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IN MEMORIAM

DEAR FRIENDS,

A short time ago Syracuse Stage lost a dear friend and steadfast ally. Lorraine Branham, Dean of Syracuse University’s S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and treasurer of our board of trustees, played a major role in the life of our theatre. Her guidance, advice, and wit will be missed; her influence and impact on this organization, and on us personally, will be long lasting. In her memory, and on behalf of the Syracuse Stage staff and board of trustees, we lovingly dedicate this production.

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Jill A. Anderson Managing Director

Robert Hupp Artistic Director

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Robert Hupp

Jill A. Anderson

Kyle Bass

Artistic Director

Managing Director

Associate Artistic Director

P R E S E N T S I N A S S O C I AT I O N W I T H G E VA T H E AT R E C E N T E R

Mark Cuddy

Christopher Mannelli

Artistic Director

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Stephen Karam DIRECTED BY

Mark Cuddy SCENIC DESIGNER

COSTUME DESIGNER

LIGHTING DESIGNER

SOUND DESIGNER

Tim Mackabee

Christina Selian

Josh Epstein

Danny Erdberg

D R A M AT U R G

S TA G E M A N A G E R

A S S I S TA N T

CASTING

Becca Poccia Hays

Laura Jane Collins

S TA G E M A N A G E R

Elissa Myers, CSA and

Stuart Plymesser

Paul Fouquet, CSA

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The Original Broadway Production of The Humans was produced by Scott Rudin, Barry Diller, Roundabout Theatre Company, Fox Theatricals, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Roy Furman, Daryl Roth, Jon B. Platt, Eli Bush, Scott M. Delman, Sonia Friedman, Amanda Lipitz, Peter May, Stephanie P. McClelland, Lauren Stein, and The Shubert Organization; Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, and John Johnson, executive producers. Commissioned and Originally Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company, New York, NY (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director; Harold Wolpert, Managing Director; Julia C. Levy, Executive Director; Sydney Beers, General Manager). The Humans had its world premiere in November 2014 at American Theater Company, Chicago, Illinois (PJ Paparelli, Artistic Director).

The Humans is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

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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 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.

SCENIC DESIGNER

COSTUME DESIGNER

Tim Mackabee

Christina Selian

LIGHTING DESIGNER

SOUND DESIGNER

Josh Epstein

Danny Erdberg

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THE CAST (in order of appearance)

Erik Blake........................................................Skip Greer Aimee Blake.......................................Madeleine Lambert Brigid Blake..................................................Regan Moro Dierdre Blake.............................................Toni DiBuono “Momo” Blake.........................................Susanne Marley Richard Saad.........................................Thamer Jendoubi

SETTING

A turn of the century ground floor/basement duplex tenement apartment in New York City’s Chinatown. 2013.

ADDITIONAL CREDITS Associate Sound Designer: Ryan Hickey Song Coach: Don Kot Stage Management Journeyman: Em Piraino Stage Management Intern: Hector Aguirre† Electrics Apprentice/Board Operator: Caitlin Weinell Sound Apprentice/Board Operator: Alex Brock Deck Crew Sub: Chris Green Wardrobe Supervisor: Sarah Stark Official Hotels for Guest Artists: The Genesee Grande Hotel, Parkview Hotel

The actors, stage manager, and assistant stage manager in this production are members of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The director of this production is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, a national theatrical labor union.

The Humans is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. † Student, Syracuse University Department of Drama

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DIR E CTO R ' S NOT E

FAMILY LOVE The Humans is a simple story of three generations of the Blake family gathering at the youngest daughter’s new apartment in NYC’s Chinatown for Thanksgiving dinner. The play occurs in “real time,” that is, from the moment lights come up on stage until the end – there is no break or jump in the action. It lasts an hour and a half or so, and in that span the family goes through loads of laughter, some tears, occasional anger – and a whole lot of love.

Family love is messy. Grown children form their own opinions, often very different than their parents. (Tell me about it . . . ) However, parents still feel the responsibility for protecting and guiding their offspring, much to the annoyance of

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their kids. And grandparents age, and sometimes leave the coherent world before their bodies do. Still, through it all, most families remain loyal to, if not each other, than to the concept of what binds them together – even if conflicts seem to pull them apart.

Playwright Stephen Karam brilliantly captures the specificity and subtleties of these interpersonal moments. Most of these moments are not big at all.

Karam challenges the idea that an “American Family Play” has to have fireworks and bloodletting. A Thanksgiving dinner is the perfect setting for all of the tender embraces and micro-aggressions to emerge.

Sure, it can be fraught with discord, but often everyone

“The Blake family in The Humans looks forward to seeing each other.

They banter, tease, and comfort each other. There is unabashed love, unshakeable loyalty, among them.”  DIRECTOR MARK CUDDY.

there is trying really hard for that NOT to happen.

The Blake family in The Humans looks forward to seeing each other. They banter, tease, and comfort each other. There is unabashed love, unshakeable loyalty, among them. The kids are forming their own lives, the parents are facing uncertain financial future, and the grandmother weaves in and out of reality.

There are fears aplenty for each of them, yet . . .

. . . despite all that, they manage to sing an Irish pub song, “The Parting Glass,” in harmony: “Lay down your fears and raise your glass.

May peace and love be with you all.”

Slainte.

–Mark Cuddy

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WHEN THE NIGHT HAS COME

BY J O S E P H W H E L AN Consider it a use for things that go bump in the night, if not a literal thumping from some unspecified corner of the darkened house, then the impact of some silent worry caroming around the “heat oppressed” brain and banishing sleep night after night. For Stephen Karam, such is the stuff that plays are made of. “I don’t know how to produce work if it’s not something that’s deeply scaring me or troubling me,” he once said.

Karam readily acknowledged to The Boston Globe that his Tony Award-win-

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ning play The Humans originated in ongoing personal anxiety “about money, his career, health issues, aging relatives, the loss of loved ones, and what he called ‘losing the romantic love of someone I cared about,’” a litany of worries that kept him up at night.

Could he write a play, he wondered, that could capture “this creeping feeling of dread and these existential fears that a lot of us carry as we move through our lives?” As he wrote, though, the play became less about individual fears and more about a family.

 PLAYWRIGHT STEPHEN KARAM. PHOTO: JESSICA ANTOLA.

“What family isn’t dealing with these kinds of things?”

Karam explained. “That’s what multi-generational families are facing all the time. There’s a young person trying to find work or figure out their career.

There’s an older person thinking about or planning for retirement. Somebody is sick or dealing with health problems.”

Karam found echoes of

these anxieties in an eclectic array of sources: a 1937 selfhelp book by Napoleon Hill called Think and Grow Rich, poems from Federico Garcia Lorca’s Poet in New York, and Sigmund Freud’s essay “The Uncanny.” Each added texture to Karam’s text.

One chapter in Think and Grow Rich identifies “six ghost fears” experienced by practically everyone at some point in life: the fear of pov-

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“Could he write a play, he wondered, that could capture “this creeping feeling of dread and these existential fears that a lot of us carry as we move through our lives?” As he wrote, though, the play became less about individual fears and more about a family.”

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“Beyond the walls of the apartment is downtown New York, a place whose psychic landscape remains scarred by the events and memories of 9/11. Apprehension and uncertainty permeate the atmosphere. ” erty, the fear of criticism, the fear of ill health, the fear of loss of love of someone, the fear of old age, and the fear of death. What if each of his characters carried the weight of one of these fears, Karam thought.

For the setting, the playwright turned to New York’s Chinatown, modeling Brigid Blake’s duplex apartment on two of his own previous domiciles.

The sparseness of the furnishings and the unfamiliar quarters create a sense of dislocation among the characters for their traditional Thanksgiving gathering. Beyond the walls of the apartment is downtown

New York, a place whose psychic landscape remains scarred by the events and memories of 9/11. Apprehension and uncertainty permeate the atmosphere.

In 1929, Lorca found eerie anxiousness as a result of the stock market crash with “cobras” hissing on “the top floors” amid “columns of blood and numbers” and “the unemployed” groaning and howling in “the dead of night” while “the Stock Exchange” becomes “a pyramid of moss.” Lorca expresses a kind of powerlessness in terrifying images.

From the outset, Karam intended to write a thriller, more Alfred Hitchcock

 [LEFT] CHINATOWN, MANHATTAN, NYC. PHOTO: NEON DEMON.

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 SIGMUND FREUD CIRCA 1921. PHOTO: MAX HALBERSTADT.

“The uncanny is that class of the frightening which leads back to what is known of old and long familiar.” than family drama. The complexity of the family dynamic, however, led him away from fully embracing that initial impulse. Still, the mysterious remained around the edges of the play, if not in gasp-inducing fright, then in a more nuanced variety akin to Freud’s analysis of the “un-

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canny,” an explication of the German terms heimlich and unheimlich.

Difficult to translate exactly, the terms refer to the “familiar” and “unfamiliar,” respectively. “The uncanny,” Freud writes, “is that class of the frightening which leads back to

 FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA.

what is known of old and long familiar.” Moreover, “among its different shades of meaning the word heimlich exhibits one which is identical with its opposite, unheimlich. . . on the one hand, it means that which is familiar and congenial, and on the other, that which is concealed and kept out of sight.” More to the point for Karam and his characters is the question, in what circumstances can the familiar “become uncanny and frightening?”

Karam is well aware that he traffics in how “the existential horrors of life” can have impact “even in the quieter moments—during an ordinary day, or moving through a dinner, just your average after-

noon.” Yet, his deep dive into despair he hopes will yield a kind of liberation.

“I really do hope that my work makes people feel less alone and that it’s the despair that takes them out of it,” he explained to Literary Hub. “I like going into the basement as far down as I can go, not because I want to drag people down into the murkiness of despair and all that’s depressing about life, but because I actually feel like that’s how you can release the kind of grip that anxiety and pain can have on your life.

“I think there is so much pain, but there is also so much joy and wonder and magic that comes with being alive.”

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“I like going into the basement as far down as I can go, not because I want to drag people down into the murkiness of despair and all that’s depressing about life, but because I actually feel like that’s how you can release the kind of grip that anxiety and pain can have on your life.”

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CAST Toni DiBuono (Dierdre Blake) is thrilled to be making her Syracuse Stage debut. Her Broadway and Off- Broadway credits include The Boys from Syracuse, Wonderful Town, Bad Habits, The Truth about Ruth, and Forbidden Broadway (Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards).

On TV she starred in the award winning PBS children’s show Mathnet, co-hosted Our Home on Lifetime, appeared in Daredevil on Netflix, and several Law & Orders as well as numerous commercials. Toni lives in New Jersey with her husband actor Michael McGrath and the daughter actress Karie Claire McGrath.

lias; Red; Last Gas; On Golden Pond; Over the Tavern; Almost, Maine; the world premiere of The House in Hydesville; American Buffalo; the world premiere of Key West; Death of a Salesman; Lobby Hero; Below the Belt; The Weir; Women Who Steal; Beast on the Moon; The Triumph of Love, and Geometric Digression of the Species (for the 2000 Fielding Nextstage opening). Regional credits include seven seasons in the resident acting company of Sacramento Theatre Company, San Jose Repertory Company, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts, and Garry Marshall’s Falcon Theatre in Los Angeles where he directed Jack Klugman, Charles Durning, and Paul Dooley in Carter Lewis’ Golf With Alan Shepard. Film and TV credits include Bloodhounds, L.A. Law, and VR5. Mr. Greer has toured Europe, Africa, Indonesia, New Zealand, Australia, and the Cook Islands teaching and performing.

Skip Greer (Erik Blake) serves as artist in residence and director of education at Geva Theatre Center. For Geva he has acted in To Kill a Mockingbird (Atticus Finch), Clybourne Park (Russ/Dan), You Can’t Take It With You (Paul Sycamore), Superior Donuts (Arthur Przybyszewski), The Music Man (Mayor Shinn), Evie’s Waltz (Clay), Hamlet (Ghost, Player King), 1776 (John Hancock), House and Garden (Giles), Art (Serge), Twelve Angry Men (Juror #1), A Girl’s Life (Ken), Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (Alexander), The Illusion (Alcandre), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Sagot), and State of the Union (Spike McManus). Directing credits at Geva include the world premiere of Hard Cell; Steel Magno-

Thamer Jendoubi (Richard Saad) is a native New York-based actor and comedian. In September, he performed at his first regional theatre in Salt Lake City in Pioneer Theater Company’s production of Oslo and he is so excited to get to work at Syracuse Stage on this fantastic play. New York credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Prophet, Haram! Iran!, Racquetball,

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GALA HONOREES Chancellor Kent Syverud & Dr. Ruth Chen, June 8, 2018 Robert Moss, June 16, 2017 Tim Bond, June 10, 2016 Diana C. Coles, June 10, 2016 Barbara Beckos, June 10, 2016 Bethaida González, June 19, 2015 James A. Clark, June 7, 2014 Jack H. Webb, June 14, 2013 Dr. Louis G. Marcoccia, June 15, 2012

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CAST and A Lonely Night in Coney Island.

He trained in New York City at the Maggie Flanigan Studio and earned his M.A. in acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the United Kingdom. Love and thanks to my parents and brother who have supported me on this journey and the team at BWA for all their hard work and belief.

Susanne Marley (“Momo” Blake) returns to Syracuse Stage where she appeared in the awardwinning production of Wit during the 20002001 season and, as well, even earlier in the Ice Age in the tap dancing extravaganza, Stepping Out. Broadway credits include The Humans from its Off-Broadway run through the run on Broadway, where she played and covered “Momo.” She also covered and performed the roles of Violet and Mattie Fae Weston in August: Osage County. National tours include The Humans (cover for “Momo”); Angels in America/ Perestroika (Hannah). Off-Broadway credits include John Malkovich’s Balm in Gilead; Fool For Love; How the Other Half Loves; Other People’s Money; Romeo and Juliet; and God’s Daughter. She played Violet Weston in August: Osage County at the Human Race Theatre Company, SBCC’s Garvin Theatre in Santa Barbara, and at the Arkansas Rep. TV credits include All My Children, Law & Order: CI, and HBO Hardcore Comedy Special.

Regan Moro (Brigid Blake) is thrilled to make her Syracuse Stage debut in The Humans. Regional credits include work at Playwrights Horizons, La Jolla Playhouse, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Theatreworks Silicon Valley. She has also workshopped plays with New Georges, the Drama League, and The Mad Ones. Regan

Madeleine Lambert (Aimee Blake) is thrilled to return to Syracuse Stage having played L’il Bit in How I Learned to Drive (SALT Award 2017, Leading Actress in a Play). Other theatre credits: The Humans (Geva Theatre Center); How I Learned to Drive (Cleveland Play House); The Agitators (Geva Theatre Center); 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas (Lookingglass Theatre Company); Steel Magnolias, A Christmas Carol (Trinity Repertory Company); The Children’s Hour, Marie Antoinette, Blackbird, Anne Boleyn (The Gamm Theatre); Cock, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater); Uncle Jack (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre); Grounded, Middletown, At The Vanishing Point (Manbites Dog Theatre Company). Television credits: Empire and Chicago PD. Madeleine received her M.F.A. in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep and her B.A. from Duke University. She is a graduate of and instructor at The School at Steppenwolf and an adjunct faculty member in the Theater Studies Department at Duke University. Madeleine is an award-winning audiobook narrator.

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CAST is a member of the UV Theatre Collective in Chicago, where she recently played Natasha in Three Sisters to culminate the company’s four-year artistic residency at the Ragdale Foundation. She was an acting apprentice in the 2016-2017 Professional Training Company at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, where

she performed in the 43rd Humana Festival of New American Plays and is a proud graduate of the University of Michigan, where she played Kate Keller in the centennial production of All My Sons directed by Wendy C. Goldberg. My special gratitude to Pirronne Yousefzadeh and all the love in the world to my family and friends.

A R T I S T I C S TA F F Tim Mackabee (Scenic Designer).

Broadway: The Elephant Man (starring Bradley Cooper), Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (dir. Spike Lee).

West End: The Elephant Man. OffBroadway: Heathers The Musical, The Last Match (Roundabout), Vietgone, Important Hats of the Twentieth Century (MTC), Guards at the Taj (Lortel Award), Describe The Night, The Penitent, Our New Girl (Atlantic), Luce (LCT), Gigantic (Vineyard), Much Ado About Nothing (Public).

TV: Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (HBO), Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (HBO), Gotham, Smash, The Today Show. Education: North Carolina School of the Arts, Yale School of Drama. timothymackabeedesign. com, @timmackabeedesign.

York City working for the Riverside Shakespeare Company, Theatre for the Open Eye and The Actor’s Outlet. Ms. Selian later became an artistin-residence with the Boston-based TheatreWorks, where she met her husband Mark Cuddy. For three seasons, she was associate producer of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, where she established and directed the apprentice program and was assistant director for Othello, The Comedy of Errors, and Sherlock Holmes. When not designing, Ms. Selian teaches craft sewing classes to children out of her home studio.

Josh Epstein (Lighting Designer).

Designs for Geva Theatre Center include The Other Josh Cohen and Other Than Honorable. He has designed lighting at many of the top regional theatres in the country including the Guthrie Theater, Mark Taper Forum, Arena Stage, Goodman Theater, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Trinity Repertory Company, Baltimore Center Stage,

Christina Selian (Costume Designer) has designed costumes for The Road to Where, Superior Donuts, Evie’s Waltz, Tuesdays with Morrie, Below the Belt and Art at Geva Theatre Center and served as assistant director for Beast on the Moon. She graduated from Emerson College and began her professional career in New

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A R T I S T I C S TA F F Long Wharf Theatre, Paper Mill Playhouse, Alliance Theater, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville, Playmakers Repertory and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park. He is also a lecturer at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and USC’s School of Dramatic Arts. Josh is an LA Ovation Award-winner, a Knight of Illumination nominee and a recipient of the NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Designers. In addition, he serves on the O’Neill Playwrights Conference Artistic Council. Josh received his M.F.A. from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three daughters. www.joshepsteindesign.com

Danny is an adjunct faculty member at Tisch/NYU, a member USA829, IATSE, SDC, and a proud graduate of Northwestern University.

Becca Poccia Hays (Dramaturg) is in her seventh season at Geva Theatre Center, where she serves as assistant literary director. Past dramaturgy credits at Geva include Hard Cell, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Lake Effect, Miracle on South Division Street, The Road to Where, Katherine’s Colored Lieutenant, Tinker to Evers to Chance, and All Your Questions Answered. Becca also serves as Geva’s venue manager for the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival. She holds an M.F.A. in Dramaturgy from Columbia University and also works as a freelance dramaturg; favorite credits include Goliath (Planet Connections Theatre Festivity) and the world premieres of AK-47 Sing Along (New York International Fringe Festival), Lifetime Fairytale (Columbia Stages), Dirt: Part 1 (Enthuse Theater) and Foreign Wars (Random Access Theatre).

Danny Erdberg (Sound Designer).

Designs at Geva Theatre Center include the sound for Hair, In the Heights, Rooms, Five Course Love, and The Lion. Daniel’s work has appeared at numerous New York theatres, including The Public, Roundabout, City Center, 59E59, Atlantic, Prospect, and HERE. Highlights include the American premiere of Caryl Churchill’s Drunk Enough to Say I Love You, Mike Daisey’s Last Cargo Cult, and Time it Was with Bill Irwin. Regional credits include Arena Stage, Milwaukee Rep, ACT, Virginia Stage Company, Merrimack Rep and Long Wharf, as well as shows in Korea, Japan, China, Canada, and Cuba. He is a frequent Broadway associate designer, where credits include Significant Other, Violet, The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Heiress, and The Nance.

Laura Jane Collins (Stage Manager) returns for her ninth season with Syracuse Stage and was a part of the stage management team for Noises Off, Elf The Musical, and Native Gardens. Regional credits include: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Next to Normal, The Magic Play, Disgraced, Stupid F***ing Bird, The Piano Lesson, Chinglish, Scorched, and The Boys Next Door (Syracuse Stage); The Foreigner, Third, The Hound of the

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A R T I S T I C S TA F F Baskervilles, Around the World in 80 Days (Hangar Theatre); Anne of Green Gables: A New Folk Rock Musical, Murder For Two, Ghost: The Musical (Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival). Dance production credits include: Slightly Sinful, Ballet on the Edge, The Nutcracker (Rochester City Ballet, under the direction of David Palmer). LJ is a graduate of the stage management program in Syracuse University’s Department of Drama.

Elissa Myers Casting, Paul Fouquet, CSA, (Casting) has been in operation for over 30 years. Projects include: For PBS Poisoner’s Handbook, Becoming Helen Keller, and the mini-series Mystery of Matter. Other PBS projects include The Abolitionists, Dolly Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John and Abigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin (Emmy Award), Liberty (Peabody Award), God in America, People vs. Leo Frank, Louisa May Alcott, as well as PBS Great Performances (Artios Award in Outstanding Achievement in Casting), Murder of a President for American Experience, and Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive. Additionally, three Movies of the Week, as well as five pilots.

Feature films include Hank and Asha (Audience Award at Slamdance 2013 and five other festival awards), and The Union. Theatre includes seven Broadway shows, including the Tonynominated Having Our Say, as well as twenty-six Off-Broadway shows. Regional theatre casting in the past two years includes Denver Center Theatre, Geva Theatre Center, Cleveland Play House, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Magic Theatre, Arena Stage, Alley Theatre, George Street Playhouse, Cape Playhouse, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Arizona Theatre Company. The office has so far received sixteen nominations and has won three Artios Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Casting.

Stuart Plymesser (Assistant Stage Manager) is in his 22nd season at Syracuse Stage where he has stage managed around 100 plays, musicals, and special events, working with such talents as Olympia Dukakis, Frank Langella, Elizabeth Franz, and Phylicia Rashad. Stuart has worked at numerous regional theatres around the country and in Cape Town, South Africa, and has toured nationally. Locally, he has also stage managed events for Syracuse Fashion Week. In addition, Stuart is adjunct faculty for Syracuse University’s Department of Drama and has been a guest speaker/lecturer at Ithaca College, Wells College, SUNY Oswego, and the Zabalaza Festival in Cape Town. Stuart is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers, as well as the United States Aikido Federation.

CO-PRODUCER Geva Theatre Center (Co-Producer).

Now in its 47th Season, Geva Theatre Center is a not-for-profit, profes-

sional theatre company dedicated to creating and producing professional theatre productions, programs, and

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is proud to be a sponsor of Syracuse Stage’s 46th season.

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CO-PRODUCER services of a national standard. As Rochester’s leading professional theatre, Geva Theatre Center is the most attended regional theatre in New York State, and one of the 25 most subscribed in the country, serving up to 160,000 patrons annually, including more than 16,000 students.

The 516-seat Elaine P. Wilson Stage is home to a wide variety of performances, from musicals to American and world classics. The 180-seat Ron & Donna Fielding Stage is home to Geva’s own series of contemporary

drama, comedy, and musical theatre; Geva’s New Play Reading Series and the Hornets’ Nest - an innovative play-reading series facilitating community-wide discussion on controversial topics. In addition, the Fielding Stage hosts visiting companies of both local and international renown.

Geva Theatre Center offers a wide variety of educational, outreach and literary programs, nurturing audiences and artists alike. Since 1995, the organization has been under the artistic direction of Mark Cuddy.

DIRECTOR Mark Cuddy is in his twenty-fourth season as artistic director of Geva Theatre Center. This season, in addition to The Humans, he directed A Christmas Carol and will direct the revival of Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End. Last season, he directed A Christmas Carol and Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End and appeared in the world premiere of Heartland. Mr. Cuddy is well known for his staging of premieres, contemporary comedies and musical theatre. Among his Geva Theatre Center productions have been Private Lives, Sylvia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Good People, The Road to Where (world premiere), Clybourne Park, Pump Boys and Dinettes, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs, You Can’t Take It With You, Company, Superior Donuts, The Music Man, Five Course Love, Fences, Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Story, Pride and Prejudice (which he also co-adapted),

Bad Dates, Our Town, Tuesdays With Morrie, Urinetown, Splitting Infinity, Vigil, A Chorus Line, Hamlet, That Was Then (American premiere), Convenience (world premiere musical); 1776, Proof; the world premiere of Thornton Wilder’s Theophilus North which was also seen at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., The Miser, the East Coast premieres of both House and Garden, Quilters, Art, Famous Orpheus (world premiere musical) with Garth Fagan Dance, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour with the RPO, Golf With Alan Shepard, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, and State of the Union. In 2013 he was also appointed the producer and chief executive of The Cape Playhouse in Dennis, MA. Prior to his tenure at Geva Theatre Center, Mr. Cuddy directed a number of world and American classics while artistic director of the Idaho Shakespeare Festival and Sacramento Theatre Company.

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P L AY W R I G H T Stephen Karam. Plays include The Humans (Tony Award, Obie Award for Playwriting, Drama Critics’ Circle Award, and Pulitzer Prize finalist), Sons of the Prophet (Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Pulitzer Prize finalist), and Speech & Debate. His adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard premiered on Broadway as part of Roundabout’s 2016 season;

his film adaptation of The Seagull starring Annette Bening premiered in 2018.

Recent honors include two Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Lucille Lortel Award, a Drama League Award, and a Hull-Warriner Award.

Stephen is a graduate of Brown University and grew up in Scranton, PA. www.stephenkaram.com

R O U N D A B O U T T H E AT R E C O M PA N Y include Anna Christie (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival), She Loves Me (Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, and Olivier Awards for Best Revival of a Musical), Nine (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival of a Musical), Assassins (Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Revival of a Musical), Intimate Apparel (Outer Critics Circle and Audelco Awards for Best Off-Broadway Play), Twelve Angry Men (Drama Desk and Outer Critic’s Circle Awards for Outstanding Revival of a Play), The Pajama Game (Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical), and Cabaret (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Revival of a Musical), one of the longest running musical revivals in Broadway history.

Since 1995, when Roundabout expanded its repertoire to include premieres of new plays, the company has produced works by such talented writers as Brian Friel, Paula Vogel, Richard Greenberg, Lynn Nottage, Beth Henley, Harold Pinter, and Jon Robin Baitz. The Man Who Came to

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) was founded in 1965 and has grown from a small 150-seat theatre in a converted supermarket basement to become one of America’s most significant producers of theatre. This not-for-profit company, with more than 44,000 season subscribers, is committed to producing definitive productions of classic plays and musicals alongside new plays by today’s writers, ensuring that audiences and artists alike have access to high-quality, professional stagings of important works of world literature. With three distinctive homes, the American Airlines Theatre, Studio 54, and the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre/Laura Pels Theatre/Black Box Theatre, Roundabout has the unique opportunity to showcase these works in a venue perfectly suited to enhance the production. Since moving to Broadway in 1991, Roundabout productions have received 150 Tony nominations, 135 Drama Desk nominations, and 154 Outer Critics Circle nominations. Production highlights

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R O U N D A B O U T T H E AT R E C O M PA N Y Dinner, the first production at the American Airlines Theatre on 42nd Street in 2000, and the star-studded production of The Women in June 2002 have been seen on channel Thirteen/WNET and other PBS stations nationally. Beyond its work on stage, Roundabout is recognized as a national leader in audience development and offers a comprehensive program of initiatives, including the Social Series, the Early Curtain Series, the Wine Series, the Gay and Lesbian Series, HIPTIX (targeting young professionals), and related humanities events and publications.

Roundabout launched Access Roundabout, a program which offered over 22,000 dramatically discounted tickets during the 2007-2008

season. In addition, through arts education programs, Roundabout reaches more than 7,000 New York City public high school students and their teachers each year. With a focus on in-depth programming, these activities range from partnerships with two New Century High Schools (a NYC Department of Education Initiative) and professional development for teachers to in-school year-long residencies and student matinees at its Broadway and OffBroadway theatres. Through national tours, live broadcasts, education and outreach programs, and its work on three stages, Roundabout touches the lives of millions of theatergoers, students, and artists across the country.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Robert Hupp is in his third season as artistic director of Syracuse Stage.

He recently directed 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,

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR the Theatre Communications Group, the New Jersey State Council of the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. While in Arkansas, Robert was named both Non-Profit Executive of the Year by

the Arkansas Business Publishing Group, and Individual Artist of the year by the Arkansas Arts Council.

He and his wife Clea ride herd over a blended family of five children, one dog, and two cats.

MANAGING DIRECTOR in Hiiumaa, Estonia. Previously, Jill spent five years in the production office at Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage, after working as a stage manager in Minnesota, New Mexico, and Massachusetts. In addition to her work at Stage, Jill is an instructor in the Theater Management program of the Syracuse University Department of Drama, building on her work with high school and college students elsewhere, including at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Jill was recognized as part of the Central New York Business Journal’s “40 Under Forty” awards in 2017 and has served on numerous municipal and non-profit boards. Jill is a proud cheesehead, hailing from Marshfield, Wisconsin.

She and her husband Dave Anderson, along with their daughter, are pleased to call Central New York home.

Jill A. Anderson has served as managing director of Syracuse Stage since 2016. Jill is responsible for Stage’s nearly $6.5 million operating budget and has oversight of fundraising, marketing, and operational matters within the organization.

Prior to joining Stage, Jill spent a decade as general manager at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT. During her tenure, the O’Neill completed a $7 million capital campaign and campus expansion, doubled its operating budget, and was honored with a 2015 National Medal of Arts and the 2010 Regional Theatre Tony Award. Under the O’Neill’s aegis, Jill also developed the Baltic Playwrights Conference, an annual international new play development retreat held

A S S O C I AT E A R T I S T I C D I R E C T O R Kyle Bass is the author of Possessing Harriet, commissioned by the Onondaga Historical Association, which received its world premiere at Syracuse Stage earlier this

season, and is currently the Burke Endowed Chair for Regional Studies at Colgate University. A two-time recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (for fiction in 1998 and playwriting in 2010), a finalist for the Princess Grace Playwriting

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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 Award, and Pushcart Prize nominee, Kyle’s full-length plays include Tender Rain, Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers, and Bleecker Street. Separated, a piece of documentary theatre about the student military veterans at Syracuse University was presented at Syracuse Stage and at the Paley Center in New York, directed by Robert Hupp. Kyle is the co-author (with Ping Chong) of Cry for Peace: Voices from the Congo, which had its world premiere at Syracuse Stage and was subsequently produced at La MaMa Experimental Theatre in New York City. Kyle’s one-act plays include Fall/ Out, Theory of Night, Love is a Blue Velvet Box, Spoons, Northeast, and The Cutaneous Rabbit Illusion. Kyle has begun writing a new full-length play: Lakeview, which is set in a small city situated between a large university and a sacred but troubled body of water, and on the verge. As dramaturg, Kyle worked with acclaimed visual artist Carrie Mae Weems on her theatre piece Grace Notes: Reflections for Now, which had its world premiere at the 2016 Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina, subsequently produced at Yale Rep and the Kennedy Center. As a screen-

writer, Kyle is the co-author of the original screenplay for the film Day of Days (Broad Green Pictures, 2017), which stars award-winning veteran actor Tom Skerritt, and he is the author of the screenplay adaptation of the novel Milk by Darcy Steinke.

Kyle has been commissioned by the Society for New Music to write the libretto for an opera based on the life and music of legendry folk singer and guitarist Libba Cotten. Kyle’s plays and other writings have appeared in the journals Callaloo, Folio, and Stone Canoe, among others, and in the essay anthology Alchemy of the Word: Writers Talk about Writing. He is drama editor for the journal Stone Canoe, teaches playwriting in Syracuse University’s Department of Drama, theatre courses in the Department of African American Studies, has been guest lecturer in playwriting at Hobart & William Smith Colleges, and was faculty in the M.F.A. Creative Writing program at Goddard College from 2006 to 2018. Kyle holds an M.F.A. in Playwriting from Goddard College, and is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America.

Kyle is represented by The Barbara Hogenson Agency.

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GA L A 2 0 1 8 T H A N K Y O U T O O U R G A L A B E N E FA C T O R S Christine Larsen and Vincent Dopulos Mackenzie Hughes LLP Mangano Law Offices Fran and Sally Lou Nichols NBT Bank Michael J. Falcone, Pioneer Companies Rockacres Veterinary Hospital Solvay Bank Dr. Paul Phillips and Mrs. Sharon Sullivan

UNDERWRITERS Bank of America Merrill Lynch BPAS Crouse Health Everson Museum of Art The Hayner Hoyt Corporation JPMorgan Chase & Co. Ashley McGraw Architects, D.P.C. O’Brien & Gere Peterson Guadagnolo Engineers The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation Syracuse University

SPONSORS Advance Media New York George Bain Mark Jackson & Candace Campbell Jackson Syracuse Banana

V I P TA B L E S Michael & Jacki Goldberg National Grid

GALA SUPPORTERS PAT R O N TA B L E S

Edward S. Green & Associates LLC Neil and Helene Gold Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc. Huen Pathfinder Bank The Austin and Alesandro Group at UBS Financial Services Zellar Homes

Barclay Damon Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC Bousquet Holstein PLLC Cathedral Candle Company Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Neil and Helene Gold Bea González and Michael Leonard Hancock Estabrook, LLP

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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.

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 nonfor-profit professional theatre company founded in 1974, and a longstanding League of Resident Theatres (LORT) member. Since its inception, Stage has produced over 300 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 events, 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.

INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Syracuse Stage acknowledges with respect the Onondaga Nation, firekeepers of the Haudenosaunee, the indigenous people on whose ancestral lands we now stand.

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IN THE COMMUNITY Stage has collaborated with a myriad of institutions in the Syracuse area. Community partners include 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.

ACCESSIBILITY PERFORMANCES 2018/19 THE HUMANS

THE LAST FIVE YEARS

Sat. May 4, 3:00 S Sat. May 11, 3:00 A Wed. May 1, 2:00 O Sat. May 11, 8:00 O Sun. May 12, 2:00 O

Sat. June 8, 3:00 S Sat. June 15, 3:00 A Wed. June 5, 2:00 O Sat. June 15, 8:00 O Sun. June 16, 2:00 O

American Sign Language = S Sign Language Interpreted Performance Series supported in part by Welch Allyn, in memory of Susan Thompson. An American Sign Language Interpreted performance is offered for every production. For the most advantageous viewing, be sure to mention your interest in sign interpretation when reserving tickets.

Relaxed/Sensory-Friendly = R/SF Relaxed/Sensory-Friendly performances provide a welcoming environment that lets all patrons express themselves freely without judgment or inhibition. These live theatre experiences invite and encourage individuals with autism, ADD, ADHD, dementia, and sensory sensitivities to enjoy the performance in a "shush-free" zone. All tickets for Relaxed/Sensory-Friendly performances are $25 and include a 100% refund right up to the start of the show. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Box Office. Contact Kate Laissle at kmlaissl@syr.edu or 315-4427755 for more information.

Open Captioned = O Open Captioning is provided for two matinee performances and one evening performance of every production. A small screen, placed to the side of the stage, displays text corresponding to the play’s dialogue and other sounds. Open Captioning can be viewed from most seats in the theatre. However, for the most advantageous viewing, please contact the Box Office.

Open Captioning is supported by grants from Theatre Development Fund’s TAP Plus Praagram, NYSCA and donations from individuals and corporations.

Audio Enhancement We offer a wireless FM system for patrons with up to a 70% hearing loss. Headsets can be reserved free of charge at the Coat Room before curtain, or patrons can use their own earbuds or headphones, or with t-coil technology for those who use hearing aids equipped with a t-switch.

Audio Description = A Simultaneous live narration and pre-show description for blind and visually impaired patrons. Please call the Box Office in advance to reserve headsets.

Wheelchair Seating and Accessibility Syracuse Stage is wheelchair accessible.

Please call the Box Office at 315-443-3275 to arrange wheelchair seating.

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G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT I O N Syracuse Stage 820 East Genesee Street Syracuse, NY 13210-1508 Administration: 315-443-4008 Box Office: 315-443-3275 www.SyracuseStage.org

carry a $5 fee per ticket. Flex Pack holders may make one free exchange per show. Subscribers may make unlimited free exchanges; upgrade charges may apply.

Subscribers who missed a scheduled performance and did not exchange may use their Extra Value Coupon or purchase a missed performance pass for $5.

Group Discounts Available Available for groups of 10 or more; additional discounts for student/senior citizen groups. Contact Tracey White: 315-443-9844, trwhite@syr.edu

Latecomers In order to ensure the safety and concentration of the actors and the uninterrupted enjoyment of our patrons, latecomers will be seated at the earliest, appropriate break in the performance in the closest available seats.

M&T Bank Pay-What-You-Will We believe everyone should be able to attend Syracuse Stage performances. With this in mind, we are offering 76 tickets to one performance of each show on a pay-what-you-will basis. Dates can be found on our website. Tickets must be claimed in person at the Box Office on the day of performance only, limit of two per person. Subject to availability.

Box Office Hours The Box Office is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and two hours before each performance. Box Office phone: 315-443-3275.

Box Office fax: 315-443-1408.

Gift Certificates Call the Box Office or visit us online at SyracuseStage.org Parking Entrance to the enclosed parking garage on Irving Avenue is on the corner of Madison Street and Irving, next to the Madison-Irving Medical Building. For hours of operation and parking costs, call 315-475-4742. There is an open parking lot between Phoebe’s Restaurant and Coffee Lounge and the garage maintained by Syracuse University.

Fire Notice The exit indicated by a red sign nearest the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of an emergency, walk to that exit and follow the house staff ’s directions.

Smoking Policy The Syracuse Stage/Drama Complex is proud to be tobacco- and smoke-free. To help ensure a healthy and respectful environment, the use of all tobacco and tobacco-related products is prohibited on the property, including buildings, sidewalks, and parking areas. For more information visit: wellness.syr. edu/tobacco-free

Buy It if You Like It! Many of the items featured in our productions are available for purchase. For information contact Mary Houston, Props Master: 315-443-2437.

To Volunteer as an Usher If you would like to get a backstage view of Syracuse Stage, or would like to expand your social circle, this is the ideal opportunity for you. All we ask for is a positive attitude, a smiling face and the willingness to commit a few hours a month. Please call our House Manager at 315-443-3219 for more information.

Emergency Telephone Contact To be reached in an emergency, please leave your name and seat location at the Coat Room when you arrive.

This is the only way we can locate you. In case of an emergency you may be reached at 315-443-9922.

SyracuseStage.org Subscribe, purchase Flex Packs, gift certificates, and single tickets 24-7. Information, schedules, reviews and more.

Cell Phones For the actors’ safety and in consideration of the audience please turn off all cell phones.

Advertiser Support Syracuse Stage encourages audience members to support the businesses advertised in our program.

Taking Photos In The Theatre Audience members may take photos in the theatre before and after the performance and during intermission. If you post photos on social media or elsewhere, you must credit the production's designers by including their names, which may be found on the title page of this program.

Quiet Children Quiet children over the age of five are welcome at Syracuse Stage performances. We do ask that adults remove disruptive children to the lobby.

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.

Ticket Exchange All tickets may be exchanged. Please call the Box Office 24 hours prior to the earliest performance involved in the exchange. Single ticket exchanges

Beverage Policy Only drinks in Syracuse Stage’s Approved Theatre Containers may be brought into the theatre. Those containers are available for purchase at the Gift Shop in the Coyne Lobby and at the bar.

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DEPARTMENT OF DRAMA

THE LAST FIVE YEARS

GOOD KIDS

WRITTEN AND COMPOSED BY JASON ROBERT BROWN DIRECTED BY JASON ALEXANDER | MUSIC DIRECTION

BY BRIAN CIMMET | MAY 29 - JUNE 16 OPENING NIGHT MAY 31

B Y NAOMI II ZUK A DIR E C TE D B Y H OL LY THUMA MAY 3 - 11 | OPENING NIGHT: MAY 4

A hard-hitting and clear-eyed look at the troubling aftermath of the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl by members of a high school football team. Based on actual events, Good Kids examines how social media makes private lives public in ways we don’t always anticipate and can’t always control. At the same time, it sheds light on issues that are often treated as isolated incidents – but which, in truth, reflect attitudes and beliefs prevalent in the culture at large.

Jason Alexander (TV’s Seinfeld, Tony Award Jerome Robbins’ Broadway) directs The Last Five Years, Jason Robert Brown’s emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two young New Yorkers who fall in and out of love. Cathy is an aspiring musical theatre performer, Jamie a novelist whose star is on the rise. He tells their story from the beginning, she from the end. With beautiful music and alternately humorous and heartfelt lyrics, The Last Five Years is a sincere and unflinching expression of love gained and lost.

The Last Five Years has been performed around the country and around the world and enjoyed an Off-Broadway revival at Second Stage in 2013 and a film adaptation in 2014, starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan. “. . . irresistible music and lyrics that break your heart while they satisfy your mind and move your body in its seat.” – Theatermania.com 55

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

Rick Shirtz Regional President NBT Bank PRESIDENT

Bea González Vice President for Community Engagement Syracuse University CHAIR-ELECT

Nancy Green President Edward S. Green & Associates VICE CHAIR

Janet Audunson Assistant General Counsel National Grid VICE CHAIR

Larry Harris EVP and CFO Saab Defense and Security, USA VICE CHAIR

Melvin T. Stith Dean Emeritus, Whitman School of Management Syracuse University VICE CHAIR

Phil Turner Pastor Bethany Baptist Church TREASURER

Lorraine Branham Dean/Professor, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Syracuse University SECRETARY

Sharon Sullivan Community Volunteer Jill Anderson** Managing Director Syracuse Stage

Steve Chase Senior Vice President BPAS Robin Curtis Zellar Homes/Berkshire Hathaway CNY Realty Richard Driscoll Sr. Commercial Banking Relationship Manager Commercial Banking Division NBT Bank Herman R. Frazier Senior Deputy Athletics Director Syracuse University Helene Gold Private Voice & Piano Instructor Neil Gold Retired VP Gold Pure Food Products Jacki Goldberg VP Fundraising Syracuse Stage John Huhtala Relationship Manager Middle Market Commercial Banking Chase Robert Hupp** Artistic Director Syracuse Stage Rebecca Karpoff Professor of Practice, Musical Theater/Coordinator of Vocal Instruction, Musical Theater Syracuse University Department of Drama Kathy Kelly Health Educator, PNP, retired Larry Leatherman Retired Bristol-Myers Squibb, MOST

George S. Bain Freelance Editor and Writer

Dan Lent Vice President Solvay Bank

Barbara Beckos Retired Syracuse Stage

Anthony Malavenda Duke’s Root Control

Dan Berman Partner Hancock Estabrook, LLP Sandra Brown President Grandma Brown’s Beans, Inc. Nancy Byrne Community Volunteer

Rocco Mangano Partner Mangano Law Office, PLLC Julia Martin Partner Bousquet Holstein Kevin R. McAuliffe Partner Barclay Damon

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Suzanne McAuliffe Retired Educator Rod McDonald Bond, Schoeneck & King Samantha Millier Associate Attorney Mackenzie Hughes LLP Molly Mulvihill VP, Market Manager Enterprise Business & Community Engagement Bank of America Fran Nichols Chair Emeritus, Syracuse Stage Eric Mower + Associates Marc Nichols Executive VP & General Counsel SAAB USA, LLC. Virginia Parker Retired Educator Annette Peters Marketing Director Syracuse Media Group Kendall Phillips Associate Dean, Global Academic Programs and Initiatives Syracuse University Amir Rahnamay-Azar Chief Financial Officer Syracuse University Molly Ryan Partner, Goldberg Segalla LLP Robert Sarason Retired Lawyer, Organizer, Fundraiser L. John Steigerwald IV Marketing and Sales Representative Cathedral Candle Company Cora Thomas Radio Host and Office Manager, WAER Michael S. Tick Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts Syracuse University Ralph Zito** Chair Syracuse University Department of Drama Michael Zoanetti VP Senior Wealth Advisor Tompkins Financial Advisors **Ex-Officio

S Y R A C U S E S TA G E E M E R I T U S C I R C L E We are grateful to the following individuals who have served as Members of the Stage Board of Trustees and continue to support Syracuse Stage at the Circle level.

Jim Breuer Mary Beth Carmen Joan Green Elizabeth Hartnett

Jack Mannion Margaret Martin Eric Mower Judy Mower

Michael Shende Jack Webb

SYRACUSE STAGE EDUCATION ADVOCACY BOARD Sara Bambino

Elizabeth Defurio

Linda Ponza

CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE

NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

SOLVAY HIGH SCHOOL

David Fisselbrand

Jennifer Sabatino

AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL

CATO-MERIDIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL

Todd Benware CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY

Melissa Morgan

Jordan Berger

BAKER HIGH SCHOOL

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

Matthew Phillips

Rhiannon Berry

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL

Y O U N G A D U LT C O U N C I L Samantha Aitken

Ryan Dunn

Nancy O’Connor

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

FAYETTEVILLE-MANLIUS HIGH SCHOOL

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

Emma Baker

Garrett Frink

Tyler Piper

NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOL

JORDAN-ELBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

Chloe Butler

Chloe Hill

Victoria Sayre

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

PAUL V. MOORE HIGH SCHOOL

MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOL

Derek Caldeira

Lauren Lammers

Aiden Southworth

FABIUS POMPEY HIGH SCHOOL

C.W. BAKER HIGH SCHOOL.

PHOENIX HIGH SCHOOL

Emma Clardy

Joe McCurdy

Peyton VanBoden

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL

HOMESCHOOLED

Cami Cortez

Jade McKenney

Eleanor Wester

WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL

NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL

CAZENOVIA CENTRAL SCHOOL

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SYRACUSE STAGE ANNUAL 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

J.M. McDonald Foundation

Contributions listed above are current as of March 27, 2019 and reflect operating support of $2,800+ and inkind donations of $10,000+.

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INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, & GOVERNMENT GIFTS New and increased gifts this season will be matched by The Richard Mather Fund. $100,000+ Syracuse University $75,000 - $99,999 Nancy & Bill Byrne The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation $50,000 - $74,999 Advance Media New York CNY Arts, Inc Destiny USA The Shubert Foundation $20,000 - $49,999 CNY Community Foundation iHeartMedia Richard Mather Fund $15,000 - $19,999 Allyn Family Foundation Howard L. Green Foundation, Inc. M&T Bank NBT Bancorp Inc Benefactors Circle $10,000 - $14,999 AXA Foundation George Bain Bank of America Business Journal News Network Cumulus Media Paul Phillips & Sharon Sullivan Urban CNY WAER WRVO Founders Circle $7,500 - $9,999 JP Morgan Chase Mary & Larry Leatherman Elinor Spring-Mills & Darvin Varon Playwrights Circle $5,000 - $7,499 AnCor Inc. Richard Bunce Carrier Corporation

Cathedral Candle Company Fred L. Emerson Foundation Inc. Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Fidelity Charitable Michael & Barbara Flintrop Rosamond Gifford Foundation Helene & Neil Gold Michael & Jacki Goldberg Gail Hamner & Daniel Bingham Peter & Brigitte Herzog J.M. McDonald Foundation Nancy Kramer & Doug Sutherland LeChase Construction Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Employees Federated Fund Suzanne & Kevin McAuliffe Eric & Judy Mower Sally Lou & Fran Nichols Pathfinder Bank Raymour & Flanigan Furniture Patricia & Melvin Stith SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse Symposium: Stories Tompkins Trust Company Wegmans Producers Circle $2,800 - $4,999 Janet Audunson & David Youlen Bank of New York Mellon Jane Burkhead & Robert Sarason Mary Beth & Pete Carmen Margaret, Amy & Bob Currier Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Melvin & Mildred Eggers Family Charitable Foundation Sandra Lee Fenske & Joe Silberlicht

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Grandma Brown Foundation Larry & Ann Harris Roberta & Rocco Mangano National Grid Frederick & Virginia Parker Selma Radin Syracuse New Times Theatre Development Fund, Inc. Directors Circle $1,500 - $2,799 Maria & Paul Badami Kyle Bass Barbara Beckos & Art McDonald Boeheim Foundation Kris & Jeffrey Bogart Lorraine Branham & Melvin Williams Jim & Cathy Breuer Sandra L. Brown Craig & Kathy Byrum Peter Cannavo & Helen Jacoby James Clark & Sharon Gordon Kristin & Sidney Cominsky Bob & Bobbie Constable Robin Curtis & David Zellar Edward & Susan Downing Dick & Therese Driscoll Peggy & Dana Dudarchik Mary Ann Finn Frank and Frances Revoir Foundation Herman Frazier Barb Genton Bea Gonzalez & Michael Leonard Nancy Green & Tony Marschall Joan Green The Haines Family David and Sally Hootnick Robert & Clea Hupp Elaine & Steve Jacobs Jewish Community Foundation of Central New York Randy & Elizabeth Kalish

Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner Leslie Kohman & Jeffrey Smith KPMG, LLP Daniel & Ann Lent Andrew S. London, Ph.D. & Alan E. Curle, MD John FX Mannion & Stephanie Miner Julia & Lee Martin Martine Burat & Anthony Malavenda Pete & Betsy McKinnell Molly & Kevin Mulvihill Sheila & John Parker Rosemary S. Pooler Dr. Amir Rahnamay-Azar Rissa & Michael Ratner Molly Ryan & Tim Byrnes Elaine & Michael Shende Margaret & Richard Shirtz George & Rita Soufleris Dr. & Mrs. Sam Spalding David & Dierdre Stam Raymond & Linda Straub Cindy Sutton & Family Peter & Cherry Thun Michael & Cathy Tick Linda & Jack Webb Glenda & Larry Wetzel Woodbine Group, Inc Dr. Yu & Mr. Qi Michael & Laurie Zoanetti Star $1,000 - $1,499 Jill & Dave Anderson Bankers Healthcare Group Bousquet Holstein PLLC Candace Campbell Jackson & Mark Jackson Steven & Seanne Chase Joan Christy George Curry Paula Dendis John Druke Marya and John Frantz Karen & Daniel Fuleihan Edward S. Green & Associates Winnie Greenberg Hampton Inn & Suites Syracuse North Joyce Homan John & Kimberly Huhtala Sandra Hurd & Joel Potash Dr Lawrence Myers Paciorek Orthodontics David & Janice Panasci

Annette & Kenneth Peters Sutton Companies Gregg Tripoli Welch Allyn Joanne Zinsmeister Yarwood Leading Role $500 - $999 George & Sandra Abbott American Endowment Foundation Anaren Anoplate Corp.

Marion Barbero Daniel & Sarah Berman Kathleen Bice Carrie Lazarus and Dave Birchenough Audrey & William Boyd Marlene A. Brown Craig Buckhout Drs. Jayne and Larry Charlamb CNY Latino Roger & Naomi DeMuth Stephen & Catherine DiMarco Don Blair & Nancy Dock Lewis & Elaine Dubroff Clay & Dora Elliott Allen & Anita Frank Douglas Goldschmidt & David Jacobs Golub Foundation Lawrence & Dorothy Gordon Theodore C. & Antonia M.Hansen Sharon Hayford Dennis & Judi Hebert David Heisig & Donna Mahar Huen New York Rebecca & Fred Karpoff The Kelberman Center Ellen & Terry Lautz Bob & Pat Lebel Mackenzie Hughes LLP Rod & Jana McDonald Elizabeth & Walter Merriam Law Office of Keith D. Miller John & Joan Nicholson Doren & Dennis Norfleet David & Susan Palen Lois & Ted Schroeder Kendrick & Gracia Sears Lowell Seifter & Sharon McAuliffe

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In Tribute 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.

Andre Bishop in honor of Bob Moss Andrea Fleck Clardy in honor of Bob Moss Anne Grace in memory of Audrey Dwyre Bruce Hoover in honor of Bob Moss Carol Bryant in honor of Virginia Parker Charlie & Beth Beach in honor of Rosemary Curtis Daniel Fuleihan in honor of Boss Moss Dene A. Sarason's children in memory of Dene Sarason Diane Kuppermann in honor of Jacki Goldberg Diane Orcutt in honor of Bob Moss Dr. Lawrence Myers in memory of Betty Jane Myers Dr. Susan & Mr. S Jeffrey Bastable in honor of Chancelor Kent Syverud & Dr Ruth Chen Elizabeth Burton in honor of Julia Martin Elizabeth Humphreys in memory of Barbara Burke Liptak Gary Pugh in honor of Audry Dwyre Gene Gill in honor of Bob Moss George Bain in honor of Don Buschmann and all the production shops at Stage Gwynne Bellos in memory of Dr. Neal Bellos H. Paul Steiner in honor of Tracey White

Jon Selzer & Thelie Trotty Selzer Nancy & Walter Shepard Barry Shulman James W. Shults Lynn & Corrine Smith L. John Steigerwald IV Paul Steiner Lennie Turner Vanguard Charitable Supporting Role $150 - $499 Alan Byer Auto Sales, Inc Eric Alderman Kristi Andersen Robert & Jeanne Anderson Anthony Antonello & Danielle Quintus Chris Arnold & Ellen Yeomans Timothy Atseff & Margaret Ogden Holmes & Sarah Bailey Lana Baker Dr & Mrs. Gerhard Baule Dr. Joanne & Jim Beckman Gwynne Bellos Phyllis & William Berinstein Berkshire Hathaway Bill Rapp Superstore Diana Biro and Eric Rogers Gerald & Barbara Black Cynthia Blume Francine Boutet Richard Bowman Mary Brady Susan & Thomas Brett Angel & Walter Broadnax Maren & Mark Brown Caroline & Nick Brust Helen Buck Marion Burke Frank & Kathy Campagna Ronald Capone Tom & Maryann Carranti Robert Caswell Anthony & Carolyn Cimino Joan Cincotta Susan & Craig Cobb Martha Cole Jack & Lori Coleman Melanie Comito & Spencer Brown The Concept @ 235 Robert & Joan Conine Dr & Mrs Paul S. Cohen

Mike & LaRae Cottrell Therese Wiley Dancks Dannible & McKee, LLP Judith Dannible Peter & Margaret Darby Clive & Sandra Davis Bill & Terry Delavan George & Margaret DeLorenzo Sandra DiBianco Cynthia Dietz Alan B. Dolmatch Susan Dorn Sharry W. Doyle Elizabeth & Evan Dreyfuss Charley & Kim Driscoll Karen & Nat Dunn Jonathan & Rosanne Ecker Kathy Effler Bill & Betsy Elkins Linda & Greg Ellstrom Linda Fabian & Dennis Goodrich Daniel Fisher & Lori Rublman Robert & Terry Flower Len Fonte Judith Fox Phillip & Marilyn Frankel Jeff & Tess Freedman Kathleen & Kenneth Freer David & Silvia Fry Allen & Nirelle Galson Gasparini Sales, Inc. Henry & Janet George Giarrusso Building Supplies, Inc Drs. Michael & Wendy Gordon Mark & Cynthia Dowd Greene Greg & Elaine Hallett Mr H Baird Hansen & Mrs Sarah Hansen David & Ellen Hardy Donald & Cherie Haswell The Haylor Family Mary Hershberger Drs. Joseph & Paula Himmelsbach Judy & John Hoepner Alexander & Charlotte Holstein Hueber-Breuer Construction Co., Inc. IBM Foundation Linda & Dr. John Isaac Peter Vanable & Anne Jamison

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Holly Thuma in memory of Genevieve and Theodore Thuma James MacKillop in Memory of Patricia MacKillop Jeff Purdy in honor of Enoch Purdy JoAnn Wickman in memory of Arlene Alpaugh Jody Harvey in memory of Mrs. Audrey W. Dwyre John Huppertz & Diane Mastin in honor of Fran and Sally Lou Nichols John Kunert in honor of Aisha Shanes John Wolf in honor of Bob Moss Joyce Homan in honor of Bob Moss Judith Dannible in memory of Anthony F. Dannible Judy Rubin in honor of Bob Moss Kathleen M. Effler in honor of Damian M. Effler Kathleen M. Effler in memory of Steven W. Effler Lorne and Ellen Runge in memory of Laurie Clark Molly Corley in honor of Fran Nichols Nancy and Joesph Gorrell in honor of Bob Moss Robert Caswell in memory of Pamela Caswell Robert Moss and Michael Brennan in honor of Tracey White and Don Buschmann Rocco Mangano in memory of Ed Green Susan Dorn in memory of Philip K. Dorn Susan Eisenberg in honor of Professor James Clark Susan Kaplan in honor of Bob Moss Winona Rainbow, Jodi Gunther, and Cindy & Jim Altman in memory of Audrey Dwyre

Robin & Mark Kasowitz Norma Kelley Amy Kemp Jeanne Kempton King David's Restaurant Russell & Joan King Jeffrey Knox & Susan Maxwell Barry & Kathy Kogut Elizabeth Kolodney & Barbara Sutton Don & Margo Koten Sheldon & Karen Kruth Lauren & Robert Lalley Randall LaLonde & Patricia Homer Jay & Linda Land Erika Langetieg Linda Lebedovych Amanda Lee Bonnie Levy Mr. & Mrs. James Light Zalie & Bob Linn Edward & Carol Lipson Laura Livingston Joanne Lloyd Dr Harlan London John D. & Marian S. Loosmann Nicholas & Cathy Lozoponi Marlene & Scott Macfarlane James MacKillop John & Janet Mallan Jon Maloff Louis & Nancy Maresca Candace & John Marsellus Susan Martineau Dr. Marty & Jackie Talcik Elizabeth G. Mascia Julie Matson Mr. & Mrs. Peter Mazzaferro Rena & Don McCrimmon Mary Ellen McDonald Howard McLaughlin & Mary O'Hara Sam & Margaret McNaughton Dr. & Mrs. James L Megna Maggie & Andreas Meier Daniel & Terry Miller Gail & Peter Mitchell David & Beth Mitchell Robert & Barbara Moore Laurel Moranz & John McAllister James & Kathleen Muldoon Network for Good Brenda Neuss

Marc Nichols Michael & Margaret O'Connor Sally O'Herin Phyllis Olmsted Donna & Richard O'Neil Deborah O'Shea Larry & Joan Page Cathy Palm Robert & Teresa Parke Edith Pennington & Lawrence Lardy Kendall Phillips Robert & Jane Pickett Marilyn Pinsky Barbara & Bob Rabin Kathy & Dan Rabuzzi Raymond James Global Account Pat & Kuni Riccardi Brian & Christine Rieger Nancy Rothschild Neil & Erica Rube Arnie & Libby Rubenstein Elaine Rubenstein Robert & Suzanne Rubino Linda & Bob Ryan Marilyn & Mike Sees Cheryl & Robert Shallish Geraldine Sheehan Walter & Beverly Short Rhoda Sikes Robert M. & Harriet Silverman Christina Smith Harold & Ruth Smulyan Lois Spitzer George & Helene Starr Deborah & James Stewart Chris & Laina Stupp Drs. Lawrence Stewart & Pamela Sunshine Thomas Talbot Steve & Kathleen Tallman Linda Tassa & Joseph Cerroni Meghan & TJ Vitale Robert & Anita Wagner Dr. & Mrs. Donald Washburn Mark Watkins & Brenda Silverman Linda Webb Ruth S. Weinstock Peter N. Wells Jo Ann Wickman Christopher & Renee Wiles Gregory Wilt Lola Winter Tina Winter

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Ensemble $75 - $150 George & Beverly Adams Frederick & Karen Alesandro Mr. & Mrs. Henry Allen Gail & Dennis Baldwin Nancy Barnum Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Berger Carrie Berse Susan & Tom Blanchard Gary & Fran Bockus Jon & Trish Booth Bernie & Ona Cohn Bregman James & Joyce Bresnahan Mitchell & Diane Brickman Bob & Kathy Brown Robert & Mary Burdick Jeffrey Burr Steve & NJ Burr Stephen Butler Richard & Nina Cantor Deborah Carey Thomas Carlin Brian Cavallo Joseph L. & Janice L. Charles Ms. Janet B. Clark John & Christine Clark Raymond Colton Margaret & David Compton William & Julia Consroe Jerilyn Costich Elizabeth Cowan James Cusack Norman Dann Carol Decker Beth Drew & Joe Marusa Nancy & Tony Ebersole Susan Eisenberg Norma Feldman Marsha & Benjamin Ferrara Molly Fitzpatrick Cliff & Jane Forstadt John Friedman & Polly Heavenrich Fringe Benefits Design Store Dr. Paul Frymoyer Ashley Garrett Margaret Ginniff Frank Girardi Robert & Karen Goldman William J. Goodwin Bernice Gottschalk William & Judy Grabau William J. Gray Grossman St Amour CPAs PLLC

James Hahn Mr. & Mrs. Bruce P. Hall Ellen Hammer Ruth Pass Hancock Milena Hansen Bill & Kathy Harmand Marcia Hayden-Horan & Philip Horan Gordon Hayes Victor & Celaine Hershdorfer Guy & Patricia Howard Dr. Harold Husovsky & Dr. Susan E. Stred Kevin Jackson Susan & Theodore Jarosz Nancy FreeboroughKaczmar Dr. & Mrs. Allan Kanter Jan & James Kaplan Phil & Judy Kaplan Robert & Linda Kashdin Jean Kimber Sally & Dick Kinsey John & Susan Kline Neil & Marie LaBrake Jill Ladd Andrea Latchem Marilyn & Bruce Laubacher Mark & Jeannette Levinsohn Elizabeth D. Liddy Joe & Susan Litera Kathleen Lloyd Paul Brown & Susan Loevenguth The Maier Family David R Markham Maria Marrero Andrea Martin John Huppertz & Diane Mastin Jeanette Mattson

Kenneth & Donyce McCluskey William & Pamela McGarry Marilyn McKnight Mary & Eckart Meisterfeld Clifford & Marjorie Mellor Ben & Julie Merchant Jeffrey & Madonna Meyer Merrill L. Miller, M.D. Joseph Moorman & Catherine Gerard David & Mary Morgan David & Janet Muir Janet Munro Leslie Noble & Bill Morris Judy Oplinger Constance Palumb Dennis & Suzanne Payne Cathrine Phelan Neva & Richard Pilgrim Anita Pisano Deborah Plochocki Karen & Joseph Porcello Howard & Ann Port Sandra & Randall Quick James & Siegline Quinn Kathleen Quinn Mary Rose Ranieri Donna & John Rapacke Steve Reiter & Annegret Schubert Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Rhinehart Mr. & Mrs. Boyd Rimel Jennifer Roberts John P & Bernice Ronan Martha Sutter & David Ross Sondra Roth & Ron Ehrenreich Lorne & Ellen Runge Gregg & Wanda Salem Robert & Tonia Salisbury Dawn Sam

Jeffrey & Abby Scheer Sharon & George Schmit Jim Schofield Ruth Seaman Scott & Nancy Sellers Richard & Elizabeth Severance Alberta & Thomas Shouldice Beth & Tobias Sienel Craig Simmons Nancy Slavens Robert & Sheila Smith Joseph & Carolyn Smith Judith B. Smith Brett Smock & Christopher Carl Rosemary Baker & Stuart Spiegel Helen E. Stacy John Steinburg Cheryl Storie Holly Thuma Pamela Tolbert Charles F. Tremper Urist Financial and Retirement Planning Gershon & Dina Vincow Barbara Vural Susan Wadley Marc & Marcy Waldauer JoAnn Wallace Francis & Elaine Walter Bruce Ward Sara Warner & Laurence E. Volan Diane D. Webb Miriam Weiner Gary & Michelle White Daniel & Mary Wnorowski Denise & Steve Wrinn

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.

Mary Louise Dunn Fund Dr. William J. Clark, Jr. Fund

The Estate of Rosemary Curtis

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In Honor and Memory of Sheldon P. Peterfreund and Josephine A Peterfreund

A strong arts community

is critical in attracting and retaining employees.

Keep Syracuse a vibrant and enriching place to live with your business sponsorship today!

Plus, the more your give, the more you benefit.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT TINA MORGAN, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AT 315-443-3931 OR TMORG100@SYR.EDU  SYRACYSE STAGE GALA. PHOTO: JERRY KLINEBERG.

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Matching Gift Program

Key Foundation Lever Brothers Company

The following 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!

Marine Midland Bank,

AT&T

Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Allied-Signal, Inc. American Express Company Avon Products, Inc. AXA Equitable Bank of America

Digital Equipment Corporation

Ins. Co.

General Foods Corporation

Chemical Bank

John Hancock Mutual

Coopers Industries Foundation Crouse Hinds Co. – Cooper Industries Deluxe Corporation

Foundation Owens-Illinois, Inc.

GlaxoSmithKline

N.A.

NCR Corporation

Niagara Mohawk

Farmer & Traders Life

CNA Foundation

Insurance Companies

The MONY Group

New York Telephone

Society

GE Foundation

Citicorp & Citibank,

Mobil Oil Corporation

National Grange

Fireman’s Fund Insurance

Chubb Group of

Merrill Lynch

Equitable Life Assurance

Bristol-Meyers Squibb CIGNA Corporation

McDonald’s Corporation

Emerson Electric Co.

Borden, Inc. Foundation

N.A.

Life Insurance The Home Depot Foundation

Pitney Bowes The Prudential Foundation Charles Schwab Radio Shack Rockwell Automation Trust SmithKline Beecham Labs The St. Paul’s Companies The Travelers Companies

Honeywell IBM Corporation J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

United Parcel Service United Technologies Corp.

Johnson & Johnson

Verizon

Kemper National P&C

Welch Allyn Xerox Corporation

Co.

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

Artistic Director.............................................................................................................Robert Hupp Managing Director.....................................................................................................Jill A. Anderson Associate Artistic Director....................................................................................................Kyle Bass

P R O D U C T I O N S TA F F

Director of Production Operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann Associate Director of Production Operations..........................................................Dianna Angell Company Manager/Production Management Assistant..............................................Brian Crotty Production Management Apprentice...................................................................Audrey Flynn Facilities Student Assistants..............Rachel Ackerman, Hector Aguirre and Marilyn Wechsler Technical Director..................................................................................................Randall Steffen Assistant Technical Director............................................................................Rebecca Schuetz Scene Shop Foreman...........................................................................................Michael King Carpenters.............................................Brian McBurney, Cheyenne McBurney, John Gamble Graduate Assistant................................................................................................Joshua Baker Student Assistants..........................................................................................Garett Pembrook Scenic Charge Artist...........................................................................................Holly K. LaGrow Assistant Scenic Artist...........................................................................................Phillip Dyke Graduate Assistants.......................................................................................Louise Thompson Props Supervisor.....................................................................................................Mary Houston Props Carpenter...............................................................................................Jordan Michaud Props Artisan....................................................................................................Jessica Culligan Props Graduate Assistant........................................................................................Drew Davis Student Assistants.....................................................................Shannon Bagoly, Logan Shiller Costume Shop Manager..........................................................................Gretchen Darrow-Crotty Assistant Costume Shop Manager/Drama Department Costume Coordinator.....Mallory Kay Nelson Cutter-Drapers.................................................................Catherine Hennessy, Kathryn Rauch First Hand.........................................................................................................Victoria Lillich Stitchers.......................................................................................Emily King, Katelyn Yonkers Craftsperson/Shopper.........................................................................................Sandra Knapp Wardrobe and Wig Supervisor.................................................................................Sarah Stark Student Assistants..................................................................................................Xinglan Yan Lighting and Projection Supervisor..................................................................David M. Bowman Electrician…….......................................................................................................Jed Daniels Electrics Journeyman........................................................................................Anastasia Sioris Electrics Apprentice/Board Operator.................................................................Caitlin Weinell Student Assistants..........................................................Ian Borowik, Aria Sivick, Adrian Yuen Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer......................................................Jacqueline R Herter Assistant Audio Engineer/Board Operator......................................................Kevin O’Connor Sound Apprentice...........................................................................................Alexandra Brock Production Stage Manager....................................................................................Stuart Plymesser Stage Manager..............................................................................................Laura Jane Collins Stage Management Journeymen........................................................Erin C Brett, Em Piraino

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

A D M I N I S T R AT I V E S TA F F

General Manager....................................................................................................Michael McCurdy Comptroller..............................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale Human Resources Manager/Business Associate.......................................................Kathy Zappala Student Business Office Intern................................................................Emilia Smart-Denton Director of Information Management & Technology...................................Garrett Wheeler-Diaz Box Office Managers......................................Laurie Lindsey, Courtney Richardson, A'Isha Shanes Box Office Assistants.................................Marjon Ardehali, Abby Cieslewski, Chidube Egbo, Jordan McKey, Makenzie Nickerson, Canab Sheekh Nuur, Chelsea Perez, Samoya Peters, Lexie Smuchynsky, Mary Storholm, Olivia St. Peter Box Office Intern..............................................................................................Margot Correa Audience Services Manager........................................................................................Jacob Ellison Audience Services Assistant.................................................................................Ella Lafontant Assistant House Manager......................................................Patricia Condello, Donna Stuccio Student Assistant House Managers.................Valeria Berdecia, Manda Borden, Jackson Norman Claire St. Marie, McKenna Vargas, Marilyn Wechsler Bartenders...........Daisha Abdillahi, Meg Pusey-Anthis, Michelle Cannizzo, Evan Starling-Davis Student Ushers.......................Summer Ainsworth, Gabriel Arbelo, Haley Ayers, Alana Barker, Blake Brewer, Anju Cloud, Ashley Collado, Juliette Geraghty, Olivia Herz, Ellie Kallay, Calvin Keener, Dylan King, Jaelle LaGuerre, Kerri McAneney, Maria Polanco, Denise Romero, Eli Shwartz, Charles Curtis Towle III, Damon Williams, Haley Wright Director of Development...............................................................................................Tina Morgan Development Manager.......................................................................................Stefania Ianno Development Assistant.................................................................................Elizabeth Gardner Development Intern.............................................................................................Daniel Wilde Director of Education & Community Engagement.......................................................Joann Yarrow Associate Director of Education.............................................................................Kate Laissle Community Engagement and Education Assistant...................................MiKayla Hawkinson Education Assistant...................................................................................................Len Fonte Education Intern.......................................................................................Brianna Stankiewicz Director of Marketing and Communications..............................................................Joseph Whelan Group/Corporate Sales Manager..........................................................................Tracey White Marketing Manager...........................................................................................Joanna Penalva Patron Campaign Specialist.........................................................................Nori Gartner-Baca Graphic Designers.................................................................Jonathan Hudak, Brenna Merritt Group Sales Assistant........................................................................................Amanda Kurey Student Group Sales Assistant.............................................................................Lia Chapman Marketing Interns...........................................................Cara Christian, Lyle Andrew Michael Executive Assistant..................................................................................................Rebecca Li Grady Artistic Student Intern.................................................................................................Andy Jacobson Sign Language Interpreters..............................Brenda Brown, Jim Brown, Jessie Falke, Sue Freeman, Mae Harrington, Joanne Jackowski, Zenna Preli, Trisha Schwartz, Tessa Wall Open Captioning...................................................................................................Michael McCurdy Audio Description...................................................................................Kate Laissle, Joseph Whelan Community Services Officers.......................................................Stacey Emmons, Joseph O'Connor Custodians.................................................................................................Les Edwards, Tony Rogers

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ACT-ivate your summer with

SUMMER YOUTH THEATRE EXPERIENCE AT SYRACUSE STAGE TO BE YOUR BEST - PLAY WITH THE BEST. For ages 11-14 – Come and play with the professional teaching artists of Syracuse Stage as we dive into the magical world of creativity and performance.

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS – REGISTER BY MAY 1ST $225 – Acting Out Loud ($25 Savings) $225 – Creating Characters ($25 Savings) $500 – Syracuse Stage Experience ($50 Savings) $800 for all 4 weeks ($250 Savings! – One week free!)

REGISTRATION: Register online now at: www.SyracuseStage.org/summerprograms.php Space limited. Scholarships available.

For more information contact Kate Laissle at 315-442-7755 or kmlaissl@syr.edu

SALTspace

PROGRAM ONE: Session A: Acting Out Loud Session B: Creating Characters Develop a story from an idea to performance as you create and perform your own original work.

Sessions include acting, improvisation, voice, and creative writing.

PROGRAM TWO: Syracuse Stage Experience A Midsummer Night’s Dream Sharpen your acting skills with movement, voice, and character development as you prepare for a presentation of Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Location: SALTspace

102 Wyoming St

Syracuse, NY Dates: Session A - July 15-19

Session B - July 22-26 Time: 10 am - 3 pm Tuition: $250 per week.

Location: Syracuse Stage

820 E. Genesee St.

Syracuse, NY Dates: July 29 - August 9 Time: 10 am - 3 pm Tuition: $550 Before and after care available.

Before and after care available.

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