39 STEPS THE
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LETTER FROM THE MANAGING AND ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
DEAR PATRONS,
We are so happy to have you with us for the second production of our season. The 39 Steps is a fast-paced, delightfully absurd comedy that promises to have you in stitches from start to finish—we hope this will be a perfect way to bring us together through laughter and shared experience.
We’re especially proud to present this production in partnership with our friends at Indiana Repertory Theatre. Collaborations like this enrich our artistic community and allow us to bring exceptional work to the Syracuse Stage audience. We’re grateful for the opportunity to share in creative exchange and to continue building meaningful relationships within the regional theatre landscape.
Thank you for joining us and for supporting Syracuse Stage’s quality live performances, important educational programs, and engaging community development work here in Central New York. We hope you enjoy every twist, turn, and laugh in The 39 Steps.
With appreciation,
Carly DiFulvio Allen Managing Director
Robert Hupp Artistic Director
ROBERT HUPP AND CARLY DIFULVIO ALLEN.
PHOTO: BRENNA MERRITT.
THE HELLO GIRLS
September 9 – 28, 2025
Music and lyrics by Peter Mills Book by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel Directed by Cara Reichel | Co-produced with Michael Cassel Group, Broadway & Beyond Theatricals, and Chief Operator
A heroic new musical about connection in a time of conflict.
THE 39 STEPS
October 22 – November 9, 2025
Adapted by Patrick Barlow | From the novel by John Buchan | From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock | Licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited | And an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon | Directed by Benjamin Hanna Co-produced with Indiana Repertory Theatre
A Hitchcock spoof with hair-raising hijinks.
A CHRISTMAS STORY
November 25 – December 28, 2025
By Philip Grecian | Based on the motion picture A Christmas Story written by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, and Bob Clark and In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepherd | Directed by Robert Hupp
A triple-dog-dare of a show.
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RELENTLESS
February 4 – 22, 2026
WORLD PREMIERE
By Rae Binstock | Directed by Melissa Crespo | Co-produced with Sing Out, Louise! Productions
A knockout new play about loyalty and legacy.
JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE
March 11 – 29, 2026
By August Wilson | Directed by Timothy Douglas Co-produced with Indiana Repertory Theatre
August Wilson’s heartbreaking and mystical masterpiece.
DISNEY’S FROZEN THE BROADWAY MUSICAL
May 13 – June 21, 2026
CENTRAL NEW YORK PREMIERE
Music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez | Book by Jennifer Lee Based on the Disney film written by Jennifer Lee and directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee | Originally produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical Productions
Directed by Emily Maltby | Music Direction by Brian Cimmet | Choreographed by Marjorie Failoni Co-produced with the Syracuse University Department of Drama
Sisterhood, stirring songs, and one magical snowman.
PRESENTS
BY ARRANGEMENT WITH Fiery Angel Limited
THE 39 STEPS
ADAPTED BY
Patrick Barlow
FROM THE NOVEL BY John Buchan
FROM THE MOVIE BY Alfred Hitchcock
LICENSED BY ITV Global Entertainment Limited AND AN ORIGINAL CONCEPT BY Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon
DIRECTED BY Benjamin Hanna
SCENIC DESIGN
Linda Buchanan
FIGHT DIRECTION & INTIMACY
Leraldo Anzaldua
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
COSTUME DESIGN Linda Pisano
DRAMATURG
Richard J Roberts
Robert Hupp MANAGING DIRECTOR Carly DiFulvio Allen
LIGHTING DESIGN Xiangfu Xiao
SOUND DESIGN UptownWorks
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Becky Roeber* CASTING Claire Simon, CSA
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Melissa Crespo RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT Kyle Bass
CO-PRODUCING PARTNER
Indiana Repertory Theatre | Benjamin Hanna, Margot Lacy Eccles Artistic Director | Suzanne Sweeney, Managing Director
October 22 – November 9, 2025
MEDIA SPONSORS
The original London production directed by Maria Aitken designed by Peter McKintosh lighting designed by Ian Scott sound designed by Mic Pool and movement directed by Toby Sedgwick opened at the Tricycle Theatre (now known as Kiln Theatre) in Kilburn in August 2006 and transferred to the Criterion Theatre in the West End on 14th September 2006 and subsequently to the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway on 15 January 2008. The original production was directed by Fiona Buffini. This production is licensed and the film is distributed by ITV Global Entertainment Ltd.
The 39 Steps is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
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Chessa Metz (front) with cast members in the Syracuse Stage production of The Hello Girls. Music and lyrics by Peter Mills. Book by Peter Mills and Cara Reichel. Co-produced with Michael Cassel Group, Broadway & Beyond Theatricals, and Chief Operator. Directed by Cara Reichel. Music supervision by Ben Moss. Musical staging by Christine O’Grady. Scenic design by Milagros Ponce de León. Costume design by Jen Caprio. Lighting design by Dawn Chiang. Sound design by Jessica Paz. Video design by Caite Hevner. Orchestrations by Peter Mills and Ben Moss. Music direction by Alexandra Crosby. Photo by Joan Marcus.
CAST
(in order of speaking)
Richard Hannay................................................Jürgen Hooper*
Clown 1..............................................................Ema Zivkovic*
Clown 2.................................................Michael Stewart Allen*
Annabella Schmidt, Margaret, Pamela, et al......Tyler Meredith*
UNDERSTUDIES
Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.
Frankie Jo Bolda, Jay Hemphill
SETTING
Various locations in London and Scotland in 1935.
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Wig Designer: Andrew Elliot
Associate Lighting Designer: Shane Hennessy
Stage Management Assistant: Erin C Brett
Deck Crew: Basil Allen, Edmund Beese, Chris Green
Wardrobe and Wig Supervisor: Dylinn Andrew
Dresser: Caitlin Radziewski
Crew Sub: Katie Barnes
Electrician/Board Op: Kat Larrabee
Sound Engineer/Board Op: Garrett Frink
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. The scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers in LORT theatres are represented by United Scenic Artists Local USA-829, IATSE. The director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union. The 39 Steps is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
TAKING PHOTOS IN THE THEATRE
Audience members may take photos in the theatre before and after the performance and during intermission. If you post photos on social media or elsewhere, you must credit the production's scenic, lighting, and projection designers by including the names below. Please note: Photos are strictly prohibited during the performance. Photos of the stage are not permitted if an actor is present. Video and audio recording is not permitted at any time in the theatre. Photo credit: The Syracuse Stage production of The 39 Steps. Scenic Design by Linda Buchanan. Lighting Design by Xiangfu Xiao.
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A Christmas Story
By Philip Grecian
FROM THE DIRECTOR
Indiana Repertory Theatre is honored to collaborate once again with the extraordinary team at Syracuse Stage, this time in co-producing The 39 Steps. I am deeply grateful to be returning to this vibrant community, where storytelling and craft are held to such a high standard.
Based on the classic 1935 Alfred Hitchcock film, this version reimagines the suspenseful spy thriller as a theatrical farce: equal parts noir, nostalgia, and slapstick. What makes this adaptation so joyful is its inventiveness. Four actors play dozens of roles, switching costumes, accents, and characters in a single breath, using anything they can find onstage to help tell their story. It’s a love letter to live performance, and we as audience members cheer on our hero, a trio of in-
génues, and a pair of unstoppable clowns as they work to bring this madcap romance thriller to life.
The 39 Steps is also a loving homage to Hitchcock himself. Diehard fans will delight in the nods to his oeuvre—Psycho, Rear Window, North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train, and more—woven into the text and tucked like Easter eggs into every corner of the production. Whether you’re a Hitchcock aficionado or new to his work, I hope tonight brings a laugh to your belly, a chill down your spine, and a renewed appreciation for the power of imagination.
Enjoy the ride!
– Benjamin Hanna
DIRECTOR BENJAMIN HANNA.
‘Cuff-Linked
BY JOSEPH WHELAN
Throughout his career, Alfred Hitchcock was known as a devilish prankster. One of his most famous (infamous) tricks occurred on the first day of filming The 39 Steps. Cast as the leads, Madeleine Carroll and Robert Donat were unacquainted, and Hitchcock purposely kept them apart until they appeared on the set. No sooner had the actors shaken hands than the director handcuffed them together in order to film a brief scene between Hannay and Pamela on the moors. After a few takes, Hitchcock revealed that he had lost the keys to the cuffs. “I must find them,” he said and disappeared, according to some accounts, for hours.
Stuck together, the co-stars grew annoyed with their situation, with Hitchcock, and with each other until a kind of resignation set in: “There was nothing else to do, so we talked of our mutual friends, of
our ambitions, and of film matters generally,” Hitchcock biographer Patrick McGilligan reports Donat recalling. “Gradually our reserve thawed as we exchanged experiences. When Hitch saw that we were getting along famously, he extracted the ‘missing’ key from his waistcoat pocket, released us and said with a satisfied grin, ‘Now that you two know each other, we can go ahead.’”
What Hitchcock meant by “go ahead” was to develop the love story he imagined when he and his collaborators adapted John Buchan’s 1915 novel. Since his youth, Hitchcock had been a fan of Buchan as a writer. Featuring suave and gentlemanly heroes, Buchan’s tales were filled with action and considered “shockers” when they originally appeared. Upon revisiting The Thirty-nine Steps, though, Hitchcock found it tame and “not in the least suitable
“No sooner had the actors shaken hands than the director handcuffed them together in order to film a brief scene between Hannay and Pamela on the moors.”
for the screen.” Consequently, he threw away much of Buchan and inserted a great deal of Hitchcock, turning the pivotal espionage caper into a Macguffin (see sidebar) and transforming the whole story into a romance. Hence the addition of Pamela’s character, absent in the book, and the handcuffs, which Hitchcock believed would have a titillating effect on the audience: “The linking together is
ALFRED HITCHCOCK DIRECTS MADELEINE CARROLL AND ROBERT DONAT IN THE 39 STEPS
a kind of—I think it relates more to sex than anything else,” he once explained.
Two notable sequences in the film were also Hitchcock originals: the scene on the farm with the crofter and his comely young wife, and the music hall finale with Mr. Memory. The farm sequence was based on a well-known and “slightly risqué story about a lustful wife, a watchful husband, a traveler and a chicken pie,” a Hitchcock associate once related. Mr. Memory had his origin in a real life music hall performer named Datas (aka The Memory Man), whom Hitchcock in his youth had seen perform. This was typical of the way Hitchcock and his team developed scripts. The director often boasted that he extracted from novels and other source materials what he wished, then blended in episodes from famous cases, newspaper accounts or other stories.
Buchan apparently never minded the wholesale tinkering. At a banquet following the London premiere, he declared Hitchcock’s film the superior work. Audiences and critics in England and America agreed. Hitchcock’s twenty-first film (his ninth with sound) proved to be one of his most popular and entertaining to date. “One of the fascinating pictures of the year,” The New York Times reported.
As for Madeleine Carroll and Robert Donat, rumors circulated that they carried their on screen romance off screen. True or not, The 39 Steps boosted their careers, with Donat becoming, as one writer noted, “the British equivalent of a Clark Gable,” while Carroll, a performer whose acting credentials had been questioned by some, garnered significant acclaim. The handcuffs, it turns out, were charm bracelets.
SKETCHES FROM ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S STORYBOARD FOR THE 39 STEPS.
Macguffin
A favorite storytelling device employed by Alfred Hitchcock was the Macguffin. Here’s how Hitchcock described it to famed French director Françios Truffaut:
“There are two men sitting in a train going to Scotland and one man says to the other, ‘Excuse me, sir, but what is that strange parcel you have on the luggage rack above you?’ ‘Oh,’ says the other, ‘that’s a Macguffin.’ ‘Well,’ says the first man, ‘what’s a Macguffin?’ The other answers, ‘It’s an apparatus for trapping lions in the Scottish Highlands.’ ‘But,’ says the first man, ‘there are no lions in the Scottish Highlands.’ ‘Well,’ says the other, ‘then that’s no Macguffin.’”
Biographer Patrick McGilligan offers the story quoted above and this clarification in his Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darknes and Light:
“The Macguffin in any Hitchcock film represented the ‘the un-known plot objective which you did not need to choose until the story planning was complete,’ as [one Hitchcock associate] put it. The final elucidation of Mr. Memory in The 39 Steps: that’s the Macguffin. What is secreted in the wine bottle in Notorious? The Macguffin. Other spy pictures had inadvertently absurd plot goals; in a Hitchcock film, whether the Macguffin turns out to be an assassination or a clandestine alliance or, often enough, a super-secret weapon, by the time it’s clarified in the film it has become an absurdity—and deliberately beside the point.”
In interviews, Hitchcock often expressed that he took more interest in how a story was told than in the actual story itself.
MADELEINE CARROLL AND ROBERT DONAT IN THE 39 STEPS
Filmography hitchcock
SILENT FILMS
1927 The Pleasure Garden
The Mountain Eagle (Fear o’ God *)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (The Case of Jonathan Drew)
Downhill (When Boys Leave Home)
Easy Virtue
The Ring
1928 The Farmer’s Wife
Champagne
1929 The Manxman
Blackmail (sound and silent)
SOUND FILMS
1930 Juno and the Paycock Elstree Calling Murder!
1931 The Skin Game
Rich and Strange (East of Shanghai)
1932 Number Seventeen
1934 Waltzes from Vienna (Strauss’s Great Waltz) The Man Who Knew Too Much
1935 The 39 Steps
1936 Secret Agent
Sabotage (A Woman Alone)
1937 Young and Innocent (The Girl Was Young)
1938 The Lady Vanishes
1939 Jamaica Inn
1940 Rebecca
Foreign Correspondent
1941 Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Suspicion
1942 Saboteur
1943 Shadow of a Doubt
1944 Lifeboat
Bon Voyage
Aventure Malgache
1945 Spellbound
1946 Notorious
1947 The Paradine Case
1948 Rope
1949 Under Capricorn
1950 Stage Fright
1951 Strangers on a Train
1953 I Confess
1954 Dial M for Murder Rear Window
1955 To Catch a Thief
The Trouble with Harry
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much (remake)
The Wrong Man
1958 Vertigo
1959 North by Northwest
1960 Psycho
1963 The Birds
1964 Marnie
1966 Torn Curtain
1969 Topaz
1972 Frenzy
1976 Family Plot
MADE FOR TV
1955 Revenge Breakdown
The Case of Mr. Pelham
1956 Back for Christmas
Wet Saturday
Mr. Blanchard’s Secret
1957 One More Mile to Go Four O’Clock
The Perfect Game
1958 Lamb to the Slaughter Dip in the Pool Poison
1959 Banquo’s Chair Arthur
The Crystal Trench
1960 Incident at a Corner
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat
1961
The Horseplayer Bang! You’re Dead
1962 I Saw the Whole Thing
*Italics indicate title of U.S. release.
CAST
Michael Stewart Allen (Clown 2) Syracuse Stage Credits: Our Town and 12 Angry Men . Recent credits: Henry Condell in The Book of Will (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ), Emanuel in The Lehman Trilogy (Phoenix Theatre), Lucky in Waiting for Godot (STNJ), Iago in Othello (The Acting Company), both Antipholi in The Comedy of Errors (Illinois Shakespeare). Other credits include the first Broadway National and International tours of War Horse with the National Theatre of Great Britain. He spent two seasons as a company member at the Old Globe and twenty as a member of Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. He has performed in theatres in New York City, across the country, and around the world. Film/TV: Summer House, Law & Order, The Blacklist, Billions, Admiral Rickover, Cold Mountain AEA and SAG/AFTRA. michaelstewartallen.com
J ü rgen Hooper ( Richard Hannay ) Broadway: Brighton Beach Memoirs . National tour: The Lion King . Chicago: Life & Limb , Huck Finn (Steppenwolf); Rabbit Hole (Goodman); Billie Jean, The Comedy of Errors, Amadeus, Romeo and Juliet (Chicago Shakespeare); The Audience, The 39 Steps, A Christmas Carol (Drury Lane); Isaac’s Eye, The Chosen (Writers); The Hard Problem (Court); The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (ATC); Paradise Lost (TimeLine). Regional: Wanamaker’s Pursuit (Arden Theatre), The Cherry Orchard (Milwaukee Rep). TV/film: Chicago Med, Crisis, Chicago Fire, Suits, Game Day. “For Blair, Charlie, Madeline, and Saint Rita.”
Tyler Meredith (Annabella Schmidt, Margaret, Pamela, et al.) Chicago credits include Inherit the Wind, The Penelopiad, The Cherry Orchard, Twilight Bowl, Graveyard Shift (Goodman Theatre); Little Women (Northlight Theatre); Campaigns, Inc. (Timeline Theatre); Translations, Eurydice, The Mystery of Love and Sex (Writers Theatre); The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). Regional credits include A Phoenix Too Frequent (American Players Theatre); At the Wedding, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, My Father’s War (TheatreSquared). Tyler is a graduate of Interlochen Arts Academy, School at Steppenwolf, and the University of Illinois Chicago. She is represented by Gray Talent Group. @tylermckenziemeredith
Ema Zivkovic (they/them) ( Clown 1 ) is a Croatian actor, writer, and choreographer living in N.Y.C. Ema has worked at/with Ars Nova, the Public Theatre, Clubbed Thumb, Rattlestick Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The TEAM, the 24 Hour Plays, the Hangar Theatre, Target Margin, National Theatre Institute, Williams-
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town Theatre Fest, Joe’s Pub, Perseverance Theatre of Alaska, DGF, Drama League, National Queer Theatre, and more. Education: British American Drama Academy and Sarah Lawrence College. Ema is part of the Mercury Store Acting Company. If you want Ema to like you, go stream “swearing in english” at ARS NOVA Supra. Also, are you an agent? Get Ema an agent. emazivkovic.com / @donut_cry__joe
Frankie Jo Bolda (she/her) ( Understudy ) is a 3rd year M.F.A. Acting Candidate at Indiana University Bloomington. She is an actor, improviser, musician, and instructor from Indianapolis, IN. Regional Theatre: Indiana Repertory Theatre (The 39 Steps–u/s, 25th Annual Putnam Co. Spelling Bee–Rona u/s), IU Theatre (12th Night, F*cking A, Pipeline) Indianapolis Shakespeare Company (Hamlet, Comedy of Errors), Phoenix Theatre, Constellation Stage & Screen, The LA Theatre Troupe, iO Chicago, LAFF Productions (PUFFS, Indiana premiere), and others. She is a proud company member of ComedySportz Worldwide and Indianapolis Shakespeare Company. Frankie is an alumna of AMDA NYC. www.FrankieBolda.com
Jay Hemphill ( Understudy ) is a Midwest-based actor, director, and arts administrator. He has performed and directed regionally for over three decades. In 2020, Jay earned his Master of Fine Arts in Theatre and Drama from Indiana University. His recent directorial work includes the critically acclaimed The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at Booth Tarkington Civic Theatre in Carmel, Indiana. Offstage, Jay serves as Director of Community Engagement for Dance Kaleidoscope, one of the Midwest’s most storied professional dance companies. This summer, he will relocate to his historic home in Savannah, Georgia, with his fiancé and their miniature schnauzers, George and Otto.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Linda Buchanan (she/her) (Scenic Design) has designed The Folks at Home, You Can’t Take It with You, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, God’s Pictures, Odd Jobs , and more at Indiana Repertory Theatre. Her work has been seen in Chicago at theatres such as the Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf, and Court Theatre, and regionally at Arena Stage, the Alley, Cleveland Play House, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Kansas City Rep, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Seattle Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Syracuse Stage, Yale Rep, Resident Ensemble Theatre, Great Lakes Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and many others.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Linda Pisano (Costume Design) An award-winning costume designer, Linda’s opera, theatre, and ballet designs have been featured throughout the United States and internationally. She has been featured in three World Design Expos and represented the United States three times at the Prague Quadrennial Design Exhibition. Professor and Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Indiana University Bloomington, Linda is happy to celebrate her 21st season with Indiana Repertory Theatre, where some of her memorable designs include A Christmas Carol, A Little Night Music, Romeo and Juliet (twice), and Cyrano. See her most recent Nutcracker costume design on PBS this December from IU School of Music.
Xiangfu Xiao (he/him) (Lighting Design) is a New York-based lighting designer who has created designs for theatre, dance, live events, television, and exhibitions around the world. Off-Broadway and regional credits (selected): John Wilkes Booth: One Night Only!, Akeelah and the Bee (Baltimore Center Stage); Matilda the Musical (Theatre Three); Clowns like Me (DR2 Theatre); Fat Ham (regional debut, the Huntington, Alliance Theatre); The Chinese Lady (regional debut, American Stage). International credits (selected): Huang Liang Yi Meng (National Centre for the Performing Arts, China). Education: M.F.A. in Design, NYU Tisch. xiangfuxiao.com, @xiangfuxiao_design
UptownWorks (Sound Design) is a collaborative design team specializing in theatre, film, podcasts, installations, and other media. Select sound design highlights include Becoming Eve (NYTW); Grandiloquent (Lortell); Franklinland (EST); I’m Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (DCPA); Blood of the Lamb (59E59); Tiny Father (Geffen Playhouse); Problems between Sisters (Studio Theatre DC); Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (Syracuse Stage); Lady Day (Baltimore Center Stage); Black Odyssey (Classic Stage); the ripple, the wave... (Berkeley Rep/Goodman). This design was led by Bailey Trierweiler (btsounddesign.com), Daniela Hart (uptownworksnyc.com), and Noel Nichols (noelnicholsdesign.com).
Leraldo Anzaldua (Fight Direction & Intimacy) is a fight master, fight director, and certified teacher with Society of American Fight Directors; an intimacy director with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators; and a fight choreographer with Stage Directors & Choreographers. Theatres: Prague Shakespeare Company, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Alley Theatre, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Houston Grand Opera, Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, Cleveland Play House, and more. He has a Master’s Degree in Acting from University of Houston. Currently an Assistant Professor of Movement and Stage Combat with the Department of Theatre & Dance at Indiana University. Leraldoanzaldua.com.
ARTISTIC TEAM
Richard J Roberts (Dramaturg) This is Richard’s 36th season with Indiana Repertory Theatre, and his 28th as resident dramaturg. He has also been a dramaturg for the New Harmony Project, Write Now, and the Hotchner Playwriting Festival. He has directed Indiana Repertory Theatre productions of A Christmas Carol, Bridge & Tunnel, The Night Watcher, Neat, Pretty Fire, The Cay, The Giver, The Power of One, and Twelfth Night. Locally he has directed for Actors Theatre of Indiana, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the Edyvean, and many more. Richard studied music at DePauw University and theatre at Indiana University and was awarded a Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship from the Arts Council of Indianapolis.
Becky Roeber (Production Stage Manager) is an AEA stage manager originally from the Pocono Mountains but now calling Indianapolis home. They are proud to call Indiana Repertory Theatre their artistic home for their ninth season. They can also be found working with Summer Stock Stage, Phoenix Theatre, Indy Shakes, and Summit. They are grateful for the opportunity to work with so many incredible theatre artists in this city and are thankful for the support from their friends and family!
Claire Simon, CSA ( Casting ) Based in Chicago, Claire Simon CSA has worked with Syracuse Stage, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Asolo Theatre, Lyric Opera, Milwaukee Rep, and the Tony Award-winning Million Dollar Quartet. TV credits include Empire, Easy, Sense8, Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Crisis, and Betrayal. Film credits include Divergent, Contagion, Unexpected, and Man of Steel. Claire has won two Artios Awards.
DIRECTOR
Benjamin Hanna is beginning his third season as Indiana Repertory Theatre’s Margot Lacy Eccles Artistic Director, after six years as Associate Artistic Director. He has previously worked with Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Children’s Theatre Company, Penumbra Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, Steppingstone Theatre, and the Bay Area Children’s Theatre. At Indiana Repertory Theatre, Ben has directed The Play That Goes Wrong, Little Shop of Horrors, Clue, Fahrenheit 451, The Book Club Play, Tuesdays with Morrie, This Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, The Little ChooChoo That Thinks She Can, Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!,” and The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Patrick Barlow's 4-person adaptation of The 39 Steps has played in over forty countries worldwide, winning Olivier, Helpmann, Moliere and Tony Awards and making Patrick the most performed playwright in America for 2012/13. Most recently, his rewriting of John Milton’s Comus has played to critical acclaim at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. Patrick is also celebrated in the UK for his two-man theatre company National Theatre of Brent, whose comedy epics include Wagner’s Ring Cycle, The Charles and Diana Story, The Messiah, The Wonder of Sex, The Arts and How They Was Done, The Black Hole of Calcutta, The Life and Times of the Dalai Lama, and Zulu! They have won two Sony Gold Awards, a Premier Ondas Award for Best European Comedy and the New York Festival Gold Award for Best Comedy. Other screenwriting includes Van Gogh (Prix Futura Berlin Film Festival), Revolution!! (Best Comedy Jerusalem Film Festival) and the BAFTA-winning The Young Visiters Publications include Shakespeare: The Truth! and The Complete History of the Whole World. Patrick has also appeared in Absolutely Fabulous, Shakespeare in Love, Notting Hill, Nanny McPhee, and Bridget Jones’s Diary. He is currently writing theatre versions of The Hound of the Baskervilles and Dracula
NOVELIST
John Buchan was born in Scotland in 1875 to Free Church of Scotland minister John Buchan and Helen née Masterson. He grew up on the Fife coast in a house surrounded by industry but with opportunities to play in and explore woods and glens, particularly during summers spent with his maternal grandparents in the south of Scotland. He first published his writings while a young man studying at Glasgow University. Over the course of his lifetime, he wrote more than 100 books, mainly biographies and other works of nonfiction. He is best known for his four espionage novels featuring protagonist Richard Hannay and popularly known as the Hannay quartet: The Thirty-nine Steps (1915), Greenmantle (1916), Mr. Standfast (1919), and The Three Hostages (1924). John Buchan’s distinguished career encompassed apprenticeships in law firms; a two-year appointment as private secretary to Lord Milner in South Africa; a partnership with publisher Arthur Nelson; a stint as war correspondent; director of information under Lord Beaverbrook; His Majesty’s high commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland; a member of Parliament on behalf of the Combined Scottish Universities; and, accepting the title of first Baron Tweedsmuir—baron being the lowest rung of the British hereditary peerage—he became Governor-General of Canada, a post he held until his sudden and untimely death in 1940. He died of a brain hemorrhage not long after signing Canada’s entry into World War II.
FILMMAKER
Alfred Hitchcock was born in London in 1899 to greengrocer William Hitchcock and Emma Jane Hitchcock, formerly Whelan. At the age of 16, Hitchcock ended his studies at St. Ignatius College to study engineering and navigation at the University of London. He later became an estimator at Henley Telegraph Company, soon thereafter making the switch to working for Henley’s advertising department. Hitchcock was able to make use of his interest in cinema and his aptitude as a visual artist beginning around the age of 21 when a job as a title designer for silent films opened at Islington Studios. After designing titles for several years, he made his directorial debut with The Pleasure Garden at Ufa studios in Germany. His 1926 breakthrough film was The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. A major critical and commercial success, The Lodger was the first of his many thrillers. In 1926 he married his assistant director Alma Reville. A scriptwriter and editor, she was his closest collaborator. Hitchcock became a well-known director in Britain and, to an extent, in the United States. He and his family moved to the States in 1939 at the invitation of producer David O. Selznick so that Hitchcock could direct an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. Hitchcock went on to become one of the world’s most famous directors. Nicknamed “the master of suspense,” his trademark was a psychologically harrowing style that involved framing shots so as to approximate the human gaze and manipulate his audience into a feeling of unwitting voyeurism. His most celebrated films to this day include Rear Window, Vertigo, North by North by Northwest, and Psycho. Hitchcock maintained dual citizenship in Britain and the United States. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1980, not long before he died.
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Robert Hupp is in his tenth season as artistic director of Syracuse Stage. He recently directed Dial M for Murder, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, Our Town, The Play That Goes Wrong, Eureka Day, Annapurna, Talley’s Folly, Amadeus, Noises Off, Next to Normal, and The Three Musketeers for Stage. Prior to coming to Central New York, Robert spent seventeen seasons as the producing artistic director of Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock. He directed over 30 productions for Arkansas Rep ranging from Hamlet to Les Miserables to The Grapes of Wrath. In New York City, Robert directed the American premieres of Glyn Maxwell’s The Lifeblood and Wolfpit for the Phoenix Theatre Ensemble. He also served for nine seasons as the artistic director of the Obie Award-winning Jean Cocteau Repertory. At the Cocteau, Robert’s directing credits include works by Buchner, Wilder, Cocteau, Shaw, Wedekind and the premieres of the Bentley/Milhaud version of Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children, Seamus Heaney’s The Cure at Troy, and Eduar-
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
do de Filippo’s Napoli Millionaria. He has held faculty positions at Pennsylvania’s Dickinson College and, in Arkansas, at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Hendrix College. Robert served as vice president of the Board of Directors of the Theatre Communications Group and has served on funding panels for the New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, the Theatre Communications Group, the New Jersey State Council of the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. While in Arkansas, Robert was named both Non-Profit Executive of the Year by the Arkansas Business Publishing Group, and Individual Artist of the Year by the Arkansas Arts Council. He and his wife Clea ride herd over a blended family of five children, one dog, and two cats.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Carly DiFulvio Allen is thrilled to be joining Syracuse Stage this season. Originally from Rochester, N.Y., she is returning to the region after a twenty-year career on Broadway. Most recently at Disney Theatrical Group, she was the Associate General Manager for the worldwide productions of Aladdin (Broadway, First and Second North American Tours, West End, U.K. Tour, Australia, Germany, Japan, Mexico City, the Netherlands, and South Korea) and Beauty and the Beast (upcoming North American Tour, U.K. Tour, Australia, Japan and China at the Shanghai Disney Resort). Prior to her time at Disney, she was the Company Manager for Roundabout Theatre Company at the Todd Haimes Theatre (formerly the American Airlines Theatre) for twenty-five Broadway productions. Favorites include Violet with Sutton Foster, On the Twentieth Century with Kristin Chenoweth and Peter Gallagher, Noises Off with Andrea Martin, and the original Broadway production of The 39 Steps. She has a Theatre Arts Management and Integrated Marketing Communications degree from Ithaca College and has taught theatre management at Pace University. While at Disney, she served on the advisory committee for ENSEMBLE, an employee-led network with the goal of fostering and celebrating an inclusive culture, and was the founding member and co-chair for a parents and caregivers sub-committee. She is forever grateful for the support of her parents, Jeff and Triscilla, and her husband Mike Allen. Carly’s most important role is mom to 5-year-old Arthur and 2-year-old Eloise.
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Melissa Crespo (she/her/hers) is a multi-hyphenate theatermaker who has made a career of developing new plays and musicals at theaters such as: Playwright’s Realm, Cape Cod Theatre Project, The O’Neill Theater Center, New Dramatists, and more. Past world premiere credits include: O.K.! by Christin Eve Cato (INTAR), Reggie Hoops by Kristoffer Diaz (Profile Theater), and Bees and Honey by Guadalís del Carmen (MCC Theater).
This season, she will direct two world premieres: Relentless by Rae Binstock (Syracuse Stage) and The Woman Question by Suli Holum (People’s Light). As a playwright, her play Egress co-written with Sarah Saltwick, had a world premiere at Amphibian Stage and won the Roe Green Award for Outstanding Achievement in Playwriting at Cleveland Playhouse. Melissa has served on faculty at The New School for Drama and Syracuse University. Last year, she was selected to participate in the first National Theatre Convening by the President’s Council of the Arts and Humanities, NEA, and IMLS. Past fellowships and residencies include: Time Warner Fellow (WP Theatre), The Director’s Project (Drama League), Van Lier Directing Fellow (Second Stage Theatre), and the Allen Lee Hughes Directing Fellow (Arena Stage). Melissa received her M.F.A. in directing from The New School for Drama. https://www.melissacrespo.com/
RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT
Kyle Bass, Resident Playwright and curator of Poetry & Play and Wednesday@1, is the author of The Floydians, which premiered Off-Broadway earlier this year, Toliver & Wakeman, which premiered at Franklin Stage Company, Tender Rain, which premiered at Syracuse Stage, Salt City Blues, which received its first production at Syracuse Stage, and Possessing Harriet, published and licensed by Theatrical Rights Worldwide, which premiered at Syracuse Stage, and has been produced at Franklin Stage Company, East Lynne Theater Company, and HartBeat Ensemble. Citizen James, or The Young Man Without a Country, about a young James Baldwin, streamed nationally and has been optioned for a feature-length film. Under commission from the Washington National Opera, Kyle is the librettist for a new version of Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha, which will premiere at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in March 2026, and he is the screenwriter and executive producer of the forthcoming live action short film Northeast. With Ping Chong, Kyle is the co-author of Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo, which premiered at Syracuse Stage and was produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre. A descendant of African people enslaved in colonial New England and in the American South, Kyle lives and writes in central upstate New York where his family has lived free and owned land for 226 years. Kyle is Associate Professor of Theater at Colgate University. www.kylebassplaywright.com
WHO WE ARE
Syracuse Stage is the non-profit professional theatre company in residence at Syracuse University. We are nationally recognized for creating stimulating theatrical work that engages Central New York, and for our significant contribution to the artistic life of Syracuse University, where we are a vital partner in achieving the educational mission of the University’s Department of Drama.
OUR MISSION
Syracuse Stage tells stories that engage, entertain, and inspire us to see life beyond our own experience.
OUR VISION
Reimagining what's possible for regional theatre-through active inclusion, innovative outreach, and bold productions-Syracuse Stage shapes the culture and social vitality of Central New York, enriches the Syracuse University student experience, and fosters change in ourselves, our communities, and our world.
OUR CORE VALUES
People - Actively including diverse individuals, communities, ideas, and perspectives. Passion - Commitment to integrity, excellence, and enthusiasm in our work. Curiosity - Fostering an innovative and adaptive environment that elicits wonder.
ANTI-RACISM PLEDGE
Syracuse Stage stands firmly against racism and discrimination. We pledge to stand with under-represented and oppressed communities and to advance antiracism in all aspects of our work, including the outward facing, public dimension of our creative endeavors and the less visible internal practices of the organization.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Syracuse Stage respectfully acknowledges the Onondaga Nation, Firekeepers of the Haudenosaunee, the Indigenous people on whose ancestral lands we now stand.
ABOUT SYRACUSE STAGE
Originally constructed as the Regent Movie House in 1914, the physical space of Syracuse Stage has seen many films, musicians, actors, and artists pass through its doors over the course of the past century. The Syracuse Stage that exists today is a non-for-profit professional theatre company founded in 1974, and a longstanding League of Resident Theatres (LORT) member. Since its inception, Stage has produced over 350 shows, both plays and musicals, within its walls. Now, Stage produces six to seven shows per season, while also offering educational programs to students, various pre- and post-show offerings, and fundraising events each year. Stage is Central New York’s only LORT theatre and one of the largest performing arts organizations in the area. Stage has a strong commitment to giving the community access to a range of high-quality productions; it is equally committed to bringing in actors, designers, and directors who are among the leading theatre professionals, both locally and across the nation.
IN THE COMMUNITY
Stage has collaborated with a myriad of institutions in the Syracuse area. Community partners include 100 Black Men of Syracuse, AccessCNY, ACR Health, ARC of Onondaga, ARISE, BOCES, CNY Reads, Ed 21, FOCL, Food Bank of Central New York, Interfaith Works of Central New York, La Casita, McMahon/Ryan Child Advocacy Center, Onondaga Historical Association, Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park, SUNY Upstate Medical University, and Syracuse International Film Festival. Additionally, the educational department collaborates with many CNY schools.
CHAIR
SYRACUSE STAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Richard Driscoll
Senior Vice President Commercial Banking Division NBT Bank
PRESIDENT Brett Padgett*
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Syracuse University
VICE CHAIR
Colleen A. Gaetano
Retired- Vice President Global Education & Artistry Estée Lauder Companies, NYC
TREASURER
Denise Dyce*
Associate Vice President of Labor and Employee Relations Syracuse University
SECRETARY
Maria Lesinski
Attorney Newman and Lickstein
AT-LARGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER
Cydney Johnson
Deputy County Executive for Physical Services Onondaga County
Carly DiFulvio Allen** Managing Director Syracuse Stage
Janet Audunson Assistant General Counsel National Grid
George S. Bain Freelance Editor and Writer
Barbara Beckos Retired - Syracuse Stage
Nancy Byrne Community Volunteer
Jessica Cain Reporter WRVO
Dr. Ruth Chen* Professor of Practice Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science
Robin Curtis
NYS Lic. RE Asso. Broker Hunt Real Estate ERA
Elisa Dekaney*
Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives Academic Affairs Syracuse University
Helene Gold Private Voice & Piano Instructor
Jacki Goldberg Community Volunteer
Nancy Green
Managing Member
Edward S. Green & Associates
Larry Harris Retired - EVP and CFO Saab, Inc.
Eleanor J. Holdridge** Chair
Syracuse University Department of Drama
Robert Hupp** Artistic Director Syracuse Stage
Eric Jackson Co-Founder and CEO Black Cub Productions
Kathy Kelly Retired - Health Educator, PNP
Larry Leatherman Retired - Bristol-Myers Squibb, MOST
Dan Lent Commercial Loan Officer AmeriCU Credit Union
Rob Lentz Retired - EVP of Enterprise Operations Zeta Global
Rocco Mangano Partner Mangano Law Office, PLLC
Anthony Malavenda Retired - Duke’s Root Control
Julia Martin Partner Bousquet Holstein
Suzanne McAuliffe Retired - Educator
Juli McCann New York Chief Compliance Officer National Grid
Rod McDonald Bond, Schoeneck & King
Molly Mulvihill
Sr. Relationship Manager Global Commercial Banking Bank of America
Claire Myers Group Billing Coordinator Brown & Brown Insurance Services
Fran Nichols Retired - Mower, Inc.
YiWei Qi Co-Founder and CEO AccuGPS LLC
Kira Reed*
Associate Professor
Syracuse University Whitman School of Management
Dr. Henry Roane
Executive Director and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry Upstate Golisano Center for Special Needs
Jeff Rubin*
Senior VP for Digital Transformation & Chief Digital Officer Syracuse University
Molly Ryan Partner, Goldberg Segalla LLP
Cora Thomas Radio Host and Office Manager, WAER
Michael S. Tick*
Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts Syracuse University
Dr. Amy Tucker
Chief Medical Officer SUNY Upstate Medical University
Ahmeed Turner Vice President of Scholarships & Student Success; Executive Director of Say Yes Syracuse Central New York Community Foundation
Andrea Waldman Operations and Development Coordinator
Make A Wish Foundation of Central New York
Maryam Wasmund
Chief Financial Officer Filtertech Inc.
*University Trustee **Ex-Officio
SYRACUSE STAGE EMERITUS TRUSTEES
We are grateful to the following individuals who have served as Members of the Stage Board of Trustees and continue to provide significant support to Syracuse Stage.
Jim Breuer
Sandra Brown
Mary Beth Carmen Bea González
Alexys Blansett Liverpool High School
Lydia Brechler Nottingham High School
Siri Brubaker Nottingham High School
Silas Crawford Nottingham High School
Joclyn Dallas Cicero-North Syracuse High School
Raymond Feldstein Jamesville-DeWitt High School
Kate Fennessy Auburn High School
Jackson Finn Christian Brothers Academy
Claire Foran East Syracuse Minoa Central High School
Joan Green
Elizabeth Hartnett
John Huhtala
Margaret Martin
Kevin McAuliffe
Eric Mower
Judy Mower
Michael Shende
YOUNG ADULT COUNCIL
Anqi Geng
Fayetteville-Manlius High School
Brooklynn Gilbert North Syracuse Junior High School
Will Hougland
Jamesville-DeWitt High School
Zinira Izmir Manlius Pebble Hill School
William Kallahan Shafer Manlius Pebble Hill School
Beatrix Karn Cazenovia High School
Molly Linzer Manlius Pebble Hill School
Cecilia Lombardi Christian Brothers Academy
Zoie Markowski Solvay High School
Octavia Miller
Fayetteville-Manlius High School
Mimi Myers Baldwinsville Central School District
Jacelyn Peña Corcoran High School
Spencer Perrigo Christian Brothers Academy
Caspian Pierce Nottingham High School
Briar Raymond North Syracuse Junior High School
Taeyang Reid Manlius Pebble Hill School
Destynee Rogala STEAM High School
Richard Shirtz
Sharon Sullivan
Jack Webb
Michael Zoanetti
Quinn Rost
Charles W. Baker High School
Morgan S. Johnson
Jamesville-DeWitt High School
Hikaru Simmons
Tully Junior-Senior High School
Anne Sowaya Fanfan Henninger High School
Maria Timmons
Charles W. Baker High School
Leo True-Frost
Jamesville-DeWitt High School
Thomas Warne Nottingham High School
Rebecca Wheeler Homeschooled
Mika Zolberg-Steiger Homeschooled
SYRACUSE STAGE ANNUAL FUND GIFTS
Syracuse Stage depends on the generosity of contributions from individuals, corporations, businesses, foundations, and government agencies. It is with much gratitude that we recognize the following donors to our annual campaign. For information regarding levels of contribution and benefits of each please contact the Development office at 315-443-3931 or visit syracusestage.org.
CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SPONSORS
Richard Mather Fund
CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SPONSORS
Contributions listed above are current as of October 7, 2025, and reflect operating support of $5,000+ and in-kind donations of $10,000+.
The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of the arts in Central New York. We recognize the deep importance live theatre plays in shaping the cultural and social vitality of our community. In these challenging times, theatre brings us together to be inspired and celebrate the richness of the human experience. We are delighted to continue to support Syracuse Stage and this very special production of The 39 Steps.
The 39 Steps is made possible with funds from the General Operating Support program a regrant program of the County of Onondaga with the support of County Executive, J. Ryan McMahon II, and the Onondaga County Legislature, administered by CNY Arts.
50 TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN GIFTS
Syracuse Stage's 50th Anniversary Season is presented by Slutzker Family Foundation
Sarah Alden
Jackie Anderson
Robert & Jeanne Anderson
Frank Badagnani
George S. Bain
Rosemary Baker & Stuart Spiegel
Bank of America
Keith Batman & Barbara Post
Helen Beale
Barbara Beckos & Arthur McDonald
Jean Beers
Carrie Berse & Chris Skeval
Michael & Jennifer Blowers
Leslee Boissy
Thomas & Carol Boll
Jon & Patricia Booth
Patricia Borer
Dennis & Mary Anne Brady
Mary Brady
Marion Brillati
Angel Broadnax
Marlene Brown
Pamela Brown-Benjamin
Paul Brown & Susan
Loevenguth
Gary & Kathleen Bruno
Lia & Dean Burrows
Kathleen Burt
Patricia Bush
Nancy & William Byrne
Mark & Lori Campitello
Rich & Mary Cappelli
Cazenovia Jewelry
Charity Cars Inc.
Dr. Ruth Chen & Chancellor Kent Syverud
Anthony & Carolyn Cimino
Patricia & Sandy Colabufo
Nicholas & Louanne
Colaneri
Elaine Coppola
Raymond W. Cummings, Jr.
Kevin & Kristin Curtis
Therese & Walter Dancks
Anthony & Deborah D'Angelo
Bill & Terry Delavan
Roger & Naomi DeMuth
Robert Desimone
Mary DiSanto
James & Leona Dowd
Dick & Therese Driscoll
Ron Ehrenreich & Sondra
Roth
Richard Ellison & Margaret Ksander
Linda Fabian & Dennis
Goodrich
Carole Farfaglia
Carol Fedrizzi
Alan Fischler & Karen
McDonold
David & Karen Fitch
Robert & Terry Flower
Peter Frantzis
Nancy Freeborough
George & Halina Gagne
Jim & Carol Galvin
Barbara Genton
Neil & Helene Gold
Jacki & Michael Goldberg
Douglas Goldschmidt & David Jacobs
William Goodwin
Nancy Green & Tony Marschall
Muffy & H. Baird Hansen
Tom & Cynthia Helmer
Kenneth Hendel
Steven Herwood
Michele Hickman
Judy Huckle
Robert & Clea Hupp
Norma Huxter
Linda Imboden
Emily Johnson & Vijay Ramachandran
Deborah Joiner
Laura & Ed Jordan
Gwenn & John Judge
Brian Kane & Phyllis Perrotti
Michael & Audrey Kane
James & Jan Kaplan
Dana Keefer
Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner
John & Gloria Kennedy
Stewart Koenig & Judy Schmid
Dean Kolts
Jill Ladd
Lorraine LaDuke
Andrea Latchem
Skip Lentz & Anne Russ
Stephen Lessie
Linda Loomis
Tony Malavenda & Martine
Burat
Rocco & Roberta Mangano
Wade Manning
As of October 7, 2025
Nicholas Martin
Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe
Donyce & Kenneth
McCluskey
Rod & Jana McDonald
Andreas & Margaret Meier
Carl Mellor
Michael & Claudia Miceli
Gail Mitchell
Molly Carole Fitzpatrick
Bruce Moseley & Leigh Yardley
Molly & Kevin Mulvihill
Janet Munro
Claire Myers
Richard & Barbara Natoli
NBT Bancorp Inc
Marty & Millie Newshan
Becky Nicandri
Sally Lou & Fran Nichols
Leslie Noble & Bill Morris
Sally O'Herin
Marjorie Ostrander
Brett & Jeannie Padgett
Cindy Spiezio Paikin
Ricky & Whitney Pak
David & Susan Palen
Cathy Palm
Nolan & Phyllis Palsma
Peter & Constance Palumb
Robert & Teresa Parke
Susan Perriello
Debra Petzold
Jane Pickett
Duane & Karleen Preske
Nancy Radoff
David Rankert
Jean Reilly
The Dorothy and Marshall
M. Reisman Foundation
Ross & Melanie Relyea
Todd Relyea
Patrick & Kuni Riccardi
Richard Mather Fund
Terry & Monica Richmond
James & Tricia Sadowski
Robert Sarason & Jane Burkhead
Mike & Marilyn Sees
Barry & Jenny Shulman
Brenda Silverman
Theresa Slosek & Ronald
Wilson
Slutzker Family Foundation
Joseph & Carolyn Smith
Vinodhini Subramanian
Sharon Sullivan & Paul
Phillips
John & Jamie Sutphen
Amy Sweeney
Delia & Sandy Temes
Angi Tipton
John Toomey
Hon. Karen M. Uplinger
Joseph & Carole Valesky
Nancy Wadopian
Marc & Marcy Waldauer
The Estate of George Wallerstein & Julie Lutz
Maryam Wasmund
Liz & David Wei
Lynda Wheat
Joseph Whelan & Margaret
Harding
Dr. Kelvin White
Tom & Desiree Wight
Evelyn B Williams
Diana Wolpert
Leslie & Jerry Zaborsky
Joyce Zadzilka
INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS
New and increased gifts this season will be matched by The Richard Mather Fund.
It is our goal to provide a complete list of all donors $100+. Nevertheless, if your gift is not listed or is listed incorrectly, please accept our apologies, and contact the Development Office at 315-443-9848.
$100,000+
CNY Arts, Inc
Onondaga County
Syracuse University
$50,000 - $99,999
Advance Media NY
George S. Bain
The Shubert Foundation
Slutzker Family Foundation
$20,000 - $49,999
Jacki & Michael Goldberg
iHeartMedia
M&T Bank
Richard Mather Fund
New York State Council on the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts
The Dorothy & Marshall M. Reisman Foundation
$10,000 - $19,999
Richard Bunce
Nancy & William Byrne
Cumulus Media
Nancy Green & Tony Marschall
Elizabeth Hartnett
NewsChannel 9
The John Ben Snow Foundation & Memorial Trust
Sharon Sullivan & Paul Phillips
Douglas Sutherland & Nancy Kramer
WAER
WRVO
$5,000 - $9,999
Ryan & Leigh Ann Benz
Jim & Juli Boeheim Foundation
Bousquet Holstein PLLC
Jessica Cain & Kevin Kopko
Pete & Mary Beth Carmen
Cathedral Candle Company
JP Morgan Chase
Dr. Ruth Chen & Chancellor Kent Syverud
Peggy & Dana Dudarchik
Maggie & Jake Feldmeier
Colleen Gaetano
Neil & Helene Gold
Larry & Ann Harris
The Hayner Hoyt Corporation
Robert & Clea Hupp
Inner Harbor Radio
Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner
Larry & Mary Leatherman
Skip Lentz & Anne Russ
Rocco & Roberta Mangano
Mangano Law Office, PLLC
Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe
J.M. McDonald Foundation
Eric & Judy Mower
National Grid
NBT Bank
Sally Lou & Fran Nichols
Joel Potash & Sandra Hurd
Syracuse Mets - Diamond Baseball Holdings Inc.
Theatre Development Fund
Joshua & Andrea Waldman Wegmans
$3,500 - $4,999
Janet Audunson & David Youlen
Kathleen Bice
Bond, Schoeneck & King Attorneys
Dick & Therese Driscoll
Melvin & Mildred Eggers
Family Charitable Foundation
David & Sally Hootnick
John & Kimberly Huhtala
Maria Lesinski & Benjamin
Hicks
Claire Myers
Selma Radin
Molly Ryan & Tim Byrnes
Raymond & Linda Straub
Maryam Wasmund
$1,800 - $3,499
Bank of America
Barbara Beckos & Arthur
McDonald
Francine Boutet
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between October 7, 2024 and October 7, 2025. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.
Constance Bull
Craig & Kathy Byrum
James Clark & Sharon Gordon
Robin Curtis
Barbara Sheklin Davis
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Edward & Susan Downing
Ernst & Young, LLP
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield
Michael & Barbara Flintrop
Herman Frazier & Caroline Beal
Dorothy & Lawrence Gordon
Edward S. Green & Associates
Dennis & Judi Hebert
Steven & Elaine Jacobs
Randy & Elizabeth Kalish
Leslie Kohman
LeChase Construction
Rod & Jana McDonald
Walter & Elizabeth Merriam
Anne Morford
Molly & Kevin Mulvihill
Brett & Jeannie Padgett
YiWei Qi & Julie Yu
Michael & Rissa Ratner
Robert Sarason & Jane Burkhead
Gracia Sears
Sharye Skinner
Sam & Carolyn Spalding
Michael & Cathy Tick
Dr. Amy Tucker
Jack & Linda Webb
Larry & Glenda Wetzel
$1,200 - $1,799
Anchor QEA Inc.
James & Nancy Asher
Debbie & Candido Bermudez
Black Cub Productions, LLC
Donald Blair & Nancy Dock
Marlene Blumin
Jim & Cathy Breuer
CNY Latino
Andrew Corbin
Ana Díaz-Diez & Javier
Maymi-Perez
Fox 68
Paul & Carolyn Frymoyer
Thomas Greenwood
Deborah & Samuel Haines
Mary Hershberger
Richard G. Jaeger
Julia & Lee Martin
David Rankert
David Redding
Frank and Frances Revoir
Foundation
Henry Roane & Heather
Kadey
Nancy & Walter Shepard
Richard & Margaret Shirtz
James Shults
Elinor Spring-Mills
John Steigerwald IV
Rob & Christine Stoltz
$600 - $1,199
Charles Amos
Chris Arnold
Susan Brett
Cazenovia Jewelry
Mark Cywilko & Marianne
Moosbrugger
Triscilla & Jeff DiFulvio
Mark & Marci Erlebacher
Allen & Anita Frank
Muffy & H. Baird Hansen
Daniel & Julia Harris
David Heisig & Donna
Mahar
Heritage Masonry
Restoration, Inc.
Joyce Day Homan
Richard & Margaret Ingraham
Cydney Johnson & Jeff
Comanici
Noel Keith
Tim & Susan Kennedy
John & Maren King
Bob & Pat Lebel
James MacKillop
Susan Martineau
John & Joan Nicholson
Doren Norfleet
Sally O'Herin
David & Janice Panasci
Edward & Lois Schroeder
Jon Selzer
Geraldine & John Sheehan
Cynthia Sutton
David & Eileen Thompson
Joseph Valesky
Lynda Wheat
David & Daryll Wheeler
John & Mitzi Wolf
Gabriella Yonkers
$300 - $599
Jerrold & Harriet Abraham
Robert & Jeanne Anderson
Timothy Atseff & Margaret Ogden
In Honor of
Contributions have been made to Syracuse Stage to honor someone, celebrate a special occasion, or offer an expression of sympathy in memory of a loved one.
Charles Amos, thank you to Tracey White and Group Sales.
Ronnie & Melinda Bell, in memory of Barbara Toman, SSITP's costume designer for nineteen seasons.
Brenda Bousfield, in memory of Mary Walsh.
Carol Bryant, in memory of Ginny Parker.
Robert & Jane Corcoran, in honor of Robert and Ann Lentz.
Stephanie Cross, in memory of my mom who introduced me to the experience of live theater from an early age.
Aimee deSimone, this is for my former colleagues who I worked with at Syracuse Stage during college, and all of the artists I met along the way.
Gwendalyn Rose Díaz small dedication to my grandmother
‘TITA’, my mom @ musicaltheatre_mom
‘Rosy’ & Syracuse Stage Company
‘Bob Hupp’, Melissa Crespo & the board of directors and for believing in me the last few years while performing at Syracuse Stage!
Ana Díaz-Diez & Javier Maymi-Perez, in loving memory of Pedro DíazMolina.
The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between October 7, 2024 and October 7, 2025. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.
Jerome Bailey
Marjory Baruch
Christina El Bayadi
Jackie Bays & Joseph McCaffrey
Edward & Angela Bernat
Dennis & Mary Anne Brady
Mary Brady
Brine Wells, LLC
Marlene Brown
Gary & Kathleen Bruno
Lou & Rosa Clark
Joe & Nancy Clayton
Paul & Linda Cohen
Jerilyn Costich
Anita Cottrell
Susan Crossett
Demetrius & Erin Cunia
Jennifer Davidson
Christian & Ann Marie Day
Stephen & Emily DiMarco
Audrey Dolata
Linda & Alan Dolmatch
Judith & William Dowling
Elizabeth & Evan Dreyfuss
Kim & Charles Driscoll
Joseph Driscoll
Clay & Dora Elliott
Richard Ernst
Linda Euto
Linda Fabian & Dennis Goodrich
Carole Farfaglia
Carol Fedrizzi
Joyce Freeman
Kenneth & Kathleen Freer
Allen & Nirelle Galson
Gasparini Sales, Inc.
David & Mary Geloso
Ellen Golden & Brian Walton
Douglas Goldschmidt & David Jacobs
Bea Gonzalez & Michael Leonard
Greenblott Recycling LLC
Michael & Whitney Hadley
Judith Hand
David & Ellen Hardy
Karl & Mary Herba
Jean Hickey
Joseph & Paula Himmelsbach
Jeffrey Hollman
Emily Johnson & Vijay Ramachandran
Philip & Judith Kaplan
Peter & Brenda Keithslack
John & Gloria Kennedy
Alan & Deborah Kinney
Trudy & Earl Kletsky
Lorraine LaDuke
Andrea Latchem
Tod Leggat & Shannon
Magari-Leggat
Daniel & Ann Lent
John & Marian Loosmann
George & Roseann Lorefice
Eugene & Christine Lozner
Caro Macdonald
John & Candace Marsellus
Charles Martin & Johanna
Keller
Holly Mathis
Laura McCord
James & Elizabeth Megna
Lauren Melnikow
David & Mary Morgan
Susan Moskal
James & Kathleen Muldoon
Newman & Lickstein, LLP
Kevin & Peggy O'Connor
Marjorie Ostrander
Cathy Palm
Robert & Teresa Parke
Paolo & Nicole Pastore
Mickey & Pat Piscitelli
Eileen Ponto
Howard & Ann Port
L John Potter
Mariangela Risucci
Jennifer Roberts
George & Sharon Schmit
William Schuyler
Robert & Cheryl Shallish
Beth & Tobias Sienel
Dr Craig A Simmons
Joseph & Carolyn Smith
H. Paul Steiner
Sharon Sutter
Victor & Diane Tice
Richard & Jessie Trudeau
Hon. Karen M. Uplinger
Peter Vanable & Anne
Jamison
Mary Ward
Howard Weinstein
Jay Yonta & Jennine
Lombardi
$150 - $299
James Aiello
Eric Allyn & Meg O'Connell
Beatrice Angus
Mary Roberts Bailey
Holmes & Sarah M Bailey
Rosemary Baker & Stuart Spiegel
Nancy Barnum
Jean Beers
Janine Bernard
Paul & Elizabeth Berry
Dr. Sylvia Betcher & Martin Korn
In Honor of (Continued)
Carole Farfaglia, in memory of Edward Farfaglia.
The Hennessy Family, in loving memory of Cat Hennessy.
Robert Humphrey, in memory of Mary Anne Wilson.
Donna Inglima, in honor of Arthur Storch.
Vanessa Kalette, in memory of Maria Marrero.
Eileen Ponto, in memory of my daughter, Emily Ponto.
Marvin & Jo Ann Reed, we enjoyed Cinderella so much we want to give a little more to support your continued success.
Eric & Liza Rochelson, in honor of Nancy and Bill's 50th wedding anniversary.
Lillian Shine, we love what you do and bring to the stage!
Ellen Somers & Allan Kolsky, in memory of Annette Green.
H. Paul Steiner, in memory of Ginny and Fritz Parker.
Rob & Christine Stoltz in recognition of Bob Hupp, Melissa Crespo, and the entire Syracuse Stage team's efforts to bring arts to the community.
Sharon Sullivan & Paul Phillips, in memory of Alma Elaine Shende.
George Urist, in honor of Barbara Beckos McDonald.
Joseph Valesky, in memory of Carole Valesky.
Francis & Elaine Walter, in memory of Dr. Louis Fisher and Edith Fisher.
The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between October 7, 2024 and October 7, 2025. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.
Susan Boettger
Jon & Patricia Booth
Brenda & Wendy Bousfield & David Marcus
Eric & Carol Boyer
John & Lynn Branagan
Cindy Brink
Paul Brown & Susan Loevenguth
William Buchanan
Alice Butunoi
Mallika & Gildas Cadin
Ronald Capone
Lexi Carlson & Sebastian Karcher
Delores Carney
Joseph Cerroni & Linda Tassa
Steven & Seanne Chase
Karen Clarke
Allison Clifford
Rubin Cohen
Martha Cole
John & Deloris Coleman
Donna Coloton
Robert & Jane Corcoran
Elizabeth Cowan
Karl Crossman & John Steinburg
Raymond W. Cummings, Jr.
James & Suzanne Cusack
CVS
Carol Decker
Kathryn Dickerson
Diane Dimond
James & Leona Dowd
Beth Drew & Joe Marusa
Philip Dunham
Denise Dyce
James & Susan Edmonds
Penelope Pooler Eisenbies
Richard Ellison & Margaret Ksander
Robert & Valerie Finney
David & Karen Fitch
Molly Carole Fitzpatrick
Ben Franklin
Jeffrey & Teresa Freedman
Stacy French
Mary Beth Gannon
Claudia & Adam Gasiorowski
Margaret Gelfuso
Neil Gold
Karen Goldman
Bernice Gottschalk
Roger & Vicki Greenberg
Mike Hall
Mark & Carole Hansen
Tom & Cynthia Helmer
Donna & Joseph Hipius
Harry Hood
Judy Huckle
Ziad Hussein
Daniel & Rhea Jezer
Laura & Ed Jordan
Marjorie Julian
Jan Kaplan
Rebecca Karpoff
Norma Kelley
Amy Kemp
Cynthia Killian
Diane King
Russell & Joan King
Barry & Kathy Kogut
Dean Kolts
Sheldon & Karen Kruth
Robert & Lauren Lalley
Shannon & Alfonso LaPuma
Dorothy Lennon
Bonnie Levy & Steven Faigen
Edward & Carol Lipson
Mary Lombardo
Tony Malavenda & Martine
Burat
Janet Mallan
Robert & Nancy Mandry
Anthony & Christi
Mangano
Frederick & Virginia Marty
Elizabeth Mascia
Juli McCann
Margot McCormick
Kathleen McLeod
Daniel & Terry Miller
Michael Miller & Katharine O'Connell
Pat & Jan Moore
Alan & Rosalind Napier
Richard Natoli
Louis & Jane Neuburger
Cathryn Newton
Vickie Olcott
Judy Oplinger
Patricia Orr
Jane Pickett
Kevin & Rachael Porter
Duane & Karleen Preske
John Przepiora
Steve Reiter & Annegret Schubert
Todd Relyea
Patrick & Kuni Riccardi
Terry & Monica Richmond
Michael Riecke & Anthony
McEachern
Henry Roane & Heather
Kadey
Judith Robertson
Haley Rogacki
Amanda Root
Elaine Rubenstein
Susan Ryan
In Honor of (Continued)
Gabriella Yonkers, in honor of my sister, Katelyn Yonkers, whose incredible talent and dedication as a seamstress bring every performance to life. Her artistry and hard work ensure that every actor looks truly amazing, enhancing the magic of the theater for us all.
Linda & Bob Ryan
Elizabeth Sanders
Roberta Savage
Susan Scharoun & Susan Hynds
Cathryn Sellers
Richard & Elizabeth Severance
Roger & Nancy Sharp
Sari Signorelli
Steven & Robin Sisskind
Judith Smith
William & Marianne Smith
Ryan & Carol Smith
Jeffrey Sneider & Gwen Kay
James & David Sonneborn
Michael Stanton
George & Helene Starr
Greg & Maura Stefl
Mark & Beth Steigerwald
Susan Stred & Harold Husovsky
Bonnie Stroup
Kathleen & Mark Sunheimer
Maria Tesorio
Cora Thomas
James & Deborah Tifft
John & Jean Tromans
Phil & Janice Turner
George Urist
Anthony & Martha
Viglietta
Bob & Claudia Visalli
TJ & Meghan Vitale
Robert & Anita Wagner
Judith Waite
Marc & Marcy Waldauer
Donald & Martha Washburn
The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between October 7, 2024 and October 7, 2025. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.
Ardyth Watson
Sarah Whitehouse
Fred & Karen Whitney
Robert & Pauline
Williamson
Tina Winter
Tom & Carol Wolff
Joyce Zadzilka
Steven & Judith Zdep
Loretta Zolkowski
$100 - $149
George & Beverley Adams
Sarah Alden
Jason Allers
John Andrake
Al & Jane Arras
Robert Attridge
Margaret Banazek
Rosanne Barbaglia
Steven Barbash
Mary & Peter Bearkland
Carrie Berse & Chris Skeval
Carol Biesemeyer
Diana Biro & Eric Rogers
Nicolina Bisson
Leslee Boissy
Thomas & Carol Boll
Lisa Braddock
Bernard & Ona Cohn
Bregman
Angel Broadnax
Dawn Broderick
Robert & Helene Brophy
Bob & Kathy Brown
Joseph Browne
Ron & Amy Butchart
Andrea Calarco
Joseph & Patricia Cambareri
Larry & Fran Campbell
Phoebe Cannon
Janet & Bruce Chandler
Paul & Cynthia Chapman
Douglas & Diane Chilson
Amy & Tom Clark
Patricia Clark
Patricia & Sandy Colabufo
Nicholas & Louanne
Colaneri
Cheryl Cole
Al Coles
David & Peg Compton
Joseph Constantino
Anthony & Mary Anne
Corasaniti
Michelle Cretaro
Paul & Cynthia Curtin
Timothy & Christine Curtis
Angela & Gregory Cwikla
Virginia DeBenedictis
Alec Del Gigante
Rebecca Downing
Laura Downs
Ron Ehrenreich & Sondra
Roth
Margaret Elliot
Pamela Ellis
Stanley & Penny Emerick
Lois & Jill Fowler
Tim Fox
John Friedman & Polly Ann
Heavenrich
Dan Gaffney
William & Jean Gamble
Caroline Garner
Rosamond Gifford
Foundation
Susan Gilbert
Peggy Gillard
Kathryn Glynn
Michael & Wendy Gordon
William Gray
Stephen Graziano
Paula & Louis Green
Linda & James Green
Mark & Cynthia Greene
Seth & Lisa Greenky
Joseph & Fran Greenman
Chip & Kate Grosso
Carol Guido
Charlotte Haas & Gary Quirk
Patricia Haggerty
James Hahn
Nancy & Stephen Hallock
Beth Hansen
Ann & Richard Harris
Elizabeth Hayes
Barbara Heitzman
Michael & Elizabeth
Hennessy
Kathleen Hinchman
Jennifer Hobler
Barbara & Ronald Hoffman
Howard & Linda Hollander
Kathleen Howard
Barbara Hudson
Diana Ingraham Milkovic
InterFaith Works of CNY
Gwenn & John Judge
Jon & Wanda Jukam
Vanessa Kalette
Randy Karcher
Jean Kimber
Donna & Kenneth Kirsch
Steven Kulick
Briana Kuneman
Sandra Ledda
Sarah Ledwith
Amanda Lee
Kathleen Lemos
Dennis Lerner
Susan Lotierzo
Lynn Luteran Minney
Nancy Machles Rothschild
Jon Maloff
Megan Marzeski
Michael Masingale
Douglas & Randi Matousek
Donyce & Kenneth
McCluskey
John & Mary McCulley
Philip & Martha McDowell
Linda McKeown
Timothy McLaughlin & Diane Cass
Diane McRae
Andreas & Margaret Meier
Marcia & Dave Mele
Merck
David Michel & Peggy Liuzzi
Thomas Miller & Mary MacBlane
Dr. Merrill L. Miller
Joseph Moorman & Catherine Gerard
Janet Munro
Marty & Millie Newshan
Leslie Noble & Bill Morris
Margaret O'Brien
Jane Ondich
John & Elizabeth O'Sullivan
Ricky & Whitney Pak
John & Linda Parsons
Dorothy & Harvey Pearl
Michael & Susan Petrosillo
Anita Pisano
John Poirier
Bud & Kathy Poliquin
William & Merriette Pollard
Roni Ponto
Steve & Kate Pynn
Paul Raulli
Marvin & Jo Ann Reed
Scott Reinhart
Sultan Reshamwala
Boyd & Julie Rimel
Stacy Roberts
Mary Rose Ranieri
Ann Rothschild
Valerie Roy
Richard & Maria Russell
Margaret Ryniker
John & Judy Sabene
Richard & Jill Sargent
Jennifer Scalione
Jeffrey & Abby Scheer
Scott & Nancy Sellers
Sally Senecal
Katherine Sgarlata
Paul Silverstein
Dirk & Carol Sonneborn
Paul & Jean Soper
Patricia & Michael St. Leger
The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between October 7, 2024 and October 7, 2025. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.
Milton & Mary Stevenson
Martha Sutter & David Ross
John & Anne Sveen
Tom & Lauren Sweeney
Kristin & Steve Swift
Brady Systems
Edward & MaryJane Szczesniak
Miles Taylor
Thomas & Carole Taylor
Marian Thompson
Theresa Thoryk
James Traver & Marguerite
Conan
Shveta & Girish Trikha
Kevin Wade
Francis & Elaine Walter
Peter & Cheryl Ward
Virginia Watson
Leah Weinberg & Paul Barron
George & Mrs Whitton
Christopher & Renee Wiles
Eleanor Williams
Deborah Wood
Victoria Xlander
Samuel & Robin Young
Mary Yurco
The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between October 7, 2024 and October 7, 2025. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.
PLANNED GIVING
A planned gift is a way to make a significant and lasting gift to Syracuse Stage. By making a bequest to the theatre, you are assuring that Syracuse Stage will continue to inspire, stimulate, and entertain Central New York audiences for generations to come, as well as maintain its high artistic standards that are recognized locally, and nationally. For more information about planned gifts contact: Ana Díaz-Diez, Director of Development 315-443-3931 or ajdiazdi@syr.edu
Dr. William J. Clark, Jr. Fund
The Estate of Rosemary Curtis
Mary Louise Dunn Fund
Deborah O'Shea
In Honor and Memory of Sheldon P. Peterfreund and Josephine A Peterfreund
Michael and Rissa Ratner
The J. Zimmeister-Yarwood Estate
MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM
Many companies will match gifts of their employees, retirees, and spouses with a gift of their own to Syracuse Stage. Ask your personnel office for a matching gift form, send the completed form with your gift – and we’ll do the rest!
SYRACUSE STAGE STAFF
Artistic Director.............................................................................................................Robert Hupp
Managing Director.............................................................................................Carly DiFulvio Allen
Associate Artistic Director............................................................................................Melissa Crespo
Resident Playwright..............................................................................................................Kyle Bass
PRODUCTION STAFF
Director of Production Operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann
Associate Director of Production Operations.......................................................Stuart Plymesser
Student Employee.............................................................................................Nikky Spencer†
Company Manager and Production Management Associate......................................Brian Crotty
Assistant Company Manager.....................................................................................Sarai Ford
Technical Director..................................................................................................Randall Steffen
Assistant Technical Director............................................................................Rebecca Schuetz
Scene Shop Foreman...........................................................................................Michael King
Technical Assistant...................................................................................................Liz Daurio
Carpenters...............................................................................John Gamble, Brian McBurney
Student Employee................................................................................................Bailey Olson†
Student Workstudy..............................................................................................Bella Molino†
Scenic Charge Artist...................................................................................................Emily Holm
Lead Scenic Artist................................................................................................Laurel Arnold
Scenic Painter....................................................................................................Jessica Culligan
Props Supervisor............................................................................................................Mara Rich
Associate Props Supervisor...................................................................................Andrew Babb
Craftpersons....................................................................................Alexis Frizzell, Nora Galley
Student Employee..............................................................................................Emma Henry†
Costume Shop Manager..........................................................................Gretchen Darrow-Crotty
Assistant Costume Shop Manager.....................................................................Amanda Moore
Cutter-Drapers..............................................................................Emily King, Kathryn Rauch
First Hand.......................................................................................................Katelyn Yonkers
Stitchers.................................................................................Sidney Barmoha, Sophie Shahan
Craftsperson/Shopper..............................................................................................Wyatt Kim
Wardrobe Supervisor.........................................................................................Dylinn Andrew
Electrics and Projection Supervisor...............................................................................Jed Daniels
Associate Electrics and Projection Supervisor......................................................Andy LiDestri Electrician/Board Operator...................................................................................Kat Larrabee
Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer.....................................................Jacqueline R. Herter
Audio Engineer...............................................................................................Kevin O’Connor
Sound Engineer/Board Operator..........................................................................Garrett Frink
Stage Management Assistants................................................................Katie Barnes, Erin C Brett
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
General Manager....................................................................................................Michael McCurdy
Comptroller..............................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale
Associate General Manager...................................................................................Jacob G. Ellison
Director of Information Management & Technology...................................Garrett Diaz-Wheeler
Director of Development.............................................................................................Ana Díaz-Diez
Development Associate.....................................................................................Candice Bermudez
Development Assistant/Executive Assistant..................................................................Julia Rakus
Development Interns.......................................................................Lauren Schweers†, Youran Li†
Director of Community Engagement..................................................................Joann Maria Yarrow
Director of Education.......................................................................................................Kate Laissle
Community Engagement and Education Coordinator.....................................................Zizi Majid
Education Interns........................................................................Aliana Aspesi†, Nat Wilson†
Director of Marketing and Communications..............................................................Joanna Penalva
Audience Development Manager..............................................................................Tracey White
Creative Director, Marketing..................................................................................Brenna Merritt
Marketing Content and Publications Manager.....................................................Matthew Nerber
Graphic Designer.................................................................................................Jonathan Hudak
Marketing Intern......................................................................................................Mady Mohat†
Box Office Manager.....................................................................................Courtney Richardson
Assistant Box Office Manager.............................................................................Clari Atherlay
Box Office Assistants........................................Aliana Aspesi†, Nathan Ayotte†, Tess Feldman†
Show Supervisor......................................................................................................Lisa Doerle
Audience Services Manager.......................................................................................Luke Centore
Assistant Audience Services Manager..............................................................Bianca Stevenson
Audience Services Associates....................Michelle Cannizzo, Khayman Clancy, Pat Condello, Laurie DeMaria, Juniper Feliciano, Hannah Mendillo, Ellie Pedone, Meg Pusey, Donna Stuccio, Victoria Wickert
Bartenders.................................................................................Michelle Cannizzo, Meg Pusey
Audience Services Intern....................................................................................Phinneas Roy†
Sign Language Interpreters.....................................................................Brenda Brown, Sue Freeman
Open Captioning........................................................................Jacob G. Ellison, Michael McCurdy
Audio Description...............Brad Beckman, Talia Gabriel-Shenandoah, Kate Laissle, Joseph Whelan
Artistic Intern..................................................................................Ella Femino†, Amanda Podhurst†
Community Services Officers............................Chris Deutschman, Stacey Emmons, Martha Farmer
Custodians........................................................................Tony Rogers, Ron Taylor, Candace Velario
†Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama.
