Dial M for Murder Program

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TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S 7 | Letter from the Artistic Director 9 | Title 11 | Credits 13 | Taking Photos in the Theatre 14 | Dramaturgical Notes 26 | Cast & Artistic Team Bios 35 | Who We Are Our Mission Our Vision Our Core Values In the Community Anti-Racism Pledge 37 | About Syracuse Stage Land Acknowledgement Domestic Violence Resources 38 | Board of Trustees 39 | Emeritus Trustees Education Advocacy Board Young Adult Council 40 | Corporate, Foundation & Government Sponsors 41 | Sponsor Statements 42 | 50th Anniversary Campaign Gifts 43 | Individual, Corporate, Foundation, & Government Gifts 44 | In Honor of 49 | Planned Giving Matching Gift Program 50 | Syracuse Stage Staff

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LET TER FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

DEAR FRIENDS, Welcome to Dial M for Murder, and welcome to the beginning of a new season at Syracuse Stage! We’re very glad you’re here.  ROBERT HUPP. PHOTO: BRENNA MERRITT.

Dial M for Murder has proven to be one of the most popular thrillers ever written. Fredrick Knott’s play premiered in London, and later on Broadway, in 1952. Hitchcock made the film with Grace Kelly and Ray Milland in 1954. There were television versions in 1956, 1967, 1981, and there’s even a Frasier version entitled “Dial M for Martin”. The version you’ll see here at Stage was adapted in 2022 by Jeffrey Hatcher and is currently one of the top five most produced plays in the United States.

cuse Stage, our focus is on creating and telling stories just for you. As we launch our sixth decade, we are grateful for all of you, and for our supportive Central New York community. Thank you for making Stage a part of your life. Enjoy the show!

Why so popular? The taut, timeless story of jealousy, greed, and revenge and the intricacies of the plot (follow the latch key!) make for captivating viewing. We’ve had a lot of fun bringing this story, and these characters, to life with the knowledge that most everyone already knows what’s going to happen. Or do you? The Hatcher version offers some new surprises. I hope you enjoy this journey.

With warmest regards,

With Dial M for Murder, and with everything we produce here at Syra-

Robert Hupp Artistic Director

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The Slutzker Family Foundation is proud to be a Season Sponsor of the Syracuse Stage 24/25 season, full of stories that engage, entertain, and inspire us to see life beyond our own experience.

Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1917, Lillian Slutzker was a survivor. After fleeing Nazi control for England, she met her husband at a USO dance and later returned to his hometown of Rome, New York.

She dedicated her life to bettering her community. The Foundation’s purpose is to carry on her incredible legacy and fulfill her passion for Judaism, education, the arts, and enriching the community.

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PRESENTS

MURDER ADAPTED BY

Jeffrey Hatcher FROM THE ORIGINAL BY

Frederick Knott DIRECTED BY

Robert Hupp WIG AND

SOUND DESIGNER

SCENIC DESIGNER

COSTUME DESIGNER

HAIR DESIGNER

LIGHTING DESIGNER

AND COMPOSER

Stanley Meyer

Lux Haac

Brittany Hartman

Dawn Chiang

John Gromada

FIGHT

INTIMACY

CHOREOGRAPHER

COORDINATOR

DIALECT COACH

STAGE MANAGER

CASTING

DC Wright

Yvonne Perry

Blake Segal

Kristine Schlachter*

Bass/Valle Casting

Robert Hupp

Michael McCurdy

Melissa Crespo

Kyle Bass

Artistic Director

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Associate Artistic Director

Resident Playwright

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Dial M for Murder (Hatcher) is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com | Originally commissioned and produced at The Old Globe. Barry Edelstein, Erna Finci Viterbi Artistic Director; Timothy J. Shields, Managing Director.

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Cast members in Once. Book by Enda Walsh. Based on the motion picture written and directed by John Carney. Music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová. Directed by Melissa Crespo. Music direction by Pearl Rhein.

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CAST (in order of speaking)

Margot Wendice......................................Christine Albright* Maxine Hadley................................................Krystel Lucas* Tony Wendice....................................................Avery Clark* Lesgate.................................................................John Long* Inspector Hubbard...........................................J.D. Webster*

ADDITIONAL VOICEOVERS BBC Announcer................................................Thom Miller*

UNDERSTUDIES Understudies never substitute for the listed players unless a specific announcement is made at the time of performance.

For Inspector Hubbard – Danyon Davis* For Lesgate – Tanner Efinger For Margot Wendice – Alexis Martin For Tony Wendice – Thom Miller* Maxine Hadley – Krystal Osborne

*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. Dial M for Murder 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. †Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama.

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ADDITIONAL CREDITS Associate Scenic Designer: Jason M. Curtis Student Assistant Director: Morgan Karam† Stage Managment Production Assistant: Katie Barnes Stage Management Intern: Amelia Mindlin-Leitner† Electrician/Board Operator: Alex Mali Sound Engineer: Garrett Frink Wardrobe and Hair Supervisor: Dylinn Andrew Dresser: Caitlin Radziewski Deck Crew: Christopher Green

TA K I N G P H O T O S I N T H E T H E AT R E 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 director and 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 Dial M for Murder | Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher | From the original by Frederick Knott | Directed by Robert Hupp | Scenic Design by Stanley Meyer | Costume Design by Lux Haac | Wig and Hair Design by Brittany Hartman | Lighting Design

by Dawn Chiang | Sound Design and Compositions by John Gromada

The videotaping or making of electronic or other audio and/or visual recordings of this production and distributing recordings or streams in any medium, including the internet, is strictly prohibited, a violation of the author(s)’s rights and actionable under United States copyright law. For more information, please visit: https://concordtheatricals.com/resources/protecting-artists

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Frederick Knott:

Write Me a Murder ON SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1952 at 8:30 p.m., Frederick Knott’s Dial ‘M’ for Murder appeared on BBC Television as a 90-minute program, airing after a children’s puppet show called It’s a Small World and right before that evening’s weather report. It was the English playwright’s first produced script—a devious revenge fable that had been rejected by several theatrical managers before finding a home as an episode of the British Broadcasting Company’s Sunday Night Theatre.

An encore presentation played the following Thursday.

listings, Lionel Hale introduced Dial ‘M’, the story of a man who marries for money and plans his own adulterous wife’s murder, as “one long series of adroit tactical twists,” with a plot that not only thickens but “positively coagulates, and our blood ought to curdle, from time to time, with it.”

That morbid enthusiasm for Knott’s tale of infidelity, blackmail, and ace detective work was shared not only by UK viewers but by those initially hesitant West End producers, too, and by June a London production of Dial ‘M’ was playing to packed houses and rave reviews. A well-received

Writing for Radio Times, a BBC journal that published television

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Dial ‘M’, the story of a man who marries for money and plans his own adulterous wife’s murder, is ‘one long series of adroit tactical twists,’ with a plot that not only thickens but ‘positively coagulates…’

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 FREDERICK

KNOTT. PHOTO: FREDERICK KNOTT PAPERS, GENERAL COLLECTION, BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY, YALE UNIVERSITY.

The movie was a modest success, often categorized as “minor Hitchcock” when compared to his more celebrated films, but its enduring popularity helped Knott earn a reputation as a “master of suspense” himself, and cemented Dial M for Murder as a crown jewel of the crime drama genre.

Broadway run followed in October starring Maurice Evans as the scheming husband Tony. (Audiences will likely remember Evans from the first two Planet of the Apes films, in which he played the equally scheming simian politician Dr. Zaius.)

Knott had already been approached to sell the rights for a Dial ‘M’ film adaptation, even before the show was praised as a “craftily written chiller” by New York Times critic Brooks Atkinson, and so a Hollywood remake was all but expected after the play’s success on both sides of the pond.

Though, in retrospect, it’s safe to assume Knott wasn’t too pleased with his payment—the rights went to British film producer Alexander Korda after the television premiere for just £1,000— especially after it was announced that Alfred Hitchcock, the master of suspense, would be directing, with a cast that included John Williams, reprising his Broadway role as the hard-nosed inspector, and future princess of Monaco Grace Kelly as the victim-turned-

heroine Margot (renamed from the original Sheila).

The movie was a modest success, often categorized as “minor Hitchcock” when compared to his more celebrated films, but its enduring popularity helped Knott earn a reputation as a “master of suspense” himself, and cemented Dial M for Murder (to avoid confusion for American audiences, the film’s title excludes quotation marks around the M, which referred to the telephone exchange for London’s Maida Vale district) as a crown jewel of the crime drama genre. The career that followed, however, is perhaps less starry than one would expect from a writer who struck such gold on the first swing—Knott produced only three plays after Dial ‘M’, an output so limited that he was referred to, in a December 2002 obituary printed after the 86-yearold playwright’s death, as “notoriously unprolific.”

Writing wasn’t Knott’s profession by training—he was a Cambridge law student and a rising tennis

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star (an occupation he would assign to Tony in Dial ‘M’ ) before becoming a major in the British army—and by many accounts he did not view it as a particularly pleasant practice. Dial ‘M’ took 18 months to complete after

Knott decamped to a cottage on his parent’s West Sussex estate, and the play was finished after marathon sessions during which the bathrobe-clad playwright paused only to retrieve meals laid out by his mother at the front door.

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 ALFRED

HITCHCOCK WITH A PROP FROM THE FILM DIAL M FOR MURDER. CIRCA 1954. PHOTO: SANFORD ROTH.

Taxing as that process may have been, Knott remained committed to writing a follow-up after Dial M made a splash on the big screen. A 1954 story from theatre columnist Lewis Funke reported that Knott was collaborating with celebrated short story author Roald Dahl, years before Dahl would find fame for his whimsical children’s novels. What became of that project, described only as a “mystery play,” is unclear; however Mr. Fox of Venice, a reworking of Ben Johnson’s Volpone and the Thomas Sterling novel The Evil of the Day, premiered at London’s Piccadilly Theatre in April 1959, and was later adapted as the 1967 film The Honey Pot starring Susan Hayward and Rex Harrison.

took another 18 months to complete, and that writing the first draft was positively “not enjoyable” (although he did admit that the rewrites were somewhat easier): “People say to me if I would only sit down every morning for three or four hours, I could do a play in a few months. But I have spent weeks on a mechanical problem and have been no nearer to a solution in the end than when I began. Then one morning, maybe on the way from the bathroom to the bedroom, it will come to me.”

Of course it was because of Knott’s painstaking attention to all that criminal detail, not in spite of it, that his plays worked as well as they did, and Write Me a Murder was met with enthusiasm in New York, just as Dial ‘M’ had been almost a decade earlier. Though not quite as successful as his first outing—Dial ‘M’ ran for 552 performances compared to Write Me a Murder’s 196—it nevertheless won the playwright an “Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Play” from the Mystery Writers of America and received warm reviews for a cast that included Kim Hunter (who famously drew a howling “Stellaaaa” from Marlon Brando’s Stanley in the stage and film versions of A Streetcar Named Desire) and Denholm Elliot.

In early 1961, it was announced that When No One Is Looking, a new play by Knott, would premiere in October. When it did appear, it came with a new title, Write Me a Murder, and a notice in The New York Times explaining that the premiere would land “three days short of nine years since Mr. Knott’s only other play, Dial ‘M’ for Murder, opened on Broadway”—intricately plotted thrillers (as the title suggests, Write Me a Murder concerns another clever bit of homicidal histrionics) were becoming a calling card for Knott, as were lengthy writing periods that could be characterized as equal parts fruitful and tedious.

Less than five years later, on February 2, 1966, Knott’s fourth and final play opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, starring Robert Duvall, in his Broadway debut, as a

Speaking to journalist Thomas Lask, Knott revealed that the play

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In his review of the film, Bosley Crowther celebrated the “carpentry” of Knott’s writing, and it’s perhaps this same adoration of immaculate craftsmanship that has made Wait Until Dark a perennial of community and regional theaters for nearly 60 years. drug smuggler determined to steal back his loot and Lee Remick as the blind woman he terrorizes. Wait Until Dark transferred to three different theatres for extensions before closing on New Year’s Eve— despite a less than positive review from critic Stanley Kaufman who called it a “second-class thriller.”

Others liked it enough, however, to warrant a Hollywood film starring Audrey Hepburn and a castagainst-type Alan Arkin, which premiered just 10 months after the final Broadway bow.

the outset, but still, whether watching the Hitchcock film, the aptly titled remake A Perfect Murder, or this Jeffrey Hatcher adaptation, we can all continue to marvel at the reverse engineering of the plot, we can play along with the shell game of the latchkey, and we can collectively sigh as the dastardly plan is finally unraveled.

Knott lived comfortably on earnings from his small but influential body of work, making a home in New York City until his death in 2002. And while his stories seemed hellbent on crafting that perfect crime, the focus of his personal life was, by all accounts, perfecting his marriage to actress Ann Hillary, whom he met at a party in 1953. The couple were active in Manhattan social scenes, and Knott sometimes toyed with ideas for new plays, though he never committed them to paper.

His wife said the reason for that was plain: “He hated writing.”

In his review of the film, Bosley Crowther celebrated the “carpentry” of Knott’s writing, and it’s perhaps this same adoration of immaculate craftsmanship that has made Wait Until Dark a perennial of community and regional theaters for nearly 60 years (including at Syracuse Stage in 1989). It’s certainly what makes Dial ‘M’ for Murder a puzzle box that audiences come back to even after they know how it will end—the play is no whodunit, because the facts of who’ll do what to whom are laid bare almost from

– Matthew Nerber

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Death in the wings While several of Alfred Hitchcock’s films began life as theatrical enjoyments (see Dial M for Murder, Rope, The Skin Game, Juno and the Paycock) one film, Stage Fright, has the unique distinction of casting the theatre itself as the setting for his signature bloodshed.

THEATRE FOLK, OR THOSE with a flair for the dramatic, often figure prominently into the work of Alfred Hitchcock. Murder! (1930) concerned a traveling acting troupe who discovers a killer amongst its ranks, and countless characters throughout his 50 plus films have found themselves playing roles, both onstage and off.

tale of pursuit, evasion, and murder most foul.

Though it was only seen as a mild distraction at the time of its release, Stage Fright can now be seen as a transitional work, precluding a miraculous decade of films that was triumphantly capped by Hitchcock’s most commercially successful movie: Psycho from 1960.

With Stage Fright, his 1950 adaption of the Selwyn Jepson novel Man Running, Hitchcock filmed key sequences inside a Lonodon playhouse (The Scala Theatre, since demolished), using the ornamented walls, the backstage halls, and the dark alleys to heighten the

At the end of the 1940s, however, Alfred Hitchcock was hitting a cinematic roadblock. Films like Rebecca (1940) and Spellbound (1945) were well received, but critics seemed baffled by Hitchcock’s postwar experiments, most

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Though it was only seen as a mild distraction at the time of its release, Stage Fright can now be seen as a transitional work, precluding a miraculous decade of films that was triumphantly capped by Hitchcock’s most commercially successful movie: Psycho from 1960. notably the single location thriller Rope from 1948. Based on the 1929 play Rope’s End, itself inspired by the Leopold and Loeb murder, it was the first of three movies released

by Transatlantic Pictures, a production company Hitchcock started after the end of his tumultuous contract with David O. Selznick. This began a period of unparalleled artistic control, in which the director served as his own producer, and used his films as a testing ground for cinematic technique.

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 ALFRED HITCH-

COCK DIRECTING STAGE FRIGHT IN LONDON. CIRCA 1950.

 JANE WYMAN, MARLENE DIETRICH, AND HECTOR MACGREGOR IN A SCENE FROM STAGE FRIGHT.

Rope, the story of two wealthy college chums who conspire to commit “the perfect crime,” was filmed to appear as one uninterrupted take, a technical achievement that was praised, though the movie itself was labeled “dull” in The New York Times. Hitchcock’s next film, Under Capricorn (1949), built on the idea of long takes, staging the melodrama with a wandering camera that amplified the stuffy suspense of its mansion setting. It was mostly dismissed upon release, mainly because star Ingrid Bergman’s affair with Roberto Rosellini sidelined any positive press, but also by those who considered the lack of thrills to be practically anti-Hitchcock.

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The same criticism was lobbed at Stage Fright, the last Transatlantic film, with Bosley Crowther claiming tension, which one usually finds in a Hitchcock film, “should not be expected here.” The film’s disparate scenes, he wrote, “are simply a wild accumulation of clever and colorful episodes, tending for the most part towards the comic, without any real anxiety.”

While it’s true that Stage Fright does contain its share of hijinx, Hitchcock cleverly uses that comedy as a commentary on those who make a living playing pretend. The drama is buoyed by bursts of the absurd; in one increasingly wacky sequence at a gar-

Stage Fright is a film that traffics in the minutiae of the business of theatre: Its characters are concerned with tickets and cancellations, the public perception of an understudy and the frantic calls received by Box Office attendants. But it also uses the idea of performance itself to reveal the multiple roles we inhabit in everyday life.

den party for the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts, the father of our heroine, played by celebrated English comic Alistair Sim, wins a doll from a carnival game, and then smears his own blood on the tiny dress in an attempt to spook the suspected killer into confession—when things get too serious, Hitchcock simply sends in the macabre clowns.

It’s a scene emblematic of Stage Fright as a whole, a film that leavens a plot of melodramatic detours with a group of brightly drawn characters. Our main focus is Eve (Jane Wyman), a student actress at RADA pulled into a web of trouble by childhood friend Jonathan (Richard Todd), whose affair with Charlotte Inwood, an aging star played by Hollywood legend Marlene Dietrich, makes him the prime suspect in the murder of Charlotte’s husband.

Jonathan claims he’s been set up, coerced by Charlotte to conceal a murder she committed, and he begs Eve to help him evade police capture. In love with him despite his romantic entanglements, Eve stows Jonathan at her father’s seaside cottage, and disguises herself as a maid to gain access to Charlotte and learn the truth.

Stage Fright is a film that traffics in the minutiae of the business of theatre: Its characters are concerned with tickets and cancellations, the public perception of an understudy and the frantic calls received by Box Office attendants. But it also uses the idea of performance itself to reveal the multiple roles we inhabit in everyday life. Eve dutifully plays the part of devoted daughter and compassionate friend, but she’s forced to don additional masks when she becomes wrapped up in the film’s central murder. Charlotte

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In Stage Fright, evil lurks in the theatre—the most communal of gathering places—and danger can take the form of any anonymous face. Just four years later, in Dial M for Murder, that same space would prove to be, conversely, a refuge from violence—for Margot, a temporary sanctuary is found in the crowd, far from the home where her husband hatches his deadly scheme.

oscillates from adored celebrity to devastated widow, choosing her costumes carefully to maximize impact—when being fitted for her funeral dress, she cheekily wonders if the tailor could plunge the neckline. And a budding love interest of Eve’s, Detective “Ordinary” Smith (Michael Wilding), plays the unflinching cop on the trail of a murderer, only to become a warm suitor when sitting for tea with Eve and her parents.

Just five months after Stage Fright was released, Hitchcock seemed to acknowledge this trend towards deceit when he wrote that his interest had shifted from spy thrillers and glamorous charades to stories of “commonplace people,” where he sought to rediscover “more personal sorts of menace.” Over the next decade, he would make Vertigo (1958) and North by Northwest (1959), delirious masterpieces that toyed with identity and the perils of romantic relationships; he also made Dial M for Murder (1954), which would see the director return to the apartment setting of Rope, and, as he put it, to “a brave new world in which we are becoming conditioned to suspecting our neighbors and expecting the worst.”

Jonathan, the man on the run, embodies this performative multiplicity most pointedly. His account of the crime, told in a lengthy flashback at the start of the film, casts him as a lovesick dupe, desperate to help the object of his affection evade capture, even at risk of his own freedom. But it’s revealed in the film’s final bloody moments that Jonathan is indeed the killer, in turn making Hitchcock, as filmmaker and storyteller, complicit in lying to the audience through unreliable images.

Considering Dial M and Stage Fright inside this frame helps underscore an interesting duality in how the director portrayed the spaces we share with our closest acquaintances and distant strangers alike. In Stage Fright, evil lurks

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 INTERIOR OF THE

SCALA THEATRE, 58 CHARLOTTE STREET, LONDON, WHERE THE THEATRICAL SCENES FROM STAGE FRIGHT WERE FILMED.

in the theatre—the most communal of gathering places—and danger can take the form of any anonymous face. Just four years later, in Dial M for Murder, that same space would prove to be, conversely, a refuge from violence—for Margot, a temporary sanctuary is found in the crowd, far from the home where her husband hatches his deadly scheme.

By destroying the illusion of safety and trust in both quiet domiciles and lively auditoriums, Hitchcock is playfully reminding us of an essential truth: In the theatre of our everyday lives, death is always waiting in the wings.

– Matthew Nerber

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CAST Christine Albright (Margot Wendice) is thrilled to be working with Syracuse Stage again. For the last 20 years, she has worked as an actor, director, and educator across the country. Previously for Stage, she appeared in Our Town and the reading of War Words, and understudied Salt City Blues. Favorite roles include: Judith in Equivocation at Oregon Shakespeare Festival/Arena Stage/Seattle Rep, Mother in Sarah Ruhl’s Oldest Boy at Marin Theatre Company, and Sylvia in Tribes at Berkeley Rep. She has been a company member at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival since 2006, and is currently an assistant professor of acting at Syracuse University. M.F.A: University of California, San Diego.

Avery Clark (Tony Wendice) is thrilled to be making his debut at Syracuse Stage alongside so many friends; both old and new.

Various stage credits include productions at Shakespeare Theatre Company, ACT Theatre, Alley Theatre, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Village Theatre, Studio Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Orlando Shakespeare Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare, Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Arkansas Repertory Theatre, Theatresquared, Astoria Performing Arts, Oldcastle Theatre Company, and Premiere Stages. Avery is a core company member of ACT Theatre.

Danyon Davis (u/s Inspector Hubbard ) is a Syracuse University Department of Drama assistant professor specializing in movement. Syracuse Stage credits include: Our Town. NYC credits include: A Fiddler’s Tale (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra); Sense of an Ending (59E59 Theaters); The Taming of the Shrew, Well (u/s), and Henry V (Public Theater). Regional credits include: Six Degrees of Separation, Twelfth Night, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Guthrie Theater); Edward II, Tamburlaine, and Hamlet (Shakespeare Theater Company); King Lear (Classical Theater of Harlem/Folger Theater). He appeared from 2001-2007 in bobrauschenbergamerica with the SITI Company (original cast), which toured the U.S. and Europe.

Tanner Efinger (u/s Lesgate) is thrilled to be back at Syracuse Stage after last appearing in Agatha Christie’s Murder On the Orient Express and directing the 2024 Salt City Drag Battle. A Syracuse transplant, Tanner is the founding artistic director of Breadcrumbs Productions creating new theatrical work such as The Picture of Oscar Wilde which featured in Stage’s 2019 Cold Read Festival directed by Bob Hupp. Other select acting credits: The Game of Life (Breadcrumbs Productions), Footloose and Rough Crossing (Cortland Rep), Hamlet (Boston Theatre Co), The Marriage of Figaro (Boston Lyric Opera), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oxford University Press).

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CAST John Long (Lesgate) is thrilled to be returning to Syracuse Stage where he was previously seen as King Louis XIII in The Three Musketeers. Regionally, John has worked at The Shakespeare Theatre, The Asolo Theatre, Northern Stage, The Barter Theatre, Florida Studio Theatre, WHAT, and The Provincetown Theatre. He has worked in New York with The Public Theater, The New Light Theatre Project, and The Metropolitan Playhouse. TV: Blacklist, FBI: Most Wanted, The Equalizer. Undergrad: Notre Dame. Grad school: FSU. Continued thanks to his family and Christine. www.johnlong.nyc Krystel Lucas (Maxine Hadley) Credits: Hamlet (Shakespeare Theatre DC); Pride and Prejudice, Good People (Dorset Theatre Festival); Our Town (Triad Stage); Twelfth Night, The Christians (Denver Center); Disgraced (Cincinnati Playhouse); Twelfth Night, The Book of Will (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival); In the Next Room (Syracuse Stage and St. Louis Rep); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Merchant of Venice (Old Globe); Good People, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily (Alley Theatre); Death and the King’s Horseman, Macbeth (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). TV/Film: Jessica Jones (Netflix), The Blacklist (NBC) and the upcoming Dying For Sex (FX). M.F.A.: NYU Grad Acting Program.

Alexis Martin (u/s Margot Wendice) is thrilled to be a part of her first ever production at Syracuse Stage! She is a local actress and aspiring playwright; recently seen onstage in Godspell (The Redhouse Arts Center) and as Johanna in Sweeney Todd (The CNY Arts Center). Offstage, she had her directorial debut for her first original one-act, Old Money, New Habits, produced by The Oswego Players. Alexis wanted to thank her dear friends for their overwhelming love and her amazing father who has always cheered her on to chase her dreams! Break legs to this incredibly talented cast and crew!

Thom Miller (BBC Announcer, u/s Tony Wendice), is an actor, text/dialect coach, and professor of Voice/Verse at Syracuse University. A proud member of AEA and SAGAFTRA, Miller has acted off-Broadway and in some of the best regional theaters across the country, as well as in films and commercials. He received a B.F.A. from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois. Love to Kate and Forrest.

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CAST Krystal Osborne (u/s Maxine Hadley) is a multidisciplinary performance artist, playwright, and teaching artist who received her B.F.A. from Adelphi University. She is currently the Director of Education and Development with Building Company Theater. Recent projects include: No Exit (Director, Rochester Fringe Festival), Come Out, Come Out Cabaret (Director, Breadcrumbs Productions), Symphoria: Nutcracker Twist (Production Manager, Landmark Theater), Hell is Empty (Playwright, AAPG), Melville’d (Actress, Susanna, AAPG), Ageless (Actress, Olivia, Four Walls Theatre Company) Destiny, USA (Director, Ottawa Fringe Festival, Spark Festival and others), and Holiday Lights (Clown/Character Artist, Rosamond Gifford Zoo). She is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Drama at Syracuse University.

J.D. Webster (Inspector Hubbard ) Broadway: Pa in the revival of The Color Purple (1st National tour), Mingo in the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Wonderful Town, Ragtime, Showboat. Off-Broadway: King Alonso in The Tempest, Helicanus/Pandar in Pericles (Public Theater), Two Gentlemen of Verona (NYSF), features in numerous City Center Encores! productions, most recently Mr. S in the Fornes-Carmines musical Promenade. Regional: Charles, Amiens, Corin and Hymen in As You Like It (Two River Theater), Winston in Avenue X, Annas in JCS Gospel (Alliance Theatre), Sid in The Desert Song (Sacramento Music Circus), Nicely-Nicely in Guys and Dolls (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Flick in Violet (Connecticut Repertory Theatre), J.D. in Jam and Spice (Westport Country Playhouse).

J.D. is thrilled to return to Syracuse Stage, having last appeared as Baron Van Swieten in the pre-pandemic production of Amadeus.

ARTISTIC TEAM Stanley Meyer (Scenic Designer) The Three Musketeers, Syracuse Stage, SALT Award; League of American Theatres & Producers National Broadway Award; Original Broadway Design, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast; Treasure Island, Arkansas Rep; WarholCapote, ART; Ain’t Misbehavin’, Cleveland Playhouse; May We All, REV; The Merry Wives of Windsor, Comedy of Errors, King Lear, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Grove Shakespeare Festival, Southern California. North American Premieres: Disney’s Aida, Alliance, From Here to Eternity, Saturday Night Fever, REV. Tours: Steve Miller Band, Alice Cooper, Cyndi Lauper, Disney on Ice, Barbie Live!; 23 Float Design Awards, Tournament of Roses Parade.

Represented by Michael Moore Agency. TY Arnis! stanleyameyerdesignllc.com

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ARTISTIC TEAM Lux Haac (Costume Designer) Off-Broadway/New York: On That Day in Amsterdam (Primary Stages/59E59); 53% Of (Second Stage Uptown); Songs About Trains (Radical Evolution/Working Theater/New Ohio Theatre); Eureka Day (Colt Coeur/Walkerspace); Ajijaak on Turtle Island (Ibex Puppetry/ New Victory Theater); R+J (Access Theater); ¡FIGARO! (90210) (The Duke at 42nd St). Regional: Between Two Knees (Yale Rep, OSF); Kim’s Convenience (Westport Country Playhouse); Yoga Play (PlayMakers Repertory Company); Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley (Arizona Theatre Company); Kamloopa (WAM Theatre); Espejos: Clean, I and You, Annapurna (Syracuse Stage); Native Gardens (Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre Center, Portland Center Stage).

Education: M.F.A.: NYU/Tisch. Member of USA 829. luxhaac.com @luxhaac Brittany Hartman (Wig and Hair Designer) is currently the wig shop manager for Saturday Night Live and NBC studios. Film: Fire Island (Key Hairstylist, Hulu). Broadway: The Thanksgiving Play. Regional: DiscoShow (Speigelworld, Vegas), Rent (Papermill), Camp Siegfried (Second Stage), Wizard of Oz (Geva), Snow in Midsummer (Classic Stage Company), Ragtime, Secret Garden, The Wiz, Singin’ in the Rain (Broadway Music Circus), Gypsy (Theatre Aspen), A Christmas Carol, La Dispute, Macbeth (Hartford Stage). Broadway (selected associate design credits): Jagged Little Pill, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (2019 revival), Bandstand, Sunset Boulevard (2017 revival), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, Of Mice and Men (2014 revival), Violet.

Dawn Chiang (Lighting Designer) designed the lighting for numerous Syracuse Stage productions, including Amadeus, Tender Rain, Eureka Day, I and You, Native Gardens, and Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. She has designed the lighting at numerous regional theaters including Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Guthrie Theater, Arena Theatre, and Mark Taper Forum. On Broadway, Dawn designed the lighting for Zoot Suit, was co-designer for Tango Pasion, and associate lighting designer for Show Boat, The Life and the original production of La Cage Aux Folles. Off-Broadway, she has designed for the Roundabout Theater and Manhattan Theatre Club. Dawn was resident lighting designer for New York City Opera, where her designs included A Little Night Music and Fanciulla del West.

John Gromada (Sound Designer and Composer). NY: 40+ Broadway productions as composer/sound designer, including Birthday Candles, All My Sons, Torch Song, The Elephant Man, The Trip to Bountiful (Tony nomination), The Best Man (Drama Desk Award), Clybourne Park, Rabbit Hole, Prelude to a Kiss, Proof, Twelve Angry Men, A Few Good Men. Off-Broadway credits include Brooklyn Laundry, Sherlock Carol, The Cake, Old Hats, Orphans’ Home Cycle (Drama Desk Award, Henry Hewes Award), Shipwrecked! (Lucille Lortel Award), The Skriker (Drama Desk Award), Machinal (OBIE). Film and televi-

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ARTISTIC TEAM sion: Chazz Palminteri’s A Bronx Tale, The Trip to Bountiful with Cicely Tyson.

Audio dramas for Audible and NPR stations nationwide. johngromada.net DC Wright (Fight Choreographer) is excited to be back at Syracuse Stage having previously directed the violence for Noises Off and The Three Musketeers.

He has also staged violence for the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Treasure Island: A New Musical (The Rev), Spamalot, Peter and the Starcatcher, August: Osage County, Les Miserables, Henry V, Death of a Salesman (Arkansas Rep), One Man, Two Guvnors, Hamlet (TheatreSquared), Romeo and Juliet, Titus Andronicus, Taming of the Shrew (Illinois Shakespeare Festival), and many others.

He is recognized as a Certified Teacher of Stage Combat by the Society of American Fight Directors and as a Master Instructor by Dueling Arts International. He teaches movement and stage combat at Western Illinois University.

Yvonne Perry (Intimacy Coordinator) is a professional actress based in both the Capital District and New York. As a director, her credits include shows at UAlbany (My First Time; Circle Mirror Transformation); Siena (How I Learned To Drive; Tartuffe; Spike Heels); and Union College (Boeing Boeing). She has also directed for the Next Act New Play Summit at Capital Rep. Yvonne received most of her intimacy pedagogical and experiential training with Intimacy Directors International (now IDC). She is an Artistic Associate at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, NY, and an adjunct professor at UAlbany.

You can learn more about Yvonne from her website at www.yvonneperry. com. Proud member AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Blake Segal (Dialect Coach) is an actor, teacher, and dialect coach. Coaching credits include NYC: Ensemble Studio Theatre, New Georges, The Araca Project, Fault Line Theatre; Regional: Syracuse Stage, Geva Theatre Center, Berkshire Theatre Group, Two River Theater, PlayMakers Rep, Cleveland Musical Theatre, Luna Stage, Passages Theatre, and Walkerspace at SoHo Rep; Educational: Yale, Fordham, Columbia, Syracuse, Kean, and Stella Adler.

Blake currently serves on the faculty of Syracuse University’s Department of Drama. As an actor, he has performed on film and television, off-Broadway, in major regional theaters across the country, and in the national tour of Mary Poppins. M.F.A. in Acting: Yale School of Drama. www.blakesegal.com Kristine Schlachter (Stage Manager) is so excited to be back; as a graduate of the Syracuse University Department of Drama, it feels great to return to my roots! Recent: Off-Broadway: Avenue Q, Emperor’s Nightingale (Nom. offBroadway Alliance Award), The Brothers Paranormal (World Premiere), Memorial (NYTimes Critics Pick), Warrior Sisters of Wu (Nom. Drama Desk Award) Regional: Rock of Ages, The Prom, Jersey Boys, The Wizard of Oz, Holiday Inn, The Glass Menagerie, NYC: As You Like It, The Marriage of Figaro,

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ARTISTIC TEAM Raisin in the Sun, The Great Society, FAME!, Cyrano De Bergerac, Tartuffe, Allegro, The Secret Garden. Special thanks to my family for all your support.

Jason M. Curtis (Associate Scenic Designer) Scenic Artist: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. Charge Artist: Treasure Island: A New Musical (Arkansas Repertory Theatre); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (National Tour). Assistant Designer: Alice Cooper (World Tour); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (International Tour 2022). Associate Designer: Steve Miller Band; Saturday Night Fever and From Here to Eternity (The Rev); The Three Musketeers (Syracuse Stage); Co-Designer with Stanley A. Meyer: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Gateway and Ogunquit Playhouse). Creative Designer: New Six Flags Entertainment Co. Thank you, as always, Stan.

Bass/Valle Casting (Casting) formerly Harriet Bass Casting, is a leading NYC boutique casting office. To know more about their upcoming projects and casting philosophy please visit www.bassvallecasting.com. Harriet Bass has cast for ABC/TV, Fox Television Studios, The Public Theatre: NEW WORK NOW, The Minetta Lane Theatre, The Women’s Project, La MaMa E.T.C., New York Women in Film and Television, and The Jewish Repertory Theatre.

She has cast the last three of the late August Wilson’s ten part play series: the original Radio Golf, Broadway Gem of the Ocean, and off-Broadway Jitney.

Harriet is also a leading educator in audition technique, side and monologue coaching, and the business of acting. She has taught at the nation’s top universities and professional training programs. Gama Valle is a director, playwright, screenwriter, children’s book author, and casting director. His casting credits include: The American Tradition, The Great Novel, Split Second, I Wanna Fuck Like Romeo and Juliet, among others. He is a proud member of New Light Theatre Ensemble and the recipient of the Van Lier Directing Fellowship at Repertorio Español. Gama received the First Prize in playwriting from Puerto Rico’s Institute of Culture for his play Queishd&Dilit. Their regional casting credits include: Mark Taper Forum, Hartford Stage, Arena Stage, Trinity Rep, San Jose Rep, Geva, Syracuse Stage, Pittsburgh Public, Merrimack Rep, Longwharf Theatre, Alliance Theatre, The Goodman Theatre, Kansas City Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Huntington Theatre Company, Virginia Stage Company, Dallas Theatre Company, Berkeley Rep, Portland Center Stage, and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Feature films credits include: Pushing Hands directed by Ang Lee, Underheat, starring Lee Grant, First We Take Manhattan, produced by Golden Harvest Inc., and Graves End, directed by Sal Stabile.

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AUTHORS Jeffrey Hatcher (Adaptor) Broadway: Never Gonna Dance (Book). OffBroadway: Three Viewings and A Picasso at Manhattan Theatre Club; Scotland Road and The Turn of the Screw at Primary Stages; Tuesdays with Morrie (with Mitch Albom) at The Minetta Lane; Murder By Poe, The Turn of the Screw and The Spy at The Acting Company; Neddy at American Place; and Fellow Travelers at Manhattan Punchline. Other Plays/Theaters: Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Mrs. Mannerly, Murderers, Mercy of a Storm, Smash, Armadale, Korczak’s Children, To Fool the Eye, The Falls, A Piece of the Rope, All the Way with LBJ, The Government Inspector, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and others at The Guthrie, Old Globe, Yale Rep, The Geffen, Seattle Rep, Cincinnati Playhouse, Cleveland Playhouse, South Coast Rep, Arizona Theater Company, San Jose Rep, The Empty Space, Indiana Rep, Children’s Theater Company, History Theater, Madison Rep, Intiman, Illusion, Denver Center, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Milwaukee Rep, Repertory Theater of St. Louis, Actors Theater of Louisville, Philadelphia Theater Company, Asolo, City Theater, Studio Arena and dozens more in the U.S. and abroad. Film/ TV: Stage Beauty, Casanova, The Duchess, and episodes of Columbo. Grants/Awards: NEA, TCG, Lila Wallace Fund, Rosenthal New Play Prize, Frankel Award, Charles MacArthur Fellowship Award, McKnight Foundation, Jerome Foundation and Barrymore Award Best New Play. He is a member and/or alumnus of The Playwrights Center, the Dramatists Guild, the Writers Guild and New Dramatists.

Frederick Knott (Playwright) was born on August 28, 1916, in China to an English missionary family. Knott earned a law degree from Cambridge University after attending Oundle School and served in the British Army from 1939 to 1946, achieving the rank of major. Knott only wrote three plays during his lifetime, yet his spine-tingling thrillers ran successfully on Broadway in the 1950s and 1960s, and have been standards in regional theatre and touring productions throughout the world. His most famous script, Dial ‘M’ for Murder, is about a man who plots the murder of his wealthy wife but has to improvise once she staves off his plan, and was rejected several times before playing successfully on British television in the early 1950s. It then hit the London stage to rave reviews. In 1952 the play opened on Broadway, and in 1954 was adapted by Knott into a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Grace Kelly and Ray Milland. His second most popular play, Wait Until Dark, ran for 374 performances on Broadway in 1966 and earned actress Lee Remick a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of a blind woman terrorized by thugs. In 1967 the play was made into a popular film of the same name starring Alan Arkin and Audrey Hepburn. It was revived on Broadway in 1998 in a production starring Marisa Tomei and Quentin Tarantino. His third play, Write Me a Murder, opened on Broadway in 1961 and ran for twenty-five weeks. Fredrick Knott passed away in 2002.

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DIRECTOR/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Robert Hupp is in his ninth season as artistic director of Syracuse Stage. He recently directed 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 Eduardo 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.

INTERIM MANAGING DIRECTOR Michael McCurdy is in his seventh season with Syracuse Stage. He was managing director of Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock, Arkansas for eighteenth seasons before becoming the general manager of Syracuse Stage in June of 2018. After earning degrees in political science and theater from Brigham Young University, Michael worked four years, including two years as company manager, at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. A co-founder of Handcart Ensemble, an off-off-Broadway theater company, Michael went to Arkansas from New York, where he was assistant director of Special Services for William Morris Agency. Michael has been married to Melissa McCurdy for 26 years and is the father of Annie, Joe, and Max. He has been proud to volunteer as the production manager of the Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra New York from 2015 to its final performances in 2019, and to serve on various committees and Union negotiation teams for the League of Resident Theatres (LORT).

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A S S O C I AT E A R T I S T I C D I R E C T O R Melissa Crespo (she/her) has made a career of developing new plays, musicals, and opera around the country and abroad. She recently directed the musical El Otro Oz by Tommy Newman, Mando Alvarez, and Jaime Lozano at Atlantic Theatre Company. Other favorite past credits include, Espejos: Clean by Christine Quintana (Hartford Stage & Syracuse Stage), Bees and Honey by Guadalís Del Carmen off-Broadway at MCC Theater, and form of a girl unknown by Charly Evon Simpson (Salt Lake Acting Company). 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 Play House. She is one of the Founding Editors of 3Views on Theater, an online publication conceived by The Lillys. Fellowships and residencies include: Time Warner Fellow (WP Theatre), Usual Suspect (NYTW), 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 R E S I D E N T P L AY W R I G H T Kyle Bass, Resident Playwright at Syracuse Stage and curator of Poetry & Play, is the author of 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 featurelength film. With Ping Chong, he 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 nearly 225 years. Kyle is Assistant Professor of Theater at Colgate University.

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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.

O U R C O R E VA L U E S 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.

IN THE COMMUNITY Stage has collaborated with a myriad of institutions in the Syracuse area. Community partners include 100 Black Men of Syracuse, AccessCNY, ARC of Onondaga, ARISE, ArtRage, CNY Reads, 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, the VA Medical Center, and Vera House. Additionally, the educational department collaborates with many CNY schools.

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.

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A B O U T S Y R A C U S E S TA G E 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.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Syracuse Stage respectfully acknowledges the Onondaga Nation, Firekeepers of the Haudenosaunee, the Indigenous people on whose ancestral lands we now stand.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCES If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, you are not alone. There are compassionate resources available to support you on your journey to safety and healing. The list below is not comprehensive, nor were any resources left out intentionally. For more information on all local resources, call 211 or visit www.211cny.com.

Hiscock Legal Aid Society: We defend. We empower. We collaborate. We promote justice for all. Phone: 315-422-8191. Website: www.hlalaw.org

Spanish Action League of Onondaga County, Inc. – La Diga: Strives to empower our clients with the necessary tools that lead to self-sufficiency and success. 24-hour Bilingual Domestic & Sexual Violence Crisis and Support Hotline: (315) 466-4713. Website: www.laligacny.org

McMahon Ryan Child Advocacy Center: Dedicated to healing abused children and raising awareness that prevents child abuse. New York State Child Abuse Hotline: 800-342-3720. Office phone: 315-701-2985. Website: www.mcmahonryan.org

Vera House, Inc.: Prevents, responds to and partners to end domestic and sexual violence and other forms of abuse. 24-Hour Support Line: 315-468-3260. TTYL: 315-484-7263 (for Deaf community - during business hours). Web Chat Support (8:30AM-9:00PM): www.verahouse.org/ online-chat-service. Website: www.verahouse.org

Salvation Army of Syracuse: To encourage and empower those in need to reach their full potential.

Domestic Violence Services: 315-565-7369.

Website: syracuseny.salvationarmy.org/SyracuseNY

New York State Domestic & Sexual Violence Hotline: 1-800-942-6906

YWCA of Syracuse and Onondaga County, Inc,: Dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. Business Phone: 315-424-0400.

Website: www.ywca-syracuse.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233

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S Y R A C U S E S TA G E B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S CHAIR

Richard Driscoll Senior Vice President Commercial Banking Division NBT Bank PRESIDENT

Herman R. Frazier* Senior Deputy Athletics Director Syracuse University PAST CHAIR/VICE CHAIR

Rocco Mangano Partner Mangano Law Office, PLLC TREASURER

Brett Padgett* Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Syracuse University SECRETARY

Maria Lesinski Attorney Newman and Lickstein AT-LARGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

Phil Turner Pastor Bethany Baptist Church

Helene Gold Private Voice & Piano Instructor

Rod McDonald Bond, Schoeneck & King

Jacki Goldberg Community Volunteer

Molly Mulvihill Sr. Relationship Manager Global Commercial Banking Bank of America

Nancy Green Managing Member Edward S. Green & Associates Larry Harris Retired - EVP and CFO Saab, Inc.

YiWei Qi Co-Founder and CEO AccuGPS LLC

Eric Jackson Co-Founder and CEO Black Cub Productions

Dr. Henry Roane Executive Director and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry Upstate Golisano Center for Special Needs

Ken Jackson Publisher and Editor Urban CNY (The Constitution) Cydney Johnson* Vice President for Community Engagement and Government Relations Syracuse University

George S. Bain Freelance Editor and Writer Barbara Beckos Retired - Syracuse Stage

Kathy Kelly Retired - Health Educator, PNP

Nancy Byrne Community Volunteer

Larry Leatherman Retired - Bristol-Myers Squibb, MOST

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 Denise Dyce* Associate Vice President of Labor and Employee Relations Syracuse University Colleen A. Gaetano Retired- Vice President Global Education & Artistry Estée Lauder Companies, NYC

Mona Paradis Stadium International Trucks

Robert Hupp** Artistic Director Syracuse Stage

Rebecca Karpoff* Professor of Practice, Musical Theater/Coordinator of Vocal Instruction, Musical Theater Syracuse University Department of Drama

Janet Audunson Assistant General Counsel National Grid

Fran Nichols Retired - Mower, Inc.

Molly Ryan Partner, Goldberg Segalla LLP Robert Sarason Retired - Lawyer, Organizer, Fundraiser 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

Dan Lent Commercial Loan Officer AmeriCU Credit Union

Andrea Waldman Operations and Development Coordinator Make A Wish Foundation of Central New York

Rob Lentz EVP of Enterprise Operations Zeta Global

Maryam Wasmund Chief Financial Officer Filtertech Inc.

Anthony Malavenda Retired - Duke’s Root Control

Ralph Zito** Chair Syracuse University Department of Drama

Julia Martin Partner Bousquet Holstein Suzanne McAuliffe Retired - Educator Michael McCurdy** Interim Managing Director Syracuse Stage

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*University Trustee **Ex-Officio

S Y R A C U S E S TA G E E M E R I T U S T R U S T E E S 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

Joan Green Elizabeth Hartnett John Huhtala Margaret Martin

Kevin McAuliffe Eric Mower Judy Mower Michael Shende

Richard Shirtz Jack Webb Michael Zoanetti

SYRACUSE STAGE EDUCATION ADVOCACY BOARD Sara Bambino Cicero-North Syracuse High School

Jordan Berger Jamesville-DeWitt High School

Todd Benware Christian Brothers Academy

Rhiannon Berry Liverpool High School

David Fisselbrand Auburn High School

Linda Ponza Solvay High School

Melissa Morgan Baker High School

Jennifer Sabatino Cato-Meridian Middle School

Matthew Phillips Jamesville-DeWitt High School

Elizabeth Defurio Nottingham High School

Y O U N G A D U LT C O U N C I L Kayden Blair Cazenovia High School Natalie Corbin Jamesville-DeWitt High School Silas Crawford Notthingham High School Ella Culligan Liverpool High School Joclyn Dallas Cicero-North Syracuse High School Joliette Doyle Tully Junior-Senior High School

Jackson Finn Christian Brothers Academy

Molly Linzer Manlius Pebble Hill School

Harper Shute Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Claire Foran East Syracuse Minoa Central High School

Cecilia Lombardi Christian Brothers Academy

Caleb Smith Manlius Pebble Hill School

Hayden Frisbie Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Madison Macomber East Syracuse Minoa Central High School

Abbie Sundet Paul V. Moore High School

Anqi Geng Manlius Pebble Hill School

Zoie Markowski Solvay High School

Leo True-Frost Jamesville-DeWitt High School

Ethan Meives Cicero-North Syracuse High School

Brooklynn Gilbert North Syracuse Junior High School

Thomas Warne Nottingham High School

Zinira Izmir Manlius Pebble Hill School

Octavia Miller Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Beatrix Karn Cazenovia High School

Jacelyn Peña Corcoran High School

Sophia Zogby Cato Meridian JuniorSenior High School

Josie Feck Fayetteville-Manlius High School

Stephanie Kelly Christian Brothers Academy

Briar Raymond North Syracuse Junior High School

Mika Zolberg-Steiger Manlius Pebble Hill School

Kate Fennessy Auburn High School

Rei Korthas Homeschooled

Taeyang Reid Manlius Pebble Hill School

Nina Doyle-Gonzalez Manlius Pebble Hill School

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Rebecca Wheeler 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

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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SPONSORS

Contributions listed above are current as of September 30, 2024, and reflect operating support of $5,000+ and in-kind donations of $10,000+.

Dial M for Murder 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.

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 Dial M for Murder.

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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 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 Dennis & Mary Anne Brady Mary Brady Marion Brillati Angel Broadnax Pamela Brown-Benjamin Marlene Brown Paul Brown & Susan Loevenguth Gary & Kathleen Bruno Lia & Dean Burrows Kathleen Burt Patricia Bush Nancy & William Byrne Mark & Lori Campitello Rich & Mary Cappelli 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 Richard Ellison & Margaret Ksander Carole Farfaglia Carol Fedrizzi Alan Fischler & Karen McDonold David & Karen Fitch Molly Carole Fitzpatrick 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 Linda Fabian & Dennis Goodrich William Goodwin Muffy & Herbert 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 Michael & Audrey Kane Brian Kane & Phyllis Perrotti James & Jan Kaplan Dana Keefer 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 Nicholas Martin Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe Andreas & Margaret Meier Carl Mellor Michael & Claudia Miceli Gail Mitchell Bruce Moseley & Leigh Yardley Janet Munro Claire Myers Richard & Barbara Natoli Marty & Millie Newshan Becky Nicandri Leslie Noble & Bill Morris Sally O'Herin

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Marjorie Ostrander Cindy 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 Terry & Monica Richmond Ron Ehrenreich & Sondra Roth James & Tricia Sadowski Robert Sarason & Jane Burkhead Mike & Marilyn Sees Barry & Jenny Shulman 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 Mark Watkins & Brenda Silverman Liz & David Wei Lynda Wheat 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 The Estate of George Wallerstein & Julie Lutz $50,000 - $99,999 Advance Media NY Tom Kirdahy The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation The Shubert Foundation Slutzker Family Foundation Barry & Fran Weissler $20,000 - $49,999 George S. Bain New York State Council on the Arts Richard Mather Fund National Endowment for the Arts $10,000 - $19,999 Richard Bunce Nancy & William Byrne Cathedral Candle Company Nancy Green & Tony Marschall Elizabeth Hartnett M&T Bank The Estate of Deborah O'Shea Joel Potash & Sandra Hurd The John Ben Snow Foundation & Memorial Trust Sharon Sullivan & Paul Phillips Douglas Sutherland & Nancy Kramer Urban CNY WAER Wegmans

$5,000 - $9,999 Ryan & Leigh Ann Benz Jim & Juli Boeheim Foundation Dr. Ruth Chen & Chancellor Kent Syverud Cumulus Radio Roger & Naomi DeMuth Peggy & Dana Dudarchik The Estate of Mary Louise Dunn Colleen Gaetano Neil & Helene Gold Jacki & Michael Goldberg Larry & Ann Harris iHeart Media Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner Larry & Mary Leatherman Skip Lentz & Anne Russ Tony Malavenda & Martine Burat Rocco & Roberta Mangano Mangano Law Office, PLLC Kevin & Suzanne McAuliffe Eric & Judy Mower NBT Bank National Grid News Channel 9 Sally Lou & Fran Nichols Selma Radin Melvin & Patricia Stith Theatre Development Fund Joshua & Andrea Waldman Maryam Wasmund WRVO Kristen Weslowski $3,500 - $4,999 Janet Audunson & David Youlen Barbara Beckos & Arthur McDonald Bond, Schoeneck & King Attorneys Pete & Mary Beth Carmen Maggie & Jake Feldmeier

John & Kimberly Huhtala Claire Myers Molly Ryan & Tim Byrnes $1,800 - $3,499 Bank of America Kathleen Bice Donald Blair & Nancy Dock Bousquet Holstein PLLC Francine Boutet Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Constance Bull Craig & Kathy Byrum JP Morgan Chase The Estate of William Clark Jr. James Clark & Sharon Gordon Robin Curtis Mark Cywilko & Marianne Moosbrugger Barbara Sheklin Davis Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Edward & Susan Downing Dick & Therese Driscoll Michael & Barbara Flintrop Herman Frazier & Caroline Beal Dennis & Judi Hebert Heritage Masonry Restoration, Inc. David & Sally Hootnick Robert & Clea Hupp Cydney Johnson & Jeff Comanici Randy & Elizabeth Kalish Leslie Kohman Maria Lesinski & Benjamin Hicks The Duke Malavenda Foundation Julia & Lee Martin Rod & Jana McDonald

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2024. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

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Walter & Elizabeth Merriam Anne Morford Molly & Kevin Mulvihill Brett & Jeannie Padgett Amy Parker Michael & Rissa Ratner Robert Sarason & Jane Burkhead Sentry Life Insurance Co of New York Sharye Skinner Sam & Carolyn Spalding Deirdre Stam Dr. Amy Tucker $1,200 - $1,799 James & Nancy Asher Debbie & Candido Bermudez Brenda Bousfield & David Marcus Jim & Cathy Breuer Jessica Cain & Kevin Kopko Ana Díaz-Diez & Javier Maymi-Perez Paul & Carolyn Frymoyer Dorothy & Lawrence Gordon Andrea Graham Deborah & Samuel Haines Steven & Elaine Jacobs Richard G. Jaeger Rebecca Karpoff Charles Martin & Johanna Keller Newman & Lickstein, LLP David Rankert Frank and Frances Revoir Foundation Henry Roane & Heather Kadey Nancy & Walter Shepard Richard & Margaret Shirtz James Shults John Steigerwald IV Jack & Linda Webb $600 - $1,199 Edward & Angela Bernat Marlene Blumin BMI Supply Susan Brett Angel Broadnax Cazenovia Jewelry Amy & Tom Clark Stephen & Emily DiMarco Allen & Anita Frank Muffy & Herbert Baird Hansen Daniel & Julia Harris

Joyce Day Homan Richard & Margaret Ingraham John & Maren King Donna & Kenneth Kirsch Victor & Linda Lebedovych Bob & Pat Lebel James MacKillop Susan Martineau John & Elizabeth McKinnell John & Jill Melvin John & Joan Nicholson Sally O'Herin David & Susan Palen David & Janice Panasci Mona & John Paradis Paolo & Nicole Pastore Charles & Sharon Primerano Kathy & Dan Rabuzzi Gracia Sears Beth & Tobias Sienel Sharon Sutter Thomas & Carole Taylor Michael & Cathy Tick Peter Vanable & Anne Jamison Mark Watkins & Brenda Silverman Lynda Wheat Angela Winfield & Lance Lyons John & Mitzi Wolf $300 - $599 Susan & Allison Ambrosie Charles Amos Chris Arnold Timothy Atseff & Margaret Ogden Paul Barron & Leah Weinberg Andrew & Margot Baxter Eric & Carol Boyer Marlene Brown Gary & Kathleen Bruno Paul & Linda Cohen Jerilyn Costich Anita Cottrell George W. Curry James & Suzanne Cusack Frederick Dever Charley & Kim Driscoll Denise Dyce Richard Ernst Elizabeth Etoll Linda Fabian & Dennis Goodrich Michael & Marion Fish Kenneth & Kathleen Freer

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.

Anonymous, in memory of Virginia Parker.

Anonymous, in memory of Lorne Runge.

Anonymous, in honor of my sister Katelyn Yonkers who works as a seamstress at Syracuse Stage.

Zachary Ferris, in memory of Virginia Parker.

Wendy Neikirk Rhodes & Adrian Rhodes, in honor of Ginny Parker.

Greg & Maura Stefl, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Carter & Nan Strickland, in memory of Virginia Parker Carrie Berse & Chris Skeval, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Robert Sarason & Jane Burkhead, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Brant & Ellen Rosborough Ford, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Elizabeth Mosher, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Patricia A Parker, in memory of my dear sister-in-law, Virginia Parker.

Joan Kesselring, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Peter & Diane Swords, in memory of my dear friend Ginny Parker, supporter of theater and of peace and social justice.

The Farfaglia Family, in memory of Edward J Farfaglia

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2024. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

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Harvey's Garden Edward & Debbie Genalo Bea Gonzalez & Michael Leonard Thomas Greenwood Judith Hand Nancy Hanna David & Ellen Hardy Joseph & Paula Himmelsbach Noel Keith John & Gloria Kennedy Daniel & Ann Lent Susan Lison George & Roseann Lorefice Donald & Patricia MacLaughlin John & Candace Marsellus Donyce & Kenneth McCluskey Mary Ellen McDonald James & Elizabeth Megna David & Beth Mitchell Susan Moskal James & Kathleen Muldoon TeNesha Murphy Marty & Millie Newshan Doren Norfleet Richard & Kimberly O'Brien Marjorie Ostrander Robert & Teresa Parke Patricia A Parker Mickey & Pat Piscitelli Howard & Ann Port Edward & Lois Schroeder William Schuyler Jon Selzer Robert & Cheryl Shallish Geraldine Sheehan Dr Craig A Simmons Joseph & Carolyn Smith H. Paul Steiner Cora Thomas Victor & Diane Tice Phil & Janice Turner Joseph & Carole Valesky Susan Wadley Robert & Anita Wagner David & Daryll Wheeler Derick White John & Judy Winslow Ralph Zito & Rob Bundy $150 - $299 Mark & Kathy Adelson James Aiello Edwin & Kathleen Allen Peter & Sherry Allen Kristi Andersen Robert & Jeanne Anderson

Beatrice Angus Michelle Arora Frank Badagnani Holmes & Sarah M Bailey Rosemary Baker & Stuart Spiegel Nancy Barnum Jean Beers William A Billingham Diana Biro & Eric Rogers Susan Boettger Mary Brady Dennis & Mary Anne Brady Carmelita Britton & Richard Probert Brian & Sharon Bush B.L. Bush & Sons, Inc Stephen Butler Michael Byrne Ronald Capone Lexi Carlson & Sebastian Karcher Joseph Cerroni & Linda Tassa Richard & Cynthia Cherny Joe & Nancy Clayton Sam & Carolyn Clemence Martha Cole Donna Coloton Raymond Colton Robert & Joan Conine Terri Cook Molly & Travis Corley Elizabeth Cowan Stephanie Cross Karl Crossman & John Steinburg CVS Linda Czerkies Carol Decker Bill & Terry Delavan Paula Dendis Linda & Alan Dolmatch Rebecca Downing Beth Drew & Joe Marusa Nathaniel & Karen Dunn Kathleen Effler William & Elizabeth Elkins Lorraine Erlenback Molly Carole Fitzpatrick Gerard & Vanessa Flynn Kim Fontana Lois & Jill Fowler Jeffrey & Teresa Freedman Barbara, Jeff & Kay Friedman Thomas & Karen Fruehan Allen & Nirelle Galson Claudia & Adam Gasiorowski Robert Geiger

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Sally Lou & Fran Nichols, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Jacki & Michael Goldberg, in memory of our dear Ginny Parker. May her memory be a blessing!

Lynda Wheat, in memory of Virginia Parker Don Moore, in memory of Ginny Parker Laura Williams, this donation is made in memory of Ginny Parker.

Kathy Brodsky, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Edward & Lois Schroeder, in memory of Virginia Parker.

Winnie Greenberg, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Leslie Kohman, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Candice Bermudez & Joe Guido, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Thomas & Mary Lou Mees, in loving memory of Ginny Parker.

Thomas Antonini, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Guy & Patricia Howard, in memory of Viriginia Parker.

Peter & Constance Palumb, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Nancy Freeborough, in memory of Virginia Parker.

Mark & Kathy Adelson, in memory of Laura Edell.

Susan Moore-Palumbo & Frank Palumbo, this is in memory of Ginny Parker.

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2024. It does not include gifts to the special 50th Anniversary Campaign.

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Karen Goldman Douglas Goldschmidt & David Jacobs Bernice Gottschalk Jerome & Debbie Grigonos Charlotte Haas & Gary Quirk Teresa Haigney Greg & Elaine Hallett Mark & Carole Hansen Karl & Mary Herba William & Phyllis Highland Donna & Joseph Hipius Barbara & Ronald Hoffman Jane Hopeman Marie & James Jewson Emily Johnson & Vijay Ramachandran Philip & Judith Kaplan Robert & Christina Keim Norma Kelley Marlene Kelly Amy Kemp Tim & Susan Kennedy Diane King Russell & Joan King Trudy & Earl Kletsky Barry & Kathy Kogut Richard & Roxanne Kopecky Sheldon & Karen Kruth Lorraine LaDuke Robert & Lauren Lalley Andrea Latchem James LeGro Mark & Jeannette Levinsohn Bonnie Levy Edward & Carol Lipson Mary Lombardo John & Marian Loosmann Vito Lovecchio Gerald Mager Frederick & Virginia Marty Elizabeth Mascia Janice Mayne Margot McCormick Wallace & Gayonne McDonald Kathleen McLeod Andreas & Margaret Meier Clifford & Marjorie Mellor Daniel & Terry Miller Leslie & Barney Molldrem Danielle Montagne & Mark Zlotnick Janet Moore Elizabeth Mosher Janet Munro Alan & Rosalind Napier Richard & Barbara Natoli

Margaret O'Brien Omega, Inc. Joan & Lawrence Page Cathy Palm Michael & Susan Petrosillo Jane Pickett Susan Pieczonka Hugh & Jane Pinchin Anita Pisano Eileen Ponto YiWei Qi & Julie Yu Steve Reiter & Annegret Schubert Lynn Richer Michael Riecke & Anthony McEachern Cathy Robinson Nancy Machles Rothschild Elaine Rubenstein Linda & Bob Ryan Roberta Savage George & Sharon Schmit Denise Seltzer Nancy Sharpe Judith Smith Jeffrey Sneider & Gwen Kay Patricia & Michael St. Leger Michael Stanton George & Helene Starr Carter & Nan Strickland Kathleen & Mark Sunheimer Dr. Sylvia Betcher & Martin Korn David & Eileen Thompson Elizabeth Thorley Amy & Anthony Tibolla James & Deborah Tifft Andrew & Kathleen Tompkins Joseph Tucker Hon. Karen M. Uplinger Marc & Marcy Waldauer Donald & Martha Washburn Connie Webster Howard Weinstein Fred & Karen Whitney Christopher & Renee Wiles Tom & Carol Wolff Mary Yurco Loretta Zolkowski $100 - $149 Jerrold & Harriet Abraham Sarah Alden John Andrake Dianne Apter Al & Jane Arras Rosanne Barbaglia Marjory Baruch

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Kim Fontana, in memory of Ginny Parker.

H. Paul Steiner, in memory of Fritz & Ginny Parker.

Kristen Weslowski, in memory of Richard Brandt.

Bethany Anthony, to my big sister, Rebekah Tadros, the biggest star I know.

Craig & Kathy Byrum, in memory of Ginny Parker.

Carol Bryant, in honor of Virginia Parker.

Molly & Travis Corley, in honor of Fran Nichols for his birthday.

Claire Myers, in memory of Drs. Lawrence & Betty Jane Myers, for granting me my love of theatre.

Sharon Sullivan & Paul Phillips, in memory of Viriginia B. Parker.

Eileen Ponto, in memory of Emily Ponto.

Debbie Feinstein, to Eli Golding - Happy Graduation!

Daniel & Janet Jones, dedicated to Uncle John White for instilling a lifelong love of live theater.

Susan Brett, in memory of Thomas Brett Jane Hopeman, in loving memory of Virginia Barnes Parker and her love of life, friendships, and theatre.

Elizabeth Thorley, remembering Virginia "Ginny" Parker on this first anniversary of her passing.

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Jackie Bays Janine Bernard Carrie Berse & Chris Skeval Mary Beth Gannon David Blair Jon & Patricia Booth Alice Borning Bernard & Ona Cohn Bregman Jennifer, Bridget & Audrey Stromer-Galley Bob & Kathy Brown Patricia Bush William & Mary Butler John & Cynthia Cambareri Larry & Fran Campbell Richard & Nina Cantor Delores Carney Joseph Chiarizia Douglas & Diane Chilson Anthony & Carolyn Cimino Lou & Rosa Clark Cheryl Cole John & Deloris Coleman Elaine Coppola Anthony & Mary Anne Corasaniti Tracy Cromp Joyce Crossley Paul & Cynthia Curtin Lynette & Ethan Davis Sue Ellen Deion Kate DiDonato James & Mike Doleski James & Leona Dowd Elizabeth & Evan Dreyfuss Wynn Egginton Clay & Dora Elliott Pamela Ellis Richard Ellison & Margaret Ksander Stanley & Penny Emerick Laurie Fabian Festa Italiana Robert & Terry Flower Brant & Ellen Rosborough Ford Karin Franklin-King John Friedman & Polly Ann Heavenrich William & Jean Gamble Norma Gawlowicz Gregory Gazda Rosamond Gifford Foundation Kathryn Glynn Michael & Wendy Gordon William Gray Mark & Cynthia Dowd Greene

Seth & Lisa Greenky Chip & Kate Grosso Carol Guido Patricia Haggerty James Hahn Beth Hansen Ann & Richard Harris Elizabeth Hayes Pamela & James Helmer Michael & Elizabeth Hennessy Kathleen Hinchman Casey Holmes Fee Judy Huckle Kathryn Huftalen Sofia Hvozda Diana Ingraham Milkovic Wanda Irish Sue Jones Daniel & Janet Jones Roberta Jones Laura & Ed Jordan Alexander Joseph Michael & Audrey Kane Randy Karcher Kathy Kennedy Jean Kimber Alan Kinney Janice Kophen Neil & Marie LaBrake Kathleen LaGrow Amanda Lee David & Cindy Lewis Michael & Jean Loftus Susan Lotierzo Michael Madigan Julia & James Mahaney Jon Maloff Paul Manfredo Paul Marshall John Mathiason Douglas & Randi Matousek Roberta Matthews John & Mary McCulley Philip & Martha McDowell Linda McKeown Timothy McLaughlin & Diane Cass Howard McLaughlin & Mary O'Hara Thomas & Mary Lou Mees Eckart & Mary Meisterfeld Marcia & Dave Mele Ben & Julie Merchant David Michel & Peggy Liuzzi Dr. Merrill L. Miller Thomas Miller & Mary MacBlane Gail Mitchell Julian & Jennifer Modesti

Don Moore Susan Moore-Palumbo & Frank Palumbo Joseph Moorman & Catherine Gerard Wendy Neikirk Rhodes & Adrian Rhodes Michael Newman Katharine O'Connell Vickie Olcott Jane Ondich Bryan O'Quinn John & Elizabeth O'Sullivan John & Linda Parsons Thomas & Eleanor Pendergast William & Merriette Pollard Kevin & Rachel Porter Duane & Karleen Preske Charles & Patricia Prutzman Steve & Kate Pynn Ed Rahn & Lynn Wiegand Scott Reinhart Jacqueline Rich William & Gretchen Roberts Mary Roberts Bailey Stacy Roberts Mary Rose Ranieri Ann Rothschild Rocco Rufo Margaret Ryniker John & Judy Sabene Richard & Jill Sargent Jennifer Scalione Jeffrey & Abby Scheer Susan Scheuerman Edwina Schleider Julia Scialla Ruth Seaman Mike & Marilyn Sees Scott & Nancy Sellers Margaret Shackell Roger & Nancy Sharp Steven & Robin Sisskind Madeline Slate David Smith Alan & Jean Smith William Smith Paul & Jean Soper Mark & Beth Steigerwald Gabriella Sterkel Bethany Stewart Susan Stred & Harold Husovsky Martha Sutter & David Ross Kristin & Steve Swift Brady Systems

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Martin & Jackie Talcik Ron Thiele & Lynne Pascale James Traver & Marguerite Conan John & Jean Tromans Aaron Tussing Bob & Claudia Visalli

Timothy & Nancy Volk Marcia Walsh Tom & Desiree Wight Matthew & Sonya Williams Roger & Carolyn Williams Deborah Wood Samuel & Robin Young

Leslie & Jerry Zaborsky Joyce Zadzilka Stephen & Patricia Zalewski Steven & Judith Zdep

The gifts listed in this program include those received or pledged between September 30, 2023 and September 30, 2024. 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!

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S Y R A C U S E S TA G E S TA F F

Artistic Director.............................................................................................................Robert Hupp Interim Managing Director....................................................................................Michael McCurdy Associate Artistic Director............................................................................................Melissa Crespo Resident Playwright..............................................................................................................Kyle Bass

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Director of Production Operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann Associate Director of Production Operations.......................................................Stuart Plymesser 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..............................................................................................Emma Thoms† Work Study Employee........................................................................................Chase Brown†

Scenic Charge Artist...................................................................................................Emily Holm Lead Scenic Artist................................................................................................Laurel Arnold Scenic Painter....................................................................................................Jessica Culligan Props Supervisor............................................................................................................Mara Rich Craftpersons....................................................................................Alexis Frizzell, Nora Galley Student Employees................................................................Maddy Clark†, Natalie Steinberg† 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.........................................................................................Sandra Knapp Wardrobe Supervisor.........................................................................................Dylinn Andrew Student Employee...............................................................................................Amaya Evans† Electrics and Projection Supervisor...............................................................................Jed Daniels Associate Electrics and Projection Supervisor......................................................Andy LiDestri Electricians/Board Operators..............................................................Kat Larrabee, Alex Malli Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer.....................................................Jacqueline R. Herter Audio Engineer...............................................................................................Kevin O’Connor Sound Engineer....................................................................................................Garrett Frink Stage Management Production Assistants.............................................Katie Barnes, Erin C Brett

Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama.

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Interim Managing Director....................................................................................Michael McCurdy Comptroller..............................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale Associate General Manager...................................................................................Jacob G. Ellison Director of Information Management & Technology...................................Garrett Diaz-Wheeler General Management Intern..................................................................................Maya Royston† Director of Development.............................................................................................Ana Díaz-Diez Development Associate.....................................................................................Candice Bermudez Development Assistant/Executive Assistant..................................................................Julia Rakus Development Interns.................................................................Yushan Deng†, Amanda Pothurst† Director of Community Engagement..................................................................Joann Maria Yarrow Director of Education.......................................................................................................Kate Laissle Community Engagement and Education Coordinator.....................................................Zizi Majid Education Interns.........................................................................Phineas Roy†, Lauren Schweers† 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 Associate...............................................................................Talia Gabriel-Shenandoah Marketing Intern....................................................................................................Amelia Brown† Box Office Manager.....................................................................................Courtney Richardson Assistant Box Office Manager.....................................................................Ahmanee Simmons Box Office Show Supervisor.................................................................................Trevor Miller

Box Office Assistants...................................Clari Atherlay, Ro Harless Glatts†, Ben Simpson†, Isaiah Tucker†, Emma Waterhouse†, Gracie Whaley†, Maya Zepeda†

Box Office Intern............................................................................................Kat Stephenson† Audience Services Manager.......................................................................................Korrie Taylor House Managers.....................Pat Condello, Ella Lafontant, Alyssa Otoski-Keim, Adam Secor Front of House Associate...................................................................................Donna Stuccio Assistant House Manager.......................................................................................Kevin Sene† Bartenders.................................................................................Michelle Cannizzo, Meg Pusey Audience Services Interns.....................................................................Ginger Bai†, Youran Li†

Front of House Work Study Staff...........................Hope Allen†, Emilee Asa†, GB Bellamy†, Lilly Colter Berget†, Carolyn Burch†, Olivia Busche†, Josie Diodato†, Sami English , Skye Faison†, Violet Lanciloti†, Nathaly Juarez Meza†, Annabelle Mistretta†, †

Lily Nelson†, Reyna Sanchez†, Esme Schaus†, Isbella Tokarz†, Gracie Whaley†, Logan Wilbanks-Davidson†, Elise Wobbe†, Maya Zepeda† Sign Language Interpreters.....................................................................Brenda Brown, Sue Freeman Open Captioning........................................................................Jacob G. Ellison, Michael McCurdy Audio Description........Kate Laissle, Talia Gabriel-Shenandoah, Ahmanee Simmons, Joseph Whelan Community Services Officers...........................................................Stacey Emmons, Martha Farmer Custodians........................................................................Tony Rogers, Ron Taylor, Candace Velario

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S S E I E I R R O O T T S S YYOOUURR CITIZEN JAMES, OR THE YOUNG MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY

PRIMARY TRUST

AUGUST 2-3, 2024

Poignant drama about embracing new beginnings.

By Kyle Bass | Directed by Joann Yarrow | Produced in partnership with 100 Black Men of Syracuse

Witness a young James Baldwin find his voice in this powerful one-man show about the author and Civil Rights activist.

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THE SECOND CITY 65TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW SEPTEMBER 18 - 29, 2024 Presented by Syracuse Stage

A hysterical touring production.

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DIAL M FOR MURDER OCTOBER 16 – NOVEMBER 3, 2024 Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher | From the original by Frederick Knott | Directed by Robert Hupp

An old-school, edge of-your-seat mystery.

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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA

By Eboni Booth | Directed by Melissa Crespo

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KING JAMES

FEBRUARY 26 – MARCH 16, 2025

By Rajiv Joseph | Directed by Jamil Jude Co-Produced with Indiana Repertory Theatre

A slam dunk of a show about unlikely friends, basketball, and LeBron James.

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SENSE AND SENSIBILITY APRIL 23 – MAY 11, 2025

By Kate Hamill | Based on the novel by Jane Austen Directed by Jason O’Connell

Love triumphs over tradition in this playful adaptation.

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THE NATIONAL PASTIME JUNE 11 – 29, 2025

A Julie Lutz Cold Read World Premiere Written by Rogelio Martinez | Directed

by Johanna McKeon

Baseball meets espionage meets psychological intrigue.

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FREE TICKETED EVENT

JANUARY 22 – FEBRUARY 9, 2025

NOVEMBER 22 – JANUARY 5, 2025 Music by Richard Rodgers | Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Adapted for the stage by Tom Briggs from the Teleplay by Robert L. Freedman | Directed by Melissa Rain Anderson | Music Direction by Brian Cimmet | Choreographed by Jessica Chen | Co-Produced with the Syracuse University Department of Drama

Glass slippers, pumpkins, and dreams-come-true.

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