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WELCOME TO SIGNATURE Welcome to Signature Theatre and our production of Penelope. This witty, thoughtful musical was born during the pandemic. Creator Alex Bechtel was forced to quarantine away from his partner with no end in sight and was comforted by the story of Penelope in The Odyssey. Penelope waits for twenty years while her husband, Odysseus, fights in the Trojan War and then has a series of adventures on his journey home. Like Penelope at her loom, Bechtel, with co-creators Eva Steinmetz (also the director) and Grace McLean, wove what started as a concept album into a rich, beautiful musical that reimagines this classical Greek myth as a love letter to all those who must wait. We are thrilled to welcome Jessica Phillips to our stage to bring to life this character who has captivated the world for almost 3,000 years. As Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English, said of Penelope, “She’s canny, she’s strongwilled, she has grit, she has a vivid imagination, she’s loyal, she’s a competent, mostly single mother who shows deep love for her difficult, moody son, and she keeps a big and complex household running for two decades. You have to love her for all these things, and I do.” However, the original epic poem never delves into Penelope’s inner thoughts, only her actions. This has allowed there to be many different interpretations of her character. Penelope has served as artistic inspiration for centuries, and you can read more about her in the pages that follow. Presenting this musical in the ARK allows us to explore the vulnerability and intimacy of Penelope’s story in a way that is unique to Signature. In a house that seats fewer than 100, audiences are only a few feet away from the stage. You can see Penelope’s every expression, feel her every movement and hear her every sigh. All her small moments somehow become large. The audience surrounds Penelope as if they are the sea surrounding the shore where she would spend so much of her time. Our ARK Theatre is a small space on purpose – it invokes a meaningful reciprocity between actor and audience. Together, we share every moment: the longing, the humor, and the tedium of Penelope’s day. This connection between audience and performer is an important tenet of Signature’s mission, and we are grateful to have you in today's audience. But now, the time has come for our wait to end. Enjoy the show.
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A Very Long Wait Penelope, the long-suffering wife of Odysseus featured in Homer's Odyssey, has served as an artistic inspiration for almost 3,000 years. In The Odyssey, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, goes on a series of adventures as he spends a decade returning home from the Trojan War. He spent a previous 10 years fighting in said war (the story of The Illiad) for a total of 20 years away from home. During this time Penelope is stuck at home waiting for him, but never knowing where he was or if he would ever return. After years of no news, a series of suitors arrive at her home seeking her hand and the kingdom. She refuses them, and cleverly contrived the excuse of weaving a funeral shroud and declaring she would not marry until its completion. She then spent her days weaving, but at night, after the suiters were asleep, she unraveled her progress. The Odyssey focuses most on Odysseus’s adventures (it is named after him) and as Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English noted, his work is all about doing while Penelope’s is all about standing still. “Her work is all about undoing. It’s all about hiding herself, hiding her desires, and creating something whose only purpose is to get nowhere.” She, and the feminine ideals she is professed to represent—those of the faithful wife—have fascinated artists and scholars for centuries. Recently, she has received a resurgence of popularity. Just who was this woman whose most enduring legacy was to…wait? In Greek mythology, Penelope is known by her relations to the men in her life. She is the daughter of Icarius of Sparta, then the wife of Odysseus, and finally the mother of Telemachus. To dissuade the suitors that arrive seeking her hand, she even employs another man—the funeral shroud is for her father-in-law, Laertes. The one trait that has defined her through much of history is fidelity—that of the patiently waiting wife whose devotion knows no end—the ideal woman. Throughout her 20 years waiting—and never knowing if she would ever see Odysseus again—Penelope remained faithful (unlike her husband). Day in and out she was subjected to the onslaught of suitors who refused to leave her house. As a woman in Ancient Greece, she was unable to force them to leave her home or respect her rejection. She was trapped by her circumstances, and, despite her intelligence and resourcefulness, unable to change them because of her gender. While people are quick to note her brilliance, determination and strong will, a modern interpretation can forget how confined she was by her social position and situation. In ancient art, Penelope is seen with her head down in her hands and crossing her legs, a symbol of her faithfulness. This pose is unusual for any other figure in antiquity and is a clear indicator that she is the subject. In the Renaissance times and after, Penelope gets to raise her head, but is still focused on her weaving or her trickery of her suitors. However, in the last 20 years, Penelope has once again captivated imaginations—and gained a different interpretation that has been guided by women. In Margaret Atwood’s 2006 novel
The Penelopiad, The Odyssey is told from Penelope’s point of view. In 2017, Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey brought new understanding into Penelope’s experience. There are even multiple recent musicals told from Penelope’s point of view—all espousing a distinctive approach to her story and character. So, just who was Penelope? The original poem does not divulge Penelope’s inner thoughts. Translators throughout centuries have added different interpretations. So has societal progress in women’s rights and the opportunity for women to interpret this character. As our ideas of Penelope have changed and shifted throughout history, perhaps more will be discovered in the years ahead. All we have to do is…wait.
Previous translation of The Odyssey “O fortunate Odysseus, master mariner and soldier, blessed son of old Laertes! The girl you brought home made a valiant wife! True to her husband’s honor and her own, Penelope, Ikarios’ faithful daughter! The very gods themselves will sing her story for men on earth—mistress of her own heart, Penelope!”
Emily Wilson’s translation of the same passage “Lucky you, cunning Odysseus: you got yourself a wife of virtue—great Penelope. How principled she was, that she remembered her husband all those years! Her fame will live forever, and the deathless gods will make a poem to delight all those on earth about intelligent Penelope.”
Left: Greek terracotta plaque of Odysseus returning to Penelope, ca. 460 - 450 BCE; Right top: Penelope with the Suitors by Bernardino Pintorcchio, ca. 1509; bottom: statue of Penelope by Domenico Anderson ca. 1890.
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MUSIC & LYRICS BY ALEX BECHTEL BOOK BY ALEX BECHTEL, GRACE MCLEAN & EVA STEINMETZ BASED ON WRITINGS IN THE ODYSSEY BY HOMER WITH JESSICA PHILLIPS* SCENIC DESIGN PAIGE HATHAWAY
COSTUME DESIGN DANIELLE PRESTON
LIGHTING DESIGN JESSE BELSKY
SOUND DESIGN ERIC NORRIS ORCHESTRATIONS ALEX BECHTEL
CASTING JORGE ACEVEDO
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER BECKY REED*
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ETHAN HEARD
GENERAL MANAGER JIM GROSS
PRODUCTION MANAGER KYLE GRANT
DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT AND PLANNING CHRISTINE STANLEY
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING JENNIFER BUZZELL
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION VALERIE BUNNS
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION DAVID ZOBELL
IT CONSULTANT ROBERT COHN
MUSIC DIRECTED BY BEN MOSS DIRECTED BY EVA STEINMETZ The world premiere of Penelope was originally produced by Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Garrison, NY. Davis McCallum, Artistic Director / Kendra Ekelund, Managing Director Penelope was developed, in part, through the Founders’ Club Residency as part of the Orchard Project (http://www.orchardproject.com), Ari Edelson, Artistic Director.
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MUSICAL NUMBERS Overture Penelope
Pilgrim’s Song Penelope & The Band
A Very Long Wait I Cello
Rain Piano, Violin, Viola & Cello
One by One The Band
I Do Penelope & The Band
Penelope Penelope & The Band
Resolution Penelope & The Band
Drunk Iliad Penelope & The Band
Sunrise Penelope & Piano
Prayer Penelope & The Band
The Return The Band
Weaving Penelope & Piano
"Take My Hand" Penelope & Piano
Lose My Mind Penelope & The Band
By the Fire Piano & Cello
A Very Long Wait II Violin, Viola & Cello
Night Violin, Viola & Cello
Tired of Faith Penelope & Athena
Us Penelope & The Band
Sunset Violin, Viola & Cello
Epilogue Penelope
Penelope runs approximately 75 minutes with no intermission
COMPANY Penelope Jessica Phillips* *Members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
MUSICIANS Piano Ben Moss Percussion Erika Johnson Violin Jennifer Rickard Viola Imelda Tecson Juarez Cello Susanna Mendlow Musicians are members of DC Federation of Musicians.
CAST Jessica Phillips she/her (Penelope) BROADWAY: Dear Evan Hansen (Heidi Hansen); Leap of Faith (Marla); Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Marian); Next to Normal (Diana standby); Jesus Christ Superstar; The Scarlet Pimpernel. OFF-BROADWAY: Next to Normal. NATIONAL TOUR: Dear Evan Hansen. REGIONAL: Goodspeed: Deathless; Williamstown Theatre Festival: Unknown Soldier, and more. TV/FILM: NBC: Law and Order: SVU (ADA Pippa Cox); Paramount+: Why Women Kill; CBS: Elementary, Unforgettable; USA: Royal Pains, and more. Emerson College. Mom of 2. @thejessicaphillips
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CREATIVE TEAM Alex Bechtel (Book, Music & Lyrics) As a composer, actor, sound designer, writer, director, teaching artist, and multi-instrumentalist, Alex Bechtel’s work has appeared on numerous stages throughout the country. Recent work includes: Music & Lyrics for Lightning Rod Special’s The Appointment (“Best of 2019” – The New York Times, Vulture, TimeOut NY, “Best of 2023” – The New Yorker), People’s Light & Theatre Company’s Alice in Wonderland: A Musical Panto, Shakespeare in Love, and Sleeping Beauty: A Musical Panto, Arden Theatre Company’s The Light Princess and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s Two Gents, Henry V, Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, Midsummer, Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night. Bechtel is a graduate of The Pig Iron School and The University of the Arts. He has received Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Music Direction, Outstanding Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, and Outstanding Original Music. In 2015, he was awarded an Independence Fellowship in the Arts to engage in a one-on-one creative intensive with Kentucky-based New Music composer Rachel Grimes on new approaches to the use of music in theatre. Bechtel is the creator/composer of The West, Philadelphia Nocturne, and Cheer Up, Dostoevsky. He lives in New York City. See and hear more at www.alexbechtel.com. Grace McLean she/her (Book) is a performer, writer, composer. Broadway: Suffs, Bad Cinderella; Natasha, Pierre.... Off-Broadway and Regional include New Group, MCC, LCT3, The Public, Vineyard, La MaMa, BAM, Weston Playhouse, ART, WTF. TV: The First Lady (Showtime), The Other Two (Max). She writes and composes for theater (The Apiary; In The Green, Richard Rodgers,
Lortel Awards) and film (Shayna Strype's Our Mine, Best Score Brooklyn Film Festival, Black Bear Award for Best Score Athens International Film Festival). Lincoln Center Writer-inresidence, Vivace Award ('23), Larson Grant ('21), Broadway Women’s Fund’s Woman to Watch (‘21), Civilians R&D Group (‘19-’20), MacDowell Fellow (‘18), Lincoln Center Emerging Artist (‘17). www.gracemclean.com Eva Steinmetz she/her (Book & Director) is a Philadelphia-based theater director, filmmaker, and educator, creating new works that straddle the ordinary and extraordinary. Most notably she directed and co-wrote The Appointment with Lightning Rod Special (LRS), a musical satire that skewers the absurdity and hypocrisy of the American abortion debate (two-time NY Times Critic’s Pick; Time Out NY critics Pick; 6 Barrymore Nominations, including Best Director). Eva has created and developed over a dozen new works including Penelope, which received its premier production at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, The Caregivers (Pig Iron), Hart Island Requiem (Tidtaya Sinutoke & Ty Defoe), Sad Boys in Harpy Land (Alexandra Tatarsky), Wolfthicket (Lily Kind), and Krapp Hour (Anne Carson & LRS). Eva was also a performer/creator in Josephine Decker’s acclaimed film, Madeline’s Madeline. As Artistic Producer for the Pig Iron Theater Company, she’s launching a program of Digital, Film, & Interactive performances, and piloting workshop-based initiatives for local, self-producing artists. Ben Moss he/him (Music Director) BROADWAY: Head Over Heels, Amélie, Deaf West's Spring Awakening. INTERNATIONAL: Soho Theatre, UK: Salty Brine's Bigmouth Strikes Again; Edinburgh Fringe, UK: America Is Hard
CREATIVE TEAM To See. NATIONAL TOUR: Spring Awakening. OFF-BROADWAY: Lightning Rod Special: The Appointment; Ars Nova: Oratorio for Living Things; Prospect Theater Company: The Hello Girls; Vineyard Theatre: Brooklynite, Arlington. REGIONAL: Milwaukee Rep: 2 Pianos, 4 Hands; La Jolla Playhouse: Chasing The Song; Hasty Pudding Theatricals. OTHER: Broadway Sings; O'Neill Theater Center: AZUL: A Bilingual Musical; Heather Christian's Prime; Alexandra Silber's After Anatevka; Ben Moss & Friends; The Bongo Hour with Peter Smith & Sandy Honig. AWARDS: Obie Award & Lucille Lortel Award for Oratorio for Living Things. EDUCATION: Harvard University. UPCOMING: Composer of new musicals: Don't Call Me John!, Unleashed, and where are we going and how did i get there?; Music director of upcoming A Wrinkle in Time. benkmoss.com @benkmoss Paige Hathaway she/her (Scenic Design) SIGNATURE: No Place to Go, The Upstairs Department, Rent, Ain't Misbehavin', Escaped Alone, John, The Gulf. DC AREA: Arena Stage: The High Ground, The Right to be Forgotten; Woolly Mammoth: The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes, Familiar; Round House Theatre: The Mountaintop, Jennifer Who is Leaving, On the Far End; Kennedy Center: Me… Jane; Folger Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. REGIONAL: Santa Fe Play House: On Clover Road; Barrington Stage: A New Brain; Writer's Theatre: A Distinct Society; Amphibian Stage: Miss Molly; The Muny: Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, Matilda, Cinderella, A Chorus Line; Cleveland Play House: The Three Musketeers; Asolo Rep: Sweat; Arden Theatre Company: Assassins, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. EDUCATION: University of Oklahoma:
BFA in Scenic Design; University of Maryland: MFA in Scenic Design. Local USA 829. @paigehathawaydesign www.paigehathawaydesign.com Danielle Preston (Costume Design) SIGNATURE: Passing Strange. NEW YORK: Lincoln Center: Where Words Once Were. DC AREA: Studio Theatre: Fat Ham; Clyde’s; At The Wedding Woolly Mammoth Theatre: The Sensational Sea Minkettes Olney Theatre: A Nice Indian Boy; REGIONAL: Barrington Stage: Blues for an Alabama Sky; Children’s Theater Company: Locomotion; Hangar Theatre: Schoolgirls; Or The African Mean Girls Play, The Realness; Chicago Opera Theater: Quamino’s Map; Berkshire Theatre Group: B.R.O.K.E.N. Code B.I.R.D. Switching. EDUCATION: University of North Carolina School of the Arts: M.F.A. in Costume Design. Proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. daniellepreston.com @danielleprestondesign Jesse Belsky (Lighting Design) SIGNATURE: The Bridges of Madison County, Sweeney Todd, Which Way to the Stage, The Mystery of Love & Sex. NEW YORK: 59E59: Handbagged, The Body Politic. TOURING: Bang On A Can/Asphalt Orchestra: Unpack the Elephant; Mabou Mines: Glass Guignol. INTERNATIONAL: Lee Breuer’s Antigone (Athens, Greece). DC AREA: Arena Stage: JQA, The Year of Magical Thinking; Ford’s Theater: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf; Folger Theatre: Henry IV P1, Winter’s Tale; Studio Theatre: John Proctor Is The Villain, White Noise, Pipeline, PYG; Round House Theater: The Book of Will, Handbagged; Olney Theatre Center: The Music Man, The Magic Play; Theater J: Compulsion, Occupant, Everything is Illuminated; Everyman Theatre: Blithe Spirit, Outside Mullingar. REGIONAL: Yale Repertory
Theatre: Lydia, Rough Crossing; Triad Stage: The 39 Steps, Pump Boys & Dinettes; Playmakers Repertory Company: The Year of Magical Thinking; Portland Center Stage: The Magic Play. DANCE: Japhy/Wideman Dance: CANE. Member USA 829. Jessebelsky.com Eric Norris he/him (Resident Sound Designer) SIGNATURE: Private Jones, Ragtime, The Bridges of Madison County, Sweeney Todd, Passing Strange, Pacific Overtures, Into the Woods. REGIONAL: Casa Mañana: The Producers, Grease, Next to Normal, Hello Dolly!, Mamma Mia, Madagascar, Beauty and the Beast, T’was the Night Before Christmas, Neverland; North Shore Music Theatre: A Christmas Carol ‘16/’17(Associate); Wheelock Family Theatre: Billy Elliot, Beauty and the Beast, Hairspray; SpeakEasy Stage Company: In the Heights, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. AWARDS: 2013 Independent Reviewers of New England: Best Sound Design, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; 2013 Eliot Norton: Best Overall Design, Best Production, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. EDUCATION: New England Institute of Art: BS-Audio and Media Technology. @Cruel_Cinema Jorge Acevedo he/him (Casting Director) SIGNATURE: Casting Director & Manager of Artistic Programs: RENT, Daphne’s Dive, She Loves Me, The Upstairs Department, The Color Purple, No Place to Go, Into the Woods, Which Way to the Stage, Selling Kabul, Pacific Overtures, Passing Strange, Sweeney Todd, The Bridges of Madison County, King of the Yees, Ragtime, Private Jones; Casting & Executive Coordinator: Simply Sondheim, Daniel J. Watts’ The Jam: Only Child, Midnight at The Never Get, After Midnight, Detroit 67. DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: The Mortification of Fovea Munson; Shakespeare Theatre
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Maggie Boland she/her (Managing Director) has led tremendous organizational growth since joining Signature in 2008, more than doubling Signature’s annual revenue, increasing the annual audience by 50,000 patrons and expanding the full-time staff by 76%. Under her leadership, Signature generates more than $15 million in annual economic activity and employs more than 400 individuals each year, making it one of Arlington’s most important small businesses and Virginia’s largest non-profit professional theater. Prior to joining Signature, Boland spent 10 years at Arena Stage in increasingly senior positions, beginning as the Marketing Director and later assuming oversight of the Annual Fund and $125 million Next Stage Campaign as the Director of External Affairs. Her experience also includes six years in fundraising with Roundabout Theatre Company. Boland was a 2016 recipient of the Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business award. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Theatre Washington and serves as Vice President of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT). Matthew Gardiner he/him (Artistic Director) has directed and/or choreographed more than 25 productions at Signature Theatre, including Ragtime, She Loves Me, RENT, A Chorus Line, West Side Story, La Cage aux Folles, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Threepenny Opera, and No Place to Go, as well as several world premieres including Really Really, Soon, and Midwestern Gothic. With Signature’s special commitment to producing the work of Stephen Sondheim, Matthew has directed and/or choreographed many Sondheim musicals including Into the Woods, Passion, Sunday in the Park with George, Company, Sweeney Todd and the world premiere of Simply Sondheim. Prior to being named Signature’s Artistic Director in the summer of 2021, Matthew was Signature’s Associate Artistic Director for over a decade, helping to build several groundbreaking seasons, cultivating relationships with prominent and emerging artists, and overseeing several of Signature’s new work development initiatives. Outside of Signature, Matthew has directed and/or choreographed at the Washington, DC theaters Arena Stage, Ford’s Theatre, The Kennedy Center, Round House Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and Studio Theatre. Matthew has also worked abroad, choreographing Titanic and directing and choreographing Doctor Zhivago for OD Musical Company in Seoul, Korea. Matthew is the recipient of three Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Director of a Musical and has been honored with more than a dozen nominations.
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THANK YOU Signature recognizes the following members who have included the Theatre in their estate plans: Anonymous (7) Dr. Stewart Aledort and Dr. Sheila Rogovin* Allan Armus Susan Barrett Scott Douglas Bellard Dottie Bennett Monique Boulanger David W. Briggs Bonnie and Jere Broh-Kahn Louise Budelis Anne Buzalski Jean Cantrell Tim Carlton Diane L. Carroad Bruce A. Cohen* Edward* and Andrea Cooper Estate of Sharon H. Dantzig* Capt. Joan Darrah and Lynne Kennedy Bob and Tracy Dattner Martin A. Davis* and Belle N. Davis L. William Derrow* Barbara and Kevin Donnellan Terri G. Dunahay* Keith Eby Eddie and Rachel Eitches R. Glen Fernald, Charles Rhode William Giroux* Ellen L. Goldstein Paul R. Gordon Jeff and Joan Greene Lois C. Greisman Judy Grill
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Howard Menaker and Patrick Gossett Laura Ariane (Laurie) Miller* Phillip Lee Milstead William Moses and Thomas Sachs Michael Mueller and Kristopher Zgorski Roland Ninomaya* Micheal J. O’Connor Wesley Pickard and Jeanette Studley* Suzy Platt* Richard and Wendy Rahm Mike Rankin, M.D. Eric Schaeffer Henry J. Schalizki* and Robert D. Davis* Richard* and Rochelle Schwab Skip Seward Victor Shargai* Larry Shaw and Richard Freitag Merrill and Mark Shugoll Constance Sorrentino Carl H. Spatz & Thomas D. Hesselbrock Aileen and Jack Sullivan Bill Vess* Arthur A. Warren Maya Weil Paul Wojcik* Janet Yandik Cynthia Young* *In memoriam
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Let the Sunshine In
The rock musical
APRIL 16 – JULY 7, 2024
A poignant musical of parallel journeys between father and son
Featuring folk music by The Bengsons
MAY 21 – JULY 7, 2024
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