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 ROBERT HUPP. PHOTO: BRENNA MERRITT.

Thank you so much for joining us for this on-line production of Athol Fugard’s “Master Harold” . . . and The Boys. We’re grateful to you for making our virtual 48th season a part of your life. We know this past year has been challenging on so many levels. We hope our work over this past season has brightened, in some small way, your corner of the world.

Three years ago, I saw The Shaw Festival’s powerful and moving production of Master Harold and knew I wanted to bring this haunting story to our stage. We even tried for a time to remount the Shaw Festival production at Stage, but the logistics of that undertaking defeated the desire. Kyle Bass and I spoke frequently about the timeliness of this work and how, sadly, there’s a lot about the themes of a play set during the Apartheid era in South Africa that bears relevance to our lives in America today. When it became clear last summer that a reimagined Stage season was in the cards, we immediately thought of Master Harold. A three character, unit set, 90 minute play suited our production needs for on-line work. Moreover, as the country erupted in the wake of George Floyd’s murder, Master Harold emerged as an essential offering, as Fugard explores, through his characters’ fraught and complex quest for human understanding and connection, the racial divide that separates us and brings us together.

The opening of Master Harold marks the conclusion of our current season. It is with great hope and excitement that we make plans for our return to live performance in the fall. We’ve learned so much from this past year. We’ll incorporate our learning into our work moving forward to create even richer and more rewarding experiences for you. We hope you enjoy this production of “Master Harold” . . . and the Boys, and we look forward to seeing you in person in the Archbold Theatre this fall!

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CAST

Nick Apostolina..............................................Hally L. Peter Callender.............................................Sam Phumzile Sojola.............................................Willie

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The actors and 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 scenic, costume, lighting, and sound designers are represented by United Scenic Artists Local 829, IATSE. “Master Harold”...and the Boys 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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DIRECTOR'S NOTE “Master Harold” . . . and the Boys is considered by many to be Athol Fugard’s best and most autobiographical drama. In a way, it is a story about a delicate dream/dance of hope that gets defiled and overshadowed by an outburst of fear, anger and hatred. But in the hands of a “master” playwright like Fugard it becomes more. Fugard brilliantly reimagines a painful incident from his childhood and “re-members” it in such a way that we are forced to witness the up close and personal horrific cost of holding onto the belief in white supremacy that continues to plague our world. At the same time, he manages to give us a glimpse of the kind of hope that Cornel West says is created when people “wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.”

 DIRECTOR GILBERT McCAULEY.

BY GILBERT M c CAULEY

He manages to give us a glimpse of the kind of hope that Cornel West says is created when people “wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.”

 NICK APOSTOLINA, PHUMZILE SOJOLA, AND L. PETER CALLENDER IN "MASTER HAROLD"...AND THE BOYS. PHOTO BY BRENNA MERRITT.

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REMEMORY AND “MASTER HAROLD” . . . AND THE BOYS

BY GREG HOMANN ‘Master Harold’…and the Boys is a deeply personal play for Fugard, written from a place of guilt and regret. It is an autobiographical response to a shameful interaction between Fugard and a black waiter, called Sam Semela, who worked for his mother for fifteen years. It is a celebration of a life-changing friendship set against the unrelenting pressure of racial inequality during Apartheid. It is also an apology for a devastating betrayal of that friendship.

In 1950, when the play is set, Harold Athol Lannigan Fugard was 17. His schoolboy nickname was Hally. He was attending the Port Elizabeth Technical College - less than a 15-minute walk from his mother’s Tea Room in St George’s Park. Two years before, the National Party had gained power running under a policy of Apartheid. 1950 was the year the Population Registration Act came into effect.

This act served the Apartheid state in classifying people “as a white person, a coloured person or a native.” It is the year that the Group

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 PLAYWRIGHT ATHOL FUGARD CA. 1970. PHOTO: BY © HULTON-DEUTSCH COLLECTION/CORBIS.

Areas Act came into existence, determining the geographic spaces that each classified person was allowed to live and/or work in. This act also prohibited black people’s access to recreational spaces in “white areas.”

Where the Populations Registration Act functioned to racially classify and locate people, the Group Areas Act defined restrictions of movement according to race. The one act gave the engineers of Afrikaner nationalism the restrictive labelling tools they needed to design their Apartheid

The play’s action sits at that tension point between a 50-year-old Fugard in early-1980s, reconsidering the personal and political environment of his youth in 1950.

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machine, and the other was the legal mechanism that kept the machine running.

Other legislation of the time included the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949, prohibiting marriage across racial classification and the Immorality Amendment Act of 1950, which outlawed sexual acts between “European” and “non-European” people. More legislation was on the horizon, like the Natives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act of 1952 that required the carrying of detailed personal documents, the Bantu Education Act of 1953 that governed the inferior education

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given to black learners, and the Urban Areas Act that placed limitations on how long black people could stay in urban centres. For the black majority in South Africa, 1950 was a time of intensified limitations on movement, less access to facilities, and a growing sense of dehumanisation. It was a time of fear of what was to come.

By the early 80s, when the play was written, Apartheid’s oppressive stranglehold was in full force.

The country, and the world, had witnessed the Soweto Youth Uprising of June 16, 1976. Black school learners had taken to the streets to protest the “gutter” Bantu Education they were receiving.

School goers had revolted against Afrikaans being used as a medium of instruction. They were met with gunfire and violence. Official reports stated that 23 people were killed that day. Other reports estimated it was at least 200.

Another injustice that loomed large when Fugard was writing the play was the killing of Black Consciousness Movement leader Steve Biko. He was murdered in police detention in September of 1977. He was the 20th person to die in Security Police custody in 18 months. His funeral prompted a national display of grief, alongside local and international protests, and outrage.

Black school learners had taken to the streets to protest the “gutter” Bantu Education they were receiving. School goers had revolted against Afrikaans being used as a medium of instruction. They were met with gunfire and violence.  THE SOWETO YOUTH UPRISING OF JUNE 16, 1976.

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Despite police blockades, over 20,000 mourners attended Biko’s funeral. Mourners came from across the country and included diplomats from at least 13 Western countries. The funeral turned into an anti-Apartheid political rally that lasted over six hours.

The country would be in a State of Emergency by 1985.

Through the play, Fugard is looking back on a 30-year-old memory from his schooldays. A memory that had come to haunt him. The play’s action sits at that tension point between a 50-yearold Fugard in early-1980s, reconsidering the personal and political environment of his youth in 1950. It is an examination of how a white supremacist mind-

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set, fear, and prejudice wrecked his relationship with the man he came to consider “the most significant – the only – friend of my boyhood years.” By writing the play, he sought to redress what he has called a deep stain “soaked into the fabric” of his life.

A recurring dramatic irony in the play is that Hally is conscious of what he calls “social reformers,” but he is unaware of some of the nuances of his own situation. On one level, he has a progressive understanding beyond his years.

He can quote the works of revolutionary thinkers and can espouse the need for reformation.

He even sets out to challenge his schoolmaster’s perceptions of history and of what the school syl-

Despite police blockades, over 20,000 mourners attended Biko’s funeral. Mourners came from across the country and included diplomats from at least 13 Western countries.

The funeral turned into an anti-Apartheid political rally that lasted over six hours.  STEVE BIKO

labus considers an “event of cultural or historical significance.”

But on another level, he is blind to some of his own conditioning.

He is not fully conscious of his ingrained and learnt prejudices.

Toni Morrison, in reflecting on writing Beloved, calls this blending of history, memory, remembering, and forgetting, “‘rememory.”

She says, “Rememory as in recollecting and remembering as in reassembling the members of the body, the family, the population of the past.” In this sense, ‘Master Harold’…and the Boys is a provocation to look back on our past actions. To reconsider, to redress, to rememory history in order to make better choices, so that we can set reparations in place where needed.

In 1983, Fugard arranged for actor, John Kani*, to collect Sam Semela and travel with him from Port Elizabeth to Johannesburg.

Fugard wanted Semela to see the South African premiere of the play at The Market Theatre. He had planned to apologise after the performance for his shameful actions as a boy. Semela never made the journey. He died shortly before Kani came to collect him.

Greg Homann is the dramaturg for “Master Harold"...and the Boys. *John Kani directed Syracuse Stage’s 2015 production of Fugard’s Sizwe Banzi is Dead. The cast featured Kani’s son Atandwa and Mncedisi Shabangu.

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CAST and director having performed in 23 Shakespeare plays and appeared at over 12 regional theatres, nationally. He recently played Louis Armstrong in Satchmo at the Waldorf for American Stage and will return to direct Romeo and Juliet in late summer. Mr Callender's full bio and upcoming work can be viewed at www.lpetercallender.com.

Nick Apostolina (Hally) is a recent graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is very excited to be making his Syracuse Stage debut. His recent work includes The Solid Life of Sugar Water by Jack Thorne at Deaf West Theatre, Born on a Monday by Outside Chance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and Bent by Martin Sherman at The Guildhall School.

Thanks to Mom and Dad.

Phumzile Sojola (Willie), proud native of Gqeberha, South Africa, made his Broadway debut in the Tony award winning Porgy and Bess (Peter). He also originated the role of Lord Pinkleton in the Broadway production of Cinderella. He sang in the hit Off-Broadway show Three Mo’ Tenors and was recently seen in the North American tour of Phantom of the Opera (Ubaldo Piangi).

Favorite opera performances include L’etoile (Herrisson) and Troubled Island (Popo), both with New York City Opera. Phumzile sang La Boheme (Rodolfo) with Missouri Symphony Orchestra and Leader in another South African story, Lost in the Stars with Skylark Opera. He also performed in The Magic Flute (Monostatos) and Carmen (Remendado) at Dayton Opera and supporting roles in La Traviata and Turandot with Cincinnati Opera. Phumzile has enjoyed singing several roles in Porgy and Bess all around the world.

He sang the role of Robbins/ Crabman in France with Opera National de Lyon and The Edinburgh International Festival in Scotland. He

L. Peter Callender (Sam) is artistic director of African-American Shakespeare Company in San Francisco, CA; resident director at American Stage Company in Saint Petersburg, FL; Westcoast Black Theater Troupe in Sarasota, FL; and associate artist at New York Classical Theatre. Mr Callender is thrilled to return to Syracuse Stage since this was the stage that offered him his very first professional job (Season 8: The Comedy of Errors directed by Arthur Storch.)

In addition to “Master Harold” . . . and the Boys, Peter has performed in several Fugard plays: Boesman and Lena, Siswe Bansi is Dead, The Island, My Children! My Africa!, and A Lesson From Aloes. As a playwright, his play Strange Courtesies will get its staged premiere at San Jose Stage next season. On Broadway, he played in Prelude to a Kiss, and off-Broadway in Black Eagles at Manhattan Theater Club.

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CAST also performed the show in Italy and stateside with Jacksonville Symphony and Knoxville Symphony.

He had the pleasure of singing in Russia with the Krasnoyarsk Ballet Orchestra and The Orpheus Radio Orchestra in Moscow. Other concerts include performing with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra.

Another international favorite was singing in the famed art festival, La Biennale di Venezia in Italy, with the

jazz pianist, Jason Moran. Phumzile also frequently performs with the band Woza Masekela singing the music of his native land. Phumzile’s voice can be heard on the Broadway cast recordings of Cinderella as well as The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.

Other recordings include Treemonisha (Cephus) with the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, featured soloist in both Kahlil Kwame Bell’s Homeland and The American Spiritual Ensemble CD, The Spirituals. His favorite role to date is Daddy to 10 year old actress, Zani Jones Mbayise.

A R T I S T I C S TA F F Kara Harmon (Costume Design). Off-Broadway credits include: Dot (Vineyard Theatre) and Lockdown (Rattlestick).

Select Regional credits include: Eclipsed (Milwaukee Rep), Steel Magnolias and Guys and Dolls (Guthrie Theatre), The Wiz! (Helen Hayes Costume Design Award, Ford’s Theatre), The Purists, The Niceties, and A Guide for the Homesick (Huntington Theatre), Nina Simone: Four Women (Arena Stage), The Color Purple (Portland Center Stage), Barbecue (NAACP Outstanding Costume Design Award, Geffen Playhouse), Much Ado and The Comedy of Errors (OSF), and world premieres: Goodnight, Tyler and Angry…Gorgeous (Alliance Theatre). Her assistant costume design credits for television include The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Daredevil (Net-

Riw Rakkulchon (Scenic Design). Selected credits: Twelfth Night (Yale Repertory Theatre), The Waiting Game 59E59), Free and Proud (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Antony + Cleopatra (Yale Cabaret), Loose Canon (Fringe Encore), and Far From Canterbury (Fringe NYC), Cymbeline (The Public Theatre), as well as collaborations with Atlantic Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Kitchen Theatre Company, Opera Ithaca, and Ithaca Shakespeare. He has assisted designers such as Riccardo Hernandez, Wilson Chin, and Jason ArdizzoneWest on productions at Center Theatre Group, La Jolla Playhouse, Old Globe Theater, and Berkeley Rep, among others. He holds a B.F.A. from Ithaca College and an M.F.A. from Yale School of Drama. riwrdesign.com, @riwrdesign

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Anthony Salatino (Choreographer and Fight Coordinator). A graduate of the Juilliard School, Tony has choreographed for many opera and dance companies throughout the United States. He has choreographed for New York City Opera; Connecticut, Fort Worth, and Naples (Florida) Opera; Glimmerglass; and Pittsburgh Opera. He was also the artistic director of the Fort Worth Ballet, associate artistic director of the Hartford Ballet, and director of the Hartford Chamber Ballet. For Syracuse Stage, he has directed and choreographed Rent, Little Women, Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of Music, West Side Story, and Peter Pan. He choreographed The Wizard of Oz, Big River,

Amy Altadonna (Sound Design). I am a sound designer, teacher, aunt, and nature-lover. Favorite design credits include Eureka Day, Dry Land, Joan (Colt Coeur), Marie

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A R T I S T I C S TA F F and My Fair Lady, to name a few. A former associate professor of dance at the Syracuse University Department of Drama, Tony directed and choreographed Sweeney Todd, Nine, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, and A Little Night Music.

He conceived, directed, and choreographed three original productions: Bravo Piaf!, The Table (Der Tisch), and The Clowns. He co-directed and choreographed The Wind in the Willows at the New Victory Theatre in New York City. He is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and the winner of four SALT Awards for direction and choreography.

ner) with The Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. She was the dialect coach with The Baker Theater at the Muhlenberg College Department of Theatre and Dance for A Raisin In the Sun in Allentown, PA. In addition, she was the dialect coach for The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis for Dreaming Zenzile. Her most recent projects include The Luck of the Irish with The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, NY, and The Memory Motel with Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ. Some of the regional dialects and accents she has coached include: General American, Southern, Western, Midwestern, Eastern, Irish, British, Australian, Venezuelan, Nigerian, Korean, Xhosa, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, Boston, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Kentucky, California, Detroit, Chicago, London, West Africa, South Africa, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico, just to name a few.

Bridgett Jackson (Dialect Coach) [she/her/ hers] is a dialect coach, accent coach, speech/ diction coach, and a certified speech-language pathologist. She is delighted to join Syracuse Stage. She is a professor of voice, speech, and dialects at Muhlenberg College, and has been a guest lecturer with the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. She holds a Master of Science degree from Howard University with a specialization in dialects and accents. She is a member of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and was the recipient of the ASHA Ace Award in 2018. Her dialect coaching credits include The Equalizer (Season 1, CBS), Ain’t No Mo’ and Cullud Wattah with The Public Theater in New York, NY, and Cost of Living (2018 Pulitzer Prize Win-

Greg Homann (Dramaturg) is a multi-award winning South African born theatre director, playwright, dramaturg, and academic living in the UK. For over 15 years he worked in South Africa where he was associated with some of the most successful, hard-hitting, and critically acclaimed work staged in that country in its recent past. He is the editor of a collection of post-apartheid plays called At This Stage and co-editor of two books on South

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A R T I S T I C S TA F F African theatre, drama, and performance—one being the Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary South African Theatre, which includes a chapter by Dennis Walder on Athol Fugard. Greg has headed up two of the foremost higher education theatre and performance departments in Johannesburg. He has designed and taught directing, playwriting, and acting courses, and has lectured on post-colonialism, theatre history, and identity studies. For three years he was the resident dramaturg of The South African State Theatre and was part of the artistic committee of South Africa’s renowned National Arts Festival (Makhanda/ Grahamstown). He has been lauded for his dramaturgy and directing of productions of new work, having directed ten premieres—six of them new South African plays. His playful and cheeky takes on world classics are also a key feature of his body of work. In 2014 he was the recipient of South Africa’s highest award for theatre, the prestigious Standard Bank Young Artist of the year.

Stuart Plymesser (Production Stage Manager) is in his 24th season at Syracuse Stage where he has stage managed over 100 plays, musicals, and special events, working with such talents as Jason Alexander, 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 for Syracuse Stage’s professional development classes, Ithaca College, Wells College, SUNY Oswego, and the Zabalaza Festival in Cape Town. Outside of theatre, Stuart has trained at Aikido of Central New York for over a decade and holds the rank of Shodan (first degree black belt.) Stuart is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.

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P L AY W R I G H T Athol Fugard is an internationally acclaimed South African playwright whose best-known work deals with the political and social upheaval of the apartheid system in South Africa. He was educated at the University of Cape Town. His plays include The Captain’s

Tiger, Valley Song, My Children! My Africa, A Lesson from Aloes, The Island, and the award-winning Sizwe Banzi is Dead. Mr. Fugard has received six honorary degrees from esteemed colleges and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

DIRECTOR Gilbert McCauley is delighted to be directing his first production at Syracuse Stage. He is presently a Professor in the Department of Theater at the University of Massachusetts. He has served as the producing artistic director of the Oakland Ensemble Theatre, resident director at Rites and Reason Theatre, as an acting company member of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, and he is an alum of the New York Drama League’s Directors Project. Mr. McCauley has directed Off-Broadway and at regional theatres around the country including Arena Stage, Ar-

kansas Repertory Theater, Goodman Theatre, New Century Theatre, Old Globe Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Playwrights Horizons, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and the National Theatre of Ghana. His directing credits include, Lynn Nottage’s Sweat, The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, The Call

by Tanya Barfield, Cheryl L. West’s Jar the Floor, The Whipping Man by Matthew Lopez, Gees Bend by Elyzabeth Gregory-Wilder, Hell in High Water and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi by Marcus Gardley, Peter Morgan’s Frost/ Nixon, August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson and Fences, Charles Fuller’s A Soldier’s Play and Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie.

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

He recently directed 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 di-

rector 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

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 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 The-

atre Communications Group and has served on funding panels for the New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, the Theatre Communications Group, the New Jersey State Council of the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. While in Arkansas, Robert was named both Non-Profit Executive of the Year by the Arkansas Business Publishing Group, and Individual Artist of the year by the Arkansas Arts Council. He and his wife Clea ride herd over a blended family of five children, one dog, and two cats.

MANAGING DIRECTOR 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 delighted to call Central New York home, but will always be a proud cheesehead, originally hailing from Marshfield, Wisconsin.

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

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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 Kyle Bass is the author of Possessing Harriet, which received its world premiere at Syracuse Stage, was subsequently produced at Franklin Stage Company, and will be produced next year at the East Lynn Theater Company in New Jersey. His new play salt/city/blues will have its world premiere in Syracuse Stage’s 20/21 season, and Citizen James, or The Young Man Without a Country, his one-person play about a young James Baldwin, commissioned by Syracuse Stage, will be produced as part of Syracuse Stage’s Backstory program early next year. Script consultant on Thoughts of a Colored Man, Kyle is 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 Award, and Pushcart Prize nominee. His other full-length plays include Tender Rain, Baldwin vs. Buckley: The Faith of Our Fathers, Bleecker Street, and Separated, a piece of documentary theatre about the student military veterans at Syracuse University, which 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, and the libretto for an opera based on the life and music of legendary folk singer and guitarist Libba Cotten, commissioned by the Society for New Music. 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 screenwriter, 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. His 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. Kyle has taught in the Colgate Writers Conference, has been guest lecturer in playwriting at Hobart & William Smith Colleges, was faculty in the M.F.A. Creative Writing program at Goddard College from 2006 to 2018, and from 2005 to 2018 he taught playwriting in Syracuse University’s Department of Drama and theatre courses in the Department of African American Studies, and was the 2019/20 Susan P. Stroman Visiting Playwright at the University of Delaware. Kyle is currently full-time faculty as assistant professor in the Department of Theater at Colgate University where he previously served as the Burke Endowed Chair for Regional Studies. Recipient of the 2021 Impact Award for Artist as Manager, presented by the Arts Administration Program of Le Moyne College, Kyle holds an M.F.A. in playwriting from Goddard College, is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America, and is represented by The Barbara Hogenson Agency.

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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 non-forprofit 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 preand 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 highquality 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.

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ANTI-RACISM PLEDGE Syracuse Stage stands firmly against racism and discrimination. We pledge to stand with under-represented and oppressed communities and to advance antiracism in all aspects of our work, including the outward facing, public dimension of our creative endeavors and the less visible internal practices of the organization.

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

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.

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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

Nancy Green Managing Member Edward S. Green & Associates PRESIDENT

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

Rick Shirtz Regional President NBT Bank TREASURER

Amir Rahnamay-Azar* Chief Financial Officer Syracuse University SECRETARY

Sharon Sullivan Community Volunteer AT-LARGE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

Phil Turner Pastor Bethany Baptist Church Jill Anderson** Managing Director Syracuse Stage Janet Audunson Assistant General Counsel National Grid George S. Bain Freelance Editor and Writer Barbara Beckos Retired Syracuse Stage Nancy Byrne Community Volunteer Steve Chase Senior Vice President BPAS 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 Zellar Homes Rep. Richard Driscoll Sr. Commercial Banking Relationship Manager Commercial Banking Division NBT Bank Denise Dyce* Director of Labor Relations Syracuse University Helene Gold Private Voice & Piano Instructor

Neil Gold Retired VP Gold Pure Food Products Jacki Goldberg Community Volunteer

Molly Mulvihill VP, Market Manager Enterprise Business & Community Engagement Bank of America

Bea González Retired - Vice President for Community Engagement Syracuse University

TeNesha Murphy Research and Communications Officer Office of the County Executive, Onondaga County

Larry Harris EVP and CFO Saab, Inc.

Fran Nichols Chair Emeritus, Syracuse Stage Eric Mower + Associates

John Huhtala Relationship Manager Middle Market Commercial Banking Chase

Marc Nichols Executive VP & General Counsel Saab, Inc.

Robert Hupp** Artistic Director Syracuse Stage Cydney Johnson* Vice President for Community Engagement and Government Relations Syracuse University 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 Dan Lent Vice President Citizens Bank

Mona Paradis Stadium International Trucks Virginia Parker Retired Educator Annette Peters Marketing Director Advance Media New York Molly Ryan Partner, Goldberg Segalla LLP Robert Sarason Retired Lawyer, Organizer, Fundraiser L. John Steigerwald IV Marketing and Sales Representative Cathedral Candle Company Melvin T. Stith Dean Emeritus, Whitman School of Management Syracuse University Cora Thomas Radio Host and Office Manager, WAER

Anthony Malavenda Retired - Duke’s Root Control Rocco Mangano Partner Mangano Law Office, PLLC Julia Martin Partner Bousquet Holstein Kevin R. McAuliffe Partner Barclay Damon Suzanne McAuliffe Retired Educator Rod McDonald Bond, Schoeneck & King Samantha Millier Associate Attorney Mackenzie Hughes LLP

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Michael S. Tick* Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts Syracuse University Dr. Amy Tucker Chief Medical Officer SUNY Upstate Medical University Mel Williams US Department of Transportation Ralph Zito** Chair Syracuse University Department of Drama Michael Zoanetti VP Senior Wealth Advisor Tompkins Financial Advisors *University Trustee **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 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 Lily Beckman

ESM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

Sofia Benderski

WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL

Sadie Broderick

EAST SYRACUSE MINOA

Alyssa Brown

MORAVIA HIGH SCHOOL

Anka Chiorini

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

Rachel Colucci

WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL

Kaitlyn Coomes

CHARLES W. BAKER HIGH SCHOOL

Luke V. DeLorenzo

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY

Isabel Dickinson-Cominolli WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL

Ryan Dunn

HOMESCHOOLED

Emilee Elizabeth Edick

Jacob Garofalo

Rachael Rowe

Patrick Kraft

Sophia Rubino

Kayla Lee

Tori Sayre

Abby McGrath

Kimberly Seipio

Kaitlyn Olson

Alethea Shirilan-Howlett

Keniel Ortiz

Dreyvon Simmons

Elizabeth Ouimette-Garza

Aiden Southworth

Lydia Pevarnik

Shannon Williams

Sariyah Richards

Sydney Wright

CICERO-NORTH SYRACUSE HIGH SCHOOL

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS ACADEMY

LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL

WEST GENESEE HIGH SCHOOL

FAYETTEVILLE-MANLIUS HIGH SCHOOL

PSLA@FOWLER

NORTH SYRACUSE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

WESTHILL HIGH SCHOOL

MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOL

HENNINGER HIGH SCHOOL

JAMESVILLE-DEWITT HIGH SCHOOL

MANLIUS PEBBLE HILL SCHOOL

MANLIUS PEBBLE HILL SCHOOL

BAKER HIGH SCHOOL

SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL

Angela Rotunno BISHOP LUDDEN

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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

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CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SPONSORS

Richard Mather Fund

Contributions listed above are current as of March 15, 2021 and reflect operating support of $2,800+ and in-kind donations of $10,000+.

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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 (safely and virtually) 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 Annapurna.

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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 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation $75,000 - $99,999 The Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation $50,000 - $74,999 Advance Media New York Destiny USA The Shubert Foundation $20,000 - $49,999 Central New York Community Foundation CNY Arts iHeart Media M&T Bank New York State Council on the Arts Richard Mather Fund $15,000 - $19,999 George Bain NBT Bank Nancy & Bill Byrne Paul Phillips & Sharon Sullivan Benefactors Circle $10,000 - $14,999 Bank of America Business Journal News Network Equitable Fred L. Emerson Foundation Inc. The John Ben Snow Foundation & Memorial Trust National Endowment for the Arts Urban CNY WAER WRVO Founders Circle $7,500 - $9,999 Helene & Neil Gold

Michael & Jacki Goldberg Rosamond Gifford Foundation Virginia Parker William and Eva Fox Foundation Playwrights Circle $5,000 - $7,499 Desnoyers Family Fund Gail Hamner & Daniel Bingham JP Morgan Chase & Co Judy & Eric Mower Larry & Ann Harris Lisa Desnoyers Charitable Fund Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin Employees Federated Fund Raymour & Flanigan Furniture Richard Bunce Sally Lou & Fran Nichols Sandra L. Brown Selma Radin Suzanne & Kevin McAuliffe Syracuse Symposium: Futures Tompkins Trust Company Producers Circle $2,800 - $4,999 Allyn Family Foundation Bousquet Holstein PLLC Cathedral Candle Company Darvin Varon & Elinor Spring-Mills Dick & Therese Driscoll Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grandma Brown Foundation The Haines Family Jane Burkhead & Robert Sarason Janet Audunson & David Youlen as of March 15, 2021 47

Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation Kathy Kelly & Len Weiner Margaret, Amy & Bob Currier Martine Burat & Anthony Malavenda Mary & Larry Leatherman Nancy Green & Tony Marschall Nancy Kramer & Doug Sutherland National Grid Peter & Brigitte Herzog Peterson Guadagnolo Consulting Engineers Margaret & Richard Shirtz Roberta & Rocco Mangano Theatre Development Fund, Inc. Wegmans Directors Circle $1,500 - $2,799 Allen & Anita Frank Dr. Amir Rahnamay-Azar Dr. Amy Tucker Andrea & Joshua Waldman Annette Peters Barb Genton Barbara Beckos & Art McDonald Bea Gonzalez & Michael Leonard Bill Eggers Bob & Bobbie Constable Candace Campbell Jackson & Mark Jackson Cydney Johnson Cindy Sutton & Family Craig & Kathy Byrum Daniel & Ann Lent David & Janice Panasci David & Sally Hootnick Deirdre & David Stam Donald Blair & Nancy Dock Dr. & Mrs. Sam Spalding Ed & Carole Farfaglia

Elaine & Michael Shende Elaine & Steve Jacobs Elizabeth A Hartnett Frank and Frances Revoir Foundation Herman Frazier Glenda & Larry Wetzel Jack & Linda Webb James Clark & Sharon Gordon Jim & Cathy Breuer J.M. McDonald Foundation Joan Christy Joan Green John & Kimberly Huhtala John & Mona Paradis Jon Selzer & Thelie Trotty Selzer Julia & Lee Martin Kyle Bass Leslie Kohman & Jeffrey Smith Marya and John Frantz and Sutton Real Estate Company, LLC Michael & Barbara Flintrop Michael & Cathy Tick Michael & Laurie Zoanetti Molly & Kevin Mulvihill Molly Ryan & Tim Byrnes Patricia & Melvin Stith Peggy & Dana Dudarchik Peter Cannavo & Helen Jacoby Randy & Elizabeth Kalish Raymond & Linda Straub Richard & Margaret Ingraham Rissa & Michael Ratner Robin Curtis Hunt ERA Robert & Clea Hupp Roger & Naomi DeMuth Rosemary S. Pooler Sandra Hurd & Joel Potash Sandra Lee Fenske & Joe Silberlicht Timothy & Nancy Bunn Star $1,000 - $1,499 Anthony & Martha Viglietta

Bob & Pat Lebel David & Susan Palen Don & Margaret Martin Donyce & Kenneth McCluskey Heritage Masonry Restoration, Inc. James Shults Jeffrey & Kris Bogart John & Polly Ann Heavenrich John McAllister & Laurel Moranz Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation Rod & Jana McDonald Steven & Seanne Chase Walter & Nancy Shepard Leading Role $500 - $999 Alan Dolmatch Allen & Nirelle Galson Andrea Calarco Andrew & Sherie Ramsgard Ann Searles Anne K Louise Anthony & Carolyn Cimino Anthony Malavenda & Martine Burat Ashley & Nils Hammerich Barbara & Ronald Hoffman Barbara Davis Beatrice Angus Ben & Julie Merchant Brandon Genalo Brenda Bousfield Brian & Joanne Koren Bruce & Marilyn Laubacher Carmelita Britton & Richard Probert Carolyn Bernstein Charlotte Haas Chris Arnold Christine Dascher Claire Myers-Usiatynski Cora & Redonnie Thomas Cornelia Joseph David & Daryll Wheeler David & Eileen Thompson David & Ellen Hardy David Heisig & Donna Mahar

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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.

Virginia Parker, In honor and memory of Fritz Parker Dr. Lawrence Myers, Jr. in memory of Betty Jane Myers Holly Thuma in memory of Genevieve and Theodore Thuma Susan Dorn in memory of Phillip K. Dorn Anonymous, In memory of Arlene Alpaugh Judy Oplinger with gratitude for Tracey White Robert Caswell in memory of Pamela Caswell Barbara DiPasquale, in honor of board member Molly Ryan Judith Dannible in memory of Anthony F. Dannible Molly Corley in honor of Fran Nichols

David Lantz David Rankert Deborah & Samuel Haines Delia Temes Dirk & Carol Sonneborn Don Milmore Doren Norfleet Douglas Kinnetz & Laura Livingston Dr Lawrence Myers Edward & Lois Schroeder Edwin & Susan Kelley Elizabeth Cowan Elizabeth Marlowe

Eric & Carol Boyer Ernest & Lynne Giraud Francie Poole Francine Boutet Gary & Michele Combs George & Helene Starr George & Mrs Whitton George & Roseann Lorefice George Curry Gerhard & Carol Baule Gordon & Judy Prosser Gracia Sears Greg & Maura Stefl Harry Hood Holly Thuma Howard McLaughlin & Mary O'Hara Hugh & Jane Pinchin Irene Stern James & Kathleen Muldoon James & Nancy Asher Janet Moore Janet Williams Jeanne Race Jeffrey & Abby Scheer Joan Wieder Johanna Keller John & Joan Nicholson John & Lynn Branagan John & Robert Parsons John Steigerwald IV John Winslow Joseph & Carolyn Smith Joseph Whelan & Margaret Harding Joyce Hould Julia Freeman Karen Clarke Kenneth & Alyssa Derr Kevin & Virginia Murphy Kristen Link-Logan Kristi Andersen Lewis & Elaine Dubroff Linda Czerkies Lynn Anderson Samantha Millier Marcia Walsh Margery Rose Marion Barbero Mark & Melanie Fullerton Mark & Mrs Cywilko Mark Bossert Mary Ann Finn Mary Brady

Mary Mackintosh Michael & Grace Flusche Michael Hungerford & Margaret Ryniker Michael Meath Mike & Marilyn Sees Mildred & Alex D'Antonio Nancy Barnum Nancy Virgil-Call Nelson Price Norman & Jessica Cohen Patricia Lehmann Peter & Kathy Belyea Peter & Margaret Darby Peter Knoblock & Joy Casey Peter Scheibe & Margaret Gelfuso Peter Vanable & Anne Jamison Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc. Richard & Jill Sargent Richard Ernst Robert & Cheryl Shallish Robert & Jane Pickett Robert & Teresa Parke Robert Parsons & Sara Collins Roger & Vicki Greenberg Ron Thiele & Lynne Pascale Rosemary Czerniak Rosemary Pooler Sally O'Herin Sam & Nancy Ebersole Sarah Devendorf Sharye Skinner Susan Martineau Susan Perriello Susan Pieczonka Susan Wadley The Jerome & Phyllis Charney Foundation Therese Toole Thomas & Susan Brett Thomas Ferrara Tim & Susan Kennedy Victor & Linda Lebedovych Warren & Betsy Young William & Elizabeth Elkins William & Mary Butler William & Mrs Kelleher

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William Delavan William Dowling William Robert Supporting Role $150 - $499 Actor's Equity Association Aimee Coyne Alan & Dorothy Heller Alan & Jean Smith Alan & Rosalind Napier Albert & Laura Koch Albert Oliver Alexander & Lola Winter Alfred & Kathy Jacques Alicia Lippert Alicia McGinnis Alicia Simmons Alix Shaw Allan & Rita Kanter Alvin & Sandra Holmes Amanda Lee American Food & Vending Amy & Tom Clark Amy Mann Amy St. John Anamaria Ross Andre Martineau & Suzette Melendez Andrea Latchem Andrew & Ann Iannotta Andrew & Barbara Tresness Andrew & Karen Palumbo Andrew & Kitty Robinson Andrew & Margot Baxter Andrew Johnson Angel & Walter Broadnax Angela Tucciarone Angie Brown Anita Cottrell Anita Schmidt-Kyanka Ann Barlow Ann Bersani Ann Manzano Ann Ruggles Anna Enos Anna Giacobbe & Peter Welge Anne Bregande Anne Gaffney Anne Guley Anne Kusner Anne Munly Anthony & Ellen Rusyniak

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Director of Production Operations...........................................................................Don Buschmann Associate Director of Production Operations..........................................................Dianna Angell Company Manager and Production Management Associate......................................Brian Crotty Events Manager and Production Management Assistant......................................Audrey Flynn Technical Director..................................................................................................Randall Steffen Assistant Technical Director............................................................................Rebecca Schuetz Scene Shop Foreman...........................................................................................Michael King Carpenters................................................................................Brian McBurney, John Gamble Student Employee..............................................................................................Mehak Saroha Scenic Charge Artist...................................................................................................Emily Holm Assistant Scenic Artist...........................................................................................Phillip Dyke Props Supervisor............................................................................................................Mara Rich Props Artisan....................................................................................................Jessica Culligan Costume Shop Manager..........................................................................Gretchen Darrow-Crotty Assistant Costume Shop Manager.....................................................................Amanda Moore Cutter-Drapers.................................................................Catherine Hennessy, Kathryn Rauch First Hand.........................................................................................................Victoria Lillich Stitchers.......................................................................................Emily King, Katelyn Yonkers Craftsperson/Shopper.........................................................................................Sandra Knapp Wardrobe and Wig Supervisor...............................................................................Jaylene Ogle Student Assistants.......................................................................................Christina Forestiere Lighting and Projection Supervisor..................................................................David M. Bowman Electrician…….......................................................................................................Jed Daniels Electrics Apprentices...............................................................Sydney E. Curran, Susan Pipolo Resident Sound Designer/Audio Engineer......................................................Jacqueline R Herter Assistant Audio Engineer/A1..........................................................................Kevin O’Connor Sound Apprentice/A2........................................................................................Daniel McLain Production Stage Manager....................................................................................Stuart Plymesser Stage Manager..............................................................................................Laura Jane Collins Stage Management Journeymen........................................................Erin C Brett, Em Piraino

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General Manager....................................................................................................Michael McCurdy Comptroller..............................................................................................Mary Kennett Morreale Human Resources Manager/Business Associate.......................................................Kathy Zappala Director of Information Management & Technology...................................Garrett Wheeler-Diaz Box Office Manager.....................................................................................Courtney Richardson Audience Services Manager/COVID-19 Safety Officer..............................................Jacob Ellison House Managers...................................................................Patricia Condello, Ella Lafontant, Adam Secor, Donna Stuccio Bartenders.....................................................................Michelle Cannizzo, Meg Pusey-Anthis Director of Development............................................................................................Wendy Rhodes Development Manager.......................................................................................Stefania Ianno Development Assistant..............................................................................Ryan Duncan-Ayala Director of Education & Community Engagement.......................................................Joann Yarrow Associate Director of Education.............................................................................Kate Laissle Education Interns...............................................Corinne Ferrer, Alex Giganti, Ethan Harpole, Alex Keane, Puaseisei Patu-Tanielu Director of Marketing and Communications..............................................................Joseph Whelan Group/Corporate Sales Manager..........................................................................Tracey White Assistant Director of Marketing and Communications......................................Joanna Penalva Patron Campaign Specialist.........................................................................Nori Gartner-Baca Senior Designer, Creative Content....................................................................Brenna Merritt Graphic Designer............................................................................................Jonathan Hudak Executive Assistant...........................................................................................................Wallis Dean Artistic Student Intern.............................................................................................Soumya Tadepalli Sign Language Interpreters....................................................Brenda Brown, Jim Brown, Jessie Falke, Sue Freeman, Mae Harrington, 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.......................................................................Dave Hall, Tony Rogers, Candance Velario

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