1933–1942) AND US SENATOR FROM NEW YORK (1949–1956).

THE FIRST TO INVITE NON-FAMILY MEMBERS TO BECOME PARTNERS

ACTORS/ROLES

Scott Wentworth*

Joshua David Robinson*

Firdous Bamji*

Firdous Bamji and Joshua David Robinson, The Lehman Trilogy, The Huntington 2023 Photo Credit: T Charles Erickson Photo

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HERS TIMELINE

SUCCESSORS AT LEHMAN BROTHERS LEWIS GLUCKSMAN

PETE PETERSON

RICHARD FULD

b. 1925 – d. 2006 Tenure at Lehman Brothers 1963 – 1988

b. 1926 – d. 2018 Tenure at Lehman Brothers 1973 – 1984

b. 1946 – present Tenure at Lehman Brothers 1969 – 2008

WAS AN AMERICAN INVESTMENT BANKER WHO SERVED AS UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FROM FEBRUARY 29, 1972, TO FEBRUARY 1, 1973, UNDER THE RICHARD NIXON ADMINISTRATION.

WAS NAMED IN TIME’S “25 PEOPLE TO BLAME FOR THE FINANCIAL CRISIS” LIST AND IN CNN’S “TEN MOST WANTED: CULPRITS OF THE COLLAPSE”.

FULD WAS NICKNAMED “THE GORILLA” FOR HIS INTIMIDATING PRESENCE.

HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS FOUNDER AND PRINCIPAL FUNDER OF THE PETER G. PETERSON FOUNDATION, WHICH IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING FISCAL AUSTERITY.

FULD’S FIRST CAREER AS AN AIR FORCE PILOT CAME TO AN END WHEN HE GOT INTO A FISTFIGHT WITH A COMMANDING OFFICER.

Philip Lehman was the first chairman of the board of the Lehman Corporation.

“Philip Lehman.” Wikipedia, 9 Mar. 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Lehman.

Herbert H. Lehman was the 45th Governor of New York (1933–1942) and US Senator from New York (1949–1956).

“Herbert H. Lehman.” Wikipedia, 12 June 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_H._Lehman.

Robert Lehman was the first to invite non-family members to become partners.

“Robert Lehman.” Wikipedia, 3 July 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lehman.

He was also a thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder who had five horses compete in the Kentucky Derby.

“Robert Lehman.” Wikipedia, 3 July 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lehman.

Peter George Peterson (June 5, 1926 – March 20, 2018) was an American investment banker who served as United States Secretary of Commerce from February 29, 1972, to February 1, 1973, under the Richard Nixon administration.

“Peter G. Peterson.” Wikipedia, 15 June 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_G._Peterson.

Fuld was named in Time’s “25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis” list and in CNN’s “Ten Most Wanted: Culprits of the Collapse”. Fuld was nicknamed “the gorilla” for his intimidating presence.

“Richard S. Fuld Jr..” Wikipedia, 24 June 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Fuld_Jr. Fuld’s first career as an Air Force pilot came to an end when he got into a fistfight with a commanding officer.

“Richard S. Fuld Jr..” Wikipedia, 24 June 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Fuld_Jr.

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JCRC wishes to thank The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis for partnering with us to place the play in historical context.

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BIOGRAPHIES CAST Firdous Bamji* (Mayer Lehman) Off-Broadway: Indian Ink (Roundabout, Obie Award: Outstanding Performance), The Changeling, Measure for Measure (TFANA); Gum, Crocodiles in the Potomac (WP Theatre); Homebody/ Kabul (BAM/NYTW/Steppenwolf); SubUrbia (Lincoln Center).

Regional: The Lehman Trilogy (Huntington Theatre); The Birthday Party (ACT); In the Heart of America (Long Wharf); Othello (Hartford Stage) As You Like It, Galileo (Center Stage); Dollhouse (Goodman Theatre); Much Ado About Nothing, Richard II, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Troilus & Cressida (Shakespeare Theatre); The Lisbon Traviata (Studio Theatre); Burn This, Bent, Beirut (Trustus Theatre). International: A Disappearing Number (Complicité, Olivier Award: Best New Play); Hamlet (Bristol Old Vic). TV: “Madame Secretary”, “Berlin Station”, “Law & Order”, “Law & Order SVU”. Film: Ashes, The War Within (Independent Spirit Award Nom.), Justice, Analyze That, Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense.

JOE LAROCCA (Musician) Tour: Jesus Christ Superstar (50th Anniversary National Tour, Reed 1). Regional: The Lehman Trilogy (Huntington Theatre), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Ogunquit Playhouse, Reed 2); A Man of No Importance (Footlight Club, Reed 1); The Secret Garden, Matilda, Beauty and the Beast, Fun Home, Nine, and others.

Former principal flutist of the DuBois Orchestra. Joe regularly performs classical and baroque repertoire around New England. A Chicago native now based in Boston, Joe is a dynamic multi-wind player with symphonic, theatrical, and improvisatory experience.

His diverse repertoire reaches far beyond the realm of standard western concert music, spanning from rock to baroque. Visit: Bigjoeflute.com Social: @bigjoeflute

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Joshua David Robinson* (Emanuel Lehman) Broadway: The Minutes. Off-Broadway: Arden of Faversham (Red Bull), The Unbelieving (The Civilians), X: Or Betty Shabazz vs The Nation (St. Clements), Sense of an Ending (59E59Theaters), The Convent of Pleasure (Cherry Lane), Twelfth Night (TFANA) Regional: The Lehman Trilogy (Huntington Theatre), JQA (Arena Stage), Sherwood: Adventures of Robin Hood, Three Sisters, (PlayMakers Repertory), Love’s Labour’s Lost (The Folger), Secret Hour (Capital Repertory), A Connecticut Yankee (The Guthrie), All the Way (Cleveland Playhouse). Podcast: When Crit Happens, Omagoshakee High. They are a member of The Actors Center and hold an MFA in acting from NYU Tisch. Social: @JDRloves_U Scott Wentworth*(Henry Lehman) Broadway: Lost In Yonkers, Getting Married, Anna Karenina, and Welcome To The Club (Tony Award nomination). Regional: In 26 seasons with Canada’s Stratford Festival: Lago in Othello, Macbeth in Macbeth, Tevye in Fiddler On The Roof, Shylock in The Merchant Of Venice, James Tyrone in Long Day’s Journey Into Night and the title role in John Gabriel Borkman. Recent: Goldberg in The Birthday Party (A.C.T.), directed by Carey Perloff and King Lear (Toronto’s Shakespeare BASH’d). Directing: Pericles.

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BIOGRAPHIES CREATIVE TEAM Carey Perloff (Director) is a director, playwright, producer and educator who served as Artistic Director of San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater (1992-2018) and of Classic Stage Company, NYC (1988-1992). She has devoted her career to major explorations of classical plays as well as the development of new work for the theater and a decades-long collaboration with playwrights Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard.

She has worked extensively at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Canada, taught for 25 years in ACT’s acclaimed MFA Acting program, and is also an accomplished playwright. Author: of Beautiful Chaos: A Life in the Theater (City Lights Press, 2016) and Pinter and Stoppard: A Director’s View (Bloomsbury Methuen 2022). Recent: Ibsen’s Ghosts (Seattle Rep and Williamstown), Pale Sister (Gate Theater, Dublin), Queens (LaJolla Playhouse), Private Lives (Stratford Festival), A Thousand Splendid Suns, Merchant of Venice, and The Oedipus Cycle starring John Douglas Thompson.

Education: Classics and Comparative Literature at Stanford; Fulbright Fellow at St. Anne’s College, Oxford. Visit: careyperloff. com Sara Brown (Scenic Designer) is a set designer for theater, opera, and dance. Selected Credits: Common Ground: Revisited (Huntington Theater), The Day (Jacob’s Pillow), Hagoromo (Brooklyn Academy of Music), Fellow Travelers (Minnesota Opera), World of Wires (The Kitchen, NYC and Festival d’Automne, Paris), Prince of Providence (Trinity Rep), Der Freischütz (Heartbeat Opera), and The Mother of Us All (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Virtual & Online: The Other Shore, a VR dance performance (Zoe | Juniper) and the production design for an online film version of Fat Ham (The Wilma). She is an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Music and Theater Arts. Visit: www.sarabdesign.com.

Dede Ayite (Costume Designer) is a two-time Tony award nominated costume designer working in theater, opera and film. Broadway: Topdog / Underdog, Ohio State Murders, American Buffalo, How I

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Learned to Drive, A Soldier’s Play, Slave Play, Chicken & Biscuits, American Son, and Children of a Lesser God. Off-Broadway: Merry Wives (The Public Theater), Seven Deadly Sins (Tectonic), Secret Life of Bees, Marie and Rosetta, (Atlantic); By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, (Signature); Nollywood Dreams, BLKS, School Girls…

(MCC); Bella: An American Tall Tale (Playwrights Horizons); Toni Stone (Roundabout). Regional: Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Steppenwolf, Arena Stage and more. Television: Netflix, Comedy Central, and FOX Shortcoms. Education: MFA Yale School of Drama. Awards: TDF/Kitty Leech Young Master Award, Obie, Drama Desk, Henry Hewes, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Theatre Bay Area, and Jeff Awards.

ROBERT WIERZEL (Lighting Designer) Mr. Wierzel has worked with artists and directors from diverse disciplines and backgrounds, in opera, theatre, dance and museums, on stages throughout the country and abroad. Broadway: Lady Day (Emerson’s Bar & Grill), FELA! (Tony Award nomination), and David Copperfield’s Dreams and Nightmares. Opera: Glimmerglass Festival, New York City Opera, in Atlanta, Boston, Seattle, Houston, Dallas, Portland, Denver (Opera Colorado), Washington D.C., Minneapolis and Chicago (Lyric Opera & Opera Theatre). International: Paris, Tokyo, Norway, Toronto, Vancouver, Wexford. Dance: In 37 years with Bill T. Jones and the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company. Regional: The Guthrie, Alliance Theatre, A.C.T, Arena Stage, Shakespeare Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Goodman Theatre, Seattle Rep, and the Mark Taper Forum, among many others. Creative partner at Spark Design Collaborative and on faculty of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Design For Stage & Film.

Mark Bennett Broadway (Composer/Sound Designer) Broadway (select): The Coast of Utopia (Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Score), Macbeth, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Driving Miss Daisy, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Goat, Henry IV, A Steady Rain, A View From The Bridge, and Lily Tomlin’s The Search.

Off-Broadway (select): USA / World Premieres of An Iliad (Obie Award) Mad Forest, Tony Kushner’s L’Illusion, My Children, My Africa!, Dogeaters, Death of the Last Black Man…, and Crumbs 19

BIOGRAPHIES from the Table of Joy. Mark has composed many scores for the Joseph Papp Public Theater and it’s Shakespeare-in-the-Park productions, and the five groundbreaking Sam Mendes/BAM/Old Vic Bridge Project co-productions. Regional: Queens, A Midsummer Nights Dream, His Gal Friday (La Jolla Playhouse), Romeo & Juliet, Arms and the Man (The Globe), Lehman Trilogy, Ripcord, A Confederacy of Dunces (Huntington Theatre). Awards: 1998 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Sound Design, 14 Drama Desk Nominations, and 3 Lucille Lortel Award nominations.

He is an Associate Professor at NYU/Tisch and Head of the Production & Design Studio’s Sound Design Program.

Charles Coes (Co-Sound Designer) Theatre: Murder on the Orient Express, Pride and Prejudice and Christmas Carol (St. Louis Rep), The Beautiful Lady (La Mama), Golden Shield (MTC), Letters of Suresh (2ST), Evita (Bucks County Playhouse) The Tempest, Cymbeline Much Ado About Nothing (HVSF), Sing Street (NYTW); Jitney (Mark Taper Forum, Music Hall of Detroit, Arena Stage); Miss You Like Hell, Fun Home, Soul, The Christians, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Baltimore Center Stage); The Good Book (Berkeley Rep); The Belle of Amherst, Third, (Two River Theater); Natural Shocks (WP Theater); The Way the Mountain Moved, Sense and Sensibility (OSF) Little Black Shadows, The Tempest (South Coast Rep); Animal Farm (Milwaukee Rep); Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout); Sense and Sensibility (Dallas Theater Center, The Guthrie); tokyo fish story (The Old Globe). He has been the associate on more than 25 Broadway shows including Almost Famous, To Kill a Mockingbird, Peter and the Starcatcher, and Junk. He has toured the world with the Homer’s Coat production of An Iliad.

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew (Projection Designer) An award winning multidisciplinary designer for theatre, dance, opera, musicals, music performances, installation, immersive experiences and digital productions. As a designer, Jeanette aims to create a visual environment that is organically integrated into the landscape and language of the production. NY Times described her designs as “clever” and “inventive”. Theatre Broadway: Macbeth. Off20

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Broadway: Elyria (Atlantic Theater Company), Sucide Forest (MAYI Theater Company), Relevance (MCC, Lortel nomination), Ludic Proxy (PlayCo.) Informed Consent (Primary Stages), Paris Commune (BAM), How Much is Enough (St. Ann’s Warehouse). Regional: The Lehman Trilogy and Top Girls (Huntington Theatre), ONCE (Arden Theatre Company), In the Wake (Profile Theatre); New Media: Nevermore Park: Home of Flyboy (immersive environment inspired by artist Hebru Brantley), 9000 Paper Balloons (digital performance & live at Japan Society), The Crossing (dance, digital performance, The Kitchen at Queenslab), SWELL (digital opera, HERE Arts Center). NEA/TCG Career Development Program recipient.

Social: @jeanette_yew Visit: www.jeanetteyew.com MISHA SHIELDS (Movement Consultant) is a theater choreographer working in the New York and Boston areas. Off-Broadway: Baghdaddy (Chita Rivera Award Nominee for Best Choreography; St. Luke’s Theater). Regional: K-I-S-S-I-N-G (Elliot Norton Award for Best Choreography; Huntington Theatre), Loch Ness (BroadwayWorld CNY Award for Best Choreography For A Professional Production; The Rev), The Lehman Trilogy, Witch, I was Most Alice With, You & Yerma, (Huntington Theatre), The Winter’s Tale (Hartford Stage), Once (Bucks County Playhouse), Baghdaddy (St. Luke’s Theater), and Wonderland (Atlantic Theater Company). Misha has taught and choreographed at many various colleges and universities including Yale, MIT, The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Fordham and Christopher Newport University. Upcoming: Private Jones (Goodspeed, Fall 2023) and Signature Theatre in D.C. (Winter 2024).

Visit: mishashields.com Emilee Buchheit* (Stage Manager) is very excited to be returning to The Rep for her thirteenth season! Last Season at The Rep: House of Joy and Murder on the Orient Express. Regional: St. Louis Shakespeare Festival, The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Variety Theatre, The New Jewish Theatre, The Foolish Theatre Company (NY), and Little Theatre on the Square. Education: Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University with a degree in Stage Management.

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BIOGRAPHIES SHANNON B. STURGIS* (Assistant Stage Manager) favorite theatrical experiences include Atlantic Theater Company.Off-Broadway: Shear Madness and Altar Boyz (Off-Broadway and in The Rep’s Off-Ramp series). Other regional favorites include Westport Country Playhouse, Adirondack Theatre Festival, Victoria Theatre, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Phoenix Theatre (in New York) and the Gretna Playhouse.

Li Jin (Associate Scenic Designer) is an artist/designer based in Boston/NYC. Regional: The Lehman Trilogy (Huntington Theatre), Fat Ham (Wilma Theater), Pride and Prejudice (Hartford Stage), and Cells (Harvard). Education: Harvard Graduate School of Design with a Master’s degree in architecture. He is excited to work on more productions in the near future.

ERIC NORBURY (Associate Lighting Designer) Selected Credits: Hong Kong Mississippi (La MaMa ETC), Dodi & Diana (HERE Arts), The Prom (WPPAC), Footloose (Argyle Theatre), Xerxes (Detroit Opera), Blue (Seattle Opera, Pittsburgh Opera, Dutch National Opera), Only Human: A Musical (Theatre St. Clement’s), Till: A Musical (NYMF), Nimbus Dance at BAM Fisher,. Recent: LaMama ETC, NYTW, Playwrights Horizons, Barrington Stage Company, La Jolla Playhouse, New School of Drama, Washington National Opera, 5th Avenue Theatre, The Glimmerglass Festival, Seán Curran Dance Company, De Funes Dance, Second Avenue Dance Company and many others. MFA NYU/Tisch. Member USA829.

Visit: ericnorburylighting.com Robin Abraham Ediger-Seto (Associate Projections) shapes space with lights and projectors. He grew up amidst the vibrant colors of Northern India and the harsh, angular light of New Mexico.

Culture shifts accented the minutiae in interactions between humans and our built and natural environment. Robin’s work fuses musicality, structure, and performance with the visual language of his childhood. Regional: Performance Space New York, Huntington Theater, the Atlantic, Mabou Mines, National Sawdust, and the

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Whitney Museum, collaborating with artists including Julie Tolentino, Raven Chacon, Colin Self, Ron Athey, Serge Becker, rafa esparza, JJ Lind, and Sister Sylvester. Education: New Mexico School for the Arts and The Ohio State University’s Department of Dance. Robin founded MERDE, an underground performance series in Brooklyn and Queens, where he also occasionally performed.

Scott Leff (Projections Programmer) is a New York City based media server programmer. He has worked on Broadway shows such as Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of 1776, Lincoln Center Theatre’s production of Mike Birbiglia’s The Old Man and the Pool, and Manhattan Theatre Club’s Summer of 1976. He has also worked on the Public Theatre’s production of The Harder They Come, and New York Theatre Workshop’s production of Dreaming Zenzile.

JOHN-WILLIAM GAMBRELL (Copyist/Assistant to the Composer) is a composer and copyist based out of Boston. His original musical, Toothy’s Treasure, made its Off-Broadway workshop debut this year which was followed by a production at the BCA in Boston.

Regional: The Tale of Despereaux and Romeo & Juliet (The Old Globe) and The Lehman Trilogy (Huntington Theatre). He is the accompanist at MIT and freelances as a composer for media and film. Visit: johnwilliamgambrell.com

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LEADERSHIP DANNY WILLIAMS (Managing Director) An experienced arts administrator, Danny Williams was named The Rep’s Managing Director in January 2022. Danny brings to this position expertise in nonprofit accounting, senior management, and organizational development. Prior to joining The Rep, Danny worked at The Public Theater in New York for 15 years, where he served in various roles, including Senior Director, Finance and Administration. In this position Danny managed the daily and strategic financial operations of the $50 million nonprofit organization, successfully launched an organization-wide intranet, partnered with the development team to achieve fundraising goals, and collaborated on long-term financial planning and analysis. Noteworthy productions Danny worked on at The Public include Broadway: Fun Home, Hamilton; Off-Broadway: Here Lies Love, Twelfth Night, White Noise.

Danny also serves on the National Planning Committee for The Professional Non-Profit Theatre Coalition, working to promote lasting governmental partnership to support arts education, and workforce development and infrastructure needs in theatres across the country. He holds degrees in marketing and theater from Fairfield University.

BECKS REDMAN (Associate Artistic Director ) has been at The Rep for the past four seasons, where she has line produced the Mainstage and Studio productions. Prior to her time at The Rep, Becks held producing and casting positions in the Artistic departments at Actors Theatre of Louisville and Baltimore Center Stage. Last season, she made her Rep directing debut with GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES. Becks received her BFA from The University of the Arts and zthe London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

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REGGIE D. WHITE (Associate Artistic Director) is an awardwinning multi-hyphenate artist, educator, and arts advocate whose international career spans almost 2 decades. As an actor, he made his Broadway debut in Matthew López’s Tony Award-winning epic, The Inheritance.

Earlier this year he starred as Bayard Rustin in Bayard Rustin: Inside Ashland at People’s Light (written and directed by Steve H. Broadnax III) Other Regional and Off-Broadway: I andYou (59E59), Hundred Days (New York Theatre Workshop), The Luckiest (La Jolla Playhouse), Macbeth In Stride (American Repertory Theatre at Harvard University) and the world premiere of Flood In the Valley, a bi-lingual musical that toured China in 2018. His directing credits include Atlantic Theater Company, The Public, Bay Street Theater, The Williams Project, and PlayGroundSF. Earlier this year, Reggie co-conceived Lessons in Survival: 1971, based on the iconic conversation between Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin at Vineyard Theatre (NYT Critic’s Pick). He also co-conceived and appeared in the digital anthology series of the same title (NYT Best Theatre of 2020). His play, In Case You Haven’t Heard premiered last spring at Bay Street Theatre, and is currently co-writing a play with Lauren Gunderson (America’s Most-Produced Living Playwright). Reggie is a resident artist at Vineyard Theatre, a founding member of the mutli-generational theatre collective, The Commissary, and a founding company member with The Williams Project, a living-wage theatre company. As an educator, Reggie has taught, delivered, and developed arts curricula across the country for artists of all ages. Since 2015, has has been a member of the faculty at Atlantic Acting School (an NYU Partner Studio), where he served as its Artistic Director from 2018-2022. Reggie is a recipient of the Colman Domingo Award, The TCG Fox Fellowship, the TBA Titan Award, the RHE Artistic Fellowship and an NCAAP Theatre Award nominee.

Visit: www.reggiedwhite.com.

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Cast, The Lehman Trilogy, The Huntington 2023 Photo Credit: T Charles Erickson Photo

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EXPERIENCE TIMELESS TALES, EPIC

OCT 4- OCT 22

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JAN 18 - JAN 28

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FEB 8 - FEB 18

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NOV 28 - DEC 23

performed at the loretto-hilton center

FEB 6 - FEB 25

performed at the loretto-hilton center

MAR 19 - APR 7

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ADVENTURES, LEGENDARY STORIES

imaginary theatre company puss in boots

Everyone’s favorite feline fable is here to charm and entertain!

by Jennifer Roberts | music and lyrics by Nathan A. Roberts

Everyone’s favorite feline fable is here to charm and beguile! The miller’s son is not finding life easy, with barely a penny to his name and no inheritance from his father, save for a useless cat and a pair of too-small boots. But this cat hides a secret: She can talk! And sing! And she has a plan to take them from the poor house to a princely castle. But how long can this extraordinary kitty keep up the ruse before the cat is out of the bag?

Bring the whole family and share the legend of Puss in Boots.

tomÁs and the library lady

based on the true story of Tomás Rivera Book | by Pat Mora

Dive into a fantastical world of books in this celebratory true story. As Tomás’ family heads north to Iowa for work, they find fewer and fewer people who speak their native Spanish language.

Looking for a place to fit in, Tomás finds a new passion when he befriends a librarian who introduces him to the magical world of books. This enchanting story adventures through the pages of towering dinosaurs and ferocious tigers, igniting Tomás’ imagination and bringing the audience along for the ride.

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STAFF Danny Williams Managing Director

ARTISTIC

PRODUCTION

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR OF NEW WORK ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE

Becks Redman Reggie D. White Matthew Cox

learning & COMMUNITY engagement Brian Coats Britney Daniels Claire Himstedt Brea Rollston

GENERAL MANAGEMENT Dan Schultz Michael Ward Alex Ray Sara Robertson, Polsinelli PC

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER DEVELOPMENT MANAGER SPECIAL EVENTS MANAGER

Stephanie Boyd Tasha Kaminsky Rob Kapeller Bailey Pashia

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MARKETING DIRECTOR DIGITAL MARKETING ASSOCIATE GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Ashton Beck Ash Moon Thompson Delores Eddington

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION SENIOR MANAGER, ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTING ASSOCIATE ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT

DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR BOX OFFICE REPRESENTATIVES

LEAD HOUSE MANAGER ASSOCIATE HOUSE MANAGER ASSISTANT HOUSE MANAGERS

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TECHNICAL DIRECTOR ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST SCENIC ARTISTS SCENIC SHOP FOREMAN SCENIC CARPENTERS PROPERTIES MANAGER PROPS ASSISTANT PROPS CARPENTER

Michael Strickland Emilie WeilbacherMcMullan Scott Loebl Stephen Pollihan, James Van Well Dave McCarthy Dan Roach, Jr. Danny McCarthy Scott DeBroux Eric William Barnes Abigail Stuckey Ralph Wilke

costumes COSTUME SHOP MANAGER HEAD DRAPER DRAPER

Kristie Osi Robert Trump Elizabeth Eisloeffel

lighting MAINSTAGE HEAD ELECTRICIAN ELECTRICIAN

Connor Meers Casey Morris III

sound Michael T. Sondag Laura Wandersee Suzanne Bodenstein Marsha Whitler

AUDIENCE SERVICES DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE SERVICES BOX OFFICE MANAGER ASSISTANT BOX OFFICE MANAGER

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE

Phil Baranski Emilee Buchheit Shannon B. Sturgis Taijha Silas

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LEARNING PROGRAMS MANAGER TEACHING & ENGAGEMENT MANAGER LACE PROGRAM ASSISTANT TEACHING ARTIST

GENERAL MANAGER COMPANY MANAGER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT ATTORNEY

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGERS

Ricki Marking-Camuto Kristy Kannapell Lin Joyce Michael Dorn Christian Hoffman Dan Ladd Carl Wickman Taylor Kelly Brittni Brown Carol Hodson Julie George Deanna Danger Hope Harbour Mo Moellering B. Young Alex Godefroid

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Joshua Riggs Sean Wilhite

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BIOGRAPHIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT

VICE PRESIDENT

prolog ventures

community volunteer

community volunteer

Brian Clevinger*

SECRETARY

Judi Scissors*

Ann Cady Scott*

TREASURER

Wendi Alper-Pressman*

community volunteer armstrong teasdale llp

Susan Stith*

VICE PRESIDENT, VOLUNTEERS Ann Harris Straw*

community volunteer

MEMBERS: Wendi Alper-Pressman*

Dan Jay*

David Alpers

Toni Jackson

armstrong teasdale llp washington university

community volunteer community volunteer

Margaret Augustin*

John S. Kingston

Patrick Aydt

Gwen Middeke*

Amy Bantle

Jane Robert*

community volunteer

merrill lynch | vice president washington university school of medicine in st. louis | chief brand and marketing officer

Lauren Smith Blair

thompson coburn, llp community volunteer community volunteer

Ronald L. Roberts

ridge graves, llc | managing partner

u.s. bancorp community development corporation | vice president

Lauren Sagel

community volunteer

webster university | president

Jana Broadie

Dedric A. Carter

washington university | vice chancellor for operations and technology transfer

Brian Clevinger*

prolog ventures | managing director

Brandon Evans

ernst & young | partner

David Frey Caleres

Frank Hamsher*

skyline public strategies, inc. | principal

Laurie Hiler*

community volunteer

Julian Z. Schuster Pat Schutte*

community volunteer

Judi Scissors*

community volunteer

Ann Cady Scott*

community volunteer

Susan Stith*

community volunteer

Ann Harris Straw*

community volunteer

Susan D. Tuteur

community volunteer

cgb enterprise inc. | project manager

Ven Houts

ernst & young | community volunteer

*executive committee

VOLUNTEER BOARD VOLUNTEER BOARD One of the most treasured and dedicated resources, The Rep’s Volunteer Board provides amazing support each season with donations of time, talent and skill throughout all facets of the organization. We are so grateful to the Volunteer Board for their continued dedication as integral members of The Rep family. If you are interested in serving on The Rep Volunteer Board, please contact call the Development Department at (314) 687-4030.

PRESIDENT

TREASURER

VICE PRESIDENT

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Ann Harris Straw Trish Alexandre

Cindy Schnabel Laurie Hiler

SECRETARY

Ann Bronsing

MEMBERS: Trish Alexandre Ann Bronsing Susan Barley Michaeleen Cradock Dorothy Diehl Denise Eschenbrenner Karen Fairbank Glenda Hares Vicki Helling Laurie Hiler Marcia King Margie Knapp

Linda Lowry Barbara Mennell Karen Miller Shirley Raitzsch Colleen Ritchie Rocky Rosen Helen Sandifer Cindy Schnabel Carol Schreiner Ann Straw Linda Vandivort Lynn Yearwood

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ABOUT THE REP

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis is the region’s premiere theatre for compelling, award-winning theatrical experiences that entertain, engage, and illuminate audiences’ shared humanity. As a dedicated partner with arts organizations in St. Louis and across the country, The Rep aims to expand audiences’ appreciation and understanding of the world through theatre.

MAINSTAGE The work presented in the Mainstage series is eclectic, ranging from modern to classics to musicals, and benefits from the large space afforded by the Browning and Berges Theatres. Performances are given in both the Virginia Jackson Browning Theatre at the Loretto-Hilton Center and the Catherine B. Berges Theatre at COCA. STEVE WOOLF STUDIO SERIES Longtime Rep Artistic Director Steve Woolf was a champion of producing innovative and provocative plays in an intimate setting. The Rep continues his legacy with the STEVE WOOLF STUDIO SERIES and invites you to a stunning new location to experience this exciting work.

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION IMAGINARY THEATRE COMPANY Imaginary Theatre Company is The Rep’s touring ensemble for children. Bringing theatre for young audiences to schools and community centers throughout the bi-state area, ITC’s productions value a well-told story while supporting state learning standards and nurturing a respect and love for the arts. This season, ITC performances are available virtually to both schools and families.

HOUSE POLICIES Late Seating: Latecomers will be seated at an appropriate moment in the performance.

Electronic Devices: Please silence all electronic devices while in the theatre.

Inclement Weather Policy: In the event of inclement weather, please check our website, social media pages, or call the Box Office for current information. If a cancellation occurs, please call the Box Office starting the day after the inclement .weather occurred to exchange your seats for another performance of the same production.

TICKET EXCHANGE POLICY Exchanges are an exclusive subscriber benefit. Exchanges may be made within the run of each production. Tickets may be exchanged up to two hours prior to show time. If you choose to exchange into a higher-priced area, you will be charged the difference. No refunds are made for exchanges to lower-priced tickets.

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SUBSCRIBER DISCOUNTS Subscribers can save two ways on additional ticket purchases. Advance purchases receive a 10% discount.

Last-minute purchases (beginning 48 hours prior to a show) are discounted 50%! Prior sales are excluded. Please note: there are no refunds or exchanges on single ticket purchases.

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ACCESSIBILITY ssistive Listening: Free assistive listening devices using A an FM system are available at Audience Services prior to all performances. pen Captioning: We offer open captioning, an electronic O text display which shows what the actors are saying or singing, at the last Sunday show for all performances. udio Description: The Rep partners with MindsEye A to offer live audio description for the final Thursday performance of each production. obility Accommodations: The Rep offers services M for patrons who utilize mobility aids in all of our theatre spaces. Please discuss seating requirements with the Box Office when purchasing tickets or visit Audience Services when you arrive at the theatre.

American Sign Language: We offer ASL interpreted ASL performances on the final Saturday matinee of each production. Interpreters are placed inside the theatre and sign for the audience what the actors are saying and expressing.

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SUPPORT THE ARTS

how your gift makes an impact

ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE Your gift empowers a wide spectrum of artists, from local artisans and craftspeople to our administrative and leadership teams, to dream and innovate in new ways to continue to bring magic to our stages.

LEARNING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS Your gift brings the power of live theatre to thousands of youth each year. These young learners gain an understanding of the literary value and the making of theatre while simultaneously developing skills in communication, teamwork and leadership.

REEMERGING TOGETHER Your gift to The Rep helps overcome the financial challenges of the past few years and secures the longevity of our theatre for decades to come.

BENEFITS OF BEING A DONOR Benefits are based on giving levels. Please visit www.repstl.org for more details and full benefits for all giving levels.

Dive deeper into your theatrical journey with Rep Reads, our monthly play reading and discussion group (minimum gift of $100).

Celebrate the season with us at the Annual Spotlight Society exclusive event (minimum gift of $1,500).

Join in exclusive conversations with Managing Director, Danny Williams, and Associate Artistic Directors Becks Redman and Reggie D. White around the artistry of productions and the impact of our work on the local community as part of our Artistic and Managing Directors’ Circle (minimum gift of $20,000).

HOW TO MAKE YOUR GIFT: ONLINE Visit repstl.org/support PHONE Call the Development Department at (314) 687-4030.

MAIL Send a check to The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Attn: Development Department, 130 Edgar Road, St. Louis, MO 63119

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BIOGRAPHIES CORPORATE & FOUNDATION PARTNERS As a nonprofit organization, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis relies upon the support of corporate and foundation partners.

The Rep gratefully acknowledges the following corporations and foundations whose generous support helps us to create the highest caliber of professional theatre for St. Louis, engage the next generation of theatregoers and provide opportunities for diverse artists. For information about how your business or organization can support The Rep, contact the Development Department at (314) 687-4030.

$100,000+

The Berges Family Foundation

The Shubert Foundation Inc.

$50,000 – $99,999

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

$25,000 – $49,999

Mary Ranken Jordan and Ettie A. Jordan Charitable Foundation PNC Arts Alive

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$10,000 – $24,999

Louis D. Beaumont Fund No. 1 of the St. Louis Community Foundation The Trio Foundation of St. Louis

$5,000 – $9,999

Enterprise Holdings Foundation Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation

$2,500 – $4,999

Employees Community Fund of Boeing Graybar Foundation Sign of the Arrow/St. Louis Alumnae Club of Pi Beta Phi Dewitt and Caroline Van Evera Foundation

$1,000 – $2,499

Joy Waltke Fisher Fund of the St. Louis Community Foundation Lathrop & Gage LLP Polsinelli

UNDER $1000

Actor's Equity Foundation Caravus Commerce Bancshares Foundation

TRIBUTES MEMORIAL Sam Broh Susan & Peter Tuteur Jean Lange Linda Mahon Paul Wentzein Ven & Cynthia Houts HONOR Ann Augustin Ven & Cynthia Houts Becks Redman Rob Kapeller Hana S. Sharif Peter & Susan Tuteur Dr. Raymond Slavin Leon Robison Danny Williams Susan & Peter Tuteur

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BOOK CLUB JUST GOT DRAMATIC

You’re invited to join Rep Reads, our fan-favorite monthly play reading club. Each month, we independently read a script and come together to discuss its themes, characters, and impact. Rep Readers gain a deeper appreciation of dramatic literature while building community connections with fellow theatre lovers at The Rep. We are thrilled to announce our fall series, Legacy: Across Generations, Across Time.

Like The Lehman Trilogy, these epic plays span decades, following communities and families through the highs and lows of history, and even into the future.

Tues & Wed, September 12-13

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Leopolstadt – Tom Stoppard

Winner! 2023 Tony Award® for Best Play

Tues & Wed, October 10-11

The Inheritance – Matthew Lopez Winner! 2020 Tony Award® for Best Play

Tues & Wed, November 14-15

Mr. Burns, a post-electric play – Anne Washburn Winner! 2015 Whiting Award for Drama

Cast, The 39 Steps Photo by Jon Gitchoff

To sign up, get books, and learn more about Rep Reads, visit repstl.org/support/ rep-reads or email Rob at development@repstl.org.

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HONOR ROLL

The Spotlight Society is an organization of donors who provide outstanding annual support to The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. In appreciation, donors enjoy a host of special benefits, including Circle Drive parking, invitations to exclusive events a nd much more. The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis gratefully acknowledges members of the Spotlight Society for their commitment to sustaining and promoting the highest quality professional theatre at The Rep. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE $20,000+ Anonymous  James G. Berges & Elizabeth Mannen Berges Ven & Cynthia Houts  Gwen & Paul Middeke  Jane & Bruce Robert  Pat & Ken Schutte  Ann Cady Scott  Susan & Peter Tuteur  SPOTLIGHT ANGEL $10,000-$19,999

David & Melanie Alpers  Ted & Robbie Beaty  Mark A. Brenner  Dr. Stuart Kornfeld  SPOTLIGHT BENEFACTOR $5,000-$7,499 Barbara & Ernest Adelman  Joseph & Lauren Allen  Patrick Aydt Susan Barley  Kathy Berg  Patty & Kent Chapin ✠ Vicki & Brian Clevinger ✠ Pamela Wing Dern ✠ David Frey Anne Carol Goldberg & Ronald Levin ✠ Sally Johnston  Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Langsam  Kent A. Lewis  SPOTLIGHT SUSTAINER $2,500-$4,999 Costas & Assimo Azariadis  P.E. Belloli & Dave Shimek  Mark D. Bernstein ✠ Sam C. Bertolet & Helen D. Ziercher  Lauren Smith Blair Mrs. H. Pharr Brightman ✠ Elaine Coe ✠ Dr. Kevin & Lisa Coleman  Myra & Gene Crandall ✠ Michael Dern ✠

Larry Essmann  Brandon & Lucy Evans Judith Gall ✠ Lee & Gina Hoagland  Joanne & Joel Iskiwitch  Dr. Theresa & Zulfikar Jeevanjee  Nancy & Kenneth Kranzberg ✠ Andrew & Lori O’Brien  Ann Scheuer  Mary Schoolman  Judi Scissors & Sam Broh*  Janice & Steve Seele  Dr. John Sopuch  Bill & Jarona Stevens  Mei Chen Welland  Mike & Barbara Willock  Lynn & Darrell Yearwood  SPOTLIGHT PATRON $1,500-$2,499 Trish & Michael Abbene  Wendi Alper-Pressman & Norman Pressman ✠ Ann P. Augustin Margaret Augustin  Darla & Brad Baker Nancy Berg  Holly & Marc Bernstein Catherine S. Bollinger  Jana Broadie Eileen Clarke & William Dodd  Elizabeth & Don Cobin The Preeti Dalawari & John Vandover Charitable Fund Mike & Sue Darcy Dr. Debbie A. Depew  Jim Donnelly & Tracey Temanson  Richard Engelsmann & Diane Buhr Engelsmann  Sam and Marilyn Fox Foundation ✠ Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Fromm  E.L. Green ✠ Frank Hamsher Kathleen Locklar Heimann Margaret & Michael Heinz  Bill & Linda Hentchel Laurie Hiler  Marian & Maurice Hirsch 

Mark & Peggy Holly  W. F. Samuel Hopmeier  Mike Isaacson & Joe Ortmeyer  Daniel G Jay & Mary Ann Lazarus  Jeanne & Aron Katzman  Sally Lemkemeier ✠ Judith Weiss Levy ✠ C. Arden Mennell  Barbara & Lee Meyer Mrs. Rena Murphy ✠ Ellen Nahlik, Simons Family Charitable Trust Mr. & Mrs. Raymond W. Peters  Mike & Barb Quinn  Colleen Ritchie  Paul & Cindy Schnabel  Margot Schwab Dr. Raymond Slavin  Susan & Drexel Stith Ann & Jack Straw ✠ Drs. Beth and Paul Stroble  Joan Tiemann  Selden Y. Trimble, in memory of Joyce Price Trimble  Drs. Craig & Terri Weldon  *In memoriam Gifts received 6/1/2022 – 8/10/2023 For more information or to join our Spotlight Society, please contact the Development Department at (314) 687-4030

LIFETIME GIVING LEVELS $250,000+ $100,000 - $249,999 ✠$50,000 - $99,999 $25,000 - $49,999  $10,000 - $24,999

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SEASON OF EXPERIENCE: SEPT 5 – SEPT 24

PERFORMED AT THE LORETTO-HILTON CENTER

THE DRAMA

Joshua David Robinson & Firdous Bamji, The Lehman Trilogy, The Huntington 2023 Photo Credit: T Charles Erickson Photo

NOV 28 – DEC 23 PERFORMED AT THE LORETTO-HILTON CENTER

THE TRADITION Paul Aguirre, A Christmas Carol, Photo Credit: T Charles Erickson Photo

FEB 6 – FEB 25

PERFORMED AT THE LORETTO-HILTON CENTER

THE ADVENTURE Cast, MOBY DICK ,Photography by Liz Lauren. Photograph courtesy of Looking Glass Theatre.

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